高考英语二轮专题训练：阅读表达

               2014届高考英语二轮专题训练：阅读表达

题型1  高考体验题组

(一)

(2013·天津)

My name is Clara. I still remember that chilly December day, sitting in science class. I'd finished a worksheet early and picked up a TIME for Kids magazine. A piece of news caught my eye: NASA was holding an essay contest to name its Mars rover(火星探测器)．Before I even knew anything else about it，a single word flooded my 11­year­old mind: Curiosity.

I couldn't want for the bell to ring so I could get started on my essay. That afternoon, I raced home, sat down at the computer, and typed until my fingers ached. “Curiosity is an everlasting flame that burns in everyone's mind...”

Five months later, my mom received a phone call, and immediately, a wide smile spread across her face.

On August 5,2012，at 10：31 p．m., the rover named Curiosity touched down safely on the surface of Mars, and I was honored to have a front­row seat in NASA.

Curiosity is such an important part of who I am. I have always been fascinated by the stars, the planets, the sky and the universe. I remember as a little girl, my grandmother and I would sit together in the backyard for hours. She'd tell me stories and point out the stars. Grandma lived in China, thousands of miles away from my home in Kansas, but the stars kept us together even when we were apart. They were always there, yet there was so much I didn't know about them. That's what I love so much about space.

People often ask me why we go to faraway places like Mars. My answer is simple because we're curious. We human beings do not just hole_up in one place. We are constantly wondering and trying to find out what's over the hill and beyond the horizon.

1．How did Clara get the news about the essay contest？(no more than 10 words)

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答案：By reading a TIME for Kids magazine.

Or: From a TIME for Kids magazine.

2．Why did Clara have a front­row seat in NASA？(no more than 10 words)

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答案：She won the essay contest held by NASA.

Or: She named the Mars rover“ Curiosity”．

Or: “Curiosity” was chosen as the name of the Mars rover.

3．What does Clara remember about the time spent with Grandma？(no more than 15 words)

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答案：She sat together with Grandma listening to her stories about the stars.

Or: Her grandma told her stories about the stars.

Or: They sat together talking about the stars.

4．What does the underlined phrase “hole up” mean？(1 word)

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答案：Stay/ Remain/ Live/ Hide.[来源:Zxxk.Com]

5．In your opinion, why is curiosity important？(no more than 20 words)

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答案：Curiosity is important because it leads to discover or invention.

Or: With curiosity, we keep asking questions and exploring the world unknown.

Or: Curiosity drives us through our lives so that we never stop wondering about the things beyond our knowledge.

(二)

(2013·山东)

(1)Jean Paul Getty was born in 1892 in Minneeapolis, Minnsota. He became a millionaire when he was only 24. His father was wealthy, but he didn't not help his son. Getty made his millions alone. He made his money from oil.   He owned Getty Oil and over 100 other companies. The Fortune magazine once called Getty “the richest man in the world”．

(2)But money ________.He married five times and divorced five times.  He had five children but spent little time with them. None of Getty's children had very happy lives.

(3)Getty loved to make money and loved to save it.  In_spite_of_his_great_wealth,_Getty_was_a_miser.  Every evening, he wrote down every cent he spent that day.  He ever put pay telephones in the guests' bedrooms in his house so he could save money on phone bills. 

(4)In 1973, kidnappers took his 16­year­old grandson,  and demanded a large amount of money for his safe return.  Getty's son asked his father for money to save his child.  But Getty refused.  The kidnappers were merciless and Getty's son made repeated requests for help from his father.  Finally,  Getty agreed to lend the money, but at 4percent interest. 

(5)Getty started a museum at his home in Malibu,  California.  He bought many important and beautiful pieces of art for the museum. When Getty died in 1976，the value of the collection in the museum was $1 billion.  He left all his money to the museum. After his death, the museum grew in size.  Today it is one the most important museums in United States.  Getty made a large fortune in his life,  but he gave his money to the art world because he wanted people to learn about and love art. 

1. What is the main idea of Paragraph 1 ？(no more than 8 words )

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答案：The success of Jean Paul Getty/Jean Paul Getty's achievement

2．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 7 words)

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答案：cannot bring happiness./ cannot bring him a happy life./ doesn't mean anything.

