湖北省黄冈市高考英语一轮 阅读理解精品训练题（15）（含解析）.doc

黄冈市2014高考英语一轮（精品）阅读理解训练题（15）附解析if you were a pilot flying a plane, and suddenly the engine failed, would you eject(跳出), or stay in? for a pilot, the choice is very difficult. if he ejects, he is safe, but the plane crashes. if he stays in the plane, he risks his life. recently, chinese air force pilot li feng, 38, faced this choice during a training exercise. it was march 7 and he was flying a jian-10 (fighter-10) at 4,500 meters. a warning appeared on the planes computer screen. he realized the plane might fail at any moment.li feng did a quick check of the engine and asked the base if he could return. when the fighter was 7 km away from the airport, however, the engine stopped working. the plane began to fall at a speed of 25 meters a second at an altitude of 1,160 meters .under air force rules, fighter pilots may eject if their aircraft loses engine power below 2,000 meters and cant be restarted. before li lost contact with the control tower, the commander in the air base asked him to eject. but li feng insisted on having another try.“i knew where the deadline (to give up the aircraft) was and was prepared for the ejection, but i decided not to give up unless the fighter was totally out of control,” li recalled（回忆） during a recent television interview.after 104 seconds, li was able to bring the fighter to a safe landing. the plane only suffered slight damage.“you are a hero! congratulations!” lis teacher, xu yongling wrote in a text message to him after the landing. he said li was a cool-headed pilot and very professional(专业的).lis brave and calm act not only saved the 200 million yuan aircraft but also gave him invaluable first-hand experience of dealing with an engine emergency(紧急情况).for his outstanding performance, the air force recently awarded him a gold medal.67. when the engine stopped working, li feng . a. was flying a jian-10 at 4,500 metersb. saw a warning appear on the planes computer screen c. decided not to give up the plane d. was asked to stay in, but he ejected 68. when the fighter plane loses engine power below 2,000 meters . a. pilots must restart it as soon as possible b. pilots should repair it as soon as possible c. pilots may eject for safety d. pilots should bring it to a safe landing 69. according to the passage, what kind of person is li feng? a. he is cool-headed. b. he is confident.c. he is fearless and cool under pressure. d. all of the above.70. what is the best title for the passage? a. flying the fighter correctly b. when to give up the aircraft c. how to deal with an engine emergency d. bring the fighter to a safe landing (2011陕西卷，d)ever since they were first put on the market in the early 1990s, genetically modified (gm, 转基因) foods have been increasingly developed and marketed in many countries in the world，mainly on the basis of their promise to end the worldwide food crisis. but can gm technology solve world hunger problems? even if it would，is it the best solution?despite what it promises，gm technology actually has not increased the production potential(潜力)of any crop. in fact studies show that the most widely grown gm crop, gm soybeans, has suffered reduced productivity. for instance, a report that analysed nearly two decades of research on major gm food crops shows that gm engineering has failed to significantly increase us crop production.something else, however, has been on the rise. while gm seeds are expensive, gm companies tell farmers that they will make good profits by saving money on pesticides(杀虫剂). on the contrary, us government data show that gm crops in the us have produced an overall increase in pesticide use compared to traditional crops. “the promise was that you could use less chemicals and boost production. but neither is true，” said bill christison, president of the us national family farm coalition.at the same time, the authors of the book world hunger: twelve myths argue that there actually is more than enough food in the world and that the hunger crisis is not caused by production, but by problems in food distribution and politics. these indeed deserve our efforts and money. meanwhile, the rise in food prices results from the increased use of crops for fuel rather than food, according to a 2008 world bank report.as a matter of fact，scientists see better ways to feed the world. another world bank report concluded that gm crops have little to offer to the challenges of worldwide poverty and hunger, because better ways out are available, among which “green” farming is supposed to be the first choice.