摘要：75．Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage? A．An introduction of famous film festivals and film awards B．An advertisement for films and TV programmes． C．Introduce the nicknames of famous film awards． D．A guide of how to spend famous film festivals 答案 71.B 72.D 73.D 74.C 75.A Passage 36 (安徽省芜湖一中2008年高三5月最后一模B篇) Success Is Not a Destination Should people stop once they have achieved something? No! In life, they are always trying to make things better or have more of the same success. Athletes are constantly striving to shorten time for races, increase heights or distances. The world of medicine has had its series of successes, too. Christian Barnard performed several successful heart transplants. Other medical experts have achieved organ transplants. Throughout the ages, mankind has found treatments and cures for cancer and other diseases. A cure for AIDS might soon be disvovered. Age does not seem to slow down achievers. Tina Tuner at 54 is still singing in abundance and attracting sell-out crowds wherever she goes. Comedian George Burns, in his 90s, wants to perform at Caesar’s Palace when he turns 100. Success does not belong only to the rich and famous. It should be the goal of everyone. Many successful people have had humble beginnings. Would you believe that actress Michelle Pfeifer of Cat was a supermarket checkout girl? At work, we strive for achievement, too. Success may mean organizing a conference more effectively and efficiently each year. Sometimes, it is not a pat on the back or the promotion that makes it worthwhile. Often, it is the inner thrill and satisfaction of achievement, no matter how small it may be. Aiming for success doesn’t mean you are greedy or dissatisfied. It is all part of gaining new experiences. It ultimately makes you a more interesting and useful person in society. The journey to success has its road blocks, discouragement and distractions. It takes great resourcefulness and achievement to overcome obstacles and setbacks to move on successfully.

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　　There are more than 100 million cars in the United States．An ordinary car gets less than 15 miles from each gallon(加仑)of gas．It travels about 10, 000 miles each year．In that time，it uses about 650 gallons of gas．In all, automobiles use up some 70 billion gallons of gas a year．That comes out to be four-and-a-half million barrels a day．

　　The importance of saving gas, then, cannot be stressed too much．Let's say, the fuel used by each ear could be cut back just 15 percent．This could be done by making fewer trips each day．It could be done by keeping the automobiles in good shape．It could be done through better driving habits．If these were done, the nation's use of fuel would fall by close to two-thirds of a million barrels per day．

　　Everyone can help to save gas．One way is to take buses．Some could walk to work．Others could ride their bikes．Another way is to share a ride．People could share cars．About one-third of all cars are used for going to and from work．You can go shopping with a friend from time to time．If two people use a car instead of two, they all save．Driving stress(紧张)would be less, too, with fewer cars on the road．The savings on gas around the nation would come to more than one-half million barrels a day Still another way to save is by cutting out trips one does not need to take．Can you find one car trip per week that could be done by telephone?Can you combine trips?If each car traveled 1 0 miles less each week, they could save three-and-a-half billion gallons of gas a year．This comes to nearly 5 percent of the total passenger cars demand for gas．

　　The way people drive decides how much fuel they save．Careful drivers may get 20 percent more miles per gallon than ordinary drivers．They obey the 55-mile-per-hour speed limit．If just one gallon of gas were saved each week for each car in the country, a total of five-and-a-half billion gallons could be saved a year．

(1)

Which of the following statements is true about an average car according to the passage?

[　　]

A．

An ordinary car run a lot more than 10, 000 miles with 650 gallons of gas．

B．

An ordinary car cannot run more than 15 miles with one gallon of gas．

C．

An ordinary car with ten gallons of gas can run more than 150 miles．

D．

An ordinary car can run 10, 000 miles each year with 70 billion gallons of fuel．

(2)

The passage mentions all of the following facts except that ________．

[　　]

A．

keeping one's car in good shape helps one save gas

B．

riding buses instead of driving is helpful to gas saving

C．

sharing a ride or walking to work is another way to save gas

D．

driving stress can be greatly relieved by using less gas

(3)

According to the passage, it is possible to save five percent of the total passenger cars demand for gas each year, if ________．

[　　]

A．

people all share car-riding instead of owning their own cars

B．

all the cars cut off one trip of 10 miles each week

C．

two people go shopping in a car from time to time

D．

people use telephones instead of riding cars

(4)

Which of the following statements best expresses the main idea of the text?

