湖北中职英语高考复习模拟试题：阅读理解【一】

湖北中职英语高考复习模拟试题：阅读理解
阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
There are quite a few advantages of wearing school uniforms. The idea may seem disagreeable at first, but considering all the positive effective coming from wearing uniforms you would be more likely to enjoy them.
Teachers love school uniforms because it helps provide an orderly learning environment. Having students dressed in uniforms may teach them how to present themselves in a neat and professional manner. It gives students the opportunity to learn how to dress like young ladies and gentleman. And they can focus their attention on academics rather than style.
Purchasing(购买) school uniforms is easy and needs less hesitation and consideration. No matter what the school’s policy is, there are only specific essential(基本的) pieces to the wardrobe （服装）that are necessary, so it won’t break the bank. A few wardrobe items can last a long time. Parents could also enjoy an easy morning, as it will take less time to choose a set of clothes for the school day.
Students wearing uniforms will feel less pressure about what to wear or not to wear when their classmates are dressed similarly. Getting dressed before school becomes less of a chore(琐事) when students are limited in their choices, so there should n’t be any trouble about choosing an outfit for the day and getting ready quickly. Some students may not like the lack of individuality(个性) with a uniform, but some school dress code policies may offer them the opportunities to show their unique styles.
Uniforms today are also becoming trendier and can be seen in many areas of pop culture. Celebrities(名人) and fashion designers are using uniforms as inspiration for new looks which also appeal to students.
51. What would be the best title for the text?
A. How to dress properly.
B. The history of school uniforms.
C. The advantages of school uniforms.
D. How to deal with pressure in school.
52. Teachers think that wearing school uniforms ________________.
A. is just a tradition that students should follow
B. makes students feel less pressure in study
C. helps students put more effort into their studies
D. makes students lose their independence and identity
53. The underlined part “it won’t break the bank” in Paragraph 3 probably means “___________”.
A. a school uniform doesn’t cost a lot of money
B. a school uniform should be worn every day
C. parents will have to go to the bank many times
D. parents who work in a bank can afford the uniform
54. We can infer from the text that school uniforms _________.
A. are not popular with fashion designers
B. were not accepted by parents in the past
C. will be designed by students themselves
D. will be more fashionable in the future
55. The author’s attitude towards students’ wearing school uniforms is ___________.
A. negative
B. supportive
C. doubtful
D. unclear
B
Once there was a man who liked to eat mangoes. One day he decided to get the sweetest mango from the very top of the tree. Mangoes which are exposed to the sun the most are the sweetest.
So he climbed up to the top, where the branches were thin. He managed to pick up a few sweet reddish fruits, but, in an attempt to climb down, he slipped and started falling towards the ground. Fortunately, he caught the branch as he was falling and remained helplessly hanging on the tree. Then he started to call nearby villagers for help. They immediately came with a ladder and sticks, but could do little to help him.
Then after some time one calm and thoughtful person arrived — a well-known sage (a wise person) who lived in a simple hut nearby. People were very curious to see what he would do, as he was famous in solving many people’s problems in the area and sometimes very complicate d ones.
He was silent for a minute and then picked up a stone and threw it at the hanging man.
Everybody was surprised. The hanging mango lover started to shout, “What are you doing? Are you crazy? Do you want me to break my neck?” The sage was silent. Then he took another stone and threw it at the man. The man was very angry, “If I could just come down, I would show you!”
That’s what everybody wanted. Then he was coming down. But how? Now everybody was tense about what would happen next! Some wanted to blame the sage, but they didn’t. The sage picked another stone and threw it again at the man, even more forcefully. Now the man on the tree was even more angry and developed a great determination to come down and take revenge (复仇).
He then used all his skill and strength and somehow reached the branches which were safe to start going down. And he made it! Everybody was amazed.
However, the rescued man found the sage gone. He stood there, realizing that the man really saved him because he induced (引诱) him to try his best and save himself.
“I should be thankful and not angry.”
