科目： 來源：2011屆江西省南昌市鐵路一中高三上學期12月月考英語卷 題型：閱讀理解
Violin prodigies（神童）, I learned, have come in distinct waves from distinct regions. Most of the great performers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries were born and brought up in Russia and Eastern Europe. I asked Isaac Stern, one of the world’s greatest violinists, the reason for this phenomenon. “It’s very clear, “he told me. “They were all Jews and Jews at the time were severely oppressed and ill-treated in that part of the world. They were not allowed into the professional fields, but they were allowed to achieve excellence on a concert stage.” As a result, every Jewish parent’s dream was to have a child in the music school because it was a passport to the West.
Another element in the emergence of prodigies, I found, is a society that values excellence in a certain field and is able to nurture (培育) talent. Nowadays the most nurturing societies seem to be in the Far East. “In Japan, a most competitive society with stronger discipline than ours,” says Isaac Stern, “children are ready to test their limits every day in many fields, including music. When Western music came to Japan after World War II, that music not only became part of their daily lives, but it became a discipline as well.” The Koreans and Chinese, as we know, are just as highly motivated as the Japanese.
That’s a good thing, because even prodigies must work hard. Next to hard work, biological inheritance plays an important role in the making of a prodigy. J. S. Bach, for example, was the top of several generations of musicians, and four of his sons had significant careers in music.
【小題1】Jewish parents in Eastern Europe longed for their children to attend music school because ______.
| A．it would allow them access to a better life in the West |
| B．Jewish children are born with excellent musical talent |
| C．they wanted their children to enter into the professional fields |
| D．it would enable the family to get better treatment in their own country |
| A．enforce strong discipline on students who want to achieve excellence |
| B．treasure talent and provide opportunities for its full development |
| C．encourage people to compete with each other |
| D．promise talented children high positions |
| A．all-rounded development | B．the learning of Western music |
| C．strict training of children | D．variety in academic studies |
| A．A natural gift. | B．Extensive knowledge of music. |
| C．Very early training. | D．A prejudice-free society. |
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科目： 來源：2011屆江西省南昌市鐵路一中高三上學期12月月考英語卷 題型：閱讀理解
I remember growing up, my mom always said, “Half the fun of doing anything is sharing it with others.” It is so true. Friends and mates allow us to enjoy our success and our joys, comfort us in our challenging moments, and provide a mirror for us to learn more about ourselves. I’ve always looked at friends as the family we choose. They enrich our lives. As Robert Louis Steven once said, “A friend is a present which you give yourself.”
To be a good friend or partner, it’s importable be a good listener. Hear what your friend or mate has to say first rather than jumping to conclusions or getting defensive. Sometimes it is useful to be their mirror, for when they hear their words repeated back to them; it can help them to realize that what they said was not exactly what they meant to say.
Patience, compassion and empathy are also important traits in being a good friend or partner. You know the old golden rule, “Care for others the way you would like them to care for you.” The support of a friend during a tough time could make the difference between success and failure. Encouragement and confidence are priceless gifts that can help change a person’s life.
Take care, though, with whom you choose to have close relationship, for they can have a tremendous impact on your self-esteem and life path. As someone once told me, “the attitude of your friends is like the buttons on an elevator. They will either take you up or down.”
【小題1】In order to make good friends, you should do the following except ______.
| A．Be a good listener | B．Be patient, compassionate |
| C．Be careful | D．Be generous to your friends |
| A．Buy your friend a mirror. | B．Point out their mistakes if there is any |
| C．Give them encouragement and confidence. | D．Pay attention what they do |
| A．It is different whether you have friends or not. |
| B．The support of friends counts when you have difficulties. |
| C．A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
| D．You are certain to succeed if you get the support of friends. |
| A．It is good to share your fun with other. |
| B．The friend is a mirror for us to learn more about others. |
| C．You’d better be a good listener if you want to be a good friend. |
| D．Be careful to choose your friend. |
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科目： 來源：2011屆山東省淄博市重點中學高三上學期期中考試英語卷 題型：閱讀理解
This is a story from 28 years ago. My dad was a used car salesman. Every Thursday night, he would head off to Shreveport, LA for an auction. Most of the time, I drove a car over there for him so he could sell it at the auction.
One day, I was riding with my dad when he noticed a hitch-hiker with a backpack. Without hesitation, he pulled the car over and offered him a ride. Dad asked him his name, and proceeded to talk to him about all sorts of things. Dad asked him where he was going. The hitch-hiker told him he was heading for the west. I can’t recall why but he told Dad a lot of things that had occurred to him and that persuaded him to make that decision. He talked about the tragic events that occurred to him several years before. He was low in spirits, but I could see that the hitch-hiker’s attitude was changing as someone was really listening to him.
