高考英語閱讀提升訓練 財富人生
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財富人生
(2012·大綱全國卷Ⅰ)Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg，a distance of about eighty miles.It was late.Several times I got stuck behind a slowmoving truck on a narrow road with a solid white line on my left，and I became increasingly impatient.
At one point along an open road，I came to a crossing with a traffic light.I was alone on the road by now，but as I drove near the light，it turned red and I made a stop.I looked left，right and behind me.Nothing.Not a car，no suggestion of car lamps，but there I sat，waiting for the light to change，the only human being for at least a mile in any direction.
I started wondering why I refused to run the light.I was not afraid of being caught，because there was clearly no policeman around，and there certainly would have been no danger in going through it.
Much later that night，the question of why I'd stopped for that light came back to me.I think I stopped because it's part of a contract (契約) we all have with each other.It's not only the law，but it's an agreement we have，and we trust each other to honor it：we don't go through red lights.
Trust is our first inclination (傾向).Doubting others does not seem to be natural to us.The whole construction of our society depends on mutual (相互) trust，not distrust.We do what we say we'll do;we show up when we say we'll show up;and we pay when we say we'll pay.We trust each other in these matters，and we're angry or disappointed with the person or organization that breaks the trust we have in them.
I was so proud of myself for stopping for the red light that night.
【語篇解讀】 漆黑的夜晚，空曠的道路，作者獨自等候在紅燈前，只為自己內心的那份信任。
1.Why did the author get impatient while driving?
A.He was lonely on the road.
B.He was slowed down by a truck.
C.He got tired of driving too long.
D.He came across too many traffic lights.
答案 B [考查細節理解。根據第一段后半部分的內容可知，作者因前方有一輛緩慢行駛的卡車而變得不耐煩。]
2.What was the author's immediate action when the traffic light turned red?
A.Stopping still.
B.Driving through it.
C.Looking around for other cars.
D.Checking out for traffic police.
答案 A [考查細節理解。根據第二段中的“...it turned red and I made a stop”可知，作者的瞬時反應是立刻停車。]
3.The event made the author strongly believe that ______.
A.traffic rules may be unnecessary
B.doubting others is human nature
C.patience is important to drivers
D.a society needs mutual trust
答案 D [考查細節理解。根據倒數第二段第三句的內容可知，這件事讓作者深信社會需要相互信任。]
4.Why was the author proud of himself?
A.He kept his promise.
B.He held back his anger.
C.He followed his inclination.
D.He made a right decision.
答案 D [考查推理判斷。由第二、三段作者在無人的十字路口的左顧右盼及后來的所思所想，再結合最后一段可知，作者在無人的十字路口遵守了交通規則，沒有闖紅燈，這個決定是正確的，因此，作者為此深感自豪。]
維B 完形填空(每題1.5分，滿分30分)
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高考曾用材料：2012大綱全國卷Ⅱ
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設題相似度：★★★
難度系數：★★★★
Like that of her own character，Harry Potter，J.K.Rowling's life is like a fairy tale.Divorced，living on public assistance in a tiny Edinburgh flat with her infant daughter，Rowling __1__ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone __2__ a table in a cafe during her daughter's naps—and it was Harry Potter __3__ rescued her.
Rowling __4__ that she always wanted to write and that the first __5__ she actually wrote down，when she was five or six，was a story about a rabbit __6__ Rabbit.Many of her favorite __7__ center around reading—hearing The Wind in the Willows __8__ aloud by her father when she had the measles，enjoying the fantastic adventure stories of E.Nesbit，and her favorite story of all，The Little White Horse.
At Exeter University Rowling took her degree in French and __9__ one year studying in Paris.After college she moved to London to __10__ as a researcher and bilingual secretary.The best thing about working in an office，she has said，was __11__ up stories on the computer when no one was __12__.During this time，on a particularly long train ride from Manchester to London in the summer of 1990，the idea __13__ her of a boy who is a wizard and doesn't know it.He __14__ a school for wizardry—she could see him very plainly in her mind.By the time the train __15__ into Kings Cross station four hours later，many of the characters and the early stages of the plot were fully __16__ in her head.The story took further shape as she continued working on it in __17__ and cafes over her lunch hours.
