2012届高考英语阅读理解训练 (23)

2012届高考英语阅读理解训练

2012届高考英语阅读理解训练 (23)

（一）

Material Girl no more? Madonna says writing children’s books is more satisfying than being a movie star.

Her book, The English Roses, went on sale on September 15th, appearing in 100 countries and in 30 languages as the first in her series of tales for children. The pop diva (女歌唱家), whose only book until now was the 1992 photo essay titled “Sex”, said she wrote the books to teach children some of the life lessons she’s learned over the years.

“The most fun that I’ve had of all the things I’ve done successfully has been to write these books. A lot of it has to do with the fact that I’m not doing it to become more famous, and I’m not doing it to become richer. I’m doing it because I want to share something I know with children.” Hours after its release, the 43page book was already No. 3 on Amazon, com’s sales list. The first print is 1 million copies worldwide, with more than 750,000 in the United States. The English Roses is about a friendship shared by four girls and their mutual (共同的) envy of a beautiful classmate, with illustrations (插图) by fashion artist Jeffrey Fulvimari.

“There is one lifegiving force in the world,” Madonna declared. “When we disconnect from this lifegiving force, that’s when we bring pain and suffering into our lives. Each of the stories has to do with different ways you disconnect from God. ”Madonna also said she was deeply affected by the experience of raising two children, Lourdes, 6, and Rocco, 3. The English Roses is the latest among a growing number of celebritywritten children’s books.

The next book in the series, “Mr Peabody’s Apples,”will be out in November.Each tale is set in a different time and place and has new characters and different illustrators.

1.How many books does Madonna’s series of tales include?

A.At least 3. B.4. C.At least 2. D.6.

2.According to the idea of Madonna, the underlined phrase “life-giving force”in Paragraph 5 .

A.The English Roses. B.God C.Mr Peabody’s Apples. D.her life

3.When Madonna said writing children’s books was more satisfying than being a movie star,she meant that .

A.she was more satisfied with her writing children’s books

B.she was more satisfied as a movie star C.being a movie star was not really successful

D.she was not a Material Girl any more

4.According to the passage,Madonna wrote the book The English Roses in order to .

A.provide children with fun B.teach children some life lessons

C.teach children how to become famous D.share her success with children

（二）

London——Laura Spence has excellent grades, a place at Harvard University and a US $25,000 a year scholarship. The British Government says that is scandal(丑闻).

Not because the 13-year-old girl is going to Harvard, but because she was rejected by Oxford University. Her case makes people talk about the long-running problems about elitism(精英主义)

2012届高考英语阅读理解训练

in British education.

“I think it’s a scandal if a child has to go to Harvard rather than getting into Oxford, don’t you?” Education Secretary David Blunkett said on May 26th in an interview on BBC radio.

British Treasury chief Gordon Brown said in a speech on May 25th it was “an absolute scandal”, a girl with those grades was turned down by Oxford’s Magdalen College. He noted that Spence comes from Monkseaton in northeastern England, where people sometimes complain they get fewer chances than people living in the richer, more populous south.

Oxford and Cambridge University now take the majority of their students—53 percent—from publicly funded schools. Elite(精英)private schools such as Eton and Harrow account for the other 47 percent, even though they serve only 7 percent of secondary students.

A BBC reporter had seen notes of Spence’s interview at Magdalen. “As with other comprehensive school pupils, she’s low in confidence and difficult to draw out of herself in spite of being able to think on her feet,” the BBC quoted the notes as saying. Still, the notes concluded that Spence “will be an excellent doctor.”

“It appears as if some of our institutions have admissions procedures which may be because of absurd prejudices against children from comprehensive schools…are not giving these children

http://www.77cn.com.cnura Spence was rejected by Oxford University because.

A.she was a girl of 13 years old B.she lacked confidence and she couldn’t think by herself

C.she didn’t win excellent grades

D.she was a shy girl from a comprehensive school in the poorer, less populous north

6.If Laura Spence was from such a school as Eton,.

A.she would be admitted to Oxford B.she would be accepted by Harvard

C.she could cause longrunning problems about elitism in British education

D.she wouldn’t be an excellent doctor

7.What’s the meaning of “a fair crack of the whip”in the last paragraph?

A.A good chance. B.Warning. C.Rejection. D.Admission

8.According to Education Minister Wick’s words, we know he .

A.thought there was something wrong with procedures of admissions to their institutes

B.took the side of Oxford University

C.considered giving up children from comprehensive schools D.didn’t tell the truth to the BBC

（三）

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