上海市各区2015届高三英语二模试卷分类汇编：阅读理解
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Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
My dad loved pennies, especially those with the elegant stalk(茎) of wheat curving around each side of the ONE CENT on the back. Those were the pennies he grew up with during the Depression.
As a kid, I would go for walks with Dad, spying coins along the way-a penny here, a dime(一角硬币) there. Whenever I picked up a penny, he'd ask, \when we found one of those special coins produced between 1909 and 1958, the year of my birth. One gray Sunday morning in winter, not long after my father's death in 2002, I was walking down Fifth Avenue, feeling bereft. I found myself in front of the church where Dad once worked. I was warmly shown in and led to a seat. Hearing Dad's favorite \I burst into tears. We'd sung that at his funeral.
After the service, I shook the pastor's(牧师) hand and stepped onto the sidewalk-and there was a penny. I bent to pick it up, turned it over, and sure enough, it was a wheat. A 1944, a year my father was serving on a ship in the South Pacific.
That started it. Suddenly wheat pennies began turning up on the sidewalks of New York everywhere. I got most of the important years: his birth year, my mom's birth year, the year he graduated from college, the year he met my mom, the year they got married, the year my sister was born. But alas, no 1958 wheat penny-my year, the last year they were made.
The next Sunday, after the service, I was walking up Fifth Avenue and spotted a penny in the middle of a crossing. Oh, no, it was a busy street；cabs were speeding by-should I risk it? I just had to get it.
A wheat! But the penny was worn, and I couldn't read the date. On arriving home, I took out my glasses and took it to the light. There was my birthday!
I found 21 wheat pennies on the streets of Manhattan in the year after my father died, and I don't think that's a coincidence.
66. The writer's father loved pennies with wheat because ________. A. when he first saw it, he began to love it B. when he saw the wheat, he thought of his time during the Depression C. when he was young, he had a lot of pennies with wheat D. when he was a child, he never got a coin with wheat 67. The underlined word \ A. protested B. disappointed C. grieved D. offended 68. Which of the following statements about the author is NOT true? A. He was born in 1958. B. He went to church because of his father. C. He once worked in a church.
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上海市各区2015届高三英语二模试卷分类汇编：阅读理解
D. He knew the church well.
69. The best title for the passage would probably be ________. A. Pennies from Heaven B. My father's life story C. My father's hobby D. Living in New York
(B)
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You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives. You will help them to develop new skills. You will help them to protect their rights and their safety. But your primary concern is to let them know they are valued. Skills and Experience Required:
You will have the right values and great listening skills. You will be honest and patient. You will have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in fluent written and spoken English since you'll have to help those people with different learning disabilities. Previous care-related experience will be a great advantage for you. 70. What docs the underlined part mean?
A. You'll make others' lives more meaningful with this job. B. You'll arrive home just in time from this job. C. You'll earn a good salary from this job. D. You'll succeed in getting this job.
71. The volunteers' major responsibility is to help people with learning disabilities ______ . A. to get some financial support B. to properly protect themselves C. to learn some new living skills D. to realize their own importance 72. Which of the following can first be chosen as a volunteer? A. The one who can drive a car.
B. The one who has done similar work before. C. The one who has patience to listen to others. D. The one who can use English to communicate. 73. The text serves as a _______ .
A. a reminder to social workers B. an advertisement for helpers
C. a document on appealing for volunteers D. an introduction about a social care organization
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上海市各区2015届高三英语二模试卷分类汇编：阅读理解
There are desert plants which survive the dry season in the form of inactive seeds. There are also desert insects which survive as inactive larvae (幼虫). In addition, difficult as it is to believe, there are desert fish which can survive through years of drought (干旱) in the form of inactive eggs. These are the shrimps (虾) that live in the Mojave Desert, an extremely dry place in the southwest of the United States where shade temperatures of over 50℃ are often recorded.
The eggs of the Mojave shrimps look like grains of sand both in size and appearance. When enough spring rain falls to form a lake, once every two to five years, these eggs hatch. Then the water is soon filled with millions of tiny shrimps about a millimetre long which feed on tiny plant and animal organisms (有机物）which also grow in the temporary desert lake. Within a week, the shrimps grow from their original 1 millimetre to a length of about 1.5 centimetres.
