新课标高三英语寒假作业7.docx

1、新课标高三英语寒假作业7新课标2016年高三英语寒假作业7第卷第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AAlfred Carlton Gilbert（1884-1961） was a man of many ideas and talents. As a small boy, he kept trying new things. At age 12, he started a sports club for his friends and got the

2、ir school to have a field day with active games and prizes. As he grew and practiced, Gilbert became skilled at pole vaulting（撑杆跳高）, pull-ups, the long jump and football.Gilbert broke the world record for pull-ups in 1900 and the distance record for running long dive in 1902. And he won a gold medal

3、 in the pole vault at the Olympic Games in 1908. By that time, he had nearly finished medical studies. Choosing not to make medicine his career, Gilbert co-founded Mysto Manufacturing, a manufacturer of magic sets, in 1907. Gilbert had amused his friends and earned college money by doing magic trick

4、s, so he knew what was needed. One day, Gilbert saw workers using steel girders（钢梁） to build towers for power lines. That gave him the idea for the Erector Set, a popular construction toy.In 1917, the Council of National Defense thought no toys should be produced for Christmas because the country wa

5、s fighting in World War I. Gilbert and other men from the Toy Manufacturers of America went to Washington, with about 40 different toys. They had 15 minutes to speak. This meeting was at the end of a long, hard day. Gilbert told the government men at the meeting how toys helped children learn. His h

6、elpers brought out the toys. Soon, the tired government men were on the floor, playing with building sets, models of navy ships, and other toys. The time limit was forgotten; so was the Christmas toy ban（禁令）.Gilbert spent the rest of his life improving erector sets. His company made and sold the set

7、s, plus chemistry and other science sets and toy trains. He made items for homes, businesses, and the army. When he died in 1961, he had 150 patents （专利）for his many inventions. But his main joy was in helping children learn and have fun at the same time.67. Whats the right order of the events about

8、 Gilbert?a. He argued against a ban on toy production.b. He broke the world record for pull-ups.c. He set up a manufacturer of magic sets.d. He started a sports club for his friends.e. He won a gold medal in the pole vault.A. b, d, e, a, c B. b, a, e, d, cC. d, b, c, e, a D. d, c, e, b, a68. The sto

9、ry mentioned in paragraph 3 shows that _.A. Gilberts toys interested not only children but adultsB. toys could help children learn about World War IC. toys were a danger to the Council of National DefenseD. Christmas toys were not popular during wartime69. According to the text, Gilbert was known as

10、 _.A. a teacher, boy-maker and businessmanB. an athlete, inventor and businessmanC. an athlete, writer and businessmanD. a magician, writer and toy-maker70. What would be the best title for the text?A. An easy way into the sporting circle.B. The man who saved Christmas.C. Influenced of toys on child

11、renD. The amazing Mr. Gilbert.BAs a school teacher, Inderjit Khurana used to take the train to work. And one day, at the station, she saw dozens of children who spent their days begging from train passengers rather than going to school. She learned that it was not a rare problem and that millions of

12、 children in India lived on the streets.Realizing that these children would never be able to escape poor life and homelessness without education, and that it would be impossible to send these children to school, Inderjit decided to create a model program-taking the school to the most out- of-school

13、children.Khuranas train platform schools aim to provide a creative school form and give children the basic levels of education. Her last goals reach far beyond the 20 platform schools she and her colleagues have created in Indias Bhubaneswar region. She is determined that her program will become a m

14、odel for changing the lives of the poorest children throughout India and the world.Khurana founded the Ruchika Social Service Organization(RSSO) in 1985. The teachers gather the children together between the stops of the train for reading, writing, maths and history taught through songs and other te

15、aching tools.Khurana recently comes to realize that the education of these children is impossible when the most basic needs of their families are not being met. So she also provides food and medicine for their families.Khurana insists that every child have the right to an education and that if a chi

16、ld cannot come to the school, then the school must come to him or her.1. Khuranas final aim is to .A.make the poorest childrens lives betterB. put an end to the problem of childrens dropout(辍学)C. attract more students to her platform schoolsD. set up 20 platform schools throughout India2. What can we lea