2012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 states southeast corner. In the early 1990s, teachers and students were not at all motivated. The school, says social studies teacher Deborah Burk, was sticking to the 19th-century concept of dividing the day into 42-minute periods (still common in many schools across the country), with each period counted as a credit toward graduation. Back then, Burk says, students focused more on the clock than on what she was saying. They werent entirely to blame. The system, she felt, didnt let her do much beyond repeating the same lectures over and over: There wasnt time to challenge students to research into details. “You couldnt analyze their progress - or even think about it.” In 1992, Dr. George H. Wood, an Ohio University education professor whod never run a high school, was named principal. He asked students for their ideas, organized visits to programs around the country, and met frequently with staff. The result: Time passed quickly. With some arm-twisting of superintendents and state lawmakers, Federal Hocking moved from the tiresome credit system to a less-is-more schedule tied to four 80-minute classes. “We decided,” Wood says, “to teach fewer things better.” In American history, for example, the emphasis changed from devoting equal time to every era to focusing on big events. The school developed its own credit system based on important studies but added other requirements - a senior portfolio, and a yearlong project created by the students thats not always linked directly to their coursework. Project topics range from writing a world-foods cookbook to the restoration of an old tractor. Graduation based just on racking up a set number of credits was no longer possible.Other changes followed. The seven-minute daily homeroom period - basically an attendance call - was replaced by an hour-long advisory meeting every Wednesday morning. Each teacher advises the same 14 or 15 kids through high school. Wood, meanwhile, never lowered his strict academic standards. “Everybody here reads Shakespeare, Emerson and Thoreau,” he says, “even kids who are going to be mechanics.”Teacher Tim Arnold says the schedule changes had an effect similar to the flipping（弹开）of a switch: “The pressure was released. Instead of looking at the clock, we could look at the students. On the first day we all went Wow! That was cool.”Between the 1995-96 and 2003-04 school years, the percentage of the schools ninth-graders that passed Ohios math proficiency test rose from 50 percent to 85 percent. Passing grades in reading shot from 69 percent to 96 percent. And honors diplomas jumped from 8 percent to 20 percent. “We dont focus on test scores,” Wood says, “but its clear that if you pay attention to the overall culture of the school, the test scores will rise.”Problems of the school in the pastThe 1 of the day into 42-minute periods 2 the same teaching content again and againNo time to challenge students to 3 out research into details 4 of solving the problemsA schedule of four 80-minute classesTeaching fewer things betterCredit system based on important studies in 5 to other requirementsAn hour-long meeting every Wednesday morning to give 6 7 up the high and strict academic standardsSigns of 8 9 percent more ninth-graders passed Ohios math proficiency test.Much 10 was made in passing grades in reading.Honors diplomas increased from 8 percent to 20 percent.1. division 2. Repeating 3. carry 4. Ways 5. addition 6. advice/suggestions 7. Keeping 8. success / achievements 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 sick and have been healed by listening to music? Is it a miracle or a successful form of medicine? Can listening to music relieve pain? Around the world，music therapy(疗法) is being used to treat different medical conditions and illnesses. Some of the ways people use music therapy are to reduce pain，such as in childbirth or during cancer treatments，or to stimulate brain activity 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? Music is soothing and relaxingbut it also stimulates our brains. Emotionally and physically, we respond 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 used for therapies due to complex sounds and patterns. Although rap or hip hop might be fun to listen to，its unlikely