江苏省2012高考英语二轮复习 限时训练专题2 阅读理解8

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 8 8 35 分钟 A A Once there was a prisoner who was jailed in a dark prison which he thought was a great fortress 堡垒 The cell was dark and wet There was a tiny window with bars on it The rest of the cell was so dark that he could not see the other three walls The only wall he could make out was the wall with the window in it The only light the room received was from this window Once in a while the prisoner would manage to climb up to the window and look out on the world outside If he stretched and looked he could see a little bit of the life giving sun out there For the first five years in that prison the prisoner stayed in the tiny place of light thrown in through the window He never tried to go past the edge of the little square of light But then he became restless The prisoner started to move a little bit at a time deeper into the darkness of his prison cell He moved a few inches a day After what seemed like a year he found the left hand wall of the cell It took him much less time to find the right hand wall as he was becoming more confident Then he began to search for the wall opposite the window As he went deeper and deeper into the darkness of the cell he thought of turning back But his curiosity drove him forward In the darkness of his cell he found the back wall had a door And the door was open The door had always been open and it led to a passage which led him out of the dark prison into freedom and the life giving sun His imprisonment 监禁 had all been his mind 1 Why did the prison NOT think of running away from the cell A Because the cell was very dark and he could see nothing B Because the cell was so well guarded and he could see no way to escape 用心 爱心 专心2 C Because he had thought there was no possibility to escape from the cell D Because he was afraid of getting lost if he walked out the cell 2 What did the prisoner do during the first five years A He searched for ways to get out B He stayed where the light shone C He did nothing but blame himself D He thought about where the other three walls were 3 The underlined word restless most probably means A boredB illC excitedD sleepy 4 Which of the following statements is TRUE A The prisoner couldn t see even a little of the sun in the dark cell B The prisoner was certain that there was a door before finding it C The prisoner found the left hand wall of the cell in a short time D The prisoner thought of giving up looking for the back wall B B American teens are setting an example for their parents through their volunteer work according to a new survey by Harris Interactive They found that more teens volunteer to support a charitable cause 56 than have a part time job 39 Parents said 82 of the teens in their lives do something to support charitable causes including volunteering recruiting 招募 others to a cause wearing a button or T shirt or donating money 46 of the adults surveyed said they volunteer and they also take credit for inspiring their children to volunteer Sara Johnson is a teacher who advises students at a private school She says there s been an enthusiasm among teens for joining in social causes since President Barack Obama was elected in November two years ago The Harris Interactive survey found a quarter of teens have become more involved in charitable causes or organizations as a result of the economic 用心 爱心 专心3 downturn 经济衰退 But the economy has also led to cuts in income and has teens working more hours at a paying job Unlike many public high schools across the nation Illiana Christian High School does not require its students to clock public service hours Senior Melissa Marting said some kids are too busy with other things like sports and music but most of her classmates do volunteer work Alynn Woodson director of volunteer engagement at Habitat for Humanity International said she has noticed a new enthusiasm among teen volunteers for the organization It is expected that more than 12 000 young people will help build homes for low income people around the nation this year 5 Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage A Helping find new people to work for charitable causes B Donating clothes C Donating money D Helping building homes for low income people 6 Melissa Martin is most probably a A teacherB parentC studentD surveyor 7 Due to the economic downturn American teens A find it harder to do part time jobs B spend less time doing volunteer work C get more money from their parentsD work harder at their studies 8 What s the best title of the passage A Teens in the economic downturnB Charitable causes in America C More teens volunteer than work part time D More parents inspire their children to volunteer C C A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package What food might it contain He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap Retreating to the farmyard the mouse declared the warning There is a 用心 爱心 专心4 mouse trap in the house there is a mouse trap in the house The chicken clucked and scratched raised her head and said Mr Mouse I can tell you this is a grave concern to you but it is of no consequence to me I cannot be bothered by it The mouse turned to the pig and told him There is a mouse trap in the house I am so sorry Mr 0 Mouse sympathized the pig but there is nothing I can do about it but pray be assured that you are in my prayers The mouse turned to the cow who replied A mouse trap am I in grave danger huh So the mouse returned to the house head down and depressed to face the farmer s mouse trap alone That very night a sound was heard throughout the house like the sound of a mouse trap catching its prey The farmer s wife rushed to see what was caught In the darkness she did not see that it was an evil snake whose tail the trap had caught The snake bit the farmer s wife The farmer rushed her to the hospital She returned home with a fever Now everyone knew to treat a fever with fresh chicken soup so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup s main ingredient His wife s sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock To feed them the farmer butchered the pig The farmer s wife did not get well in fact she died and so many people came for her funeral The farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide meat for all of them to eat So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you remember that when the least of us is threatened we are all at risk 9 We may infer that the passage is most probably a A fairy tale B fable C science fiction D news report 10 We could see from the passage that the mouse was 用心 爱心 专心5 A kind and warm hearted B well informed C good at cheating others D foolish and rude 11 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage A The pig was comparatively less friendly than the others in the farmyard B The mouse trap that the mouse discovered was not a practical one C The farmer and his wife trapped an evil snake that night D The farmer s family was in fact poor and they had no friends A vertical farm is a glass walled structure that could be built as tall as a skyscraper Despommier imagines a 30 story building with a greenhouse on every floor The walls of the building would be clear to allow crops to get as much sunlight as possible Depending on a city s water resources Despommier thinks hydroponic 水培的 gardening is another promising process for the vertical farm Hydroponics is the growth of plants without soil A solution 溶 液 containing nutrients is regularly added to the growth containers to feel the plants roots Despommier says the hydroponic greenhouses would use a system that would recycle a city s waste water and fill it with nutrients to make the crops grow If this process works it would provide food to a city and save millions of 用心 爱心 专心6 tons of water The idea of a vertical farm has attracted the attention of government officials around the world Scott Stringer a government official from New York City thinks the Big Apple is suitable for the vertical farming Obviously we don t have vast amounts of available land Stringer said But the sky is the limit in Manhattan Despommier admi