2019高考英语二轮阅读理解强化训练(08)及解析

1、2019高考英语二轮阅读理解强化训练（08）及解析 A段Recycling Resources Increased population increases the need for natural resources and also increases waste products. Making a new useful product out of a waste product decreases (减少) our need for natural resources. Recycling means using something over again after it has b

2、een used once. Have you ever seen a piece of recycled paper? About one third of all the paper products made each year are made from waste paper. For example, recycled paper is usually used to make paper sacks. Recycling paper, such as newspapers, re- duces the number of trees that must be cut each y

3、ear to make new paper. Each person wastes a lot of solid waste. In the United States, the average is eight kilograms of waste per person each day. Most of the waste is garbage and rubbish. Finding places to dispose (处理) of solid wastes is a major problem. In many cities solid wastes are collected an

4、d the rubbish is burned in incinerator plants (焚化厂). Air pollution control devices' are used to prevent pollution. Heat produced in the burning may be used to generate electricity. Waste that is not burned is taken to a dump. One kind of dump for the disposal of solid wastes is a sanitary landfi

5、ll (废渣处理法). This method involves (包含) burying the wastes and bulldozing (平整) soil over them. Parks, baseball fields, airports, and other developments may be built on completely filled landfills. Recycling solid wastes decreases our need for methods of disposal. The metal in broken cars can be recycl

6、ed and made into new steel Worn-out rubber tires can be turned into new ones and used again. Plastics and other rubber products can be recycled. Metal cans and glass bottles can also be recycled. Increased recycling can help meet the increased demand for natural resources. By recycling resources, pe

7、ople imitate (模仿) nature. Elements important to life are naturally recycled. Nothing lasts forever. Wood decays (腐烂) ,iron rusts (生锈), and concrete (混凝土) is worn away by wind and rain. All natural resources used by people eventually (最终) go hack into the air, water, and earth. 1. What is the main ca

8、use of the increased waste according to the passage? A. Expansion of cities. B. Development of the paper-making industry. C. Increased population. D. Lack of recycling methods. 答案：C 指导：根据文章旳第一名话，人口旳增长增加了废弃物.因此，这是导致废弃物.增多因此，这是导致废弃旳增多旳 一个主要原因.2. According to the passage, recycling paper is important b

9、ecause_. A. better paper sacks can be made out of waste paper B. the prices of new paper are very high C. trees are no longer available in the developed countries D. more trees on earth can be saved 答案：D 指导：根据第二段最后一句话，“纸旳再生可以减少每年 树木旳砍伐”.3. A big problem of solid waste disposal is that_. A. solid was

10、tes are poisonous B. it is difficult to find places to dispose of solid wastes C. the disposal process is too backward D. we don't have enough manpower to dispose of solid wastes 答案：B 指导：根据第三段最后一句话，“找地方来处理固体废物是个大问题.”4. Which of the following can NOT be called recycling? A. Making new paper from

11、used paper. B. Using worn-out rubber tires to make new ones. C. Burying metal cans and glass bottles. D. Producing new steel from metal in broken cars.答案：C 指导：从"recycling”字面理解为循环再利用，即将一种东 西制为新旳东西再加利用.其余三个选项全符合，但选项C只是把金属罐、玻璃瓶埋在地下，并不能产生新旳可再利用旳东西.*结束*结束AFor Senior 3 students, choosing which colleg

12、e to attend can be the most exciting and thrillingtime in their entire school livesThis is also true for an American girl named Melanie in the film,College Road Trip, which was released in the US on March 7Melanie's dad, James Porter, is the chief of police for a Chicago suburbIncredibly securit

13、yobsessed（困扰）, he wants Melanie to attend nearby Northwestern University, where she's already beenacceptedBut Melanie, 17, really wants to go to Georgetown in Washington, DC, where she's been wait-listedWhen she gets an unexpected interview, she decides to take a road trip with a few close f

14、emalefriendsMelanie believes it is her first step toward adulthoodBut despite the fact that this trip is "girlsonly", James isn't comfortable with the prospect of his little princess exploring the world without, himHe wants to protect herJames joins the girls and hopes he can convince

15、her to go to NorthwesternWhile Melanie'sfather only has the best of intentions, his presence leads to an endless series of comic encountersAfter following their faulty GPS device deep into the backwoods, James and Melanie discoverher little brother and his pet pig have been hiding in the spare t

16、ire compartment（隔间）What shouldbe a simple tire change results in the expensive car rolling down a mountain, forcing them to hike to anearby hotelThere the pig ruins an outdoor wedding reception after eating an entire bag of coffeebeansAll these disasters add spice to their trip while along the way a

