高考英语时文阅读~Week3社会生活~配答案

WEEK 3 社会生活（2）

一、阅读理解（共12小题；共24分）

A

A two-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his mother after he reached into her purse at a

northern Idaho Wal-Mart and her concealed(隐藏的) gun fired.

Veronica J. Rutledge, 29, was staying with her son and three other children at that time. Rutledge

was from Blackfoot in southeastern Idaho, and her family had come to the area to visit relatives.

Rutledge had a concealed weapons permit. The young boy was left in a shopping cart, reached

into his mother's purse and grabbed a small handgun, which discharged one time.

Rutledge's husband was not in the store, when the shooting happened at about 10: The

man arrived shortly after the shooting. All the children were taken to a relative's house.

The shooting occurred in the Wal-Mart in Hayden, Idaho, a town about 40 miles northeast of

Spokane, Washington State. The store closed and was not expected to reopen until Wednesday

morning. Brooke Buchanan, a spokeswoman for Wal-Mart, said in a statement the shooting was a

"very sad and tragic accident". "We are working closely with the local police department while they

investigate what happened," Buchanan said.

There do not appear to be reliable national statistics about the number of accidental fatalities

involving children handling guns. In neighboring Washington State, a 3-year-old boy was seriously

injured in November when he accidentally shot himself in the face in a home in Lake Stevens, about

30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Seattle. In April, a 2-year-old boy shot and killed his 11-year-old

sister while the siblings played with a gun inside a Philadelphia home. Authorities said the gun was

believed to have been brought into the home by the mother's boyfriend.

Idaho lawmakers passed legislation earlier this year allowing concealed weapons on the state's

public college and university campuses.

Despite facing opposition from all eight of the state's university presidents, lawmakers sided with

gun rights advocates who said the law would better uphold the Constitution.

Under the law, gun holders are barred from bringing their weapons into dormitories or buildings

that hold more than 1,000 people, such as stadiums or concert halls.

1. The two-year-old boy shot and killed his mother .

A. by chance B. on purpose C. in anger D. for fun

2. What was Veronica J. Rutledge doing when the shooting happened?

A. She was visiting a relative. B. She was visiting a doctor.

C. She was doing some shopping. D. She was driving a car.

3. What do you know about Spokane?

A. It is a small town in Idaho State.

B. It lies to the southwest of Hayden.

C. It lies to the northeast of Hayden.

D. The killed mother lived there.

4. According to the law of Idaho, bringing the weapons into concert halls is .

A. legal B. illegal C. necessary D. common

B

Denmark is a small nation of about 5.5 million people. The United States is a melting pot of more

than 315 million people. There is no doubt that Denmark and the United States are very different

countries. Nonetheless, are there lessons that we can learn from Denmark?

Today in the United States there is a massive amount of economic anxiety. Unemployment is too

high and wages and income are too low. The gap between the very rich and everyone else is growing

wider. However, in Denmark, social policies ensure that almost no one falls into economic despair.

While it is difficult to become very rich in Denmark, no one is allowed to be poor.

While millions of Americans are struggling to find affordable health care, health care in Denmark

is universal and free of charge. Everybody is covered. The Danish health care system is popular, with

patient satisfaction much higher than in our country.

Danes understand that the first few years of a person's life are the most important in terms of

intellectual and emotional development. In order to give strong support to expecting parents, mothers

get four weeks of paid leave before giving birth. They get another 14 weeks of paid leave afterward.

In the USA, working mothers enjoy no paid leave before and after giving birth and young working

families search desperately for affordable child care.

At a time when college education in the United States is increasingly unaffordable and the

average college graduate leaves school more than $25,000 in debt, virtually all higher education in

Denmark is free.

In Denmark, adequate leisure and family time are considered an important part of having a good

life. Every worker in Denmark is entitled to five weeks of paid vacation plus eleven paid holidays.

