2020届二轮复习阅读理解训练（49）

2020届二轮复习阅读理解训练（49）

阅读理解训练（49）‎ Passage 1‎ November not only marks the publication of Toni Morrison’s eagerly anticipated(期待) eighth novel, Love, but it is also the tenth anniversary of her Nobel Prize for Literature. Morrison is the first black woman to receive a Nobel, and so honored before her in literature are only two black men:Wole Soyinka, the Nigerian playwright, poet and novelist, in 1986; and Derek Walcott, the Caribbean-born poet, in 1992. But Morrison is also the first and only American-born Nobel prizewinner for literature since 1962, the year novelist John steinbeck received the award.‎ Like Song of Solomon, Love is a multigenerational story, revealing the personal and communal legacy() of an outstanding black family. As Morrison scholars will tell you, Love is the third volume of a literary master’s trilogy(三部曲)investigating the many complexities of love. This trilogy began with Beloved(1988), which deals with a black mother’s love under slavery and in freedom. Jazzy(1993), the second volume, tells a story of romantic love in 1920s Harlem. This latest novel looks back from the 1970s to the 1940s and 50s.‎ The emotional center of Love is Bill Cosey, the former owner and host of the shabby Cosey’s Hotel and Resort in Silk, North Carolina, described in the novel as “the best and best-known vacation sport for colored folk on the East Coast.” We get to know Cosey through the memories of five women who survive and love him: his granddaughter, his widow, two former employees, and a homeless young girl.‎ The latest novel, Love, had been described in the promotional material from her publisher as “Morrison’s most accessible work since Song of Solomon.” This comparison to her third novel, published in 1977, was an effective selling point.‎ ‎1. What would be the best title for the text?‎ A. Toni Morrison’s latest novels B. Toni Morrison and her trilogy C. Toni Morrison and her novel Love D. Toni Morrison, the Nobel prizewinner ‎2. What can we learn about John Steinbeck?‎ A. He was a black writer.‎ B. He was born in America.‎ C. He received the Nobel Prize after Morrison D. He was the first American novelist to win a Nobel ‎3. The similarity between Love and Song of Solomon is that they both _____.‎ A. belong to the same trilogy together with Beloved B. concern families of more than one generation C. deal with life of blacks under slavery ‎ D. investigate life in 1920s Harlem ‎4. The novel Love mainly describes ______.‎ A. the best-known vacation spot for blacks B. the life of an outstanding black family under slavery C. the miserable experience of the five women in Harlem D. the memories of five women about Bill Cosey 答案 1.C 2.B 3.B 4.D Passage 2‎ Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. “Football, tennis, cricket— anything with a round ball, I was useless,” he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym chasses in Devonshire, England.‎ It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went biking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.‎ The following year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway’ s School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about Ridgway’ s cold-water exploits, Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decided that this would be his future.‎ In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition（探险）towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite（冻疮）,ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled（雪橇）up and over rocky ice.‎ Saunders has since become the youngest person to ski alone to the North pole, and he’s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.‎ Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis.‎ ‎5．What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old ?‎ ‎ A．He became good at most sports. B．He began to build up his body.‎ ‎ C．He joined a sports team. D．He made friends with a runner.‎ ‎6．The underlined word “exploits” (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to .l ‎ A．journeys B．researches C．adventures D．operations ‎7．Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders ?‎ ‎ a．He ran his first marathon. b．He skied alone in the North Pole.‎ ‎ c．he rode his bike in a forest. d．He planned an adventure to the South Pole.‎ ‎ A．acdb B．cdab C．acbd D．cabd ‎8．What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders ?‎ ‎ A．He is a success in sports B．He is the best British skier.‎ ‎ C．He is Ridrway’s favorite student. D．He is a good instructor at school.‎ 答案 BCDA Passage 3‎ Susan Sontag (1933----2004)was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature.For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything---to read every book worth reading ,to see every movie worth seeing .When she was still in her early 30s,publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review, she appeared as the symbol of American culture life ,trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art .With great effort and serious judgement. Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture. ‎ Seriousness was one of Sontage’s lifelong watchwords(格言).but at a time when the barriers between the well-educated and the poor-educated were obvious,she argued for a true openness to the pleasure of pop culture.In “Notes Camp”,the 1964 essay that first made her name ,she explainedwhat was then a little-known set of difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more famous .“Notes on Camp”,she wrote,represents“a victory of ‘form’over‘content’,‘beauty’over‘morals’”.‎ By conviction（信念）she was a sensualist（感觉论者）, but by nature she was a moralist （伦理学者）,and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s , it was the latter side of her that came forward. In illness as Metaphor —published in 1978, after she suffered cancer—she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities（被压抑的性格）, a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease. In fact , re-examining old positions was her lifelong lifelong habit.‎ In America,her story of a 19th century Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California, won the National Book Award in 2000.But it was as a tirelessm all-purposer cultural view that she made her lasting fame.“Sometimes,”she once said ,“I feel that, in the end, all I am really defending …is the idea of seriousness, of true seriousness.”And in the end ,she made us take it seriously too.‎ ‎9.The underlined sentence in paragraph 1 means Sontag_________.‎ A. was a symbol of American cultural life ‎ B. developed world literature,film and art ‎ C. published many essays about world culture D. kept pace with the newst development of world culture ‎10.She first won her name through ___________.‎ A. her story of a Polish actress ‎ B. her book illness as Metaphor C. publishing essays in magazines like partisan Review D. her explanation of a set of difficult understankings ‎11.According to the passage,Susan Sontag__________.‎ A. was a sensualist as well as a moralist B. looked down upon the pop culture C. thought content was more important than form D. blamed the victim of cancer for being repressed ‎12.As for Susan Sontag’s lifelong habit , she __________.‎ A. misunderstood the idea of seriousness ‎ B. re-examined old positions C. argued for an openess to pop culture ‎ D. preferred morals to beauty ‎13.Susan Sontag’s lasting fame was made upon___________-.‎ ‎ A. a tireless, all-purpose cultural view ‎ ‎ B. her lifelong watchword ：seriousness ‎ C. publishing books on morals D. enjoying books worth reading and movies worth seeing ‎ 答案 DDABA Passage 4‎ People fell in love with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944, when she starred in National Velvet-the story of Velvet Brown, a young girl who wins first place in a famous horse race, At first, the producers of the movie told Taylor that she was too small to play the part of Velvet. However, they waited for her for a few months as she exercised and trained—and added three inches to her height in four months! Her acting in National Velvet is still considered the best by a child actress.‎ Elizabeth Taylor was born in London in 1932. Her parents, both Americans, had moved there for business reasons. When World war II started, the Taylor moved to Beverly Hills, California, and there Elizabeth started acting in movies. After her success as a child star, Taylor had no trouble moving into adult(成人)roles and won twice for Best Actress: Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? (1966)‎ Taylor’s fame(名声)and popularity gave her a lot of power with the movie industry, so she was able to demand very high pay for her movies. In 1963, she received $1 million for her part in Cleopatra—the highest pay received by any star up to that time.‎ Elizabeth Taylor is a legend (传奇人物) of our time. Like Velvet Brown in National Velvet, she has been lucky, she has beauty, fame and wealth. But she is also a hard worker. Taylor seldom acts in movies any more. Instead, she puts her time and efforts into her businesses, and into helping others—several years ago, she founded an organization that has raised more than $40 million for research and education.‎ ‎14. The producers didn’t let Taylor play the part of Velvet at first because they thought she ____.‎ A. was small in size B. was too young C. did not play well enough D. did not show much interest ‎15. What Elizabeth Taylor and Velvet Brown had in common was that they were both _____.‎ A. popular all their lives B. famous actresses C. suecessful when very young D. rich and kind-hearted ‎16. Taylor became Best Actress at the age of .‎ A. 12 B. ‎28 C. 31 D. 34‎ ‎17. In her later life , Elizabeth Taylor devoted herself to .