高三英语二轮专项练习阅读理解.docx

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高三英语二轮专项练习阅读理解

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A

I'llbethefirsttoadmitthatIamatechnophobe（对技术有恐惧感的人）.Whowouldhaveguessedthatawebsitewouldhelprepaya20-year-oldloan?

I'1lalwaysremembermylastdayatschool.Mybestfriend,Jenny,hadorganizedapartyintheSixthFormCommonRoom;Jennyaskedmetogotothesupermarketwithhertobuyallthesnacks."I'mreallylookingforwardtothisparty,Stingy,"shesaid.EveryonecalledmeStingyinsteadofDebbiebecausetheythoughtIdidn'tliketospendmoney.Actually,itwastrue.

"There'slotsofmoneyinthekitty（零星凑起的一笔钱）.Let'sgocrazy!

"Goingcrazymeantbuyingenoughsnackstofeedanarmy.Itcameto￡19.90,whichwasalotofmoneyin1982.

Jennygavemeaguilty（内疚的）look."I'veleft-thekittymoneyinthecommonroom.CanyoupayandI'llgiveyoubackthemoney?

"

"Sure,"Ireplied,tryingtolookrelaxed.'Neitheralenderoraborrowerbe'wasmymottobutIdidn'twanttolookstingy（小气）.Igave￡20totheimpatientshopassistant.

Well,thePartywasagreatsuccess.SogreatthatIcompletelyforgotaboutmyloanuntilIwasflyingtoAmericathenextday.Iwasgoingtolivewithmyuncle'sfamilyuntilIstarteduniversity.

ItriedtogetintouchwithJennybutherfamilyhadmoved.My￡20waslost.Until.I'dheardaboutawebsitecalledFriendsReunitedwhichhelpedpeoplecontactoldschoolfriends.Myhusbandhelpedmelogonandfindmyschool.Thereshewas,JennyFrost.

I'mnowmarriedwithabeautifuldaughtercalledDebbie.DoesanyoneknowhowtogetintouchwithDebbie'Stingy'Jones?

Istilloweher￡20!

Wemettwomonthslaterandthe￡20wasreturned,plusinterest（利息）ofcourse.Afterall,I'mabankmanagernow,soloansaremybusiness.

1.WhydidJennyspendalotofmoneyonthesnacks?

A.Debbiehadmoney.B.Therewasmoneyshecoulduse.

C.ShewantedDebbietostopbeingstingy.D.Shewantedtobecrazy.

2.HowdidDebbiegethermoneyatlast?

A.HerhusbandfoundJenny.B.JennyhadawebsiteontheInternet.

C.DebbiemetJenny.D.DebbieputamessageontheFriendsReunitedwebsite.

3.WhichsentencebestdescribesDebbieJones?

A.Shedidn'tliketospendmoneyatschoolandoftenusescomputers.

B.Shesometimeslendsmoneyanddoesn'tlikeusingcomputers.

C.Shesometimeslendsmoneyanduses,thecomputerwhenevershecan.

D.Sheonlylendsmoneytofriendsanddoesn'tlikeusingcomputers.

4.WeknowfromthepassagethatJenny__.

A.likedpartiesatschoolandfeltguiltyaboutborrowingmoney

B.hadfunatschoolbutsoonforgotaboutherschoolfriends

C.forgotherbestfriendatschooluntilshesawtheFriendsReunitedwebsite

D.wasforgetfulaboutthemoney

B

SolomonShereshevskiwasamanwithanamazingmemory.Hewasoneoftheworld'smostfamousme-monists（记忆能手）.BorninRussiainabout1900,hespentmuchofhislifeperformingmemoryskillsthatpeoplefounddifficulttobelieve.Hecouldmemorizelonglistsofnumbersafterreadingthemthroughonce,andhecouldthenrecite（背诵）themforwardsorback-wards.Hecouldalsorememberthesamenumbersmonthslater..Hecouldeasilyrememberlistsofnames,dozensofplayingcardsorhundredsofcities.

Althoughhehadawonderfulmemory,hefoundsomenormalskillsverydifficult.Forexample,hefounditdifficulttolearntoread.Healsofounditdifficulttorecognizepatternsinwordsornumbers.Whenpresentedwithalonglistofnumberslikethis:

123442315678876567899876hecouldnotseethattherewasapattern.Ifhecouldseeorhearacollectionofnumbers,hecouldrememberit.However,thisdidnotmeanthathecouldunderstandwhathewaslookingat.Hecouldrememberlongcomplexmathematicalformulas,butcouldnotunderstandwhatthenumbersmeant.

SolomonsufferedfromaconditionknownasSynaesthesia.Thismeantthatallofhissenseswereconnectedinaspecialway.Inotherwords,whenheheardaparticularwordhealsoexperiencedauniquetaste,orsawauniquecolor.Eachwordthatheheardbroughtaparticulardescriptionintohismind.Eachwordforhimwasunique,becauseheremembereditasataste,asmell,acolororasound,orallofthemtogether.

Hewasnotaclevermanexceptthisabilityandpeoplefoundhimratherstupid.Hefounditdifficultto,becomefriendswithotherpeoplebecausehismindwassodifferent.Inaway,hismemorywasacurse（祸根）.Herememberedeverything,andthatmadeitdifficultforhimtounderstandanything.

5.Weknowfromthefirstparagraphthat

A.allofhislife,Solomonwaskeptbusydoingmemorytricks

B.ifSolomonreadalistofnumbershecouldimmediatelyrememberthem

C.Solomoncouldmemorizelonglistofnumbersandfoundtheirpatterns

D.peoplethoughtSolomoncouldrememberthemostthingsintheworld

6.Solomonhadverypowerfulmemory,buthe.

