高三英語-關(guān)于學(xué)校生活類話題閱讀理解-專項訓(xùn)練題二(修訂版)【新版】

1、精選文檔高三英語關(guān)于學(xué)校生活類話題閱讀理解專項訓(xùn)練題二學(xué)校:姓名： 班級： 考號： 一、閱讀理解Whether you ' ve been in college or you ' re looking forward to going to university in the future, you and your family likely spend some time worrying about the cost of your college education.It ' s no secret that college is one of the bigg

2、est investments. However, that wglo to great availfor years to come. Earning scholarships is a great way to help you. The Financial Aid Office atIllinois State helps students identify scholarship opportunities every day. Here is some adviceto help you.Begin in your own backyardHave you asked your hi

3、gh school or community college financial aid office about scholarships at your school? Many schools have a list of several scholarships right there. Local awards can often be easier to get as the applicant pools are smaller and less competitive. Check with community organizations, banks and credit u

4、nions, and large employers who may offer scholarship opportunities in your area.Find you r " hook"While you ' researching, consider what makes you special as a student. Your unique characteristics can help your scholarship applications stand out. Pay special attention to awards's a

5、cad emdeashiievemmmunitythat mention your best qualities, whether that service, or something less common. Think about why a donor wants to assist you in paying for your education. Most scholarship providers want to encourage a particular behavior.Companies may want to attract future employees. Non-p

6、rofit organizations like helping thosewho support their cause or suffer from the disease they' re working to fight.Develop a routineEvery scholarship is different in terms of when you can apply, what you need to submit, whenthe winner is announced, and how the money is given to you. Typically? s

7、cholarshipapplications open in the late fall or early spring for the next school year' s awards, but 1varies depending on the donor. There isn' t a single application or search engine that allows youto find and apply for everything. Visit the website of the Office of Student Financial Aid fo

8、r lists of scholarship opportunities. Go through the lists to find the ones that match you best and keep track of when you can apply for them.1 What can we learn from the passage?A. You can apply for the scholarships fit for you.B. It is hard to pay for the college education.C. It is difficult to ap

9、ply for the scholarships.D. You can depend on parents to attend college.2 What does the underlined part in the first paragraph mean?A. Achieve nothing. B. Pay off.C. Prove meaningless. D. Have a long way to go.3 The author suggests applying for scholarships locally because .A. the community offers m

10、ore scholarshipsB. fewer students think of doing thatC. your high school will be ready to helpD. it is relatively easy to get scholarships4 What kind of students do the scholarship providers want to help?A. Students who only take interest in their studies.B. Students who plan to do community service

11、.C. Students who are eager to get a good education.D. Students who are considered of high qualities.閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。AUniversity Room RegulationsApproved and Prohibited ItemsThe following items are approved for use in residential （住宿的）rooms: electric blankets, hair dryers, personal c

12、omputers, radios, televisions and DVD players. Items that are not allowed in student rooms include: candles, ceiling fans, fireworks, waterbeds, sun lamps and wireless routers. Please note that any prohibited items will be taken away by the Office of Residence Life.Access to Residential RoomsStudent

13、s are provided with a combination （組合密碼）for their room door locks upon check-in. Do not share your room door lock combination with anyone. The Office of Residence Life may change the door lock combination at any time at the expense of the resident if it is found that the student has shared the combi

14、nation with others. The fee is $25 to change a room combination.Cooking PolicyStudents living in buildings that have kitchens are only permitted to cook in the kitchen.Students must clean up after cooking. This is not the responsibility of housekeeping staff. Kitchens that are not kept clean may be

15、closed for use. With the exception of using a small microwave oven （ 微波爐 ） to heat food, students are not permitted to cook in their rooms.Pet PolicyNo pets except fish are permitted in student rooms. Students who are found with pets, whether visiting or owned by the student, are subject to an initi

16、al fine of $100 and a continuing fine of $50 a day per pet. Students receive written notice when the fine goes into effect. If, one week from the date of written notice, the pet is not removed, the student is referred to the Student Court.Quiet HoursResidential buildings must maintain an atmosphere

17、that supports the academic mission ofthe University. Minimum quiet hours in all campus residences are 11:00 pm to 8:00 am Sunday through Thursday. Quiet hours on Friday and Saturday nights are 1:00 am to 8:00 am. Students who violate quiet hours are subject to a fine of $25.5 Which of the following

18、items are allowed in student rooms?A. Ceiling fans and waterbeds.B. Wireless routers and radios.C. Hair dryers and candles.D. TVs and electric blankets.6 What if a student is found to have told his combination to others?A. The combination should be changed.B. The Office should be charged.C. He shoul

19、d replace the door lock.D. He should check out of the room.7 What do we know about the cooking policy?A. A microwave oven can be used.B. Cooking in student rooms is permitted.C. A housekeeper is to clean up the kitchen.D. Students are to close kitchen doors after cooking.8 If a student has kept a ca