3. Explain the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3. 

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答案：Though he was wealthy, Getty was so mean./ Wealthy as he was, Getty was so mean.

4．What did the kidnappers do to Getty's family？(no more than 10 words )

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答案：He kidnapped Getty's grandson and demanded lots of money.

5．What does the author want to tell us about Getty in the last paragraph ? ( no more than 10 words )

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答案：His contribution to the art world.

(三)

(2013·江西)

[1]Fishing is probably the world's most popular sport. People spend many dollars each year on items like boats and four­wheel­drive vehicles. In addition, they spend money on fishing equipment, bait, fuel and boat repairs. And you can see that fishing can be an expensive pastime. Fishing lovers believe that their hobby is worth it. Others say that fishing is spoiling the environment and that it is a cruel hobby.

[2]Supporters of fishing say that it is a nice hobby. Firstly, of the millions of people who fish for fun, most only catch enough fish to feed their families. They catch fish that are found in large numbers, so there is little danger to the species (种类)．

[3]Secondly, recreational fishermen contribute to the economy. They spend money on equipment and other items, and they also spend it indirectly by paying taxes on their equipment and fuel. Those who travel to fishing spots pay for accommodation (食宿) and airfares. This money keeps people in work and provides new jobs each year.

[4]Thirdly, fishing is relaxing and fun so it lessens stress. Instead of turning to drugs or alcohol, it is far better to go fishing. People who are relaxed are generally healthier and much nicer to be near—except for the smell of the bait!

[5]Those who ________ say that there are too many fish thoughtlessly taken from rivers, lakes, streams and oceans. This could lead to the dying out of some species. Modern cars and boats mean that people can fish in remote areas of the world, so no place is safe from greedy fishermen who take both males and females, leaving few fish to produce young.

[6]Those against fishing also say that it is a blood sport, which means that an animal must die so that a human can have fun. Many of the fish caught for sport are not suitable for eating, so they are thrown away. Once hooked, fish have no chance of escape.

1．What is the main idea of the passage? (no more than 4 words)

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答案：Different views on fishing.

2．According to Paragraph 2, why does fishing cause little danger to the species？(no more than 8               words)

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答案：Fishing lovers catch fish found in large numbers.

3．List 4 items on which people spend their money for fishing. (no more than 7 words)

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答案：boats，vehicles, fishing equipment，bait，fuel，boat repairs, accommodation and airfares

4．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 5 with proper words. (no more than 4 words)

Those who ________________________ say that there are too many fish thoughtlessly taken from rivers, lakes, streams and oceans.

答案：disagree with fishing(are against fishing)

5．What does the word “which” (Paragraph 6) probably refer to? (no more than 3 words)

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答案：A blood sport.

题型2  高考模拟题组

(四)

(2013·天津市五区县二模)

Music is very powerful. The kind of music you listen to says a lot about who you are. What music you choose to listen to today will help to determine what type of person you are tomorrow. Be careful about what type of music you choose to listen to. Music can either build you up or tear you down.

Garbage in, garbage out

In almost all categories of music, there are artists that deliver positive messages through their music and then there are artists that deliver destructive, hateful messages in their music. The kind of music you choose to listen to will help determine the level of success you achieve in life. Think negative thoughts and you will attract negative into your life. Think positive thoughts and you will see the positive in your life. Opportunities come to the optimists in life. When you entertain negativity in your life, opportunities are often lost or ignored.

Use Positive Music to get what you want out of life

Actively choose music with a positive message to listen to. Making this conscious choice will lead to positive experiences in your daily life. Music has a powerful effect on our beliefs and our actions. Being active in choosing the music we listen to will lead to a happier and fulfilling life. If you aren't happy with the current state of your life, a great place to start changing it for the better is to choose better music to listen to.

Not convinced that you should listen to positive music?

Consider that all action is preceded (先于) by a thought. It's impossible to take an action without having some thought about the action before you do it. Where do your thoughts come from? They come from what you are listening to, what you are seeing and who you are hanging out with. These influences over time, are responsible for our beliefs and ultimately our actions.

How to make positive changes in your life.

Choosing music with a positive message is a great way to start making positive changes in your life. Don't you like where your life is headed? Changing the music you're listening to is an important first step towards creating a different, more positive life for yourself.

1．Why is music very powerful？(no more than 6 words)

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答案：Because music determines who you are.

