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1、高三阅读训练 高三阅读训练试题（一）阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Im not so sure I like my friends any moreI used to like themto be honestWed have lunch, talk on the phone or exchange emails，and they all seemed normal enough. But then came FaceBook, and I was introduced to a sad

2、 fact：many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from meToday my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via FaceBook. No longer hidden，theyre thrown in my face like TV commercialsunavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their personalitiesTake F

3、redIf you were to have lunch with him, youd find him warm, and self-effacing(谦逊的)Read his FaceBook and youll realize hes an unbearable，food-obsessed (痴迷食物的)boring manHed pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning manand then write about itTake AndyYou wont find a smarter CEO anywher

4、e, but now hes a CEO without a company to runSo he plays Mafia Wars on FaceBookHes doing welllevel 731Thanks to FaceBook，I know hes playing about 18 hours a dayAndy, youve run four companiesand this is how you spend your downtime? What happened to golf? What happened to getting another job?Take LizS

5、he is positive that the flu vaccine will kill us all and that we should avoid itAnd then comes Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can find，so I get to read his thoughts twice, once on FaceBook and once on TwitterIn real life，I dont see these sides of peopleFace to fa

6、ce, my friends show me their bestTheyre nice，smart peopleBut face to FaceBook，my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly wrongIm left with a dilemma(进退两难)Who is my real friend? Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the anti-vaccine madman on FaceBook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with

7、 or the Fred who weeps（流泪） if hes at a party and the wine isnt up to his standards?26. Who is opposed to the flu vaccine in the text?A. Fred B. Andy C. Liz D. Chris27. Whats Andy probably busy in doing now?A. Hes running his company B. Hes playing golf all day.C. Hes looking for another job D. Hes p

8、laying computer games.28. According to the text，FaceBook tends to_A. present another side of people B. offer some foods for freeC. show endless advertisements D. get you to more parties29. What does “it” underlined in the last paragraph refer to?A. a dilemma B. my real friend C. Facebook D. Twitter3

9、0. The text is developed mainly by_A. giving examples B. following the time orderC. 1isting figures D. raising questions BBBC London Tributes(敬意) continue to be paid at home and abroad to Margaret Thatcher after her death at the age of 87. David Cameron, the present Prime Minister, said she had been

10、 a great Briton while US President Obama called her a great champion of freedom and liberty. Her funeral is expected to be held next week. Thatcher, Britains first female premier, was in power from 1979 to 1990 and won three successive general elections. She died peacefully after suffering a stroke

11、on April 8th 2013. She will not have a state funeral but will be accorded（给予）the same status as Princess Diana and the Queen Mother. The Union Jack above Number 10 Downing Street has been lowered to half-mast（半旗）to pay tributes.“In an era（纪元）in which politicians are all too often greeted with indiff

12、erence, it is easy to forget that Britain was once led by a woman who inspired passion.” says Nick Robinson, a well-known BBC political editor. After cutting short a trip to Europe to return to London, Cameron described Thatcher as the patriot prime minister and greatest peacetime leader. While ackn

13、owledging that she had divided opinion, Cameron said she had taken a country that was on its knees and made it stand tall again. Thatcher loved this country and served it with all she had, he added. Her other successors in No 10- Sir John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown - paid tribute to her stre

14、ngth of character and political purpose while Labor leader Ed Miliband said Thatcher had been a unique figure who reshaped the politics of a whole generation.But critics and her opponents questioned the economic and social impact of her policies, ex-Labour leader Lord Kinnock saying her economic pol

15、icies had been a disaster for Britain at the time. Among international reaction, Obama said America has lost a true friend while German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would never forget her part in overcoming the division of Europe.Nick Robinson said Thatcher, who had suffered poor health for sev

16、eral years, would always be a divisive politician but one who inspired passion among her critics and supporters.She was in power when the UK won a war following Argentinas invasion of the Falkland Islands in 1982,but during her later years in office, she was increasingly at odds with other senior fi

17、gures in the Conservative Party. 31. Which of the following is NOT wrong according to the news?A. Thatcher was a member of the Labor Party.B. All the people dont sing high praise for Thatcher contribution to England.C. There was a war between England and Argentina when Thatcher retired.D. Thatcher r

18、uled England for no more than a decade.32. How many Prime Ministers have come into power up till now after her retirement?A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Six33. Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “successive” in Paragraph One?A. successful B. competitive C. wonderful D.

