高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解4

这是一份高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解4，共11页。
1.Sme children are natural-brn bsses. They have a strng need t make decisins, manage their envirnment, and lead rather than fllw. Stephen Jacksn, a Year One student, “perates under the thery f what’s mine is mine and what’s yurs is mine,” says his mther. “The ther day I bught tw new Star Wars light sabers (剑). Later, I saw Stephen with the tw new nes while his brther was using the beat-up nes.”
“Examine the extended family, and yu’ll prbably find a bssy grandparent, aunt, uncle r cusin in every generatin. It’s an inheritable trait,” says Russell Barkley, a prfessr at the Medical University f Suth Carlina. Other children wh may nt be particularly bssy can gradually gain dminance when they sense their parents are weak, hesitant, r in disagreement with each ther.
Whether it’s inbrn nature r develped character at wrk, t much cntrl in the hands f the yung isn’t healthy fr children r the family. Fear is at the rt f a lt f bssy behavir, says family psychlgist Jhn Taylr. Children, he says in his bk Frm Defiance t Cperatin, “have secret feelings f weakness” and “a desire t feel safe.” It’s the parents’ rle t prvide that prtectin.
When a “bss child” desn’t learn limits at hme, the stage is set fr a hst f trubles utside the family. The verly willful and unbending child may have truble beying teachers r caches, fr example, r truble keeping friends. It can be pretty lnely as the tp dg if n ne likes yur bssy ways.
“I see mre and mre parents giving up their pwer,” says Barkley, wh has studied bssy behavir fr mre than 30 years. “They bend t far because they dn’t want t be as strict as their wn parents were. But they als feel less cnfident abut their parenting skills. Their kids, in turn, feel mre anxius.”
46. What d yu think f bssy children like Stephen Jacksn?
A. They make gd decisins. B. They lack care frm thers.
C. They have little sense f fear. D. They shw self-centeredness.
47. What des the underlined phrase “inheritable trait” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. inbrn nature B. accepted thery
C. develped characterD. particular envirnment
48. What des the study n bssy behavir imply?
A. Parents shuld give mre pwer t their children.
B. Parents shuld nt be s anxius abut their children.
C. Parents shuld be strict with their children.
D. Parents shuld nt set limits fr their children.
49. Bssy children may prbably becme .
A. relaxed B. skillful C. hesitant D. lnely
50. What is the passage mainly abut?
A. Hw bssy behavir can be cntrlled.
B. What leads t children’s bssy behavir.
C. What effect bssy behavir brings abut.
D. Hw we can get alng with bssy children.
2.A wman renewing her driver’s license at the Cunty Clerk’s ffice was asked t state her ccupatin. She hesitated, uncertain hw t classify herself.
“What I mean is,” explained the recrder, “d yu have a jb, r are yu just a …”
“Of curse I have a jb,” said Emily. “I’m a mther.”
“We dn’t list ‘mther’ as an ccupatin… ‘husewife’ cvers it,” said the recrder.
One day I fund myself in the same situatin. The clerk was bviusly a career wman, cnfident and pssessed f a high sunding title．“What is yur ccupatin?” she asked.
The wrds simply ppped ut. “I’m a Research Assciate in the field f Child Develpment and Human Relatins.”
The clerk paused, ballpint pen frzen in midair.
I repeated the title slwly, and then I stared with wnder as my statement was written in bld, black ink n the fficial questinnaire.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “Just what yu d in this field?”
Clly, withut any trace f panic in my vice, I heard myself reply, “I have a cntinuing prgram f research (what mther desn’t）, in the lab and in the field (nrmally I wuld have said indrs and ut). Of curse, the jb is ne f the mst demanding in the humanities (any mther care t disagree?), and I ften wrk 14 hurs a day (24 is mre like it). But the jb is mre challenging than mst careers and rewards are mre f a satisfactin rather than just mney.”
There was an increasing nte f respect in the clerk’s vice as she cmpleted the frm, std up, and shwed me ut.
As I drve int ur driveway, buyed up (依托) by my glamrus new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants—ages 13, 7, and 3.
Upstairs I culd hear ur new experimental mdel (a 6 mnth ld baby), in the child-develpment prgram, testing ut a new vcal pattern．
I felt prud! I had gne n the fficial recrds as smene mre distinguished and indispensable (不可缺少的) t mankind than “just anther mther.”
Mtherhd…What a glrius career! Especially when there’s a title n the dr.
41. What can be inferred frm the cnversatin between the wman and the recrder?
A. The recrder was impatient and rude.
B. The wman felt ashamed t admit what her jb was.
C. The authr was upset abut the situatin that mthers faced.
D. Mtherhd was nt recgnized and respected as a jb by sciety.
42. Hw did the female clerk feel at first when the authr tld her ccupatin?
A. curius B. indifferent C. puzzled D. interested
43. Hw did the authr feel when describing her jb t the clerk?
A. calm B. ambitius C. cnfident D. cl
44. Why did the wman clerk shw mre respect fr the authr?
A. Because the authr cared little abut rewards.
B. Because she thught the authr did admirable wrk.
C. Because she admired the authr’s research wrk in the lab.
D. Because the writer did smething she had little knwledge f.
45. What is the authr’s purpse f writing the passage?
A. T shw hw yu describe yur jb affects yur feelings tward it.
B. T argue that mtherhd is a wrthy career and deserves respect.
C. T shw that the authr had a grander jb than Emily.
D. T shw that being a mther is hard and bring wrk.
3.Usually, when yur teacher asks a questin, there is nly ne crrect answer. But there is ne questin that has millins f crrect answers. That questin is “What’s yur name?” Everyne gives a different answer, but everyne is crrect.
