高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（8）.docx

高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（8）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AA year ago August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but work for Dave was scarce, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at risk of joining the millions of Americans who have lost their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely gift $ 7,000, a legacy （遗产）from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. “Il really made a difference when we were going under fnancially. says Dave.But the Fusses weren't the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to receive unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were touched by the Hatches' generosity. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in others, it was more than $100,000.It surprised nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than S3 million 一 they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.Children of （he Great Depression. Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of saving. They thrived on （喜欢）comparison shopping and would routinely go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase.Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camp when their parents couldn, t afibrd il. "Ish and Arlene never asked if you needed anything." says their friend Sandy Van Wecldcn, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches had their farmland distributed. It was the Hatches, wish that their legacy a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents should enrich the whole community （社区）and last for generations to come.Neighbors helping neighbors that was Ish and Arlene Hatch' s story.1. According to the text, the Fusses.A. were employed by a truck companyB. were in financial difficultyC. worked in a school cafeteriaD. lost their homeWhich of the following is true of the Hatches?A. They had their children during the Great Depression.B. They left the family farm （o live in an old house.C. They gave away their possessions to their neighbors.D. They helped their neighbors to find jobs.2. Why would the Hatches routinely go from store to store?A. They decided to open a store.B. They wanted to save money.C. They couldn't afibrd expensive things.D. They wanted to buy gifts for local kids.3. According to Sandy Van Weelden, the Hatches were.B. optimisticD. curiousA. understandingC. childlikeWhat can we learn from the text?A. The community of Ako was poor.B. The summer camp was attractive to the parents.C. Sandy Van Weelden got a legacy from the Hatches.D. The Hatches would like the neighbors to follow their example.BThe evidence for harmony may not be obvious in some families. But it seems that four out of five young people now get on with their parents, which is the opposite of the popularly-held image of unhappy teenagers locked in their room after endless family quarrels.An important new study into teenage attitudes surprisingly shows that their family life is more harmonious than it has ever been in the past. Z/We were surprised by just how positive today's young people seem to be about their families/ said one member of the research team. "They're expected to be rebellious （叛逆的）and selfish but actually they have other things on their minds; they want a car and material goods, and they worry about whether school is serving them well. There's more negotiation （商议）and discussion between parents and children, and children expect to take part in the family decision-making process. They don't want to rock the boat."So it seems that this generation of parents is much more likely than parents of 30 years ago to treat their children as friends. "My parents are happy to discuss things with me and willing to listen to me,“ says 17-year-old Daniel Lazall, always tell them when I'm going out clubbing. As long as they know what I'm doing, they're fine with it." Susan Crome, who is now 21, agrees. “Looking back on the last 10 years, there was a lot of what you could call negotiation. For example, as long as I'd done all my homework, I could go out on a Saturday night. But I think my grandparents were a lot stricter with my parents than that.”Maybe this positive view of family life should not be unexpected. It is possible that the idea of teenage rebellion is not rooted in real facts. A researcher comments, “Our surprise that teenagers say they get along well with their parents comes because of a brief period in our social history when teenagers were regarded as different beings. But that idea of rebelling and breaking away from their parents really only happened during that one time in the 1960s when everyone rebelled. The normal situation throughout history has been a smooth change from helping out with the family business to taking it over.”What is the popular image of teenagers today?A. They worry about school.B. They dislike living with their parents.C. They have to be locked in to avoid troubles.D. They quarrel a lot with other family members.4. The study shows that teenagers don't want to.A. share family responsibilityB. cause trouble in their familiesC. go boating with their familyD. make family decisionsCompared with parents of 30 years ago, today's parents.A. go to clubs more often with their childrenB. are much stricter with their childrenC. care less about their children's lifeD. give their children more freedom9. According to the author, teenage rebellionA. may be a false beliefC. existed only in the 1960s10. What is the passage mainly about?A. Negotiation in family.C. Harmony in family.11. According to the author, teenage rebellionA. may be a false beliefC. existed only in the 1960s12. What is the passage mainly about?B. Negotiation in family.C. Harmony in family.C. is common nowadaysD. resulted from changes in familiesB. Education in family.D. Teenage trouble in family.CTonight's TV Hot List: Sunday January 31,Grammy Awards8/7c CBSBeyonce and Taylor Swift are ready to take home a lot of hardware tonight as they lead all artists with 10 and eight nominations. The ladies also perform, along with fellow Album of the Year nominees the Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and the Dave Matthews Band. In addition, Bon Jovi, Green Day, Lady Antebellum, Maxwell, Pink and Zac Brown Band will also take the stage. But perhaps the most expected moment is the Michael Jackson tribute (吊唁礼物),which features the 3-D mini-movie "Earth Song" and will be highlighted by performers Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, Carrie Underwood and Usher.Maurer9/8c NBCA mysterious company named Sabre, headed by an attractive, stubborn CEO (Kathy Bates), appears out of nowhere and buys out Dunder Mifflin. As Michael is unwilling to follow Sabre's new policies, Andy and Erin write a welcome song to greet the company. Meanwhile, Pam and Jim hope to get accepted into a desired local day-care center.Surviving Survivor8/7c CBSIt's hard to believe it's been 10 years since the first season of Survivor. But tonight ten of the game's most iconic