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1、学考100网 最权威的信息 最丰富的资源 最快捷的更新 最优质的服务 最真诚的交流2009年高考英语阅读理解测试五阅读理解: 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。AWhen I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me. Ive lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have fr
2、iends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr. Clark wouldnt let that happen.Mr. Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact, the scores of our whole class rose. One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the fir
3、st time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him downMr. Clark was selected as Disneys 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat; those stu
4、dents would go with him to Los Angeles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names, Mr. Clark said, “Youre all going.” On graduation day, there were a lot of tears. We didnt want his class to end. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about
5、education, and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55. In 2003, Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit the orphanages(孤儿院). It was the most amazing experience of my life. Its now my dream to one day start a group of w
6、omens clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.1.Without Mr. Clark, the writer .A. might have been put into prisonB. might not have won the prizeC. might have joined a womens clubD. might not have moved to Atlanta2.The Essential 55 is . A. a showB. a speechC. a classroom ruleD. a book3.How many st
7、udents names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. Clark?A. NoneB. ThreeC. Fifty-five. D. All.4. What can we learn in the short reading?A. It was in Harlem that we saw The Phantom of the Opera for the first time.B. Mr. Clark taught us not to talk with our mouths full, and we did.C. Mr. Clark was se
8、lected as Disneys 2000 Teacher of the Year in Los Angeles.D. In 2003, Mr. Clark moved to Atlanta, and he always kept in touch with us.5.In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that .A. Mr. Clark went to South Africa because he liked travellingB. Mr. Clark helped to set up a group of womens clu
9、bsC. a good teacher can help raise his or her students scoresD. a good teacher has a good influence on his or her studentsBThe literal meaning of philosophy is “love of wisdom”. But this meaning does not tell us very much. Unlike the other disciplines, philosophy cannot be defined by what you study,
10、 because it is actually unlimited. Anything can be the subject matter of philosophy: are, history, law, language, literature, mathematics, and in fact, the other academic disciplines are directly related to philosophy. For this reason you get a Doctorate（博士学位）of Philosophy (Ph. D. ) in biochemistry,
11、 or computer science, or psychology Two broad sub-fields of philosophy are logic and the history of philosophy. Logic is the science of argument and critical thinking. It provides sound methods for distinguishing good from bad reasoning. The history of philosophy involves the study of major philosop
12、hers and periods in the development of philosophy. Of what use is philosophy? First it is useful in educational advancement. It is necessary for understanding other disciplines. Only philosophy questions the nature of the concepts used in a discipline, and its relation to other disciplines. And thro
13、ugh the study of philosophy, one develops sound methods of research and analysis that can be applied to any field. There are a number of general uses of philosophy. It strengthens ones ability to solve problems, to communicate, to organize ideas and issues, to persuade, and to take what is the most
14、important from a large quantity of data. These general uses are of great benefit in the career field, not necessarily for obtaining ones first job after graduation, but for preparing for positions of responsibility, management and leadership later on. It is very short-sighted after all, to take a co
15、urse of studies only for the purpose of getting ones first job. The useful skills developed through the study of philosophy have significant long-term benefits in career advancement. No other discipline systematically follows the ideals of wisdom, leadership, and capacity to resolve human conflict6. According to paragraph 1, philosophy can best be described as the study of .A. social sciences B. natural sciencesC. both social and natural sciences D. the subject matter of politics7. What does “discipline” mean in the first paragraph?A. subjectB. scienceC. literatureD. occupation
