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1、2014高考英語閱讀理解鞏固練習精品題（38）及答案閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分） 請認真閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。【江蘇省常州市2013沖刺模擬】ATEACHER OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CAREThis post is suitable for both experienced and newly qualified staff and part time would also be considered.You will:·Be a strong supporter of t

2、he school's vision.·Be able to communicate your enthusiasm for your subject to pupils of all abilities.We will offer you:·A friendly and supportive team.·An excellent track record at GCSE, A Level and professional courses.DESIGN TECHNOLOGY TEACHER (FOOD SPECIALIST)This post is sui

3、table for both experienced and newly qualified staff. Design Technology is a strong department, fully staffed with specialist teachers.The Department:·Has 7 full time and 4 part time specialists.·Is recognized nationally as an outstanding department through its work with Young EngineersYou

4、 will:·Have the ability to teach Food Technology. (The ability to offer more than one DT subject or Health and Social Care would be an advantage but not essential)·Have the ability to integrate ICT into their teaching.We will offer you:·A friendly and supportive team in a successful d

5、epartment.·Free loan of your own laptopTEACHER OF ENGLISHThis post is suitable for both experienced and newly qualified staff.You will:·Have excellent teaching skills and good classroom management.·Have the ability to teach both English Language and Literature at KS3, KS4&KSs（if p

6、ossible）.We will offer you:·A friendly and supportive team of eleven specialist members of staff.·The opportunity to teach media and/or communication studies if appropriate (not essential).56According to the passage, the ability to make pupils interested in their courses is important forA.

7、 teachers of English B. design technology teachersC. teachers of health and social care D. teachers of food technology57Communication may be taught in the class of _A. English B. Design TechnologyC. Health and Social Care D. Food Technology58Design Technology is excellent because _A. it is partly ma

8、de up of qualified staff B. they have specialist teachersC. 11 specialists are full-time D. they provide free laptop59Literature is required _A. for Design TechnologyB. for Food TechnologyC. at KS4 D. for Health and Social Care（出處：福建省福州市2010屆第一學期高三期末質量檢查）【參考答案】CABC 閱讀理解BBC Sports program SundayWe ar

9、e currently planning our Volunteer Program, which will ensure volunteers are trained and ready to go for 2012Up to 70,000 volunteers will be needed to help put on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic GamesOur program will aim to encourage a wide range of people to join inWe will provide the traini

10、ng to make sure our volunteers' skills are of the highest standardLondon 2012 is an opportunity to inspire everyone to develop their interests and volunteer-in sport and also more widely within their communityApplications will open in the late 2011We'll recruit（招募） volunteers from across the

11、 UKfrom a range of communities and backgroundsOur recruitment process will be open and fairOur goal is to select applicants who meet our standards and who will bring passion, enthusiasm and energy to the GamesPrevious volunteering experience is not necessaryWe'll give each successful applicant a

12、 specific role, allowing them to contribute meaningfully to the GamesThere will be two kinds of Games volunteerspecialist and generalistSpecialist volunteers will have specific existing skills or qualifications that are needed for them to complete the role, for example, sport or medical trainingGene

13、ralist volunteers will not need any special skills or qualifications and will receive full trainingThey might be given roles in areas such as event services, uniform distribution （分發(fā)） and village operationsAll volunteers will be expected to attend training events that will give them the knowledge th

14、ey need to carry out their roleThere are lots of charities and sporting organizations that are looking for volunteers to help themWhile you are waiting for applications for the London 2012 volunteer program to open in the late 2011, why not consider getting involved locally? You can find opportuniti

15、es to volunteer in a range of activities in your local area by following the links on the right hand side of this page or make local enquiries about the needs in your community45Where will you probably find this article?AIn a newspaper BOn a webpageCIn a magazine DIn a textbook 46Who can apply to be

16、come a volunteer in the 2012 Olympics?APeople from some English-speaking countriesBPeople with volunteering experienceCPeople who meet the standardsDPeople with a knowledge of the Olympic history47Which of the following statements is wrong?ATwo kinds of volunteers will be neededBSpecialist volunteer

17、s do not have to attend training eventsCApplications will not be accepted until 2011DGeneralist volunteers will be fully trained48What can you do in July, 2011?ADo some volunteering work locallyBApply to become a volunteer in the 2012 OlympicsCGet trained in the Volunteer ProgramDJoin in the Olympic

