浙江省2012高考英语二轮复习 专题训练 阅读理解（46）.doc

浙江省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（46）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项ATwenty Things You Should Do in This Lifetime When I was a young boy, my grandmother always asked me the question, " What is it you want?" Id give the age-appropriate answer whether it was "candy" at age five, "a bicycle" at age twelve, or ,"not answering dumb questions" when I was fifteen． She always listened carefully, and then asked, "What is it that you really want?" I hated when she did that because it made me think—and thinking was painful． Invariably what I really wanted was different than what Id originally asked for．Her final question was always the same．"What price are you willing to pay, in order to get that?" When I was sixteen, she increased the complexity of the task．She asked, "What are twenty things you should do in this lifetime?" Each year, on Thanksgiving, she made me rewrite the list adjusting it as my maturity and wisdom grew． For twenty-eight years, I gave her my list before I ate her turkey dinner．I was never able to give her the twenty-nine．She died two days before Thanksgiving． However, I think she would have been proud of how shed helped me grow, from the five-year-old who just wanted candy to this end result of twenty-nine years of refinement:No 1．To leave the world a bit better by my having been here．No 2．To love unconditionally．No 3．To dream big dreams and be willing to pay the price to make them come true．No 4．To visit the Lincoln Memorial Hall at dawn．No 5．To earn the affection of children．No 6．To hike and raft the Grand Canyon．No 7．To find out what Im good at, and give it back to the world．No 8．To watch a sunset on a tropical isle．No 9．To earn the respect of intelligent people．No 10．To leam my family history and visit the homeland．No 11．To drive and bike across the country．No 12．To help a stranger in need．No 13．To make something that is still standing when I die．No 14．To play a game for more than I can afford to lose．No 15．To meditate and pray daily．No 16．To do something others said was impossible．No 17．To walk beaches under a full moon at midnight．No 18．To take a stand on something and not back down under pressure．No 19．To never lose childlike enthusiasm．No 20．To swim naked under waterfalls． Whats on your list?1．In his teens, what did the writer hate? A．Thinking． B．Studying． C．Having candies． D．Riding a bicycle.2．According to the 20 things in the list, which of the following CANNOT be used to describe the writer? A．He loves nature so much． B．He is willing to help others． C．He doesnt like anything challenging． D．He will try his best to achieve his ambition．3．It may be interred from this passage that the writers grandmother______． A．was curious about everything the writer did B．used her own way to help the writer grow C．died on Thanksgiving Day D．rewrote the list for the writer each yearB It is 4 oclock in the early morning．Everything but the computing room on the campus of the university appears as quiet and misty as the mysterious hell．In the computing room, 30 students with sleepy eyes, sit still at their desk, beating the dirty and worn keys．Staring at the colorful screen, they tap continuously for hours．For the other parts in the world, it might be in the middle of the night, nevertheless here time represents nothing．It is an entirely enclosed field．These young computer "hackers" are tracing a sort of stimulus, a drive so exciting and absorbing that it ignores nearly anything else in their lives and becomes the focus of their being．They are addicted computer programmers．Some of these students have been glued to the console （电子设备的操纵台） for no less than twenty hours even with no break for meals or rest．Some have been sleeping on sofas and chairs in the computing room, trying to struggle for a few moments rest but hating to get too far away from their addicted machines． It is not necessary for most of these students to be at the computing room in the middle of the night．What they are working belong to no assignments．They remain there because they desire to be—they can not resist the attraction of the computers． Furthermore, they are in groups instead of being alone．There are hackers at computing rooms all over the country．In the unimaginable way, they focus on nothing but computer．They escape from schooling and live beyond friendship; they might have difficulty being employed, choosing to travel from one computing room to another．They may even abandon personal health． "There is one hacker in my memory．We actually had to lift him away from his chair to feed him and arrange him to rest and sleep．We truly worried about his health," says a computing science professor at California University． Professors of computer science are nowadays paying more attention to this hacker phenomenon and are on the watch for future hackers and more and more severe computer addicts．They believe f。