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高考英语专题练习（四）
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I am Peter Hades, a volunteer stem cell
courier
. Since March 2012, I’ve done 89
trips—
of those, 51have been
abroad. I have 42 hours to carry stem
cells
in my little box
because I
’
ve got two ice
packs and that
’
s how
（
干细胞）
long they
last. In all, from the time the stem cells are
harvested from a donor
（捐献者）
to the time they can be
implanted in the patient, we’ve got 72
hours at most. So I am always conscious
of time.
I had one trip last year where
I was caught by a hurricane in America. I picked
up the stem cells in Providence,
Rhode
Island, and was meant to fly to Washington then
back to London. But when I arrived at the
check-
in desk at
Providence,
the lady
on the desk said: “Well, I’m
really sorry, I’ve got some bad news for
you—
there are no fights
from
Washington.” So I took my box and put it on the
desk and I said:“In this box are some stem cells
that are
urgently needed for a
patient
—please, please,
you’
ve got to get me back to the United
Kingdom.
”
She just dropped
everything. She arranged for a flight
on a small plane to be held for me,
re-
routed
（改道）
me through Newark and
got me
back to the UK even earlier than originally
scheduled.
For this courier job,
you’re consciously aware that in that
box you’ve got something that is potentially going
to save somebody’s life.
1
．
Why does Peter
have to complete his trip within 42 hours?
________
A
．
He
cannot stay away from his job too long.
B
．
The donor can
only wait for that long.
C
．
The operation
needs that much time.
D
．
The ice
won
’
t last any longer.
2
．
Which flight
did the woman put Peter on first? ________
A
．
To London.
B
．
To
Newark.
D
．
To
Washington.
C
．
To
Providence.
The meaning of silence
varies among cultural groups. Silences may be
thoughtful, or they may be empty when
a
person has nothing to say. A silence in a
conversation may also show stubbornness,
uneasiness or worry. Silence
may be
viewed by some cultural groups as extremely
uncomfortable; therefore attempts may be made to
fill every
gap
（间隙）
with
conversation.
Persons
in
other
cultural
groups
value
silence
and
view
it
as
necessary
for
understanding a person’s
needs.
Many Native Americans
value silence and feel it is a basic part of
communicating among people, just as some
traditional
Chinese
and
Thai
persons
do.
Therefore,
when
a
person
from
one
of
these
cultures
is
speaking
and
suddenly stops, what may be
implied
（暗示）
is
that the person wants the listener to consider
what has been said
before continuing.
In these cultures, silence is a call for
reflection.
Other
cultures
may
use
silence
in
other
ways,
particularly
when
dealing
with
conflicts
among
people
or
in
relationships of people with different
amounts of power. For example, Russian, French,
and Spanish persons may
use
silence
to
show
agreement
between
parties
about
the
topic
under
discussion.
However,
Mexicans
may
use
silence when instructions are given by
a person in authority rather than be rude to that
person by arguing with him
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or her. In still another use, persons
in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of
respect, particularly to an elder
or a
person in authority.
Nurses and other
care
?
givers need to be aware
of the possible meanings of silence when they come
across the
personal
anxiety
their
patients
may
be
experiencing.
Nurses
should
recognize
their
own
personal
and
cultural
construction of
silence so that a patient
’
s
silence is not interrupted too early or allowed to
go on unnecessarily. A
nurse
who
understands
the healing
（治愈）
value
of
silence
can
use
this
understanding
to
assist
in
the
care
of
patients
from their own and from other cultures.
3
．
What does the
author say about silence in conversations?
________
A
．
It
implies anger.
B
．
It promotes
friendship.
C
．
It
is culture
?
specific.
D
．
It is
content
?
based
4
．
Which of the
following people might regard silence as a call
for careful thought? ________
A
．
The Chinese.
B
．
The French.
C
．
The Mexicans.
D
．
The Russians.
5
．
What does the
author advise nurses to do about silence? ________
A
．
Let it continue
as the patient pleases.
B
．
Break it while
treating patients.
C
．
Evaluate its
harm to patients.
D
．
Make use of its
healing effects.
A new collection of
photos brings an unsuccessful Antarctic voyage
back to life.
