高三英语二轮复习专题突破精品训练阅读理解3.doc

2014届高三英语二轮复习专题突破精品训练：阅读理解a (new york) a french tourist highly praised for rescuing a twoyearold girl in manhattan said he didnt think twice before diving into the freezing east river.tuesdays daily news said 29yearold julien duret from france was the man who left the spot quickly after the rescue last saturday.he lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the south street seaport museum. he handed the girl to her father, david anderson, who had dived in after him. “i didnt think at all，” duret told the daily news. “it happened very fast. i reacted very fast.”duret, an engineer on vacation, was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头) when he saw something falling into the water. he thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river. immediately, he took off his coat and jumped into the water.when he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said. fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes. anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. an ambulance came later for her, said duret, who was handed dry clothes from onlookers. duret caught a taxi with his girlfriend shortly after.the rescue happened on the day before he left for france. duret said he didnt realize his story of heroism had greatly moved new york until he was leaving the city the next morning.“i dont really think im a hero，” said duret. “anyone would do the same thing.”1why was duret in new york? ato meet his girlfriend.bto spend his holiday.cto work as an engineer.dto visit the andersons.2what did duret do shortly after the ambulance came? ahe was interviewed by a newspaper.bhe went to the hospital in the ambulance.che disappeared from the spot quickly.dhe asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes.3who dived after duret into the river to save the little girl? adavid anderson.ba passerby.chis girlfriend.da taxi driver.4which of the following is true according to the passage? aduret thought twice before he jumped into the cold water.bduret dived into the water before the girls father. cthe rescue happened on the day duret left for france.dduret didnt think he was brave enough to be a hero.5what is probably the headline of this news report? aa careless fatherba poor girl cwarmhearted onlookersdbrave frenchman foundlast night i was driving from harrisburg to lewisburg，distance of about eighty miles. it was late. several times i got stuck behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road with a solid white line on my left, and i became increasingly impatient. at one point along an open road, i came to a crossing with a traffic light. i was alone on the road by now, but as i drove near the light, it turned red and i made a stop. i looked left, right and behind me. nothing. not a car, no suggestion of car lamps, but there i sat, waiting for the light to change, the only human being for at least a mile in any direction. i started wondering why 1 refused to run the light i was not afraid of being caught, because there was clearly no policeman wound, and there certainly would have been no danger in going through it. much later that night, the question of why id stopped for that light came back to me. i think istopped because its part of a contract(契约)we all have with each other. its not only the law, but it is an agreement we have, and we trust each other to honor it: we dont go through red lights. trust is our first inclination(倾向).doubting others does not seem to be natural to us. the whole construction of our society depends on mutual(相互)trust, not distrust we do what we say well do; we show up when we say well show up; and we pay when we say well pay. we trust each other in these matters, and were angry or disappointed with the person or organization that breaks the trust we have in them.i was so proud of myself for stopping for the red light that night. 65. the event made the author strongly believe that .a. traffic rules may be unnecessaryb. doubting others is human naturec. patience is important to driversd. a society needs mutual trust 点拨 d 根据短文第5段，不难判断作者相信一个社会需要互相信任。因此，正确答案为d选项。66. why was the author proud of himself?a he kept his promise. b. he held back his anger.c. he followed his inclination. d. he made a right decision.点拨 d 根据短文容易判断作者引以为豪的是对未闯红灯一事所做的决定。因此，正确答案为d选项。you can not see any object unless light from that object gets into your eyes. some of the things you see give off light of their own. the sun, the stars, a lighted lamp are examples that can be seen by their own light. such things are luminous. most of the things you see are not giving off light of their own. they are simply reflecting light that falls on them from the sun or some other luminous bodies. the moon, for example, does not give off any light of its own. it is non-luminous. you see it because sunlight falls on it and some of it reflects in our direction. so moon light is only second hand sunlight.when you look at a book, it sends to your eyes some of the light which falls on it, and you see the book. if light could be kept out from where you are so that there would be no light for the book to reflect, then you could not see the book even with your eyes wide open.light travels so fast that the time in which it travels from the book you are reading to your eyes is so short as if there were no time at all. light reaches us from the moon, which is about 380 000 kilometers away, in only a little more than a second.1. you can see the book because_.a. your eyes are close to it b. it reflects some of the sunlightc. it has light of its ownd. your eyesight can get to it 2. the underlined word “luminous” means_. a. visibleb. all colorsc. giving off lightd. sunlight3. _ have light of their own.a. the sun and the moonb. the stars and the earth c. the sun and the starsd. the moon and the earth4. which of the following is true?a. all the things you can see give off light.b. light from the book is much shorter than that from the moon. c. the moment you open your eyes the light from the book travels to your eyes.d. light travels so fast that there is no time for you to read.(14 bccc)【答案与解析】本文介绍了光的种类及其特征。1. b。细节题。