高考英语二轮九十天强化训练阅读理解39.doc

2014届高考英语二轮九十天强化训练：阅读理解39阅读理解what do you see from a handful of seeds? some see green plants, some see blooming flowers, or just seeds. but one group of shanghai students saw an opportunity to make money.eight students from no 2 secondary school attached to east china normal university started a virtual（虚拟的）company selling different seeds and seed products. they successfully sold 28 pictures pasted with different seeds at a campus auction（拍卖）a week ago. the company, which has recruited around 20 student staff members, has earned over 2000 yuan in the past three months.“we donated part of the money to a poor school in the countryside of anhui province. its great to realize our ideal of spreading love and culture with seeds after many tests and lots of hard work，” said senior 2 shi chen, ceo of the company.just like any other company, shis didnt develop smoothly. shi and her young colleagues（同事）used to sell fresh flowers and old books, and later found seeds might be something that their company could engage in. they bought seeds of various plants and flowers at low prices from a local farm and sold them in schools or on streets. the creative students also made accessories and pictures with different seeds.with little business knowledge, the students had to learn new skills as the leaders of different departments, such as public relations （pr）, sales and marketing. they persuaded a joint sino-french company near their school to give them training in business management. “they helped us overcome our shyness. we also learned quite a lot of business theory. i found communication skills and teamwork are very important for my job” said senior 1 qian yifei.the 16-year-old was elected as pr manager thanks to her talent for speaking. she is also in charge of after sales service, dealing with complaints and providing suggestions.as the head of the company, ceo shi has a lot more to think about. first of all, she has to learn how to make her colleagues work efficiently（高效地） as the company only opens at weekends due to all their studies. “it makes the company more formal，” she said.17the purpose of opening the company is to .aearn money for their education fees.bspread love and culture with seeds.csee whether they can open a company.dcollect money to open a hope school.18according to qian yifei, what matters most in dealing with public relations? acommunication skills and teamwork 。 bcreative and critical thinking. ceducational back ground. dbusiness theories.19what does the word it (in the last paragraph) refer to? aselling seeds. bceo. cevery colleagues knowledge. dto make her colleagues work efficiently.20we can learn from the passage that_. athe company is owned by 20 students. bthe company is over-night successful. cthe company sells fresh flowers and old booksdthe company gets much help from other company selling seeds.1720、bada c82013大纲全国卷 ethe oldest and most common source(来源)of renewable energy known to man, biomass is one of the most important forms of energy production in the united states and elsewhere.since such a wide variety of biomass materials is everywherefrom trees and grasses to agricultural and citylife wastesbiomass promises to play a continuing role in providing power and heat for millions of people around the world.according to the union of concerned scientists(ucs), biomass is a kind of renewable energy source that produces no carbon dioxide(二氧化碳), because the energy it contains comes from the sun.when plant matter is burned, it gives off the suns energy.in this way, biomass serves as a sort of natural battery(电池)for storing the suns energy.as long as biomass is produced continuouslywith only as much grown as is usedthe “battery” lasts forever.according to the energy information administration, biomass has been one of the leading renewable energy sources in the united states for several years running through 2007, making up between 0.5 and 0.9 percent of the nations total electricity supply.in 2008although the numbers arent all in yetwind power probably took over first place because of the rapid development of wind farms across the country.producing power from biomass helps reduce some 11 million tons of carbon dioxide each year.some homeowners also try to make their own heat by using biomass materials.such practice may save homeowners money, but it also produces a lot of pollution.so, the best way is to encourage power plants to use it.72why is biomass considered as “a sort of natural battery”？ait burns merely plant matter. bit keeps producing electricity.cit stores the energy from the sun. dit produces zero carbon dioxide.73we learn from the text that in 2008 _awind power could be the leader of renewable energy b. there was a rapid growth of electricity productioncbiomass might become the main energy source d0.50.9% of power supply came from biomass74why does the author encourage power plants to use biomass? ato prevent the waste of energy. bto increase production safety.cto reduce pollution. dto save money.75where does the text probably come from? aa research plan. ba science magazine. ca book review. da business report.【要点综述】 本文是一篇科技说明文。文章介绍了biomass(生物量)的特征、优点以及它在美国能源中的地位。72c细节理解题。根据第二段中的“because the energy it contains comes from the sun.when plant matter is burned, it gives off the suns energy.in this way, biomass serves as a sort of natural battery for storing the suns energy.”可知c正确。73a推理判断题。根据第三段中的“in 2008although the numbers arent all in yetwind power probably took over first place because of the rapid development of wind farms across the country.”可知，2008年风能占居首位。关键词定位：a项中的the leader of 和文中first place意思相同。74c推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“some homeowners also try to make their own heat by using biomass materials.such practice may save homeowners money, but it also produces a lot of pollution.so, the best way is to encourage power plants to use it.”可知c正确。75b推理判断题。根据全文内容可知，本文是一篇有关生物量能源的科普类文章。所以，它应该是科学杂志上的文章。故选b。