高考英语二轮专题训练 阅读理解60天37.doc

1、阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将黑。AMy husband and children think they are very lucky that they are living and that its Christmas again. They cant see that we live on a dirty street in a dirty house among people who arent much good. But Johnny and children cant see this. What a pity it

2、is that our neighbours have to make happiness out of all this dirt. I decided that my children must get out of this. The money that weve saved isnt nearly enough. The McGaritys have money but they are so proud. They look down upon the poor. The McGarity girl just yesterday stood out there in the str

3、eet eating from a bag of candy(糖果)while a ring of hungry children watched her. I saw those children looking at her and crying in their hearts; and when she couldnt eat any more she threw the rest down the sewer(下水道). Why, is it only because they have money ? There is more to happiness than money in

4、the world, isnt there?Miss Jackson who teaches at the Settlement House isnt rich, but she knows things. She understands people. Her eyes look straight into yours when she talks with you. She can read your mind. Id like to see the children be like Miss Jackson when they grow up. 41. This passage main

5、ly suggests that the writer _.A. is easy to get along with B. is unhappy with the life they are livingC. is good at observing and understandingD. is never pleased with her neigbours42. What do you think of McGarity girl?A. She is proud and hungry.B. She is selfish and cruel.C. She is lonely and frie

6、ndless. D. She is unhappy and misunderstood.43. In this text, the writer tries to tell us that _.A. money is the key to everythingB. the more money you have, the less happy youll be C. there is something more important than moneyD. when talking to people we should look into their eyes44. Pick out th

7、e one that does NOT describe the writers view on money.A. Why, is it only because they have money?B. There is more to happiness than money.C. Miss Jackson isnt rich, but she knows things. D. The money we saved isnt nearly enough.BMr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to esca

8、pe from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape routethrough the boot(行李箱). Mr. Johnsons car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in

9、only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “I couldnt force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.” Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists

10、 by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape. Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer try

11、ing to make someone hear, but no help came.” It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, bu

12、t as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.” His hands and arms cut and bruised(擦伤), Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmers wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a b

13、lanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch. 45. What is the best title for this newspaper article?A. The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet Salesman B.

14、 Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route C. Driver Escapes Through Car Boot D. The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident 46. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?A. The hammer.B. The coin. C. The screw. D. The horn. 47. “Finally it gave” (Paragraph 5) means that

15、_. A. Luckily the door was torn away in the end B. At last the wrench went broken C. The lock came open after all his efforts D. The chance was lost at the last minute 48. It may be inferred from the passage that _. A. the ditch was along a quiet country road B. the accident happened on a clear warm

16、 day C. the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch D. Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended CWith only about 1, 000 pandas left in the world, China is desperately trying to clone(克隆) the animal and save the endangered species(物种). Thats a move similar to what a Texas A & M Univ

17、ersity researchers have been undertaking for the past five years in a project called “Noahs Ark”. Noahs Ark is aimed at collecting eggs, embryos(胚胎), semen and DNA of endangered animals and storing them in liquid nitrogen. If certain species should become extinct, Dr. Duane Kraemer, a professor in T

18、exas A & Ms College of Veterinary Medicine, says there would be enough of the basic building blocks to reintroduce the species in the future. It is estimated that as many as 2, 000 species of mammals, birds reptiles will become extinct in over 100 years. The panda, native only to China, is in danger

19、 of becoming extinct in the next 25 years. This week, Chinese scientists said they grew an embryo by introducing cells from a dead female panda into the egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit. They are now trying to implant the embryo into a host animal. The entire procedure could take from three to f

20、ive years to complete. “The nuclear transfer(核子移植) of one species to another is not easy, and the lack of available(capable of being used) panda eggs could be a major problem,” Kraemer believes. “They will probably have to do several hundred transfers to result in one pregnancy (having a baby). It t

21、akes a long time and its difficult, but this could be groundbreaking science if it works. They are certainly not putting any live pandas at risk, so it is worth the effort,” adds Kraemer, who is one of the leaders of the Project at Texas A& M, the first-ever attempt at cloning a dog. “They are tryin

22、g to do something thats never been done, and this is very similar to our work in Noahs Ark. Were both trying to save animals that face extinction. I certainly appreciate their effort and theres a lot we can learn from what they are attempting to do. Its a research that is very much needed.” 49. The

23、aim of “Noahs Ark” project is to _.A. make efforts to clone the endangered pandasB. save endangered animals from dying outC. collect DNA of endangered animals to studyD. transfer the nuclear of one animal to another50. According to Professor Kraemer, the major problem in cloning pandas would be the

