2017年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测83

　　2017年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测83

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　　President Barack Obama has complained about the loss of privacy that comes with being leader of the United States, regretting the loss of simple pleasures such as a long walk or a trip to the car wash or supermarket. "I just miss - I miss being anonymous(无名的), " he said. I miss Saturday morning, rolling out of bed, not shaving, getting into my car with my girls, driving to the supermarket, squeezing the fruit, getting my car washed, taking walks. I can't take a walk. " His dream, he said, was to "go through Central Park and watch folks passing by . . . spend the day watching people - I miss that".

　　Faced with angry criticism for playing more golf than most previous occupants of the White House, he explained that the sport was simply the best way of getting away from it all. "It's the only excuse I have to get outside for four hours in a row," he told Hearst magazines.

　　Though he said he enjoyed his life in the White House, he felt disappointed with some of the ways of Washington, which he has failed in his pledge(保证) to change, such as the "kabuki dance"(日本歌妓舞) among political parties before serious policy discussions begin. His comments may be seen as vindication(证实) by critics who have accused him of appearing too detached（超然的）, and being slow to engage in vital issues such as Libya and the near shutdown of the US government last week.

　　Since arriving at the White House in January 2009, Mr Obama has already racked up(得分) 60 rounds of golf in office, more than George W Bush did in his eight years.

　　In terms of ability, Golf Digest magazine has ranked Mr Obama eighth out of the 18 presidents who played the game since it became established in the early 20th century.

　　56. What can be inferred from the first paragraph about Barack Obama after he became the U.S. president?

　　A. He liked living a busy life.

　　B. He used to spend most of his time with his family.

　　C. He is unhappy with being too frequently watched by the public.

　　D. He used to wash his car himself.

　　57. Barack Obama's explanation to playing golf is _____.

　　A. to release his pressure

　　B. to keep fit

　　C. to balance his work

　　D. to enjoy life

　　58. Which one of the following statements is from the critics?

　　A. The president lost a lot privacy, but he loves the life in the White House.

　　B. There are always unnecessary procedures among political parties.

　　C. The president seems to be indifferent towards some really important issues.

　　D. The president is really a great golf player.

　　59. According to the text, which of the following statements is true about Barack Obama?

　　A. He regrets to become the U. S. president.

　　B. He couldn't play too much golf because of people being angry with him.

　　C. He has lost privacy ever since he became president.

　　D. He is not good at playing golf compared with the other presidents who played golf.

　　B

　　Top lists are lecturing people on everything from "100 places to visit" to "100 books to read". Aren't you just tired of being told what to do with your time?

　　Now you have a list to end all lists!

　　Take a look at the following two examples from the list of "101 things not to do":

　　Swim with Dolphins（海豚）?

　　Swimming with dolphins is one of the world’s most profitable tourist activities. However, not every dolphin will welcome having their busy ,tiring day interrupted by tourists screaming and pushing around them in the water. Worse yet, when dolphins get too near to the boats loaded with tourists, they could get caught up in ropes and killed by propellers(螺旋桨).

　　Here’s a little secret. Dolphins look like smiling at you, but actually they’re just opening their mouths.

　　Go to See the Mona Lisa?

　　There must be something about the mysterious(神秘的)smile. The 6 million people who visit the lady in the Louvre every year can’t all be wrong, after all. But they can be quite annoying, standing in front of you, holding up their cameras to prevent you from seeing anything. In fact, it is hard for you to see the painting clearly because you have to stay away from it for security reasons. After queuing for hours, many tourists can remain in front of the painting only for 15 seconds at most.

　　If the mysterious lady in the picture knew her fate, she wouldn’t just be smiling, she’d be laughing.

　　So, still long to see the Mona Lisa? If you want to find out more about the list, read 101 Things NOT to Do Before You Die. Visit www.not2dobeforeidie.co. uk and buy the book at a 20％ discount.

　　60.According to the passage, swimming with dolphins________.

　　A. is the world’s most popular tourist activity

　　B. gives fun to both tourists and dolphins

　　C. will make tourists busy and tired

　　D. can cause danger to dolphins

　　61. what does the author think about going to see the Mona Lisa?

