高考英语重庆八中二轮阅读理解精选训练（01）.doc

2013高考英语重庆八中二轮阅读理解精选训练（01）及答案 ( a )a jobless man applied for the position of “office boy” at microsoft. the hr manager interviewed him and then watched him cleaning the floor as a test.“you are employed,” he said. “give me your e-mail address and ill send you the application to fill in, as well as date when you may start.”the man replied，“but i dont have a computer, neither an e-mail.”“i m sorry，” said the hr manager.“if you dont have an e-mail，that means , you do not exist. and who doesnt exist cannot have the job.” the man left with no hope at all. he didnt know what to do with only ten dollars in his pocket. he then decided to go to the supermarket and buy 10 kg tomatoes. he then sold the tomatoes from door to door. in less than two hours, he succeeded to double his capital. he repeated the operation three times, and returned home happily with 60 dollars.the man realized that he could survive in this way, and started to go every day earlier, and return late. thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. shortly, he bought a cart, then a truck, and then he had his own fleet of delivery vehicles. five years later, the man is one of the biggest food retailers(销售商) in the us.he started to plan his familys future and decided to have a life insurance. he called an insurance broker（经纪人）and chose a protection plan.when the conversation was concluded the broker asked him his e-mail. the man replied, “i dont have an e-mail.”the broker answered curiously,“you dont have an e-mail, and yet have succeeded to build an empire. can you imagine what you could have been if you had an e-mail? the man thought for a while and replied,“yes，id be an office boy at microsoft!”56. the underlined word “tripled” can be replaced by . a. became large b. became 3 timesc. increased quickly d. decreased quickly57. according to the passage，which of the following is true?a. the man is one of the biggest food retailers in the world.b. the man didnt give up though he failed the interview.c. he started his career by selling tomatoes in the supermarket.d. those who have e-mails can work at microsoft.58. the man can be described as .a. helpful and considerate b. positive and generousc. smart and hardworking d. stubborn and unselfish59. which proverb can best describe the story?a. misfortune may be an actual blessing. b. where there is a will, there is a way.c. accidents will happen. d. no pains, no gains. （b） an 8-year-old girl was dragged about 900 feet by a school bus today in livingston county. according to state police, the incident occurred about 2：40 pm on state route 436 in the town of ossian after three sisters were dropped off the bus. as the last sister was leaving the bus, driver john coley, 62 , of wayland, steuben county, told the police that he was not paying attention when he closed the door and trapped her backpack inside. coley then continued 900 feet before he realized the girl was being dragged, state police said.the girl was hurt and was transported to nicholas h noyes memorial hospital in dansville，livingston county, by dansville ambulance. 来源:z|xx|k.comanother 8-year-old child on the bus said he hit his head on the seat in front of him when the bus came to a sudden stop, causing an earache. conservation staff in new zealand have put down 33 stranded（搁浅的）whales after several attempts to refloat them failed. the whales were shot on farewell spit on the south island. department of conservation area manager john mason says staff and hundreds of volunteers had tried all week to get the whales refloated. he says they thought they were successful on wednesday when they got the whales into deep waterbut were saddened on thursday to find that they had swum back ashore. he says the condition of the whales had significantly become worse. as well as the 33 whales that were shot，36 had died naturally since monday and 17 were successfully refloated. 13 remain unknown.60. the last sister was dragged by the bus because_. a. she stood too close to the bus when getting off b. the bus driver stopped the bus suddenly c. something was wrong with the bus door d. her backpack was stuck in the closed door61. it can be inferred from the first news that_ a. three sisters were dragged about 900 feet by a school bus b. the driver stopped the bus immediately he realized his mistake c. two children were hurt and sent to hospital d. a boy was hurt when the bus started suddenly62. how many whales were trapped ashore in total? a. 33. b. 36. c.99. d.13.63. the 33 refloated whales returned ashore on_. a. monday b. tuesday c. wednesday d. thursday (c) more than half of rich americans have not shown their full wealth to their children, a new survey showed last tuesday.the survey, published by the bank of america, studied the rich with3 million or more in possessions. it found that “surprisingly few of those surveyed have well-developed plans to preserve and pass on their possessions to their children”. the majority of the 457 people surveyed are self-made, first-generation rich. fifty-two percent of parents have not chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they are，and 15 percent have given away nothing about the family wealth. one in three parents said they had never thought to do it. they are worried that their children would become lazy, spend money freely，make bad decisions and even become a target for attractive women who use their looks to get money from rich men. only 34 percent strongly agreed that their children would be able to handle any inheritance（遗产）they plan to leave them. “there is an expectation about the wealthy parents that they have a responsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation,” said sallie krawcheck，president of the global wealth and investment management of the bank of america. “our research, however, uncovered changing views of what one generation owes the next.” the trend is led by the worlds richest man bill gates, who promised in 2008 that he would leave his $58 billion fortune to the charity started by him and his wife, the bill and melinda gates foundation（基金会），and not to his children.