After her marriage to a Portuguese TV journalist ended in divorce，Rowling returned to Britain with her infant daughter and a suitcase full of Harry Potter notes and __18__.She settled in Edinburgh to be near her sister and __19__ to finish the book before looking for a teaching job.Wheeling her daughter's carriage around the city to escape their __20__，cold apartment，she would duck into coffee shops to write when the baby fell asleep.In this way she finished the book and started sending it to publishers.
Notes：
①measle n.麻疹 ②bilingual adj.雙語的
【語篇解讀】 Harry Potter是受全世界書迷喜歡的系列小說，可很少有人知道此書的作者J.K.Rowling的命運就像書中人物哈利·波特一樣具有傳奇色彩。
1.A.read B.recited C.wrote D.copied
答案 C [作為一個作家，應該是“寫”或“創作”小說。]
2.A.on B.in C.around D.at
答案 D [寫作時應該是“坐在桌子前”，用at a table。]
3.A.what B.that C.which D.who
答案 B [本句采用了強調句型，強調的是主語Harry Potter。]
4.A.remembers B.thinks
C.reminds D.supposes
答案 A [此處是Rowling對往事的回憶，所以應該選 remembers。]
5.A.book B.story C.novel D.fiction
答案 B [下文“was a story about a rabbit __6__ Rabbit”暗示了答案。novel 指一般的小說;fiction多指科幻方面的小說。]
6.A.colored B.published C.called D.replaced
答案 C [語境為“關于一只名叫Rabbit的兔子的故事”。]
7.A.songs B.sports C.things D.memories
答案 D [此段主要講述的是Rowling對往事的回憶，這里的意思為“她的許多美好回憶集中在讀書上”。]
8.A.spoken B.said C.told D.read
答案 D [read aloud意思為“大聲朗讀”;雖然tell可以表示“講故事”，但它不與aloud搭配。]
9.A.cost B.spared C.took D.spent
答案 D [spend time(in)doing sth為固定結構。]
10.A.regard B.consider C.work D.treat
答案 C [雖然四個動詞都與as搭配，但此處表示“當研究員和秘書”，所以用work as。]
11.A.searching B.reading C.listening D.typing
答案 D [此處表示在上班期間搞業余創作，應該是在電腦上把構思的小說“打出來”。]
12.A.noticing B.watching C.observing D.seeing
答案 B [語境為“當沒有觀察時，她就在電腦上打字”。watch表示“觀看，觀察，監視”，符合語境;notice表示“無意中注意到”;observe多表示“搞專門研究的人長期地進行某一方面的觀察”;see表示“有意或無意中看到”。]
13.A.came to B.struck to C.stuck to D.hit on
答案 A [表示“某人產生一個主意”常用an idea comes to sb，an idea strikes sb或sb hits on/upon an idea。]
14.A.studies B.attends C.builds D.goes
答案 B [與上學有關的短語為study at/in a school，attend a school，enter a school和go to school。]
15.A.entered B.pulled C.reached D.arrived
答案 B [火車進站、出站常用動詞“pull into”和“pull out of”。另外，這兩個短語還可表示輪船進出碼頭。]
16.A.organized B.taken C.formed D.appeared
答案 C [此處表示故事中的人物和前邊的部分已經在她大腦中“形成”。]
17.A.theatres B.pubs C.cinemas D.concerts
答案 B [由“over her lunch hours”可知，此處應選pubs(酒吧)。]
18.A.chapters B.books C.magazines D.newspapers
答案 A [從上文的“notes”一詞和下文的“to finish the book”可知，此處表示那本書的“章節”。]
19.A.set about B.set off C.set up D.set out
答案 D [此處表示定居下來以后著手完成她的書。表示“著手干某事”常用set out to do sth和set about doing sth兩個短語，由后邊的不定式結構推斷出選D。set off表示“動身，出發”;set up意為“建立”。]
20.A.splendid B.large C.comfortable D.tiny
答案 D [此處意為“離開她們狹小而又寒冷的公寓……”。]
維C 閱讀理解(每題2分，滿分分)
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設題相似度：★★★
難度系數：★★★
When I was 17，I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it were your last，someday you'll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me，and since then，for the past 33 years，I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself， “If today were the last day of my life，would I want to do what I am about to do today?”
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer.The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that was incurable，and that I would live no longer than three to six months.My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order，which is doctors' code for preparing yourself to die.
I lived with that diagnosis all day.I was completely in despair.Later that evening I had another biopsy and my wife told me that tumor turned out to be curable with surgery.I had the surgery and I'm fine now.
