高考英语二轮专题总复习 精选综合能力专练 阅读理解5.doc

2013届高考英语二轮专题总复习精选综合能力专练：阅读理解5请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空格1个单词。 host family accommodation, or living with host families, remains popular among language travel students for its advantages. these days, host families are trying to offer more in terms of quality, for they still have something to worry about. host family accommodation is often seen as the number-one choice for its advantages in language study, cultural communication and cost of living. staying alongside host families enables students to get enough practice for the short time of their studying so that their language acquisition is likely to become faster. living in host families also has the advantage for students of being able to spend a lot of time communicating with their “host parents”, and get to know the local way of life, people and culture. another advantage is that host family accommodation can sometimes be the least expensive. it attracts students for it ensures them a family type of living at a low cost. the advantages, however, have not prevented host families form worrying. on one hand, some host families are losing their unique selling point. the problem is that the majority of hosts in big cites, now generally single and young, have less times available for students but the selling point for host family accommodation is communication practice. one the other hand, students expectations have risen. they are becoming more demanding and asking for more than ever from their accommodation, as they come mainly from high socio-economic groups in their own countries. to get out of the difficult situation, host families are now making efforts to improve the quality of service. they are trying to making living conditions better, including broadband internet service, private bathroom, and access to plenty of hot water for long showers. they are also providing students with structured family activities. it is believed that host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with language travel students. host family accommodationhost families are (1) _ the accommodation quality.host family accommodation will keep the popularity vote with students.advantagesproblems(2) _language study: (3) _ students learn faster (4) _ in the short time they spend.cultural communication: it is more (5) _ for students to communicate and learn things of the local place.cost of (6) _: sometimes it is the best way for students to spend (7) _.loss of selling point: hosts lack (8) _ time for students.rise in (9) _: what students demand is more now.service quality improvement: hosts are (10) _ living conditions and organizing structured family activities答案：1. improving 2. efforts/ measures 3. possibly 4. despite 5. convenient 6. living 7. less 8. enough 9. expectation 10. betteringthe hole in the earths ozone layer (臭氧层) has until now protected antarctica from the worst effects of global warming. but scientists have warned that as the hole closes up in the next few decades, temperatures on the continent could rise by around 3 on average, with melting ice contributing to a global sea level increase of up to 1.4 metres.in the past decades the western antarctic has seen rapid ice loss as the world has warmed, but the other parts of the continent have, paradoxically, been cooling, resulting in a 10% increase in ice in the seas around the region. this is because the hole in the ozone layer has increased cold winds in antarctica, making much of the continent surface colder than usual.but now that the gasses that cause the ozone hole have been banned, scientists expect the hole to repair itself within the next 50 to 60 years. by then the cooling effect will have faded out and the antarctic will face the full impact of global warming. this means an increase in average air temperatures of around 3 and a reduction in sea ice by around a third.the biggest threat to the continent comes from warming seas. robert johnson, a scientist who monitors antarctica ice sheets, said, “the ice sheets in antarctica are hundreds of metres thick. but once warm ocean waters start flowing underneath, the ice will begin thinning and could break up very quickly.” thinning ice sheets cause ice to break away from the continent and to melt even faster. escaping ice from western antarctica has already resulted in a 10% rise in global sea level in recent decades.johnson believes that international action to reduce global warming is required immediately or it may be too late. “everything is connected antarctica may be a long way away but it is an important part of the earths system，” said johnson. “it contains 90% of the worlds ice, 70% of the worlds fresh water and that is enough, if it melts completely, to raise sea levels by 63 metres.”even in a worse-case situation scientists dont expect the ice to entirely disappear, but predict that, because of the melting ice sheets, average sea level rise will be around 1.4 metres higher by the end of the century.1. the underlined word “paradoxically” (in paragraph 2) most probably means“_.”a. rapidly b. approximatelyc. contradictorily d. apparently答案c2. what is the effect of the hole in the ozone layer on antarctica?a. it is causing the ice to melt faster.b. it is making much of the continent colder.c. it is making the effects of global warming in the region worse.d. it is reducing the amount of water in antarctica.答案b3. what do scientists think is the biggest danger facing antarctica?a. rising sea levels.b. warming sea water temperature.c. water pollution.d. growing ice sheets.答案b4. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. antarctica is currently experiencing the full effects of global warming.b. the average temperature has increased by 3 in recent decades.c. antarctica contains most of the worlds fresh water.d. ten percent of antarcticas ice has already been lost.答案c5. the best title for the passage is_.a. our planet in dangerb. antarctica melting awayc. action plan to save antarcticad. lets save the ozone layer答案bmany people think that americans 1 their cars almost more than anything else. when 2_ people are fourteen years old, they want to have their _3_ cars. they dont ask for a car from their 4_. so many of them work in _5_ time during their last year of high school to buy a car. learning to 6 _ and getting a drivers license may be one of the most exciting things in a young persons life.some people almost 7 _ go to a doctor when they are ill. but they will _8_ their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a 9 . on saturdays or sundays some people may 10 most of their time washing and repairing their cars.1. a. preferb. lovec. drived. play2. a. littleb. big c. old d. young3. a. newb. own c. expensive d. cheap4. a, friendsb. teachers c. parents d. brothers5. a. freeb. busyc. study d. good6. a. makeb. mendc. wash d. drive7. a. alwaysb. neverc. often d. usually8. a. takeb. carryc. pull d. lift9. a. questionb. wrongc. mistake d. problem 10. a. costb. getc. spend d. use名师点评本文介绍了美国人尤其是年轻人对于轿车的厚爱，并列举了一些事例加以说明。让人们看到了一个发达国家的富裕和人民生活的繁荣。答案简析1. b。通过下文的事例不难看出美国人对汽车不是一般的喜欢，故用love it，较贴近文章的意思。2. d。按常识，十四五岁的人应称为年轻人，故应说young。3. b。根据下文他们不想通过索要来获取别人的小轿车，而是想拥有自己的小汽车，故选own。4. c。如果说想要索要小汽车的话，那只有先从父母亲那儿开始了，故应选parents。5. a。十四五岁的年轻人大多在上学，所以工作占用的应是上学期间的空隙，故应选free。6. d。要想获得驾照得先学开车，故应选drive。7. b。与下文“车子一有问题就去修理”相对应，有些人病了却从不看医生，故应选never。8. a。carry应为“搬运”，push 为“推”，lift 意思为“举，提起”都不合文意，take sth. to 某地，意为“把带到”。9. d。只能选择一个名词, 表示汽车的“故障,毛病”, 故选problem。10. c。spend some time doing sth.为一个固定搭配，意为“花时间干某事”。6who designed (设计) the first helicopter (直升飞机)? who _1_ of the most famous pictures in the world? who knew more about the human body than most _2_? there is an answer _3_ all these questions - leonardo de vinci (达芬奇).leonardo may have been the greatest genius (天才) _4_ have ever known. he lived in italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. for example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. of course, he couldnt _5_ a helicopter with the things he had. but scientists say his idea would have worked. but leonardo _6_ an inventor. he was one of the greatest artists of his day. by the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master ( 大师) painter, and as he got older he became _7_ more famous. sometimes he drew a hand ten different ways _8_ he was ready to paint.many of leonardos wonderful paintings are still with _9_ today. you may know one of his most famous works the _10_ woman known as the mona lisa.1. a. tookb. madec. paintedd. invented2.