高考英语二轮专题训练 阅读理解60天2.doc

2013年高考英语二轮专题训练：阅读理解60天2阅读理解a i was walking along the main street of a small seaside town in the north of england looking for somewhere to make a phone callmy car had broken down outside the town and i wanted to contact the aa companylow grey clouds were gathering across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea which nearly threw me off my feet every time i crossed one of the side streetsit had rained in the night and water was dropping from the bare trees that lined the streeti was glad that i was wearing a thick coat there was no sign of a call box, nor was there anyone at that early hour whom i could aski had thought i might find a shop open selling the sunday papers or a milkman doing his rounds, but the town was completely deadthe only living thing i saw was a thin frightened cat outside a small restaurant then suddenly i found what i was looking forthere was a small post office, and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow streetnext to it was the towns only public call box, which badly needed a coat of painti hurried forward, but stopped in astonishment when i saw through the dirty glass that there was a man insidehe was fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoati could not see his face and he didnt raise his head at the sound of my footsteps carefully, i remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait for my turnit was when i threw the dead match on the ground that i noticed something bright red trickling from under the box call door61at what time was the story set? aan early winter morning ba cold winter afternoon can early summer morning da windy summer afternoon62which of the following words best describe the writers impression of the town? acold and frightening bdirty and crowded cempty and dead dunusual and unpleasant63the underlined word “trickling” in the last paragraph means _ arushing out suddenly bshining brightly cflowing slowly in drops dappearing slowly64why didnt the man raise his head when the writer came near? ahe was annoyed at being seen by the writer bhe was angry at being disturbed by the writer che was probably fast asleep dhe was probably murdered b what are the best ways to learn new words? once you have learned new words, how can you remember them? if you want to learn new words, you have to take a couple of things into considerationwhat is your reason for wanting to improve your vocabularyfor a purpose, like the sat, or for fun and general self-improvement? if you have a goal, it is good to read about different approaches toward achieving the goalfor example, there are books specifically written with methods for increasing ones vocabulary for sat test-taking also, you can examine how you learn best, especially word-based informationsome people need to use what they learn in order for it to stickas in conversation and writingothers succeed by taking quizzesstill others are good at memorizing we tend to remember words more easily when we read about them in meaningful context, when we see that they are useful and worth remembering , and also when they have been fully explainedknowing how to use a word is just as important as knowing its meaningmost word-of-the-day offerings supply the definition as well as an example sentence or two studies have shown that a new word will stay in your vocabulary if it is regularly reinforced (强化)through use and readingtaking word quizzes is a fun way to spend a few minutes learning wordsit is great to have a quiz book with you when you have to wait in places like a dentists officekeeping a quiz book in the car and on the bedside table is good, too65what is the best title for this passage? alearning new words, increasing your vocabulary blearning new words for test clearning new words by taking quizzes dknowing the meaning to help learn new words66which of the following way is not given by the author to help learn new words? agetting many kinds of methods towards your learning goal by reading bknowing word-formation to see your word-learning ability ctaking as many tests and quizzes as possible to help dknowing new words meanings in ones native language is in the first place67how many ways in the last two paragraphs are mentioned? a2 b3 c4 d568what does the author mainly deal with in paragraph 3? adifferent ways of learning new words bdifferent goals of learning new words cdifferent types of people learning new words ddifferent types of learning new words cas a child growing up, i have very few memories of the times when we gathered as a family to sit down and eat dinner togetheri grew up in a home where both of my parents workedmy mother taught school, and my father worked during the night at a local chemical plantthere was not much time available for us to sit down to eat dinner together due to my parents conflicting work schedules and the extracurricular(课外的) activities in which my sister and i participatedit wasnt until i got married and had two children of my own that i began to realize the importance of eating dinner togetherin my family there are elements that take us away from each other, day in and day out, but as a mother i feel it is my responsibility to bring us all back together again at the end of the dayin my house, dinnertime, is a time of thanksi give thanks for the food we share, but i am more thankful for the family i share it withdinnertime is a time for us to share our day, and exchange our thoughtsit is also a time when we learn about honesty, perseverance, courage, sympathy and friendshipabove all it is a time when my family are able to connect with the ones they loveas i look at the bread basket which sits on my kitchen table, i am reminded of how the baskets tight weave resembles the tightly woven strands(股) of my family, i believe that through our family dinners, we will not only pass around the meat and potatoes, but we will also pass along virtues that will shape and mold us so that we can forever embrace one another just as the basket embraces the bread69what does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to? athe family bthe food cdinnertime dmy house70according to the author, during dinnertime _ awe should remember the one who prepares the dinner bwe can learn all sorts of knowledge from other people ccommunication among family members will be improved dit is healthy for people to express their opinions71the author concludes the passage by _ amaking comparisons btelling her own storycsummarizing the main idea dpresenting facts72what is the main idea of the passage?ait is pleasant to spend time with your familybit is necessary to participate in family activitiescit is vital to balance work and family time dit is important to have family dinner togetherdtypes of insurancehealth insurancepays for hospital treatmentlife insuranceyou put money into the scheme which pays out when you diebuilding and contentsto cover the direct effects of an accident or disaster ega fire or a floodmotor vehicle insurancecovers damages to any of the firms motor vehiclesemployers liability (责任) covers accidents or illnesses that happen as a result of employees workpublic liability insurancethis covers any accident which might happen to the general publicegwhen they are visiting a companys premises (房屋及其附属建筑基地等)all companies must have this insurance by lawproduct liabilitycovers accidents or injuries as a result of using th