浙江省杭州市外国语学校2013年高考英语集训阅读理解每日一练14

浙江省杭州市外国语学校2013年高考英语集训阅读理解每日一练14 杭州外国语学校2013年高考英语集训阅读理解每日一练14 倒数第八周星期四 A With the development of modern society and high tech, it is becoming more and more convenient for people to communicate. Meanwhile, virtual world has begun to exist. Virtual entertainment sites let you chat, feed the dog and shop in a way that feels real. But they are also the gateway to the real-world trouble. Virtual property(虚拟财产), which you gain through computer games and social networking sites, is a billion dollar global industry. For example, fantasy worlds like Secondlife, and World of Warcraft issue their own currencies, and players can make a profit by trading in the real world or setting up clothing stores. The currencies are bought with hard cash and profits made online can be converted back into real-world money. But even in imaginary worlds, property ownership can go hand in hand with property theft. Last week, several netizens went to Tencent’s headquarters to file a complaint, accusing the company of not adequately protecting their accounts. They’d had their QQ Show avatar and clothes stolen. “Virtual property theft is occurring today all over the world,” says Professor Greg Lastowka, an American specialist in Internet law. “Local police are often confused by claims of virtual theft, thinking it has no real value,” says Lastowka. Reports of stolen virtual property are becoming increasingly frequent, but the law is slow to respond. China has no specific law to protect virtual property. Without clear legal rules, players cannot prove ownership, so the police might not bother with the case. Virtual property may appear to be something that only has meaning in an imaginary world. Yet somebody has spent real-world time and money on making it their own. To them, it has value, and if someone else takes it, that’s theft. In case of theft, users can report it to the Internet department of the local public security bureaus. Users can also take some action to protect their virtual property. They should not accept files from strangers or go to websites with a dubious(可 疑的) reputation. Changing passwords every three months can also help. 1. Which of the following is the reason why virtual theft is common in China? A. There is no relevant law to prevent virtual theft. B. The relevant law is not put into practice effectively. C. Netizens think that virtual property has no real value. D. No cases of virtual theft are reported to the police. 2. How can you gain your virtual property according to this text? A. By physical labor. B. By shopping in a mall. C. By playing QQ games. D. By selling clothes in a shop. 3. From the passage we can easily learn that . A. stealing virtual property has already been identified as a crime B. the police have a good knowledge of virtual property C. the police should take the blame for increasing virtual thefts D. stealing virtual property is unavoidable 4. What should we do to prevent the virtual theft? A. Changing the names of users as often as possible. B. Changing passwords every three months. C. Meeting with our online friends in person. D. Accepting files from strangers. 1 B When you meet someone for the first time, you will form an impression in your mind of that person in the first moment. Your reactions to other people, however, are really just barometers (晴雨表) for how you perceive(理解) yourself. Your reactions to others say more about you than they do about others. You cannot really love or hate something about another unless it reflects something you love or hate yourself. We are usually drawn to those who are most like us and tend to dislike those who display those aspects of ourselves that we dislike. Therefore, you can allow others to be the mirror to illuminate (阐明;照亮) more clearly your own feelings of self-worth. Conversely, you can view the people you judge negatively as mirrors to show you what you are not accepting about yourself. To survive together peacefully with others, you will need to learn tolerance. A big challenge is to shift your perspective from judgment of others to a lifelong exploration of yourself. Your task is to assess all the decisions, judgments you make onto others and to begin to view them as clues to how you can heal yourself and become whole. Several days ago I had a business lunch with a man who displayed objectionable table manners. My first reaction was to judge him as rude and his table manners as annoying. When I noticed that I was judging him, I stopped and asked myself what I was feeling. I discovered that I was embarrassed to be seen with someone who was chewing with his mouth open and loudly blowing his nose. I was astonished to find how much I cared about how the other people in the restaurant perceived me. Remember that your judgment of someone will not serve as a protective shield against you becoming like him. Just because I judge my lunch partner as rude does not prevent me from ever looking or acting like him. In the same way, extending tolerance to him would not cause me to suddenly begin chewing my food with my mouth open. When you approach life in this manner, those with whom you have the greatest dissatisfactions as well as those you admire and love can be seen as mirrors, guiding you to discover parts of yourself that you reject and to embrace your greatest quality. 