高考英语一轮复习限时阅读训练40

1、2019届高考英语一轮复习限时阅读训练40You can not see any object unless light from that object gets into your eyes. Some of the things you see give off light of their own. The sun, the stars, a lighted lamp are examples that can be seen by their own light. Such things are luminous. Most of the things you see are not

2、 giving off light of their own. They are simply reflecting light that falls on them from the sun or some other luminous bodies. The moon, for example, does not give off any light of its own. It is non-luminous. You see it because sunlight falls on it and some of it reflects in our direction. So moon

3、 light is only second hand sunlight.When you look at a book, it sends to your eyes some of the light which falls on it, and you see the book. If light could be kept out from where you are so that there would be no light for the book to reflect, then you could not see the book even with your eyes wid

4、e open.Light travels so fast that the time in which it travels from the book you are reading to your eyes is so short as if there were no time at all. Light reaches us from the moon, which is about 380 000 kilometers away, in only a little more than a second.1. You can see the book because_.A. your

5、eyes are close to it B. it reflects some of the sunlightC. it has light of its ownD. your eyesight can get to it 2. The underlined word “luminous” means_. A. visibleB. all colorsC. giving off lightD. sunlight3. _ have light of their own.A. The sun and the moonB. The stars and the earth C. The sun an

6、d the starsD. The moon and the earth4. Which of the following is true?A. All the things you can see give off light.B. Light from the book is much shorter than that from the moon. C. The moment you open your eyes the light from the book travels to your eyes.D. Light travels so fast that there is no t

7、ime for you to read.(14 BCCC)【答案与解析】本文介绍了光的种类及其特征。1. B。细节题。根据文章第文章第 2 段第 1 句 it sends to your eyes some of the light which falls on it可推知此题答案为 B。2. C。词义猜测题。根据文章第 2 段第 2 句 Some of the things you see give off light of their own 和第 4 句 Such things are luminous 可推知此题答案为 C。3. C。推断题。根据文章第 1 段第 3 句 The sun

8、, the stars, a lighted lamp are examples that can be seen by their own light可推知此题答案为 C。4. C。推断题。根据文章最后一段第 1 句 Light travels so fast that the time in which it travels from the book you are reading to your eyes is so short as if there were no time at all 可推知此题答案为 C。*结束阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选

9、项。AFat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis, cricket anything with a round ball, I was useless," he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.It was a moun

10、tain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went hiking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first m

11、arathon. The following year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway' s School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about Ridgway 's cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decided that th

12、is would be his future.In 2019, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition (探险) towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite (冻疮), ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled(雪撬) up and

13、 over rocky iceSaunders has become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he' s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Po

14、le and back, a 2900-kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis.1. What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old? A. He became good at most sports. B. He began to build up his body. C. He joined a sports team. D. He made friends with a runnerm2. The underlined word "exp

15、loits" (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to _.A. journeys B. researches C. adventures D. operations3. Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders?a. He ran his first marathon. b. He skied alone in the North Pole. c. He rode his bike in a forest. d. He p

16、lanned an adventure to the South Role. A. acdb B. cdab C. acbd D. cabd4. What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders?A. He is a success in sports. . B. He is the best British skier. C. He is Ridgway' s favorite student. D. He is a good instructor at school.参考答案 1-4 BCDA *结束BIt' s 2035.

17、 You have a job, a family and you' re about 40 years old. Welcome to your future life.Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. "Turn red," you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics (智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to cha

18、nge its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you' re 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You' re not even middle-aged! As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal

19、 into a bowl, you hear, "To lose weight, you shouldn't eat that," from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code(电子源码) on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. "Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?" A list of possible fo

20、ods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies. " Ready for your trip to space?" you ask your son and daughter. In 2019 only specially trained astronauts went into space and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best frie

21、nd even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, "The doctor said you need these for space travel. " Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the k

22、ids head for the front door.It' s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. " My office. Autopilot," you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. Th

23、e latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it5. What changes the color of your shirt?A. The mirror. B. The shirt itself. C. The counter. D The medicine.6. How do the shoes know that you shouldn't eat the breakfast ce

24、real?A. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl. B. By listening to the doctor' s advice. C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen; D. By checking the nutrition details of the food.7. The strawberries the children eat serve as _A. breakfast B. lunch C. vaccines D. nutrition8. How is the text

25、organized? A. In order of time. B. In order of frequency.C. In order of preference. D. In order of importance参考答案 5-8 BDCA *结束CPolice today stepped up a murder probe（调查）after a father was killed by a gang. They attacked him with an axe. John Purcell, 40, suffered fatal injuries in the incident in Ea

26、sterhouse, Glasgow on Saturday evening moments after he had said goodbye to his children. His youngest son John, 11, was being comforted by his mum Elizabeth Malcolm after witnessing the street horror. The father-of-three was attacked around 10:30 inEasterhouse Road. Young John said, “My father was

27、struck from behind with something that looked like a chopper.” John, his sister Danielle, 15, and brother William, 19, have been left devastated and placed a floral tribute（葬礼献花）at the attack scene in memory of their dad. Elizabeth Malcolm said, “We are all in shock about what had happened. When he

28、left here he usually turned left down the road, but for some reason on Saturday he went in the opposite direction which is where the gang members always hang out.” “We have been apart for a number of years, but John always remained close to his children and this has hit them hard,” she said. Police

29、officers initially sealed off the area for forensic（法医的） examination but later allowed his relatives to lay flowers. Following a post-mortem（尸检报告）, Mr. Purcells death is being treated as murder. He had been taken by ambulance to GlasgowRoyalHospital but died from his severe injuries. Detective Chief Inspector John Riggans, who is leading the investigation, appealed for witnesses to come forward and said, “Inquiries are at an early stage and we are trying to establish th