高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选阅读理解22 .doc

2014届高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解1.an old problem is getting new attention in the united statesbullyingrecent cases included the tragic case of a fifteen-year-old girl whose family moved from irelandshe hanged herself in massachusetts in january following months of bullyingher parents criticized her school for failing to protect herofficials have brought criminal charges against several teenagersjudy kaczynski is president of an anti-bullying group called bully police usaher daughter tina was the victim of severe bullying starting in middle school in the state of minnesotashe said, our daughter was a very outgoing childshe was a bubbly personality, very involved in all kinds of things, had lots of friendsand over a period of time her grades fell completelyshe started having health issuesshe couldnt sleepshe wasnt eatingshe had terrible stomach painsshe started clenching her jaw and grinding her teeth at nightshe didnt want to go to schoolbullying is defined as negative behavior repeated over time against the same person it can involve physical violenceor it can be verbal for example, insults or threatsspreading lies about someone or excluding a person from a group is known as social or relational bullyingand now there is cyberbullying, which uses the internet, e-mail or text messagesit has easy appeal for the bully because it does not involve face-to-face contact and it can be done at any timethe first serious research studies into bullying were done in norway in the late 1970sthe latest government study in the united states was released last yearit found that about one-third of students age twelve to eighteen were bullied at schoolsusan sweater is a psychologist at the university of nebraska-lincoln and co-director of the bullying research networkshe says schools should treat bullying as a mental health problem to get bullies and victims the help they needshe says bullying is connected to depression, anxiety and anti-social behavior, and bullies are often victims themselves41. from the case of tina, we can know that abullying is rare bvictims suffered a lotcschools are to blame dpersonalities are related42. which of the following is not bullying?ato beat someone repeatedlybto call someone namescto isolate someone from friends dto refuse to help someone in need43. why is cyberbullying appealing to the bully?abecause it can involve more peoplebbecause it can create worse effectscbecause it is more convenientdbecause it can avoid cheating44. according to susan sweater, abullies are anti-social bbullies should give victims helpcstudents are not equally treated dbullies themselves also need help45. which of the following can be the best title of the text?abullyingold irish girl committed suicide b15-year-old irish girl committed suicideccyberbullying-taking off in schools dhow to find bullying among teens2.tickets for the 2014 world cup in brazil have gone on sale, with fans able to apply on fifas website. fifa is expecting a similar demand to that in germany 2006, when there were about seven applicants for every ticket of the 64 matches. and now around 3.3 million tickets will be available for the matches in 2014. tickets will range in price from 58 for first-round matches to 632 for the final at maracana stadium in rio de janeiro. brazilian citizens over 60, local students and members of some social programs can purchase tickets for 15. the price of football - world cup 2014 items prices items pricesticket 58-112final ticket 281-632sun cream 9.50t-shirt 13 mcdonalds meal 11water 1.28imported beer 3.83domestic beer 1.91coffee 2.55average dinner 29“its always difficult to predict,” said fifa marketing director thierry weil. “but i truly believe that it will be more similar to what happened in germany than in south africa in 2010.”according to fifa, the 2006 world cup was attended by more than 3.3 million fans. almost two million tickets were sold to the general public in south africa, although the number of applications during the first ticketing phase was significantly lower. all applications made before 10th october 2013 will enter a random selection draw if there are not enough tickets available to fulfill all requests. the sales of the leftover tickets will begin on 5th november on a first-come, first-served basis. another phase will begin on 8th december after the draw is made. the tournament begins on 12th june, with brazil playing the opener in sao paulo. a study on the price of world cup 2014 looked at the ticket prices and the cost of travelling to brazil and found that our english fans face hotel costs of between 46 and 797 a night, while packages range from 2,999 to 14,999.