河北省承德市双滦区实验中学2021届高三英语一轮复习晚练试题1 [含答案]

河北省承德市双滦区实验中学2021届高三英语一轮复习晚练试题1第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)

第一节(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)

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。

A

Many of us have heard of the saying：everything is possible if you can just believe. But few of us really know the power of faith and perseverance. South African swimmer Natalie du Toit embodies those virtues.

Du Toit，became the first swimmer to compete in both the Olympic Games and the Paralympics(残奥会)in Beijing. Although she finished 16th in the tough 10 km marathon in the able­bodied Games，she has collected three golds in the Paralympics so far.

One of the most successful disabled athletes of all time，Natalie du Toit was already a promising swimmer when she lost her leg in a motorcycle accident in 2001，at just 17.

“There are a lot of dark moments，”du Toit said.“There are some days when I cry. But I try to remember that better days are ahead. You just go on.”

Within a few months，she was back in the swimming pool.

She still competes and still succeeds. The only difference is that she has switched to longer events—from 200 m and 400 m individual medley to 800 m and 1,500 m freestyle—to make up for her loss of speed with only one leg. But she made no adjustment to her mental outlook(精神面貌)．

“Going out in the water，it feels as if there's nothing wrong with me. It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.”

She is the owner of many world records，and she also won gold when competing against able­bodied swimmers in the 1,500 m freestyle at the All Africa Games in 2007.

But there is no magic recipe for success. It all comes down to hard work and determination.“She is stubborn，which is good and bad，”said her coach Karoly Von Toros.“Good for the swimming，but bad for the coach.”

There is a poem that hangs on her wall that reads:

The tragedy of life does not lie in not reaching your goals；

The tragedy of life lies in not having goals to reach for.

21．Natalie du Toit is a vivid example that ____.

A．you are what you believe

B．your biggest enemy is yourself

C．results are not so important as the process

D．you must set reasonable goals or you will fail

22．The underlined word in the first paragraph means ____.

A．makes B．creates

C．represents D．introduces

23．According to the text，Natalie du Toit became ____.

A．the first athlete to compete with able­bodied swimmers in the world

B．the youngest disabled swimmer to break the world record in the 1,500 m freestyle

C．the youngest disabled swimmer to collect three golds in a single Paralympics

D．the first swimmer to compete in both the Olympic Games and the Paralympics

ACD

B

Getting less sleep has become a bad habit for most American kids. According to a new survey(调查) by the National Sleep Foundation,51% of kids aged 10 to 18 go to bed at 10 pm or later on school nights，even though they have to get up early. Last year the Foundation reported that nearly 60% of 7­to 12­year­olds said they felt tired during the day，and 15% said they had fallen asleep at school.

How much sleep you need depends a lot on your age. Babies need a lot of rest: most of them sleep about 18 hours a day! Adults need about eight hours. For most school­age children，ten hours is ideal(理想的)．But the new National Sleep Foundation survey found that 35% of 10­ to 12­year­olds get only seven or eight hours. And guess what almost half of the surveyed kids said they do before bedtime? Watch TV.

“More children are going to bed with TVs on，and there are more opportunities(机会) to stay awake，with more homework，the Internet and the