江苏省2012高考英语二轮复习 限时训练专题2 阅读理解38

用心 爱心 专心1 20122012 高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练 江苏专用 高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练 江苏专用 专题专题 2 2 阅读理解阅读理解 3838 25 分钟 A BEIJING China s National Tourism Administration NTA said Saturday that 215 Chinese tour groups in Japan were safe and sound after a devastating 8 8 magnitude earthquake jolted the country s eastern coast Friday A total of 4 578 Chinese tourists were staying in Japan at the time of the quake By Saturday noon all the 215 tour groups that they booked with had contacted domestic travel agencies with no death or injury reported said the NTA upon information from local tourism authorities The NTA has activated the emergency response system and issued a travel alert for Japan and countries along the Pacific Rim it said in a statement on its website The NTA has also called for travel agencies to protect the security of Chinese tourists in Japan and keep in touch with the Chinese embassy and consulates in Japan as well as China s tourism authorities Chinese tour agencies had started to bring back tourists from the quake hit Japan and many trips had been called off China CYTS Tours one of China s major travel agencies had promised a full refund for trip cancellation and offered to bear the extra expense for tourist protection in disasters and unrest A massive 8 8 magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of Japan s main Honshu Island at 1 46 pm Beijing Time Friday which had triggered huge tsunami along Japan s Pacific coast and caused hundreds of deaths and catastrophic damage 1 Where are we likely to find this passage A In a tour guided book B In a geography book C In a book D In a newspaper 用心 爱心 专心2 2 In the first paragraph the meaning of devastating is A catastrophic B destructive C tragic D disastrous 3 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage A In all 4 578 Chinese were staying in Japan at the time of the quake B Japan also called for travel agencies to protect the security of Chinese tourists C 215 Chinese tour groups in Japan were organized by China CYTS Tours D Earthquake caused tsunami resulted in hundreds of deaths and disastrous damage B A disheveled 头发凌乱的 man appeared in court Thursday on charges of murdering a Chinese woman whose fight with her attacker was seen on webcam by her boyfriend in China Police refused to release any details about the crime or its possible motive The body of York University student Liu Qian 23 of Beijing was found Friday in her apartment in Toronto a few hours after her boyfriend witnessed the attack police said She was found undressed from the waist down but there were no obvious signs of sexual attack or trauma 创伤 severe enough to kill her Police say it may be weeks before the results of an autopsy 尸体解剖 are known Brian Dickson 29 stood before the court in a wrinkled white shirt and blue jeans as a charge of first degree murder was read out He did not enter an appeal His case was held over until April 26 Dickson was arrested Wednesday Police only announced his name and his age and asked the media not to publish any photos of Dickson saying it could compromise the investigation Toronto police spokesman Tony Vella declined to respond to the request further Liu s father Liu Jianhui who arrived from China after being informed of his daughter s death thanked authorities for their quick action 用心 爱心 专心3 I sincerely thank the people concerned with my daughter s case he told reporters after the arrest Our daughter was studying very hard Police released no motive or details about Dickson but one friend described the Toronto man as an aspiring actor Patricia Tomasi a friend of Dickson s told The Associated Press that she acted in a play at a local theater in Toronto with Dickson in 2007 He doesn t seem like the type but that s what they always say Tomasi said He s tall with boyish good looks I don t know much about him except that he wanted to be an actor Dickson attended York University where he studied global politics but did not earn a degree from there He later worked for the Atlantic Council of Canada ACC where he served as an assistant to the president Julie Lindhout According to his biography on a newsletter from the Atlantic Council of Canada Dickson has also been a running instructor and has been involved with Developments in Literacy a Pakistani aid organization that raises money for children in Pakistan A statement from the Atlantic Council of Canada on Thursday said it was not council policy to comment on staff but it confirmed that Dickson had been an intern 实习生 with the council from September 29 2008 until March 27 2009 Liu was chatting with her boyfriend Meng Xianchao by webcam at about 1 a m Friday when a man knocked on the door police said Meng reported seeing a struggle break out between the two before Liu s webcam was shut off Meng contacted other friends in Toronto who in turn called police The victim s father Liu Jianhui said his daughter studied at Beijing City University before moving to Canada where she met Meng Liu Qian s laptop computer webcam and mobile phone were taken from the apartment the night of the attack police said Police said the online chat was on a live streaming camera and was not recorded though investigators were trying to figure out if there was any way they could recover it 用心 爱心 专心4 York University whose campus is located near one of Toronto s rougher neighborhoods is one of Canada s largest universities with more than 53 000 undergraduate and graduate students About 3 200 of York s students come from more than 150 foreign countries the university s website says 1 Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage A York University students come from over 150 foreign countries B Dickson was a graduate of York University where he studied global politics C The passage does not mention the reason why Dickson murdered Liu Qian D ACC wouldn t make any comments on staff even if they committed a crime 2 The underlined word in paragraph 8 probably means A a successful actor B a gifted actor C a common actor D an ambitious actor 3 Why did police ask the media not to publish any photos of Dickson A Worrying about bad influences on the investigation B Not intending to give out any information about Dickson C Not confirming whether Dickson had killed Liu Qian D Wanting to protect their citizen for fear of losing face 4 What can be inferred from the text A Developments in Literacy raises money for children B Seeing the struggle Meng contacted Toronto police C Dickson had no bad records before the murder D Investigators could recover the chat record online C He s out there somewhere an instant icon in the records of American conflict the final big game hunter But a puzzle too his identity would be kept a secret for now and maybe forever He is the unknown shooter The nameless faceless triggerman who put a bullet in the head of the world s most notorious 臭名昭著的 terrorist Bin Laden 用心 爱心 专心5 He s likely between the ages of 26 and 33 says Marcinko founder of the SEALs Team 6 that many believe led the attack on Bin Laden in Abbottabad Pakistan He ll be old enough to have had time to hurdle the extra training tests required to join the counter terrorism unit yet young enough to stand the body punishing harshness of the job The shooter s a man it s safe to say because there are no women in the SEALs And there s a good chance he s white though the SEALs have stepped up efforts to increase the number of minorities in their ranks Marcinko and Smith say He was probably a high school or college athlete Smith says a physical specimen who combines strength speed and wisdom They call themselves tactical athletes says Smith who works with many future SEALs in his Heroes of Tomorrow training program in Severna Park It s getting very scientific Marcinko puts it in more conventional terms He ll be ripped says the author of the best selling autobiography Rogue Warrior He s got a lot of upper body strength Long arms Thin waist Flat stomach On this point Greitens departs a bit You can t make a lot of physical assumptions says the author of The Heart and the Fist The Education of a Humanitarian the Making of a Navy SEAL There are SEALs who are 5 feet 4 and SEALs who are 6 feet 5 Greitens says In his training group he adds there were college football boys who couldn t hack it those who survived were most often men in good shape but they also had a willingness to show their concerns in favor of the mission The shooter s probably not the crew cut 平头 neatly shaven ideal we ve come to expect from American fighting forces He s bearded rough looking like a street naughty boy Marcinko supposes You don t want to stick out Marcinko calls it modified grooming standards His hands will be calloused 长老茧 Smith says or just rough enough as Marcinko puts it And he s got frag in him somewhere Marcinko says using the battlefield shorthand for fragments of bullets or explosive 用心 爱心 专心6 devices This will not have been the shooter s first ad