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1、杭州外国语学校2019年高考英语集训阅读理解每日一练12 杭州外国语学校2013 年高考英语集训阅读理解每日一练12 倒数第八周星期二 A The malls were filled with people seeking gifts for their loved ones. Some of the malls remained open around the clock, partly to satisfy our needs to buy gifts. Behind the materialistic aspect of shopping for gifts lies the idea
2、of caring, being attentive to the desires of special people in our lives. However, to use a well-worn play on words: it is our presence, not our presents, that truly counts. Many of us, unfortunately, can be so inattentive, even in the presence of our loved ones, that we might as well not be there a
3、t all. Attention is one of the greatest gifts we can give each other. Companies around the globe spend billions every year on advertising to catch our attention for just a short moment at a time. Whole industries media, entertainment, education rely on the precious gift of our attention for their co
4、ntinued existence. A baby lacking attention for a long time is likely to he psychologically unhealthy. In earlier times, both diet and attention could be left unregulated（没人管的）without major cause for concern. There were natural checks and balances: limited availability of food meant few got fat, for
5、 example. Similarly, in bygone times we might have spent a few hours communicating with the village storyteller, today, watching an entire TV series, while speaking to nobody, is common. In traditional societies, with smaller population, everyone would get a fair deal of attention. On many issues we
6、 might go to see Grandma or Grandpa; now we have Google and Wikipedia. “ She just wants attention.” people tend to think little of those doing things simply for attention. But the truth is that human beings need attention, and giving attention to each other is, to a large extent, what human civiliza
7、tion is based upon. This perhaps explains the runaway success （一举成功） of social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. While we use such sites for “ micro blogging” , “ idea voicing” and “ status updates” the reality is that we are often doing no more or less than fulfilling our basic human d
8、rive for attention exchange. I friend you, you friend me, I retweet you, you retweet me. The charming case with which we can now get and give attention is why many people appear overly attached to their smartphones. It is also a vicious（恶性） circle. As ever more people are busy exchanging attention o
9、nline, there is increasingly less attention to be paid in the real world, which forces more people to seek their attention exchange online, or else risk attentuion-starvation. The very nature of attention exchange is being rapidly transformed, and there is a danger that some of us will develop unhea
10、lthy practices. Just as eating red meat every day is a bad idea, so it is with too much attention exchange. The biological consequences of our technological advancement in food production are highly visible; heart disease, diabetes and obesity. The consequences of our transformed attention exchanges
11、 will be psychological and social, and so may take longer to identify, but they will be equally damaging. Face-to-face attention is becoming rarer, and therefore more valuable. In a sense it is priceless. And it is a gift that can be given all-year-round. 1In the first two paragraphs the author . Ao
12、ffers advice to attention givers Banalyses the present problems Cstates the necessity of presents Dputs forward his point of view 2Attention exchange was not a major concern in traditional societies because of . Alimited availability of food Bnatural checks and balances Ca much smaller population Dt
13、he guidance from old people 3People use social networking sistes such as Twitter and Facbook to . Aobtain information Bgive attention to others Cvoice their opinions Dnotice and get noticed 4What can we infer from Paragraph 6-7? AMore people will risk attention-starvation in future. BThe nature of a
14、ttention exchange is rarely changed. CTechnological advancement contributes to all diseases. DTransformed attention exchanges do harm to society. 5The writer s purpose for writing the passage is to. Aadvocate more focus on real life attention Banalyze the necessity of attention giving Cgive practica
15、l tips on attention exchange Drecommend some social networking sites B What is stroke? Stroke is a typical disease which occurs when a blood clot （凝块） blocks an artery（动脉）or a blood vessel（血管） breaks, interrupting blood flow to an area of the brain. When either of these things happens, brain cells b
16、egin to die and brain damage occurs. Abilities controlled by that area of the brain are lost such as speech, movement and memory. Some people recover completely from strokes, but more than 2/3 of survivors will have some type of disability.Anyone can have a stroke regardless of men and women. it is
