高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选阅读理解17.doc

2014届高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解1.tree housethe tree house program is for students with an english or bilingual preschool background. foreign teachers further develop students natural english speaking skills from 1st through 6th grades in a total immersion environment. the program is theme-based with different units or themes per semester. each unit includes a theme-related storybook, song, dialogue, writing and phonic exercises, grammar component, poem, and integrated activities. step ahead step ahead is a standalone course that takes children in 3rd grade with no prior english knowledge and by 6th grade, transforms them into confident, near-fluent english communicators. our program has a strategic balance of listening, speaking, reading, and writing. regular lessons are broken into phonics, reading, grammar patterns, conversation, songs, and homework previewjump into english, kids world, kids club our jump into english, kids world, and kids club courses are a great way to develop good english habits at younger ages. jump into english is for 4-, 5- and 6-year-olds and is a cost-effective alternative to english preschool. kids club and kids world are for students in 1st and 2nd grades and are full of singing, dancing, games, and fun activities to help young children learn english more easily. theme-based and honors courses we have theme-based courses to help learners prepare for specific areas of the general english proficiency test (gept) and to develop the performance skills they will need in some of our exciting activities. when learners graduate from our tree house and step ahead programs, they can continue to excel in english through our honors programs.68. a child who hasnt learned english before can choose _ to develop confidence and fluency in english communication.a. tree house b. theme-based and honors coursesc. step ahead d. jump into english, kids world, kids club69. one of the advantages of jump into english is _. a. saving money compared to english preschool b. helping learners to get prepared for english testsc. helping young children to learn english easilyd. that it covers different language skills 70. the purpose of the passage is _.a. to introduce an english language school for childrenb. to persuade more children to learn english in a fun wayc. to emphasize the importance of after-class activitiesd. to introduce english classes of varying degrees for kids2.in the united states and several other countries, 2.5 million children play baseball in an organization called little league. they play on teams in their hometowns. their parents and other adults in the community coach or instruct them and serve as umpires to make sure that everyone follows the rules. local businesses give money for the ball fields and the uniforms. local teams compete against each other and the winners get to play teams that are more distant. eventually, the top teams go to the little league world series.one hundred years after abner doubleday invented baseball in cooperstown, new york, in 1839, little league got started in pennsylvania. three men started the game for neighborhood boys with a smaller playing field and fewer innings than adult baseball. little league became popular after world war ii when the game spread across the united states. by 1955 it was played throughout north america and within five years it had spread to europe. childrens baseball really caught on in japan and taiwan of china and teams from those areas won the world series seven out of eight years. after this, the organization tried banning foreign teams from the world series, but the ban came to an end after one year.at first, little league was only for boys aged nine to twelve. however, in 1974, the parents of girl baseball players brought a law suit. the courts ruled that little league had to include both boys and girls. later little league added on softball and other games for teenagers up to age eighteen. occasionally a little leaguer becomes a professional player. for example, gary carter went from little league to play nineteen seasons in the major leagues, ten of them as an all-star player. but, by and large, youngsters play baseball for fun and because their parents are proud of them.64. the mothers and fathers of little league players _.a. help run the games b. travel in coachesc. give the teams money d. play in the world series65. in what year was little league established? a. 1839 b. 1939 c. 1955 d. 1960 66. why do most players take part in little league? a. to play in the major league. b. to have fun and please their parents. c. they expect a profit from all-star games d. they want to learn how to serve as umpires.67. what is true about players today? a. little league is only for neighbourhood boys. b. girl players have to buy their suits. c. girls and boys can participate to age eighteen. d. children can only play until age twelve.3.dan bebber is a senior research fellow at the university of exeter in britain. he says research has shown that wild plants and animals are moving toward earths north and south poles as the planet warms.mr bebber wanted to know if the same thing was happening with organisms that attack agricultural crops. he examined reports of first sightings of new insects and diseases around the world. the records came from cabi - the centre for agricultural bioscience international. he says the group began collecting information from developing and