高二英語閱讀理解

Whenyouarecurious（好奇的）aboutsomething，andwanttoknowmoreaboutit，youcanusethewayofaskingquestions.Askingquestionsisthefirststeptomakediscoveriesandfindinterestinganswers.Thestepsbelowcanguideyouduringtheresearch（研究）。

Step1

Onanotecardorpieceofpaper，writedownthesubjectthatyouareinterestedin.Justgetthemainideadown.Forexample，youmightwrite：

Discovermoreaboutdinosaurs.

Step2

Next，stopandthinkforamomentaboutwhatyoualreadyknowaboutyoursubject.Listwhatyoualreadyknowlikethesentencesbelow：

（1）Dinosaurslivedlongbeforehumanbeingsappeared.

（2）Dinosaurslivedontheearthformorethan150millionyears.

（3）Somedinosaursfedonplants，someonmeat.

Step3

Whatcanyoudowithwhatyouwanttolearn？Byaskingquestions.Onyourpaper，startwritingdownquestionsaboutthedinosaursasyouthinkofthem：

（1）What‘sthebestweatherfordinosaurstolivein？

（2）Howmanykindsofdinosaursarethere？

（3）Havedinosaursreallydisappeared？

Step4

Armedwithyourlistofquestions，youcannowgotothenearestlibraryorcomputertobeginyourresearch.Asyoulearnmoreaboutyoursubject，you‘llprobablydiscoversomenewquestions.

Forexample，youmightdiscoverthatdinosaursdisappearedabout65millionyearsago.Why？Whathappened？Askingnewquestionscanhelpyouresearchyoursubjectmorewidely.

Thenexttimeyoufindsomethinginterestingtoresearch，taketimetoorganize（組織）yourthinkingbyaskinggoodquestions.Andremember—learningmorealwaysbringmorequestions.

68.Whenyoudosomeresearch，youshouldtakethefollowingsteps：_____.

①listwhatyouwanttoknow②choosearesearchsubject

③listwhatyoualreadyknow④discovernewproblems

A.①④③②B.②③①④C.③②④①D.④③①②

69.Whatdoestheunderlinedsentence“Armedwithyourlistofquestions”mean？

A.Puttingyourlistofquestionsunderyourarm.

B.Discussingyourquestionswithyourclassmates.

C.Writingdownyourlistofquestions.

D.Takingyourlistofquestionswithyou.

70.Accordingtothepassage，whichofthefollowingistrue？

A.Youcanfindalltheanswersonline.

B.Learnmore，andyou‘llhavenoquestions.

C.Duringtheresearch，youmaykeepfindingnewquestions.

D.Askingquestionsistheonlywayforresearch.

71.Thebesttitleforthispassageis_____.

A.DiscoveringDinosaursB.AskingGoodQuestions

C.FindingSubjectsD.HavingInterestingAnswersIntheUnitedStatesmanyhavebeentoldthatanyonecanbecomerichandsuccessfulifheworkshardandhassomegoodluck.Yet，whenonebecomesrich，hewantspeopletoknowit.Andevenifhedoesnotbecomeveryrich，hewantspeopletothinkthatheis.Thatiswhat“KeepingupwiththeJoneses”isabout.Itisthestoryofsomeonewhotriestolookasrichandassuccessfulashisneighbors.Theexpressionwasfirstusedin1913byayoungAmericanbythenameofArthurMomand.Hetoldthisstoryabouthimself：Hebeganearning$125aweekattheageof23.Thatwasalotofmoneyinthosedays.YoungMomandwasveryproudofhisriches.HegotmarriedandmovedwithhiswifetoaverywealthyneighborhoodoutsideNewYorkCiry.Butjustmovingtherewasnotenough.Whenhesawthatrichpeoplerodehorses.Momandwenthorsebackridingeveryday.Whenhesawthatrichpeoplehadservants，Momandandhiswifealsohiredaservantandgavebigpartiesfortheirnewneighbors.Itwaslikearace，butonecouldneverfinishthisracebecauseonewasalwaystryingtokeepup.Momandandhiswifecouldnotdothat.Theraceendedforthemwhentheycouldnolongerpayfortheirnewwayoflife.TheylefttheirwealthyneighborhoodandmovedbacktoanapartmentinNewYorkCity.Momandlookedaroundhimandnoticedthatmanypeopledothingsjusttokeepupwiththeirneighbors.Hesawthefunnysideofitandstartedtowriteaseriesofshortstories.Hecalledit“KeepingupwiththeJoneses”，because“Jones”isaverycommonnameintheUnitedStates.“KeepingupwiththeJoneses”cametomeankeepingupwiththepeoplearoundyou.Momand'sseriesappearedindifferentnewspapersacrossthecountryforover28years.PeopleneverseemtogettiredofkeepingupwiththeJoneses.Thatisonereasonwhytheyreadthe“right”books，gotothe“right”universitiesandeatinthe“right”restaurants.Everycityhasanareawherepeoplewanttolivebecauseotherswillthinkbetterofthemiftheydo.Andthereare“Joneses”ineverycityoftheworld.ButonemustgettiredoftryingtokeepupwiththeJoneses，becausenomatterwhatonedoes，MrJonesseemsalwaystobeahead.

