高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解41

这是一份高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解41，共13页。
1.
Sme years ag, writing in my diary used t be a usual activity. I wuld return frm schl and spend the expected half hur recrding the day’s events, feelings, and impressins in my little blue diary. I did nt really need t express my emtins by way f wrds, but I gained a certain satisfactin frm seeing my experiences frever recrded n paper. After all, isn’t accumulating memries a way f preserving the past?
When I was thirteen years ld, I went n a lng jurney n ft in a great valley, well-equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recrding every incident, name and place I came acrss. I felt prud t be spending my time prductively, dutifully preserving fr future generatins a detailed descriptin f my travels. On my last night there, I wandered ut f my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare f the mn, and the walls f the valley lked threatening behind their screen f shadws. I autmatically tk ut my pen…
At that pint, I understd that nthing I wrte culd ever match r replace the few secnds I allwed myself t experience the dramatic beauty f the valley. All I remembered f the previus few days were the dull characterizatins I had set dwn in my diary.
Nw, I nly write in my diary when I need t write dwn a special thught r feeling. I still lve t recrd ideas and qutatins that strike me in bks, r bservatins that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures, but nt very ften--nly f bjects I find really beautiful. I’m n lnger blindly satisfied with having smething t remember when I grw ld. I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present s as t live it in the future.
I dn’t want t wake up ne day and have nthing but a pile f pictures and ntes. Maybe I wn’t have as many exact representatins f peple and places; maybe I’ll frget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. I dn’t live t make memries--I just live, and the memries frm themselves.
26. Befre thirteen, the authr regarded keeping a diary as a way f ________.
A. bserving her schl rutine B. expressing her satisfactin
C. impressing her classmates D. preserving her histry
27. On a jurney at thirteen, the authr ________.
A. nearly ignred the beauty f nature while busy making recrds
B. hardly made preparatins fr a jurnal while appreciating nature
C. suddenly felt it impssible and unnecessary t write everything dwn
D. was entirely struck by nature and frgt t recrd anything
28. What caused a change in the authr’s understanding f keeping a diary?
A. A dull night n the jurney.
B. The beauty f the great valley.
C. A striking qutatin frm a bk.
D. Her cncerns fr future generatins.
29. What des the authr put in her diary nw?
A. Ntes and beautiful pictures. B. Special thughts and feelings.
C. Detailed accunts f daily activities. D. Descriptins f unfrgettable events.
30. The authr cmes t realize that t live a meaningful life is ______.
A. t experience it B. t live the present in the future
C. t make memries D. t give accurate representatins f it
2.
A MENTORING prgram (导师制) is giving life changing pprtunities t Banbury yuth.
Yung Inspiratins was funded tw years ag t prvide mentring sessins fr students and unemplyed yung adults aged 11 t 21.
Alex Gldberg, the prgram's funder, said: "We set up Yung Inspiratins because we wanted t give yung peple experiences which will ptentially be life changing and braden their utlk.”
"We try t create wrk experience pprtunities that will really make a difference t ur yuth. Fr example, we've secured internships (实习) with wrld-famus firms such as Hnda.”
"At a time f funding cutbacks where schls are finding it mre and mre difficult t ffer this kind f mentring, it is extremely imprtant that these pprtunities are available bth t help yuth with their schl wrk and grades and t give them pprtunities which may help shape their futures." Kieran Hepburn, 14, is ne f a grup f Banbury yuth wh has benefited frm the prgram s far. In Octber the Banbury Schl pupil was accmpanied by Yung Inspiratins staff t Paris where he was an bserver at the United Natins Educatinal, Scientific and Cultural Organizatin's (UNESCO) Internatinal Yuth Frum (论坛).
The event was held fr yung peple frm arund the wrld, t seek their views n hw the future f yuth and educatin shuld lk. Kieran jined several hundred bservers mstly in their 20s and was the nly UK schl pupil t attend the event. Kieran thinks the trip was a life changing experience. "Befre we left I didn't quite knw what t make f it but when we gt there we didn't stp, it was amazing," he said, " We went t three r fur hurs f debates each day and then did smething cultural each afternn."
