湖南省汝城二中高考英语一轮复习 阅读训练(8).doc

湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (8)1.阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。the 30 miles of steep roads that snake through the mountains of logan canyon in utah are enough to make most drivershands sweat. but andersen, a 46-year-old father of four, wasnt expecting any trouble on the road last new years eve, when he set off for a ski trip to the bear river mountains with nine-year-old daughter mia, four-old son baylor, and nine-year-old neighbor kenya. andersen had driven through the canyon hundreds of times over the years.the weather was fine-but the higher they drove, the more slippery the roads became. rounding a sharp u-turn at mile marker473, andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and immediately tapped his brakes. in an instant, the car was sliding at 25 miles per hour toward the shoulder of the highway, then rolling down a steep ten-foot dam toward the extremely cold logan river. as it hit the water, the car tipped toward the passenger side, hesitated, and then rolled onto its roof and sank into the river.there was no time to tell the kids what to do. the crash had broken a few windows, and within seconds, the upside-down car was filled with water. “it was frightening how fast we were completely underwater,”remembers andersen, a soft-spoken product development manager.“youre thinking, is this how its all going to end？”having lost all sense of direction, andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids. mia had been right next to him in the front seat; now, in the blackness, he couldnt find her.“i thought, if i dont get out, maybe none of us are going to get out.” andersen got out of his seat belt, swam through a broken window, and, deeply and quickly, breathed air at the surface. thats when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam. one after another, they raced down into the water. helping onto safety all the three children, they began to shout at the father,“who else is in the car？”andersen says respectfully,“it was like the sight of angels （天使）.”56. what might be the main reason. for the car accident？a. the sharp u-turn.b. the steep dam.c. the sudden brake.d. a truck hitting the car.57. andersen didnt expect any trouble on the road because_.a. he was familiar with the roadb. he was good at drivingc. his hands didnt have sweatd. the weather was fine58. what can be learned from the last paragraph？a. andersen lost conciousness in the water.b. strangers helped andersen out of the car.c. andersen liked mia most among the children.d. strangers teamed together to save three children.59. the underlined sentence is to express andersens feeling of being_.a. tiredb. excitedc. doubtfuld. grateful60. which of the following can be the best title of the text？a. stay calm when in troubleb. drive rounding a u-turnc. miracle rescue from an icy riverd. mystery of the bear river mountains2.阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。china improved the quality health care to its population, but observers say continued reforms are still needed to solve the problems caused by high costs and uneven （ 不均衡的） spreadoleary, a britain-based medical researcher who focuses on china, is greatly impressed by beings success in making sure the insurance programmers cover a very large percentage of the population. but he says medical costs are still high, even for the insuredso when health care costs are higher there are still out-of-pocket expenses, and that remains a major challenge, he saysobservers say out-of-pocket expenses are not affordable for many in rural areas, where a serious illness can make lower-income residents fall into povertyanother challenge is the uneven spread of chinas health care reformcompared with the urban areas many rural areas are still served by medical workers with little trainingat the village level rural doctors are often people who dont have regular medical trainingbut theyre often providing all the services for the poorest people says olearyhigh drug prices, a lack of qualified doctors and nurses, and an aging population are still the problems as china improves its health care systemchina says that its healthcare system still fall far short of the publics demands for healthcare as well as the requirements of economic and social developmentbut many observers, including oleary, agree that china is making steady and positive progress toward providing quality health care for its citizensthey are moving in the right direction, says olearytrying to provide a universal health care system for 13 billion people is a huge taskbut china will surely do better with its continuous efforts61oleary expressed satisfaction with the _ of the insurance programmes of chinaarules bcostsccoverage dchallenge62the underlined phrase the insured in para 2 refers to_athe qualified doctors and nursesbthe people who have health insurancecthose old people without any childrendthe farmers who get richer and richer63according to oleary, china faces many problems in improving health care system except_.ahigh drug prices black of qualified medical staffcan aging population dlack of support of the people64what does the fourth paragraph mainly talk about?athe urbn areas don-, need ac health care reform.brural areas has a long way to go in health care reform.cpeople in rural areas have no doctors to consult.drural doctors are more qualified and hospitable.65from the passage we can learn, that chinese health care ahas improved, but more reforms are neededbseems an impossible projectchas achieved the greatest successd are often criticized by foreigners3.阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。the new folk sound of terry collier attracted little interest when first released （发行） , and by the time it was championed on a music chart, callier had long abandoned music for a career in computer programmingas a result, he returned to music to make many recordings with some leading young artists in britain, making it the most successful period of his lifeterry callier was born into a poor family on may 24, 1945 and grew up in chicagohe learned to practice the piano and began singing in groups in his teenshe released his first single, look at me now in 1962when offered a tour, he seemed to be a shining star soonbut then his mother stepped in, insisting that, at 17 , his place was not on the road but at home studyingwhile attending college, he began performing in folk clubs and coffee housesit was also when he started his songwritingcallier continued to record and give live concerts through the 1970s touring with some famous popular singershis combination of fierce guitar, wise lyrics(歌词） and sweet voices created a distinctive style known as jazz-folkhowever, he had more success as a songwriter than as a singer when he sang his hit song the love we had stays on my mind in 1971in 1983 he abandoned music completely to attend his 12-year-old daughter after splitting up with his wifehe got a steady job at the university of chicago and did not touch a guitar for yearsmany years later, some djs discovered his old recordings and began to play his songs in clubsthough callier was unwilling to get involved in music again, callier was eventually persuaded to come back, which brought him more applauses than he had ever experienced56from the first paragraph we can learn that calliers delayed success led to _aloss of interest in music ba failure in his studycills artistic rebirth dthe reunion of old friends57what was calliers mothers attitude towards his dream of becoming a star?asupportive bunderstandingcindifferent dopposed58which is in the right order in calliers story?he got a job in computer programming in chicago universitywriting songs became as successful as singing songsthe new folk sound of terry callier became most popularhe managed to release the first single and was offered a toura b cd59terry callier leave his career in music in 1983 because he _awas offered a better job in chicago collegebhad to accept his wifes adviceche wanted to take care of his daughterdlost interest in sing and writing songs60what can we learn about callier from the last paragraph?ahe reached a higher peak in his music careerbsome djs helped him to write new songsche decided to give up his family for musicdhis songs were only suitable in clubs4.阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项。sir,just over six months ago, i saw an advertisement in the morning mail for a set of the complete works of william shakespeare. your company, cosmo books ltd., offered this set (eight books of plays and two books of poetry) at what was claimed to be a remarkable price: fifteen pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing. i had wanted a set of shakespeares plays and poems for some time, and these books, in red imitation leather, looked particularly attractive; so i sent for them.two weeks later, the books arrived, together with a set of the complete works of charles dickens which i had not ordered. so i returned the dickens books to you, with a cheque for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of shakespeare. two more weeks passed. then there arrived on my door step a second set of the works of shakespeare, the same set of novels by dickens and a six book set of the plays of moliere, in french. since i do not read french, these were of no use to me at all. however, i could not afford to post all these books back to you, so i wrote to you at the end of august of last year, instructing you to come and collect all the books that i did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further notice.you did not reply to that letter. instead you sent me a bill for forty two pounds, and a set of the plays of schiller, in german. since then, a new set of books has arrived every two weeks, the works of goethe, the poems of milton, the plays of strindberg; i hardly know what i have. the books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to stand in the rain outside.i have no room for any more books, and even if i read from now until the last judgment, i should not finish reading all the books that you have sent me.please send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters demanding payment. just send one large lorry and take all the books away, leaving me only with the one set of the complete works of shakespeare for which i have paid. yours faithfully, simon walker57. simon walker wrote the letter to _a. show his anger to cosmo books ltd.b. complain about getting books he didnt want.c. advise readers not to order books from cosmo books ltd.d. urge for the final solution to the problem with the unwanted books. 58. the advertisement that mr. walker saw in the morning mail was for _a. unlimited number of cosmo books.b. a set of 10 books of the works of shakespeare.c. fifteen pounds and fifty pence.d. a book containing all the plays and poems of shakespeare.59. it can be inferred that _a. cosmo books have sent bills for books that they have not sent.b. mr. walker took some action after receiving the books he did not order.c. mr. walker hasnt received the books that he ordered.d. several sets of books have been sent to mr. walker free of charge.60. the tone of the letter is that of _a. bitterness b. respect c. annoyance d. humor5.阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项。a study by st.louis university has found that a lovable dog named sparky and a robotic dog, aibo, were about equally effective at reducing the loneliness of nursing home residents. the study confirmed previous findings that dogs have a good effect on nursing home residents.dr. andrew smith led the stanford university team that built a home-assistance robot. “if humans can feel an emotional tie with robots, some day they could be not just our assistants, but also our companions,” he said.to test whether residents responded better to sparky, a trained dog, or the sony-made robotic dog, researchers divided 38 nursing home residents into three groups at three long-term care centers in st. louis.one group had weekly 30-minute one-on-one visits with sparky; another group had similar visits with aibo; a control group had no contact with either dog. the groups respective levels of loneliness were tested by having them answer a number of questions at the beginning and near the end of the visits.after two months, both groups that had contact with the dogs were less lonely and more attached. most of the elderly regarded sparky, a 9-year-old dog, as an audience for their life stories, said investigator marian banks.“he listened attentively, wagged his tail, and allowed them to pet him,” said banks, who adopted and trained sparky after finding him in a street behind her home seven years ago.those who were together with aibo took a little longer to warm to the robotic creature. over time, however, they grew comfortable with him, and petted and talked to him. he would respond by wagging his tail, vocalizing, and blinking his lights.“aibo is charming once you start to interact with him,” said the studys author, dr. william banks, “hes an attractive sort of guy. he gives a feeling of being personal, not just a robot.”53.before the new study, it was known that _.a. robots were effective at reducing peoples lonelinessb. robots could build close connection with humansc. dogs and robots were equally effective at reducing loneliness d. dogs could help get rid of old peoples loneliness54.those who had contact with the robotic dog found that _.a. they didnt feel comfortable with it b. it was hard for them to interact with it c. the robots vocalizing and blinking confused them d. they werent comfortable with it at first55.the findings of the researchers tell us that_.a. robots are better at caring for old people than nursesb .its easy for people to become close with robotsc. robots can to some degree replace dogs as companions for old peopled. every home will have a robot assistant one day56.what would be the best title for the passage?a. robots and dogs can equally cheer up the elderlyb. robots serve people better than thoughtc. no more lonely old age with emotional robotsd. advanced technology used to cheer up the elderly6.阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项。skinner creek esl guest ranch offers a unique outdoor adventure camp for international students.students who come to skinner creek have the opportunity to learn english in an environment entirely different from a regular school setting. english classes are designed to meet the academic and spoken levels of each student. all english classes will be taught by instructors qualified in teaching english as a second language. all levels of english are available.after class, students can enjoy many outdoor activities in a controlled and safe environment. experienced managers and camp teachers will prepare each activity to the level appropriate for each student.students safety is a priority(优先考虑的事) for the staff of skinner creek