根据文章第文章第 2 段第 1 句 it sends to your eyes some of the light which falls on it可推知此题答案为 b。2. c。词义猜测题。根据文章第 2 段第 2 句 some of the things you see give off light of their own 和第 4 句 such things are luminous 可推知此题答案为 c。3. c。推断题。根据文章第 1 段第 3 句 the sun, the stars, a lighted lamp are examples that can be seen by their own light可推知此题答案为 c。4. c。推断题。根据文章最后一段第 1 句 light travels so fast that the time in which it travels from the book you are reading to your eyes is so short as if there were no time at all 可推知此题答案为 c。*结束阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。afat and shy, ben saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. football, tennis, cricket anything with a round ball, i was useless, he says now with a laugh. but back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in devonshire, england.it was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. at first he went hiking alone in a nearby forest. then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. gradually, saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. at the age of 18, he ran his first marathon. the following year, he met john ridgway and was hired as an instructor at ridgway s school of adventure in scotland, where he learned about ridgway s cold-water exploits. greatly interested, saunders read all he could about north pole explorers and adventures, then decided that this would be his future.in 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, saunders started his first long-distance expedition (探险) towards the north pole. it took unbelievable energy. he suffered frostbite (冻疮), ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled(雪撬) up and over rocky icesaunders has become the youngest person to ski alone to the north pole, and he s skied more of the north pole by himself than any other british man. his old playmates would not believe the change.next october, saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of antarctica to the south pole and back, a 2900-kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis.1. what change happened to saunders after he was 15 years old? a. he became good at most sports. b. he began to build up his body. c. he joined a sports team. d. he made friends with a runnerm2. the underlined word exploits (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to _.a. journeys b. researches c. adventures d. operations3. which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to saunders?a. he ran his first marathon. b. he skied alone in the north pole. c. he rode his bike in a forest. d. he planned an adventure to the south role. a. acdb b. cdab c. acbd d. cabd4. what does the story mainly tell us about saunders?a. he is a success in sports. . b. he is the best british skier. c. he is ridgway s favorite student. d. he is a good instructor at school. 参考答案 1-4 bcda *结束 bit s 2035. you have a job, a family and you re about 40 years old. welcome to your future life.getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. turn red, you say. your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. tiny preprogrammed electronics (智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you re 40. you look much younger. with amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. you re not even middle-aged! as you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, to lose weight, you shouldnt eat that, from your shoes. they read the tiny electronic code(电子源码) on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. you decide to listen to your shoes. kitchen, what can i have for breakfast? a list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies. ready for your trip to space? you ask your son and daughter. in 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space and very few of them. today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. your best friend even works in space. handing your children three strawberries each, you add, the doctor said you need these for space travel. thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. with the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.it s time for you to go to work. your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. my office. autopilot, you command. your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. you sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. the latest news downloads and fills the viewer. looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it5. what changes the color of your shirt?a. the mirror. b. the shirt itself. c. the counter. d the medicine.6. how do the shoes know that you shouldnt eat the breakfast cereal?a. by pouring the breakfast into a bowl. b. by listening to the doctor s advice. c. by testing the food supplies in the kitchen; d. by checking the nutrition details of the food.7. the strawberries the children eat serve as _a. breakfast b. lunch c. vaccines d. nutrition8. how is the text organized? a. in order of time. b. in order of frequency.c. in order of preference. d. in order of importance参考答案 5-8 bdca *结束cpolice today stepped up a murder probe（调查）after a father was killed by a gang. they attacked him with an axe. john purcell, 40, suffered fatal injuries in the incident in easterhouse, glasgow on saturday evening moments after he had said goodbye to his children. his youngest son john, 11, was being comforted by his mum elizabeth malcolm after witnessing the street horror. the father-of-three was attacked around 10:30 in easterhouse road. young john said, “my father was struck from behind with something that looked like a chopper.” john, his sister danielle, 15, and brother william, 19, have been left devastated and placed a floral tribute（葬礼献花）at the attack scene in memory of their dad. elizabeth malcolm said, “we are all in shock about what had happened. when he left here he usually turned left down the road, but for some reason on saturday he went in the opposite direction which is where the gang members always hang out.” “we have been apart for a number of years, but john always remained close to his children and this has hit them hard,” she said. police officers initially sealed off the area for forensic（法医的） ex