‎ A. doing business and helping others B. turning herself into a legend C. collecting money for the poor D. going about research and education work 答案 ACBA Passage 5‎ Jane Austen, a famous English writer, was born at Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16,‎ ‎1775, and died on July 18, 1817. She began writing early in life, although the prejudices of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously ( 匿名 ).‎ ‎ But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath's many famous local people and visitors. She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806, Bath was her home. Her deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, which are largely set in Bath. The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it, keeping in its streets and public buildings the well-ordered world that she described so well in her novels. Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austen's Bath can be enhanced (增强)by visiting the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street. Here, in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city, you can find out more about Bath in Jane Austen's time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.‎ The Centre has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane Austen Society. After your visit to the Centre, you can look round the attractive shop, which offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related books, cards and many specially designed gifts. Jane Austen quizzes are offered to keep the children busy.‎ ‎ You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen's Bath, which is a great way to find out more about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath. The tour lasts about one and a half hours. The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived, walked and shopped.‎ ‎18. Jane Austen paid two long visits to Bath________.‎ ‎ A. in her early twenties B. in her early teens ‎ C. in her late twenties D. in her late teens ‎19. What can we learn about Bath from the passage?‎ ‎ A. Bath has greatly changed since Jane Austen's death.‎ ‎ B. The city has changed as much as Jane Austen knew it.‎ ‎ C. Bath remains almost the same as in Jane Austen's time.‎ ‎ D. No changes have taken place in Bath since Jane Austen's time.‎ ‎20.The author writes this passage in order to________.‎ A. attract readers to visit the city of Bath B. ask readers to buy Austen's books C. tell readers about Jane Austen's experience D. give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society ‎21. It takes you about one and a half hours________.‎ ‎ A. to get to the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street ‎ B. to buy Jane Austen related books, cards and gifts ‎ C. to find a guide to take you to the Centre D. to look around the city of Bath on foot 答案 ACAD Passage 6‎ When Lew Alcindor was 13, and obviously still growing, a group of schools began offering him scholarships (奖学金) . The Alcindors decided to send their only child to Power Memorial Academy, a small school on Manhattan’s West Side.‎ At Power, Alcindor came under the control of Coach Jack Donohue, a strict young man who already gained his fame as one of the best coaches in the city. Donohue brought Alcindor along slowly. As a first-year student, the boy was not able to do much but wave his long skinny arms and shoot a basket now and then. But by the second year, when he was 15 years old and nearly 7 feet tall, Alcindor was quick and skillful enough to make the high school All-American team and to lead Power to an undefeated season.‎ From then on he simply got better. Some rival coaches （对方教练）used to take their teams quickly away from the floor before Power warmed up so that their players would not see him any sooner than they had to. Wearing size 16D shoes and sucking a lollipop (棒棒糖), Alcindor would loosen up by starting his leaping lay-ups (擦板球). Then he would casually shoot the ball with either hand, to the delight of the fans.‎ When reporters and photographers began to follow Alcindor closely, Donohue protected his boy firmly. He simply ordered Lew to talk to no member of the press, and this suited Lew fine. He was not comfortable talking to grown-ups, perhaps because he towered over them. Discouraged photographers began following him in secret as though he were an easily-frightened giraffe. Once after ducking into a subway to escape, Alcindor told a friend that it was all becoming like policemen and robbers. “People want you not for yourself,” Donohue warned him, “but because you’re a basketball player. Don’t forget that.”‎ ‎22. Many schools offered Alcindor scholarships because_________.‎ A．he was young B．he was hardworking C．he was tall for his age D．he was skillful at playing basketball ‎23. Which of the following best describes Donohue as a young coach?‎ A．serious, popular and slow B．tall, skillful and successful C．kind, powerful and undefeated D．