56. From the story we know that the sweetest mango must be the one ______.
A. on the very top of a tree
B. hidden in the middle of a tree
C. on the tree for the longest time
D. exposed to sunlight less often
57. What happened after he had picked a few sweet reddish mangoes?
A. He slipped and fell to the ground suddenly.
B. He was climbing down quickly but carefully.
C. He remained hanging helplessly on the tree.
D. He shouted loudly for help but no one helped.
58. How did the man feel when the sage hit him with a stone?
A. He was nervous.
B. He kept silent.
C. He felt surprised.
D. He was angry.
59. What do you think caused the man to climb down?
A. Courage.
B. Revenge.
C. Carefulness.
D. Assistance.
60. What does the story imply?
A. Anger saves one’s life.
B. Wisdom is of great importance.
C. Skill and strength count.
D. Anger is the biggest enemy.
C
When former American President Bill Clinton traveled to South Korea to visit President Kim Young Sam, he repeatedly referred to the Korean president’s wife as Mrs. Kim. By mistake, President Clinton’s advisers thought that Koreans have the same naming customs as the Japanese. Clinton had not been told that, in Korea, wives keep their family names. President Kim Young Sam’s wife was named Sohm Myong Suk. Therefore, she should be addressed (称谓) as Mrs. Sohm.
President Clinton arrived in Korea directly after leaving Japan and had not changed his culture gears. His failure to follow Korean customs gave the impression that Korea was not as important to him as Japan.
In addition to Koreans some Asian husbands and wives do not share the same family names. This practice often puzzles English-speaking teachers when talking with a pupil’s parents. They become puzzled about the student’s correct last name. Placing the family name first is commo n among a number of Asian cultures.
Mexican naming customs are different as well. When a woman marries, she keeps her family name and adds her husband’s name after the word “de”, which means “of”. This affects how they fill in forms in the United States. When requested to fill in a middle name, they generally write the father’s family name. But Mexicans are addressed by the family name of the mother. This often causes puzzlement.
Here are a few ways to deal with such difficult situations: don’t alwa ys think that a married woman uses her husband’s last name. Remember that in many Asian cultures, the order of first and last names is reversed (颠倒). Ask which name a person would prefer to use. If the name is difficult to pronounce, admit it, and ask the person to help you say it correctly.
61. The story of Bill Clinton is used to ______.
A. improve US Korean relations
B. introduce the topic of the text
C. describe his visit to Korea
D. tell us how to address a person
62. The word “gears” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. action plans
B. naming customs
C. travel maps
D. thinking patterns
63. When a woman marries in Korea, she _____.
A. continues to use her family name
B. uses her husband’s given name
C. shares her husband’s family name
D. adds her husband’s given name to hers
64. To address a married woman properly, you’d better ______ .
A. use her middle name
B. use her husband’s first name
C. ask her which name she likes
D. change the order of her names
65. What can NOT be inferred from the text?
A. Wives do not keep their family names in Japan.
B. Different countries have different naming customs in some way.
C. Naming custom will not cause any puzzle among Asian countries.
D. The naming custom in Korea is different from that of Japan.
D
I am a writer．I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language — the way it can bring an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth．Language is the tool of my trade．And I use them all — all the Englishes I grew up with．
Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I’ve been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks．Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English．But I feel embarrassed to say that．It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than “broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness．I’ve heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example．But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people’s understanding of the limited English speaker．
I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother’s “limited” English limited my understanding of her．I was ashamed of her English．I believed that her English showed the quality of what she had to say．That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect．And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her．
I started writing fiction in 1985．And for reasons I won’t get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”, and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal(内在的) language, and for that I tried to keep the essence(精华), but neither an English nor a Chinese structure. I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show; her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts．
66. By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”, the author means that ______．
A. she uses English in foreign trade
B. she is attracted by languages
C. she works as a translator
D. she is a writer by profession
67. The author used to think of her mother’s English as ______．
A. impolite
B. amusing
C. imperfect
D. practical
68. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3?
A. Americans do not understand broken English．
B. The author’s mother was not respected sometimes．
C. The author’s mother had good influence on her．
D. Broken English always shows imperfect thoughts．
69. The author gradually realizes her mother’s English is _____．
A. well structured
B. in the old style
C. easy to translate
D. rich in meaning
70. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The changes of the author’s attitude to her mother’s English．
B. The limitation of the author’s understanding of her mother．
C. The author’s misunderstanding of “limited” English．
D. The author’s experiences of using broken English．
阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
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