高考总复习专项训练阅读理解Word下载.docx

高考总复习专项训练阅读理解Word下载.docx

《高考总复习专项训练阅读理解Word下载.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《高考总复习专项训练阅读理解Word下载.docx（58页珍藏版）》请在冰豆网上搜索。

slotsofmoneyinthekitty（零星凑起的一笔钱）.Let'

sgocrazy!

Goingcrazymeantbuyingenoughsnackstofeedanarmy.Itcameto￡19.90,whichwasalotofmoneyin1982.

Jennygavemeaguilty（内疚的）look."

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.

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'

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

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'

B.WallStreetToday.

C.CookingwithCathy.D.FarmReport.

15.Ifyou'

dliketowatchagameshow,youcouldturnontheTVto.

A.Channel5at6:

00B.Channel8at7: