届高三英语二轮专题强化精选阅读理解35.docx

1、届高三英语二轮专题强化精选阅读理解352014届高三英语二轮专题强化选精：阅读理解1.WHAT can help you make a fortune in the future? Graduating from a top university might not be enough. A new study from the University of Essex in Britain has shown that the more friends you have in school, the more money youll earn later.The idea that popul

2、arity could have a serious influence on ones earning potential shouldnt come as too much of a surprise. The researchers noted that if you want to get ahead in life, social skills and networking are easily as powerful as talent and hard work.“If a person has lots of friends, it means that he or she h

3、as the ability to get along with others in all kinds of different situations,” said Xu Yanchun, 17, from Nantou High School in Shenzhen, who totally agreed with the recent finding. “Also, friends always help each other. They not only create wider social circles for you but lift your mood when you ar

4、e occasionally in low spirits,” said Xu. She believed that all this helps you “earn a higher salary.”Maybe thats why some people think the younger generations are in the age of Friendalholism (交友狂症)? A woman even complained that the networking website Facebooks 5,000-friend limit was too low for her

5、 large reserve of social contacts.But what does friend mean? Should friends be regarded as a form of currency?“Call me uncool, but I think of a friend as an actual person with whom I have an actual history and whom I enjoy actually seeing. It seems, however, that this is no longer the definition of

6、friend”, said Meghan Daum, who works with The Los Angeles Times in the US.Daum dislikes the idea that quantity trumps quality in the age of friendaholism. She thought the idea of friendship, at least among the growing population of Internet social networkers, was to get as many of not-really-friends

7、 as possible. For example, a friend might be someone you might know personally but who could just as easily be the friend of a friend of some other Facebook friend you dont actually know. Although she agreed that social ties grease(润滑)the wheels of life, she also warned. “ Too bad one thing money ca

8、nt buy is a real friend.”64. What can friends do in the eyes of Xu Yanchun?A. They can help you with your schoolwork.B. They teach you how to make more money.C. They help you to get rid of sadness and cheer upD. They introduce their friends to you.65. What will be needed if you are to achieve succes

9、s according to the researchers?A. Social skills, friends, good mood and fortune.B. Social skills, networking, talent and hard work.C. Social skills, networking, potential and fortune.D. Social skills, talent, hard work and the facebook.66. We learn that Meghan Daums attitude towards friends-is somew

10、hat .A. up-to-date B. optimistic C. confused D. traditional67. What does the word “trumps” in the last paragraph mean?A. is better than B. is equal to C. is worse than D. is similar to2.There is an English saying that goes, he who laughs last, laughs the hardest. High School Musical（歌舞青春） star and t

11、een heartthrob (让人心动的男人) Zac Efron is laughing a lot these days.As a young boy, Efron was picked on in school because he was always the smallest in his class and teased because he had a big space between his teethIn sixth grade, Efrons basketball team made it to the league championshipsIn double ove

12、rtime, with three seconds left, he rebounded the ball and passed it to the wrong team! They scored and his team lost the game.But history, as they say, is a thing of the pastNow at 21, Efron is one of People magazines 100 Most Beautiful People, graces the cover of Entertainment Weekly, Hollywoods mo

13、st influential magazine, and is traveling the world promoting the third High School Musical filmDirector Adam Shankman described Efron as arguably（可以说是/ 认为） the biggest teen star in America right now. Simply google Zac Efron and you get more than 14 million responsesYes, it seems Efron has a lot to

14、smile about these days.Efron was born and raised in CaliforniaHe took school seriouslyAccording to Efron, he would flip out (发疯) if he got a B and not an A in school, and that he was a class clown.” It was his father who encouraged him to actHe took part in school performances and with a local theat

15、er groupHe also took singing lessonsHe graduated from high school in 2006 and was accepted at the University of Southern California to study filmBut he deferred (延期) why study movies when you can star in them. Now he has signed on to star in the romantic comedy Seventeen Again and to play in the rem

16、ake of the hugely popular movie, FootlooseEfron is also earning more than $3 million for his role in High School Musical 3Not bad for a 21-year-oldBut Efron still remembers those bullies（欺凌弱小者）. You always have to remember that bullies want to bring you down because you have something that they admi

