（江苏专用）备战2020年高考英语复习阅读理解组合练（四）.docx

阅读理解组合练(四)(限时30分钟)A(2019苏、锡、常、镇模拟)Changzhou government just announced new policies for eBikes, especially for those who have not registered their vehicles. Its the last chance for you to register before 15 April, 2019.1standardize the production and sales of eBikes Since April 15, 2019, electric bicycle products that do not meet the new national standard and have not obtained the China Compulsory Certification (CCC certification) are not allowed to be shipped or sold.2standardize the registration of electric bicycles Before April 15, 2019, everyone with their valid ID card can go to the nearest electric bicycle license sales point to register their unlicensed electric bicycles and be issued the unified electric bicycle number plate for free. Encourage electric bike owners to take out thirdparty liability (责任) insurance for electric bicycles.3standardize the safety management of eBikes The transition (过渡) period management is carried out for electric bicycles that receive temporary permit cards (those may not agree with new national standard). The transition period starts from April 15, 2019 and is due on April 14, 2024. It is not allowed to ride on the road after the transition period. Investigate the illegal traffic behaviors such as unlicensed roads, red lights, crossline parking, reverse driving, driving on motor vehicle lane, speeding, and other traffic violations according to the law, and take pictures of illegal behavior by using the electronic camera, face recognition and other technical means to carry out onsite law enforcement. Perfect the transportation credit management system, and ensure onsite law enforcement.Announced by：Changzhou Public Security BureauChangzhou Industrial and Information Technology BureauChangzhou Municipal Market Supervision Administration15 March, 2019语篇解读：本文主要介绍了常州市政府刚刚宣布的针对电动自行车的新政策。提醒广大市民在2019年4月15日之前一定要完成注册。1What must you do if you want to drive an eBike legally in Changzhou after April 15, 2019?ABuy a new eBike meeting the new national standard before April 15, 2019. BPay to register your unlicensed eBike before April 15, 2019.CTake out thirdparty liability insurance for your eBike before April 15, 2019. DObtain an eBike number plate or a temporary permit card before April 15, 2019.解析：选D细节理解题。根据开头“last chance for you to register before 15 April, 2019”和第2点中的“Before April 15, 2019 . unified electric bicycle number plate”还有第3点中的“temporary permit cards”可知D项正确。2From the announcement we know that _.Athe transition period for registration is five years longBsix illegal traffic behaviors will be specially investigatedChigh technology will be used for law enforcement on the spotDthe announcement is made for the sake of economic development解析：选C细节理解题。根据第3点中的“technical means to carry out onsite law enforcement”可知，许多技术被运用于当场执法。B(2019扬、泰、南、淮、徐、宿、连模拟)We are obsessed (迷恋) with ourselves. We study our history, our psychology, our philosophy. Much of our knowledge revolves (使旋转) around humankind itself, as if we were the most important thing in the universe.But in the course of the centuries we have come to realize just how many wrong ideas weve had. We have learned of the existence of black holes, waves of space, and of the extraordinary molecular structures in every cell of our bodies.The more we discover, the more we understand that what we dont yet know is greater than what we know. The more powerful our telescopes, the stranger and more unexpected are the heavens we see. The closer we look at the minute detail of matter, the more we discover of its profound structure.In a famous story told by Plato in the seventh book of The Republic, some men are chained at the bottom of a dark cave and see only shadows cast upon a wall by a fire behind them. They think that this is reality. One of them frees himself, leaves the cave and discovers the light of the sun and the wider world. At first the light, to which his eyes are unaccustomed, stuns and confuses him. But eventually he can see and returns excitedly to his companions to tell them what he has seen. They find it hard to believe.We are all in the depths of a cave, chained by our ignorance, our prejudices, and our weak senses reveal only shadows. If we try to see further, we are confused: we are unaccustomed. But we try. This is science. Scientific thinking explores and redraws the world, gradually offering us better and better images of it, teaching us to think in ever more effective ways. Its strength is its capacity to demolish (推翻) old ideas, to reveal new regions of reality, and to construct new, more effective images of the world. This adventure rests upon the entirety of past knowledge, but at its heart is change.The incompleteness and the uncertainty of our knowledge, hung over the abyss (深渊) of what we dont know, does not make life meaningless: it makes it interesting and precious.语篇解读：本文主要告诉我们，我们对宇宙的了解还不够全面。不断探索未知的世界，会使我们的生活变得更加充实而且有趣。3What does the author want to tell us in the first three paragraphs?AThe new discoveries of the universe prove to be wrong.BMan has created splendid cultures in the course of centuries.COur knowledge of the universe is incomplete and uncertain.DThe existing technologies are enough for further exploration.