高考第二轮复习英语湖北版题型技法指导专题三阅读理解.docx

1、高考第二轮复习英语湖北版题型技法指导专题三阅读理解2013年高考第二轮复习英语湖北版 题型技法指导专题三阅读理解真题试做A(2012湖北高考，A)Youve just come home，after living abroad for a few years.Since youve been away，has this country changed for the betteror for the worse?If youve just arrived back in the UK after a fortnights holiday，small changes have probably

2、surprised youanything from a local greengrocer suddenly being replaced by a mobilephone shop to someone in your street moving house.So how have things changed to people coming back to Britain after seven，ten or even 15 years living abroad？What changes in society can they see that the rest of us have

3、 hardly noticedor now take for granted？To find out，we asked some people who recently returned.Debi：When we left，Cheltenham，my home town，was a town of white，middleclass familiesall very conservative(保守的)The town is now home to many eastern Europeans and lots of Australians，who come here mainly to wor

4、k in hotels and tourism.There are even several shops only for foreigners.Having been an immigrant(移民) myself，I admire people who go overseas to find a job.Maybe if I lived in an inner city where unemployment was high，Id think differently，but I believe foreign settlers have improved this country beca

5、use theyre more openminded and often work harder than the natives.Christine：As we flew home over Britain，both of us remarked how green everything looked.But the differences between the place wed left behind and the one we returned to were brought sharply into focus as soon as we landed.To see police

6、men with guns in the airport for the first time was frighteningin Cyprus，theyre very relaxedand I got pulled over by customs officers just for taking a woolen sweater with some metalmade buttons out of my case in the arrivals hall.Everyone seemed to be on guard.Even the airport carhire firm wanted a

7、 credit card rather than cash because they said their vehicles had been used by bank robbers.But anyway，this is still a green，beautiful country.I just wish more people would appreciate what theyve got.51After a short overseas holiday，people tend to_.Anotice small changes Bexpect small changesCwelcom

8、e small changes Dexaggerate small changes52How does Debi look at the foreign settlers?ACautiously. BPositively.CSceptically. DCritically.53When arriving at the airport in Britain，Christine was shocked by_.Athe relaxed policemen BThe messy arrivals hallCthe tight security Dthe bank robbers54Which mig

9、ht be the best title for the passage?ALife in Britain. BBack in Britain.CBritain in Future. DBritain in Memory.B(2012湖北高考，B)When my brother and I were young，my mom would take us on Transportation Days.It goes like this: You cant take any means of transportation more than once.We would start from hom

10、e，walking two blocks to the rail station.Wed take the train into the city center，then a bus，switching to the tram，then maybe a taxi.We always considered taking a horse carriage in the historic district，but we didnt like the way the horses were treated，so we never did.At the end of the day，we took th

11、e subway to our closest station，where Moms friend was waiting to give us a ride homeour first car ride of the day.The good thing about Transportation Days is not only that Mom taught us how to get around.She was born to be multimodal(多方式的)She understood that depending on cars only was a failure of i

12、magination and，above all，a failure of confidencethe product of a childhood not spent exploring subway tunnels.Once you learn the route map and step with certainty over the gap between the train and the platform，nothing is frightening anymore.New cities are just lightrail lines to be explored.And you

13、r personal car，if you have one，becomes just one more tool in the toolboxand often an inadequate one，limiting both your mobility and your wallet.On Transportation Days，we might stop for lunch on Chestnut Street or buy a new book or toy，but the transportation was the point.First，it was exciting enough

14、 to watch the world speed by from the train window.As I got older，my mom helped me unlock the mysteries that would otherwise have paralyzed my first attempts to do it myself：How do I know where to get off？How do I know how much it costs？How do I know when I need tickets，and where to get them？What tr

15、ack，what line，which direction，wheres the stop，and will I get wet when we go under the river?Im writing this right now on an airplane，a means we didnt try on our Transportation Days and，we now know，the dirtiest and most polluting of them all.My flight routed me through Philadelphia.My multimodal mom

