高考英语二轮阅读理解训练06 .doc

2013高考英语二轮阅读理解训练06：（答案）热身训练china daily launchesb d ubusiness daily update want to keep abreast（赶得上）of the dynamic pulse（强有力的脉搏）of chinas economy? get a glance at the most important business activities taking place here every day through business daily update, a service offered by china daily information via the world wide web. placed under 10 categories, over 25 news items appear each day with the top three events highlighted all in english business daily update is just a few mouse clicks away. subscribe to bdu for an annual fee of us $240. e-mail and fax services are also available upon request. for more information, please contact business daily update: tel: (010) 64941107, (010)64924488 ext. 2000; fax: +86-10-6491125 email: ; url: /bdu64. if you get into bdu, you can _.a. find out everything in chinab. get the most important business information in the worldc. get the information about the latest business activities taking place in chinad. get all the information in china daily65. this ad. will be very helpful to _.a. foreign business people b. foreign travelers c. chinese people d. china daily reporters66. to get the information from bdu every day, you must _.a. understand chinese b. know something about the mousec. know how to operate a computerd. how to use a fax machine67. if you have /bdu, you can get in touch with bdu by _.a. telephone b. fax c. e-mail d. internet64、ca cd *结束*结束abarditch high school decided to have an all-school reunion. over 450 people came to the event. there were tours of the old school building and a picnic at confederate park. several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about the old days. ms. mabel yates, the english teacher for fifty years, was wheeled to the park.some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans (嘟囔声) when ms.yates was about to speak. many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lecture from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined.then ms. yates started to speak:“i cant tell you how pleased i am to be here. i havent seen many of you since your graduation, but i have followed your careers and enjoyed your victories as well as crying for your tragedies. i have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students. although i havent appeared in person, i have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the births of your children, in my imagination.”ms. yates paused and started crying a bit. then she continued:“it was my belief that if i pushed you as hard as i could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me. regardless of our motives, i can see that you have all been successful in you chosen path.”“there is no greater comfort for an educator than to see the end result of his or her years of work. you have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and i want you to know i love you all from the bottom of my heart.”there was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. the clapping turned into cheering, then into a deafening roar (呼喊). lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten english teacher from their hometown.71. what activity was organized for the school reunion?a. sightseeing in the park.b. a picnic on the school playground.c. graduates reports in the old building.d. telling stories about past events.72. what can be inferred from paragraph 2? a. some graduates were too busy to listen to ms. yates speech.b. many graduates disliked ms. yates ways of teaching.c. some people got tired from the reunion activities.d. most people had little interest in the reunion.73. we can learn from ms. yates speech that she .a. kept track of her students progressb. gave her students advice on their careersc. attended her students college graduationsd. went to her students wedding ceremonies74. which of the following can best describe ms. yates?a. dependent and devoted. b. tough and generous.c. strict but caring.d. proud but patient.*结束bcassandra feeley finds it hard to manage on her husbands income. so this year she did something more than a hobby: she planted vegetables in her yard. for her first garden, ms. feeley has put in 15 tomato plants, and five rows of a variety of vegetables. the familys old farm house has become a chicken bourse, its residents arriving next month. last year, ms. rita gartin kept a small garden. this year she has made it much larger because, she said, “the cost of everything is going up and i was looking to lose a few pounds too; so its a win-win situation all around.”they are among the growing number of americans who, driven by higher living costs and a falling economy (经济), have taken up vegetable gardening for the first time. others have increased the size of their existing gardens. seed companies and garden shops say that not since the 1970s has there been such an increase in interest in growing food at home. now many gardens across the country have been sold out for several months. in austin, tex., some of the gardens have a three-year waiting list.george c. ball jr., owner of a company, said sales of vegetable seeds and plants are up by 40% over last year, double the average growth of last five years. mr. ball argues that some of the reasons have been building for the last few years. the big one is the striking rise in the cost of food like bread and milk, together with the increases in the price of fruits and vegetables. food prices have increased because of higher oil prices. people are now driving less, taking fewer vacations, so there is more time to garden.75. what does the word “residents” in paragraph 1 probably refer to?a. chickensb. tomatoes c. gardens d. people76. why is vegetable gardening becoming increasingly popular?a. more americans are dong it for fun.b. the price of oil is lower than before.c. theres a growing need for fruits.d. the cost of living is on the rise.77. which of the following might be the best title for the text?a. family food planning b. depending on gardeningc. a belt-tightening move d. gardening as a hobby*结束ctaking a bath provides a variety of health benefits, for example, keeping your body clean and relaxing, but if we are ever ill in bed and cant get up, we will be thankful for the nurse who helps us get clean. while i am not a nurse, and have never given anyone a bath, i would imagine that it would take a lot of sympathy and patience to do so.yet those who attended the international conference on intelligence robots and systems conference last month were introduced to cody, a robot that can bathe human beings.the robot has a base that can be turned to all directions, two human-like arms, and flexible wrists (腕). it uses a camera and laser range finder to locate parts of the human body. it then uses bath gloves to clean with a little pressure.the robot was designed at the georgia institute of technology. charles kemp of the healthcare robotics lab is the senior researcher for the project. in a test run, cody was able to remove 96% of a test subjects dirtnot bad for a robot.but dont go asking for cody for cody yethes still a model. yet researchers believe that one day cody may take the place of nurses for this task. researchers claim that cody will afford patients increased private information. i suppose that would depend on the patient. even so, i can appreciate the need. we dont have enough nurses to go around, and those places that are the most short-handed, for example, nursing homes, are those that have the most patients who are unable to bathe themselves. still, before i get there, i hope they think of a better way to solve the problem.78. the writer thinks bathing others must . a. bring you various health benefitsb. make you feel thankful c. take you a lot of patienced. make you feel dignified79. what is the third paragraph mainly about? a. why and where cody was designed. b. what cody looks like and who designed it. c. what cody can do and where it will work soon. d. how cody works and what has made that possible.80. we know from the fourth and fifth paragraphs that . a. cody can bathe patients better than a real nurse can b. robots like cody are being produced in large numbers c. cody can take the place of nurses completely in hospitals d. researchers think cody can protect patients personal information81. there is a need for cody because . a. there are not enough nursesb. it can bring down the cost of nursing c. people are becoming lazier d. there are too many nursing homes*结束dhomestay provides english language students with the opportunity to speak english outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a british home.what to expectthe host will provide accommodation and meals. rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. you will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.accommodation zoneshomestays are located in london mainly in zones2, 3 and 4 of the transport system. most hosts do not live in the town center as much of central london is commercial and not residential (居住的). zones 3 and 4 often offer larger accommodation in a less crowded area. it is very convenient to travel in london by underground.meal plans available continental breakfast breakfast and dinner breakfast, packed lunch and dinnerits important to note that few english families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. your accommodation includes continental breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal (谷物类食品), bread and tea or coffee. cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a continental breakfast in england. dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by desert, fruit and coffee.friendsif you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your hosts permission. you have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.self-catering accommodation in