　　A. It is wrong to go and see the mysterious smile.

　　B. It is not as satisfying as expected.

　　C. Fifteen seconds in front of the painting is enough.

　　D. Queuing for hours is worthwhile.

　　62. The list of “101 things not to do” is made most probably because its author_______.

　　A. thinks it boring to do the things suggested by other lists

　　B. believes other lists are not humorous enough

　　C. intends to persuade people to read more lists

　　D. wants to provide a list different from other lists

　　C

　　Have you ever picked a job based on the fact that you were good at it but later found it made you feel very uncomfortable over time? When you select your career, there's a whole lot more to it than assessing your skills and matching them with a particular position. If you ignore your personality, it will hurt you long-term regardless of your skills or the job's pay. There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good job. Here are a few of those main areas:

　　1) Do you prefer working alone or with other people?

　　There are isolating(使孤立) jobs that will drive an outgoing person crazy and also interactive jobs that will make a shy person uneasy. Most people are not extremes in either direction but do have a tendency that they prefer. There are also positions that are sometimes a combination of the two, which may be best for someone in the middle who adapts easily to either situation.

　　2) How do you handle change?

　　Most jobs these days have some elements of change to them, but some are more than others. If you need stability in your life, you may need a job where the changes don't happen so often. Other people would be bored of the same daily routine.

　　3) Do you enjoy working with computers？

　　I do see this as a kind of personality characteristic. There are people who are happy to spend more than 40 hours a week on a computer, while there are others who need a lot of human interaction throughout the day. Again, these are extremes and you'll likely find a lot of positions somewhere in the middle as well.

　　4) What type of work environment do you enjoy？

　　This can range from being in a large building with a lot of people you won't know immediately to a smaller setting where you'll get to know almost all the people there fairly quickly.

　　5) How do you like to get paid?

　　Some people are motivated by the pay they get, while others feel too stressed to be like that. The variety of payment designs in the sales industry is a typical example for this.

　　Anyway, these are a great starting point for you. I've seen it over and over again with people that they make more money over time when they do something they love. It may take you a little longer, but making a move to do what you have a passion for can change the course of your life for the better.

　　63. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A. Isolating jobs usually drive people mad.

　　B. Interactive jobs make people shy easily.

　　C. Extreme people tend to work with others.

　　D. Almost everyone has a tendency in jobs.

　　64. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph one mean?

　　A. Before you select your job, you should assess your skills and match them with your position

　　B. There are more important things than assessing skills and match them with the position when you select a job.

　　C. Nothing is more important than assessing skills and match them with the position when you select a job.

　　D

　　You should ignore your skills when you select a job.

　　65. What is the missing word about a job search in the following chart?

　　A. Design.

　　B. Changes.

　　C. Cooperation.

　　D. Hobbies.

　　66.What is the best title for this passage?

　　A. Lifestyles and Job Pay

　　B. Jobs and Environment

　　C. Job Skills and Abilities

　　D. Personalities and Jobs

　　D

　　Look closely at your hands - are they clean? It doesn't matter how many times you wash your hands,

　　they're still crowded with microbes, which are also called "germs" or " bacteria".

　　Microbes are everywhere. But don't worry - most microbes don't harm you, and many actually help you stay alive.

　　Now, scientists say the microbes that live on our hands could be useful in a surprising way: fighting crime.

　　When police visit the scene of a crime, they often look for fingerprints to try to identify the criminal. But according to a recent study, investigators could even use microbes to help break a criminal case.

　　Every person has his or her own set of microbes that live on their hands, according to scientists at the University of Colorado.That means the mix of different kinds of microbes on everybody's hand is unique - much like one's fingerprint.

　　The scientists wanted to know whether this microbe mix could be used as a new kind of

　　fingerprint - especially in a crime scene where fingerprints might be hard to find. And policemen

　　use forensics such as studying fingerprints to identify the criminal.