16、met me for dinner in the airport.She took a train to meet me.55Which was forbidden by Mom on Transportation Days?AHaving a car ride. BTaking the train twice.CBuying more than one toy. DTouring the historic district.56According to the writer，what was the greatest benefit of her Transportation Days?AB

17、uilding confidence in herself. BReducing her use of private cars.CDeveloping her sense of direction. DGiving her knowledge about vehicles.57The underlined word “paralyzed”(in Para.5) is closest in meaning to“_”Adisplayed Bjustified CignoredDruined58Which means of transportation does the writer proba

18、bly disapprove of?AAirplane. BSubway. CTram. DCar.C(2012湖北高考，C)It was a simple letter asking for a place to study at Scotlands oldest university which helped start a revolution in higher education.A 140yearold letter written by a lady calling for her to be allowed to study medicine at St Andrews Uni

19、versity has been discovered by researchers.Written by Sophia JexBlake in 1873，the sevenpage document，which urged the university to allow women to study medicine at the institution，was released yesterday on International Womens Day.The document was discovered buried in the university archives(档案)by p

20、arttime history student Lis Smith，who is completing her PhD at St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research.She said: “We knew that Sophia JexBlake and her supporters，in their effort to open up university medical education for women，had written to the Senatus Academicus(校评议委员会) at St Andrews

21、 in an attempt to gain permission to attend classes there，but we didnt know documentary evidence existed.While searching the archives for information about the universitys higher certificate for women，I was astonished to come across what must be the very letter JexBlake wrote.” In the letter，Sophia

22、and her supporters offered to hire teachers or build suitable buildings for a medical school and to arrange for lectures to be delivered in the subjects not already covered at St Andrews.Although her letter was not successful，it eventually led to the establishment of the Ladies Literate in Arts at S

23、t Andrews，a distancelearning degree for women.The qualification，which ran from 1877 until the 1930s，gave women access to university education in the days before they were admitted as students.It was so popular that it survived long after women were admitted as full students to St Andrews in 1892.Ms

24、JexBlake went on to help establish the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874.She was accepted by the University of Berne，where she was awarded a medical degree in January 1877.Eventually，she moved back to Edinburgh and opened her own practice.59Sophia wrote a letter to St Andrews University be

25、cause she wanted_.Ato carry out a research project thereBto set up a medical institute thereCto study medicine thereDto deliver lectures there60Lis Smith found Sophias letter to St Andrews University_.Aby pure chance Bin the school officeCwith her supporters help Dwhile reading history books61Sophia

26、s letter resulted in the establishment of_.Athe London School of Medicine for WomenBa degree programme for womenCa system of medical educationDthe University of Berne62When did St Andrews University begin to take fulltime women students?AIn 1873. BIn 1874. CIn 1877. DIn 1892.D(2012湖北高考，D)How is it t

27、hat siblings(兄弟姐妹) can turn out so differently？One answer is that in fact each sibling grows up in a different family.The firstborn is，for a while，an only child，and therefore has a completely different experience of the parents than those born later.The next child is，for a while，the youngest，until t

28、he situation is changed by a new arrival.The mother and father themselves are changing and growing up too.One sibling might live in a stable and close family in the first few years；another might be raised in a family crisis，with a disappointed mother or an angry father.Sibling competition was identi

29、fied as an important shaping force as early as in 1918.But more recently，researchers have found many ways in which brothers and sisters are a lasting force in each others lives.Dr.Annette Henderson says firstborn children pick up vocabulary more quickly than their siblings.The reason for this might

30、be that the later children arent getting the same oneonone time with parents.But that doesnt mean that the younger children have problems with language development.Laterborns dont enjoy that much talking time with parents，but instead they harvest lessons from bigger brothers and sisters，learning ent

31、ire phrases and getting an understanding of social concepts such as the difference between “I” and “me”A Cambridge University study of 140 children found that siblings created a rich world of play that helped them grow socially.Lovehate relationships were common among the children.Even those sibling

32、s who fought the most had just as much positive communication as the other sibling pairs.One way children seek more attention from parents is by making themselves different from their siblings，particularly if they are close in age.Researchers have found that the first two children in a family are typically more different from each other than t