1、试卷第 1 页，总 10 页高三英语 关于学校生活类话题阅读理解 专项训练题二学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读理解Whether youve been in college or youre looking forward to going to university in the future, you and your family likely spend some time worrying about the cost of your college education. Its no secret that college is one of the biggest inv
2、estments. However, that will go to great avail for years to come. Earning scholarships is a great way to help you. The Financial Aid Office at Illinois State helps students identify scholarship opportunities every day. Here is some advice to help you.Begin in your own backyardHave you asked your hig
3、h school or community college financial aid office about scholarships at your school? Many schools have a list of several scholarships right there. Local awards can often be easier to get as the applicant pools are smaller and less competitive. Check with community organizations, banks and credit un
4、ions, and large employers who may offer scholarship opportunities in your area.Find your “hook”While youre searching, consider what makes you special as a student. Your unique characteristics can help your scholarship applications stand out. Pay special attention to awards that mention your best qua
5、lities, whether thats academic achievement, leadership, community service, or something less common. Think about why a donor wants to assist you in paying for your education. Most scholarship providers want to encourage a particular behavior. Companies may want to attract future employees. Non-profi
6、t organizations like helping those who support their cause or suffer from the disease theyre working to fight.Develop a routineEvery scholarship is different in terms of when you can apply, what you need to submit, when the winner is announced, and how the money is given to you. Typically? scholarsh
7、ip applications open in the late fall or early spring for the next school years awards, but that also varies depending on the donor. There isnt a single application or search engine that allows you to find and apply for everything. Visit the website of the Office of Student Financial Aid for lists o
8、f scholarship opportunities. Go through the lists to find the ones that match you best and keep track of when you can apply for them.试卷第 2 页，总 10 页1 What can we learn from the passage?A. You can apply for the scholarships fit for you.B. It is hard to pay for the college education.C. It is difficult
9、to apply for the scholarships.D. You can depend on parents to attend college.2 What does the underlined part in the first paragraph mean?A. Achieve nothing. B. Pay off.C. Prove meaningless. D. Have a long way to go.3 The author suggests applying for scholarships locally because .A. the community off
10、ers more scholarshipsB. fewer students think of doing thatC. your high school will be ready to helpD. it is relatively easy to get scholarships4 What kind of students do the scholarship providers want to help?A. Students who only take interest in their studies.B. Students who plan to do community se
11、rvice.C. Students who are eager to get a good education.D. Students who are considered of high qualities.阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AUniversity Room RegulationsApproved and Prohibited ItemsThe following items are approved for use in residential (住宿的 ) rooms: electric blankets, hair dryers, p
12、ersonal computers, radios, televisions and DVD players. Items that are not allowed in student rooms include: candles, ceiling fans, fireworks, waterbeds, sun lamps and wireless routers. Please note that any prohibited items will be taken away by the Office of Residence Life.Access to Residential Roo
13、msStudents are provided with a combination (组合密码) for their room door locks upon check-in. Do not share your room door lock combination with anyone. The Office of Residence Life may change the door lock combination at any time at the expense of the resident if it is 试卷第 3 页，总 10 页found that the stud
14、ent has shared the combination with others. The fee is $25 to change a room combination.Cooking PolicyStudents living in buildings that have kitchens are only permitted to cook in the kitchen. Students must clean up after cooking. This is not the responsibility of housekeeping staff. Kitchens that a
15、re not kept clean may be closed for use. With the exception of using a small microwave oven (微波炉) to heat food, students are not permitted to cook in their rooms.Pet PolicyNo pets except fish are permitted in student rooms. Students who are found with pets, whether visiting or owned by the student,
16、are subject to an initial fine of $100 and a continuing fine of $50 a day per pet. Students receive written notice when the fine goes into effect. If, one week from the date of written notice, the pet is not removed, the student is referred to the Student Court.Quiet HoursResidential buildings must