well-known, strict and experienced ‎24. Why did some rival coaches take their teams away from the floor before Power warmed up?‎ A．Their teams refused to play Power B．Their teams feared to see Alcindor C．Their teams would lose courage D．Their teams would lose interest ‎25. What does the last paragraph mainly discuss?‎ A．How Donohue protected Alcindor from the press B．How Alcindor disliked meeting reporters C．Why the press followed Alcindor closely D．Why the public wanted Alcindor badly 答案 CDCA Passage 7‎ ‎ Paul Zindel’s death on March 27,2003 ended the brilliant life of a famous writer.‎ Not only did Paul Zindel win a Pulitzer Prize as well as an Obie Prize for his 1970 play The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, but be was one of the earliest writers in the field of contemporary（当代的） literature for young adults（成人）. The Pigman, published in 1968, is still one of the most well-known and widely-taught novels in the genre. The American Library Association has named it one of the 100 Best of the Best Books for Young Adults published between 1967 and 1992, and Zindel’s autobiography, The Pigman and Me, was among the 100 Best of the Best Books published for teenagers during the last part of the twentieth century. Six of Zindel’s books, in fact, have been voted the Best Books for Young Adults, and most of his recent horror books-such as The Doom Stone and Rats-have been chosen as Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Clearly, he was a writer who knew how to interest contemporary children. Recognizing that, the American Library Association in 2002 honored Paul Zindel with the Margaret A. Edwards Prize for his lifetime achievements, and later that same year he was presented with the ALAN Prize for his contributions to Young Adult Literature. With his passing, young readers, teachers, and librarians have lost a great friend.‎ ‎26．Which of Paul Zindel’s books was the most popular with young adults in the 20th century?‎ ‎ A．The Pigman.‎ ‎ B．The Doom Stone.‎ ‎ C．The Pigman and Me.‎ ‎ D．The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.‎ ‎27．Why was Paul Zindel honored with the Margaret A. Edwards Prize?‎ ‎ A．His books were widely read by children.‎ ‎ B．His books were interesting and helpful to adults.‎ ‎ C．He made great contributions to contemporary literature.‎ ‎ D．He wrote a number of horror books for young adults.‎ ‎28．When did Paul Zindel win the ALAN Prize?‎ ‎ A．In 2002. B．In 2003.‎ ‎ C．Between 1967 and 1992. D．Between 2002 and 2003.‎ ‎29．Choose the correct statements from the following according to the passage.‎ ‎ a.The Pigman and Me was one of the Best Books for teenagers.‎ ‎ b.Zindel was one of the earliest writers who wrote for adults only.‎ ‎ c.The Doom Stone and Rats are not popular with young adults.‎ ‎ d.Zindel was given four prizes for literature before he died.‎ ‎ e.At least eight of Zindel’s books were very popular in his times.‎ ‎ A．c, d, e B．a, b, c C．a, b, d D．a, d, e 答案 26.A 27.C 28.A 29.D ‎ ‎ Passage 8 ‎ Paula Radcliffe, chasing (角逐) a third London marathon title(冠军), says she has became a stronger person after her terrible experience at the 2004 Athens Gaines.‎ ‎ Radcliffe, who failed to complete the Olympic marathon and the ‎10,000m last August, said: "Athens made me a stronger person and it made me care less about criticism (批评)"‎ ‎ "In the past I wanted to please everyone, but now I ara fioinfi to listen even more to the people around me."‎ ‎ She didn't care about criticism made at the weekend by Liz McCulgan, who felt Radcliffe should have rested and let her body recover after her failure in Athens.‎ ‎ "Liz is someone I look up to but she hasn't spoken to me since last year and if she really eared for me, I'm sure she would have contacted (联系) me."‎ ‎ Instead Radcliffe won the New York City marathon just 11 weeks after Athens.‎ ‎ "In New York I wasn't in my best state but I did know I was good enough to win the Radcliffe insisted her only goal in Sunday's race would be winning a third title and not chasing world records.‎ ‎ However, RadcIiffe has not ruled out(排除) m the future chasing her "final" world record time and questioned sayings that marathon runners have the ability in their career to produce only four or five world-class times.‎ ‎ "I don't think that -- although I can't put a number on it," said. RadcLiffe. "That changes from person to person."‎ ‎ Radcliffe is sure she can better her winning London 2003 performance at some point in the future. Following a successful three-month training period in the United States, the 31-year-old will chase a third title on Sunday after her first victory in 2O02 and again 12 months later.‎ Radcliffe clocked a time of 2:18:‎56 in her first 42.2-kdnmetre race three years ago.‎ ‎ Afterwards she set a "mixed course" mark of 2:17:18 five months later In Chicago before lowering that to a time of 2:15:‎25 m the 2003 London event.