河北省鹿泉市高考英语阅读理解复习专练（6）(1).doc

2015河北省鹿泉市高考复习英语阅读理解专练（6）阅读理解。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。with rising gas prices，its no wonder the search for gasoline alternatives(替代品) has suddenly taken on a new urgency.one of the laboratoriesa high school in brooklynis where students are using cooking oil to run their experimental engine.and as education reporter art mcfarland discovered，it appears to be working.students at automotive high school have taken a gas alternative lesson a step further.they have perfected a project that runs this cars engine，with used cooking oil.lamar taylor，“i think its a great project because its better for the environment.”vehicles that run on alternative fuels are part of a cutting edge technology.the automotive high project began after a dieselpowered mercedes was donated to the school two years ago.thomas cassino，mechanics teacher，“the original diesel engine.was actually produced to run on vegetable oil and whale oil.”the oil running the engine was collected from the school cafeteria and from restaurants，then placed into a converter，which heats it up while the engine starts using the diesel fuel.with the flip(轻击) of a switch，the engine is cooking with oil，though collecting it can have drawbacks.melissa silberman，principal，“once they started running the car，they didnt want to eat in the cafeteria any more because what the french fries(炸薯条) were cooked in werent so attractive if it can run a car.”and it has its advantages.curtis giscombe，student，“it smells like the back of mcdonalds.it smells like french fries.” the students are not likely to influence the more widespread use of alternative fuels，but if the day comes when lots more cars are running on cooking oil，the students will be prepared to service them.1what would be the best title for the text?athe future alternative to gasolinebrising gas prices drive experimental engineccooking oil finds its new usesdstudents use cooking oil to power an engine2the importance of using cooking oil to run engines is that it can .aprotect the environmentbsave the gascoffer cars good smelldbring down the gas price3according to the seventh paragraph， .athe car is full of french friesbthe car makes people eat nothingcthe car makes people not want to eat in the cafeteriadthe car is a moving cafeteria4about the future of the car running on cooking oil，we know that .athe day for cars widely using cooking oil is long to comebit will have a great effect on the oil marketcthe students may build a service company soondno one wants to use cooking oil for their cars1just as they came round the next bend the engine broke down and came to a stop. (完形填空第五段)正当他们绕过下一个弯时，发动机熄火停了下来。(1)the telephone system has broken down.电话系统失灵了。(2)negotiations between the two sides have broken down.双方谈判已经破裂。2on both sides grew thick unknown trees. (完形填空最后一段)河的两边长满了茂密的不知名的树木。(1)through the window came in wafts of intoxicating fragrance.从窗子里吹进一阵阵醉人的清香。(2)on the winding path were to be found footprints of some strange animals.沿着曲折的小道可以发现一些奇异野兽的足迹3and as education reporter art mcfarland discovered，it appears to be working.(阅读理解第一段)正如教育报记者art mcfarland看到的那样，机器开始运转了。(1)as might be expected，john was admitted to the university.约翰被大学录取了，这是可以预料到的。(2)more american troops are being sent to the middle east，as i have learnt from the newspaper.我从报纸上得知，更多的美国部队正在被派往中东。4once they started running the car，they didnt want to eat in the cafeteria any more. (阅读理解第七段)车一发动，他们就不再想吃餐厅里的东西(1)the ship sank below the water，and wasnt seen any more.轮船沉没在浪涛之下，再也见不到了。(2)they decided not to take part in asian games any more. 参考答案-1d2a3c4a【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷(一)】ceveryone knows that taxation is necessary in a modern state：without it，it would not be possible to pay the soldiers and policemen who protect us；nor the workers in government offices who look after our health，our food，our water，and all the other things that we cannot do for ourselves；nor the ministers and members of parliament(国会) who govern the country for us.by means of taxation，we pay for things that we need just as much as we need somewhere to live and something to eat.but everyone knows that taxation is necessary，different people have different ideas about how taxation should be arranged.should each person have to pay a certain amount of money to the government each year？or should there be tax on things that people buy and sell？if the first kind of taxation is used，should everyone pay the same tax，whether he is rich or poor？if the second kind of tax is preferred，should everything be taxed equally?in most countries，a direct tax on persons，which is called income tax，exists.it is arranged in such a way that the poorest people pay nothing，and the percentage of tax grows greater as the taxpayers income grows.in england，for example，the tax on the richest people goes up as high as ninetyfive percent!but countries with direct taxation nearly always have indirect taxation too.many things imported into the country have to pay taxes or “duties”of course，it is the men and women who buy these imported things in the shops who really have to pay the duties，in the form of higher prices.in some countries，too，there is a tax on things sold in the shops.if the most necessary things are taxed，a lot of money is collected，but the poor people suffer most.if unnecessary things like jewels and fur coats are taxed，less money is got but the tax is fairer，as the rich pay it.probably this last kind of indirect tax，together with a direct tax on incomes which is low for the poor and high for the rich，is the best arrangement.36the first paragraph tells us about the_.atax policiesbtaxable itemscarrangement of taxationdimportance of taxation37which of the following statements about income tax is not true in most countries?athe poorest pay no tax.bthe poor pay the same taxes as the rich.cthe rich pay more taxes than the poor.dthe rich pay a very high percentage of tax.38people who buy imported items in the shops have to pay duties_.ato the government officebat a lower pricecas an income taxdin the form of higher prices39according to the writer，if valuable things are taxed，_.amuch money is collectedbthe poor suffer a lotcthe rich will be happydthe tax is more reasonable40in the passage，the writer suggests_.atwo kinds of income taxesbthe importance of indirect taxescthe fairer income taxesdmore than one kind of indirect taxes36d第一段第一句就是主题句。