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高考期末总复习25分钟限时阅读天天练二十一第一部分：阅读表达 （共15分） Statistically, air travel is by far the fastest way to travel and you can make flying even safer just by following these simple rules. As your chances of being involved in an air accident are practically nil(零）,many of these tips concern what you should and shouldnt do to make your journey safer when you are airborne(升空的). *Fly on non-stop routes. Most accidents occur during the take-off, climb, descent and landing phases of a flight, so flying non-stop reduces your exposure to these complicated procedures.来源:高考资源网*_. Although small aircraft have very good safety records, those with more than 30 passenger seats are designed to comply（遵守）with much stricter regulations and are tested more regularly to make sure they still comply. Also, in the unlikely event of a serious accident, lager aircraft provide a better opportunity for passenger survival. *Pay attention to the pre-flight safety briefing(简报).The information may seem repetitious, but its worth listening to the flight attendants. And even if you have flown before, it doesnt mean you know everything about aircraft you are on, such as the location of the closest emergency exit.*Store things safely. Never put very heavy articles in the overhead storage bins. They may fall out when someone opens the bin and cause injury. Also, the bin may not be able to hold heavier objects during turbulence.*Keep your seat belt fastened while you are seated. Cabin crew always tell you this, but its important. You could be seriously injured if the plane hits unexpected turbulence. Always fasten your seat-belt if you are told to. The general rule of flying is this: If you are told to do something ,do it first and ask questions later.*Let the flight attendant pour your hot drinks. Flight attendants are trained to handle hot drinks like coffee or tea in a crowded aisle on a moving aircraft, so allow them to pour the drink and hand it to you. Never ask to take a coffee pot from one of them.1.What is the passage mainly about?( within ten words)_2.Find the sentence which can be replaced by the folowing one? Follow the requirement before getting to know why._3.Fill in the blank with proper words or phrases.(within ten words)_4. What might happen if you insist on pouring hot drinks yourself?( within twenty words)_5.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese._第二部分：阅读理解：（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分） AOne-room schools are part of the United States, and the mention of them makes people feel a vague longing for“the way things were” One-room schools are an endangered species, however . For more than a hundred years one-room schools have been systematically shut down and their students sent away to centralized schools. As recently as 1930 there were 149,000 one-room schools in the United States. By 1970,there were 1,800Today, of the nearly 800 remaining one-room schools，more than 350 are in Nebraska. The rest are scattered through a few other states that have on their road maps wide-spaces between towns.Now that there are hardly any left, educators are beginning to think that maybe there is something yet to be learned from one-room schools something that served the pioneers that might serve as well as today.Progressive educators have come up with progressive-sounding names like “peer-group teaching ”and “multi-age grouping” for educational procedures that occur naturally in the one-room schools. In one-room schools, the children teach each other because the teacher is busy part of the time teaching someone else. A fourth grader can work at a fifth-grade level in math and a third-grade level in English without the shame associated with being left back or the pressures of being skipped ahead. A youngster with a learning disability can find his or her own level without being separated from the other pupils. In larger urban schools today, this is called “mainstreaming” A few hours in a small school that has only one classroom and it becomes clear why so many parents feel it one of the advantages of living in Nebraska that their children have to go to a one-room school.6. According to the text, many educators today feel that one-room schools_A. need to be shut downB. are the best in NebraskaC. are still common in AmericaD. provide good education7. One-room schools are in danger of disappearing because_A. they all exist in only one stateB. they skip too many children aheadC. there is a trend toward centralizationD. there is no fourth-grade level in them8. What is mentioned as a major characteristic of the one-room school?A. Some children have to be left back B. Teachers are always busy C. Pupils have more subjects to study D. leaning is at different grade levels at a time 9. Whats the authors attitude toward one-room schools? A. He praises them.B. He dislikes themC. He shows sympathy.D. He rejects them10 .The last sentence suggests that parents living in Nebraska _A. dont like centralized schoolsB. once studied in one-room schools C. prefer rural life to urban oneD. came from other states of America.B In an effort to prevent parking-lot rainwater from polluting surrounding soil and underground water, the US. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) said on Thursday it has started decade-long test of porous(有空隙的 渗透的) materials to find one that can filter out (滤出)pollutant in rainwater before it flows to its final destination.Parking lot pavement tends to collect chemicals leaked from parked cars. When a heavy rain or snowstorm passes over this area it tends to wash these wastes toward the nearest storm pipe but other times storm pipes are overflowed and runoff keeps flowing until it reaches the nearest land or body of water.At the test site of EPA, the agency has replaced a 3995-square-metre section of parking lot with three different types of porous pavement. Researchers will over time evaluate the effectiveness of each pavement type in removing pollutants from stormwater, and how they help water filter back into the ground This longterm porous pavement research is part of the agencys Green Instruction Research Program and expected to let the EPA document the performance and functions of three porous pavement systems at the same site，according to an EPA document describing the studyEach of, the monitored porous pavement parking rows has sections lined with an impermeable(不透水的) material to collect the infiltrating(渗漏)water as well as sections that infiltrate into the underlying soil . Each impermeable section has a pipe that draws the accumulated runoff through pipes under the roadway to a collection tank to the side of the lot Pollution runoff from hard surfaces remains a complex problem, an EPA spokesmansays. In urban areas, polluted runoff often flows pavement into storm pipes. “When heavy rain events occur, polluted water is often let out into rivers streams and oceans through events called combined sewer(下水道)overflows, he says11. What is the passage mainly about? A. EPAs new plan to prevent disordered car parking.B. An experiment dealing with polluted parking lot rainwaterC. New materials to be used to make hard pavementD. EPAs new rules to instruct parking and pavement12. What is the agency trying to find out according to the text?A. what can be used to filter out pollutants in rainwaterB. Which type of pavement is effectiveC. How the porous pavement helps rain infiltrate into soi1D. All the above aspects are included 13. In city areas polluted pavement rainwater usually_A. flows into storm pipes.B. infiltrate into underground soilC. flows to water-cleaning factories. D. is not allowed to run into sewers14. What does the underlined word“monitor”mean according to the context?A. exploreB. observeC. head student of a classD. head of the agency15.“combined sewer overflows, means _in the text.A. river water flowing into cities B. too much rain water flowing into sewers.C. ocean water getting polluted by rainD. too much rain water flowing into rivers语言知识点滴积累 New words New phrases New sentences参考答案1.Air safety tips./How to make your flying safe./Dos and donts to make air travel safer.2.两句话中关键词对应点：before 和 first 及 later。 If you are told to do something, do it first and ask questions later.3.Choose larger aircraft.4.依据文章最后一段可找出答案。 You might hurt yourself with spoiled hot drinks on a moving aircraft.5.注意fly non-stop的翻译. 大多数事故都是在飞机起飞，攀升，降落和着陆时发生的，所以乘坐直达航班会减少这些复杂的过程。6-10 DCDAA 11-15 BDABB2010届高考期末总复习25分钟限时阅读天天练二十二第一部分：阅读表达 （共15分） Safety in the highway is not totally out of hands. Here are four ways we can protect ourselves when we travel.You are safer in a large car. People in small cars are injured more often and more severely than people traveling in large cars. Factories of small cars are strengthening their products safety, which helps. But the mix of large cars and small cars on the road is the main reason of the problem. Being thrown into glass and metal car parts, or being thrown from the car, can really damage to you. Thats why safety belts should be worn. The safety belts main purpose is _if your car has a sudden crash with another vehicle or object, or if it rolls over. A belt can reduce the chance of fatal injury by 45% and the chance of serious injury by 50%. Air bags are important. More than half of all new cars sold have air bags. Air bags provide protection in frontal（正面的）crashesthe type of crash that kills the most driverswhen they are also wearing safety belts. Most people are demanding air bags in the cars they buy. But the protection provided by air bags is limited in side or rear crashes; effective as they are, they cant take the place of safety belts. Drunk driving crashes are less likely to happen if you dont drink. Drunk driving is the most serious problem. Many people have realized that drunk driving can lead to death and injury, prison time and other results. There are movements to strengthen penalties(处罚) for drinking and driving.1What is the main idea of the passage? (Please answer within 10 words.)_ 2Which of the sentences in the passage can be replaced by the following one?Although they are effective, you should still wear your safety belts while driving._ _ 3Please fill in the blank with proper words to make the sentence completed. (Please answer within 6 words.) _ 4Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese._ _ 5What other suggestions can you offer? why? (Please answer within 30 words.)