2012年高考英语阅读理解及任务型阅读课堂综合练习36.doc

江苏省淮海中学高三英语增十分工程-阅读理解与任务型阅读—201203061900-2020 （36）
江苏省淮海中学2011-2012高三英语阅读理解与任务型阅读专练（36）
一、词汇海填
Body language ______all kinds of feelings, wishes and attitudes and is something ______ important than ______ language.
A smile is the universal ______ expression—it is intended to put people at ease. It ______ not always mean that you are happy, however. A smile can hide other feelings, ______ anger, fear or worry.
In most countries, ______ the head up and down shows agreement, while shaking the head means that you do not ______, or that you ______ to do something.
If you look away from a person or yawn, they may think you are not ______ in them. If you stand holding your arms ______ your chest, you may ______ protecting yourself—just from a conversation you do not want. If you sit looking at, and turn toward, the person ______ are talking to, it shows that you are interested. If you roll your eyes and turn your head away, most likely you do not ______ what you are hearing, or you do not like what you ______.
There are some differences in ______ language between ______ . It is important to ______ them attention.
二、阅读理解
A
The leaders of Russia and China vowed to support each other’s fight against Muslim separatists and urged peaceful solutions in Iraq, during a meeting in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on December 2, 2002.
　Russian President Vladimir Put in and China’s Jiang Zemin signed a joint declaration calling for a “multipolar world”.
　His two - day visit comes shortly after the conclusion of the 16th Patry Cogress which elected the new CPC leadership. Put in said that Russia wants to “work hard” with the new generation of Chinese leaders.
　The Treaty（条约）of Good = Neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation, signed in July last year, has provided a solid legal foundation for lasting friendship for generations to come, according to Jiang, “China and Russia will be good neighbours, friends and partners forever.”
　The Russian Government, in return, said it would continue to give priority（优先权）to relations with China in its foreign policies.
　Put in spoke on the morning of Dec. 3rd at Peking University and took questions from students on his understanding of Chinese literature, Russian reform（改革）and NATO enlargement.
　He said a growing number of young people in Russia are interested in Chinese literature and one of his daughters is learning Chinese.
　　1．We can infer from the last paragraph that ________ .
　　A. many young Russian people hope to study Chinese in China
　　B. China is richer and stronger than Russia C. Russia will give some support to China
　　D. The relation between China and Russia is developing healthily
　　2．It is implied, in the sentence“Put in said that Russia wants to‘work hard’with the new generation on Chinese leaders”, that ________ .
　　A. Russia will co - operate closely with China
　　B. There are many differences between Russia and China
　　C. Put in knew little of the new generation of Chinese leaders
　　D. It will be long before Put in gets to know the new generation of Chinese leaders
　　3．The underlined word“multipolar”is likely to mean ________ .
　　A. equal　 B. peaceful C. balanced　D. fair
　　4．Which of the following is mentioned in the passage?
　　A. Put in agreed that NATO was enlarged．
　　B. Put in was invited to the 16th Chinese communist Party congress.
　　C. Russia puts China first. D. Muslim separatists make trouble only in Russia.
B
　The following are four forms about medicine. How to use the medicine is very important. Never take any by mistake.
1）Take the medicine with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required. For further night - time and early morning, take two tablets at bedtime. Do not take more than six tablets in 24 hours. For Children six to twelve years old, go to your doctor for advice.　Reduce dosage if nervousness, restlessness or sleeplessness takes place.
　2）Each pill of the medicine taken three times every day for fourteen years old. As usual, a pill 6∶00 a. m., before breakfast, one before 11∶00 and one before sleep. Not for children under six years old and old persons with heart attack.
　3）The medicine for a person with a fever. Once two pills a day before sleep for adult. Not take the medicine without fever. Half for Children under 12 years old. Children with a high fever, go to see a doctor.
　4）The medicine taken three times a day, once five pills for adult with a cold. Half of the pills for children 10 years old Take the medicine before breakfast, lunch, supper or before sleep.
　　5．Obviously a kind of medicine can’t be proper for ________, judging from the information.
　　A. children over twelve years old 　　B. some old persons with a fever
　　C. some old persons with heart attack D. neither adults nor heart attack
　　6．When a person has a cold, he had better ________ .
　　A. have about more than fourteen pills a day 　　B. have twice a day
　　C. have four times a day D. have nine pills a day
　　7．How many kinds of medicine are used for the children six years old?
　　A. All of them． B. Three kinds of medicine. C. Two kinds of medicine. D. Almost not any medicine.

C
　　For more than twenty years scientists have been searching for signs of life on other planets. Most of these searches have been done over the radio. The hope is that someone in outer space may be trying to get in touch with us. Scientists also have sent radio and television messages on spaceships traveling through space, on the chance that someone may be receptive to such messages.
　　Scientists are using powerful radio telescopes to listen to signals from about 1, 000 stars, all within 100 light years of earth. In addition, they will scan（扫视）the entire sky to “listen” for radio messages from more distant stars. Using a computer, they will be able to monitor more than eight channels at one time. Scientists are looking for any signal they stands out from the background noise.
