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高中英语阅读集锦（一）
1
2012
北京卷
A
The Basics of
Math
—
Made Clear
Basic
Math
introduces
students
to
the
basic
concepts
of
mathematics,
as
well
as
the
fundamentals of more tricky areas.
These 30 fantastic lectures are designed to
provide students
with an understanding
of arithmetic and to prepare them for
Algebra(
代数
) and beyond.
The
lessons
in
Basic
Math
cover
every
basic
aspect
of
arithmetic.
They
also
look
into
exponents(
指数
),
the
order
of
operations,
and
square
roots.
In
addition
to
learning
how
to
perform various mathematical
operations, students discover why these operations
work, how a
particular
mathematical
topic
relates
to
other
branches
of
mathematics,
and
how
these
operations can be used practically.
Basic Math starts from the relatively
easier concepts and gradually moves on to the more
troublesome ones, so as to allow for
steady and sure understanding of the material by
students.
The lectures offer students
the chance to “make sense” of
mathematical knowledge that may
have
seemed
so
frightening.
They
also
help
students
prepare
for
college
mathematics
and
overcome their anxiety about this
amazing
—
and completely
understandable
—
field of
study.
By the conclusion of the course,
students will have improved their understanding of
basic
math. They will be able to clear
away the mystery(
神秘性
) of
mathematics and face their studies
with
more confidence than they ever imagined. In
addition, they will strengthen their ability to
accept new and exciting mathematical
challenges.
Professor H. Siegel,
honored by Kentucky Educational
T
elevision as “the best math teacher
in America,” is a devoted teacher and
has a gift for explaining mathematical concepts in
ways
that make them seem clear and
obvious. From the basic concrete ideas to the more
abstract
problems, he is master in
making math lectures learner-friendlier and less
scary.
With
a
PhD
in
Mathematics
Education
from
Georgia
State
University,
Dr.
Siegel
teaches
mathematics at Central Arizona College.
His courses include various make-up classes and a
number of lectures for future primary
school teachers.
If the course fails to
provide complete satisfaction to you, you can
easily exchange it for any
other course
that we offer. Or you can get your money back.
56. What does the course
Basic Math mainly cover?
A. Algebra.
B.
College Mathematics.
C. Arithmetic.
D. Mathematics Education.
57. What benefits can students expect
from Basic Math?
A. Stronger imaginative
ability.
B. Additional presentation skills.
C.
More mathematical confidence.
D. Greater
chances of becoming teachers.
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58. What can we learn about Professor
H. Siegel?
A. He is a guest lecturer at Kentucky
Educational Television.
B. He is to deliver 30
lectures in Basic Math.
C. He works in Georgia
State University.
D. He specializes in
training teachers.
59. Where is the
passage most likely to have been taken from?
A.
A news report.
B. A book review
C. A lesson
plan.
D. An advertisement
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2012
全国卷
A
Are you looking for some
new and exciting places to take your kids
（孩子）
to? Try some
of these
places:
·
Visit art
museums
．
They offer a variety
of activities to excite your kids'
interest
．
Many offer
workshops for making land-made pieces,
traveling exhibits, book signings by children's
favorite writer, and even musical
performances and other arts
·
Head to a natural history
museum
．
This is where kids
can discover the past from
dinosaur
（
恐龙）
models
to
rock
collections
and
pictures
of
stars
in
the
sky
．
Also,
ask
what
kind
of
workshops
and
educational programs are prepared for
kids and any special events that are coming
up
．
·
Go to a
Youtheater
．
Look for one in
your area offering plays for child and family
visitors
．
Pre-show
play
shops
are
conducted
by
area
artists
and
educators
where
kids
can
discover
the
secret
about
performing arts-
Puppet
（木偶）
making and stage
make-up are just a couple of the special offerings
you
might find
．
·
Try
hands-on
science
．
Visit
one
of
the
many
hands-on
science
museums
around
the
country
．
These
science play-lands are great fun for kids and
grown-ups alike
．
They'll keep
your child
mentally
and
physically
active
the
whole
day
through
while
pushing
buttons,
experimenting,
and
building
．
When
everyone is tired, enjoy a fun family science
show, commonly found in these
museums
．
56
．
If a child is
interested in the universe, he probably will visit
A
．
a
Youtheater
B
．
an art museum
C
．
a
natural history museum
D
．
a hands-on
science museum
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．
What can kids
do at a Youtheater?
