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高二上学期总复习（三）
第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分
40
分）
第一节（共
15
小题；每小题
2
分，满分
30
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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的
A
、
B
、
C
和
D
四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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★★★☆☆
Every Olympics creates encouraging
stories. Here are 4 memorable moments in U.S.
summer Olympic history.
Kerri Strug
Gymnastics
Women gymnasts from the
Soviet Union had won team gold at every Games
since 1948. Then came Team USA in
Atlanta in 1996. They were in first
place after three events. One to go: the vault
(
跳马
). Kerri Strug was the
final American.
She landed and felt her
left ankle crack. There was no time to know if her
9.162 score was enough to hang on to gold.
Competit
ors get two tries at
the vault, and the better one counts. Her coach
asked Strug if she could vault again. “I will do
it,
I will, I will,” she replied. This
time, she landed on both feet. Her score: a
gold
-medal-winning 9.712.
Al
Oerter
Track and Field
Six days before the final
while practicing, Oerter hurt his neck. Medics
told him it was the end of his career. But this
was the Olympics. Blocking out the
pain, he set an Olympic record. In 1968, Oerter
was told he was too old to compete, but
he made it. His final throw broke the
Olympic record. No other athlete has won four
successive (
连续的
) gold medals
in the
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discus
(
掷铁饼
).
Rulon
Gardner
Wrestling (
摔跤
)
Rulon Gardner didn’t stand a chance. In
Sydney, Australia, in 2000, the farm boy from
Wyoming faced Russian
wrestler
Aleksandr Karelin. Karelin had three Olympic gold
medals and nine world titles. But no matter what
Karelin tried,
Gardner resisted
(
抵抗
). With five seconds
left, the “unbeatable” Karelin gave up. It was the
biggest surprise in Olympic
wrestling history.
Billy
Mills
Track and Field
The
only
person
who
thought
Billy
Mills
would
win
the
10,000-meter
race
in
Tokyo
in
1964
was
Billy
Mills.
No
American had even come
close to winning the race since it became an
Olympic event in 1912. This “unknown” ran 45
seconds faster than ever before,
setting an Olympic record and taking home the
first and only gold medal for the U.S. in the
event.
1.
What happened to Al
Oerter?
A.
He
lost the 1968 Olympics.
B.
He hurt himself in the final game.
D.
He gave up his career on doctors’
a
dvice.
C. He set
an Olympic record with injuries.
2.
Why was Rulon
Gardner’s victory a
surprise?
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A.
He beat a
powerful competitor.
B. He
hurt his foot during the match.
D. He
was the first American to win the
match.
C. He earned three
Olympic gold medals.
3.
What do Kerri
Strug and Billy Mills have in common?
A.
They took part
in the same event.
B.
They tried
twice in their matches.
C.
They were
famous athletes before their
victories.
D.
They won the first Olympic gold medals
for
A
merica in their events.
B
★★★☆☆
Two
years ago we didn’t know him, but now we don’t
hesitate (
犹豫
) to call him
“
The One Man
Army.
”
My family and I moved to the capital of
Bangladesh, so I was to start a new school. On my
first day I sat beside a boy
whose name
I don’t remember. But within a few weeks I made
many friends, so I didn’t feel alone
anymore.
Anyway, I want to
tell you about someone who was a little bit
different but I won’t mention his real name. Let’s
call
him “Kaushik”. He and his
friends were sitting behind me in class and they
were talking about a city of my country which
was actually beside my hometown. I
turned back and asked them why they wanted to go
there. From that moment on we
became
good friends.
One day, Kaushik
suggested making a short film where our friends
were to be the actors or fill other roles. We
liked
this plan so much that everybody
was eager to work and complete the project. He had
made a plan to present this short film
to a local film festival after its
completion. Unfortunately, nobody stayed with him
till the end. After a few weeks, everyone
had slunk away or had restrictions
(
约束
) set by their family.
Kaushik also had a family restriction but
completed the project
and
sent that to the local film festival, after
struggling a lot though.
This was just
the start because it is his passion (
酷
爱
). When
ever he wants to make
a film, he doesn’t stop till it is
completed. Making a film requires a lot
of manpower, money and many other things. The work
of a story writer, scriptwriter
(
编剧
), sound
designer, director and others, all these things he
does by himse
lf. In this way, he plays
the role of “The One
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Man Army”.
My circle of friends have big hopes
that he will be very successful in what he has
chosen for his future.
4.
How did the
author get to know Kaushik?
A.
By having a
chat.
B. By acting in his
film.
D. By turning to him for help.
C. By visiting his family.
5.
What does the underlined phrase “slunk
away” in Paragraph 4
mean?
A.
Approached.
B. Responded.
C. Disappeared.
D.
Succeeded.
6.
Which of the following words can best
describe Kaushik?
A.
Humorous.
B. Careful.
C. Determined.
.
D. Reasonable.
7.
The story of
Kaushik inspires people to
A.
stick to their
dreams
B. face difficulties
bravely
D. go through fire and water
for friends
C. live in the moment
C
★★★☆☆
In the future,
people will work fewer hours a week, right?
Actually, today, more people are working 10 to 12
hours a
day, six days a week, than
ever before in modern times. People put in the
same hours as workers in the 1860-1870s did. In
the 1950s, most people worked a 40-hour
workweek. At that time, people predicted that the
workweek would continue to
decrease.
Today, people are asking, “When will I get some
free time?”
More people are
working longer hours, for two reasons. One reason
is the increase in the cost of living. In order
to
support a family today, people
have to work longer hours or work at a second job.
Take the example of Lily P. She works in
New Jersey as a social worker from 8:30
a.m. until 2:30 p.m.
In the late
afternoon and in the evenings,
she sees
private
customers. On the weekends, she
works as a caterer (
宴会承办者
).
It costs so much to support her family, she says,
that
working less is not possible.
But there is a second reason that
people are working more than 40 hours a week.
Today, many companies are trying to
do more work with fewer workers.
Employees feel that they have no choice. If they
don’t agree to work overtime, they are
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afraid that they will be fired. Changes
in technology make it easier for people to be
working all the time. Elaine G. works a
flexible schedule so that she can be
with her nine-month-old baby. She spends 24 hours
a week at the office. Then she works
another 16 hours on her computer at
home. She says, “My boss just wants the job done.
If I don’t
finish the work, he thinks
I’m not really working at home.” With
faxes, cell phones, and e
-mail, people
can work even when they are on vacation.
Where will technology and the demands
of the workweek take us? If things continue this
way into the future, we may
never get
to leave the office, at least not for long. Or
people may begin to say,
“
This is enough. I need my
leisure (
休闲的
)
time.
”
8.
What do we
know about today’s working
time?
A.
It is longer
than that in the 1860-1870s.
B. It is shorter than that in the
1950s.
D. It continues to decrease.
C. It leaves little time for leisure.
9.
Why does Lily work long hours?
A.
To
make a contribution to the society.
B. To
meet her
boss’s
needs.
D. To kill
time.
C. To feed her family.
10.
How does Elaine do her work?
A.
She works from home all day.
B.
She takes her baby to her workplace.
C.
She works for different employers in
one day.
D.
She combines working at home and the
office.
11.
What influences does technology have on
people?
A.
It provides more free time for people.
B. It
increases
people’s work
hours.
D. It speeds up people’s
work.
C. It frees people from stress.
D
★★★☆☆
Do
you want something different for dinner? Try some
space food. Many scientists are living for months
aboard the
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