A.couldnotreadorwrite

B.neverknewwhatpeoplemeantwhentheysaidtohim

C.couldnotworkoutsomesimplemathproblems

D.foundeverythinghedidwasmeaningless

7.Whenapersonsuffersfromsynaesthesia,he（orshe）.

A.sensesthingsusuallyinawrongway

B.confusesfeelingswithc61orsortastes

C.oftenconnectswordshe（orshe）hearswiththingshe（orshe）experienced

D.eachwordhe（orshe）hearschangesitsmeaningcompletely

8.Theauthorwantstoexpressanideathat.

A.onecannotbegoodatbothmemorizingandunderstandingthings

B.somepeopleareactuallyquitestupidthoughtheyseemclever

C.havingagoodmemorydoesnotmeanhavinggoodintelligence

D.themoreyoucanmemorize,themorestupidyouwillcertainlybe

C

Lastyear,myboyfriendsuggestedthatIshouldruntheLondonmarathon（马拉松）,andIlaughed.Helaughedtoo,buthelaughedtoolongandtooloud.Thatmademethink.Irealizedthathedidn'tbelievethatIcoulddoit.Thatmademeangry,anddetermined,NowheknowsthatIcan!

Trainingwasn'teasy,butIkeptgoing.Ididn'tneedspecialtrainingbutIdidneedtobuyverygood

shoes.Eachday,Iwentalittlefurther.Bytheendofthreemonths,Iwasrunningfivedaysaweek.Some-timesintheeveningsIran10km；onSundaymornings,Isometimesranabout30kin.Iusedtocome

home,haveashowerandeatmybreakfast.Ifeltwonderful!

OnthedayoftheraceinLondon,Ilinedupwithabout30,000otherrunners.Thefasterrunnerswereatthefront,whileslowerrunnerslikemewereplacedfurtherback.Inthatway,theprofessionalrunnersandclubrunnerswerenotsloweddownbytheamateurs（业余爱好者）.

Atfirst,thereweresomanyrunnersclosetogetherthatwewerealmostfallingovereachother.Wecouldonlyrunveryslowlybutthatwasagoodthingbecauseitmeantthatwedidn'trushofftooquickly.Graduallytherunnersspreadoutandtherewasmorespace.Therewerethousandsofpeoplewatchingusalongtherouteandtheycheeredandclappedeveryone,eventheslowestrunner.Itwaswonderful!

Forthefirst10kmIfeltveryhappyandmylegsfeltverycomfortable.However,at15kmIgotapaininmysideandrunningbecamedifficult,butIkeptgoingandthepaindisappeared.Atthe30kmmark,Ifeltextremelytired,andwantedtostop,butIkeptongoing.Icoveredanother3kmandthenIbegantofeelbetteragain.

BythetimeIreachedthe35kmmark,IknewIwasgoingtogettotheendofthecourse.Somehowthatconfidencemademefeellighterandfasteranditseemedasifmylegsflewoverthelastfewkilometers.Ipassedhundredsofslowerrunners,someofwhomhadpassedmeearlier,andIfeltwonderful!

ASIcameroundthelastbend（弯道）andsawthefinishingline,Icouldseethreerunnersaheadofme.Iracedpastallofthemtofinishtheraceinjustunderfourhours.Thewinnerhadcompletedtheracein2hoursand10minutes,butIdidn'tcare!

Ihadrun42kmandcom-pletedmyfirstmarathon!

9.Thewriter'sboyfriendlaughedatherbecause.

A.hethoughtshecouldrunthemarathon

B.he.didn'tthinkshecouldrunthemarathon

C.hewantedhertorunthemarathonD.shewantedtorunthemarathon

10.Whentheracebegan.

A.allthefasterrunnerswereaskedtostandbeforethoseslowerones

B.manyrunnersfellovereachotherC.alltherunnerswereaskedtorunslowly

D.theprofessionalrunnersandclubrunnersranveryfast

11.Thehardesttimeforthewriterwaswhenshe

A.hadrunfor15kilometersB.gotapaininherside

C.reachedthe30kilometermarkD.wasabouttoreachthefinishline

12.Thepassagesuggeststhatitisbettertostartalongraceslowly.

A.thantorunatthesamespeedallthetimeB.thantoruntoofastatthebeginning

C.thantorunslowlyattheendD.thantorunveryfastallthetime

D

What'sonTV?

6:

00③Let'sTalk!

Guest:

AnimalexpertJimPorter

⑤Cartoons

⑧News

⑨News

7:

00③CookingwithCathy

Tonight:

Chickenwithmushrooms.

⑤MovieALaughaMinute（1955）

JamesRayburn.

⑧SpinforDollars!

⑨FarmReport

7:

30③DoubleTrouble（comedy）

Thetwinsdisruptthehighschooldance.

⑨WallStreetToday..StockMarketReport

8：

00③NBABasketball.Teamstobeannounced

⑧MovieAtDay'sEnd（1981）

MichaelCollier,JulieRomer.

DramasetinWorldWar11.

⑨NewsSpecial

"SavingOurWaterways:

PollutionintheMississippi".

13.Therightorderofthenumberofprogramsis.

A.News＞art＞animals＞economicB.News＞economic＞art＞animals

C.Art＞animals＞news＞economicD.Art＞news＞economic＞animals

14.Whichprogramwouldprobablyinterestsahousewifemost?

A.Let'sTalk!

B.WallStreetToday.

C.CookingwithCathy.D.FarmReport.

15.Ifyou'dliketowatchagameshow,youcouldturnontheTVto.

A.Channel5at6:

00B.Channel8at7:

00

C.Channel3at7:

30D.Channel3at8:

00

16.WhichismostprobablytheNewsChannel?

A.3.B.5.C.8.D.