高中2011届高三考前英语阅读日日练

高中2011届高三考前英语阅读日日练阅读理解 阅读文章,并根据文章选出最佳选项。(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分) A The choice to adopt and hold gratefulness is the one that is different from those who suffer misfortune and those who enjoy a full life. My mother died when I was 24. It was a very difficult time in my life — everything seemed to fall apart. I lost my job, and then my utilities were turned off. I had to take cold showers for six months. A neighbor who knew about my situation came to my house and made me an offer. I took care of her children as a job, and I no longer went hungry. I was surprised that someone would trust me — a young woman with her children. And it was with the very confidence that before long I began taking care of other people’s children, too. I have since moved 300 miles from Boise, Idaho. For more than 23 years I have made every effort to reach out to all the kind-hearted people who helped me when I was down and out. Without their trust, I don’t know what I would have done. I am very involved in my community and volunteer at the local food bank, and I help out whenever I can. I’d like to owe what I am to whoever has offered me generosity. If you are grateful for what you already have, the world will work together to give you more to be grateful for. Otherwise, the world will give you more to complain about. Moreover, the true master learns to be grateful, in advance, for the things that are desired, because, being grateful in advance for some attainment or accomplishment does two very important things: one…it tricks your subconscio us into believing that the goal is certain and two…it convinces other people, with whom you must interact to achieve your desires, that you know what you are about, that you are a winner, not a whiner (哀诉者). 56. The underlined word “utilities” refers to _____ in the passage. A. water and gas supplies B. gas and electricity supplies C. shower equipment and water supply D. heating and TV signals 57. The writer was grateful mainly for _____. A. his neighbor’s donation B. his community C. having got the job D. others’ trust 58. The writer’s personal story in the second paragraph tells us that _____. A. to be grateful will get you nowhere but away from home B. a grateful person is most likely to be successful C. we need to be grateful to be helpful and useful D. the fragrance (芳香) stays in the hand that gives the rose 59. The best title for the passage would be _____. A. A Thank-You Note to Trusting Neighbor B. You Are a Winner, Not a Whiner C. Be Grateful to Life in Advance D. Gratefulness Brings a Great Fullness to Life B - 1 - Duck-billed platypuses(鸭嘴兽)cannot be real, can they? The duck-billed platypuses of eastern Australia are small, shy animals. This small mammal is such a strange creature that when the first one arrived at the British Museum in London 1798, scientists thought that someone was playing a practical joke on them. One cannot blame the scientists for having such a thought because it is definitely one of nature's strangest creatures alive. It looks like an animal which has been put together using various parts of different animals. It is a four-legged animal with a tail like a beaver's(海狸), webbed feet and a duck's bill. It has no outer ears. What is stranger still is the fact that it breastfeeds its young like all other mammals, yet lays eggs like fish, reptiles and birds. It grows to about 47 centimeters in length and weighs around 1.5 kilogrammes. Male platypuses are poisonous. They have a pointy part on their hind ankles that connects to a poison bag in each leg. They mainly use these weapons in mating battles with other males. However, if threatened, they will use them to attack their enemies. The platypus is native to Australia. There are thousands of them living in the wet lands, lakes and rivers of eastern Australia and parts of Tasmania. It feeds on underwater animals such as shrimps, worms, frogs, snails and small fish. When a platypus is underwater, it is almost deaf and blind. However, scientists have discovered that the animal can still find its food through a sense of smell and a sensitive sense of touch in the bill. The bill, in fact, has sensors which can detect the smallest electrical charge sent out by the movement of prey (猎物). This explains why the strange creature has the strangest habit of eating ordinary flashlight batteries. 60. Why did the scientists think they were being made fun of? A. The animal they saw was too small and shy. B. The animal had traveled all the way from Australia. C. The animal looked too strange to be real. D. The British Museum had been charged too much money. 61. Paragraph 2 mainly tells us about the platypus' _____. A. strange features B. unique appearance C. way of feeding its young D. usual size and weight 62. The platypus partly relies on its _____ to find food under the water. A. eyes B. ears C. nose D. legs 63. The platypus eats flashlight batteries because _____. A. they send out electrical charge B. they taste delicious to it C. they look like swimming frogs D. they provide energy for it C Attractive fathers do not pass their looks on to their sons but they will hand their good looks down to their daughters, research shows. In a study of family photographs, psychologists Professor David Perrett and Elisabeth Cornwell - now at the University of Colorado have found that while both father and mother can influence the attractiveness of their daughters, the couple's good looks do not necessarily contribute to the attractiveness of their son as an adult. Handsome men with masculine (阳刚的)looks are likely to pass on masculine features, but not facial attractiveness. The theory suggests it is not unusual for attractive parents to produce a beautiful daughter while failing to pass on the same good looks to a son. While many celebrity mothers produce stunning daughters - such as Goldie Hawn and her daughter Kate Hudson or Jerry Hall and her daughter Georgia - the same is not necessarily true of celebrity fathers. Sean Stewart, the son of Rod Stewart and his first wife Alana, would probably be judged less attractive than his model sister Kimberly. "We can't see a strong relationship between the parents' attractiveness and the sons. If the parents are supermodels, the chances are the daughters will be lookers," Perrett said. Prof Perrett said it has previously been suggested that a woman could increase her own reproductive success by choosing a good-looking mate whose genes would be passed on to male children. But the new study, published in the current edition of the journal Animal Behaviour, disagrees with the theory. He said: " When we looked at women's faces, we found clear evidence that attractiveness passed from both father and mother to daughter. For the male line, we find that facial masculinity conforms to the rule 'like father - like son'. Masculine dads have masculine sons. "But we did not find any evidence that facial attractiveness is passed from father to son. 64. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A. Father and mother can influence the attractiveness of their children B. Handsome fathers with masculine looks will not pass on masculine features C. There is a strong relationship between the parents’ attractiveness and the daughters. D. If the parents are supermodels,their sons will be good-looking. 65. What dose the word “lookers ” in the fourth paragraph most probably mean? A. On-lookers B. Models C. Beauties D. Passers-by 66. The passage is most likely to be found in a book about _____. A. popular science B. historical events C. successful people D. political systems D Brazil has become one of the developing world's great successes at reducing population growth — but mere by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil has had better result without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard. Brazil's population growth rate has dropped from 2.99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1.93% a year between 1981 and 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2.7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries. Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas and installment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world's biggest producers of soap operas. Globo, Brazil's most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities. "Although they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction (生育), they describe middle and upper class values —not many children, different attitudes towards sex, women working," says Martine. "They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behaviour and other values, which were put into a very attractive package." Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. "This led to an enormous change in consumption patterns and consumption was incompatible (不能共存的) with unlimited reproduction," says Martine. 67. According to the passage, Brazil has cut back its population growth _____. A. by educating its citizens B. by careful family planning C. by developing TV programmes D. by chance 68. According to the passage, many Third World countries _____. A. haven't paid enough attention to birth control B. would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rate C. have not yet found an effective measure to control their population. D. make no use of TV plays in family planning 69. Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil's birth rate because _____. A. they keep people sitting long hours watching TV B. they have gradually changed people's way of life C. people are drawn to their attractive package D. they popularize government's birth control measures 70. What is Martine's conclusion about Brazil's population growth? A. The increase in birth rate will raise consumption. B. The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate. C. Consumption patterns and reproduction patterns are incompatible. D. 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