industrialized countries years ago.dan bebber and his research team studied 612 different organisms - from viruses and bacteria to insects like beetles and butterflies. they found that since 1960, crop pests and diseases have been moving toward the poles at an average rate of about 3 kilometers each year. mr bebber says this puts the most productive farmland in the world in danger.as new species of pests and diseases evolve and potentially the environment for them becomes more amenable at higher latitudes, the pressure on the breadbaskets of the world is going to increase.farmers face other threats. invasive species passed through trade are also causing problems. gene kritsky is an entomologist at the college of mount st. joseph in ohio. he specialises in the study of insects. he says climate change may improve conditions for some invasive species.“it means that species in other parts of the world that might do well in warmer temperatures can now do well in the breadbasket of america.”another entomologist christian krupke of purdue university says the effects of these changes will depend very much on the crop, the insect and the disease. but he says the research is a warning sign that people should care about climate change and do something about it.60. the purpose of dan bebbers research was to find _.a. if farmland could be moved to colder places thanks to global warmingb. if diseases and insects harmful to crops were going towards colder areasc. if organisms were moving to the north and south polesd. if the number of crop pests was increasing 61. according to dan bebber, if crop pests keep moving towards the poles, _.a. it will be hard for farmers to kill themb. the most productive farmland will produce more cropsc. the earth will not produce enough food to support the worldd. the conditions for some crops may be improved62. which of the following is not a threat that farmers have to face?a. climate change helps crop pests to adapt to new environment.b. foreign species are brought in by trade.c. invasive species doing well in warmer places might do well in america.d. the impacts of the climate and species changes on crops are not easy to determine.63. the underlined word “amenable” in the fourth paragraph most probably means _.a. agreeable b. terrible c. unfriendly d. changeable 4.d1. 5.a days wait ernest hemingways story is about an incident that happens between a father and his son. the small boys misunderstanding of the difference in measuring temperature on a fahrenheit and a celsius scale causes him to believe that he is dying of a high fever. however, the father doesnt realize it until very late that dayernest hemingway he came into the room to shut the windows while we were still in bed and i saw he looked ill. he was shivering, his face was white, and he walked slowly as though it ached to move. “whats the matter, schatz?” “ive got a headache.” “you better go back to bed.” “no. im all right. ” “you go to bed. ill see you when im dressed. ” but when i came downstairs he was dressed, sitting by the fire, looking a very sick and miserable boy of nine years. when i put my hand on his forehead i knew he had a fever. “you go up to bed,” i said, “youre sick.” “im all right,” he said. when the doctor came be took the boys temperature. “whats is it?” i asked him. “one hundred and two.” downstairs, the doctor left three different medicines in different colored capsules with instructions for giving them. one was to bring down the fever, another purgative(泻药), and the third to overcome an acid condition. the germs of influenza can only exist in an acid condition, he explained. he seemed to know all about influenza and said there was nothing to worry about if the fever did not go above one hundred and four degrees. this was a light epidemic(传染病;传染性的) of flu and there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia（肺炎）. back in the room i wrote the boys temperature down and made a note of the time to give the various capsules. “do you want me to read to you?” “all right. if you want to,” said the boy. his face was very white and there were dark areas under his eyes. he lay still in the bed and seemed very indifferent from what was going on. i read aloud from howard pyles book of pirates; but i could see he was not following what i was reading. “how do you feel, schatz?” i asked him. “just the same, so far,”he said. i sat at the foot of the bed and read to myself while i waited for it to be time to give another capsule. it would have been natural for him to go to sleep, but when i looked up he was looking at the foot of the bed, looking very strangely. “why dont you try to sleep? ill make you up for the medicine. ” “id rather stay awake.” after a while he said to me, you dont have to stay in here with me, papa, if it bothers you.” “it doesnt bother me. “no, i mean you dont have to stay if its going to bother you.” i thought perhaps he was a little lightheaded and after giving him the prescribed capsules at eleven oclock i went out with my gun and the young hunting dog.i killed two quail(鹌鹑), and missed five, and started back, pleased to have found a covey of quail close to the house and happy there were so many left to find on another day. at the house they said the boy had refused to let anyone come into the room. “you cant come in,” he said. “you mustnt get what i have.” i went up to him and found him in exactly the position i had left him, white-faced, but with the tops of his cheeks flushed(发红) by the fever, staring still, as