四川省仁寿县城北教学点2012届高三英语阅读理解限时训练（27）.doc

1、高三英语阅读理解限时训练（27）AFor centuries, the bodys blood has been linked closely with the emotionsPeople who show no human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killerFor example, the police are searching for a cold-blooded killerHe seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking someon

2、es life as nothingCold can affect other parts of the bodyThe expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feetThe expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to doFor example, you agree to be president of an organizationBut then you learn that all the other offic

3、ers have resigned, and all the work of the organization will be your responsibilityYou are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation.The expression “give someone the cold shoulder” probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead

4、 of speaking to him face to faceYou may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to youOr, to someone who has lied about you to othersA cold fish is not a fishIt is a personBut it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmthA cold fish does not of

5、fer much of himself to anyoneSomeone who is a cold fish could be cold-heartedNow a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathySeveral popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their loversOut in the cold means no

6、t getting something that everybody else gotA person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise-he was left out in the coldAnd it is not a pleasant place to be41When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way, you may express by “_”AI give him the cold shoulder BI think he is a

7、 cold-blooded manCI think he is a cold fish DIm likely to get cold feet42If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you will say _Ashe is a cold-blooded killer Bshe gets cold feetCshe is a cold fish Dshe is out in the cold43We can use the expression “

8、_” to describe a man who abandons or hurts his lover without mercyAcold-bloodedBcold shoulder Ccold feetDcold-hearted44The topic of this passage is about _Athe relationship between cold and our bodyBsome expressions about friendshipCsome expressions connected with coldDhow cold weather comes into be

9、ingB “Linda, if beating yourself up were an Olympic sport, youd win a gold medal!”Annabel, my close friend, stunned me with that frank observation after I told her how I had mishandled a situation with a student in a third-grade class where I was substituting.（代课） “I should never have let him go to

10、the boys room without a pass! It was my fault he got into trouble with the hall monitor! Im so stupid!” My friend burst out laughing, and then made her “Olympic” comment. After a brief period of reflection（沉思） I had to admit that she was right. I did put myself down an awful lot. Why, just during th

11、e previous day I had called myself “a slob” for having some papers spread out on my desk, “ugly” when I left the house without makeup and “an idiot” when I left the house for an emergency substitute job without my emergency lesson plan. In a more reflective tone, Annabel said, “I once took a worksho

12、p at church where the woman in charge had us list all the things we say about ourselves.” “How many did you have on your list?” I asked. “Fifteen,” she confessed. “But then the teacher said, Now turn to the person next to you and say all the items on your list as if you were speaking to that person!

13、 ”My jaw dropped. “What did you do?” “Nothing. Nobody did. We all just sat there, until I said, I could never say these things to anyone else! ”“And our teacher replied, Well, if you cant say them to anyone else, then dont ever say them to yourself! ”My friend had a point. I would never insult a chi

14、ld of God-and Im Gods child, too! God, today let me be as kind to myself as I would be to another of Your children. 45. What does Annabel mean by the first sentence of the passage? A. The writer is a good athlete.B. The writer scolds herself too much. C. She is encouraging the writer. D. A gold meda

15、l is not a big deal. 46. What does the writer intend to tell us through the second and third paragraphs? A. She has low self-esteem over some small things. B. She often makes serious mistakes in daily life. C. She is a third-grade teacher. D. She cares too much about her appearance. 47. We can infer

16、 that the underlined word “slob” might be _. A. something untidyB. someone dangerous C. something dirty D. someone lazy 48. What does the writer mean by the last sentence of the passage? A. She is ready to turn to God for help. B. She will be kind to all children. C. She wont insult herself as well

17、as others. D. She is willing to be a child of God. CWith alarming regularity, we read about oil tankers having accidents near land and the terrible consequences of the oil spills （泄露） on people, nature, and the environmentMillions of dollars have been used in developing special chemicals to help dis

18、miss the spills and to clean up the animals, beaches, and land spoiled by the oilUnfortunately, when many of these chemicals are used, more damage is caused to the environment, especially to lives in the seaOf all of todays environmental disasters, an oil spill may actually be one of the least serio

19、usAlthough oil is poisonous, it is a natural materialIn the end, it breaks down naturallyThere are, of course, long-term effects, but it is usually more serious in the short termNature by itself works better than chemical materials, but when there is a spill we demand that governments act immediatel

20、y with as much hi-tech knowledge as possibleIn 1967 the tanker Torrey Canyon sank off the Scilly Isles near the coast of England and spilled 120,000 tons of oil into the oceanIf you go there today, you will find it hard to see any sign that it ever happenedGovernments seem to accept the risk of tran

21、sporting millions of tons of oil by ship every day so that we can fill up our cars and drive around and cause even more environmental damageInterestingly, the biggest companies in the world produce cars, and the next biggest supply the gasoline to make them runWe should be thinking more about reduci

22、ng our dependence on oilGovernments should be encouraging research into new technologies, such as cars run by solar power （太阳能） , electricity, hydrogen, and so onMuch of this research has, in the past, been held back by the oil, gas, and coalIf the worlds millions of cars were 10% more efficient （高效