And the United States is the only major country that does not guarantee its workers paid vacation time.

Recently the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has found that

the Danish people rank among the happiest in the world among some 40 countries. However, America

did not crack the top 10.

The United States, in size, culture, and the diversity of our population, is a very different country

from Denmark. Can we, however, learn some important lessons from them? You bet we can.

5. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A. How Can the US Catch up with Denmark?

B. What Lessons Can the US Learn from Denmark?

C. Where Does the US Differ from Denmark?

D. How Did the US Become a Melting Pot?

6. Which of the following is NOT true of the USA?

A. Free health care. B. High unemployment.

C. Low wages and income. D. Lower patient satisfaction.

7. Before and after giving birth, a mother in Denmark can get .

A. 10 weeks of unpaid leave B. 10 weeks of paid leave

C. 18 weeks of unpaid leave D. 18 weeks of paid leave

8. We can learn that the passage is developed mainly by .

A. quoting proverbs B. making comparisons

C. analyzing facts D. providing examples

C

Sometimes people simply decide to disappear for their own reasons. In police terms, they are

referred to as the "maliciously(恶意地) missing". It's not uncommon for people to choose to vanish if

they are facing a criminal trial or jail time. But people choose to disappear for many other reasons.

Some disappear for insurance fraud(). A man named Raymond Roth disappeared while at a

Long Island beach in July 2012; his son called 911 to report that his father had gotten lost in the waves.

A search by the police found no sign of Roth, who was presumed drowned—until he was stopped for

speeding about a week later in South Carolina. Roth was charged with fraud for trying to fake his own

death for $400,000 in life insurance and sentenced to prison in April of this year.

Some people vanish because they don't want to face their responsibilities. For example, in 2006 a

Marine named Lance Hering disappeared during a hike in Colorado's Eldorado Canyon. Hering's

disappearance led to one of the most extensive and expensive searches in Boulder County, eventually

costing over $33,000. Hering reappeared two years later in Washington. He told police that he faked

his disappearance to avoid returning to military duty in Iraq.

Others simply decide that they want a change of their lifestyle. Pennsylvania woman Brenda

Heist disappeared suddenly, last seen dropping her two children off at school. Heist reappeared in

April 2013 in the Florida Keys, 11 years after she vanished. She told police that after she left her kids

at school she had met a group of homeless people in a park. She decided to join them because she was

tired of her family life. She claimed that she'd spent the previous decade living in a camper with a man

she'd met, occasionally homeless, and doing odd jobs to earn money.

These maliciously missing persons cases are especially difficult for the police because simply

disappearing is not illegal; anyone can quit their job, move overnight, cut off ties with friends and

family, and so on. Unless police can prove that a crime was committed, there's little they can do to

hold people responsible for their actions.

9. Raymond Roth was stopped when he was .

A. swimming B. shopping C. driving D. hiking

10. Lance Hering disappeared on purpose to .

A. escape a criminal trial B. avoid serving in the army

C. cheat life insurance D. change his dull lifestyle

C. 2005 D. 2008

11. Brenda Heist disappeared in .

A. 2002 B. 2003

12. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Where can maliciously missing persons be found?

B. How can police cope with the maliciously missing?

C. Why do people decide to disappear intentionally?

D. What can people do to find the maliciously missing?

二、完形填空（共20小题；共30分）

Rafael stares at the math problem in front of him: 11x7. I simply 13 him, asking, "Well, how

did the 14 explain these sorts of exercises?" Rafael begins drawing circles lined up in rows of

five, and I help him 15 the rows. Then I show him a(n) 16 way and watch him start to get

the hang of it (到窍门). "Do you 17 now?" "Mmhm." He writes a big 77 next to the math

problem.

Every Tuesday afternoon, I 18 ninety minutes helping elementary school children

19 Rafael who live in an low-income neighborhood near my high school. I help them with their

20 .