( ) 33. how much should a brazilian student pay for the opening match? a.15 b.58 c.112 d.632( ) 34. from the passage we know that thierry weil_. a. feels proud of what they achieved in south africa 2010 b. feels worried about the sales of the tickets for brazil 2014 c. holds the belief that brazil 2014 will be the greatest world cup d. believes that more fans will attend brazil 2014 than south africa 2010( ) 35. what will fifa do if there are not enough tickets available for requests before oct.10, 2013? a. they will sell the spare tickets to the applicants. b. they will sell on a first-come, first-served basis. c. they will choose the applicants based on a random selection draw. d. they will sell them the tickets to be sold on dec.8.3.a dense wave of smog began in the chinese city of harbin and the surrounding heilongjiang, jilin, and liaoning provinces on 20 october 2013. unseasonably warm temperatures with very little wind across northeastern china coincided with the smoke from local farmers burning straws and the start-up of harbins coal-powered central heating system.record densities of fine particulates(微粒)were measured in the city. in harbin, the levels of pm2.5 (particulate matter) rise to 1,000 micrograms per cubic meter, worse than beijings historic highs. visibility was reduced to below 50m in parts of harbin, and below 500m in most of the neighbouring jilin province. on fa yuen street in harbin, visibility of less than 5m was reported. the smog reduced after october 23, 2013 and completely broke up on october 28, 2013 by the first local snow and icy rain due to a cold front moving in from russia.harbin lies in the north of china where winter temperatures can drop to -40, demanding a six-month heating season. daily particulate levels of more than 40 times the world health organization recommended maximum level were reported in parts of harbin. the smog remained till 23 october, when almost all monitoring stations in heilongjiang, jilin, and liaoning provincesreported readings above 200g/mforpm2.5. pm2.5 is the amount of particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter in the air, with the who recommending a maximum 24-hour mean (平均值) of 25 micrograms per cubic meter (g/m). on the morning of 25 october, pm2.5 measurements in harbin had fallen to an average of 123g/m.all highways in the surrounding heilongjiang province were closed. in harbin, all primary and middle schools were closed for three days and authorities stopped flights at the airports. hospitals reported a 23 percent increase in admissions for breathing problems. however, this smog will have no influence on harbin ice festival events later in december 2013.air pollution in chinese cities is of increasing concern to chinas leadership. particulates in the air can affect human health and also have influences on climate and rainfall. pollution from the burning of coal has reduced life expectancy by 5.5 years in the north of china, as a result of heart and lung diseases.( ) 25. one cause of the heavy smog in the northeastern chinese cities may be _. a. the lasting cold weather b. farmers burning of forests c. too much strong windd. the start-up of heating system( ) 26. one serious influence of the heavy smog was that_. a. harbin ice festival would be cancelled b. highways in heilongjiang were free of chargec. all flights at the airport were cancelledd. doctors in hospitals were kept from working( ) 27. the harmful smog was most serious on _.a. october 20 b. october 23 c. october 25 d. october 28( ) 28. what measure might be practical to reduce the happening of heavy smog?a. forbidding people to own their private cars.b. advocating people having one meal a day.c. using natural gas to cook instead of coal.d. encouraging familys coal-fired heating.4. canadian short story writer alice munro won the nobel prize for literature. eighty-two-year-old munro is only the 13th woman to win the 112-year-old prize. munro didnt publish her first collection of short stories until she was 37 years old, but her stories have always been well-received. lots of her stories share similar themes and characters, but each story has its own twists and turns. even though shes won canadas most famous literary award, the giller prize, twice, winning the nobel prize for literature is the cherry on top of munros career. “it brings this incredible recognition, both of her and her career, and of the dedication to the short story,” said one person. along with the well-respected title comes 1.3 million dollars. munro said everything was “so surprising and wonderful” and that she was “dazed by all the attention and affection that has been coming my way.” munro knew she was in the runningshe was named the second-most likely person to win this years prize, after haruki murakami (村上春树）of japanbut she never thought that she would win. munros win also represents the long way canadian writers have come. “when i began writing there was a very small community of canadian writers and little attention was paid by the world. now canadian writers are read, admired and respected around the globe,” munro said on thursday. she is technically not the first canadian to win the nobel prize for literature, but many like to think that she is. in 1976 saul bellow, who was born in quebec but moved to chicago when he was still a child, won the prize. even though he was born in canada, he is mostly considered to be an american writer. “this is a win for us all. canadians, by our very nature, are not very nationalistic,” said geoffrey taylor. “but things like this suddenly make you want to find a flag.” she wasnt sure if she would keep writing if she won the prize, saying that it would be “nice to go out with a bang. but this may change my mind.”