湖北省黄石市2014高考英语 阅读理解训练题（16）

1 湖北省黄石市湖北省黄石市 20142014 高考英语阅读理解训练题 高考英语阅读理解训练题 1616 及答案 及答案 If you have a chance to go to Finland you will probably be surprised to find how foolish the Finnish people are Take the taxi drivers for example Taxis in Finland are mostly high class Benz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer You can go anywhere in one tell the driver to drop you at any place say that you have some business to attend to and then walk off without paying your fare The driver would not show the least sign of anxiety The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests but also serve outside diners Hotel guests have their meals free so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals The most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter With such a loose check you can easily use any old registration 登记 card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge The Finnish workers are paid by the hour They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss on the rate From then on they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly With so many loopholes 漏洞 in everyday life surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take petty advantages But the strange thing is all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do living in such a society has turned everyone into a real gentleman 17 The underlined words in this passage means to A be ready to help others B make good use of one s friends C be a little ahead of others D gain something at other s expense 18 Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage 2 A While taking a taxi in Finland you can get off without first paying your fare B In a big hotel in Finland you can enjoy free meals if you re living in the hotel C The bosses in Finland pay the employees according to registration of their working hours D The workers are always honest with their working hours 19 We can learn from the passage that A the Finnish society is of very high moral 道德 level B there are many loopholes in everyday life in Finland C in Finland most taxi drivers will not charge you anything D everyone in Finland is like a gentleman for they have faith in themselves 20 Which of the following is the best title of the passage A Life in Finland B A Society with Foolish People C What a Life D Honest accounts of the Finns 17 20DCAB 结束 Cole Bettles had been rejected by a number of universities when he received an e mail from the University of California San Diego last month congratulating him on his admission and inviting him to tour the campus His mother booked a hotel in San Diego and the 18 year old Ojai high school senior arranged for his grandfather uncle and other family members to meet them at the campus for lunch during the Saturday tour They were like Oh my God that s so awesome 棒的 Bettles said Right before he got in bed he checked his e mail one last time and found another message saying the school had made a mistake and his application had been denied 3 In fact all 28 000 students turned away from UC San Diego in one of the toughest college entrance seasons on record had received the same incorrect message The students hopes had been raised and then dashed 破灭 in a cruel twist that shows the danger of instant communications in the Internet age UCSD admissions director Mae Brown called it an administrative error but refused to say who had made the mistake or if those responsible would be disciplined 受训 The e mail which began We re thrilled that you ve been admitted to UC San Diego and we re showcasing 展示 our beautiful campus on Admit Day was sent to the full 46 000 students who had applied instead of just the 18 000 who got in Brown said The error was discovered almost immediately by her staff who sent an apology within hours It was really thrilling for a few hours now he s crushed 压垮 said Cole s mother Tracy Bettles It s really tough on them The admissions director said she was in the office on Monday until midnight answering e mails and phone calls from disappointed students and their parents She said she took full responsibility for the error We accessed the wrong database We recognize the incredible pain receiving this false encouragement caused It was not our intent 5 How many students received an admission e mail from the University of California San Diego n UCSD A 18 000 B 28 000 C 46 000 D 18 6 Which of the following statements is TRUE about the wrong e mail message A The mistake was made on purpose to cause pain among the applicants B It was UCSD admissions director Mae Brown who made the mistake C UCSD admissions staff got information from the wrong database D Staff did not discover the mistake until next Monday 7 The admissions director Mae Brown did what she could to 4 A protect the person who made the mistake B punish herself for the mistake C make up for the mistake D help the disappointed students enter the university 8 What does the passage mainly talk about A Cole Bettles was admitted to the UCSD B Cole Bettles was rejected y a famous university C USCD admissions office often makes administration errors D False admission information raised the students hopes and then dashed them 5 8 CCCD 结束结束 Earth got lucky early Fossil evidence suggests that microbial life was already inhabiting the Earth as early as 3 8 billion years ago only 700 million years after the planet collapsed into existence and that a rain of comets 彗星 and asteroids 小行星 brought just the right amount of precious water in the form of iee from the outer solar system to this planet which would otherwise be a dry one astronomers say The question of whether the Earth is unique because of its water abundance is perhaps the most interesting one said Dr Kasting who explained that caleulations showed that the planet could have easily had too much or too little water The planet has remained comfortable ever since thanks to a geological feedback process by which weather oceans and vo canoes act as a thermostat 自 动调温器 Known as the carbonate silicate cycle it regulates 调节 the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere where it acts like a greenhouse trapping heat and keeping the planet temperate and mostly stable Rain washes the gas out of the air and under the ocean volcanoes disgorge it again from the 5 underworld Without greenhouse gases and this cycle which Dr Brownlee called this magic thing the Earth would have frozen into a snowball back in its early days when the sun was only 70 Dercent as bright as it is now Still with all this magic it took four billion years for animal life to appear on the Earth Eventually though Earth s luck will run out As the sun ages it will get brighter astronomers say increasing the weathering and washing away of carbon dioxide At the same time as the inner part of the Earth cools volcanic activity will gradually die down cutting off the restoring of the greenhouse gas A billion years from now there will not be enough carbon dioxide left to support photosynthesis 光合作用 that is to say the oxygen we breathe And so much for us Even Earth wonderful and special as it is will only have animal life for one billion years Dr Brownlee said 12 The Earth is unique mainly because A it was once covered with ice B it collapsed as the result of the rain of comets and asteroids C it produces too much carbon dioxide D it has the fight amount of water neither too much nor too little 13 makes the Earth suitable for people to 1ive on A A thermostat B The carbonate silicate cycle C Comets D Photosynthesis 14 It can be inferred but not stated that A the sun was not as bright as it is now B there will be more and more greenhouse gases on the earth C man will die for lack of oxygen as volcanoes are getting more active D the Earth were frozen into a snowball in history 15 The underlined word disgorge in the second paragraph probably means A take in B carry on C take away D let out 6 12 15 DBAD 结束 Science Textbooks for Sale Used but in like new condition with absolutely no writing Principles of Virology 2 Volume Set Third Edition ISBN 978 1 55581 479 3 there are enough unclear weapons to destroy the earth several times over there is hardly any forest left and pollution has got to the point where we buy water Within a few years I predict you will be able to buy air There once was a time when you didn t need to buy food or shelter either Important developments in the last century are the breading down of the class structures left over from the Industrial Revolution stage bringing with it the empowerment of the common man the working day is set by law to only 8 hours a day everyone has the vote the media has less obvious government control people have landed on the moon sent spacecrafts to Mars and so on 8 Families have also shrunk drastically 强烈地 the nuclear family came about and especially in the last half of the 20th century one parent families are becoming more common This shrinking in the size of the family shows the increased independence of people once upon a time people had to live in large groups to survive As humans have become the gods they have realized their individuality and independence and taken their control of the world to an extreme In many countries the land is almost completely used in the land is almost completely used in the production of food and as living space and they live in small cities which are entirel