届高三英语二轮专题测试阅读理解7.docx

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届高三英语二轮专题测试阅读理解7

2014届高三英语二轮专题测试：

阅读理解

1.

WHATcanhelpyoumakeafortuneinthefuture?

Graduatingfromatopuniversitymightnotbeenough.AnewstudyfromtheUniversityofEssexinBritainhasshownthatthemorefriendsyouhaveinschool,themoremoneyyou’llearnlater.

Theideathatpopularitycouldhaveaseriousinfluenceonone’searningpotentialshouldn’tcomeastoomuchofasurprise.Theresearchersnotedthatifyouwanttogetaheadinlife,socialskillsandnetworkingareeasilyaspowerfulastalentandhardwork.

“Ifapersonhaslotsoffriends,itmeansthatheorshehastheabilitytogetalongwithothersinallkindsofdifferentsituations,”saidXuYanchun,17,fromNantouHighSchoolinShenzhen,whototallyagreedwiththerecentfinding.“Also,friendsalwayshelpeachother.Theynotonlycreatewidersocialcirclesforyoubutliftyourmoodwhenyouareoccasionallyinlowspirits,”saidXu.Shebelievedthatallthishelpsyou“earnahighersalary.”

Maybethat’swhysomepeoplethinktheyoungergenerationsareintheageofFriendalholism（交友狂症）?

AwomanevencomplainedthatthenetworkingwebsiteFacebook’s5,000-friendlimitwastoolowforherlargereserveofsocialcontacts.

Butwhatdoesfriendmean?

Shouldfriendsberegardedasaformofcurrency?

“Callmeuncool,butIthinkofafriendasanactualpersonwithwhomIhaveanactualhistoryandwhomIenjoyactuallyseeing.Itseems,however,thatthisisnolongerthedefinitionoffriend”,saidMeghanDaum,whoworkswithTheLosAngelesTimesintheUS.

Daumdislikestheideathatquantitytrumpsqualityintheageoffriendaholism.Shethoughttheideaoffriendship,atleastamongthegrowingpopulationofInternetsocialnetworkers,wastogetasmanyofnot-really-friendsaspossible.Forexample,afriendmightbesomeoneyoumightknowpersonallybutwhocouldjustaseasilybethefriendofafriendofsomeotherFacebookfriendyoudon’tactuallyknow.Althoughsheagreedthatsocialtiesgrease（润滑）thewheelsoflife,shealsowarned.“Toobadonethingmoneycan’tbuyisarealfriend.”

64.WhatcanfriendsdointheeyesofXuYanchun?

A.Theycanhelpyouwithyourschoolwork.

B.Theyteachyouhowtomakemoremoney.

C.Theyhelpyoutogetridofsadnessandcheerup

D.Theyintroducetheirfriendstoyou.

65.Whatwillbeneededifyouaretoachievesuccessaccordingtotheresearchers?

A.Socialskills,friends,goodmoodandfortune.

B.Socialskills,networking,talentandhardwork..

C.Socialskills,networking,potentialandfortune.

D.Socialskills,talent,hardworkandthefacebook.

66.WelearnthatMeghanDaum’sattitudetowardsfriends-issomewhat.

A.up-to-dateB.optimisticC.confusedD.traditional

67.Whatdoestheword“trumps”inthelastparagraphmean?

A.isbetterthanB.isequaltoC.isworsethanD.issimilarto

2.

ThereisanEnglishsayingthatgoes,"hewholaughslast,laughsthehardest."HighSchoolMusical（歌舞青春）starandteenheartthrob（让人心动的男人）ZacEfronislaughingalotthesedays.

Asayoungboy,Efronwaspickedoninschoolbecausehewasalwaysthesmallestinhisclassandteasedbecausehehadabigspacebetweenhisteeth．Insixthgrade,Efron'sbasketballteammadeittotheleaguechampionships．Indoubleovertime,withthreesecondsleft,hereboundedtheballandpassedit—tothewrongteam!

Theyscoredandhisteamlostthegame.

Buthistory,astheysay,isathingofthepast．Nowat21,EfronisoneofPeoplemagazine's100MostBeautifulPeople,gracesthecoverofEntertainmentWeekly,Hollywood'smostinfluentialmagazine,andistravelingtheworldpromotingthethirdHighSchoolMusicalfilm．DirectorAdamShankmandescribedEfronas"arguably（可以说是/认为）thebiggestteenstarinAmericarightnow."Simplygoogle"ZacEfron"andyougetmorethan14millionresponses．Yes,itseemsEfronhasalottosmileaboutthesedays.

EfronwasbornandraisedinCalifornia．Hetookschoolseriously．AccordingtoEfron,"hewouldflipout（发疯）ifhegotaBandnotanAinschool,andthathewasaclassclown..”Itwashisfatherwhoencouragedhimtoact．Hetookpartinschoolperformancesandwithalocaltheatergroup．Healsotooksinginglessons．Hegraduatedfromhighschoolin2006andwasacceptedattheUniversityofSouthernCaliforniatostudyfilm．Buthedeferred（延期）—whystudymovieswhenyoucanstarinthem.

NowhehassignedontostarintheromanticcomedySeventeenAgainandtoplayintheremakeofthehugelypopularmovie,Footloose．Efronisalsoearningmorethan$3millionforhisroleinHighSchoolMusical3．Notbadfora21-year-old．ButEfronstillremembersthosebullies（欺凌弱小者）.

