2009年高考英语阅读理解和任务型阅读课堂综合练习二(附解析)

2009年高考英语阅读理解和任务型阅读课堂综合练习二一阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

ＡA recent survey of teachers found that anunhealthy passion with celebrity culture is having anegative impact on British students’ studies and itdiscovered that celebrity couple, the Beckhams, arethe favorites among most students. Many students are ignoring building their own careers to seek a chance at fame instead, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) survey found.Almost two-thirds of teachers said sports stars were the type of celebrity many pupils wanted to follow while more than half of students wanted to be pop stars.The survey said the celebrities that students aspired to mostly were David and Victoria Beckham who live in Los Angeles now. Soccer player Beckham is on the top of the survey while in second place, with almost a third of the survey’s votes, was his 33-year-old pop star wife.Almost half of the 300 teachers surveyed said pupils tried to look like or behave like the celebrities they most admired, with some girls even dressing "unsuitably"."We are not surprised about the influence of celebrity culture in schools —it reflects the current media passion with celebrities and the effect of celebrity culture on society as a whole," ATL general secretary Mary Bousted said in a statement."Celebrities can have a positive e ffect on pupils. They can raise pupils’ aspirations and desires for the future. However, celebrity culture can spread the idea that celebrity status is the greatest achievement and reinforce the belief that other career choices are not as valuable," said one primary school teacher. "Too many of the pupils believe that school success is unnecessary, because they will be able to get fame and fortune quite easily through a reality TV show."1. The story mainly tells us that ______.A. the Beckhams are mostly admired in BritainB. most students think that being pop stars is more valuable than othercareer achievementsC. the celebrity passion has a harmful impact upon British students’ studiesD. a survey was made recently about the popularity of the stars2. According to the survey, Victoria Beckham ______.A. is a pop star most students admireB. goes in the second place of the celebrities admiredC. won two-thirds of the votesD. lives in New York now3. Why does the author mention that pupils tried to look like or behave likethe celebrities they most admired, with some girls even dressing “unsuitably”?A. The pupils think it interesting to pretend to be the celebrities.B. The behavior or the dress of celebrities can be followed as examples.C. The author wants to show the negative influence these celebrities had onthe students.D. The author just wants to show being pop stars is very valuable to the students.4. What is not TRUE according to the story?A. Celebrities can’t have positive impact on the students.B. Beckham and Victoria are husband and wife.C. The so-called celebrity culture does harm to the pupils’ ideas about achievement.D. Many students believe that school success is unnecessary.5. The best title of the story is _____.A.Sports Star David BeckhamB. Survey of Students about CelebritiesC Harmful Effect of Celebrities on StudentsD. Better to Be Pop Stars Than Sports StarsＢPierre is a 25-year-old penguin at the California Academy of Sciences. Due to his old age, he was going bald, which made him feel too cold to swim in the pool. Therefore, biologists at the academy had a wetsuit created for this penguin to help him get back in the swimming pool.Unlike marine mammals, which have a layer of blubber to keep them warm, penguins depend on their waterproof feathers. Without them, Pierre was unwilling to jump into the swimming pool and ended up trembling on the side of the pool while his 19 peers played in the water."He was cold; he would shake," said Pam Schaller, a senior biologist. Schaller first tried a heat lamp to keep Pierre warm. Then she got another idea: if wetsuits keep humans warm in the cold Pacific, why not make one for Pierre?Schaller designed the suit, which covered Pierre’s body and had small openings for his flippers."I would walk behind him and look at where there were any gaps, and cut and refit and cut and refit until it looked like it was extremely suitable," she said.One concern was that the other penguins would reject Pierre in his new suit, but in fact, they accepted his new look. He swam freely and got along with others well, although he was the only penguin with a black stomach.Schaller couldn’t s ay for sure whether the wetsuit allowed Pierre to recover his fine feathers, but "certainly we were able to keep him comfortable during a period of time that would have been very difficult for him to stay comfortable".Pierre will take off his suit after his new feathers grow back.６. Pierre felt too cold to swim in the pool because of _____.A. not having a layer of blubberB. having few feathers due to old ageC. having no wetsuitD. others penguins rejecting him７. The idea of making a wetsuit for Pierre came from _____.A. total inventionB. the use of wetsuit on humansC. the use of heat lampD. waterproof feathers８. Schaller followed Pierre in order to see _____.A. whether other penguins would reject himB. if anywhere of wetsuit needed to be cut and refitC. if the wetsuit kept warmD. whether the wetsuit would keep the feathers from recovering ９. What does the underlined word in the second paragraph mean?A. feeling scaredB. staying aloneC. shaking with coldD. keeping warm１０. The best title of the passage is _____.A. Wetsuit for An Old PenguinB. Old Penguin Getting BaldC. Unwilling to SwimD. Strange Look of PierreＣLego, the inventor of those colorful bricks that have inspire d kids’imaginations world-wide, has celebrated its 50th anniversary.On January 28, 1958, a man named Godtfred Kirk Christiansen created the plastic building bricks that can now be found in almost every child’s toy box. The simple building block has become one of the most well-known and popular toys around the world."The Lego brick continues