2017年高考英语阅读理解练习题6

阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（

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A new book written by a Chinese American on her super-strict parenting -

the Tiger Mother

Amy

Chua

is

a

Yale

Law

School

professor

and

the

mother

of

two

teenage

girls.

She

is

the

daughter

of

Chinese

immigrants.

In

the

Chinese

culture,

the

tighter

represents

strength

and

power. In her book, Ms. Chua writes about how she demanded excellence from her daughters.

Chua writes that her daughters, Sophia and Louisa, were never allowed to go on a date, be in a

school

play,

watch

TV

or

play

computer

games.

They

couldn't

choose

their

own

after- class

activities or get any grade less than an A. They had to play piano or violin - and no other musical

instruments.

She writes that if a Chinese child gets a B

- which she says

- there

would

be

screaming,

hair- tearing

explosion.

She

describes

making

her

7-year-old

daughter

play

a

piano

piece

perfectly

-

yelling

and

not

letting

her

leave

the

bench

even

to

use

the

bathroom - until it was.

Many people have criticized Amy Chua. Some say her parenting methods were abusive. She

even admits that her husband, who is not Chinese, objected to her parenting style. But she says

that was the way her parents raised her and her three sisters.

Stacy Debroff, who has written four books on parenting, says Amy Chua

’

s parenting style is

not

limited

to

Chinese

families.

She

says

it

represents

a

traditional

way

of

parenting

among

immigrants seeking a better future for their children. But she also sees a risk. When children have

no time to be social or to follow their own interests, they might not develop other skills that they

need to succeed in life. Stacy Debroff advises parents not to just repeat the way they were raised.

Alison

Lo,

an

assistant

professor

of

marketing

at

the

University

of

Washington's

Bothell

campus, said.

and

achievements

are

critical

yardsticks

of

a

good

life.

But

I

can

imagine

how

strong

her

daughters' college applications are going to be. For many parents whose dreams are seeing their

kids graduating from a competitive university, Amy is sharing with the readers that it is achievable

by persistent, dedicated parental guidance,

be born, or made.

1. We can learn that Amy Chua is _________.

A. an assistant professor

B. an easy-going woman

C. A cruel teacher

D. A demanding mother

2. What are Sophia and Louisa allowed to do?

A. Getting an A minus

B. Playing the guitar

C. Dating with boys

D. Playing the piano

3. What do you know about Amy Chua

’

s husband?

A. He came from China

B. He is against her parenting style

C. He approved of her parenting style

D. He thinks her parenting methods are abusive

4. Stacy Debroff advises parents to ________.

A. follow Amy Chua

’

s parenting style

B. develop their own style of parenting

C. be strict with children

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D. seek a better future for their children

5. Alison Lo concludes that ___________.

A. a teenager can be raised to be a talent

B. a gifted child was born with talent

C. persistent, dedicated parental guidance is the best parenting style

D. parents should respect children

’

s personalities

B

Retracing one of the most important trading routes of ancient civilization, this remarkable

tour

aboard

the

luxury

Golden

Eagle

and

Shangri-La

trains

follows

in

the

footsteps

of

such

legendary figures as Alexander the Great and Marco Polo.

Crossing

both

Russia

and

China

as

well

as

some

of

the

remotest

former

Soviet

republics---Kazakhstan,

Turkmenistan

and

Uzbekistan---

our

journey

will

take

in

some

of

the

most magnificent yet little-visited sights from the ancient world. Eastbound trips start in Russia

’

s

capital Moscow, where we have plenty of time to explore. We travel on to Volgograd---better

known

as

Stalingrad---where

the

Soviets

turned

the

course

of

the

Second

World

War,

before

heading for far remoter places that own their importance to a time much further back in history.

