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高二英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day93
高二英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day93
Passage1
Oneofthemainchallengesfacingmanycountriesishowtomaintaintheiridentityinthefaceofglobalizationandthegrowingmulti-languagetrend."OneofthemainreasonsforeconomicfailureinmanyAfricancountriesisthefactthat,withafewimportantexceptions,mother-tongueeducationisnotpracticedinanyoftheindependentAfricanstates."saidNevilleAlexander,DirectoroftheProjectfortheStudyofAlternativeEducationinSouthAfricaattheUniversityofCapeTown.
InresponsetothespreadofEnglishandtheincreasedmulti-languagetrendsarisingfromimmigration,manycountrieshaveintroducedlanguagelawsinthelastdecade.Insome,theuseoflanguagesotherthanthenationallanguageisbannedinpublicspacessuchasadvertisingposters.Oneofthefirstsuchlegalprovisions（规定）wasthe1994"Toubonlaw"inFrance,andtheideahasbeencopiedinmanycountriessincethen.Sucheffortstogovernlanguageuseareoftenconsideredasfutilebylanguageexperts,whoarewellawareofthedifficultyincontrollingfashionsinspeechandknowfromresearchthatlanguageswitchingamongbilingualsisanaturalprocess.
ItisespeciallydifficultfornativespeakersofEnglishtounderstandthedesiretomaintainthe"purity"ofalanguagebylaw.SincethetimeofShakespeare,Englishhascontinuallyabsorbedforeignwordsintoitsownlanguage.Englishisoneofthemostmixedandrapidlychanginglanguagesintheworld,butthathasnotbeenabarriertoacquiringsuperiorityandpower.AnotherreasonforthefailureofmanynativeEnglishspeakerstounderstandtheroleofthestateregulationisthatithasneverbeentheAnglo-Saxonwayofdoingthings.Englishhasneverhadastate-controlledauthorityforthelanguage,similar,forexample,totheAcademicFrancaiseinFrance.
Theneedtoprotectnationallanguagesis,formostwesternEuropeans,arecentphenomenon-------especiallytheneedtoensurethatEnglishdoesnotunnecessarilytakeovertoomanyfields.Publiccommunication,educationandnewwaysofcommunicationpromotedbytechnology,maybekeyfieldstodefend.
1.NevilleAlexanderbelievesthat__________.
A.mother-tongueeducationisnotpracticedinallAfricancountries
B.globalizationhasresultedintheeconomicfailureofAfrica
C.globalizationhasledtotheriseofmulti-languagetrend
D.lackofmother-tongueeducationcanleadtoeconomicfailure
2.Theunderlinedword"futile"（inparagraph2）mostprobablymeans"___________".
A.workableB.practical
C.uselessD.unnecessary
3.Whatcanweinferfromthelastparagraph?
A.Englishhastakenoverfieldslikepubliccommunicationandeducation.
B.ManyaspectsofnationalculturearethreatenedbythespreadofEnglish.
C.Mostlanguageexpertsbelieveitisimportanttopromoteanationallanguage.
D.Europeanshavelongrealizedtheneedtoprotectanationallanguage.
4.Thebesttitleforthepassageis__________.
A.FightingagainsttheruleofEnglish
B.Protectinglocallanguagesandidentities
C.Globalizationandmulti-languagetrend
D.Tomaintainthepurityoflanguagebylaw
Passage2
Inmodernsocietythereisagreatdealofargumentaboutcompetition.Somevalueithighly,believingthatitisresponsibleforsocialprogressandprosperity.Otherssaythatcompetitionisbad;thatitsetsonepersonagainstanother;thatitleadstounfriendlyrelationshipbetweenpeople.
Ihavetaughtmanychildrenwhoheldthebeliefthattheirself worthreliedonhowwelltheyperformedattennisandotherskills.Forthem,playingwellandwinningareoftenlife and deathaffairs.Intheirsingle mindedpursuitofsuccess,thedevelopmentofmanyotherhumanqualitiesissadlyforgotten.
However,whilesomeseemtobelostinthedesiretosucceed,otherstakeanoppositeattitude.Inaculturewhichvaluesonlythewinnerandpaysnoattentiontotheordinaryplayers,theystronglyblamecompetition.Amongthemostvocalareyoungsterswhohavesufferedundercompetitivepressuresfromtheirparentsorsociety.Teachingtheseyoungpeople,Ioftenobserveinthemadesiretofail.Theyseemtoseekfailurebynottryingtowinorachievesuccess.Bynottrying,theyalwayshaveanexcuse:
“Imayhavelost,butitdoesn'tmatterbecauseIreallydidn'ttry.”Whatisnotusuallyadmittedbythemselvesisthebeliefthatiftheyhadreallytriedandlost,thatwouldmeanalot.Suchalosswouldbeameasureoftheirworth.Clearly,thisbeliefisthesameasthatofthetruecompetitorswhotrytoprovethemselves.Botharebasedonthemistakenbeliefthatone'sself respectreliesonhowwelloneperformsincomparisonwithothers.Bothareafraidofnotbeingvalued.Onlyasthisbasicandoftentroublesomefearbeginstodissolvecanwediscoveranewmeaningincompetition.
1.Whatdoesthispassagemainlytalkabout?
A.Competitionhelpstosetupself respect.
