湖北省黄石市高考英语 阅读理解训练题（32）.doc

湖北省黄石市2014高考英语阅读理解训练题（32）及答案 a powerful earthquake struck the northeastern coast of japan at2:46 p.m. local time on march 11th. japans meteorological agency released its first tsunami warnings just three minutes later. the country has one of the best earthquake early warning systems in the world. more than4,000 seismic intensity meters provide information within two minutes of an earthquake happening. there are also concrete sea walls around much of the japanese coastline. but these measures proved no match for the powerful earthquake and tsunami. costas synolakis is a tsunami expert in the university of southern california in los angeles. he says: japan is one of those most well-prepared countries on earth in terms of tsunami warning. they had a warning. i think what went wrong is that they had not anticipated the size of this event.he says there are two reasons for this. first, scientists had not expected such a large earthquake. the9.0 magnitude earthquake was the 4th most powerful earthquake ever recorded worldwide. it was also the worst ever to hit japan. the tsunami waves reached as high as13 meters in some areas.second, japans concrete sea walls were not built to handle such high waves. in sendai(仙台), they were about three meters. at least in that area they were not expecting such a sizeable wave because they would have built a higher seawall. a tsunami wave can travel as fast as800 kilometers per hour. to get to higher ground people would often have to travel for many kilometers. this can take more time than a fast traveling tsunami will permit. this is especially true in cases like japan. the tsunami waves followed almost immediately.experts say early warning systems will continue to be limited by these facts until earthquakes and tsunamis can be predicted. 17. what is the main idea of the first paragraph?a. a powerful earthquake hit japan. b. japan has the best earthquake early warning system. c. japan can report an earthquake before it happens. d. better equipment should have been used. 18. according to costas synolakis, _. a. japan had a warning of such a serious earthquake b. japan has experienced the worst earthquake worldwide c. the japanese should have built higher seawalls d. the japanese were not really prepared for such a disaster 19. according to the writer, why hadnt people got to higher ground? a. because tsunami doesnt leave much time for them. b. because they thought the seawalls were reliable. c. because higher ground cant be reached at all. d. because didnt know there would be a tsunami. 20. what can we learn from the last paragraph? a. early warning systems are basically unreliable. b. earthquakes and tsunamis will soon be predicted. c. we have to accept the imperfect systems for the moment.d. new warning systems will be designed to predict disasters. 17-20 bdac *结束 recently, one of my best friends, whom ive shared just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. since i moved to a new town several years ago, weve both always looked forward to the few times a year when we can see each other. over the weekend, we spent hours and hours, staying up late into the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. she started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he experimented with drugs and was into other self-destructive behavior. i was blown away! she told me how she had been lying to her parents about where she was going and even stealing out to see this guy because they didnt want her around him. no matter how hard i tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didnt believe me. her self-respect seemed to have disappeared. i tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big trouble. i felt like i was getting nowhere. i just couldnt believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend. by the time she left, i was really worried about her and exhausted by the experience. it had been so frustrating, i had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship，but i didnt. i put the power of friendship to the ultimate test. wed been friends for far too long. i had to hope that she valued me enough to know that i was trying to save her from hurting herself. i wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything. a few days later, she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our conversation, and then she told me that she had broken up with her boyfriend. i just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. it was one of the truly rewarding moments in my life. never had i been so proud of a friend.5. in the writers opinion, her friend _. a. was a girl with no self-respect b. could find a better boyfriend c. was brave enough to stick to her own choice d. didnt value the writers suggestion6. what did the writer worry about? a. she would lose the friendship with her. b. her friends parents would be worried about their daughter. c. her friend would get into great trouble with the boy. d. her friends boyfriend would be in great trouble.7. we may learn from paragraph 3 that the writer _. a. didnt want to go anywhere else b. hated her friends hanging with her boyfriendc. couldnt believe that her friends choice was acceptable d. doubted whether she could in any way help her friend8. what can be concluded from the passage? a. friendship starting from childhood is not reliable. b. friendship is a cure for any injury in life. c. friendship should be everlasting once begun. d. friendship can have magical power in life.58 bcdd *结束 psychiatrists (精神病专家) who work with older parents say that maturity can be an asset in child raisingolder parents are more thoughtful, use less physical discipline and spend more time with their children. but raising kids takes money and energy. many older parents find themselves balancing their limited financial resources, declining energy and failing health against the growing demands of an active child. dying and leaving young children