Or: Because music influences/affects you greatly.

2．What should you do in order to see the positive in your life？(no more than 5 words)

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答案：Think about positive things./Think positive thoughts.

3．What does the underlined word “ultimately” mean？(1 word)

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答案：finally/ eventually

4．What is the advantage of choosing music with a positive message？(no more than 10 words)

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答案：Making positive changes in your life./ Creating a different, more positive life for yourself./ Making you live a positive life./ Improving your life in a positive way.

5．Please explain how you are inspired by the music you choose.(no more than 20 words)

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答案：Answers can vary. (When I choose positive music, I will have a positive attitude towards life and live happily.)

(五)

(2013·赣州市十二县/市联考)[来源:Zxxk.Com]

[1]The research, which followed 200 students for four years indicates that women consistently outperformed men in their studies even though they had their courses with almost identical A­level grades.

[2]An analysis of the results showed that while 65 percent of female graduates were awarded, only 35 percent of male graduates did as well. Girls are known to outperform boys at school, but this research showed that the trend continued at university.

[3]Fiona Smith who led the research said, “The research shows that the difference has something to do with schools in general.”

[4]“It also shows something about ________ for working women in terms of pay and promotion. Women work harder at school, harder at university, and do better at both, but they still receive less pay.”

[5]The research found that female students were more faithful, less likely to miss lectures, and more likely to believe that their marks reflected their abilities than male students. Female students were also more likely to ask for and receive support from their professors.

[6]Women were also more likely to choose their universities because they liked the courses offered.

[7]In contrast, men were likely than women to miss lectures due to “other affairs” and “laziness”， and to believe that playing sports was an important part of university life.

[8]Generally, people think that women's success comes from more emphasis on coursework, but the research showed that female geographers at Brunel did better in their exams than in their coursework.

[9]Dr. Smith said, “Most women feel that getting grades is the most important part of university life. They believe that they need to work harder in order to compete in the male­dominated environment they will encounter at work. Good grades are viewed as an ‘insurance policy’ for success. Men, on the other hand, prefer going out and playing sports to academic work.”

[10]“This research shows how important it is to get young people working hard and teach them the value of higher education，” he said.

1．What is the main idea of this passage? (no more than 13 words)

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答案： A research about the difference between male and female university students.

2．What would men like to do according to the last paragraph but one? (no more than 5 words)

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答案： Going out and playing sports.

3．Please fill in the blank in the forth paragraph with proper words. (no more than 2 words)

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答案： the unfair/the inequality

4．What does the result of this research show us? (no more than 15 words)

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答案： Working hard is important and the young should value the higher education.

5．What does the underlined word “They” (Line 2, Paragraph 9) probably refer to? (no more than 2 words)

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答案： Most women.

(六)

(2013·宝坻区模拟)

Some recent surveys show that the health conditions of many white collar employees and office workers are rather critical. Death cases among white collar employees and office workers are increasing year by year and these cases are generally believed to have been caused by overwork and spend little time taking rest or doing exercise.

If their offices are within the distance of half an hour's walk, some office workers now choose to go to work on foot. Ms. Wang, who works in a foreign enterprise in Beijing, has been walking to her office for more than six months now.“I usually have a tight work schedule and can't find time to do exercise. So I choose to walk to work.”As she said, if the office is not far from home, most women would like to go to work on foot. Walking is good for their health and can help them to keep_good_figures as well.

Apart from walking to office, one can also find time to do exercise when one is at work. The simple way is to abandon the lift. Mr.Yang who works in the Passenger Service Department at Beijing Airlines, is one of such men who frequently climb stairs to his office. “I only use the lift whenever I am with my colleagues or my boss. Otherwise, I would climb stairs instead of taking the lift.”

In addition, some office workers try to find time to go to gym at the end of a day. Ms. Sunny works in a law firm. She goes to the gym several times a week when she has the time.“I go to the gym every weekend. During the weekdays, I will also go there whenever I have the time.” Ms Sunny and her husband both have a gym membership card for a whole year. The cards cost them a lot of money. However, they think it is worth it.

1．What is the best title of the passage? (No more than 10 words.)

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答案：Office Workers Try to Keep Healthy

2．How many ways that office workers keep healthy are mentioned in the passage and what are they? (No more than 15 words.)

