北京各区中学考试英语一模精彩试题阅读D篇.docx

1、北京各区中学考试英语一模精彩试题阅读D篇海淀：D “You dont have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.” I believe it is thought normal in todays society to just let life happen to us. I also believe that we sometimes damage our well-planned thoughts about success because it is easier to just c

2、arry on as usual rather than try with the possibility of failure in mind.The main reason why most people never get moving is because they have no real idea about what they want. Without a certain result already set in your mind, it is really difficult to get going, and even if you do, your motivatio

3、n (动力) may soon disappear and you give up before too long.Why not consider what is really important in your life? Write down what excites you, what would truly make you happy and what problems you have. At the end of the week, take a careful look at the notes you have taken. You will soon begin to s

4、ee a clearer picture of what direction you should be heading.Knowledge is useless without action. You can read every book on any subject but your life will stay the same if you do not use that knowledge. This may seem clear but the reason why the self-help industry is thriving (繁荣的) is because peopl

5、e read and read and read but never use the information provided.Knowledge is fantastic but it is not life changing until used. I love to read personal development material to keep a positive attitude towards my life, but I also realize that if I dont set goals to achieve, then I will always be a tal

6、k the talk person who is great at giving advice but useless at realizing it. If you have no plans of practicing what you say, then it may be best to keep your mouth closed. Do you want to know who you are? Dont ask. Act! Action will explain you. Whatever excuses we have for not living up to our tale

7、nt, the fact is that time will always move forward. Be whatever you want to be and whatever you can be. Always remember the only limits we have are the ones we create for ourselves. Life is not what we think, it is what we experience when we act upon the thoughts we entertain. 58. In Paragraph Two,

8、the writer wants to _. A. tell us what people need to get successB. show us what people set in their mindC. inform us why people should practice D. explain why people stop going ahead 59. The underlined phrase “living up to” probably means _.A. matching B. showing C. wasting D. losing60. What is the

9、 best title for the passage? A. See a Clear Picture of Life. B. Get Started to Be Great. C. Set Goals to Achieve. D. Act upon Thoughts. 58. D 59. A 60. D西城：阅读理解（共44分）D She was only about five feet tall and probably never weighed more than 110 pounds, but Miss Bessie was a towering presence in the cl

10、assroom. She was the only woman tough enough to make me read Beowulf and think for a few stupid days that I liked it. From 1938 to 1942, she taught me English, history and a lot more than I realized. I shall never forget the day she scolded (批评) me into reading Beowulf. “But Miss Bessie,” I complain

11、ed, “I aint much interested in it.” Her large brown eyes became sharp. “Boy,” she said, “how dare you say aint to me! Ive taught you better than that.” “Miss Bessie,” I said, “Im trying to join the football team, and if I go around saying it isnt and they arent, the guys are gonna laugh me off the t

12、eam.” “Boy,” she replied, “youll play football because you have guts (勇气). But do you know what really takes guts? Refusing to lower your standards to those of the crowd. It takes guts to say youve got to live and be somebody fifty years after all the football games are over.” I started saying “it i

13、snt” and “they arent,” and I still joined the team without losing my friends respect. Negroes, as we were called then, were not allowed in the town library, except to sweep floors or clean tables. But with the help of some nice whites, Miss Bessie kept getting books out of the white library. That is

14、 how she introduced me to the Bronts, Byron and Keats. “If you dont read, you cant write, and if you cant write, you might as well stop dreaming,” Miss Bessie once told me. So I read whatever Miss Bessie told me to, and tried to remember the things she insisted that I store away. It could be embarra

15、ssing to be unprepared when Miss Bessie said, “Get up and tell the class who Frances Perkins is and what you think about her.” Forty-five years later, I can still recite her “truths to live by”. Miss Bessie noticed things that had nothing to do with schoolwork, but were essential to a youngsters dev

16、elopment. Once a few classmates made fun of my worn-out hand-me-down overcoat. As I was leaving school, Miss Bessie patted me on the back of that old overcoat and said, “Carl, never worry about what you dont have. Just make the most of what you do have a brain.”No child can get all the necessary sup

