高考英语阅读理解特训

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　　第一篇：

Soldiers and other military people wearuniforms with various other symbols to indicatetheir in the business world everyonewears more or less similar suits，and you cannot tellat a glance who ranks higher or lower how do people in the business world showtheir superiority? An attempt to study this wasmade by two researchers using a series of silent had two actors play the parts of anexecutive(经理)and a visitor，and switch roles each scene had one man at his deskplaying the part of an executive，while the other，playing the part of a visitor，knocks at thedoor，opens it and approaches the desk to discuss some business matter.

The audience watching the films was asked to rate the executive and the visitor in terms ofstatus.A certain set of rules about status began to emerge from the visitorshowed the least amount of status when he stopped just inside the door to talk across the roomto the seated was considered to have more status when he walked halfway up to thedesk，and he had the most status when he walked directly up to the desk and stood right infront Of the seated executive.

Another thing that affected the status of the visitor in the eyes of the observers was thetime between knocking and the seated executive，his status was also affectedby the time between hearing the knock and quicker the visitor entered theroom，the more status he longer the executive took to answer，the more status hehad.

experiment designed by the two researchers aimed at finding out _____

business is conducted by all executive and a visitor B how to tell the differencesbetween an executive and a visitor

to tell businessmen at a glance businessmen indicate status

42 Which of the statements can best sum up the passage?

executive has a higher status than the visitor. tary people wear uniforms but thebusinessmen do not

C，A study revealing a set of rules about the status of businessmen. D It is a good method touse a series of silent film in research.

43 Having entered the room，the closer the visitor approaches the executive, ___

less it affected his status lower his status

more it affected his status higher his status

longer the seated man was in answering the knock，______

higher his status less it affected his status

lower his status D the more it affected his status

h statement is NOT true?

A Soldiers wear uniforms with various symbols so that one call tell their status at a glance.

the actor played the executive while the other played the seated man

ness people wear similar suits.

D The audience watching the film rated the executive and the visitor in terms of status.

　　第二篇：

Acting is such an over-crowded profession thatthe only advice that should be given to a youngperson thinking of going on the stage is“Don?t!”t is useless to try to discourage someone who feelsthat he must act，although the chances of hisbecoming famous are slim. The normal way to beginis to go to a drama lly only students whoshow promise and talent are accepted，and the course lasts two the young actor oractress takes up work with a theatrical company(剧团)，usually as an assistant stage managerThis means doing everything that there is to do in the theatre and occasionally acting in verysmall parts It is very hard work indeed，the hours are long and the salary is tiny.

Of course，some people have remarkable chances which lead to fame and Success withoutthis long and hard ie Pratt，for example，was just an ordinary girl working in abicycle factory.A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a busstop，as he drove past in his stopped and got out to speak to the asked if shewould like to go to the film studio to do a test，and she thought he was joking Then she gotangry and said she would call the police It took the producer twenty minutes to convinceConnie that he was serious The test was within a few weeks she was playing theleading part opposite one of the most famous actors of the day But chances like this happenonce in a blue moon

36 From the very beginning，the author puts it clearly that acting is a profession______

A sought after by too many

difficult for young people

slim people only

can go into without special training

someone who feels he must act，it is very likely that _____

will become a film star at long last

B he will become a stage manager

C he will be well paid

will end up without any Success

film producer found Connie Pratt one morning when she was ____

work in a bicycle factory

ing past him in her car

g to a film studio

ing for a bus

39.A few weeks after the ie Pratt found herself _____

A the most famous actress of the world

ing the leading female role in a play

famous as the greatest actor of the world

less famous than the leading actor of the day

40 The concluding sentence “chances like this happen once in a blue moon” means______

A this is something which happens once in a while

is a highly profitable chance

is something highly possible

D this is a very rare chance

　　>>>>>>参考答案<<<<<<

第一篇：41.D 42.C 43.D 44.A

第二篇：36.A 37.D 38.D 39.B 40.D