2013届高考英语二轮专题总复习阅读能力培养精品系列（14）
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Introduction to Letters to Sam
Dear Reader，
Please allow me to tell you something before you read this book. When my __1__， Sam, was born, my heart was filled with joy. I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then, and I have been __2__ ill many times. So I wondered if I would have the __3__ to tell Sam what I had __4__.
For years I have been hosting a program on the __5__ and writing articles for a magazine. Being __6__ to move freely, I have learned to sit still and keep my heart __7__， exchanging thoughts with thousands of listeners and __8__. So when Sam was born, I __9__ to tell him about school and friendship, romance and work, love and everything else. That's how I started to write these __10__. I hope that Sam would __11__ them sooner or later.
However, that expectation __12__ when Sam showed signs of autism (自闭症) at the age of two. He had actually stopped talking before the discovery of the signs. He __13__ to communicate with others, even the family members. That was __14__ for me but didn't stop me writing on. I realized that I had even __15__ now to tell him. I wanted him to __16__ what it means to be “different” from others, and learn how to fight against the misfortune he'll __17__ as I myself, his grandfather, did. I just __18__ if I could write all that I wanted to say in the rest of my life.
Now, __19__ the book has been published, I have been given the chance. Every chapter in the book is a letter to Sam: some about my life, and all about what it means to be a __20__.
Daniel Gottlieb
1. A. son B. nephew C. brother D. grandson
2. A. seriously B. mentally C. slightly D. quietly
3. A. ability B. time C. courage D. responsibility
4. A. written B. suffered C. observed D. lost
5. A. radio B. television C. stage D. bed
6. A. ready B. unable C. anxious D. eager
7. A. warm B. broken C. closed D. open
8. A. hosts B. visitors C. readers D. reporters
9. A. began B. stopped C. forgot D. decided
10. A. letters B. emails C. books D. diaries
11. A. find B. read C. collect D. keep
12. A. developed B. disappeared C. changed D. arrived
13. A. tried B. refused C. regretted D. hoped
14. A. exciting B. acceptable C. strange D. heartbreaking
15. A. less B. everything C. more D. nothing
16. A. understand B. explain C. believe D. question
17. A. fear B. face C. know D. cause
18. A. felt B. guessed C. saw D. doubted
19. A. as B. once C. though D. if
20. A. teacher B. child C. man D. writer
阅读理解
A
Although people are born to win, they are also born hopeless and totally dependent on their environment. As we have noted, few people are total winners or losers. Most of them are winners in some areas of their lives and losers in others. Their winning or losing is influenced by what happens to them in childhood.
Winners successfully make the transition from total helplessness to independence. Losers do not. A lack of response to dependency needs, poor nutrition, unhappy relationships, disease, continuing disappointments, inadequate physical care, and terrible events are among the many experiences that contributing to making people losers. Such experiences interrupt, or prevent the normal progress towards independence.
A winner is not afraid to do his own thinking and to use his own knowledge. He can separate facts from opinion and doesn't pretend to have all the answers. He listens to others, evaluate what they say, but comes to his own conclusions.
A loser repress his own capacity to express appropriately his full range of possible behaviour. He may be unaware of other choices for his life if the path he chooses goes nowhere. He is afraid to try new things. He maintains his own status. He is a repeater. He repeats not only his own mistakes, but also repeats those of his family and culture. A loser has difficulty giving and receiving affection. He does not enter into close, honest, direct relationship with others.
1. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. What happens in one's childhood contributes to making people losers or winners.
B. Winners will depend on their own conclusions.
C. In their lives people become neither winners or losers.
D. A loser is afraid to do his own thinking and to use his own knowledge.
2. From the passage you can infer the underlined word “transition” has the similar meaning as ________.
A. substitution B. transformation
C. transportation D. situation
3. Which of the following is NOT true about the winner?
A. He has dependent thinking.
B. He is at a loss what to do in his life.
C. He can separate facts from his own opinion.
D. He can come to his own conclusions.
4. A loser may ________.
A. lack independence B. do his own thinking
C. make correct choices D. draw his own conclusions
5. The main idea of the passage is ________.
A. success and environment
B. the way to become winners
C. the factors contributing to making people losers
D. the characteristic of winners and losers
B
In the USA Forbes magazine has published its annual list of the richest people in the world. Bill Gates of Microsoft is the richest man again for the eleventh successive year with a fortune of forty-four billion dollars.
