2013高考英语二轮阅读理解精选(28)外研版.doc

2013高考英语二轮阅读理解精选（28）及答案AObama Still Smokes in SecretUS President Barack Obama has just made life more difficult for cigarette makersHe has just signed a law that will set tough new rules for the tobacco industryThe new law gives the US Food and Drug Administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco productsAt a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said that he was among the nearly 90% of smokers who took up the habit before their 18 th birthdayObama, who has publicly struggled to give up smoking, said he still hadnt completely kicked the habitEvery now and then he still smokes in secret“As a former smoker I struggle with it all the timeDo I still smoke sometimes? YesAm I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No” Obama said at a news conference“I don t do it in front of my ladsI don t do it in front of my familyI would say that I am 95% cured, but there are times when I mess up, he saidOnce you go down this path, it s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law is so importantThe new law is not about me, it s about the next generation of kids coming upWhat we don t want is kids going down that path, he saidNearly 20% of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United States due to cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases41The new law makes life difficult for AObama Btobacco industry CWhite House DUS Food and Drug Administration42What do we know about Obama? AHe no longer smokes BHe still smokes as usual CHe began to smoke at eighteenDHe is trying hard to give up smoking43.According to the passage, Obama is most concerned about Achildren Bofficials Chis family DbusinessmenBThanks a Million, Dad I was born disabledA difficult birth, feet first, my head stuckBy my first birthday, I couldnt stand or walkWhen I was three, the doctor told dad I had cerebral palsy （脑瘫）A loss of oxygen to my brain had destroyed brain signals to the right side of my body But no son of my dad s was going to be disabledEvery morning before breakfast and every evening before bed, my dad placed me on the bedroom floor to exercise my right legThe muscles were shrunk and twisted togetherBack and forth up and down, my dad pushed and pulled the muscles into shape But my dad s exercise of passion didnt stop thereFor my 13th birthday, he threw me a special partyWhen everybody was gone, he brought me to open a large box, it was a-set of boxing glovesWe put them onMy dad kept on beating me mercilesslyEach time I tried to get up, leather kissed my nose, eyes and jawI begged him to stopHe said he beat me to get me ready for the tough world That same year, I was the only kid in my neighbourhood that wasnt picked for Little LeagueTwo weeks laterDad started the Shedd Park Minor League, and every kid playedDad coached us and made me a pitcher （棒球投手）The power of my dad s love guaranteed I walked and moreIn high school, I became a football star In 1997, a brain surgeon in San Jose told me I didnt t have cerebral palsy after allHe explained how and where the doctor s forceps （镊子） at birth had damaged my brainMy dad never knew the whole truth since he passed away years agoBut all that counts is the bottom lineAfter all his madness, on this Father s Day, like every Father s Day, I m no longer disabled44What caused the author s disability? AA failed operation BThe doctors forceps CAn accident in a game DShrunken and twisted muscles55What do we learn from the passage? AThe author has a talent for boxing BThe author achieved a lot thanks to his father s love CThe author became a baseball star with the help of his father DThe author doesnt think his father should be so strict with him46Paragraph 3 suggests that the author s father_ Awouldnt give up hope easily Bbelieved his son was a normal child Cblamed the doctors for his son s disability Dcouldnt accept the truth that his son was disabled47The author wrote the passage to _ Aremember his father Bencourage disabled children Cshow the difficulty the disabled face Dgive advice to the parents of disabled children CAt night, bats fly through the air, catching hundreds of insects and other small animals. But during the day, they hardly move at all. Instead, bats pass the time hanging upside down from a secret spot.There are a couple of reasons why bats rest this way. First of all, it puts them in a position for takeoff. Unlike birds, bats cant fly into the air from the ground. Their wings dont produce enough lift to take off from a dead stop, and their hind legs are so small and underdeveloped that they cant run to build up the necessary takeoff speed. Instead, they use their front claws to climb to a high spot, and then fall into flight.During the hours when most enemies are active, bats gather where few animals would think to look and most cant reach. This allows them to disappear from the world until night comes again. Theres also little competition for these resting spots, as other flying animals dont have the ability to hang upside