高考英语二轮阅读理解三月特训（22）.doc

2014届高考英语二轮复习 三月精品练习阅读理解1.cishan,aug 12-hundreds of people were still missing today in remote villages in southern taiwan and disaster officials said they were uncertain how many people might have been killed by mudslides triggered by typhoon morakot.morakot, which did terrible damage to taiwan over the weekend, has killed about 70 people across the island and caused farm-related loss of more than nt $9 billion (rmb 964 million). more than 100 people have been killed in asia due to morakot and tropical storm etau. but several hundred villagers listed as missing were found alive in areas where roads were washed out and access was limited to helicopters. the government sent special forces with satellite phones to the hardest hit areas.we are anxious to do our best to get the trapped people out, said hu jul-chou, an army official involved in the rescue effort. hopes are getting slimmer as the days go by.hu said it was unclear how many people were buried and feared dead in villages in southern taiwan. i have to say i feel pretty good to be alive, said lin dong-wen, 45, from the village of namahsia, sitting in front of a pile of medicine after being hoisted away by a rescue helicopter.if i had been left there any longer, i wouldnt have made it. i saw the mudslide coming, said lin after arriving in cishan, hub of rescue efforts.it was really huge, and i passed out. when i awoke, there was mud all over and i climbed out of it.helicopters dropped food and supplies to survivors .other rescue teams piloted rubber dinghies through raging muddy rivers.groups of anxious relatives awaited the arrival of helicopter flights at the makeshift rescue base.some survivors tried to call relatives on mobile phones.right after the mudslide, we managed to get in touch with our family members through mobile phones and text messages, said 41-year-old teacher awaiting news at the rescue hub. but later they switched off their phones to save power.45. from the text we know that _a morakot has made more than 100 people dead in taiwanb morakot has caused as much loss to taiwan as other partsc morakot stayed over taiwan over the weekd morakot has brought worries to the officials46. the villagers who were thought to be missing_.a were trapped in some areasb wouldnt get in touch with othersc only liked to be taken out by helicopterd wanted to keep the buried company47.according to lin dong-wen,_a the disaster lasted for a long timeb the village was destroyed in a flashc he wanted to hold the mudslided the mudslide frightened him into unconsciousness48.which of the following is true according to the text ?a all the survivors trapped have been rescued by helicopters.b all the relatives can ring the survivorsc the government has adopted other rescue forms.d the mudslide will become more serious.my mind went blank when i saw the gun pointing against the car window as we pulled out of the garage. this cant be happening to me. then i felt the gun, cold, against my head, and i heard my friend jeremy saying, “what do you want? take my wallet,” but at the time i thought of nothing. i remember being a little annoyed when the gunman pulled me from the car by the hair. i remember the walk to the house - jeremy, me, the two men with two guns. i remember the fear and anger in the gunmens voices because jeremy was being slow, and i remember wondering why he was being slow. i did not realize that jeremy had thrown the keys into the bush. but i remember that sound of the gun hitting jeremys head and the feeling as the man who had hold of my hair released me. and i remember the split second when i realized he was looking at jeremy, and i remember wondering how far i could run before he pulled the trigger. but i was already running, and upon reaching the car across the street, i didnt crouch(蹲伏) behind it but screamed instead. i remember thinking there was something ridiculous and illogical about screaming “help, help!” at eight oclock on a tuesday evening in december and changing my plea(恳求) to the more specific “help, let me in, please let me in!” but the houses were cold, closed, unfriendly, and i ran on until i heard jeremys screams behind me announcing that our attackers had fled. the neighbors who had not opened their doors to us came out with baseball bats and helped jeremy find his glasses and keys. in a group they were very brave. we waited for the police to come until someone said to someone else that the noodles were getting cold, and i said politely, “please go and eat. were ok.” i was happy to see them go. they had been talking of stricter sentences for criminals, of bringing back the death penalty(处罚) and how the president is going to clean up the country. i was thinking, they could be saying all of this over my dead body, and i still feel that stiffer sentences wouldnt change a thing. in a rush all the anger i should have felt for my attackers was directed against these contented people standing in front of their warm, comfortable homes talking about all the guns they were going to buy. what good would guns have been to jeremy and me? people all over the neighborhood had called to report our screams, and the police turned out in force twenty minutes later. they were ill-tempered about what was, to them, much trouble about nothing. after all, jeremy was hardly hurt, and we were hopeless when it came to describing the gunmen. “typical,” said one policeman when we couldnt even agree on how tall the men were. both of us were able to describe the guns in horrifying detail, but the two policemen who stayed to make the report didnt think that would be much help. the policemen were matter-of-fact