2019高考英语二轮强化训练—阅读理解31

1、2019高考英语二轮强化训练一阅读理解31AI can ' t count how many times people have complained , while shaking their heads in obvious disappointment ,“just don ' t know what is withteenagers today .”The other day I was in my car on my way to the farmers market when I passes two teens standing by the side of th

2、e road with a car wash sign , my car was filthy and my heart was full , so I pulled over . There was a group directing the cars and another group spraying them down . As sponges （海绵）were wiped over every square inch of my dirty car , I sat enjoying the little water battles . I was amazedat how fourt

3、een to fifteen teenagers had devoted their Saturday to washing cars .After I handed them a twenty-dollar bill I asked what they were raising moneyfor . They explained to me that a friend of theirs , C. T. Schmitz , had recently died of cancer . He was only fifteen years old . He had gone to school w

4、ith a lot of the teenagers who were there that day ; each of them had memories of a boy sweeter than any they had known . His friend Kevin had decided to put this car wash together because he wanted to honor his friend and also bring together his classmates with his boy scout troop （童子军）.He told me

5、that they wanted to plant a tree in front of their school and if they raise enough money they would put a plaque （ 匾）there also . Both would be in memory of their friend C.T.They handed me a bag of homemade cookies with my receipt saying “Thanks for helping us plant a tree of C.T.Yeah !I don ' t

6、 know what is with teenagers today !56. The boys were raising money because they intended to A. buy a plaque for their schoolB. help those who suffered from cancerC. plant a tree in memory of their friendD. put a plaque nearhis friend ' s home57. From the passage , we can infer that C. T Schmiz

7、was . A. kind-hearted but lonely B . brave and popular with his classmatesC. shy and sensitiveD. a boy you can get a good impressionof58. What does the underlined word “filthy " in paragraph 2 probably mean ?A. New B. dirty C. good-lookingD. ordinary59. What would be the best title of the artic

8、le ?A. Teenagers todayB. A special dayC. My view on teenagersD. An exciting experienceBIt was on January 24, 1848, that JamesWilson Marshall discovered gold in the territory of California . The news spread quickly . Thousands rushed west . By 1894 , the great gold was in full swing .Towns and cities

9、 sprang up overnight . One year later , California had enough people to be taken into the Union as a state . Throughout the territory , thousands searched for gold . Bedises food and blankets they had picks and pans .Somefound veins of mountain rock thick with gold . These mengot rich .Others “panne

10、d' for gold in the mountain streams , They were looking for the leftovers . They searched for chunks of gold that the rains had washed down from above .Panning was the only way to find gold . Oneput dirt in a pan and added water . Then the pan was swished around so that the water could wash the

11、dirt . Slowly , the water was poured out of the pan . Each one hoped that the place he claimed “panned out well ”that is , turned up gold .The word California gold rush the miners turned to farming and ranching （牧业）.Some left for the state of Colorado where gold also had been discovered . For many ,

12、 gold mining did not“pan out ” . For a few , itpanned out well . But in time , huge machines were built that could wash many tons of dirt at a time ,“Panning" died out .The word , however , remained in the language . Today , Americans still say ,“It panned out well , " when something they

13、have done pleases them .In recent years ,“pan” has taken on another meaning . Today , italso means to criticize . How it got this meaning is hard to discover .But critics（批评家） are always “panning “ some writer , artist orsinger .Sometimes , critics may pan a movie or play so severly that no one will

14、 go to see it . This can also happen to a book , if critics pan it strongly enough , There have been times , however , when a play became highly successful , even though most of the critics panned it without mercy .The pans should have madethe play a washout . But , as actors have pointed out , some

15、times a critic ' s pan surprisingly turns up gold .60. The whole passage is mainly about A. different fortunes of the earliest gold miners B . the gold rush in CaliforniaC. the word “pan” and its expressionsD. someexpressionscreated during the gold rush61. We can know from the article that befor

16、e the year 1894. A. California was not a state of the Union B. California hadalready had a large populationC. There were few towns and cities in California D. There was not much gold left in California62. What happened when the huge machine was built for the gold rushA. The gold rush ended .Many peo

17、ple turnedto farming and ranchingC. People gave up the way of panning in time . D .It became more difficult to find gold63. The author intends to tell us in the last paragraph . A. a critic ' s pan can cause different results to a book , or a playB. another meaning of the word“pan”C. a critic &#

18、39; s pan can make a book , or a play an unexpected successD. actors usually welcome a critic' s panCI love Charles Barkley like a brother but we disagree from time to time . Here ' s an example of what I mean : I disagree with what Charles says in his Nike commercial , the one in which he i

19、nsist ,“I am not arole model. " Charles , you can deny being a role model all you want,but we don ' t choose to be role models , we are chosen . Our only choice is whether to be a good role model or a bad one .I don ' t think we can accept all the glory and the money that comes with bei

20、ng a famous athlete and not accept the responsibility of being a role model , of knowing that kids and even some adults are watching us and looking for us to set an example .I love being a role model , and I try to be a positive one . That doesn' t mean I always succeed . I ' m not saint （圣贤

