高二英语阅读训练1-2

2015-2016年度高二英语阅读限时训练（30分钟）

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Allow me to introduce myself: I am the last man in America who has time.

If you should come 1 me on the street, I would have time to chat with you. If you invited me to dinner, I would be on time and do my bit as a(n) 2 conversationalist at your table. But the problem of having time, when 3 else seems to, is that I have become a sort of island, or isolated planet, with little 4 to my surroundings.

When did people become so busy? Sometimes I 5 it on the computer, or ―smart‖ phones, for it has been creating desires that can never be 6 , no matter how continuously we hit the keyboard or the screen. They have become a time sink, absorbing our moments 7 a black hole absorbs light.

The 8 to fill every moment with activity has been called the ―American sickness‖. For example, I met a friend and asked, ―How are you?‖ Checking his watch, he just gave the inevitable(必然的) answer ―Busy‖. ―I should have time in June‖,he yelled 9 his shoulders. ―But this is still March.‖ I sighed.

Maybe my problem, then, is that I am looking back on too good a 10 . I came of an age when walking was just walking, with no 11 destination in mind. I am also missing evenings lying on the sofa, reading. All of these relaxations gave me the 12 of time to stop for a while if I met a friend. I find that I 13 what Socrates once said: ―Be aware of the barrenness (uselessness) of life‖ and I am even willing to take part in the so-called Slow Movement, which advocates(提倡) a cultural 14 to slowing down life‘s pace. But I hesitate, 15 that it would take me too much time.

1. A. across B. after C. over D. for

2. A. persuasive B. quiet C. cheerful D. innocent

3. A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody

4. A. importance B. connection C. advantage D. escape

5. A. blame B. put C. depend D. set

6. A. hidden B. expressed C. understood D. satisfied

7. A. as if B. just as C. even if D. such as

8. A. urge B. effort C. ability D. behavior

9. A. on B. by C. through D. over

10. A. view B. memory C. dream D. chance

11. A. particular B. different C. proper D. endless

12. A. quality B. value C. freedom D. matter

13. A. go against B. agree with C. appeal to D. insist on

14. A. access B. approach C. response D. change

15. A. indicating B. wishing C. fearing D. complaining 阅读理解

A

In the months following my arrival, my parents worried about the kind of life I would have. They considered their choices, including the possibility of giving me up for adoption. But at last, my parents decided it was their responsibility to raise me as best as they could.

I soon proved that even without limbs(四肢) I was athletic and well coordinated(协调). I was all trunk but all baby boy too. I learnt to pull myself into a straight position by sticking against a wall and going up it. My mum and dad worked with me for a long time trying to help me master a more comfortable method, but I always insisted on finding my own way.

One of the best surprises of my childhood was the control I had over my little left foot. I used it to roll myself around. My parents and doctors felt that the handy little foot might be of greater use. There were two toes but they were fused when I was born. So they decided to give me an operation to free the toes, which would enable me to use them like fingers to hold a pen.

When the doctors are preparing me for the operation, my mother kept emphasizing(强调) to them that they should pay special attention to the possibility of my body overheating. She knew another child without limbs who overheated during an operation and was left with brain damage. Unfortunately, even though they knew my mother was a nurse, they didn‘t take her ad vice seriously. Despite the successful separation of my toes, I had to be put into buckets of ice to bring down the temperature. After the operation, my quality of life improved a lot from my newly freed toes, though they didn‘t work exactly as the doctors had hoped.

Most of my parents‘ worst fears never became true. Raising me was certainly not easy, but for all the challenges, we had plenty of laughter and joy. I had an amazingly normal childhood in which I enjoyed playing jokes on my siblings, Aaron and Michelle, just like other big brothers.

Life may be kicking you around now. But I‘m telling you that you can‘t even imagine the good that awaits you if you refuse to give up. Stay