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普兰店市高级中学高冲老师高三英语阅读复习事实细节Passage 1（2009年海南宁夏）Computer programmer David Jones earns $35.000 a year designing new computer games. Yet he cannot find a bank ready to let him have a credit card（信用卡）. Instead he has been told to wait another two years until he is 18 . The 16-year-old works for a small firm in Liverpool where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job. David’s firm releases（推出）two new games for the fast growing computer market each month.1．In what way is David different from people of his age?A．He often goes out with friendsB．He lives with his motherC．He has a handsome incomeD．He graduated with six O-levelsPassage 2Invited by Mr. Ye Huixian， host of the well received TV programmer “Stars Tonight”， Miss Luo Lin， Miss Asia of 1991， appeared as the guest hostess on the Shanghai TV screen last Sunday.Born in Shanghai and taken to Hong Kong when she was only six years old，Luo Lin has never dreamed of being Miss Asia. Her childhood dream was to be an air hostess. Before she took part in the competition， she had been an airhostess in Cat hay Airline for seven years.However， it still took her three months to learn the art of walking on the stage，dancing， singing，making-up and other proper manners， designed by the Asia TV Station.“It’s really a hard job for me. I won’t enter for such competition any more. Anyhow， I am quite lucky. I am also glad to have had more chance to work for the social welfare since I won the title. This time， in Shanghai， I'd love to make a deep impression on my TV audience，" said Luo Lin with a sweet smile.2. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Luo Lin is a native of Shanghai.B. Luo Lin moved to Hong Kong with her parents.C. Luo Lin won the title of Miss Asia in 1991.D. Asia TV Station helped Luo Lin to become Miss Asia.主旨大意Passage 3 (2009年宁夏海南)You dream each night, even though you may not remember your dreams. While you dream your eyes move and your heart beats faster. Even your brain-wave pattern changes. Some scientists think that dreaming is important for the sake of health.They claim that without dream, people would go crazy.3. What does the passage mainly tell?A. How people stay healthyB. How sleep is necessaryC. Why dreams are importantD. When people remember their dreamsPassage 4 Kleptomania is an illness of the mind that gives a person the desire to steal. Such a person is not really a thief. They are sick and cannot help themselves. All small children act naturally and as they grow up they normally learn to control their actions. People with kleptomania for certain medical reasons have failed to develop control over their desire to take things that do not belong to them. With medical help they may become normal citizens again. They thinks that a kleptomaniac steals are seldom of great value.They often give away what they have stolen or collect objects without using them.4. What is the topic of the text?A. Young Thieves.B. An Unusual Illness.C. Reasons for StealingD. A Normal Child’s Actions.Passage 5 (2009 宁夏海南)It’s not easy being a teenager（13至19岁青少年）—nor is it easy being the parent of a teenager. You can make your child feel angry, hurt, or misunderstood by what you say without realizing it yourself. It is important to give your child the space he needs to grow while gently letting him know that you you’ll still be there for him when he needs you.Expect a lot from your child, just not everything. Except for health and safety problems, such as drug use or careless driving; consider everything else open to discussion. If your child is unwilling to discuss something, don’t insist he tell you what’s on his mind. The more you insist, the more likely that he’l l clam up. Instead , let him attempt to solve（解决）things by himself. At the same time, remind him that you’re always there for him should he seek advice or help. Show respect for your teenager’s privacy （隐私）. Never read him his mail or listen in on personal conversions.Teach your teenager that the family phone is for the whole family. If your child talks on the family’s telephone for too long, tell him he can talk for15 minutes, but then he must stay off the phone for at least an equal period of time. This not only frees up the line so that other family members can make and receive calls, but teaches your teenager moderation（节制）. Or if you are open to the idea, allow your teenager his own phone that he pays for with his own pocket money or a part –time job5. The main purpose of the text is to tell parents .A. how to get along with each otherB. how to respect parentsC. how to understand a teenagerD. how to help a teenager grow up猜测词意Passage 6 （2008年辽宁）Study showed that it is an unusual kind of protein. It has many small sugar molecues (分子)held in special positions within each big protein molecule. Because of its sugar content, it is calleda glycoprotein. So it has come to be called the antifreeze fish glycoprotein, or AFGP6. What does “glycol” in underlined word “glycoprotein” in the this paragraphmean?A. sugarB. iceC. bloodD. moleculePassage 7 （2009年辽宁A）The government of India has planned to send a team to China to see how things are done. A minister once said that India must open the doors for more foreign investment （投资）and such a step would “work wonders as it did for China”.But it’s a two-way street, I just heard about a thousand Shenzhen office workers who have gone to Rangalore to train in software. Meanwhile, all the IT majors are setting up a strong presence in China.No wonder that trade, which was only in the millions just ten years ago, is expected to his about us$15 billion for last year and us$20 billion by 2008, a goal set by both governments.7. What does the author mean by “it’s a two-way street” ?A. China and India have different traffic rulesB. Tea trade works wonders in both India and ChinaC. Chinese products are popular in both China and India,D. The exchanges between India and China benefit bothPassage 8（2008年四川）Finally, over many years, the energy benefit from burning ethanol would make up for the forest loss. But by then, climate change would have progressed so far that it might not help.8 . The underline word “it” in the second paragraph refers to “”.A. the energy benefitB. the