2015年北京海淀高三一模理科全套试题及答案(7)

problem. That was a big mistake.

Brian Pawloski is the hardest-working coach I have ever met. He didn’t expect 100%

effort, he expected 200% effort. One example: he once made us do 40 suicide drills for the 40 lay-ups (投篮) we missed in a game. Some think this is crazy, but it isn’t. After this

conditioning practice, as we were getting a cup of cold water to drink, I said, ―coach, that was the best practice I ever had.‖ I was completely sincere. This man was and is the person who influenced me most at my high school. He expects us to be excellent not just on the court but in the classroom. If I am not working on basketball, I am reading a book that he thinks will help us better understand life’s challenges, including Wooden, Coach, and The Screwtape Letters.

In the first two years I slacked off, not putting forth my full potential. Now, unlike the coaches of my youth, this man was interested in how he did off the court. He always made sure I kept up with my studies and was able to be trusted. I can honestly say that on other coach has given me so much advice on how to succeed in basketball, but more importantly, in life. My school is lucky to have such a great person to teach, coach and influence their

students. I will always remember my high-school basketball days as one of the hardest times I have ever worked in my life not only in basketball but in my growth as an individual. 60. Different from other coaches, Coach Brian ________. A. concentrated on skill training

B. trained the team to the edge of death

C. expected the team to do well in their studies D. asked the team to do more reading than training

61. The underlined phrase ―slacked off‖ in the last paragraph probably means ________. A. paid no attention B. showed no interest C. had less passion D. made less effort

62. In the author’s eye, Coach Brian is ________. A. strict and helpful B. hardworking and honest C. skilled and cruel D. professional and serious C

As we grow old, we realize that we have so little time to read and there are so many great books that we’ve yet to get around to. Ye re-readers are everywhere around us. For certain fans, re-reading The Lord of the Rings is a conventional practice annually. One friend told me that Jane Austen’s Emma can still surprise him, despite his having read it over 50 times. New sudden clear understandings can be gained from the process of re-reading.

Journalist Rebacca Mead, a long-time Englishwoman in New York, first came across George Eliot’s Middlemarch at 17. Since then, she has read it again every five years. With each re-reading, it has opened up further; in each chapter of her life, it has resonated (引起共鸣) differently. Mead evidenced the large number of ways in which really good books not only stand the test of repeat reads, but also offer fresh gifts each time we crack their spines. These

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kinds of books grow with us.

Scientists have also recognized the mental health benefits of re-reading. Research

conducted with readers in the US found that on our first reading, we are concerned with the ―what‖ and the ―why‖. Second time round, we’re able to better appreciate the emotions that the plot continues to express. As researcher Cristel Russell of the American University explained, returning to a book ―brings new or renewed appreciation of both the great book and its readers.‖

It’s true that we often find former selves on the pages of old books (if we’re fond of

making notes on the pages). These texts can carry us back to a time and place, and remind us of the kind of person that we were then. We’re changed not only by lived experience but also by read experience – by the books that we’ve discovered since last reading the one in our hand.

More so than the movie director or the musician, the writer calls upon our imaginations, using words to lead us to picture this declaration of love or that unfaithfulness in life. A book is a joint project between writers and readers, and we must pour so much of ourselves into reading that our own life story can become connected with the story in the book.

Perhaps what’s really strange is that we don’t re-read more often. After all, we watch our favourite films again and we wouldn’t think of listening to an album only once. We treasure messy old paintings as objects, yet of all art forms, literature alone is a largely one-time delight. A book, of course, takes up more time, but as Mead confirms, the rewards make it adequately worthwhile.

63. The two books are mentioned in Paragraph 1 mainly to __________. A. attract the attention of readers B. introduce the topic of the passage C. provide some background information D. show the similarity between re-readers

64. The underlined expression ―crack their spines‖ in Paragraph 2 refers to ________. A. recite them B. re-read them C. recall them D. retell them 65. It can be learned from the passage that __________. A. reading benefits people both mentally and physically B. readers mainly focus on feelings on their first reading C. we know ourselves better through re-reading experience D. writers inspire the same imaginations as film directors do 66. The purpose of the passage is to __________. A. call on different understandings of old books B. focus on the mental health benefits of reading C. bring awareness to the significance of re-reading D. introduce the effective ways of re-reading old books D

Every day we are exposed to images, videos, music and news. In this age of visual and aural hyper-stimulation, the medium of radio is making a great comeback.

―We’re at the beginning of a golden age of audio,‖ said US-based podcaster Alex

Blumberg in an article in The Sydney Morning Herald. In the last month alone, 15 percent of

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