17、port at home, and millions of poor children get no support at all. This is what makes a wise, educated, warm-hearted teacher like Miss Bessie so essential to the minds, hearts and souls of this countrys children.57. The underlined words “towering presence” in the first paragraph means _.A. Miss Bess

18、ie was strong enough to influence her students B. Miss Bessie was watching the students all the timeC. the students thought she was tall and heavyD. the students felt nervous in front of her 58. What can we infer from the passage?A. Carls friends came from poor families.B. Carl hated to read Beowulf

19、 in public.C. Miss Bessie wanted Carl to be a better man.D. Miss Bessie didnt want Carl to play football. 59. Miss Bessie asked Carl to read a lot because _. A. his parents were too poor to afford booksB. he was not allowed into the libraryC. the whites didnt want the blacks to read D. she expected

20、him to have a goal in life 60. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage? A. Dreams Go with Education B. An Unforgettable Lesson C. Unforgettable Miss Bessie D. Reading Makes a Full Man 57. A 58. C 59. D 60. C东城：DBreakfast is the most important meal of the day, but many people do

21、nt have it. Common reasons for not eating breakfast include shortage of time, not feeling hungry, traditional dislike for breakfast, and dieting（节食）. Breakfast simply means “break the fast”. You eat nothing for at least 6 to 12 hours each night. Even though you have been sleeping, you have still bee

22、n burning energy. And in the morning your body needs energy for the days work ahead. A good breakfast should provide up to 1/3 of your total calories（卡路里）that your body needs for the day. Generally speaking, we eat 400 less calories for breakfast than for dinner. If breakfast doesnt interest you in

23、the morning, try eating a lighter dinner earlier in the evening or save half your dinner for breakfast in the morning. If you still arent hungry in the morning, start with something small like juice or bread or have nutritious（有营养的）mid-morning snack later when you are hungry. So, you say youre on a

24、diet. Some people are afraid that eating breakfast will make them hungrier during the day and they will eat more. It is true that eating breakfast is likely to make you feel hungry throughout the day. Thats because your body is working correctly. Although you may feel as if you are eating more all d

25、ay long, in fact youre probably not. Not eating breakfast may cause you to overeat, because a fall in blood sugar often makes you feel hungry later. To make things worse, since your body is in a slowed state, it will not be able to burn those extra calories well. If you feed your body healthy snacks

26、 and meals throughout the day, you may not become hungry so easily and eat too much when you have meals. Since breakfast is the first and most important meal of the day, your choice is important. The best breakfast foods are fruits, juice, lean meat, and grain products such as bread, rice, noodles a

27、nd cereals.58. The underlined word “fast” means “a period during which someone _.” A. moves quickly B. works hard C. goes without food D. sleeps in bed59. From the passage, we know that _. A. breakfast provides us most of the energy B. breakfast may help to save the dinner C. breakfast might make pe

28、ople overeat D. breakfast helps our body work well60. What is the best title for this passage? A. Breakfast and Energy B. Why Not Eat Breakfast C. Breakfast and Dieting D. What to Eat for Breakfast57. A 58. C 59. D 60. B朝阳：DChristmas is a time for shopping. But I think those of us who live in large

29、cities in Asia would be cheating ourselves if we said this is the only time we are busy shopping. No, from Bangkok to Singapore, from Shanghai to Manila, shoppingespecially shopping in large centersis a year-round activity.Shopping centers are good. They show Asias surprising economic (经济的) growth,

30、and how far we have come in such a short time. For many of the older generation who can remember a time when everyone lived in villages and there was no running water, the air-conditioned centre means comfort, choice, luxury (豪华) and better times.Nowadays, it seems our usual activities happen in the

31、 centreits where we shop, eat, watch movies, meet our friends or just generally walk around.Further more, we have come to regard shopping centers as important landmarks or tourist attractions(吸引). Whole generations of Asians are growing up to think that, besides home and school, the shopping center

32、is the most natural place to be.My idea about shopping centers is not that they are often big buildings that look quite different from other parts in a city, or that they promote (促进) shopping at a time when our planet can hardly afford it. My main idea about centers is that they dont really seem to make us happy. The large advertisements outside the stores could make us think that if we only had this