2013高考英语二轮 阅读理解25分钟限时训练(2)

1 20132013 高考英语二轮 阅读理解 高考英语二轮 阅读理解 2525 分钟限时训练 分钟限时训练 2 2 及答案 及答案 阅读理解 A 篇 IS IT TIME TO GET MP3 Your computer has been playing music for years one CD at a time Now hundreds of songs can be stored in your PC personal computer if they re in the MP3 format What is it MP3 compresses music into small computer friendly files You access MP3 music several ways Music can be downloaded from websites that have converted vast music libraries into MP3 Or you can prerecord CDs into your PC and convert songs in minutes into MP3 Once MP3 music is on your PC s hard drive you can play it through your computer s speakers burn it onto blank CDs or exchange MP3 files with friends using E mail How much Software needed to play and convert MP3 music is often free It comes preinstalled on most new computers or can be downloaded from many websites including MP3 com Some MP3 sites are free Just type MP3 sites into any search engine The popular MP3 players start at around 50and can hold hundreds of songs A blank CD on which you can record music costs about a dollar Advantages MP3 turns your home PC into a tape recorder Tiny MP3 players are the size of a card making it easy to take hundreds of songs with you Disadvantages You may find that music at many sites is limited And some only allow you to listen rather than download offerings Others let you download music that then can t be copied to MP3 players And a growing number of new CDs make it impossible to copy songs to a computer 46 How can you get MP3 music A By turning your home PC into a tape recorder 2 B By taking your own music or songs with you C By copying songs to a PC through the speakers D By downloading from websites which have converted music libraries into MP3 47 Which is NOT true to the passage A Software needed to play and convert MP3 music is often free of charge B MP3 music can be with friends by e mail C MP3 music can be downloaded for free at any site D A greater number of new CDs make it possible to copy songs to a computer 48 The underlined word burn probably means A fire B change C download D play 49 How much will you pay for a MP3 player A Free of charge B Free downloading C At least fifty dollars D About a dollar B 篇 Tokyo The world s oldest man retired Japanese silkworm breeder Yukichi Chuganji died in his home at the age of 114 on Monday Family members found him dead on his mattress Born on March 23 1889 Chuganji worked as a silkworm breeder and bank employee after leaving school He also served as a community welfare 福利 officer He had been in god health talking daily with his family members Washington Every American dislikes people who talk on cell phones while driving even those who do that kind of act In the State of New Jersey 84 percent of 968 cell phone owners said in recent telephone survey that they would support a state ban 禁令 on the use of cell phones while driving However 42 percent of cell phone owners also said they used the devices very often or sometimes while driving Although most agree that the banning is good only 38 percent believed such a ban would be easy to enforce 实施 New York A woman in the US who was being attacked by a dog said she was saved from further harm when her 13 year old daughter distracted the dog by screaming You want a piece of me and kicked it repeatedly in the head Jane Howell said she and her daughter Elizabeth were taking a walk around the neighborhood 3 on Saturday evening when they came across he big dog unchained 50 The main idea of the second news is A most Americans don t like cell phone B a ban on the use of cell phones has been made C few people use cell phones while driving D using cell phones while driving will be banned because most Americans don t like it 51 The woman in the US A was not harmed by the dog B raised the dog which attacked her later C was protected from being seriously hurt by her daughter D had escaped when her daughter was kicking the dog 52 From the news we can infer A Chuganji was living alone when he died B the woman s 13 year old daughter was very brave C cell phones are not god devices D it s easy to enforce the ban n the use of cell phones while driving 参考答案 46 52 DCBC DCB 结束 H It was an early September day cool and bright and just right for running and I was in the first few miles of a 10 mile race over a course 路线 with a few high hills Still I felt energetic despite the hills it was going to be a fine run Just ahead of me was Peggy Mimno a teacher from Mount Kisco New York She too was running easily moving along at my speed The pace 步速 felt comfortable so 1 decided to stay where I was why pay attention to pace when she was setting such a nice one I d overtake 追上 her later on when she tired So I ran behind her The course headed north for five miles wandered west for a hilly mile then turned south again along a winding road The race was 4 getting harder We had four miles left and already it was beginning to be real work Peggy overtook a young runner She seemed to know him for they exchanged a few cheerful words as she passed him Their exchange worried me You don t chat during a race unless you are feeling good and Peggy plainly was Still I was close enough to overtake her if she tired so I didn t give up hope completely We were getting nearer to a long punishing hill now and it would be the test We were a mile from the finish line so whatever happened on the hill would almost certainly determine who crossed it first As I moved up the hill my attention wandered for a few minutes When I looked up Peggy was moving away first five yards then ten then more Finally it was clear that there was no hope of catching her She beat me soundly There is an important lesson in that race Women are thought to be weaker slower and not nearly as skilled in sport Yet as Peggy Mimno so clearly showed the similarities between men and women runners are more important than the differences I have run with a number of women and I can say that it is often hard work 1 What did the writer think of the race in the beginning A It would be hard work C It would be an easy race C It would be a test of his strength D It would be a good learning experience 答案 B 指导 首先要审清题干 注意题干中的 inthebeginning 本文第一段 第二段中的一些词如 energetic a fine run running easily comfortable 等都反映出作者开始认为这场比赛不会很难 2 What worried the writer when Peggy greeted the young runner A Peggy overtook the young runner B Peggy was running energetically C Peggy was laughing at the writer D Peggy paid no attention to the writer 答案 B 指导 由第四段倒数第一句 You don t chat during a race unless you are feeling good 可知作者认为 你在比赛中聊天表示你感觉很好 而上句 peggy 恰恰在比赛 中聊天反映出作者认为 Peggy 在比赛中的感觉 作为 Peggy 的对手 他当然很担心 3 By saying a long punishing hill Paragraph 5 the writer implies that A Peggy would fail to reach the hilltop B men are more skilled at climbing hills C overtaking Peggy would be easy D climbing the hill would be a demanding task 答案 D 指导 下句中的 test 一词 能够反映作者当时的感觉 所以 D 为最佳选项 4 What lesson does the writer learn from the race A Women are as good as men in sport B Women are better at climbing hills C He should have more training in a cross country race 5 D He should set a quicker pace at the beginning of a race 答案 A 指导 文章倒数第一段倒数第一 二句是做此题的关键句 I Deserts are found where there is little rainfall or where rain for a whole year falls in only a few weeks time Ten inches of rain may be enough for many plants to survive 存活 if the rain is spread throughout the year If it falls within one or two months and the rest of the year is dry those plants may die and a desert may form Sand begins as tiny pieces of rock that get smaller and smaller as wind and weather wear them down Sand dunes 沙丘 are formed as winds move the sand across the desert Bit by bit the dunes grow over the years always moving with the winds and changing the shape Most of them are only a few feet tall but they can grow to be several hundred feet high There is however much more to a desert than sand In the deserts of the southwestern United States cliffs 悬崖 and deep valleys were formed from thick mud that once lay beneath a sea more than millions of years ago Over the centuries the water dried up Wind sand rain heat and cold all wore away at the remaining rocks The faces of the desert mountains are always changing very very slowly as these forces of nature continue to work on the rock Most deserts have a surprising variety of life There are plants animals and insects that have adapted to life in the deserr During the heat of the day a visitor may see very few signs of living things but as the air begins to cool in the evening the desert comes to life As the sun begins to rise again in the sky the desert once again becomes quiet and lonely 1 M