players, including previous winners Richard Hatch, Parvati Shallow and Tom Westman, discuss the series in detail and provide insights into how the game is actually played and the impact it's had on their lives. In addition, updates on beloved former castaways, like Ethan Zohn, Rupert Boneham and Elisabeth Hasselbeck, are given.Private Practice10:01/9:01c ABCSo Maya's pregnant and wants to have the baby. What to do now? Dink (Stephen Lunsford), the boy who did his part to get her into this mess, has a solution: He wants to marry her. You can imagine how Sam and Naomi will feel about that. And if that won't raise the histrionic level enough for you, how about this: A couple has two dying daughters, and only one can be saved. Their choice. And Brian Benben is back, so expect more Pete-Violet- Sheldon angst.11. Edna is crazy about pop stars, so she will most likely choose to enjoy.A. Grammy AwardsB. MaurerC. Surviving SurvivorD. Private PracticeFrom the passage, we can learn that Dunder Mifflin is.A. a CEOB. a companyC. an employee in the companyD. a piece of office equipmentAccording to the passage, Surviving Survivor is most probably.A. a musical playB. a game showC. a love storyD. a cultural documentaryThe above programs.A. are loved by all viewersC. are broadcast on the same channelB. are on the top list for the weekD. are accessible on the same nightDMost of us spend our lives seeking the natural world. To （his end, we walk （he dog, play golf, go fishing, sit in the garden, drink outside rather than inside the pub, have a picnic, live in the suburbs, go to the seaside, buy a weekend place in the country. The most popular free time activity in Britain is going for a walk. And when joggers （慢跑者）jog, they don't run the streets. Every one of them automatically heads to the park or the river. It is my firm belief that not only do wc all need nature, but we all seek nature, whether we know we are doing so or not.But despite this, our children are growing up nature-deprived （丧失）.I spent my boyhood climbing trees. These days, children are robbed of these ancient freedoms, due to problems like crime, traffic, the loss of the open spaces and strange new ideas about what is best for children, that is to say, things that can be bought, rather than things that can be found.The truth is to be found elsewhere. A study in the US: families had moved to better housing and the children were assessed for ADHD （多动症）.Those whose housing had more natural views showed an improvement of 19%; those who had the same improvement in material surroundings but no nice view improved just 4%.A study in Sweden indicated that kindergarten children who could play in a natural environment had less illness and greater physical ability than children used only to a normal playground. A US study suggested that when a school gave children access to a natural environment, the entire school would do better in studies.Another study found that children play differently in a natural environment. In playgrounds, children create a hierarchy （等级）based on physical abilities, with the tough ones taking the lead. But when a grassy area was planted with bushes, the children got much more into fantasy play, and the social hierarchy was now based on imagination and creativity.Most bullying （恃强凌弱）is found in schools where there is a tarmac （柏油碎石） playground; the least bullying is in a natural area that the children are encouraged to explore. This reminds me unpleasantly of Sunnyhill School, with its hard tarmac, where I used to hang about in corners dreaming about wildlife.But children are frequently discouraged from involvement with natural spaces, for health and safety reasons, for fear that they might get dirty or that they might cause damage. So, instead, the damage is done to the children themselves: not to their bodies but to their souls.One of the great problems of modern childhood is ADHD, now increasingly and expensively treated with drugs. Yet one study after another indicates that contact with nature gives huge benefits to ADHD children. However; we spend money on drugs rather than on green places.The life of old people is much better when they have access to nature. The most important for the growing population of old people is in quality rather than quantity of years. And study after study finds that a garden is the single most important thing in finding that quality.In wider and more difficult areas of life, there is evidence to indicate that natural surroundings improve all kinds of things. Even problems with crime and aggressive behaviour are reduced when there is contact with the natural world.Dr William Bird, researcher from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, states in his study, “A natural environment can reduce violent behaviour because its process helps reduce anger and behavior that people might regret later/ Wild places need encouraging for this reason, no matter how small their contribution.We tend to think human beings are doing nature some kind of favour when we are protecting nature. The error here is far too deep: not only do humans need nature for themselves, but the very idea that humanity and the natural world are separable things is damaging.Human beings are a species of animals. For seven million years we lived on the planet as part of nature. So we miss the natural world and long for contact with non-human life. Anyone who has patted a dog, stroked a cat, sat under a tree with a glass of beer, given or received a bunch of flowers or chosen to walk through the park on a nice day, understands that.We need the wild world. It is necessary to our well-being, our health, our happiness. Without other living things around us we are less than human.12. What is the author's firm belief?A. People seek nature in different ways.B. People should spend most of their lives in the wild.C. People have quite different ideas of nature.D. People must make more efforts to study nature.13. What does the author say people prefer for their children nowadays?A. Personal freedom.B. Things that are natural.C. Urban surroundings.D. Things that are purchased.14. What does a study in Sweden show?A. The natural environment can help children learn better.B. More access to nature makes children less likely to fall ill.C. A good playground helps kids develop their physical abilities.D. Natural views can prevent children from developing ADHD.15. Children who have chances to explore natural areas.A. tend to develop a strong love for scienceB. are more likely to dream about wildlifeC. tend to be physically tougher in adulthoodD. are less likely to be involved in bullyingWhat does the author suggest we do to help children with ADHD?A. Find more effective drugs for them.B. Provide more green spaces for them.C. Place them under more personal care.D. Engage them in more meaningful activities.16. In what way do elderly people benefit from their contact with nature?A. They look on life optimistically.B. They enjoy a life of better quality.C. They are able to live longer.D. 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