江西省2012届高三英语二轮专项训练-阅读理解(62).doc

江西省2012届高三英语二轮专项训练：阅读理解（62）

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
 A friend invited me to a baseball game. I asked how much the tickets cost, and he replied, "They’re on me." So I paid for the dinner. At the game, I noticed that his tickets were marked "Complimentary". My friend said that they were free offers from a client (客户). Shouldn’t I have split the dinner check, since the tickets were free? Anonymous
     I understand your uncertainty. Usually, "the tickets are on me" means "I have paid for them". Still, you received a benefit: a good evening. And that your friend didn’t pay for the tickets in cash doesn’t mean they had no value. You wouldn’t have been admitted to the game without them.
     Recently, a couple with a 2-year-old boy moved into the apartment above mine. I wake to the sound of tiny feet running back and forth. I work at home, so I hear the same noise all day. Can I ask for a reasonable compromise (折衷), or must I stand my discomfort? Anonymous
     I can easily imagine some noise upstairs. It is a good idea to see this as a matter for compromise. Just be sure to welcome your new neighbor before expressing your complaints. And try to visit when the boy is quiet, so his parents won’t be upset and be unfriendly to you.
     I received an invitation that went like this: "We are having a picnic to celebrate Joseph’s graduation. Please let us know what you will bring to eat." I believe that if I am bringing a gift for the person of honor, I shouldn’t be asked to bring food or drink. Am I wrong? Suzanne
     An awkward invitation, Suzanne. It would have been better if the invitation had said "no gifts" or if the welcoming hosts had provided the food themselves. As to your reply, maybe it could go as follows: "I understand the dictionary we bought for Joseph is a tasty grilled (烤着吃) dish."
  1.All the help-seekers have something in common in that they ______.
A. don’t get along well with their friends
B. are puzzled by a bad social situation
C. are unwilling to meet people they dislike
     D. hate being disturbed by others
2. We can learn from the first case that ______.
     A. the tickets were free
B. the tickets were difficult to get
C. the baseball game was wonderful
     D. the dinner check was shared
3. In the second case, the adviser stresses that the noise sufferer _____________.
A. can make the boy quiet by playing together
B. can win new friendships without complaining
C. should make his or her complaints acceptable
     D. should know more about his or her new neighbor
4. According to the third case, Suzanne is advised to ______.
A. refuse the invitation by making a good excuse
B. buy a gift and some delicious grilled food
C. choose the dictionary as a gift   
D. reply with a humor to avoid buying food or drink
5. What can we know from the text?
     A. The tickets were paid in cash by a client.
B. The noise sufferer stays at home all day without work.
C. Suzanne feels embarrassed about the invitation.
D. Joseph invited Suzanne to take part in his party.

B
When I was quite young, my father had one telephone. I remember well the polished old case fastened to the wall. I was too little to reach the telephone, but used to listen with great interest when my mother used to talk to it. Then I discovered that somewhere inside the wonderful device lived an amazing person — her name was Information Please and there was nothing she did not know.
My first personal experience with Information Please came one day while my mother was visiting a neighbor. I accidentally hit my finger with a hammer. The pain was terrible, but there didn’t seem to be any reason in crying because there was no one home to give sympathy. I walked around the house sucking my hurting finger, finally arriving at the stairway — The telephone! Climbing up I held it to my ear. “Information Please,” I said.
A click or two and a small clear voice spoke into my ear. “Information.”
“I hurt my finger …”The tears came readily enough now that I had an audience. “Isn’t your mother home?” “Nobody’s home but me.” “Are you bleeding?” “No,” I replied. “I hit my finger with the hammer and it hurts.” “Can you open your icebox?” I said I could. “Then chip off a little piece of ice and hold it to your finger.”
After that I called Information Please for everything. I asked her for help with my geography and she told me where Philadelphia was. And there was the time that Petey, our pet canary (金丝雀) died. I called Information Please and told her the sad story. She listened, and then said the usual things grown-ups say to comfort a child. But I was unconsoled. Why is it that birds should sing so beautifully and bring joy to us , only to end up as a heap of feathers?
She must have sensed it , for she said quietly, “Paul, always remember that there are other worlds to sing in.” Somehow I felt better. [
All this took place in a small town in the pacific Northwest. Then when I was 9 years old, we moved to Boston. I missed my friend very much. Information Please belonged in that old wooden box back home, and I somehow never thought of trying the tall, shiny new phone that sat on the hall table.
A few years later, on my way west to college, my plane put down in Seattle. I had about half an hour or so between planes, and I spent 15 minutes or so on the phone with my sister, who lived there now. Then without thinking what I was doing, I dialed my hometown operator and said, “Information Please.”
Miraculously (出乎意料地), I heard again the small, clear voice I knew so well, “Information.” I hadn’t planned this but I heard myself saying, “I hurt my finger” There was a long pause. Then came the soft voice, “I guess that your finger must have healed by now.”
I laughed, “So it’s really still you,” I said. “I wonder if you have any idea how much you meant to me .”
“I wonder,” she said, “if you know how much your calls meant to me. I used to look forward to your calls.”
I told her how often I had thought of her over the years and I asked if I could call her again.
“Please do; just ask for Sally.”
Just three months later I was back in Seattle … A different voice answered Information and I asked for Sally.
“Are you a friend?” “Yes, a very old friend.” “Then I’m sorry to have to tell you. She passed away five weeks ago.” But before I could hang up she said, “Wait a minute. Did you say your name was Paul?”
“Yes.”
“Well, Sally left a message for you. ‘Tell him I still say there are other worlds to sing in. He’ll know what I mean.’”
6. According to the text, Information Please is actually _________.
A. a robot B. the author’s mother C. a telephone operator D. the telephone itself
7. The author picked up the telephone for the first time to ________.
A. call his mother who was visiting a neighbor[
B. find someone to give him sympathy
C. call the doctor for his wounded finger
D. find out what exactly lived in the telephone
8. The underlined word “unconsoled” in Paragraph 6 means ________.
A. too sad to have a talk B. difficult to deal with somebody
C. hard to communicate with somebody D. unable to accept comfort
9. Why did the author never think of trying the new phone after moving to Boston?
A. He hadn’t got used to the line service in Boston yet.
B. There was something wrong with the new phone.
C. He missed Information Please in the old phone so much.
D. He didn’t like the tall and shiny style of the new phone.
10. What did Sally mean by saying those underlined words in the message?
A. She went to another place to make a living as a singer.
B. The world without her would still be good to the author.
C. The author should explore new worlds for his new life.
D. The author didn’t need to feel sad for her death.

