2019高考英语二轮强化训练—阅读理解22.doc

2019高考英语二轮强化训练阅读理解22AFor those who were born in the year of the pig, good luck and much success! This is your year.When talking to a Westerner, however, youve got to be a little careful when you talk about pigs. Chinese people think of the pig as a smart and prosperous（rich, luckily wealthy）animal. Western ideas tend to be a little more negative（否定旳）.A pig in the West is seen as a dirty, lazy and fat animal. If anyone ever called you a pig, you wouldnt be smiling . When a person doesnt like someone, sometimes he will call that person a pig.If you ever met a Westerner who was born in the year of the pig, dont say,“Oh, youre a pig!” Most Westerners will be misunderstanding. They will be sure that you made some kind of mistakes. However, dont take any chance. You might just offend（激怒）someone who does not share your positive（积极旳）ideas about pigs.56You have to be careful when you talk to a Westerner about pigs because .Athey believe pigs best of all Bthey consider pigs as bad animalsCthey arent used to talking about pigs Dthey dont like the topic about pigs at all57According to the passage we can see that Chinese people think of the pig as a animal.AhealthyBlovelyCbadDlazy58A Westerner will call someone a pig if he or she that man.AdislikesBis afraid ofClooks up toDmakes fun of59When you call a Westerner a pig, who was born in the year of the pig, most of them .Awill be happyBwill be very surprisedCunderstand youDmay laugh at youBOctober 24the UN birthday is celebrated as United Nations Day. It is a day that belongs to everyone, and it is celebrated in most countries of the world. Some countries celebrate for a week instead of a day.Every year the President of the United States, in a special announcement, asks Americans to remember United Nations Day.In many parts of the world, schools plan programmes for this day. Boys and girls in some areas decorate（装饰）a United Nations tree, or plant a garden. In other areas young people put on plays about the United Nations. Some libraries show childrens art form around the world. Schools celebrate with songs and dances of other countries, or give parties where foods of other countries are served.Always the purpose of these celebrations is to help everyone understand the United Nations and why it is important.The UN encourages people to learn about other lands and their customs. In this way people can get a better understanding of people all over the world.60Why is October 24 celebrated in many countries?ATo celebrate the founding of the United Nations.BTo make people understand what the United Nations means.CTo warn people of the dangers of wars.DTo tell people how the United Nations came into being.61How do schools celebrate the day?AChildren are given a holiday of one to seven days.BDifferent programmes are prepared to celebrate the day.CChildren plant gardens or decorate UN trees.DChildren and teachers hold parties.62What does the United Nations encourage people to do, according to the passage?ATo learn more about other nations and their customs.BTo change programmes with other nations in science.CTo understand more people from all over the worldDTo understand the importance of the United Nations.63The best title of the passage can be .AThe UN BThe World Holiday CCelebrations on Oct 24 DThe UN BirthdayCThis is news on the hour. Ed Wilson reporting. The President and First Lady will visit Africa on a good will tour in May. They plan to visit eight African countries.Reports from China say the Chinese want closer ties between China and the U.S. and Western Europe. A group of top Chinese scientists start their ten-nation tour next month.Here in Miami, the mayor is still meeting with the leaders of the teachers Union to try to find a way to end the strike. City schools are still closed after two weeks.In the news about health, scientists in California report finding of a relationship between the drinking of coffee and the increase of heart disease among women. According to the report in the American Medical Journal the five year-study shows this: Women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have greater chance of having heart disease than women who do not.In sports, the Chargers lost again last night. The BBs beat them 1 to nothing. The Wingers had better results. They beat the Rifles 7 to 3. It was their first win in their last five matches.Thats the news of the hour. And now back to more easy listening with Jan Singer.64Who gave the news on the hour.AThe mayor in Miami. BEd Wilson. CScientists in California .DJan Singer.65To improve the ties between China and the U.S. and Western Europe, China .Awill send a group of Chinese scientists to pay a visit to the U. S. and Western Europe.Bwill send some scientists to visit U. S. onlyChas reached its aim. Dhas given many reports to improve the ties66From the news in Miami we know .Aa peaceful way will soon be found Bthe teachers strike will last longCstudents havent been to school for two weeksDstudents cant go into the school because the classrooms are locked67From the last news we dont know .Athe results of the two matches Bthe teams which played last nightChow many wins the BBs has had altogether Dthe Wingers had 1 win and 4 defeatsDEditors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes（极端）to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics（数据）.Last year a reporter had been requested by a well-known magazine to write an article on the presidents palace in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it. The article began:“Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the presidents palace.”The editor at once sent the reporter a fax（传真）asking him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall. The reporter immediately set out to do as he was asked to, but he took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the reporter two more faxes, but received no reply. He sent yet another fax telling the reporter that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. When the reporter again failed to reply, the editor had to publish the article as it had been originally（原始）written. A week later, the editor at last received a fax from the reporter. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he told the editor that he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the presidents palace.68The editor didnt want to publish the article because .Ahe wanted to find an excuse to fire the reporterBhe had not read the article whollyChe was not pleased with the facts in the articleDhe wanted to please the president of the new African republic69The reporter took a long time to send the information he was asked for .Abecause it took him a long time to count all the stepsBbecause he had not been allowed to fax the information he had found outCbecause he did not realize how soon the magazine would go to pressDbecause he had been arrested before he had had time to find out the facts70The reporter must have been arrested when .Ahe acted too suspiciously（可疑地）Bhe went to extreme to provide unimportant factsChe climbed the palace wall in order to measure its heightDhe learnt that his article was pressed originally71The purpose of the writers giving this very example is .Ato provide ground reasons for his ideas of how to write a good articleBto ask readers for advice on how to get rid of extremeCto tell readers how to write an articleDto show his opinion about extreme of some editors of newspapers and magazines.ELast weeks topic: Whats your opinion about cheating in exams?Willson822（Fujian）:An oath isnt enough to prevent anyone from cheating. Who can tell that they wont promise something that goes against their will? So I think the penalty（处罚）is more important. Penalties should be serious enough to prevent people from breaking the oath!Wang Changling（Anhui）:The oath itself makes all test-takers think that others may consider them would-be cheaters, which can hurt their feelings. In my opinion, prevention is better than a penalty. Educators should set good examples for students to follow and be role models for them. Even if a few educators continue to copy other peoples work and their research papers, surely, students will follow suit.Anonymous: I support the schools action against cheating. Although the oath isnt a duty, it can warn the would-be cheater.Cathy Cheng: I find its hard to refuse a friend who wants help in exams. And I think the rule of Maryland University gives the students like me a good excuse to refuse.Zzq8301: I think this is a promising step toward what were talking about when we say fair play these days. Cheaters should be stopped because they make it different for the honest to succeed. Freda（Tianjin）: I was told by my foreign teacher to write down the oath on the back of my test paper in the same way that was described in the article. Its a rule everyone should obey in a fair game. Whether this method succeeds or fails is up to you. What I want to say is to be true to yourself.72It is clear that the people above are talking about the rule made by .AMaryland UniversityBthe Education DepartmentCsome collegesDthe government73How many people are in fact for the rules?AThreeBTwoCFourDFive74Who thinks teachers should set an example?AWillson822BFredaCCathy ChengDWang Changling75The underlined word“oath”may have the same meaning as .AideaBpromiseCplanDopinion5660BBABA 6165BADBA 6670CCCBA 7175DACDB一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一一