A
．
Look at rock
collections
．
B
．
See dinosaur
models
．
C
．
Watch puppet
making
．
D
．
Give
performances
．
58
．
What does
A
．
Science games
designed by kids
．
B
．
Learning
science by doing things
．
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C
．
A show of kids'
science work
．
D
．
Reading science
books
．
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．
Where does
this text probably come from?
A
．
A science
textbook
．
B
．
A tourist
map
．
C
．
A museum
guide
．
D
．
A news
report
．
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2012
上海卷
(A)
Phil
White
has
just
returned
from
an 18,000-mile,
around-the-world
bicycle
trip. White
had
two
reasons for making this
epic journey. First of all, he wanted to use the
trip to raise money for charity,
which
he did. He raised ~70,000 for the British charity,
Oxfam. White's second reason for making the
trip was to break the world record and
become the fastest person to cycle around the
world. He is still
waiting to find out
if he has broken the record or not.
White set off from Trafalgar Square, in
London, on 19th June 2004 and was back 299 days
later. He
spent more than l,300 hours
in the saddle
（车座）
and
destroyed four sets of tyres and three bike
chains.
He had the adventure of his
life crossing Europe, the Middle East, India,
Asia, Australia, New Zealand
and the
Americas. Amazingly, he did all of this with
absolutely no support team. No jeep carrying food,
water and medicine. No doctor. Nothing!
Just a bike and a very, very long road.
The
journey
was
lonely
and
desperate
at
times.
He
also
had
to
fight
his
way
across
deserts,
through
jungles
and
over
mountains.
He
cycled
through
heavy
rains
and
temperatures
of
up
to
45
degrees, all to help people in need.
There were other dangers along the road. In Iran,
he was chased by
armed robbers and was
lucky to escape with his life and the little money
he had. The worst thing that
happened
to him was having to cycle into a headwind on a
road that crosses the south of Australia. For
1,000 kilometres he battled against the
wind that was constantly pushing him. This part of
the trip was
slow, hard work and
depressing, but he made it in the end. Now Mr.
White is back and intends to write a
book about his adventures.
65. When Phil White returned from his
trip, he________.
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A. broke
the world record
B. collected money for
Oxfam
C. destroyed several bikes
D. travelled about 1,300
hours
66. What does the word
epic
A. Very slow
but exciting.
B. Very long and difficult.
C. Very smooth but tiring.
D.
Very lonely and depressing.
67. During
his journey around the world, Phil White _______.
A. fought heroically against robbers in
Iran
B. experienced the extremes of
heat and cold
C. managed to ride
against the wind in Australia
D. had a
team of people who travelled with him
68. Which of the following words can
best describe Phil White?
A.
Imaginative.
B. Patriotic.
C. Modest.
D. Determined.
4
2012
安徽卷
A
Welcome to one of the lagest
collections of
footwear
（鞋类）
in
the world that will make you green
with
envy. Here at the Footwear Museum you can see
exhibits
（
展品）
from
all over the world. You can find
out
about shoes worn by everyong from the Ancient
Egyptians to pop stars.
Room 1
The
celebrity
（名人）
footwear
section
is
probably
the
most
populau
in
the
entire
museum.
Stared
in
the
1950s
there
is
a
wide
variety
of
shoes
and
boots
belonging
to
everyone
from
queens
and
presidents
to
pop
stars
and
actors!
Most
visitors
find
the
celebrities
’
choice
of
footwear
extremely
isteresting.
Room 3
As
well
as
shoes
and
boots
the
museum
also
exhibits
shoe
shaped
objects.
