高考英语一轮复习 自选训练阅读理解33.doc

2014届高考英语一轮复习自选训练 阅读理解33warm water freezes more quickly than cold water. sir francis bacon said that almost four hundred years ago. but few people believed him until 1970. in that year a canadian scientist george kill proved the english professor was right. dr kill filled an open oil pail(桶) with cold water. he filled another with warm water. he put both in the same low temperature. the warm water froze first. the lack of covers on the pails is the secret. some of the warm water changed into vapor. this meant that less of the warm water was left to be frozen. and so the warm water froze faster than the cold water even though it had a greater temperature drop to make.1. hundreds of years ago, sir francis bacon found _.a. the temperature of warm water drops faster than that of cold waterb. warm water is heavier than cold waterc. warm water has the same temperature as cold waterd. warm water is not as useful as cold water2. what sir francis bacon said was right, but people didnt believe him until _. a. late in the 20th centuryb. early in the 20th centuryc. three years agod. late in the 19th century3. leave a pail with warm water and another pail with cold water in the same low temperature, youll find that _. a. cold water freezes firstb. warm water turns into ice before cold waterc. warm water and cold water freeze at the same timed. much of cold water is changed into air.4. why does warm water freeze first in the same freezing weather? a. because some of the warm water turns to vapor, the amount(数量) becomes less than that of cold water. b. because warm water is lighter than cold water.c. because the temperature of warm water is lower than that of cold water.d. because cold water freezes with more difficulty than warm water.【答案与解析】本文介绍热水比冷水结冰快的现象。1. a。细节题。据第1句和第2句可知答案为a。2. a。细节题。根据 but few people believe him until 1970 可知答案为a。3. b。细节题。根据文章第1句可得得答案为b。4. a。推断题。根据 some of the warm water changed into vapor. this meant that less of the warm water was left to be frozen 可知答案为 a。*结束(4)when johnson called again, the manager received him very politely. “that is a most remarkable oil you brought us, mr johnson,” he said. johnson nodded his smooth, dark head. that was something he knew very well. “ive never seen anything like it,” the manager admitted. johnson nodded again. “no?” he said politely. then he added, “but i think you will, sir. a very great deal of it.” he appeared to think for a moment. “i think you will find it will be on sale seven, perhaps, eight years from now.” he smiled. the manager thought that was uncertain. he said, “it is better than our fish oils. i admit that.” “so i am told, sir,” agreed johnson. “have you any plans to produce it yourself, mr johnson?” “would i be showing it to you if i had?” johnson smiled again.“we might add some chemicals to one of our own fish oils,” said the manager. “it would be expensive to do that, even if you could,” johnson said gently. “besides,” he added, “i am told that this oil will be much cheaper than your best fish oils. cheaper than any vegetable oil, in fact.” “perhaps,” said the manage. “well, i suppose you want to make an arrangement, mr johnson. shall we discuss it?” “of course,” said johnson. “there are two ways of dealing with a situation of this sort. the usual one is to prevent it altogether or at least to delay it as long as possible. that is, of course, the best way.” the manager nodded. he knew plenty about all that. “but i am so sorry for you, because, you see, that is not possible this time.” the manager had his doubts, but all he said was an inquiring(asking), “oh?” “the other way,” continued johnson, “is to produce yourself before the trouble starts.”1. the manager thought of adding chemicals to the fish oil to make it _. a. cheaper than the new oil b. more quicklyc. more expensive d. as good as the new oil2. johnsons new oil would be _. a. more expensive than fish oil, but better b. less expensive, and betterc. less expensive, but not good d. more expensive, and not so good3. johnson expressed his regret that the manager _. a. could not stop the new oil being made b. would never know how to make itc. had spent a lot of money on itd. didnt know enough about it4. johnson showed his new oil to the manager because he wanted _. a. to produce it himself b. to prevent it being producedc. to be paid not to produce it d. the manager to produce it【答案解析】本文讲述了科技产品开发者寻求生产商投资生产的问题。1. d。细节题。根据第 2 段 it is better than our fish oils 和第 6 段 we might add some chemicals to our own fish oils 可知它的目的是 d。2. b。 细节题。根据第 6 段的 this oil will be much cheaper than your best fish oils 和第 2 段的 it is better than our fish oils 可推知答案为 b。3. a。细节题。根据倒数第 2 段 but i am so sorry for you, because, you see, that is not possible this time 可知 d 为正确选项。4. d。推断题。根据最后一段及全文的分析可知 johnson 的目的是想要该经理生产 the new oils，故选 d。*结束(6)perhaps you have heard a lot about the internet, but what is it, do you know? the internet is a network. it uses the telephone to join millions of computers together around the world.maybe that doesnt sound very interesting. but when youve joined to the internet, there are lots and lots of things you can do. you can send e-mails to your friends, and they can get them in a few seconds. you can also do with all kinds of information on the world wide web (www).there are many different kinds of computers now. they all can be joined to the internet. most of them are small machines sitting on peoples desks at home, but there are still many others in schools, offices or large companies. these computers are owned by people and companies, but no one really owns the internet itself.there are lots of places for you to go into the internet. for example, your school may have the internet. you can use it during lessons or free time. libraries often have computers joined to the internet. you are welcome to use it at only time.thanks to the internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. it is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information you need. you can buy or sell whatever you want by the internet. but do you know 98% of the information on the internet is in english? so what will english be like tomorrow?1. what is the passage mainly about?a. internet.b. information.c. computers.d. e-mails.2. which is the quickest and cheapest way to send messages to your friends?a. by post.b. by e-mail.c. by telephone.d. by satellite.3. which may be the most possible place for people to work in tomorrow?a. in the office.b. at school. c. at home.d. in the company.4. whose the owner of the internet?a. the headmaster.b. the officer.c. the user.d. no one.5. what does the writer try to tell us with the last tw