高二英语阅读训练1

阅读训练1完形填空AOne day, a professor who is expert at time management gave an illustration(演示实验) to a group of business students.He stood in front of the group, with a wide-mouth jar 36 on the table. Then he placed a packet of rocks into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top, he asked ,“Is this jar 37 ?”Everyone said,“Yes.”“Really?”Then he placed some gravel(碎石)and 38 the jar, making the gravel down into the 39 between the big rocks. Then he asked the same question .“Probably not,” one of the students answered.Then he placed some sand in it and once more he asked the question. “No!” the class shouted. Finally he grabbed a can of water and poured it in 40 the jar was filled to the brim(瓶边，瓶沿).He looked at the whole class and asked, “What is the_41 of this illustration?” One student raised his hand and said,” It is, however full your 42 is，if you try really hard, you can always 43 some more things in it.”“Not really,”the professor replied, “the 44 it teaches us is that you will never get them in if you don’t put the big rocks in first. Whatever the big rocks in your life are, do things that you love and 45 for yourself. So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are 46 on this story, ask yourself what the “big rocks” in your life are. Then put those in your “47 ”first.36. A. built B. lay C. left D.set37．A. full B．pure C．enough D．smooth 38．A．dropped B．shook C．held D．delivered 39．A．spaces B．holes C．blanks D．bottoms 40．A．unless B．when C．while D．until 41．A．result B．opinion C．pointD．comment42．A．schedule B．lifestyle C．business D．process 43．A．share B．fit C．include D．contain 44．A．truth B．reality C．belief D．conclusion 45．A．encourage B．like C．achieve D．value 46．A．counting B．deciding C．insisting D．reflecting 47．A．packet B．can C．jar D．tableBThe secret to happiness is keeping busy, research by Professor Christopher has found. Keeping the mind 48 with tasks---no matter how meaningless—--can keep away from49 emotions. But humans seem born to be lazy in order to save50 .In a study each student was given a choice of handing in a survey nearby or at a more distant51 they had to walk to. The findings showed that the students who had taken the walk felt happier.At the individual level, he advised: “Get up and do something,52 there really is no point to what you are doing.” Then he53 :“Incidentally(顺便)，thinking deeply or engaging in self-reflection(自我反省) 54 a s keeping busy. You don’t need to be running around—you just need to be engaged, rather physically or 55 .48. A. carried B. occupied C. burdened D. crowded49. A. aggressive B. ordinary C. negative D. changeable50. A. money B. life C. resource D. energy51. A.location B. situation C. direction D. occasion52. A. as if B. even if C. as long as D. now that53. A. discovered B. claimed C. predicted D. added54. A. counts B. benefits C. stresses D. influences55. A. generally B. mentally C. usually D. normally阅读理解AI was doing some Christmas shopping in a toy store and decided to look at Barbie dolls for my nieces. A nicely dressed little girl was excitedly looking through the Barbie dolls as well. As she was looking, a little boy came to the Pokemon toys. He was dressed neatly, but his clothes were obviously old. He was with his father as well, and kept picking up the Pokemon video toys. Each time he picked one up and looked at his father, his father shook his head and said, “No.”The little girl had chosen her Barbie. However, she stopped and was watching them. Rather dejectedly, the boy had to give up the Pokemon toys and choose something else. The little girl put her Barbie back on the shelf, and ran over to the Pokemon toys. She excitedly picked up one and raced towards the checkout. I picked up my purchases and got in line behind them. Then, much to the little girl’s deligh t, the little boy and his father got in line behind me. After the toy was paid for and bagged, the little girl handed it back to the cashier (收银员) and whispered something in her ear. The casher smiled and put the package under the counter.I paid for my purchases and was rearranging things when the little boy came up to the cashier. The cashier checked his purchases and said, “Congratulations, you are my hundredth customer today, and you win a prize!” With that, she handed the little boy the Pokemon toys, and he could only stare in surprise. It was exactly what he had wanted!The little girl and her father had been standing at the doorway during all ofthis. Then they walked out. As I walked back to my car, I heard the father ask his daughter why she had don e that. I’ll never forget what she said to him. “Daddy, didn’t Grandparents want me to buy something that would make me happy?” He said, “Of course they did, honey.” To which the little girl replied, “Well, I just did!”I feel very shocked to have witnessed the true spirit of Christmas in that toy store, in the form of a little girl who understands more about the meaning of this festival than most adults I know.56. The underlined word “dejectedly” in the second paragraph probably means _____.A. delightedlyB. disappointedlyC. excitedlyD. unexpectedly57. How did the little boy get the Pokemon toys?A. His father bought him the Poknemon toys.B. Fortunately, he was the hundredth customer and won the Poknemon toys.C. The cashier felt sympathy for the little boy and gave him the Poknemon toys.D. The little girl bought the Poknemon toys for him.58. What did the little girl mean when saying “Daddy, didn’t Grandparents want meto buy something that would make me happy?”A. Her Grandparents wanted her to be happy.B. Making the little boy happy made her happy.C. The Poknemon toys made her happy.D. Her Grandparents hoped that she could help others.59. