山西省太原双语中学高考英语-专题阅读理解强化训练集(十九).doc

山西省太原双语中学2012届高考英语专题精选阅读理解强化训练集（十九）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。
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Twenty Things You Should Do in This Lifetime
When I was a young boy, my grandmother always asked me the question, " What is it you want?" I'd give the age-appropriate answer whether it was "candy" at age five, '"a bicycle" at age twelve, or ,"not answering dumb questions" when I was fifteen．
She always listened carefully, and then asked, "What is it that you really want?" I hated when she did that because it made me think—and thinking was painful．
Invariably what I really wanted was different than what I'd originally asked for．Her final question was always the same．"What price are you willing to pay, in order to get that?"
When I was sixteen, she increased the complexity of the task．She asked, "What are twenty things you should do in this lifetime?" Each year, on Thanksgiving, she made me rewrite the list adjusting it as my maturity and wisdom grew．
For twenty-eight years, I gave her my list before I ate her turkey dinner．I was never able to give her the twenty-nine．She died two days before Thanksgiving．
However, I think she would have been proud of how she'd helped me grow, from the five-year-old who just wanted candy to this end result of twenty-nine years of refinement:
No 1．To leave the world a bit better by my having been here．
No 2．To love unconditionally．
No 3．To dream big dreams and be willing to pay the price to make them come true．
No 4．To visit the Lincoln Memorial Hall at dawn．
No 5．To earn the affection of children．
No 6．To hike and raft the Grand Canyon．
No 7．To find out what I'm good at, and give it back to the world．
No 8．To watch a sunset on a tropical isle．
No 9．To earn the respect of intelligent people．
No 10．To leam my family history and visit the homeland．
No 11．To drive and bike across the country．
No 12．To help a stranger in need．
No 13．To make something that is still standing when I die．
No 14．To play a game for more than I can afford to lose．
No 15．To meditate and pray daily．
No 16．To do something others said was impossible．
No 17．To walk beaches under a full moon at midnight．
No 18．To take a stand on something and not back down under pressure．
No 19．To never lose childlike enthusiasm．
No 20．To swim naked under waterfalls．
What's on your list?
1．In his teens, what did the writer hate?
A．Thinking． B．Studying．
C．Having candies． D．Riding a bicycle.
2．According to the 20 things in the list, which of the following CANNOT be used to describe the writer?
A．He loves nature so much． B．He is willing to help others．
C．He doesn't like anything challenging． D．He will try his best to achieve his ambition．
3．It may be interred from this passage that the writer's grandmother______．
A．was curious about everything the writer did
B．used her own way to help the writer grow
C．died on Thanksgiving Day
D．rewrote the list for the writer each year
B
It is 4 o'clock in the early morning．Everything but the computing room on the campus of the university appears as quiet and misty as the mysterious hell．In the computing room, 30 students with sleepy eyes, sit still at their desk, beating the dirty and worn keys．Staring at the colorful screen, they tap continuously for hours．For the other parts in the world, it might be in the middle of the night, nevertheless here time represents nothing．It is an entirely enclosed field．These young computer "hackers" are tracing a sort of stimulus, a drive so exciting and absorbing that it ignores nearly anything else in their lives and becomes the focus of their being．They are addicted computer programmers．Some of these students have been glued to the console （电子设备的操纵台） for no less than twenty hours even with no break for meals or rest．Some have been sleeping on sofas and chairs in the computing room, trying to struggle for a few moments' rest but hating to get too far away from their addicted machines．
It is not necessary for most of these students to be at the computing room in the middle of the night．What they are working belong to no assignments．They remain there because they desire to be—they can not resist the attraction of the computers．
Furthermore, they are in groups instead of being alone．There are hackers at computing rooms all over the country．In the unimaginable way, they focus on nothing but computer．They escape from schooling and live beyond friendship; they might have difficulty being employed, choosing to travel from one computing room to another．They may even abandon personal health．
"There is one hacker in my memory．We actually had to lift him away from his chair to feed him and arrange him to rest and sleep．We truly worried about his health," says a computing science professor at California University．
Professors of computer science are nowadays paying more attention to this hacker phenomenon and are on the watch for future hackers and more and more severe computer addicts．They believe firmly that hackers are not simply resulted from the close relationship with a machine．It is the result of social relationship with the attractive thinking machines, which are becoming nearly universal．
4．We can learn from the passage that those at the computing room in the middle of the night are .