The

Kara

Kum

desert

is

followed

by

the

amazing

2,500

–

year-old

cities

of

Khiva

and

Bukhara---considered

so

important

by

UNESCO

that

it

supported

their

restoration---and

then

Samarkand,

“

the Rome of the East

”

. Much admired by Alexander the Great, Samarkand is home

to

Registan

Square,

a

spectacular

open

space

surrounded

by

beautiful

Islamic

buildings

and

considered one of the most inspirational sights in central Asia. In between Khiva and Bukhara we

take a two-day

excursion

into Turkmenistan and visit the capital city of Ashgabat, a huge modern

folly(

装饰性建筑

) in the desert and a monument to the recently deceased President Sapamurat

Turkmenbashi. We also visit the ancient city of Merv before returning to Uzbekistan.

After crossing the border into China, our tour takes in the fascinating Mogao Grottoes, the

Jiayuguan fortress at the end of the Great Wall and the world-famous Terracotta Warriors, an

army of almost 6,000 statues recognized as one of the greatest archaeological finds of the 20

th

Century. We end our journey in Beijing, the capital of modern, confident China

…

where the latest

architecture rubs shoulders with Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.

ancient city of Merv now belongs to ______.

A. Russia

B. Soviet

C. Turkmenistan

D. Uzbekistan

7. If you take an eastbound trip, you can visit the four cities in the following order:________

A. Beijing, Samarkand, Ashgabat, Moscow

B. Moscow, Samarkand, Ashgabat, Beijing

C. Beijing, Ashgabat, Samarkand, Moscow

D. Moscow, Ashgabat, Samarkand, Beijing

8. From the passage we know that Volgograd is known for _____.

A. its hard-working people

B. a historical event

C. its long history

D. its pleasant weather

9. What

’

s the possible meaning of the underlined word

“

excu rsion

”

in the third paragraph?

A. trip

B. holiday

C. exploration

D. study

C

For

generations

of

students,

writing

term

papers

has

been

a

major

source

of

nerves

and

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frustration. But for those with Internet access, relative resources are just a few links away. All one

has

to

do

is

to

go

to

the

appropriate

Web

site,

where

online

papers

can

either

be

purchased,

ordered, or downloaded for free.

Collegiate Care Research Assistance, for instance, may do the job. Do you want to

paper on

yours.

Some sites, such as Term Paper Emporium and Absolutely Free: Online Essays offer course

papers for free. Simply press the button and download

—

if you find the paper you want, that is.

Students are, of course, fully aware of these web site resources, and some people worry that

the Internet, once regarded as a best learning tool, could become the best aid yet for cheating.

F

or teachers, the problem is figuring out whether a student’s authorship is authentic. But, as

teaching assistant Jane Morrison explained, the task may not be too difficult for a careful teacher.

don’t look at me

but look at their feet. And

students who wrote every bit of it can talk about the paper very intelligently and look me in the

eye,

Copying term papers is nothing new, but the appearance of the Internet raises the issue: Is

this new technology making cheating more widespread?

A senior official Gary Handman at Berkeley doubts it.

to cheat regardless of the technology.

This view was backed by Berkeley graduate student Arianne Chernock, who says that, after

all, students have to decide what’s best for themselves.

learn, so we’ve got to make the most of it ourselves.

And inventive teachers can make their assignments almost cheat- proof.

you

structure

the

assignment

in

a

creative

way,

and

if

students,

for

instance,

have

to

transform

the

information

into

a

handout,

or

do

a

drama,

or

write

an

account

in

first

person

narrative, then you may stop cheating,

That kind of strategy, some experts say, will basically force students to do more than simply

download their education.

10. In the past students __________________.

A. were happy about writing term papers

B. were eager to write term papers

C. considered paper writing as a joy

D. considered paper writing as a source of stress

11. What do some people worry about according to Paragraph 4?

A. They worry that students might become lazier

B. They worry that students might lose their interest in learning

C. They worry that the Internet could become the best tool for cheating

D. They worry that the Internet could become the best learning tool.

12. According to Paragraph 6, students feel _______ copying papers from the Internet.

A. guilty about

B. excited when

C. anxious about

D. uncertain about

13. What did Gary Handman argue in Paragraph 8?

A. Students tend to cheat

B. The new technology made cheating more widespread

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