雅安中学高雅安中学高 20132013 级高考前模拟（一）级高考前模拟（一）英英 语语第卷第二部分第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 4040 分）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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AChristmas，Easter and Birthday parties can be difficult times for grandmothers and parents as they rush around trying to arrange the perfect celebration or making everyone as happy as possible! Whats better than a birthday party that makes your grandchild smile throughout or a celebration that impresses relatives and close friends?That is why Granny Look has supplied in this section，one of the most comprehensive guides to making these special occasions that happen perhaps once a year a real success.From a selection of Advent Calendars to party planning or Christmasstocking fillers we have all the possibilities covered so that your children and grandchildren will really have a memorable time with attractive gifts and original ideas.Bring that festive spirit to all those traditional days，and ensure you are always ready for any possibility.Granny Looks extensive links are bound to make every special occasion an entirely different experience from the year before and allow everyone to feel entertained and content.CHRISTMASSTOCKING FILLERSLOOK no further！ Granny Look helps the family to prepare in time for FATHER CHRISTMAS.Give SANTA CLAUS some ideas.He can fill all the childrens Christmasstockings with goodies! Unique Christmas gifts for childrenstocking fillers.A Granny Look favorite!ADVENT CALENDARSAll children love the buildup to CHRISTMAS! What is better than choosing one of Granny Looks selection of Advent Calendars! Here you will find a list of websites to buy traditional or fun Advent Calendars for children at Christmas time.A Granny Look favorite!BIRTHDAYSLOOKING for a SPECIAL BIRTHDAY GIFT? Explore Granny Looks selection of PRESENTS，PARTY PLANNING，PARTY TOYS and PARTY GAMES for your Children and Grandchildrens BIRTHDAYS.Plan and organize the KIDDIES PARTIES ahead of time！Dont forget the PERSONALISED INVITATIONS!CHRISTMASLOOK and BOOK now！ Granny Looks selection of CHRISTMAS GIFTS for children.Some guides to “Whats on in your area”.for the kids.PANTOS，SHOWS，THEATRES.at Christmas time!UNIQUE Christmas gifts for Children.Spend QUALITY TIME with your Childrens Children this FESTIVE SEASON!21.From the text，we know that “Granny Look” is .A.a person who guides you to make your yearly celebration a real successB.a magazine that helps the family to prepare for special occasionsC.a company that sells all sorts of products on the InternetD.a website that helps you to prepare for special occasions22.The purpose of the text is .A.to make children have a memorable holiday B.to show you how to shop on the InternetC.to give you some information about Granny Look D.to introduce some goods 23.You will fail to find any information at Christmas when you need .A.Christmas cards B.fun Advent Calendars C.Christmas gifts D.tickets for atheatresBMen are spending more and more time in the kitchen encouraged by celebrity (名人) chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver，according to a report from Oxford University.The effect of the celebrity role models，who have given cooking a more manly picture，has combined with a more general drive towards sexual equality and men now spend more than twice the amount of time preparing meals than they did in 1961.According to the research by Prof.Jonatahn Gershuny，who runs the Centre for Time Research at Oxford，men now spend more than half an hour a day cooking，up from just 12 minutes a day in 1961.Prof.Gershuny said， “The man in the kitchen is part of a much wider social trend.There has been 40 years of sexual equality，but there is another 40 years probably to come.”Women，who a generation ago spent nearly two hours a day cooking，now spend just one hour and seven minutesa great fall，but they still spend far more time in the kitchen than men.Some experts have named these men in aprons as “Gastrosexuals (men using cooking skills to impress friends)” ，who have been inspired to pick up a kitchen knife by the success of Ramsay，Oliver as well as other male celebrity chefs such as Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall，Marco Pierre White and Keith Floyd.“I was married in 1974.When my father came to visit me a few weeks later，I was wearing an apron when I opened the door.He laughed， ” said Prof.Gershuny.“That would never happen now.”Twothirds of adults say that they come together to share at least three times a week，even if it is not necessarily around a kitchen or dining room table.Prof.Gershuny pointed out that the family meal was now rarely eaten by all of its members around a tablewith many “family meals” in fact taken on the sofa in the sitting room，and shared by family members.“The family meal has changed a lot，and few of us eatas I did when I was a childat least two meals a day together as a family.But it has survived in a different format.”24.What is one reason behind the trend t