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1、高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解(46)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。ATwenty Things You Should Do in This LifetimeWhen I was a young boy, my grandmother always asked me the question, What is it you want? Id give the age-appropriate answer whether it was candy at age five, a bicycle at age twelve, or ,not answeri
2、ng dumb questions when I was fifteen.She always listened carefully, and then asked, What is it that you really want?1 I hated when she did that because it made me think一and thinking was painful.Invariably what I really wanted was different than what Id originally asked for. Her final question was al
3、ways the same. What price are you willing to pay, in order to get that?When I was sixteen, she increased the complexity of the task. She asked, What are twenty things you should do in this lifetime? Each year, on Thanksgiving, she made me rewrite the list adjusting it as my maturity and wisdom grew.
4、For twenty-eight years, I gave her my list before I ate her turkey dinner. I was never able to give her the twenty-nine. She died two days before Thanksgiving.However, I think she would have been proud of how shed helped me grow, from the five-year-old who just wanted candy to this end result of twe
5、nty-nine years of refinement:No 1. To leave the world a bit better by my having been here.No 2. To love unconditionally.No 3. To dream big dreams and be willing to pay the price to make them come true.No 4. To visit the Lincoln Memorial Hall at dawn.No 5. To earn the affection of children.No 6. To h
6、ike and raft the Grand Canyon.No 7. To find out what Im good at, and give it back to the world.No 8. To watch a sunset on a tropical isle.No 9. To earn the respect of intelligent people.No 10. To leam my family history and visit the homeland.No 11. To drive and bike across the country.No 12. To help
7、 a stranger in need.No 13. To make something that is still standing when I die.No 14. To play a game for more than I can afford to lose.No 15. To meditate and pray daily.No 16. To do something others said was impossible.No 17. To walk beaches under a full moon at midnight.No 18. To take a stand on s
8、omething and not back down under pressure.No 19. To never lose childlike enthusiasm.No 20. To swim naked under waterfalls.Whats on your list?1. In his teens, what did the writer hate?A. Thinking.B. Studying.C. Having candies.D. Riding a bicycle.2. According to the 20 things in the list, which of the
9、 following CANNOT be used to describe thewriter?A. He loves nature so much.B. He is w川ing to help others.C. He doesnt like anything challenging. D. He will try his best to achieve his ambition.3. It may be interred from this passage that the writers grandmother.A. was curious about everything the wr
10、iter didB. used her own way to help the writer growC. died on Thanksgiving DayD. rewrote the list for the writer each yearBIt is 4 oclock in the early morning. Everything but the computing room on the campus of the university appears as quiet and misty as the mysterious hell. In the computing room,
11、30 students with sleepy eyes, sit still at their desk, beating the dirty and worn keys. Staring at the colorful screen, they tap continuously for hours. For the other parts in the world, it might be in the middle of the night, nevertheless here time represents nothing. It is an entirely enclosed fie
12、ld. These young computer hackers are tracing a sort of stimulus, a drive so exciting and absorbing that it ignores nearly anything else in their lives and becomes the focus of their being. They are addicted computer programmers. Some of these students have been glued to the console （电子设备的操纵台） for no
13、 less than twenty hours even with no break for meals or rest. Some have been sleeping on sofas and chairs in the computing room, trying to struggle for a few moments rest but hating to get too far away from their addicted machines.It is not necessary for most of these students to be at the computing
14、 room in the middle of the night. What they are working belong to no assignments. They remain there because they desire to bethey can not resist the attraction of the computers.Furthermore, they are in groups instead of being alone. There are hackers at computing rooms all over the country. In the u
15、nimaginable way, they focus on nothing but computer. They escape from schooling and live beyond friendship; they might have difficulty being employed, choosing to travel from one computing room to another. They may even abandon personal health.There is one hacker in my memory. We actually had to lif
16、t him away from his chair to feed him and arrange him to rest and sleep. We truly worried about his health, says a computing science professor at California University.Professors of computer science are nowadays paying more attention to this hacker phenomenon and are on the watch for future hackers
