贵州省遵义市2014高考英语二轮短文阅读类训练（1）

1 遵义市遵义市 20142014 高考英语二轮短文阅读类训练 高考英语二轮短文阅读类训练 1 1 及答案或解析及答案或解析 It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a hurt brain Without enough blood the brain lives only three to five minutes Sometimes the hurt brain gets better by itself More often the doctors can t fix the hurt Sometimes they are afraid to try something to help It is dangerous to work on the brain The doctor might make the person worse if he works on the brain Dr Robert J White a famous professor and doctor thinks he knows a way to help He thinks doctors should try to make the brain very cold If it is very cold the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes This gives the doctors a longer time to do something for the brain Dr White tried his idea on 13 monkeys First he taught them to do different jobs Then he operated on them He made the monkeys blood go through a machine The machine cooled the blood Then the machine sent the blood back to the monkeys brains When the brain temperature was 50 degrees Dr White stopped the blood to the brain After 30 minutes he turned the blood back He warmed the blood again After their operations the monkeys were like they were before They were healthy and busy Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them Dr White s idea works well on the monkeys Are there other problems with human beings Dr White thinks doctors will use his idea on human beings He thinks it will help people who have heart problems too A person doesn t have to die when his heart stops Doctors can start it again The problems come when the brain is without blood for three to five minutes the person has a living body but a dead brain Maybe in the future doctors will try Dr White s ide When the person s heart stops the doctors will quickly trY to cool the brain They will have 30 minutes to start the heart again Maybe there will be no problem with the brain 2 1 People probably die when A their brain dies B their heart stops C they stop breathing D their brain becomes very hot 答案 A 指导 推理判断题 由短文最后一段可知 心脏停止跳动 医生还能让它重新跳 动 但是大脑死了 空有活的身体也是没用的 从而得出答案 A 2 Dr White thinks his idea about cooling the brain will work because A he has tried it on people B he has tried it on monkeys C he has tried it on heart problems D he has tried it on himself 答案 B 指导 细节理解题 由短文的第四段可知 Dr White 冷却大脑的方法在猴子身上 做了实验 并达到了预期的目的 3 Which of the following is NOT true A Doctors may start the heart again in 30 minutes one day B Doctors can start the heart again after 30 minutes C The brain can t live without blood D The method works on monkeys 答案 B 指导 细节判断题 由整篇短文可知 Dr White 的实验最多能给医生提供 30 分钟 的时间 否则就准以让心脏重新跳动 4 According to the writer A it is not difficult to repair the brain damage B doctors working on a hurt brain may make things worse C brain is not an important part in one s body D brain doesn t need blood 答案 B 指导 推理判断题 由第一段最后两句可以推知在大脑上出差错比在其他部分出 差错都要糟糕 结束 3 PassagePassage I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area My parents 36 the necessities of life 37 they couldn t give much more If I asked my father 38 a pair of jeans he would say If you want them make the money and buy them 39 He wasn t being mean he just couldn t 40 them From age 12 on I did part time jobs after school When I 41 from high school I joined the navy Soon I was in a boot camp 新兵训练营 at Parris Island S C where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily 42 These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock 模拟 的 battles Completing these tasks successfully 43 discipline team work and responsibility It didn t 44 whether you were black white or Asian everyone worked together for the 45 of the company I went 46 to graduate from the U S Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy The part of my job I 47 most was the comseling 咨询 meeting I 48 with the family members of the men and women in my 49 trying to help them deal with the long periods of 50 These proved popular and word of them spread 51 I was being asked to give encouraging 52 to business groups educators and keds across the country But I consider the boot camp my first real 53 and my life is still guided by the 54 lessons I hearned there It taught me discipline friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to 55 it 36 A providedB gotC madeD bought 37 A whileB butC soD or 38 A aboutB withC forD of 39 A themselvesB ourselvesC yourselfD myself 40 A payB findC produceD afford 4 41 A cameB returnedC escapedD graduated 42 A drillsB tasksC exercisesD reports 43 A includedB askedC requiredD met 44 A matterB meanC existD work 45 A goodB bossC restD right 46 A outB onC awayD off 47 A tookB hatedC enjoyedD did 48 A endedB beganC continuedD held 49 A chargeB situationC positionD choice 50 A lessonsB meetingC trainingD separation 51 A Long beforeB Before longC As usualD Once again 52 A performancesB descriptionsC speechesD gifts 53 A vacationB placeC jobD travel 54 A importantB bitterC normalD difficult 55 A gainB achieveC showD match 参考答案 36 A 37 B38 C39 C40 D 41 D42 B43 C 44 A 45 A 46 B 47 C48 D49 A50 D 51 B52 C53 C54 A55 B 结束 1 A Wolf in Danger What is happening to the timber wolf today Native Americans and early settlers often went to sleep to the sound of a lonely lullaby 催眠曲 It was the song of the wolf howling in a distant forest There were many wolves then One kind was the North American timber wolf Wolves are important to the balance of nature because they eat sick and weak 5 animals In Colorado people tried to help deer by shooting wolves But then there were so many deer that many of them starved to death The timber wolf is on the endangered special list Animals on