2005年高考英语第一轮总复习讲座之九-(SB-Units 17-18)

46.A.for 47.A.likes 48.A.to 49.A.see

B.that B.seems B.towards B.catch

C.who C.looks C.through C.look for

D.what D.is D.in D.find

50.A.difficult B.easy C.hard D.easily Ⅲ、阅读理解（共25小题，A节每小题2分，B节每小题1分，满分45分）

A）阅读下列短文，从每题中所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

A

When you read a story in English,do you read it for the story or for the English?This is a question that is not so foolish as it may seem.For I find that many students of English pay far more attention to the story than to the English. They read and enjoy and,for a long time afterwards,remember the story,but do not care to study the use of the words and phrases therein(在那里).For instance,they do not forget how the mystery of the eternal triangle(三角恋爱)is solved,but not remember a single sentence in the story and cannot tell what preposition is used before or after a certain word in the speech of a certain character.

Of course,it is all right to read and enjoy and remember a story,and so long as one wants to know the story only,one need not bother about the language details,but the case is quite different for a student of English.I mean,a student of English is distinguished from(区别于)a liberature student or what is called the general reader. One ought to read carefully.Not only very carefully but also aloud,and that again and again,until you know the passage by heart and can recite it,as if it were your own.On the one hand,this will teach you many useful words and phrases;on the other hand it will help you avoid many mistakes in expression,and increase your vocabulary.

51. It seems that the passage is written by_______.

A.an American expert of English B.a Chinese professor of English C.an English linguist D.a Chinese educationalist

52. When reading,many of the students of English are most interested in_______.

A.English language structure B.special words and phrases

C.the eternal triangle D.the development of a story

53. The difference between a student of English and a general reader is that_______. A.the latter doesn’t understand language rules at all B.the latter knows only some useful words and phrases C.the former mainly studies language rules

D.the former is not interested in a story

54. The author’s successful experience in teaching is that_______. A.we ought to read a passage as aloud as possible B.we should learn a passage with our hearts

C.to recite a passage is more important than understand it only

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D.we should read a passage as carefully as possible

B

Wally worked in a shop that sold clocks.One day his next door neighbour,Harry, came into his shop.Harry was very stingy(吝啬).His stingness made Wally very angry. Wally said to him,“When are you going to buy a clock?” “Never,”Harry said,“I don’t need a clock.”

“Everyone needs a clock,”Wally said,“How do you know when it is time to get up?”

“The man who lives on the other side of me turns on his radio at seven o’clock for the news,”Harry said.“I hear the announcer say:The time is seven o’clock.Here is the news.”

“OK.But how do you know when to go to work?”Wally wanted to know.

“By the time I get out of bed,wash and shave,it’s half past seven,”Harry said.“By the time I’ve eaten my breakfast of toast(烤面包),jam and coffee,it’s eight o’clock,time to leave for the office.By the time I get to the bus station,it’s ten past eight.The bus arrives in a few minutes and by the time it gets to my shop,the time is half past eight.That’s the time I start work.”

“OK.But how do you know when it’s time to go home?”Wally said,getting angry. “The factory bell rings”Harry told him.

“How do you know when it’s time to go to bed?” The TV programmes come to an end.

By now Wally was really angry.“OK,”he shouted.“Now tell me what would happen if you woke up in the middle of the night and wanted to know the time?” “That’s easy,”Harry said.“I’ve got a hammer.”

“A hammer! What good is a hammer when you want to know the time?” “I’d use it to knock on your wall.You’d shout at me.What are you doing knocking on my wall at three o’clock in the morning?”

55. What did Harry come into Wally’s shop for? A.To make him angry. B.To see if Wally was in. C.The passage doesn’t tell us. D.To know what time it was then. 56. What did Wally want Harry to do? A.To buy a clock. B.To knock on his wall. C.To take one of his clocks home. D.To tell what time it was. 57. Harry told Wally he’d use a hammer to_______.

A.tell him he had already known the time B.wake him up and know the time from him C.tell him he couldn’t go to sleep D.tell him what time it was then

C

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A fine-looking gentleman sat down in the main dining room of an expensive hotel. He ordered a big meal and spent two hours enjoying himself very much.After the bill was presented,the man called the head waiter.

“Ah,my friend,”he said,“that was a wonderful meal!Perhaps you remember that I was a guest at this hotel at this very same table just about a year ago.And at that time,just because I couldn’t pay the bill,you,sir,had me thrown out of this dining room in full view of all the other guests!”

“My deepest apologies,sir”said the head waiter,“You understand.”“Oh,it’s quite all right!”said the gentleman,lighting his cigar.“But I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble you again.”

58. He called the head waiter_______.

A.so that he could tell the waiter he had no money B.in order to praise him C.to pay for the meal

D.to enjoy the meal together

59. The man told the waiter he had been thrown out of the dining room by the waiter because_______.

A.he wanted the waiter to answer for it

B.he wanted to tell him he could pay for the meal now

C.he tried to remind the waiter he wouldn’t pay for the meal a second time D.he would never forget the sad story

60. The phrase“in full view of”means_______.

A.in the face of B.because of C.to make fun of D.with the help of 61. What do you think was the result of the story? A.The man paid for the meal.

B.The waiter apologized for his rude deeds.

C.The man was once again driven out of the hotel.

D.The owner of the hotel thanked him for his coming again.

D Dear editor,

Why do newspapers carry so many advertisements for electronic equipment?Last Sunday I counted ads for seven kinds of televisions and thirteen kinds of radios in the Atlanta Journal.Besides that,there were pages of ads for Citizens’ Band radios and tape recorders.

Don’t you realize what electronic equipment is doing to our daily life? Everywhere you go you may hear loud music and advertisements over radios;this continual noise is ruining our ears.Husbands don’t talk to wives any more;they’re always watch the news or a ball game.Children ruin their eyes(not to mention their minds)with endless hours of watching not only the programes for children but those

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for grown-ups as well.And worse,hidden microphones find out about our private lives,and computers keep records of personal information about us. Enough is enough!I think limit the amount of advertising of electronic equipment in the Atlanta Joural,otherwise it will make life unbearable for us all.

Jason Collins

Atlanta,Georgia

62. The Atlanta Joural is the name of_______. A.a company doing advertisement business B.a department store that sells electronic equipment C.a magazine D.a newspaper

63. Electronic equipment caused_______. A.children to give up school education B.wives to quarrel with their husbands every day C.family members to break away from the family

D.children to ruin their eyes

64. It’s not mentioned but implied(暗示)in the passage that_______.

A.grown-ups also show much interest in children’s programes B.watching too much television does great harm to children’s eyes C.television has bad effects on both children and grown-ups D.some kinds of electronic equipment cause serious social problem

65. Which of the following statements is true? A.Newspaper editors haven’t realized the bad effects of electronic equipment B.It’s not for money that newspapers published advertisements

C.The writer suggests that measures be taken to get rid of noise pollution D.The writer is upset about modern technology.

E

A few years after World War Ⅱ finished,scientists spoke with great eagerness about the use of nuclear power as source of energy.Within twenty years,they said, nuclear would take the place of coal,gas and oil as a“source”of power at home and in industry.This promise has never been carried out and there are serious doubts that it ever will be.Nuclear power plants are used to produce energy in some wealthier countries,but the cost is high.

Although safety measures have been taken,radiation leaks(辐射汇漏)have taken place and workers have been killed or affected.The problem of getting rid of the nuclear waste has proved most difficult.There is a limit to the amount of waste materials which can be burned in the ground or poured on the sea-bed.These methods may also cause more problems.Waste materials polluted by radiation may remain dangerous for 200 years or more.

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