浙江省杭州市外国语学校2013年高考英语集训阅读理解每日一练11

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A man was on the side of the road hitchhiking（搭便车）on a ver y dark night in the middle of a terrible rainstorm, with no cars on the road．The storm was so strong that the man could hardly see a few feet ahead of him．S uddenly, he saw a car come towards him and stop．The man, without thinking about it, got in the car and closed the door and only then did he realize that there was nobody behind the steering wheel（方向盘）!

The car started to move very slowly. The man looked at the road and saw a curve （拐弯处）coming his way. Terrified, he started to pray, begging for his life. He had not come out of shock when, just before the car hit the curve, a hand suddenly appeared through the window and moved the wheel. The man, paralyzed with fear, watched how the hand appeared every time the car was drawing near a curve．Finally, although terrified, the man managed to open the door and jump out of the spooky （幽灵般的）car. Without looking back, the man ran through the storm all the way to the nearest town. In a state of complete horror, the man walked into a nearby bar and asked for two glasses of Scotch whisk y.

Then, still shaking with fright, he started telling everybody in the bar about the horrible experience he just went through in the spooky car. Everyone in the bar listened in silence and became frightened, with hair standing on end, when they realized the man was telling the truth because he was crying and he was certainly not drunk!

About half an hour later, two other young men walked into the same bar and one said to the other, “Hey, there’s a stupid man who jumped into the car while we were pushing it!”

1. After he entered the car, the man found .

A. it didn’t move at all.

B. it moved very quickly.

C. there was no driver in it.

D. someone was pushing it.

2. When the car was first drawing near a curve, the man .

A. felt very curious

B. was extremely frightened

C. cried for help

D. remained as calm as possible

3. According to the passage, what made the man’s experience believable?

A. His reasonable behavior.

B. His vivid description.

C. His plain appearance.

D. His honest attitude.

4. We can infer from the passage that .

A. it is unsafe for people to take a free ride

B. the man was telling a lie to his listeners

C. the car probably broke down on the way

D. the two young men were familiar with the man

5. As a whole , the story of the man can best be described as .

A. strange

B. puzzling

C. mysterious

D. funny

B

Villa Nicoletta, Genuine Relaxation

Somewhere in the world, there’s a place where stress isn’t allowed and peace and genuine relaxation are the only demands of the day. If you could go there, you would thoroughly enjoy yourself. There are not too many places in the world like this, but this is one of them. It’s luxurious. It’s ultra-private.

Welcome to Villa Nicoletta

Villa Nicoletta is a 4-bedroom luxury villa and an oasis(绿洲) of rest and rejuvenation（恢复活力）in a land of unspoiled pea ce. Located on a 70-foot cliff overlooking the north shore of the island of St. Thomas and the pretty waters of Caret Bay, Villa Nicoletta offers the finest accommodations in the Caribbean for those seeking a vacation of elegance, peace and privacy. You’ll see how the sun blankets the landscape and water in shimmering brilliance by day and how the sky twinkles like billions of bright diamonds at night.

Completed in 2000, the 3,300-square-foot Villa Nicoletta is fully equipped with state-of-the-art electronics.

When you book Villa Nicoletta, you shall book the entire villa.

Off Season: April 16 to December 14

★4 bedrooms —＄5,700/week (8 people max)

Sleep sofa can add additional 2 people ＄200/night

Peak Season: December 15 to April 15

★4 bedrooms —＄6,300/week (8 people max)

Sleep sofa can add additional 2 people ＄200/night

6. The villa can be rented to a maximum of _______ people at a time.

A. five

B. eight

C. thirteen

D. ten

7. If a family with 6 people spends a fortnight’s Christmas holiday in the villa,

how much will they pay?

A. ＄12,600.

B. ＄15,400.

C. ＄11,400.

D. ＄13,200.

8. Villa Nicoletta is most likely to be popular with tourists who _______.

A. like adventure

B. want to escape the noisy life of the city

C. enjoy the winter spor ts

D. seek excitement in the sea

9. We can infer that _______.

A. you can share the villa with other tourists

B. the island of St. Thomas is famous for the ocean theme amusement park

C. fewer tourists stay in Villa Nicoletta in autumn than in spring

D. you can go in for extreme sports in Villa Nicoletta

C

Researchers have established that when people are mentally engaged, biochemical changes occur in the brain that allow it to act more effectively in cognitive(认知的) areas such as attention and memory. This is true regardless of age.

People will be alert（警觉的）and receptive if they are faced with information that gets them to think about things they are interested in. And someone with a history of doing more rat her than less will go into old age more cognitively sound than someone who has not had an active mind.

Many experts are so convinced of the benefits of challenging in the brain that they are putting the theory to work in their own lives. “The idea is not necessarily to learn to memorize large amounts of information,” says James Fozard, associate

director of the National Institute of Ageing. “Most of us don’t need that kind of skill. Such specific training is of less interest than being a ble to maintain m ental alertness.” Fozard and others say they challenge their brains with different mental skills, both because they enjoy them and because they are sure that their range of activities will help the way their brains work.

