浙江省杭州市外国语学校高考英语集训阅读理解每日一练45

杭州外国语学校2013年高考英语集训阅读理解每日一练45

倒数第二周星期五

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A woman renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’s office was asked to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.

“What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a …”

“Of course I have a job,” said Emily. “I’m a mother.”

“We don’t list ‘mother’as an occupation…‘housewife’cover s it,”said the recorder.

One day I found myself in the same situation. The clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possessed of a high sounding title. “What is your occupation?”she asked.

The words simply popped out. “I’m a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”

The clerk paused, ballpoint pen frozen in midair.

I repeated the title slowly, then I stared with wonder as my statement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.

“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “Just what you do in this field?”

Coolly, with out any trace of panic in my voice, I heard myself reply, “I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesn’t), in the lab and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother care to disagree?), and I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most careers and rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money.”

There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk’s voice as she completed the form, stood up, and showed me out.

As I drove into our driveway, buoyedup (依托) by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants---ages 13, 7, and 3.

Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (a 6 month old baby), in the child-development program, testing out a new vocal pattern.

I felt proud! I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable (不可缺少的) to mankind than “just another mother.”

Motherhood…What a glorious career! Especially when there’s a title on the door.

41. What can we infer from the conversation between the woman and the recorder at the beginning of the passage?

A. The wo man felt ashamed to admit what her job was.

B. The recorder was impatient and rude.

C. The author was upset about the situation that mothers faced.

D. Motherhood was not recognized and respected as a job by society.

42. How did the female clerk feel at first when the author told her occupation?

A. curious

B. indifferent

C. puzzled

D. interested

43. Why did the woman clerk show more respect for the author?

A. Because the author cared little about r ewards.

B. Because she admired the author’s research work in the lab.

C. Because she thought the author did admirable work.

D. Because the writer did something she had little knowledge of.

44. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

A. To s how how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it.

B. To argue that motherhood is a worthy career and deserves respect.

C. To show that the author had a grander job than Emily.

D. To show that being a mother is hard and boring work.

B

Are you looking for something different this summer? We’ve lined up a list of some unusual camps.

Learn to fly a jet

This is the real training that all fighter and test pilots have. Learn the cockpit(驾驶室) and how to put your plane through its paces. Finally, you fight a mock battle with your teammates.

It’s held at the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alaska. There are both weekend and summer camps for anyone 9 and up. Kids 7 to 12 also can pair with a parent. The cost is $749 for kids-only camps and $349 each for parent/child camp.

Be Steven Spielberg

At Film Camp, you will get to write, direct, shoot and edit your own moive. Run by the New York Film Academy, you ca n choose from a variety of camp locations: New York, Disney-MGM Studios in Florida, Universal Studios in Los Angeles, Harvard University, Paris or Florence, Italy.

Everyone helps one another by working behind the camera, as gaffer/ grip and other jobs that have to be done when you make a movie. Tuition for a one-week camp is $1,500, while a four or six week training run $5,900 to $6,900.

Join the circus

At Circus Smirkus you can learn how to ride a unicycle, and throw a pie in someone’s face.

Kids 8 to 16 can choose between one-or two-week sessions, with the two-week camp ending in a circus show for the families.

The camp is located in Craftsbury Common, Vermont. The cost is $825 for one week ($300 extra with a parent) and $1,500 for two weeks ($500 extra with a parent).

Live the ultimate(终极的) summer fantasy

Learn to ride the waves this summer and tour one of the world’s only sea turtle hospitals at Surf Camp. The weeklong camp also includes trips to local islands.

Surf Camp is located at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. The cost is $475 per week for kids 8 to 12. Check it out at https://www.360docs.net/doc/528061622.html,

Strike a chord

At Power Chord Academy， teens 12 to 18 will be placed in a band that best mee ts their age, experience and style. You will lead the life of a band member: recording

in a studio, playing a concert and making a video.

45. Which camps can you join if you want your father to be able to take part?

A. The camp at the US Space $ Rocket Center and Circus Smirkus

B. The Power Chord Academy and Film Camp

C. The camp at the US Space & Rocket Center and Film Camp

D. Circus Smirkus and Surf Camp

46. How much does one have to pay if he wants to attend a 2-w eek circus camp with your mom?

A. $2250

B. $1500

C. $3000.

D. $2000

47. Surf Camp can provide the following for campers EXCEPT ______.

A. surfing

B. care for sea turtles

C. meetings with lovers of surfing

D. travel to local island

48. For whom is Power Chord Academy intended ?

A. People who a re crazy about films

B. People who are fond of adventures

C. People who go in for sports

D. People who love music

C

I try to be a good father. But compared with Dick Hoyt, I suck.