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. the story happened before Christmas.B. The little boy had not enough money to buy the Poknemon toys.C. Although the little girl liked the Poknemon toys very much, she gave them tothe boy.D. The author was deeply moved by the behavior of the little girl.BThe following are the results of the tests done by “Family and Home Magazine” on some Pocket Tape-Recorders on the market now.Pearlcorder S702 $64This simple model at the bottom of the Olympus range scored the most points for its excellent quality of recording. Background noise hardly affects the sound and recording from a pocket is perfectly possible, but it doesn’t turn off automatically.Tape length: 30minutes per side. Weight: 240g.Sony M9 $49.95Small and very good loo king, Sony’s latest offering scored most for its appearance. Sounds clear, but there is slight machine noise. The big control buttons are a great improvement on some of the complicated little controls on other tape-recorders. It doesn’t switch off automati cally, but a red light shows if the machine is still running.Tape length: 60minutes per side. Weight: 195g.Sony M400 $115Lots of little control buttons that make a noise are difficult to use. Recording is good but machine noise loses points. Tape counter and automatic switch-off when tape has finished recording or rewinding are useful.Tape length: 60 minutes per side. Weight: 230g.Imperial OEM MC7 $ 29.95Cheap and simple compared with the rest, but recording is good as long as there is no background noise. Use only its own-make of cassette. No light to show it is on; no fast-forward button and the record button makes a loud noise.Tape length: 30 minutes per side. Weight: 285g.Philips 585 $80Handsome and simple to use, but recording is very poor at more than the recommended distance of 5 cm-designed for dictation. No recording light.Tape length: 15 minutes per side. Weight: 220g.60. The machine that produces the best recording with the least unwanted noise is _____.A. Pearlcorder S 702B. Sony M9C. Sony M400D. Imperial OEM MC761. If you want a machine which turns off automatically and weighs very little youshould choose _____.A. Pearlcorder S 702B. Sony M9C. Sony M400D. Philips 58562. Which of the following allows you to record longest but costs you least?A. Philips 585B. Imperial OEM MC7C. Sony M400D. Sony M963. What disadvantage does only the Imperial OEM MC7 have?A. No light shows when it is on.B. It requires a special cassette.C. It picks up background noise .D. The record button makes a noise.CToday’s children are the “result” of the modern society. Our parents have jobs that keep them busy almost all day long. They only have a free day in a week. This doesn’t allow them to keep an ey e on their children.On the other hand, the modern society gives more freedom to the children than they could “handle”. As a child, you don’t know how to grow up by yourself until you reach a certain age. That is why you need school and parents to be by your side all the time. If you don’t have either of them you may make a lot of mistakes. The social system of the modern society is very lenient especially with the children.Most of the children today are rebels (判逆者). They are rude. They are given too much freedom by their families. This is their parent’s mistake. They ought to know that the freedom they give to their children is misunderstood.For example it is a bad thing for a 17 –year –old child to go out in the evening on weekends. Parents are also guilty of the way their children show up in the street or at school. The same guilt belongs to the teaching system as well. Pupils shouldn’t be allowed to dress like they were on a fashion presentation at school.Another important fact we can think of regarding the freedom of children is their free will of spending money. Parents shouldn’t allow their children to spend money on whatever they want.I think children are given too much freedom not only by their parents, but also by the society. The latter is more to be blamed!64．The writer implies that parents’ busy lifestyle .A．makes their children become independentB．may lead to a tense parent – child relationshipC．is harmful to their children’s healthD．is likely to create a troubled generation65．What does the underlined word “lenient” (in Para 2) mean?A．Not responsible B．Not strict. C．Unkind. D．Unfair.66．It seems that the writer agrees that students .A．should stay at home on weekendsB．can wear trendy clothes at schoolC．had better wear school uniform at schoolD．can be allowed to go out in the evenings67．According to the writer, which of the following takes the primary responsibility for children’s problems?A．The social environment. B．The educational system.C．Each family. D．The school.DThe English test will be removed from China’s college entrance exam by 2020, according to details of exam and admission reform revealed by the Ministry of Education. The national college entrance exam, known as the “Gaokao” has been use d to evaluate Chinese students for three decades. The Ministry of Education has worked out a plan for reforming exams and enrollment. The Ministry will solicit(征求) public opinions before its release. Instead, tests will be held several times a year to allow students to choose when and how often they sit the exam so as to alleviate study pressure and change China’s once-in-a-lifetime exam system.The plan and suggestions for its implementation will be announced in the first half of next year. It will be piloted in selected provinces and cities and promoted nationwide from 2017. A new exam and admission system will be established by 2020, according to the education ministry.The decision has aroused a heated discussion among Shanghai educators and parents who doubted the reform would reduce the burden of learning English or if the substitute test could reflect a student’s English skills and help students learn English better.