2022年2022年高中英語閱讀

1、精選學(xué)習(xí)資料 - - - 歡迎下載高三英語閱讀專練anew technology links the world as never before. our planet has shrunk. it s now a“ global village” where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone orsatellitelink.and、ofcourse、ourabilitytobenefitfromthishigh-tech communications equipment is greatly increased by foreig

2、n language skills.deeply involved with this new technology is a kind of modern businesspeople who have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. in modern markets、 success overseas often helps support domestic business efforts.overseas assignments are becoming increasingly i

3、mportant to advancementwithinexecutive ranks.the executive stationedin anothercountryno longer need fear being“ out of sight and out of mind.” he or sherecathnabtethseuoverseas effort is central to the company s plan for success、 and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad. if

4、 an employee can succeed ina difficult assignment overseas、 superiors will have greater confidence in his orherabilitytomanagebackintheunitedstateswherecross-cultural considerationsandforeignlanguageissues arebecomingmoreandmore common.thanks to a varietyof relativelyinexpensive communicationsdevice

5、s with business applications、 even small businesses in the united states are able to get into international markets.englishisstilltheinternationallanguage ofbusiness. butthereisan ever-growingneedforpeoplewhocanspeakanotherlanguage.asecondlanguage isn t generally required to egt a job in business、bu

6、t having languageskills gives a candidate the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal.the employee posted abroadwhospeaks the countrylsanguage has an opportunitytofast-forwardcertainnegotiations、andcan havethecultural insight to know when it is better to move more slowly. the employee at t

7、he home office who can communicate well with foreign customers over the telephone or by fax machine is an obvious asset to the firm.56. withtheincreaseduseofhigh-techcommunicationsequipment、 businesspeople .a. are eager to work overseasb. have to get familiar with modern technologyc. are gaining mor

8、e economic benefits from domestic operationsd. are attaching more importance to their overseas business57. inthispassage、 “ outof sight and out of mind” line3、 para. 3 probably means .a. leaving all care and worry behindb. being unable to think properly for lack of insightc. being totally out of tou

9、ch with business at homed. missing opportunities for promotion when abroad58. accordingtothepassage、whatisanimportantconsiderationof international corporations in employing people today.精品學(xué)習(xí)資料精選學(xué)習(xí)資料 - - - 歡迎下載a. ability to speak the customer s language.b. connections with businesses overseas.c. tech

10、nical know-how.d. business experience.59. the advantage of employees having foreign language skills isthat they can .a. fast-forward their proposals to headquartersb. better control the whole negotiation processc. easily make friends with businesspeople abroadd. easily find new approaches to meet ma

11、rket needsbwhen an ant dies、 other ants take itout of the nest、 often withinan hour after its death. this behavior interests scientists and they wonder how ants know for sure and so soon that another ant is dead.one scientist recently came up with a way to explain this ant behavior. dong-hwan choe i

12、s a biologist、 a scientist who studies animals and plants. he found that ants have a chemical on the outside of their bodies that signals toother ants、“ i'm dead take me away” when it is dead.but there's a question to answer: as we know、 if an ant is dead、 it stops moving. but when an ant is

13、 sleeping or knocked unconscious、 it is also not moving. however、 other ants don't move the living ant out of the nest. how dothey know this ant is not dead. choe found that ants have another chemical ontheir bodies、 whichtells nearby ants something like、“ wait i'mdenaodt yet” when it is not

14、 dead. choe suspects that when an ant dies、 the chemical that says、“ wait i'm not dead yet” quickly goes away. when other ants detect the“ dead” chemical without the“ not dead yet” chemical、 they move away the body.to test his theory、 choe and his team put different chemicals on ants. whenthe sc

15、ientists used the“ i'm dead” chemical、 other ants quickly moved the treatedant away. when the scientists used the“ wait i'm not dead yet” chemical、 other ants left the treated ant alone. choe believesthis behavior shows that the“ notdead yet” chemicoavl errides t he “ dead” chemical when pic

16、ked up by other ants.and that when an ant dies、 the “ notdead yet ”c hemical fades away. other nearby ants then detect the remaining “ dead”ch emical and remove the body from the nest.understanding this behavior can help scientists figure out how to stop ants from invading new places and causing pro

17、blems.60. what is the function of the first paragraph.a. leadingthe followingparagraphs.b.showingthemainideaofthe passage.c. introducing the background of the passage.d. giving a summary of the passage.61. whichofthe followinghas the closest meaningtothe underlinedword“ overrides” in the fourth para

18、graph.精品學(xué)習(xí)資料精選學(xué)習(xí)資料 - - - 歡迎下載a. is weaker thanb. is stronger thanc. is better thand. is worse than62. what can we learn from the passage.a. living ants can also be taken away when they are not moving.b. when an ant dies、 it can tell others using a certain chemical.c. a living ant can pretend to be d

19、ead using a special chemical.d. ants often use chemicals to communicate with each other.63. which of the following descriptions about dong-hwan choe is right.a. choe did this study in order to stop ants from invading new places.b. choe is a biologist who is only interested in animals、 especially in

20、ants.c. choe first came up with an idea to explain this ant behavior, and then did some tests to prove his theory.d. choe did the research on this ant behavior on his own；ceach time i see a balloon、 my mind flies back to a memory of when i was a six-year-old girl. it was a rainy sunday and my father

21、 had recently died. i asked my mom if dad had gone to heaven. "yes、 honey. of course." she said."can we write him a letter."she paused、 the longest pause of my short life、 and answered、 "yes." my heart jumped. "how. does the mailman go there." i asked."no

