重庆合川市高考英语一轮 阅读理解练习（5）.doc

重庆合川市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮练习（5）及答案how to listen to a foreign broadcast? listening to a radio broadcast in a foreign language is difficult for many of us. we may have studied the language for several years, and are able to read it, maybe even write in it. but listening and understanding the spoken language needs special skills. some people have a natural ability(能力)that helps them to learn language quickly. others must study for a long time. everyone, however, can improve his or her listening skills with practice. we are good listeners for our own language because we have had years of practice. we understand the grammar and words. we also understand the cultural style(文化格调) of our language. we know what to expect a person to say in almost any situation. we have been in the similar situation many times, and we can understand it , even if we do not listen carefully. but this is not true with a foreign language. we must listen with our full attention. and we must try not to let cultural style of our own language affect our understanding of the foreign language. listening to a foreign broadcast is easier if we know something about it. there are clues(线索) that can help us. one clue is the time of day. morning programs usually contain many short pieces of news, information or interesting programs for pleasure. all these are short because most of us are getting ready to go to work in the morning. often we do not have time to listen to long programs. evening programs are different. there is time for more details(细节)about the subjects discussed. 1. the passage is maybe a part of _ . a. how to learn a foreign language b. listening to a foreign broadcast c. a piece of english news d. how to practise your listening ability 2. which of the following is true? a. if you can read and write a foreign language, you are also a good listener. b. you cant learn english well without natural ability. c. grammar, words, the cultural style and practice are all important for us to be good listeners. d. we can understand a foreign language easily without listening carefully. 3. _ cannot help us understand a foreign language easily. a. listening in similar situations b. natural ability c. cultural style of our own language d. the ability of reading and writing 4. if you want to get more information about an event from a foreign broadcast, you had better listen to it _ . a. at 6 a.m. b. at 12 oclock c. at 7 p.m. d. at any time you like 5. the underlined word affect in this passage maybe means _ . a. be helpful to b. have an effect on c. have nothing to do with d. become better in 参考答案 1-5 bcccb *结束everyone would like to be remembered. a few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do. these people sometimes have their names recorded in the guinness book of records. often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. one such team paddled(用浆划) a bathtub (浴缸) 145 kilometers for 24 hours. this group had 13 members. they paddled their bathtub on a river near ashford, great britain on may 28 and 29,1983. a month later, a racing team of hospital bed pushers in avon, great britain, pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes! however, the distance record for hospital bed pushing is still held by the men of bruntsfield bedding center. this team from edinburgh pushed a hospital bed 5,203 kilometers in 1979. it took the team 35 days to cover the distance. another group of record makers held the highest dinner party in the world. nine people from sydney, australia, climbed mountain huascaran on june 28, 1989. the climbers carried a dinner table, chairs, and a meal up the mountain. when they reached the top, they all put on warm suits for dinner. people all over the world are trying hard to do something unusual to make a record. it should be understood, however, that now not all the records will be kept in the guinness book of records. 86. according to the passage, what record was made near ashford in may, 1983? a. a record for paddling a bathtub. b. a record for climbing a mountain. c. a record for pushing a hospital bed. d. a record for swimming across a river. 87. the underlined word cover in the passage means _ . a. start b. travel c. keep d. know 88. what was unusual about the highest dinner party held by the nine people in the passage? a. the people who held the dinner party all came from sydney. b. only nine people held the highest dinner party. c. they had a meal on the mountain. d. they carried a dinner table and chairs up the mountain to hold the dinner party. 89. which of the following shows the right order(顺序)of what happened in the passage? a. a group of 13 members paddled a bathtub on a river near ashford. b. a team from edinburgh made a distance record for hospital bed pushing. c. a group of nine people from sydney had a dinner party on the top of mountain huascaran. d. a racing team pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes in avon. a. a-b-c-d b. d-b-c-a c. a-d-b-c d. b-a-d-c 90. which of the following is mentioned in the passage? a. hospital bed pushing was a popular sport in edinburgh. b. people living in ashford usually used a bathtub to carry things. c. two different records for hospital bed pushing were given. d. hospital bed pushing was held twice a year in avon, great britain. 参考答案 86-9 abddc *结束 (第*篇)thursday, july 9 ( healthday news) a new study that found that a lowercalorie diet slowed the aging process in monkeys could be the best proof yet that restricted diets might do the same for humans.“the big question in aging research is, will caloric restriction in species closely related to humans slow aging？” said richard weindruch, senior author of a paper appearing in the july 10 issue of science.this is the first clear demonstration that, in a primate species, we re inducing a slowdown of the aging process showing increased survival, resistance to disease, less brain atrophy and less muscle loss.“this predicts humans would respond similarly，” added weindruch, professor of medicine at the university of wisconsin and an investigator at the veterans hospital in madison. another expert noted that, despite some highly publicized studies in certain species, the link between restricted eating and longer lifespan has been far from proven.“the idea that dietary restriction extends lifespan in all species is not true. many strains of rats and mice do not respond. in some strains, it s actually deleterious，” explained felipe sierra, director of the biology of aging program at the us national institute on aging (nia), which supported the new study. “the fact that it doesnt work in some mice but it does seem to work in monkeys is surprising and it gives us hope.”but there s a larger question: how to change humans increasingly lax eating habits. “this_finding_doesnt_give_me_hope_that_humans_are_going_to_go_into_dietary_restriction，” added marianne grant, a registered dietitian at texas a&m health science center coastal bend health education center in corpus christi.语篇解读这是一篇新闻报道，研究人员通过对动物的研究证明低热量的饮食可能会延长人的寿命。1the underlined word “restricted” means“_”a. limited b. satisfiedc. reserved d. fascinated解析词义猜测题。根据第一段可知，低热量的饮食可以延长猴子的寿命，这一试验证明有节制的饮食可能同样会延长人的寿命。答案a2which of the following statements about weindruch is true?a. this experiment indicates restricted diets could extend humans lifespan.b. adequate sleep is another way to reduce the speed of aging process.c. the experiment was a failure in some species such as mice.d. the experiment which had been tested on humans got a great success.解析细节理解题。根据第三段第一句话可知答案为a。答案a3according to felipe sierra s idea, we know that_.a. the restricted diets experiment really had no distinct effect on rats and miceb. humans are finding new ways to slowdown the aging process of all the speciesc. the experiment is unnecessary to be carried on because of the response of the miced. the experiment confirmed that restricted diets extend lifespan in all species解析细节理解题。从第四段的第二句“many strains of rats and mice do not respond.”可知答案。答案a4it can be inferred from the underlined sentence that _.a. the resu