17、 father and a daughter finally getthe chance to really talk to each otherThe film explores the parent-child relationship in a comic way: The discrepancy （不同） between how close James thinks he is to Melanie and how little he actually knows of her plans makes us laughfirst and then thinkAll parents, w

18、hether they have college students or not, can relate to the bittersweet realizationthat their kids are growing upLike what Melanie and James have done in the film, we all can find thedelicate balance between staying connected and letting go41According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?A

19、It's unclear whether Melanie could be accepted by Northwestern UniversityBNorthwestern University isn't so famous as the university in Washington DCCThere is no hope that Melanie will be accepted by the university in GeorgetownDMelanie's father prefers her to stay not too far away from h

20、im42We can infer from the passage that _Atheir car rolled down the mountain, ruining the wedding receptionBa hotel was destroyed by Melanie's brother and his pet pigCMelanie and her father got to understand each other better after so many encountersDthe girls had to give up their trip because of

21、 the incidents on the way43The main purpose of the passage is to_Aintroduce the newly released filmBcall on parents to learn to balance the relationship with their childrenCtell a story which happened between an American girl and her fatherDexplore the differences in parent-child relationship betwee

22、n the west and the eastBI look in the mirror, and I'm not happy with what I seeI don't have a "perfect" faceI look in themagazines and all I see are girls with fair hair, blue eyes, and, of course, a-pretty little noseThey'reon the outside of the buses that I take home, the tel

23、evision programs I watch, and the billboards I walkunderAlmost every advertisement I see shows this human physical "perfection"These billboards notonly tell me what to drink, but also how to lookOur society tends to place more importance on a person's physical beauty, rather than their

24、 ability,honesty and characterWe have influenced women to go through painful surgeries and starvethemselves to become this society constructed physical modelTo be a beautiful woman in the 21stcentury doesn't mean that you are a brilliant doctor or caring motherIt means you have the perfectjaw st

25、ructure, eyes and lipsIt means that you can be six feet tall and weigh one hundred and tenpoundsBut what about the women who are starting to leave their youth? Instead of looking at aging as asign of wisdom, we attempt to prevent the aging processIt's a kind of funny thing to want to lookeightee

26、n when fiftyFifty is a relaxed age, where you can step back and look at all you've achievedItis when your hard work pays offUnfortunately, our society just sees you as "old"To stop the agingprocess, women buy wrinkle creams, do eye lifts and face liftsThey spend thousands of dollars to

27、win the hopeless battle against ageI remember when I was about thirteen years old and going through teens, I had oily hair, and ahalf developed bodyI hated the way I lookedI used to cry to my mother all the time, but she wouldjust laugh and tell me that "you dont want anyone to like your appear

28、anceIt's your heart that matters,because beauty fades” I knew that she was rightIf you work on your heart enough, people will startto see the beauty in you, which lasts and remains on even after you die44The main idea of the first paragraph is that _Athe author doesn't have a perfect faceBwo

29、men have to look beautifulCphotos of beautiful girls can be seen everywhereDthere are too many beauties in daily life45What's the author's attitude towards being "old"?AIt's a pity that people have to get oldBIt's a fruitful and wise timeCIt's stupid to try to stay youn

30、gDIt's a pity that society looks down upon the old46It is _ that regard（s） the physical beauty as more importantAwomen themselvesBthe author's parentsCnewspapers and magazinesDsociety47What's the author's opinion about beauty?AThe author doesn't like the beauties our society valu

31、esBIt is not important whether a person looks beautiful or notCIt is a person's inner qualities that matter rather than the physical beautyDThe author feels appearance is important to a personCParis, Jan 11An armored car robbery last night ended in a wild gun battle that left two men dead and on

32、e hostage seriously woundedThe drama began when an armored car carrying the contents of safe deposit boxes to a bank wasstruck by a large truck, police saidThe bank guards were helpless when the robbers jumped out of the truck and tied them upThethieves used heavy tools and explosives to break open

33、the armored carA passing police car turned to investigate the accident as the men were removing the contents ofthe armored carPolice said the three robbers fled on foot across a nearby highwayStopping a private car driven by a teenager girl, the three headed for central Paris with the policecar in h

34、ot pursuitA plainclothes policeman saw the car as it ran down through the street of the Latin QuarterThepoliceman tried to stop the car, but the thieves started shooting at him, witness saidThe girl hostage tried to slip awayJust as she was crawling away from the car, she was hit by abulletPolice sa

35、id she was out of danger at Central HospitalThe gunmen gave up the car and got into a shop, pouring fire on more than 50 policemen whohad surrounded the buildingAfter a wild gun-battle, police broke into the roomThey only found twoof the gunmen, both seriously woundedThe third thief was believed to

