湖北省2013年高考英语二轮复习 专题升级训练卷十 四阅读理解(二)

1 20132013 年高考第二轮复习英语湖北版年高考第二轮复习英语湖北版 专题升级训练十四专题升级训练十四 阅读理解阅读理解 二二 A A 2012 湖北八校二次联考 For the past two years 8 year old Harli Jordean from Stoke Newington London has been selling marbles 弹珠 His successful marble company Marble King sells all things marble related from affordable tubs of the glass playthings to significantly expensive items like Duke of York solitaire tables sourced purchased and processed by the mini CEO himself I like having my own company I like being the boss Harli told The Mirror With profits now in the thousands the world s youngest CEO has had to get his mother and older brothers to help him meet the growing demand Harli launched Marble King after swapping marbles at school led to schoolchildren consuming his marble collection Yes he literally lost his marbles Harli and his mother Tina turned to the Internet to find replacements Harli saw an empty space online the marbles he wanted were hard to find Within months Harli had his own marble selling website and orders started pouring in Tina says her son s attachment to marbles started when he was just 6 His attachment became so passionate that we started calling him the Marble King so when he wanted to set up a website it was the natural name for it she told The Sun I never thought it would become so popular we are struggling to cope with the number of orders at times The 8 year old boy has his sights set on expanding his business and launching his own brand of marbles Sometimes his ideas are so grand we have to scale them back a bit But his dream is still to own Britain s biggest marble shop and open stores around the world Tina told The Daily Mail At the moment he is annoying me by creating his own Marble King marbles so that could well be the next step for him 1 Harli s Marble Company became popular as soon as he launched it because A it was run by the world s youngest CEO B it filled the gap of online marble trade C Harli was fascinated with marble collection D Harli met the growing demand of the customers 2 How many mass media are mentioned in the passage A One B TwoC Three D Four 3 The underlined expression scale them back is closest in meaning to A hold them downB carry them out C set them asideD clear them away 4 What message do the last two paragraphs carry A Conflicts often occur between Harli Jordean and his family B Harli s mother and brothers are worried about Marble King s future C Marble King marbles will surely attract more fans around the world D The Marble King has great ambition for his Marble King company 2 B Do American children still learn handwriting in school In the age of the keyboard some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out 90 of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for ten to fifteen minutes a day and then other teachers who basically teach it for sixty to seventy minutes a day which really is pretty much for handwriting Many adults remember learning that way by copying letters over and over again Today s thinking is that short periods of practice are better Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself Instead they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas After all that is why we write Handwriting involves two skills One is legibility which means forming the letters so they can be read The other is fluency writing without having to think about it Fluency continues to develop up until high school But not everyone masters these skills Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school especially in the early years American children traditionally first learn to print and then to write in cursive which connects the letters But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board which administers the SAT college admission test More than 75 of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive 5 We can infer from the first paragraph that A teachers spend little time in teaching handwriting B most teachers attach importance to teaching handwriting C handwriting teaching is not commonly required D most teachers are at a loss how to teach handwriting 6 Which of the following about traditional handwriting in the USA is NOT true A The students are taught by practicing a long period B Printing is taught in preference to writing in cursive C Handwriting is taught for its own sake D Two skills get involved in handwriting 7 Some people consider handwriting not important any more because A all the American children learn to print first B about 1 4 of the students choose to print their essay on the test C it is unnecessary to use handwriting in the age of keyboard D computers and voice recognition programs are widely used 8 may serve as the best title for the passage A Handwriting fascinating