2012届高考英语专题复习精选资料集(三十三).pdf

2012届高考英语专题复习精选资料集（三十三）
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IHidden deep in the rainforests of an island in the Philippines, was an ethnic (种族的) ___1___ called the Tasaday. Not until that moment did anyone have any ___2___ of these people. They didn’t have an agricultural economy; they hunted animals and __3___ fruit from the plants in the rainforest. They carried tools made of stone, lived in ___4__ and wore clothes made of leaves. Unknown until 1971, they 5 became world famous. After that, there were TV 6 and books about them; people said their simple lives showed that human beings could be good and kind if they were not 7 by modern life. Then after 1974 the region was closed by the government and the world 8 about them.
In 1986, a Swiss journalist, Oswald Iten, decided to visit the Tasaday. The journey __9____ thick rainforests and across rivers was hard and dangerous. Mr. Iten was 10 killed by the soldiers, villagers and businessmen who wanted to take the wood from the rainforest. Finally, Mr. Iten 11
and found the caves of the Tasaday 12 . The people were living in nearby huts and they were all
13 jeans and T-shirts, not leaves. He thought that perhaps they were not an ethnic minority 14
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When he 15 to Switzerland, Mr. Iten wrote about the Tasaday people in the newspapers. He said he thought that they were just ordinary farmers, poor, but not 16 from anyone else. He believed that in 1971, the government told “the Tasaday” to 17 they were native people from thousands of years ago, so that tourists---and money---would start ___18 into the region.
One group of experts said that they really were people who had no 19 with modern life before 1971; another group said they were just 20 the part. So who are these people, really? Perhaps we’ll never really be sure.
1. A. manB. groupC. chiefD. tradition
2. A. knowledgeB. impressionC. doubtD. fear
3. A. grewB. enjoyedC. collectedD. stored
4. A. hutsB. housesC. apartmentsD. caves
5. A. certainlyB. suddenlyC. absolutelyD. privately
6. A. advertisementsB. servicesC. stationsD. programs
7. A. refusedB. separatedC. spoiltD. conquered
8. A. forgotB. knewC. talkedD. thought
9. A. aroundB. throughC. overD. along
10. A. onceB. almostC. oftenD. even
11. A. arrivedB. leftC. hidD. began
12. A. dirtyB. valuelessC. accessibleD. empty
13. A. makingB. sellingC. wearingD. designing
14. A. in allB. at allC. after allD. above all
15. A. returnedB. wentC. traveledD. drove
16. A. absentB. secureC. differentD. free
17. A. agreeB. pretendC. admitD. consider
18. A. lookingB. fallingC. turningD. pouring
19. A. contactB. competitionC. agreementD. patience
20. A. learningB. formingC. actingD. missing
BACDB DCABB ADCBA CBDAC
（）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A B C D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order．A baby giraffe falls 10 feet from its mother’s womb （子宫） and usually lands on its 1 ．Within seconds it rolls over and tucks（缩拢） its legs under its body．Gary Richmond describes how a newborn giraffe learns it first 2 in his book, A View from the Zoo．
The mother giraffe 3 her head long enough to take a quick look．Then she 4 herself directly
over her calf．She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most 5 thing．She swings her long leg outward and kicks her baby．
If the baby giraffe doesn’t 6 , the violent process is repeated over and over again．The 7
to rise is very important．As the baby calf grows 8 , the mother kicks it again to stimulate（激励）its efforts．Finally, the calf stands for the first time on its 9 legs．
Then mother giraffe does the most remarkable thing．She kicks it off its feet again． 0 ? She wants it to remember how it got up．In the wild, baby giraffes must be able to get up as 1 as possible to stay with the herd（鹿群）, where there is 2 ．Wild animals and hunting dogs all 3 young giraffes, and calves would be punished if the mother didn’t 14 her calf to be watchful and get up quickly．
Irving Stone 5 this．He spent a lifetime studying 6 , writing novelized biographies of such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, and Charles Darwin．
Stone was once asked if he had found a 7 that runs through the lives of all these exceptional people．He said, “They are 8 over the head, knocked down, and for years they still get 19 ．But every time they are knocked down, they stand up．You cannot 0 these people．And at the end of their lives they’ve accomplished some modest part of what they set out to do．
1．A．backB．sideC．frontD．head
2．A．lookB．moveC．lessonD．class
3．A．raisesB．lowersC．pullsD．draws
4．A．throwsB．findsC．pointsD．positions
5．A．difficultB．greedyC．unreasonableD．uncreative
6．A．get upB．work onC．lie downD．come up
7．A．demandB．struggleC．requestD．failure8．A．excitedB．worriedC．surprisedD．tired9．A．strongB．dus tyC．weakD．short
0．A．WhyB．WhenC．WhereD．Which
1．A．slowlyB．quicklyC．carefullyD．frequently
2．A．dangerB．loveC．silenceD．safety
3．A．hateB．punishC．enjoyD．watch
4．A．teachB．urgeC．remindD．allow
5．A．acceptedB．rememberedC．declaredD．understood
6．A．kindnessB．greatnessC．natureD．expectation
7．A．historyB．recordC．threadD．means
8．A．injuredB．beatenC．killedD．hurt
9．A．nowhereB．anywhereC．everywhereD．somewhere
0．A．changeB．supportC．blameD．destroyACBDCABDCABDCADBCBAD。