5. The purpose of the author writing this passage is to advise people to _________. A. Avoid inappropriate manners. B. Learn tolerance towards others. C. Pay attention to others’ needs and feelings. D. Judge others favorably in any case. 6. The underlined word “objectionable” in Paragraph 4 has the closest meaning to _________ . A. discouraging B. disappointing C. disgusting D. distinguishing 7. According to the passage, the following statements are all true except ________. A. You can’t really love or hate others if they are similar to you. B. We are easily attracted by someone who is similar to us. C. Our first judgment of a person mostly comes from our personal opinion. D. The moment we see a stranger, our mind forms an impression of that person. 8. Throughout the entire story, the last paragraph serves as a(n) _________. A. explanation B. example C. background D. conclusion 9. It can be implied from the text that __________. A. the writer’s first reaction to the man was to judge him as offensive B. we will need to learn tolerance to coexist with others C. we shouldn’t focus on judging others but should constantly reflect on our own 2 D. the writer didn’t care about other people’s view of him C I had the meanest mother in the whole world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have cereal, eggs or toast. While others had Cokes and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich. As you can guess, my supper was different from the other kids’ too. But at least, I wasn’t alone in my sufferings. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did. My mother insisted upon knowing where we were at all times. She had to know who our friends were and where we were going. She insisted if we said we’d be gone an hour, then we should be gone one hour or less -- not one hour and one minute. And she always insisted upon us telling the truth. Now you can see how mean she was. The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by nine each night and up at eight the next morning. We couldn’t sleep till noon like our friends. So while they slept - my mother actually had the courage to break the Child Labor Law. She made us work. We had to wash dishes, make beds, and learn to cook. We had to wear clean clothes and take a bath every day. The other kids always wore their clothes for days. We reached the height of disgrace because she made our clothes herself, just to save money. I believe she laid awake at night thinking up mean things to do to us. Through the years, things didn’t improve a bit. We could not lie in bed “sick” like our friends did, and miss school. Our marks in school had to live up to expectations. Our friends’ report cards had beautiful colors on them, black for passing, red for failing. My mother, being as different as she was, would be satisfied with nothing less than ugly black marks. As the years rolled by, first one and then the other of us was put to shame. We graduated from high school. With our mother behind us, talking, hitting and demanding respect, none of us was allowed the pleasure of being a drop-out. My mother was a complete failure as a mother. Out of four children, a couple of us attained some higher education. None of us have ever been arrested or divorced. Each of my brothers served his time in the service of this country. She forced us to grow up into God-fearing, educated, honest adults. I am now trying to raise my three children. I am filled with pride when my children call me mean. Why? Because now I thank God every day for giving me the meanest mother in the whole world. 10. According to the article, the author’s mother will ask her children to do all the following EXCEPT _________. A. eat as much candy as they want B. wear clean clothes made by her C. be honest about what kind of friends they make D. go to bed and get up at fixed times 11. The author’s mother wanted her children to _________. A. be top students in school and graduate with honors B. do their best at school and be educated and respected citizens C. stop seeing her friends who pretended to be sick to skip classes D. bring home colored report cards like her friends did 12. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text? A. The author has a deep hatred for her mother. B. The author’s mother set timetables for her children whenever they went out. C. Some of the children weren’t able to go to college because of their mean mother. D. As a parent, the author is following her mother’s example. 13. It can be inferred from the passage that________. A. All the other kids at school studied better than the author. B. The author worked hard and usually got good grades in studies. 