17、maintain an atmosphere that supports the academic mission of the University. Minimum quiet hours in all campus residences are 11:00 pm to 8:00 am Sunday through Thursday. Quiet hours on Friday and Saturday nights are 1:00 am to 8:00 am. Students who violate quiet hours are subject to a fine of $25.5
18、 Which of the following items are allowed in student rooms?A. Ceiling fans and waterbeds.B. Wireless routers and radios.C. Hair dryers and candles.D. TVs and electric blankets.6 What if a student is found to have told his combination to others?A. The combination should be changed.B. The Office shoul
19、d be charged.C. He should replace the door lock.D. He should check out of the room.7 What do we know about the cooking policy?A. A microwave oven can be used.B. Cooking in student rooms is permitted.C. A housekeeper is to clean up the kitchen.试卷第 4 页，总 10 页D. Students are to close kitchen doors afte
20、r cooking.8 If a student has kept a cat in his room for a week since the warning, he will face _.A. parent visits B. a fine of $100C. the Student Court D. a written notice9 When can students enjoy a party in residences?A. 7:00 am, Sunday. B. 7:30 am, Thursday.C. 11:30 pm, Monday. D. 00:30 am, Saturd
21、ay.A typical school day in the UK starts around 8:30 am. This is often even earlier elsewhere in the world, with students siting down to their first lesson at 7:30 am in the US. The average teenager ideally needs eight to nine hours sleep each night, but in reality a lot of teenagers struggle to get
22、 this much. A lot of the problems happen because our sleep patterns are not fixed, and they change as we grow.So a later school start time（推迟到校时间） could help to solve this problem, by ensuring to get their eight plus hours of sleep and react properly to their bodys natural rhythms（规律）. There has bee
23、n a general change over the past 25 years to shorten the school day, This is not at the cost of teaching time (which has remained constant) but at the cost of natural breaks, which has led to reduced lunch time and lesson breaks.Later start times could help teens grades and health. This is mainly be
24、cause it makes the management of children easier. Managing hundreds of children “playing” requires effective staffing（人员配备） . And there is always the fear that behavior worsens during breaks. So the theory goes that having them in class and strictly managed must be better.But this means that student
25、s barely have enough time to absorb what they were doing in maths before suddenly they are forced to study ancient history. And teaching staff also move through from one class to another, with hardly a rest or time to refocus.Clearly rethinking the school day could benefit everyone included. Anyway,
26、 it could also lead to better achievement in teenagers and less of a struggle for parents in the mornings. For teachers, it could also mean a less stressful day all around and what could be better than that?10 At what time do the students start their first lesson in the US?A. 7:00 B. 7:30C. 8:00 D.
27、8:3011 How do schools often shorten the school day?试卷第 5 页，总 10 页A. They reduce childrens lunch time and lesson breaks.B. They reduce the teaching time.C. They properly adjust children natural rhythms.D. They increase more holidays.12 Whats the purpose of the children short lesson breaks according t
28、o the text?A. To manage children more easily.B. To make children quickly take in what they learned.C. To reduce childrens excitement.D. To make children behave better in class.13 What can we learn about later school start time from the text?A. It will add to the teachers pressure.B. It has always be
29、en there for 25 years.C. Parents may support it.D. It benefits the students only.14 What can be the best title for the text?A. The benefits of a less stressful day.B. The benefits of later school start time.C. How to solve teenagers sleep problem.D. The reasons why teenagers sleep differently.阅读下列材料
30、，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。AFrom the very beginning of school we make books and reading a constant source of possible failure and public humiliation. When children are little we make them read aloud, before the teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they “know” all the
31、 words they are reading. This means that when they dont know a word, they are going to make a mistake, right in front of everyone. After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and
32、 more adventurously.One day soon after school had started, I said to them, “Now Im going to say something about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before. I would like you to 试卷第 6 页，总 10 页read a lot of books this year, but I want you to read them only for pleasure. I am not go
33、ing to ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books or not. If you understand enough of a book to enjoy it and want to go on reading it, thats enough for me. Also Im not going to ask you what words mean. “The children sat stunned and silent. Was this a teacher talking? One girl, wh