Have yu ever wndered abut peple’s names? Where d they cme frm?
What d they mean?
Peple’s first names, r given names, are chsen by their parents. Smetimes the name f a grandparent r ther member f the family is used. Sme parents chse the name f a well-knwn persn. A by culd be named Gerge Washingtn Smith; a girl culd be named Helen Keller Jnes.
Sme peple give their children names that mean gd things. Clara means “bright”; Beatrice means “ne wh gives happiness”; Dnald means “wrld ruler”; Lenard means “as brave as a lin”.
The earliest last names, r surnames, were taken frm place names. A family with the name Brk r Brks prbably lived near a brk (小溪); smene wh was called Lngstreet prbably lived n a lng, paved rad. The Greenwd family lived in r near a leafy frest.
Other early surnames came frm peple’s ccupatins. The mst cmmn ccupatinal name is Smith, which means a persn wh makes things with irn r ther metals. In the past, smiths were very imprtant wrkers in every twn and village. Sme ther ccupatinal names are: Carter—a persn wh wned r drve a cart; Ptter—a persn wh made pts and pans.
The ancestrs f the Baker family prbably baked bread fr their neighbrs in their native village. The Carpenter’s great-great-great-grandfather prbably built huses and furniture.
Smetimes peple were knwn fr the clr f their hair r skin, r their size, r their special abilities. When there were tw men wh were named Jhn in the same village, the Jhn with gray hair prbably became Jhn Gray. Or the Jhn wh was very tall culd call himself Jhn Tallman. Jhn Fish was prbably an excellent swimmer and Jhn Lightft was prbably a fast runner r a gd dancer.
Sme family names were made by adding smething t the father’s name. English-speaking peple added –s r –sn. The Jhnsns are descendants f Jhn; the Rberts family’s ancestr was Rbert. Irish and Scttish peple added Mac r Mc r O. Perhaps all f the MacDnnells and the O’Dnnells are descendants f the same Dnnell.
48． Which f the fllwing aspects d the surnames in the passage NOT cver?
A. Places where peple lived.B. Peple’s characters.
C. Talents that peple pssessed. D. Peple’s ccupatins.
49．Accrding t the passage, the ancestrs f the Ptter family mst prbably _______.
A. wned r drve a cart B. made things with metals
C. made kitchen tls r cntainers. D. built huses and furniture.
50．Suppse an English cuple whse ancestrs lived near a leafy frest wanted their new-brn sn t becme a wrld leader, the baby might be named ________.
A. Beatrice Smith B. Lenard Carter
C. Gerge Lngstreet D. Dnald Greenwd
4.Have yu ever picked a jb based n the fact that yu were gd at it but later fund it made yu feel very uncmfrtable ver time? When yu select yur career, there's a whle lt mre t it than assessing yur skills and matching them with a particular psitin. If yu ignre yur persnality, it will hurt yu lng-term regardless f yur skills r the jb’s pay. There are several areas f yur persnality that yu need t cnsider t help yu find a gd jb. Here are a few f thse main areas;
1) D yu prefer wrking alne r with ther peple?
There are islating jbs that will drive an utging persn crazy and als interactive jbs that will make a shy persn uneasy. Mst peple are nt extremes in either directin but d have a tendency that they prefer. There are als psitins that are smetimes a cmbinatin f the tw, which may be best fr smene in the middle wh adapts easily t either situatin.
2) Hw d yu handle change?
Mst jbs these days have sme elements f change t them, but sme are mre than thers. If yu need stability in yur life, yu may need a jb where the changes dn’t happen s ften. Other peple wuld be bred f the same daily rutine.
3) D yu enjy wrking with cmputers？
I d see this as a kind f persnality characteristic. There are peple wh are happy t spend mre than 40 hurs a week n a cmputer, while there are thers wh need a lt f human interactin thrughut the day. Again, these are extremes and yu'll likely find a lt f psitins smewhere in the middle as well.
4) What type f wrk envirnment d yu enjy？
This can range frm being in a large building with a lt f peple yu wn’t knw immediately t a smaller setting where yu'll get t knw almst all the peple there fairly quickly.
5) Hw d yu like t get paid?
Sme peple are mtivated by the pay they get, while thers feel t stressed t be like that. The variety f payment designs in the sales industry is a typical example fr this.
Anyway, these are a great starting pint fr yu. I've seen it ver and ver again with peple that they make mre mney ver time when they d smething they lve. It may take yu a little lnger, but making a mve t d what yu have a passin fr can change the curse f yur life fr the better.
