（整理版高中英语）高三英语阅读理解限时训练（6）

1、高三英语阅读理解限时训练6asuddenly all the lights on that crowded underground train went outthen it stopped in that dark tunnelwe waited. we expected the lights to come on again soonbut nothing happenedthen i began to smell somethingyes, i could smell smokeso 1 asked myself, "is this train on fire?" p

2、eople around me then began to cry out in fear"the train is on fire!" they criedthen the woman standing next to me suddenly fell on the floori realized she was overcome by the smokethen i saw flames appearing"if something does not happen soon," i said to myself, "i will be bu

3、rnt alive!"but as i stood there in the dark in that crowded burning train, i could see no way to escapei thought, "no one can save me from certain death but godonly god can make a way for any of us to escape death in this train"before the flames reached me, 1 found the open door and i

4、 climbed out of the train into the dark tunnelthen as quickly as i could, i ran from the burning train down the tunnelnow as i ran i could hear hundreds of people that were locked in that burning train, crying out for helpi knew i could do nothing to help them, so i ran onthen for two hours i kept w

5、alking in that dark train tunnelat last i saw a light in the distancei asked myself "why did god enable me to escape death?" i decided, "god must have a purpose for saving my lifehe must want me to help other people experience what he could do for them"41what caused the woman nex

6、t to me to fall?athe fire bfearcthe smoke danxiety42the passengers failed to escape because _athey didn't find the way out bthey were too frightened to movecthe fire and smoke were too much d, too many people were in their way43what would the author most possibly do after he saw the exit from th

7、e tunnel?agoing home bblaming himselfccalling reporters dreturning to help44between which two paragraphs can the following paragraph be put?i cried, "god, if it is not my time to die, please help me! " then i heard a noiseit was like a door openingit was on my right hand sideso in the dark

8、, i at once began to push my way forward to where that noise came from .abetween paragraphs 2 and 3 bbetween paragraphs 3 and 4来源:zxxk.comcbetween paragraphs 4 and 5 dbetween paragraphs 5 and 6btravelling around the world with children is difficult enough, while attempting it without using motorized

9、 transport is even more of challengeeven so, dario schworer a 42-year-old climatologist and mountain guide, and his 33-year-old wife sabine are on a journey to do just thatthe swiss couple want to travel across the world's oceans and climb the highest mountain on every continent to promote earth

10、-friendly ways of life"we are collecting good examples of dealing with climate change and living in harmony with nature and we want to spread such ideas" schworer said"we want to help people affected by global warming and to inspire children for the future"recently after having s

11、pent three months teaching children in the everest region, the couple want to show it is possible to travel through the world's climate zones using just human-power and forces of naturein the 47 countries they have visited they have collected 22 tons of trash, taught people in ecuador how the su

12、n's rays can be used to clean water and inspired a person in chile to build a house on water with recycled plastic bottles as a foundationthey have also collected trash in the mountains of nepal with school childrenso far they have communicated with 45,000 children from south america, australia

13、and asia, giving presentations about the importance of recycling and using alternative energy like solar and wind powerwhen they began their adventure in they had no children of their ownbut since then two has become five: daughter sabine is now five years old, andri was born in chile and baby neo w

14、as bom in australiainitially the couple thought they would complete their travels in four years, but now, they believe it could take seven more"since our belief is the need to respect nature, we travel only when conditions are good," schworer said45why do the swiss couple travel around the

15、 world?ato inspire their children for the futurebto prove a travel without motorized transportcto promote earth-friendly ways of lifedto explore the secret of global warming46they did a lot during the travel except _acollect rubbish and wastebbuild a house with recycled plastic bottlesccommunicate w

16、ith local childrendshow people how to use energy47what's the meaning of the underlined word "initially"?aat the beginning bin a waycin the end don the whole48the best title of the passage can be _aa swiss family' journey across the worldbnature needs respecting and protectingcwe ha

17、ve a long way to make a good traveldan eco-friendly adventure across the worldcthe drug store was closing for the nightyoung alfred higgins, the stop-assistant, was ready to go homemr. carr, the boss, stared at him, saying, "hold on, alfred maybe you'd be good enough to take the things out

18、of your pockets and leave them here before you go" alfred's face got redafter a little hesitation, he took out what he had stolenmr. carr said, "maybe i should call your mother and let her know i'm going to have to put you in prison"alfred thought his mother would come, eyes b

19、urning with angerbut, to his surprise, she arrived wearing a smilemr. carr was surprised, toohe had expected alfred's mother to come in nervously, shaking with fear and asking with wet eyes for a mercy for her sonbut no, she was most calm, quiet and pleasant and was making mr. carr feel guiltyso

20、on mr. carr was in agreement with what she was saying"of course", he said, "i don't want to be cruelyou are rightsometimes, a little good advice is the best thing for a boy at certain times in his life and it often takes the youths long to get sense into their heads" and he w

21、armly shook mrs. higgins's handback home, without even looking at alfred, she said, "luck is always against you! it is one thing after another, always has beenwhy do you stand there so stupidly? go to bed!" in his bedroom, alfred heard his mother in the kitchenthere was no shame in him

