甘肃省兰州市英语暑假阅读理解练习（2）及答案

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精2015甘肃省兰州市高考英语暑假阅读理解练习（2）及答案阅读理解America’spopulationwasboomingandspreadingwestintheearly1800’s.WestwardexpansioncamemostlyattheexpenseoftheIndianswhowereoftenforcedtomovefromtheirnativelands。InthestateofGeorgia，thepopulationincreased600percentinthematterof40years.Asaresult,manyofitsnativetribes(部落)werepushedout.TheCherokeeIndians,ofwesternGeorgiahadmanagedtokeeptheirlanduntilgoldwasdiscoveredintheirterritoryin1828.In1830，however,presidentAndrewJacksonauthorized(批准)theIndianRemovalAct。TheCherokeesfoughtthelaw，anditwasoverturnedbychiefjusticeJohnMarshalltwoyearslater。Justthreeyearslater，however，in1835,theTreatyofNewEchotawassigned。The"Treaty"wasnotauthorizedbytheCherokeeNation，butrather,asmallgroupofCherokeeradicalsledbyJohnRidge.Underthe"Treaty",theCherokeeweretoleaveGeorgiaandthegovernmentwouldcompensatethematapricedeterminedtobeabout5percentofthevalueoftheland.ThemajorityoftheCherokeeNationwouldneverhadagreedtothe”Treaty",buttheU。S。governmentratifieditanyway.JohnRidgewasthusseenasatraitorbytheCherokees—andwouldlaterpaywithhislife.TheGeorgiagovernmentthenstageda”landlottery"inwhichCherokeelandwasdividedinto160equalportions。Theyweresoldtoanyonewhohad$4。00andwhohadwonachancetoownland.

In1838，GeneralWinfieldScottand7，000troopsinvadedCherokeeland。Men，women,andchildrenwereforcedtowalkwestwardfromGeorgianearly1，000mileswithminimalfacilitiesandfood，toreservationssetupfortheminOklahoma1.Whichofthefollowinghappenedfirst? A.Cherokees'walktoOklahoma。 B。TheIndianRemovalAct. C。TheTreatyofNewEchota. D。TheGeorgia“LandLottery”.答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题.由文章第二段倒数第二句话“In1830，however，presidentAndrewJacksonauthorizedtheIndianRemovalAct。”可知，B选项发生在1830年；由第三段第一句话“Justthreeyearslater，however,in1835，theTreatyofNewEchotawassigned。”可知，C选项发生在1835年；由第三段倒数第二句话“TheGeorgiagovernmentthenstageda‘landlottery’inwhichCherokeelandwasdividedinto160equalportions."可知，D选项发生在TreatyofNewEchota后；由最后一段前两句话“In1838,GeneralWinfieldScottand7，000troopsinvadedCherokeeland。…setupfortheminOklahoma。”可知,A选项发生在最后。故答案为B。2。Theunderlinedpart“ratifiedit”(inPara.3）canbereplacedby“”. A.madeitofficial B.signeditsecretly C。removedit D。ignoredit答案解析:答案为A。本题为语义推断题。结合该短语出现的句子“ThemajorityoftheCherokeeNationwouldneverhadagreedtothe‘Treaty',buttheU。S.governmentratifieditanyway.”，“ratifiedit”出现在“but”后面，可见该短语和前面的neverhadagreedtothe“Treaty"意思相反，故答案为A，使条约正式化。3。WhywasJohn A.BecausehesoldhislandtotheU。S。Governmentatalowprice。 B。BecauseherepresentedtheU。S。Govermment. C.BecausehesignedanunfairtreatyfortheCherokees。 D。Becausehecarriedouta“landlottery"inGeorgia。答案解析:答案为C。本题为推理题。细读第三段，TreatyofNewEchota被签署,但不是经过Cherokee民族批准的，而是由JohnRidge领导的一小群Cherokee极端分子干的，规定Cherokee民族离开Georgia，政府赔偿给他们原有土地的百分之五,大多数Cherokee人并不同意该条约，但是美国政府最终还是批准了该条约，因此JohnRidge被认为是Cherokee的民族叛徒。故答案为C。4。Accordingtothepassage,whatisthekeyfactorforthe“TrailofTears”？ A.TheconflictbetweentheCherokeesandthelocalgovernment. B.TheincreaseofpopulationinthestateofGeorgia。 C。TheconstantstruggleforlandbetweenthenativeAmericansandthesettlers。 D.ThediscoveryofgoldinwesternGerogia.答案解析：答案为D.本题为推理题。文章的最后提到“nearly4，000IndiansdiedwalkingthisTrailofTears"，为什么会发生此事？本题实际考察现象背后的实质：Cherokee印第安人为什么要移民？由文章第二段“TheCherokeeIndians，ofwesternGeorgiahadmanagedtokeeptheirlanduntilgoldwasdiscoveredintheirterritoryin1828。”可知,westernGeorgia发现了金子后，白人就觊觎此片土地淘金,发生了后来的移民事件，留下了Cherokee印第安人的血和泪。故答案为D。阅读理解—----AThepracticeofswappingfashionshasrecentlybeenattractingattentionworldwide，particularlyinEuropeandtheUnitedStates.Thisisanactivityaimedatmakingmoreeffectiveuseofresourcesbyprovidingaplatformforpeopletoexchangefreeofchargethosefashionitemsintheirclosetsthattheydon’tuseanymore.InLondon，fashionswapeventssponsoredbythecreditcardcompanyVISAfocusontheswappingofspecificbrands。