( ) 21. what is the feature of munros stories? a. they have their own complicated (复杂的)contents. b. they have similar story backgrounds. c. they have specific themes for children. d. they have the same characters in each book.( ) 22. for munro, the nobel prize is an award for_. a. her love for canadian culture b. her devotion to the short story c. her special form of writingd. her career of editing short stories( ) 23. what is implied in the sixth paragraph? a. canadian writers paid little attention to the prize. b. canadian writers are just a small community. c. canadian writers have long been ignored. d. canadians have a long way to win the prize.( ) 24. what does the passage mainly tell us? a. how alice munro wins the nobel prize b. an introduction to the nobel prize in literature c. alice munro wins the nobel prize in literatured. a world famous writer, alice munro5.men are spending more and more time in the kitchen encouraged by celebrity (名人) chefs like gordon ramsay and jamie oliver, according to a report from oxford university. the effect of the celebrity role models, who have given cooking a more manly picture, has combined with a more general drive towards sexual equality and men now spend more than twice the amount of time preparing meals than they did in 1961.according to the research by prof. jonatahn gershuny, who runs the centre for time research at oxford, men now spend more than half an hour a day cooking, up from just 12 minutes a day in 1961.prof. gershuny said, “the man in the kitchen is part of a much wider social trend. there has been 40 years of sexual equality, but there is another 40 years probably to come.”women, who a generation ago spent nearly two hours a day cooking, now spend just one hour and seven minutesa great fall, but they still spend far more time in the kitchen than men.some experts have named these men in aprons as “gastrosexuals (men using cooking skills to impress friends)”, who have been inspired to pick up a kitchen knife by the success of ramsay, oliver as well as other male celebrity chefs such as hugh fearnley-whittingstall, marco pierre white and keith floyd. “i was married in 1974. when my father came to visit me a few weeks later, i was wearing an apron when i opened the door. he laughed,” said prof. gershuny. “that would never happen now.”two-thirds of adults say that they come together to share at least three times a week, even if it is not necessarily around a kitchen or dining room table. prof. gershuny pointed out that the family meal was now rarely eaten by all of its members around a tablewith many “family meals” in fact taken on the sofa in the sitting room, and shared by family members. “the family meal has changed a lot, and few of us eatas i did when i was a childat least two meals a day together as a family. but it has survived in a different format.” 32. what is one reason behind the trend that men spend more time cooking than before?a. the improvement of cooks status.b. the influence of popular female chefs.c. the change of females view on cooking.d. the development of sexual equality campaign.33. what does the author think about the time men and women spend on cooking?a. men spend more time cooking than women nowadays.b. women spend much less time on cooking than before.c. it will take 40 years before men spend more time at the stove than women.d. there is a sharp decline in the time men spend on cooking compared with 1961.34. how did prof. gershuny see the family meal according to the passage?a. it has become a thing of the past.b. it is very different from what it used to be.c. it shouldnt be advocated in modern times.d. it is beneficial to the stability of the family.35. which is the best title for the passage?a. the changes of family mealsb. equality between men and womenc. cooking into a new trend for men d. cookinga thing of the past for women6.the extraordinary eastgate building in harare, zimbabwes capital city, is said to be the only one in the world to use the same cooling and heating principles as the termite mound(白蚁堆). architect mick pearce used precisely the same strategy when designing the eastgate building, which has no air-conditioning and almost no heating. the buildingthe countrys largest commercial and shopping complexuses less than 10% of the energy of a conventional building of its size. the eastgates owners saved $3.5 million on a $36 million building because an air-conditioning equipment didnt have to be imported.the complex is actually two buildings linked by bridges across a shady, glass-roofed atrium(天井) open to the air. fans suck fresh air in from the atrium, blow it upstairs through hollow spaces under the floors and from there into each office through baseboard vents(通风口). as it rises and warms, it is drawn out via ceiling vents and finally exists through forty-eight brick chimneys. during summers cool nights, big fans blow air through the building seven times an hour to cool the empty floors. by day, smaller fans blow two changes of air an hour through the building, to circul