17、and more and more severe computer addicts. They believe firmly that hackers are not simply resulted from the close relationship with a machine. It is the result of social relationship with the attractive thinking machines, which are becoming nearly universal.4. We can learn from the passage that tho
18、se at the computing room in the middle of the night are.A. students working on a programB. students using computers to amuse themselvesC. hard-working computer science majorsD. students deeply fascinated by the computerWhich of the following is NOT true of those young computer hackers?A. Most of the
19、m are top students majoring in computer programming.B. For them, computer programming is the only purpose for their life.C. They can stay with the computer at the computing room for nearly two days.D. Their love for the computer is so deep that they want to be near their machines even when they slee
20、p.5. It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that.A. the hacker phenomenon exists only at university computing roomsB. it is not very easy for the hackers to find friends or jobsuniversity computing rooms are expecting outstanding programmers out of the hackers D. the hacker phenomenon is par
21、tly due to the lack of the computing rooms6. According to professors of computer science, the hacker phenomenon can be described as.A.positiveB.disgustingC.worryingD.admiringWhich of the following may be the most appropriate title for the passage? .The Charmof Computer ScienceB.A New Typeof 日ectroni
22、c Toys .Future ComputerProgrammersD.Computer AddictsCSuggestions for Your WorkAnnie is a longtime secretary/receptionist for two senior vice presidents at a big company. They have been doing a lot of hiring lately, and almost all of the new middle-management personnel have been interviewed by one or
23、 the other of Annies two bosses, so naturally they come through her office first.Some of these people are unbelievably rude. Either they treat Annie like a piece of furniture （no hello, no smile） or they think she is their errand （差使） girl. Lately, Annies two bosses have started asking her for her i
24、mpressions of job candidates. So far this week, two have been discourteous （失礼的）so Annie gave both the thumbs-down. Neither is called back for the next round of interviews.If you are job hunting, its necessary to be aware that the dummy at the reception desk may be anything but not just a secretary.
25、Suggestions to Job HuntersAccording to Annie Stevens and Greg Gostanian, two partners at a Boston-based executive coaching firm called Clear Rock, its not unusual these days for a hiring manager to ask everyone who meets a potential new hire to give an opinion of him or her. One of the biggest reaso
26、ns why so many new managers fail in a new job is their inability to fit in and get along with the people who are already there, says Stevens. So employers now want to get staffs impressions right at the start.Adds Gostanian: A lot can be learned from how candidates treat receptionists. If the jobsee
27、ker is rude or proud, this might show how he or she would treat coworkers.Stevens and Gostanian offer the following tips for getting off to the right start: introduce yourself to any other potential new colleague. Smile, shake hands, and so on. Learning and remembering an interviewers receptionists
28、name can only help as you advance in the interviewing process, Stevens notes. Dont regard a receptionist or other assistant as an underling （部 卜）at least, not as your own personal underling. Always ask the interviewer if you need help from anyone else in the office where youre interviewing, instead
29、of seeking this directly yourself, says Gostanian. Feel free to make small talk, but know that anything you say may well get back to the interviewer. 11 No matter how endless the hike from the parking lot, or how inconvenient the wait to see the interviewer, keep it to yourself. Plenty of time for c
30、omplaining after youre hired. ” Gostanian advises. Dont talk on your cell phone in front of the receptionist. If you have to make or take a call, leave the reception area.How to Measure Your WorkAny job, like any relationship, has its difficult moments. And with the job market heating up, the tempta
31、tions to change partners are growing.As with any relationship, however, you really should assess the full value of what youve got before giving it up wholesale. Regardless of the main task of a jobtrading, teaching, or cleaning hotel rooms一are there objective criteria that you can use to measure whe
32、ther your job is wonderful or not?In the book First, Break All the Rules: What the Worlds Greatest Managers Do Differently, experts Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman offer, in the order of importance, a useful guide in the form of 12 questions: Do I know whats expected of me at work? Do I have the