Japan’sfirstmajorfashionswapevent，“xChange,”washeldinSeptember2007inTokyo。ThexChangeeventisdesignedtoexchangenotonlyfishingitemsbutalsoinformationandfeelingsfromtheownersoftheclothes，usingwhatiscalledan“episodetag。"Participantsputtagsoneachoftheitemstheybringandwritetheirnameandabrideepisodeabouttheitems。Forexample,atagofawhitejacketread，“Thisisagiftfromafriend,butit’sjustnotmystyle。"Onatagattachedtoapairofredshoes，apersonwrote。“Thesedon’tfitmeanymore.Ihopesomeonewholovesredcanusethem.”Justasshopperscheckpricetags，somepeoplechecktheepisodetagsbeforemakingaselection,imaginingwhousedtoweartheitem.Theepisodetagsmakepeopleawareofthehumanconnectionbyexchanginggoods。Manyparticipantssaythingslike，“I'mveryluckytogetsuchlovelyclothesforfree，”and“IwashappytoseesomeonetryonandchoosewhatIbroughthere.”Unwantedclothesforonepersoncanbenewandexcitingforsomeoneelse。Besides,xChangeachievesclosetoa100—percentreuseratebydonatingleftoverclothestocompaniesthatreuseorrecyclesecondhandclothing。Anythingtheycannotuse,theythendonatetodevelopingcountriesorreusethemasrags。 Since2007,thexChangeeventhasbeenheldeverytwoorthreemonthsinadifferentregionofJapan,alwaysattractingmanyparticipants.Thissuccessisprobablybecauseitisanactiveeventthatgivesparticipantsopportunitiestoenjoyfashionwithoutincreasingtheimpactontheenvironment.1.What’sthemainpurposeofthefashionexchange? A.Toattractpeople'sattention. B。Tomakegooduseofresources. C。Togetridofunwantedclothes. D。Totrytoavoidbuyingnewclothes.答案解析：答案为B.本题为细节题。由第一段第二句话“Thisisanactivityaimedatmakingmoreeffectiveuseofresourcesby…”可知，答案为B。2.Whatisspecialabout”anepisodetag”? A。Itprovidespersonalinformationoftheowner.B。Itisbeingattachedbyapricetag。 C。Itgivesdetailsofafashionitem.D.Itincludesbriefinformationoftheitemandfeelingsoftheowner。答案解析：答案为D.本题为词义推测题。由第二段“ThexChangeeventisdesignedtoexchangenotonlyfishingitemsbutalsoinformationandfeelingsfromtheownersoftheclothes，usingwhatiscalledan“episodetag.”可知,答案为D。3。ThatthexChangeeventhasachievedsuccessisprobablybecause____. A.itdonatessecondhandclothingtodevelopingcountriesB.itchangespeople’swayofconsuming C.offersanexampleofenjoyingfashionwithoutdamagingenvironment D。itshowsfashionisthebestpolicyforwomen答案解析:答案为C。本题为细节题。由最后一段“Thissuccessisprobablybecauseitisanactiveeventthatgivesparticipantsopportunitiestoenjoyfashionwithoutincreasingtheimpactontheenvironment。”可知，答案为C。4.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleofthepassage？ A。"FashionExchange”ConceptGrowsinJapan。 B.”xChange"EnvironmentMeetstheFashionIndustry. C.TheGlobalRiseoftheFashionExchange。 D。Joinin”xChange”。答案解析：答案为A。本题为主旨大意题。由第二段“Japan’sfirstmajorfashionswapevent，‘xChange，'washeldinSeptember2007inTokyo.”可知，第一届FashionExchange2007年在日本东京举办,后文对其进行了介绍，最后一段呼应文章的中心“Since2007,thexChangeeventhasbeenheldeverytwoorthreemonthsinadifferentregionofJapan，alwaysattractingmanyparticipants。"，因此本文主要介绍FashionExchange在日本的盛行，尽管第一段提到FashionExchange在欧美受到了欢迎，但这仅仅是FashionExchange的影响，故最佳标题为A。[来源：］阅读理解-————B Idon'tthinkcomicbook"collector”reallyappliestomeatall。I’mprobablymoreofacomicbook"appreciator”。Myinteresthasalwaysbeeninwhatcanbeaccomplishedwiththemediumof”visualstory—telling"。 I’mnotsureexactlywherethisinterestofminecamefrom.Idoknowthatasachild,comicbooksallowedmetoimprovemyreadingskills.“TheMightyThor”helpedmedevelopaninterestinoldlegends，and“ChallengersoftheUnknown”gotmecrazyaboutsciencefiction.Thecombinationofwordsandpictureswasaperfectspringboardformychildhoodimagination. Howdoesonelearntoappreciatecomicbookart？Thereisaclassicexamplethatshedsquiteabitoflightonthesubject。