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答案：Three. They are walking to office, abandoning the lift and going to a gym.

3．Please explain the underlined phrase “keep good figures” in English.(No more than 5words.)

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答案：keep slim/be in good shape

4．Why are death cases among white collar employees and office workers increasing year by year? (No more than 15 words.)

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答案：Because they overwork for a long time./Because they are too busy to have time for a rest.

5．As a student, which is the best way of keeping fit? (No more than 20 words.)

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答案：I think that students can do exercise during the break.

(七)

(2013·江西省重点中学协作体第二次联考)

For most of human history, the primary means of communication across long distances was not the computer, telephone or telegraph, but the letter. In the 18th and 19th centuries, although newspapers were common, letters continued to be the primary source of information on politics, social conditions, and even natural disasters. A series of innovations, including the invention of the lead pencil in the 18th century and the steady reduction of postal rates in the 19th century, affected not only the length and content of letters, but the frequency with which they were sent. But few developments changed written communication as much as the introduction of a simple product that created a national fashion at the turn of the 20th century: the postcard.

Postcards were first developed in the 1870s as promotional advertisements for hotels, resorts (度假胜地)，and other businesses. In 1906, the United States Congress passed legislation allowing messages to be written on one half of the back side of postcards, in effect encouraging people to substitute them for short letters. From that point on, the use of postcards rose steadily, from about 770 million that year to almost 1 billion three years later. Manufacturers sprang up to meet the demand. By 1909, the Illustrated Postcard Company alone was producing three million a day.

Postcards were ________ a means of communication. Like stamps, they became collector's items to be bought, sold, and traded. Many people used postcards to acknowledge the receipt(收据)of letters and to promise a quick response. They also became a means for travelers to update friends and family on how a trip was progressing. But postcards also had an important effect on how people corresponded. The limited space on these cards promoted a brief and direct method of writing.

1．What's the main idea of the passage? (no more than 8 words)

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答案：A Concise History of Postcard/How postcard comes about

2．How postcards gained its development at the beginning? (no more than 10 words)

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答案：As promotional advertisements for hotels, resorts, and other business.

3．Fill in the blank in paragraph 3 with proper words. (no more than 3 words)

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答案：more than

4．List three aspects postcards can be used for. (no more than 18 words)

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答案：1. a means of communication; 2. collector's items; 3. a way to acknowledge the receipt of letters; 4. a means for travelers to update others on their trip

5．What does the word “they” probably refer to? (no more than 3 words)

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答案：Letters.

(八)

(2013·江西省重点中学盟校第二次联考)

[1]He skips classes and talks back to teachers but he's still smart and talented—this is the type 24­year­old Jaki Tan played in the movie Mark of Youth(全城高考), and it has won him raging popularity among teenagers. The movie tells the story of four Senior 3 students in the days leading up to the College Entrance Examination. Tan starred as Qin Peng, who is mischievous but outstanding at music and writing.

[2]“Tan brings alive this type of student who seems to exist in every class, and he makes the character so lovely，” said his fan. Just like how his big­screen character works harder on the basketball court than in the classroom, the 2010 Happy Boys fourth­place winner was not a typical good student. But when it came to music, he had passion and fresh ideas.

[3]After finishing his Senior 1 year in Shenzhen, Tan went to study in Canada. At 15, he picked up the guitar by accident when a friend invited him to learn the instrument with him. His friend ________ halfway, but Tan persisted. Throughout high school, he wrote folk songs inspired by his life experiences and performed them for students from around the world. In one song, Tan thanked his school for all the things he didn't like about it, such as required uniforms, rules against skipping classes and how teachers made him write letters to his family about his mistakes. “Growth comes with conflicts，” he once said in an interview with Hunan TV.

[4]“For his listeners, Tan's lyrics and melodies always bring them back to their happy memories of hot summers and carefree youth，” Happy 8 commented. As a student at University of Toronto, Tan often performed his songs in bars or on busy streets. While many people might be too shy to perform in the street, Tan believes that experience helped build up his confidence. “Don't be afraid of losing face. It's always better to lose face while you are learning than to lose face for life by not improving yourself，” he told Sohu Entertainment, calling this his personal motto.

1．What's the main idea of this passage? (no more than 6 words)

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答案：Growth comes with conflicts. / Jaki Tan, a music talent. / The growth/experience of Jaki Tan.