he had stared, at the foot of the bed. i took his temperature. “what is it?” “something like a hundred,” i said. it was one hundred and two and four tenths. “it was a hundred and two,” he said. “who said so?” “the doctor.” “your temperature is all right,” i said. “its nothing to worry about.” “i dont worry,” he said, “but i cant keep from thinking.” “dont think,” i said. just take it easy. “im taking it easy, he said and looked straight ahead, he was evidently holding tight onto himself about something. “take this with water.” “do you think it will do any good?” “of course it will.” i sat down and opened the pirate book and commenced to read, but i could see he was not following, so i stopped. “about what time do you think im going to die?” he asked. “what?” “about how long will it be before i die?” “you arent going die. whats the matter with you? ” “oh, yes, i am, i heard him say a hundred and two.” “people dont die with a fever of one hundred and two. thats a silly way to talk. ” “i know they do. at school in france the boys told me you cant live with forty-four degrees. ive got a hundred and two. ” he had been waiting to die all day, ever since nine oclock in the morning. “you poor schatz,” i said. “its like miles and kilometers. you arent going to die. thats different thermometer. on that thermometer thirty-seven is normal. on this kind its ninety-eight. ” “are you sure?” “absolutely,” i said, “its like miles and kilometers. you know, like how many kilometers we make when we do seventy miles in the car? ” “oh,” he said. but his gaze at the foot of the bed relaxed slowly. the hold over himself relaxed too, finally, and the next day it was very slack (松驰的) and he cried very easily at little things that were of no importance. 2. the author writes about the doctors visit in order to _.a. show the doctors knowledge about influenza and its treatmentb. show the boys illness was quite seriousc. create a situation of misunderstanding around which to build a story d. show the father was very much concerned about the boys illness3. according to the boy, the pronoun “it” in the underlined sentence “papa, if it bothers you” refers to _. a. the boys high temperature b. the father giving the medicine to the boy c. the father staying with the boy d. the boys death 4. it can be inferred from the story that it is _ by the time the father gets home from hunting. a. early in the afternoon b. close to evening c. at noon d. late in the morning 5. from the story we know that the boy kept tight control over himself because _. a. he did not want to be a bother to others b. he wanted to recover quickly so that he could go hunting with his father c. he was afraid that he would die if he lost control over himself d. he thought he was going to die and he must show courage in the face of death6. that the boy cried very easily at little things of no importance the next day suggests that _. a. he couldnt control his emotions when he finally relaxed b. his father would go out hunting without him if he didnt cry c. something went wrong with his brain after the fever d. he often complained about unimportant things as a spoiled boy7. the theme of the story is _. a. death is something beyond a childs comprehension b. to be calm and controlled in the face of death is a mark of courage c. misunderstanding can occur even between father and son d. misunderstanding can sometimes lead to an unexpected effect6. the lead, or opening paragraph, is the most important part of a news story. with so many sources of information like newspapers, magazines, tv, radio and the internet, readers simply are not willing to read beyond the first paragraph (and even sentence) of a story unless it catches their interest. a good lead does just that. it gives readers the most important information in a clear and interesting manner. it also sets up the voice and direction of an article. here is some advice on how to write a good lead. first, use five ws and an h. before writing a lead, decide which aspects of the storywho, what, when, where, why, how-is most important. you should include these aspects in your lead. wait to explain less important aspects until the second or third sentence. secondly, readers want to know why the story matters to them and they wont wait long for the answer. leads are often one sentence, sometimes two. generally, they are 25 to 30 words and should seldom be more than 40. also, strong verbs will make your lead lively and interesting. finally, a lead is a promise to your readers. you must be able to tell what you promise in your lead. however, there are many things you should avoid. many beginning writers make the mistake of using flowery language. that is, overuse words like “great, wonderfully” in their leads. instead we should use strong verbs and nouns. avoid unnecessary words or phrases, such as 2 pm, wednesday afternoon, or very unique. you cant afford to waste space in a news story, especially in the lead. here we introduce different types of leads and offer examples of good leads. according to what you report, different kinds of leads may be chosen. formulaic（公式化的）leads. because a lot of news writing is done on deadline, it is possible to write tiring leads. resist it. readers want information, but they also want to be entertained. summary leads. this is perhaps the most traditional lead in news writing. it is often used for breaking news. a story about a city council vote might use this “just the facts” approach. straight news leads usually provide answers