高考英语二轮专题训练 阅读理解60天（23）.doc

2013年高考英语二轮专题训练 阅读理解60天（23）reading comprehensiondirections: read the following three passages. each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. for each of them there are four choices marked a, b, c and d. choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.a if cars had wings，they could fly and that just might happen, beginning in 2011.the company terrafugia, based in woburn, massachusetts, says it plans to deliver its car-plane, the transition, to customers by the end of 2011.“its the next wow vehicle，”said terrafugia vice president richard gersh .“anybody can buy a ferrari, but as we say, ferraris dont fly.”the car plane has wings that unfold for flyinga process the company says takes one minuteand fold back up for driving. a runway is still required to take off and land.the transition is being marketed more as a plane that drives than a car that flies, although it is both. the company has been working with faa to meet aircraft regulations, and with the national highway traffic safety administration to meet vehicle safety regulations.the company is aiming to sell the transition to private pilots as a more convenient and cheaper way to fly. they say it saves you the trouble from trying to find another mode of transportation to get to and from airports: you drive the car to the airport and then youre good to go. when you land, you fold up the wings and hit the road. there are no expensive parking fees because you dont have to store it at an airportyou park it in the garage at home.the car-plane is designed to fly primarily under 10,000 feet. it has a maximum takeoff weight of 1,430 pounds, including fuel and passengers. terrafugia says the transition reduces the potential for an accident by allowing pilots to drive under bad weather instead of flying into marginal(临界)conditions.the transitions price tag: $194,000, but there may be additional charges for options like a radio, transponder or gps. another option is a full-plane parachute.“if you get into a very awful situation, it is the necessary safety option,” gersh said.so far, the company has more than 70 orders with deposits.“were working very closely with them, but there are still some remaining steps,” brown said.56. we can learn from the first paragraph that .a. car-planes will be popular in 2011b. people might drive a car-plane in 2011c. both transition and ferrari can take off and landd. richard gersh is the vice president of massachusetts57. lt takes the car-plane one minute to .a. fold and unfold its wings b. unfold wings for flyingc. land in the airport d. meet flying safety regulations58. according to the passage, which of the following is not true?a. the car-plane needs a runway to take off and land.b. to meet aircraft regulations, the company has been working with faa.c. the car-plane may fly as high as normal planes.d. people can park the car-plane in the garage at their home.59. the underlined word “it” in the last but one paragraph refers to .a. the radio b. the transponder c. the gps d. the full-plane parachute60. whats the best title for the passage?a. cars with wings may be just around the cornerb. which to choose: a ferrari or a car plane?c. a more convenient and cheaper way to flyd. cars with wings can fly as fast as planesbif you know exactly what you want, the best way to get a job is to get specialized training. a recent survey shows that companies like graduates in such fields as business and health care who can go to work immediately with very little on-the-job training. thats especially true of booming fields that are challenging for workers. at cornells school of hotel administration, for example, bachelors degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers with salaries ranging from the high teens to the low 20s and plenty of chances for rapid advancement. large companies, especially, like a background of formal education coupled with work experience. but in the long run, too much specialization doesnt pay off. business, which has been flooded with mbas, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval. the mba may open doors and command a higher salary initially, but the effect of a degree washes out after five years. as further evidence of companies gradually losing faith in specialized degrees, michigan states scheetz mentions a pattern in hiring practices. although companies tend to take on specialists as new hires, they often seek out generalists for middle and upper-level management. “they want someone who isnt constrained（限制）by details to look at the big picture,” says scheetz. this sounds like a formal statement that you approve of the liberal-arts （文科）graduates. time and again labor-market analysts mention a need for talents that liberal-arts majors are assumed to have: writing and communication skills, organizational skills, open-mindedness and adaptability, and the ability to analyze and solve problems. david birch, manager of the boston red sox, claims he does not hire anybody with an mba or an engineering degree, “i hire only liberal-arts people because they have a less-than-canned way of doing things,” says birch. for a liberal-arts degree, students focus on some basic courses that include literature, history, mathematics, economics, science, human behaviorplus a computer course or two. with these useful and important courses, you can feel free to specialize, “a liberal-arts degree coupled with an mba or some other technical training is a very good combination in the marketplace,” says scheetz. 61. what kinds of people are in high demand on the job market? a. students with a bachelors degree in humanities. b. people with an mba degree from top universities. c. people with formal schooling plus work experience. d. people with special training in engineering 62. by saying “but the effect of a degree washes out after five years”(para 2), the author means . a. most mba programs fail to provide students with a solid foundation b. an mba degree does not help in the future promotion c. mba programs will not be as popular in five years time as they are now d. people will not forget about the degree the mba graduates have got 63. according to scheetzs statement ( para. 3), companies prefer people who . a. have a strategic mind b. are talented in fine arts c. are ambitious and aggressive d. have received training in mechanics 64. david birch claims that he only hires liberal-arts people because they . a. are more capable of handling changing situations b. can stick to established ways of solving problems c. are thoroughly trained in a variety of specialized fields d. have attended special programs in management 65. which of the following statements does the author support? a. specialists are more expensive to hire than generalists. b. formal schooling is less important than job training. c. on-the-job training is, in the long run, less costly. d. generalists will do better than specialists in management. cfrom a very early age，some children exhibit better self-control than others. now，a new study that began with about 1, 000 children in new zealand has tracked how a childs low self-control can predict poor health, money troubles and even a criminal record in their adult years. researchers have been studying this group of children for decades now. they observed the level of self-control the youngsters displayed. parents，teachers，even the kids themselves，scored the youngsters on measures like“ acting before thinking ”and “persistence in reaching goals. ”the study led by moffitt of duke university and colleagues followed 1,000 children from birth to age 32 in dunedin, new zealand. “the children who had the lowest self-control when they were age three to ten，later on had the most health problems in their 30s，” moffitt said，“and they had the worst financial situation. they were more likely to have a criminal record and to be raising a child as a single parent on a very low income. ”moffitt explained that self-control problems were widely observed，and werent just a feature of a small group of misbehaving kids. moffitt said its still unclear why some children have better self-control than others，though she said other researchers have found that its mostly a learned behavior, with relatively little genetic influence. but good self-control can be set to run in families because children with good self-control are more likely to grow up to be healthy and prosperous parents. but the good news，moffitt said，is that self-control can be taught by parents，and through school curricula that have been shown to be effective. 66. from the first two paragraphs we learn that .a. the research has been carried out for five yearsb. self-control in kids tends to determine their futurec. self-control was assessed by childrens intelligenced. childrens self-control is almost the same at early age67. children with low self-control are more likely to .a.