The main theme f the frum was hw yuth can drive change in plitical and public life. It dealt with issues such as drug abuse, vilence and unemplyment.
Kieran said: "It has really helped me t imprve my cnfidence and scial skills as well as my schl grades and I was vted mst imprved pupil at schl in August."
The Yung Inspiratins mentring sessins take place each Friday in Banbury. Fr details visit
41.The Yung Inspiratins mentring prgram aims t _____.
A. train staff fr wrld-famus firms
B. ffer jb pprtunities t yung adults
C. prvide yuth with unique experiences
D. equip the unemplyed with different skills
42.Accrding t Alex Gldberg, it is difficult fr schls t ffer the mentring due t _____.
A. the lack f supprt frm firms
B. the cultural differences
C. the effect f unemplyment
D. the shrtage f mney
43.Accrding t the passage, the frum fcused n hw yuth can ____.
A. build up their cnfidence at schl
B. find wrk experience pprtunities
C. imprve their scial skills fr the future
D. play an active rle in the change f sciety
44.We can learn frm the passage that _____.
A.the visit t the United Kingdm was amazing
B.Kieran has made great prgress in many aspects
C.the yuth have fund a way t slve their prblems
D.the mentring sessins are held every day except Friday
45.What wuld be the best tide fr the passage?
A.Alex Gldberg, Funder f Yung Inspiratins
B.Yung Peple Find a Wrld f Opprtunity
C.Kieran, Banbury Schl Pupil t Paris
D.Debates Help Yuth with Their Grades
3.
Humans are naturally drawn t ther life frms and the wrlds utside f ur wn. We take delight in the existence f creatures and even whle scieties beynd ur everyday lives.
This sense f wnder is universal. Lk at the effrts that scientists have made t find ut whether life f sme kind exists n Mars, and the ppularity f fantasy（幻想）literature r mvies like The Lrd f the Rings. This sense f wnder draws us t each ther, t the wrld arund us, and t the wrld f make-believe. But have we gne s far in creating wrlds f fantasy that we are missing the pleasure f ther wrlds that already exist all arund us?
Human beings, as bilgists have suggested, pssess an inbrn desire t cnnect with and understand ther life frms. Hwever, peple, especially in big cities, ften lead rather islated lives. In a study f British schlchildren, it was fund that children by age eight were much mre familiar with characters frm televisin shws and vide games than cmmn wildlife. Withut mdem technlgy, a small pnd culd be an amazing wrld filled with strange and beautiful plants, insects, birds, and animals. When we lack meaningful interactin with the wrld arund us, and smetimes even with ur families and friends, we seek t understand and cmmunicate with things that exist nly in ur imaginatins r n a cmputer screen.
The wrld f make-believe is nt necessarily bad, but when the wrld f fantasy becmes the nly utlet fr ur sense f wnder, then we are really missing smething. We are missing a cnnectin with the living wrld. Other wnderful wrlds exist all arund us. But even mre interesting is that if we lk clsely enugh, we can see that these wrlds, in a brad sense, are really part f ur wn.
36. What man is curius abut is mainly __________.
A. the unknwn wrldB. the unusual events
C. the daily triflesD. the islated lives
37. The ppularity f The Lrd f the Rings prves .
A．the clse cnnectin between man and the fantasy wrld
B．the wnderful achievements f fantasy literature
C．the fine taste f mviegers arund the wrld
D．the general existence f the sense f curisity
38. What can we infer frm the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3?
A．Peple are far less familiar with the wrld f fantasy.
B．The wrld arund us culd serve as a surce f wnder.
C．The wrld f fantasy can be mirrred by a small and lively pnd.
D．Mdern technlgy prevents us frm develping ur sense f wnder.
39. If ur sense f wnder relies ttally n the wrld f make-believe, we will _________.
A．fail t appreciate the jy in ur lives
B．be cnfused by the wrld f make-believe
C．miss the chance t recgnize the fantasy wrld
D．be trapped by ther wrlds existing all arund us
40. What is the main purpse f the passage?
A. T shw us the hidden beauty in ur wrld.
B. T warn us nt t get lst in the fantasy wrld.
C. T argue against the misuse f the sense f wnder.
D. T discuss the influence f the wrld f make-believe.
4.