19、 continuous34. According to the news, we can infer that the Union Jack is _.A. a very powerful and important politician B. the national flag of England C. a working place for the Prime Minister D. a person who works for the Number 10 Downing Street35. Which of the following can be used as the title

20、of the news?A. The First Prime Minster of EnglandB. Thatcher Contributions to Her HomelandC. A Successful British WomanD. Tributes Paid At Home and Abroad CJean-Francois Millet (October 4, 1814January 20,1875) was a French painter who was famous for his scenes of farmers.After his first painting, a

21、portrait (肖像), was accepted at the Salon of 1840, Millet returned to Cherbourg to begin a career as a portrait painter. However, the following year he married Pauline- Virginie Ono, and they moved to Paris. After being refused at the Salon of 1843 and Paulines death, Millet returned again to Cherbou

22、rg. In 1845 Millet moved to Le Harvre where he painted portraits for several months, before moving back to Paris. It was in Paris in the middle 1840s that Millet made friends with many famous artists who had great influences on him. Then he gradually revolutionized his painting style and created his

23、 own one.This is the most well known of Millets paintings, The Gleaners (拾穗者), in which poor women and children are removing the bits of grain left in the fields following the harvest. A warm golden light suggests something holy (神圣的) in this daily scene where the struggle to survive takes place. Du

24、ring his years of studies, Millet thought about how to best tell the sense of repetition and tiredness in the peasants daily lives. Lines traced over each womans back to the ground and then back up again and again which means their hard labor. Along the horizon (地平线), the setting sun outlines the fa

25、rm with its plentiful stacks of grain, in contrast to the large shadowy figures in the foreground (前台). The dark dresses of the gleaners cut strong forms against the golden field, giving each woman a noble strength. In 1857, he presented the painting The Gleaners to the Salon to an unfriendly public

26、.36. The passage mainly tells us _.A. how Millent gained his fame.B. one of Millets paintings, The Gleaners.C. how Millet became a portrait painter.D. Millets life experience and The Gleaners. 37. What does the warm golden light in the painting imply?A. Poor women and children are very hard-working.

27、B. People should go home and have a rest.C. It is a very nice day which promises a good harvest.D. Something related to religion deserves our respect.38. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. Millet once left Paris but returned later.B. Millets painting present a happy countryside.C. Millet

28、can express his thought very easily.D. The public thought highly of The Gleaners at that time.39. What does the underlined word in the third paragraph mean?A. A creative way of doing things. B. New hope for the future.C. Doing the same thing many times.D. Disappointment with the hard life.40. Which

29、of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Millets new painting style was influenced by his friends.B. People in Millets paintings are often very active.C. Millet was never refused by any club in his life.D. Millet took the career as a portrait painter all his life. DThe Scottis

30、h countryside will soon be home to creatures which are strange to Britain. This spring, 17 beavers will be released（释放）into a remote area of rivers and forests. Hunted to die out throughout Europe, beavers havent roamed in Britains wilderness for almost 500 years. Ecologists would like to invite bac

31、k other long-lost animals to help recover the natural balance. To save the countrys plants from deer, which have doubled to 2 million since the start of this decade, an Oxford University biologist late last year called for introducing the lynx(猞猁) that died out in Britain 1,300 years ago. Nature has

32、 long been a popular cause in Europe. British people love their countryside of fences and fields, and the Germans love their hiking forests. But in recent years people have set their sights on the more distant past, when Europes forests were filled with elephants, rhinoceroses and big cats. Some people are even now advocating（提倡）a return to the way of wilderness t