21、日勺）.I make mistakes , andsometimes I do childish things .But you don' t have to be perfect to be a good role model , and people shouldn ' t expect perfection . If I were deciding whether a basketball player was a positive role model , I would want to know : Does he influence people ' s l

22、ives in a positive way away from the court（ 球场）？ Howmuch has he given of himself , in time or in money , to help people who look upto him ? Does he display the values like honesty and determinationthat are part of being a good person ?Kids have lots of other role models teachers , movies stars ,athl

23、etes , even other kids . As athletes , we can' t take the place ofparents , but we can help reinforce （巩固）what they try to teach their kids .Constantly being watched by the public can be hard to stand at times . I don' t think most people can imagine what it ' s like to be watched that c

24、losely every minute of every day .But the good things about being a role model outweigh the bad , It ' s a great feeling to think you ' re a small part of the reason that a kid decided to give school another try instead of dropping out or that a kid had the strength to walk away when someone

25、 offered him drugs . But one thing I would encourage parents to do is to remind their kids that no matter which athletes they look up to , there are no perfect humanbeings . That way, if the kid ' s heroes should make mistakes , it won ' t seem like the end of the world to them .64. The auth

26、or of this article holds the opinion that A. a famous athlete ought to set a good example to the publicB. a famous athlete needn ' t be a role model if he doesn ' t want toC. a famous athlete can' t deny being a role model D. it ' s hard to be a role model65. According to the author

27、, a positive role model A. can win more money and fame B . are not allowed to make mistakesC. are the most important examples a child can followD. can have some positive influence on people ' s follow66. The underlined word “outweigh" in the last paragraph probable meansA. be greater than B

28、 . be worse than Cbe less than D . belighter than67. Which of the following is best supported by the last paragraph ?A. A good role model can stop children taking drugs .B. Kids usually expect too much of their role modelsC. Dropping out of schools and taking drugs are the two most serious problems

29、American kids face .D. Kids drop out of school or take drugs if seeing their heroes make mistakes .68. The author of this article is probably A. an admirer of Charles Barkley B. a famous athlete himselfC. a sports reporterD. a famous writerDThe latest FOX news has made several polls （民意测验）recently a

30、nd it shows that more than 1 to 10 Americans are somewhatconfident that Iraqi President SaddamHussein will cooperate with the UNweapons inspectors Most have little or no confidence . Polling was conducted by telephone in the evening . The sample is 900 registered voters nationwide with a margin of e

31、rror of +/ 3 percentage points .1. Do you support or oppose U.S military action to disarm（解除武装）Iraq and remove Iraqi President Saddam Hussein .SupportOppose（not sure ）10-20Nov. 0268%181422-23 Oct .0262%27118-9Octo.0272%171124-25Sep.0258%27158-9Sep .0266%22126-7Aug.0269%2299-10Jul.0272%181030Apr-1May

32、.0270%201030-31 Jan.0274%151128-29Nov .0177%22112. How confident are you that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will cooperate fully with the UN inspection team .1.Very confident2%2.Somewhat confident103.Not very confident314.Not at all confident535.(Not sure )43. How confident are you that the UN insp

33、ection team will actually announce violations (违反)by Iraq , knowing that a violation couldpossibly lead to war ?1.Very confident27%2.Somewhat confident353.Not very confident154.Not at all confident115.(Not sure )1269. What is the passage mainly about ?A. Uses of polling .B. Dangers of warC. Public o

34、pinions about the political situation D. Problemscaused by war .70 . The public ' s doubt about Iraq ' s cooperation shows that .B. only a few people believe his country will be at warC. a large majority of the public believe the country will soon be at warD. most Americans believe there wil

35、l be no warE. most Americans are not sure about the present situation71. With time going by , the sentiment （情绪）is slightly down by the end of September . But the latest poll shows . A. support remains fairly strong for USmilitary action to disarm Iraq and remove SaddamB. most Americans are confiden

36、t that a violation of the UNinspection team will lead to warC. there is a steady rise at the number of the supportersD. few people think the USshould attack Iraq with the UN s agreement 72. The polling was carried out through .A. interviews B. lettersC. phones D. mediaEWould you like to know if your

37、 body is older or younger than it should be ? Dr David Wikenheiser has been studying ageing in Vancouver , Canada, for the past 10 years and has found the average person is 15 or more years older biologically than their actual age .He says:"Weall know people who are 30 but look over 40 , and ot

38、herswho are 70 yet look 50 . the difference comes down to lifestyle . Some peoples ' bodies get 'rusty（ 生锈）'faster than others , and this makes them age more quickly .”After conducting more than 3,000 tests , Dr Wikenheiser believes that , on average , you can lower your biological age b

39、y 10 years in three months with the right lifestyle changes .“You can' t change your genetics （ 遗传学 ）but you can make other changes such as eating the right food , drinking enough water to flush out toxins （毒素）,exercising and managing stress. " he says .But exercising too much is just as bad as not doing eno