about the whole thing. the thin one said, “that was a stupid thing to do, throwing away the keys. when a man has a gun against your head you do what youre told.” jeremy looked properly embarrassed. then the fat policeman came up and the thin one went to look around the outside of the house. “that was the best thing you could have done, throwing away the keys,” he said. “if you had gone into the house with them” his voice became weaker. “they would have hurt her” - he twisted his head toward me - “and killed you both.” jeremy looked happier. “look,” said the fat policeman kindly, “theres no right or wrong in the situation. theres just luck.” all that sleepless night i replayed the moment those black gloves came up to the car window. how long did the whole thing last? three minutes, five, eight? no matter how many hours of my life i may spend reliving it, i know there is no way to prepare for the next time - no intelligent response to a gun. the fat cop was right. theres only luck. the next time i might end up dead. and im sure there will be a next time. it can happen anywhere, anytime, to anyone. security is an illusion(幻觉); there is no safety in locks or in guns. guns make some people feel safe and some people feel strong, but theyre fooling themselves.2when the writer saw the gun pointing against the car window, _.a. she felt very annoyedb. she lost consciousnessc. she felt very much nervousd. she lost the power of thinking3what most possibly drove the two gunmen away?a. jeremys fightingb. the authors screaming c. their neighbours brave action d. the polices arrival4 when the author called for help, the neighbors didnt come out immediately because _.a. they were much too frightenedb. they were busy preparing dinnersc. they needed time to find baseball batsd. they thought someone was playing a trick5the author was happy to see the neighbors go because _.a. she hated to listen to their empty talkb. she did not want to become an object of pityc. she was angered by their being late to come to her helpd. she wanted to be left alone with jeremy to get over the shock6the police were rather angry because _.a. the author was not hurt and gave a false alarm b. they thought it was a case of little importancec. the author and jeremy could not tell the police anythingd. the gunmen had already fled when they arrived on the scene 7what the author wants to tell us is that _.a. neighbors are not helpful in moments of difficultyb. the police are not reliable when one is in troublec. security is impossible as long as people can have gunsd. preventing robbers entering your house is the best choicebesides calling 911, here is what to do in some life-threatening emergencies when no oneis around to help. lost in the wildernessfirst, youve got to acknowledge youre in trouble. stay where you can be seen clearly and remember to rest. keeping a sense of humor helps tooit reduces stress and helps creative thinking.in a wide open area, make a colorful cross out of rocks to show your present position. choking aim to hit the top of the chair against your stomach, in the soft part below the bony upside-down v of the ribs（肋骨）. make a sudden push against the chair. if you still cant breathe after six tries, call 911, even if you cant talk. write the word choking somewhere nearby, and leave the line open until help arrives.severe bleedinguse your hand or clean cotton, or paper towels, or a scarf, or any cloth you can find, and push down on the wound until the bleeding stops. but if you put a band around your leg tightly, youre going to close the vessels（血管）to the entire leg. in this way, you could lose your foot.bear attackif you surprise a bear, dont run away. that invites an attack. instead, stand up and back away slowly, without looking the bear in the eyes. if it does charge at you, stick out your chest, raise your arms, and spread your legs. shout at the bear, to frighten it. if its going to attack, lie facedown, with your handsheld firmly behind your neck. play dead until youre sure the bear is gone.8when you see a colorful cross made of rocks in the wilderness, you know .asomeone is bleedingbsomeone is chokingcsomeone is lostdsomeone is attacked by a bear9if you are still choking after six tries, you should .akeep a sense of humorbcall 911 and leave the line opencuse your hand our clean cottondlie down with your hands behind your neck10dont tie around your bleeding leg tightly, or you could . astop bleedingbreduce stressclose your footdcause breathlessness11the passage is mainly teaching us how to .asurvive the emergenciesbavoid a bear attackcdeal with a choke dfind our way i have only once been in trouble with the lawthe whole process of being arrested and taken to court was a rather unpleasant experience at the time, but it makes a good story now what makes it rather disturbing was the arbitrary（随意的）circumstances both of my arrest and my subsequent （随后的） fate in courtit happened in february about twelve years agoi had left school a couple of months before that and was not due to go to university until the following octoberi was still living at home at the timeone morning i was in richmond, a suburb of london near where i livedi was looking for a temporary job so that i could save up some money to go travelingas it was a fine day and i was in no hurry, i was taking my time, looking in shop windows, strolling in the park, and sometimes just stopping and looking around meit must have been this obvious aimlessness that led to my downfallit was about half past eleven when it happenedi was just walking out of the local library, having unsuccessfully sought employment there, when i saw a man walking