江西省上饶县17届高三英语周练16.docx

1、江西省上饶县17届高三英语周练162017届高三年级英语周周练16阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AProduct DescriptionLife Without Limitshelps you clarify what you want in every area of your life. By using Bassetts powerful techniques you will change;therefore your life will chang

2、e. You control your life. And only you can take steps to change it.Life Without Limitshelps you take back your power.Life Without Limitshelps you to achieve satisfaction and fulfillment personally, professionally, and financially. Once you have defined what success means for you, you will clarify yo

3、ur dreams and start pursuing them.Product DetailsPublishedin: 2001-12Released on:2001-12-24Original language: EnglishDimensions: 5.3 x 0.7 x 8 inchesBinding: Paperback304 pagesAbout theAuthorLucinda Bassett is the founder and CEO of one of the most successful self-help companies in the country, theM

4、idwestCenterfor Stress and Anxiety, Inc. Author of the national bestsellerFrom Panic to Power, Lucinda Bassett produces and hosts the award-winning infomercial,Attacking Anxiety. She has shared her techniques with such clients as McDonalds, Chrysler, and AT&T. She has appeared on numerous talk shows

5、, includingOperahandThe View, and been featured inFamily Circle,Readers Digest, and many more.Customer ReviewsThis book has helped me to gain hope and courage to cope with all my fears and worries. Lucinda writes with such a great understanding andsympathy. She herself had problems with panic and wo

6、rry. Her positive thinking tips are easy to follow. I dont get lost in a lot of mental problems. Its as if she were holding your hand, sitting right beside you, cheering you on! I believe I can do anything I set my mind to after reading this book. However, there are some other readers holding the co

7、ntrary views.21. What isLife Without Limitsabout?A. It shows readers what Lucinda Bassett is.B. It encourages readers to realize their dreams.C. It describes how hard the actual life is.D. It implies it is hard to control your life.22.Lucinda Bassett works as all the following except _.A.hostessB.te

8、acherC.writerD.businesswoman23. We can conclude from thelast paragraphthat_.A. Lucinda has made a lot of money from the bookB. all the customershave some mental problemsC. Lucindatalks with the customer face to faceD. all the customers dont agree with what Lucinda wroteBDid you know that Albert Eins

9、tein could not speak until he was four years old, and could not read until he was seven? His parents and teachers worried about his rnenta1ability. Beethovens music teacher said about him，“As a composer（作曲家）he is hopeless.” What if this young boy believed it? When Thomas Edison was a young boy,his t

10、eachers said he was so stupid that he could never learn anything.He once said,I remember I used to never be able to get along at schoo1.I was always at the foot of my classMy father thought I was stupid,and I almost decided that l was a stupid person.”What if young Thomas believed what may said abou

11、t him? When the sculptor(雕刻家)Auguste Rodin was young; he had difficulty learning to read and write. Today, we may say he had a learning disability. His father said of him, I have an idiot(白痴) for a son. His uncle agreed. Hes uneducable, he said. What if Rodin had doubted his ability? Walt Disney was

12、 once fired by a newspaper editor because he was thought to have no good ideas. Enrico Caruso was told by one music teacher, you cant sing. You have no voice at all. And an editor told Louisa May Alcott that she was unable to write anything that would have popular appeal. What if these people had li

13、stened and become discouraged? Where would our world be without the music of Beethoven, the art of Rodin or the ideas of Albert Einstein and Walt Disney? As Oscar Levant once said, Its not what you are but what you dont become that hurts. You have great potential.When you believe in all you can be,

14、rather than all you cannot become, you will find your place on earth.24. How many successful people are mentioned as examples in the passage? A. six. B. seven. C. eight. D. nine.25. Which of the following statements is RIGHT? A. When he was young, Thomas Edison always got good grades at school. B. L

15、evant thought Louisa May Alcott couldn t write any popular works. C. Only Auguste Rodins uncle regarded him a boy of learning ability. D. Both Enrico Caruso and Beethoven achieved their dreams in music.26. What s the meaning of the underlined sentence He s uneducable ? A. He cant be taught. B. He is

