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1、高考英语阅读理解模拟训练（一）AT he impression you make at the beginning of an interview is very important.Employers often decide to hire someone in the first three minutes of the interview.T hey judge you by your appearance,attitude（态度）and manners.A friendly smile when you walk into the room is important.A smile

2、shows a confident（自信的）and positive attitude.When you introduce yourself,make eyes contact with the interviewer.S omeinterviewers offer a hand-shake.Others don t.T ry to be as natural as possible.But pay attention to your body language.T he wayyou sit,walk,gesture,use your voice and show feeling on y

3、our face are all parts ofyour body language.It makes the interviewer know how you feel about yourself and thesituation you are in.Are you feeling positive about yourself?Your abilities?Yourinterest in the job?S peak clearly and loudly enough.S how interest and enthusiasm in your voice.Whenyou speak,

4、look at the interviewer.Also don,t say negative things about yourself,or former employers.Listen to questions carefully.If you don,t understand a question,ask theinterviewer to repeat or explain.I m sorry,but I didn?t catch that.z，I m not sure exactly what you mean.Almost everyone is nervous in a jo

5、b interview.Interviewers know that.T hey don texpect you to be totally calm and relaxed.But they expect you to try to control yournervousness.T hey expect you to show confidence in your ability to do the job.At the end of the interview,thank the interviewer for her or him.It s a goodidea to send a s

6、hort thank-you letter right after the interview,or deliver it by hand.P hone the company if you have not heard anything after one week.Ask if they havemake a decision about the job.1.It can be inferred from the passage that.A.you should always put on a smile when meeting the employerB.you should sta

7、nd still with respect before the employerC.D.2.A.B.C.D.the first impression is very important in an interviewemployers understand and like employees nervousnessWhy should we pay attention to our body language?Because it can help us win the employer?s positive impression.Because it can help us feel a

8、bout the employer.BecauseBecauseit is needed by our employer.we need it to improve our feeling.3.T he main purpose of the passage is.A.to give you some advice on the art of finding a jobB.to tell from wrong about job interviewsC.to explain why we should do something about an interviewD.to suggest no

9、t being shy in an interview4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A.A Friendly S mile B.Making a Good ImpressionC.Don t Be Nervous D.S ending a T hank-You LetterBIn a time of low academic（学术的）achievement by children in the U nited S tates,many Americans are turning to Japan,a

10、 country of high academic achievement and economicsuccess,for possible answers,however,the answers provided by Japanese preschoolsare not the ones Americans expected to find.In most Japanese preschools,surprisinglylittle emphasis is put on academic instruction.In one investigation,300 Japanese and21

11、0 American preschool teachers,child development specialists,and parents were askedabout various aspects of early childhood education.Only 2 percent of the Japaneserespondents（答问卷者）listed to give children a good start academicallyz，as one oftheir top three reasons for a society to have preschools.In

12、contrast,over half theAmerican respondents chose this as one of their top three choices.T o prepare childrenfor successful careers in first grade and beyond,Japanese schools do not teach reading,writing,and mathematics,but rather skills such as persistence,concentration,andthe ability to function as

13、 a member of a group.T he majority of young Japanese childrenare taught to read at home by their parents.In the recent comparison of Japanese and American pre-school education,91 percentof Japanese respondents chose providing children with a group experience as one of theirtop three reasons for a so

14、ciety to have preschools.62 percent of the more individuallyoriented（强调个性发展的）Americans listed group experience as one of their top threechoices.An em-phasis on the importance of the group seen in Japanese early childhoodeducation continues into elementary school education.Like in America,there is di

15、versity（多样性）in Japanese early childhood education.S ome Japanese kindergartens have specific aims,such as early musical training orpotential（潜力）development.In large cities,some kindergartens are attached touniversities that have elementary and secondary schools.S ome Japanese parents believe that if

