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1、2012-2013 学年高三英语一轮复习 话题类阅读A small step makes a big difference. 1（2011 广东高考阅读广东高考阅读 C 篇）篇） A year after graduation, I was offered a position teaching a writing class. Teaching was a profession I had never seriously considered, though several of my stories had been published. I accepted the job withou
2、t hesitation, as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr. Davis. My father went by the same name, and I liked to imagine people getting the two of us confused. “Wait a minute,“ someone might say, “are you talking about Mr. Davis the retired man, or Mr. Davis the respectable scholar?
3、“ The position was offered at the last minute, and I was given two weeks to prepare, a period I spent searching for briefcase (公文包) and standing before my full-length mirror, repeating the words, “Hello, class. Im Mr. Davis.“ Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice. Sometimes I would sound
4、 experienced. But when the day eventually came, my nerves kicked in and the true Mr. Davis was there. I sounded not like a thoughtful professor, but rather a 12-year-old boy. I arrived in the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves. I had cut them myself out of orange constr
5、uction paper. I saw nine students along a long table. I handed out the cards, and the students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required. “All right then,“ I said. “Okay, here we go.“ Then I opened my briefcase and realized that I had never thought beyond this mo
6、ment. I had been thinking that the students would be the first to talk, offering their thoughts and opinions on the events of the day. I had imagined that I would sit at the edge of the desk, overlooking a forest of hands. Every student would yell. “Calm down, youll all get your turn. One at a time,
7、 one at a time!“ A terrible silence ruled the room, and seeing no other opinions, I instructed the students to pull out their notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment. 36. The author took the job to teach writing because _.A. he wanted to be respected B. he had w
8、ritten some storiedC. he wanted to please his father D. he had dreamed of being a teacher 37. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 2?A. He would be aggressive in his first class.B. He was well-prepared for his first class.C. He got nervous upon the arrival of his first class.D. He waite
9、d long for the arrival of his first class. 38. Before he started his class, the author asked the students to _.A. write down their suggestions on the paper cardsB. cut maple leaves out of the construction paperC. cut some cards out of the construction paperD. write down their names on the paper card
10、s 39. What did the students do when the author started his class?A. They began to talk. B. They stayed silent.C. They raised their hands. D. They shouted to be heard. 40. The author chose the composition topic probably because _.A. he got disappointed with his first class B. he had prepared the topi
11、c before classC. he wanted to calm down the students D. he thought it was an easy topic2012-2013 学年高三英语一轮复习 话题类阅读A small step makes a big difference. 2（2011 山东高考阅读山东高考阅读 C 篇篇） Diana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savin
12、gs, income, scholarships, and a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart. “I have two kids in college, and I want to say come home, but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education,“ says Jacobs. The Jacobs family did work out a solution: Th
13、ey asked and received more aid from the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school. With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators exp
14、ect to hear more families like the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around. At the same time, tuition (学费) continues to rise. A report from the National Cent
15、er for Public Policy and Higher Education found that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade. “If we go on this way for another 25 years, we wont have an affordable system of higher education,“ says Patrick M. Callan, president of the center. “The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes,