18、 Games閱讀理解Cheating is nothing newBut today, educators and administrators are finding that instances of academic dishonesty on the part of students have become more frequent and are less likely to be punished than in the past Cheating appears to have gained acceptance among good and poor students ali

19、keWhy is student cheating on the rise? No one really knows Some blame the trend on a general loosening of moral values among today's youthOthers have attributed increased cheating to the fact that today's youth are far more pragmatic（實用主義的） than their more idealistic predecessors（前輩）.While i

20、n the late sixties and early seventies, students were filled with visions about changing the world, today's students feel great pressure to conform（隨大流） and succeedIn interviews with students at high schools and colleges around the country, both young men and women said that cheating had become

21、easySome suggested they did it out of spite for teachers they did not respect; others looked at it as a gameOnly if they were caught, some said, would they feel guilty"People are competitive" said a second-year college student named Anna, from ChicagoThere's an underlying fear If you d

22、on't do well, your life is going to be ruined The pressure is not only from parents and friends but from yourselfTo achieveTo succeedIt's almost as though we have to outdo other people to achieve our own goalsEdward Wynne, editor of a magazine blames the rise in academic dishonesty on the sc

23、hoolsHe claims that administrators and teachers have been too hesitant to take actionDwight Huber, chairman of the English department at Amarillo sees the matter differently, blaming the rise in cheating on the way students are evaluated" I would cheat if I felt I was being cheated," MrHub

24、er saidHe feels that as long as teachers give short-answer tests rather than essay questions and rate students by the number of facts they can memorize rather than by how well they can combine information, students will try to beat the system" The concept of cheating is based on the false assum

25、ption that the system is reasonable and there is something wrong with the individual who's doing it," he said , "That's too easy an answerWe've got to start looking at the system"49Educators are finding that students who cheat _Aare more likely to be punished than beforeBh

26、ave poorer academic records than beforeCcan be academically weak or strongDuse the information in later years50According to the passage, youth cheat because of_Athe eagerness to succeedBthe easiness to cheatCthe fear of competitionDthe impossibility to be punished51What does the underlined part '

27、;"the system" refer to?AThe education systemBThe school systemCThe system by which schools punish cheatingDThe system by which students are evaluated52Which of the followings would Dwight Huber probably agree with?AThe educational system is sound and students must follow every rule,Bparent

28、s alone must take responsibility for the rise in student cheatingCThere should be some changes in the evaluation systemDStudents who cheat should be expelled from school 【江蘇省常州市2013沖刺模擬】BI must have been about fourteen then, and I put away the incident from my mind with the easy carelessness of yout

29、h. But the words, Carl Walter spoke that day, came back to me years later, and ever since have been of great value to me.Carl Walter was my piano teacher. During one of my lessons he asked how much practicing I was doing. I said three or four hours a day.“Do you practice in long stretches, an hour a

30、t a time?”“I try to.”“Well, don't.” he exclaimed. “When you grow up, time won't come in long stretches. Practice in minutes, whenever you can find them five or ten before school, after lunch, between household tasks. Spread the practice through the day, and piano-playing will become a part o

31、f your life.”When I was teaching at Columbia, I wanted to write, but class periods, theme-reading, and committee meetings filled my days and evenings. For two years I got practically nothing down on paper, and my excuse was that I had no time. Then I remembered what Carl Walter had said. During the

32、next week I conducted an experiment. Whenever I had five minutes unoccupied, I sat down and wrote a hundred words or so. To my astonishment, at the end of the week I had a rather large manuscript ready for revision, later on I wrote novels by the same piecemeal method. Though my teaching schedule ha

33、d become heavier than ever, in every day there were idle moments which could be caught and put to use. I even took up piano-playing again, finding that the small intervals of the day provided sufficient time for both writing and piano practice.There is an important trick in this time-using formula:

34、you must get into your work quickly. If you have but five minutes for writing, you can't afford to waste four chewing your pencil. You must make your mental preparations beforehand, and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes. Fortunately, rapid concentration is easier than most of us realize.I admit I have never learnt how to let go easily at the end of the five or ten minutes. But life can be counted on to supply interruptions. Carl Walter has had a tr