(Key words: growth /experience /talent /Jaki Tan)

2．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (no more than 3 words)

His friend ________ halfway, but Tan persisted.

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答案：gave up 

3．In Jaki Tan's opinion, what does he benefit from performing in the street? (no more than 4 words)

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答案：Building up his confidence.

4．List at least two things that Jaki Tan hated when he was in high school. (no more than 16 words)

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答案：Required uniforms; rules against skipping classes; teachers' making him write letters to his family about his mistakes. (选择其中两项)   

5．What does the word “them” (Line 2, Paragraph 4 ) probably refer to? (no more than 2 words)

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答案：His listeners.

(九)

(2013·烟台市5月适应性练习)

[1]“The other day I was taking my daughter to school when a young woman suddenly walked straight off the pavement in front of my car, eyes glued to her phone as she was texting.I hit the brakes and slid to a stop, just in time not to run into her.What a near miss! Lady, I beg you to look where you're going！” A man complained to a journalist yesterday.

[2]In fact, of more than 1, 000 people crossing 20 different roads in Seattle, 10% were listening to music, 7% were texting and 6% were having conversations on phone, the journal Injury Prevention reports and it estimates there was a 5% rise in the numbers of pedestrian deaths and injuries from June 2012.

[3]The texters were four times more likely to ignore red lights or fail to look both ways before crossing.And it took almost two seconds longer to cross the road.Listening to music seems to shorten the time taken to cross the road, but when they were doing it they were less likely to look both ways before crossing.

[4]Kevin Clinton, from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, said, “Looking properly when you are walking is as important as when you are driving, so take care not to be dangerously distracted, whether by mobile phones, listening to music or being caught up in conversations with other people.Road users need to be tuned in to what's happening around them and shouldn't do the wrong thing at the wrong time.We have always told motorists to look out for pedestrians.Now we are increasingly telling pedestrians to ________.A change in attitudes, similar to efforts around drunk­driving, will be important to limit the risk of pedestrian misbehavior.”Thank you!

1．Why does the writer introduce the man's experience in Paragraph 1? (no more than 5 words)

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答案：For introducing the topic./To bring in the topic.

2．For what purpose does the author give so many figures in Paragraph 2? (no more than 12 words)

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答案：To show that pedestrian misbehavior has caused increasing deaths and injuries.

3．Why is it not safe to listen to music while crossing road? (no more than 10 words)

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答案：Because people are less likely to look both ways.

4．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words. (no more than 5 words)

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答案：look out for motorists

5．List three kinds of pedestrian misbehavior according to the text.(no more than 10 words)

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答案：(1)using mobile phones；(2)listening to music；(3)talking with other people

(十)

(2013·天津市十二区县联考二)

Poverty today is a major global issue.Although there are all kinds of definitions used to explain it, in simple words, it means the inability of a person to even get his basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, safe drinking water, health and education.Poverty can be found in each and every corner of the world, although the causes may differ from country to country.Given below are the main causes of poverty in the world today.[来源:学&科&网Z&X&X&K]

Overpopulation is one of the main causes behind the threatening of poverty on an individual level as well as a social level.This is simple math: If there are more mouths to feed and less income, definitely much will remain poor.

Another theory which is used as an explanation for poverty is lack of education.If you look at any of the underdeveloped countries, you will find that the level of education there is very low.Lack of education means lack of employment opportunities, thus leading to unemployment coupled with poverty in the future.

Moving away from one's own homeland to another city or country in search of employment leads to poverty too.It may take these people a lot of time to find jobs.Meanwhile they live in bad conditions.The cost of living in the city or country is most of the time too high for them.

There may be other causes of poverty like the change in business.For example, in America, a couple of decades ago, heavy industry flourished,_which employed a lot of African­American people.But now, the focus is more on information technology and health care, both of which employ only skilled and trained people.This has led to unemployment among African­Americans.

Poverty has many ill effects on society.That's why steps should be taken to get rid of it!

1．What's the meaning of the underlined word “flourished” in Paragraph 5？(No more than 5 words)

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答案：developed (quickly)

2．Why is overpopulation a cause of poverty today? (No more than 12 words)

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答案：Because there're more mouths to feed and less income.

