南昌市高考英语二轮阅读理解限时训练精品题（10）(1).doc

南昌市2014高考英语阅读理解二轮限时训练精品题（10）及答案【深圳市2014高考英语综合能力测试题（3）】csome are born great. some achieve greatness. some have greatness come up to them. we can at least think of two youngsters who have achieved greatness. one is sachin tendulkar. he first competed for india in test cricket(板球对抗赛) when he was sixteen. he is hailed as the boy wonder of mumbai. the other is kutraleeswaran, the child genius from chennai who created waves as a swimmer. he was born in the year 1981. kutraleeswaran took to swimming when he was in grade two. he was drawn to marina. he started practising in the sea. he used to swim for hours. the first event he participated in was known as the rippon meet. he won his first medal and moved to higher levels of competition. soon he started participating invarious long-distance swimming competitions across the world. kutraleeswaran swam across the english channel. that was his first cross-country swimming. he swam across the palk strait at a very young age. he reached the top of his career when he swam six waterways in the same calendar year. that was how his name and picture got into the guinness book of world records. he instantly became popular. he was invited by many countries. he visited england, australia, turkey and italy. he owes his success to two things: practice and perseverance. here is an interesting incident. when kutraleeswaran went to italy in 1994, the government officials were impressed by his performance. they offered kutraleeswaran all training facilities and asked him to represent their country. he declined the offer politely because he was an indian through and through.36. the underlined word hailed in paragraph i most probably means_. a. asked b. hired c. admired d. criticized37. it was _and practice that made kutraleeswaran succeed. a. ability b. bravery c. luck d. perseverance38. why did kutraleeswaran refuse the offer in italy? a. because he loved india. b. because he was an italian. c. because his wife was an indian. d. because his wife was from italy.39. how is the passage organized? a. topic - argument - explanation b. topic- examples - conclusion c. introduction- comparison- discussion d. introduction- examples - explanation40. which statement about kutraleeswaran is not true according to paragraph 3? a. he became famous immediately. b. he swam across the english channel. c. he appeared in the guinness book of world records. d. he went to many countries like england, china and so on.【参考答案】36-40 cdadd有些人是天生非凡，有些人则是靠后天达成，而有些人是不得不强大。本文所讲述的两位小伙子属于第二类。36. c。词义猜测题。根据上下文语境和第一段最后一句中的“wonder”可以猜测出答案。37. d。细节理解题。根据最后一段的he owes his success to two things: practice and perseverance.可以得知。38. a。推理判断题。根据最后一段的.because he was an indian through and through.得知。39. d。文章结构题。第一段总起，继而介绍了两个案例，后面则是对案例二kutraleeswaran的具体说明。40. d。细节推理题。根据第三段he visited england, australia, turkey and italy.可知答案。较难题目特训：介绍说明类the multi-million pound new library of birmingham (lob) will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization (数字化) of everyday life. set to open in 2013, the 188m lob is already beginning to take shape next to the birmingham repertory theatre, with which it will share some equipment. as digital media (媒介) is important toits idea, the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies. brian gambles, the lob project director, says it is about giving people the right tools for learning:“the aim is to mix the physical with the digital, providing 24-hour services which can be used through many different ways. it is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.”the digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public. even before the lob is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the virtual (虚拟的) lob, designed by baden, the birmingham virtual worlds specialists. not only have the public been able to learn about the lob, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the lob to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens. two other small birmingham-based digital companies are also working on the lob projects. substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls an example of an “enlarged reality” project. it is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the lob which is in the early stages of development. and the peoples archive is an online library of historical figures of the city being built up by a digital content company in cahoots, in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material. gambles says:“technology will enable us to make the librarys content and services open to citizens as never before.”1. the underlined part “its idea” in paragraph 3 refers to the idea of.a. the equipmentb. the projectc. the digital mediad. the physical library2. while visiting the virtual lob, the public can.a. get a general idea of the lobb. meet many world-famous expertsc. learn how to put up a library buildingd. understand how the specialists work on the project3. which of the following is true of the lob when it opens? a. it offers better learning tools.b. it reaches users in different ways.c. it provides users with smart phones.d. it allows users to enrich its material.e. it gives non-stop physical and digital services.a. a, b, db. a, c, e c. b, c, dd. b, d, e4. the text is most probably taken from.a. a computer bookb. a library guidec. a project handbookd. a newspaper report【参考答案】38.1-4 baad阅读理解 which is safer - staying at home, traveling to work on public transport, or working at the office? surprisingly, each of these carries the same risk, which is very low. however, what about flying compared to working in the chemical industry? unfortunately, the former is 65 times riskier than the latter! in fact the accident rate of workers in the chemical industry is less than that of almost any of human activity, and almost as safe as staying at home. the trouble with the chemical industry is that when things go wrong they often cause death to those living nearby. it is this that chemical accidents so newsworthy. fortunately, they are extremely rare. the most famous ones happened at texas city (1947), flixborough (1974), seveso (1976), pemex (1984) and bhopal (1984). some of these are always in the minds of the people even though the loss of life was small. no one died at seveso, and only 28 workers at flixborough. the worst accident of all was bhopal, where up to 3,000 were killed. the texas city explosion of fertilizer killed 