湖北省高考英语二轮专题训练17.doc

二轮专题训练part 1.阅读理解athe city of rome has passed a new law to prevent cruelty to animals. all goldfish bowls are no longer allowed and dog owners must walk their dogs.this comes after a national law was passed to give prison sentences to people who desert cats or dogs.“the civilization of a city can be measured by this,” said monica cirinna, the councilor(议员) behind the new law.“its good to do whatever we can for our animals who in exchange for a little love fill our existence with their attention,” she told a rome newspaper.the newspaper reported that round bowls dont give enough oxygen for fish and may make them go blind.“rome has tried to protect fish more than anywhere else in the world. it stands out for recognizing that fish are interesting animals who deserve(值得) our respect and compassion every bit as much as dogs and cats and other animals,” said karin robertson, a director of the people for the ethical treatment of animals.last year a law was passed in italy that gives people who desert pets big fines(罚款) and prison sentences. since then local governments have added their own animal protection rules.the northern city of turin passed a law in april to give pet owners fines of up to $ 598 if they do not walk their dogs three times a day.the new law in rome also says that owners mustnt leave their dogs in hot cars or cut their dogs tails to make them look lovelier. the law also gives legal recognition to the “cat ladies” who feed homeless cats. the cats live all over the city from ancient ruins to modern office car parks.1the new law passed in rome will _.ahelp improve fishing environment bguarantee better conditions for goldfishcstop people from catching goldfish ddiscourage keeping goldfish at home2people in rome believe that the civilization of a city can be judged by its _.aexchanges with other cities bprotection for ancient ruinscawareness of animal protection drecognition of animal lovers3the underlined word “compassion” in paragraph 6 is the closest in meaning to _.apity bpraise csuppordpopularity4people may break the law in turin if they _.akeep their dogs or cats in cars bfeed homeless animals in car parkscraise their cats near ancient ruins dshut their dogs home all day longba month after hurricane katrina, i returned home in new orleans. there lay my house, reduced to waist-high rains, smelly and dirty. before the trip, id had my car fixed. when the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill, she noticed my louisiana license plate. “you from new orleans?” she asked. i said i was, “no charge,” she said, and firmly shook her head when i reached for my wallet. the next day i went for a haircut, and the same thing happened. as my wife was studying in florida, we decided to move there and tried to find a rental house that we could afford while also paying off a mortgage（抵押贷款）on our ruined house. we looked at many places, but none was satisfactory. wed began to accept that wed have to live in extremely reduced circumstances for a while, when i got a very curious e-mail from a james kennedy in california. hed read some pieces id written about our sufferings for slate, the online magazine, and wanted to give us (“no conditions attached”) a new house across the lake from new orleans. it sounded too good to be true, but i replied, thanking him for his exceptional generosity, that we have no plans to go back. then a poet at the university of florida offered to let his house to me while he went to england on his one-year paid leave. the rent was rather reasonable. i mentioned the poets offer to james kennedy, and the next day he sent a check covering our entire rent for eight months. throughout this painful experience , the kindness of strangers ha s done much to bring back my faith in humanity .its almost worth losing you worldly possessions to be reminded that people are really nice when given half a chance. 5the garage employees attitude toward the author was that of .aunconcern bsympathy cdoubt dtolerance 6what do we know about james kennedy? ahe was a written of an online magazine. bhe was a poet at the university of florida. che offered the author a new house free of charge. dhe learned about the authors sufferings via e-mail. 7. it can be inferred from the text that .athe authors family was in financial difficulty brents were comparatively reasonable despite the disaster chouses were difficult to find in the hurricane-stricken area dthe mortgage on the ruined house was paid off by the bank 8the author learned from his experience that .aworldly possessions can be given up when necessary bgenerosity should be encouraged in some cases cpeople benefit from their sad stories dhuman beings are kind after all. cprinceton universitylocationthe university is in princeton, new jersey. it is an hours train ride south of new york city and an hours train ride north of philadelphia.studentsthere are 4,600 undergraduates (本科生). there are also 1,900 graduate students, but princeton is unusual among universities in having a student body made up largely of undergraduates.facultyprinceton has about 700 full-time faculty members (教员). there are another 300 or so part -time and visiting faculty. all faculty members at princeton are expected to teach and research.degreesprinceton offers two undergraduate degrees: the bachelor (学士) of arts (ab) degree and the bachelor of science in engineering (bse) degree.academic yearall academic year runs from september to late may and lasts two terms (fall and spring). a normal course load is four or five courses per term, although many students take extra courses.residencesprinceton provides housing for all undergraduate students. freshmen and second-year students are required to spend their first two years in one of five colleges. each college has its own dining hall, common rooms and computer centers. fees and expenses (academic year 2004-2005)tuition (学费): $29,910room and board: $ 8,387other expenses (books, telephone, etc.): $ 3,083total: $ 41,3809. how many kinds of faculty members are there in princeton university? a. one. b. two. c. three. d. four.10. in princeton university, an undergraduate will pay at least _ for the academic year 2004-2005 besides tuition.a. $ 41,380 b. $ 52,850 c. $ 11,470 d. $ 8,38711. in what way is princeton university different from other american universities according to the text?a. it has five colleges. b. its students are mainly undergraduates.c. it provides housing for all undergraduate students. d. all the faculty members at princeton are expected to teach and research.12. which of the following is not true?a. princeton offers two undergraduate degrees.b. an academic year lasts about nine months in princeton university. c. undergraduates should spend their first two years in one of five colleges. d. its about an hours train ride from princeton university to the north of new york city.d whoever has made a voyage up the hudson river must remember the catskill mountains. they are a branch of the great appalachian family, and can be seen to the west rising up to a noble height and towering over the surrounding country. when the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their beautiful shapes on the clear evening sky, but sometimes when it is cloudless, gray steam gathers around the top of the mountains which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will shine and light up like a crown of glory (华丽的皇冠). at the foot of these mountains, a traveler may see light smoke going up from a village.in that village, and in one of the houses (which, to tell the exact truth, was sadly time-worn and weather-beaten), there lived many years ago, a simple, good-natured fellow by the name of rip van winkle. rips great weakness was a natural dislike of all kinds of money-making labor. it could not be from lack of diligence (勤劳), for he could sit all day on a wet rock and fish without saying a word, even though he was not encouraged by a single bite. he would carry a gun on his shoulder for hours, walking through woods and fields to shoot a few birds or squirrels. he would never refuse to help a neighbor, even in the roughest work. the women of the village, too, used to employ him to do such little jobs as their less helpful husbands would not do for them. in a word, rip was ready to attend to everybodys business but his own.if left to himself, he would have whistled ( 吹口哨) life away in perfect satisfaction; but his wife was always mad at him for his idleness (懒散). morning, noon, and night, her tongue was endlessly going, so that he was forced to escape to the outside of the house - the only side which, in truth, belongs to a henpecked husband.13. which of the following best describes the catskill mountains?a. they are on the west of