in keyboard age B Right or wrong the death of handwriting C Two skills involved in handwriting D Handwriting lessons on the way out C C Seen from space the Earth is covered in a blue mantle It is a planet on 3 which the continents are dwarfed 相形见绌 by the oceans surrounding them and the vastness of the marine area An astonishing 80 percent of all the life on Earth is to be found hidden beneath the waves and this vast global ocean pulses around our world driving the natural forces which keep life on our planet The oceans provide necessary sources of protein energy minerals and other products of use the world over and the rolling of the sea across the planet creates over half our oxygen drives weather systems and natural flows of energy and nutrients around the world transports water masses many times greater than all the rivers on land combined and keeps the Earth habitable Without the global ocean there would be no life on Earth It is seriously worrying then that we are damaging the oceans on a scale that is unimaginable to most people We now know that human activity can have serious influences on the vital forces working on our planet We have fundamentally changed our global climate and are just beginning to understand the consequences of that As yet largely unseen but just as serious are the influences we are having on the oceans A healthy ocean has diverse ecosystems and strong and healthy habitats The actual state of our oceans is a far cry from this natural level A large quantity of human pressures are being exerted both directly and indirectly on ocean ecosystems the world over Consequently ecosystems are collapsing as marine species are driven towards extinction and ocean habitats are destroyed With the decrease and removement of their diversity ocean ecosystems are losing their natural recovery 9 The 2nd and the 3rd paragraphs are given mainly to describe A what the oceans look like B what the oceans are made up of C what live in the oceans D what functions the oceans have 10 The oceans provide all the following except A various marine creatures B rich living resources C all natural forces D comfortable habitats for man 11 Man has not yet realized A that he has done harm to the oceans B that he has done harm to the planet C that he has benefited from the oceans D that he has benefited from the planet 12 The best title for this passage should be A Protecting our planet B Defending our oceans C Making good use of our oceans D A glimpse of the oceans D D There are plenty of creams etc on the market that help you look younger but today Dr Oz is going to show how some people are actually living longer We are going to talk about extreme life extension he says I am talking in detail about allowing us to go into our second century of life with the energy that you have when you are a young person 4 Owing to advances in technology and research on how diet affects the aging process Dr Oz says it might be possible for some people to live to see their 120th birthdays There s one man in Oprah s audience who Dr Oz says may become the first man in history to live to be 150 years old Joe Cordell is one of thousands around the world who believe they ve found the key to an extremely long life calorie restriction leads to a longer healthier life At 59 Joe weighs 130 pounds He may not look like a person who needs to count calories but as part of his life extension program he inspects every mouthful of food that passes through his system Every day for the past seven years Joe has limited himself to about 1 950 calories He believes that by eating less and restricting his calorie intake he will trigger a genetic switch that slows the aging process Joe doesn t rid himself of food Instead the then 52 year old father filled up on natural fruits vegetables and lean proteins 瘦蛋白 that were packed with necessary vitamins and nutrients Whenever you are thinking about calorie restriction you should continually think about getting the most nutritional amount per calorie Joe says In keeping with this principle Joe starts every morning with three apples but he only eats the peels Most of the fiber is in the peel and more importantly most of the nutrients are in the peel he says It is important to eat some nuts with breakfast so that you do take in some fat some healthy fats he says I think it helps the absorption of the nutrients and it is very filling For lunch Joe usually eats a large salad loaded with vegetables At dinner time he and his family enjoy lean meat or fish and more vegetables When Joe started practicing calorie restriction he weighed 175 pounds Since then he has lost 45 pounds and he says he hasn t had a cold in seven years Though he is in his golden years researchers studying Joe say he has the body