重庆市2013高考英语二轮阅读理解精选训练（15）

1 20132013 高考英语重庆八中二轮阅读理解精选训练 高考英语重庆八中二轮阅读理解精选训练 1515 及答案 及答案 A Bicycle Safety Operation Always ride your bike in a safe controlled manner on campus 校园 Obey rules and regulations Watch out for walkers and other bicyclists and always use your lights in dark conditions Theft Prevention Always securely lock your bicycle to a bicycle rack even if you are only away for a minute Register your bike with the University Department of Public Safety It s fast easy and free Registration permanently records your serial number which is useful in the possible recovery of the bike stolen Equipment Brakes Make sure that they are in good working order and adjusted properly Helmet A necessity make sure your helmet meets current safety standards and fit properly Lights Always have a front headlight visible at least 500 feet in front of the bike A taillight is a good idea Rules of the Road Riding on Campus As a bicycle rider you have a responsibility to ride only on streets and posted bicycle paths Riding on sidewalks or other walkways can lead to a fine The speed limit for bicycles on campus is 15km h unless otherwise posted Always give the right of ways to walkers If you are involved in an accident you are required to offer appropriate aid call the Department of Public Safety and remain at the scene until the officer lets you go Bicycle Parking Only park in areas reserved for bikes Trees handrails hallways and sign posts are not for bicycle parking and parking in such posts can result in a fine If Things Go Wrong If you break the rules you will be fined Besides violating rules while riding bicycles on campus you could be fined for No bicycle registration 25 Bicycle parking banned 30 Blocking path with bicycle 40 Violation of bicycle equipment requirement 35 56 Registration of your bicycle may help you A find your stolen bicycleB get your serial number 2 C receive free repair servicesD settle conflicts with walkers 57 According to the passage what bike equipment is a free choice for bicycle riders A Brakes B A helmet C A headlight D A taillight 58 If you lock your bicycle to a tree on the campus you could be fined A 25B 30 C 35 D 40 59 What is the passage mainly about A A guide for safe bicycling on campus B Directions for bicycle tour on campus C Regulations of bicycle race on campus D Rules for riding motor vehicles on campus B I left university with a good degree in English Literature but no sense of what I wanted to do Over the next six years I was treading 在 上面走 water just trying to earn an income I tried journalism but I didn t think I was any good then finance which I hated Finally I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher I loved working with books although the job that I did was dull I had enough savings to take a year off work and I decided to try to satisfy a deep down wish to write a novel Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55 000 words It takes confidence to make a new start here s a dark period in between where you re neither one thing nor the other You re out for dinner and people ask what you do and you re too ashamed to say Well I m writing a novel but I m not quite sure if I m going to get there My confidence dived Believing my novel could not be published I put it aside Then I met an agent 代理商 who said I should send my novel out to agents So I did and to my surprise got some wonderful feedback I felt a little hope that I might actually become a published writer and after signing with an agent I finished the second half of the novel The next problem was finding a publisher After two and a half years of no income just waiting and wondering a publisher offered me a book deal that publisher turned out to be the one I once worked for It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luck of fate really When you set out to do something different there s no end in sight so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract 合同 of the publisher to be a published writer is unbelievably rewarding 有回报的 60 The author decided to write a novel A to finish the writing course B to realize her own dream C to satisfy readers wish D to earn more money 61 How did the writer feel halfway with the novel A Disturbed B Ashamed C Confident D Uncertain 62 What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph 3 A It pays to stick to one s goal B Hard work can lead to success C She feels like being unexpectedly lucky D There is no end in sight when starting to do something C Easter 复活节 is still a great day for worship candy in baskets and running around the yard finding eggs but every year it gets quite a bit worse for rabbits And no not because the kids like to pull their ears The culprit is climate change and some researchers found that rising temperatures arc having harmful effects on at least five species of rabbit in the US Take the Lower Keys March rabbit for instance An endangered species that lives in the Lower Florida Keys this species of cottontail is a great swimmer it lives on the islands but it is already severely affected by development and now by rising levels According to the Center for Biological Diversity an ocean level rise of only 0 6 meters will send these guys jumping to higher ground and a 0 9 meter rise would wipe out their habitat 栖息地 completely The snowshoe hare on the other hand has a color issue Most of these rabbits change their fur color from white in the wintertime to brown in the summer each designed to give them better cover from predators 捕食者 As the number of days with snow decreases all across the country however more and more bunnies arc being left in white fur during brown dirt days of both fall and spring making them an easier mark for predators Researchers know that the color change is controlled by the number of hours of sunlight but whether the rabbit will be able to adapt quick enough to survive is a big question The National Wildlife Federation has reported that hunters have noticed their numbers are already markedly down American pikas or rock rabbits a relative of rabbits and hares might be the first of these species to go extinct due to climate change About 7 8 inches long pikas live high in the cool damp mountains west of the Rocky Mountains As global temperatures rise they would naturally migrate 迁徙 to higher ground but they already occupy the mountaintops They can t go any higher The National Wildlife Federation reports that they might not be able to stand the new temperatures as their habitat beats up The volcano rabbit has the same problem These rabbits live on the slopes of volcanoes in Mexico and recent studies have shown that the lower range of their habitat has already shifted upward about 700 meters but there are not suitable plants for them to move higher so they are stuck in the middle Scientists are concerned about their populations Native to the US pygmy rabbits weigh less than 1 pound and live in the American West They are believed to be the smallest rabbits in the world Their 4 habitats have been destroyed by development Several populations such as the Columbia Basin pygmy almost went extinct and were saved by zoo breeding programs Pygmy rabbits also rely on winter cover by digging tunnels through the snow to escape predators but lesser snowfall is leaving them exposed All of this gives new meaning to dressing up in a giant bunny costume this Easter 63 The writer mentions Easter at the beginning of the passage in order to A show the importance of Easter Day B introduce the issue about bunnies C remind people of Easter traditions D discuss the relationship between Easter and bunnies 64 The word culprit Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to A criminalB judgeC victimD producer 65 According to the passage some rabbits can now be easily Uncovered by predators because they A are exposed to more skillful hunters B have moved to habitats with fewer plants C haven t adapted themselves to climate change D can t change their fur color into white in the fall and the spring 66 Which best describes the writer s tone in the postage A Approving B Concerned C Enthusiastic D Doubtful D Welcome to your future life You get up in the morning and look into the mirror Your face is firm and young looking In 2035 medical technology is better than ever Many people your age could live to be 150 so at 40 you re not old at all And your parents just had an anti aging 抗衰老的 treatment Now all three of you look the same age You say to your shirt Turn red It changes from blue to red In 2035 smart clothes contain particles 粒子 much smaller than the cells in your body The particles can be programmed to change clothes color or pattern You walk into the kitchen You pick up the milk but a voice says You shouldn t drink that Your fridge has read the chip 芯片 that contains information about the milk and it Knows the milk is old In 2035 every article of food in the grocery store has such a chip It s time to go to work In 2035 cars drive themselves Just tell your smart car where to go On the way you can call a friend using your jacket sleeve Such smart technology is all around you So will all these things come