We drove 45 minutes before the hitch-hiker got off. We pulled over and Dad told him to keep his head up and things would start looking up for him soon. He reached into his pocket and handed the hitch-hiker a twenty-dollar bill. The guy smiled. He nearly lit up right there on the cold, dark highway.
We drove on and my dad did not say a single thing. I was still completely amazed by what I had just witnessed. I was always told by everyone never to pick up a hitch-hiker and yet my dad did it every single time he saw one. While reflecting upon that story I came to understand that just one single kind act could change someone’s life, and I am sure that my father’s deed made that poor man’s day.
【小題1】The underlined words “that decision” in Para. 2 refer to ___________.
| A．catching the car | B．heading for the west |
| C．talking about his experiences | D．driving 45 minutes |
| A．The writer’s father offering him a free ride |
| B．The writer’s father really listening to him |
| C．The writer’s father agreeing to driving him to his destination |
| D．The writer’s father talking to him about all sorts of things |
| A．was deeply moved | B．strongly disagreed |
| C．admired his father | D．couldn’t understand |
| A．willing to help | B．easy-going | C．far-sighted | D．full of sympathy |
| A．show his respect for his father |
| B．tell a story about his kind father |
| C．prove his father is the best teacher |
| D．advise people to learn from their fathers |
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科目： 來源：2011屆廣東省深圳市高級中學高三上學期第三次測試英語卷 題型：閱讀理解
He was just 12 years old when he died. But he brought courage and hope to people around the world.
Nkosi Johnson, who died last June, is remembered today as an AIDS fighter. Th
is young boy challenged his government’s AIDS policies and millions of South Africans in the fight against the disease.
Johnson was the longest survivor born HIV positive（艾滋病病毒攜帶者）.He survived with this deadly disease for 12 years before it claimed his life.
At first, Johnson was expected to live for nine months when his foster mother, Gail Johnson took him in at the age of two. She now runs Nkosi’s Haven across town from her house in Melville. The Haven is home to 20 children living with HIV or AIDS, and 11 of their mothers.
Johnson attracted the world’s attention and stole the hearts of thousands of people across the world at the 13th International AIDS Conference in Durban in July 2000. He stood in front of a large audience including South African President Thabo Mbeki. He told them that he wanted AZT, a drug used to treat AIDS patients, to be given to HIV-positive pregnant（懷孕的） women to prevent the disease being passed on to their unborn babies. He received a loud cheer at the end of his speech.
Johnson’s speech
was broadcast live across the world. With views beyond his age and even a sense of humor, Johnson soon became an international sign of the fight against AIDS and HIV.
【小題1】The underlined words “claimed his life” (Paragraph 3) means _______.
| A．did harm to Johnson’s life | B．helped Johnson to survive |
| C．caused the death of Johnson | D．made Johnson weak |
| A．steal the hearts of thousands of people |
| B．be an AIDS fighter |
| C．get more help from the world |
| D．fight against the government |
| A．the government’s AIDS policies have to be improved |
| B．the government did nothing to help those with HIV positive |
| C．the boy’s speech changed the government’s policies |
| D．no one lived longer than the boy |
| A．The Sad Story of an AIDS Child. | B．The Courage of an AIDS Child | C．AIDS, a Deadly Disease | D．A Hero in South Africa |
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科目： 來源：2011屆湖南省長郡中學高三上學期第四次月考英語卷 題型：閱讀理解
There is famous story about British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge．He was writing a poem when he was interrupted by a knock at the door．
This was an age before telephones．Someone was delivering a message．When Colcridge got back to his poem, he had lost his inspiration．His poetic mood had been broken by the knock on his
door．His unfinished poem, which could otherwise have been a masterpiece, would now never be more than a fragment(碎片,片段)．
This story tells how unexpected communication can destroy an important thought, which brings us to the cell phone．
The most common complaint about cell phones is that people talk on them to the annoyance of people around them．But marc damaging may be the cell phone’s disruption of our thoughts．
We have already entered a golden age of little white lies about our call phones, and this is by and large a healthy, productive development．" I didn't hear it ring" or " I didn't realize my cell phone had shut off" arc among the lies we tell to give ourselves space where we’re beyond reach．
The notion or idea of being unreachable is not a new concept-we havoc "Do Not Disturb" signs on the doors of hotel rooms． So why must we feel guilty when it comes to cell phones? Why must we apologize if we decide to shut off the phone for a while?
