1、英语阅读理解训练382014高考英语阅读理解巩固练习精品题（38）及答案阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。【江苏省常州市2013冲刺模拟】ATEACHER OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CAREThis post is suitable for both experienced and newly qualified staff and part time would also be considered.You will:Be a strong supporter
2、of the schools vision.Be able to communicate your enthusiasm for your subject to pupils of all abilities.We will offer you:A friendly and supportive team.An excellent track record at GCSE, A Level and professional courses.DESIGN TECHNOLOGY TEACHER (FOOD SPECIALIST)This post is suitable for both expe
3、rienced and newly qualified staff. Design Technology is a strong department, fully staffed with specialist teachers.The Department:Has 7 full time and 4 part time specialists.Is recognized nationally as an outstanding department through its work with Young EngineersYou will:Have the ability to teach
4、 Food Technology. (The ability to offer more than one DT subject or Health and Social Care would be an advantage but not essential)Have the ability to integrate ICT into their teaching.We will offer you:A friendly and supportive team in a successful department.Free loan of your own laptopTEACHER OF
5、ENGLISHThis post is suitable for both experienced and newly qualified staff.You will:Have excellent teaching skills and good classroom management.Have the ability to teach both English Language and Literature at KS3, KS4&KSs（if possible）.We will offer you:A friendly and supportive team of eleven spe
6、cialist members of staff.The opportunity to teach media and/or communication studies if appropriate (not essential).56According to the passage, the ability to make pupils interested in their courses is important for A. teachers of English B. design technology teachers C. teachers of health and socia
7、l care D. teachers of food technology57Communication may be taught in the class of _ A. English B. Design Technology C. Health and Social Care D. Food Technology58Design Technology is excellent because _ A. it is partly made up of qualified staff B. they have specialist teachers C. 11 specialists ar
8、e full-time D. they provide free laptop59Literature is required _ A. for Design Technology B. for Food Technology C. at KS4 D. for Health and Social Care（出处：福建省福州市2010届第一学期高三期末质量检查）【参考答案】CABC 阅读理解BBC Sports program SundayWe are currently planning our Volunteer Program, which will ensure volunteers a
9、re trained and ready to go for 2012Up to 70,000 volunteers will be needed to help put on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic GamesOur program will aim to encourage a wide range of people to join inWe will provide the training to make sure our volunteers skills are of the highest standardLondon 20
10、12 is an opportunity to inspire everyone to develop their interests and volunteer-in sport and also more widely within their communityApplications will open in the late 2011Well recruit（招募） volunteers from across the UKfrom a range of communities and backgroundsOur recruitment process will be open a
11、nd fairOur goal is to select applicants who meet our standards and who will bring passion, enthusiasm and energy to the GamesPrevious volunteering experience is not necessaryWell give each successful applicant a specific role, allowing them to contribute meaningfully to the GamesThere will be two ki
12、nds of Games volunteerspecialist and generalistSpecialist volunteers will have specific existing skills or qualifications that are needed for them to complete the role, for example, sport or medical trainingGeneralist volunteers will not need any special skills or qualifications and will receive ful
13、l trainingThey might be given roles in areas such as event services, uniform distribution （分发） and village operationsAll volunteers will be expected to attend training events that will give them the knowledge they need to carry out their roleThere are lots of charities and sporting organizations tha
14、t are looking for volunteers to help themWhile you are waiting for applications for the London 2012 volunteer program to open in the late 2011, why not consider getting involved locally? You can find opportunities to volunteer in a range of activities in your local area by following the links on the
15、 right hand side of this page or make local enquiries about the needs in your community45Where will you probably find this article? AIn a newspaper BOn a webpage CIn a magazine DIn a textbook 46Who can apply to become a volunteer in the 2012 Olympics? APeople from some English-speaking countries BPe
16、ople with volunteering experience CPeople who meet the standards DPeople with a knowledge of the Olympic history47Which of the following statements is wrong? ATwo kinds of volunteers will be needed BSpecialist volunteers do not have to attend training events CApplications will not be accepted until