3．What's the situation of education in underdeveloped countries? (No more than 8 words)

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答案：The level of education is very low.

4．What does the passage mainly talk about？(No more than 10 words)

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答案：Main causes of poverty  in the world today.

5．In your opinion, what's the most significant cause of poverty today? Please give your reason.(No more than 25 words)

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答案：Lack of education. People without good education can't adapt to society, so they are much likely to suffer from poverty.(答案可不同)

(十一)

(2013·天津市第三次六校联考)

Peking Opera, known as China's national opera, is a combination of music, dance and art and is widely regarded as a full expression of Chinese culture. Today, this art form is facing the danger of extinction as the younger generation is mostly interested in pop culture.

A Peking Opera project for primary and secondary schools was launched by China's Ministry of Education. But it has met with a cold reaction from the public. More than half of the 1,000 respondents from ten big cities expressed doubts about the practical meaning of the project in the survey conducted by the Social Survey Institute of China.

The project plans to add 15 Peking Opera pieces into music courses in 200 schools in ten provinces. The pilot programs will last from March to July next year. At present, teaching materials and video tapes are still in production, China News Service reported. The Ministry of Education hopes that the promotional course can help students better appreciate Chinese culture and cultivate a love for the mother country.

The surveyed people do recognize Peking Opera as a comprehensive (综合性的) art form and a representative of the traditional culture. They also understand the purpose of the educational project. However, they wonder whether it is necessary for every student to learn to sing Peking Opera, when they are already stressed from endless exams. In fact, most music teachers themselves know little about this ancient art form, and thus are not confident in arousing (激起) students' interest in its slow pace and abstruse (深奥的) lyrics.

1．What's Peking Opera widely regarded as? (No more than 15 words)

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答案：It is widely regarded as a full expression of Chinese culture.

2．Why did China's Ministry of Education launch a Peking opera project for primary and secondary schools? (No more than 20 words)

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答案：Because they wanted students to appreciate Chinese culture better and cultivate a love for the mother country.

3．What makes the Peking Opera face the danger of distinction? (No more than 10 words)

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答案：The younger generation is mostly interested in pop culture.

4．What does the underlined word “extinction ” in Paragraph 1 mean? (No more than 6 words)

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答案：The act of being(becoming) extinct.\'The state of dying out.\'Being(Becoming) extinct.\'Dying out.

5．What do you think of the Peking Opera project for schools? (No more than 20 words)

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答案：开放性问题，答案不唯一。例如：Although Peking Opera is a traditional culture art form, it is not easy to arouse students' interest in it.

(十二)

(2013·临沂市二模)

[1]Reading is often quite helpful to high school students in crisis(危机). Whatever crisis someone is experiencing, there is probably already a book about it that will help the reader feel less alone.

[2]Teenagers are in crisis in so many different ways now. They are experiencing stress as parents lose jobs in a financial crisis. They are under pressure to find a way to pay the tuition(学费)when they get accepted to college. Also, they may become hurt by betrayals (背叛) of friends.

[3]Teenagers often feel alone in their problems; they act like they are the only person on the planet who has experienced the problem.

[4]Modern literature is often very helpful for teenagers. It_helps_teens_to_read_about_other_people_who_have_had_a_serious_crisis_in_life_and_gone_on_to_achieve_their_dreams_and_a_good_life.

[5]Literature thus helps teens move out of their minds and their fears and into the larger world. Reading literature helps teens to realize that everyone has to deal with serious problems along the path of forming an identity, choosing a career, leaving their hometown for college, and every other crisis a teen may face.

[6]For us teachers, it is helpful to tell the students that for whatever problem they are experiencing, someone has probably already ________. Ask the class to share the problems, and try to find a book that has addressed each one. Literature includes many universal themes. Once students realize that, they may become interested in spending more time in the library finding books they relate to. Once they use literature to gain help during difficult times in life, they will realize that reading is really a wonderful way to learn more about life.

1．What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to? (no more than 6 words)

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答案：the crisis (that) someone is experiencing

2．List three different things that may bring stress to teenagers. (no more than 10 words)

①_____________________________________________________

②_____________________________________________________

③_____________________________________________________

答案：①parents losing jobs；②paying college tuition；③betrayals of friends 

3．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 into Chinese.