The problem is that we come from a long-established tradition of difficulty with distance communication．Until the recent mass deployment of cell phones, it was easy to communicate with someone next to us or a few feet away, but difficult with someone across town, the country or the
globe．We came to take it for granted．
But cell phones make long-distance communication common, and endanger our time by ourselves．Now time alone, or conversation with someone next to us which cannot be interrupted by a phone, is something to be cherished．Even cell phone devotees, myself usually included, can't help at times wanting to throw their cell phone away, or curse the day they were invented．
But we don't and won't, and there really is no need．All that's required to take back our private time is a general social recognition that we have the right to it．
In other words, we have to develop a healthy contempt for the rings of our phones．Given the case of making and receiving cell phone calls, if we don-t talk to the caller right now, we surely will shortly later．
A cell phone call deserves no greater priority than a random word from a person next to us．Though the call on my cell phone may be the one-in-a-million from Steven Spielberg-who has finally read my novel and wants to make it his next movie．But most likely it is not, and I'm better
off thinking about the idea I just had for a new story, or the pizza I’ll eat for lunch．
【小題1】What's the point of the anecdote about poet Coleridge in the first three paragraphs?
| A．To direct readers' attention to the main topic． |
| B．To show how important inspiration is to a poet． |
| C．To emphasize the disadvantage of not having a cell phone． |
| D．To encourage readers to read the works of this poet． |
| A．It is a way of signaling that you don-t like the caller． |
| B．It is natural to tell lies about small things． |
| C．It is basically a good way to protect one's privacy． |
| D．We should feel guilty when we can't tell the truth． |
| A．People get so bothered by the cell phone rings that they fail to notice anything else. |
| B．People feel guilty when they are not able to answer their cell phones. |
| C．Cell phones interrupt people’s private time. |
| D．With cell phones it is no longer possible to be unreachable. |
| A．Habit. | B．Disrespect. | C．Like. | D．Value. |
| A．A person who calls us from afar deserves more of our attention. |
| B．Steven Spielberg once called the author to talk about the author’s novel. |
| C．You should always finish your lunch before you answer a call on the cell phone. |
| D．Never let cell phones interfere too much with your life. |
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科目： 來源：2011屆湖南省長郡中學高三上學期第四次月考英語卷 題型：閱讀理解
The story of Madame Tussaud is as fascinating as that of the exhibition itself. From a housekeeper's daughter to a successful business woman, her life has all the marks of a Hollywood blockbuster.
Madam Tussaud was born in 1761 and named Marie Grosholtz. Her father was killed in battle only two months before Mane's birth. For the first five years of her life, Marie lived in Berne with her mother, who worked as housekeeper for Dr Philippe Curtius. A doctor, with a talent for wax modeling, Curtius became her teacher.
It was Curtius who opened the original wax exhibition in Paris in 1770 and introduced Marie to some famous people. At only 17, she modeled the famous writer Francois Voltaire, followed by a portrait of American statesman Benjamin Franklin when he was in Paris as US ambassador. Both figures are still on display at Madame Tussaud's, London today.
Her work at Curtius successful wax exhibition led to an invitation to the court of Louis XVI and his queen. For nine years she lived at the palace of Versailles guiding the artistic education of the king's sister. Meanwhile the French Revolution was about to erupt. Aware of the political nrest,Philippe Curtius called Marie back to Paris. Marie7 s connection with the royal family made her guilty. Both she and her mother were arrested. After she was set free, Marie was forced to make death masks (a death mask is a model of a dead person's face, made by coving their face with a soft substance and letting it become hard) of executed (被處決的) nobles. Many were former friends at court, including her former employers, the king and queen.
By 1800 Marie was married with two young children and a poor business inherited from Curtius. Madame Tussaud made the decision to take her exhibition on tour. In 1802, she left France. For the next 33 years, Madame Tussaud traveled the British Isles, exhibiting her growing collection of portraits. In those pre-television days, this was the only way most people had direct contact with the famous people of the time. The exhibition became permanently based in London in 1835, moving to its present site in Marylebone Road in 1884. Her last work, a remarkable self – portrait that is still on show, was completed only eight years before her death aged 89.
