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高三英语寒假作业六

高三英语寒假作业（六）

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项。

并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑．

A

Wikipedia:

TheOnlineKnow-It-All

Ifyouwanttofindoutapieceofinformationaboutanything,thebestplacetosearchforitisWikipedia.Thename“Wikipedia”isfromtheHawaiianwordwiki, meaning“quick”.Thisonlineencyclopedia（百科全书）iswrittenbythousandsofpeoplearoundtheworld.AnyonewithInternetaccesscanwrite,addormakechangestoWikipediaarticlesifheorshefindsitincorrectornotwellwritten.Inthisway,peoplewhoknowalotaboutacertainsubjectcanwriteaboutiteveniftheyarenotuniversityprofessors.ButcontributionscannotdamageWikipediabecausemanyexperiencededitorsarewatchingpagesandtechies（技术专家）canwriteeditingprogramstokeeptrackoforcorrectbadedits.Wheretherearedisagreementsonhowtopresentfacts,editorsworktogethertoarriveatanarticlethatfairlyrepresentscurrentexpertopiniononthesubject.

Wikipediaisquitedifferentfrompaper-basedreferencesourcesinimportantways.Unlikeprintedencyclopedias,itiscontinuallycreatedandupdated,witharticlesonhistoriceventsappearingwithinminutes,ratherthanmonthsoryears.

What’smore,Wikipediaincludesarticleswritteninabout285languages.ThisfactmakesitoneofthefewwebsitesontheInternetthataretrulyinternational.Itwasstartedin2001byLarrySangerandJimmyWales,asafreeonlineEnglish-languageencyclopediaproject.Sinceitscreation,ithasgrownrapidlyintooneofthe largest referencewebsites,attractingnearly500 millionuniquevisitorsmonthly.Therearemorethan77,000 activecontributorsworkingonmorethan22,000,000 articlesin differentlanguages.Asoftoday,thereare4,396,866 articlesinEnglish.

So,ifyouarelookingforsomeinformation,whynottryWikipedia?

It’sfree,multilingual，andinformative.  

1.Accordingtothepassage,whatisWikipedia?

A.Afreewebsiteencyclopedia.                            B.Acomputergame.

C.Afreeencyclopediainbookform.                 D.Anonlineuniversity.

2.Fromthepassageweknowthat______.

A.Wikipediaonlychargesusersasmallfee

B.Wikipediacatchesawideaudience

C.incorrecteditionsmightdogreatharmtoWikipedia             

D.itwilltakelongtoupdatetheinformationonWikipedia             

3.Wherecanweprobablyreadthepassage?

A.Inastorybook.                        B.Inaresearchreport.

C.Inasciencemagazine.      D.Inatravelbrochure.

B

IworkinabusyEmergencyRoom（E.R.）. Thisweekend,Ihadapatientwhowasverynervousandparanoid.

     Afterlookingathischart,Isawthathewasseekingtreatmentforalcoholism.ThereisanimmediateprejudiceagainstsubstanceabuseinmyE.R.One-wedonothaveadetox（戒酒）facility.Thepeopleseekingtreatmentforaddictionaresometimeslookeddownonasbeinglessworthyoftreatment than other serious physical "ailments".

     Atfirstglance,Ifoundoutthatthemanwasnowsomewhereinhismid-thirties,wasveryweakandhadagenerallyaggressivecharacter.Hecouldnotsitstillandhadacough.Hehadnothadadrinkinfourdays.Hishandswereshakingandtherewasascaredlookinhiseyes.

    Hetoldmethathebegandrinkingaboutage11whenhismothersuppliedhimwithit.Hehadtriedtoquitmanytimesbeforebuthadnotbeenableto.

"So. what'sdifferentthistime?

"Iasked.

      "BecauseI'mstartingtobemeantothepeopleIlove,butnowIdon'twanttobe. Ica:

nseethat I'mchangingintosomethingelse."

      Thatanswerhelpedchangemyattitudetowardhim.Icouldseethepainbehindhiseyes.Behindtheappearance,therewasaterrifiedpersonwhosegoodnesswasbeingclaimedbythealcohol.He wasdesperateforhelp,butnotsosurethathisconditioncouldbechanged.

    I,thankthismanforshowingmethatthegoodnessisdressedinallsortsofdisguises（伪装）.Sometimeswehavetoundressit.It'sworthdoing.Mypatientwasadmittedtothehospitalforhelp,despiteusnothavingadetoxfacility.

1. Whatdoestheunderlinedword"ailments"me

A. build     B. energy       C.illness              D. ability

2.Howlonghasthemanbeendrinking?

A.20years    B. 11years     C. Over30years       D. Over20years

3.Fromthepassageweknowthat___.

A.Thepatientwasrefusedmainlyforthehospital'slackofequipment

  B.Thepatientoncedidn'twanttotreatthepeoplehelovedkindly

  C.Thepatientwasstrongandbraveatfirstglance

    D.Thepatientoncesucceededingivingupdrinkingalcohol

4.Whatconclusioncanwedrawfromthepassage?

    A.Wherethereisawill,there'saway.

    B.Afriendinneedisafriendindeed.

    C. Neverjudgeabookbyitscover.

    D.Goodisrewardedwithgood.

