2012届高考英语二轮 专题阅读理解仿真强化训练（一）

用心 爱心 专心 1 20122012 届高考英语二轮专题阅读理解仿真强化训练 一 届高考英语二轮专题阅读理解仿真强化训练 一 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的阅读下列短文 从每题所给的 A A B B C C D D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 A Traffic jam and cities it seems go hand in hand Everyone complains about being stuck in traffic but like the weather no one seems to do anything about it In particular traffic engineers transportation planners and public officials responsible for transportation systems in large cities are frequently criticized for failing to solve traffic jam But is traffic jam a sign of failure Long queues at restaurants or theater box offices are seen as signs of success Should transportation systems be viewed any differently I think we should recognize that traffic jam is an unpreventable by product of successful cities and view the traffic problem in a different light Cities exist because they promote social interactions and economic transactions Traffic jam occurs where there are lots of people but limited spaces Culturally and economically successful cities have the worst traffic problems while decaying cities don t have much traffic New York and Los Angeles are America s most crowded cities But if you want access to major brokerage houses 经纪行 you will find them easier to reach in crowded New York than in any other large cities And if your firm needs access to post production film editors or satellite guidance engineers you will reach them more quickly through the crowded freeways of LA than through less crowded roads elsewhere Despite traffic jam a larger number and wider variety of social interactions and economic transactions can be made perfect in large crowded cities than elsewhere Seen in this light traffic jam is an unfortunate consequence of prosperity not a cause of economic decline and urban decay So while we can consider traffic jam as increasing costs on the areas of big cities the costs of inaccessibility 交通不便 in uncrowded places are almost certainly greater There is no doubt that traffic jam brings the terrible economic and environmental damage in places like Bangkok Jakarta and Lagos But mobility is far higher and traffic jam levels are far lower here in the US even in our most crowded cities That s why for now we don t see people and capital streaming out of San Francisco and Chicago heading for cities like California and Illinois 1 We can conclude from the first paragraph that A traffic jam and weather are the two factors preventing the development of the big city B traffic jam seems to be very difficult to deal with 用心 爱心 专心 2 C if traffic engineers try their best traffic jam can be solved D public officials are always criticized for misusing their power 2 According to the passage what s the author s opinion towards traffic jam A In cities traffic jam is unavoidable B Traffic jam is both a sign of failure and a sign of success C Traffic jam is the consequence of successful cities D For a successful city traffic jam is not unpreventable 3 By saying decaying in Para 4 the writer probably means A decliningB developingC rich and successfulD strong and healthy 4 According to this article which statement about New York and Los Angeles is true A The traffic jam in the two cities has been worsened B New York and Los Angeles are the most successful cities in the USA C It is easier to reach major brokerage houses in the two cities than in other cities D Despite the traffic jam in LA you ll find a satellite guidance engineer more quickly there B Washington The largest ozone 臭氧 hole ever observed has opened up over Antarctica according to the scientists of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA They believe it is a sign that ozone destroying gases produced years ago are just now causing the largest quantities of ozone to disappear This year s South Pole ozone hole spreads over about 28 5 million square kilometers an area three times larger than the landmass of the United States Pictures of the hole have been offered by NASA The hole appears as a giant blue mass totally covering Antarctica and stretching to the southern tip of South America The last time the ozone hole was close to this size was in 1998 when it spread over about 27 2 million square kilometers NASA said Paul Newman who works with NASA s Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer TOMS instrument on a NASA satellite said ozone watchers had expected a big hole this year but not this big The Antarctica ozone hole first observed in 1985 is caused by the depletion 损耗 of Earth protecting ozone by human made chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbons 含氯氟烃 known as CFCs Even though these chemicals were not allowed to use from the beginning of 1987 they remain in the atmosphere and will continue to do so for years Newman said This year s large hole may have been caused by a change in a swirling high level air current over Antarctica which circles the area and contains the zone hole Newman said 5 The text is mainly about 用心 爱心 专心 3 A the discovery of the largest ozone hole B the discovery of the Antarctica ozone hole C the history of the Antarctica ozone hole D the size of the largest ozone hole 6 The time 1985 was talked about in the text because it was when the Antarctica ozone hole A was watched by NewmanB was first closed C disappearedD was first watched 7 There is a giant ozone hole over Antarctica because over there A human made chemicals have protected ozone B ozone has protected the earth C human made chemicals have destroyed ozone D human made chemicals have increased ozone C Some recent reports on the death penalty 死刑 have brought some interesting responses from readers all over the country Although I really don t like to make fun of people who oppose the death penalty because they are so sincere I wish they would come up with some new arguments to replace the worn out ones For example many said something like this Wouldn t it be better to keep the killers alive so psychiatrists can study them in order to find out what makes them the way they are It takes the average psychiatrist about five years to figure why a guy wants to stop for two drinks after work and won t quit smoking So how long do you think it will take him to determine why somebody with an IQ of 92 decided to murder the little old lady who lives next door Besides we have a huge number