Frank
Hurley’s
pictures
would
be
outstanding—
undoubtedly
first-
rate
photo-
journalism
—
if
they
had
been
made last week. In fact, they were shot
from 1914 through 1916, most of them after a
disastrous shipwreck
,
（海难）
by a cameraman who had
no reasonable expectation of survival. Many of the
images were stored in an ice chest,
under freezing water, in the damaged
wooden ship.
The ship was the
Endurance, a small, tight,
Norwegian-
built three-
master
that was intended to take Sir Ernest
Shackleton
and
a
small
crew
of
sea
men
and
scientists,
27
men
in
all,
to
the
southernmost
shore
of
Antarctica’s
Weddell Sea. From that point Shackle
ton wanted to force a passage by dog
sled
（雪橇）
across
the continent. The
journey was intended
to achieve more than what Captain Robert Falcon
Scott had done. Captain Scott had reached
the South Pole early in 1912, but had
died with his four companions on the march back.
As
writer
Caroline
Alexander
makes
clear
in
her
forceful
and
well
?
researched
story
The
Endurance,
adventuring was
even then a th
oroughly commercial
effort. Scott’s last journey, completed as he lay
in a tent dying
of
cold
and
hunger,
caught the
world’s
imagination,
and
a
film
made
in
his
honour
drew
crowds. Shackleton, a
onetime
British
merchant-
navy
officer
who
had
got
to
within
100
miles
of
the
South
Pole
in
1908,
started
a
business before his 1914
voyage to make money from movie and still
photography. Frank Hurley, a confident and
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gifted
Australian photographer who knew the Antarctic,
was hired to make the images, most of which have
never
before been published.
6
．
What do we know
about the photos taken by Hurley? ________
A
．
They were made
last week.
B
．
They
showed undersea sceneries.
C
．
They were found
by a cameraman.
D
．
They recorded a
disastrous adventure.
7
．
Who reached the
South Pole first according to the text? ________
A
．
Frank Hurley.
B
．
Ernest
Shackleton.
D
．
Caroline
Alexander.
B
．
Scientific
research.
D
．
Treasure
hunting.
C
．
Robert
Falcon Scott.
A
．
Artistic
creation.
C
．
Money
making.
8
．
What does
Alexander think was the purpose of the 1914
voyage? ________
On one of her trips to
New York several years ago, Eudora Welty decided
to take a couple of New York friends
out
to
dinner.
They
settled
in
at
a
comfortable
East
Side
cafe
and
within
minutes,
another
customer
was
approaching their table.
“
Hey,
aren’t you
from Mississippi?” the elegant, white?haired
writer remembered being asked by the stranger.
“I’m from Mississippi too.”
Without a second thought, the woman
joined the Welty party. When her dinner partner
showed up, she also
pulled up a chair.
“
They began telling me all
the news of Mississippi
,” Welty
said
.
“I didn’t know what my
New York friends
were
thinking.”
Taxis on a rainy
New York night are rarer than sunshine. By the
time the group got up to leave, it was pouring
outside. Welty’s new friends
immediately sent a waiter to find a cab. Heading
back downtown toward her hotel, her
big
city friends were amazed at the turn of events
that had changed their Big Apple dinner into a
Mississippi state
reunion
（团聚）
.
“
My
friend
said:
Now
we
believe
your
stories,”
Welty
added
.
“And
I
said:
Now
you
know.
These
are
the
people
that make me write them
.”
Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a
slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased
with this explanation.
“I
don
’
t make them
up
,” she said of the characters in her
fiction these last 50 or so years. “I don’t have
to.”
Beau
ticians,
bartenders, piano players and people with purple
hats, Welty’s people come from afternoons spent
visiting with old friends, from walks
through the streets of her native Jackson, Miss,
from conversations overheard
on a bus.
It annoys Welty that, at 78, her left ear has now
given out. Sometimes, sitting on a bus or a train,
she hears
only a
fragment
（片断）
of a
particularly interesting story.
9
．
What happened
when Welty was with her friends at the cafe?
________
A
．
Two
strangers joined her.
B
．
Her childhood
friends came in.
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C
．
A heavy rain
ruined the dinner.
