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1、2018高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练（江苏专用）专题3任务型阅读17（25分钟）（A）阅读下面 短文，根据所读内容在文后第71至第80小题的空格里填上适当的单词。注意：每空1个单词。Federal Hocking High School in Stewart, Ohio, draws its 360 students from a 270-square- mile rural area of the state s southeast corner.In the early 1990s, teachers and students were not at all motivated. The
2、school, says social studies teacher Deborah Burk, was stickingto the 19th-century conceptof dividingthe day into 42-minute periods （still commonin many schools across thecountry）, with each period counted as a credit toward graduation. Back then, Burk says, students focused more on the clock than on
3、 what she was saying. They weren t entirely to blame. The system, she felt, didn t let her do much beyond repeatingthe same lectures over and over: There wasn t time to challenge students toresearch into details.“You couldn t analyze their progress - or even think about ”it.In 1992, Dr. George H. Wo
4、od, an Ohio University education professor who d never run a high school, was named principal. He asked students for their ideas, organized visits to programs around the coun try, and met freque ntly with staff. The result: Time passed quickly. With s ome arm-twistingof superintendentsand state lawm
5、akers,Federal Hock ing moved from the tiresome credit system to a less-is-more schedule tied to four 80-minute classes. “We decided, ” Woodsays,“to teach fewer thingsbetter. ” In American history, for example, the emphasis changed from devoting equal time to every era to focus ing on big even ts.The
6、 school developed its own credit syste m based on important studies but added other requireme nts - a senior portfolio, and a yearl ong project created by the students that s not always linked directly to their coursework. Project topicsrange from writ ing a world-foods cookbook to the restorati on
7、of an old tractor.Graduatio n based just on rack ing up a set nu mber of credits was no Ion ger possible.Other changes followed. The seven-minute daily homeroom period - basically an atte ndance call - was replaced by an hour- long advisory meet ing every Wedn esday morning. Each teacher advises the
8、 same 14 or 15 kids through high school. Wood,mea nwhile, n ever lowered his strict academic sta ndards.“ Everybody here readsShakespeare,Emerson and Thoreau, ” he says, “even kids who are going to bemechanics. ”Teacher Tim Arnold says the schedule cha nges had an effect similar to theflipp ing （弹开）
9、of a switch: “ The pressure was released. In stead of look ing at the clock, we could look at the stude nts. On the first day we all went Wow! That wascool.”Between the 1995-96 and 2003-04 school years, the percentage of the school sninth- graders that passed Ohio s math proficiency test rose from 5
10、0 percent to 85 perce nt. Pass ing grades in read ing shot from 69 perce nt to 96 perce nt. And honors diplomas jumped from 8 perce nt to 20 perce nt. “ We don t focus on test scores,”Wood says, “ but it s clear that if you pay attention to the overall culture of the school, the test scores will ris
11、e.”Proble ms of the school in the pastThe 1 of the day into 42-mi nute periods2 the same teach ing content aga in and aga inNo time to challe nge stude nts to 3 out research into details4 of solvi ngthe problemsA schedule of four 80-minute classesTeach ing fewer things betterCr edit system based on
12、important studies in 5 to other requireme ntsAn hour- long meeti ng every Wedn esday morni ng to give 67 up the high and strict academic sta ndardsSig ns of 89percent more ninth- graders passed Ohio s mathproficie ncy test.Much 10 was made in pass ing grades in readi ng.Honors diplomas in creased fr
13、om 8 perce nt to 20 perce nt.1. division 2. Repeating 3. carry 4. Ways 5. addition 6. advice/suggestions7. Keep ing 8. success / achieveme nts 9. Thirty / 30 10. progress（B）请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单 词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。Have you heard or read stories about people who are si
14、ck and have bee n healed by listeningto music? Is it a miracle or a successful form of medicine? Can listeningto music relieve pain?Around the world， music therapy（疗法）is being used to treat differentmedicalcon diti ons and ill nesses. Some of the ways people use music therapy are to reduce pain ， su
15、ch as in childbirth or during cancer treatments， or to stimulate brainactivity after an injury or money loss. Music therapy has also been successful in aiding children to overcome disabilities. Children can move their bodies with the music and stamp along to the beat.Why is music a useful therapy? M
16、usic is soothing and relaxing. but it alsostimulates our brains. Emoti on allyand physically, we resp ond to the sounds of music.But the complexity of music（the different tempos, rhythms , melodies and harmonies） provokes（ 激发）the biggest response. Thus , classical music is most typically usedfor therapies due to complex sounds and