[　　]

A．

Drivers should change their driving habits and keep their cars in good shape．

B．

The importance of saving fuel is seldom ignored．

C．

Saving gas is important and could be done in several ways．

D．

People should use fewer automobiles and make good use of telephones．

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　　It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The difference. between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.

　　Education is much more open-ended and all inclusive than schooling. Education knows not limits. It can take place any-where, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agent (door) of education can vary from respected grandparent to the people arguing about politics on the radio, from a child to a famous scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain prodictability (可预料性), education quite often preduces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions(宗教). People receive education from infancy (婴儿时期) on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a life-long process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one's entire life.

　　Schooling, on the other hand, . is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at about the same time, take the assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The pieces of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of government, have been limited by the subjects being taught. For example, high school students know that they are not likely to find out in classes the truth about political problems in their society or what the newest film-makers are experimenting with. There are clear and undoubtful conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.

1．The passage is organized by ________

[　　]

A．giving examples of different schools

B．telling stories about excellent teachers

C．listing and discussing several educational problems

D．telling the difference between the meanings of two related words

2．The passage supports which of the following statements?

[　　]

A．Education systems need to be changed as soon as possible.

B．Without formal education, people won't be able to read and write.

C．Going to school is only part of how people become educated.

D．Schooling is of no use because students do similar things every day.

3．What does the writer mean by using the expression “children interrupt their education to go to school” in paragraph one?

[　　]

A．All of life is education.

B．learning takes place everywhere.

C．Education is totally mined by schooling.

D．Schooling prevents people from discover new things.

4．What is the main idea of the passage?

[　　]

A．The best schools teach a variety of subjects.

B Education and schooling are quite different experiences.

C．The more years the students go to school, the better their education is.

D．Students benefit from schools, which require long hours and homework.

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　　It is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The difference between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.

　　Education is much more open - ended and all - inclusive (包括所有的) than schooling. Education knows no limits. It can take. place anywhere, whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agent (doer) of education can very from respected grandparent to the people arguing about politics on the radio, from a child to a famous scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability (可塑性), education quite often produced surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions (宗教). People receive education from. infancy (婴幼儿) on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a life-long process (过程), a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one's entire life.

　　Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at about the same time, take the assigned (指定的) seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The pieces of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the working of government, have been limited by the subjects being taught. For example, high school students know that they are not likely to find in their classes the truth about political problems in their society or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are clear and undoubtful conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.

1．The passage is organized by ________.

[　　]

A．giving examples of different schools

B．telling a story about excellent teachers

C．listing and discussing educational problems

D．telling the difference between the meanings of two related words

2．Does the passage support which of the following statements?

[　　]

A．Education systems need to be changed as soon as possible.

B．Without formal education, people won't be able to read and write.

C．Going to school is only part of how people become educated.

D．Schooling is of no use because students do similar things every day.

3．The phrase “For example” in Paragraph 3 introduces a sentence ________.

[　　]

A．that helps to find out some similar textbooks

B．that brings about the bad results of schooling

C．that shows the unknown working of government

D．that gives examples of the limits of classroom subjects

4．What does the writer mean by using “children interrupt their education to go to school”?

[　　]

A．Education is a life - long process.

B．Learning takes place everywhere.

C．Education is totally ruined by schooling.

D．Schooling prevents people from discovering new things.

5．What is the main idea of this passage?

[　　]

A．The best schools teach a variety of subjects.

B．Education and schooling are quite different experiences.

C．The more years students go to school the better their education is.