45.Thewriterofthepassagebelieves______.A.anyoneintheUnitedStatescanbecomerichbutmightbepoorsoonB.anyoneintheUnitedStatescanbecomerichifheworkshardandhasgoodluckC.hecanbecomerichinthefuturethoughheisnotluckyenough

D.anyoneintheUnitedStateswhoworkshardcanbecomerich46.Itcanbeinferredfromthestorythatrichpeople______

A.liketoliveoutsideNewYorkCityB.liketoliveinNewYorkCity

C.liketoliveinapartmentsD.liketohavemanyneighbors

47.ArthurMomandusedthename“Jones”inhisseriesofshortstoriesbecauseJonesis______.

A.animportantnameB.apopularnameintheUnitedStates

C.hisneighbor'snamenotagoodname

48.SomepeoplewanttokeepupwiththeJonesesbecause______.A.theywanttobeasrichastheirneighborsB.theywantotherstoknowortothinkthattheyarerich

C.theydon'twantotherstoknowtheyarerichtheywanttobehappy

ZhaoWenxuan，afilmstarfromTaiwan，hasbeenfondofseeingfilmssincehischildhood.Hewouldsometimesgotothecinemaforthesamefilmfourorfivetimes.Healsoenjoysliteratureandart.Beforehetookthefilmactingashiscareer，hehadworkedinanairlineinTaipei，thecapitalofTaiwanProvince.Hischangeofjobtoactingwasquitebychance.

Oneday，hecameacrossinthepaperanadvertisementforaleadingactortoappearinthefilmnamed“WeddingFeast.”Fullofexcitement，heansweredthejobadbytelephoningthedirectorofthefilm—Mr.LiAn.Itwasthistelephonecallthathadchangedallhislife.Atlastthedirectordecidedhimtobetheverypersonfortherole.ThathecouldbechosenowedmuchtohisgoodcommandofEnglish，naturalmannersandlowpayforhisworkinthefilm

Thefilm“WeddingFeast”provedtobeahit.ItwontheGermanGoldenBearAwardandenteredthecompetitionforoneoftheOscarAcademyAwards.Also，itwasthefirstTaiwanfilmthatwaspermittedtobeshownintheU.S.Thankstothefilm，ZhaoWenxuanbecamepopularinTaiwan，HongKongandsoutheastAsia.

In1994，Mr.ZhaoactedasaleadingroleintheHongKongfilm，“RedRoseandWhiteRose”，inwhichmanyfilmstarslikeMsChenChongfromU.S.andMsYeYuqingfromthelocalareaparticipated.Thisfilmwasnamedfor10prizesoftheTaiwanGoldenHorsePrizeandatlastitwasawardedfiveprizesforthebestplay，actressandmusic.Zhaohasregardedthefilmasoneofhisfavoritefilmssincehesteppedintotheactingcircle.

Since1993，Mr.Zhaohastakenpartintheshootingsof13films，mostofwhicharethoughthighlyof.

Mr.ZhaosaidthethatTaiwanshouldthinktocooperatemuchwiththemainlandinthefilmproducingindustryanditwouldbenefiteachother.Inrecentyearsheoftencametothemainlandforfilmshooting.Hehasjustcompletedhisperformanceinthefilm“LoveAffairs”directedbyMr.LiXin，adirectorfromShanghaiFilmStudio.

60.WhycouldZhaoWenxuanplaytheleadingroleinthemovie“WeddingFeast”？

A.Becausehelikedtoseefilmsverymuch.B.Becausehewasafamousactoratthattime.

C.BecausehecouldspeakEnglishverywell，actednaturallyandgavenothoughttothepayforhisworkinthemovie..Becausethedirectorofthemovieknewhimverywell.

61.Thetextsuggeststhat_____.

A.“WeddingFeast”isjustanordinaryfilm

B.thefilm“WeddingFeast”disappointedpeoplegreatly

C.ZhaoWenxuanbec