四川省2016高考英语二轮复习-阅读理解训练7

1、阅读理解训练7阅读以下四篇短文，从每题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最正确选项。Accord ing to the US gover nment, wind farms off the Pacific coast could produce 900 gigawatts of electricity every year. Unfortun ately, the water there is far too deep for even the tallest windmills see picture to touch bottom. An experiment under way of

2、f the coast of Norway, however, could help put them any where.Tech m Wafch: Deepwater WvniiiiilhThe project, called Hywind, is the world ' s first large -scale deepwater wind turbine涡轮发电机.Although it uses a fairly standard 152-ton, 2. 3-megawatt turbine,Hywi nd represe nts totally new tech no lo

3、gy. The turb ine will be fixed 213 feet abovethe water on a floati ng sparsee picture, a tech no logy Hywind' s creator, theNorwegia n compa ny StatoilHydro, has developed recen tly. The steel spar, which isfilled with stones and goes 328 feet below the sea surface, will be tied to the ocean flo

4、or by three cables 缆索;these willkeep the spar stable and prevent the turbinefrom moving up and down in the waves. Hywind ' s stability 稳定性 in the cold and rough sea would prove that even the deepest corners of the ocea n are suitable forwind power. If all goes according to plan, the turbine will

5、 start producing electricity six miles off the coast of southwester n Norway as early as September.To produce electricity on a large scale, a commercial wind farm will have to use bigger turb ines tha n Hywind does, but it ' s difficult eno ugh to bala nee such a large turb ine so high on a floa

6、ting spar in the middle of the ocean. To make that turbine heavier, the whole spar' s centre of gravity must be moved much closer to the ocean' s surface. To do that, the company plans to design a new kind of wind turbine, one whose gearbox 变速箱sits at sea level rather than behind the blades

7、see picture.Hywind is a test run, but the ben efits for perfect ing floati ng win d-farm tech no logy could be extremely large. Out at sea, the wind is ofte n stron ger and steadier tha n close to shore, where all exist ing offshore win dmills are pla nted. Deep-sea farms are in visible from land, w

8、hich helps overcome the win dmill-as-eyesore object ion. If the tech no logy catches on, it will ope n up vast areas of the pla net'one of the best low-carb on power sources available.1. The Hywind project uses totally new tech no logy to en sure the stability of.A. the cables which tie the spar

9、 to the ocean floorB. the spar which is float ing in deep-sea waterC. the blades drive n by strong and steady sea windD. the stones filled in the spar below the sea surface2. To balance a bigger turbine high on a floating spar, a new type of turbine is to be desig ned with its gearbox sitti ng.A. on

10、 the sea floorB. on the spar topC. at sea levelD. beh ind the blades3. Wide applicati ons of deepwater wi nd power tech no logy can.A. solve the tech nical problems of deepwater wi ndmillsB. make finan cial profits by produci ng more turb inesC. settle the argume nts about en viro nmen tal problemsD

11、. explore low-carb on power resources available at sea参考答案1-3 BCDA“ Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easys surface toth ey' re givenafter all. Choices can be hard. Jeff BezosI got the idea to startAmazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internetusage was gr

12、owing at 2,300 percent per year. I' d never seen or heard of anythingthat grew that fast, and the idea of buildi ng an on li ne bookstore with millio ns of titles was very excitingto me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I ' d been marriedfor a year. I told my wife MacKe nzie that I wan te

13、d to quit my job and go to do thiscrazy thing that probably wouldn't work since most start- ups don ' t, and I wasn' tsure what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I' d beena garage inven tor. I' d always wan ted to be an inven tor, and she wan ted me

14、 to followmy passi on.I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brillia nt boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wan ted to start a company sellingbooks on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in CentralPark, liste ned c

15、arefullyto me, and fin ally said,“ That sounds like a really goodidea, but it would be an eve n better idea for some one who did n ' t already have a good job. That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for48 hours before making a final decision.Seen in that light, i