D．Students benefits from schools, which require long hours and homework.

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　　There is an English saying：“laughter is best medicine．”Until recently, few people took the saying seriously．Now however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body．They have found that laughter really can improve people's health．

　　Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body．People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles．It was found that laughter had similar effects to physical exercise．It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet．If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial．

　　Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body．In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programmes．The group that tolerated(忍耐)the pain for the longest time was the groups which listened to a funny programme．The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain．

　　As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they help to improve their patients' condition by encouraging them to laugh．They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter．

(1)

Doctors have proved the following EXCEPT that ________．

[　　]

A．

smiling does good to health

B．

laughter can be tolerated

C．

there is a way to reduce pain

D．

laughter can work the muscles in the feet

(2)

The main idea of the passage is ________．

[　　]

A．

laughter and physical exercise have similar effects on the human body

B．

smile can produce the same effects as laughter

C．

pain can be reduced by laughter

D．

laughter is the best medicine

(3)

The students who ________ tolerated the pain for the longest time．

[　　]

A．

listened to different radio programmes

B．

could produce a kind of chemical

C．

don't have stress of pain

D．

listened to a funny programme

(4)

The underlined word“diminish”is similar to ________．

[　　]

A．

test

B．

stop

C．

reduce

D．

increase

(5)

Doctors hold laughter clinics ________．

[　　]

A．

to give better condition to their patients

B．

in order to improve patients' health

C．

to make patients smile

D．

to prove smile and laughter have the same effect

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“I don’t speak English”-these are the first words I learned when I came to America. Soon I was able to pronounce the four words clearly, and said them whenever an American tried to talk to me. This answer was very effective（有效的）at ending our conversation and saving me from another uncomfortable situation, or I would have to communicate in a language that I was not familiar with.

Before coming to the States, I thought I knew English pretty well. But the truth is that the grammar and vocabulary-based English that is taught in schools overseas（海外的）is not the English people speak in America.

But fear not! Once you are in America, you can immediately begin to bridge the gap（弥补差距）between the learned English that you already know, and the spoken English that is all around you. To do this, first of all, it is important not to fear when you realize that you may not be as prepared for daily communication as you thought. For me, as soon as I stopped worrying about my accent and started speaking, I made rapid progress. Often the people didn’t notice my mistakes because they were so glad to finally be able to communicate with me.

Another good idea is to listen carefully and pay attention to the way in which ideas are expressed. For example, if you are working hard and you want to stop working and rest for a little while, you can either say “I would like to stop working and rest for a while” or “I want to take a quick break from work.” The first sentence, I quickly learned, sounds dry and too formal for any kind of communication, while the second is an idiom（成语）that is widely used in American English conversation.

Finally, use what you already know---the vocabulary, the grammar and the spelling. Try to use these into the spoken language for more impressive and accurate（精确）speaking results.

1.What’ s the main idea of this passage?

A．You’d better say “I don’t speak English” in the USA.

B．How you can improve your spoken English in the USA.

C．Idioms are widely used to express your ideas in the USA.

D．Listening is the best way to improve your spoken English in the USA.

2.At first the writer preferred to use the sentence “I don’t speak English” to       .

A．admit he is a foreigner

B．save much time for himself

C．prevent himself from being laughed at

D．avoid getting upset in communicating with others

3.What’s the problem with the English taught outside the English-speaking countries?

A．It is quite different from what the natives speak. 

B．It is taught in boring and wrong grammar.

C．It has nothing to do with English.

D．It has too small a vocabulary.

4.When did the writer make rapid progress in spoken English?

A．As soon as he paid attention to the way Americans spoke.

B．The minute he found what has been learned useless.

C．The moment he got rid of the fear of speaking.

D．Immediately he arrived in the USA.

5.All the following are tips given buy the writer EXCEPT “       .”

A．speaking bravely                                    B．listening carefully

C．using what you have learned                    D．making few mistakes

 

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