16、 their young children attend auniversity-based program,it will increase the children s chances of eventually beingadmitted to top-rated schools and universities.S everal more progressive programs haveintroduced free play as a way out for the heavy intellectualizing in some Japanesekindergartens.5.We

17、 learn from the first paragraph that many Americans believe.A.Japanese parents pay more attention to preschool education than American parentsB.Japan,s economic success is a result of its scientific achievementsC.Japanese preschool education emphasizes academic in-structionD.Japan s higher education

18、 is better than theirs6.Most American respondents believe that preschools should also attachimportance to.A.problem solving B.group experienceC.parental guidance D.individually oriented development7.In Japan s preschool education,the focus is on.A.p r e p a r i ng ch i l d r e n a ca d e mi ca l l y

19、 B.d e v e l op i ng ch i l d r e n,s a r t i s t i ci nt e r e s t sC.t a p p i ng ch i l d r e n,s p ot e nt i a l D.s h a p i ng ch i l d r e n,s ch a r a ct e r8.Wh y d o s ome Ja p a ne s e p a r e nt s s e nd t h e i r ch i l d r e n t o u ni v e r s i t y-ba s e dk i nd e r g a r t e ns?A.Th

20、e y ca n d o be t t e r i n t h e i r f u t u r e s t u d i e s.B.Th e y ca n g a i n mor e g r ou p e x p e r i e nce t h e r e.C.Th e y ca n be i nd i v i d u a l l y or i e nt e d w h e n t h e y g r ow u p.D.Th e y ca n h a v e be t t e r ch a nce s of g e t t i ng a f i r s t-r a t e e d u-ca t

21、 i on.CBr a z i l h a s be come one.of t h e d e v e l op i ng w or l d1 s g r e a t s u cce s s e s a t r e d u ci ngp op u l a t i on g r ow t h bu t mor e by a cci d e nt t h a n d e s i g n.Wh i l e cou nt r i e s s u ch a s Ind i a h a v ema d e j oi nt e f-f or t s t o r e d u ce bi r t h r a

22、t e s,Br a z i l h a d be t t e r r e s u l t s w i t h ou t r e-a l l yt r y i ng,s a y s Ge or g e Ma r t i ne a t Ha r v a r d.Br a z i l s p op u l a t i on g r ow t h r a t e d r op p e d f r om 2.99%a y e a r be t w e e n 1951 a nd 1960t o 1.93%a y e a r be t w e e n 198 l a nd 1990,a nd Br a

23、z i l i a n w ome n now h a v e onl y 2.7 ch i l-d r e non a v e r a g e.Ma r t i ne s a y s t h i s f i g u r e ma y h a v e f a l l e n s t i l l f u r t h e r s i nce 1990,a na ch i e v e me nt t h a t ma k e s i t t h e e nv y of ma ny ot h e r Th i r d Wor l d cou nt r i e s.Ma r t i ne p u t s

24、 i t d ow n t o,a mong ot h e r t h i ng s,s oa p op e r a s （月 巴 皂 居 U）a nd i ns t a l l me nt（分期彳寸款）p l a ns i nt r od u ce d i n t h e 1970s.Bot h p l a y e d a n i mp or t a nt,a l t h ou g h i nd i r e ct,r ol e i n l ow-e r i ng t h e bi r t h r a t e.Br a z i l i s one of t h e w or l d*s bi

25、g g e s t p r od u c-e r s ofs oa p op e r a s.Gl obo,Br a z i l s mos t p op u l a r t e l e v i s i on ne t-w or k,s h ow s t h r e e h ou r s ofs oa p s s i x ni g h t s a w e e k,w h i l e t h r e e ot h e r s s h ow a t l e a s t one h ou r a ni g h t.Mos t s oa p sa r e ba s e d on w e a l t h