down. Bats have a unique physiological adaptation that lets them hang around this way without using any energy. For you to hold your fist around an object tight, you contract（紧缩）several muscles in your arm, which are connected to your fingers by tendons（腱）；as one muscle contracts, it pulls a tendon, which pulls one of your fingers closed. A bats talons（爪）close in the same way, except that their tendons are connected only to the upper body, not to a muscle. To hang upside down, a bat pulls its claws open with other muscles. To get the talons to take hold of the surface, the bat simply lets its body relax. The weight of the upper body pulls down on the tendons connected to the talons, causing them to hold tight. Therefore, the bat doesnt have to do anything to hang upside down.48. Bats hang upside down because_A. they havent developed a pair of strong clawsB. they cant start to fly from the ground directlyC. they have no hind legs to support their body D. they cant find quiet places to stay during the day49. The third paragraph tells us that bats hanging upside down_.A. is to save their energy for night movement B. is a way to fight against flying animalsC. is a great way to hide from danger D. is a skill to compete for the flying places50. Why can bats hang upside down easily?A. Because their upper body is light.B. Because they have strong muscles.C. Because their talons are linked to muscles tightly.D. Because their tendons are linked to their upper body.51. What is the passage mainly about?A. The living habits of bats. B. How and why bats hang upside down.C. The importance of bats hanging upside down. D. How bats use their energy at night. D When a child is told he is uncool, it can be very painful. He may say he doesnt care, and even act in ways that are opposite of cool on purpose. But ultimately, these are simply ways to handle sadness by pretending its not there. Helping a child feel better in school had to be careful. If you say, Why are you worried about what other children think about you? It doesnt matter! children know that it does matter. Instead, an active way may be best. You could say, Im going to do a couple of things for you to help you feel better in school. If a boy is having trouble making friends, the teacher can help him. The teacher can arrange things so that he has chances to use his abilities to contribute to class projects. This is how the other children learn how to value his good qualities and to like him. A teacher can also raise a childs popularity in the group by showing that he values that child. It even helps to put him in a seat next to a very popular child, or let him be a partner with that child in activities, etc. There are things that parents can do at home, too. Be friendly when your child brings others home to play. Encourage him to invite friends to meals and then serve the dishes they consider super. When you plan trips, picnics, movies, and other shows, invite another child with whom your child wants to be friends. What you can do is to give him a chance to join a group that may be shutting him out. Then, if he has good qualities, he can start to build real friendship of his own.52. A child who has been informed of being uncool may _. A. care nothing about it B. develop a sense of anger C. do something uncool purposely D. pretend to get hurt very much53. A teacher can help an unpopular child by _. A. seeing the child as the teachers favourite B. asking the child to do something for partners C. forcing other children to make friends with the child D. offering the child chances to show his good qualities54. How can parents help their child fit in better? A. By cooking delicious food for him. B. By being kind to his schoolmates. C. By forcing him to invite friends home. D. By taking him to have picnics in the park.55. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Children doesnt care others comments on them. B. Its only teachers work to make children popular. C. Parents should take their children out for picnic and shows more often. D. Inviting childrens friends to family activities is good for them to make friends.56.The passage mainly talks about _. A. how to help an unpopular child B. why some children are unpopular C. who is responsible for unpopular children D. how to find out good points of unpopular children EADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia One of the worlds most famous fossils (化石) the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton (骨骼) unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 will go on an exhibition tour abroad for the first time in the United States, officials said Tuesday.Even the Ethiopian public has only seen Lucy twice. The Lucy on exhibition at the Ethiopian National Museum in the capital, Addis Ababa, is a replica while the real remains are usually locked in a secret storeroom. A team from the Museum of National Science in Houston, Texas, spent four years discussing with the Ethiopians for the U.S. tour, which will start in Houston n