“The reform shows China is learning from the West to give students more test-taking chances. But more chances might become more of a burden since Chinese students are likely to repeat the test until they get the highest score,” said Cai Jigang, a professor at Fudan University’s College of Foreign Languages and Literature and chairman of the Shanghai Advisory Committee for College English Teaching at Tertiary Level.Yu Lizhong, chancellor of New York University Shanghai, where classes are in English and students are required to have a high standard of English, said the most important aspect of the reform lay in what to test and how to test.“ As far as I see, the reform doesn’t mean English is no longer important for Chinese students after it will be excluded from the unified college entrance exam,” Yu said. “In a way, English is even more important than before since the test would only serve as reference, while every college and university, even every major, can have different requirements of a student’s English skills under a diverse evaluation system. ”Yu said some students will have their study pressure reduced if the major they choose doesn’t need excellent English while others still need to study hard if they want to be among the best students.The education ministry said the reform would not affect students attending the college entrance exam over the next three years.68. What can we learn from the first paragraph?A. English will become less and less important in the stage of compulsory education.B. It has been 30 years since English became one subject of national college entrance exam.C. China’s once-in-a-lifetime exam system is unacceptable at all.D. The system that tests are held several times does more good than once-in-a-lifetime exam system.69. According to the passage, Shanghai educators and parents argue that _____.A. the new exam and admission system will make no differenceB. English shouldn’t be removed from China’s college entrance examC. the reform may accomplish the very oppositeD. Western educational system does not apply to China70. What does the passage try to express in the underlined sentence?A. Students needn’t lay a good foundation during the period of high school.B. Whether students should study hard English may depend on their major.C. Students can constantly strive for perfection only in their major.D. English must be close to full mark.71. What’s the purpose of the passage?A. To advise students not to devote themselves to English.B. To call on Education Department to remove English from “Gaokao”.C. To support the act of Ministry of Education.D. To encourage students to do as they have planned.EIt’s the place where smart people make smart machines work even smarter. It’s also in the heart of sunny California, a great place to start a family and raise kids. What could be better?But something is happening to their children. Up until the age of two they develop normally. But then everything seems to go backwards. The children become locked into their own small world, unable to communicate at all.They call it th e “curse(诅咒)of Silicon Valley,” but the medical name for the condition is autism(自闭症). It used to be thought that autism was a kind of mental illness. Now doctors are sure that it is a neurological disease transmitted genetically. It seems that the people leading the communications revolution are having children who cannot communicate at all.But even the parents have trouble communicating. Asperger’s Syndrome is a mild version of autism. People who have it are highly intelligent and often brilliant with numbers or system but have no social skill. This very combination of symptoms makes Asperger’s sufferers into ideal computer professionals.The Asperger’s sufferer has always been a well—known figure in popular culture. He or she was the eccentric but dedicated scholar or the strange uncle or auntie who never married. But the high numbers of such people in Silicon Valley mean that they can meet others who understand them and share their interests. And while they might not be personally attractive, they can earn truly attractive amounts of money. They can get married and have kids. Unfortunately, many of the children of two Asperger’s parents seem to be developing serious autism.There is little anyone can do. It takes hours of work just to make autistic child realize that anyone else exists. And there is no cure in sight. Some argue that no cure should be found. “It may be that autistics are essentially different from normalpeople, but that these differences make them invaluable for the evolution of the human race,” says Dr. Kirk Whilhelmsen of the University of California. “To eliminate the genes for autism could be disastrous. ”It seems that the children of Silicon Valley are paying the price of genius.72. What does Dr Kirk Whilhelmsen think of autism?A. It is disastrous to society.B. It is not completely a bad thing.C. It is a punishment to those working in Silicon Valley.D. People with autism should never marry.73. What can we learn about autism according to the passage?A. It is believed to be a king of mental illness that can be cured.B. People with autism can’t find people sharing their interests.C. They do not care about the presence of others.D. They are a burden for the society.74. Why do people call autism “curse of Silicon Valley”？A. Because autistic people live in Silicon Valley.B. Because many people working in Silicon Valley have autism children.C. Because people with autism will be driven out of Silicon Valley.D. Because people with autism are not personally attractive and not liked by others.75. What can we know about Asperger’s Syndrome according to the passage?A. Asperger’s sufferers are ideal computer professionals.B. Asperger’s sufferers never get married and have children.C. Asperger’s sufferers are ashamed of themselves and locked into their own world.D. Asperger’s sufferers can be beneficial to society if they are cured.福建省安溪蓝溪中学2016-2017学年高二英语阅读训练1 2016秋高二英语阅读训练136—40 DABAD 41--45CABAD 46—50DCBCD 51—55ABDAB56 ADAC 60 ACBD 64 DBCA 68 DCBC 72 BCBA- 11 - / 11。