At ne time, cmputers were expected largely t remve the need fr paper cpies f dcuments because they culd be stred electrnically. But fr all the texts that are written, stred and sent electrnically, a lt f them are still ending up n paper.
It is difficult t measure the quantity f paper used as a result f use f Internet-cnnected cmputers, althugh just abut anyne wh wrks in an ffice can tell yu that when e-mail is intrduced, the printers start wrking vertime. “I feel in my bnes this revlutin is causing mre trees t be cut dwn.” says Ted Smith f the Earth Village Organizatin.
Perhaps best sign f hw cmputer and Internet use pushes up demand fr paper cmes frm the high-tech industry itself, which sees printing as ne f its mst prmising new markets. Several Internet cmpanies have been set up t help small businesses print quality dcuments frm a cmputer. Earlier this week, Hewlett-Packard C. annunced a plan t develp new technlgies that will enable peple t print even mre s they can get a hard cpy f a business dcument, a medical recrd r just an n-line e-mail, even if they are nwhere near a cmputer. As the cmpany sees it, the mre use f the Internet the greater demand fr printers.
Des all this mean envirnmental cncerns (环境问题) have been frgtten? Sme activists suggest peple have been led t believe that a lt f dangers t the envirnment have gne away. “I guess peple believe that the prblem is taken care f, because f recycling,” said Kelly Quirke, directr f the Rainfrest Actin Netwrk in San Francisc. Yet Quirke is hpeful that high-tech may als prve helpful. He says printers that print n bth sides are grwing in ppularity. The actin grup has als fund acceptable paper made frm materials ther than wd, such as agricultural waste.
31. Which f the fllwing statement is NOT true?
A. Cmputers effectively cut dwn the use f paper.
B. Dcuments can be stred in cmputers electrnically.
C. A large number f e-mails need t be printed in reality.
D. Printers are in a greater demand wing t the Internet.
32. The grwing demand fr paper in recent years is largely due t __________.
A．the rapid develpment f small businesses
B．the pening up f new markets
C．the printing f high quality cpies
D．the increased use f the Internet
33. Hewlett-Packard C. has decided t develp new technlgies because __________.
A．peple are cncerned abut the envirnment
B．printers in many ffices are wrking vertime
C．small cmpanies need mre hard cpies
D．they see a grwing market fr printers
34. Envirnmentalists believe ne pssible way f dealing with the paper situatin is __________.
A．t encurage printing mre quality dcuments
B．t develp new printers using recycled paper
C．t find new materials fr making paper
D．t plant mre fast grwing trees
35. What wuld be the best title fr the text?
A．Cmputers and Printers
B．E-mail and the Business Wrld
C．Internet Revlutin and Envirnment
D．Mdern Technlgy and New Markets
5.
James Cleveland Owens was the sn f a farmer and the grandsn f black slaves. His family mved t Cleveland when he was 9. There, a schl teacher asked the yuth his name.
“J.C.”, he replied.
She thught he had said “Jesse”, and he had a new name.
Owens ran his first race at age 13. After high schl, he went t Ohi State University. He had t wrk part time s as t pay fr his educatin. As a secnd-year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even mre recrds than he wuld in the Olympic Games a year later.
A week befre the Big Ten meet, Owens accidentally fell dwn a flight f stairs. His back hurt s much that he culd nt exercise all week, and he had t be helped in and ut f the car that drve him t the meet. He refused t listen t the suggestins that he give up and said he wuld try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the recrd bk.
The stage was set fr Owens' victry at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year, and his success wuld cme t be regarded as nt nly athletic but als plitical. Hitler did nt cngratulate any f the African-American winners.
“It was all right with me,” he said years later. “I didn't g t Berlin t shake hands with him, anyway.”
Having returned frm Berlin, he received n telephne call frm the president f his wn cuntry, either. In fact, he was nt hnred by the United States until 1976, fur years befre his death.
Owens' Olympic victries made little difference t him. He earned his living by lking after a schl playgrund, and accepted mney t race against cars, trucks, mtrcycles, and dgs.
“Sure, it bthered me,” he said later. “But at least it was an hnest living. I had t eat.”