“ we want to give it back to society in the way that it will have the most positive effect,” he said. of his plans for his children , gates said: “i will give the kids some money but not a meaningful percentage they will need to work but they will feel reasonably taken care of.”64. we can learn from the passage that . a. rich parents may not know how to manage their inheritance b. rich parents dont equal rich kids, at least in the us c. american children dont get to inherit their parents wealth d. poor children dont expect themselves to be as rich as their parents65. according to the survey, most rich americans a. think they owe their children nothing b. think it best to give their money back to society c. doubt their childrens ability to handle wealth d. are confident of their childrens ability to handle wealth66. the underlined word “they” in paragraph 6 refers to a. responsible children b. bill gates and his wife c. first-generation rich d. rich parents67. from the last paragraph，we can see that bill gates wants to show . a. the trend of leaving no inheritance to children b. the positive effect of charity on society c. the way of giving back to societyd. the importance of independence for children (d)would the voice of amanda holden saying “your city had talent” encourage you to use a litter bin? or maybe former monty python star michael palin telling you no one had expected “the spanish bin-quisition”？ organizers of a plan persuading celebrities（名人）to lend their voices to “talking bins”believe it can make a real difference to keeping britain tidy. they hope that by using humor, they will succeed where fines and warnings have failed in keeping streets and parks clean. a similar experiment in sweden found a talking bin received nearly three times as much rubbish as an ordinary one because people were attracted by its quality of being new and unusual value.twenty-five specially adapted bins to be installed（安装）in the streets of london and liverpool next month will use a sound card to play a themed message when litter is placed inside. for example，one near the royal opera house will play a “thank-you” message sung by janis kelly to the tune of nessun dorina. bins installed in liverpool will play beatles-themed messages. for others，britains got talent judge holden is expected to record the message：“this is amanda, and this citys got talent.”the campaign，entitled bin thinking, is being organized by art group sing london. if successful，talking bins could become a familiar feature on britains streets. colette hiller, director of sing london, said, “ the idea is to reward people in a small way for changing their behavior and raise awareness through a sense of fun.”68. what is the plan persuading celebrities to lend their voices to “talking bins” aimed at？ a. attracting passers-by attention on celebrities. b. encouraging people to use the litter bins to keep britain tidy. c. making fun of those who wont keep the streets and parks clean. d. thanking people for cleaning the litter bins through a sense of fun.69. the following stars voices are to be lent to “talking bins” except_.a. amanda holder s b michael palins c. janis kellys d. nessun dorma s70. we can infer from the text that_. a. children are most attracted by “talking bins” b. different messages will be played due to different streets c. britain is the first city where the experiment on “talking bins” was made d. “talking bins” might take the place of ordinary litter bins in britain71 . what would be the best title for the text? a. lending your voice to “talking bins” b. sing london art organization c. a campaign named bin thinking d. a new experiment on litter bins (e)what happens inside the skull of a soccer player who repeatedly heads a soccer ball? that question motivate a challenging new study of the brains of experienced players that has caused discussion and debate among soccer players, and some anxiety among those of us with soccer-playing children. for the study, researchers at the albert einstein college of medicine in new york selected 34 adults，men and women. all of the volunteers had played soccer since childhood and now competed year-round in adult soccer leagues. each filled out a detailed questionnaire developed especially for this study to determine how many times they had headed a soccer ball in the previous year, as well as whether they had experienced any known concussions（脑震荡）in the past. then the players completed computerized tests of their memory and other learning skills and had their brains scanned, using a complicated new mri technique which can find structural changes in the brain that cant be seen during most scans. according to the data they presented at a radiological society of north america meeting last month，the researchers found that the players who had headed the ball more than about 1,100 times in the previous 12 months showed significant loss of white matter in parts of their