44．What is unnecessary in yur jb hunting?
A．Assessing yur skills
B．Taking yur persnality int cnsideratin
C．Matching yur skills with a psitin
D．Ging t different areas
45． Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A. Islating usually drive peple mad.
B. Interactive jbs make peple shy easily.
C. Extreme peple tend t wrk with thers.
D. Almst everyne has a tendency in jbs.
46．The underlined wrd “stability” in the passage mst prbably means?
A.n anger.B. n mvement.C. gentleness.D. enthusiasm.
47． What culd be the best title fr this passage?
A. Lifestyles and Jb PayB. Persnalities and Jbs
C. Jb Skills and AbilitiesD. Jbs and Envirnment
5.Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked fr any sprts team. “Ftball, tennis, cricket--- anything with a rund ball, I was useless,” he says nw with a laugh. But back then he was the ne always made fun f in schl gym classes in Devnshire, England.
It was a muntain bike he received fr his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alne in a nearby frest. Then he began t ride the bike alng with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set up his mind n building up his bdy, increasing his speed and strength. At the age f 18, he ran his first marathn.
The fllwing year he met Jhn Ridgway and was hired as an instructr at Ridgway’s schl f adventure in Sctland, where he learnt abut Ridgway’s cld-water explits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he culd abut Nrth Ple explrers and adventures, then decided that this wuld be his future.
In 2001, after becming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first lng-distance expeditin(探险) twards the Nrth Ple. It tk unbelievable energy. He suffered frstbite（冻疮）, ran int a plar bear and pushed his bdy t the limit, pulling his supply-laded sled（雪橇） up and ver rcky ice.
Saunders has since becme the yungest persn t ski alne t the Nrth Ple, and he’s skied mre f the Nrth Ple by himself than any ther British man. His ld playmates wuld nt believe the change.
Next Octber, Saunders, 27, heads suth frm the cast f Antarctica t the Suth Ple and back, a 2900-kilmeter jurney that has never been cmpleted n skis.
40．What change happened t Saunders after he was 15 years ld?
A. He became gd at mst sprts. B. He made friends with a runner.
C. He jined a sprts team. D. He began t build up his bdy.
41．The underlined wrd “explits” (paragraph 3) is clsest in meaning t ______.
A. jurneys B. adventuresC.researches D. peratins
42．Which f the fllwing is the crrect rder f the events that happened t Saunders?
a. He ran his first marathn. b. He skied alne in the Nrth Ple.
c. He rde his bike in a frest. d. He planned an adventure t the Suth Ple.
A. a c d bB. c d a b C. c a b dD.a c b d
43． What des the stry mainly tell us abut Saunders?
A. He is a success in sprts. B. He is the best British skier.
C. He is Ridgway’s best student. ` D. He is a gd instructr at schl.
6.Smetimes, the simplest ideas are the best．Fr example, t absrb heat frm the sun t heat water, yu need large, flat, black surfaces．One way t d that is t build thse surfaces specially, n the rfs f buildings．But why g t all that truble when cities are full f black surfaces already, in the frm f asphalt （柏油） rads?
Ten years ag, this thught came int the mind f Arian de Bndt, a Dutch engineer．He finally persuaded his bss t fllw it up．The result is that their building is nw heated in winter and cled in summer by a system that relies n the surface f the rad utside．
The heat-cllectr is a system f cnnected water pipes．Mst f them run frm ne side f the street t the ther, just under the asphalt rad．Sme, hwever, dive deep int the grund．
When the street surface gets ht in summer, water pumped thrugh the pipes picks up this heat and takes it undergrund thrugh ne f the diving pipes．At a depth f 100 meters lies a natural aquifer （蓄水层） int which several heat exchangers （交换器） have been built．The ht water frm the street runs thrugh these exchangers, warming the grund-water, befre returning t the surface thrugh anther pipe．The aquifer is thus used as a heat stre．
In winter, the wrking system is changed slightly．Water is pumped thrugh the heat exchangers t pick up the heat stred during summer．This water ges int the building and is used t warm the place up．After perfrming that task, it is pumped under the asphalt and its remaining heat keeps the rad free f snw and ice．
36．Which f the fllwing is true accrding t the first tw paragraphs?
A．Arian de Bndt gt his idea frm his bss．
B．Large, flat, black surfaces need t be built in cities．
C．The Dutch engineer's system has been widely used．
D．Heat can als be cllected frm asphalt rads．
37．Fr what purpse are the diving pipes used?
A．T absrb heat frm the sun． B．T stre heat fr future use．
C．T turn slar energy int heat energy．D．T carry heat dwn belw the surface．
38．Frm the last paragraph we can learn that ________．
A．sme pipes have t be re-arranged in winter
B．the system can d mre than warming up the building
C．the exchangers will pick up heat frm the street surface
D．less heat may be cllected in winter than in summer
39．What is mst likely t be discussed in the paragraph that fllws?
A．What we shall d if the system ges wrng．
B．What we shall d if there are n asphalt rads．
C．Hw the system cls the building in summer．
D．Hw the system cllects heat in spring and autumn．
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