17、re, Efron saidAlso, when you get made fun of, when people point out your weaknesses, its an opportunity for you to rise above.Efron has risen all the way to the top of the movie businessAnd he can now laugh all the way to the bank.60The writer used the English saying at the beginning to _.Asuggest t

18、hat successful Efron doesnt have such a smooth pastBsuggest that Efron still has a long way to goCshow that Efrons success is hard earnedDshow that Efron has beaten his critics61How do you understand the sentence “But history, as they say, is a thing of the past” in Paragraph 3? ABetter let the past

19、 be the past. BHistory does not decide future.CDifferent from history, Efron is quite popular now.DHistory plays an important role in Zac Efrons life.62What did Zac Efron probably do when he was bullied? AHe would ignore them since he knew they just wanted to make him feel bad.BHe was the class clow

20、n so he used these experiences as sources of his jokes.CHe would take the bullies seriously and later found chances to fight back.DHe cheered himself up and used it as motivation to move on63Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?AChildren often like to make fun of others physical feat

21、ures.BDirector Adam Shankman wasnt sure Efron is the biggest teen star in America right nowCWith his current success in movies and bigger movie roles to play, Efron is making a fortune.DWhen he goes to the bank, Efron laughs all the way.3.Eric and Doris King Turner are packing their bags for New Zea

22、land. Theyre busy deciding what to pack and what to leave behind in Britain and are making plans to extend their new home in Nelson. Doris is looking forward to getting the garden into shape and Eric has his heart set on a spot of fly fishing. The difference is that Eric is 102, Doris is 87. Eric th

23、inks hes Britains oldest emigrant.In January next year Eric King Turner and his wife of 12 years will wave goodbye to their neighbors, and set sail from Southampton on the voyage of a lifetime. The ocean liner (远洋客轮)Saga Rose will take six weeks to get to Auckland and the couple are expecting a red-

24、carpet welcome from family.Doris was born in New Zealand but gave up her homeland when the couple met and married in the late 1990s. But New Zealand is close to both their hearts and the attraction of family and friends, and the good fishing helped to persuade them to move.Doris, who has five childr

25、en and nine grandchildren, supported her husbands application to settle in New Zealand. The paperwork took five months. Eric says, We not only had to produce a marriage certificate（证书） but we had to produce evidence that we were in a long and stable relationship! He also said he was not asked about

26、his age but had to show that he could support himself financially (财政上) in New Zealand.I like New Zealand. The way of life is very much the same as it is here but it is not so crowded. His wife has always been “a little bit homesick” but has never complained. Now the couple are in the middle of the

27、task of sorting out possessions and selling their flat.56Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. They decided to leave all the things behind in Britain.B. The wife always complained about the life in Britain.C. The couple will set up their new home in Nelson.D. Doris an

28、d Eric will go to New Zealand to hold the wedding.57The underlined word emigrant in Paragraph 1 probably refers to a person who_.A. lives in a country forever B. moves from one place to settle in another C. travels around the world D. visits many places in a country58What makes the couples move to N

29、ew Zealand special?A. Their age. B. The red carpet.C. The ocean liner Saga Rose. D. Their marriage certificate.59The best title of the passage may be .A. Better late than never B. Eric and Doris King-Turner are packing their bagsC. To leave or not to leave, thats the problemD. Eric, 102, leaves Brit

30、ain with his wife 4.People have wondered for a long time how their personalities and behaviors are formed. Its not easy to explain why one person is intelligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative and another is competitive.Social scientists are, of course, extremely interested in these ty

31、pes of question. They want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviors. There are no clear answers yet, but two distinct schools of thought on the matter have developed. As one might expect, the two approaches are very different from each other, and there is a gre

32、at deal of debate between proponents of each theory. The argument is often conveniently referred to as nature vs. nurture.Those who support the “nature” side of the conflict believe that our personalities and behavior patterns are largely determined by biological and genetic factors. That our environment has little, if anything, to do with our abilities, characteristics and behavior is central to this theory. Taken to an extreme, this theory mai