There are a record 691 dollar billionaires according to Forbes magazine. Between them they have a fortune of two point two trillion dollars. The highest concentration of the ultra-rich is in New York followed by Moscow and San Fransisco and then London and Los Angeles. But in total the very wealthy live in forty-seven different countries with Iceland Kazakstan Ukraine and Poland entering the list for the first time this year.
Laksmi Mittal，an Indian born steel tycoon (巨头)enjoyed the biggest increase in personal fortune. His net worth has quadrupled (变成四倍)to thirteen billion dollars making him the world's third richest man. Ingvar Kamprad founder of the Swedish furniture chain Ikea also saw a big increase in wealth taking him to the sixth place. Developing countries make more of a showing than in past years—there are for example three Russians and four Indians in the top sixty richest people, though surprisingly perhaps none from China excluding Hong Kong. Asian wealth is probably under-represented as its usually spread among families whereas Forbes looks at individuals. Relatively few women feature in the list—among them is JK Rowling，author of the Harry Potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars. New entrants to the list include the founders of the Internet search group Google Sergie Brin and Larry Page each worth more than seven billion dollars after their company's recent stock market debut. The richest Italian is the prime minister Silvio Berlusconi ranked number 25 in the global wealth league.
6. Which of the following persons has the largest fortune according to this year's Forbes magazine?
A. Laksmi Mittal. B. Ingvar Kamprad.
C. JK Rowling. D. Silvio Berlusconi.
7. There are about ________ persons with a fortune between 100 million dollars and 519 million dollars in the world.
A. 300 B. 180 C. 70 D. 150
8. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. No Chinese has entered the top sixty richest people in the world.
B. Russia is a developing country.
C. This is the first time that Sergie Brin and Larry Page has been included in the list.
D. There are more billionaires(亿万富翁) in New York than any other city in the world.
9. We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. there are more billionaires in London than in Moscow
B. Ukraine is a very rich country in the world
C. JK Rowling's novels have sold very well
D. the IT industry is a profit-making industry
参考答案
1. 解析：选D。根据下文中的“as I myself，his grandfather”可判断，Sam是“我”的孙子。
2. 解析：选A。由上文中“I had been sitting in a wheelchair for 20 years before then”和下文“I wondered if I would have the...”可知，作者在这期间重病了几次，所以用seriously。
3. 解析：选B。由这一段可知，作者是想告诉他的孙子，但担心自己的身体，所以不知道是不是还有时间。此处用time符合题意。
4. 解析：选C。根据全文内容的理解，作者想告诉他孙子的是他的经历，故只有observe observe(看到，注意到)。符合题意。
5. 解析：选A。由下文的“with thousands of listeners”可知，作者是主持广播节目的，所以选radio。
6. 解析：选B。由第一段可知，作者在轮椅上待了20年，所以不能自由活动。
7. 解析：选D。由下文中与听众和读者交流思想可知，作者敞开心扉，所以选open。
8. 解析：选C。由第二段开头可知，作者主持广播节目和为杂志写文章，所以此处指与听众和读者交流。
9. 解析：选D。由下文“That's how I started...”可知，应用decided。是因为作者决定告诉Sam学校与友谊、浪漫与工作、爱情与其他一切，才开始写这些信的。
10. 解析：选A。由本文的题目可知，是介绍的Letters to Sam这本书，下文中也告诉我们这本书的每一章都是一封信，所以选A。
11. 解析：选B。因为信是写给Sam的，所以作者希望Sam迟早会读到这些信。
12. 解析：选C。由下文可知，Sam患了自闭症，所以作者的这种期望改变了。
13. 解析：选B。因为Sam患了自闭症，这里是指他拒绝与别人交流。
14. 解析：选D。由上文可知，作者对Sam 希望很大，而Sam却患了自闭症，这对作者来说是令人心碎的。
15. 解析：选C。由上文可知，作者虽然心碎，但是并没有阻止他继续写下去和下文中他想让Sam理解与别人不同意味着什么，学会和他一样与面对的不幸作斗争可知，作者是有了更多的东西要写。
16. 解析：选A。指理解和明白与别人“不同”。
17. 解析：选B。face面对，符合语境。
18. 解析：选D。由上文可知，作者的身体不好，所以他怀疑他是不是能写下所有他想对Sam说的话。
19. 解析：选A。as引导原因状语从句。句意为：因为这本书出版了，所以我有机会让Sam看到我所有想说的话。
20. 解析：选C。句意为：这本书的每一章都是一封信，一些是关于我的人生，所有都是关于做为一个男子汉意味着什么。
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