扬子江高级中学2007-2008高三英语限时阅读训练二十（英语）.doc

1、高考资源网提供高考试题、高考模拟题，发布高考信息题本站投稿专用信箱：ks5u，来信请注明投稿，一经采纳，待遇从优 高三英语限时阅读训练（二十） 07.10第一部分 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。As the pace of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. 41 you are in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from mo

2、rning till night, it is hard to 42 down. But relaxation is 43 for a healthy mind and body.Stress is a 44 part of everyday life and there is no way to 45 it. In fact, it is not the bad thing that it is often supposed to be. A 46 amount of stress is important to provide motivation and give 47 to life.

3、 It is only when the stress gets out of control 48 it can lead to poor performance and 49 health.The amount of stress a person can bear 50 very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such 51 are obviously chief material for managerial responsibilities. Others lose heart at

4、 first 52 of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in 53 form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make a choice between 54 and fight. And in more ancient days the choices made the 55 between life and death. The crises(危机) we meet today are 56 to be so extreme, but however li

5、ttle the stress, it requires the same response. It is when such a reaction 57 long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes 58 . Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart diseases have 59 links with stress. 60 we cannot remove stress from our lives we need to find wa

6、ys to deal with it. It would be unwise to do so even if we could. So what do you think of stress? What is your way to deal with it?41. A. WhenB. WhileC. OnceD. As42. A. slowB. calmC. getD. turn43. A. unnecessaryB. satisfiedC. usefulD. necessary44. A. physicalB. naturalC. hardD. terrible45. A. tolera

7、teB. solveC. avoidD. accept46. A. sureB. certainC. largeD. great47. A. purposeB. resourceC. influenceD. instruction48. A. whenB. whyC. thatD. how49. A. illB. goodC. strongD. weak50. A. insistsB. dependsC. callsD. spends51. A. patternsB. personalitiesC. situationsD. characters1,3,552. A. glanceB. vie

8、wC. sightD. impression53. A. whicheverB. whateverC. however D. whenever54. A. peaceB. frightC. pressureD. heaviness55. A. decisionB. promiseC. differenceD. choice56. A. unlikelyB. likelyC. necessaryD. probable57. A. continuesB. livesC. standsD. lasts58. A. balancedB. injuredC. endangeredD. changeabl

9、e59. A. establishedB. achievedC. foundD. developed60. A. UnlessB. SinceC. BecauseD. As第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。 AWhen people advise your children to “get an education”, they tell you only half the truth. What they really mean is to get just enough education to give

10、 manpower for your society.Get a high school diploma, at least. Without that, you are occupationally(职业上) dead, unless your name happens to be George Bernard Shaw or Thomas Alva Edison and you can successfully stop study in primary school.Get a college degree, if possible. With a BA(学士学位), you shoul

11、d start to find a job. You have to put on the brakes now. If you do go for a masters degree, make sure it is an MBA and only from a first-class university. Otherwise, the famous law of diminishing(报酬递减律) begins to work.Do you know; for example, that long-distance truck drivers make more money a year

12、 than full professors(正教授)? Yes, each driver was paid $ 28,000 in 1997 while a full professor managed to get $ 27,930.A PhD is the highest degree you can get, but except in few specialized fields such as physics or chemistry, where the degree can quickly by turned to industrial or commercial aim, yo

13、u are facing a not very bright future. There are more PhDs unemployed in this country than in any other part of the world by far.If you became a PhD in English or history or political science or languages orworst of all-in philosophy, you take the risk of becoming over-educated for our national dema

14、nds.Thousands of PhDs are selling shoes, driving taxis, vomiting on tables and filling out applications month after month, and then may be taking a job in high school or college with the pay much less than a door-keeper makes.61. According to the writer, the society expects education to turn out peo

15、ple who will _.A. raise their payment B. become specialized in some wayC. have a bright future D. meet the demands as a source of manpower62. If you dont want to be occupationally dead, you _.A. should look for a job in a primary schoolB. must at least get a high school diplomaC. have to change your