22、, just pride in his mother's strengthas he got to the kitchen, he saw his mother drinking a cup of teahe was shocked by what he sawhis mother's face was a frightened, broken oneit was not the same cool, bright face he saw earlier in the storeas she lifted the tea cup, her hand shakinghe watc

23、hed his mother without making a soundthe picture of his mother made him want to cryhe saw all the troubles he brought his mother in her shaking hand and the deep lines of worry in her grey old face he felt his youth coining to an end49the reason why mr. carr felt guilty was that _aalfred's mothe

24、r appeared polite and gentlebhe should have called a policeman in firstche found alfred was in fact innocentdhe thought he was partly responsible for it50which of the following is probably said by mrs. higgins while talking to mr. carr?a"please, for god's sake, you know, he is just a kid&qu

25、ot;b"i can't believe it! you are treating my son like that!"c"you know, it takes time for a youth to truly grow up"d"punishment makes sense because it teaches about the law"51what does the underlined phrase "his mother's strength"para3 refer to?amrs. h

26、iggins's attitude towards parental sufferingsbmrs. higgins's calmness and communicating skillscmrs. higgins's love and care for her son alfreddmrs. higgins's greatness as a woman52after the incident, young alfred would probably _afeel ashamed of her mother blearn to live an independe

27、nt lifecchange his attitudes towards life dhate mr. carr for hurting her motherdwhen did you last visit a shopping mall? in many places, the answer would be "last weekend" some people go even more oftenwhy? malls offer goods and services all in one place: food, clothing, things for their h

28、ouses, entertainment, even medical servicesso, are they one of the highlights of modern civilization? environmental activists would say no and would go even further, arguing that consumer behavior is causing a huge environmental disasterthey cause consumers' ignorance of the side effect of their

29、 shoppingurban sprawl 扩大social scientists agree that patterns of development have changed the landscape a lotbefore 1950, most people lived in towns or cities and either walked to work or took public transportationonly very wealthy people had automobilesfarmers lived in rural areas or far-away villa

30、ges and came into town only when they needed things they couldn't produce themselvesif you stared at the landscape you would see towns surrounded by the countrysidenow automobiles become affordable and people are quick to make use of them ambitious workers could live in suburbs, just outside cit

31、ies, which have started to grow rapidlyas long as there is lots of cheap land there, no one pays much attention to the usage of that landmalls, fast food restaurants, cinemas, and such spread out in large, flat buildingsthese one-storey buildings and their parking lot take up too much spacemany farm

32、ers think they are better off selling their land than growing cropsno one has realized once the land is built up in urban sprawl, the good farming land will be ruined foreverthere is no way to preserve 保护 itonly in recent years have people come to miss the old way of life as they have looked into th

33、e problems of unconditional growthnow people realize that urban sprawl has come with serious environmental problemsthe bad effects that sprawl brings about include air and water pollution, loss of agricultural land, traffic jams, and so onmany scholars think it's time to analyze the problems bet

34、ter so we can develop proper policies to control further sprawlsome think the best way to do is to educate citizens53what is mainly discussed in the passage?ashopping malls burban sprawlcnew automobiles denvironmental problems54what does the underlined word "they" refer to in the first par

35、agraph?amails bactivistscmedical services dconsumers55what is the main purpose of the text?ato introduce mainly the environmental problemsbto explain the differences in people's life both today and in the pastcto persuade people to live in the country instead of living in the citydto call on peo

36、ple to pay special attention to the problems with urban sprawl56what is the scholars' attitude toward urban sprawl?arespectful bnegativecfavorable ddoubtfulethe crisis at the damaged fukushima dai-lchi nuclear power station in northern japan has raised worries about radiation riskswe spoke tuesd

37、ay with jonathan links, an expert in radiation health sciences, and also a professor at the johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health, who says workers within the nuclear plant are the only people at the risk of extremely high doses 量 of radiationfor other people, he says, there may be a long-

38、term worrypeople can get cancer from low doses of radiation in a nuclear accidentif the situation is serious enough, officials could take steps like telling people not to eat locally grown food or drink the waterjonathan links: "but that would only be the case if there was a significant release

39、 释放 and, because of wind direction, the radioactive material was blown over the area, and then into and onto water, plants, fruits and vegetables"the reactors at fukushima are on the pacific coastbut professor links says people should not worry about any radioactive material leaking泄漏 into the

40、oceanjonathan links: "even in a worst accident, the sea provides a very high degree of dilution 稀释 so the concentration 浓度 of radioactivity in the seawater would still be quite low"japan is the only country to have had atomic bombs dropped on itthat memory from world war two would create a

41、 stronger "psychological sensitivity" to radiation exposurenext month is the 25th anniversary of the explosion and fire that destroyed a reactor at chemobyl in ukrainethe 1986 event was the world's worst accident in the nuclear power industrya new report says over 6000 cases of thyroid cancer have been foundthese are in people who were children in affected areas of belarus, russia