26、 y ch a r a ct e r s l i v i ng t h e h i g h l i f e i n bi g ci t i e s.Al t h ou g h t h e y h a v e ne v e r r e a l l y t r i e d t o w or k i n a me s-s a g e t ow a r d s t h e p r obl e msof r e p r od u ct i on,t h e y d e s cr i be mi d-d l e a nd u p p e r cl a s s v a l u e s:not ma ny c

27、h i l d r e n,w ome nw or k-i ng,s a y s Ma r t i ne.Th e y s e nt t h i s i ma g e t o a l l p a r t s of Br a z i l a nd ma d e p e op l econs ci ou s （有意识的）of ot h e r p a t t e r ns of be h a v i ou r a nd ot h e r v a l u e s,w h i ch w e r e p u ti nt o a v e r y a t t r a c-t i v e p a ck a g

28、 e.Me a nw h i l e,t h e i ns t a l l me nt p l a ns t r i e d t o e ncou r a g e t h e p oor t o be come cons u me r s.Th i s l e d t o a n e nor mou s ch a ng e i n cons u mp t i on（消费）p a t t e r ns a nd cons u mp t i on w a si ncom-p a t i bl e （不相容的）w i t h u nl i mi t e d r e p r od u ct i on,

29、z/s a y s Ma r-t i ne.9.a ccor d i ng t o t h e p a s s a g e,Br a z i l h a s l ow e r e d i t s p op u l a t i on g r ow t h .A.by e d u ca t i ng i t s ci t i z e ns B.by ca r e f u l f a mi l y p l a nni ngC.by d e v e l op i ng TV p r og r a mme s D.by ch a nce10.a ccor d i ng t o t h e p a s s

30、 a g e,ma ny Th i r d Wor l d cou nt r i e sA.h a v e nJ t g i v e n mu ch a t t e nt i on t o bi r t h cont r olB.w ou l d s oon j oi n Br a z i l i n cont r ol l i ng t h e i r bi r t h r a t eC.h a v e n t y e t f ou nd a n e f f e ct i v e me a s u r e t o cont r ol t h e i r p op u l a t i onD.

31、h a v e n t r e a l i z e d t h e i mp or t a nce of TV p l a y s i n f a mi l y p l a nni ng11.Soa p op e r a s h a v e h e l p e d i n l ow e r i ng Br a z i l?s bi r t h r a t e be-ca u s e .A.t h e y k e e p p e op l e s i t t i ng l ong h ou r s w a t ch i ng TVB.t h e y h a v e g r a d u a l l

32、 y ch a ng e d p e op l e s w a y of l i f eC.p e op l e a r e d r a w n t o t h e i r a t t r a ct i v e p a ck a g eD.they popularize birth control measures12.What is Martine s conclusion about Brazil,s population growth?A.T he increase in birth rate will increase consumption.B.T he desire for con

33、sumption helps to reduce birth rate.C.Consumption goes with reproduction.D.A country s production is limited by its population growth.DAs a human being you may have the choice of three basic attitudes towards life.You may treat life with the philosophy（哲学）of the vegetable,in which case your lifewill

34、 include being born,eating,drinking,sleeping,marrying,growing old and dying.T he second basic attitude is to look at life as if it were a business.A great manyso-called successful men and women believe that life is a business.If you believe so,your first question of life,naturally,is What do I get o

35、ut of it?How much isthis worth to me?z，In a word,based on this attitude,happi-ness becomes a matter ofsuccessful competition.T he great ma-jority of human beings today look at life as ifit were a busi-ness.T he third attitude toward life is the way of the artist.Here the basic philosophyis What can

36、I put into it?T hey value cooperation and contribution.T his point ofview has been proved by history;for history remembers best those who have contributedmost richly to the interests of their fellow-men.T he more we investigate（调查），themore we become certain that the artistic attitude is the only one

37、 which goes with humanhappiness.13.From the passage we know people who take the second life attitude.A.are mostly businessmenB.think of getting the interests（利益）firstC.find their happiness from hard workD.take competition as their whole life14.P eople who are best rememberedA.those living on vegetab

