湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习 阅读训练(43)

1 湖南省汝城二中湖南省汝城二中 20142014 届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 43 43 1 Sunny countries are often poor A shame then that solar power is still quite expensive Eight19 a British company by Cambridge University has however invented a novel way to get round this In return for a deposit of around 10 it is supplying poor Kenyan families with a solar cell able to generate 2 5 watts of electricity a battery that can deliver a three amp 安培 current to store this electricity and a lamp whose bulb is a light emitting diode 二极管 The firm thinks that this system once the battery is fully charged is enough to light two small rooms and to power a mobile phone charger for seven hours Then next day it can be put outside and charged back up again The trick is that to be able to use the electricity the system s keeper must buy a scratch card for as little as a dollar on which is printed a reference number The keeper sends this reference plus the serial number of the household solar unit by SMS to Eight19 The company s server will respond automatically with an access code to the unit Users may consider that they are paying an hourly rate for their electricity In fact they are paying off the cost of the unit After buying around 80 worth of scratch cards which Eight19 expects would take the average family around 18 months the user will own it He will then have the option of continuing to use it for nothing or of trading it in for a bigger one perhaps driven by a 10 watt solar cell In that case he would go then through the same process again paying off the additional cost of the upgraded kit at a slightly higher rate Users would therefore increase their electricity supply steadily and affordably According to Eight19 s figures this looks like a good deal for customers The firm believes the average energy starved Kenyan spends around 10 a month on oil enough to fuel a couple of smoky lamps plus 2 on charging his mobile phone in the market place Regular users of one of Eight19 s basic solar units will spend around half that before owning it completely Meanwhile as the cost of solar technology falls it should get even cheaper 41 The underlined word get round in the first paragraph can be replaced by A make use of B come up with C look into D deal with 42 What should the user do when the electricity in the battery is used up A Buy a scratch card B Recharge it outside C Buy another solar cell D Return it to the company 43 How much would users pay for the cell and scratch cards before they own a 2 5 watt solar cell A Around 10 B Around 80 C Around 90 D Around 180 2 44 It can be inferred from the last paragraph that A Kenyan families would find it difficult to afford the solar cell B using the solar cell would help Kenyan families save money C few Kenyan families use mobile phones for lack of electricity D the company will make a great profit from selling solar cells 45 What might be the most suitable title for the passage A Solar Energy Starting from Scratch B Eight19 a creative British Company C Kenyan Families Using Solar Energy for Free D Poor Countries Beginning to Use Solar Energy 2 Many of us mistakenly believe that it s wrong to think we have any good qualities We may spend a lot of time blaming ourselves for our negative qualities thinking that self criticism is the key to improving our performance However a constant focus on our supposed shortcomings can stop our efforts to make friends with other people How can we believe that others could like us if we believe our inner being is flawed 有缺陷 If someone seems to dislike you the reason for that dislike might have little or nothing to do with you The person who doesn t like you might be fearful or shallow or busy or shy Perhaps you and that person are simply a mismatch for each other at this particular time Don t take yourself out of the game by deciding that your flaws are bigger than your good qualities In fact some of the very qualities you consider to be flaws may be irresistible to someone else For all the factors that might cause one person to reject you there are at least as many factors that will work in your favor with someone else You might be thirty pounds over your ideal weight but you may have a wonderful laugh and a real enthusiasm for life There are many people who don t mind your extra pounds You may drive a shabby car but you might be a great dancer and a loyal friend There are people out there looking for loyalty or fun or sweetness or wisdom and the package it comes in is not important If you are worried that you are not beautiful enough to attract friends keep in mind that not everyone is looking for physical beauty in their friends You can decide to feel inferior 自卑 because you don t have much money and you don t drive a nice car You can believe that this is the reason that you don t have many friends in your life On the other hand if you are very wealthy you may be suspicious that everyone is after your money and that nobody really likes you as a person The point is that you can focus on just about anything and believe it s the reason you do not have friends and cannot make any 36 According to the author plays an important role in making 3 friends A admitting your shortcomings B self criticism C modesty D confidence 37 If you are not liked by a person A you should find