高考英语 阅读理解（4月）训练（09）.doc

2013高考英语阅读理解（4月）训练（09）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。ahow often do you travel by plane?how much electricity do you use? these days everyone is worried about the size of their carbon footprint. in order to reduce global warming we need to make our carbon footprints smaller. but how much co2 are we responsible for?a new book by mike berners lee (a leading expert in carbon footprint) might be able to help. how bad are bananas? the carbon footprint of everything looks at the different things we do and buy, and calculates the amount of co2 all of the following created: the ingredients, the electricity used in the brewery, the equipment, the travel and commuting of the beer, and the packaging. its amazing how many different things need to be included in each calculation. and its frightening how much carbon dioxide everything produces.but all of this can help us decide which beer to drink. from berners-lees calculations, its clear that a pint (568ml) of locally-brewed beer has a smaller carbon footprint than a bottle of imported beer. this is because the imported beer has been transported from far away, and it uses more packaging. the local beer only produces 300g of co2, but the imported beer produces 900g! so, one pint of local beer is better for the environment than three cans of cheap foreign lager from the supermarket.berners-lee has even calculated the carbon footprint of cycling to work. nothing is more environmentally-friendly than riding a bike, surely? well, it depends on what youve had to eat before. to ride a bike we need energy and for energy we need food. so if we eat a banana and then ride a kilometer and a half, our footprint is 65g of co2. however, if we eat bacon before the bike ride, its 200g. in fact, bananas are good in general because they dont need packaging, they can be transported by boat and they grow in natural sunlight.so, does this mean that cycling is bad for the environment? absolutely not, for a start, if you cycle, you dont use your car, and the fewer cars on the road, the fewer traffic jams. and cars in traffic jams produce three times more co2 than cars traveling at speed. cycling also makes you healthy and less likely to go to a hospital. and hospitals have very big carbon footprints!so maybe its time for us all to start making some changes. pass me a banana and a pint of local beer, please.1. according to berners-lee, which of the following produces the most carbon dioxide？a. a pint of local beer we drink.b. a pint of imported beer we drink.c. a banana we eat before a bike ride.d. the bacon we eat before a bike ride.2. why are bananas good in general?a. they grow naturally.b. they produces less co2.c. they dont need packaging.d. they provide energy for cycling.3. the underlined word “brewery” in paragraph 3 most probably means “_”.a. a factory where beer is madeb. a machine which makes beerc. a container where beer is storedd. one of the things from which beer is made4. to make our carbon footprints smaller, we should often _.a. cycle to workb. drink more local beerc. calculate the amount of co2d. buy cheap things from the supermarkets5. whats the most suitable title for the passage?a. bikes, beer and bananasb. starting to make changesc. how big is your carbon footprint?d. the carbon footprint of everything参考答案 bbaac *结束bit is easy for us to tell our friends from our enemies. but can other animals do the same? elephants can! they can use their sense of vision and smell to tell the difference between people who pose a threat and those who do not.in kenya, researchers found that elephants react differently to clothing worn by men of the maasai and kamba ethnic groups. young maasai men spear animals and thus pose a threat to elephants; kamba men are mainly farmers and are not a danger to elephants.in an experiment conducted by animal scientists, elephants were first presented with clean clothing or clothing that had been worn for five days by either a maasai or a kamba man. when the elephants detected the smell of clothing worn by a maasai man, they moved away from the smell faster and took longer to relax than when they detected the smells of either clothing worn by kamba men or clothing that had not been worn at all. garment color also plays a role, though in a different way. in the same study, when the elephants saw red clothing not worn before, they reacted angrily, as red is typically worn by maasai men. rather than running away as they did with the smell, the elephants acted aggressively toward the red clothing.the researchers believe that the elephants emotional reactions are due to their different interpretations of the smells and the sights. smelling a potential danger means that a threat is nearby and the best thing to do is run away and hide. seeing a potential threat without its smell means that risk is low. therefore, instead of showing fear and running away, the elephants express their anger and become aggressive.6. according to the passage, which of the following statements is true about kamba and maasai people? a. maasai people are a threat to elephants. b. kamba people raise elephants for farming. c. both kamba and maasai people are elephant hunters. d. both kamba and maasai people traditionally wear red clothing.7. how did the elephants react to smell in the study? a. they attacked a man with the smell of new clothing. b. they needed time to relax when smelling something unfamiliar.c. they became anxious when they smelled kamba-scented clothing. d. they were frightened and ran away when they smelled their enemies. 8. what is the main idea of this passage? a. elephants use sight and smell to detect danger.b. elephants attack people who wear red clothing. c. scientists are now able to control elephants emotions. d. some kenyan tribes understand elephants emotions very well.9. what can be inferred about the elephants behavior from this passage? a. elephants learn from their experiences.b. elephants have sharper sense of smell than sight. c. elephants are more intelligent than other animals.d. elephants tend to attack rather than escape when in danger.参考答案 adaa *结束2.（2011辽宁卷）c many people believe henry ford invented the automobile (汽车). but henry ford did not start to build his first car until 1896. that was eleven years after two germans developed the worlds first automobile. many people believe henry ford invented the production line that moved a cars parts to the worker, instead of making the worker move to the parts. that is not true, either. many factory owners used methods of this kind before ford. what henry ford did was to use other peoples ideas and make them better. and he made the whole factory a moving production line. in the early days of the automobile, almost every ear maker raced his cars. it was the best way of gaining public notice. henry ford decided to build a racing car. fords most famous race was his first one. it was also the last race in which he drove the car himself. the race was in 1901, at a field near detroit. all of the most famous cars had entered, but only two were left: the winton and fords. the winton was famous for its speed. most people thought the race was over before it began. the winton took an early lead. but halfway through the race, it began to lose power. ford started to gain. and near the end of the race, he took the lead. ford won the race and defeated the winton. his name appeared in newspapers and he became well-known all over the united states. within weeks of the race, henry ford formed a new automobile company. in the 1903, a doctor in detroit bought the first car from the company. that sale was the beginning of henry fords dream. ford said: i will build a motor car for the great mass of people. it will be large enough for the family, but small enough for one person to operate and care for. it will be built of the best materials. it will be built by the best men to be employed. and it will be built with the simplest plans that modem engineering can produce. it will be so low in price that no man making good money will be unable to own one. the model t was a car of that kind. it only cost $850. it was a simple machine that drivers could depend on. doctors bought the model t. so did farmers. even criminals，they considered it the fastest and surest form of transportation. americans loved the model t.