33、materials and equipment I need to do my work right? At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day? In the last 7 days, have I received recognition or praise for doing good work? Does my boss, or someone at work, seem to care about me as a person? Is there someone at work who enco
34、urages my development? At work, do my opinions seem to count? Does the mission/purpose of my company make me feel my job is important?Are my coworkers committed to doing quality work? Do I have a best friend at work? in the last six months, has someone at work talked to me about my progress?This las
35、t year; have I had opportunities at work to learn and to grow?Satisfaction with pay and benefits didnt make the list not because theyre not important, Coffman said; but because theyre important to all employees, whether theyre engaged in their work or not.Of course, job satisfaction isnt a one-way s
36、treet with a department either meeting your needs or not. In order to answer the 12 questions honestly, you need to know what it is that makes you tick and not blindly blame your department for any job dissatisfaction.Do you know what it is you like to do and what you do best? What kind of recogniti
37、on do you like? Public or private? What are your values and do they square with your companys goals? How do you like a manager to relate to you?Otherwise, your career; like a string of bad relationships, can become a case of different partners, the same problem.7. Which of the following statements i
38、s TRUE according to the passage?A. When you go to a company for an interview, there is no need to care the feelings of the receptionists.B. According to Annie Stevens, many new managers fail in a new job because they cannot get along with their coworkers.C. If you want to get off to the right start,
39、 you should treat the receptionists as your underlings.D. If you fail to say thank you to the receptionists, they will surely have negative impressions of you.8. What does the underlined word thumbs-down (Para. 2) probably mean?A.negative commentB.fair commentC.positive commentD.neutral commentIf yo
40、u want to give up a job wholesale, you should.A.evaluate what you havegotfrom itB.talk about your progressC.complain about any jobdissatisfactionD.consult with your familyWhen you are measuring your work, you should consider.A. if you are engaged in your workB. if you give your opinions properlyC. i
41、f you are praised for doing well in your jobD. if your best friend support you in your workThe question about satisfaction with pay and benefits is not included in the 12 questions because.A. it is not important at allB. it is a one-way street to meet all the employees needsC. it doesnt square with
42、the companys goalsD. its important to all employees, whether they are engaged in their work or notWhich of the following questions is the least important to measure whether your job is wonderful or not?A. At work, do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day?B. In the last 7 days, have I
43、 received recognition or praise for doing good work?C. Is there someone at work who encourages my development?D. Do I have a best friend at work?DPete Richards was the loneliest man in town on the day that little Jean Grace opened the door of his shop.Petes grandfather had owned the shop until his d
44、eath. Then the shop became Petes. The front window was full of beautiful old things: jewelry of a hundred years ago, gold and silver boxes, carved figures from China and Japan and other nations.On this winter afternoon, a child stood there, her face close to the window. With large and serious eyes,
45、she studied each piece in the window. Then, looking pleased, she stepped back from the window and went into the shop. Pete himself stood behind the counter. His eyes were cold as he looked at the small girl. Please,*1 she began, would you let me look at the pretty string of blue beads in the window?
46、 Pete took the string of blue beads from the window. The beads were beautiful against his hand as he held the necklace up for her to see.They are just right/ said the child as though she were alone with the beads. Will you wrap them up in pretty paper for me, please? Ive been looking for a really wo
47、nderful Christmas present for my sister.How much money do you have? asked Pete.She put a handful of pennies on the counter. This is all I have, she explained simply. Ive been saving the money for my sisters present.Pete looked at her, his eyes thoughtful. Then he carefully closed his hand over the p
48、rice mark on the necklace so that she could not see it. How could he tell her the price? The happy look in her big blue eyes struck him like the pain of an old wound .Just a minute, he said and went to the back of the shop, Whats your name? he called out. He was very busy about something.Jean Grace, answered the child.When Pete returned to the front of the shop, he held a package in his hand. It was v/rapped in pretty Christmas paper.There you are, he said. Dont lose it on the way home.She smiled happ