16、 name for Bernard Shaw or EdisonD. should go on learning and become a doctor or physics or chemistry63. The underlined phrase “put on the brakes” (in Para 3) means _.A. stop learning for a high degreeB. take up masters degree at onceC. go on studying in a first-class universityD. find any interestin

17、g job64. Which of the following is not TRUE according to the passage?A. Neither Bernard Shaw or Edison finished high schoolB. There are more PhDs than the society demands.C. The higher education level is, the more money you will earn.D. If you are overeducated, you can not easily get a good job.BAll

18、en: Ive never been a big fan of the bears, especially the vacation show. On my last trip to Disneyland(1999) we passed it by, because we didnt want to spend the time on something we didnt really enjoy. If wed known it would be closed by our next visit, Im sure we would have watched it one more time.

19、 I was just making the point that it wasnt until Disney announced the closing that this feeling suddenly sprang(弹跳) up for the Country Bear show at Disneyland.But I think the idea of keeping some attractions open forever regardless of the number of visitors it gets is a mistake. We all have great me

20、mories of the Bears, but clearly very few kids today (or I should say families today) are making those same memories from this show. That may be a sad fact, but its a fact. For whatever reason, the show doesnt pull in the numbers. Isnt it right to use the Country Bear space to bring in more popular

21、attraction so that more kids today can make those magic memories of an attraction they like? Otherwise arent we just telling kids today that they “have to” make great memories of the Bears, when its obvious that the kids themselves are not enjoying the Bears like we did.Roger: I am very disappointed

22、 that they have decided to retire the Country Bear Playhouse. I remember going to the show as a child, and still enjoyed it as a teenager, and now young adult. It is true that there arent a lot of shows left at DL and with this one closing even less. Being at DL does require a lot of walking, and it

23、 is nice to have a few attraction that are a place to sit and enjoy a good show. I understand that DL has to develop, but there has to be some history to the Disneyland that Walt Disney first designed. There should be some parts of DL that just never go away and this is one of them. By the time I ha

24、ve children it looks like there wont be any attractions that I can say. I went to as a child at the rate they are going.Now the Bears are leaving. What I want to say is: stop trying to compete with everyone! DL is the best, because of attractions like the Country-Bears. If DL insists on destroying a

25、ll of its magic to make way for the latest, well, then it might as well be just another theme park.65. What news might get people talking about the problem of the Country Bears?A. The Country Bear Playhouse will be closed.B. There will be a new attraction for our guests at Disneyland.C. The number o

26、f visitors to the Country Bear Playhouse is falling.D. The Bears will retire because of old age and cant give shows any more.66. Allen spoke mainly to get this point across that _.A. the Bears will be missedB. we should tell kids today that they “have to” make great memories of the BearsC. the longt

27、ime attraction ought to make way for a future attractionD. people never care about what they have until all is lost67. Which is the best choice to complete Rogers idea: the Country Bears have been a part of Disneyland for nearly 30 years, _.”A. and I feel it is time to give our bears a good restB. b

28、ut anyway, the attraction has lost interestC. but I know that Disneyland will always be changing, and I accept thatD. and I am sad that the Bears will be leaving68. Which of the following is NOT in the same group as the other three?A. an attractionB. a theme parkC. the BearsD. the latest magic69. Wh

29、ere can this passage be found?A. In a Web discussion zone.B. In a suggestion book.C. In a report on the popularity of the Country Bears.D. In high school students compositions.CIT is always hard for a small fish to live in a big pond. Plutos recent departure(离开) from the classical planet family clea

30、rly proves that size really matters.Astronomers voted on August 24 to create the first scientific definition of the word “planet”, and Pluto obviously didnt make the cut. It turned out to be only a “dwarf planet”(矮行星).After weeks of heated debate, over 2,500 astronomers from 75 countries voted on th

31、e definition of a “planet” at a conference of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). According to the definition, a planet must have a clear neighborhood around its orbit(轨道). Pluto has widely been considered a planet since its discovery in 1930. Unfortunately, it has a special orbit which over