The
variety
is
Room 2
Most of our
vistors are amazed and shocked
by the
collection of
“
special
purpose
”
shoes on
Exbibition
here
at
the
Museum
of
Footwear.
For
example , there are Chinese shoes made of
Silk that were worn by women to tie
their feet
firmly
to
prevent
them
from
growing
too
much!
The
footwear Library
People
come
from
all
over
the
world
to
study
in
our
excellent
footwear
library.
Designers
and
researchers
come
here
to
look
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unbelievable.
For
exanple
,
there
is
a
metal
up
lamp that
resembles a pair lf shoes, and Greek
Information
on
anything
and
everything
wine bottles that
like legs!
related
to the subject of footwear.
56. Where would
you find a famous singer
’
s
shoes?
A. Room1.
B. Room 2.
C.
Room3.
D.
The Footwear Library
57. All exhibits
in each room
.
A.
share the same theme
B. have the same shape
C. are made of the same material
D. belong to the same social class
58. Which of the following is true
according to the text?
A. The oldest exhibits in
Room 1 were made in the 1950s.
B. Room
2 is the most visited place in the museum.
C. Room 3 has a richer variety of
exhibits than the other two.
D.
Researchers come to the Footwear Library for data.
59. The purpose of the text is to get
more people to
.
A. do research
B.
design shoes
C. visit the museum
D. follow celebrities
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2012
福建卷
A
Some people
believe that a Robin Hood is at
work
，
others that a wealthy
person simply wants to
distribute his
or her fortune before dying. But the donator who
started sending envelopes with cash to
deserving
causes
，
accompanied by an
article from the local paper, has made a northern
German city
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believe in
fairytales (
童话）
.
The first envelope was sent to a victim
support group. It contained
?10
，
000 with a cutting from
the
Braunschiveiger
Zeitung
about
how
the
group
supported
a woman who
was robbed
of
her
handbag;
similar
plain
white
anonymous
(
匿名）
envelopes,
each
containing
?10,000,
then
arrived
at
a
kindergarten and a church.
The envelopes keep coming, and; so far
at least ?190,000 has been distributed. Last
month, one
of
them
was
sent
to
the
newspaper
's
own
office.
It
came
after
a
story
it
published
about
Tom,
a
14-year-
old
boy
who
was
severely
disabled
in
a
swimming
accident.
The
receptionist
at
the
Braunschiveiger
Zeitung
opened an anonymous white
envelope to find 2
0 notes of ? 500
inside with a
copy of the article. The
name of the family was underlined.
“I
was
driving
when
I
heard
the
news,
Claudia
Neumann,
the
boy's
mother,
told
Der
Spiegel
magazine. “I had to park on the side of
the road; I was speechless.
The money will be used to make the
entrance to their house wheelchair-accessible and
for a course
of treatment that their
insurance company refused to pay for.
himself, was
astonishing,
character, taking from
banks to give to the needy.
Henning Noske
，
the
editor of the
Braunschiveiger
Zeitung
, said:
about to die.
We just do not know.
fear that discovery
may stop the donations.
56. The
Braunschiveiger Zeitung
is
the name of ______.
A. a
church
B. a bank
C. a newspaper
D. a magazine
57.
Which of the following
is TRUE about the donation to Tom?
A.
The donation amounted to
?190,000.
B.
The
donation
was
sent
directly
to
his
house.
C.
The money
will be used for his education.
D.
His
mother
felt
astonished
at
the
donation.
58.
It can be inferred from
the passage that _____.
A.
the donator is a rich old man
B.
the donation will continue to come
C.
the donation
comes from the newspaper
D.
the donator will soon be
found out
59.
What would be
the best title for the passage?
A.
Money Is Raised by the
Newspaper.
B.
Newspaper
Distributes
Money
to
the
Needy.
C.
Unknown Hero Spreads Love in Envelopes
D.
