高考英语二轮阅读理解精选专练系列（14）.doc

2013高考英语二轮阅读理解精选专练系列（14）及答案ain 1835, a british astronomer called sir john herschel built a giant telescope in a remote area of sauth africahe wanted to take advantage of the clear air in that region to observe parts of the southern sky not visible in the northern hemisphere（半球）in august of that year, an article appeared in the new york sun with the following headline: great astronomical discoveries made by sir john her- schel （from the edinburgh journal of science） the sbn reported that herschel had discovered life on the moonhis telescope being sopowerful that he could observe the moons surface as if he were standing on itmore articles followed, with news that herschel had been able to see the moons craters, rivers, vegetation and animalscreatures that bore a strong resemblance to antelopes, goats and pelicans on the earthin the final installment, it was revealed that herschel had actually seen a race of furry, winged men and women, humanlike creatures who could fly! the suns illustrators provided graphic images based on herschels descriptionsthe story caused a sensation in america, and were soon syndicated （供许多报纸同时发表）to newspapers all over the worldscientists were skeptical about the information, but it seems that no one pointed out that the edinburgh journal of science didnt actually existthere had been a magazine with that name but it had closed down more than ten years beforethe sun articles were, of course, an elaborate hoax（骗局）herschel had not really observed life on the moon, nor had he made any of the other astronomical discoveries that the article reportedin fact, herschel did not even know about the articles until he returned to england some time laterhe had nothing to do with the stories at allthe sun never admitted that the stories were fakehowever, a few weeks after the publication, the editor wrote: we can only concede （承认） that the story is a hoax if the scottish paper that published it admits itas the scottish paper didnt exist, this was not likely to happen56what is the text about?aan article about the moon in an early 20th century astrological magazineba series of articles about the moon in a science journal in the early 19th, centuryca series of articles about the moon in a newspaper in the early 19th centurydan article about south african skies in a geographical57sir john herschel was _aa british astronomer who used a giant telescope to observe the skies in africaba british journalist who observed the skies in south africa and wrote about the moonca south africa astronomer who built a giant telescopeda british astronomer who discovered life on the moon58what does the underlined sentence in the fourth paragragh mean?athey believed it without questionbthey didnt believe the stories because they knew the science journal didnt existcthey believed it because it was in the newspaperdthey didnt believe it butaccepted it because they thought the stories had been published59since _, the article was indeed an elaborate hoaxaherschel had something to do with the storiesbherschel had not discovered anything reported about the mooncscientists knew that the edinburgh journal of science didnt actually existdthe newspaper admitted it was a liebmy family and i lived across the street from rose, park since i was four years old then just last year the city put a chain link fence around the park and started bulldozing （用推土机推平）the trees and grass to make way for a new apartment complexwhen i saw the fence and bulldozers,i asked myself, “why dont they just leave it alone?looking back, i think what sentenced the park to oblivion was the drought; （旱灾） we had about four years agoup until thenrose park was a nice green park with plenty of trees and a public swimming poolmy friends and i rollerskated on the sidewalks, climbed the trees, and swam in the pool all the years i was growing up, the park was almost like my own yardin the summer i was fifteen the drought came and things changedthere had been almost no rain all that yearthe city stopped watering the park grasswithin a few weeks i found myself living across the street from a huge, brown desertleaves tell off the park trees, and pretty soon the trees started dying, toothe park swimming pool was closedthen the city cut down on the work force that kept the park, and it just got too ugly and dirty to enjoy anymoreas the drought lasted into the :fall, the park got worse and worsethe rubbish piled up or blew across the brown grassthere were few people in the parkit was said that drugs were being sold or traded therethe park had gotten scary, and my mother told us kids not to go there anymorethe drought finally ended and things seemed to get back to normal that is, everything but the parkit had gotten into such bad shape that the city just let it stay that waythen about six months ago i heard that the city was going toredevelop certain worn-out areas of the cityit turned out that the city had planned to get rid of the park, sell the land and let someone build