1、樂成公立寄宿學校高三自主招生英語講義（8） 讀寫訓練（二）一.完型填空（2008復旦）Arguing that pop culture is not dumbing us down but making us more intelligent is guaranteed to generate media buzz. In the United States, Everything Bad is Good for You, the new book by the American pop science writer, Steven Johnson, has sparked a flurry

2、of comment, much of it_ 1 his claims about the beneficial effects of watching reality TV and The Sopranos.Much attention has focused more on Johnsons observations that computer games require 2 forward planning, lateral thinking and sustained problem solving and, as such, offer a cognitive workout th

3、at can benefit 3 mental development.In the past few years academics, teachers and software developers have experimented with different ways to harness the cognitive 4of games in more directed ways.Gee, author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy , argues that the best gam

4、es offer a 5 .learning experience and suggests teachers can learn useful lessons by looking at how games draw players in and _6them to concentrate and tackle complex problems.“Academic areas, like biology or history, are themselves like games, Gee says. Scientistand interact 7 certain identities and

5、 values and use knowledge and information to accomplish certain sorts of goals. So learning science should be about learning how to play thescience. Obviously heriisical 8 skill and drill teaching, which focuses on lists of facts and repetitive testing.1. A. depended on2. A. concentrationB. centered

6、 onB. determinationC. circulated throughC. perseveranceD. clustered roundD. tolerance3. A. completeB. extraordinaryC. thoroughD. overall4. A. reformsB. innovationsC. reproductionsD. revision5. A. modelB. moralC. moraleD. mode6. A . propelB. motivateC. provokeD. compel7. A. on account ofB. on the str

7、ength ofC. in defiance ofD. in terms of8. A. withB. ofC. atD. in（2009復旦）For years, I veivoided chicken like the plague. Alarming articles about food safety and inhumane raising practices （some in this magazine） put me off, and so did the plain fact that chicken had lost its _1 .The grainy and muscul

8、ar yet succulent meat of my childhood had turned to wet cardboard. The specter of a real plague striking chickens in this countrythe H5N1 form ofavian influenza, which in the past two years had led to the death or slaughter of 140 million birds in Asia-made me _2 一recently into heirloom breeds of ch

9、icken and their chances of 一 3 ,if （or when, some say） avian flu is carried into North America.Good-tasting, carefully raised chickens have been nearly impossible to find unless you live near a farmer who subscribes to the pasturing methods long 4_byJoel Salatin, the chicken guru, or near a hobbyist

10、 who can bear to part with a beautiful bird like one of the Araucanas popularized bys eggs). But now .dedicated anMartha Stewart (who even got a line of paints out her flock scale farmers are raising strong and healthy chickens for meat, and it is just becoming _5 _to chefs and home cooks hungry 6 c

11、hicken that tastes like chicken.Pasture-raised chickens eat grass and peck for bugs_7_standing in miserably cramped pens: they spend the daylight hours outdoors. Their meat tastes so good it s hard to believe y(yellow. Real chicken could 8 _be called1. A. flavor2. A. look up3. A. sacrifice4. A. advo

12、cated5. A. adequate6. A. of7. A. other than8. A. practically二.閱讀理解B.seasonB. look outB. survivalB. restrainedB. addictiveB. withB. more thanB. approximatelythe 0themrsrt.C. tendernessC. look afterC. toleranceC. retardedC. availableC. aboutC. rather thanC. converselyD. odorD. look intoD. retrievalD .

13、abstainedD. ampleD. forD. better thanD. incidentallychicken and not some special game bird. The dark meat is much darker, because the birds have actually exercised: all of the meat has sinew and taste. The fat is a deep gold rather than an anemicIt is natural for young people to be critical of their

14、 parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk

15、 too much about certain problems - and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships.I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.Young people often irritate their parents with their choices

16、in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hai

17、rstyles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste.Sometimes you are resistant, and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they did approve, it look

18、s as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog: you cant win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents c

19、ontrol. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself.If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibili

20、ty and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.21. The author is primarily addressingA) parents of teenagersB) newspaper readersC) teenagersD) those who give advice to teenagers22. The first paragraph is mainly about .A) the teenagers criticism of their parents

21、B) misunderstandings between teenagers and their parentsC) the dominance of the parents over their childrenD) the teenagers ability to deal with crises23. Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles because they.A) want to irritate their parentsB) have a strong desire to be leaders in styl

22、e and tasteC) have no other way to enjoy themselves betterD) want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own24. Teenagers do not want their parents to approve of whatever they do because they.A) have a desire to be independentB) feel that they are superior in a small way to the adult

23、sC) are not likely to win over the adultsD) have already been accepted into the adult world25. To improve parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be.A) obedient B) responsible C) independent D) co-operative BA rapid means of long-distance transportation became a necessity for the United

24、 States as settlement(新拓居地 )spread ever farther westward. The early trains were impractical curiosities, and for a long time the railroad companies met with troublesome mechanical problems. The most serious ones were the construction of rails able to bear the load, and the development of a safe, eff

25、ective stopping system. Once these were solved, the railroad was established as the best means of land transportation. By 1860 there were thousands of miles of railroads crossing the eastern mountain ranges and reaching westward to the Mississippi. There were also regional southern and western lines

26、.The high point in railroad building came with the construction of the first transcontinental, system. In 1862 Congress authorized two western railroad companies to build lines from Nebraska westward and from California eastward to a meeting point, so as to complete a transcontinental crossing linki

27、ng the Atlantic seaboard with the Pacific. The Government helped the railroads generously with money and land. Actual work on this project began four years later. The Central Pacific Company, starting from California, used Chinese labor, while the Union Pacific employed crews of Irish laborers. The

28、two groups worked at remarkable speed, each trying to cover a greater distance than the other. In 1869 they met at a place called Promontory in what is now the state of Utah. Many visitors came there for the great occasion. There were joyous celebrations all over the country, with parades and the ri

29、nging of church bells to honor the great achievement.The railroad was very important in encouraging Westward Movement. It also helped build up industry and farming by moving raw materials and by distributing products rapidly to distant markets. In linking towns and people to one another it helped unify the United States.26. The major problems with Americas railroad system in the mid 19th century lay in .A. lack of financial support for developmentB. poor quality rails and unreliable stopping systemsC. limited railroad linesD. lack of a transcontinental railroad27. The building of