‎ ‎30. Radcliffe's failure in Athens made her ________‎ ‎ A. develop respect for Liz B. love people around her more ‎ C. rest for five months D. face criticism calmly ‎ ‎31. Which of the following is ture according to the passage?‎ ‎ A. Radcliffe broke the world record in the New York City marathon.‎ ‎ B. Radcliffe didn't fully recover before the New York City marathon.‎ ‎ C. Radcliffe won her first narathon title in the New York City marathon.‎ ‎ D. Radcliffe had a 3-month trainihg before the New York City marathon. ‎ ‎32. By saythg "I can't put a number on it," Radcliffe means she's not sure _____ .‎ ‎ A. if she has the ability to set a new world record ‎ B. if she can win another race though she has won many tunes ‎ C. how many times a maradion runner can set the world record ‎ D. if she has the ability to produce four or five world-class times ‎ ‎33. According to the text, Redcliffc bas won ____ London marathon title(s).‎ ‎ A. four B. three C. two D. one ‎ ‎34. What can we learn from Radcliffe's story?‎ ‎ A. Practice makes perfect. B. Well begun is half done.‎ ‎ C. A friend in need is a fried indeed. D. Where there is a will there is a way. ‎ 答案 DBCCD Passage 9‎ A teacher of English as a second language is the 2004 Teacher of the Year in the United States .Kathy Mellor of Rhode Island will spend the next year as an international spokeswoman for education. President Bush and his wife, Laura ,honored her during a ceremony（仪式）at the White House last week.‎ For the past nineteen years ,Kathy Mellor has taught English as a second language at Davisville Middle School in North Kingstown, Rhode Island ,in the northeastern United States .She redesigned the program for E.S.L students at her school to provide each student with one to three periods per day in classes for English learners .How much instruction the students get depends on their level of skill in listening ,speaking ,reading and writing. The amount of time they spend in these classes in reduced as their level of English increases. ‎ A teacher describes this as the most successful E.S.L. program in North Kingstown. She also praises Kathy Mellor for providing help to students and their families by forming a local parents group for speakers of other languages .This improved their ability to help their children.‎ Kathy Mellor earned a master’s degree in education from Rhode Island College. She studied teaching English as a second language.‎ She was chosen for the national honor of Teacher of the Year from among top teachers in each of the fifty states .As Teacher of the Year ,Kathy Mellor will travel around the United States and to other countries .She will talk about the importance of education and the work of teachers.‎ ‎35．This passage is mainly about .‎ ‎ A．Teacher of the Year ‎2004 in the United States ‎ ‎ B．Ms Mellor’s English teaching instruction ‎ C．Ms Mellor’s teaching skills of learning English ‎ D．praises to Ms Mellor from other teachers ‎36．What does “E.S.L.” in the passage stand for?‎ ‎ A．English study learners. B．English speaking and listening.‎ ‎ C．English special learners. D．English as a second language.‎ ‎37．From this passage we can learn that ________.‎ ‎ A．middle school teachers from each state are honored Teachers of the Year ‎ B．middle school teachers in the USA have to get master’s degrees ‎ C．Ms Mellor’s students have no problems in learning English ‎ D．the American government pays much attention to education ‎【答案】ADD Passage 10‎ Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, was a Seattle lawyer. Mary Gates, their late mother, was a school teacher.‎ Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle. It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in personal computer soft- ware, programming computers at age 13.‎ In 1973, Gates entered Harvard‎ ‎University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, who is now Microsoft's president. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version (版本) of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer---the MITS Astair. In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desk-top and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers.‎ Gates' foresight has led to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. He plays an important role in the technical development of new products. Much of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying in touch with Microsoft employees around the world through e-mail.‎ In the dozen years since Microsoft went public, Gates has donated more than $ 800 million to charities (慈善机构), including $ 200 million to the Gates Library Foundation to help libraries in North America make use of new technologies and the Information Age. ‎ ‎38. Where did Bill Gates begin his career in personal computer software? ‎ A. At public elementary school. B. At the private Lakeside‎ ‎School.‎ C. At Harvard‎ ‎University. D. At Microsoft Company. ‎ ‎39. Why did he drop out of Harvard?