to be very attractive, because it allows children, and others, to develop their creativity and imagination," said Charlotte Simonsen, a spokeswoman of the Danish Lego company.The company’s building brick allows an infinite number of links. With just two bricks there are 24 different links, and with six, there are 915 million possibilities, according to Lego.A half-century after its creation, more than 400million children and adults spend five billion hoursa year putting the bricks together and pulling themapart. Also, the bricks made today can still interlock with those made in 1958.Lego bricks are not just child’s play: they also attract the interest ofadults. South Korean adventurer, Heo Young-Ho, who climbed Mount Everest in 1987, left a Lego toy behind in the snow during his climb.After its great success Lego experienced a severe crisis at the end of the 1990s, hit hard by fierce competition from electronic games. This so-called "Toy of the Century" then suffered a dark period that lasted several years.With great efforts, the company began to prosper again, and in 2006 it earned about 1.5 billion dollars in 130 countries. Seven boxes of Lego are now sold every second around the world, and 19 billion bricks are produced each year: enough to encircle the Earth five times！１1. The Lego bricks have remained popular in the past 50 years as a result of _______.A. attracting many children worldwideB. brought imagination to thechildren worldwideC. making the children and even adults worldwide creative and imaginativeD. having infinite links that bring many imagination１2. The author gave the example of South Korean adventurer Heo Young-Ho in order to prove that ______.A. Heo Youn-Ho also loved playing Lego bricksB. the Lego bricks made him a mountain climberC. the Lego bricks not only interest children but also adultsD. the Lego bricks are a must when on goes on an adventure１3. It can be inferred from the text that ______.A. there are 915 different links with just 6 bricksB. the Lego Bricks Company has made a lot of money from the people worldwideC. the Lego Bricks can’t compare with computer gamesD. the bricks made today don’t change muc h compared with those made in 1958１4. The underlined word “hit” in the seventh paragraph means _____.A. defeated in a fight or a competitionB. have a crash in an accident or a fightC. get known through a songD. attack somebody in a fight１5. The main idea of the story is that _____.A. Lego bricks: brilliant past and struggling futureB. Lego bricks: an attraction of both children and adultsC. Lego bricks: making creativity and imaginationD. Lego bricks: making billions of money every yearDThere are two types of people in the world. Although they have equal degree of health and wealth and other comforts of life, one becomes happy and the other becomes unhappy. This arises from the different ways inwhich they consider things, persons, events and the resulting effects upon their minds.People who are to be happy fix their attention on the convenience of things: the pleasant parts of conversation, the well prepared dishes, the goodness of the wine and the fine weather. They enjoy all the cheerful things. Those who are to be unhappy think and speak only of the opposite things. Therefore, they are continually dissatisfied. By their remarks, they sour the pleasure of society, offend(hurt) many people, and make themselves disagreeable everywhere. If this turn of mind was founded in nature, such unhappy persons would be the more to be pitied. The intention of criticizing(批评) and being disliked is perhaps taken up by imitation(模仿). It grows into a habit, unknown to its possessors. The habit may be strong, but it may be cured when those who have it realize its bad effects on their interests and tastes. I hope this little warning may be of service to them, and help them change this habit.Although in fact it is chiefly an act of the imagination, it has serious results in life since it brings on deep sorrow and bad luck. Those people offend many others; nobody loves them, and no one treats them with more than the most common politeness and respect. This frequently puts them in bad temper and draws them into arguments. If they aim at getting some advantages in social position or fortune, nobody wishes them success. Nor will anyone start a step or speak a word to favor their hopes. If they bringon themselves public objections, no one will defend or excuse them, and many will join to criticize their wrongdoings. These should change this bad habit and be pleased with what is pleasing, without worrying needlessly about themselves and others. If they do not, it will be good for others to avoid any contact(接触) with them. Otherwise, it can be disagreeable and sometimes very inconvenient, especially when one becomes mixed up in their quarrels.16. People who are unhappy _______.A. always consider things differently from othersB. usually are affected by the results of certain thingsC. usually misunderstand what others think or sayD. always discover the unpleasant side of certain things17. The phrase “sour the pleasure of society” most nearly means “_______”.A. have a good taste with social lifeB. make others unhappyC. tend so scold others openlyD. enjoy the pleasure of life18. We can conclude from the passage that _______.A. we should pity all such unhappy peopleB. such unhappy people are dangerous to social lifeC. people can get rid of the habit of unhappinessD. unhappy people can not understand happy persons19. If such unhappy persons insist on keeping the habit, the author suggeststhat people should _______.A. prevent any communication with themB. show no respect and politeness to themC. persuade them to recognize the bad effectsD. quarrel with them until they realize the mistakes20. In this passage, the writer mainly _______.A. describes two types of peopleB. laughs at the unhappy peopleC. suggests the unhappy people should get rid of the habits of unhappinessD. tells people how to be happy in life二任务型阅读请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。