C

ItissafetosaythatGeorgeBernardShaw（1856-1950）,theIrish-bornwriter,ismorefamousforbeingGeorgeBernardShawthanheisforhiswritingstoday.FewofShaw’smorethan60plays,novelsandessaysareperformedorreadanymore.AndyetShawgenuinelyhelpedmakeourmodernworld.Althoughyou’dbeluckytogetachancetoseeoneofhisdramastoday,inhistimeheturnedthetheaterintoavehicleforthediscussionofsocialissues,notonlyin Britain butonthestageoftheworld.InawayShawwassomeonewhocreatedthemoderncultureof Britain.

Wherethetheaterhadbeendominatedbyentertainment,Shawusedittoteachpeopletheimportanceofpayingattentiontothe issuesoftheirday.Theplight（苦难）ofthepoorandtheworkingclass,thesituationofwomenandtheinstitutionsofsociety,suchastheeducationsystem----Shawwasamongthemostwell-knownfiguresmakingthesetopicscentraltopublicdebate.Hisfirstplay, Widowers’Houses （1892）,dealswiththequestionofslum（贫民窟）housing.His MrsWarren’sProfession （1893）broughtacontroversialtopictothestage.

Shawwasanimportantmoverandshakerinnewpoliticalmovementstoo.Hewasanearlymember oftheFabianSociety,whicharguedforthesocialistcauseinthe UK.Shawwasalsothefounder（in1895）ofoneofthenowmostfamouscollegesintheworld,theLondonSchoolofEconomics.

Iffewofhisworkshavereallystoodthetestoftime,manyofhisquotationshavebecomepartofthefurnitureoftheEnglishlanguage.“Youthiswastedontheyoung,”hewrote.Healsoknewhowtosumupapoliticalphilosophy（哲学）inafewmemorablewords.Forinstance:

“AgovernmentthatrobsPetertopayPaulcanalwaysdependonthesupportofPaul.”

1.Shaw’sinfluenceonthemodernworldcomesmainlyfrom______.

A.thechangeshebroughttotheBritishculture

B.hisphilosophiesontheroleofgovernment

C.hisawarenessofsocialproblemsofhisday

D.thesupportfortheLondonSchoolofEconomics

2. Widowers’Houses isaplaythatmainlyfocuseson______.

A.thefailureofthe UK educationsystem

B.thehousingproblemsofpoorpeople

C.robberyincidentsinslumareas

D.socialistmovementsinthe UK

3.BydescribingShaw’squotationsas“partofthefurnitureoftheEnglishlanguage”,theauthormeansthatShaw’swords______.

A.havebecomethebestpartofEnglish

B.havegreatlydevelopedtheEnglishlanguage

C.havemadetheEnglishlanguagephilosophical

D.havebecomeaninseparablepartoftheEnglishlanguage

4.WhichofthefollowingaboutGeorgeBernardShaw’sworksisTRUE?

A.Theyshouldbeadaptedformodernreaders.

B.Theyaremostlyaboutthelivesofworkingclass.

C.Theydealwithimportantsocialissuesoftheirday.

D.Mostofthemarestillperformedonthestageoftheworldtoday.

D

SevenyearsofcarefuldesignandplanningallcametogetheronMonday,whenJamesCameronbecamethefirsthumantomakeasolotriptothedeepestknownpointonearth-theChallengerDeep!

Moreimportantlythough,heappearedsafelysevenhourslater, completingwithexciting-photosandvideosfromthisdarkmysteriousworldthathasbeenvisitedbyonlytwohumansbefore!

Seatedinsideaspeciallybuilt12-tongreensubmersible（潜水器） calledtheDeepSeaChallenger,  thebrilliantfilmmakercaughteverymomentofhis2-hour-36-minutejourneydowntothebottomoftheMarianaTrenchonvideo—giventhatitis120timeslargerthantheGrandCanyonandamiledeeperthanMountEverest.       

Absolutelynothing!

Therewerenolargealiencreaturesormysteriousfootprints—justaflatdesolate（荒凉的）landscape,50timeslargerthantheGrandCanyon.  Mr. Camerondescribesitas"devoid（缺乏） ofsunlight,anyheat,anywarmth". Theonlythingsswimmingaround,weresometinyshrimp-like（虾状的） creaturesnobiggerthananinch.

     Whilethe57-year-oldhadexpectedtospendsixhoursatthebottom,hewasforcedtoreturninthreehours,becausetheroboticarmthatwassupposedtohelp himcollectsampleswentwrongandbeganleakingoil.Healsolostsomethrusters（推进器）  andawholestarboardside,  causingthesubmersibletospinaroundincircles.                    

However,thesesmallsetbacksdidnotmakethewholetripanylessexcitingforMr.Cameron.Thedirector,whoreturnedtothesurfaceinaspeedyseventyminutes,believesthisisjustoneofmanytripsheandotheradventurerswillbetaking.Infact,SirRichardBranson,thefounderoftheVirginGroup,iscurrentlyinthemidstofplanningasimilartriptothePuertoRicoTrenchthatliesfivemilesbelowthesurfaceofthewater.  ThoughMr.Cameron’sispromisingtomovehishistorictripintoanexciting3-DNationalGeographicdocumentary,heistight-lippedabouthowtheexperiencewillbeusedinhisnextmovie!

  Wecannotwaittosee!

1.AccordingtoParagraphone，wecanknowthat_________.

A.Cameroni