the reason in yourself B you d better talk with the person face to face C you may not be the one to be blamed D you and that person misunderstand each other 38 We can learn from the third paragraph that A your good qualities may turn out to be your flaws B your weakness may also be your strengths in some way C your negative qualities cause a person to reject you D you ll have few friends if your flaws are bigger than your good qualities 39 Which of the following is true according to the author A It is important to lose weight B It is easier for a wealthy person to make friends C Inner qualities are more important than physical appearance D If you are not beautiful enough try to improve your physical beauty 40 What do you think the author is most likely to suggest if he continues to write A How to find your good qualities B How to make friends C How to make self criticism D How to lose weight 3 Until last summer I had a very comfortable life winter vacations skiing and summer cruises My parents spent a lot of money on a private school so they could get me into a competitive middle school Everything was about tomorrow next year my graduation We never had to worry about today Before last summer I never thought much about the people in the world who live day to day every day whose lives are controlled by poverty and hunger Then I enrolled in a two week intensive program We lived in a Tribal Village in a hot dry open grassland in Arkansas a state of the south central United Stat es I am a tribal member in Mozambique a country of southeast Africa Every meal I make the fire for my family and feel the flames lick up my nostrils as I blow to keep the fuel alive I cook mush with vegetables This is all my family is ever given I feed the hen and three rabbits their dinner I grow attached to the rabbits even though I know I shouldn t I name them I m not getting enough to eat it s time to decide whether or not to kill the rabbits I feel pain but it s a privileged child s pain because I know I will soon be eating again That s not true for a lot of other children around the world Growing up comfortably in the U S I ve never had to worry about my dinner 4 and even though this whole process was only a simulation it changed my life Now I believe in doing whatever I can to help find practical ways to defeat hunger So I ve become president of Roots and Shoots a group working to improve local environments for people and animals I m also working to create a program at my high school called the Safe Passage trip to help young people in the Guatemala City dump And I ve got plans to do more I m often thinking of laboring in the hot sun and the millions who still do Now I try to live for today and stop worrying so much about the future When I eat or feel full I am grateful for this fortunate life and want to extend the same feeling to others I believe in offering help to those who need it 31 What is true about the author before last summer A Her life was under great pressure B Her life was well planned C She didn t have to worry about the future D She had to worry about her dinner 32 We can learn from the second paragraph that A the author raised some rabbits as pets B the author took part in a two week program in Africa C the author had a very difficult life in the Tribal Village D the author never thought about poor people after the program 33 The author feel pain because A she is a privileged child B she is not getting enough to eat C she doesn t want to kill the rabbits D she can t go back to her regular life 34 What does the underlined word simulation in the fourth paragraph probably mean A Reality B Experience C Imagination D Imitation 35 What influence did the author s experience in the Tribal Village have on her A It gave birth to a belief in helping others B It taught her to be grateful to her parents C It has made her life more comfortable D It inspired her to start two groups to help others 4 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的 A B C 和 D 项中 选出最佳选项 Six years ago I walked into a local animal shelter on a cold rainy day Although my house was already full of cats and dogs I still couldn t resist an occasional visit to the shelter This time as I was walking down the row of pens full of barking dogs I noticed a small boy looking into one of them 5 He had a malnourished 营养不良的 looking body and a bony face with a big nose sticking out of the middle of it He was looking at a small golden dog Its bony ribs were showing and its thin tail was folded between its legs It wasn t begging for attention like the other puppies but was hiding in the corner instead The boy looked up at me with sad eyes and asked what was wrong with it It was probably abused and abandoned I said That is why it is so scared The boy immediately turned to an older lady and said Grandma I want this one The old woman smiled and walked to the front desk to fill out the adoption forms I followed and asked about the boy I found out that he d had a rough start in life too She had just gotten custody 监护权 of him after the state had taken him from his parents She had hoped getting a dog would make it easier on him I looked back at him holding his scared puppy and said a prayer for them both It was yesterday I was driving down the road enjoying a gloriously sunny spring day Then in a green front yard I saw the boy His teenage body was tall and strong