D
．
Some people
held a party there.
10
．
What can we
learn about the characters in
Welty
’
s fiction? ________
A
．
They live in
big cities.
B
．
They are mostly
women.
C
．
They come from
real life.
D
．
They are
pleasure seekers.
Monthly
talks at London Canal Museum
Our monthly talks start at 19:30 on the
first Thursday of each month except August.
Admission is at normal
charges and you
don’t need to book. They end around
21:00.
November
7th
The
Canal
Pioneers,
by
Chris
Lewis.
James
Brindley
is
recognized
as
one
of
the
leading
early
canal
engineers. He was also a major player
in training others in the art of canal planning
and building. Chris Lewis will
explain
how Brindley made such a positive contribution to
the education of that group of early “civil
engineers”.
December
5th
Ice for the Metropolis,
by Malcolm Tucker. Well before the
arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice
for
food
preservation
and
catering.
Malcolm
will
explain
the
history
of
importing
natural
ice
and
the
technology
of
building ice wells, and how London’s
ice trade grew.
February
6th
An Update on the
Cotswold Canals,
by
Liz
Payne. The Stroudwater Canal is moving towards
reopening.
The Thames and Severn Canal
will take a little longer. We will have a report
on the present state of play.
March
6th
Eyots
and
Aits
—
Thames
Islands,
by
Miranda
Vickers.
The
Thames
has
many
islands.
Miranda
has
undertaken a review of all of them. She
will tell us about those of greatest interest.
Online bookings
: www.
canalmuseum. org. uk/book
More
info
: www. canalmuseum. org. uk/whatson
London Canal Museum
12
?
13New Wharf
Road, London NI 9RT
www. canalmuseum.
org. uk /www. canalmuseum. mobi
Tel:020
77130836
11
．
When
is the talk on James Brindley? ________
A
．
February 6th.
B
．
March 6th.
C
．
November 7th.
D
．
December 5th.
12
．
What is the
topic of the talk in February? ________
A
．
The Canal
Pioneers.
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B
．
Ice for the
Metropolis.
C
．
Ely
ot’s
and
Aids
—
Thames Islands.
D
．
An Update on
the Cotswold Canals.
13
．
Who will give
the talk on the islands in the Thames? ________
A
．
Miranda
Vickers.
B
．
Malcolm Tucker.
C
．
Chris Lewis.
D
．
Liz Payne.
The freezing
north
?
east
hasn
′
t been a terribly fun
place to spend time this winter, so when the
chance came for
a weekend to Sarasota,
Florida, my bags were packed before you could say
“sunshine”. I left for the land of warmth
and vitamin C
（维生素
C
）
, thinking of beaches and
orange trees. When we touched down to blue skies
and warm
air, I sent up a small prayer
of gratefulness. Swimming pools, wine tasting, and
pink sunsets
（
at normal
evening
hours, not 4in the
afternoon
）
filled
the weekend, but the best
part
—
particularly to my
taste, dulled by months of
cold-
weather root
vegetables
—was a 7 am adventure to the
Sarasota farmers′ market that proved to be more
than
worth the early wake-
up
call.
The
market,
which
was
founded
in
1979,
sets
up
its
tents
every
Saturday
from
7am
to
1pm,
rain
or
shine,
along North Lemon and
State streets. Baskets of perfect red
strawberries; the red-
painted sides of
the Java Dawg
coffee truck; and most of
all, the tomatoes: amazing, large, soft and round
red tomatoes.
Disappointed by many a
broken, vine ripened
promise, I’ve refused to buy winter
tomatoes for
（蔓上成熟的）
years.
No
matter
how
attractive
they
look
in
the
store,
once
I
get
them
home
they’re
unfailingly
dry,
hard,
and
tasteless. But I homed in, with
uncertainty, on one particular table at the
Brown’s Grove Farm’s stand, full of fresh
and soft tomatoes the size of my fist.
These were the real deal
—
and
at that moment, I realized that the best part of
Sarasota in winter was going to be
eating things that back home in New York I
wouldn’t be experiencing again for
months.
