【高考专题辅导】湖南省2021版高考英语 专题检测卷（三十三）阅读简答.doc

阅读简答（建议用时：20分钟）Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage. 1(2013·衡阳模拟)Its strange that a man born on Labor Day has had to work so hard to succeed in life. Jacob seems like a normal person. He likes music, art and photography. His parents both got college degrees. He used to go to a beach house in Portland every summer. He is a big fan of Mexican food. Reading these facts about him may lead to the opinion that he had a great childhood. However, behind all of these is a past that would be terrible for many kids growing up. It started when he was only two years old. His parents divorced and then remarried. Going through elementary school and middle school, he was frightened a lot. This may have led to the worst thing that could have happened to a young man. He developed deep depression. Doing the smart thing, he talked to his parents about his problem. His parents decided that this issue was very serious and Jacob was admitted to West Hills Hospital. He stayed there for two weeks and had his depression diagnosed. Serious insomnia caused the problem. The solution was daily medication. The medication took care of Jacobs depression problem. However, it contained a substance with lithium(锂). The side effect he suffered from lithium was that he got spoonfuls of sugar and ate it with anything else that was on his plate. This led to a weight gain of 25 pounds while he was on medication. So he decided he had to lose some weight and stop the medication. Now he has lost a big part of the weight and he has managed to solve his problem he had in high school. Now he is a happy human being. Many people would have had a very hard time coming back from depression. Many people probably would have given up their dreams. But Jacob is not like this. He took what was a mess of his life and turned it around to become a great man and a person with a very bright future. 1. When was Jacob possibly born according to the passage? (No more than 3 words)_2. Why did Jacob suffer from deep depression? (No more than 4 words)_3. How did Jacob gain the weight of 25 pounds while on medication? (No more than 5 words)_4. What can we know from Jacobs story? (No more than 10 words)_2(2013·怀化模拟)In Britain and other countries, young people usually take a“gap year”, a year off between high school and college. This idea never gained a big following in the United States. Recent news reports have suggested that interest may be growing, though there are no official numbers. Charles Deacon, the dean of admissions estimates that in the current first-year class of one thousand six hundred students, only twenty-five percent decided to take a year off. He says this number has not changed much over the years. He says the most common reasons to have a chance to travel, but international students may take a gap year to meet requirements at home for military duty. Some high school graduates see a year off as a chance to recover after twelve years of required education. But it can also give students a chance to explore their interest. Many colleges and universities support gap-year projects by permitting students to delay their admission. Experts say students can grow emotionally and intellectually as they work at something they enjoy. The Harvard admissions office has an essay on its Web site called“Time Out or Burn Out for the Next Generation”. It praises the idea of taking time off to step back, think and enjoy gaining life experience outside the pressure of studies. Of course, a gap year is not for everyone. Students might miss their friends who go on directly to college. And parents might worry that their children will decide not to go to college once they take time off. Another concern is money. A year off, away from home, can be costly. Holly Bull is the president of the Center for Interim Programs. Her company specializes in helping students plan their gap year. She notes that several books have been written about this subject. And she points out that many gap-year programs cost far less than a year of college. 1. How do many colleges and universities support gap-year projects? (No more than 8 words)_2. According to Charles Deacon, how many students in the current first-year class of his school decided to take a gap year? (No more than 12 words)_3. What is the purpose of some high school students taking a gap year? (No more than 6 words)_4. Why do parents worry about childrens gap year? (No more than 15 words)_答案解析1答案: 1. On Labor Day. 2. Because of serious insomnia. 3. By eating spoonfuls of sugar. 4. He had a hard time but never gave up. 2答案: 1. By permitting students to delay their admission. 2. About 400 / 25 percent of students decided to take a gap year. 3. To recover and explore their interest. 4. Because it may cost much money and make children not go to college. /Because they are worried about high costs and childrens decision not to go to college. - 4 -