高考英语阅读理解抓分训练题（29）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解抓分训练题（29）及答案 阅读理解how often do you travel by plane?how much electricity do you use? these days everyone is worried about the size of their carbon footprintin order to reduce global warming we need to make our carbon footprints smallerbut how much co2 are we responsible for?a new book by mike berners lee （a leading expert in carbon footprint） might be able to helphow 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 （=parts of a mixture）, the electricity used in the brewery, the equipment, the travel and commuting （交换） of the beer, and the packagingits amazing how many different things need to be included in each calculationand its frightening how much carbon dioxide everything producesbut all of this can help us decide which beer to drinkfrom berners-lees calculations, its clear that a pint （568ml） of locally-brewed beer has a smaller carbon footprint than a bottle of imported beerthis is because the imported beer has been transported from far away, and it uses more packagingthe 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 （淡啤酒） from the supermarketberners-lee has even calculated the carbon footprint of cycling to worknothing is more environmentally-friendly than riding a bike, surely? well, it depends on what youve had to eat beforeto ride a bike we need energy and for energy we need foodso if we eat a banana and then ride a kilometer and a half, our footprint is 65g of co2however, if we eat bacon before the bike ride, its 200gin fact, bananas are good in general because they dont need packaging, they can be transported by boat and they grow in natural sunlightso, 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 jamsand cars in traffic jams produce three times more co2 than cars traveling at speedcycling also makes you healthy and less likely to go to a hospitaland hospitals have very big carbon footprints!so maybe its time for us all to start making some changespass me a banana and a pint of local beer, please1、according to berners-lee, which of the following produces the most carbon dioxide？aa pint of local beer we drinkba pint of imported beer we drinkca banana we eat before a bike ridedthe bacon we eat before a bike ride2、why are bananas good in general?athey grow naturallybthey produces less co2cthey dont need packagingdthey provide energy for cycling3、the underlined word “brewery” in paragraph 3 most probably means “_”aa factory where beer is madeba machine which makes beerca container where beer is storeddone of the things from which beer is made4、to make our carbon footprints smaller, we should often _acycle to workbdrink more local beerccalculate the amount of co2dbuy cheap things from the supermarkets5、whats the most suitable title for the passage?abikes, beer and bananasbstarting to make changeschow big is your carbon footprint?dthe carbon footprint of everything参考答案（b） bbaac 阅读理解 -a 篇what do you want to be when you grow up? a teacher? a doctor? how about an ice-cream taster?yes, there really is a job where you can get paid to taste ice cream. just ask john harrison, an “official taste tester” for the past 21 years. testing helps manufacturers to be sure of a products quality. during his career harrison has been responsible for approving large quantities of the sweet ice cream as well as for developing over 75 flavors （味道）.some people think that it would be easy to do this job; after all, you just have to like ice cream, right? no theres more to the job than that, says harrison, who has a degree in chemistry. he points out that a dairy or food science degree would be very useful to someone wanting a career in this “cool” field.in a typical morning on the job, harrison tastes and assesses 60 ice-cream samples. he lets the ice cream warm up to about 12 f. harrison explains, “you get more flavor from warmer ice cream, which is why some kids like to stir it, creating ice-cream soup.”while the ice cream warms up, harrison looks over the samples and grades each one on its appearance. “tasting begins with the eyes,”he explains. he checks to see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself, “does the product have the color expected from that flavor?”next its time to taste!continuing to think up new ideas、try out new flavors、and test samples from so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps harrison busy but happy working at once cool job.46what is john harrisons job?aan official.ban ice-cream taster.ca chemist.dan ice-cream manufacturer.47according to john harrison, to be qualified in the “cool field”, it is helpful to .akeep a diary of workbhave a degree in related subjectschave new ideas every daydfind out new flavors each day48what does harrison do first when testing ice cream?ahe stirs the ice cream.bhe examines the color of the ice cream.che tastes the flavor of the ice cream.dhe lets the ice cream warm up.49which of the following is probably the best title of the passage?atasting with eyesbflavors of ice creamcjohn harrisons lifedone cool job参考答案4649、bbdd （c）today, 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 / through 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 gasand 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 customersnothing 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 internetconsider: 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 ticketsand even after youve moved on to your final resting place, theres no reason those you love cant keep in toucha company called finalthoughtscom 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） futurenearly 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 foundationyoungsters from ages 2 to 17 at all income levels have computers, with 52% of those connected to the internetmost 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 leftwhats 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”1what can we learn from the microsofts remark? atodays cars and airplanes are extremely overpriced binformation technology is developing at an amazing speed cinformation technology has reached the point where improvement is difficult dtheres more competition in information technology industry than in car industry2、according to the author, the biggest benefit of the internet is that_ ait saves companies huge amounts of money bit speeds up profit making cit brings people incredible convenience dit provides easy access to information 3、the author gives the example of finalthoughtscom to make the point that_ athere are some genius ideas on the internet balmost anything is available on the internet cpeople can find good bargains on the internet dsome websites provide novel services to increase hits13what can we learn from the fourth paragraph? athere is a link between