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答案：它帮助青少年通过阅读了解其他那些虽然在生活中遭遇严重危机，但是却继续努力实现梦想并过上美好生活的人。

4．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 6 with proper words. (no more than 6 words)

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答案：written a book about it/written it in a book

5．What's the best title of this text? (no more than 8 words)

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答案：Literature helps teens deal with crisis

(十三)

(2013·宜春市4月模拟)

[1]Some people never master the art of being patient, and, at times, all of us struggle with being patient. Sometimes a certain situation or a certain person just pushes our buttons, making it much more difficult for us to remain patient. Once you lose patience, things tend to go wrong. It becomes harder to concentrate, and it becomes harder to be polite to other people.

[2]________ takes time and it takes patience to learn to be patient. Patience is acquired as you acquire wisdom, and wisdom is the child of experience. No one is born wise, just as no one is born patient. As you learn and grow and experience things in life, you become wiser and learn how to interact with difficult kinds of people.

[3]For example, you start your first job in a big office, and you don't really know how to work with lots of people. This is normal, as you have never had the experience of working in an office before. At first, it might be difficult to understand your job. You might even lose patience, but over time you'll be able to interact with other people with more confidence and patience. When someone at work disagrees with you, it will make you flustered. However, with experience, you'll learn how to present your opinion clearly. You'll be less likely to become bothered when presented with different situations. The more patience you have, the better you'll cope in various situations.

[4]Though it might be difficult, you should try to be patient in life. This will help you in nearly all situations. You must keep in mind that patience comes with experience and wisdom. Age doesn't always mean that someone is wise, and wisdom doesn't always mean that someone is patient, though the two often go hand in hand.

1．What would be the best title of the passage? (no more than 5 words)

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答案：The importance of being patient / Being patient is important

2．What would happen if you failed to be patient? (no more than 4 words)

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答案：Things would go wrong.

3．Please fill in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words? ( no more than 4 words)

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答案：Learning to be patient

4．How is patience acquired according to the passage? (no more than 10 words)

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答案：By gaining wisdom and experience.

5．What does the word “it”(Line 1, Paragraph 4) probably refer to? (no more than 3 words)

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答案：to be patient

(十四)

(2013·临沂市三模)

[1]I never considered myself an environmentalist.

[2]To me, an environmentalist was a guy in a raft to save the whales as he drifted in the Pacific. But in 2001, that changed when I randomly read an article in a Time magazine about global warming, picturing potentially terrible consequences within the century. As a mother of four, ________— this century is my children's lifetime. I was suddenly inspired and determined to take action to fight global warming. I spent the next five years joining environmental groups, attending conferences, meeting with scientists and attending the political debates.

[3]I was interested in the question of how to attract the public's attention on a subject as complex as global warming. One night, in a casual discussion with friends, we came up with an idea, which was to put sculptures on the sidewalk, each giving a solution to global warming, forcing people to face the issue, but in a non­threatening manner.

[4]As a participant at the 2006 Clinton Global Initiative, I committed to call on more people to take part. Before long we established the non­profit organization, Cool Globes, aiming to use the medium of public art to raise awareness of global warming.

[5]Later, the Chicago Cool Globes exhibit was hugely successful. Millions of people experienced Cool Globes and the exhibit inspired more online individuals and more cities across the country and around the world to apply the project and adopt solutions to global warming in their daily life. [来源:学科网ZXXK]

[6]Cool Globes has been an exciting project from day one. I'm proud of all the hard work by so many who have made this possible. I do believe it will make a difference in fighting global warming.

1．Fill in the blanks in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 5 words)

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答案：it worried me或it made me worried

或：I was /became worried/nervous.

2．List three activities that the writer took part in to fight global warming.

(1)____________________________________________________

(2)____________________________________________________

(3)_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

答案：答出以下其中三种即可

(1)joining environmental groups

(2)attending conferences

(3)meeting with scientists

(4)attending the political debates

(5)establishing Cool Globes

3．Complete the following statement with proper words from Paragraph 3. (no more than 5 words)

People are forced to face the issue of global warming by ________，with a solation on each of them.

答案：sculptures on the sidewalk

4．What is Cool Globes? (no more than 15 words)

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答案：It's a non­profit organization aiming to raise people's awareness of global warming.

5．What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to? (no more than 2 words)

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答案：Cool Globes.