book 1 : brack obama grades: 3-5our price: $ 8.95his mother came from kansas. his father came from kenya. he grew up in hawaii and indonesia, far from the center of american politics. few people had even heard of brack obama before 2004. but one powerful speech in boston changed all that for the illinois senator(参议员). in 2008, this inspiring leader ran for the countrys top job, president.book 2: danica patrick grades: 3-5our price: $ 8.95growing up, danica patrick dreamed of racing in the indianapolis 500. in 2005, her dream came true. danica finished the race in fourth place, the best ever result by a woman. three years later, she became the first female to win an indycar race. as a woman competing in a sport dominated by men, danica faced many obstacles. but she never stopped believing in herself, no matter what the difficulties.book 3: ellen ochoa grades: 3-5our price: $ 8.95some people dream of becoming stars. ellen ochoa dreamed of living among them! she worked hard to make her dream of becoming an astronaut come true. on april 8, 1993, she strapped (用带子系好)herself in for the ride of her life aboard the space shuttle discovery. ochoa aimed high and boldly went where no hispanic woman had gone before. find out about ochoas amazing journey in her own words and photos from her personal collection!book 4: lebron jamesgrades: 3-5our price: $ 8.95fans, teammates, and opponents know him as king james. many people consider lebron james to be the most talented basketball player of his generation. but there is much more to his story. he overcame hard times as a kid and rose to national fame as a teenager. he then jumped right from high school to the pros. along the way, lebron never lost sight of where he came from or who he is.13.what do the four books have in common according to the passage?a. their prices are the same and they are all about famous leaders.b. they are all about africans and their contributions to society.c. they are written for the same grades and their prices are the same.d. they are for the same readers and printed by the same publisher.14.emma is dreaming of being a car racer. who can be an example to her?a. brack obama b. danica patrick c. ellen ochoa d. lebron james15. if john wants to learn something about becoming a basketball player, which book should he read?a. brack obama b. danica patrick c. ellen ochoa d. lebron james16. which of the following statements is true according to the passage? a. obama was popular with most of the people in america before he ran for president. b. in 2005, danica patrick became the first woman to win an indycar race. c. ochoa is the first hispanic woman to have gone aboard the space shuttle discovery for the ride. d. lebron james is the most talented basketball player.d) cbdc people tend to become more personal and hide less of themselves when using emailresearchers from open university in britain have found in a recent study that there are good reasons for thisthe team of researchers asked 83 pairs of students, all strangers to each other, to solve a problemthey had to discuss this question: if only five people in the world could be saved from a world disaster, who should they be? the pairs of students had to talk over the problem either face to face or by computersdrjohnson said, “they told their partners four times as much about themselves when they talked over the internet as when they talked face to facewhen the computers were fitted with cameras so that students could see each other, this limited the personal side of the conversation” generally the information was not extremely personalit was mainly about things such as where they went to school, or where they used to livebut some students discussed their love stories, and personal childhood experiencesdrjohnson believes that emailing encourages people to focus on themselvesand when they do this, they become more open , especially if there are no cameras“if you cannot see the other person, it becomes easier to talk about yourselfthis is because you are not thinking what the other person is thinking of youso emailing has become the modern way of talking” said drjohnsonhowever, this style of talking is not entirely new“in the 19th century people started to use the telegraph to communicatenow the same kind of thing has happened and people ended up speaking more freely”drjohnson thinks that e-mailers need to know about these effects of emailing, especially when they start work in a company“if you dont know about it, you could find yourself saying more about yourself than you wanted to ”17the subject discussed in this passage is ahow people open up when emailing bhow people do research studies chow to communicate at work dhow to discuss and solve a problem 18the reason that some couples talked freely about themselves is that athey didnt talk about very personal things bthey couldnt see each other cthe cameras on the computers were turned on dthey had to discuss a question 19what do the underlined words （in para4） refer to?athe telegraphbthe computercemailingdface-to-face talk20in the writers opinion, one should afocus on oneself when emailing btalk more freely in email than usual cdiscuss any subject that one wants to dconsider how one uses email at work e) abcdc8 2013湖北卷 dthe technology is great.without it we wouldnt have been able to put a man on the moon, explore the oceans depths or eat microwave sausages.computers have revolutionized our lives and they have the power to educate and pass on knowledge.but sometimes this power can create more problems than it solves.every doctor has had to try their best to calm down patients whove come into their surgery waving an internet printout, convinced that they have some rare incurable disease, say, throat cancer.the truth is usually far more ordinary, though: they dont have throat cancer, and its just that their throats are swollen.being a graduate of the internet “school” of medicine does not guarantee accurate selfhealthchecks.one day mrs.almond came to my hospital after feeling faint at work.while i took her blood sample and tried to find out what was wrong, she said calmly, “i know whats wrong; ive got throat cancer.i know theres nothing you doctors can do about it and ive just got to wait until the day comes.”as a matter of routine i ordered a chest xray.i looked at it and the blood results an hour later.something wasnt right.“did your local doctor do an xray？” i asked.“oh, i havent been to the doctor for years，” she replied.“i read about it on a website and the symptoms fitted, so i knew thats what i had.”however, some of her symptoms, like the severe cough and weight loss, didnt fit with itbut shed just ignored this.i looked at the xray again, and more tests confirmed it wasnt the cancer but tuberculosis (肺结核)something that most certainly did need treating, and could be deadly.she was lucky we caught it when we did.mrs almond went pale when i explained she would have to be on treatment for the next six months to ensure that she was fully recovered.it was certainly a lesson for her.“im_so_embarrassed，” she said, shaking her head, as i explained that all the people she had come into close contact with would have to be found out and tested.she listed up to about 20, and then i went to my office to type up my notes.unexp