36、have escaped with over $13million in cash and jewels48The passage is about _Aa gun-battle between the policemen and the government soldiersBa bank robbery in ParisCa group of gunmen's robbing an armored car in the streetDhow a teenaged girl got seriously wounded49The thieves came_and they _Ain a

37、 police car; stole the armored carBin a truck; broke open the armored carCin an armored truck; drove the money car awayDin an armored car; opened the armored car with heavy tools50The three robbers fled on foot across a nearby highway because_Aa passing police car found themBthe explosives were too

38、strongCthe contains of the armored car were too heavyDthe truck broke down51A plainclothes policeman is_Anot a policeman but a soliderBnot a policeman but a gunmanCa policeman but he can't use gunsDa policeman but he doesn't wear a uniformDWild elephants that destroy crops and damage trees a

39、re a serious problem in many parts of AfricaBut there could be a simple and relatively safe way to stop them in their tracks, by employing thetalents of the tiny African honeybeesThe number of elephants in Kenya has risen over the past ten years, with some disastrous resultsNot only do these huge an

40、imals attack local farms, but they step someone to death an average of onceevery two weeksNow a biologist has discovered a possible threat: the elephants are extremely awareof trees that house honeybee hives"I am puzzled why nobody has thought of this before," says Fritz Volirath at the Un

41、iversity ofOxford"When an elephant knocks a beehive he runs and the bees will follow him for miles" He saysthat placing hives of the honeybees around local farms and fragile habitats could be an effective wayto threaten the animalsVolirath put 30 unoccupied and 6 occupied beehives in some

42、of the trees growing on a bushfrequently damaged by elephants on Laikipia Plateau in KenyaOn average the elephants attacked 9out of 10 trees that didn't have hives, severely damaging a quarterBut they steered clear of all sixtrees with occupied hivesThe elephants also left alone one-third of the

43、 trees with empty hives,suggesting that some had learnt not to take the riskThe bees threaten elephants by stinging vulnerable（易受伤） areas such as the eyes, belly, behindthe ears and under the trunkPeople could be at risk from the bees, admits Volirath, but that may beoutweighed by the risk of being

44、killed by an elephantAnother experiment by Volirath shows thatelephants also avoid the sound of angry bees played from a loudspeaker52What harm do the wild elephants in Africa do?AKilling people BDamaging beehivesCThreatening animals DDestroying villages53What can we learn from the underlined senten

45、ce?AThey ran away from the trees with empty hives on itBThey tried not to touch the trees with hives full of beesCThey kept a distance from all the trees with hives on themDThey were clear that all the six trees were occupied by hives54What's Volirath's another experiment on this elephants&#

46、39; case?ALet bees attack and kill elephants one by oneBEncourage bees to sting elephants' eyes and earsCUse the bees' sound to drive elephants awayDEmploy tiny African honeybees to threaten elephants55From the passage we can conclude that _Athere is always one thing to beat anotherBlittle b

47、ees can kill big and wild elephantsCserious problems often come up in AfricaDelephants enjoy attacking people and farmsEEverybody is happy as his pay risesYet pleasure at your own can disappear if you learn that afellow worker has been given a bigger oneIndeed, if he is known as being lazy, you migh

48、t even bequite crossSuch behavior is regarded as "all too human", with the underlying belief that otheranimals would not be able to have this finely developed sense of sadnessBut a study by SarahBrosnan of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, which has Just been published in Nature, sugge

49、ststhat it is all too monkey, as wellThe researchers studied the behaviors of some kind of female brown monkeysThey look smartThey are good-natured, co-operative creatures, and they share their food happilyAbove all, likefemale human beings, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of &qu

50、ot;goods and services" thanmalesSuch characteristics make them perfect subjects for Doctor Brosnan's studyThe researchersspent two years teaching their monkeys to exchange tokens （奖券） for foodNormally, the monkeyswere happy enough to exchange pieces of rock for pieces of cucumberHowever, wh

51、en two monkeyswere placed in separate and connected rooms, so that each other could observe what the other isgetting in return for its rock, they became quite differentIn the world of monkeys, grapes are excellent goods （and much preferable to cucumbers）Sowhen one monkey was handed a grape in exchan

52、ge for her token, the second was not willing to handhers over for a mere piece of cucumberAnd if one received a grape without having to provide hertoken in exchange at all, the other either shook her own token at the researcher, or refused to acceptthe cucumberIndeed, the mere presence of a grape in

53、 the other room （without an actual monkey toeat it） was enough to bring about dissatisfaction in a female monkeyThe researches suggest that these monkeys, like humans, are guided by social sensesIn the wild,they are co-operative and group-livingSuch co-operation is likely to be firm only when each animalfeels it is not being cheatedFeelings of anger when unfairly treated, it seems, are not the nature ofhuman beings aloneRefusing a smaller reward completely makes these feelings clear to