高考英语阅读理解模拟训练.doc

高考英语阅读理解模拟训练(一)AThe impression you make at the beginning of an interview is very important. Employers often decide to hire someone in the first three minutes of the interview. They judge you by your appearance, attitude (态度) and manners.A friendly smile when you walk into the room is important. A smile shows a confident (自信的) and positive attitude.When you introduce yourself, make eyes contact with the interviewer. Some interviewers offer a hand-shake. Others dont.Try to be as natural as possible. But pay attention to your body language. The way you sit, walk, gesture, use your voice and show feeling on your face are all parts of your body language. It makes the interviewer know how you feel about yourself and the situation you are in. Are you feeling positive about yourself? Your abilities? Your interest in the job?Speak clearly and loudly enough. Show interest and enthusiasm in your voice. When you speak, look at the interviewer. Also dont say negative things about yourself, or former employers.Listen to questions carefully. If you dont understand a question, ask the interviewer to repeat or explain.Im sorry, but I didnt catch that.Im not sure exactly what you mean.Almost everyone is nervous in a job interview. Interviewers know that. They dont expect you to be totally calm and relaxed. But they expect you to try to control your nervousness. They expect you to show confidence in your ability to do the job.At the end of the interview, thank the interviewer for her or him. Its a good idea to send a short thank-you letter right after the interview, or deliver it by hand.Phone the company if you have not heard anything after one week. Ask if they have make a decision about the job.1. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. you should always put on a smile when meeting the employerB. you should stand still with respect before the employerC. the first impression is very important in an interviewD. employers understand and like employees nervousness2. Why should we pay attention to our body language?A. Because it can help us win the employers positive impression.B. Because it can help us feel about the employer.C. Because it is needed by our employer.D. Because we need it to improve our feeling.3. The main purpose of the passage is _.A. to give you some advice on the art of finding a jobB. to tell from wrong about job interviewsC. to explain why we should do something about an interviewD. to suggest not being shy in an interview4. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. A Friendly Smile B. Making a Good ImpressionC. Dont Be Nervous D. Sending a Thank-You LetterBIn a time of low academic (学术的) achievement by children in the United States, many Americans are turning to Japan, a country of high academic achievement and economic success, for possible answers. however, the answers provided by Japanese preschools are not the ones Americans expected to find. In most Japanese preschools, surprisingly little emphasis is put on academic instruction. In one investigation, 300 Japanese and 210 American preschool teachers, child development specialists, and parents were asked about various aspects of early childhood education. Only 2 percent of the Japanese respondents (答问卷者) listed to give children a good start academically as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. In contrast, over half the American respondents chose this as one of their top three choices. To prepare children for successful careers in first grade and beyond, Japanese schools do not teach reading, writing, and mathematics, but rather skills such as persistence, concentration, and the ability to function as a member of a group. The majority of young Japanese children are taught to read at home by their parents.In the recent comparison of Japanese and American pre-school education, 91 percent of Japanese respondents chose providing children with a group experience as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. 62 percent of the more individually oriented (强调个性发展的) Americans listed group experience as one of their top three choices. An em-phasis on the importance of the group seen in Japanese early childhood education continues into elementary school education.Like in America, there is diversity (多样性) in Japanese early childhood education. Some Japanese kindergartens have specific aims, such as early musical training or potential (潜力) development. In large cities, some kindergartens are attached to universities that have elementary and secondary schools.Some Japanese parents believe that if their young children attend a university-based program, it will increase the childrens chances of eventually being admitted to top-rated schools and universities. Several more progressive programs have introduced free play as a way out for the heavy intellectualizing in some Japanese kindergartens.5. We learn from the first paragraph that many Americans believe _.A. Japanese parents pay more attention to preschool education than American parentsB. Japans economic success is a result of its scientific achievementsC. Japanese preschool education emphasizes academic in-structionD. Japans higher education is better than theirs6. Most American respondents believe that preschools should also attachimportance to _.A. problem solving B. group experienceC. parental guidanceD. individually oriented development7. In Japans preschool education, the focus is on _.A. preparing children academically B. developing childrens artistic interestsC. tapping childrens potential D. shaping childrens character8. Why do some Japanese parents send their children to university-based kindergartens?A. They can do better in their future studies.B. They can gain more group experience there.C. They can be individually oriented when they grow up.D. They can have better chances of getting a first-rate edu-cation.CBrazil has become one. of the developing worlds great successes at reducing population growth but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint ef-forts to reduce birth rates, Brazil had better results without re-ally trying, says George Martine at Harvard.Brazils population growth rate dropped from 2. 99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1. 93% a year between 198 land 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2. 7 chil-dren 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 (肥皂剧) and installment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, role in low-ering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the worlds biggest produc-ers of soap operas. Globo, Brazils most popular television net-work, 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 mes-sage towards the problems of reproduction, they describe mid-dle and upper class values: not many children, women work-ing, says Martine. They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious (有意识的) of other patterns of behaviour and other values, which were put into a very attrac-tive package.Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. This led to an enormous change in consumption (消费) patterns and consumption was incom-patible (不相容的) with unlimited reproduction, says Mar-tine.9. according to the passage, Brazil has lowered its population growth _.A. by educating its citizens B. by careful family planningC. by developing TV programmes D. by chance10. according to the passage, many Third World countriesA. havent given much attention to birth controlB. would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rateC. havent yet found an effective measure to control their populationD. havent realized the importance of TV plays in family planning11. Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazils birth rate be-cause _.A. they keep people sitting long hours watching TVB. they have gradually changed peoples way of lifeC. people are drawn to their attractive packageD. they popularize birth control measures12. What is Martines conclusion about Brazils population growth?A. The increase in birth rate will increase consumption.B. The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate.C. Consumption goes with reproduction.D. A country s production is limited by its population growth.DAs a human being you may have the choice of three basic attitudes towards life. You may treat life with the philosophy (哲学) of the vegetable, in which case your life will include being born, eating, drinking, sleeping, marrying, growing old and dying.The second basic attitude is to look at life as if it were a business. A great many so-called successful men and women believe that life is a business. If you believe so, your first question of life, naturally, is What do I get out of it? How much is this worth to me? In a word, based on this attitude, happi-ness becomes a matter of successful competition. The great ma-jority of human beings today look at life as if it were a busi-ness.The third attitude toward life is the way of the artist. Here the basic philosophy is What can I put into it?. They value cooperation and contribution. This point of view has been proved by history; for history remembers best those who have contributed most richly to the interests of their fellow-men. The more we investigate(调查),the more we become certain that the artistic attitude is the only one which goes with human happiness.13. From the passage we know people who take the second life attitude _.A. are mostly businessmenB. think of getting the interests (利益) firstC. find their happiness from hard workD. take competition as their whole life14. People who are best remembered by history are probablyA. those living on vegetables B. successful menC. artists D. businessmen15. We may infer from this passage that _.A. some people are living only on vegetablesB. the artistic attitude is accepted by most peopleC. the writer prefers the third life attitudeD. artists do most for the society in order to be remembered longer than othersEThe question of what children learn, and how they should learn, is continually being debated and redebated. Nobody dares any longer to defend the old system, the learning of lessons parrot-fashion, the grammar-with-a-whip system, which was good enough for our grandparents. The theories of modem psychology have stepped in to argue that we must understand the need of children. Children are not just small adults; they are children who must be respected as much.Well, you may say, this is as it should be, a good idea. But think further. What happens? Education becomes the responsibility not of teachers, but of psychologists (心里学家). What happens then? Teachers worry too much about the psychological implications (暗示) of their lessons, and forget about the subjects themselves. If a child dislikes a lesson, the teacher feels that it is his fault, not the childs. So teachers worry whether history is relevant to modern young children. And do they dare to recount stories about violence? Or will this make the children themselves violent? Can they tell their classes about children of different races, or will this encourage racial hatred? Why teach children to write grammatical sentences? Verbal expression is better. Sums? Arithmetic? No: Real-life mathematical situations are more understandable.You see, you can go too far. Influenced by educational theorists, who have nothing better to do than to write books about their ideas, teachers leave their teacher-training colleges filled with grand, psychological ideas about children and their needs. They make elaborate, sophisticated (精致的，复杂的) preparations and try out their modem methods on the long-suffering children. Since one modem method rapidly replaces another the poor kids will have had a good bellyful by the time they leave school. Frequently the modem methods are so sophisticated that they fail to be understood by the teachers, let alone the children; even more often, the relaxed discipline so essential for the informal feelings the class must have, prevents all but a handful of children from learning anything.16. People do not dare defend the old system mainly because under the old system_.A. too much grammar was taught to childrenB. children were spoiled (宠坏)C. children were treated as grown-upsD. children were made to learn passively(被动的)17. What view do the modem psychologists hold?A. Children must be understood and respected.B. Children are small adults and know what they need.C. Children are better off without learning lessons.D. Education of children is the responsibility of psychologists.18. What happens when teachers pay too much attention to the psychology of their lessons?A. They find that the children dislike the lessons.B. They tend to blame students for their failure.C. They do not pay enough attention to the actual lessons.D. They no longer want to teach children history.19. Grammatical sentences are regarded as unimportant because _.A. it is better to use verbs onlyB. words are said out of natural feelings onlyC. talking freely and naturally without sentences is a better form of expressionD. it is felt that formal grammar rules might cause unnatural expressions20. according to the passage, the modern methods are understood by _.A. neither teachers nor pupilsB. only a handful of teachers and pupilsC. the more sophisticated teachersD. everyone who enjoys the relaxed discipline of the informal classes【答案与解析】(A)本文阐述如何在参加面试的前几分钟时间里给人留下深刻的印象。1. C 推断题。据文章的第一、二句可知。2. A 细节题。据第四段最后3句可知。3. A 推断题。由第一段可知：本文意在教会读者如何参加面试。4. B 主旨题。由第一段可知：本文强调面试时第一印象很重要。(B)本文介绍了日本的早期教育并非在强化他们的学术意识，而是培养他们的坚持、集中、扮演群体中的角色能力等。5. C 推断题。从第一段的第一、二句我们可以看出因为美国孩子的学术成就缓慢，很多美国家长到日本取经，然而他们看到的不是他们所预料的，由此我们知道，很多美国人认为日本非常重视孩子的学术教育。6. B 细节题。从第二段我们知道，62的美国人把group experience作为他们的三个最重要的选择之一。7. D 细节题。从第一段的To prepare children for successful careersand the ability to function as a member