2011届高考英语阅读理解专练复习题

20114 江苏省届高三英语阅读理解专练（） A Iwoke up with abig headache, and my head felt like it was burning. But I knew Jane was having abig party the weekend after this, and Iknew she’d invite me if Isaw her in school. So Iwas ready for school no matter how Ifelt. My mother said that Ihad atemperature of 101 and that Ishould go back to bed. Itold her Iwould have abig Spanish test Icouldn’t miss. Ialso explained that Iwas working on aproject in social studies and that Ihad to give areport today. But she said that Isounded not just sick, but crazy, and that Ihad better go back to bed. 1What is the real reason the author wants to go to school? ． A. To see Jane. B. To take atest in Spanish. C. To show that he isn’t sick. D. To give areport in social studies. B Several days ago, aBeijing -based IT company fired about 400 people overnight. No one had expected the job cuts, which broke with traditional ways of letting go of workers in China. Moreover, what was special about this case was that the day before the 400 were fired, they all received from their boss agift -the book “Who Moved My Cheese?”. The book -a bestseller in the US -is being used by men and women to deal with changes in their lives and work. Some large organizations, including Coca- Cola, Kodak and General Motors, ask their employees to read it in order to encourage them to be active towards changes. Cheese is something related to everyone’s livelihood -our jobs, the industries we work in, relationships and love as well. With China’s official entry into WTO, the whole nation will face up to more changes and challenges. So what should we do once this “cheese” on which we are so dependent is moved? “Whatever challenges and changes we meet, we should face up to them bravely” Jiang Hengwei, acivil servant said after reading the book. Professor Yang in Renmin University of China agrees. “We should change our way of thinking. The coming competitive foreign companies and products provide us with great chances to learn from them and improve our own products to meet international standards and be more competitive.” “With hard work and wisdom, we will create amuch larger and better piece of cheese. ”Zhang smiled confidently. 2The whole passage is about________. ． A. abestseller in the US B. what people think about China’s entry into the WTO C. people’s attitude toward changes and challenges D. how abook influences the Chinese workers