552. the pemex fire at a storage plant for natural gas in the suburbs of mexico city took 542 lives, just a month before the unfortunate event at bhopal. some experts have discussed these accidents and used each accident to illustrate a particular danger. thus the texas city was caused by tons of ammonium nitrate, which is safe unless stored in a great quantity. the flixborough fireball was the fault of management, which took risks to keep production going during essential repairs. the seveso accident shows what happens if the local authorities lack knowledge of the danger on their doorstep. when the poisonous gas drifted over the town, local leaders were incapable of taking effective action. the pemex fire was made worse by an overloaded site in an overcrowded suburb. the fire set off a chain reaction of exploding storage tanks. yet, by a miracle, the two largest tanks did not explode. had these caught fire, then 3,000 strong rescue team and fire fighters would all have died. 9. according to the passage, the chemical accident that caused by the fault of management happened at _. a. texas city b. flixborough c. seveso d. mexico city10. which of the following statements is true?a. working at the office is safer than staying at home. b. travelling to work on public transport is safer than working at the office. c. staying at home is safer than working in the chemical industry. d. working in the chemical industry is safer than traveling by air. 11. from the passage we know that ammonium nitrate is a kind of _. a. natural gas, which can easily catch fire b. fertilizer, which cant be stored in a great quantity c. poisonous substance, which cant be used in overcrowded areas d. fuel, which is stored in large tanks 12. from the discussion among some experts we may conclude that _. a. to avoid any accident we should not repair the facilities in chemical industry b. the local authorities should not be concerned with the production of thechemical industry c. all these accidents could have been avoided or controlled if effective measureshad been taken d. natural gas stored in very large tanks is always safe参考答案 / bdbc人物传记类-201*上海卷 -(a) phil white has just returned from an 18,000mile, aroundtheworld bicycle trip. white had two reasons for making this epic journey. first of all, he wanted to use the trip to raise money for charity, which he did. he raised 70,000 for the british charity, oxfam. whites second reason for making the trip was to break the world record and become the fastest person to cycle around the world. he is still waiting to find out if he has broken the record or not. white set off from trafalgar square, in london, on 19th june 2004 and was back 299 days later. he spent more than 1,300 hours in the saddle (车座) and destroyed four sets of tyres and three bike chains. he had the adventure of his life crossing europe, the middle east, india, asia, australia, new zealand and the americas. amazingly, he did all of this with absolutely no support team. no jeep carrying food, water and medicine. no doctor. nothing! just a bike and a very, very long road. the journey was lonely and desperate at times. he also had to fight his way across deserts, through jungles and over mountains. he cycled through heavy rains and temperatures of up to 45 degrees, all to help people in need. there were other dangers along the road. in iran, he was chased by armed robbers and was lucky to escape with his life and the little money he had. the worst thing that happened to him was having to cycle into a headwind on a road that crosses the south of australia. for 1,000 kilometres he battled against the wind that was constantly pushing him. this part of the trip was slow, hard work and depressing, but he made it in the end. now mr. white is back and intends to write a book about his adventures.65. when phil white returned from his trip, he _. a. broke the world record b. collected money for oxfam c. destroyed several bikes d. travelled about 1,300 hours66. what does the word “epic” in paragraph 1 most probably mean? a. very slow but exciting. b. very long and difficult. c. very smooth but tiring. d. very lonely and depressing.67. during his journey around the world, phil white _. a. fought heroically against robbers in iranb. experienced the extremes of heat and cold c. managed to ride against the wind in australia d. had a team of people who travelled with him68. which of the following words can best describe phil white? a. imaginative. b. patriotic. c. modest. d. determined.【要点综述】本文讲述了phil white进行环球自行车旅行的原因及艰难历程。65. b细节推断题。根据第一段中he wanted to use the trip to raise money for charity, which he did. he raised 70,000 for the british charity, oxfam.可推断为oxfam筹资。66. b词义猜测题。根据第二段第二句和第三句可判断旅程很长也很艰难。 67. c细节理解题。根据第三段中for 1,000 kilometres he battled against the wind that was constantly pushing him.可判断phil white设法迎着风骑车。68. d推理判断题。根据全文及末段中this part of the trip was slow, hard work and depressing, but he made it in the end.可判断，虽然路途艰难，但是他坚持到了最后，说明他是有决心的。阅读理解more surprising,perhaps,than the current difficulties of traditional marriage is the fact that marriage itself is alive and increasing.as skolnick notes,americans are a marrying people:relative to europeans,more of us marry at younger age.moreover,after falling in the early 1970s,the rate of marriage in the united states is now increasing.even the divorce rates need to be taken in this pro-marriage context:some 80 percent of divorced individuals remarry.thus,marriage remains,by far,the preferred way of life for the vast majority of people in our society. what has changed more than marriage is the nuclear family.twenty-five years ago,the typical american family consisted of a husband,a wife,and two or three children.now,there are many marriages in which couples have decided not to have any children.and there are many marriages where at least some of the children are from the wifes previous marriage,or the husbands,or both,sometimes these children spend all of their time with one parent from the former marriage;sometimes they are shared between two former spouses.thus,one can find every type of family arrangement.there are marriages without children;marriages with children for only the present marriage;marriages with“full-time”children from both the present and former marriages;marriages with“full-time”children from the present marriage and“part-time”children from former marriages.there are stepfathers,stepmothers,half-brothers,and ha