高二阅读理解精选精炼(12).doc

精品文档Passage 61 汽车能带来很多乐趣，但是汽车也是危险的，驾车或乘车需小心Cars are lots of fun, but they could also be dangerous. We have to be careful when we drive them or ride in them.Its always a good idea to put on your seat belt when youre in a car. Why? Think about this example: You put an egg on a skateboard and give it a push. If the skateboard hits a stone, it will stop, but the egg wont .It will fly through the air ,hit the ground and break.Now, think what would happen if you tied the egg to the skateboard. When the skateboard hits a stone, the egg wont go flying ,it will stay safely on the skateboard.Volvo, a famous Swedish car maker, was the first to use seat belts in 1849.Air bags are also very important for car safety, because sometimes a seat belt isnt enough. If the car is going really fast and runs into something, seat belts could even hurt the people who wear them.Most newer cars have air bags in front of and next to the seats. When a car hits something, its air bags will come out quickly-in less than one second-to keep the people inside safe.(201 words)1. The passage mainly tells us _.A. how seat belts work to make cars safe B. why we must tie the egg to the skateboardC. two important ways to keep safe in cars D. what air bags are2. The writer gives the example of the egg to _.A. show why it is important to wear a seat belt when in a carB. tell us what a skateboard is C. show how to wear a seat belt D. tell us that eggs are easy to break3. Seat belts can make cars safer because _.A. they are made of strong materials B. they can stop us from hitting other carsC. they can help us stay safely on the seats D. people are interested in them4. Air bags are also important for cars because they _.A. are made of plastic B. work together with seat belts to keep us safeC. are put in front of and next to the seats D. can stop cars hitting each other5. The best title for this passage is _.A. Useful Seat Belts B. Make Yourself Safe in CarsC. Air Bags Work Well D. Egg on SkateboardPassage 62 去学校的目的是学习，学习需要有正确的方法，否则浪费时间和金钱The aim(目的) of students who came to school is to study. But to study requires(需要) a right way, or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason ,we can get good result(结果). In studying we must have patience(耐心).If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We must read it again. We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one.When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book, or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers or parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what weve learned can be used well and made better.Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned(提到的) will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.(214 words)1. The passage tells us _.A. the importance of reading B. to read in the morningC. to pay attention to the ways of studying D. to have patience in studying 2. The passage has taught us _ ways for studying.A. three B. four C. five D. many3. Wed better read in the morning because _.A. its easy to remember what we have learned B. the air is fresh and the mind is clearC. its difficult to get good results D. both A and B4. If we cant put our hearts into the book when we read, it is _ A. easy to understand it well B. better to get something from itC. impossible for us to get something from it D. possible to learn something from it5. In studying we must always ask “whys” in order to _A. understand the book well B. write down the questionsC. do with the new words D. get some questions to sak our teachersPassage 63Bill turned the key in the heavy lock and put it calmly in his pocket. He did so from a certain kind of fear. This was the only entrance to the house. Though Tom would be away for at least three days, Bill had a strange feeling of his nearness. In the stillness he seemed to hear Toms voice. He turned round quickly, but there was only the girl.The girl carrying an oil lamp led Bill upstairs. She stopped and raised the lamp in each doorway, staring at him meanwhile. Satisfied he was the only guest, Bill came to the last door.“You sleep here, sir,” she said, giving him the lamp.” Your friend slept here, too.”“Good night, miss,” he said politely.Her lips moved in reply, but he didnt catch the words. Her eyes never for a moment left his face. He stepped in, and as he turned to close the door she was still standing there. In the silence he felt a little terrified now. He shut the door in the girls face then, leaving her in the dark. He opened it again almost at once. She had disappeared without a sound. A deep mistrust suddenly came to him. Why had that girl stared at him so?1. Why did Bill take the key with him ?A. To let him in, when he returned. B. To prevent Tom from returning.C. To stop any enemy being let into the house. D. To keep the girl in the house.2. We know from the story that Tom had _.A. left there three days before B. felt quite as afraid as Bill wasC. stayed there for three days D. slept there the night before3. Bill was surprised when he turned round, because _.A. Tom was not in the room B. he hadnt expected to find Tom thereC. there was no danger behind himD. the woman were there4. Although Bill said good night to the girl, she _.A. gave him a rude answer B. did not leave himC. refused to look at him D. said nothing to him5. Bill didnt trust the girl because _.A. he had never seen her before B. of the way she moved aboutC. she left quietlyD. of the way she looked at him64When an ant dies, other ants move the dead insect out. Sometimes, the dead ant get moved away very soonwithin an hour of dying. This behavior is interesting to scientists, who wonder how ants know for sureand so soonthat another ant is dead.One scientist recently came up with a way to explain this ant behavior. Dong-Hwan Choe is a biologist. Choe found that Argentine ants have a chemical on the outside of their bodies that signals to other ants, “Im deadtake me away.”But theres a twist to Choes discovery. Choe says that the living antsnot just the dead oneshave this death chemical. In other words, while an ant crawls around, perhaps in a picnic or home, its telling other ants that its dead.What keeps ants from dragging away the living ants？Choe found that Argentine ants have two additional chemicals on their bodies, and these tell nearby ants something like,“WaitIm not dead yet.”So Choes research turned up two sets of chemical signals in ants: one says, “Im dead,”and the other set says, “Im not dead yet.”Other scientists have tried to figure out how ants know when another ant is dead. If an ant is knocked unconscious, for example, other ants leave it alone until it wakes up. That means ants know that unmoving ants can still be alive.Choe suspects that when an Argentine ant dies, the chemical that says “Wait-Im not dead yet”quickly goes away. Once that chemical is gone, only the one that says “Im dead”is left. “Its because the dead ant no longer smells like a living ant that it gets carried to the graveyard, not because its body releases new unique chemicals after death,”said Choe. When other ants detect the “dead”chemical without the “not dead yet”chemical, they drag away the body.Understanding this behavior may help scientists figure out how to stop Argentine ants from invading new places and causing problems. Choe would like to find a way to use the newly discovered chemicals to spread ant killer to Argentine ant nests.The ants removal behavior is important to the overall health of the nest. “Being able to quickly remove dead individuals and other possible sources of disease is extremely important to all animals living in societies, including us,”says Choe. “Think about all the effort and money that we invest daily in waste management.”51. The underlined word “twist”in Paragraph 3 means .Aan unexpected c