解析：选C推理判断题。根据第一段到第三段的内容，特别是第二段中的“.realize just how many wrong ideas weve had”和第三段中的“. the more we understand that . is greater than what we know”可推知，现阶段我们对宇宙的认识是不完整的和不确定的。4The story told by Plato is meant to _.Amake us aware of the cruelty of realityBencourage us to explore the unknown worldCapplaud the heroic deeds of chasing freedomDjustify our ignorance and prejudice about the world解析：选B推理判断题。这个故事讲的是一个人离开洞穴看到太阳和广阔的世界，说的就是我们应该去探寻我们认知以外的世界。5What does the author want to stress in the passage?AExploring the universe makes our life meaningful.BLeaving things as they are makes our life perfect.CNew discoveries of the universe will cause confusion.DPast knowledge prevents us constructing a new world.解析：选A推理判断题。阅读全文，尤其是最后一段可知，作者要强调的是知道自己知识的不足，并不断去探索未知的世界，并不会使我们的生活变得索然无味，相反的是会使我们的生活变得有趣和珍贵。C(2019苏、锡、常、镇模拟)Our home galaxy (星系), the Milky Way, makes for a pretty space picture, and it looks normal at a distance. But a new 3D map reveals a surprise. _The Milky Way is a spiral (漩涡型的) galaxy, in which stars and gas clouds exist mainly in its spiral “arms”. Our massive neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy (仙女座), is also spiral. Spiral galaxies usually appear very flat and easy to see through a telescope, said the researchers.Using 1,339 large, pulsating (脉冲的) stars to make a 3D map of the Milky Way, researchers discovered instead that the galaxys disk of stars is increasingly twisting, most likely due to the spinning of the disk. And the farther the stars are from the center, the more twisted it becomes.Previously, astronomers saw evidence of hydrogen clouds becoming warped (弯曲的) in the Milky Way. This isnt completely abnormal, because astronomers have noticed the same pattern of progressively twisting spirals in about a dozen other galaxies. But it does help them make more sense of our galaxy.Because we live in this galaxy, that makes it harder to observe, and dust and starlight make it even more difficult when using telescopes. Trying to determine what our galactic center looks like is similar to trying to find the center of a forest youre standing in.“It is extremely difficult to determine distances from the Sun to parts of the Milky Ways outer gas disk without having a clear idea of what that disk actually looks like，”lead study author Xiaodian Chen of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing said in a statement.From afar, the Milky Way appears like a thin rotating (旋转的) disk of stars, orbiting the center every few hundred million years. In the center, hundreds of billions of stars and dark matter hold the galaxy together.But as you move toward the outermost reaches of the galaxy, the gravitational glue of the center fades. In the outer disk, this_keeps hydrogen gas from being restricted, which contributes to an Shaped warping.“Somewhat to our surprise, we found that in 3D our collection of 1,339 stars and the Milky Ways gas disk follow each other closely. This offers new insights into the formation of our home galaxy，”Richard de Grijs, senior study coauthor and professor at Macquarie Universitys Department of Physics and Astronomy, said in a statement.“Perhaps more importantly, in the Milky Ways outer regions, we found that the Slike stellar (星的) disk is warped in a progressively twisted spiral pattern.”So the massive inner disks rotational force causes the outer disk to warp, the researchers concluded.“This research provides a crucial updated map for studies of our galaxys stellar motions and the origins of the Milky Way，” said Licai Deng, coauthor and senior researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in a statement.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。一张新的3D地图显示了一个让人惊讶的事：银河系正在被它的恒星所扭曲。这项研究使得我们对银河系的恒星运动和银河系的起源有了新的认识。6Which of the following might be the missing sentence in the first paragraph?AThe Milky Way is being warped and twisted by its stars.BThe Milky Way is spiral and orbiting itself all the time.CThe formation of our home galaxy is due to the force of gravity.DThe origin of the Milky Way lies in its rotational force.解析：选A推理判断题。根据前文“a new 3D map reveals a surprise”可知，填补句突出的特点是surprise“令人惊奇的”，然后再看后几段内容的提示，第二段提到“spiral (漩涡型的)”，第三段“Milky Way . increasingly twisting”，第四段“evidence of . becoming warped (弯曲的) in the Milky Way”可知A项正确。7What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 8 refer to?AThe Milky Way.BThe gravitational glue.CThe fading of gravity.DThe outermost reach of the galaxy.解析：选C词义猜测题。根据this所在句的上一句“as you move toward the outermost reaches of the galaxy, the gravitational glue of the center fades”可知，当你向星系的最外层移动时，星系中心的引力会逐渐消失，然后“In the outer disk, this keeps hydrogen gas from being restricted”在外区，this使氢气不受限制，“this”就应该是上文提到的“the fading of gravity”。8Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? AThe galaxy we live in is unique for its special spirals.BThe stars in the center of the Milky Way are more twisted.CThe distance from the sun to other stars is already known to scientists.DThe rotation of its inner center forces the Milky Way to twist.