_ _ 第二部分：阅读理解：（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分） AComputers are helpful because they offer a wide range of functions and services that are not available anywhere else. There are four main uses: word processing, Internet/ communications, digital video/ audio composition, and desktop publishing.The word processing capabilities of computers are amazing. They can automatically correct your spelling and grammar mistakes. The cutting and pasting features are incredibly simple and very useful for revision. Having a digital backup is an added benefit. All of these things help writers get the job done. With desktop publishing, you can create page layouts（页面部局）for entire books on your home computer.The Internet is one of the greatest inventions created by humans. It is a huge network of computers, each with the ability to contact any of the others. Vast amounts of information can be found on the Internet. It is the ultimate form of media, a combination of newspaper, radio and television. Using the Internet, any two people anywhere can communicate for free, whether it is by text or voice. New uses are being found for the Internet every day.Audio/ video editing and composition have been made much easier by computers. Cutting and pasting no longer involve using scissors and tape on large reels of film. It no longer costs thousands of dollars of equipment to make a film or to compose music. Now musicians can compose their own songs and publish them without having to obtain a record contract. Film-makers can produce work from their own homes. Anybody who owns a computer can now enter the field of media production.Internet/ communications, digital video and audio composition, and desktop publishing are features only offered on computers. With the aid of computers, humankind is entering a new era of civilization.6. This passage is mainly talking about _.A. amazing word processing capabilities B. the new era of civilizationC. the ultimate form of media D. main uses of computers7. According to the passage, which of the following uses have the features of easy cutting and pasting?A. Internet/ communications and audio/ video compositionB. Word processing and desktop publishing.C. Audio/ video editing and composition.D. Audio/ video editing and word processing.8. As used in the third paragraph, the word “ultimate” is closest in meaning to “_”.A. original B. best C. basic D. extreme9. In which of the following patterns of organization is this passage w ritten?A. Introduction, listing of main features, conclusion.B. Effect, analysis of causes, conclusion.C. Topic, listing of examples, restatement of the topic.D. Argument, contrasting opinions, authors attitude.10. We can infer from the conclusion of the passage that _.A. computers will in time bring human beings into a new eraB. computers will fully control the human societyC. the computers become more and more popular in our life.D. the 21st century will be an age of computersBThe USA, New York Whales and dolphins are facing increasing threats from climate change, according to a new report published by WWF and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society（WDCS）.The report “Whales in hot water?” draws attention to the growing impacts of climate change on whales. They range from changes in sea temperature and the freshening of the seawater because of the melting of ice and increased rainfalls, to a sea level rise, loss of icy polar habitats and the decline of krill populations in key areas. Krill, a tiny shrimp that is dependent on sea ice, is the main source of food for many of the great whales.The speeding up of climate change adds greatly to trouble from other human activities, such as chemical and noise pollution, which kills some 1000 whales every day.“Whales and dolphins have an ability to adapt to their changing environment,” said Mark Simmonds, International Director of Science at WDCS. “But the climate is now changing at such a fast pace that it is unclear to what extent whales and dolphins will be able to adjust.”Climate change impacts are currently greatest in the Arctic and the Antarctic. According to the report, cetaceans that rely on polar, icy waters for their home and food resources are likely to be greatly affected by the reduction of sea ice cover.WDCS and WWF are urging governments to cut global production of CO2 by at least 50 percent by the middle of this century. The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change showed it was possible to stop global warming if the worlds emissions start to decline before 2015.11. Whats the type of literature of this passage?A. Story B. Announcement. C. News D. Novel12. From the passage, we can learn that whales mainly feed on _ .A. dolphins B.krill C. sea horses D. sharks13. Which of the following has the same meaning as the underlined word “decline”?A. increase B. reduce C. rise D. fall14. In what place is climate change greatest?A. The pacific ocean B. Asia.C. Two polar areas. D. Equator.15. Which of the following is not right according to the passage?A. Climate change will lead to the changes in sea temperature.B. Climate change will result in the freshening of the sea water.C. Climate change will have a bad effect on human activities and whales.D. Human beings will forever have no ability to stop global warming语言知识点滴积累 New words New phrases New sentences参考答案1How to protect ourselves when we travel.(关键词： protect, travel)2Effective as they are, they cant take the place of safety belts.3to pull you back/keep you in place(安全带的作用就是拉住你或使你固定在原来的位置，keep you safe 或protect you较为笼统可以适当给分)4许多人已经认识到醉酒驾车可以导致死亡或者受伤，入狱和其它后果。（注意学生使用汉语语言的准确性，得体性和灵活性。）5Never drive too fast .(1分)Because speeding can lead to crashes and cost us our lives.（2分）（答案不唯一，但学生必须表明观点，并陈述理由。评分时着重考虑学生的语言运用能力。）610 DDBAC 1115 CBDCD2010届高考期末总复习25分钟限时阅读天天练二十三第一部分：阅读表达 （共15分） One thing Britain is famous for is pubs, and no trip to the UK would be