2013年高考英语二轮专题训练 阅读理解60天（24）

1 20132013 年高考英语二轮专题训练年高考英语二轮专题训练 阅读理解阅读理解 6060 天 天 2424 READING COMPREHENSION Directions Read the following three passages Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements For each of them there are four choices marked A B C and D Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage A I went into Harrods in London a huge department store I am sure you have heard of to buy some Minton china plates for a wedding anniversary which was to be a group gift from friends to other friends in Geneva Having only 30 minutes between meetings I whizzed there in a taxi from the office and battled through the milling people on the 2nd day of the sales on the ground floor up to the 5th to the china department There was a man standing there who was obviously a sales person who I rushed up to and asked if he had this particular china in stock and if it would take long to wrap etc He was amazing He got the plates in seconds wrapped them up and asked me if I wanted a store card to which I replied no because I lived in Switzerland to which he replied asking if as I lived abroad would like a tax rebate form 退税表 After that he showed me what to do produced a map of the store and told me where I should go for the formalities 程序 That was fabulous I thanked him and said what wonderful service he had given me I even asked if he gave this to everyone to which he answered I m just doing what is required at Harrods With that a tall man in a grey suit approached me and offered his hand to shake mine saying Can I introduce myself I am the Chief Executive of Harrods and what an interesting conversation I have just heard He had been wandering through the store as you should do as a hands on CEO and had overheard me thanking this salesman whose face I can hardly describe was frozen in a mixture of delight awe and astonishment Can you imagine the salesman going home to his family and friends recounting what the CEO spoke to him after overhearing him being praised by a customer 56 The writer went to Harrods to A kill time B buy some gifts C go sightseeing D shop for her wedding 57 What does the underlined word whiz in Paragraph 2 most probably mean A Drive B Arrive C Rush D Leave 58 Which of the following sentences can best replace I m just doing what is required at Harrods in the second paragraph A I m an honest man B I must obey the rules C Harrods is strict with its employees D Anybody will receive our good service 59 As soon as she bought what she wanted the writer 2 A went to a meeting B flew back to Geneva C visited one of her friends D attended a wedding ceremony 60 The writer wrote the above passage because she thought what she had experienced was so A pleasant B strange C exciting D amusing B You never see him but they re with you every time you fly They record where you are going how fast you re traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally Their ability to withstand 经受住 almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book They re known as the black box When planes fall from the sky as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros Islands in the India ocean June 30 2009 the black box is the best bet for identifying what went wrong So when a French submarine 潜水艇 detected the device s homing signal five days later the discovery marked a huge step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which 152 passengers were killed In 1958 Australian scientist David Warren developed a flight memory recorder that would track basic information like altitude and direction That was the first mode for a black box which became a requirement on all U S commercial flights by 1960 Early models often failed to withstand crashes however so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the rear 后部 of the plane the area least subject to impact from its original position in the landing wells 起落架舱 The same year the Federal Aviation Authority required that the boxes which were never actually black be painted orange or yellow to aid visibility Modern airplanes have two black boxes a voice recorder which tracks pilots conversations and a flight data recorder which monitors fuel levels engine noises and other operating functions that help investigators reconstruct the aircraft s final moments Placed in an insulated 隔绝的 case and surrounded by a quarter inch thick panels of stainless steel the boxes can withstand massive force and temperatures up to 2 000 When submerged 淹没 they re also able to emit signals from depths of 20 000 ft Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447 which crashed near Brazil on June 1 2009 are in water nearly that deep but statistics say they re still likely to turn up In the approximately 20 deep sea crashes over the past 30 years only one plane s black boxes were never recovered 61 Which of the following is the magic feature about a black box according to the text A It can record clearly B It can be seen clearly C It can survive a serious disaster D It can tell altitude and direction 62 Which of the following statements about the air disaster happening to Yemeni airliner is TRUE 3 A Its black box hasn t been found yet B Its black box was found under the sea C Its black box saved all the passengers lives D Its black box was found immediately after the crash 63 When the first mode of black box appeared A it wasn t black B it was painted yellow C it was at the rear of the plane D it wasn t able to track direction 64 According to the passage modern black boxes A are placed in insulated plastic boxes B have seldom been found in deep sea crashes C are painted bright colors and can emit signals D will melt only when the temperature rises to 1 000 65 Several changes to the black box are mentioned in the passage except the change in its A position B number C strength D size C The U S Food and Drug Administration FDA is considering to put stricter limits over tanning salons 晒黑廊 and wants to ban anyone younger than 18 years of age from using a tanning bed an advisory panel 专家团 announced last week The panel is calling for tighter controls on the industry such as requiring teenagers to get the approval from their parents before using tanning beds or limiting the use of artificial tanning to a certain age Given the absence of any demonstrated benefit I think it is an obligation for us to ban artificial tanning for those under 18 said panelist Dr Michael Olding Along with a possible ban for teenagers the panel also recommended that visible warning labels should be placed either on the tanning machines or in the salons in order to caution tanners of the possible dangers In addition the committee decided that stricter regulations and classifications were critical to make the machines safer At this time the machines are categorized as FDA Class 1 devices the ones that are least likely to cause harm In case the FDA decided to change their classification from Class 1 to Class 2 as advised by the panel the FDA could limit the levels of radiation the machines emit Class 2 devices include X ray machines and powered wheelchairs Getting a tan whether from a tanning bed or the sun increases the risk of developing skin cancer Last year the World Health Organization s International Agency for Research on Cancer IARC declared tanning beds as carcinogenic 致癌的 to humans It was discovered that young individuals in their teens and 20s who use tanning beds on a regular basis have a 75 per cent higher risk of suffering from melanoma 黑素瘤 the deadliest form of skin cancer According to the American Cancer Society melanoma accounted for nearly 69 000 cases of skin cancer in 2009 and will account for most about 8 650 of the 11 590 mortality cases due to skin cancer each year 66 According to the passage what measures will U S FDA most probably 4 take A Banning tanning salons B Posing heavier tax over tanning salons C Having tighter controls over tanning salons D Limiting the number of tanning salons in every state 67 Which of the following suggestions for making tanning salons safer is NOT mentioned A Visible Caution B Setting age limit C Professional personnel D Parental approval for teenagers 68 Which of the following is TRUE acco