"Youalwayshavetorememberthatbullieswanttobringyoudownbecauseyouhavesomethingthattheyadmire,"Efronsaid．"Also,whenyougetmadefunof,whenpeoplepointoutyourweaknesses,it'sanopportunityforyoutoriseabove."

Efronhasrisenallthewaytothetopofthemoviebusiness．Andhecannowlaughallthewaytothebank.

60．ThewriterusedtheEnglishsayingatthebeginningto____.

A．suggestthatsuccessfulEfrondoesn’thavesuchasmoothpast

B．suggestthatEfronstillhasalongwaytogo

C．showthatEfron’ssuccessishardearned

D．showthatEfronhasbeatenhiscritics

61．Howdoyouunderstandthesentence“Buthistory,astheysay,isathingofthepast”inParagraph3?

A．Betterletthepastbethepast.

B．Historydoesnotdecidefuture.

C．Differentfromhistory,Efronisquitepopularnow.

D．HistoryplaysanimportantroleinZacEfron’slife.

62．WhatdidZacEfronprobablydowhenhewasbullied?

A．Hewouldignorethemsinceheknewtheyjustwantedtomakehimfeelbad.

B．Hewastheclassclownsoheusedtheseexperiencesassourcesofhisjokes.

C．Hewouldtakethebulliesseriouslyandlaterfoundchancestofightback.

D．Hecheeredhimselfupanduseditasmotivationtomoveon．

63．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothetext?

A．Childrenoftenliketomakefunofothers’physicalfeatures.

B．DirectorAdamShankmanwasn’tsureEfronisthebiggestteenstarinAmericarightnow．

C．Withhiscurrentsuccessinmoviesandbiggermovierolestoplay,Efronismakingafortune.

D．Whenhegoestothebank,Efronlaughsalltheway.

3.

EricandDorisKingTurnerarepackingtheirbagsforNewZealand.They'rebusydecidingwhattopackandwhattoleavebehindinBritainandaremakingplanstoextendtheirnewhomeinNelson.DorisislookingforwardtogettingthegardenintoshapeandErichashisheartsetonaspotofflyfishing.ThedifferenceisthatEricis102,Dorisis87.Ericthinkshe'sBritain'soldestemigrant.

InJanuarynextyearEricKingTurnerandhiswifeof12yearswillwavegoodbyetotheirneighbors,andsetsailfromSouthamptononthevoyageofalifetime.Theoceanliner（远洋客轮）SagaRosewilltakesixweekstogettoAucklandandthecoupleareexpectingared-carpetwelcomefromfamily.

DoriswasborninNewZealandbutgaveupherhomelandwhenthecouplemetandmarriedinthelate1990s.ButNewZealandisclosetoboththeirheartsandtheattractionoffamilyandfriends,andthegoodfishinghelpedtopersuadethemtomove.

Doris,whohasfivechildrenandninegrandchildren,supportedherhusband'sapplicationtosettleinNewZealand.Thepaperworktookfivemonths.Ericsays,"Wenotonlyhadtoproduceamarriagecertificate（证书）butwehadtoproduceevidencethatwewereinalongandstablerelationship!

"Healsosaidhewasnotaskedabouthisagebuthadtoshowthathecouldsupporthimselffinancially（财政上）inNewZealand.

"IlikeNewZealand.Thewayoflifeisverymuchthesameasitisherebutitisnotsocrowded."Hiswifehasalwaysbeen“alittlebithomesick”buthasnevercomplained.Nowthecoupleareinthemiddleofthetaskofsortingoutpossessionsandsellingtheirflat.

56．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A.TheydecidedtoleaveallthethingsbehindinBritain.

B.ThewifealwayscomplainedaboutthelifeinBritain.

C.ThecouplewillsetuptheirnewhomeinNelson.

D.DorisandEricwillgotoNewZealandtoholdthewedding.

57．Theunderlinedword"emigrant"inParagraph1probablyreferstoapersonwho___.

A.livesinacountryforeverB.movesfromoneplacetosettleinanother

C.travelsaroundtheworldD.visitsmanyplacesinacountry

58．Whatmakesthecouple'smovetoNewZealandspecial?

A.Theirage.B.Theredcarpet.

C.TheoceanlinerSagaRose.D.Theirmarriagecertificate.

59．Thebesttitleofthepassagemaybe.

A.Betterlatethannever

B.EricandDorisKing-Turnerarepackingtheirbags

C.Toleaveornottoleave,that'stheproblem

D.Eric,102,leavesBritainwithhiswife

4.

Peoplehavewonderedforalongtimehowtheirpersonalitiesandbehaviorsareformed.It’snoteasytoexplainwhyonepersonisintelligentandanotherisnot,orwhyoneiscooperativeandanotheriscompetitive.

Socialscientistsare,ofcourse,extremelyinterestedinthesetypesofquestion.Theywanttoexplainwhywepossesscertaincharacteristicsandexhibitcertainbehaviors.Therearenoclearanswersyet,buttwodistinctschoolsofthoughtonthematterhavedeveloped.Asonemightexpect,thetwoapproachesareverydifferentfromeachother,andthereisagreatdealofdebatebetweenproponentsofeachtheory.Theargumentisoftenconvenientlyreferredtoasnaturevs.nurture.

Thosewhosupportthe“nature”sideoftheconflictbelievethatourpersonalitiesandbehaviorpatternsarelargelydeterminedbybiologicalandgeneticfactors.Thatourenvironmenthaslittle,ifanything,todowithourabilities,characteristicsandbehavioriscentraltothistheory.Takentoanextreme,thistheorymaintain