Delighted as I was
by the tomatoes in sight,
my happiness
deepened when I learned that Brown’s Grove Farm
is one of the suppliers for Jack Dusty,
a newly opened restaurant at the Sarasota Ritz
Carlton, where
—
luckily for
me
—
I was planning
to have dinn
er that very night. Without
even seeing the menu, I knew I’d be ordering every
tomato on it.
14
．
What did the
author think of her winter life in New York?
________
A
．
Exciting.
C
．
Rel
axing.
B
．
Boring.
D
．
Annoying.
15
．
What made the
author
’
s getting up early
worthwhile? ________
A
．
Having a swim.
B
．
Breathing in
fresh air.
C
．
Walking in the
morning sun.
D
．
Visiting a
local farmers
’
market.
16
．
What was the
author going to do that evening? ________
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A
．
Go to a farm.
B
．
Check into a
hotel.
C
．
Eat in a
restaurant.
D
．
Buy
fresh vegetables.
Salvador
Dali
was one of the most
popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in
Paris is
（
1904
—
1989
）
showing its
respect and admiration for the artist and his
powerful personality with an exhibition bringing
together
over 200 paintings,
sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and
masterworks on exhibition the visitor
will find the best pieces, most
importantly
The
Persistence
of
Memory
. There is also
L
’
Enigme
sans
Fin
from 1938,
works
on
paper,
objects,
and
projects
for
stage
and
screen
and
selected
parts
from
television
programmers
reflecting the artist’s showman
qualities.
The visitor will
enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met
with the beginning, the world of birth. The
exhibition follows a path of time and
subject with the visitor exiting through the
brain.
The exhibition shows how Dali
draws the viewer between two
infinities
（无限）
. “From the
infinity small to
the infinity large,
contraction and expansion coming in and out of
focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy
Baroque of old painting that he used in
his museum?theatre in Figueras, ” explains the
Pompidou Centre.
The fine
selection of the major works was done in close
collaboration
（合作）
with the Muse National Reina
Sofia
in
Madrid,
Spain,
and
with
contributions
from
other
institutions
like
the
Salvador
Dali
Museum
in
St.
Petersburg, Florida.
17
．
Which of the
following best describes Dali according to
Paragraph 1? ________
A
．
Optimistic.
C
．
Generous.
B
．
Productive.
D
．
Traditional.
18
．
What is
Dali
’
s
The
Persistence
of
Memory
considered to be?
________
A
．
One of
his masterworks.
B
．
A successful
screen adaptation.
C
．
An artistic
creation for the stage.
D
．
One of the best
TV programmes.
19
．
How are the
exhibits arranged at the World of Dali? ________
A
．
By popularity.
B
．
By importance.
C
．
By size and
shape.
D
．
By time
and subject.
Your house may have an
effect on your figure. Experts say the way you
design your home could play a role in
whether you pack on the pounds or keep
them off. You can make your environment work for
you instead of against
you. Here are
some ways to turn your home into part of your diet
plan.
Open
the
curtains
and
turn
up
the
lights.
Dark
environments
are
more
likely
to
encourage
overeating,
for
people are often less self-
conscious
（难为情）
when they’re in poorly lit
places—
and so more likely to eat lots
of
food.
If your home
doesn’t have enough window light, get more lamps
and flood the place with brightness.
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Mind the
colours. Research suggests warm colours fuel our
appetites. In one study, people who ate meals in a
blue room consumed 33 per cent less
than those in a yellow or red room. Warm colours
like yellow
make food
appear
more appetizing, while cold colours
m
ake us feel less hungry. So when it’s
time to repaint, go blue.
Don
′
t forget the
clock
—
or the radio. People
who eat slowly tend to consume about 70 fewer
calories
（
卡路里）
per meal
than those who rush through their meals. Begin
keeping track of the time, and try to make dinner
last at
least 30 minutes. And while
you’re at it, actually sit down to eat. If you
need some help slowing down, turn on
relaxing music. It makes you less
likely to rush through a meal.
Downsize
the
dishes.
Big
serving
bowls
and
plates
can
easily
make
us
fat.
