高考英语二轮九十天强化训练：阅读理解30
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Once I saw a sign hanging in a classroom that read, “Your Mother Doesn’t Work Here-Clean Up Your Own Mess.” There must be a reason why such a sign was every created. Your child is never too young for housework.
From the time your child can walk and understand basic commands you can start teaching the fine art of putting things away. "Put your cup on the table for Mommy." Younger children are capable of helping feed the pets, putting clothes away and can certainly find the toy box to pick up after playing.
Other areas younger children may be able to help with include bringing their own laundry basket into their room and cleaning countertops with paper towels.
You'll find that children really want to help.
They feel grown up and special helping mommy and daddy.
As the children age, you'll need to increase their responsibilities. By the time they are five they should be able to help quite a bit in the kitchen.
They can help mix baking items; set the table, clear the table; and load and empty dishwasher.
Children even enjoy dusting.
It's really a shame that enthusiasm doesn't carry over into adult life!
First through fifth graders ought to be able to let pets outside (and back in again) as well as take the pets for a walk.
They'll get excited about the opportunity of making you a meal .
It doesn't matter if they leave your car soap streaked from washing it.
They're learning and you're teaching. Teach your elementary aged child to fold and hang up the laundry and you'll set a good lifelong pattern.
If you invest a little patience and time providing proper instruction, you'll be helping yourself and your child develop into well rounded adults!
4．According the passage, children want to help with housework because
.
A．they can get paid by their parents
B．they think they are old enough to do so
C．they want to improve their sense of duty
D．they find themselves old enough to help
5．To help your children develop, parents need do the following EXCEPT
.
A．increase their children’s responsibilities
B．set a good pattern for their children
C．provide proper instructions patiently
D．bring their washed clothes into their room
6．According to the passage, a five-year-old boy cannot do
.
A．mix baking items B．set the table
C．load an empty dishwasher D．make a meal
7．What might be the possible reason for the sign（in Paragraph one）being created?
A．parents can do housework efficiently.
B．parents have trained their children in the right way.
C．parents haven’t taught their children responsibility for housework.
D．the teachers are not responsible for their students.
8．Which of the following would be the best title for the t ext?
A．Parents are Responsible in Resisting Children
B．Children Enjoy Gulping Parents with Housework
C．Your Child is Never Too Yong for Housework
D．Your Child Capable of Helping you Out
【参考答案】BD
DCC
C5 [2016·江西卷] D
One might expect that the ever－growing demands of the tourist trade would bring nothing but good for the countries that receive the holiday－makers. Indeed, a rosy picture is painted for the long－term future of the holiday industry. Every month sees the building of a new hotel somewhere. And every month another rock－bound Pacific island is advertised as the ‘last paradise(天堂) on earth’.
However, the scale and speed of this growth seem set to destroy the very things tourists want to enjoy. In those countries where there was a rush to make quick money out of sea－side holidays, over－crowded beaches and the concrete jungles of endless hotels have begun to lose their appeal.
Those countries with little experience of tourism can suffer most. In recent years, Nepal set out to attract foreign visitors to fund developments in health and education. Its forests, full of wildlife and rare flowers, were offered to tourists as one more untouched paradise. In fact, the nature all too soon felt the effects of thousands of holiday－makers traveling through the forest land. Ancient tracks became major routes for the walkers, with the consequent exploitation of
precious trees and plants.
Not only can the environment of a country suffer from the sudden growth of tourism. The people as well rapidly feel its effects. Farmland makes way for hotels, roads and airports; the old way of life goes. The one－time farmer is now the servant of some multi－national organization; he is no longer his own master. Once it was his back that bore the pain; now it is his smile that is exploited. No doubt he wonders whether he wasn't happier in his village working his own land.
Thankfully, the tourist industry is waking up to the responsibilities it has towards those countries that receive its customers. The protection of wildlife and the creation of national parks go hand in hand with tourist development and in fact obtain financial support from tourist companies. At the same time, tourists are being encouraged to respect not only the countryside they visit but also its people.
The way tourism is handled in the next ten years will decide its fate and that of the countries we all want to visit. Their needs and problems are more important than those of the tourist companies. Increased understanding in planning world－wide tourism can preserve the market for these companies. If not, in a few years' time the very things that attract tourists now may well have been destroyed.
71．What does the author indicate in the last sentence of Paragraph 1?
