高考英语专项复习 阅读中的名词性从句

2008高考英语专项复习 阅读中的名词性从句
Noun clauses in Reading
1. In my mind, attending my dream university would be the only way to realize my dream of
becoming a world-class writer. My parents understood how I felt. They told me that even though it
would be a financial problem, I could go wherever I would be happiest. But as I was always careful
with money, I wasn’t sure what to do. We can learn from the passage that the parents were
________
A. honest. B. strict C. supportive D. decisive.
2. Milly had clearly been a secret lover of his. I was about to tell him he could not expect me to
cover anything up when he opened the barn door. He lifted his candle and I saw a dark figure on the
ground.
he said, and burst into tears again.
The person who told the story is probably a ____ .
A. farmer B. policeman C. country doctor D. newspaper reporter
3. In “Notes Camp”,the 1964 essay that first made her name , Susan Sontag explained what was then
a little-known set of difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more
famous .“Notes on Camp”, she wrote, shows “a victory of
‘form’over‘content’,‘beauty’over‘morals’”.
Susan Sontag first won her name through ___________.
A. her story of a Polish actress B. her book illness as Metaphor
C. publishing essays in magazines like partisan Review
D. her explanation of a set of difficult understandings
4. Grow-ups also have a sense of object permanence. We know that if we put a box in a room and
lock the door, the box will still be there when we come back.. But does a baby realize that a ball that
rolls under a chair does not disappear and go to never-never land.
“Object permanence” means that when out of sight, an object ____
A. still exists B. keeps its shape C. still stays solid D. is beyond reach
5. A recent study showed that two out of five adults now consider the environmental safety of a
product before they buy it. This means that companies must now change the way they make and sell
their products to make sure that they are
It becomes clear from the text that the driving force (动力) behind green products is ______
A. public caring for the environment B. companies desire for bigger sales
C. new ways of doing business D. rapid growth of supermarkets
6. “Having a party at home usually requires a lot of running around on the part of the parents, and
often the birthday boy or girl gets lost in wild excitement. But it really doesn’t have to be that way,”
said Anaclerio. Last summer, Anaclerio and her friend Jill Carlisle, a Northbrook mother of a
2-year-old, founded a home party-planning business called “A Party in a Basket.” Their goal is to
help parents and children share in the fun part of party planning, like choosing the subject or making
a cake, while they take care of everything.
The most important idea behind the kind of party planning described here is that______.
A. it brings parents and children closer together B. guests play a part in the preparation of a
party
C. parents are spared the trouble of sending invitations
D. it provides a subject of conversation

7. Most animals have little connection with animals of a different kind, unless they hunt them for
food. Sometimes, however, two kinds of animals come together in a partnership which does good to
both of them. You may have noticed some birds sitting on the backs of sheep. This is not because
they want a ride, but because they find easy food in the parasites (寄生虫) on sheep. The sheep allow
the birds to do so because they remove the cause of discomfort.
Some birds like to sit on a sheep because _________ ．
A．they can eat its parasites B．they enjoy travelling with the sheep
C．they depend on the sheep for existence D．they find the position most comfortable
8. Decision- thinking is not unlike poker — it often matters not only what you think, but also what
others think you think and what you think they think you think. The mental process (过程) is similar.
Naturally, this card game has often been of considerable interest to people who are, by any standards,
good thinkers.
The great mathematician John von Neumann was one of the founders of game theory. In
particular, he showed that all games fall into two classes: there are what he called games of “perfect
information”, games like chess where the players can’t hide anything or play tricks; they don’t win
by chance, but by means of logic and skills. Then there are games of “imperfect information”, like
poker, in which it is impossible to know in advance that one course of action is better than another.
One mistaken idea about business is that it can be treated as a game of perfect information.
Quite the reverse, business, politics, life itself are games which we must normally play with very
imperfect information. Business decisions are often made with many unknown and unknowable
factors(因素) which would even puzzle(困惑) best poker players. But few business people find it
comfortable to admit that they are taking a chance, and many still prefer to believe that they are
playing chess, not poker.
1. The subject discussed in this text is ____.
A. the process of reaching decisions B. the difference between poker and chess
C. the secret of making good business plans D. the value of information in winning games
2. An important factor in a game of imperfect information is ____.
A. rules B. luck C. time D. ideas
3. Which of the following can be used in place of “Quite the reverse”?
A. Quite right.B. True enough. C. Most unlikely. D. Just the opposite.
4. In the writer’s opinion, when making business decisions one should ____.
A. put perfect information before imperfect information
B. accept the existence of unknown factors
C. regard business as a game of chess D. mix known and unknown factors
Translation:
1． 我的建议是我们立刻就出发。

2． 他不相信他的儿子偷别人的东西。

3． 我们什么时候可以离开还没确定。

4． 你无法想象他听到这个消息时是多么的兴奋。

5． 我们是否会成功由天气决定。

6． 他是谁跟你没有关系。

7． 车在半路上坏了这个事实是众所周知的。

8． 我不知道他去哪里了。(have no idea)

9． 我所不能理解的是为什么他改变了主意。

10． 奥运圣火到达北京这一消息使我们很兴奋。

Rewrite the following passage by combining short sentences properly.
We study in the new teaching building. It makes everyone excited. We walk in the building. We are
happy. We can enjoy many paintings and handwritings. We use our own works to decorate it. It is
cool. Our school provides us convenience. It is the goal of our school. The cabinet is an example. We
bring many things to school. We can put them in the cabinet. There is hot water too. How can we
keep the teaching building clean and beautiful? We are discussing it.