高考英语阅读理解和任务型阅读课堂综合练习三附解析文库.doc

1、 本文由botao678贡献 doc文档可能在WAP端浏览体验不佳。建议您优先选择TXT，或下载源文件到本机查看。 高考资源网() 您身边的高考专家 2009 年高考英语阅读理解和任务型阅读课堂综合练习三 一 阅读理解 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. A As a solo artist, Brightman has sold 26 million albums and two million DVDs in 34 countries. Her musical styles put opera, pop and jazz together. She

2、is popular in the States but not here(Britain) the image of her and her second husband, Andrew Lloyd Webber (he much older, she his muse) seems for ever frozen. The 47-year-old singer talks about the new album Symphony that came out of a very dark time, including her decision to give up trying to ha

3、ve children. People have suggested I could adopt, Brightman says. But work is central to my life now. And so I am going to put it to one side. After a while not having children becomes the norm and perhaps that might sound alarming, to parents especially, but I have never known anything different. I

4、m not hurt by not having children. My life and career are incredibly rich. Talking about growing up in a large family in Berkhamsted (father a property developer who later committed suicide), she says: I was gifted as a child, and very musical. I seemed to be good at anything to do with the arts. At

5、 5 I understood the music I was dancing to and had an eye for costume. She first appeared in a West End musical at 11 and hated boarding school. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m Brightman led the saucy dance troupe(辣妹三人舞) Hot Gossip and had her first hit with I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper in 1978. At 18

6、she married a music manager called Andrew Graham Stewart. I was probably in love but I cant remember. Girls change such a lot between 18 and 22. It didnt really work out. In 1981 she was spotted by Lloyd Webber. She became his leading lady in Song and Dance, Requiem and Phantom of the Opera. They ma

7、rried in 1984. Brightman says she felt hostility(敌意) from the beginning. I havent tried to understand it. Ive done very well everywhere else, especially the US, where I now live, -1- 版权所有高考资源网 高考资源网() 您身边的高考专家 I just accept it for what it is. The more you are away from Britain, the more you apprecia

8、te it. But I dont miss it, although I miss my family. Our profession can be uncomfortable but I enjoy what I do. I get on with it. 1. The first paragraph tells us that . A. Brightman is very popular around the world except in America B. Brightmans musical style is a mixture of opera, pop and jazz C.

9、 the British people dont like her for her style of music D. Brightman is much older than Andrew Lloyd Webber 2. Brightman decided to give up having children because . A. she could adopt one children C. she felt it normal not to have children D. she was too busy B. her life and career were unbelievab

10、ly rich without 3. The following statements are true except . A. Brightman first appeared in a West End musical at 5 B. Brightman disliked life on the campus C. Brightman was very gifted when she was young w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m D.The saucy dance troupe made Brightman famous 4. The underlined word in t

11、he fourth paragraph probably means . A. located B. admired C. followed D. found 5. What does the author try to say in the last paragraph by quoting Brightmans words? A. Brightman has to accept the fact that she is liked in Britain B. Brightman lives in America but she loves her own country C. The Br

12、itish coldness towards Brightman led to her hatred to her homeland D. Brightman was at a loss why she was not welcome in Britain B The common cold is the worlds most widespread illness, which is plagues(疫病) that flesh receives. The most widespread fallacy(谬误) of all is that colds caused by cold. The

13、y are not. They are caused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer -2版权所有高考资源网 高考资源网() 您身边的高考专家 from them forever. But

14、they do not. And in isolated arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes. During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches (战壕) co

15、ld and wet, , showed no increased tendency to catch colds. In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp(奥斯维辛集中营), naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds. At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in Experiment

16、s in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in th

17、e rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose. If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter?Despite the most pains-taking research, no one has yet found

18、 the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on. No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain suppressors(止痛片) such as aspirin, bu

19、t all they do is relieve the symptoms. 6. The writer offered examples to support his argument. A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 3 7. Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage? A. The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time. B. Colds are not caused by cold. C. People suffer from colds just

20、 because they like to stay indoors. D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one. 8. Arctic explorers may catch colds when . A. they are working in the isolated arctic regions B. they are writing reports in terribly cold weather C. they are free from work in the isolated arct

21、ic regions -3版权所有高考资源网 高考资源网() 您身边的高考专家 D. they are coming into touch again with the outside world 9. Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit . A. suffered a lot B. never caught colds C. often caught colds D. became very strong 10. The passage mainly discusses . A.

22、 the experiments on the common cold B. the fallacy about the common cold C. the reason and the way people catch colds D. the continued spread of common colds C TODAY, Friday, November 12 JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at The Derby Arms. Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen. DISCO Satin Sounds Disco.

23、 Free at The Lord Napier, Mort lake High St., from 8a. m. to 8p. m. Tel: 6821158. SATURDAY, November 13 JAZZ Lysis at The Bulls Head, Barnes. Admission 60p. MUSICAL HALL at The Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company. Good food and entertainment fair

24、 price. Tel: 7896749. FAMILY night out? Join the sing-along at The Black Horse. Sheen Road, Richmond. JAZZ The John Bennett Big Band at The Bulls Head, Barnes. Admission 80p. THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion(手风琴). Tel: 7894536 SUNDAY, November 14 DISCO

25、 Satin Sounds Disco, free at The Lord Napier, Mort Lake High Street, from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. -4版权所有高考资源网 高考资源网() 您身边的高考专家 FOLK MUSIC at The Derby Arms. The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio. Non-remembers 70p. Tel: 6884626. HEAVY MUSIC with Tony Simon at The Bull, Upper Richmond Road We

26、st, East Sheen. THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion. 11. Where and when can you hear the Norman Chop Trio? A. At the Bulls Head on Sunday. B. At the Derby Arms on Sunday. C. At the Bull on Saturday. D. At the Black Horse on Saturday. 12. Where and when ca

27、n you hear the Mike Thomas Jazz Band? A. At the Derby Arms on Friday. B. At the Black Horse on Friday. C. At the Star and Garter on Saturday. D. At the Derby Arms on Sunday. 13. You want to enjoy the electric accordion on Saturday. Which telephone number do you have to ring to find out what time it

28、starts? A. 7896749. B. 7894536. C. 6821158. D. 6884626. 14. You want to spend the Saturday by joining the entertainment with your family. Where should you go? A. Disco at The Lord Napier. B. The sing-along at The Black Horse. C. The electric accordion at The Derby Arms. D. Jazz at The Bulls Head. 15

29、. You want to spend the same day at two different places and dont want to cross any street. Which of the following is your best choice? A. The sing-along at the Black Horse and Jazz at The Bulls Head. B. The sing-along at The Black Horse and Folk Music at The Derby Arms. C. Folk Music at The Derby A

30、rms and Heavy Music with Tony Simon at The Bull. -5版权所有高考资源网 高考资源网() 您身边的高考专家 D. Musical Hal lat The Star &Garter and Disco at The Lord Napier. D Language learning begins with listening. Children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and later starters

31、are often long listeners. Most children will obey spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word obey is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture a

32、nd by making questioning noises. Any attempt to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves as particularly expressive as delight, pain, friendliness, and so on. But since these cant be