20、t in his room for a week since the warning, he will face .A. parent visits B. a fine of $100C. the Student Court D. a written notice9 When can students enjoy a party in residences?A. 7:00 am, Sunday. B. 7:30 am, Thursday.C. 11:30 pm, Monday. D. 00:30 am, Saturday.A typical school day in the UK start

21、s around 8:30 am. This is often even earlier elsewhere in the world, with students siting down to their first lesson at 7:30 am in the US. The average teenager ideally needs eight to nine hours sleep each night, but in reality a lot of teenagers struggle toget this much. A lot of the problems happen

22、 because our sleep patterns are not fixed, and they change as we grow.So a later school start time （推遲到校時間）could help to solve this problem, by ensuring toget their eight plus hours of sleep and react properly to their body's natural rhythms （規(guī)律）.There has been a general change over the past 25

23、years to shorten the school day, This is not at the cost of teaching time （which has remained constant） but at the cost of natural breaks, which has led to reduced lunch time and lesson breaks.Later start times could help teens grades and health. This is mainly because it makes the management of chi

24、ldren easier. Managing hundreds of children“ playing ” requires effectivestaffing （人員配備）. And there is always the fear that behavior worsens during breaks. So thetheory goes that having them in class and strictly managed must be better.But this means that students barely have enough time to absorb w

25、hat they were doing in maths before suddenly they are forced to study ancient history. And teaching staff also move through from one class to another, with hardly a rest or time to refocus.Clearly rethinking the school day could benefit everyone included. Anyway, it could also lead to better achieve

26、ment in teenagers and less of a struggle for parents in the mornings. For teachers, it could also mean a less stressful day all around and what could be better than that?10 At what time do the students start their first lesson in the US?A. 7:00B. 7:30C. 8:00D. 8:3011 How do schools often shorten the

27、 school day?A. They reduce childrens lunch time and lesson breaks.B. They reduce the teaching time.C. They properly adjust children natural rhythms.D. They increase more holidays.12 What s the purpose of the children short lesson bretaoktsheactceoxrt?dingA. To manage children more easily.B. To make

28、children quickly take in what they learned.C. To reduce children s excitement.D. To make children behave better in class.13 What can we learn about later school start time from the text?A. It will add to the teacher s pressure.B. It has always been there for 25 years.C. Parents may support it.D. It

29、benefits the students only.14 What can be the best title for the text?A. The benefits of a less stressful day.B. The benefits of later school start time.C. How to solve teenagers sleep problem.D. The reasons why teenagers sleep differently.閱讀下列材料，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題紙上將該選項標(biāo)號涂黑。AFrom the

30、very beginning of school we make books and reading a constant source of possible failure and public humiliation. When children are little we make them read aloud, before the teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they “ know” all the words they are reading. This means that when they don

31、t know a word, they are going to make a mistake,right in front of everyone. After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously.One day soon after school had start

32、ed, I said to them, “ NowI mgoing to say something about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before. I would like you toread a lot of books this year, but I want you to read them only for pleasure. I am not goingto ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books o

33、r not. If you understandenough of a book to enjoy it and want to go on reading it, that s enough for me. Also Igoing to ask you what words mean.“The children sat stunned and silent. Was this a teacher talking? One girl, who had just cometo us from a school where she had had a very hard time, looked

34、at me steadily for a longtime after I had finished. Then, still looking at me, she said slowly and seriously, Mr Holt, doyou really mean that? ” I said just as seriously,“ I mean every word of it.During the spring she really astonished me. One day, she was reading at her desk, From aglimpse of the i

35、llustrations I thought I knew what the book was. I said to myself,“ It cand went to take a closer look. Sure enough, she was reading Moby Dick , in edition withwoodcuts. I said, “ Don t you find parts of it rather heavy going?” She answered, Oh, sure,I just skip over those parts and go on to the nex

36、t good part.“This is exactly what reading should be and in school so seldom is, an exciting, joyous adventure. Find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what youcan out of it, go on to something else. How different is our mean-spirited, picky insistencethat every chi

37、ld get every last little scrap of“ understanding ” that can be dug out of a book.15 According to the passage, children s fear and dislike of books may result from.A. reading little and thinking littleB. reading often and adventurouslyC. being made to read too muchD. being made to read aloud before o

38、thers 16 The teacher told his students to readA. for enjoymentB. for knowledgeC. for a larger vocabularyD. for higher scores in examss talk, the children pyrfoebltatbhlat17 Upon hearing the teacherA. it sounded stupidB. it was not surprising at allC. it sounded too good to be trueD. it was no differ

39、ent from other teachers' talk精選文檔18. Which of the following statements about the girl is TRUE according to the passage?A. She skipped over those easy parts while reading.B. She had a hard time finishing the required reading tasks.C. She learned to appreciate some parts of the difficult books.D.