We
eat
about 22
per
cent
more
when
using a
12-
inch
plate
instead
of
a
10-
inch
plate. When
we
choose
a
large
spoon
over
a
smaller
one,
total
intake
jumps by 14per cent. And we’ll pour
about 30 per cent more liquid into a short,
wide
glass than a tall,
（
摄入）
skinny glass.
20
．
The text is
especially helpful for those who care about
________.
A
．
their
home comforts
B
．
their body
shape
C
．
house
buying
D
．
healthy
diets
21
．
A home
environment in blue can help people ________.
A
．
digest food
better
B
．
reduce
food intake
C
．
burn more
calories
D
．
regain
their appetites
22
．
What are
people advised to do at mealtimes? ________
A
．
Eat quickly.
B
．
Play fast
music.
C
．
Use
smaller spoons.
D
．
Turn down the
lights.
More students than ever before
are taking a gap year
before
going to university. It used to be called
（
间隔年）
the “year
off” between school and university. The gap year
phenomenon originated
（起源）
with the months left
over to
Oxbridge applicants between entrance exams in
November and the start of the next academic year.
This year, 25, 310students who have
accepted places in higher education institutions
have put off their entry
until next
year, according to statistics on university
entrance provided by the University and College
Admissions
Service
（
< br>UCAS
）
.
That is
a record 14.7 % increase in the number of students
taking a gap year. Tony Higgins from UCAS said
that the statistics are good news for
everyone in higher education. “Students who take a
well?planned year out are
more likely
to be satisfied with, and complete, their chosen
course. Students who take a gap year are often
more
mature and responsible,” he
said
.
But not everyone is
happy. Swain James, the president of the National
Union of Students
（
NUS
）
, argued that
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the increase is evidence of student
hardship
—
young people are
being forced into earning money before finishing
their education. “New students are now
aware that they are likely to leave university up
to
￡
15, 000 in debt. It is
not surprising that more and more
students are taking a gap year to earn money to
support their study for the degree.
NUS
statistics show that over 40 % of students are
forced to work during term time and the figure
increases to 90 %
during vacation
periods,” he said
.
23
．
What do we
learn about the gap year from the text? ________
A
．
It is flexible
in length.
B
．
It
is a time for relaxation.
C
．
It is
increasingly popular.
D
．
It is required
by universities.
24
．
According to
Tony Higgins, students taking a gap year ________
A
．
are better
prepared for college studies
B
．
know a lot more
about their future jobs
C
．
are more likely
to leave university in debt
D
．
have a better
chance to enter top universities
25
．
What would
most students do on their vacation according to
NUS statistics? ________
A
．
Attend
additional courses.
B
．
Make plans for
the new term.
C
．
Earn money for
their education.
D
．
Prepare for
their graduate studies.
Choose your
one-
day tours!
Tour
A
—
Bath
&
Stonehenge
including
entrance
fees
to
the
ancient
Roman
bathrooms
and
Sto
nehenge
—
￡
37 until
26 March and
￡
39 thereafter.
Visit the city with over 2, 000 years
of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and
the Costume Museum.
Stonehenge is one
of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments
dating back over 5, 000 years.
Tour B
—
Oxford &
Stratford
including entrance fees to
the University
St Mary’s Church Tower
and Anne
Hathaway’s
house—
￡
32 until 12 March and
￡
36 thereafter.
Oxford:
Includes
a
guided
tour
of
England’s
oldest
University
City
and
colleges.
Look
over
the
“city
of
dreaming
spires
（尖顶）
” from St Mary’s
Church Tower.
Stratford:
Includes a guided tour exploring much
of the
Shakespeare wonder.
Tour C
—
Windsor
Castle & Hampton Court
including
entrance fees to Hampton Court
Palace
—
￡
34 until
11 March and
￡
37
thereafter.
Includes a guided tour of
Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry
Ⅷ
’s favor
ite
palace. Free time to visit Windsor
Castle
（
entrance
fees not included
）
. With 500
years of history, Hampton Court was once the home
of four Kings
and one Queen. Now this
former royal palace is open to the public as a
major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and
its various historic gardens, which
include the famous maze
（迷宫）
where it is easy to get lost!
Tour
D
—
Cambridge
including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary
the Great
—
￡
33
until 18 March and
8
/
17