汇编浅析高考英语全程检测十二(3)

For students at the Second High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, sports classes have experienced a welcome change. Senior 2 students now learn the traditional Chinese martial art of sword-fighting (中国剑术), making PE the most popular lesson in the timetable.

“The classes used to be boring as we just did the same things again and again,” said Xiao Tong. “But now PE classes are such fun. Sword-fighting is so cool.” Her classmate Wei Jie agrees. “As well as being fun, we learn about traditional Chinese culture,” she said.

The usual morning exercises performed to music in the school playground have been replaced by kicking and punching practice (搏击操) to a pop music by Sammie Cheng (郑秀文).

“We didn’t pay much attention following the old music,” Xiao explained. “But when Sammie’s music is played, we get excited. It’s just so fashionable (时尚的).”

Mao Min, the PE teacher who introduced the changes, is pleased the students now enjoy sports lessons more. “The classes encourage healthy lifestyles and I am always looking for creative ways to keep the students active,” he said.

Schools offer activities according to what sports facilities (设备) they have. For example, students at the Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University can choose to learn swimming, taekwondo (跆拳道) or volleyball. “I take my volleyball very seriously so I keep fit playing it,” said Senior 2 student Zhang Zheng. “Students only try hard in sports that interest them.” 56.You start by running around the school track three times to . This is by exercises or long jump for the girls and football or basketball for the boys.() A. begin with?ended B. begin with?followed C. warm up?ended D. warm up?followed

57. The classes be boring as we did the same thing again and again. But now PE classes are fun. A. used to?so

B. used to?such C. were used to?so B. were used to?so

58. Mao Min, the teacher who the changes, is very pleased the students enjoy sports lessons more and he said, “I am always looking for creative ways to keep the students active.” A. introduced B. doubted C. welcomed D. experienced

59. “I my volleyball very seriously so I keep fit playing it,” said Senior 2 student Zhang Zheng. “Students only try hard in sports that interest them.” A. practise B. play C. take D. choose B

Today, people all over the world are moving out of small villages in the country to go and live in big, noisy cities. They are moving from the peaceful hills, mountains, fields, rivers and streams of the countryside to the busy world of streets, buildings, traffic and crowds. This movement from rural areas to urban areas has been going on for over two hundred years.

In many countries, the main reason people come to live in towns and cities is work. After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find a work, and soon an industrial area begins to grow. There is usually a residential area nearby, where the factory workers can live. The families of these workers need schools, hospitals and shops, so more people come to live in the area to provide these services—and a city grows.

In every major city in the world, there is a business district where the big companies have their main offices. In the United States, this area is usually in the city center downtown. It is here that you can see the huge skyscraper office blocks. The people who work here often travel a long way to work each day.

Many of them live in the suburbs of the city, far away from the industrial area and the city center. Some suburbs are very pleasant, with nice houses and big gardens. There are usually parks for children to play in and large department stores where you can buy all you need.

But what is the future of the big cities? Will they continue to get bigger and bigger? Perhaps not. Some major cities have actually become smaller in the last ten years, and it is quite possible that one day we will see people moving out of the major cities and back into smaller towns and villages.

60. We can easily know that the underlined phrase“urban areas”means.() A. areas of the countryside B. areas of a town or city C. areas near the countryside D. areas near a town or a city

61. In a residential area you can see.() A. rows of houses

B. many offices and factories C. a lot of factories and farms

D. many houses with offices and factories

62. In the United States, many people work in the center of a big city.() A. while living on the far away edge of the city B. and live there

C. but live in another city

D. but live far away out of the city

63. We can infer that this movement from rural areas to urban areas.() A. has been going on for more than 2,000 years B. will continue in the future

C. may not continue in the future D. is sure to stop C

There was a time in the early history of man when the days had no names! The reason was quite simple: men had not invented the week.

In those days, the only division of time was the month,

and there were too many days in the month for each of them to have a separate name. But when men began to build cities, they wanted to have a special day on which to trade, a market day. Sometimes these market days were fixed at every tenth day, sometimes every seventh or every fifth day. The Babylonians decided that it should be every seventh day. On this day they didn’t work, but met for trade and religious(宗教的)festivals.

The Jews followed their example, but kept every seventh day for religious purposes. In this way the week came into being. The Jews gave each of the seven days a name, but it was really a number after the Sabbath(安息日)day(which was Saturday). When the Egyptians adopted(采用)the seven-day week. They named used the Egyptian names for their days of the week: the day of the sun, of the moon, of the planet Mars(火星)，of Mercury(水星)，of Jupiter(木星),of Venus(金星)，and of Saturn(土星)。

We get our names for the days not from the Romans but from the Anglo-Saxons, who called most of the days after their own gods.

64. In the early days there were no names for the days, because men .() A. had not yet created the idea of grouping seven days in a week B. did not know what the word“week”meant C. considered it unnecessary to have the names D. did not believe it was the time to invent the week 65. In those days.()

A. the smallest unit of time was the month B. the smallest unit of time was the week

C. the year had been believed to be the only division of time D. the months had no names either

66. The week came into being when the Jews devotedto God.() A. every tenth day B. every seventh day C. every fifth day D. either A or C

67. Who began to call the days in a week after five planets, the sun and the moon?()

A. The Egyptians B. The Romans C. The Babylonians D. The Anglo-Saxons D

In the 19th century, American from the eastern states moved out west to settle in the rich new lands along the Pacific Coast. The most difficult part of their trip was crossing the“Great American Desert”in the western part of the United States by horse and wagon.

The western desert can be very dangerous. There is little water and there are few trees. But the desert also has scenery of great beauty. Tall towers of red and yellow stone rise sharply from the flat, sandy valley floor. The scene has been photographed many times and appears in movies and in TV.

In Arizona, man-made dams across the Colorado River have made two large lakes in the middle of the dry desert country. At Lake Powell, the red stone arch of Rainbow Bridge rises high above the blue lake.

There are few roads. Many areas of Lake Powell’s shore can only be reached by boat or on foot. But hikers (travelers on foot) in this empty desert land sometimes find very old native American pictures painted on the rocks.

In Death Valley, California, the summer temperature rises to 130-165oF. There is less than two inches of rain each year. Death Valley is the lowest place in American-925 metres below sea level. In the 1800s many travelers died when they tried to cross this waterless valley in the terrible heat.

Although the desert is dry and seems empty, there is plenty of life if you look closely. Snakes, rats have learned how to live in the desert heat. They live underground and come out at night, when it is cool. Plants such as cacti need very little water. When it does rain in the desert(sometimes only once or twice a

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