四川省仁寿县城北教学点2012届高三英语阅读理解限时训练（19）.doc

1、高三英语阅读理解限时训练（19）ALast April, on a visit to the new Mall of America near Minneapolis, I carried with me a small book provided for the reporters by the public relations officeIt included a variety of “fun facts about the mall, for example, 140,000 hot dogs are sold each week, there are 10,000 full tim

2、e jobs, 44 sets of moving stairs and 17 lifts, 12,750 parking places, 13,000 tons of steel and $ 1 million is drawn weekly from 8 ATMs Opened in the summer of 1992, the mall was built where the former Minneapolis Stadium had beenIt was only a five - minute drive from the Minneapolis StPaul Internati

3、onal AirportWith 4.2 million square feet of floor space - twenty - two times the size of the average American shopping center - the Mail of America was the largest shopping and family recreation center under one roof in the United StatesI know already that the Mall of America had been imagined by it

4、s designers, not only as a marketplace , but as a national tourist attractionEleven thousand articles, the small book informed me, had been written about the mallFour hundred trees had been planted in its gardens, $ 625 million had been spent building it, and 350 stores were already in businessThree

5、 thousand bus tours were expected each year along with a half - million Canadian visitors and 200,000 Japanese tourists. Sales was at $ 650 million for 2008 and at $ 1 billion for 2009Pop singers and film stars such as Janet Jackson and Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the mallIt was five times larger

6、than Red Square and it included 23 miles of hallways and used almost twice as Knott s Camp Snoopy41From the text we know that the Mall of America is _Anear an old stadium Bclose to an airportChigher than the Eiffel Tower Dbigger than most American parks42By saying fun facts in paragraph 1, the autho

7、r means that _Athey are largely imagined Bthey are surprising figuresCthey give exact descriptions Dthey make people feel uneasy43Why does the author mention popular stars who have been to the mall?ATo show its power of attractionBTo show that few rich people like to shop thereCTo tell the public ab

8、out a new movie being made about itDTo tell people that they have chances of meeting famous stars there44We can infer from the text that _AJapanese visitors are most welcome to the mallBCanadian visitors would spend $ 1 billion at the mailCKnotts Camp Snoopy was next to the Mall of AmericaDthe Mall

9、of America was designed to serve more than one purposeB（BBC World Service） Two separate surveys suggest that Britain s teenagers are amongst the heaviest drug - users and drinkers in EuropeThe British government has introduced a number of measures to deal with the use and supply of drugs, particular

10、ly among young peopleThe European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs infervt6wed 15 and 16 year olds in 35 countries26% of boys and 29% of girls in the UK had been addicted to uncontrolled drinking at least three times in the previous monthIn the same survey, 42% of boys and 35% of gir

11、ls admitted they had tried illegal drugs at least onceAccording to another survey, by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, two in five 15 - year - olds in the UK have tried cannabis（大麻）This number is higher than anywhere else in EuropeThe UK has also the common highest number

12、 of young cocaine （可卡因） users, together with SpainThe British government has recently made new plans to fight the problem of drug abuse in the United Kingdom, also among teenagersAccording to the new proposals, young offenders will have to attend drug treatment as part of community serviceBritish po

13、lice will be able to give people blood tests for drugs when they arrest them, not just when they charge them with an offenceDrug sellers working near a school or using children to help sell drugs will face tougher penalties （处罚）But schools also try to fight the problem of drug use themselvesAt the b

14、eginning of 2005 a British state school has introduced for the first time random drug testingStudents from a school in Kent will have mouth swabs （棉签） taken to discover drug useEach week 20 names will be selected by computer and the swabs sent off to a drug testing laboratoryResults will be availabl

15、e three days laterThe school s head teacher says that no child will be tested against his or her wishesChildren who test positive will not be forced to leave the school, but those who sell drugs will45From the surveys, we learn that in Europe only the UK has the highest number of _Athe teenagers who

16、 have used cocaineBthe 15 -year -olds who have tried cannabisCthe girls who have been addicted to drinkingDthe boys who have tried illegal drugs at least once46What can be inferred according to the passage?AThe UK has the highest number of drug usersBDrug sellers use students to sell drugs for themC

17、British police cant give people blood tests for drugsDAny student will be given drug tests whether he likes it or not47What does the underlined phrase random drug testing in the last paragraph mean?ATesting alcoholic - drinking students on purposeBSelecting students for drug testing irregularlyCSele

18、cting young offenders for drug testingDTesting particular students for pleasure48Whats the best title for this passage?ADrugs in EuropeBBritains TeenagersCTeenagers and Drugs DIllegal Drugs in BritainCIts almost time to head back to school, and well, it s never too early to start shopping for those

19、school suppliesIf you have some extra cash left over after shopping for backpacks and number two pencils, then treat your kid to some cool electronics you can borrow from them laterAcer Aspire One: Netbooks are great for many reasonsParents will love them because theyre extremely affordable and ligh

20、t compared to the average laptopThey re also ideal for students who don t quite need a computer but want one to do research, check email, or just surf the WebYou can find a black or white version for the low price of $ 99Fuji Fine Pix Z20fd: This sub - $ 200 digital camera is the perfect thing for a

21、ny high school studentAvailable in five eye -catching colors, the Fine Pix Z20fd is a 10 - megapixel （兆像素） cameraMedia kids will appreciate the camera? s blog and auction mode that lets users transfer pictures between cameras, as well as the one touch movie recording option that allows them to edit

22、movies before sharing them onlineThis is certainly an affordable camera for photo - lovers of any age Mimobot: USB flash drives are all pretty much the same, but if you want to treat your teen to a hip flash drive, check out MomobotcornEach drive is packed with cool wallpaper, digital magazines, and

