【高效提分】甘肃省部分普通中学2016高考英语新课标学能专业高效提分集训试题（二十三）注意：本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。满分120分。考试时间100分钟。第卷第一部分：阅读理解( 共两节，满分40分)第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）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。AI was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. At the end I said, “ Son, remember: Be slow and steady, and that will win the race. Dont you think theres something to learn from the tortoise?”Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when Im entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?” I was shocked, “But the tortoise didnt wish that the hare would fall asleep!”“He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”“He didnt have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance, by pushing on steadily.”Sonny thought a while. “Thats a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadnt happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but hed never have won the race. Thats for sure.”I gave up. Todays children are not like what we used to be. Theyre just hopeless.21. The writer argued with his son because _.A. he liked tortoises while his son liked haresB. they disagreed about whether the tortoise was foolishC. he tried to teach his son a moral lesson but the son had totally different opinionD. he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didnt.22. Sonny believed that the tortoise _.A. in fact did win the race luckilyB. took a risk by agreeing to run a raceC. was not given a fair chance in the raceD. won the race by his own hard working23. The writer thinks that his generation_.A. are cleverer than Sonnys generationB. have different ideas about life from Sonnys generationC. are more hopeful than Sonnys generationD. have the same ideas about life as Sonnys generation24. According to the passage, who do you think learnt a lesson? _.A. The tortoise B. SonnyC. The hare D. Sonnys father BTaking exams in a large group setting can be stressful for students and for the staff members who are watching over them. When classrooms are crowded and desks are close together, cheating might be tempting. One university in Thailand came up with an anti-cheating hat that makes it almost impossible for students to see other students papers. A photo of the students wearing the anti-cheating hats made its way to the internet, and the university was criticized for making students wear those ridiculous looking homemade hats. The hats were made by stapling two pieces of paper onto a headband, one to each side of the head. After being criticized, senior academic staff at Kasetsart University in Bangkok, Thailand, released a statement saying that the hats idea came from students. They said that in a bid to prevent cheating they asked the students for ideas on how to prevent cheating in the upcoming exam, which was being taken by almost one hundred students. Students came up with different ideas, then the paper hat idea was selected by them as the most fit. The university claims that no-one was forced to use the hat, but they all chose to do so. “When wearing the hat during the exam, students felt more relaxed,” Nattadon Rungruangkitkrai, a lecturer at the university said. “It was not meant to indicate that Kasetsart students often cheat on exams. I apologize if the photo makes other people look at my students in a negative way, Rungruangkitkrai added.25. Why was the university criticized on the Internet?AThe homemade anti-cheating hat looked too simple.BWearing the anti-cheating hat made students look ridiculous.CWearing the anti-cheating hats couldnt prevent students from cheating in the exam.DThe university forced students to wear the anti-cheating hat. 26. Whats most of the Kasetsart University students attitude towards the cheating hat? A. skeptical B. negative C. objective D. supportive27. It can be inferred from the passage that_.A. Its useless wearing the anti-cheating hat in the exam.B. Kasetsart students are often caught cheating in the exam.C. Wearing the anti-cheating hat is effective in some degree.D. Some students are forced to wear the anti-cheating hat.CIn the hit film The bucket List, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman meet in hospital in California after they have been diagnosed with cancer. Between them they cook up a “bucket list” - a to-do list of all they want to do before they kick the bucket. The movie makes you wonder what would be on your bucket list. So lets pack up some and see what it would cost to go out and have a little fun.THE PYRAMIDS, GIZA, EGYPTOn t