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2015届高考高三英语二轮专题训练：阅读理解（3）a (october 3rd, 2012cnn)they stepped onto the evening ferries(渡轮)in hong kongs crowded harbor to watch the sky light up with fireworks to celebrate chinas national day on october 1st, 2012. instead, the night ended in chaos and tragedy. two ferries crashed monday night, upending one of the ships and sending passengers into the water. at least 38 people died. rescuers picked up 123 survivors and are still searching for a countless number of others who are missing. passengers on board said they had only moments to escape. “first it was up to here and then there. the water rose so quickly, ”one woman, who refused to be named, told cnn affiliate i-cable. “we thought we were going to die for sure. ”“the boat rolled violently before it partially sank. i opened the window and pushed a child out. i put a life jacket on him and pushed him out first, ”she told i-cable. “at the time, it was very chaotic. the boat was completely standing straight up in the water. all the tables and chairs were everywhere. it was like a slide; everything was sliding down. ”authorities are investigating what caused the crash, hong kongs most deadly maritime accident in more than 40 years. the police have arrested seven crew members from the boats on suspicion of endangering passengers. on tuesday, the front of the stricken boat was still sticking out of the water, connected to a barge(游艇)equipped with a crane just a few hundred meters from the coast of lamma. emergency services boats surrounded the scene, and divers conducted a search. mondays crash is hong kongs most deadly maritime accident since 1971, when 88 people died after the ferry fat shan capsized between hong kong and macau amid a typhoon. (296w)1. which of the following has a similar meaning to the underlined word“chaotic”in the fourth paragraph?a. messyb. dirtyc. frighteningd. shocking2. which of the following statements is not true?a. 88 people died in the maritime accident in 1971. b. 161 people died or injured together in the maritime accident in hong kongs crowded harbor on october 1st, 2012. c. this maritime accident on october 1st, 2012 is hong kongs most deadly maritime accident in more than 40 years. d. authorities are investigating the cause of the maritime accident. 3. whats the best title of the passage?a. hong kongs most deadly maritime accidentb. people in hong kong celebrate chinas national dayc. two ferries collidedd. rescuers rescue survivors in the maritime accident4. where does the passage probably come from?a. an advertisement. b. a novel. c. a book review. d. a newspaper. 本文报道了2012年10月1日在香港发生的一起撞船事故, 那是自1971年以来最致命的一次船舶事故。1.【解析】选a。词义猜测题。根据文中的语境可知当时船正在下沉, 当然是比较嘈杂、凌乱的, 故messy(嘈杂的, 凌乱的, 散乱的)和chaotic同义。dirty脏的; frightening令人害怕的; shocking令人震惊的。2.【解析】选b。细节理解题。根据第二段at least 38 people died. rescuers picked up 123 survivors and are still searching for a countless number of others who are missing. 可知并不是总共161人死、伤, 还有许多人未被找到, 故b项表述不正确。3.【解析】选a。主旨大意题。本文主要讲在2012年10月1日发生在香港的撞船事故, 此次事故是香港40多年来最致命的船舶事故。故a项是最合适的题目, 其余选项只是文中的细节。4.【解析】选d。推理判断题。本文是一篇新闻报道, 故推测应该摘自报纸。bit is not so long ago that the extended family lived under the same roof. children grew up knowing their cousins, aunts and uncles, grandparents, and other relatives. these children felt connected. in these not-too-long-ago times people were connected to their food. most people grew their own vegetables and fruit. many families had a house cow for milk, cheese, butter and cream. most families also had meat animals. when visitors came unexpectedly, dad would be sent out back to kill the chook(鸡)for dinner. everyone was involved in cooking and mealtimes were a social event. when the meal ended most of the family were involved in cleaning up and washing up. how different is the situation today?the fast life is all around usfast food, fast cars, fast conversations, fast families, fast holidays. our fast paced life has weakened these connections. we have been fooled into thinking we need to, or even must, be fast and have what the“fast life”gives us. stress is leading to many new health problems. the solution is the slow movement. it aims to deal with the problem of“time poverty”through making connections. it supports a growing cultural shift towards slowing down. it has spread to more than sixty countries and become a worldwide movement. the slow movement tells us that we need to slow down and connect with our life. we need connection to peopleourselves, our family, our community, our friendsto food, to places(where we live), and to life. by being part of the slow movement, many people have known how they lost connection to most aspects of their life and to the natural world and rhythms(节奏)around them. and more importantly, they have reconnectedthey have lived a new connected lifestyle. (301w)1. if we are connected to our food, we. a. eat each meal slowlyb. buy our food by ourselvesc. prepare and cook our food by ourselvesd. enjoy our mealtimes with other family members2. according to the text, which group of the following words can be used to describe todays life?a. fast, busy, stressful. b. rich, disconnected, comfortable. c. healthy, busy, disconnected. d. convenient, relaxing, fast. 3. according to the author, many people have. a. got used to fast lifeb. benefited from fast lifec. had diseases caused by fast foodd. had unwise opinions about fast life4. whats the purpose of the text?a. to compare modern life with traditional life. b. to support a world-wide movement. c. to explain the disadvantages of disconnected life. d. to explain the meaning of making a connection. 