位敦市安定阳光实验学校中学高三英语文化班寒假作业
第三 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） A
I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday．The advertisement in the paper said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box in Richland Hills any day between 10:00 and 4:00．Since I work from 9:00 to 5:30, the only time I could go to the theatre was
during my 45-minute lunch break．Unfortunately, the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good．But if you are lucky, you can make the round trip in 45 minutes． Last Monday．I stood at the bus stop for 15 minutes waiting for the bus, By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip．So I gave up and went back to the
office．The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again next day．On Thursday, my luck changed．I got on a bus right away and arrived at the theatre in exactly 20 minutes．When I got there, however, I found a long line
of people at the box office, I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for over an hour．Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line．I caught the next bus and headed back across the town．By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by taxi, it was expensive, but I felt it would be worth it to hear the concert．The trip by taxi only took 10 minutes, but felt like an hour to me．When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line．The reason, however, I quickly discovered, was that they had already sold all the tickets． 56．The man learned that there would be a concert last Friday．
A．from his friends B．from one of his work-mates C．over the radio
D．from the newspaper
57．He tried to go to the theatre every day but managed to get there only _______．
A．once
B．twice
C．three times
D．four times
58．One day the man took _______ to get to the theatre by bus． A．forty-five minutes B．fifteen minutes C．just twenty minutes
D．over an hour
59．The underlined word “relieved” may best be replaced by ___________． A．surprised B．pleased
C．puzzled D．sorry
B
Glynis Davis: I first piled on the pounds when I was in the family way and I
couldn’t lose them afterwards．Then I joined a slimming club．My target was 140 pounds and I lost 30 pounds in six months．I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked．But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits．I told myself I’d lose the weight at
slimming classes in the new year… but it didn’t happen．Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on．I’d lost willpower and tried to believe that the old bag of fish and chips didn’t make any difference---but the scales don’t lie． Roz Juma:
To be honest, I never weigh myself any more．I’ve learnt to be happy with myself．It seemed to me that I would feel sorry about every spoonful
of tasty food that passed my lips．My idea is simple．You shouldn’t be too much thinking about food and dieting．Instead, you should get on with
life and stop dreaming of a super thin body．This is obviously the size I’m meant to be and, most of all, I’m happy with it． Lesley Codwin:
I was very happy at winning Young Slimmer of the year．I’d look in the mirror unable to believe this slim lady was me! That might have been my problem—perhaps from then on I didn’t pay any attention to myself．Winning a national competition makes everything worse,
though．Because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you．I feel a complete failure because I’ve put on weight again． Ros Langfod:
Before moving in with my husband Gavin, I’d always been about 110
pounds, but the pleasant housework went straight to my waist and I put on 15 pounds in a year．Every so often I try to go on a diet… I’m really
good in a few days, then end up having the children’s leftovers or eating
happily chocolate—my weakness．I’d like to be slim, but right now my duty is the children and home．I might take more exercise when my kids are older．
60．What do you think the four women were talking about?
A．Their own slimming matter． B．Their life after
marriage．
C．Tex books for students． D．Different diets they
prefer．
61．Where are these short passages most likely to be taken from? A．Talks on the air．
B．Advertisements on
the wall．
C．Books in a library．
D．Magazines for children． 62．What does the underlined word “scales” possibly mean? A．The coach in the slimming club．
B．Some tool to measure
weight．
C．Glynis Davis’ dear husband．
D．The
salesperson in a food shop．
63．Which of the following best describes each of the four women’s
attitudes towards slimming?
① Glynis Davis a．I put on weight soon after I got married．
② Roz Juma b．Frame doesn’t necessarily mean success．
③ Lesley Codwin
c．Facts speak much louder than words．
④ Ros Langfod d．I like myself as I am, and to be what you are． A．①-a; ②-d; ③-b; ④-c
B．①-c; ②-b; ③-d;
④-a
C．①-c; ②-d; ③-b; ④-a
D．①-a; ②-b; ③-c;
④-d C
Reading is thought to be a kind of conversation between the reader and the text．The reader puts questions, as it were, to the text and get answers．In the light of these he put further questions, and so on．
For most of the time this “conversation” goes on below the level
of consciousness．At times, however, we become aware of it．This is usually when we are running into difficulties, when mismatch is occurring between expectations and meaning．When successful matching is being experienced our questioning of the text continues at the unconscious level．
Different people converse with the text differently．Some stay very close to the words on the page; others take off imaginatively from words, interpreting, criticizing, analyzing and examining．The former
represents a kind of comprehension that is written in the text, while the latter represents higher levels of comprehension．The balance between these is important, especially for advanced readers．
There is another conversation that from our point of view is important, and that has not to do with what is read but with how it is read．We call this a “process” conversation as opposed to a “content” conversation．It is concerned not with meaning but with the strategies we employ in reading．If we are skilled readers, our ability to hold a
content conversation with a text is usually pretty well developed．Not so our ability to hold a process conversation．It is just this kind of conversation that is of importance when we are seeking to develop our
reading to meet the new demands being placed upon us by studying at a higher level． ．Reading as a kind of conversation between the reader and the text
becomes conscious only when ______．
A．the reader’s expectation agree with what is said in the text B．the reader asks questions and gets answers
C．the reader has trouble understanding what the author says D．successful matching is occurring
65．At a lower level of comprehension, readers tend to ______． A．read a text slowly B．read without
thinking hard
C．interpret a text in their own way D．concentrate on the meaning of words only
66．A “process” conversation has to do with ______．
A．the development of our ability to check the details B．determining the main idea of a text
C．what reading material is read D．the application of reading
strategies
67．From the passage we know ______．
A．it’s important for readers to have conscious and unconscious
levels of comprehension
B．readers should take a critical attitude towards the author’s ideas C．readers should learn to use different approaches in reading
different texts
D．readers should pay more attention to the content of a text
