高二英语阅读理解周周练（十二）A文章词数约280词难度★建议做题用时7分钟Year after year my brothers, sister and I would wait anxiously on Christmas morning to hear my father's voice saying it was all right to come down. I can remember Christmas since I was probably 6 or 7.Even now as I look through the boxes of Christmas decorations (装饰品), I see the same familiar ones; the ornaments (装饰物) with our birth years on it, our five stockings, four for the kids, one for the dog. It used to be easy for us to decide when to put up the decorations. But now that we all have jobs and social lives, it is usually a rushed activity. I'm still not sure in what year our annual watching of white Christmas ended.Each year, especially as we get older, little things change and the holiday season is when we realize them. It almost brings a pain to a little place in our hearts where all our hidden feelings go. The worst was the year after two of my grandparents had passed away. Now when I think back to it, I miss having my grandfather slide our presents across the floor. I even miss him calling me my nickname "Jessie", even though I can't stand when people call me that.Things change, not always for the good, and not always for the bad either. And the things that don't change have the most important meaning to us. After all, every time I hear my father's words "All right you guys, come on down, nice and slow", I still get the same feelings in the pit of my stomach...the feelings of love, giving, peace, and most of all the true Christmas spirit.1. When the grandfather called the author's nickname, she probably ___________________.A. had a feeling of warmthB. felt quite angryC. couldn't stand itD. joked with her grandfather2. What does the author value most probably?A. All the Christmas customs.B. The true Christmas spirit.C. The boxes of Christmas decorations.D. The good old days.3. Why were five stockings prepared on Christmas Day when the author was a kid?A. There was an extra one for their dog.B. There were five kids in the author's family.C. One was prepared for the author's grandfather.D. There were five people in the author's family then.4. We can infer from the passage that ______________________.A. the author cannot put up with the decorations nowB. the author has lost the most important thing in her lifeC. the author misses the passed Christmas very muchD. the author always feels sad when thinking of the pastKey：1—4ABACB刘景田文章词数约260词难度★★建议做题用时7分钟Most people think of zoos as safe heavens for animals, where problems such as difficulty finding food and avoiding predators (食肉动物) don't exist. Therefore, animals in zoos should live to a ripe old age.But that may not be true for the largest land animals on Earth. Scientists have known that elephants in zoos often suffer from poor health. They develop diseases and they are even unable to have babies.To learn more about how captivity (圈养) affects elephants, a team of international scientists compared the lifespans of the zoo-born elephants with the lifespans of thousands of wild elephants. They also compared some Asian elephants living in zoos with some Asian elephants which work in logging camps (伐木场), over approximately the same time period.The team found that elephants born in zoos lived an average of 16.9 years, but elephants that died of natural causes lived an average of 56 years. Asian elephants followed a similar pattern. In zoos, they lived 18.9 years, while those in the logging camps lived 41.7 years.Scientists don't yet know why wild elephants seem to live so much better than their zoo-raised counterparts (同类). Georgia Mason, a biologist at the University of Guelph in Canada, who led the study, thinks stress and obesity (肥胖) may be to blame. Zoo elephants don't get the same kind of exercise they would in the wild. Elephants' social lives are also much different in zoos than in the wild, where they live in large family groups.1. Most people believe that ___________________.A. animals in zoos should live a longer lifeB. zoos are not good for animals to live inC. zoos are not suitable for large animalsD. captivity can affect animals in many ways2. The purpose of the international scientists is _______________.A. to compare the lifespans of different animalsB. to find out how captivity affects elephantsC. to learn the lifespans of male and female elephantsD. to compare the lifespans of elephants in different places3. Which elephants live the longest according to the study?A. Elephants born in zoos.B. Elephants that live in the wild.C. Elephants that work in logging camps.D. Female Asian elephants in logging camps.4. We can infer from the passage that ___________________.A. elephants in zoos suffer less stress than those in the wildB. elephants in zoos live an easy lifeC. social lives are not important to elephantsD. zoo life can be stressful to elephants5. What are the advantages to elephants in the wild according to the passage?A. They face fewer problems.B. They can find food more easily.C. They live in large social groups.D. They are freer to move.Key：1—5ABBDCCLOZE杨立军It was early September, 2008. Maybe 1:00 am. I had been downtown with some friends, and they were going off somewhere else. I was ___1___ money, and had to be up early the next morning, so I ___2___ home. I made my way to Bathurst station, and took the bus. I chose my ___3___ seat on the bus. There was another fellow in the back row. Other than us, the bus was ___4___.The bus left the ___5___ shortly after I got on, and began the journey. I noticed the driver looked ___6___ when I got on the bus, but didn't think twice about it. ___7___, the names of the streets we ___8___ were recited over the intercom (内部通话设备). They weren't dull at all. Every stop was cheerfully ___9___. Every name was cheerfully sung.I wondered aloud, "Did he just ___10___ the name of that stop?" My fellow traveler ___11___, "Yes, it ___12___ all the time. Not just this driver, all of them. The weather is warm and all the windows are open, so the drivers get all the fresh air they could want. It'd be ___13___ for a bus driver not to sing the names of the stops." With that, the bus stopped, and the nameless ___14___ stepped off into the night.The bus driver kept up his ___15___. Each stop had its own melody(旋律),and it was a delight to hear the ___16___. "Briar Hill," he sang, and I stepped off the bus, leaving the driver alone. He probably ___17___ his performance to himself.On my way home, I ___18___ the traveler I had met was ___19___. The bus driver didn't need a reason to sing, and he didn't have a reason not to sing. " ___20___ do I," I thought to myself. I began to hum (哼) in the night, occasionally breaking out into song.1. A. fond of B. opposed to C. rich in D. out of2. A. reached B. headed C. missed D. remained3. A. afforded B. matched C. concerned D. preferred4. A. full B. quiet C. empty D. noisy5. A. station B. road C. crowd D. route6. A. interested B. cheerful C. natural D. careful7. A. Besides B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. However8. A. passed B. had C. treated D. built9. A. pointed B. heard C. named D. set10. A. sing B. write C. understand D. read11. A. exchanged B. appealed C. thought D. answered12. A. changes B. happens C. forms D. grows13. A. easy B. good C. odd D. clear14. A. driver B. passer-by C. traveler D. consumer15. A. position B. work C. courage D. performance16. A. calls B. variety C. shows D. news17. A. stopped B. noticed C. continued D. followed18. A. realized B. imagined C. hoped D. admitted19. A. clever B. wrong C. strange D. right20. A. So B. Either C. Neither D. NotKey：1—5DBDCA 6—10BDACA11—15DBCCD 16—20BCADC。