高考英语二轮25分钟限时训练—阅读理解(四)

1、2019 高考英语二轮25 分钟限时训练阅读理解（ 4 ）阅读理解A篇The man from the west stopped and drew back his arm. "You re not Jimmy Wells," he said in aquick and angry way, "Twenty years is a long time, but not long enough to change a man nfrom a Roman to pug." "It sometimes changes a good man into a

2、 bad one,” said the tall man,"you ve been under arrest for ten minutes. Silky Bob. Chicago thinks you may have dropped overour way and phones us she wants to have a word with you. Going quietly, are you? That ssensible. Now before we go to the station here s a note I was asked to hand you. You

3、may read ithere at the window. It s from Patrolman Wells.?" The man from the West opened the little pieceof paper handed him. His hand was steady when he began to read, but it trembled a little by thetime he 坛 finished. The note was rather short. Bob: I was at the right place on time. When yous

4、truck the match to light your cigar I saw it was the face wanted in Chicago. Somehow I couldndo it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man （ 便衣 ） to do the job.46 The man from the West must have broken the law .A. in ChicagoB. in New YorkC. in his hometown D. somewhere else47. The man f

5、rom the West recognized the tall man not to be the one he had been waiting for because the tall man .A. had a different accent from hisB. had a different nose from his friend sC. was his another old friendD. said "Chicago wants to talk with you?"48. The two men may have walked .A. for ten

6、minutesB. arm in armC. face to faceD. both A and B49. We can suppose Jim .A. was afraid of the man from the WestB. got another man to help him when necessaryt come himselfC. had an appointment with Bob 20 years agoD. had something else to do and couldn Tim Welford, aged 33, and Dom Mee, aged 30, bot

7、h from England, were keen on (=like. very much) rowing boats. They made a plan to row across the Pacific Ocean from Japan to San Francisco. The name of t heir rowboat was “ Crackers ” . It was about seven meters long.They set out from Japan on May 17,2001. They had rowed nearly 5,500 miles when thei

8、r boat was hit by a fishing ship on September 17,2001. Luckily they both escaped unharmed, but their boat was badly damaged and they had to abandon( = stop)their journey.In a radio interview, Dom expressed his disappointment and explained how the accident took place.“A fishing ship came towards us w

9、ith nobody on the bridge and ran us down. It all happenedso quickly. I managed to dive into the water. Tim felt it would be safer to stay on board. He was trapped inside as the boat was driven under the water. Finally some people appeared on the ship and saw me in the water. I shouted at them to sto

10、p the ship and to get Tim out. When the ship stopped, I eventually saw Tim, and I was very, very disappointed that we were still alive. We were very disappointed that we couldn t reach San Francisco. But we are alive. That above everythingis the most important.”50. How long had Tim and Dom been at s

11、ea when their boat was hit by a fishing boat?A. For one monthB. For two months.C. For three months. D. For four months.51. According to Dom, the main reason for the accident was that.A. Tim and Dom were too carelessB. the speed of the fishing ship was too fastC. nobody on the fishing ship saw themD.

12、 their rowboat was not strong enough52. Dom said that the most important thing in this accident was that.A. their rowboat was not damagedB. both of them existed after a dangerous timeC. they enjoyed this journeyD. they failed to reach San Francisco53. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?A.

13、 Some people on the fishing ship saved them.B. Tim and Dom were going to San Francisco in the rowboat because they had no money to buy airplane tickets.C. Dom dived into the water when the accident happened because he thought it would be dangerous to stay on board.D. Dom told people about their dang

14、erous experience when he was interviewed on the radio.参考答案46-53ABDC DCBB *4±击结束JDo you want to live another 100 years or more? Some experts say that scientific advances will one day enable humans to last tens of years beyond what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span."I t

15、hink we are knocking at the door of immortality （ 永生 ） ,' said Michael Zey, a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on the future. "I think by 2075 we will see it and that's a conservative estimate（ 保守日勺估计 ）."At the conference in San Francisco, Donal

16、d Louria, a professor at New Jersey Medical School in Newark said advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology（ 纳米技术 ）make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what has been possible in the past."There is a great push so that people can live from 120 to 180 years,"he s

17、aid."Some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 200 or 300 or 500 years. 'However, many scientists who specialize in ageing are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to last about 120 years. Even with healthier lifestyles and less diseas

18、e, they say failure of the brain and organs will finally lead all humans to death.Scientists also differ on what kind of life the super aged might live."It remains to be seen if you pass 120, you know; could you be healthy enough to have good quality of life?" said Leonard Peon, director o

19、f the University of Georgia Gerontology Centre"At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at alL'1. By saying" we are knocking at the door of immortality", Michael Zey means.A. they believe that there is no limit of livingB. they are sure to find the trut

20、h about long livingC. they have got some ideas about living foreverD. they are able to make people live past the present life span 答案：C 指导：immortality日勺意思为"永生"，所以MichaelZey觉得人可以长生不死 2. Donald Louria's attitude toward long living is thatA. people can live from 120 to 180B. it is still d

21、oubtful how long humans can liveC. the human body is designed to last about 120 yearsD. it is possible for humans to live longer in the future答案：D 指导：从第三段Donald日勺谈话可知，他认为人可以活120180岁甚至更久，200 300岁 A项表述不完整3. The underlined"it' ( Paragraph 4) refers to .A. a great pushB. the idea of living beyo

22、nd the present life spanC. the idea of living from 200 to 300 yearsD. the conservative estimate答案：B指导：全文谈日勺都是人日勺寿命能否超越现在日勺期限，故选 B. 4. What would be the best tide for this text?A. Living Longer or NotB. Science, Technology and Long LivingC. No Limit for Human LifeD. Healthy Lifestyle and Long Living

23、答案：A 指导：参考上题指导KWho is there among us who hasn't dreamed of having his or her own small ( maybe, several years later, even big) business, and having wonderful freedom, both from a boss and from the time clock: the freedom to make up our own rules for our work, and our own plans-arranging our own

24、hours of work? That way work would be both painless and fun. Or, so we imagine.Well, in fact it isn't quite as simple as that. Yes, it is true that being the boss has its satisfactions and that you can arrange your working hours freely if you own your own small business. But in those early years

25、 of starting your own business, you shouldn't think of a free day, not to mention flying off for a month's vacation. It is not unusual for new business owners to work seventy or eighty hours a week, and if there is a day off, that day might need to be devoted to accounting( 算账 ).But this negative picture doesn't destroy the beautiful hopes. The possibility of getting something wonderful in return-both material and mental-continues to drive that large number of people who start up small businesses each year in the United States.1. From the first paragraph, we know that e