　　Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy（银河星系）, scientists find that five percent are like our sun. Perhaps half of them have a planet like earth. Such a planet would be a reasonable distance from the star for temperatures to be right for the evolution（进化）of life. Based on the inhabitable（that can be lived in）planets in our galaxy, most scientists agree that chances are likely that one or more of these planets support some life.
　　However, many scientists wonder whether intelligent（有智力的）life exists on other planets. Some believe that twenty years of searching without any intelligible messages shows that no one is out there. They say that the evolution of intelligence comparable to ours is unlikely.
　　Other scientists believe that our search hasn’t been long enough to rule out the possibility that intelligent life exists in our galaxy. Although our sun family is only about five billion years old, our galaxy is about 20 billion years old. In that time, some scientists think it is likely that civilization（文明）much more advanced than ours have developed. Perhaps these civilizations send us no signals; perhaps we have not recognized the signals they have sent us. If we hope to find intelligent life, these scientists believe that we have to keep looking.
　　8．According to the passage, how many planets in our galaxy might be inhabitable?
　　A. 5 billion． B. 10 billion. C. 15 billion.　D. 200 billion
　　9．The first paragraph in this passage is mainly about ________ .
　　A. how scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
　　B. why scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
　　C. where scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
　　D. when scientists are looking for signs of life on other planets
　　10．The underlined word “monitor” in the passage means“ ________ ”.
　　A. find　B. follow C. check　D. form
　　11．Which of these statements is true based on the information in the passage?
　　A. The earth is one of the oldest planets in our galaxy.
　　B. Most scientists believe that there is intelligent life on other planets.
　　C. Scientists are trying different ways to find signs of life on other planets.
D. Scientists don’t believe that there might be life on other planets.
D
　America is growing older. Fifty - eight years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. To day, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect（影响）American society in many ways—education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the graying of America has made us a very different society—one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior（行为） is suitable（合适）at various , ages.
　A person s age no longer tells you anything about his/her social position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29 - year - old university president or a 35 - year -old grandmother, or a 70 year - old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.
　Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother— or my father— was at my age. ”No one says“Act your age” any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.
　　12．It can be learnt from the text that the aging of the population in America ________ .
　　A. has made people feel younger 　　B. has changed people’s social position
　　C. has changed people’s understanding of age D. has slowed down the country’s social development
　　13．The underlined word “one” refers to ________ .
　　A. a society　B. America 　　C. a place　　D. population
　　14．“Act your age” means people should ________ .
　　A. be active when they are old 　　B. do the right thing at the right age
　　C. show respect for their parents young or old D. take more physical exercise suitable to their age
15．If a 25 - year - old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it ________ . 　　A. normal　B. wonderful C. unbelievable　　D. unreasonable
E
The way people hold to the belief that a fun - filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
　As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment （预担的义务）, self - improvement.
　Ask a bachelor（单身汉） why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
　Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three - day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.
　Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
16．According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because ________ .
A. he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities
B. he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single
　　C. he finds more fun in dating than in marriage
　　D. he fears it will put an end to all his fun adventure and excitement
17．Raising children, in the author’s opinion is ________ .
　　A. a moral duty　　B. a thankless job　　C. a rewarding task　　D. a source of inevitable pain
18．From the last paragraph, we learn that envy sometimes stems from ________ .
　　A. hatred　B. misunderstanding　　C. prejudice　D. ignorance
19．To understand what true happiness is one must ________ .
　　A. have as much fun as possible during one’s lifetime B. make every effort to liberate oneself from pain
　　C. put up with pain under all circumstances D. be able to distinguish happiness from fun
20．What is the author trying to tell us?
　　A. Happiness often goes hand in hand with pain．B. One must know how to attain happiness.
　　C. It is important to make commitments. 　　D. It is pain that leads to happiness.
二、任务型阅读
Although many Chinese students say that their knowledge of English grammar is good, most would admit that their spoken English is poor. Whenever I speak to some Chinese students, they always say, “My spoken English is poor.” However, their spoken English does not have to remain “poor.” I would like to suggest that there may be some reasons for their problems with spoken English. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m
First, they fail to find suitable words to express themselves due to a limited vocabulary. Obviously the better answer is to expand their vocabulary. However, you can speak with a limited vocabulary, if your attitude is positive. Others will follow you as long as you use the words that you know.
Second, they are afraid of making mistakes. Sometimes they make mistakes when they are speaking because they are shy and nervous. Yet students should remember that their goal should be FLUENCY　NOT　ACCURACY. Your aim in writing is to be accurate following the rules for grammar and using them to get your message across. But to talk to someone in English, as quickly and well as you can, even though sometimes you may use a wrong word or tense, but it doesn’t matter because the person you are speaking to will understand and forgive you for any mistakes he hears.
The third reason is that not enough attention is paid to listening. You have one mouth but two ears! All that hearing is necessary for you to start speaking.
Fourth, most Chinese students are reactive rather than proactive(预先主动的) language learners. Instead of actively seeking out opportunities to improve their spoken English they passively wait for speaking opportunities to come to them and wonder why their English always remains poor. If you have this proactive outlook, then, you will see English opportunities wherever you go.
If you do not use your English beyond the classroom you will forget the En