2011年高考英语 重庆卷阅读真题

用心 爱心 专心1 20112011 年年 重庆卷重庆卷 A A There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care To water his flowers he used two buckets One was a shiny and new bucket The other was a very old and dilapidateddilapidated one which had seen many years of service but was now past its best Every morning the gardener would fill up the two buckets Then he would carry them along the path one on each side to the flowerbeds The new bucket was very proud of itself It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes before it reached the flowerbeds much water had leaked along the path Sometimes the new bucket would say See how capable I am How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day I don t know why he still bothers with you What a waste of space you are And all that the old bucket could say was I know I am not very useful but I can only do my best I m happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me at least One day the gardener heard that kind of conversation After watering the flowers as usual he said You both have done your work very well Now I am going to carry you back I want you to look carefully along the path Then the two buckets did so All along the path they noticed on the side where the new bucket was carried there was just bare earth on the other side where the old bucket was carried there was a joyous row of wild flowers leading all the way to the garden 56 What does the underlined word dilapidated probably mean A Dirty B Dark C Worn out D Plain looking 57 What was the old bucket ashamed of A His past B His aging C His manner D His leaking 58 The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to A laugh at the old oneB take pity on the old one C show off its beautiful looksD praise the gardener s kindness 59 Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener A Because it was used to keep a balance B Because it stayed in its best condition C Because it was taken as a treasure D Because it had its own function B B MappingMapping YourYour WorldWorld Different forms of maps are appearing They allow independent travelers to get local knowledge of places they are visting from the official to the unusual Meanwhile hi tech developments are creating new ways for us to map the world Here are two of our favorites GreenGreen MapsMaps Green Maps allows people to share with the world their knowledge of environmentally friendly places and attractions in the local areas Users add information with a set of icons 图标 making it easy to read any map whatever the nationalities of those who produce it At present there are over five hundred map projects being developed in 54 countries Green Maps advertised idea is think global map local It is a wonderful way of gaining all sorts of information of a place ranging from community gardens to good places of birdwatching 用心 爱心 专心2 Green Maps is not specifically intended for travelers Not all of its maps are online so it may be necessary for some users to communicate with producers through the Green Maps website MapMap MashupsMashups Many people use online maps developed by Google but not many know about the mashups of them Working in a similar way to Green Maps Map Mashups allows people to add icons of their own to existing maps to express a certain topic The mashups is so called because it combines all the knowledge you could ever need It ranges from the extremely useful such as where all the World Heritage Sites are to the most bizarre 古怪的 such as where America s drunkest cities are With the mashups added to the basic Google Maps a multi layered map can be created 60 According to the passage which of the following is a characteristic of Green Maps A Aiming at environmental protection B Introducing local attractions with icons C Offering advice to independent travelers D Collecting icons worldwide for local maps 61 Which of the following icons is most probably NOT used in Green Maps A B C D 62 Map Mashups is named with the word mashups because A it is produced by users all over the world B it gathers various kinds of information C it shares icons with Green Maps D it is a branch of Google Maps 63 What do Green Maps and Map Mashups have in common A They are created by local people B They are environmentally friendly C Users can edit maps on the Internet D Users need to communicate with producers C C Getting rid of dirt in the opinion of most people is a good thing However there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt In the early 16th century people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths By 1538 the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom So did the king of England in 1546 Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way Henry IV King of France was famously dirty Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a bath the king ordered that to avoid the attack of disease the nobleman should not go out Though the belief in the merit of dirt was long lived dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century Scientifically speaking cleaning away dirt is good to health Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease Yet it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World War Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea clothes need to be whiter than white cloths ever softer surfaces to shine