高三英语阅读与任务型阅读强化练习文档格式.docx

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”hesaidpolitely.Thenheadded,“ButIthinkyouwill,sir.Averygreatdealofit.”Heappearedtothinkforamoment.“Ithinkyouwillfinditwillbeonsaleseven,perhaps,eightyearsfromnow.”Hesmiled.

Themanagerthoughtthatwasuncertain.Hesaid,“Itisbetterthanourfishoils.Iadmitthat.”“SoIamtold,sir,”agreedJohnson.

“Haveyouanyplanstoproduceityourself,Mr.Johnson?

”

Johnsonsmiledagain.“WouldIbeshowingittoyouifIhad?

“Wemightaddsomechemicalstooneofourownfishoils,”saidthemanager.

“Itwouldbeexpensivetodothat,evenifyoucould.”Johnsonsaidgently.“Besides,”headded,“Iamtoldthatthisoilwillbemuchcheaperthanyourbestfishoils.Cheaperthananyvegetableoil,infact.”

“Perhaps,”saidthemanager.“Well,Isupposeyouwanttomakeanarrangement,MrJohnson,Shallwediscussit?

“Ofcourse,”saidJohnson.“Therearetwowaysofdealingwithasituationofthissort.Theusualoneistopreventitaltogetheroratleasttodelayitaslongaspossible.Thatis,ofcourse,thebestway,”Themanagernodded.Heknewplentyaboutallthat.

“ButIamsosorryforyou,because,yousee,thatisnotpossiblethistime.”Themanagerhadhisdoubts,butallhesaidwasaninquiring（asking）,“Oh?

“Theotherway,”continuedJohnson,“istoproduceyourselfbeforethetroublestarts.”

1.Themanagerthoughtofaddingchemicalstothefishoiltomakeit________.

A.cheaperthanthenewoilB.morequickly

C.moreexpensiveD.asgoodasthenewoil

2.Johnson’snewoilwouldbe________.

A.moreexpensivethanfishoil,butbetter

B.lessexpensive,andbetter

C.lessexpensive,butnotgood

D.moreexpensive,andnotsogood

3.Johnsonexpressedhisregretthatthemanager________.

A.couldnotstopthenewoilbeingmade

B.wouldneverknowhowtomakeit

C.hadspentalotofmoneyonit

D.didn’tknowenoughaboutit

4.Johnsonshowedhisnewoiltothemanagerbecausehewanted________.

A.toproduceithimselfB.topreventitbeingproduced

C.tobepaidnottoproduceit　D.themanagertoproduceit

B

Alotofusloselife’stoughbattlesbystartingafrontal（正面的）attack—whenatouchofhumormightwellenableustowin.Considerthecaseofayoungfriendofmine,whohitatrafficjamonhiswaytoworkshortlyafterreceivinganultimatum（最后通牒）aboutbeinglateonthejob.AlthoughtherewasagoodreasonforSam’sabeinglate—seriousillnessathome—hedecidedthatthisby-now-familiarexcusewouldn’tworkanylonger.Hissupervisorwasprobablyalreadypacingupanddownpreparingadismissalspeech.

Yes,thebosswas,Samenteredtheofficeat9:

35.Theplacewasasquietasalockerroom（更衣室）;

everyonewashardatwork.Sam’ssupervisorcameuptohim.Suddenly,Samforcedagrinandstretchedouthishand.“Howdoyoudo!

”hesaid.“I’mSamMaynard.I’mapplyingforajob.Which,Iunderstand,becameavailablejust35minutesago.Doestheearlybirdgettheworm?

”

Theroomexplodedinlaughter.Thesupervisorclampedoffasmileandwalkedbacktohisoffice.SamMaynardhadsavedhisjob—withtheonlytoolthatcouldwin,alaugh.

Humorisamosteffective,yetfrequentlyneglected（忽略）,meansofhandlingthedifficultsituationsinourlives.Itcanbeusedforpatchingupdifferences,apologizing,saying“no”,criticizing,gettingtheotherfellowtodowhatyouwantwithouthislosingface.Forsomejobs,it’stheonlytoolthatcansucceed.Itisawaytodiscusssubjectssosensitivethatseriousdialogmaystartaquarrel.Forexample,manybelievethatcomedians（喜剧演员）ontelevisionaredoingmoretodayforracialandreligioustolerance（忍受力）thanpeopleinanyotherforum.

5.WhywasSamlateforhisjob?

A.Becausehewasill.

B.Becausehegotuplate.

C.Becausehewascaughtinatrafficjam.

D.Hewasbusyapplyingforanewjob.

6.Themainideaofthispassageis________.

A.SamMaynardsavedhisjobwithhumor

B.humorisimportantinourlives

C.earlybirdgetstheworm

D.humorcansolveracialdiscriminations

7.Thephrase“clampedoff”inParagraph3means________.

A.triedtoholdbackB.triedtosetC.chargedD.gaveout

8.Whichofthefollowingstatementscanweinferfromthepassage?

A.Manyloselife’sbattlesfortheyarelackinginasenseofhumor.

B.Itwasn’tthefirsttimethatSamcamelateforhiswork.

C.Samwassupposedtocometohisofficeat8:

30.

D.Humoristhemosteffectivewayofsolvingproblems.

C

In1939twobrothers,Mac