浙江省丽水市高考英语 阅读理解暑假训练（3）.doc

浙江省丽水市2014高考英语阅读理解（暑假）训练（3）及答案how often do you travel by plane?how much electricity do you use? these days everyone is worried about the size of their carbon footprintin order to reduce global warming we need to make our carbon footprints smallerbut how much co2 are we responsible for?a new book by mike berners lee （a leading expert in carbon footprint） might be able to helphow bad are bananas? the carbon footprint of everything looks at the different things we do and buy, and calculates the amount of co2 all of the following created: the ingredients （=parts of a mixture）, the electricity used in the brewery, the equipment, the travel and commuting （交换） of the beer, and the packagingits amazing how many different things need to be included in each calculationand its frightening how much carbon dioxide everything producesbut all of this can help us decide which beer to drinkfrom berners-lees calculations, its clear that a pint （568ml） of locally-brewed beer has a smaller carbon footprint than a bottle of imported beerthis is because the imported beer has been transported from far away, and it uses more packagingthe local beer only produces 300g of co2, but the imported beer produces 900g! so, one pint of local beer is better for the environment than three cans of cheap foreign lager （淡啤酒） from the supermarketberners-lee has even calculated the carbon footprint of cycling to worknothing is more environmentally-friendly than riding a bike, surely? well, it depends on what youve had to eat beforeto ride a bike we need energy and for energy we need foodso if we eat a banana and then ride a kilometer and a half, our footprint is 65g of co2however, if we eat bacon before the bike ride, its 200gin fact, bananas are good in general because they dont need packaging, they can be transported by boat and they grow in natural sunlightso, does this mean that cycling is bad for the environment? absolutely not, for a start, if you cycle, you dont use your car, and the fewer cars on the road, the fewer traffic jamsand cars in traffic jams produce three times more co2 than cars traveling at speedcycling also makes you healthy and less likely to go to a hospitaland hospitals have very big carbon footprints!so maybe its time for us all to start making some changespass me a banana and a pint of local beer, please5according to berners-lee, which of the following produces the most carbon dioxide？aa pint of local beer we drinkba pint of imported beer we drinkca banana we eat before a bike ridedthe bacon we eat before a bike ride6why are bananas good in general?athey grow naturallybthey produces less co2cthey dont need packagingdthey provide energy for cycling7the underlined word “brewery” in paragraph 3 most probably means “_”aa factory where beer is madeba machine which makes beerca container where beer is storeddone of the things from which beer is made8to make our carbon footprints smaller, we should often _acycle to workbdrink more local beerccalculate the amount of co2dbuy cheap things from the supermarkets9whats the most suitable title for the passage?abikes, beer and bananasbstarting to make changeschow big is your carbon footprint?dthe carbon footprint of everything参考答案 （b） bbaac*结束阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中，选出最佳选项。 a early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an american inventor called elias howe finally fell asleep. he had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: it seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.though he was tired, howe slept badly. he turned and turned. then he had a dream. he dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. when he tried to do so, howe ran into the same problem as before. the thread kept getting caught around the needle. the king flew into the cage and ordered his soldiers to kill howe. they came up towards him with their spears raised. but suddenly the inventor noticed something. there was a hole in the tip of each spear. the inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. this was the simple idea that finally made howe design and build the first really practised sewing machine.elias howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way.thomas edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. so did the great physicist albert einstein. charlotte bronte also drew in her dreams in writing jane eyre.to know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are asleep. even then, a part of your mind is still working. this unconscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. it stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed. it is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. however, the unconscious part acts in a special way. it uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first. this is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves”.1.according to the passage, elias howe was_. a. the first person we know of who solved problems in his sleep b. much more hard-working than other inventors c. the first person to design a sewing machine that really worked d. the only person at the time who knew the value of dreams2.the problem howe was trying to solve was_. a. what kind of thread to use b. how to design a needle which would not break c. where to put the needle d. how to prevent the thread from getting caught around the needle3.thomas edison is spoken of because_. a. he also tried to invent a sewing machine b. he got some of his ideas from dreams c. he was one of howes best friends d. he also had difficulty in falling asleep4.dreams are sometimes called“secret messages to ourselves” because _. a. strange images are used to communicate ideas b. images which have no meaning are used c. we can never understand the real meaning d. only specially trained people can understand them14、 cdba *结束 bprinceton 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 arc 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 (a.b.) degree and the bachelor of science in engineering (b.$.e.) 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 dilling 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: $ 41,3805. how many kinds of faculty members are there in princeton university? a. one . b. two. c. three. d. four.6. in princeton university, an undergraduate will pay at least _ for the academic year 2004-2005 besides tuition. a. 8 41,380 b. $ 52,850 c. $11,470 d. $ 8.3877. 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.8. 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. 58、ccbd *结束cpersonal computers and the internet give people new choices about how to spend their time. some may use this freedom to share less time with certain friends or family members, but new technology will also let them stay in closer touch with those they care most about. i know this from personal experience.e-mail makes it easy to work at home, which is where i now spend most weekends and evenings. my working hours arent necessarily much shorter than they once were but i spend fewer of them at the office. this lets me share more time with my young daughter than i might have if shed been born before electronic mail became such a practical tool.the internet also makes it easy to share thoughts with a group of friends. say you do something fun- see a great movie perhaps-and there are four or five friends who might want to hear about it. if you call each one, you may tire of telling the story.with e-mail, you just write one note about your experience, at your convenience, and address it to all the friends you think might be interested. they can read your message when they have time, and read only as much as they want to. they can reply at their convenience, and you can read what they have to say at your convenience.e-mail is also an inexpensive way to stay in close touch with people who live far away. more than a few parents use e-mail to keep in touch, even daily touch, with their children off at college.we just have to keep in mind that computers and the interne