income and computer ownership bmany american children dont put computers to good use cstudies show that boys are more computer literate than girls dthe uswill stay ahead in the information technology in years4which sentence has the phrase that possesses the same meaning as the one underlined in the fifth paragraph? asome can tell you that he has changed their lives, while others think nothing of himbthink nothing of itit was my pleasureche thinks nothing of staying up all night in the caf bardhe thinks nothing of the pain in his back for the moment5what is the message the author intends to convey? athe internet is going to get firm hold of our lives some day bthe internet is going to influence our lives even more greatly cwe should have a positive attitude towards the changes the internet brings dchildren should be well prepared for the challenges in the information age参考答案（c） babdcb 阅读理解-b篇growing up in philadelphia, lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. his food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes. lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in italy and studying local specialties（地方特色菜）in germany, spain and france. at yale, he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friends. just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named campus cuisine about his cooking. lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like make drinks out of dining-hall fruit. that helped the show become very popular among the students. they would stop lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking. tapes of the show were passed around, with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the food network.food network producer flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television. he says liebermans charisma is key. “food tv isnt about food anymore,” says flay. “its about your personality（个性）and finding a way to keep peoples eyeballs on your show.”but lieberman isnt putting all his eggs in one basket. after taping the first season of the new how, lieberman was back in his won small kitchen preparing sandwiches. an airline company（航空公司）was looking for some one to come up with a tasteful, inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flights, lieberman got the job.50. we can learn from the text that liebermans family _.a. have relatives in europe b. love cooking at homec. often hold parties d. own a restaurant51. the food network got to know lieberman _.a. at one of his parties b. from his teachers c. through his taped show d. on a television program52. what does the word “charisma” underlined in the text refer to?a. a natural ability to attract others. b. a way to show ones achievement.c. liebermans after-class interest. d. liebermans fine cooking skill.53. why did the airline company give lieberman the job?a. he could prepare meals in a small kitchen. b. he was famous for his shows on food tv.c. he was good at using eggs to make sandwiches.d. he could cook cheap, delicious and simple meals.54.what can we learn about lieberman from the text?a. he is clever but lonely. b. he is friendly and active.c. he enjoys traveling around. d. he often changes his menus.参考答案50-54 bcadb（d）hans was an honest fellow with a funny round good-humored faceliving alone, every day he worked in his gardenin all the countryside there was no garden so lovely as hisall sorts of flowers grew there, blooming in their proper order as the months went by, one flower taking another flowers place, so that there were always beautiful things to see, and pleasant odors to smell hans had many friends, the most devoted being the millerso devoted was the rich miller to hans that hed never go by his garden without plucking a large bunch of flowers or a handful of sweet herbs, or filling his pockets with fruitsthe miller used to talk about noble ideas, and hans nodded and smiled, feeling proud of having such a friend the neighbors thought it strange that the rich miller never gave hans anything in return, though he had hundreds of sacks of flour, many cows and sheep, but hans never troubled his head about these, and nothing gave him greater pleasure than to listen to all the wonderful things about the unselfishness of true friendship in spring, summer, and autumn hans was very happy, but when winter came, and he had no fruit or flowers to sell, he suffered from cold and hungerthough extremely lonely, the miller never came to see him then “theres no good in going to see hans while the snow lasts” the miller said to his wife, “when people are in trouble they shouldnt be botheredso ill wait till the spring comes when hes happy to give me flowers” “youre certainly very thoughtful,” answered his wife, “its quite a treat to hear you talk about friendship” “couldnt we ask hans up here?” said their son“ill give him half my meal, and show him my white rabbits” “how silly you are!” cried the miller“i really dont know whats the use of sending you to schoolif hans came up here, and saw our warm fire, our good supper, and our red wine, he might get envious, and envy is a most terrible thing, and would spoil anybodys naturei am his best friend, and ill always watch over him, and see that hes not led into any temptationbesides, if hans came here, he might ask me for some flourflour is one thing, and friendship is another, and they shouldnt be confusedthe words are spelt differently, and mean quite different thingseverybody can see that” he looked seriously at his son, who felt so ashamed that he hung his head down, and grew quite scared, and began to cry into his tea spring coming, the miller went down to see hansagain he talked about friendship“hans, friendship never forgetsim afraid you dont understand the poetry of lifesee, how lovely your roses are!” hans said he wanted to sell them in the market to buy back his things which were sold during the hard time of the winter “ill give you many good thingsi think being generous is the base of friendship” said the miller“and now, as ill give you many good things, im sure youd like to give me some flowers in returnheres the basket, and fill it quite full” poor hans was afraid to say anythinghe ran and plucked all his pretty roses, and filled the millers basket, imagining the many good things promised by the miller the next day he heard the miller calling: “hans, would you mind carrying this sack of flour for me to market?” “im sorry, but i am really very busy today” “well,” said the miller, “considering that im going to give you my things, its rather unfriendly of you to refuseupon my word, you mustnt mind my speaking quite plainly to you” poor hans was driven by his friendship theory to work hard for his best friend, leaving his garden dry and wasted one evening hans was sitting by fire wh