限时阅读训练2

高二英语限时阅读训练(二)

一完形填空

My mother and I started our morning by rushing into the local grocery store. I waited in line at the Starbucks counter while she 36 around to pick up a few things.

As I was 37 there I noticed an elderly woman, wearing layers (层) 38 layers of old torn clothing, moving behind me in line.

She had a few toiletries(化妆品)and seemed to want the Starbucks cashier to 39 since our queue was shorter than the grocery store queues were.

At some point I became 40 of her moving closer behind me –it was 41 than I was comfortable with! I instinctively (本能地) 42 a hand over my purse and drew it closer to me. My fear and imagination raced creating wild 43 about this homeless woman who might try to 44 from me.

Then it was my 45 to order. As the cashier rang up my total I discovered I was 37 cents 46 . I called to my mother but she is hard of hearing. She asked me to 47 what I said but she still couldn't 48 me out.

At that point, a long grey arm, with 49 in its sleeves, 50 over from behind me. She laid 37 cents out on the counter, saying, "Here, We all need some 51 sometimes."

I was 52 ! Here was a woman who clearly had very little to 53 and in great need herself. I had judged her 54 and she had reached out, voluntarily, to help me!

What an amazing gift and lesson this woman gave me about 55 others. Thank You, God!!

36. A. travelled B. shopped C. flew D. searched

37. A. sitting B. lying C. resting D. standing

38. A. upon B. after C. of D. in

39. A. ring up B. make up C. put up D. take up

40. A. ashamed B. afraid C. aware D. embarrassed

41. A. further B. slower C. quicker D. closer

42. A. hid B. placed C. cleaned D. opened

43. A. jokes B. stories C. lies D. problems

44. A. rob B. catch C. steal D. pick

45. A. turn B. advice C. decision D. hope

46. A. lost B. short C. missing D. enough

47. A. replay B. rewrite C. repeat D. record

48. A. break B. put C. drop D. make

49. A. designs B. colors C. lines D. holes

50. A. pushed B. threw C. stopped D. reached

51. A. care B. concern C. help D. attitude

52. A. frightened B. shocked C. encouraged D. excited

53. A. give B. send C. report D. take

54. A. wrongly B. naturally C. sensitively D. clearly

55. A. offering B. accepting C. judging D. thanking

二任务型阅读

How we look and how we appear to others probably worries us more when we are in our teens or early twenties than at any other time in our life. Few of us are content to accept ourselves as we are, and few are brave enough to ignore the trends of fashion.

Most fashion magazines or TV advertisements try to persuade us that we should dress in a certain way or behave in a certain manner. If we do, they tell us, we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment. Changing fashion, of course, does not apply just to dress. A barber today does not cut a boy’s hair in the same way as he used to, and girls do not make up in the same way as their mothers and grandmothers did. The advertisers show us the latest fashionable styles and we are constantly under pressure to follow the fashion in case our friends think we are odd or dull.

What causes fashions to change? Sometimes convenience or practical necessity or just the fancy of an influential person can establish a fashion. Take hats for example. In cold climates, early buildings were cold inside, so people wore hats indoors as well as outside. In recent times, the late President Kennedy caused a depression in the American hat industry by not wearing hats, and more American men followed his example.

There is also a cyclical(周期性的) pattern in fashion. In the 1920s in Europe and America, short skirts became fashionable. After World War II, they dropped to ankle length. Then they got shorter and shorter until the miniskirt was in fashion. After a few more years, skirts became longer again.

Today, society is much freer and easier than it used to be. It is no longer necessary to dress like everyone else. Within reason, you can dress as you like or do your hair the way you like instead of the way you should because it is the fashion. The popularity of jeans and the “untidy” look seems to be a reaction against the increasingly expensive fashion of the top fashion houses.

At the same time, appearance is still important in certain circumstances and then we must choose our clothes carefully. It would be foolish to go to an interview for a job in a law firm wearing jeans and a sweater, and it would be discourteous(失礼的) to visit some distinguished scholar looking as if we were going to the beach or a night club. However, you need never feel depressed if you don’t look like the latest fashion photo. Look around you and you’ll see that no one else does eit her!

Fashion Change

People’s attitude towards fashion ●In our life, teenagers or people in their early twenties care more about

their (81) ▲ ___.

●Ordinary people just follow the trends of fashion passively.

(82) ▲ that fashion has on people ●People are able to feel more(83) ▲ or less embarrassed if they dress

themselves fashionably.

●People are constantly under (84) ▲__to keep up with the fashion.

Causes of fashion changing Sometimes a fashion can be (85) ▲ _due to convenience or practical necessity, or just because of the fancy of an influential person.

Cyclical (86) ▲in fashion Some old (87) ▲ may become popular again after a certain period of time. Fashion today People are free to dress or do their hair according to their (88) ▲ instead of