Robin Hood
Returns to the City
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2012
广东卷
A
“Have a nice
day!” may be a pleasant gesture or a meaningless
expression. When my
friend Maxie
says “Have a nice day” with a smile, I
know she sincerely cares about what happens to me.
I feel loved
and secure since another
person cares about me and wishes me
well.
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“Have a
nice day. Next!” This version of the expression is
spoken by a s
alesgirl at the
supermarket
who is rushing me and my
groceries out the door. The words came out in the
same tone (
腔调
) with a
fixed procedure. They are spoken at me,
not to me. Obviously, the concern for my day and
everyone
else’s is the management’s
attemp
t to increase
business.
The expression is
one of those behaviors that help people get along
with each other. Sometimes it
indicates
the end of a meeting. As soon as you hear it, you
know the meeting is at an end. Sometimes
the expression saves us when we
d
on’t know what to say. “Oh, you just
had a tooth out? I’m terribly
sorry,
but have a nice day.”
The
expression can be pleasant. If a stranger says
“Have a nice day” to you, you may find it
heart
-
warming because
someone you don’t know has tried to be nice
to you.
Although
the use of the expression is an insincere,
meaningless social custom at times, there is
nothing wrong with the sentence except
that it is a little uninteresting. The salesgirl,
the waitress, the
teacher, and all the
countless others who speak it without thinking may
not really care about my day.
But in a
strange and comfortable way, it’s nice to know
they care enough to pretend they care when
they really don’t care all that much.
While the expression may not often be sincere, it
is always
spoken.
The point
is that people say it all the time when they
like.
does the author
understand Maxie’s words?
A.
Maxie shows her anxiety to the author.
B. Maxie really wishes the author a
good day.
C. Maxie
encourages the author to stay happy.
D.
Maxie really worries
about the author’s security.
does the underlined sentence in
Paragraph 2 mean?
A. The
sales-girl is rude.
B. The sales-
girl is bored.
C. The sales-
girl cares about me.
D. The sales-girl says the words as a
routine.
saying “Have a
nice day,” a stranger may _____.
A. try to be polite to you
B. express
respect to you
C. give his
blessing to you
D. share his pleasure with
you
ing to the last
paragraph, people say “Have a nice
day”_______
.
A.
sincerely
B. as thanks
C. as a habit
D.
encouragingly
is the best
title of the passage?
A.
Have a Nice Day
—
a Social
Custom
B. Have a Nice
Day
—
a Pleasant
Gesture
C. Have a Nice
Day
—
a Heart-warming
Greeting
D. Have a Nice
Day
—
a Polite Ending of a
Conversation
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2012
湖北卷
A
You’ve
just
come
home,
after
living
abroad
for
a
few
years.
Since
you’ve
been
away,
has
this
country
changed for the better
—
or
for the worse?
If
you’ve
just
arrived
back
in
the
UK
after
a
fortnight’s
holiday
,
small
changes
have
probably
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surprised
you
—
anything from a local
greengrocer suddenly being replaced by a mobile-
phone shop to
someone in your street
moving house.
So
how
have
things
changed
to
people
coming
back
to
Britain
after
seven,
ten
or
even
15
years
living abroad? What changes in society
can they see that the rest of us have hardly
noticed
—
or now take
for granted? To find out, we asked some
people who recently returned.
Debi:
When we left, Cheltenham, my home town, was a town
of white, middle-class
families
—
all
very
conservative
(
保守的
). The town is now home
to many eastern Europeans and lots of Australians,
who come here mainly to work in hotels
and tourism. There are even several shops only for
foreigners.
Having been an
immigrant
(
移民
) myself, I admire people
who go overseas to find a job. Maybe if I
lived in an inner city where
unemployment was high, I’d think
differently
, but I believe foreign
settlers
have improved this country
because they’re more open
-minded and
often work harder than the natives.
Christine: As we flew home over
Britain, both of us remarked how green everything
looked. But the
differences
between
the
place
we’d
left
behind
and
the
one
we
returned
to
were
brought
sharply
into
focus as soon as we landed.