Ei ghty-five times he’s pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles(1 mile = 1.6km) in marathons. Ei ght times he’s not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a wheelchair but also pulled him 2.4 miles in a dinghy(小游艇) while swimming and pedaled(蹬车) him 112miles---all in t he same day. And what has Rick done for his father? Not much---except save his life.

This love story began in Winchester, Mass., 43 years ago, when Rick was strangled （使窒息） by the umbilical cord(脐带) during birth, leaving him brain–damaged and unable to control his limbs.

When Rick was 11, the Hoyts took him to hospital and asked if there was anything that could be done to help the boy communicate. “No way,”Dick was told. “There’s nothing going in his brain.”

“Tell him a joke,”Dick suggested. They did. Rick laughed. It turned out that a lot was going on in his brain. Equipped with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor(光标) by touching a switch with the side of his head, Rick was finally able to communicate.

And after a high school classmate was paralyzed in an accident and school organized a charity run for him, Rick pecked out（啄出）, “Dad, I want to do that.”

How was Dick, who had never run more than a mile at a time, going to push his son 5 miles? Still, he tried. That day changed Rick’s life. “Dad,”he typed, “When we were running, it felt like I wasn’t disabled any more!”

And that sentence changed Dick’s life. He became obsessed with giving Rick that feeling as often as he could. He got into such hard-belly shape that he and Rick were ready to try the 1979 Boston Marathon. In 1983 they ran another marathon so fast they made the qualifying tim e for Boston the following year.

Then somebody said: “ Hey, Dick, why not a triathlon（三项全能）?”

Now they’ve done 212 triathlons.

This year, at ages 65 and 43, Dick and Rick finished their 23th Boston Marathon,

in 5,083rd place out of more than 20,000 starters. Their best time? Two hours, 40 minutes in 1992-only 35 minutes off the world record.

And Dick got something else out of all this too. Two years ago he had a heart attack during the race. Doctors found that one of his arteries was 95 percent blocked. “If you hadn’t been in such great shape,” one doctor told him, “you probably would have died 15 years ago.”So, in a way, Dick and Rick saved each other’s lives.

49. The underlined word “limbs” in para. 3 means______.

A. fingers

B. feet

C. arms and legs

D. wrists and knees

50. Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A. Rick was unable to communicate until he was equipped with a computer.

B. The charity that Rick’s sc hool organized for him totally changed his life.

C. Since the first triathlon they did in 1983, they have finished 212.

D. To comptete in a triathlon, Dick and Rick had to practice swimming, driving and running.

51. The author says that Rick saved Dick’s life be cause ______.

A. Rick’s situation encouraged his father when he was terribly sick.

B. Rick helped his father get the best treatment.

C. all the efforts Dick put in to running with Rick kept him fit.

D. when his father had a heart attack 2 years ago, Rick saved him.

52. What might be the best title of the passage?

A. A brave son who never gives up hope

B. Son’s success resulting from father’s help

C. A distinguished father who devotes himself to sports

D. A family team we can all learn from

D

People who play computer games to train their brains might as well be playing Super Mario, new research suggests.

In a six-week study, experts found people who played online games designed to improve their cognitive skills didn’t get any smarter.

Researchers recruited(招募) participants from views of the BBC’s science show Ban g Goes the Theory. More than 8,600 people aged 18 to 60 were asked to play online brain games designed by the researchers to improve their memory, reasoning and other skills, for at least 10 minutes a day, three times a week.

They were compared to more than 2,700 people who didn’t play any brain games, but spent a similar amount of time surfing the Internet. All participants were given an “IQ test” before and after the experiment.

Researchers said the people who did the brain training didn’t do any better on the test after six weeks than people who had simply been on the Internet.

“If you’re (playing these games) because they’re fun, that’s absolutely fine,”said Adrian Owen, assistant director at Britain’s Medical Research Council, the study’s lead author. “But if you’re expecting these games to improve your IQ, our data suggests this isn’t the case.”

Computer games that are supposed to improve memory, reasoning and other cognitive skills are played by millions of people worldwide, though few studies have

examined if the games work.

“There is precious little evidence to suggest the skills used in these games transfer to the real world,” said Art Kramer, a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois, US.

Instead of playing brain games, Kramer said people would be better off getting some exercise. He said physical activity can help produce new brain cells.

Other experts said brain games might be useful, but only if they weren’t fun.