22、、 but i have an idea." mom drove to a party store and returned with a red balloon. i asked her what it was for."just wait、 honey. you'll see." mom told me to write my letter. eagerly、 i got my favorite pen、 and poured out my six-year-old heart in the form of blue ink. iwroteabout

23、my day、 what i learned at school、 how momwas doing、 and even about what happened in a story i had read. for a few minutes it was as if dadwere still alive. i gave the letter to mom. she read it over、 and a smile crossed her face.she made a hole in the corner of the letterwhere she looped the balloon

24、string. we went outside and she gave me the balloon. it was still raining. "okay、 on the count of three、 let go. one、 two、 three."theballoon、carryingmyletter、dartedupwardagainsttherain.we watched until it was swallowed by the mass of clouds.later i realized、 like the balloon、 that dad had

25、never let his sickness get him down. he was strong. no matter what he suffered、 he'd persevere、 dart up、 and finally transcend this cold world and his sick body. he rose into sky and became something beautiful. i watched until the balloon disappeared into the gray and white and i prayed that his

26、 strength was hereditary. i prayed to be a balloon.64when the girl asked her mother if they could write to her father、 her mother .a felt it hard to answerb thought her a creative girlcbelieved it easy to do sod found it easy to lie65whenthe girlwas toldthatshe couldsend alettertoherfather、she .a ju

27、mped with joybbecame excited精品學(xué)習(xí)資料精選學(xué)習(xí)資料 - - - 歡迎下載cstarted writing immediatelyd. was worried that it couldn't be delivered 66in the eyes of the author、 what was the rain like.a an incurable disease.b an unforgettable memory. cthe hard time her father had.dthe failures her father experienced.67w

28、hat would be the best title for the passage.a an unforgettable experienceb the strong red balloon cfly to paradised a great fatherdwe all know how important human life is it s priceless. it doesn t matter where you are fromor what the color of yourskins isall people are humanbeings. firstly、 wecan t

29、ell you that the livesof your relativescould depend onyour ability to give first aid. if you think highly of human s life、 this website is fo you. here you can find information about first aid.the veryfirstthingthatyoushould do whenyou see an accidentis to evaluate the situation and prevent further

30、dangerous incidents. first of all、 youhave to recognize whathas happened andwhatthe dangersto rescuers and victims are. think about how to take care of the victims.helping usually takes place in very difficult conditions and injuries can beverybad.therefore、youcannotbe tooafraidofmakingmistakes tohe

31、lp.sometimes you have to face the fact thatregardless of youractions and your effortsthe victimcsonditionmightnot improve he or she could even die. insome cases even professionalmedicalaid may not succeed. ifyou have done everything you think you should do、 you shouldn t feel guilty.do not expose yo

32、urself to danger. giving first aid can be dangerous. while tryingtohelpavictim、donotforgetaboutyourownsafety. ifsomething happens to you、 you won t be able to help anyone.call for help after you find out the condition of a victim. but remember if a victim faints due to breathing failure caused by dr

33、owning、 choking or poisoning、 you should first take actions that help to bring back the heart beat and breathing. while calling、 talk shortly but clearly. always provide the following information: the location of the accident、 the kind of accident、 the number of the injured and your full name and ph

34、one number and so on.68. the underlined word“ evaluate” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to .a. leaveb. protectc. avoidd. judge69. what s the main idea of paragraph 3.a. you should learn some professional knowledge about first aid.b. you shouldn t feel guilty if you don t know about first aid.c.

35、 try your best to give first aid and don t be afraid of making mistakesd. don t make mistakes when you are giving first aid.70. the author thinks that helping a victim can be .a. riskyb. shockingc. excitingd. boring71. it can be inferred from the passage that .精品學(xué)習(xí)資料精選學(xué)習(xí)資料 - - - 歡迎下載a. everyone must

36、 learn how to give first aidb. you should forget about your own safety while giving first aid.c. when you see an accident you should do nothing but call the police.d. when calling for help you should give all relevant details.eminimalism 簡約主義 is a term that describes movements in various forms of ar

37、t and design、 especially visual art and music、 where the work is reduced toits most basic features.as for me、 minimalism functions well not in art or design、 but in my dailylife.when i was packing for university、 i found it extremely difficult to let go ofsome of the things i owned. i knew i couldnt

38、 take everything with me、 but i keptasking myself “ howcould i possibly throwthis away.” 、“ whatifi need itoneday.” 、 and“ what about all of the memories.” now that i ve moved、 and left that stuff behind、 i don t even miss it. whether or not i gotorfidit、 it barely makes abit of difference to me now

39、.i velearnedthatover timepeople forget、ortheirneed fora particular object eventually disappears. either they store it away or they get rid of it.you mightthinknostalgically （懷舊的）about the toys you cared aboutwhen you were a child、 but what is making you smile now is not the thing itselfbut the memor

40、y of it. i ve heard it a hundred times、“ you don t need things to makeyouhappy. ”i ttakessomethinglife -changinglikemovingacross thecountry to realize how true this is.speaking of which、 for a lot of people、 minimalism is about able to move. it aboutbeing able to go almost anywhereat any timebecause

41、 you don thavemany possessions to carry. when you keep things you don t needmtheeay becoburden that ties you to a place. moving to university was a good time to let go ofa lot of stuff. and when i visit for the holidays、 i ll probably get rid of even more、 to lighten the burden.of course there are e

42、xceptions. there are some things that are irreplaceable、 very rare or expensive or we simply love and cherish for some reason or another、since we are humans. butafter we keep those、 how much is left thatwe don treally need.hence、 minimalism. and why does minimalism bring happiness. that was abit of a roundabout way of saying that、 it s because what really makes me happy is freedom. and the key to freedom is minimalism because minimalism reducesour attachment to things.attachment to too many objects creates a great m