【小題1】The underlined part in Para. 1 implies that Madame Tussaud’s life was .
| A．complicated | B．successful | C．peaceful | D．lonely |
| A．Curtius’ recommendation | B．her gift for wax modeling |
| C．her mother’s help | D．her friendship with the king’s sister |
| A．she had worked for Dr Philippe Curtius |
| B．she had modeled the French royal family |
| C．she had worked at the place of Versailles |
| D．she had refused to make death masks |
| A．how Marie’s was modeling business became successful |
| B．how Marie balanced her family and work |
| C．the establishment of Madame Tussaud’s, London |
| D．the popularity of Madame Tussaud’s wax exhibition |
| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 | D．5 |
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科目： 來源：2010年青海省青海師大附中高二上學期期中考試英語卷 題型：閱讀理解
The soldiers had just moved to the desert, and as they had never been in such a place before, they had a lot to learn.
As there were no trees or buildings in the desert, it was, of course, very hard to hide their trucks from enemy planes. The soldiers were, therefore, given training in camouflage. They were shown how to paint their trucks in irregular patterns with pale green, yellow, and brown paints, and then to cover them with nets to which they had tied small pieces of cloth.
The driver of the biggest truck had a lot of trouble camouflaging it. He spent several hours painting it, preparing a net and searching for some heavy rocks with which to hold the net down. When it was all finished, he went for lunch.
When he came back from his meal, he was surprised and worried to see that his camouflage was completely spoilt by the truck’s shadow, which was growing longer and longer as the afternoon advanced. He stood looking at it, not knowing what to do.
Soon an officer arrived, and he, too, saw the shadow, of course.
“Well,” he shouted to the poor driver, “What are you going to do about it? If an enemy plane comes over, the pilot will at once know that there is a truck there.”
“I know, sir,” answered the soldier.
“Well, don’t just stand there doing nothing!” said the officer.
“What shall I do, sir?” asked the poor driver.
“Get your spade and throw some sand over the shadow, of course!” answered the officer.
【小題1】From this passage you can know ________.
| A．there were a lot of trees where the soldiers were stationed |
| B．the soldiers were staying in an area far from the enemy planes |
| C．the soldiers knew nothing about desert |
| D．the soldiers had lived in desert before |
| A．The nets with which they covered their trucks were made of small pieces of cloth. |
| B．The soldiers tied small pieces of cloth to the nets with which they covered their trucks. |
| C．The nets covering the trucks were painted pale green, yellow and brown. |
| D．The trucks were tied to the nets with small pieces of cloth. |
| A．his truck had cast a shadow in the sun and the enemy plane would find it. |
| B．the shadow of his truck was growing longer at noon |
| C．it was late in the afternoon, and he could not get rid of the shadow |
| D．his newly-painted truck was in the shadow |
| A．It is quite reasonable that the officer ordered the soldier to cover the shadow with sand. |
| B．We’ll laugh at the officer’s order because it is where the humor lies. |
| C．Though the officer’s order sounded wise, the soldier couldn’t cover the shadow. |
| D．The soldier managed to cover the shadow with sand |
| A．It is quite reasonable that the officer ordered the soldier to cover the shadow with sand. |
| B．We’ll laugh at the officer’s order because it is where the humor lies. |
| C．Though the officer’s order sounded wise, the soldier couldn’t cover the shadow. |
| D．The soldier managed to cover the shadow with sand |
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科目： 來源：2010年甘肅省武威五中高一上學期11月月考英語卷 題型：閱讀理解
My wife and I spent two weeks in London last year. We went there in the autumn. We think it is the best season to visit England. The weather is usually good and there aren’t too many tourists in October.
We stayed in a small hotel in the West End. It was convenient as we did most of our sightseeing on foot. Taxis were too expensive, we couldn’t understand the bus routes, and my wife didn’t like traveling under the ground. She said it made her feel sick.
We went to look at the places which all tourists visit. We saw Buckingham Palace. We went shopping in Oxford Street and spent too much money. What we liked most, though, was going to the theatre. We didn’t have the chance to see such wonderful plays at home. A lot of people say English food is bad. We didn’t think so. It is true that most of the restaurants are French or Italian or Chinese, but we had some very good meals.
In fact, we enjoyed our holiday so much that we have already booked again for this year. We are going to take our umbrellas, though. I’m sure we’ll need them sometimes.
【小題1】The couple chose a small hotel in the West End to stay in because _________.
| A．taxis were too expensive | B．they could go sightseeing on foot |
| C．the underground made the wife feel sick | D．all the above |
| A．booking in the hotel | B．finding the bus routes |
| C．going sightseeing on foot | D．having meals |
| A．were satisfied with | B．disliked |
| C．were a bit unhappy about | D．regretted |
| A．terrible | B．not bad | C．great | D．comfort |
| A．They thought English food was bad. | B．They will visit London again. |
| C．They visited London last October. | D．They didn’t take their umbrella last year. |
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科目： 來源：2010年江蘇省南通市高一上學期期中聯(lián)考英語卷 題型：閱讀理解
I received pictures of my daughter floating (漂浮) on a lake in California. Right there under the sun during the hottest time of the day, she has only her swimsuit to cover her.