Has the hate 用心 爱心 专心3 for dirt however gone too far Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays Many first time parents nervously try to warn their children off touching dirt which might be responsible for the spread of disease On the contrary Mary Ruebush an American immunologist 免疫学家 encourages children to play in the dirt to build up a strong immune system And the latter position is gaining some ground 64 The kings of France and England in the 16th century closed bath houses because A they lived healthily in a dirty environment B they thought bath houses were to dirty to stay in C they believed disease could be spread in public baths D they considered bathing as the cause of skin disease 65 Which of the following best describes Henry IV s attitude to bathing A Afraid B Curious C Approving D Uninterested 66 How does the passage mainly develop A By providing examples B By making comparisons C By following the order of time D By following the order of importance 67 What is the author s purpose in writing the passage A To stress the role of dirt B To introduce the history of dirt C To call attention to the danger of dirt D To present the change of views on dirt D D William Butler Yeats a most famous Irish writer was born in Dublin on June 13 1865 His childhood lacked the harmony that was typical of a happy family Later Yeats shocked his family by saying that he remembered little of childhood but its pain In fact he inherited excellent taste in art from his family both his father and his brother were painters But he finally settled on literature particularly drama and poetry Yeats had strong faith in coming of new artistic movements He set himself the fresh task in founding an Irish national theatre in the late 1890s His early theatrical experiments however were not received favorably at the beginning He didn t lose heart and finally enjoyed success in his poetical drama Compared with his dramatic works Yeats s poems attract much admiring notice The subject matter includes love nature history time and aging Though Yeats generally relied on very traditional forms he brought modern sensibility to them As his literary life progressed his poetry grew finer and richer which led him to worldwide recognition He had not enjoyed a major public lift since winning the Nobel Price in 1923 Yet he continued writing almost to the end of his life Had Yeats stopped writing at age 40 he would probably now be valued as a minor poet for there is no other example in literary history of a poet who produces his greatest works between the ages of 50 and 75 After Yeats s death in 1939 W H Auden wrote among others the following lines Earth receive an honored guest William Yeats is laid to rest Let the Irish vessel 船 lie Emptied of its poetry 68 Which of the following can describe Yeats s family A It filled Yeats s childhood with laughter B It was shocked by Yeats s choice 用心 爱心 专心4 C It was a typically wealthy family D It had an artistic atmosphere 69 According to the passage what do we know about Yeats s life A Yeats founded the first Irish theater B Yeats stuck to modern forms in his peotry C Yeats began to produce his best works from the 1910s D Yeats was not favored by the public until the 1923 Noble Prize 70 What kind of feeling is expressed in W H Auden s lines A Envy B Sympathy C Emptiness D Admiration 71 What is the passage mainly about A Yeats s literary achievements B Yeats s historical influence C Yeats s artistic ambition D Yeats s national honor E E Skeptics are a strange lot Some of them refuse to admit the serious threat of human activities to the environment and they are tired of people who disagree with them Those people say skeptics spread noting but bad news about the environment The eco guilt brought on by the discouraging news about our planet gives rise to the popularity of skeptics as people search for more comforting worldviews Perhaps that explains why a new book by Bjorn Lomborg received so much publicity That book The Skeptical Environmentalist declares that it measures the real state of the world as fine Of course another explanation is the deep pockets of some big businesses with special interests Indeed Mr Lomborg s views are similar to those of some industry funded organizations which start huge activities through the media to confuse the public about issues like global warming So it was strange to see Mr Lomborg s book go largely unchallenged in the media though his beliefs were contrary to most scientific opinions One national newspaper in Canada ran a number of articles and reviews full of words of praise even with the conclusion that After Lomborg the environmental movement will begin to die down Such one sided views should have immediately been challenged But only a different review appeared in Nature a respected science magazine with specific readership The review remarked that Mr Lomborg s preference for unexamined materials is incredible 不可信的 A critical eye is valuable and the media should present information in such a way that could allow people to make informed decisions Unfortunately that is often inaccessible as blocked by the desire to be shocking or to defend some special interest People might become half blind before a world partially exhibited by the media That s a shame because matters concerning the health of the planet are far too impor