“If you set the level for these games to a very high level where you don’t get the answers very often and it really annoys you, then it may be useful,” said Philip Adey, a professor of psychology at King’s College in London.

If people are enjoying the brain games, Adey said they probably aren’t being challenged and might as well be playing a regular video game.

He said people should consider learning a new language or sport if they really want to improve their brain power. “To stimulate the intellect, you need a real challenge,”Adey said, adding computer games were not an easy shortcut. “Getting smart is hard work.”

53. According to the article, which of the following is NO T useful to develop brain power?

A. learning a language

B. getting some physical exercise

C. playing challengable games

D. playing fun games

54. What can we infer from the first two paragraphs?

A. playing brain games is as ef fective a means of improving the brain as Super Mario.

B. playing Super Mario is a better means of improving the brain

C. playing brain games can’t improve cognitive skills

D. playing computer games can train the brain

55. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Many studies show that brain games are an effective means of improving cognitive skills.

B. The skills used in brain games can be transferred to real life.

C. Participants took IQ test twice during the research because scientists wished to assess if brain games were effective in improving cognitive skills.

D. Surfing the Internet is a more effective means of improving cognitive skills than video games.

56. Which is another way of summing up Adey’s argument in the last paragraph?

A. Practice makes perfect

B. Where there is a will, there is a way.

C. No pains, no gains.

D. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

E

Some chimpanzees seem to react like humans in the face of a fellow chimp’s death, two new studies have found. Chimps appear to comfort the dying, experience sadness at death and have trouble letting go.

In one study, researchers at the University of Stirling and at Blair Drummond

Safari Park in Britain watched how three chimpanzees reacted as a fourth chimp, an elderly female named Pansy, sickened and died.

Park officials had separated Pansy from the other chimpanzees for treatment when she be came ill in November 2008. But when her breathing became irregular a few weeks later, the other three chimps were allowed to join her.

In the 10 minutes before she died, the three animals –an elderly female named Blossom, Blossom’s adult son Chippy and Pansy’s adult daughter Rosie –frequently groomed (梳理毛发) and touched Pansy. They stood in close, and Chippy shook her arm, apparently testing for signs of life. When they got no reaction, “they appeared to arrive at a decision that something had changed, and she was no longer the same as she was beforehand,” said lead researcher James Anderson, from the University of Stirling. “It seems they are clearly able to distinguish the difference between being alive and unresponsive .”

Soon, both Blossom and Chippy left Pansy’s side. Even though it was not her usual sleeping area, Rosie stayed and slept by her mother’s body almost the entire night.

Sixteen hours after Pansy’s death, zookeepers removed the body, with the three chimps watching quietly. For several days afterward, the group refused to make a nest at the area where Pansy had died.

In the second study, chimpanzee mothers were observed in the forests of Bossou, Guinea, after a disease had swept through a group of 19 chimpanzees, killing five, including two infants . The mothers of those infants continued to carry the corpses (尸体) around, even as the bodies dried out. One mother carried her baby for 19 days; the other mother carried hers for 68 days.

“We have two explanations here – one is that there is a very strong bond between chimpanzee mothers and chim panzee infants,” said lead researcher Dora Biro, a biologist at the University of Oxford.

“Another possibility is that they were aware of the death and this was just their way of dealing with it,” Biro added, pointing to human inability to let go of objects that remind us of people we have lost.

Craig Stanford, a US expert, called the studies’ findings interesting, but said that although humans and chimpanzees shared similar emotions to some degree, it would be dangerous to extrapolate (推断) too much about c himps’ understanding of death.

57. The studies have found that some chimpanzees ______.

A. feel deep affection for their mothers

B. are as clever as humans

C. are afraid of death like humans

D. seem to have emot ions similar to those of humans

58. According to the first study, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Pansy was separated from other chimpanzees until her death when she became seriously ill.

B. Chimpanzees seem to know the difference between life and death.

C. Blossom was the saddest if the three chimpanzees.

D. After Pansy died, the other three chimpanzees refused to sleep in their nest.

59. Al l of the following might explain why chimpanzee mothers carried the corpses of their babies around for a long time OTHER than ______.

A. the very strong relationship between chimpanzee mothers and their infants.

B. that the chimpanzees might know what death was.

C. that the bodies of the infants might bring back memory of their babies.

D. that they wanted to find a good place to bury them

60. From what Craig Stanford said we can infer that ______.

A. it’s doubtful whether chimpanzees really have a full understanding of death

B. humans and chimpanzees have the same emotions

C. it would be dangerous for chimpanzees to understand death

D. humans and chimpanzees belong to the same family

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