C
Tired of all the pushing in supermarkets? Fed up with waiting in endless lines to pay for what you have bought? Angry at wasting time in traffic jams only to find no parking spaces when you eventually arrive at the store? If this is you, then online shopping is the answer to your dreams of trouble-free shopping, Or is it?
Online shopping brings its own challenges. Here are a few things to bear in mind when browsing（浏览）various websites. The claim made by online sites is that shopping online is a safe and secure way to make purchases. The evidence challenges this. In any case, you only have to be the victim of fraud（诈骗）once to experience all the problems that come with this form of stealing. Use only sites that have a trusted history and an excellent reputation.
Another problem is the appearance of items in reality is often quite different from what you see on your computer screen. This might not be a problem if you are buying washing up powder but could be a major disappointment when that beautiful blue dress you ordered turns up in green. Also, product descriptions are sometimes simply untrue . Perhaps the wisest plan is to purchase items where design and color are not essential to customer satisfaction.
Some even argue that online shopping indirectly contributes to global warming. Yes, your car can stay parked but how are online goods delivered? Often by some large van porting out carbon monoxide and adding to our already desperate traffic problems. You are also by now becoming increasingly irritated（使烦恼）by the fact that the delivery is late and you have wasted the leave from work you have taken to receive it!
Without question, online shopping is here to stay and it has its benefits. However, perhaps it is not as wonderful as some of its supporters claim it to be.
11．The author lists several questions in Para. 1 to .
A．support online shopping B．collect answers from readers
C．show his dislike of going shopping D． introduce the topic of the passage
12．By what can online shoppers avoid fraud?
A． Using only trusted websites． B． Choosing big websites．
C．Collecting shopping evidence. D．Seeking advice from the police.
13．What can we learn about online shopping from Para.3?
A．It’s normal for a blue dress to change into green．
B．We shouldn't believe product descriptions easily．
C．It’s usually wise for us to buy colorful products.
D．Product appearances are sometimes not good．
14．The author agrees with the fact that ______．
A．customers are never satisfied with products
B．online shopping is a safe way to make purchases
C．online shopping has nothing to do with global warming
D．delivery delay often makes online shoppers unhappy
15．What is the author’s attitude towards online shopping?
A．Very popular. B．A wise choice.
C． Not trouble free. D．A waste of time.

D
Sustainable development is applied to just about everything from energy to clean water and economic growth, and as a result it has become difficult to question either the basic assumptions behind it or the way the concept is put to use. This is especially true in agriculture, where sustainable development is often taken as the measure of progress without a proper appreciation of historical and cultural perspectives.
　　To start with, it is important to remember that the nature of agriculture has changed markedly throughout history, and will continue to do so. Medieval agriculture in northern Europe fed, clothed and sheltered a mainly rural society with a much lower population density than it is today. It had minimal effect on biodiversity, and any pollution it caused was typically localized. In terms of energy use and the nutrients captured in the product it was relatively inefficient.
　　Contrast this with farming since the start of the industrial revolution. Competition from overseas led farmers to specialize and increase yields. Throughout this period food became cheaper, safer and more reliable. However, these changes have also led to habitat loss and to reducing biodiversity.
　　All this means that agriculture in the 21st century will have to be very different from how it was in the 20th. This will require thorough thinking. For example, we need to move away from the idea that traditional practices are certainly more sustainable than new ones. We also need to abandon the notion that agriculture can be “zero impact”. The key will be to abandon the rather simple and static(稳定的)measures of sustainability, which centre on the need to maintain production without increasing damage. Instead we need a more dynamic interpretation, one that looks at the pros and cons of all the various way land is used. There are many different ways to measure agricultural performance besides food yield: energy use, environmental costs, water purity, carbon footprint and biodiversity. It is clear, for example, that the carbon of transporting tomatoes from Spain to the UK is less than that of producing them in the UK with additional heating and lighting. But we do not know whether lower carbon footprints will always be better for biodiversity.
　　What is important is recognizing that sustainable agriculture is not just about sustainable food production.
16. How do people often measure progress in agriculture?
A. By its sustainability
B. By its contribution to economic growth
C. By its productivity
D. By its impact on the environment
17. Specialization and the effort to increase yields have resulted in .
A. Localized pollution B. the decrease of biodiversity
C. The shrinking of farmland D. competition from overseas
18. What does the author think of traditional farming practices?
A. They are environmentally friendly　　
B. They have remained the same over the centuries
C. They have not kept pace with population growth
D. They are not necessarily sustainable
19. What will agriculture be like in the 21st century?
A. It will abandon traditional farming practices　　
B. It will go through complete changes
C. It will mainly keep traditional farming　　
D. It will cause zero damage to the environment
20. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
　　A. To remind people of the need of sustainable development.
　　B. To advance new criteria for measuring farming progress.
　　C. To urge people to rethink what sustainable agriculture is.
D. To suggest ways of ensuring sustainable food production.

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