Throughout the time that the shrimps are rapidly maturing, the water in the lake equally rapidly evaporates(蒸发). Therefore, for the shrimps it is a race against time. By the twelfth day, however, when they are about 3 centimetre long, hundreds of tiny eggs form on the underbodies of the females. Usually by this time, all that remains of the lake is a large, muddy patch of wet soil. On the 13th day, the shrimps lay their eggs in the mud. Then, having ensured that their species will survive, the shrimps die as the last of the water evaporates.
If enough rain falls the next year to form another lake, the eggs hatch, and once again the shrimps pass rapidly through their cycle of growth, adulthood, egg-laying, and death. Some years there is not enough rain to form a lake: in this case, the eggs will remain dormant for another years, or even longer if necessary.
74. Which of the following is the MOST unique feature of Mojave shrimps? A. Their lives are brief. B. They feed on plant and animal organisms. C. Their eggs can survive years of drought. D. They lay their eggs in the mud. 75. What doe the underlined word ―dormant‖ in the last paragraph most probably mean? A. Inactive. B. Sleeping. C. Safe. D. Dead. 76. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Appearance and size are the most important for life to survive in the desert. B. A species must be able to grow up quickly in order to survive. C. Shrimps are the only species with a life cycle of 13 days.
D. Some species develop a unique life pattern to survive in extremely hard condition. 77. What is the passage mainly about?
A.The life span of Mojave shrimps B. The survival of desert shrimps
C. The creatures living in the Mojave desert D. The importance of water to life in the desert
66-69 BCCA 70-73 ADBB 74-77 CADB Two【20152黄浦区】 Section B Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (A)
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上海市各区2015届高三英语二模试卷分类汇编：阅读理解
[1] ―Maybe when I‘m 90 years old, I‘ll get used to having everything I do taken for granted,‖ a young homemaker told a secret to her neighbor, ―If Bill would compliment me once in a while, he‘d make my life much happier.‖
[2] Few of us realize how much we need encouragement. Yet we must bask(沐浴于) in the warmth of approval now and then or lose our self-confidence.
[3] All of us need to feel needed and admired. But unless we hear words of praise from someone else, how can we know that we are valued friends or co-workers?
[4] Anyone who wants to improve his relationships with others need only show a sympathetic understanding. The way to express this understanding and to give others the feeling of importance and worthiness boils down to this: always look for something in the other person you can admire and praise and tell him about it.
[5] We each have a mental picture of ourselves, a self-image. To find life reasonably satisfying, that self-image must be one we can live with, one we can like. When we are proud of our self-image, we feel confident and free to be ourselves. We function at our best. When we are ashamed of our self-image, we attempt to hide it rather than express it. We become hard to get along with.
[6] A miracle happens to the person whose self-pride has been raised. He suddenly likes other people better. He is kinder and more cooperative with those around him. Praise is the polish that helps keep his self-image bright and sparkling.
[7] What has this to do with your giving praise? A lot. You have the ability to perform that kind of miracle in another person. When you add to his self-pride, you make him want to like you and to cooperate with you.
[8] In a classic bit of advice, Lord Chesterfield suggested to his son that he should follow the example of the Duke de Nivernoise: ―You will recognize that he makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves.‖
[9] The effects of Praise can be great indeed. A new minister called to a church whose members were jokingly referred to as ―a refrigerator‖ by other ministers decided against criticizing his people for their coolness toward strangers. Instead, he began welcoming visitors and telling them how friendly the members of the church were. Things gradually changed. ―Praise transformed the ice-cube members into warmhearted human beings,‖ he said.
66. From paragraph [1] and paragraph [2] we can learn that . A. the young homemaker had a thirst for Bill‘s praise
B. the neighbor reminded Bill to compliment the homemaker C. it is well-known that we all need encouragement very much D. getting other people‘s approval leads to losing self-confidence
67. According to the passage, we become difficult to get on with probably because . A. we want to show our self-image B. we are not satisfied with our self-image C. a miracle happens to other people D. we are ashamed of being praised 68. The example in paragraph [8] tells us that .
A. Lord Chesterfield advised his son to praise the Duke de Nivernois B. the Duke de Nivernois made Lord Chesterfield pleased with his son C. praising other people will help win other people‘s compliment
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