This was the closest I've been to facing death.To tell the truth，no one wants to die.And yet death is the destination we all share.No one has ever escaped it.It clears out the old to make room for the new.Right now the new is you，but someday not too long from now，you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.
Your time is so limited that you shouldn't waste it repeating someone else's life.Don't be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people's thinking.Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.And most important，have the courage to follow your heart.It somehow already knows what you truly want to become.Everything else is secondary.
Notes：
biopsy n.活組織檢查 ②tumor n.腫瘤
【語篇解讀】 這是蘋果公司CEO喬布斯在斯坦福大學畢業典禮上演講的節選部分。在這部分內容中，他誠懇地表達了自己對死亡的看法。
1.The doctor advised the author to go home and get his affairs in order because ________.
A.he had to rest at home
B.his disease couldn't be cured
C.his disease was not serious at all
D.he had to wait for the result of the test
答案 B [細節理解題。由第三段的“incurable”以及“which is doctors' code for preparing yourself to die”可知，醫生認為作者的病無法治愈。]
2.How did the author feel after the diagnosis?
A.Calm. B.Excited. C.Hopeless. D.Optimistic.
答案 C [細節理解題。由第四段的“I was completely in despair”可知診斷結果出來之后，作者感到很絕望。]
3.What does the author think of death?
A.He thinks it is nothing to be scared of.
B.He thinks it is impossible to avoid.
C.He thinks it is not the end of life.
D.He thinks it is the beginning of a new life.
答案 B [細節理解題。由第五段可知，作者認為沒有人愿意死，但是死亡是我們每個人共同的終點，沒有人能夠逃脫它。故選B。]
4.In the author's opinion，we should ________.
A.follow others' advice
B.do what we want
C.keep a positive attitude towards life
D.take exercise and keep healthy
答案 B [推理判斷題。最后一段中，作者提到“人們的時間很有限，不要將它們浪費在重復其他人的生活上。不要讓其他人喧囂的觀點掩蓋你真正的內心的聲音。要有勇氣去聽從直覺和心靈的指示”。由此可知，B項(做我們想做的事情)為最佳選項。]
維D 根據短文內容，從下框的A～F選項中選出能概括每一段主題的最佳選項。選項中有一項為多余項。(每題2分，滿分10分)
Daily habits can affect our wellbeing.Here are five simple actions that research has shown make people feel good.
1.
Pause now and then to smell a rose or watch children at play.“Study participants who took time to savor ordinary events that they normally hurried through，or to think back on pleasant moments from their day，showed significant increases in happiness and reductions in depression，”says psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky.
2.
People who put money high on their priority list are more at risk for depression，anxiety，and low selfesteem，according to researchers Tim Kasser and Richard Ryan.Their findings hold true across nations and cultures.“The more we seek satisfactions in material goods，the less we find them there，”Ryan says.“The satisfaction has a short halflife—it's very fleeting.” Moneyseekers also score lower on tests of vitality and selfactualization.
3.
“People who struggle for something significant，whether it's learning a new craft or raising moral children，are far happier than those who don't have strong dreams or aspirations，”say Ed Diener and Robert BiswasDiener.“As humans，we actually require a sense of meaning to thrive.”Harvard's professor，Tal BenShahar，agrees，“Happiness lies at the intersection between pleasure and meaning.Whether at work or at home，the goal is to engage in activities that are both personally significant and enjoyable.”
4.
People who keep gratitude journals on a weekly basis are healthier，more optimistic，and more likely to make progress toward achieving personal goals，according to author Robert Emmons.Research by Martin Seligman，founder of positive psychology，revealed that people who write “gratitude letters” to someone who made a difference in their lives score higher on happiness，and lower on depression—and the effect lasts for weeks.
5.
A study by Duke University shows that exercise may be just as effective as drugs in treating depression，without all the side effects and expense.Other research shows that in addition to health benefits，regular exercise offers a sense of accomplishment and opportunity for social interaction，releases feelgood endorphins，and boosts selfesteem.
答案 1.C 2.D 3.B 4.E 5.A
高考英語考試中英語閱讀題是不容丟分的部分，也是與其他考生拉開距離的地方，所以切記要多做題練題感。還有，夢想還是要有的，萬一考上了呢。小編也順便在這里預祝將要高考的同學們考試順利，高考英語六六六。
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