of killers in our prisons more than enough to keep all the nation s psychiatrists busy for the next 20 years Another standard is The purpose of the law should be to protect society not to give cruel punishment such as the death penalty In that case we should tear down all the prisons and let all the criminals go because most people would consider a long period in prison to be cruel punishment especially those who are locked up Even 30 days in the Cook County Prison is no picnic And What gives society the right to take a life if an individual can t The individuals who make up society give it that right Societies perform many functions that individuals can t We can t carry guns and shoot people but we give that right to police Words can not explain the suffering the families of murder victim are left to live with the families suffer a terrible loss and they live with terrible memories The knowledge that the killers are alive and will probably remain alive and cared for you by society is extremely painful Probably people who oppose the death penalty should try explaining to these people how cruel it is to kill someone 用心 爱心 专心 4 8 What s the writer s attitude towards death penalty A Death penalty is a must B Death penalty doesn t solve all the problems C Death penalty should be practiced more carefully D Death penalty should only be used on murderers 9 How many arguments against death penalty are discussed in the passage A Two B Three C Four D Five 10 What does the last sentence of the text suggest A It s cruel to use death penalty to kill someone B Murder victims need more comfort from the society C Opponents of death penalty should offer explanations D Murderers should be put to death as the punishment 11 The author develops the passage by A providing typical examples of death penaltyB following the natural time order C presenting and analyzing ideasD comparing opinions from different fields D At first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buckminster Grade School Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand what people were saying Why did they do this Kate wondered aloud I mean you can t learn if you can t understand the teacher Nadia s voice was a whisper I understand English I will learn Nadia s English was perfect Kate was perplexed She couldn t understand why Nadia did not like to speak Then she realized that moving to a new country probably wasn t the easiest thing to do There were hundreds of unfamiliar and unusual things to learn all at the same time There re a lot of new things to learn huh said Kate Nadia nodded rapidly In a quiet voice she replied Many things people say I do not understand I have been speaking English and Romanian all my life but I do not know what some children are saying For example yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the USB port on a thin black box he was carrying Isn t a port a place for ships It made no sense to me Don t worry said Kate You ll figure everything out in time You see that thin black box was a computer A USB port is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer Nadia and Kate were quiet after that They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson To Kate s surprise Nadia put up her hand and offered to answer questions at the blackboard Nadia handled every question the teacher gave her Some of the questions 用心 爱心 专心 5 were really difficult and no one understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher When the teacher said that Nadia answered everything correctly the whole class clapped their hands Nadia was smiling when she sat back down next to Kate Some things she said in a normal voice are the same all over the world 12 The underlined word perplexed probably means A puzzled B angry C shocked D serious 13 We can infer from the passage that A Nadia did not like KateB Nadia had lived by the sea before C Nadia had never seen a computer beforeD Nadia spoke in a soft voice out of politeness 14 Which of the following statements is true A Nadia was better at maths than other students B Nadia found some of the maths questions difficult C Nadia was encouraged to answer questions in class D Nadia understood the maths teacher better than other teachers 15 The author of the story suggests that A Mathematics helps to improve communication between cultures B Language plays an important role in communication between cultures C Answering questions in class makes you better understood by classmates D Talking about something familiar gives you confidence in communication 第二节第二节 根据短文内容 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项 选项中有两项为多余选项 If you walk into W Lloyd Jerome s dental surgery 手术 in Glasgow you ll see bright paintings and a fashionable blue couch which patients sit on while he checks their teeth Jerome says That s because they re frightened 16 That s why I don t wear a white coat I find that s one of the things that people associate with pain In fact my philosophy is that dental treatment should take place in an atmosphere of relaxation interest and above all enjoyment Which is all highly shocking for anyone who associates dental treatment with pain or at the very least formal clinical visits He says If people are relaxed entertained and correctly treated they will forget such previous unpleasant experiences Virtual reality headsets are one of his new relaxation techniques 17 The headsets are used for the first check up where the patient sits on the blue couch and watches an underwear film while I look at their teeth Then the headset switches to a special camera to give the patient a visual tour around their mouth Another key point is that the surgery smells more like a perfume shop than a dentist s Today there is the smell of orange When people walk in I want them to realize with all their senses that it s not like going to a dentist s Smell is very important 18 用心 爱心 专心 6 Known as Glasgow s most fashionable dentist Jerome is keen to point out that he takes his work very seriously 19 For example Jerome uses a special instrument which sprays warm water on the teeth to clean them rather than scraping them It feels a bit strange but as long as people are relaxed it s not painful 20 One of the things I found out there was that when you make it easier for the patient you make it easier for yourself He sees his patient centred attitude as the start of a gradu