2020屆高三英語(yǔ)話題閱讀2

1、- 1 - topic 2 family, friends and people aroundreading class ：name ：group ：no ：learning procedures：i.【 pre-class homework】read and choose the best answer(1) grandparents answer a call as a third generation native of brownsville, texas, mildred garza never pleased move away. even when her daughter an

2、d son asked her to move to san antonio to help their children, she politely refused. only after a year of friendly discussion did ms gaf finally say yes. that was four years ago. today all three generations regard the move to a success, giving them a closer relationship than they would have had in s

3、eparate cities.no statistics show the number of grandparents like garza who are moving closer to the children and grandchildren. yet there is evidence suggesting that the trend is growing. even president obama s mother-in-law, marian robinson, has agreed to leave chicago and into the white house to

4、help care for her granddaughters. according to a study grandparents com. 83 percent of the people said mrs. robinson s decision will influence the grandparents in the american family. two-thirds believe more families will follow the example of obama s family. “ in the 1960s we were all a little wild

5、 and couldn t get away from home far enough to prove we could do it on our own,” says christine crosby, publisher of grate magazine for grandparents. we now realize how important family is and how important to be near them, especially when you re raining children.”moving is not for everyone. almost

6、every grandparent wants to be with his or her grandchildren and is willing to make sacrifices, but sometimes it is wiser to say no and visit frequently instead. having your grandchildren far away is hard, especially knowi ng your adult - 2 - child is struggling, but giving up the life you know may b

7、e harder.25. why was garza s move a success? a. it strengthened her family ties. b. it improved her living conditions.c. it enabled her make more friends.d. it helped her know more new places. 26. what was the reaction of the public to mrs. robinson s decision? a. 17% expressed their support for it.

8、b. few people responded sympathetically.c. 83% believed it had a bad influence.d. the majority thought it was a trend.27. what did crosby say about people in the 1960s?a. they were unsure of raise more children.b. they were eager to raise more children.c. they wanted to live away from their parents.

9、d. they bad little respect for their grandparent.28. what does the author suggest the grandparents do in the last paragraph? a. make decisions in the best interests of their own. b. ask their children to pay more visits to them.c. sacrifice for their struggling children.d. get to know themselves bet

10、ter.（ 2）a scientist working at her lab bench and a six -old baby playing with his food might seem to have little in common.after all, the scientist is engaged in serious research to uncover the very nature of the physical world, and the baby is, well, just playing right?perhaps, but some development

11、al psychologists have argued that this “play ” is more like a scientific investigation than one might think.take a closer look at the baby playing at the table. each time the bowl of rice is pushed over the table edge, it falls in the ground-and, in the process, it belongs out important evidence abo

12、ut how physical objects interact; bowls of rice do not flood in mid -sit, but require - 3 - support to remain stable. it is likely that babies are not born knowing the basic fact of the universe; nor are they ever clearly taught it. instead, babies may form an understanding of object support through

13、 repeated experiments and then build on this knowledge to learn even more about how objects interact. though their ranges and tools differ, the babys investigation and the scientists experiment appear to share the same aim (to learn about the natural world), overall approach (gathering direct eviden

14、ce from the world), and logic (are my observations what i expected?).some psychologists suggest that young children learn about more than just the physical world in this way-that they investigate human psychology and the rules of languageusing similar means. for example, it may only be through repea

15、ted experiments, evidence gathering, and finally overturning a theory that a baby will come to accept the idea that other people can have different views and desires from what he or she has, for example, unlike the child, mommy actually doesnt like dove chocolate.viewing childhood development as a s

16、cientific investigation throws on how children learn,but it also offers an inspiring look at science and scientists. why do young children and scientists seem to be so much alike? psychologists have suggested that science as an effort -the desire to explore, explain, and understand our world-is simp

17、ly something that comes from our babyhood. perhaps evolution provided human babies with curiosity and a natural drive to explain their worlds, and adult scientists simply make use of the same drive that served them as children. the same cognitive systems that make young children feel good about feel

18、 good about figuring something out may have been adopted by adult scientists. as some psychologists put it,” it is not that children are little scientists but that scientists are big children.”50. according to some developmental psychologists, . a. a babys play is nothing more than a gameb. scientif

19、ic research into babies; games is possible- 4 - c. the nature of babies play has been thoroughly investigated d. a baby s play is somehow similar to a scientists experiment51. we learn from paragraph 2 that . a. scientists and babies seem to observe the world differentlyb. scientists and babies ofte

20、n interact with each otherc. babies are born with the knowledge of object supportd. babies seem to collect evidence just as scientists do52. children may learn the rules of language by . a. exploring the physical world b. investigating human psychology c. repeating their own experiments d. observing

21、 their parents behaviors 53. what is the main idea of the last paragraph?a. the world may be more clearly explained through childrens play.b. studying babies play may lead to a better understanding of science. c. children may have greater ability to figure out things than scientists. d. one s drive

22、for scientific research may become stronger as he grows. 54. what is the author s tone when he discusses the connection between scientists research and babies play?a. convincing. b. confused. c. confidence. d. cautious. 【 while-class】（ 1）two things changed my life: my mother and a white plastic bike