　　" Microbe fingerprints are harder to hide," said Noah Fierer, one of the scientists. "You can't sterilize(杀菌) a surface just by wiping it off. "

　　His team compared the bacteria on the hands of 273 people to the bacteria found on each person's computer keyboard. For the study, the keyboards had been used only by the people who were being tested. The study showed that the mix of microbes from each person's hands matched

　　the mix of microbes on that person's keyboard. The scientists were easily able to tell the 273 people apart - just by looking at their keyboards.

　　But there are a lot more than 273 criminals. Other scientists wonder whether the microbe fingerprint can really be that useful.

　　Fierer agrees that scientists have a lot more work to do before the microbe fingerprint will be a useful tool.

　　67. According to the passage, microbes on people's hands

　　.

　　A. do more harm than good B. are almost the same

　　C. might help solve crimes D. are easy to get rid of

　　68. The underlined word "forensics" in Paragraph 5 probably refers to

　　.

　　A. a new kind of fingerprint B. the scientific test used by police

　　C. a kind of bacteria in people's hands D. a kind of newly invented keyboard

　　69. What did Fierer's team find through the study?

　　A. They could tell who had used which computer.

　　B. They found the criminal among the 237 people.

　　C. Computer keyboards couldn't keep people's microbe fingerprints

　　D. People's hands could be identified by the keyboards they used.

　　70. We learn from the passage that

　　.

　　A. the microbe fingerprint has been used in many cases

　　B. many scientists think microbe fingerprints useless

　　C. scientists will come to a clear conclusion soon

　　D. your microbes may give you away

　　71. The passage is mainly about

　　.

　　A. the importance of fingerprints B. how to clean our hands

　　C. different germs on our hands D. the usefulness of microbes

　　E

　　Increasingly, Americans are becoming their own doctors, by going online to diagnose their symptoms, order home health tests or medical devices, or even self-treat their illnesses with drugs from Internet pharmacies(药店).Some avoid doctors because of the high cost of medical care, especially if they lack health insurance. Or they may stay because they find it embarrassing to discuss their weight, alcohol consumption or couch potato habits. Patients may a1so fear what they might learn about their health, or they distrust physicians because of negative experiences in the past.

　　But playing doctors can also be a deadly game.

　　Every day, more than six million Americans turn to the Internet for medical answers ---most of them aren't nearly skeptical enough of what they find. A 2002 survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 72 percent of those surveyed believe all or most of what they read on health websites. They shouldn't. Look up “headache”, and the chances of finding reliable and complete information, free from a motivation for commercial gain, are only one in ten, reports an April 2005 Brown Medical School study. Of the l69 websites the researchers rated, only l6 scored as “high quality”. Recent studies found faulty facts about all sorts of other disorders, causing one research team to warn that a large amount of incomplete, inaccurate and even dangerous information exists on the Internet.

　　The problem is that most people don't know the safe way to surf the Web. “They use a search engine 1ike Google, get l8 trillion choices and start clicking. But that's risky, because almost anybody can put up a site that looks authoritative(权威的), so it's hard to know Whether what you're reading is reasonable or not,” says Dr. Sarah Bass from the National Cancer Institute.

　　72. According to the text, an increasing number of Americans

　　.

　　A. are suffering from mental disorders

　　B. turn to Internet pharmacies for help

　　C. like to play deadly games with doctors

　　D. are skeptical about surfing medical websites

　　73.

　　Some Americans stay away from doctors because they

　　.

　　A. find medical devices easy to operate

　　B. prefer to be diagnosed online by doctors

　　C. are afraid to face the truth of their health

　　D. are afraid to misuse their health insurance

　　74.

　　According to the study of Brown Medical School

　　.

　　A. more than 6 million Americans distrust doctors

　　B. only 1/l0 of medical websites aim to make a profit

　　C. about l/10 of the websites surveyed are of high quality

　　D. 72% of health websites offer incomplete and faulty facts

　　75. Which of the following is the author's main argument?

　　A. It's cheap to se1f-treat your own illness.

　　B. It's embarrassing to discuss your bad habits.

　　C. It's reasonable to put up a medical website.

　　D. It's dangerous to be your own doctor.

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