3 C. Mother was punished for breaking the Labor Law. D. The author’s family lived a miserable life. 14. The passage was written in a way of ________ tone. A. hateful B. ridiculous C. critical D. humorous D FRIDAY, Aug.3 (Health Day News) -- Middle school students who are physically fit are likely to score higher on standardized tests measuring reading and math abilities, a new study has found. And, the average scores went up in connection with levels of fitness, the findings showed. “The more physically fit kids were, the higher their scores,” said the study’s lead author, Trent Petrie, director of the Center for Sport Psychology at the University of North Texas in Denton. “Parents should encourage their kids to be physically active. There are some real cognitive(认知的) and academic benefits that come from physical fitness,” Petrie said. Results of the study are scheduled to be presented Friday at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Orlando, Fla. The study included more than 1,200 middle school students from five schools in a suburban area of Texas, with 561 boys and 650 girls. About 57 percent of the children were white, and nearly one-quarter were Mexican American. Nine percent were black and about 2 percent were of Asian descent. The school district provided the researchers with information on the children’s race, age, grade level and whether they qualified for the free school lunch program, which was an indicator of the family’s socioeconomic status. The schools also provided scores to the tests, which were given between one and four months after the researchers had assessed the children’s levels of fitness. Fitness tests were administered during physical education classes to determine the youngsters’ heart and lung health (cardiorespiratory fitness), as well as their body mass index (BMI), an indicator of how much body fat a person has. The children also filled out questionnaires that helped the researchers determine factors such as self-esteem and social support. After accounting for factors such as age, sex, family income and self-esteem, the researchers found that for both boys and girls, higher levels of heart and lung health predicted better scores on both the math and reading tests. For boys, perceived(感观的) social support also seemed to increase their reading scores, the investigators found. In girls, while being physically fit predicted higher reading scores, so too did a higher BMI -- which indicates more body fat. “We were a little surprised by this finding,” Petrie said. “It was not as strong an association as the one with physical fitness,” he added. The authors suspect it may have something to do with girls this age entering adolescence, which may be related to a higher BMI and slightly higher brain development. He said he plans to make great effort to look for this relationship again in larger studies to see if it was a chance finding, or if the association holds up. “While we can’t say 100 percent that physical fitness causes better academic performance, we can say that there is a strong and predictive relationship between physical fitness and academic performance,” Petrie said. “It’s hard to tease apart(梳理) the exact reason for this association,” said Becky Hashim, an attending clinical psychologist and assistant professor in the departments of psychiatry and pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Montefiore, in New York City. 4 “It may be that the children are getting more oxygen. When the heart and lungs are working at a higher capacity, it may allow the brain to work at peak performance. Children who are less fit may be sleepier during school,” she noted. “I personally feel that there’s probably a strong relationship between the confidence you get from being able to do something physical well and academic performance.” Whatever the reason behind this association may be, “there’s certainly no harm in pushing physical fitness,” Hashim added. “Physical fitness may make you feel better, give you more confidence and improve your performance across the board,” she said. Petrie agreed. “Physically fit kids are happier, have higher self-esteem and, tend to have better relationships, and now we’re beginning to see that there also seem to be benefits cognitively and academically. Our study sends a strong warning to policymakers to reconsider the service program of physical education classes for kids,” he said. 15. How did the school district help the researchers carry out the study? A. By analyzing the data of fitness tests. B. By giving some basic information. C. By completing some questionnaires. D. By offering a certain amount of Money. 16. According to the passage, the result of the study will be published __________ . A. in a book B. in a journal C. at a conference D. on the Internet 17. What’s the suitable title of the passage? A. Parents should be aware of the benefit of fitness. B. Fitter kids are likely to make better grades. C. Fitness affects kids’ social behavior greatly. D. Teachers should value physical education classes. 18. What’s Becky Hashim’s attitude towards the relationship between physical fitness and academic performance? A. supportive B. Indifferent C. Critical D. Doubtful 19. What does the underlined word “one” in Paragraph refer to? A. The BMI. B. The body fat. C. The brain development. D. The test score. 20. From the last paragraph we can infer that physically fit kids ____________. A. deserve to be treated well B. live much longer than others C. get along well with others D. enjoy a peaceful life 参考答案 1-10 ACDBBCADCA 11-20BDBDBCBADC 5