B.Opinionsaboutcompetitionaredifferentamongpeople.
C.Competitionisharmfultopersonalqualitydevelopment.
D.Failuresarenecessaryexperiencesincompetition.
2.Theunderlinedphrase“themostvocal”inParagraph3means________.
A.thosewhotrytheirbesttowin
B.thosewhovaluecompetitionmosthighly
C.thosewhoareagainstcompetitionmoststrongly
D.thosewhorelyonothersmostforsuccess
3.Whatisthesimilarbeliefofthetruecompetitorsandthosewitha“desiretofail”？
A.One'sworthliesinhisperformancecomparedwithothers'.
B.One'ssuccessincompetitionneedsgreatefforts.
C.One'sachievementisdeterminedbyhisparticularskills.
D.One'ssuccessisbasedonhowhardhehastried.
4.Whichpointofviewmaytheauthoragreeto?
A.Everyeffortshouldbepaidback.
B.Fearoffailureshouldberemovedincompetition.
C.Winningshouldbealife and deathmatter.
D.Competitionshouldbeencouraged.
Passage3
Mostpeoplesaythatmostpeoplehavenotmorethan30friendsatanygiventime,and400overthewholeoftheirlives.However,onsocialnetworkingsites,mostusershaveabout150friends.Ifthesenumbersarecorrect,thenfriendshipmeansdifferentthingsindifferentsituations.
Also,therearenorulesaboutfriendship.Therearenoinstructionsabouthowtomakefriends,howtokeepfriendshipsgoing,andhowtofinishfriendshipsifwewanttomoveon.Peoplehaveverydifferentopinionsaboutthis:
somepeoplewoulddiefortheirfriendsandtheyvaluethemmorethanfamily.Otherssaythatfriendsaretemporary,onlytheretohelpeachotheruntiltheyarenolongerneeded.Ifpeoplewithsuchdifferentviewsbecomefriends,thiscanleadtoproblems.
Becauseofthesedifferentdefinitionsoffriendship,itiseasytobeunhappyaboutourfriendships.Wemaywantthemtobedeeperorcloser,orwemaywanttohavemorefriendsinourlives.Sometimeswesimplydonothavethetimetodevelopourfriendships,orwefearwehaveleftittoolateinlifetostart.Ifwemovetoanothercountryorcity,wehavetofindwaystomakenewfriendsagain.
Thisdissatisfactionshowsushowimportantfriendshipsareformostofus.Weshouldnotthinkthatitcouldbetoolatetobuildfriendships.Wealsoneedtounderstandthattheneedtobearoundotherpeopleisonethatissharedbymany.Therefore,weshouldnotbetoofrightenedaboutstartingtotalktopeoplewhointhefuturemaybecomeourfriends:
itislikelythattheytoowouldliketogetclosertous.Rememberwhatpeoplesay:
strangersarefriendswehavenotmetyet.
1.Accordingtothetext,howmanyfriendsdothemajorityofpeopleprobablyhave________?
A.400internetfriendsintheirwholelives
B.Over400friendsintheirwholelives
C.30friendsorfeweratacertainstage
D.150internetfriendsatacertainstage
2.Whatisthemainideaofparagraph2________?
A.Friendshipsmeandifferentthingstodifferentpeople
B.Peoplewithdifferentviewscanbecomefriends
C.Somepeoplewoulddiefortheirfriendsiftheyneedto
D.Thereisaruleaboutmakingfriends
3.Wecanlearnfromthetextthatmostofus________.
A.buildfriendshipslateinlife
B.needtobewithothers
C.aredissatisfiedwithourfriends
D.arefrightenedtotalktopeople
4.Whatistheauthor'sattitudetowardstalkingtoastranger________?
A.UninterestedB.Doubtful
C.PositiveD.Cautious
Passage4
Eveninchallengingeconomictimes,makingsurethatstudyabroadispartofourcollegestudents'educationisanimportantinvestment（投资）.Ifwewantanewgenerationofleaderswhocanbeproductiveinanevenmoreglobalizedworld,sendingourstudentsoverseasisnotaluxury（奢侈）.It'sanecessity.
Learninginadifferentcultureandplaceallowsustoseeourownchallengesasweobservesmartpeopleinotherlandsdealingwithsimilarproblems.
Americancollegestudentsunderstandthevalueofstudyabroad.Fouroutofeveryfivefirst-yearstudentsexpecttostudyoverseas.Butatanygiventime,onlyabout2%ofstudentsareableto.Educatorsareespeciallyconcernedthatthelackofchanceforstudentsfrompoorsocioeconomicbackgroundswillcausea"globaldivide"betweenstudentswho'vebenefitedfromaglobaleducationandthosewhohaven't.Andstudentsforwhomforeigntravelisnoteasilyaffordablearetheoneswhobenefitmostfromtheexperience.Asasociety,wecanhelpimprovetheeducationofouryoungergeneration,andbrightentheirfutures,bymakingthisexperiencemoreavailable.
Isnowthetimetousevaluablepublicmoneytosendcollegekidsoverseas?
Ofcourse.Ourworldisonebig,rapidlydevelopingmarketplace.Employerslongforgraduateswhoaremultilingual（使用多种语言的）andcomfortableinmulticulturalsettings.Studyabroadsharpensth
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