作者极力宣扬“慢运动”, 认为快节奏的现代生活有许多弊端。1.【解析】选c。细节理解题。第二段第一句话为in these not-too-long-ago times people were connected to their food. 后面具体介绍过去人们自己种蔬菜、养动物, 自己准备菜料, 自己下厨, 自始至终与吃的东西发生直接联系。2.【解析】选a。推理判断题。从第三段可知现代人生活节奏快, 非常忙碌, 这样导致压力大, 因此产生许多健康问题。3.【解析】选d。细节理解题。由第三段的we have been fooled into thinking we need to, or even must, be fast and have what the“fast life”gives us. 可知, 许多人认为快节奏的生活是一种必要, 其实这是一种错误的认识。4.【解析】选b。推理判断题。文章采用对比手法, 通过过去慢生活与今天快生活利弊的对照让人们认识到“慢运动”的意义和作用, 从而让人们接受“慢运动”。cthe website farmersonly. com calls itself an online dating and friendship finder. the idea started in the mind of a man, jerry miller in ohio. he wondered how farmers could meet new people who understand the life of a farmer. jerry miller is not a farmer but he represents a lot of farmers. as he tells it, the idea for the site was planted when a farmer told him one day that she was recently divorced and would like to date. but someone would invite her to meet for coffee at nine oclock at night, when she had to start her day at five the next morning. so, in 2005, jerry miller launched his website. “you dont have to be a farmer to be on farmersonly. com, but you do have to have the good old-fashioned traditional values of americas heartland. ”“you also have to live in the united states or canada to be a member of the site. some services are free, but a full membership costs fifty dollars for a year. as of last week the site listed more than 58, 000 members. many of them are farmers in the united states. others are students or workers involved in some way with agriculture. ”jerry miller tells us about thirty marriages in the last year have resulted from his website. some farmers have also found love through a group, singles in agriculture, which was formed as a nonprofit organization in 1986. it organizes gatherings that usually end with a dance, but is not a dating service. the purpose is to support educational and social activities that offer people a chance for friendship. its website, singlesinag. org, says there are more than 1, 000 members across the nation and as far away as france. (278w)1. jerry miller started farmersonly. com in order to. a. help farmersb. support traditionsc. understand farmersd. represent farmers2. what does the underlined sentence in paragraph 2 indicate?a. she dislikes city lifestyle. b. she prefers late night coffee. c. country life isnt well understood. d. its tiring to get up early. 3. which of the following is true of singlesinag. org?a. its services are free. b. it provides dating services. c. only farmers can become its members. d. farmers in france cant benefit from it. 4. it can be inferred from the text that. a. all farmers desire marriageb. farmers are easy to meet new peoplec. more farmers get divorced in the usad. the internet helps improve farmerssocial life乡村生活的作息规律让农民的社交生活受到了限制, 受此启发, 专门为农民创办的约会与交友的网站应运而生。1.【解析】选a。推理判断题。jerry miller是在听完一位女性农民的苦衷后才创办了这个网站, 以便为农民网上约会和交友提供方便, 由此可推断他创办网站的目的是帮助农民。2.【解析】选c。句意理解题。有人邀请她在晚上九点喝咖啡, 可是她必须在第二天早上五点起床, 由此可推断乡村生活没有被很好地理解。3.【解析】选a。推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句中的“a nonprofit organization”可知这是一个非营利机构, 网站提供的服务是免费的。4.【解析】选d。推理判断题。由文中介绍的这两个关于农民社交的网站可推知因特网有助于改善农民的社交生活。dchangchuna pair of endangered amur leopards(远东豹)have been spotted in the northeastern chinese province of jilin. it is the first time that field cameras have caught two amur leopards at the same time in jilin, home to a quarter of all the rarest cats in the world. one of the reasons for the sighting is an improved habitat for the animals, which are at high risk of extinction. china established a nature reserve in hunchun in 2011 to protect far eastern big cats like amur leopards and siberian tigers. on tuesday, lang jianmin, education director with the animal conservation bureau in the forest-clad hunchun city, said, “the two leopards, a male and a female, are very much like lovers. ”lang said the film of the leopards, side by side, was taken on november 16. “weve hardly seen pictures like these. amur leopards do not live together unless they are mating. and the honeymoon, once every three years, lasts only about a week, ”lang added. amur leopards, classified by the international union for conservation of nature(iucn)as critically endangered, are in the highest risk category in iucn red list of threatened species. in 2007, iucn concluded that amur leopards were extinct in china and only 19 to 26 survived in russia. however, the rare scene of the couple, together with a survey released in april shows that the population of amur leopards has been recovering in china. the survey, co-conducted by jilin provincial forestry department(jpfd)and world wide fund for nature, said that the predators are making a comeback as china