of a 20 year old athlete 13 According to Joe the appropriate fat intake may help A people lose weight B people feel always full C the absorption of the nutrients D people live longer 14 What can we learn about Joe since he started the calorie restriction program A Joe counts the amount of every meal B Joe has never had a cold C Joe eats three apples every morning D Joe has a large salad with vegetables for dinner 15 The underlined word trigger in Paragraph 7 can probably be replaced by A turn on B break down C take up D cut off 16 According to the passage the extreme life extension refers to A living very long even sick B how to make people lead a happy life C living long and having a healthy body D how to arrange our foods every day 5 E The concept of solar power satellites or SPS first put forward in the 1960s is still not widely known by the general public For example at many public exhibitions about energy SPS is not even mentioned This is mainly because very little money has been spent on SPS research There are people who claim that SPS is unrealistic because launch costs are much too high today or because it is too far away So why do we believe that it is important to continue to do researches on SPS The reason is very simple Humans are going to need huge amounts of electric power in coming decades Within 50 years the world population is expected to double while economic growth will continue around the world especially in the poorer countries But existing energy sources already face serious problems They are limited they are polluted they are dangerous So 50 or 100 years from now where is our power going to come from Nobody knows So we believe that new large scale possibilities should be studied further We must remember that humans have some choices concerning our future To some extent we can choose the direction in which our civilization develops And choices that are made in the coming decades such as the energy sources that we will or will not use will have major long term meaning for human life on earth We believe that if research continues to show that SPS is environmentally and economically attractive SPS will open the door to a much more attractive future for human civilization than any ground based energy source and one that the public will support and that young people will find challenging and exciting Furthermore energy from SPS can be readily used in developing countries as the SPS 2000 project will show thus aiding economic development worldwide In addition by creating large commercial fund for space engineering SPS will open the frontier of space to economic development thus creating a limitless new field for the growth of the world economy 17 Which of the following may be the best title for the passage A The Future Energy SPS B The Concept of SPS C Humans and SPS D Advantages of SPS 18 Which of the following statements about SPS is TRUE A The research on SPS started in the 1960s is still not appreciated by the public B The research shows that SPS can benefit both the environment and the economy at present C The energy from SPS is now being used in some developing countries D The public don t know about SPS because little time is devoted to the research 19 Paragraph 3 mainly talks about A the present serious energy problems B where to get energy sources in the future C the importance of controlling the world population D the need to explore new energy sources 20 The writer s attitude towards the research can best be summarized by the saying A In time of peace prepare for war B Put the cart before the horse 6 C One man s meat is another man s poison D Easier said than done 7 参考答案参考答案 专题升级训练十四专题升级训练十四 阅读理解阅读理解 二二 A A 解题导语 这是一篇记叙文 英国一个 8 岁的小男孩在把玩弹珠的同时 开办了自己 的网站 在网上销售弹珠 收益可观 这个世界上最年轻的 CEO 梦想着自己的事业能更大 更强 1 B 推理判断题 第四 五段说 在学校交换弹珠 这把他收藏的弹珠都用完了 于 是他就和妈妈一起转向网络寻找替代品 在网上他看到一个缺口 于是在几个月之内 他建 立了自己的销售弹珠的网站 订单纷至沓来 由此推断 他销售弹珠的网站受欢迎的原因是 B 项 它填补了网上弹珠交易的空白 注意 D 项是他开办网站的原因而不是网站受欢迎的 原因 2 C 细节理解题 文章提到 The Mirror 英国 镜报 The Sun 太阳报 The Daily Mail 每日邮报 因此选 C 项 3 A 词义猜测题 倒数第二段提到 有时候他的想法太宏伟了 我们只好把这些宏伟 的想法 scale back 但他的梦想仍是拥有英国最大的弹珠商店 在世界各地开店 由此判断 该短语的含义是 A 项 hold down 限制 压制 4 D 推理判断题 最后两段谈到哈里宏伟的梦想 要拥有英国最大的弹珠商店 在世 界各地开连锁店 当前的想法是要创立自己的 弹珠王 这个品牌 由此推断选 D 项 对于 他的弹珠公司 他有着极大的雄心 B 解题导语 在电脑和键盘时代 学校对书法课投入的时间越来越少 学生们更倾向于 打字而非手写 5 D 推理判断题 第一段第三句讲到 90 的老师说他们被要求必须教这门课 由此 排除 C 项 有些老师每天花 10 到 15 分钟给学生进行指导 有些老师每天教 60 到 70 分钟 从量来说足够 由此排除 A 项 由第五句可知 四分之三的老师说他们对教这门功课没有准 备好 are not prepared 由此推断 大多数老师不知道该怎么教这门课程 因此选 D 项 6 C 推理判断题 从第二段第一句可知 A 项说法正确 传统的练习书法的方法是一次 次地抄写 从最后一段可知 B 项说法正确 在美国 学生先学习打字 然后学习草书 文章 第三段提到练书法包括的两个技巧 因此 D 项说法正确 第二段提到 书法应被学生用于表 达自己的思想 这就是我们写字的原因 由此推断 C 项 练字只是为了练字 没有其他目 的 说法错误 7 D 细节理解题 第四段最后说 有些人认为书法不再重要了 因为有电脑和语音识 别系统 8 B 主旨大意题 文章开头说 在键盘时代 有人觉得书法已经没落了 然后谈论学 校里书法课开设的情况 再探讨书法练习的意义 技巧等 从全文内容看 本文的