浙江省杭州市外国语学校2013年高考英语集训阅读理解每日一练40

1 杭州外国语学校杭州外国语学校 20132013 年高考英语集训阅读理解每日一练年高考英语集训阅读理解每日一练 4040 倒数第三周星期五 A A The dyed bun scandal 染色馒头丑闻 deals another blow to shoppers confidence in buying food products as well as the reputation of local sellers Li Zhen reports on shoppers reactions in Shanghai An investigation by the municipal government revealed that Shanghai Shenglu Food Company produced more than 3 000 steamed buns daily These were then sold across the city including large supermarkets such as Hualian Lianhua and Dia Fewer steamed buns were for sale at this Lianhua Supermarket More than 32 000 buns were taken off store shelves when the scandal emerged Mr Wang Sales Manager of Lianhua Supermarket said We removed the dyed steamed buns produced by Shenglu as soon as we learned of the incident We gave customers who had bought the steamed buns from our outlets refunds with their receipts Despite the scandal our sales volume has been fine so far However most customers we met remained concerned about food safety Steamed buns are a regular breakfast food for Ms Gao She used to buy them mostly from supermarkets because she felt it was in a clean and safe environment But now she has second thoughts about buying the popular snack Ms Gao Shanghai shopper said I can t believe that even steamed buns from the supermarkets are no longer safe The only places I trusted to shop at were major supermarkets and specialist shops But now even there product quality cannot be guaranteed I really don t know where to buy my goods from in the future Shoppers at supermarkets who still bought steamed buns said they had few options I feel like giving up supermarkets But I really don t know where to do my food shopping I can t make these things myself said Ms Tang Shanghai shopper 41 The colored buns were sold in some large supermarkets EXCEPT A Hualian B Lianhua C Shenglu D Dia 42 What Ms Gao and Ms Tang said suggests that A they still trust major supermarkets when shopping B they will make food by themselves C they will never go to supermarkets D they feel confused about where to buy safe food 43 The underlined word in the last paragraph can be replaced by A choices B ideas C hints D marks 44 What is the main idea of this passage A Major supermarkets removed the dyed steamed buns B Dyed steamed buns brought great loss to major supermarkets C Famous supermarkets are involved in the bun scandal D Dyed bun scandal hurts consumers confidence 2 45 Where can you most probably read the passage A In a fashion magazine B In a newspaper C In a guideline book D In an official document B B An Australian man who has been donating his extremely rare kind of blood for 56 years has saved the lives of more than two million babies James Harrison has an antibody in his plasma that stops babies dying from Rhesus disease a form of severe anaemia He has enabled countless mothers to give birth to healthy babies including his own daughter Tracey who had a healthy son thanks to her father s blood Mr Harrison has been giving blood every few weeks since he was 18 years old and has now racked up a total of 984 donations When he started donating his blood was deemed so special that his life was insured for one million Australian dollars He was also nicknamed the man with the golden arm or the man in two million He said I ve never thought about stopping Never He made a pledge to be a donor aged 14 after undergoing major chest surgery in which he needed 13 litres of blood I was in hospital for three months he said The blood I received saved my life so I made a pledge to give blood when I was 18 Just after he started donating he was found to have the rare and life saving antibody in his blood At the time thousands of babies in Australia were dying each year of Rhesus disease Other newborns suffered permanent brain damage because of the condition The disease creates an incompatibility between the mother s blood and her unborn baby s blood It stems from one having Rh positive blood and the other Rh negative His blood has since led to the development of a vaccine called Anti D After his blood type was discovered Mr Harrison volunteered to undergo a series of tests to help develop the Anti D vaccine They insured me for a million dollars so I knew my wife Barbara would be taken care of he said I wasn t scared I was glad to help I had to sign every form going and basically sign my life away Mr Harrison is Rh negative and was given injections of Rh positive blood It was found his plasma could treat the condition and since then it has been given to hundreds of thousands of women It has also been given to babies after they are born to stop them developing the disease It is estimated he has helped save 2 2 million babies so far Mr Harrison is still donating every few weeks now 46 How old is James Harrison A 56 B 70 C 74 D 78 47 What does the underlined phrase two million refer to A babies B mothers C dollars D all of the above 48 Why did James decide to donate his blood Because 3 A his daughter asked him to help her son B he has a golden arm worth a million dollars C a vaccine called Anti D is to be developed D someone else s blood saved his life 49 The sentence The disease creates an incompatibility between the mother s blood and her unborn baby s blood underlined in Paragraph 5 suggests that A babies suffer permanent brain damage before born B the mother and the baby have different types of blood C Rhesus disease contributes to permanent brain damage D all the patients have a rare antibody in their blood 50 What can we infer from the sixth paragraph A Some of the tests to develop the vaccine are dangerous B His wife Barbara needed to be taken care of badly then C Mr Harrison was glad to help develop a new vaccine D His blood type was accidentally discovered after tests C C Drinking Water Bottled or From the Tap 水龙头 In America people will include a case or two of bottled water when buying the week s groceries When they are going to a soccer game or activity it s common for them to grab a cold bottle of water out of the fridge with them In fact Americans buy more bottled water than any other nation in the world about 29 billion bottles a year But all these plastic bottles use a lot of fossil fuels and pollute the environment In order to make all the 29 billion bottles producers use 17 million barrels of oil which is enough to keep a million cars going for 12 