A．students working on a program
B．students using computers to amuse themselves
C．hard-working computer science majors
D．students deeply fascinated by the computer
5．Which of the following is NOT true of those young computer "hackers"?
A．Most of them are top students majoring in computer programming．
B．For them, computer programming is the only purpose for their life．
C．They can stay with the computer at the computing room for nearly two days．
D．Their love for the computer is so deep that they want to be near their machines even when they sleep．
6．It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that ______．
A．the hacker phenomenon exists only at university computing rooms
B．it is not very easy for the "hackers" to find friends or jobs
C．university computing rooms are expecting outstanding programmers out of the "hackers"
D．the hacker phenomenon is partly due to the lack of the computing rooms
7．According to professors of computer science, the hacker phenomenon can be described as .
A．positive B．disgusting
C．worrying D．admiring
8．Which of the following may be the most appropriate title for the passage?
A．The Charm of Computer Science B．A New Type of Electronic Toys
C．Future Computer Programmers D．Computer Addicts
C
Suggestions for Your Work
Annie is a longtime secretary/receptionist for two senior vice presidents at a big company．They have been doing a lot of hiring lately, and almost all of the new middle-management personnel have been interviewed by one or the other of Annie's two bosses, so naturally they come through her office first．
Some of these people are unbelievably rude．Either they treat Annie like a piece of furniture （no hello, no smile） or they think she is their errand （差使） girl．Lately, Annie's two bosses have started asking her for her impressions of job candidates．So far this week, two have been discourteous（失礼的）, so Annie gave both the thumbs-down．Neither is called back for the next round of interviews．
If you are job hunting, it's necessary to be aware that the dummy at the reception desk may be anything but not "just a secretary"．
Suggestions to Job Hunters
According to Annie Stevens and Greg Gostanian, two partners at a Boston-based executive coaching firm called Clear Rock, it's not unusual these days for a hiring manager to ask everyone who meets a potential new hire to give an opinion of him or her．" One of the biggest reasons why so many new managers fail in a new job is their inability to fit in and get along with the people who are already there," says Stevens．"So employers now want to get staffs impressions right at the start．"
Adds Gostanian: "A lot can be learned from how candidates treat receptionists．If the jobseeker is rude or proud, this might show how he or she would treat coworkers．"
Stevens and Gostanian offer the following tips for getting off to the right start:
●Introduce yourself to any other potential new colleague．Smile, shake hands, and so on．"Learning and remembering an interviewer's receptionist's name can only help as you advance in the interviewing process, " Stevens notes．
●Don't regard a receptionist or other assistant as an underling （部下）—at least, not as your own personal underling．"Always ask the interviewer if you need help from anyone else in the office where you're interviewing, instead of seeking this directly yourself," says Gostanian．
●Feel free to make small talk, but know that anything you say may well get back to the interviewer．" No matter how endless the hike from the parking lot, or how inconvenient the wait to see the interviewer, keep it to yourself．Plenty of time for complaining after you're hired．" Gostanian advises．
●Don't talk on your cell phone in front of the receptionist．If you have to make or take a call, leave the reception area．
How to Measure Your Work
Any job, like any relationship, has its difficult moments．And with the job market heating up, the temptations to change partners are growing．
As with any relationship, however, you really should assess the full value of what you've got before giving it up wholesale．Regardless of the main task of a job—trading, teaching, or cleaning hotel rooms—are there objective criteria that you can use to measure whether your job is wonderful or not?