38、lesC.artistsby history are probablyB.successful menD.businessmen15.We may infer from this passage that.A.some people are living only on vegetablesB.the artistic attitude is accepted by most peopleC.the writer prefers the third life attitudeD.artists do most for the society in order to be remembered

39、longer than othersT he question of what children learn,and how they should learn,is continually beingdebated and redebated.Nobody dares any longer to defend the old system,the learningof lessons parrot-fashion,the grammar-with-a-whip system,which was good enough forour grandparents.T he theories of

40、modem psychology have stepped in to argue that wemust understand the need of children.Children are not just small adults;they arechildren who must be respected as much.Well,you may say,this is as it should be,a good idea.But think further.Whathappens?”Education,becomes the responsibility not of teac

41、hers,but of psychologists（心里学家）.What happens then?T eachers worry too much about the psychologicalimplications（暗示）of their lessons,and forget about the subjects themselves.If achild dislikes a lesson,the teacher feels that it is his fault,not the child s.S oteachers worry whether history is relevant

42、 to modern young children.And do they dareto recount stories about violence?Or will this make the children themselves violent?Can they tell their classes about children of different races,or will this encourageracial hatred?Why teach children to write grammatical sentences?Verbal expressionis better

43、.S ums?Arithmetic?No:R eal-life mathematical situations are moreunderstandable.You see,you can go too far.Influenced by educational theorists,who have nothingbetter to do than to write books about their ideas,teachers leave theirteacher-training colleges filled with grand,psychological ideas about c

44、hildren andtheir needs.T hey make elaborate,sophisticated（精致的，复杂的）preparations and tryout their modem methods on the long-suffering children.S ince one，zmodem method”rapidly replaces another the poor kids will have had a good bellyful by the time theyleave school.Frequently the modem methods are so

45、sophisticated that they fail to beunderstood by the teachers,let alone the children;even more often,the relaxeddiscipline so essential for the informal feelings the class must have,prevents allbut a handful of children from learning anything.16.P eople do not dare defend the old system mainly becaus

46、e under the olds y s t e m.A.too muchB.childrenC.childrenD.childrengrammar was taught to childrenwere spoiled（宠坏）were treated as grown-upswere made to learn passively（被动的）17.What view do the modem psychologists hold?A.Children must be understood and respected.B.Children are small adults and know wha

47、t they need.C.Children are better off without learning lessons.D.Education of children is the responsibility of psychologists.18.What happens when teachers pay too much attention to the psychology of theirlessons?A.T hey find that the children dislike the lessons.B.T hey tend to blame students for t

48、heir failure.C.T hey do not pay enough attention to the actual lessons.D.T hey no longer want to teach children history.19.Grammatical sentences are regarded as unimportant because.A.it is better to use verbs onlyB.words are said out of natural feelings onlyC.talking freely and naturally without sen

49、tences is a better form of expressionD.it is felt that formal grammar rules might cause unnatural expressions20.according to the passage,the modern methods are understood by.A.neither teachers nor pupilsB.only a handful of teachers and pupilsC.the more sophisticated teachersD.everyone who enjoys the

50、 relaxed discipline of the informal classes【答案与解析】(A)本文阐述如何在参加面试的前儿分钟时间里给人留下深刻的印象。1.C 推断题。据文章的第一、二句可知。2.A 细节题。据第四段最后3 句可知。3.A 推断题。由第一段可知：本文意在教会读者如何参加面试。4.B 主旨题。由第一段可知：本文强调面试时第一印象很重要。(B)本文介绍了日本的早期教育并非在强化他们的学术意识，而是培养他们的坚持、集中、扮演群体中的角色能力等。5.C 推断题。从第-段的第一、二句我们可以看出因为美国孩子的学术成就缓慢，很多美国家长到日本取经，然而他们看到的不是他们所预料的