The first time I visited the children's center, I was eight. My mother, 21 taught the kids

English, had 22 to bring them some of our old 23 and asked if I wanted to come to their

24 . Hearing this demand, I was a bit 25 . What could I do? I was only eight. But, as I learned,

you can always help them 26 . That particular day I helped a seven-year-old boy read one of the

books we had brought. Ever since, we've been good friends. Now, nine years later, I still 27 in

this children center.

Even though it might seem 28 to help kids read stories about farm animals, or show them

how to multiply numbers, those are the things that build them into 29 adults. The families of

these kids are usually immigrants who aren't able to help their kids with schoolwork or 30 give

them a warm meal every day. That is 31 they are there. The center is where someone makes sure

they do their homework; it's where they grow and learn, where they feel 32 . I can't stress enough

how lucky I feel to be a part of that.

13. A. laugh at B. glare at C. shout at D. glance at

14. A. sister

15. A. count

16. A. strange

17. A. understand

18. A. cost

19. A. unlike

20. A. homework

21. A. that

22. A. decided

23. A. toys

24. A. rescue

25. A. confused

B. teacher

B. draw

B. different

B. hear

B. pay

B. as

B. housework

B. which

B. pretended

B. clothes

B. senses

B. thrilled

C. father

C. plant

C. available

C. remember

C. take

C. like

C. teamwork

C. who

C. agreed

C. pens

C. assistance

C. delighted

D. student

D. find

D. free

D. leave

D. spend

D. beyond

D. handwork

D. whom

D. refused

D. books

D. resistance

D. shocked

26. A. therefore

27. A. volunteer

28. A. invisible

29. A. successful

30. A. ever

31. A. where

32. A. made use of

C. caught sight of

B. thus

B. study

B. independent

B. grateful

B. still

B. when

C. somehow

C. serve

C. inevitable

C. careful

C. even

C. how

B. taken care of

D. taken charge of

D. however

D. stay

D. insignificant

D. peaceful

D. yet

D. why

三、短文7选5(5选5等)（共5小题；共10分）

Finland is a small country of just 5.3 million, but over three million saunas. 33. Finns

have a sauna at least once a week. Saunas can be found all over Finland: in offices, factories, sports

centres and hotel; and 2/3 of the people have one in their house.

Some of the basic rules for using the sauna include not eating or drinking. Also, you can't wear

any clothes or swimsuits in the sauna. 34. Men and women visit the sauna separately, unless

they're members of the same family.

Saunas have existed for hundreds of years in Finland. In the past, Finns dug holes in the ground

and put heated stones in them. When water was thrown on the hot stones, they gave off a vapour.

35. The traditional type is the smoke sauna. We find smoke saunas mostly in rural areas.

They're heated with burning wood. Once the room is hot enough, the fire is allowed to die and the

room is ventilated(使通风) by letting the smoke out through a hole in the ceiling. 36. With

these, you simply turn on an electric stove an hour before you want to go in. This is seen as the safest

and easiest way to heat the room.

37. Many claim that they're important for your well being. Finns believe that the sauna

can treat a number of diseases. Having a sauna is also seen as a good way to relieve stress and tension.

A. Now there are several types of sauna.

B. That is to say, you have to go naked.

C. Why are saunas so popular in Finland?

D. Saunas play an important role in Finnish life.

E. Since then, saunas have been introduced to Asia.

F. However, the most common type is the electric sauna.

G. If you ever visit Finland, don't forget to have a nice, relaxing sauna.

答案

一、阅读理解

1. A

6. A

2. C

7. D

3. B

8. B

4. B

9. C

5. B

10. B

11. A 12. C

二、完形填空

13. D 14. B

16. B

21. C

26. C

15. A

20. A

25. A

17. A 18. D 19. C

22. A 23. D 24. C

27. A 28. D 29. A 30. C

31. D 32. B

三、短文7选5(5选5等)

33. D 34. B

36. F 37. C

35. A