解析：选D细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段中的“inner disks rotational force causes the outer disk to warp”可知，D项正确。9What is the significance of this finding?AIt reveals why the Milky Way is a flat and spiral galaxy.BIt leads to a breakthrough of using 3D technology in space research.CIt proves a previous way of observing the Milky Way while we are living in it.DIt contributes to our knowledge about the Milky Way.解析：选D推理判断题。根据最后一段的评论“provides a crucial updated map for studies of our galaxys stellar motions and the origins of the Milky Way”可知，这项研究为研究银河系的恒星运动和银河系的起源提供了一张重要的更新地图。也就是说增加了我们对于银河系的了解。D(2019苏、锡、常、镇模拟)Ive never seen the night nor seen a star; Ive seen neither spring nor fall nor winter. I was born at the end of the Reining Age (刹车时代), just as the Earths rotation (旋转) was coming to a final stop.The Reining lasted for 42 years, three years longer than the Unity Government had planned. My mother once told me about the time our family witnessed the last sunset. The Sun had ever so slowly crept toward the horizon, almost as if it had stopped moving altogether. In the end, it took three days and three nights to finally set. Naturally, that was the end of all “days” and all “nights”. The Eastern Hemisphere (半球) was covered in weak light for a long time then, perhaps for a dozen years or so with the Sun hiding just beyond the horizon its rays reflected by half of the sky. It was during that long sunset that I was born.Dusk did not mean darkness. The Northern Hemisphere was lit up by the Earth Engines. These giant engines had been raised all across Asia and North America; only the solid plates beneath those two continents could resist the great pushing forces they exerted. There were about 12,000 Earth Engines built and distributed across the Asian and American plains.From my home I could see the bright plasma plumes (等离子气柱) of several hundred Earth Engines. Just imagine a titanic palace, one as large as the Parthenon on the Acropolis. Now imagine countless titanic pillars rising from that palace, reaching to the heavens, each releasing brilliant, bluishwhite light like a titanic shining tube. And then there is you; you are a microbe on the palaces floor. This only begins to paint the picture of the world we lived in.This picture, however, is not yet complete. In order to survive the melting temperature of the expanding sun, we have to push the Earth away from it. First, the Earth must be stopped from rotating. Only the forces acting tangentially (切线地) to the Earths rotation could slow it, so the Earth Engines had to be built to a specific angle. Those gigantic pillars of light were leaning to that angle. Now imagine what that meant for our palace, with its pillars all leaning on the point of falling down! Many who came from the Southern Hemisphere went mad when suddenly seeing this awesome view.Worse than the view was the burning heat released by the Earth Engines. Outdoors the temperature was stuck at around 160 to 180 degrees, forcing us to wear special suits just to leave the house. The extremely high temperatures often brought pouring rains. It was always a terrifying scene when the beam of an Earth Engine cut through dark clouds. The clouds scattered the brilliant, bluishwhite light of the beam, erupting it into endless rainbow light that covered the entire sky like whitehot magma (岩浆)To my generation, born in the Northern Hemisphere, all of this was perfectly normal and natural, just like the Sun, stars and Moon had been to generations before the Reining Age. We called the entire history of the human race that had come before us the PreSolar Age; what a fascinating and golden era that had truly been! The Reining Age left the earth with a horrifying result. The sea tides, quickened by the Earth Engines, had swallowed two out of every three cities in the Northern Hemisphere; then the global increase in temperatures melted the polar icecap, resulting in floods that spread to the Southern Hemisphere. Thirty years earlier my grandfather had witnessed giant 300foot waves that had engulfed Shanghai. Even now, he could never tell us about it without his gaze slipping into a thousandmile stare.Our planet had already changed beyond recognition before it even set out on its journey. Who knew what hardships were waiting for us on our long travels through outer space?语篇解读：本文是一篇科幻故事，主要幻想了“刹车时代”地球、太阳的运行状况和人们的生活情况。10What happened when the author was born?AThe earth had stopped turning for fortytwo years.BThe sun was making its last fall towards the horizon.CAll the Earth Engines had not been finished.DHis family were suffering from the summer hotness.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第二段第二句中的“our family witnessed the last sunset”和第四句“In the end, it took three days and three nights to finally set. Naturally, that was the end of all days and all nights”可知，作者出生的时候他的家人目睹了最后的日落，它落幕之后，地球就没有白天也没有黑夜。11Which of the following about the Earth Engines is right?AThey were built in Asia and North America due to their hu