37b从第三段可以作出判断。38d第四段第三句已经点明了此题答案。39d从第四段最后一句可知答案。40d从文章最后两段内容可以看出最佳选项。【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷(一)】dthe quality of drinking water in shanghai will meet european union standard by 2015 and，a decade later，citizens in shanghai will drink the best water in the world.these were the goals set by the shanghai water authority.with the citys population expected to increase only slightly and the economy to boom by 2020，chen yin，an official with the water authority，said shanghais water consumption will not increase from its present amount.zhang yue，director of the urban construction division under the ministry of construction，said，“shanghai is the first city in the country to publicize these ambitions.they will not be easy to achieve.”he said water saving will help keep the sustainable development of chinas economy.saving one cubic meter of water means saving the citys infrastructure(基础设施) costs by 10,000 yuan.last year，shanghai saved 300 million cubic meters of water either from readjustment of industrial structure or the employment of new technology.“the_aim is to arouse public awareness of the seriousness of water shortage，” chen said，“the abundant surface water and amount of rain of the city are so misleading that they result in improper use of water.”shanghai lacks drinkable water.the huangpu river，which supplies 80 percent of the citys drinkable water，is nearing exhaustion.the city，therefore，has been exploring new sources from the yangtze river and growing forests along it to conserve quality water.besides penning regulations，the authority is popularizing technology among the public to efficiently cut the amount of water used.at present，the city has 600,000 family toilets，each using 13 liters of water per flush.these are to be renovated(整修) to use only 9 liters of water per flush.the authority is renovating the first 200 toilets for householdsat a cost of 40 yuan each.in three years，all the toilets will be renovated，which saves the city nearly 15 million yuan every year in water conservation.another task the city is engaged in is the treatment of sewage(污水) to improve the water environment.at present the city can only treat 44 percent of its daily 5.04 million tons of waste water.to meet the total demand,27 more sewagetreatment factories are to be established with an estimated investment of 18 billion yuan.41the people in shanghai get their daily water mainly from _ now.aundergroundbthe yellow rivercthe yangtze riverdthe huangpu river42the underlined words “the aim” here refer to _.athe quality of drinking water in shanghai will meet european union standard by 2015bcitizens in shanghai will drink the best water in the world by 2025cwater saving will help keep the sustainable development of chinas economydsaving one cubic meter of water means saving the citys infrastructure costs by 10,000 yuan43the authority is renovating the first 200 toilets for households to _.amake peoples living more convenientbsave drinkable fresh watercease employment pressuredmeet the total demand of water44the writer wrote the passage to _.acall on residents to save water in their daily lifebseek ways to solve water shortage existing in shanghaicintroduce shanghais advanced experience in improving the water environmentdshow that citizens in shanghai will have the best drinking water in the world45in the opinion of zhang yue，the real meaning of the action to publicize these ambitions is to make people know _.ait is not easy to achievebwater shortage is very serious in chinacthe importance of improving infrastructuredeconomic development cant be separated with water supply41d文章第七段告诉我们：上海80%的城市饮用水来自黄浦江。42daim此处指“目标”，即上文提到的每节约一立方水相当于节约城市基础设施费用1万元。43b厕所改造也是为了节约饮用水。44d作者在文章第一段首先点明了主题，即上海人将在2015年饮用上最干净的水。45b从文中第三段可知。较难题目特训：介绍说明类 a recent study of ancient and modern elephants has come up with the unexpected conclusion that the african elephant is divided into two distinct (不同的) species. the discovery was made by researchers at york and harvard universities when they were examining the genetic relationship between the ancient woolly mammoth and mastodon to modern elephantsthe asian elephant, african forest elephant, and african savanna elephant. once they obtained dna sequences (序列) from two fossils (化石), mammoths and mastodons, the team compared them with dna from modern elephants. they found to their amazement that modern forest and savanna elephants are as distinct from each other as asian elephants and mammoths. the scientists used detailed genetic analysis to prove that the african savanna elephant and the african forest elephant have been distinct species for several million years. the divergence of the two species took place around the time of the divergence of asian elephants and woolly mammoths. this result amazed all the scientists. there has long been debate in the scientific community that the two might be separate species, but this is the most convincing scientific evidence so far that they are indeed different species. previously, many naturalists believed that african savanna elephants and african forest elephants were two populations of the same species, despite the elephants significant size differences. the savanna elephant has an average shoulder height of 3. 5 metres while the forest elephant has an average shoulder height of 2. 5 metres. the savanna elephant weighs between six and seven tons, roughly double the weight of the forest elephant. but the fact that they look so different does not necessarily mean they are different species. however the proof lay in the analysis of