高考英语二轮阅读理解三月特训（26）.doc

2014届高考英语二轮复习 三月精品练习阅读理解though war is something people hate, director feng xiaoning often exposes his audience to it.“if we dont impress the audience, who are without the painful experience of war, with the cruel injury to life and human nature war causes, how can we bring them a love of peace and objection to war?” asked the director with a glance in his eyes.after red river valley and lovers grief over the yellow river, both of which star chinese model and actress ning jing, feng drew a satisfactory full stop to his war trilogy (三部曲) last month with purple sunset.the film tells a story which took place in 1945, at the very moment when world war ii was drawing to an end. a chinese peasant and a soviet woman soldier flee into a forest, where they seize a japanese girl. they follow the girl in the hope that she will take them out of the forest, but instead they arrive in a japanese base. humanity (人道主义) prevents them from killing the young, innocent (无辜的) victim of japanese militarism. this humanity, the longing for peace and eagerness to survive, make the three unite.“if people are touched by justice, tolerance and unselfishness, i think i have achieved my goal,” feng said. feng admits that there are violent and bloody scenes in the film, such as tanks fighting and japanese burning chinese people alive, to show the cruelty of the war. but thats never his personal preference, he says.“everyone who has watched my films can tell how much i hate war,” he said. “i wrote all the things for my war films by myself. whenever i finished one, i felt as though i had suffered great pain.”feng regards every one of his productions as an opportunity to learn about human nature and humanity. in spite of violent scenes which frighten and sicken the audience, a balance is sought with beautiful scenery. just like the snowy mountains in red river valley and the grand plateau (高原) in lovers grief over the yellow river, a beautiful vast grassland appears in this film. “i used to study art, and i appreciate beautiful things,” feng said. “i believe that films should offer the audience a chance to enjoy beauty.”1director feng xiaoning shot war film because _.a. he was deeply interested in such a topicb. he wanted to give the audience the painful experience of warc. he hoped to arouse peoples love of peace and objection to ward. he dreamed of becoming a world-famous director2all of the following belong to fengs war trilogy except _. a. red river valley b. lovers grief over the yellow riverc. purple sunset d. in the mood for love 3a chinese peasant and a soviet woman solider seized a japanese girl so that _.a. they could find the japanese base easilyb. she could take them out of the forestc. they could kill her for revenged. it would cause the japanese militarism to give in4scenes of japanese burning chinese people alive in the film are to _.a. show that war is cruelb. attract peoples interestc. show fengs personal preference in dealing with detailsd. make the film moving and interesting5第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。a around the age of 40, honest people may already admit to noticing changes in their mental abilities. this is the beginning of a gradual decline that in all too many of us will end with full-blown dementia(痴呆).however, a few drugs that might do the job, known as “cognitive enhancement(认知增强)”, are already on the market, and a few dozen others are on the way. perhaps the best-known is modafinil. licensed to treat narcolepsy, the condition that causes people to suddenly fall asleep, it has notable effects in healthy people too. modafinil can keep a person awake and his or her attention fixed for 90 hours straight, with none of anxiety, nervousness and bad concentration. in fact, with the help of modafinil, people who can hardly go to sleep can perform even better than their well-rested, un-medicated(未服药的) selves.its an open secret that many, perhaps most, prescriptions for modafinil are written not for people who suffer from narcolepsy, but for those who simply want to stay awake. similarly, many people are using ritalin not because they suffer from attention problem or any other disorder, but because they want superior concentration during exams or heavy-duty activities. some drugs have also been specially designed to improve memory. many of these seem to work, and without any major side effects. so why arent we all on cognitive enhancers already? “we need to be careful what we wish for,” says daniele piomelli at the university of california at irvine. repairing and improving memory may have unwanted effects, he warns. “eventually we may end up remembering things we dont want to.”56. according to the message, we can learn that originally modafinil is a drug designed for _.a. for both healthy and unhealthy peopleb. the treatment of dementiac. people who can hardly go to sleepd. those suffering from falling asleep suddenly57. the passage mainly talks about _.a. dementiaa threat to the old peopleb. modafinila nice drug for dementiac. relevant drugs to a better braind. cognitive enhancement58. the underlined sentences in paragraph two wants to tell us that _.a. without modafinil people suffering from sleep problems cannot rest wellb. people lacking sleep can work better than they are in a healthy state if taking modafinilc. modafinil has greater effects on healthy people if they take itd. with modafinil people suffering from narcolepsy can fall asleep easily59. whats the writers attitude to the drugs mentioned in the passage?a. positive. b. negative. c. objective(客观的). d. doubtful.amazed zoo visitors watch as an orangutan(猩猩) named bonnie swings along cables way above their heads. shes not making a great ape escape; shes