When I showed it to my students, it was as if I had shown them scenes from a horror (恐怖) movie.
“But she will get dark,” they said.
“That’s what she wants,” I told them. “We think darker skin (膚色) is beautiful.”
They looked at me in disbelief. It was as if I came from the moon.
For years, American girls spend their summer trying to get as tanned (曬黑) as possible. In China, on the other hand, girls use umbrellas all year round.
What in the world is going on?
The pale skin we think looks unattractive (不漂亮) is what Asian women want. Both groups want to meet their culture’s standard (標準) of beauty.
In the US, if you can afford to go on vacation in the summer, you head for a river, a lake or a beach, where you try to get as much sun as possible. If you are rich you take a winter vacation in some sunny spot. Your winter tan shows your wealth.
In China, once upon a time, the few wealthy were the ones who didn’t have to work out in the hot sun. So the whiter the skin, the richer the woman. The folk opera performers who play these ladies wore lots of white makeup (妝容). The tradition survives to this day.
So it comes naturally that none of my students wishes to follow the Western ways in this regard.
But now I am noticing that a new business – the tanning booth (美黑店) – started up in China. I admire those brave enough to define（給…下定義）their own idea of beauty, but I do wonder what their grandmothers would have to say to them about it!
【小題1】The students were shocked at the picture the writer showed them because ______.
| A．they thought it shameful for a girl only to wear a swimsuit |
| B．the writer’s daughter was wearing very little while out in the sun |
| C．it is dangerous for a girl to be out on a lake alone |
| D．with the powerful sunlight the writer’s daughter would have got a suntan |
| A．Women with blond hair. | B．Women w ith a slim figure. |
| C．Women with tanned skin. | D．Women with pale skin. |
| A．is hard-working | B．doesn’t have to work |
C．has a  lot of money and spare time | D．is from a very poor family |
| A．is not interested in | B．doesn’t understand |
| C．doesn’t like | D．has mixed feelings about |
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科目： 來源：2010年江蘇省南通市高一上學期期中聯(lián)考英語卷 題型：閱讀理解
My school makes students take one religion (宗教) class every year. But religion is really hard, especially with Mr Frank Smith for a teacher.
Mr Smith is 55 years old, with grey hair and a moustache (胡子). He always wears a blue school T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes with long white socks. My friends say he looks like a cat.
In his class, we did yoga (瑜珈) and meditation (冥想) (actually most of the children in my class lay on the ground sleeping), tasted some strange tea, had classes outside in the garden, and watched videos and movies about Tibetan Buddhism (藏傳佛教), God, and so on.
It was fun sometimes. However, the course (課程) was quite hard when it came to tests. The girls often worked until one or two o'clock in the morning on nights before the tests, but they still got bad scores.
When our test scores were bad, he would give us some makeup assignments (補考作業(yè)). Once I got a B, which I thought was bad, so I asked Mr Smith for an assignment to bring up my grades.
As a matter of fact, his assignments were often worse than the tests. The tests were just a lot of multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blanks, or short essays (文章). But his assignments usually included a speech in class.
I was not afraid of public speaking, yet it took me three days to collect the information, two days to write the speech, one day to make a PowerPoint and several hours to prepare. I knew my presentation (課堂展示) was good, because I saw Mr Smith's big smile when he listened to me. He gave me an A at last.
After finishing the course, I may not remember how hard it was or the meaning of som
e vocabulary. But through Mr Smith, I learned a lesson that will be with me my whole life. That is: no matter what we do, we need to put our hearts into it, and then our work will pay off.
【小題1】The religion class is hard because Mr Smith _______.
| A．uses strange ways to teach in his class. |
| B．never gives good scores, however hard you try. |
| C．gives difficult tests and make-up assignments. |
| D．likes students to make good presentations. |
| A．Work hard by studying late into the night. |
| B．Remember all of the vocabulary. |
| C．Pay attention and take notes in class. |
| D．Do well on the make-up assignment. |
| A．people should always be given a second chance |
| B．people should always put their hearts into their work |
| C．it is good to do yoga and meditation |
| D．it is good to choose strict teacher |
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