17、really imperative for us to know something about Stroke Risk Factors. Risk factors are some beyond our control such as over age 55, being male, being Chinese, or having a family history of stroke. Others are controllable. Stroke prevention guidelines were brought forth by Journal of the American Med
18、ical Association 1n 1999.These includes: 6Paragraph 1 is meant to say . Apeople can reduce the happening chances of storke Ba stroke victim is bound to die or become disabled Cmiddle-aged Chinese meales are sure to have storke Dstroke is not as dangerous as most people may think 7The underlined word
19、 “imperative” here means. Awonderful Bnecessary Cvaluable D supportive 8From Item 5 we can infer that . Aboth LDL and HDL are bad cholesterols in human body Bhuman body does not need such a thing as cholesterol Chigh cholesterol can be controlled with diet and exercise Dpeople without LDL will be he
20、althier than those who have 9What will contribute to the danger of a stroke? ADrinking some wine daily BWalking 30 minutes a day CCutting down on salt and fat DLosing temper constantly 10 The best title for this passage is AWhat is Stroke? BTen Causes of Stroke CStroke and Health DHow to Prevent Str
21、oke C Have you ever wished for a thirty-hour day? Surely this extra time would relieve the tremendous pressure which we live. Our lives leave a trail of unfinished tasks. Unanswered letters, unvisited friends, unwritten articles, and unread books haunt quiet moments when we stop to evaluate. We desp
22、erately need relief. But would a thirty-hour day really solve the problem? Wouldnt we soon be just as frustrated as we are now with our twenty-four allotment? A mothers work is never finished, and neither is that of any manager, student, teacher, minister, or anyone else we know. Nor will the passag
23、e of time help us catch up. Children grow in number and age to require more of our time. Greater experience brings more exacting assignments. So we find ourselves working more and enjoying it less. We are accuslomed to working without stop. When we stop to evaluate, we realize that our dilemma goes
24、deeper than shortage of time; it is basically the problem of priorities（优先顺序） .Actually hard work does not hurt us. We all know what it is to go full speed for long hours, totally involved in an important task. The resulting weariness is matched by a sense of achievement and joy. Not hard work, but
25、doubt and misgiving (疑虑 ) produce anxiety as we review a month or year and become oppressed by the pile of unfinished tasks. We sense demands have driven us onto a reef of frustration. We confess, quite apart from our sins, “ we have left undone those things, which we ought to have done; and we have
26、 done those things which we ought not to have done. ” To do the urgent thing or to finisnh the important thing, is a sharp question. Several years ago an experienced cotton-mill manager said to me, “Your greatest danger is letting the urgent things crowd out of the important.“ He didnt realized how
27、hard his maxim hit. It often returns to haunt and rebuke me by raising the critical problem of priorities. We live in constant tension between the urgent and the important. The problem is that the important task rarely must be done today, or even this week. The urgent task calls for instant action e
28、ndless demands, pressure every hour and day. A mans home is no longer his castle; it is no longer a place away from urgent tasks because the telephone breaches the walls with imperious （专横的）demands. The momentary appeal of these tasks seems irresistible and important, and they devour our energy. But
29、 in the light of times perspective their deceptive prominence fades; with a sense of loss we recall the important tasks pushed aside. We realize we ve become slaves to the “tyranny（暴政）of the urgent.“ 11The reason why we sometimes wish to have a thirty-hour day is that we . Ahave too much work to com
30、plete Bneed more time to enjoy our lives Cneed longer hours to ease pressure Dare used to working without stop 12 From Paragraph 3, we find anxiety increases when we . Astop to think about our dilemma Bgo full speed working at our task Care doing meaningless things Drecall lots of unfinished work 13
31、 The motto that hits the writer tells us . Ato finish the urgent and the important thing Bto avoid the urgent pushing out the important Cthe urgent thing shouldn t be done instantly Dthe important thing is different from the urgent 14 The writer presents the article to remind us that . Athe urgent i
32、s not always to come first Bthe problem of time shortage is tough Cthe important is not always depressing Dthe way to deal with the urgent is hard D Some people seem easy to understand：their character appears obvious on first meeting. Appearances, however, can be deceptive. For thirty years now I ha