this list are in danger of disappearing from the earth People drove the wolves away by cutting down the forests to build houses towns and highways Timber wolves are now found only in Canada Alaska Michigan and Minnesota This special animal may soon disappear from our forests forever Then its lonely howl will never be heard again 1 Animals that are in danger of disappearing from the earth are called a species A endangered B living C alive D lived 2 Wolves help the balance of nature because they A are an endangered species B eat sick and weak animals C no longer live in forests D help the farmers 3 At one time the timber wolf was found A in many parts of North America B only in Colorado and Canada C in towns and cities in Alaska D in many parts of Africa 4 Which of the following happened first A People built towns and highways B The timber wolf was driven away from its home C People cut down the forests D Timber wolves are endangered species 5 When people in Colorado shot the wolves they made a mistake because A the wolves kept down the number of deer B wolves never attacked other animals C the wolves were starving and would have died anyway D they kept the balance of nature 答案与解析 本文介绍 timber wolfs 所面临的危险处境 并分析了其原因和后果 1 A 细节题 根据文章第 4 段第 1 句和第 2 句 The timber wolf is on the endangered special list Animals on this list are in danger of disappearing from the earth 6 可推知此题答案为 A 2 B 细节题 根据文章第 3 段第 1 句 because they eat sick and weak animals 可推知此 题答案为 B 3 A 细节题 根据文章第 2 段最后一句 One kind was the North American timber wolf 可推知此题答案为 A 4 C 细节题 根据文章第 4 段第 3 句 People drove the wolves away by cutting down the forests to build houses towns and highways 可推知此题答案为 C 5 A 判断题 从第 3 段最后两句看出 人们杀狼保鹿 结果 鹿的量过多而导致很多的鹿 被饿死 从而可推知此题答案为 A 结束 山东卷 完形填空 I first went to hear a live rock concert when I was eight years old My brother and his friends were all 36 of a heavy metal group called Black Wednesday When they 37 that Black Wednesday were going to perform at our local theatre they all bought 38 for performance However at the last minute once of the friends couldn t go so my brother 39 me the ticket I was really 40 I remember the buzz 嘈杂声 of excitement inside the theatre as we all found our 41 After a few minutes the lights went down and everybody became 42 I could barely make out the stage in the 43 We waited Then there was a roar from the crowd like an explosion as the first members of the band 44 the stage My brother leaned over and shouted something in my ear but I couldn t 45 what he was saying The first song was already starting and the music was as 46 a jet engine I could 47 the drum beats and bass notes in my stomach I can t recall any of the songs that the band played I just 48 that I really enjoyed the show and didn t want it to 49 But in the end after three encores 加演 the show finished We left the 50 and walked unsteadily out onto the pavement I felt a little dizzy as if I had just 51 from a long 7 sleep My ears were still 52 with the beat of the last song After the 53 I became a Black Wednesday fan too for a few years before getting into other kinds of music Once in a while 54 I listen to one of their songs and 55 I m back at that first show 40 A relaxed B embarrassed C excited D encouraged 41 A seats B entrance C spots D space 42 A comfortable B quite C serious D nervous 43 A silence B noise C darkness D smoke 44 A fell upon B got through C broke into D stepped onto 45 A forget B hear C repeat D bear 46 A loud B heard C sweet D fast 47 A feel B touch C enjoy D digest 48 A realize B understand C believe D remember 49 A continue B delay C finish D change 50 A party B theatre C opera D stage 51 A escaped B traveled C benefited D woken 52 A aching B burning C ringing D rolling 53 A competition B performance C interview D celebration 54 A through B otherwise C instead D besides 55 A decide B regret C conclude D imagine 结束 8 It doesn t feel like it but we got a rise this week The sliding price of oil which made OPEC decide to announce a production cut has put money in the pockets of consumers who worry about the world wide recession 经济衰退 The high price of gasoline has greatly changed driving patterns perhaps permanently We are seeing changes in habits says Julian Lee from the Center for Global Energy Studies in London People now prefer to buy small cars instead of gas consuming SUVs If we see this change it becomes a much longer term issue with long term demand destruction In the short term there s simple math The price slide could save drivers a great deal of money However because the U S is out of its peak summer driving season there s not toe much of an encouragement to drive a lot more just because gas prices are down Oil demand in the U S has dropped 10 in the few weeks continuing a year long trend According to the U S Department of Transportation Americans drove 15 billion fewer miles in August or 5 6 less than they did the year before DOT says it s the largest ever year to year decline recorded in a single month Due to falling worldwide demand oil price dropped to its lowest level in more than a year For months leaders of oil rich countries have watched nervously as world oil prices have been more than 50 lower than the all time high in July All of this spells disasters for OPEC Iran and Venezuela have pushed fellow OPEC members to make big enough cuts in production to change the plunge in prices in Vienna on Thursday for OPEC s emergency meeting OPEC countries method of fixing their combined out put has for years hugely influenced world prices since OPEC s 13 members account for about one third of the world s total oil supplies 64 According