across the road with the obvious intention of talking to mei thought he was going to ask me the timeinstead, he said he was a police officer and he was arresting meat first i thought it was some kind of jokebut then another policeman appeared, this time in uniform, and i was left in no doubtbut what for? i askedwandering with intent to commit an arrestable offence, he saidwhat offence? i askedtheft, he saidtheft of what?i askedmilk bottles, he said, and with a perfectly straight face too!oh, i saidit turned out there had been a lot of petty thefts in the area, particularly that of stealing milk bottles from doorstepsthen i made my big mistakeat the time i was nineteen, had long untidy hair, and regarded myself as pan of the sixties youth countercultureas a result, i wanted to appear cool and unconcerned with the incident, so i said, how long have you been following me? in the most casual and conversational tone i could managei thus appeared to them to be quite familiar with this sort of situation, and it confirmed them in their belief that i was a thoroughly disreputable （品行不端的） charactera few minutes later a police car arrivedget in the back, they saidput your hands on the back of the front seat and dont move themthey got in on either side of meit wasnt funny any moreat the police station they questioned me for several hoursi continued to try to look worldly and familiar with the situationwhen they asked me what i had been doing, i told them id been looking for a jobaha, i could see them thinking, unemployedeventually, i was officially charged and told to report to richmond magistrates court the following mondaythen they let me goi wanted to conduct my own defense in court, but as soon as my father found out what had happened, he hired a very good solicitor （律师） we went along that monday armed with all kinds of witnesses, including my english teacher from school as a character witnessbut he was never called on to give evidencemy trial didnt get that farthe magistrate （法官） dismissed the case after fifteen minutes1 was freethe poor police had never stood a chancethe solicitor even succeeded in getting costs awarded against the policeand so i do not have a criminal recordbut what was most shocking at the time was the things my release from the charge so clearly depended oni had the right accent, respectable middle-class parents in court, reliable witnesses, and i could obviously afford a very good solicitorgiven the obscure nature of the chargei feel sure that if i had come from a different background, and had really been unemployed, there is every chance that i would have been found guiltywhile asking for costs to be awarded, my solicitors case quite obviously revolved （回转） around the fact that i had a brilliant academic recordmeanwhile, just outside the courtroom, one of the policemen who had arrested me was gloomily complaining to my mother that another youngster had been turned against the police you could have been a bit more helpful when we arrested you, he said to me reproachfully （责备地） what did he mean? probably that i should have looked outraged （暴怒）and said something like, look here, do you know who youre talking to? i am a highly successful student with a brilliant academic recordhow dare you arrest me! then they, probably, would have apologized perhaps even taken off their caps, and let me on my way12judging from the first paragraph, the writers attitude towards his story is _aangry bsadcamused dmore than just one of the above13the first man who came up to him was _aa uniformed policeman ba policeman in plainclothescnot a policeman da good joker14the court never asked the authors english teacher to give evidence because _athe time for the trial was limited to fifteen minutes onlybthe author wanted to conduct his own defense in courtcthe case was dismissed before the trial reached that stagedhe was found to be unqualified as a character witness15the author believes that he would most probably have been declared guilty if _athe magistrate had been less gentlebhe had really been out of workche had been born in a lowerclass familydboth b and c16in the opinion of one of the policeman who had arrested the author, the whole thing might not have occurred if _ahe had protested strongly at the timebhe had begged to be allowed to go homeche hadnt wandered aimlesslydhe had tried to look cool17we can see from the passage that the author _ahas broken the law only oncebhas never broken the lawchas broken the law on more than one occasiondonce broke the law without knowing iti am a writer. i spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language the way it can evoke（唤起） an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. language is the tool of my trade. and i use them all all the englishes i grew up with. born into a chinese family that had recently arrived in california, ive been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as broken english. but i feel embarrassed to say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no way to describe it other than broken, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked certain wholeness. ive heard other terms used, limited english, for example. but they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including peoples perceptions(认识) of the limited english speaker. i know this for a fact, because when i was growing up, my mothers limited english limited my perception of her. i was ashamed of her english. i believed that her english reflected the quality of what she had to say. that is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. and i had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaura