高考英语二轮阅读理解专题训练精品题（21）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解专题训练二轮精品题（21）及答案阅读理解most mornings, the line begins to form at dawn: scores of silent women with babies on their backs, buckets balanced on their heads, and in each hand a bright-blue plastic jugon good days, they will wait less than an hour before a water tanker goes across the dirt path that serves as a road in kesum purbahari, a slum on the southern edge of new delhion bad days, when there is no electricity for the pumps, the tankers dont come at all“that water kills people,” a young mother named shoba said one recent saturday morning, pointing to a row of pails filled with thick, caramel （焦糖）-colored liquid“whoever drinks it will die” the water was from a pipe shared by thousands of people in the poor neighborhoodwomen often use it to wash clothes and bathe their children, but nobody is desperate enough to drink itthere is no standard for how much water a person needs each day, but experts usually put the minimum at fifty litersthe government of india promises （but rarely provides） fortymost people drink two or three litersless than it takes to wash a toiletthe rest is typically used for cooking and bathingamericans consume between four hundred and six hundred liters of water each day, more than any other people on earthmost europeans use less than half thatthe women of kesum purbahari each hoped to drag away a hundred liters that daytwo or three buckets worthshoba has a husband and five children, and that much water doesnt go far in a family of seven, particularly when the temperature reaches a hundred and ten degrees before noonshe often makes up the difference with bottled water, which costs more than water delivered any other waysometimes she just buys milk; its cheaperlike the poorest people everywhere, the people of new delhis slums spend a far greater percentage of their incomes on water than anyone lucky enough to live in a house connected to a system of pipes50the underlined word “slum” most likely means _aa village ba small towncthe part of a town that lacks water badlydan area of a town with badly-built, over-crowded buildings51sometimes the water tanker doesnt come because _athere is no electricity bthe weather is badcthere is no water dpeople dont want the dirty water52a person needs at least _ liters of water a daya forty bfifty ca hundred dfour hundred53the passage mainly tells us _ahow india government manages to solve the problem of waterbhow women in kesum purbahari gets their waterchow much water a day a person needsdthat india lacks water badly【参考答案】49-bd 51-53 abd aa sign can be found in the front yard of a house in the us. the people living here want to let their dog play outside and ensure it wont run into the street. so, they hire a company to set up an “invisible fence”, an electric wire buried in the ground around the yard. the dog wears a special collar and when it walks near to the “fence”, the wire will send out a small shock. the dog quickly learns to stay away from the edge of the yard. as it says at the bottom of the sign, the fence will keep your dog “safe” (away from the street) and “at home” (contained inside the yard). the small word “brand” printed in blue means that “invisible fence” is registered as the companys brand name. similarly, the “tm” printed after “your dog safe at home” stands for “trade mark”, a slogan registered specifically to one company. 1. the people set up an “invisible fence” _. a. to let their dog play outside their house b. to keep their dog away from the edge of the yard c. to keep their dog inside their yard d. to warn others not to enter their house 2. which is not true about the “invisible fence”? a. the fence does not exist at all. b. the “invisible fence” is the name of a company. c. without the special collar, the fence wont work on the dog. d. science and technology play an important part in it.【参考答案】13、cac 阅读理解-bstepping into a pool of water is common enough, but who could ever imagine stepping into a pool of fish? in february of 1974, bill tapp, an australian farmer, saw a rain of fish that covered his farm. how surprised he must have been! what caused this strange occurrence? this is a question that had long puzzled people who study fish. the answer turned out to be a combination of wind and storm. when it is spring in the northern part of the world, it is fall in australia. throughout the autumn season, terrible storms arise and rains flood the land. the strong winds sweep over australia like huge vacuum cleaners (吸尘器), collecting seaweed, pieces of wood, and even schools of fish. strong winds may carry these bits of nature for many miles before vacuum dropping them on fields, houses, and astonished people. although they seem unusual, fish-falls occur frequently in australia. when bill tapp was asked to describe the scene of fish, he remarked, “they look like millions of dead birds falling down.” his statement is not surprising. the wonders of the natural world are as common as rain. nature, with its infinite wonders, can create waterfalls that flow upward and fish that fall out of the sky. 4. what is this passage about? a. a sad story. b. australias northern part. c. a rain of fish. d. the damage done by floods. 5. fish-falls occur in australia _. a. quite often b. on large farms c. only in winter d. when the air is calm 6. the underlined word “infinite” is closest in meaning to “_”. a. easy b. difficult c. countless d. dangerous【参考答案】46、ca c 阅读理解-aamerican researchers say drinking tea may help strengthen the bodys defense system against infection（感染）. doctors at brigham and womens hospital in boston, massachusetts, did the study. the team studied a chemical found in black, green, oolong and pekoe tea. this chemical is an amino acid（氨基酸）called l-theanine. the scientists say it may increase the strength of gamma delta t cells. thats the letter t, not the drink. gamma delta t cells are part of the bodys defenses.first, the researchers mixed some of these cells with antigens（抗原）found in the amino acid. antigens help the body react to infection. then the scientists added some bacteria（细菌）. within twenty-four hours, the cells produced a lot of interferon, a substance that fights infection. cells not mixed with the antigens did not produce interferon.in the second part of the study, eleven people drank five to six cups of black tea every day. ten other people drank the same amount of instant coffee. that is dried coffee mixed with hot water.two weeks later, and again two weeks after that, the researchers tested the blood of all twenty-one people. they also looked at what happened when they added bacteria to the blood cells. they found that the tea drinkers produced five times more interferon after they started drinking tea. the coffee drinkers did not produce interferon.doctor jack bukowski led the study. he says the antigens added to the gamma delta t cells were responsible for the increased reaction to the bacteria. he says the study also showed that the cells were able to remember the bacteria and fight them again the next time.earlier research already has found that tea can help prevent heart disease and cancer. doctor bukowski says the new study must be repeated with more people. if the findings prove to be true, he says, then tea drinking might also help protect against bacterial infections. he says the amino acid l-theanine could be removed from tea and used as a drug to strengthen the bodys defenses.1. we may know from the text that _ can be found in different kinds of tea.a. gamma delta t cellsb. l-theaninec. interferond. bacteria 答案解析：答案为b。本题为推理题。由第一段 “the team studied a chemical found in black, green, oolong and pekoe tea. this chemical is an amino acid called l-theanine.” 可知，在black, green, oolong and pekoe tea里面发现了叫做l-theanine的化学成分。故答案为b。2. tea may help strengthen the bodys defense system because it helps _.a. the body to produce more interferon b. the body to produce more gamma delta t cellsc. to add some bacteria to the blood cells d. to mix antigens with some of the cells in the body答案解析：答案为a。本题为推理题。由第二段 “within twenty-four hours, the cells produced a lot of interferon, a substance that fights infection.” 可知，细胞产生interferon，它可以抵抗感染，故可推断，茶能增强身体的抵抗能力因为它能帮助身体产生更多的interferon。故答案为a。3. according to dr bukowski, _.a. the findings of the study have already proved to be trueb. he has taken some amino acid l-theanine from tea and made a drug with itc. further study is needed to prove the findings trued. he is not sure whether tea can help prevent heart disease and cancer 答案解析：答案为c。本题为推理题。由最后一段首句 “earlier research already has found that tea can help prevent heart disease and cancer.” 可知，d选项错误。由该段的后文 “doctor bukowski says the new study must be repeated with more people. if the findings prove to be true”可知，a选项错误，c选项正确。由最后一句 “he says the amino acid l-theanine could be removed from tea and used as a drug to strengthen the bodys defenses.” 可知，dr bukowski认为可以从茶中提取amino acid l-theanine来制药，b选项与文意不符，故错误。4. what would be the best title for this text?a. tea is better than coffee.b. tea may help fight infectionc. tea can help prevent cancer.d. our body needs tea 答案解析：答案为b。全文都是围绕第一段首句 “american researchers say drinking tea may help strengthen the bodys defense system against infection.” 展开，故标题为b选项。atess went to her bedroom and pulled a glass jelly jar from its hiding place in the closet. she poured all the change out on the floor and counted it carefully. three times, even. the total had to be absolutely exact. then carefully placing the coins back in the jar and twisting on the cap, she slipped out the back door and made her way six blocks to the pharmacy（药房）. she waited patiently for the pharmacist to give her some attention but he was too busy at this moment.天津e人社区-天津人社区8oz3lys%l5pp so )lyt+oshe took a quarter from her jar and banged it on the glass counter. that did it! “and what do you want?” the pharmacist asked in an annoyed tone of voice. “im talking to my brother from chicago whom i havent seen in ages,” he said without waiting for a reply to his question.c b%no 天津e人社区-天津人社区&c c%q “well, i want to talk to you about my brother,” tess answered back in the same annoyed tone. “hes really, really sick and i want to buy a miracle.”天津e人社区-天津人社区b1o6a*j:dv*a k天津e人社区-天津人社区bh1z2q.e l “i beg your pardon?” said the pharmacist.天津e人社区-天津人社区ec+|c#nxowb9m%ky“his name is andrew and he has something bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him now. so how much does a miracle cost?”y92wrt)s3hh j#ro#hi#s&c$nwf8c/ e$lfvusthe pharmacists brother was a well dressed man. he bent down and asked the little girl, “what kind of a miracle does your brother need?”|u%c,tm/p&j5u!y:hn*,zdrf“i dont know,” tess replied with her eyes welling up. “i just know hes really sick and mommy says he needs an operation. but my daddy cant pay for it, so i want to use my money.”天津e人社区-天津人社区k/s;v9en*m天津e人社区-天津人社区%e!t:wxi&w8i w “how much do you have?” asked the man from chicago. “one dollar and eleven cents,” tess answered. “and its all the money i have.”d&lr (uk$f5tq5e1xfl48k“well, what a coincidence. a dollar and eleven centsthe exact price of a miracle for little brother,” smiled the man._sb1r j cm*d9+s6a7m“take me to where you live. i want to see your brother and meet your parents. lets see if i have the kind of miracle you need.”天津e人社区-天津人社区x5m#t3zt%h*a+ngbngthe pharmacists brother, dr. carlton armstrong, a surgeon, was expert in neurosurgery(神经外科). the operation was completed without charge and it wasnt long before andrew was home again and doing well.y sud q7la1a n8d/u2o3 7cgc2whmom and dad were happily talking about the chain of events that had led them to this place. “that surgery,” her mom whispered. “was a real miracle. i wonder how much it would have cost?”4p0h(f q7sqy (z8oys+l _-xtess smiled. she knew exactly how much a miracle costone dollar and eleven centsplus the faith of a little child.1. tess took her money to the pharmacy to .a. pay for the doctors billb. buy her brother a miraclec. make a deal with the pharmacistd. see whether the money was enough2. how did tess attract the pharmacists attention?a. she waited for a long time.b. she greeted the pharmacist.c. she hit the counter with a coin.d. she shouted at the pharmacist.3. it can be inferred that andrews operation would have been _.a. costly b. dangerousc. seriousd. difficult4. the writer thinks it was that worked wonder and saved andrews life.a. tesss moneyb. dr. armstrongs kindnessc. tesss belief x-my&-uenx#_a d. dr. armstrongs surgery 【参考答案】14、bcac 阅读理解-cnowadays, there is a heated debate on whether pollutants should be cleaned in the air. cleaning up the air, while good for our lungs, could make global warming worse. and the pollutants still go up around the air, along with carbon dioxide.these pollutants are called aerosols (气溶粒) and they include soot as well as mixtures of nitrogen(氮) and sulfur(硫) and other stuff into the air. natalie mahowald, a climate researcher at cornell university, says so far, scientists have mostly tried to understand what those aerosols do while theyre actually in the air.there are so many different kinds of aerosols, she says. some warm and some cool. but in fact, humans are giving out a lot of extra aerosols, and they tend to cool for the most part.the aerosols reflect sunlight back into space, or keep us cool. but it turns out thats not all they do. these aerosols also influence how much carbon dioxide gets drawn out of the air by plants on land and in the sea.they can add nutrients, for example, to the oceans or to the land, mahowald says. but also while theyre in the atmosphere they can change the climate, and thus that also can influence the amount of carbon, the land or the ocean can take up. so there are quite a few different ways that aerosols can act on each other.mahowalds results suggest that reducing those pollutants could be an even bigger problem than realized, when you consider that aerosols help remove carbon dioxide from the air by encouraging plant growth. hard numbers on this effect are highly uncertain at the moment, but this could turn out to be quite significant.and studying it is not easy because the effects arent well understood. for example, nitrogen can be a fertilizer (肥料), but it can stop plant growing when nitrogen comes out of the air in acid form. right now it seems like were much more likely to clean up aerosol pollution, while increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. so scientists, unfortunately, may have a chance to see whether this experiment on our planet should continue or not.36. from paragraph 2, we know tha