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1、高考英语备考：阅读理解精练阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。（一）I grew up in a small town. My father raised chickens and ran a construction company. I was barely 10 years old when my dad gave me the responsibility责任 of feeding the chickens and cleaning up the stable. He believed it was important for me to have t
2、hose jobs to learn responsibility. Then， when I was 22， I found a job in Natchbill at a country music club called the Natchbill Palace， I washed dishes and cooked from 4： 00 pm to 9： 00 pm and then went on stage and sang until 2：00 in the morning. It wasnt long before I became known as a singing coo
3、k. I had been rejected so many times by record companies that it was hard not to be discouraged. One night， a woman executive懂事 from a company named Warner Brothers Records came to hear me sing. When the show was over， we sat down and talked and after she left， I said to myself it was one more rejec
4、tion. A few weeks later， my manager received a phone call Warner Brothers wanted to sign me to a record deal. Soon after， I released my first record in June 1986. It sold over 2 million copies. My best efforts had gone into every job Ive ever held. It was the sense of responsibility that made me fee
5、l like a man. Knowing that I had done my best filled me with pride. I still feel that way today， even though I have become a well-known singer.1. Why was the writer once known as the singing cook？A. Because he was a cook at a country-music club.B. Because he sang for guests while he worked as a cook
6、.C. Because he often sang while cooking.D. Because he liked singing better than cooking.2. Who first recognized his talents and helped make his career successful？A. Warmer Brothers. B. His manager.C. His father. D. A businesswoman.3. What made the writer proud of himself？A. His ability to live indep
7、endently.B. His sense of responsibility in whatever he did.C. His courage in the face of rejections.D. His hard work in his early days.（二）In ancient times the most important examinations were spoken， not written. In the schools of ancient Greece and Rome， testing usually was made up of saying poetry
8、 aloud and giving speeches.In the European universities of the Middle Ages， students who were working for advanced degrees had to discuss questions in their field of study with people who had made a special study of the subject. This custom exists today as part of the process of testing candidates应试
9、者 for the doctors degree.Generally， however， modem examinations are written. The written examination， where all students are tested on the same questions， was probably not known until the nineteenth century. Perhaps it came into existence with the great increase in population and the development of
10、modem industry. A room full of candidates for a state examination timed exactly by electric clocks and carefully watched over by managers， looks like a group of workers at an automobile factory. Certainly， during examinations teachers and students are expected to act like machines.One type of test i
11、s sometimes called an “objective” test. It is intended to deal with facts， not personal opinions. To make up an objective test， the teacher writes a series一系列 of questions， each of which has only one correct answer. Along with each question the teacher writes the correct answer and also three statem
12、ents that look like answers to students who have not learned the material properly.4. The main idea of Paragraph Three is that _.A. workers now take examinationsB. the population has grownC. there are only written exams todayD. examinations are now written and timed5. The kind of exams where student
13、s must select answers areA. objective B. personalC. spoken D. written6. Modem industry must have developed _.A. around the 19th century B. before the Middle AgesC. in Greece or Rome D. machines to take tests7. It may be concluded that testing _.A. should test only opinions B. should always be writte
14、nC. is given only in factories D. has changed since the Middle Ages（三）Having one of those days or weeks when everything seems to annoy you？ Even if you do nothing about it， your bad mood will probably go away after some time. But with a little effort， you can forget it much faster often within a day
15、 or two.Walk it offExercise is the most popular bad-mood buster. A person whos in a bad mood has low energy and high tension. Taking a fast ten-minute walk， or doing some quick exercises can do wonders towards changing that bad mood.Tune it outListening to your favorite music for a while can also ma
16、ke tension go away quickly， because music starts associations with past positive experiences weve had.Give yourself a pep talkStop and listen to whats on your mind. Bad moods are often started by too many negative thoughts. Write them all down on paper; the pessimistic悲观的 messages youve been giving yourself and then give optimistic answers. （“I still dont have a jo