40、She turned out to be a top student after coming to this school.19. From the teacher's point of view,.A. children cannot tell good parts from bad parts while readingB. children should be left to decide what to read and how to readC. reading is never a pleasant and inspiring experience in schoolD.

41、 reading involves understanding every little piece of informationFrom: terri wombat. Com. AuTo: (happylizijun) yaboo. com. cnSubject: My schoolHi, Li Zijun,Thanks very much for your email. I really enjoyed reading it. I think we have a lot in common.I wonder if our school life is similar too.I go to

42、 a big high school in Sydney called Maylands High School. There are about 1000 students and 80 teachers. My class has 25 students in it, which is normal for a Year 11 class. In the junior school there are about 30 students in a class.In the senior high school we have lots of subjects to choose from,

43、 like maths, physics, chemistry, biology, history, German, law, geography, software design, graphic arts and media studies. (Different schools sometime have different optional subjects.) English is a must for everyone and we have to do least three other subjects in Year 11 and 12. At the end of Year

44、 12 we sit for a public exam called the High School Certificate.As well as school subjects, most of us do other activities at school such as playing a sport, singing in the choir or playing in the school band. We can also belong to clubs, such as the drama club, the chess club and the debating socie

45、ty.clock and wWe have a lot of homework to do in senior school to prepare for our exam, so unless I have basketball practice, I usually go straight home and start studying. I arrive home about 4 pm, make myself a snack and work till 6 pm. Then I help the family to make dinner and we all eat together

46、. I ' m usually back in my room studying by 8 pm. I stop at about 10 oTV or read a book for half an hour to relax. On Saturdays, I usually go out with my family orwith friends and I sleep in till late on Sunday morning. Then it s back to the books on Sundaafternoon.How about you? What s your sch

47、oolikliefe? Do you have a lot of homework? What do you do to relax when you re not studying? I m looking forward to finding out.Your Australian friend Terrie20. How many subjects do the students have to do at least in Year 11 and 12?A. 11. B. 3.C. 4. D. 6.21 What does the underlined phrase“ sit for

48、” in Para3 mean?A. pass. B. take.C. go for. D. hold.22 On Sunday afternoon, Terri usually.A. read booksB. play in the school bandC. play basketballD. helps her family to prepare dinnerDaniel Anderson, a famous psychologist, believes it imsportant to distinguish television s influences on children fr

49、om those of the family. We tend to blame TV, he says, for problems it doesn t really cause, overlooking our own roles in shaping children nds. s miOne traditional belief about television is that it reduces a child absility to think and to understand the world. While watching TV, children do not mere

50、ly absorb words and images （影像 ）. Instead, they learn both explicit and hidden meanings from what they see. Actually, children learn early the psychology of characters in TV shows. Furthermore, as many teachers agree, children understand far more when parents watch TV with them, explaining new words

51、 and ideas. Yet, most parents use an educational program as a chance to park their kids in front of the set and do something in another room.Another argument against television is that it replaces reading as a form of entertainment.But according to Anderson, the amount of time spent watching televis

52、ion is not related toreading ability. TV doesn t take the place of reading for most children; it takes the place ofsimilar sorts of recreation, such as listening to the radio and playing sports. Things likeparents educational background have a stronger influence on a child reasding. “ Achild sAnders

53、on says.reading ability is best predicted by how much a parent reads.Traditional wisdom also has it that heavy television-watching lowers IQ （智商 ） scores andaffects school performance. But here, too, Anderson notes that no studies have proved it. In less TV when you reolder, A” nderson says. Yet, pe

54、ople of lower IQ tend to be lifelong television viewers.fact, research suggests that its the other way around.If you re smart young, youFor years researchers have attempted to show that television is dangerous to children. However, by showing that television promotes none of the dangerous effects as

55、 conventionally believed, Anderson suggests that television cannot be condemned without considering other influences.23 By watching TV, children learn .A. images through wordsB. more than explicit meaningsC. more about images than wordsD. little about people s psychology24 An educational program is

56、best watched by a child .A. on his ownB. with other kidsC. with his parentsD. with his teachers25 Which of the following is most related to children s reading ability?A. Radio-listeningB. Television-watchingC. Parents reading listD. Parents educational background26 Anderson believed that .A. the mor

57、e a child watches TV, the smarter he isB. the younger a child is, the more he watches TVC. the smarter a child is, the less likely he gets addicted to TVD. the less a child watches TV, the better he performs at school27 What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To advise on the educational use of T

58、V.B. To describe TV s harmful effects on children.C. To explain traditional views on TV influences.D. To present Anderson s unconventional ideas.精選文檔參考答案1. . A2. B3. D4. D【解析】本文講述大學(xué)的費用是值得付出的，并針對獎學(xué)金申請?zhí)峁┝藥讞l建議。1. 推理判斷題。 根據(jù)第段中 Earning scholarships is a great way to help you. The Financial Aid Office at Illinois State helps students identify