2012届高考英语二轮专题复习 阅读能力综合培养训练集（四十八）

用心 爱心 专心 1 20122012 届高考英语二轮专题复习阅读能力综合培养训练集 四十八 届高考英语二轮专题复习阅读能力综合培养训练集 四十八 完形填空 Push At midnight Peter was awakened by heavy knocks on the door He rolled over and look to his 36 and it was half past one I m not getting 37 at this time he 38 to himself and rolled over Then a 39 knock followed Aren t you going to 40 it said his wife So he dragged himself out of bed and went downstairs He opened the door and there was a man 41 at the door It didn t take long to 42 the man was drunk Hi there slurred 嘟囔 the stranger Can you give me a push No get lost It s half past one I was 43 Peter said and slammed the door He went back 44 to bed and told his wife what had happened She said That wasn t very 45 of you Remember that night we had a 46 in the pouring rain on the way to pick the kids up and you had to 47 that man s door to get our car 48 again What would have happened if he d told 49 to get lost But the guy was 50 said Peter It doesn t matter said the wife He needs help 51 it would be the Christian thing to help him So Peter went out of bed again got dressed and went downstairs He opened the door and not being able to see the stranger anywhere he shouted Hey do you still want a 52 And he heard a 53 Yeah please So still being unable to see the stranger he shouted 54 are you The drunk replied Over here on the 55 36 A door B clockC wife D window 37 A out of bedB out of the house C down to work D into trouble 38 A complainedB explainedC repliedD thought 39 A weakerB louderC longerD angrier 40 A standB stop C answerD refuse 41 A standing B lyingC knocking D looking 42 A remember B show C realizeD doubt 43 A in bedB in surpriseC at homeD at work 44 A down B upC insideD home 45 A nice B foolishC typicalD generous 46 A hard timeB quarrelC fightD breakdown 47 A drive to B pass byC knock on D drop into 48 A startedB refreshedC unitedD delighted 49 A usB them C the manD others 50 A madB drunkC differentD dangerous 51 A butB thoughC andD because 52 A rest B push C room D lift 用心 爱心 专心 2 53 A lady B gentlemanC drunkD voice 54 A What B HowC WhoD Where 55 A roof B bedC swing D ground 阅读理解 A I began working in journalism when I was eight It was my mother s idea She wanted me to make something of myself and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue The crowds were there There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union For several hours I made myself highly visible making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST When it was supper time I walked back home How many did you sell my boy my mother asked None Where did you go The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues What did you do Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post You just stood there Didn t sell a single one My God Russell Uncle Allen put in Well I ve decided to take the Post I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle 五分镍币 It was the first nickle I earned Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman I would have to ring doorbells address adults with self confidence and persuade them by saying that no one no matter how poor could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home One day I told my mother I d changed my mind I didn t want to make a success in the magazine business If you think you can change your mind like this she replied you ll become a good for nothing She insisted that as soon as school was over I should start ringing doorbells selling magazines Whenever I said no she would scold me My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember My mother dissatisfied with my father s plain workman s life determined that I would not grow up like him and his people But never did she expect that forty years later such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband s people for true life and love 56 Why did the boy start his job young A He wanted to be famous in the future B The job was quite easy for him C His mother had high hopes for him D The competition for the job was fierce 57 From the dialogue between the boy and his mother we learn that the mother 用心 爱心 专心 3 was A excitedB interested C ashamed D disappointed 58 What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up A She forced him to continue B She punished him C She gave him some money D She changed her plan 59 The phrase this battle in the last paragraph refers to A the war between the boy s parents B the arguing between the boy and his mother C the quarrel between the boy and his customers D the fight between the boy and his father 60 What is the text mainly about A The early life of a journalist B The early success of a journalist C The happy childhood of the writer D The important role of the writer in his family B Researchers have found more evidence that suggests a relationship between races and rates 率 of lung cancer among smokers A new study shows that black people and Native Hawaiians are more likely to develop lung cancer from smoking It compared their risk to whites Japanese Americans and Latinos Researchers at the University of Southern California and the University of Hawaii did the new study The New England Journal of Medicine published the findings The eight year research studied more than 180 000 people They included present and former smokers and people who never smoked Almost 2 000 people in the study developed lung cancer Researchers say genetics 遗传学 might help explain the racial and ethnic 种族 的 differences There could be differences in how people s bodies react to smoke But environmental influences including the way people smoke could also make a difference African Americans and Latinos in the study are reported smoking the fewest cigarettes per day Whites are the heaviest smokers But the scientists point out that blacks have been reported to breathe cigarette smoke more deeply than white smokers This could fill their lungs with more of the chemicals in tobacco that cause cancer Scientists know that some diseases effect different groups differently And some drug companies have begun to develop racially targeted 针对 medicines Last June the United States Food and Drug Administration approved a drug designed to treat heart failure in black patients The name is BiDil The agency called it a step toward the promise of personalized medicine 61 Which of the following orders is from higher to lower risk of having lung cancer A Whites Native Hawaiians B Africans Americans Latinos C Asians Native Hawaiians D Africans Americans Native Hawaiians 62 Researchers agree that it is that may probably determine black people 用心 爱心 专心 4 s risk of lung cancer A the larger amount of smoking than white people B the living style or habit of the blacks C the depth of cigarette smoke into their lungs D the physical strength to react to cigarette smoke 63 People in the new study are made up of A heavy smokers in America B the black and white people C the Asians and Hawaiians D smokers and non smokers 64 The production of BiDil referred to in the last paragraph is to A explain different races react to some diseases differently B tell the readers that racial differences exist in smokers C show a big step people have taken in the medicine area D support the idea that it is easy for blacks to have cancers 65 Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the author A The way of smoking may increase the risk of lung cancer B Race has nothing to do with the risk of having a lung cancer C The research was started by the New England Journal of Medicine D The risk of lung cancer lies I how much a person smokes C The world s oceans are slowly getting more acidic say scientists The researchers from California report that the change is taking place in response to higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere The lowering of the waters pH value is not great at the moment but could cause a serious threat to current ocean life if it continues they warn Ken Caldeira and Michael Wickett from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory report their concerns in the journal Nature Increasing use of oil fuels means more carbon dioxide is going into the air and most of it will eventually be absorbed by seawater Once in the water it reacts to form carbonic acid Scientists believe that the oceans have already become slightly more acidic over the last century These researchers have tried to predict what will happen in the future by combining what we know about the history of the oceans with computer models of climate change This level of acidity will get much more extreme in the future if we continue releasing COZ into the atmosphere said Dr Caldeira And we predict the amount of future acidity will exceed 超过 anything we have seen over the last several hundred million years let alone perhaps after rare disastrous events such as asteroid 小 1j impacts However it is not absolutely clear what that means for ocean life Most organisms live near the surface where the greatest pH change would be expected to occur but deep ocean life forms may be more sensitive to pH changes Coral reefs and other organisms whose shells contain calcium carbonate 小行星 may be particularly affected if the water s acidity levels keep going up the team predict They could find it much more difficult to build these structures in water with a lower pH 用心 爱心 专心 5 In recent years some people have suggested storing carbon dioxide from power stations in the deep ocean as a way of dealing with global warming But Dr Caldeira said that such a strategy should now be re considered Previously most experts had looked at ocean absorption of carbon dioxide as a good thing 一 because in releasing CO2 into the atmosphere we warm the planet and when CO2 is absorbed by the ocean it reduces the amount of greenhouse warming 66 The ocean is becoming more acidic due to A the lower water pH value B the warming atmosphere C 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