主要讲转基因技术并不是解决世界饥饿问题最好的方式。13the author develops the second paragraph mainly_.a. by classification b. by comparison c. by example d. by process答案：c。写作手法题中的段落行文题。根据第二段第三行的for instance(例如)可知，c项(by example通过举例)正确，排除by classification“通过分类”/by comparison“通过类比”/by process“根据事物发展流程”。14what does the underlined word “boost” in the third paragraph probably mean?a. control. b. evaluate. c. obtain. d. increase.答案：d。词义猜测题。 control控制；evaluate评估，评价；obtain获得；increase增加，提高，根据前后文可知，boost在此相当于increase(增加生产量)。15gm companies promise farmers that they will benefit from_.a. practising “green” farming b. use of less chemicalsc. fair distribution of their cropsd. using more crops for fuel答案：b。事实细节题。通过题干中promise和 benefit from分别定位到文章第三段第二行和第四行引号部分就可选出答案。16which of the following best describes the attitude of the author towards gm technology?a. optimistic. b. defensive. c. disapproving. d. casual.答案：c。态度观点题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲转基因技术并不是解决世界饥饿问题最好的方式。a乐观的；b保护的；c不赞成的；d随便的，漫不经心的。显然c项是作者对于转基因技术的态度。 (2011安徽卷，e)george prochnik would like the world to_put_a_sock_in_it. he makes his case in a new book, listening for meaning in a world of noise. here he explains himself (using his indoor voice)：“weve become so accustomed to noise, theres almost a deep prejudice against the idea that silence might be beneficial. if you tell someone to be quiet, you sound like an old man. but its never been more important to find continuing quiet. silence focuses us, improves our health, and is a key to lasting peace and satisfaction.”“we need to excite people about the sounds you start to hear if you merely quiet things down a little. during a japanese tea ceremony, the smallest sounds becomes a kind of artthe spoons making a light ringing sound on a bowl, the edges of a kimono (和服)brushing against the floor.”“deaf people are very attentive(专注的)in almost every aspect of life. if two deaf people are walking together, using sign language，they constantly watch out for each other and protect each other by paying steady attention to the other. they are connected yet also fully aware of their surroundings. even deaf teenagers! we in the hearing world can learn from them. if we remove the powerful blasts(一阵阵)of noise, we become aware of an extraordinarily rich world around usof little soft and the sound of footsteps, of bird songs and ice cracking(开裂声). its astonishing how beautiful things sound when you can really listen. ”我们生活在一个充满噪音的世界里，并且习以为常。但让我们安静下来倾听吧，我们会发现世界是更加美好的，这对我们是有益的。17. what does the phrase “to put a sock in it” in paragraph 1 probably mean?a. to be quiet.b. to be colorful.c. to be full of love.d. to be attentive to someone.答案：a。词义猜测题。由下文内容可知，george prochnik认为人们习惯了周围噪音的存在，但却没有意识到安静的环境对人们是有益的，故画线部分点出了他的观点，即希望世界是安静的。18. what does prochnik say about us?a. we are used to quietnesss.b. we have to put up with noise.c. we do not think silence to be beneficial.d. we do not believe lasting peace to be available.答案：c。细节理解题。由第二段第一句话可知，我们习惯了噪音的存在，因而对安静对人们有益这一说法有很深的偏见，故c项正确。19. which of the following is true according to prochnik?a. we need more sounds in our lives.b. there is nothing to be learned from the deaf.c. we are not aware how rich the world around us is.d. there is too much noise at a japanese tea ceremony.答案：c。细节理解题。根据最后一段内容可知，聋哑人能专注于周围的环境，这一点是我们有听力的人应该向他们学习的，因此，如果我们能摆脱周围的噪音的话，我们就会意识到周围的世界是多么的丰富多彩。20. it can be inferred from the text that _.a. we can benefit a lot from old peopleb. it is a good idea to use sign languagec. there is no escape from the world of sound d. it is possible to find how beautiful things sound答案：d。推理判断题。根据文章最后一句its astonishing how beautiful things sound when you can really listen.可知，当我们能真正聆听大自然的各种声音的时候，我们就会发现周围的世界是美好的。*结束c82012四川卷 plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted(预测)in reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.increased carbon dioxide(co2)in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth.“predicting species reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology，” said the researchers of several us. universities. they said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.the study, published on the nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. it found that some experiments had underestimated(低估) the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.