16、t really was a difficultchoice, but ultimately 最后,I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn' t thinkI ' d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.After much cons ideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I'

17、 mproud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices.1. What i nspired the author with the idea of buildi ng an on li ne bookstore?A. His dream of being an inven tor.B. The support of his wife.C. The greatly in creas ing usage of the Intern et.D. Millions of exciting titles.2. Which

18、 of the follow ing is closest in meaning to the un derl ined senten ce?.A. The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him.B. He would be very excited if he tried it out.C. He would be always having a doubt if he didn' t try.D. The decision to not try the online bookstore wo

19、uld terrify him.3. We can know from the passage that.A. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the authorB. the author wan ted some one else to try the ideaC. the author might not regret if he failed the ideaD. the author might go back to his boss if he failed4. Which of the following would be t

20、he best title for the passage?A. Clever ness and Kindn essB. The Starting of Amaz onC. Follow ing My Passio nD. We Are What We Choose参考答案1 4 CACDBTwo new studies suggest that moder n running shoes could in crease the risk of injuries to runn ers.One study in volved sixty-eight healthy young womena n

21、d men who ran at least twen ty-four kilometers a week. The runners were observed on a treadmill machine 跑步机.Sometimes they wore running shoes. Other times they ran barefoot 赤脚卩.Researchers from the JKMTechnologies company in Virginia, the University of Virginia and the Uni versity of Colorado did th

22、e study.They found that running shoes create more stress that could damage kn ees, hips andan kle joi nts tha n running barefoot. They observed that the effect was even greaterthan the effect reported earlier for walk ing in high heels.The study appeared in the official scie ntific journal of The Am

23、erica n Academy ofPhysical Medici ne.The other study appeared in the journal Nature. It compared runners in the Un itedStates and Kenya. The researchers were from Harvard University in Massachusetts,MoiU ni versity in Kenya and the Uni versity of Glasgow in Scotla nd.They divided the runners into th

24、ree groups. One group had always run shoeless. Another group had always run with shoes. And the third group had changed to shoeless running. Runners who wear shoes usually come dow n heel first. That puts great force on the back of the foot. But the study found that barefoot runners gen erally land

25、on the front or middle of their foot. That way they ease into their landing and avoid striking their heel.Harvard ' s Daniel Lieberman led the study. He says the way most running shoes are desig ned may expla in why those who wear them land on their heels. The heel of the shoe is bigger and heav

26、ier than other parts of the shoe, so it would seem more likely to come dow n first. Also, the heel gen erally has thick material un der it to softe n landin gs.But the researchers do not suggest that runners immediately start running barefoot.They say it takes some training. And there can be risks,

27、like running when your feetare too cold to feel if you get injured.The study was partly supported by Vibram, which makes a kind of footwear that it says is like running barefoot. The findings have gotten a lot of attention. But the researchers say there are many problems in the way the press has rep

28、orted in their paper. So they have tried to expla in their findings on a Harvard Website.5. What' s the main idea of the passage?A. Walk ing in high heels could cause less serious effects tha n running barefoot.B. Two new discoveries en courage people to run in high heels.C. Running in shoes is

29、partly good to runn ers.D. Two new studies prove running without shoes is beneficialto runners in most cases.6. Which part of our body could be injured if we run in running shoes?A. Toes.B. Hips.C. Feet.D. Legs.7. What can we lear n from the passage?A. The way that we run by landing on the front or

30、middle of our foot could avoid our heel.B. We should start running barefoot in no time.C. Running in moder n running shoes could cause more serious effects tha n runningin high heels.D. We won' t be injured if we run barefoot.8. What is the writer ' s attitude towards the use of the modern r

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42、rammarauthor of Eats, shoots & LeavesI have a"zero toleranee approach to grammarmistakes that make people look stupid.Now, Truss and I disagree on what it mea ns to have"zero toleranee . She thinksthat people who mix up basic grammar “ deserveto be struck by lightning, hacked 砍up on th

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