months So why don t people drink water straight from the tap Some people have a strong belief that bottled water is better than water out of the tap but that s not necessarily true In the US the local governments make sure water from the tap is safe There is also growing concern that chemicals in the bottles themselves may go into the water People love the convenience of bottled water But maybe if they realized the problems it causes they would try drinking from a glass at home or carrying water in a reusable steel container instead of plastic Some argue that plastic bottle recycling can help Recycled bottles can be turned into items like carpeting or clothing Unfortunately only one in six bottles is recycled The rest make it to landfills 垃圾填埋场 or end as trash in other places Plastic bottles take hundreds of years for them to disintegrate Water is important for you so keep drinking it But think about how often you use water bottles and see if you can make a change And yes you can make a difference Remember this Recycling one plastic 4 bottle can save enough energy to power a 60 watt light bulb for six hours 51 How many cars can be kept going for a year by the oil used to make 29 billion bottles A 100 B 1 000 C 100 000 D 1 000 000 52 Why do Americans prefer bottled water A Bottled water is better than water from the tap B Bottled water is cheaper than water from the tap C Bottled water contains beneficial chemicals in it D Bottled water is more convenient than water from the tap 53 What does the underlined word disintegrate in the fifth paragraph probably mean A Be well recycled B Become less poisonous C Break into small pieces D Go down below a surface 54 The author s intention of writing this passage is to recommend American A drink more water from the tap B send plastic bottles to landfills C use water bottles to power light bulbs D buy bottles filled with water from the tap D D For eighty four days old Santiago had not caught a single fish At first a young boy Manolin had shared his bad fortune but after the fortieth luckless day the boy s father told his son to go in another boat From that time on Santiago worked alone The boy loved the old fisherman and always helped him with money and food Usually they would talk about the fish they had taken in luckier times or about American baseball after supper while at night alone in his cottage Santiago dreamed of lions on the beaches of Africa where he had gone years before He no longer dreamed of his dead wife On the eighty fifth day Santiago set off to fish before dawn Two of his baits 饵 were fresh tunas 金枪鱼 the boy had given him as well as sardines 沙丁鱼 to cover his hooks Then he set his lines which went straight down into deep dark water As the sun rose he saw other boats in toward shore A bird showed him where dolphins were chasing some flying fish This time Santiago saw tuna jumping in the sunlight A small one took the hook on his line Pulling the fish aboard the old man thought it a good fortune Toward noon a marlin a common fish in the sea started eating the bait which was one hundred meters down Gently the old man played the fish a big one as he knew from the weight on the line At last he struck to settle the hook The fish did not come out of the surface Instead it began to pull the boat to the northwest The old man followed it Although he was alone and no longer strong he had his skill and knew many tricks He waited patiently for the fish to be tired It was cold after the sunset When something took one of his remaining baits he cut the line with his knife Once the marlin leaned suddenly pulling 5 Santiago forward on his face and cutting his cheek By dawn his left hand was cramped 抽筋的 The fish had headed northward there was no land in sight Hungry he cut pieces from the tuna and chewed them slowly That morning the fish jumped Seeing it Santiago knew he had hooked the biggest marlin he had ever seen Then the fish went down and turned toward the east Santiago drank a little water from the bottle during the hot afternoon Close to nightfall a dolphin took the small hook he had rebaited He lifted it aboard careful After he had rested he cut meat from the dolphin and kept also the two flying fish he found in its stomach That night he slept He awoke to feel the line running through his fingers as the fish jumped Feeding line slowly he tried to tire the marlin After the fish slowed its run he washed his cut hands in sea water and ate one of the flying fish At sunrise the marlin began to circle Faint he worked to bring the big fish nearer with each turn Almost exhausted he finally drew his big fish alongside and drove in the harpoon 鱼叉 The fish was two feet longer than the boat No fish like it had ever been seen in Havana harbor An hour later he sighted the first shark a fierce Mako and it came in fast to chase after the dead marlin The old man struck the shark with his harpoon The Mako rolled and sank carrying the harpoon with it and leaving the marlin bloody He knew the smell would spread Watching he saw two sharks closing in He struck at one with his knife and watched it sliding down into deep water The other he killed while it tore at the flesh of the marlin When the third appeared he thrust 刺 it with the knife The other sharks came at sunset At first he tried to beat them with the tiller 舵柄 from the boat but his hands were bleeding and there were too many in the sea In the darkness as he steered toward the harbor of Havana he heard them hitting the boat again and again But the old man thought only of his steering and his great tiredness He had gone out too far and the sharks had beaten him He knew they would leave him nothing but the stripped skeleton of the big marlin All lights were out when he sailed into the little harbor and b eached his boat He could just make out the white backbone and the upstanding tail of the fish Once he fell under their weight and lay patiently until he could gather his strength to go on In his cottage he fell on his bed and went to sleep 55 The above story is adapted from A Treasure Island B The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer C The Old Man And The Sea D The Son Of The Sea 56 Why did the man feel that he could be lucky this time A Because a small tuna took the hook on his line B Because he dreamed about the American lions C Because he saw many flying fish were chased by the dolphins D Becaus