17、2011 DGeneralist volunteers will be fully trained48What can you do in July, 2011? ADo some volunteering work locally BApply to become a volunteer in the 2012 Olympics CGet trained in the Volunteer Program DJoin in the Olympic Games阅读理解Cheating is nothing newBut today, educators and administrators ar
18、e finding that instances of academic dishonesty on the part of students have become more frequent and are less likely to be punished than in the past Cheating appears to have gained acceptance among good and poor students alikeWhy is student cheating on the rise? No one really knows Some blame the t
19、rend on a general loosening of moral values among todays youthOthers have attributed increased cheating to the fact that todays youth are far more pragmatic（实用主义的） than their more idealistic predecessors（前辈）.While in the late sixties and early seventies, students were filled with visions about chang
20、ing the world, todays students feel great pressure to conform（随大流） and succeedIn interviews with students at high schools and colleges around the country, both young men and women said that cheating had become easySome suggested they did it out of spite for teachers they did not respect; others look
21、ed at it as a gameOnly if they were caught, some said, would they feel guiltyPeople are competitive said a second-year college student named Anna, from ChicagoTheres an underlying fear If you dont do well, your life is going to be ruined The pressure is not only from parents and friends but from you
22、rselfTo achieveTo succeedIts almost as though we have to outdo other people to achieve our own goalsEdward Wynne, editor of a magazine blames the rise in academic dishonesty on the schoolsHe claims that administrators and teachers have been too hesitant to take actionDwight Huber, chairman of the En
23、glish department at Amarillo sees the matter differently, blaming the rise in cheating on the way students are evaluated I would cheat if I felt I was being cheated, MrHuber saidHe feels that as long as teachers give short-answer tests rather than essay questions and rate students by the number of f
24、acts they can memorize rather than by how well they can combine information, students will try to beat the system The concept of cheating is based on the false assumption that the system is reasonable and there is something wrong with the individual whos doing it, he said , Thats too easy an answerW
25、eve got to start looking at the system49Educators are finding that students who cheat _ Aare more likely to be punished than before Bhave poorer academic records than before Ccan be academically weak or strong Duse the information in later years50According to the passage, youth cheat because of_ Ath
26、e eagerness to succeed Bthe easiness to cheat Cthe fear of competition Dthe impossibility to be punished51What does the underlined part the system refer to? AThe education system BThe school system CThe system by which schools punish cheating DThe system by which students are evaluated52Which of the
27、 followings would Dwight Huber probably agree with? AThe educational system is sound and students must follow every rule, Bparents alone must take responsibility for the rise in student cheating CThere should be some changes in the evaluation system DStudents who cheat should be expelled from school
28、 【江苏省常州市2013冲刺模拟】BI must have been about fourteen then, and I put away the incident from my mind with the easy carelessness of youth. But the words, Carl Walter spoke that day, came back to me years later, and ever since have been of great value to me.Carl Walter was my piano teacher. During one of
29、my lessons he asked how much practicing I was doing. I said three or four hours a day.“Do you practice in long stretches, an hour at a time?”“I try to.”“Well, dont.” he exclaimed. “When you grow up, time wont come in long stretches. Practice in minutes, whenever you can find them five or ten before
30、school, after lunch, between household tasks. Spread the practice through the day, and piano-playing will become a part of your life.”When I was teaching at Columbia, I wanted to write, but class periods, theme-reading, and committee meetings filled my days and evenings. For two years I got practica
31、lly nothing down on paper, and my excuse was that I had no time. Then I remembered what Carl Walter had said. During the next week I conducted an experiment. Whenever I had five minutes unoccupied, I sat down and wrote a hundred words or so. To my astonishment, at the end of the week I had a rather large manuscript ready for revision, later on I wrote novels by the same piecemeal method. Though my teaching schedule had become heavier than ever, in every day there were idle moments which could be caught and put to use. I e
