2012届高考英语阅读理解训练 (27)

本资料来源于七 2012 届高考英语阅读理解训练 (27) (一) BDU www. chinadaily. corn. cn / bdu CHINA DAILY LANGUAGE BDUBUSINESS DAILY UPDATE Want to keep well informed about the dynamic (充满活力的) pulse of Chinas economy? Get a glimpse of the most important business activities taking place here every day through Business Daily Update, a service offered by China Daily information via the World Wide Web. Placed under 10 categories, over 25 news items appear each day with the top three events lighted all in English. Business Daily Update is just a few mouse clicks away. Subscribe to BDU for an annual fee of US 240. E-mail and fax services are also available upon request. For more information, please contact Business Daily Update: Tel: (010)64941107,(010)64924488 Fax:+86-10-64941125 E-mail: bdu chinadaily. corn. en Url:http:/www. chinadaily. corn. cn/bdu 1. If you get into BDU, you can _. A. know everything in China B. get all kinds of information in the world C. get the information in China Daily D. get all the information out of China 2. This ad will be very important to _. A. foreign business people B. foreign magazines C. Chinese teachers D. China Daily reporters 3. To get the information from BDU every day, you must_. A. understand newspapers B. recognize the mouse C. know how to operate a computer D. buy a fax machine (二) British scientists are breeding a new generation of rice plants that will be able to grow. in soil containing salt water. Their work may enable abandoned farms to become productive farms once more. Tim Flowers and Tony Yeo, from Sussex Universitys School of Biological Sciences,. have spent several years researching how crops, such as rice, could be made to grow in water that has become salty. The pairs have recently begun a three-year programme, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, to establish which genes enable some plants to survive salty conditions. The aim is to breed this capability into crops, starting with rice. It is estimated that each year more than 10 million hectares (公顷) of agricultural land are lost because salt gets into the soil and stunts(防碍生长) plants. The problem is caused by several factors. In the tropics, mangroves that create swamps (沼泽 ) and traditionally formed barriers to sea water have been cut down. In the Mediterranean, a series of droughts have caused the water table to drop, allowing sea water to seep (渗透) in. In Latin America, irrigation often causes problems when water is evaporated by the heat, leaving, salt deposits behind. Excess salt then enters the plants and prevents them functioning normally. Heavy concentrations of minerals in the plants stop them drawing up the water they need to survive. To overcome these problems. Flowers and Yeo decided to breed rice plants that take in very little salt and store what they do absorb in cells that do not affect the plants growth. They have started to breed these characteristics into a new rice crop, but it will take about eight harvests before the resulting seeds are ready to be considered for commercial use. Once the characteristics for surviving salty soil are known, Flowers and Yeo will try to breed the appropriate genes into all manners of crops and plants. Land that has been abandoned to nature will then be able to bloom again, providing much needed food for the poorer countries of the world. 4. Which of the following statements about Flowers and Yeo is true? A. They are students at Sussex University. B. They are rice breeders. 5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause of the problem discussed in the passage? A. Natural barriers to sea water have been destroyed. B. The water table has gone down after droughts. C. Sea level has been continuously rising. D. Evaporation of water leaves salt behind. 6. The word “affect“ in Paragraph 5 could be best replaced by_. A. influence B. effect C. stop D. present 7. The attitude of the author towards the research project is_. A. positive B. negative C. suspicious D. indifferent （三） A Chilean(智利 ) soap-opera star, a beauty from Ancient Pompeii and a freckled (雀斑的) boyish girl hardly make an average beauty show line-up. The first world-wide digital beauty contest to the surprise of many online fans was won by a woman who is virtually(虚拟) real flesh and bones. “Virtual models are not the anti-real, they are a different representation of reality,” said Franz Cerami, the organiser of Miss Digital World (数 字世界小姐). Each of the contestants had to provide the charming photo of high degrees, with date of birth and body measurements. Chilean Rodolfo Perez Ayala decided that no figure of his imagination could beat the beauty of his wife, Katty Kowaleczko, so he hired artist Flavio Parra to recreate her. Kowaleczko, who plays Paula Sandoval in the popular Latin American soap opera Tentacion, was transformed into Katty-ko and won the digital contest with more than 17,000 online votes. “Im so happy Katty-ko won. I think her strength is her similarity to a real woman-not too luxurious or exposed”, Kowaleczko, 40, told reporters. “Her beauty is in her simplicity.” Kowaleczko was not afraid of being replaced by her 3D clone in movies or theatres, but hoped she would become “a sort of ambassador(使者) of Chilean beauty”. Cerami said Latin American interest in Miss Digital World had greatly increased since Katty- ko joined the contest, which attracted about 3600 entries from countries from Iran to Australia and even from the ancient Roman empire. “Pompea” was the digital reconstruction of a young woman killed by the outbreak of Vesuvius in 79 AD. “She was a slave, but also a rich mans lover. When her body was discovered, many jewels and a bangle(手镯 ) with the writing from the master to his servant girl were found” said Genny Tortora, a professor at the University of Salerno who led Pompeas creative team. Other contestants included Kaya, the most realistic model with digital freckles, pouty (噘起 的) lips and upturned nose. Now, Ceramis dream is to manage a form of virtual beauties, introducing them for calendars, games, ads, and movies. One is even reported to be heading for Playboys front page. 8.The winner in the first Miss Digital World contest was _. A. a star who performed in some soap operas B. a beauty who came from Chilean C. a beauty who was from the ancient Roman empire D. a made-up beauty based on a real woman. 9. Which group of the following are the names for the digital beauties mentioned in the passage? A. Katty-ko, Pompea, Kaya. B. Katty Kowaleczko, Pompea, Playboy. C. Flavio Parra, Genny Tortora, Franz Cerami. D. Rodolfo Perez Ayala, Pompea, Franz Cerami 10. The digital beauty “Pompea” was created by _. A. Genny Tortora B. a group of people C. by a young woman D. a rich man 11. What the organiser of Miss Digital World wants to do next is _. A. sell pictures of beauties for calendars B. hold another contest C. put the digital beauties into practical use. D. start an ads company 【答案与解析】 1. C 细节题。第一段和第二段的第一句话说明了通过 BDU 我们可以了解中国经济的 发展信息和每天在中国发生的有关经济的活动。故选 C。 2. A 推断题。由第一段及第二段可知 BDU 是发布 business information 的，由此推断 对外国商人非常重要。 3. C 推断题。商业信息是通过 the World Wide Web 发布的，所以要会用电脑。 4. D 推断题。从第二段中的 Tim Flowers and Tony Yeo，from Sussex Universitys School of Biological Sciences，have spent several Years researching how crops，可知，他们是 来自大学的老师，他们是搭档，而不是夫妻，所以可以排除 A 项和 C 项；B 项的意思更不 正确。 5. C 细节题。A 项内容与文章中的 traditionally formed barriers to sea water have been cut down 一致，B 项内容与文章中的 a series of droughts have caused the water table to drop 一致， D 项 内容与文章中的 when water is evaporated by the heat 一致，而 C 项内容在文章中根本 没有谈到。 6. A 词义题。我们可以根据句子的意