32、laps with Neptunes. It is all because, compared with Neptune, Pluto is very small. It is attracted by Neptunes gravity when the two planets get closer.According to IAU. a “dwarf planet” should have an orbit around the Sun. It will not have a clear neighborhood around its orbit, and must not be a sat

33、ellite. The new classification means that the science textbooks will have to be updated. The solar system is now made up of the eight “classical planets,” together with a number of dwarf planet. The classical planets are: Mercury; Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The debate o

34、ver Plates status started in 1992. After an advanced telescope was sent into space, astronomers started to find a belt of objects, which lies beyond Neptune. The belt contains nearly 1,000 objects, including Pluto. As they continued the exploration, scientists recently discovered at least 41 dwarf p

35、lanets at the edges of the solar system. There are at least two objects of a similar size to Pluto.It seems that even if the IAU had kept Plutos status as a planet, the classical theory of nine planets in the solar system would have had to be changed, but the other way around. More dwarf planets of

36、a similar size to Pluto would join the family of planets. Scientists will probably find many more dwarf planets.70. According to the passage, Pluto is _.A. a planet which has a clear neighbouhood around its orbitB. a satellite of Neptune which was discovered in 1930C. is the smallest planet in the s

37、olar systemD. a planet which has an orbit around the sun71. The sentence “IT is always hard for a small fish to live in a big pond” quoted in the beginning of the passage is used to _.A. tell us small fish can hardly survive in the big pondB. tell us the size of an object really mattersC. mean that

38、small planet can hardly exist in the solar systemD. explain the disappearance of Pluto in the solar system72. From the last paragraph we can infer that if IAU kept Plutos status as a planet, the number of planets in the solar system would be _.A. eightB. nineC. less than nineD. more than nine73. Whi

39、ch of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. According to definition of a “planet”, if Pluto were bigger it would not have left the classic planet family.B. More dwarf planets of a similar size to Pluto would join the family of planets. Many more dwarf planet will be found

40、by the scientists in the future.C. Pluto has a special orbit which overlaps with Neptunes because it is so small as to be attracted by Neptunes gravity when the two planets get closer.D. A “dwarf planet”, which must not be a satellite without a clear neighborhood around its orbit, should have an orb

41、it around the Sun.1,3,5DQinghai-Tibet RailwayQinghai-Tibet Railway was unfolded to the public on Mondy. From July1, the service will cost a minimum of 389 yuan (hard seat) and take about 48 hours from Beijing to Lhasa. A hard sleeper (bottom berth) ill cost 813 yuan, and a soft sleeper (bottom berth

42、) 1,262 yuan. The fare for an air ticket is about 2,540 yuan. Trains will run to and from Lhasa in three directions: through Beijing, Chengdu/ Chongqing and Xining/ LanzhouMOSCOW is this years most expensive city for big consumers in the world, a study released by British human resources firm Mercer

43、 HR suggests. Seoul was in second place, followed by Tokyowhich topped the list in 2005, when the Russian capital was in fourth positionthen Hong Kong and London. The findings were based on prices for 200 goods and services, especially housing, transport, food, clothing and entertainment. In the 144

44、 cities surveyed, Beijing and Shanghai ranked 14th and 20th.Cutting wages in monopoly industries(垄断行业) CHINAS State-owned monopoly industries may be forced to cut their employees wages as the government looks at reducing the countrys widening income gap, the Economic Observer said on Monday. The rep

45、ort said the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), working with other central government departments, worked out a plan. High salaries in electricity, telecommunications and other monopoly industries have met with strong criticism.74. According to the news, a tourist can enter Tibet by

46、taking a train from _ cities with a sleeper train ticket which costs at least _.A. three; 389 yuan B. five; 813 yuan C. five; 389 yuan D. three; 1,262 yuan75. Which of the following cities is the most expensive city in 2005?A. MoscowB. TokyoC. ScoulD. London76. The word “gap” in the third news probably means _A. taxB. spaceC. blankD. separation完形填空 CADBC BACBA BCBBC ADCAB阅读理解 DBAC A CDDA DBDA BBD共6页第6页