forest lossC. climate changeD. burning ethanol推理判断Passage 9（2009年辽宁）A volcanic eruption in Iceland has sent ash across northern Europe. Airlines have stoppedor changed the flights across the Atlantic Ocean, leaving hundreds of passengers stuck in airports.Grirmsvom is one of the largest and most active volcanoes in Europe. What makes Grimsvom different is that it lies under a huge glacier（冰川） of ice up to 12 maters thick. The hot volcano heats up the ice above it, which then forms a layer （层）of water between the glacier and the volcano This layer of water puts pressure on the volcano, keeping it stable, As the water flows out from under the glacier, the pressure lifts. The lava（岩浆） from the volcano then comes up to the surface. This is exactly what happened today.Now, airlines have to make changes to their flights so as not to fly through the clouds of volcanic ash. According to KLM, one of Europe’s biggest airlines,airplanes cannot go under the cloud or over it. Going through the cloud can result in ash getting stuck in the airplane’s engines, causing damage to the plane.The eruption has also caused problems for animals in Iceland. The volcano left ash and sharpGlass-like rocks all over the countryside. Farmers are keeping their animals inside to stop them from eating ash- covered grass to the sharp object.9. This text is most probably taken from ____________A. a research paperB. a newspaper reportC. a class presentationD. a geography textbook.Passage 10（2009年浙江）The e-nose, it turns out, could identify healthy cucumber, pepper and tomato plants based on.The volatile compounds they produce, it could also identify tomato leaves that had been damaged.But even more impressive, the device could tell which type of damage ---- by insects or with a holePunch ---- had been done to the tomato leaves.With some fine-tuning, a device like the e-nose could one day be used in greenhouses to quickly spot harmful bugs, the researchers say. A device like this could also be used to identify fruits that are perfectly ripe and ready to pick and eat, says Natalia Dudareva, a biochemist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. who studies smells of flowers and plants. Hopefully, scientists believe, the device could bring large benefits to greenhouse managers in the near future.10. We can infer from the last paragraph that the e-nose_____.A. is unable to tell the smell of flowersB. is not yet used in greenhousesC. is designed by scientists at PurdueD. is helpful in killing harmful insectsPassage 11 ( 2007)It may help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech. At some point in every speech, every speaker says something that is not understood exactly as he has planned. Fortunately, such moments are usually not obvious to the listeners, why? Because the listeners do not know what the speaker plans to say, they hear only what the speaker does say. If you lose your place for a moment, wrongly change the order of a couple of sentences, or forget to pause at a certain point, no one will be any the wiser. When such moments occur, don’t worry about them. Just continue as if nothing happed.Even if you do make an obvious mistake during a speech, that doesn’t really matter. If you have ever listened to Martin Luther King’s famous speech—“I have a dream”, you may notice that he stumbles over his words twice during the speech. Most likely, however, you don't remember. Why? Because you were fixing your attention on his message rather than on his way of speech-making. People care a lot about makings mistake in a speech because they regard speech-making as a kind of performance rather than as an act of communication. Thy feel the listeners are like judges in an ice-skating competition. But, in fact, the listeners are not looking for a perfect performance. They are looking for a well-thought-out speech that expresses the speaker’s ideas clearly and directly. Sometimes a mistake or two can actually iccrease a speaker’s attractiveness by making him more human.As you work on your speech, don’t worry about being perfect. Once you free your mind of this, you will find it much easier to give your speech freely.1.The underlined part in the first paragraph means that no one will _________.A. be smarter than youB. notice your mistakesC. do better than youD. know what you are talking about2. You don’t remember obvious mistakes in a speech because _________.A. you attention is on the contentB. you don’t fully understand the speechC. you don’t know what the speaker plans to sayD. you find the way of speech-making more important3. It can be inferred from the passage that _________.A. giving a speech is like giving a performanceB. one or two mistakes in a speech may not be badC. the listeners should pay more attention to how a speech is madeD. the more mistake a speaker makes, the more attractive he will be4. What would be the best title for the passage?A. How to Be a Perfect SpeakerB. How to Make a Perfect SpeechC. Don’t Expect a Perfect SpeechD. Don’t Expect Mistakes in a SpeechPassage 12 (2009 北京)How I Turned to Be OptimisticI began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt＇s house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. Wewere on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to “the hard times. ”My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.From my experiences I have learned one important rule: Almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.1. How did the author get to know America?A. From her relativesB. From her motherC. From Books and picturesD. From radio programs2. Upon leaving for America the author felt .A. confusedB. excitedC. worriedD. amazed3. For the first two years in New York, the author .A. often lost her wayB. did not think about her futureC. studied in three different schoolsD. got on well with her stepfather4. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4?A. She worked as a translatorB. She attended a lot of job interviewsC. She paid telephone bills for her familyD. She helped her family with her English5. The author believes that .A. her future will be free from troublesB. it is difficult to learn to become patientC. there are more good things than bad thingsD. good things will happen if one keeps trying。