‎ A. To change school. B. To spend all his energies to Microsoft.‎ C. To find a full-time job. D. To earn money.‎ ‎40. How does Gates spend much of his time?‎ A. Meeting with people. ‎ B. Travelling around the world.‎ C. E-mailing some friends. ‎ ‎ D. Meeting with customers and e-mailing Microsoft employees.‎ ‎41. What does the underlined word "donated" in the last paragraph mean?‎ A. gave. B. earned. C. made. D. received.‎ ‎【答案】BBDA Passage 11‎ Bobby Moresco grew up in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen, a tough working-class neighborhood on Manhattan’s West Side. But Hell’s Kitchen lies right next door to Broadway, and the bright lights attracted Bobby from the time he was a teen. Being stage-struck was hardly what a street kid could admit to his partners. Fearing their ridicule, he told no one, not even his girlfriend, when he started taking acting lessons at age 17. If you were a kid from the neighborhood, you became a cop, construction worker, longshoreman or criminal. Not an actor. ‎ Moresco struggled to make that long walk a few blocks east. He studied acting, turned out for all the cattle calls, and during the decade of the 1970s made a total of $2,000. “I wasn’t a good actor, but I had a driving need to do something different with my life,” he says. ‎ He moved to Hollywood, where he drove a cab and worked as a bartender(酒保). “My father said, ‘Stop this craziness and get a job; you have a wife and daughter.’’’ But Moresco kept working at his chosen craft. ‎ Then in 1983 his younger brother Thomas was murdered in a mob-linked killing. Moresco moved back to his old neighborhood and started writing as a way to explore the pain and the patrimony（继承物）of Hell’s Kitchen. Half-Deserted Streets, based on his brother’s killing, opened at a small Off-Broadway theater in 1988. A Hollywood producer saw it and asked him to work on a screenplay. ‎ His reputation grew, and he got enough assignments to move back to Hollywood. By 2003, he was again out of work and out of cash when he got a call from Paul Haggis, a director who had befriended him. Haggis wanted help writing a film about the country after September 11. The two worked on the writing, but every studio in town turned it down. They kept pitching it. Studio executives, however, thought no one wanted to see a severe, honest vision of race and fear and lives in collision(冲突、碰撞) in modern America. ‎ Moresco believed so strongly in the script that he borrowed money, sold his house. He and Haggis kept pushing. At last the writers found an independent film producer who would take a chance, but the upfront money was too little, Moresco delayed his salary. ‎ Crash slipped into the theaters in May 2005, and quietly became both a hit and a critical ‎ success. It was nominated for six Academy Awards and won three---Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Writing (Original Screenplay) by Paul Haggis and the kid from Hell’s Kitchen. ‎ At age 54, Bobby Moresco became an overnight success. “If you have something you want to do in life, don’t think about the problems,” he says, “think about other ways to get it done.” ‎ ‎42. Rearrange the following statements in term of time order:‎ a. His work Half-Deserted Streets drew attention as it opened at a small Off-Broadway theater.‎ b. Unexpectedly Crash became both a hit and a huge success.‎ c. He moved to Hollywood to be a taxi driver and a waiter.‎ d. He started to learn acting in spite of hardness with the belief of doing something different.‎ e. His younger brother Thomas was killed in conflict among bullies.‎ A. d; c; e; a; b      B. d; e; c; b; a    C. c; d; e; a; b    D. c; e; d; b; a  ‎ ‎43. Why Bobby Moresco did not tell anyone that he started taking lessons at age 17?‎ A. He wanted to give his girlfriend a surprise.‎ B. His girlfriend did not allow him to do this.‎ C. He was afraid of being laughed at.‎ D. He had no talent for acting.‎ ‎44. The Studio executives turned the script Crash down because ______.‎ A. they thought the script would not be popular B. the script was not well written.‎ C. they had no money to make the film based on the script.‎ D. they thought Moresco was not famous.‎ ‎45. What’s the best title of the passage?‎ A. The Road to Success B. Try It a Different Way C. A Talented man---Moresco ‎ D. Moresco’s Perseverance ‎ ‎46. Which of the following can best describe Bobby Moresco?