届高考英语实战演练专题阅读理解140.docx

1、届高考英语实战演练专题阅读理解1402012届高考英语实战演练专题阅读理解(1_40)1 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 You know how wonderful you are, and you know that others know how wonderful you are, but what do you do when admiration crosses over the line into jealousy? For most teens there will come a day when you realize that one of y

2、our friends is jealous and that this jealousy is hurting your friendship. When this happens it can seem like there is nothing that you can do, but the good news is that there is. Dont let jealousy spoil your relationships. Tackle it head on and you might be back to normal much sooner than you think.

3、 It can be hard to walk up to a friend and ask them what the problem is, but if you want to save your friendship youll have to do just that. Dont approach them and ask why they are jealous of you (unless of course you want to appear totally conceited), just take some time alone with them and let the

4、m know that youve been feeling like theres been something coming between you. If they refuse to respond, then use the opportunity to explain how you have been feeling. Chances are that something you say will strike a nerve and your friend will open up as well. When you figure out what is annoying yo

5、ur friend, ask him or her what (s)he thinks would make the situation better. If, for example, (s)he says that (s)he feels like (s)he doesnt get to spend any time with you because of your being off with your new friends from tee swim team then maybe you could invite her along the next time or block o

6、ff one day a week for just the two of you. Remember, though, that whatever solution you decide on should be a compromise. Dont limit your own talents or opportunities simply because your friend is unhappy. Try instead to include him or her in your new life and see how that works out. Even the best o

7、f friendships can be tinged by jealousy. This destructive emotion is rarely productive and can turn best friends into worst enemies. Before taking extreme action, chat with your jealous friend to see if the two of you can work out a compromise.If you cant, be prepared to know exactly how far you wil

8、l go to keep your friend and how far you wont. 1. According to the author, the jealousy emotion is_. A. normal B. productive C. destructive D. extreme 2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to confront your friend when jealousy happens? A. Walking up to him/her and asking him/her why he

9、/she is jealous of you. B. Walking up to him/her and asking him/her what the problem is. C. Spending some time with him/her and letting him/her know how you feel. D. Spending some time with him/her and letting him/her know you think theres something between you. 3. The underlined “it” in the first p

10、aragraph refers to_. A. friendship B. relationship C. admiration D. jealousy 4. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs? A. Theres always a solution to solve the problem of jealousy. B. Jealousy can turn best friends into worst enemies. C. You may lose a friend to keep your own gifts, chan

11、ces or self development. D. You should go a long way with your friend to work out a solution 5. The purpose of the passage is_. A. to explain what causes jealousy B. to offer some advice on making friends C. to introduce the way to cope with a jealous friend D. to explain how destructive the jealous

12、 emotion is 2 Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting.But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it.

13、 One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10 _15 minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day which r

14、eally for handwriting is pretty much. Many adults remember learning that way by copying letters over and over again. Today s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get

15、students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write. Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility,_which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school. But not everyone mast

16、ers these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs. But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary sc

17、hool, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive, which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administers the SAT college admission test. More than 75 percent of students

18、choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive. 1We can learn _ from Paragraph 1. A. teaching handwriting is a basic requirement in teaching job B. most teachers prefer to teach handwriting C. teachers spend little time in teaching handwriting D. a keyboard has taken the place

19、of the handwriting entire2Which of the following is WRONG for traditional handwriting in the USA? A. The students are taught by practicing a long period.B. The letters are repeated many times. C. Handwriting includes two skills. D. To write in cursive is taught first. 3The underlined word “legibilit

20、y” in Paragraph 3 means _. A. easy to read B. complex C. unexpected D. unreadable 4The best title for the passage is _. A. How to improve handwriting in school B. Right or wrong: the death of handwriting C. Handwriting involves two skills D. Handwriting lessons are on the way out 5The author s attit

21、ude towards whether still to learn handwriting in school is_. A. negative B. objective C. critical D. optimistic 3 A Southampton University team found that people who were vegetarians by 30 had recorded five IQ points higher on average at the age of 10. Researchers said it could explain why people w

22、ith a higher IQ were healthier as a vegetarian diet was linked to lower heart disease and obesity rates. The study of 8,179 people was reported in the British Medical Journal. Twenty years after the IQ tests were carried out in 1970, 366 of the participants said they were vegetarians although more t

23、han 100 reported eating either fish or chicken. Men who were vegetarians had an IQ score of 106, compared with 101 for non-vegetarians; while female vegetarians averaged 104, compared with 99 for non-vegetarians. There was no difference in the IQ scores, between strict vegetarians and those who said

24、 they were vegetarians but reported eating fish or chicken. Researchers said the findings were partly related to better education and higher class, but it remained statistically significant after adjusting for these factors. Vegetarians were more likely to be female, to be of higher social class and

25、 to have higher academic or vocational qualifications than non-vegetarians. However, these differences were not reflected in their annual income, which was similar to that of non-vegetarians. Lead researcher Catharine Gale said, “The findings that children with greater intelligence are more likely t

26、o report being vegetarians as adults, together with the evidence on the potential benefits of a vegetarian diet on heart health, may help to explain why a higher IQ in childhood or adolescence is linked with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease in adult life. But Dr Frankie Phillips of the Briti

27、sh Dietetic Association said，“It_ is_ like _the _chicken _and _egg. Do people become vegetarians because they have a very high IQ or is it just that they are clever enough to be more aware of health issues？” 1What s the result of the research mentioned in the text? A. Intelligent children are more l

28、ikely to become vegetarians later in life. B. Children with a higher IQ are less likely to have heart disease later in life. C. Intelligent children tend to belong to higher social class later in life. D. Children with a healthier heart tend to have a higher IQ later in life. 2It was found in the re

29、search that_. A. most of the participants became vegetarians 20 years after the IQ tests were carried out B. vegetarians who ate fish or chicken were of similar intelligence with strict vegetarians C. female vegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than non-vegetarians D. vegetarian

30、s were more likely to have higher annual income than non-vegetarians 3Catharine Gale talked about “being vegetarians” in a(n)_way. A. doubtful B. favorable C. negative D. objective 4What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean? A. Intelligence is linked to not just being a vegetarian

31、 but to many factors. B. The rate of getting heart disease is linked to your lifestyle. C. The link between a high IQ and being a vegetarian is still uncertain. D. The link between a healthy heart and diet remains to be proved. 5What s the best title for the text? A. Get more IQ points! B. Be a vege

32、tarian, please! C. Vegetarian diet cuts heart risk D. A high IQ is linked to being a vegetarian 4The hole in the Earths ozone layer (臭氧层) has until now protected Antarctica from the worst effects of global warming. But scientists have warned that as the hole closes up in the next few decades, temperatures on the continent could rise by around 3 on average, with melting ice contributing to a global