2012届高考英语二轮专题复习阅读能力综合培养训练集（六十三）
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Honesty comes in many forms. First there’s self-honesty. Is what people see the real article or do you appear_through_smoke_and_mirrors? I find that if I try to be something I’m not，I feel unsure of myself and take out a part from my PBA(personal bank account). I love how singer Judy Garland put it, “Always be a firstclass version (版本) of yourself, instead of a secondclass version of somebody else.” Then there’s honesty in our actions. Are you honest at school，with your parents, and with your boss? If you’ve ever been dishonest，I think we all have, try being honest, and notice how whole it makes you feel. Remember, you can’t do wrong and feel right. This story by Jeff is a good example of that：
In my second year of study, there were three kids in my math class who didn’t do well. I was really good at it. I would charge them three dollars for each test that I helped them pass. I’d write on a little piece of paper all the right answers, and hand them off.
At first I felt like I was making money, kind of a nice job. I wasn’t thinking about how it could hurt all of us. After a while I realized I shouldn’t do that anymore, because I wasn’t really helping them. They weren’t learning anything, and it would only get harder down the road. Cheating certainly wasn’t helping me. It takes courage to be honest when people all around you are getting away with cheating on tests, lying to their parents, and stealing at work. But, remember, every act of honesty is a deposit(储蓄)into your PBA and will build strength.
[语篇解读] 诚实可以反映在生活的各个方面，对于我们来说，首先要做一个诚实的自我。 1．The underlined part “appear through smoke and mirrors” in the first paragraph means“________”． A. to be honest B. to he unreal C. to become clear
D. to come from an imagined world
[解析] 猜测词义题。第一段第二句：人们看到的是真实的你还是出现在雾里、镜里的你？由此可知：appear through smoke and mirrors为“to be unreal”，表示“不真实”的意思。
[答案] B
2．Which of the following can best explain Judy Garland’s words? A. Be your true self rather than follow others.
B. Don’t copy others or you can’t be the first class. C. Make efforts to be the first instead of the second. D. Don’t learn from others unless they’re excellent.
[解析] 推理判断题。综观全文，这句话可以理解为：做一个真正的自我，不要一味效仿别人。
[答案] A
3．What does the author expect to show by Jeff’s story? A. Honesty can be of great help.
B. A bad thing can be turned into a good one. C. Helping others cheat can do good to nobody. D. One should realize the wrong in his bad deeds.
[解析] 事实细节题。第二段最后一句告诉我们：通过讲述Jeff的故事，作者希望人们做错了事情，应该自己意识到错误。 [答案] D
4．In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express________. A. one must be brave to be honest
B. it’s difficult to be honest when others are not C. one should be honest when making a deposit
D. honesty in one’s actions can help him in the future
[解析] 主旨大意题。最后一段告诉我们：人们减实的举动，会对自己的未来有益。 [答案] D B
Teenagers who drink alcohol are at higher risk of becoming victims of violence, a Cardiff University study has found. A team from the School of Dentistry’ s Violence Research Group studied drinking habits in children aged 11 - 16 in England. They found not only a link between drink and violence but also that children who drank were more likely to be hit, even if they weren’ t violent themselves. The researchers are now calling for measures to prevent alcohol misuse to reduce injury risk. Current policy focuses on reducing aggression but this research shows that there should be equal effort to reduce victimization.
More than 4,000 children were surveyed at 13 schools at four local authorities in the North, the Midlands, London, and the South. The study found that 25% of 11-year-olds were drinking monthly and 3.6% daily, with 12.8% admitting to getting drunk 3 to 5 times a year. By the age of 16, 40% were drinking weekly and 6.2% were drinking every day. The research also showed 22.6% of 16-year-olds were getting drunk more than 21 times a year.
The study, which has just been published in the Journal of Adolescence, found a strong link between frequency of drinking and frequency of hitting other people.
However, children who reported drinking monthly were also three times more likely to be hit. Adolescents who drank but didn’t get into fights were more likely to be hit than those who did fight.
Professor Jonathan Shepherd, who led the research, said a lot of previous alcohol-related violence work had focused on the offenders rather than the victims. His team is calling for more prevention work from parents and teachers in the first two years of secondary school by taking advantage of the “teachable moment”，that is, immediately after a student has missed school because of drunkenness.
Previous work by Professor Jonathan Shepherd has shown drinkers may be more at risk of violence because of reduced physical co-ordination, poor decision-making in threatening situations and isolation while out late at night.
He said, “This new study seems to be the first to show a direct link between alcohol misuse and victimization. There now needs to he much more effort put into reducing
alcohol misuse in order to reduce injury.”
[语篇解读] 本文介绍了一项关于青少年酗酒的研究。该研究发现，酗酒的青少年更容易成为暴力的受害者。
1. The main idea of the passage is that teenagers who drink alcohol________. A. often offend other people B. often become injured
C. are more likely to become victims of violence D. are more likely to fight with others
[解析] 主旨大意题。根据第一段中的“Teenagers who drink alcohol are at higher risk of becoming victims of violence”可知答案为C。 [答案] C
2．The underlined word “aggression” in the third paragraph probably means “________”．
A. violence B. sad feelings C. bad manners D. drunkenness
[解析] 词义猜测题。根据上下文尤其是本句后半句可知，aggression与victimization意思相反，所以aggression是“暴力行为”的意思。 [答案] A
3．The research argues that more effort should be made to________. A. reduce aggression B. prevent fighting C. reduce victimization D. prevent drinking alcohol
[解析] 细节理解题。根据文章第三段最后一句中的“this research shows that there should be equal effort to reduce victimization”可知答案为C。 [答案] C
4．Drinkers may be more at risk of violence because of all the following EXCEPT ________.
A. reduced physical co-ordination B. isolation while out late at night
C. a higher frequency of hitting other people D. poor decision-making in threatening situations [解析] 细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段可知答案。 [答案] C
5．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to Professor Shepherd’ s research?
A. The frequency of children getting drunk increases with age.
B. His previous alcohol-related violence work had focused on the offenders. C. Some children missed school because of drunkenness.
D. This new study shows a direct link between alcohol misuse and victimization. [解析] 细节理解题。B项偷换概念，原文为“a lot of previous alcohol-related violence work had focused on the offenders”，这些研究不一定就是这位教授以前的研究。 [答案] B C
高考英语二轮专题复习 阅读能力综合培养训练集(六十三)