‎ A. initiative(主动的) and persistent(坚持的)‎ B. shy but hardworking ‎ C. caring and brave D. aggressive and modest ‎【答案】ACAB Passage 12‎ Stephen William Hawking was born on January 8th, ‎1942 in Oxford, England. His parents’ house was in North London, but during the Second World War Oxford was considered a safer place to have babies. When he was eight, his family moved to St Albans. At eleven Stephen went to St. Albans School, and then on to University College, Oxford, his father’s old college. Stephen wanted to do math, although his father would have preferred medicine. Math was not available at ‎ University College, so he did physics instead. ‎ Stephen then went on to Cambridge to do research in Cosmology (宇宙论). After gaining his Ph.D. (哲学博士) he became first a Research Fellow, and later on a Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. After leaving the Institute of Astronomy in 1973, Stephen came to the Department of Applied Math and Theoretical Physics (理论物理), and since 1979 has held the post of Lucasian Professor of math. ‎ Stephen Hawking has worked on the basic laws which rule the universe. With Roger Penrose he showed that Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity implied space and time would have a beginning in the Big Bang and an end in black holes. These results show it was necessary to unify (统一) General Relativity with Quantum Theory (量子论). One result of such a unification that he discovered was that black holes should not be completely black, but should give off radiation and disappear in the end.‎ ‎47. Which of the following is NOT suitable for describing Stephen Hawking?‎ A. He once studied at the same college that his father studied at.‎ B. At one time he did research in Cosmology in Oxford. ‎ C. He preferred math to medicine at college. ‎ D. He contributed to the unification of General Theory of Relativity and Quantum Theory.‎ ‎48. The underlined word “available” in the first paragraph probably means “________”.‎ A. able to be had B. allowed to study C. easy to understand D. limited to learn ‎49. Why did Stephen Hawking’s parents move to Oxford from North London?‎ A. Because they liked it better than North London.‎ B. Because there was a world-famous university there.‎ C. Because they were tired of living in North London.‎ D. Because it was safer to give birth to a bay in Oxford. ‎ ‎50. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?‎ A. Einstein and Stephen Hawking B. Big Bang, a great theory ‎ C. Stephen Hawking, a great British scientist D. The unification of two theories ‎【答案】BADC Passage 13‎ When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced the daunting task of creating a Music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teachers. For her drive and creativity in overcoming those chal1enges, she's been named national teacher of the year.‎ Principal Waynes Kettler said he's worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody I've ever worked with before.”Kettler and others at Monte Cristo Elementary Schoo1 talk about the ways she has introduced the 1earning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money ‎ for new music.‎ When students were reading S.E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders in their regular classroom,Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book. Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused no race, equa1ity and social justice, the themes of the book. Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.‎ The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Foils. It's inspiring to know that people from small towns own even win national honors.‎ As national teacher of the year,Peterson will spend more time outside the classroom,as a national and international spokeswoman for education.Not surpassingly,she believes in the White of acts education. She said it's essential for schools to offer classes such as act or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the on1y thing that encourages them to come back to school day after day.‎ ‎51. The underlined word “daunting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means .‎ A. discouraging B. interesting C. creative D. unbearab1e ‎52. When Peterson began her teaching career, .‎ A. music was a focus of learning in most schools B. the environment was favorable to music teaching C. the school backed teaching facilities for music D. immemorial support for music programs was unavailable ‎53. What is the most important reason why Peterson won the award?‎ A. She concerned herself with current social problems.‎ B. She motivated students to learn music with her creativity.‎ C. She has aught music at the elementary school for 22 years.‎ D. She makes great efforts to amuse students' interest in literature.‎ ‎54. Which of the following is an example of Peterson's way of teaching music?‎ A. She wrote plays on themes of race, equality and social justice.‎ B. She made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching.‎ C. She organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes.‎ D. She helped students compose songs by themselves.‎ ‎55. In Peterson's opinion, .‎ A. art music and PE classes are all important B. more subjects should be offered to students C. students should be motivated to attend art classes D. arts education is more important than other subjects ‎【答案】 ACBBA