“across all species, the experiments underpredicted the speed of the advancefor both leafing and floweringthat results from temperature increases，” the study said.the design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change, it said.plants are necessary for life on the earth. they are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis(光合作用)to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. they let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet.scientists believe the worlds average temperature has risen by about 0.8 since 1900, and nearly 0.2 every ten years since 1979.so far, efforts to cut emissions(排放)of planetwarming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the earth heating up beyond 2 this centurya point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels.57. what is the key information the author wants to give in paragraph 1?aplants reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystems.bthe increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists expectation.cclimate change leads to the change of food production patterns.dfood chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.58. we can learn from the study published on the nature website that _.aplants flowering is 8.5 times faster than leafingbthere are 1,634 plant species on the four continentscscientists should improve the design of the experimentsdthe experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change59. scientists pay special attention to the study of plants because_.athey can prove the climate change clearlybthey are very important in the food chainscthey play a leading role in reducing global warmingdthey are growing and flowering much faster than before60. what can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the worlds temperature?ait has risen nearly 0.2 since 1979.bits change will lead to weather extremes.cit is 0.8 higher in 1979 than that of 1900.dit needs to be controlled within 2 in this century.【要点综述】本文为科普类文章。文章论述了全球变暖的气候环境会让植物提前开花，进而影响整个食物链及生态系统。57. b细节理解题。第一段话给读者传达的主要信息存在于主句，而不是which所引导的定语从句上。根据“plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted”可知，作者是要告知读者植物开花的增速超出了科学家的预期。故选b。a为次要信息。58. c推理判断题。第五段话“it found that some experiments had underestimated(低估)the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.”暗示读者：对于植物所设计的实验应该有所改进，故答案选c。59. b细节理解题。根据第四段“they said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.”可知植物对气候变化的反应对整个食物链和生态系统都至关重要。故答案选b。60. d推理判断题。从倒数第二段“has risen by about 0.8 since 1900, and nearly 0.2 every ten years since 1979.”可知a、c项错误；从最后一段叙述可知，如果本世纪地球变暖超过2，便会出现weather extremes。暗示我们这个世纪地球温度的上升需要控制在2的范围之内。故答案选d。*结束c82012山东卷 for those who are tired of doing the laundry, samsung has found an answer: a washing machine that can tell you when your laundry is done via a smartphone app(application). strange though it may seem“my wife already does that” was a common response among attendees viewing the device when it was introduced at the consumer electronics show(ces)this weeksamsung is just one of many appliance makers racing to install(安装)a large number of internetconnected features in machines in an effort to make them “smart”last year, it was a refrigerator that tweeted. this year, its wifienabled laundry machines and fridges that can tell you when your groceries are going bad. the washers and dryers, available starting in the spring, connect to any smartphone through a downloadable application. the phone can then be used as a remote control, so the machines can be turned on and off while their owner is at work or on the bus. samsung says its not just something newthe app connection actually has some practical uses. “if you started to dry clothes in the morning and forgot to take them out, you can go to your phone and restart your dryer for the time when you come home, so your clothes are refreshed and ready to go，” said spokesperson amy schmidt. the company also says that with electricity rates(电价)varying depending on the time of day, more control over when the machines are used can help save money. perhaps, but what they will probably really accomplish is what all good technologies doenable laziness. rather than getting up to check on whether the laundry is done, users will instead monitor it on their phones while watching tv.72. what can be inferred from the common response of the attendees at the ces?a. the machine