23、的）and the industry could easily produce cars at least twice as efficient we would need many fewer tankers crossing the oceans each yearIf this happened, the risks of oil spills would be reduced, and the air we breathe would be cleaner and fresher, too49What is the passage mainly talking about?AOil s

24、pills pollution BWhat oil pollution isCOil tanker accidents. DHow to reduce oil pollution.50How does the author support the idea that oil spills are not as serious as people believe?ABy giving a description BBy making an argumentCBy giving an example DBy drawing a diagram51What does the underlined w

25、ord risk in Paragraph 5 refer to?ATransportation depending more on oilBPoisonous oil breaking down naturallyCMillions of tons of oil spilling into the seaDMore environmental damage being caused52Which suggestion is made for reducing oil tank accidents according to the passage?AWe should build safer

26、tankers in the near futureBWe should develop new technologies to cut oil useCTankers should not be allowed to sail near the coastlinesDCountries should build more oil pipelines under the seaDViolin prodigies (神童), I learned, have come in distinct waves from distinct regions. Most of the great perfor

27、mers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were born and brought up in Russia and Eastern Europe. I asked Isaac Stern, one of the worlds greatest violinists the reason for this phenomenon. “It is very clear,” he told me. “They were all Jews and Jews at the time were severely oppressed and ill-tr

28、eated in that part of the world. They were not allowed into the professional fields, but they were allowed to achieve excellence on a concert stage.” As a result, every Jewish parents dream was to have a child in the music school because it was a passport to the West.Another element in the emergence

29、 of prodigies, I found, is a society that values excellence in a certain field to nurture (培育) talent. Nowadays, the most nurturing societies seem to be in the Far East. “In Japan, a most competitive society, with stronger discipline than ours,” says Isaac Stern, children are ready to test their lim

30、its every day in many fields, including music. When Western music came to Japan after World War II, that music not only became part of their daily lives, but it became a discipline as well. The Koreans and Chinese as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese.Thats a good thing, because e

31、ven prodigies must work hard. Next to hard work, biological inheritance（遗传） plays an important role in the making of a prodigy. J. S. Bach, for example, was the top of several generations of musicians, and four of his sons had significant careers in music.53.Jewish parents in Eastern Europe longed f

32、or their children to attend music school because _.A. it would allow them access to a better life in the WestB. Jewish children are born with excellent musical talentC. they wanted their children to enter into the professional fieldD. it would enable the family to get better treatment in their own c

33、ountry54.Nurturing societies as mentioned in the passage refer to societies that _.A. are highly motivated in the education of music B. treasure talent and provide opportunities for its full developmentC. encourage people to compete with each otherD. promise talented children high positions55.Which

34、of the following contributes to the emergence of musical prodigies according to the passage?A. a natural gift.B. extensive knowledge of music.C. very early training.D. a prejudice-free society.56.Which of the following titles best summarizes the main idea of the passage?A. Jewish Contribution to Mus

35、ic B. Training of Musicians in the WorldC. Music and SocietyD. The Making of Music ProdigiesEI promised Michael I wouldnt mention this until the season was overNow l think its time Early last season, I wrote a column about an art of kindness I had seen Jordan do to a disabled child outside the stadi

36、umAfter it ran，I got a call from a man in the western suburbsHe said，“I read what you wrote about Jordanbut I thought I should tell you another thing I saw”Here it comes, I thought. It always does. Write something nice about a person, and people call you up to say that the person is not so nice. A f

37、ew weeks later Jordan and I were talking about something else before a game, and I brought up what the man had said. Was the man right? Had Jordan really been talking to those two boys in that poor and dirty neighborhood? Not two boys, Jordan said. But four. And he named them. He said four names. An

38、d what did they talk about? Everything,” Jordan said. Anything. Ive asked to see their grades so that I can check to see if theyre paying attention to their study. If it turns out that one or two of them may need teaching, I make sure they get it. Its just one more part of Michael Jordans life，one m

39、ore thing that no one knows about, and one more thing Jordan does fight for. The NBA season is over now, and those boys have their memories. So do J! When the expert reviewers begin to turn against Jordan as they surely will, Ill think about those boys under the streetlight, waiting for the man they

40、 know to come. For someone they can depend on.57. The writer wrote this story about Jordan and his young friends because _ A. he thought highly of Jordans deeds B. he hated to see Jordan do something bad C. he believed it was time to help the disabled D. he felt sure he neednt keep the promise then5

41、8. A man in the western suburbs made a call to_ A. know why Jordan stopped in a bad area B. get a chance to become famous himself C. let the writer know Jordan was not that nice D. offer an example to show how Jordan helped others59. Jordan talked with the boys because he _. A. needed their support

42、B. had promised to do so C. liked to teach them to play basketball D. wanted to make sure they all studied well60. The text implies that Jordan is _. A. an excellent basketball player B. good at dealing with problems of life C. always ready to make friends with young people D. willing to do whatever he can for the good of society4144 ACDC 4548 BADC 4952 ACDB 5356 ABAD 5760 ACDD高考资源网独家精品资源，欢迎下载！高考资源网Ks5uK&S%5#UKs5uKs%U高考资源网高考资源网高考资源网