24、lack of _.A. available panda eggsB. host animalsC. qualified researchersD. enough money51. The best title for the passage may be _.A. Chinas Success in Pandas Cloning B. The First Cloned Panda in the World C. Exploring the Possibility to Clone Pandas D. China the Native Place of Pandas Forever52. Fr

25、om the passage we know that _.A. Kraemer and his team have succeeded in cloning a dog B. scientists try to implant a pandas egg into a rabbit C. Kraemer will work with Chinese scientists in clone researches D. about two thousand of species will probably die out in a centuryDThe space shuttle Columbi

26、a flared and broke up in the skies over Texas on Saturday, February 1,2003, killing the seven astronauts on board in what NASA and President Bush called a tragedy for the entire nation. NASA launched an investigation into the disaster and began searching for the astronauts remains. It said that alth

27、ough there had been some data failures it was too early to nail down a precise cause. The break-up, 16 minutes before the shuttle was due to land at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, spread possibly toxic debris(有毒的残骸) over a wide swath of Texas and neighboring states.Dramatic television images of th

28、e shuttles descent clearly showed several white trails(痕迹) streaking through blue skies after the shuttle suddenly fell apart. It was almost 17 years to the day that the Challenger shuttle exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, killing all seven astronauts on board.Take-off and re-entry into Earths atmosphere a

29、re the most dangerous parts of a space mission. In 42 years of US human space flight, there had never been an accident in the descent to Earth or landing. Challenger exploded just after take-off.Rescue teams scrambled to search for the remains of the crew, which included the first Israeli to fly on

30、the shuttle, former combat pilot Col. Ilan Ramon. There were warnings that parts of a vast 120-mile-long corridor of debris could be toxic because of poisonous rocket propellant(推进器).We are not ready to confirm that we have found any human remains, Nacogdoches County Sheriff Thomas Kerrs said. He ad

31、ded that among the roughly 1,000 calls reporting debris, some people said they found remains of crew members.The Columbia is lost. There are no survivors, Their mission was almost complete and we lost them so close to home. Americas space program will go on, said a grim-faced Bush in a message broad

32、cast on television, which included condolences to the families of the dead astronauts.53. The word “descent” in the passage means _.A. taking offB. landing C. orbiting D. walking down54. Which is true of the Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon?A. He was the first Israeli astronaut to fly on the shuttle.B.

33、He was the first foreign astronaut to fly on the American shuttle.C. He used to be a passenger plane pilot.D. He was the only survivor in the Columbia disaster.55. The Columbia disaster and the Challenger disaster were similar in that _.A. there were seven astronauts killed on boardB. both the shutt

34、les exploded when they took offC. Both the shuttles exploded when they were about to landD. no human remains were found56. Which of the following is wrong according to the news?A. The U.S.A. will give up the space program because of the accident.B. NASA hasnt found the cause of the Columbia disaster

35、.C. Before the Columbia disaster, no shuttles had exploded in the course of landing.D. Take-off and re-entry into Earths atmosphere are the most dangerous parts of a space mission. EThe Erie Canal was the first important national waterway built in the US. It crossed New York from Buffalo on Lake Eri

36、e Troy to Albany on the Hudson River. It joined the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. The canal served as a route over which industrial goods could flow into the west, and materials could pour into the east. The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nations largest city.The building of the

37、canal was paid for entirely by the state of New York. It cost $ 7 143 789, but it soon gained its price many times over. Between 1825, when the canal was opened, and 1882, when toll charges(过运河费) were stopped, the state collected $121 461 891.For a hundred years before the Erie was built, people had

38、 been talking about a canal which could join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton. Those who were against the canal laughingly called it “Clintons Ditch(沟)”. Clinton talked and wrote about the canal and drew up pl

39、ans for it. He and Governor Morris went to Washington in 1812 to ask for help for the canal, but they were unsuccessful. Clinton became governor of New York in 1817, and shortly afterwards, on July 4, 1817, broke ground for the canal in Rome, N.Y. The first part of the canal was completed in 1820. A

40、s the canal grew, towns along its course developed fast. The length of the canal is 363 miles.57. We can see that the Erie Canal _. A. joined the Great Lakes togetherB. crossed New York from north to southC. played an important part in developing New York CityD. was the first waterway built in the U

41、S58. It can be inferred that _ into the Atlantic Ocean.A. the Great Lakes flowB. the Hudson River flowsC. Lake Erie flowsD. the Erie Canal flows59. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. The Erie Canal brought profits of over $114, 000, 000.B. Its 363 miles from the Great Lakes t