Gene Cohen, acting director of the same institute, suggests that people in their old age should engage in mental and physical activities individually as well as in groups. Cohen says that we are frequently advised to keep physically active as we age, but older people need to keep mentally active as well. Those who do are more likely to maintain their intellectual abilities and to be generally happier and better adjusted. “The point is, you need to do both,” Cohen says. Intellectual activity actually influences brain-cell health and size.

10. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Special mental training for old people.

B. Biochemical changes in the human brain.

C. The influence of intellectual activities on brain-cell size.

D. The importance of mental activities in the efficiency of the brain.

11. A person who is said to be cognitively healthy should ________.

A. be alert and receptive in mind

B. who are highly intelligent

C. be good at doing group work

D. remember large quantities of information

12. The findings of James and other scientists in their work _________.

A. remain a theory to be further proved

B. have been challenged by many other experts

C. ar e practiced by the researchers themselves

D. have been g enerally accepted

13. According to Fozard's argument, people can make their brains work more

efficiently by _________.

A. constantly doing memory work

B. making frequent adjustments

C. going through specific training

D. taking part in various mental activities

14. Which of the following statements would Cohen most probably support?

A. Older people should keep mentally active by challenging their brains.

B. No matter whether it is done in group or alone, mental activity is always good for brain-cell health.

C. Physical strength is more important to older people than mental health.

D. People who engage in more mental activities but less physical ones are always happier.

D

As Rosalie Warren stood at the mailbox in the lobby of her apartment building in May 1980, she shared the anxiety of many other college seniors. In her hand was an envelope contai ning her final grades. As she nervously opened it, Warren wondered whether her hundreds of hours of studying had paid off.

They had.

“I got five A’s,” she still recalls with elation. “I almost fell on the floor!”

Warren would graduate from Suffolk University with a Bachelor of Science degree

in philosophy and history at age 80.Three years later, at age 83; she would receive her second degree from Suffolk, a master’s in education.

Now, with both diplomas proudly displayed in her apartment, Warren is not finished with learning. Now 93, she continues for her 18th year at Suffolk under a program that allows persons 65 and over to attend classes tuition free. “It’s my life to go to school, to enjoy being in an academic atmosphere,” she says.“That’s what I love.”

Warren was born Rosalie Levey on Aug.29, 1900. Two years after she entered high school, her father died. Warren had to leave school for factory work to help support her family’s 10 children. Warren describes herself as a “person who always liked school,” and she says the move “broke my heart completely because I couldn’t finish high school.”

In the end, however, “I went to school nights,” she recalls. “Any place I coul d f ind an outlet of learning and teaching, I was there.”

A short time later, her mother became ill, and Warren had to care for her, once again putting her education on hold.

Finally, in 1921, her mother, now recovered, drew from her saving to send Warren to Boston University for two years to study typing, stenography, and office procedures.

Those courses helped Warren gain several long-term office positions over the next 60 years, but her great desire “to be in the academic field” continued.

In 1924, she married Eugene Warren, and seven years later, her daughter, Corinne, was born. In 1955, by then a widow and a grandmother, Warren took a bus tour across the United States that was to last ni ne months. She said she wanted to see “things yo u never see in the West End.”

When she returned home, she took a bookkeeping position and also enrolled in courses in philosophy, sociology and Chinese history.

In 1975, when she was 75, Warren learned from a neighbor about Suffolk University’s tuiti on- free program for senior citizens.” I was at the registrar’s office the very next day,” she recalls. At first, she took one or two courses at a time, but encouraged by her professors, she enrolled as a degree candidate.

“I had not studied for so many years,” she says, “but I was determined.” For the next four years, War ren, who calls herself a “student of philosophy,” worked toward her degree.

Nancy Stoll, dean of students at Suffolk, says Warren is “an interesting role model for our younger students---that learning is a lifetime activity….She is genuinely enthusiastic about being here, and that permeates (散发) her activities and is contagious (传染的) to students and faculty.”

15. What does the word elation mean in the sentence “I got fives A’s”, she still recalls with elation”?

A. Great happiness

B. Great surprise

C. Great pride

D. Great honor

16. How old was Warren when she got her first college degree?

A. She was 79

B. She was 23

C. She was 80

D. She was 75

17. What kind of work did she do for 60 years?

A. Studying

B. Factory work

C. Typing

D. Office work

18. Which statement can be inferred from the underlined sentences?

A. Because Warren needn’t pay her tuition; she went to study at Suffolk University

B. At first Warren had to pay for her courses at Suffolk University

C. Most of the students at Suffolk University are older than 65

D. Suffolk University encourages older people to take courses

19. It can be inferred from this passage that Rosalie Warren _______.

A. came from a wealthy family

B. didn’t like working in an office

C. put her family before her education

D. didn’t like her family very much

20. What is the main topic of this passage?

A. Rosalie Warren’s family

B. Rosalie Warren’s life

C. Rosalie Warren’s education

D. Rosalie Warren’s studying at Suffolk University

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