33、ve been studying my fellowmen. I don t know very much about them. I shrug my shoulders when people tell me that their first impressions of a person are always right. I think they must have small insight or great vanity. For my own part I find that the longer I know people, the more they puzzle me. I
34、 read in this mornings paper that Edward Hyde Burton had died. He was a merchant and he had been in business in Japan for many years.Once he gave me a great surprise. Unless I had heard the story from his own lips, I d never have velieved that he was capable of such an action. He was always neatly a
35、nd quietly dressed in accordance with his age and position. He didn t talk much, but what he said was sensible. Tou couldn ;t imagine he d possible raise his voice in anger. Here was a man who attracted you because you felt in him a real love for his fellows. He d tell with point a good and s picy s
36、tory, and in his youth he d been something of an athete. He was a rich man and he d made every penny himself. I suppose one thing that made you like him was that he was so weak; he arounsed your instinets（本能） of protection. TYou felt he couldn t bear to hurt a fly. One afternoon Burton told me a “ f
37、unny ” story in a quiet, dry humour: “ There was a namesake （同名人） of mine, who was the best bridge player I ever met. He seemed to have a fantastic instinct about the cards. I used to play with him a lot.” “ He was handsome in a way with curly hair and pink-and- white cleeks. Women thought a lot of
38、him. There was no harm in him, he was only wild. Pf course he drank too much. He won a good deal of my money by card- playing.” “ One day he came to me when he went b roke. He came to see me in my office and asked me for a job. I asked him how old he was. “ Thirty-five , he said.” “And what have you
39、 been doing hitherto? I asked him. “Well, nothing very much, he said. “Im afraid I cant do anything for you just yet, I said. Come back and see me in another thirty-five years, and Ill see what I can do. “He didnt move. He went rather pale. He hesitated for a moment and then he told me that he had h
40、ad bad luck at cards for some time. He hadnt been willing to stick to bridge, hed been playing poker, and hed got trimmed. He hadnt a penny. Hed pawned everything he had. He couldnt pay his hotel bill and they wouldnt give him any more credit. He was down and out. If he couldnt get something to do h
41、ed have to commit suicide. “I looked at him for a bit. I could see now that he was all to pieces. Hed been drinking more than usual and he looked fifty. The girls wouldnt have thought so much of him if theyd seen him then. “I got some glimmering of what he was driving at. Ive known too many men who
42、were little tin gods at their university. “ Suddenly I had an idea.” Pausing in his story, Burton turned to me. “ When I was young I swam over three miles round the beacon（灯塔） and landed at the river of Tarumi. It s rather difficult on account of the currents round the beacon. Well, I told my young
43、fellow about it and I said that if he d do it I d give him a job. “ I could see he was rather taken aback. He was not in good condition for sports. He looked at me for a moment and then he nodded.” “ I told him I d drive round to the river at half past twelve and meet him. “Done,“he said. “ I wished
44、 him good luck and he left me.I had a lot of work to do that morning and I only just managed to the creek at Tarumi at half past twelve.But I neednt have hurried;he never turned up “ Did he funk it at the last moment?” I asked. “ No,he didnt funk it. He started all right. But of course hed ruined hi
45、s constitution by drink. The currents round the beacon were more than he could manage. We didnt get the body for about three days I didnt say anything for a moment or two.I was a trifle shocked.Then I asked. “ When you made him that offer of a job, did you know hed be drowned? He looked at me with h
46、is kind blue eyes, smiling. “Well,I hadnt got a vacancy in my office at the moment. 15 The author believes . Asome people are too easy to understand Bappearance is just opposite to the quality Cfirst impressions can be misleading Dhis fellowmen are not understandable 16 For some time, Edward Burton
47、impressed the author most with his . Aage and position Bwealth and ability Csensibility and humor Dkindness and weakness 17 The underlined words “he was all to picces” may mean. Ahe was mad and wild Bhe was completely down Che was sick and dirty Dhe was totally drunk 18 We can infer from Burton s st
48、ory that his namesakes. Anever saw through his trick Bannoyed him by playing cards Ccould not do any job well Dintended to cheat him with a lie 19 We learned from the story that Edward Burton . Aknew the young man would kill himself Barranged the end of his namesake s life Cdid much for the poor fellowman Dkilled his card-friend by mistake 20 Edward Burton could be described as a(n) person. Ainnocent Bsmart Ccareless D evil 参考答案 1-10DBDDAABCDD 11-20CDBACDBABD