In the book First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently, experts Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman offer, in the order of importance, a useful guide in the form of 12 questions:
●Do I know what's expected of me at work?
●Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right?
●At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day?
●In the last 7 days, have I received recognition or praise for doing good work?
●Does my boss, or someone at work, seem to care about me as a person?
●Is there someone at work who encourages my development?
●At work, do my opinions seem to count?
●Does the mission/purpose of my company make me feel my job is important?
●Are my coworkers committed to doing quality work?
●Do I have a best friend at work?
●In the last six months, has someone at work talked to me about my progress?
●This last year, have I had opportunities at work to learn and to grow?
Satisfaction with pay and benefits didn't make the list not because they're not important, Coffman said; but because they're important to all employees, whether they're engaged in their work or not．
Of course, job satisfaction isn't a one-way street with a department either meeting your needs or not．In order to answer the 12 questions honestly, you need to know what it is that makes you tick and not blindly blame your department for any job dissatisfaction．
Do you know what it is you like to do and what you do best? What kind of recognition do you like? Public or private? What are your values and do they square with your company's goals? How do you like a manager to relate to you?
Otherwise, your career, like a string of bad relationships, can become a case of " different partners, the same problem"．
9．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．When you go to a company for an interview, there is no need to care the feelings of the receptionists．
B．According to Annie Stevens, many new managers fail in a new job because they cannot get along with their coworkers．
C．If you want to get off to the right start, you should treat the receptionists as your underlings．
D．If you fail to say "thank you" to the receptionists, they will surely have negative impressions of you．
10．What does the underlined word " thumbs-down" （Para．2） probably mean?
A．negative comment B．fair comment
C．positive comment D．neutral comment
11．If you want to give up a job wholesale, you should ______．
A．evaluate what you have got from it B．talk about your progress
C．complain about any job dissatisfaction D．consult with your family
12．When you are measuring your work, you should consider ______．
A．if you are engaged in your work
B．if you give your opinions properly
C．if you are praised for doing well in your job
D．if your best friend support you in your work
13．The question about satisfaction with pay and benefits is not included in the 12 questions because .
A．it is not important at all
B．it is a one-way street to meet all the employees’ needs
C．it doesn't square with the company's goals
D．it's important to all employees, whether they are engaged in their work or not
14．Which of the following questions is the least important to measure whether your job is wonderful or not?
A．At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day?
B．In the last 7 days, have I received recognition or praise for doing good work?
C．Is there someone at work who encourages my development?
D．Do I have a best friend at work?
D
Pete Richards was the loneliest man in town on the day that little Jean Grace opened the door of his shop．
Pete's grandfather had owned the shop until his death．Then the shop became Pete's．The front window was full of beautiful old things: jewelry of a hundred years ago, gold and silver boxes, carved figures from China and Japan and other nations．
On this winter afternoon, a child stood there, her face close to the window．With large and serious eyes, she studied each piece in the window．Then, looking pleased, she stepped back from the window and went into the shop．Pete himself stood behind the counter．His eyes were cold as he looked at the small girl．" Please," she began, " would you let me look at the pretty string of blue beads in the window?" Pete took the string of blue beads from the window．The beads were beautiful against his hand as he held the necklace up for her to see．
"They are just right," said the child as though she were alone with the beads．"Will you wrap them up in pretty paper for me, please? I've been looking for a really wonderful Christmas present for my sister．
"How much money do you have?" asked Pete．
She put a handful of pennies on the counter．"This is all I have," she explained simply．"I've been saving the money for my sister's present．"
Pete looked at her, his eyes thoughtful．Then he carefully closed his hand over the price mark on the necklace so that she could not see it．How could he tell her the price? The happy look in her big blue eyes struck him like the pain of an old wound．
"Just a minute," he said and went to the back of the shop．"What's your name?" he called out．He was very busy about something．
"Jean Grace," answered the child．
When Pete returned