23、 basket. i have thought long and hard about it and it s true. i would be a different person if my mom hadnt turned a silly bicycle accessory into a life lesson i carry with me today.my mother and father were united in their way of raising children, but it mostly fell to my mother to actually carry i

24、t out. looking back, i honestly dont know how she did it. managing the family budget - 5 - must have been a very hard task, but she made it look effortless. if we complained about not having what another kid did, wed hear something like, “i dont care what so and so got for his birthday, you are not

25、getting a tv in your room a car for your birthday a lavish sweet 16 party.” we had to earn our allowance by doing chores around the house. i can still l remember how long it took to polish the legs of our coffee table. my brothers can no doubt remember hours spent cleaning the house .like the two li

26、ttle girls growing up at the white house, we made our own beds (no one left the house until that was done) and picked up after ourselves. we had to keep track of our belongings, and if something was lost, it was not replaced. it was summer and ,one day ,my mother drove me to the bike shop to get a t

27、ire fixed-and there it was in the window, white, shiny, plastic and decorated with flowers ,the basket winked at me and i knew -i knew- i had to have it. “it s beautiful,” my mother said when i pointed it out to her, ”what a neat basket.”i tried to hold off at first,i played it cool for a short whil

28、e.but then i guess i couldnt stand it any longer:“ mom, please, can i get it? i ll do extra chores for as long as you say, ill do anything, but i need that basket, i love that basket. please, mom. please? ”i was desperate. “you know,” she said,gently rubbing my back while we both stared at what i be

29、lieves was the coolest thing ever, ” if you save up you could buy this yourself.”“by the time i make enough itll be gone! ”“maybe roger here could hold it for you, ” she smiled at roger,the bike guy. “he cant hold it for that long,mom. someone else will buy it.please, mom, please? ”“there might be a

30、nother way,” she said. and so our paying plan unfolded. my mother bought the beautiful basket and put it safely in some hiding place i could nt find.each - 6 - week i eagerly counted my growing saving increased by extra work here and there (washing the car, helping my mother make dinn er, delivering

31、 or collecting things on my bike that already looked naked without the basket in front).and then, weeks later, i counted, re-counted and jumped for joy. oh, happy day! i made it! i finally had the exact amount wed agreed upon.days later the unthinkable happened. a neighborhood girl i d played with m

32、illions of times appeared with the exact same basket fitted to her shiny,new bike that already had all the bells and whistles. i rode hard and fast home to tell my mother about this disaster. this horrible turn of events. and then came the lesson i ve taken with me through my life:“honey, your baske

33、t is extra-special,” mom said, gently wiping away my hot tears. “your basket is special because you paid for it yourself.”55. what can we learn from the first two paragraphs?a. the children enjoyed doing housework.b. the author came from a well-off family. c. the mother raised her children in an unu

34、sual way. d. the children were fond of the us presidents daughters.56. when the author saw the basket in the window, she . a. fell in love with it b. stared at her motherc. recognized it at once d. went up to the bike guy 57. why did the author say many “please ” to her mother?a. she longed to do ex

35、tra work.b. she was eager to have the basket.c. she felt tired after standing too long.d. she wanted to be polite to her mother.58. by using “naked” (paragraph 12), the author seems to stress that the basket was . a. something she could afford b. something important to her - 7 - c. something impossi

36、ble to get d. something she could do without59. to the author, it seemed to be a horrible turn of events that a. something spoiled her paying planb. the basket cost more than she had saved c. a neighborhood girl had bought a new biked. someone else had got a basket of the same kind60. what is the li

37、fe lesson the author learned from her mother?a. save money for a rainy day. b. good advice is beyond all prices.c. earn your bread with your sweat. d. god helps those who help themselves. (2) every man wants his son to be somewhat of a clone, not in features but in footsteps. as he grows you also ag

38、e, and your ambitions become more unachievable. you beginto realize that your boy, in your footsteps, could probably accomplish what you hoped for. but footsteps can be muddied and they can go off in different directions. my son jody has hated school since day one in kindergarten. science projects w

39、aited until the last moment. book reports weren t written until the final threat.i ve been a newspaperman all my adult life. my daughter is a university graduate working toward her master s degree in english. but jody? when he entered the tenth grade he became a “vo -tech ”student (技 校 學(xué) 生 ). they r

40、e called “motorheads ” by the rest of the student body. when a secretary in my office first called him “motorhead ”, i was shocked. “hey, hes a good kid, ” i wanted to say. “and smart, really.”i learned later that motorheads are, indeed, different. they usually have dirty hands and wear dirty work c

41、lothes. and they dont often make school honor rolls(光 榮 榜 ). - 8 - but being the parent of a motorhead is itself an experience in education. we who labor in clean shirts in offices dont have the abilities that motorheads have. i began to learn this when i had my car crashed. the cost to repair it wa

42、s estimated at $800. “hey, i can fix it,” said jody. i doubted it , but let him go ahead, for i had nothing to lose. my son, with other motorheads, fixed the car. they got parts (零件 ) from a junkyard, non-toasting toaster have been fixed. neighbors and co-workers trust their car repair to him.since that first repair job, a broken air-conditioner, a non-functioning washer and a non-toasting toaster have been fixed. neighbors and co-workers trust their car repairs to him. these kids are happiest when doing repairs. they joke and laug