高考英语阅读理解抓分训练题（27）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解抓分训练题（27）及答案阅读理解 -a 篇there are hundreds of expressions of words using “hand” in the english language. let us examine some of the expressions that use “hand”.we will get a hand in this way. “to get a hand in” is to begin a job, to begin to know something about it. when we learn completely, we will be able to do it hands down. if we do the job well, we may end up with the upper hand. on the other hand, if the situation gets out of hand, it is out of control.we must consider another way of expressing phrase- to hand it to someone. for example, i must hand it to you for understanding what we have discussed this far. you can also lend a hand to someone but without really giving up your hand. you lend a hand when you help someone. if someone is kind enough to lend us a hand then we surely do not want to bite the hand that feeds us. we do not want to repay his kindness by treating him badly.now, we have a free hand to continue examining other “hand” expressions. it means you are free to act without getting permission from someone else.maybe you can find a friend who wants to take a hand in our project. it would have to be someone who was interested in these expressions. your friend may want to work hand in glove with us. that is good because that means he wants to work as closely with us as a glove covers the hand. of course, there is a danger that he may look at our project and decide to take it in hand. that means he wants to tale it over. if that happens, we may throw up our hands because the situation seams hopeless. in fact, we may decide that it is time for us to end this project to wash our hands of “ hand” expressions.46we are ready to do a certain job, we may say; lets _. a. get out of hand b. get a hand in c. lend a hand d. take a hand in47which of the following has an unpleasant meaning? a. hands down b. bite the hand that feeds us c. take a hand in d. hand in glove48something is so easy to do. so you can do it_. a. hands down b. on the other hand c. the upper hand d. hand in glove49what is the writers purpose in writing the passage? a. to tell us the fact that there are many phrases with “hands”. b. to prove the importance of the word “ hand ”. c. to tell us some phrases with “ hand ”. d. to make us laugh.参考答案4649、bbac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 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 阅读理解-b篇if there is one thing im quite sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we still be reading newspapers. not those newspapers are a necessity. even now some people get most of the news from the television or have the radio switched on in the background or in the car. many buy a paper only on saturday or sunday. but for most people a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.the basic british character wont change, and one of the characteristics of the british is that we dont much like talking to each other when we get up. so what better way is there to keep yourself thinking in the morning than to wrap yourself in a newspaper?over the past couple of centuries, human beings have developed a close relationship with the newspaper. it has become as natural as breathing or enjoying the sun. and it is not just the british who love newspapers. on suburban trains in calcutta, for instance, just one person in the whole car will buy a newspaper and read aloud the best bits to his fellow passengers, much to everybodys enjoyment.the nature of what is news may change. what essentially (本质上) makes news is what affects our lives and the big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the same. i think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though. its already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic engineering. in the future i think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do, whether its love or depression. we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.its quite possible that in the next century newspaper will be transmitted electronically from the national equivalents of fleet street (伦敦的舰队街，以报馆集中而著称) and printed out in our own homes. in fact, im pretty sure that that is how it will happen in future. youll be probably selecting from a menu, making up your own bespoke newspaper by picking out the things you want to read and say. you might even have an intelligent screening device (装置) to do the job for you.i think people have got it wrong when they talk about the competition between the different media. they actually have a relationship, feeding off each other. it was once predicted that television would kill off newspapers, which hasnt happened. what is read on the printed page is more enduring (持久的) than pictures on a flickering screen or sound lost in the sky. and as for the internet, its never really satisfying to read something just on a screen. 50. the author of the passage is most probably from _. a. russia b. india c. britain d. america51. according to the passage, the future of newspapers _. a. will be mainly connected with scientific research b. will report more important political activities c. will directly cover more on scientific research d. will build a bridge between different people 52. the underlined part “bespoke newspaper” of the passage probably refers to _.a. a newspaper which dares to report the truth b. a newspaper edited to ones own interestc. a newspaper edited and published for the public d. a newspaper which only covers the life of family members53. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. it was centuries ago that newspapers came into being .b. televisions have taken the place of newspapers .c. the internet will gradually take the place of newspapers.d. the nature of news may remain the same over generations.参考答案 50-53 、ccbatoday, theres hardly an aspect of our life that isnt being upended by the tons of information available on the hundreds of millions of sites crowding the internet, not to mention its ability to keep us in constant touch with each other via electronic mail. “if the automobile and aerospace technology had exploded at the same pace as computer and information technology,” says microsoft, “a new car would cost about $ 2 and go 600 miles on a small quantity of gas. and you could buy a boeing 747 for the cost of a pizza.”probably the biggest payoff, however, is the billions of dollars the internet is saving companies in producing goods and serving for the needs of their customers. nothing like it has been seen since the beginning of the industrial revolution, when power-driven machines began producing more in a day than men could turn out in nearly a year. “we view the growth of the internet and e-commerce as a global trend,” says merrill lynch, “along the lines of printing press, the telephone, the computer, and electricity.”you would be hard pressed to name something that isnt available on the internet. consider: books, health care, movie tickets, construction materials, baby clothes, stocks, cattle feed, music, electronics, antiques, tools, real estate, toys, autographs of famous people, wine and airline tickets. and even after youve moved on to your final resting place, theres no reason those you love cant keep in touch. a company called finalt offers a place for you to store “afterlife e-mails” you can send to heaven with the help of a “guardian angel”.kids today are so computer literate that it in fact ensures the united states will remain the unchallenged leader in cyberspace for the foreseeable(能预测的) future. nearly all children in families with incomes of more than $75,000 a year have home computers, according to a study by the david and lucile packard foundation. youngsters from ages 2 to 17 at all income levels have computers, with 52% of those connected to the internet. most kids use computers to play games (some for 30 hours or more a week), and many teenage girls think nothing of rushing home from school to have e-mail chats with friends they have just left.whats clear is that, whether we like it or not, the internet is an ever growing part of our lives and there is no turning back. “the internet is just 20% invented,” says cyber pioneer jake winebaum. “the last 80% is happening now.”10. what can we learn from the microsofts remark? a. todays cars and airplanes are extremely overpriced. b. information technology is developing at an amazing speed. c. information technology has reached the point where improvement is diffic