is probably the older parents biggest, and often unspoken, fear. having late-life children, says an economics professor, often means parents, particularly fathers, “end up retiring much later.” for many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream. henry metcalf a 54-year-old journalist, knows it takes money to raise kids. but hes also worried that his energy will give out first. sure, he can still ride bikes with his athletic fifth grader, but hes learned that young at heart doesnt mean young. lately hes been taking afternoon naps (午睡) to keep up his energy. “my body is aging,” says metcalf. “you cant get away from that.” often, older parents hear the ticking of another kind of biological clock. therapists who work with middle-aged and older parents say fears about aging are nothing to laugh at. “they worry theyll be mistaken for grandparents, or that theyll need help getting up out of those little chairs in nursery school,” says joann galst, a new york psychologist. but at the core of those little fears there is often a much bigger one: “that they wont be alive long enough to support and protect their child,” she says. many late-life parents, though, say their children came at just the right time. after marrying late and undergoing years of fertilily (受孕) treatment, marilyn nolen and her husband, randy, had twins. “we both wanted children,” says marilyn, who was 55 when she gave birth. the twins have given the couple what they desired for years, “a sense of family.” kids of older dads are often smarter, happier and more sociable because their fathers are more involved in their lives. “the dads are older, more mature,” says dr. silber, “and more ready to focus on parenting.” 13. what does the author mean by saying “for many, retirement becomes an unobtainable dream”（paragraph 1）? a. they are reluctant to retire when they reach their retirement age. b. they cant obtain the retirement benefits they have dreamed of. c. they cant get full pension unless they work some extra years. d. they have to go on working beyond their retirement age. 14. the author gives the example of henry metcalf to show that _ . a. older parents should exercise more to keep up with their athletic children b. many people are young in spirit despite their advanced age c. older parents tend to be concerned about their aging bodies d. taking afternoon naps is a good way to regain energy 15. whats the biggest fear of older parents according to new york psychologist joan galst? a. approaching of death. b. slowing down of their pace of life.c. being laughed at by other people. d. being mistaken for grandparents. 1315、dca*结束 everyone has got two personalities the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. you dont show your secret personality when youre awake because you can control your behaviour, but when youre asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. in a normal night, of course, people frequently change their position. the important position is the one that you go to sleep in.if you go to sleep on your back, youre a very open person. you normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. you dont like to upset people, so you never express your real feelings. youre quite shy and you arent very confident.if you sleep on your stomach, you are a rather secretive person. you worry a lot and youre always easily upset. youre very stubborn, but you arent very ambitious. you usually live for today not for tomorrow. this means that you enjoy having a good time.if you sleep on curled up, you are probably a very nervous person. you have a low opinion of yourself and so youre often defensive. youre shy and you dont normally like meeting people. you prefer to be on your own. youre easily hurt.if you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. you know your strengths and weakness. youre usually careful. you have a confident personality. you sometimes feel anxious, but you dont often get depressed. you always say what you think even if it annoys people.5. according to the writer, you naturally show your secret and real personality _.a.only in a normal nightb.only when you go to sleepc.only when you refuse to show yourself to the worldd.only when you change sleeping position6. maybe you dont want to make friends with a person who sleeps curled up. why?a.he or she would rather be alone than communicate with you.b.he or she is rarely ready to help you.c.he or she prefers staying at home to going out.d.he or she wouldnt like to get help from you.7. it appears that the writer tends to think highly of the person who sleeps on one side because _.a.he or she always shows sympathy for peopleb.he or she is confident, but not stubbornc.he or she has more strengths than weaknessd.he or she often considers annoying people57、b ab*结束 if youre into sports, youve seen it happen. youve probably even experienced it: basketball players shaking hands after four quarters of knocking each other around, tennis players leaping over the net to shake hands with their opponents (对手) after a hard-fought match, soccer players exchanging sport shirts after an intense 90 minutes, even boxers touching gloves at the beginning of each round, then hugging each other after beating each other into a pulp for 12 rounds. it seems like competitors in every event, from spelling bees to hockey, behave this way. whats going on?its all part of sportsmanship, a great tradition in sports and competition that means playing clean and handling both victory and defeat with grace, style, and dignity.what is sportsmanship? sportsmanship is defined as: playing fair, following the rules of the game, respecting the judgment of referees and officials, treating opponents with respect.some people define good sportsmanship as the golden rule of sports - in other words, treating the people you play with and against as youd like to be treated yourself. you demonstrate good sportsmanship when you show respect for yourself, your teammates,