To see policemen with guns in the
airport for the first time was
frightening
—in Cyprus, they’re very
relaxed
—
and
I
got
pulled
over
by
customs
officers
just
for
taking
a
woolen
sweater
with
some
metal-made buttons out of my case in
the arrivals hall. Everyone seemed to be on guard.
Even the airport
car-hire firm wanted a
credit card rather than cash because they said
their vehicles had been used by bank
robbers.
But anyway, this is
still a green, beautiful country. I just wish more
people would appreciate what
they’ve
got.
51. After a short overseas holiday,
people tend to _______.
A. notice small
changes
B. expect small changes
C.
welcome small changes
D. exaggerate small changes
52. How does Debi look at the foreign
settlers?
A. Cautiously.
B.
Positively.
C. Sceptically.
D. Critically.
53. When
arriving at the airport in Britain, Christine was
shocked by _______.
A. the relaxed
policemen
B. the messy arrivals hall
C. the tight security
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D. the bank robbers
54.
Which might be the best title for the passage?
A. Life in Britain.
B. Back in Britain.
C.
Britain in Future.
D.
Britain in Memory.
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2012
湖南卷
A.
What
makes
a
gift
special?
Is
it
the
price
you
see
on
the
gift
receipt?
Or
is
it
the
look
on
the
recipient's face when they receive it
that determines the true value? What gift is worth
the most?
This Christmas I was debating
what to give my father. My dad is a hard person to
buy for because he
never wants
anything. I pulled out my phone to read a text
message from my mom saying that we were
leaving for Christmas shopping for him
when I came across a message on my phone that I
had locked.
The
message
was
from
my
father.
My
eyes
fell
on
a
photo
of
a
flower
taken
in
Wyoming.
and
underneath a poem by William Blake. The
flower, a lone dandelion standing against the
bright blue sky,
inspired
me.
My
dad
had
been
reciting
those
words
to
me
since
I
was
a
kid.
That
may
even
be
the
reason why
I love writing. I decided that those words would
be my gift to my father.
I called back.
I told my mom to go without me and that I already
created my gift. I sent the photo of
the
cream-colored
flower
to
my
computer
and
typed
the
poem
on
top
of
it.
As
I
was
arranging
the
details another poem came to mind. The
poem was written by Edgar Allan Poe; my dad
recited it as
much as he did the other.
I typed that out as well and searched online for a
background to the words of
it. The poem
was focused around dreaming, and after searching I
found the perfect picture. The image
was painted with blues and greens and
purples, twisting together to create the theme and
wonder of a
dream. As I watched both
poems passing through the printer, the white paper
coloring with words that
shaped my
childhood. I felt that this was a gift that my
father would truly appreciate.
Christmas
soon
arrived.
The
minute
I
saw
the
look
on
my
dad's
face
as
he
unwrapped
those
swirling black letters
carefully placed in a cheap frame, I knew I had
given the perfect gift.
56. The idea
for a special gift began to form when the author
was______.
A. doing shopping
B. having a debate
C. reading a message
D.
leaving for Wyoming
57. The author's
inspiration for the gift came from_____.
A. a photo of a flower
B.
a story about a kid
C. a call from the
mother
D. a text about Christmas
58. The underlined word
A.
the father
B. the author
C. William
Blake
D. Edgar Allan
Poe
59. The author made the gift
by_____.
A. searching for the poems
online
B.
drawing the background by hand
C.
painting the letters in three colors
D. matching the words with pictures
60. What is the main purpose of the
passage?
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A. To show how to
design images for gifts.
B.
To suggest making gifts from one's heart.
C. To explain how computers help create
gifts.
D. To describe the gifts the
author has received
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2012
江苏卷
10
A
56. According to the survey, people
left alone on a desert island would most want
their__________.
A. MP3 player
B. dog
C. spouse/
partner
D. celebrity
57.
Which of the following is true about George
Clooney?
A. He has been trained in
wilderness survival.
B. He may not be able to help you
survive.
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