高一英语必修三阅读专练.doc

阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。AThe American local food movement has been all about buying seasonal food from nearby farmers.Now，thanks to the Web，it is expanding to include faraway farmers too.A new start?up，Foodzie，is an online farmers market where small food producers and growers can sell their products.Foodzie was started by Mr LaFave and two of his friends，who met during college at Virginia Tech，where they would pay frequent visits to farmers markets.Last year，while living in North Carolina，one of them，Emily Olson，now 24，came up with the idea.She was working as a brand manager for a gourmet(美食的)grocery chain and realized that people who enjoyed fine food but did not work in the business had no way to discover handmade foods outside their local farmers markets.Small farmers had no way of finding or selling to faraway customers，either.Mr LaFave and the third co?founder，Nik Bauman，both 25，worked in corporate sales and software development.“With business，food and computer science backgrounds，we figured we had everything we needed，”Mr LaFave said.The three quit their jobs，and opened the site to the public in December,2008.On Foodzie，sellers set up virtual stores for free to post their food and tell shoppers about themselves，and Foodzie takes a 20 percent cut of each sale.In return，Foodzie serves as a middleman.It takes the purchase information from the buyer，processes the payment and e?mails the seller a prepaid shipping label.Foodzie has had 43,000 visitors in the past month alone.So far,29 sellers have opened shops and 41 are in the process of opening them.The founders recently hired a fourth employee to help recruit(吸收)new food producers at farmers markets and food shows.Mr LaFave is convinced that the recession(经济衰退)will not reduce peoples interest in buying locally grown and handmade food.“There is a misunderstanding that all these foods are more expensive than mass?produced alternatives，”he said.“People are pouring their heart and soul into these products，and they are of the highest quality.”1.Ms Olson had the idea of starting Foodzie because .A.there was a long distance between the farmers markets and her schoolB.there werent enough farmers markets in urban areas in North CarolinaC.she worked as a brand manager for a gourmet grocery chainD.she found there was no link between food buyers and small farmers2.What can we know about the three founders of Foodzie？A.They studied the same major while in college.B.They didnt know each other before starting the site.C.They worked in different fields before starting the site.D.They have their own food store on the site. 3.Which of the following statements about Foodzie is TRUE？A.Information on both products and needs is posted on the site.B.Buyers and sellers do the entire business independently on the site.C.Foodzie makes a profit by taking a part of the sale price.D.The products on the site are much more expensive than those in markets.4.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Foodzie .A.plans to hold social activities for sellers B.plans to expand into other business fieldsC.is confident about its development D.is confident about the present economy5.The text is mainly about .A.how can online farmers markets workB.why people are interested in local foodC.sellers making an effort to attract faraway shoppersD.an online farmer market started by three college graduatesBPupils in Warwickshire will soon be learning Mandarin after new links were forged(建立联系 )with a region in China.Head teachers from the county spent a week in Shenzhen in South-east China, making links with schools and touring different education establishments. Schools that took part are now looking to introduce Mandarin lessons. Pupils from schools in Warwickshire and Shenzhen are starting to write and e-mail each other and plans are being made to share lessons over the Internet.The trip was arranged by Warwickshire County Council and funded by the British Council as the first stage of development of a range of ties with the economically booming city.International development officer Judith Young said: We are entering an exciting period of school relation between Warwickshire and Shenzhen. There is a real appetite for sharing ideas among the Chinese. We were able to see the differences and similarities between the education systems and there are many areas in which our schools, teachers and pupils will be able to benefit from a different cultural perspective(观点) and links with a country that is becoming very important on the world stage. Throughout the high profile visit(引人注目的访问)led by our county education officer, Eric Wood, our group was made to feel very welcome and attracted a great deal of interest. Our visit to a primary school was featured as the main news item on television that night. A mark of how highly the visit was valued is that plans are being made for a return visit to Warwickshire of civic leaders, senior education officials and school principals.6. Head teachers from Warwickshire came to Shenzhen .A. to take the first linking step with ShenzhenB. to pay a return official visitC. to have Mandarin lessonsD. to have sightseeing7. According to the passage, all of the following are true except .A. the one-week visit to China was a great successB. Mandarin will soon be learned at schools in WarwickshireC. pupils in Warwickshire and Shenzhen will have the same subjectsD. there will be further communications between Warwickshire and Shenzhen8. How does Judith Young feel about the future co-operation?A. Upset. B. Confident. C. Disappointed. D. Unsure.9. Which might be the best title of this passage?A. Warwickshire Teachers in ShenzhenB. Sharing Different Education IdeasC. Schools in Warwickshire Forge Chinese LinksD. Sharing Lessons on the Internet CWhen I asked my daughter which item she would keep: the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said the phone. Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual. Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.Point 1 The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?Point 2 The mobile phone means that we are never alone. The mobile saved my life, says Crystal Johnstone. She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance(救护车) to her rescue.Point 3 The mobile removes our secret. It allows Marketing Manager of Haha Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at any time of day to ask where they are, where they are going, and how their last meeting went.Point 4 The telephone separates us. Antonella Bramante in Rome says, We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the windows. It was easy to get his number. We were so nearbut we didnt meet for the first two weeks!Point 5 The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives, Today we can talk to several complete strangers simultaneously(同时地) on chat lines (at least my daughter does. I wouldnt know what to talk about). We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any) while theyre space-walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access(存取) the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.10. How do you understand Point lThe telephone creates the need to communicate, .A. People dont communicate without telephone.B. People communicate because of the creating of the telephone.C. People communicate more since telephone bas been created.D. People communicate more because of more traffic.11. Which of the following best shows peoples attitude towards mobile phones?A. Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency.B. Mobile phones bring convenience as well little secret to people.C. Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged.D. Mobile phones are part of peoples life.12.Which points do you think support the idea that phones improve peoples life?a. Point 1. b. Point 2. c. Point 3. d. Point 4. e. Point 5.A. c, d B. a, e C. a, c D. b, e13. It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through .A. the TV screen B. a fax machineC. the phone line hooked up to the computer D. a microphone14. The best heading for the passage is .A. Phone Power B. Kinds of Phone C. How to Use Phones D. Advantage of PhonesDThe volcano is one of the most surprising frightening forces of nature. Maybe you have been pictures of these “fireworks” of nature. Sometimes when a volcano erupts, a very large wall of melted rock moves down the side of a mountain. It looks like a “river of fire.” Sometimes volcanoes explode, throwing the melted rock and ashes(灰) high into the air. But where does this melted rock come from?The earth is made up of many layers(层). The top layer that we see is called the crust. Under the crust are many layers of hard rock. But far, far beneath the crust whose rock is so hot, that it is soft. In some places it even melts. The melted rock is called magma. Sometimes the magma breaks out to the surface through cracks(裂缝) in the crust. These cracks are volcanoes.Most people think of mountains when they think of volcanoes. But not every mountain is a volcano. A volcano is simply the opening in the earth from which the magma escapes. The hot magma, or lava as it is called, cools and builds up on the surface of the earth. Over thousands of years, this pile of cooled lava can grow to be very, very big. For example, the highest mountain in Africa, Kilimanjaro, is a volcano. It towers more than 16,000 feet above the ground around it.15.The underlined word “erupts” means .A. moves down B. breaks away C. builds up D. suddenly throws out lava16.Which words in the passage have the same meaning as “melted rock”?A. “Volcano” and “explode”. B. “Crust” and “hard rock”C. “Magma” and “lava” D. “Volcano” and “magma”17.Which is the correct order of the layers of the earth (beginning with the top layer)?A. crusthard rockmagmasoft rock B. crusthard rocksoft rockmagmaC. magmasoft rockhard rockcrust D. volcanocracksmagmacrust18.The best title(标题) of the passage should be .A. The Volcano B. Kilimanjaro VolcanoC. The Mountains D. The Melted RockESome years ago on a hot summer day in South Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house, In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out of the back door, leaving behind shoes, socks, and shirt as he went. He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swam toward the middle of the lake, a crocodile was swimming toward him. His mother in the house was looking out of the window and saw the two. In great fear, she ran toward the water, shouting to her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a U-turn to swim to his mother, It was too late. Just as he reached her, the crocodile reached him. From the shore, the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the crocodile snatched his legs. That began an incredible tug-of-war between the two. The crocodile was much stronger than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate to let go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard their screams, raced from his truck, took aim and shot the crocodile.Remarkably, after weeks and weeks in the hospital, the little boy survived. His legs were extremely scarred by the attack of the animal. And, on his arms, were deep scratches where his mothers fingernails dug into his flesh in her effort to hang on to the son she loved.The newspaper reporter, who interviewed the boy, asked if he would show him his scars. The boy lifted his legs. And then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter, But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my Mom wouldnt let go.Never judge another persons scars, because you dont know how they were made.19. Which of the following will be the best title for the text?A. Sears of Love B. Women Hold up Half the SkyC. A Terrible Experience D. Dont Judge by Appearances20. Hearing Mothers shouts, the b