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1、淮安市范集中学2012 届高三英语文化班寒假作业阅读理解AFor centuries,the bodysblood has been linkedcloselywiththe emotions Peoplewho show no human emotions or feelings,are said to be cold-bloodedkillerFor example,the police are searching for a cold-blooded killerHe seems to kill for no reason,and no emotion, as if taking som
2、eones life as nothingCold can affectotherpartsof the body The expressiongetcoldfeethas nothingto do with cold or your feet The expression means being afraid to do something youhave decided to do For example, you agree to be president of an organization Butthen you learn that all the other officers h
3、ave resigned, and all the work of theorganizationswillbe your responsibility You are likelyto get coldfeetabout beingpresident when you understand the situationThe expressiongivesomeone the coldshoulderprobablycomes from the physicalact of turningyour back towardsomeone, insteadof speakingtohim face
4、 to face Youmay give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you Or,to someone who has lied about you to othersA cold fish is not a fish It is a person But it is a person who is unfriendly,unemotional and shows no love or warmthA cold fish does not offer much of himselfto a
5、nyone Someonewho is a cold fishcould be cold-hearted Nowa cold-heartedpersonis someone who has no sympathy Several popular songs in recent years were aboutcold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers Out in the cold means not getting something that e
6、verybody else gotA personmight say that everybody but him got a pay raise he was left out in the cold Andit is not a pleasant place to be56 There are _ expressions related to cold that are mentioned in the passageA 3B 4C 6D757 When you refuse to speak to aman and treathim ina distantway, you may exp
7、ressby _AI give him the cold shoulderBI think he isacold-blooded manCI think he is a cold fishD Imlikelytoget cold feet58 IfSue shows absolutelyno reactionto thoseawfulpicturesof starvingchildrenin Africa, you will say _Ashe is acold-blooded killer B she getscold feetC she is a cold fish D sheis out
8、 in the cold59 We can use the expression _ to describe a man who abandons or hurts hislover without mercyAcold-bloodedB cold shoulder C cold feetD cold-hearted60 The topic of this passage is about _Athe relationshipbetween cold and our body B some expressionsabout friendshipCsome expressionsconnecte
9、dwith coldD how cold weather comes intobeingBBaby girls make their way directly for dolls as soon as they can crawl, whileboys will head for the toy cars, a study has shown. The findings, the first to showdifferencesinveryyoung babies,suggestthereisa biological basistotheirpreferences.PsychologistsD
10、r Brenda Todd from CityUniversityLondon carriedout an experimentinvolving90 infantsaged ninemonths to 36 months. The babieswere allowedtochoosefrom seven toys. Some were stereotypically boys toys - a car, a digger, a ball anda blue teddy. The rest were girls toys: a pink teddy, a doll and a cooking
11、set.用心爱心专心- 1 -They were placed a meteraway fromthetoys,and couldpickwhichevertoytheyliked.Their choice and the amount of time they spent playing with each toy were recorded.Of the youngest children (nine to 14 months), girls spent significantly longerplaying with the doll than boys, and boys spent
12、much more time with the car and ballthanthegirls did.Among the two-and three-year-olds, girlsspent 50 percent ofthetime playing with the doll while only two boys briefly touched it. The boys spentalmost 90 percent of their time playing with cars, which the girls barely touched.There was no link betw
13、een the parents view on which toys were more appropriate forboys or girls, and the children s choice.DrBrendaToddsaid:“ Childrenofthisagearealreadyexposedtomuchsocialization. Boys may be giventoys that go while girls get toys they can carefor,which may helpshape their preference.But these findings a
14、gree with the formeridea that children show natural interests in particular kinds of toys. There couldbe a biological basis for their choices. Males through evolution have been adaptedto prefer moving objects, probably through hunting instincts（本能） , while girlsprefer warmer colors such as pink, the
15、 color of a newborn baby. ”61 Baby boys and girls have different toy preferences probably because.Ababy boys are much more activeB baby girls like bright colors moreCtheirparentstreatthem differently Dthereisa naturaldifferencebetweenthem62 Both baby boys and baby girls like to play withaccording to
16、 the study.Aa ballB a teddyC a carD a doll63 What can we infer from Paragraph 3 ?ANine-month-old baby boys don t play with dolls at all.BTwo-year-old baby girls sometimes play with cars and balls.CThe older the babies are, the more obvious their preference is.DParents should teach their babies to sh
17、are each other s toys.64 What conclusion did Dr. Brenda Todd draw from the results of the study?AAdults purposely influence their babies preference.BBabies preference isnt affected by social surroundings.CBaby boys preferring to moving toys will be good at hunting.DBaby girls preferring warmer color
18、s will be warm-hearted.65 We may read this article in asection of a newspaper.AscienceB healthC. educationD entertainmentCMost Americanstudentsgo to traditionalpublicschools Thereareabout88,000public schools, all over the US Some students attend about 3000 independent publicschools called charter sc
19、hoolsCharterschoolsareself-governing Privatecompanies operatesomecharterschools They are similar in some ways to traditional public schoolsThey receivetax money just as other public schools do Charter schools must prove to local orstate governments that their students are learning These governments
20、provide theschools with the agreement called a charter that permits them to operateCharterschoolsare differentbecausetheydo nothave toobey most laws governingtraditional public schools Local, state, or federal governments cannot tell themwhat to teach Each school can choose its own goals and decide
21、the ways it wants toreach them Class size is usually smaller than in traditional public schoolsThe Bush Administrationstronglysupportscharterschoolsas a way tore-organizepublicschoolsthatare failingtoeducatestudents Butsome educationagenciesandunions oppose charter schools One teachers union has jus
22、t made public the resultsof thefirstnationalstudycomparingtheprogressofstudentsintraditionalschoolsand charter schoolsTheAmericanFederationofTeacherscriticizedthegovernmentsdelayinreleasingtheresults ofthestudy,which iscalledtheNationalAssessmentofEducationalProgressUnioneducationexpertssay thestudy
23、shows that charterschoolstudents performed worse on math and reading tests than students in regular publicschoolsSome expertssay thestudyis nota fairlookatcharterschoolsbecausestudents用心爱心专心- 2 -in those schools have more problems than students in traditional schools Othereducation experts say the s
24、tudy results should make charter school officials demandimproved student progress66 If a private company wants to operate a charter school, it must_Atry new methods of teachingB prove its management abilityCobey the local and state lawsD get the governments permission67 Charter schools are independent because_Athey make greater progressB their class size is smallerCthey enjoy more freedomD they oppose traditional ways68 Whats the governments attitude toward charter schools?A. DoubtfulB. Supportive.C. SubjectiveD. Optimistic用心爱心专心- 3 -