His nose no longer seemed big but fit well into his smiling face He was throwing a ball to a healthy happy dog with shining golden hair His little act of love and kindness had indeed gone a long way It had saved a dog s life healed his own heart and given this middle aged man fresh hope for us all 26 The author entered the animal shelter because A he loves dogs and pets B it was too cold outside C he wanted to buy a dog D he wanted to see the boy 27 The reason why the dog was so scared is that A it was afraid of the cold B it had been ill treated C it was frightened by the boy D it was frightened by the author 28 Why did the boy want to adopt the golden dog A Because the dog looked attractive B Because his grandma also liked the dog C Because they had something in common D Because the author advised him to adopt it 29 The Grandma wanted the boy to adopt a dog so that A his life could be easier B he could play balls with it C he could forget about his parents D the dog could be taken good care of What can we learn from the last paragraph A The author is a kind hearted old man 6 B The boy s nose has become smaller than before C The author enjoys watching people playing with dogs D Both the boy and the dog are growing healthily and happily 5 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的四个选项中 选出最佳选项 In the current economic downturn many American schools are adding a new subject to the curriculum 课程 financial literacy One program in Virginia even gets students out of the classroom for a day to learn how far their money will go in the real world What looks like a shopping mall is actually an educational field trip experience for a group of young people Finance Park is a special facility where students apply what they have been taught in class about money management They become essentially adults for the day says Alice Reilly social studies coordinator for Fairfax County Public Schools They are asked to develop a budget for 18 line items that you and I might have in our budget things like utilities insurance groceries housing Each budget item is represented by a storefront where students collect an option sheet Students must refer to a card that shows their income and their family size when they choose what to buy There s also a stock ticker so students can keep track of shares in their portfolios 投资组合 The facility opened last year in Fairfax Virginia It is the fifteenth Finance Park built in the last decade by Junior Achievement USA a non profit organization dedicated to preparing young people for financial success Since the financial crisis the demand for Finance Parks around the country has grown exponentially says Ed Grenier president of the Washington DC chapter We have a number under way in the planning and building stages Financial literacy has only recently become part of the regular curriculum in Fairfax County Some students some teachers some schools did it but now it is much more systematic Reilly says and it is much more consistent to ensure that all students get this background information That is why every eighth grade student in Fairfax County will eventually spend a day here Thirteen year old Sam says she has learned an important life lesson I didn t know how expensive everything would be Anthony also 13 is looking forward to telling his parents what he learned I ll probably tell them I want to stay a kid a little longer and take my time to become an adult This isn t the end of financial studies for Anthony and the other students here Virginia is one of 13 states which requires students to take a financial education in high school in order to graduate 67 What is the aim of this Finance Park A To raise enough money for the secondary schools in Virginia B To enable students to apply money management knowledge to practice C To provide students in Virginia with special chances for Advanced Placement 7 D To direct students in Washington D C to learn more about money management 68 Who is expected to spend a whole day in the Finance Park A Young people all over Virginia B Junior students in Washington D C C Eighth graders in Fairfax County D Eighth graders parents in Virginia 69 What can we learn from this passage A Extra curriculum is necessary in secondary schools B Fairfax County Public Schools set a good example C An organization helps youth in U S for financial success D Financial Literacy is very popular in Washington D C 70 It can be inferred from the passage that A Alice Reilly developed a budget for 18 items in the Finance Park B ED Grenier was against building more finance parks in U S A C Sam did quite well in managing his budge in the Finance Park D Anthony came to know that adult life wasn t as good as expected 6 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的四个选项中 选出最佳选项 Mrs Amatuli was my teacher in the fourth grade One day at lunch time I was getting ready to eat my same old tuna fish 金枪鱼 sandwich and suddenly Mrs Amatuli asked me if she could buy my sandwich from me She explained that I could use the money to buy a hot lunch from the cafeteria I was thrilled I never bought my lunch at the cafeteria It was too expensive for my family and I always carried my lunch and brought the bag back home to use again the next day My sandwiches were either bologna 大香肠 or tuna fish It rarely varied beyond that You can understand my delight when I had the opportunity to buy a hot