A. The Pacific island is a paradise.
B. The Pacific island is worth visiting.
C. The advertisement is not convincing.
D. The advertisement is not impressive.
72．The example of Nepal is used to suggest ________．
A. its natural resources are untouched
B. its forests are exploited for farmland
C. it develops well in health and education
D. it suffers from the heavy flow of tourists
73．What can we learn about the farmers from Paragraph 4?
A. They are happy to work their own lands.
B. They have to please the tourists for a living.
C. They have to struggle for their independence.
D. They are proud of working in multi－national organizations.
74．Which of the following determines the future of tourism?
A. The number of tourists.
B. The improvement of services.
C. The promotion of new products.
D. The management of tourism.
75．The author's attitude towards the development of the tourist industry is ________．
A. optimistic
B. doubtful
C. objective
D. negative
【要点综述】 本文主要介绍了旅游业的发展对当地以及环境等方面的影响。
71. C 考查推理判断。由“Every month sees the building of a new hotel somewhere. And every month another rock－bound Pacific island is advertised as the ‘last paradise(天堂) on earth’．”可知每个月广告上不停地更换所谓的太平洋上某个岛是“地球上最后的天堂”，由此可推出广告是不可信的，故选C项。
72. D 考查推理判断。由第三段第一、二句“Those countries with little experience of tourism can suffer most. In recent years, Nepal…”可知尼泊尔的例子是用来说明其受到旅游的负面影响。
73. B 考查推理判断。由第四段后几句“The one－time farmer is now the servant of some multi－national organization; he is no longer his own master. Once it was his back that bore the pain; now it is his smile that is exploited. No doubt he wonders whether he wasn't happier in his village working his own land.”曾经的农民成为了某些跨国组织的仆人，自己不再主宰自己的生活，强颜欢笑来取悦游客谋生。
74. D 考查细节理解。由最后一段第一句“The way tourism is handled in the next ten years will decide its fate…”可知旅游业的管理决定其未来。
75. C 考查观点态度。综观全文可知，作者只是客观地介绍了旅游业发展的相关问题。
Starting at a new workplace can be stressful for anyone, whether you have years of experience or are just beginning your career. Here are a few expert tips to help you.
1.Be the Early Bird
Reaching the office early will give you more time to explore and absorb your new surroundings. Arriving early also gives you time to network. And of course it helps impress the new boss by showing your eagerness to work.
2.Ask Questions
It shows your mangagers that you are interested in learning about you new job. More importantly, the answers will help you adapt to your new surroundings quickly. And try to limit yourself to general or work-related questions.
3.Watch Your Body Language
Your actions can give away a lot more than you think. Frowning, folding your hands, rocking back-and-forth in you chair or shaking your leg constantly, are some gestures that might give the impression that you are nervous, not confident or are too casual about your job.
4.Be a Listener
Listen more and talk less. When you talk more, you might unintentionally speak out of turn. Lsitening and observing can help you learn more about you peers and managers and their way of doing things. Try not to get sucked into office politics.
5.Arrive Ready to Learn
Change is always difficult, but prepared to absorb a new culture, different ways of doing things and take on new responsibilities. Try not to say things like “I used to do this in this way”, which makes you seem too aggressive or even annoying.
6. Don’t Rush to Shake Things Up
We normally see people come in and make a quick assessment of what is happening, and start making changes quickly. That’s not a god idea because it can cause conflict with your new team. Instead consider introducing your way of doing things slowly while you communicate with your team as often as possible.
Apply these principles and within no time you would have made a place for yourself in the organization.
9．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．This passage is intended for people who have just graduated form college.
B．We can ask any personal question after arriving at a new place.
C．We can continue working in the same way as before.
D．Listening and observing can benefit you a lot.
10．What does the underlined phrase mean in the sixth piece?
A．conclude B．decide C．change D．plan
11．What can we infer from the passage?
A．If you need help, don’t hesitate to ask people around you in the new organization.
B．People can be under pressure to work after arriving at a new place.
C．It is better to arrive at offices as early as possible.
D．Talking more can make it easy for people to get into the office politics.
12．What is the purpose of this passage?