taking a “highway” to higher learning.bonnie is traveling on the orangutan transit system, called the o-line, at the national zoo in washington, d.c. the o-line stretches from the great ape house, where bonnie lives, to an exhibit called think tank. there she and other orangutans participate in a study trying to answer the questions: do animals think? if so, how? think tank scientists look for clues that an animal is thinking. a baby orangutan following its mother is probably not thinking. but an orangutan using a stick to reach honey in a beehive probably is thinking. its figuring out how to obtain a sweet treat. to learn more about what the orangutans are thinking, think tank scientists are teaching orangutans a language of symbols. the apes dont actually speak. they point to the symbols to show their thoughts. each symbol stands for a word. different categories of the symbols have their own shapes. food symbols, for example, are rectangles(矩形); object symbols are circles; and verbs are diamonds. computers help the orangutans learn the symbolic language. after the apes are shown an apple, for example, their task is to touch the apple symbol on a computer screen. they can do so. all six orangutans have learned a few symbols, but only azy and indah have learned eight symbols and can use the computer. azy and indah choose to live at think tank. the others commute(往返) from the great ape house on the o-line. all attend think tank sessions, though none are made to do so. “theyre eager to learn”, one of the scientists says. “they never turn me down!”6what is the main idea of the passage?scientists are doing research on whether animals can think and how they think.biologists have found that orangutans are more intelligent than other animals.orangutans at the national zoo can be taught to communicate with humans easily.animals are being taught by scientists to speak to one another at the national zoo.7the orangutan transit system refers to _.a way that can teach animals to learn things and communicate quicklya place for various animals in the national zoo to participate in the studya walkway for the orangutans to travel to different sections of the zooa line for the orangutans to travel between the great ape house and the think tank8according to the passage, scientists use a system of symbols to help _.find out which orangutan can learn the symbolic language fastattract all the orangutans to live together at think tankcommunicate with the orangutans and understand them betterunderstand whether animals can learn a language and express themselves by using it9it can be inferred from the passage that _.a baby orangutan has his own intention though following his mothermany animals in the wild can learn symbolic languages to express their thoughtsthe cleverer the animals are, the more knowledge they would like to learnorangutans can form mental images in their minds when they see objectssurgeons in spain have successfully carried out the worlds first organ transplant using new stem cell technology. some people are calling it the greatest medical breakthrough so far this century.but what are stem cells? as we know, most cells in our bodies are designed to serve specific purposes for example, a liver cell develops to work in the liver and cannot become a heart cell. but stem cells are different. they are very young, and in the laboratory scientists can grow them into different types of cell. claudia castillo needed a new windpipe after getting a serious disease. scientists from the university of bristol in the uk took a donor windpipe, or trachea, from someone who had recently died. they used strong chemicals to remove the donors cells, leaving a tissue scaffold(组织支架). this was refilled with cells from ms castillos windpipe, and stem cells from her bone. after four days the cells had grown sufficiently for the windpipe to be transplanted into ms castillo. currently, transplant patients have to take drugs for the rest of their lives to prevent their bodies rejecting the new organs. these drugs can have bad side-effects, and do not always prevent rejection. but by using ms castillos own cells, doctors were able to trick her body into thinking the new windpipe was her own organ. five months on, claudia castillo is in perfect health. this ground-breaking procedure could be used in other transplant operations in the future. scientists also believe stem cells might be used to treat parkinsons disease, alzheimers disease, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, diabetes, burns and so on.however, stem cell research is extremely controversial. the most effective stem cells do not come from adults but from embryos created in laboratories and which are just a few days old. many people have religious or ethical objections to growing embryos, even if they can be used to cure diseases.10this transplant is considered the greatest medical breakthrough because _.a. this is the first organ transplant in the whole worldb. the patient is in perfect health after the operationc. it is the first success with new stem cell technologyd. the stem cells are from an embryo developed in a lab11stem cells are different from the other ceils in the way that _.a. they are grown in the lab onlyb. they can grow into different types of cellc. they are designed for a specific purposed. they can work in the liver not in the heart12what is the main idea of the third paragraph?a. how claudia survived in the operationb. how to remove the cells from the donors organc. why stem cells are needed in the transplantd. how the windpipe is transplanted13which of the following is true according to the passage?a. human bodies always reject transplanted organs even with their own cellsb. the donors cells had to be removed because they were unhealthyc. the transplanted organ was refilled with the stem cells onlyd. claudia will not have to take drugs to prevent rejection.14which word can best describe the scientists attitude towards the stem cell technology?a. controversial b. confidentc. conservative (保守的) d. criticalwhat makes a gift special? is it the price you see on the gift receipt？or is it the look on the recipients face when they receive it that determines the true value? what gift is worth the most?this christmas i was debating what to give my father. my dad is a hard person to buy for because he never wants anything. i pulled out my phone to read a text message from my mom saying that we were leaving for christmas shopping for him when i came across a message on my phone that i had locked. the message was from my father. my eyes fell on a photo of a flower taken in wyoming, and underneath a poem by william blake. the flower, a lone dandelion (蒲公英) standing against the bright blue sky, inspired me. my dad had been reciting those words to me since i was a kid. that may even be the reason why i love writing. i decided that those words would be my gift to my father.i called back. i told my mom to go without me and that i already created my gift. i sent the photo of the cream-colored flower to my computer and typed the poem on top of it. as i was arranging the details another poem came to mind. the poem was written by edgar allan poe；my dad recited it as much as he did the other. i typed that out as well and searched online for a background to the words of it. the poem was focused around dreaming, and after searching i found the perfect picture. the image was painted with blues and greens and purples, twisting together to create the theme and wonder of a dream. as i watched both poems passing through the printer, the white paper coloring with words that shaped my childhood, i felt that this was a gift that my father would truly appreciate. christmas soon arrived. the minute i saw the look on my dads face as he unwrapped those black letters carefully placed in a cheap frame, i knew i had given the perfect gift.15the idea for a special gift began to form when the author was_.a. doing shopping b. having a debate c. reading a message d. leaving for wyoming16the authors inspiration for the gift came from_.a. a photo of a flowerb. a story about a kidc. a call from the motherd. a text about christmas17the underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to a poem by _.a. the father bthe author c. william blake d. edgar allan poe18the author made the gift by _.a. searching for the poems onlineb. drawing the background by handc. painting the letters in three colorsd. matching the words with pictures19what is the main purpose of the passage?a. to show how to design images for giftsb. to suggest making gifts from ones heartc. to explain how computers help create giftsd. to describe the gifts the author has receivedmany facts suggest that children are overweight and the situation is getting worse, according to the doctors. i feel there are a number of reasons for this.some people blame the fact that we are surrounded by shops selling unhealthy, fatty foods, such as fried chicken and ice cream, at low prices. this has turned out a whole generation of grown-ups who seldom cook a meal for themselves. if there were fewer of these restaurants, then probably children would buy less take-away food.there is another argument that blames parents for allowing their children to become overweight. i agree with this, because good eating habits begin early in life, long before children start to visit fast food shops. if children are given fried chicken and chocolate rather than healthy food, or are always allowed to choose what they eat, they will go for sweet and salty foods every time, and this will carry on throughout their lives.there is a third reason for this situation. children these days take very little exercise. they do not walk to school. when they get home, they sit in front of the television or their computers and play computer games. not only is this an unhealthy pastime（消遣）, it also gives them time to eat more unhealthy foodwhat they need is to go outside and play active games or sports.the above are the main reasons for this problem, and therefore we have to encourage young people to be more active, as well as steering them away from fast food shops and bad eating habits.20according to the text, what kind of children may eat more unhealthy food?athose who often take exercise. bthose who often watch television.cthose who often have meals at home. dthose who often walk to school.21the author thinks that children are becoming overweight becauseatheir parents often cook meals for thembthey are too busy to go out and playcthey can t choose what to eat dthere are too many fast food shops around22the word steering underlined in the last sentence most probably means _.aforcing bguiding cdriving dmoving23the main purpose of the text is to _.atell a story bprovide facts cgive advicedcompare opinions7参考答案1c2d3b4a【解析】略556-59 dcbc 【解析】6a7d8c9d【解析】6文章主旨题。 第二段最后一句“do animals think ？ if so，how？”揭示了全文的主题。7细节理解题。 从第二段开头“bonnie is traveling on the orangutan transit system, called the o-line, at the national zoo in washington, d.c. the o-line stretches from the great ape house, where bonnie lives, to an exhibit called think tank.”可知。8 综合判断题。9 推理判断题。10c11b12d13d14b【解析】试题分析：本文叙述的是干细胞移植的问题，在文章中作者举例说明干细胞移植的好处，在最后也提出了干细胞移植会遇见的困难。10c 细节题。根据文章第一段1,2行surgeons in spain have successfully carried out the worlds first organ transplant using new stem cell technology.说明这是第一次成功的使用干细胞技术的移植。故c项正确。11b 细节题。根据第二段最后2行but stem cells are different. they are very young, and in the laboratory scien