rows of apartment buildings on itthe chain-link fence and the bulldozers did their worknow we live across the street from six rows of apartment buildingseach of them is three units high and stretches a block in each directionthe neighborhood has changed without the parkthe streets i used to play in are jammed with cars nowthings will never be the same againsometimes i wonder what would happen if another drought came60how did the writer feel when he saw the fence and bulldozers?ascared bexcited c, curious dupset61why was the writer told not to go to the park by his mother?ait was being rebuilt bit became crowdedcit was dangerous dit had turned into a desert62according to the writer, what evehtuaily brought about the disappearance of the park? athe drought bthe crimecthe decisions of the city dpiles of rubbish 63the last sentence of the passage implies that if another drought came apeople would have to desert their homesbthe situation would be much worsecthe city would be fully prepared in advancedthe city would have to redevelop the neighborhoodcaustin childrens museumthis 7,000-square-foot museum aims to entertain and educate children up to age 9 in its global city exhibit, people can go shopping for groceries, order lunch at a diner, pretend that theyre doctors or construction workersin other fun exhibits, they learn about austins history, explore the world of water, and experience life on a large texas farmopen time: from tuesday to saturday, 8 : 00 am 4 : 00 pmon sunday, 12 : 00 am 5 : 00 pmaddress: 201 colorado staustin, texas 78701phone: 512-4722499brooklyn childrens museumfounded in 1899, it is the worlds oldest childrens museum, featuring interactive exhibits, workshops and special eventsthe mystery of things teaches children about cultural and scientific objects and music mix welcomes young virtuosos（演奏能手）.open time: from wednesday to friday, 2 ：00 pm 5： 00 pmon saturday and sunday, 10 : 00 am 5：00 pmaddress: 145 brooklyn ave, brooklyn, new york 1213phone: 718-7354400childrens discovery museumthis museums hand-on exhibits explore the relationships between the natural and the created worlds, and among people of different cultures and timesexhibits include streets, a5/8-scale copy of an actual city, with street lights, and waterworks, which shows how pumps can move water through a reservoir systemopen time: from monday to saturday10 : 00 am 5 : 00 pmon sunday, from noonclosed on holidaysaddress： 180 woz way, guadalupe river park, san jose, california 95110phone: 408985437childrens museum of indianapolisthis museum is the largest of its kindexhibits cover science, culture, and explorationsamong them are the space quest planetarium （additional fee）, the 33-foothigh water clock, the playscape gallery for preschools, along with hand-on science exhibitsthe largest gallery, the center for exploration, is designed for ages 12 and upopen time:from tuesday to sunday, 10 : 00 am 5 : 00 pmclosed on thanksgiving day and december 25address: 3000 n meridian st, indianapolis, indiana 46208 phone: 31734332264which of the following museums can you visit if it is half past eight am on tuesday?aaustin childrens museum bbrooklyn childrens museumcchildrens discovery museum dchildrens museum of indianapolis65if you want to see how pumps can move water through a reservoir system, you should visit the museum in_ atexas bnew york ccalifornia dindiana66after entering the museum, you need to pay an additional fee to see _athe center for exploration bthe space quest planetariumcthe global city exhibit dwaterworks 67the purpose of writing this passage is to _aask adults to visit the museums bcompare some museums and decide which one is the bestcintroduce some museums and encourage parents to visit them with their childrendintroduce some exhibits and museums to foreignersdthe english language, thanks to the rapid progress of technology, is changing fastwe all have a rapid choice: we can either bury our heads in the sand and spend the rest of our lives wishing shakespeare were alive and wellor we can accept the new english, enter into the spirit of the internet age called weblishyou cant avoid it ,for the simple reason that whenever a new variety of language comes along, it inevitably impacts （冲击） on the language as-a whole says drdavid crystal, honorary professor of linguistics（语言学家）at the university of wales in bang or, whose book language and the internet has just been published the trouble with keeping up with the new english is not so much that there are so many new words but that the old words no longer mean what we thought they didin the past, if someone said they did not have windows, you would have to suppose they lived in a cavethese days, it is probably because they use a mac （which is a computer, not a rain coat）spam is as disliked as it ever was, which once meant an unappetizing （引不起食欲的） canned meatit now stands for unwanted “junk”email. spellings are changing, toonot only is text-messaging 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