A．to educate B．to persuade C．to instruct D．to advise
9—12、DC
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C5 [2016·辽宁卷] D
“Indeed，”George Washington wrote in his diary in 1785, “some kind of fly, or bug, had begun to eat the leaves before I left home.” But the father of America was not the father of bug.When Washington wrote that, Englishmen had been referring to insects as bugs for more than a century, and Americans had already created lightning－bug(萤火虫)．But the English were soon to stop using the bugs in their language, leaving it to the Americans to call a bug a bug in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The American bug could also be a person, referring to someone who was crazy about a particular activity.Although fan became the usual term, sports fans used to be called racing bugs, baseball bugs, and the like.
Or the bug could be a small machine or object, for example, a bug－shaped car. The bug could also be a burglar alarm, from which comes the expression to bug, that is, “to install(安装) an alarm”. Now it means a small piece of equipment that people use for listening secretly to others' conversations.Since the 1840s, to bug has long meant“to cheat”， and since the 1940s it has been annoying.
We also know the bug as a flaw in a computer program or other design.That meaning dates back to the time of Thomas Edison.In 1878 he explained bugs as “little problems and difficulties” that required months of study and labor to overcome in developing a successful product.In 1889 it was recorded that Edison “had been up the two previous nights discovering ‘a bug’ in his invented record player.”
68．We learn from Paragraph 1 that
________．
A．Americans had difficulty in learning to use the word bug
B．George Washington was the first person to call an insect a bug
C．the word bug was still popularly used in England in the nineteenth century
D．both Englishmen and Americans used the word bug in the eighteenth century
69．What does the word “flaw” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A．Explanation.
B．Finding.
C．Origin.
D．Fault.
70．The passage is mainly concerned with
________．
A．the misunderstanding of the word bug
B．the development of the word bug
C．the public views of the word bug
D．the special characteristics of the word bug
【要点综述】 本文是说明文，主要讲单词bug在意义上的发展变化。
68．D 推理判断题。根据“在1785，华盛顿在日记中使用bug”和“在19和20世纪，英国人停止使用bug”，说明这两国人在18世纪都使用过bug这个词。
69．D 词义猜测题。根据“爱迪生把它解释为小问题或困难”可知，fault和flaw意思相近。
70．B 主旨大意题。文章讲述了bug在意义上的发展。
Housing price in China has always caused heated discussions among property（房产）developers and ordinary Chinese. To many property developers and local government officials, housing price in China is still low compared with many developed countries. However, the average housing price in the United States is only 8,000 yuan per square meter, while in China, it is even higher than in the United States. This shows that there are some bubbles(泡沫) in Chinese real estate market, the International Finance News reported.
Although the average price of residential houses in the United States, after converted to Renminbi, is about 8,000 yuan per square meter, the houses in US are not sold in terms of building area, as most Chinese property developers do when they sell their houses. If US property developers sell their houses according to the building area, then the housing price will be even lower than 8,000 yuan per square meter. In most big Chinese cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, houses are sold at a price even higher than those in the US.
The high housing sales price in large cities in China proves that Chinese real estate market does have some bubbles. Moreover, Chinese houses can not be compared with houses in US in terms of building quality, environment and supporting facilities. Furthermore, it should be noted that American people’s average income is several dozen times higher than that of Chinese people. How can the Chinese afford to buy a house which is even more expensive than that sold in US?
At the beginning of 2007, Chinese government issued a set of policies that aimed to benefit the public. Now in order to reduce the high housing prices, the government can regulate(控制) the real estate market by raising tax on property industry and controlling the release of loans and lands to property developers. At the same time, the government should allow people to build more houses through various fund-raising channels, such as funds collected from buyers or raised by working units. By applying these multiple means, it is expected that the high housing prices can be lowered.
13．What is the average housing price per square meter in China?
A．8000 yuan
B．10000 yuan
C．7000 yuan
D．It’s not mentioned here
14．Which of the following does NOT support the idea that the average housing price in China is even higher than in the United States?
A．Chinese houses can not be compared with houses in US in terms of building quality, environment and supporting facilities.
B．American people’s average income is several dozen times higher than that of Chinese people.
C．The houses in US are not sold in terms of building area, as most Chinese property developers do when they sell their houses.
D．There are more people who need houses in China is larger than that in the United States.
15．How many measures are mentioned in the last paragraph in order to reduce the high housing prices?
A．Four
B． Three
C．Two
D．One
16．What is the main idea of this passage?
A．The housing price in China is so high that the government should do something useful to prevent it.
B．There are some bubbles in Chinese real estate market
C．The average housing price in China is even higher than in the United States
D．Chinese government issued a set of policies that aimed to benefit the public.
13—16、DDBA