23、 so onYou can find them in 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities （容量） at the price of $35- $100Samsung S2: Regardless of what your teen may tell you, there are other music players out there packed with plenty of great featuresSamsung s S2 MP3 player is nice enough to wear around the neck and small enough

24、 to take to the gymIt is available in five colors （red, black, white, purple, and green） , comes in capacities of 1GB or 2GB, and is available for the low price of $40 or less49What is probably the best tide for the passage?AGift Ideas for High School StudentsBNew Products for TeachersCBest Choices

25、for ParentsDRare Gifts for Teenagers50Which of the following pictures is a model of Acer Aspire One?51According to the passage, which of the following is the most expensive?AFuji Fine Pix Z20fd BAcer Aspire OneCMimobot DSamsung S252The passage is probably taken from a _Areport Bscience book Ctextboo

26、k DnewspaperEEveryone knows how the story of Cinderella ends, but did you ever really think about how she spent her days before she met the prince? Her daily routine was not fascinatingShe did everything from sweeping the floor to cooking the mealsIf someone had asked Cinderella, “Are there any kind

27、s of household work that you particularly hate?” she probably would have answered, “Why, none, of courseHousework is my duty! In the real world, however, most people have definite dislikes for certain sorts of household workTwo of these tasks are ironing clothes and washing dishesIroning clothes is

28、most hated because it is not a task that can be completed quickly or thoughtlessly. Each piece of clothing must be handled individually, so ironing a basket of laundry can take hours! After ironing a piece of clothing with great caution, which-requires smoothing out the fabric, and following the sea

29、ms （线缝） ,you need to place it on a hanger as soon as possibleIf you do not follow these directions carefully, it might become wrinkled （有皱纹的） and you have to start overPerhaps that is why ironing is not a favorite thing to doIt calls for extreme attention to detail from beginning to endAnother house

30、hold job that many people dislike is washing dishesOf course, some people claim that this work is no longer a problem because we have dishwashers now! However, no one would argue that dishes, silverware, and especially pots and pans washed in a dishwasher dont come out as clean as they do when washe

31、d by handFor this reason, many of us continues to wash our dishes by hand, but we are not necessarily happy doing itCleaning dishes is a job that not only takes a lot of energy but also requires the patience to wash and dry themIn addition, unlike ironing clothes, washing dishes is a thing that usua

32、lly must be done every dayI dont know how Cinderella felt about this particular task, but I believe that most people hate it as much as I do53Why do most people hate to do clothes - ironing?ABecause it has to be done by one personBBecause it must be handled skillfullyCBecause it involves careful pla

33、nning DBecause it is time - consuming54To avoid ironing the clothes over again, one should _Aknow how to iron certain clothes material Bspare no care through all the proceduresCfind some proper hangers for the ironed Dpay special attention to the seams55Many people still prefer washing dishes by han

34、d to machine washing because _Ahand - washed dishes are cleanerBwashing dishes by hand is cheaperCdishwashers are not so easily handledDsome dishes cannot be machine washed56In which way is ironing different from dishwashing?AIt is not a daily routineBIt demands less careCIt requires patienceDIt is

35、not laboriousEOver two hundred years ago, Adam Smith introduced some ideas which brought about a world revolutionIf we enjoy a high standard of living in modem society, we owe much to this Scottish economist and philosopherIf we enjoy driving in beautiful cars, wearing fashionable shoes, or flying a

36、way to distant places for exciting holidays, we should perhaps pay thanks to the man who made it all possibleWhat was Adam Smiths contribution? Like so many ideas which have surprising effects, his was a simple oneHe watched workers practicing their craft（工艺） of pi11 makingOne man would heat the str

37、ip of metal, stretch it out, cut off a suitable length, shape it, cool it and finally smooth and shine itSmith drew attention to the advantages which could be gained if these various tasks were performed by different workersLet one be responsible for preparing the metalAnother for stretching and cut

38、tingAnother for shapingAnother for finishingHe described the technique as the Division of Labor; in this way workers repeat the same actions again and againSmith made the world believe that specialization could solve the problem of poverty and wantWhat was the result? The Industrial RevolutionProduc

39、tivity was greatly increasedFor Britain, where the revolution started, there was a prosperity which made it the richest country in the nineteenth centuryBritish trains and railway lines spread out like a spiders web across the world British ships were used to carry the new goods from one comer of th

40、e world to anotherThe revolution is not overIt is still with us, but now it is a worldwide phenomenon （现象） Everywhere, factories are producing large numbers of similar products, and are in continuous productionWhat were called mass - production lines yesterday are called robotic productions todayThe

41、 pace of change is increasingAnd if these techniques have brought us prosperity, they have also brought us a little misery in overcrowded towns, boring jobs and, most of all, unemployment57What would be the best tide for the text?AThe Causes of Industrial RevolutionBAdam Smith, the Economist and Phi

42、losopherCThe Industrial Revolution and Its SignificanceDThe Theory of Division of Labor and Its Significance58We should be grateful to Adam Smith because _Ahis ideas made it possible for people to improve their lives?Bhe invented a more efficient way of pin makingChe brought to people a high standar

43、d of livingDhe started the industrial revolution59Which of the following is true according to the text?AThe Division of Labor makes work more interestingBAdam Smith insisted that each worker be better paidCSpecialization could solve the problem of unemploymentDAdam Smith put forward the idea of the Division of Labor60We can learn from the text that the Industrial Revolution .Aled to Adam Smiths idea of specializationBwas finished in the nineteenth centuryCalso has its side effects in societyDput an end to poverty in the world高考资源网独家精品资源，欢迎下载！高考资源网Ks5uK&S%5#UKs5uKs%U高考资源网高考资源网高考资源网