WriterScottMacloudjustexplainswhatmakesacomicbookstandoutinhisbestsellingbookUnderstandingComics。Thebook,firstpublishedin1994,hasbeentranslatedinto13languagesandispracticallyabibleforstudentsstudyinggraphicillustration（图示说明)innovels. Ontheinternettherearesomecoolcomicbooksitestobefound—hundredsandhundredsofthemasamatteroffact.Morethanafewarededicatedtosuperheroesandthelike。ButtherearesomechoicesitesthatIwouldvisit,becausetheyprovidesomegreatresourcesthatdiscussthecomicbookasanartform。Noteworthyamongthemisagreatarticleandinterviewatwww。rcharvey.corn，whichdiscussestheimpactofseveralartistsandwritersinthefield. Ihaveahugeadmirationforanyonewhocanproducecomicstoriesthatcanmakereadersthink,laughandcry。Maybemakethemdream。 Checkitout。Spendtwodollarsonacomicbookandreaditwithyourchildren.Orbetteryet,searchoutsomeofthemore“adult"tidesandreaditforyourself。Youmayfindyourselfenjoyingwhatyouseeandread。Youmayevenfindyourselfwantingmore.1。WhatdoestheauthormainlyintendtotalkaboutinParagraph2? A。Influenceofcomicbooksonreadinginchildhood。 B.Waystoimprov C。Subjectsofcomicbooks. D。Popularityoftwocomicbooks.答案解析：答案为A。本题为段落大意题.细读第二段可知“I’mnotsureexactlywherethisinterestofminecamefrom。Idoknowthatasachild，comicbooksallowedmetoimprovemyreadingskills。"为本段的中心句，后面的内容都是对此进行了解释说明，故答案为A。2。Theunderlinedpart”shedsquiteabitoflighton”(Para．3）means”____"。 A.doesabasicresearchonB。causesafiercedebateon C。providesnewinformationon D。makesaquicksurveyon答案解析：答案为C。本题为语义推断题。结合划线部分的后面两句话可知,WriterScottMacloud写了一本书，被翻译成13种语言，帮助学生理解漫画。划线部分的意思与C选项最接近。故答案为C。3.Ifyouwanttoknowafewgoodwritersofcomicbooks,youwillprobably____. A.readUnderstandingComics B.visitwww．rcharvey．corn C。buysomecomicbooks D.turntocomicstorywriters答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题。由第四段最后一句话“Noteworthyamongthemisagreatarticleandinterviewatwww。rcharvey。corn，whichdiscussestheimpactofseveralartistsandwritersinthefield.”可知，答案为B。4.Whatdoestheauthorencouragepeopletodo？ A。Developaninterestinoldlegendsandsciencefiction。 B。Shareacomicbookwithchildren. C。Producesomecomicstories。 D.Spendmoneyandtimeappreciatingcomicbooks.答案解析：答案为D。本题考查作者的态度观点.由最后一段“Checkitout。Spendtwodollarsonacomicbookandreaditwithyourchildren.”可知，答案为D。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A。B。C和D项中,选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.AAcompanyplanningtoopenthefirsthotelinspacesaysitisontargettoacceptitsfirstpayingguestsin2012despitecriticsquestioningtheinvestmentandthelengthoftimeforthemultibillion。dollarproject.TheBarcelona­basedarchitectsoftheGalacticSuiteSpaceResortsayitwillcost＄4.4millionforathree。nightstayatthehotel。Thispricealsoincludesaneight。weektrainingcourseonanisland。Duringtheirstay，guestswouldseethesunrise15timesadayandtravelaroundtheworldevery80minutes.GalacticSuiteLtd'sCEOXavierClaramuntsaystheprojectwillputhiscompanyinaleadingpositionofanewindustrywithahugefutureaheadofit,andforecastsspacetravelwillbecomecommoninthefuture.“It'sverynormaltothinkthatyourchildren,possiblywithin15years，couldspendaweekendinspace”hetoldReutersTelevision.ApromisingspacetourismindustryisbeginningtotakeshapewithconstructioninprogressinNewMexicoofSpaceportAmerica,theworld'sfirstfacilitybuiltspecificallyforpassengers.BritishindustrialistRichardBranson'sspacetoursfirm，VirginGalactic，willusethefacilitytosendtouriststospaceatacostof＄200，000aride。GalacticSuiteLtd，setupin2007，hopestostartitsprojectwithasinglepod（分离舱)inorbit280milesabovetheearth.“Itwilltakeadayandahalftoreachthepod，andthepassengerswilljoinitforthreedays，”Claramuntsaid。Morethan200peoplehaveexpressedaninterestintravelingtothespacehotelandatleast43peoplehavealreadyreservedit。ThenumbersaresimilarforVirginGalacticwith300peoplealreadypaidorsignedupfort