16、 very clever. C. He is different. D. He is a late success.27. What is the best title of the passage? A. Working Hard for Success B. Having Dreams C. Believing in Yourself D. Self-challengingCIn his new show, Evan Ruggiero plays guitar, sings pop standards and shows everybody his fine footwork. What

17、makes all of these especially unusual is that Ruggiero,24,has only one leg. When he was a 19-year-old musical theater student at New Jerseys Montclair State University, Ruggiero had a rare bone cancer in his right leg. Finally his leg would have to be amputated（截）below the knee. Such a setback could

18、 have easily ended the career of a less tough person, but Ruggiero ,who has been dancing since he was five, now puts the experience into his performance. His show, The One-Legged Song and Dance Man: Volume 3,explains how he returned to dance just 18 months after the amputation. His dance now relies

19、on the use of a peg leg(假腿),he explains. The secret to his surprising success, he says, was being a stubborn patient who refused to give up on his dance and performing studies, despite the advice of his doctor. It was a real setback, but after it was all over, I said, You know what? I need to pick u

20、p right where I left off and continue my career, Ruggiero said. Ruggiero has come to view his peg leg as an instrument. Tap dancers-theyre always calling themselves musicians, and their feet are their instrument, he said. Noting that many audience members will never have seen a one-legged dancer bef

21、ore coming to his show, Ruggiero says he wont shy away from the physical weakness his performance shows because of his condition. A lot of people have come up to me, and they always say, Youre such a role model and an inspiration, he said. Im honored when people say that, of course, but Im just tryi

22、ng to get on with my life.28. What makes Ruggieros new show unusual? A. One-legged dance. B. His own artworks. C. The use of instrument. D. Songs of pop standard.29. According to the passage, it is true that .A. Ruggiero is a tough person with a strong will B. the setback has ended Ruggieros dance c

23、areer C. Ruggiero is dancing relying on others support D. his doctor agreed he kept on dancing and studying30. When audience attend his performance, they may notice .A. Ruggiero plays piano, sings and dances B. Ruggiero is a dancer with the help of a peg leg C. there are many tap dancers in the perf

24、ormance D. Ruggiero pretends to be a physically normal person31. Whats the authors attitude to Evan? A. Worried B. Sympathetic C. Encouraged D. PitifulDIt was December 25, 1914, only 5 months into World War I. German, British, and French soldiers, already sick and tired of the senseless killing, dis

25、obeyed their superiors and started socialising with “the enemy” along two-thirds of the Western Front.German troops held up Christmas trees with signs, “Merry Christmas”. Thousands of troops ran across the battlefields covered with dead bodies. They sang Christmas songs, exchanged photographs of lov

26、ed ones back home, shared food and even played football. Soldiers hugged men they had been trying to kill a few short hours before. They agreed to warn each other if their officers forced them to fire their weapons, and to aim high. Fear ran through the military leaders on both sides. They felt that

27、 their power was being challenged: soldiers declaring their brotherhood with each other and refusing to fight. Generals declared this unexpected peacemaking illegal and said that participating soldiers would face a military court. Those found guilty would be imprisoned or even shot. By March 1915 th

28、e socialising movement had been destroyed and the killing machine was back in full operation. Over the next three years more than fifteen million people died in the war.Not many people have heard the story of the Christmas Truce (休战). On Christmas Day, 1988, a local radio host in Boston played “Chri

29、stmas in the Trenches”, a song about the Christmas Truce,several times and wasstunnedby his listeners response. Thousands of people called in, praising the song, with many moved to tears by the amazing events it described.You can probably guess why the callers were in tears. The Christmas Truce stor

30、y goes against most of what we have been taught about people. It lets us see the world as it can be and says, “This really happened once.” It shows us the potential we have as humans, and contradicts all of those TV and newspaper stories that tell us how mean and heartless people are. It is like hearing that our deepest wishes really are true: the world really can be different.32.The soldiers began socialising with the enemy because _.A. they couldnt bear the meaningless killing B. it was the best way to avoid being killedC. they feared that they would be cau