In time, hwever, his gld medals changed his life. “They have kept me alive ver the years,” he nce said. “Time has std still fr me. That glden mment dies hard.”
26. Owens gt his ther name “Jesse” when __________.
A. he went t Ohi State University
B. his teacher made fun f him
C. his teacher tk “J.C.” fr “Jesse”
D. he wn gld medals in the Big Ten meet
27. In the Big Ten meet, Owens __________.
A. hurt himself in the back
B. succeeded in setting many recrds
C. tried every sprts event but failed
D. had t give up sme events
28. We can infer frm the text that Owens was treated unfairly in the US at that time because __________.
A. he was nt f the right race
B. he was the sn f a pr farmer
C. he didn't shake hands with Hitler
D. he didn't talk t the US president n the phne
29. When Owens says “They have kept me alive ver the years,” he means that the medals __________.
A. have been changed fr mney t help him live n
B. have made him famus in the US
C. have encuraged him t vercme difficulties in life
D. have kept him busy with all kinds f jbs
30. Which f the fllwing is a suitable title fr the text?
A. Jesse Owens, a Great American Athlete
B. Glden Mment-- a Life-time Struggle
C. Making a Living as a Sprtsman
D. Hw t Be a Successful Athlete?
6.
Sparrw is a fast-fd chain with 200 restaurants. Sme years ag, the grup t which Sparrw belnged was taken ver by anther cmpany. Althugh Sparrw shwed n sign f declining, the chain was generally in an unhealthy state. With mre and mre fast-fd cncepts reaching the market, the Sparrw menu had t struggle fr attentin. And t make matters wrse, its new wner had n plans t give it the funds it required.
Sparrw failed t grw fr anther tw years. Until a new CEO, Carl Pearsn, decided t build up its market share. He did a survey, which shwed that cnsumers wh already used Sparrw restaurants were extremely psitive abut the chain, while custmers f ther fast-fd chains were unwilling t turn away frm them. Sparrw had t develp a new prmtinal campaign.
Pearsn faced a battle ver the future f the Sparrw brand. The chain’s wner nw favred rebranding Sparrw as Marcy’s restaurants. Pearsn resisted, arguing fr an advertising campaign designed t cnvince custmers that visits t Sparrw restaurants were fun. Such an attempt t establish a psitive relatinship between a cmpany and the general public was unusual fr that time. Pearsn strngly believed that numbers were the key t success, rather than custmers’ speeding pwer. Finally, the wner accepted his idea.
The campaign itself changed the traditinal advertising style f the fast-fd industry. The TV ads f Sparrw fcused n entertainment and featured riginal sngs perfrmed by a variety f stars. Instead f shwing the superirity f a specific prduct, the intensin was t put Sparrw in the hearts f ptential custmers.
Pearsn als made ther decisins which he believed wuld cntribute t the new Sparrw image. Fr example, he ffered t lwer the rent f any restaurants which achieved a certain increase in their turnver (营业额).
These effrts paid ff, and Sparrw sn became ne f the mst successful fast-fd chains in the regins where it perated.
41. Which was ne f the prblems Sparrw faced befre Pearsn became CEO?
A. The number f its custmers was declining
B. Its custmers fund the fd unhealthy
C. It was in need f financial supprt
D. Mst f its restaurants were clsed
42. What des the underlined wrd “them” in Paragraph 2 refer t?
A. custmers f Sparrw restaurants
B. Sparrw restaurants
C. custmers f ther fast-fd chains
D. ther fast-fd chains
43. Fr what purpse did Pearsn start the advertising campaign?
A. T build a gd relatinship with the public
B. T stress the unusual traditin f Sparrw
C. T learn abut custmers’ spending pwer.
D. T meet the challenge frm Marcy’s restaurants.
44. The TV ads f Sparrw ________.
A. changed peple’s views n pp stars
B. amused the public with riginal sngs
C. fcused n the superirity f its prducts
D. influenced the eating habits f the audience
45. What was Pearsn’s achievement as a CEO?
A. He managed t pay ff Sparrw’s debts.
B. He made Sparrw much mre cmpetitive
C. He helped Sparrw take ver a cmpany
D. He imprved the welfare f Sparrw emplyees
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