42、o the Atlantic Ocean.C. The West was more advanced than the East when the canal was built.D. Many other states helped New York built the canal.60. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Clinton broke ground for the canal at both ends.B. Clinton started building the canal before h

43、e became governor.C. All parts of the canal were completed at the same time.D. Construction of the canal took eight years.阅读理解：【答案与解析】本文记述了作者一家所生活的环境以及作者看到一些现象后产生的感想。41. B。主旨题。文章第1段说：他家所住的房子肮脏、街道肮脏，邻居们以脏取乐，作者决定他的孩子一定要远离这一切，由此可推知此题答案为B。42. B。推断题。根据第2段描述：McGarity一个人在很多小孩面前独自吃糖，吃不完时，把剩余的糖扔进下水道，可知此题答案为B

44、。43. C。推断题。从第2段最后一句：世界上有比钱更使人幸福的东西；第3段：Miss Jackson教书，没有很多钱，但知道很多事情而受作者尊敬，可推知此题答案为C。44. D。推断题。选项A、B、C都是作者对钱的看法，而只有选项D是事实，可推知此题答案为D。【答案与解析】本文记述了Mr. Johnson由于车祸被困于水下车内半个小时，最后死里逃生的故事。45. C。主旨题。根据第1段 Mr. Peter Johnsonescape from his trapped carthrough the boot 可归纳出文章的标题为答案C。46. B。细节题。根据第4段 Mr. Johnson 所

45、说的话及他后面所做的事情可推知此题答案为B。47. C。词句理解题。根据其上文 work on the boot lock 及下文 but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in 可推知此题答案为C。48. A。推断题。根据第4段最后一句 but no help came 及最后一段的第一句 Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby 可推知地点是在寂静的农村，此题答案为A。【答案与解析】本文讲述中国正在竭力克隆濒临绝种的熊猫，这和Texas A & M University 的

46、Noahs Ark(诺亚方舟)工程极为相似，都是想拯救濒临灭绝的动物。49. B。语义理解题。从第2段内容可知，“诺亚方舟”工程的目标是把濒临灭绝的动物的蛋(卵)、胚胎、精液和DNA储存在液体氮中，如果某一种动物濒临灭绝时，将来可以重现这一动物。50 A。细节题。从第6段第1句话 The nuclear transfer(核子移植) of one species to another is not easy, and the lack of available (capable of being used ) panda eggs could be a major problem 可以做出正确

47、判断。51. C。主旨题。从文章内容来看，无论是中国还是世界克隆熊猫还没有成功，所以排除A、B项；D项内容明显与文章内容不符，故排除。所以“探索克隆熊猫的可能性”应该是这篇文章的标题。52. D。判断题。此题B项的干扰性较强，但由于它没有说明是Chinese scientists，所以应排除。A、C项明显与原文不符。根据文章第3段第1句可知答案非D莫属。【答案解析】本文讲述了美国航天飞机“哥伦比亚”号失事的情况。53 B。词义推测题。可以参见第三段第二句中的in the decent to Earth，其后or landing 即是对 descent解释。54. A。细节题。从 which i

48、ncluded the first Israeli to fly on the shuttle, former combat pilot Col. Ilan Ramon 中可以知道，Ilan Ramon. 是以色列第一位乘坐航天飞机的宇航员。55. A。推断题。要求你找出这两起灾难的共同点。从文中可以了解到两起灾难都有7位宇航员丧生。“挑战者”号是在升空时失事的，而“哥伦比亚”号是在返回地面的过程中失事的，故可排除B 和 C。而选项 D 与原文不符，故选 A。56. A。判断题。根据Americas space program will go on 我们可以知道选项 A 明显错误。而选项B、C

49、、D均与原文相符。【答案与解析】本文介绍了Erie Canal的作用及修建过程。57. C。细节题。根据文章第1段最后一句The Erie Canal helped New York develop into the nations largest city 及全段内容，可推知此题答案为C。58. B。推断题。根据文章第1段第2句和第3句：运河from Buffalo on Lake Erie Troy to Albany on the Hudson River 横跨了New York 把the Great Lakes和the Atlantic Ocean联系起来了可推知此题答案为B。59 A。推断题。通过比较文章第2段第2句 It cost $ 7, 143, 789 和第2段最后一句中的the state collected $121, 461, 891可推知此题答案为A。60. D。推断题。根据文章最后一段第1句中的on July 4, 1817, broke ground for the canal in Rome, N.Y. 和第2段第2句中的 Between 1825, when the canal was opened 可推知此题答案为D答案简析对话大意：Wang Dong 打电话给他的朋友 Wu Ming 询问是否有“鸡票”（cock year stamp）。