34、o had just come to us from a school where she had had a very hard time, looked at me steadily for a long time after I had finished. Then, still looking at me, she said slowly and seriously, Mr Holt, do you really mean that?” I said just as seriously, “I mean every word of it.During the spring she re
35、ally astonished me. One day, she was reading at her desk, From a glimpse of the illustrations I thought I knew what the book was. I said to myself, “It cant be,” and went to take a closer look. Sure enough, she was reading Moby Dick , in edition with woodcuts. I said, “Dont you find parts of it rath
36、er heavy going?” She answered, Oh, sure, but I just skip over those parts and go on to the next good part. “This is exactly what reading should be and in school so seldom is, an exciting, joyous adventure. Find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can out of
37、 it, go on to something else. How different is our mean-spirited, picky insistence that every child get every last little scrap of “understanding” that can be dug out of a book.15 According to the passage, childrens fear and dislike of books may result from_.A. reading little and thinking littleB. r
38、eading often and adventurouslyC. being made to read too muchD. being made to read aloud before others16 The teacher told his students to read_ .A. for enjoymentB. for knowledgeC. for a larger vocabularyD. for higher scores in exams17 Upon hearing the teachers talk, the children probably felt that_.A
39、. it sounded stupidB. it was not surprising at allC. it sounded too good to be trueD. it was no different from other teachers talk试卷第 7 页，总 10 页18 Which of the following statements about the girl is TRUE according to the passage?A. She skipped over those easy parts while reading.B. She had a hard ti
40、me finishing the required reading tasks.C. She learned to appreciate some parts of the difficult books.D. She turned out to be a top student after coming to this school.19 From the teachers point of view,_ .A. children cannot tell good parts from bad parts while readingB. children should be left to
41、decide what to read and how to readC. reading is never a pleasant and inspiring experience in schoolD. reading involves understanding every little piece of informationFrom: terri wombat. Com. AuTo: (happylizijun) yaboo. com. cnSubject: My schoolHi, Li Zijun,Thanks very much for your email. I really
42、enjoyed reading it. I think we have a lot in common. I wonder if our school life is similar too.I go to a big high school in Sydney called Maylands High School. There are about 1000 students and 80 teachers. My class has 25 students in it, which is normal for a Year 11 class. In the junior school th
43、ere are about 30 students in a class.In the senior high school we have lots of subjects to choose from, like maths, physics, chemistry, biology, history, German, law, geography, software design, graphic arts and media studies. (Different schools sometime have different optional subjects.) English is
44、 a must for everyone and we have to do least three other subjects in Year 11 and 12. At the end of Year 12 we sit for a public exam called the High School Certificate.As well as school subjects, most of us do other activities at school such as playing a sport, singing in the choir or playing in the
45、school band. We can also belong to clubs, such as the drama club, the chess club and the debating society.We have a lot of homework to do in senior school to prepare for our exam, so unless I have basketball practice, I usually go straight home and start studying. I arrive home about 4 pm, make myse
46、lf a snack and work till 6 pm. Then I help the family to make dinner and we all eat together. Im usually back in my room studying by 8 pm. I stop at about 10 oclock and watch 试卷第 8 页，总 10 页TV or read a book for half an hour to relax. On Saturdays, I usually go out with my family or with friends and
47、I sleep in till late on Sunday morning. Then its back to the books on Sunday afternoon.How about you? Whats your school life like? Do you have a lot of homework? What do you do to relax when youre not studying? Im looking forward to finding out.Your Australian friendTerrie20 How many subjects do the
48、 students have to do at least in Year 11 and 12?A. 11. B. 3.C. 4. D. 6.21 What does the underlined phrase “sit for” in Para3 mean?A. pass. B. take.C. go for. D. hold.22 On Sunday afternoon, Terri usually_.A. read booksB. play in the school bandC. play basketballD. helps her family to prepare dinnerD
49、aniel Anderson, a famous psychologist, believes its important to distinguish televisions influences on children from those of the family. We tend to blame TV, he says, for problems it doesnt really cause, overlooking our own roles in shaping childrens minds.One traditional belief about television is that it reduces a childs ability to think and to understand the world. While watching TV, children do not merely a
