高三英语阅读理解复习题1

1、高三英语阅读理解复习题1 aever since n ews of widespread food recalls caused by a care inogenic dye broke, there has been confusion (混淆) over possible links to the country of the same n ame, but suda n officials say there is no conn ecti on whatever.suda n 1 is a red in dustrial dye that has bee n found in some

2、 chilli powder, but was banned in food products across the europea n union (eu) in july 2003.si nee the ban was put in place, eu officials have bee n strivi ng to remove some food products from the shelves. so far 580 products have bee n recalled.last week sudan embassy in the united kingdom asked t

3、he foodstan dards age ncy (fsa) for clarificatio n of the origi n of the dyeomaima mahmoud al sharief, a press official at sudan s embassy inchina, explained the purpose of the inquiry was to clear up any mis un dersta nding over links betwee n the country and the pois onous dye.we want to keep an e

4、ye on every detail and avoid any misunderstanding there, she said. our embassy to britain asked them how the dye got that n ame and whether the dye had somethi ng to do with our coun try. but they told us there was no relati on ship.the fsa, an in depe ndent food security watchdog in britai n, recei

5、ved a letter from the suda nese embassy last week.they asked us why the dye is n amed suda n, however, we also do not know how it got the n ame, she said. people found the dye in 1883 and gave it the n ame. nobody knows the reas on, and we cannot give any expla nati on before we find out.sudan dyes,

6、 which include sudan 1 to 4, are red dye$ 颜料）used for colouring solvents （溶剂）,oils, waxes, petrol, and shoe and floor polishes. they are classified as carc inogens by the intern ati onal age ncy for research on can cer.what does the un derl ined word mean in paragraph one?caus ing can cer.b. having

7、side effect.c. containing pois on.d.pois ono us.how did the sudan 1 get its name?the dye is ofte n produced in suda n.the dye has somethi ng to do with the country n amed suda n.nobody is sure of the origi n of the n ame.many foods produced in suda n contain the dye.we can infer from the passage tha

8、t.the suda n gover nment is pay ing much atte ntio n to the food safetysuda n1 is ofte n used to be added to the foodpeople did n t realize the dan ger of suda n 1 un til 2003d. many food shops will be closed dow nwhich of the followi ng is the best title?keep away from suda n 1no suda n1 dye links

9、to the countryhow suda n1 dye got its n ame?pay atte nti on to the food safetyblong bus rides are like televisi on shows. they have a beg innin g,a middle,and an endwith commercials （商业广告） thrown in every three or four minu tes. the commercials are un avoidable. they happe n whether you want them or

10、 not. every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus win dow. buy super clea n toothpaste.dri nk good wet root beer.fill up with pacific gas. on ly if you sleep,which is equal to turning the televisi on set off,are you spared the unending cry of you need it! buy it now!the beginning o

11、f the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting,even if you vtraveled that way before. usually some things have cha nged new houses ,new build in gs,sometimes eve n a new road. the bus driver has a style of driv ing and itto try to figureftt rout the firsthour or so. if the driver is particularly re

12、ckless （鲁莽的） or daring,the ride can be as thrilling （惊心动魄的） as a suspensestory. will the driver pass the truck in time? will the driver move in to the right or the left hand lane? after a while,of course,the excitement dies down.sleep ing for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. food alw

13、ays makes bus rides more interesting. but you ve got to be careful of whatkind of food you eat. too much salty food can make you very thirsty betwee n stops.the end of the ride is somewhat like the beg inning. you know it willsoon be over and there s a kind of expectation and excitement in that. the

14、 seat of course,has become harder as the hours have passed. by now you ve sat with youlegs crossed,with your hands in your lap,with your hands on the armrestseve nwith your hands crossed behi nd your head.the end comes just at no more ways to sit.accord ing to the passage,what do the passe ngers usu

15、ally see whe n theyare on a long bus trip?buses on the road.b.films on televisio n.c.advertiseme nts on the billboards. d.gas stati ons.what is the purpose of this passage?to give the writer s opinion about long bus trips.to persuade you to take a long bus trip.to expla in how bus trips and televisi

16、 on shows differ.to describe the billboards along the road.the writer of this passage would probably favor .bus drivers who aren t recklesbs.driving alonec.a television set on the bus d.no billboards along the roadthe writer feels long bus rides are like tv shows because .the commercials both on tv

17、shows and on billboards along the road are funthey both have a beginning,a middle,and an end,with commercials in betweenthe drivers are always reckless on tv shows just as they are on busesboth traveling and watching tv are not exciting.the writer thinks that the end of the ride is somewhat like the

18、 beginning because both are .a.exciting b.comfortable c.tiring d.boringcmodern man has cleared the forests for farmland and for wood,and has also carelessly burned them. more than that,though,he has also interfered （干涉） with the invisible bonds between the living things in the forests. there are man

19、y examples of this kind of destruction. the harmfulness of mans interference can be seen in what happened many years ago in the forest of the kaibab plateau （凯亚巴布高原） of northern arizona. man tried to improve on the natural web of forest life and destroyed it instead.the kaibab had a storybook forest

20、 of largesized pine,douglas fir,white fir,blue and engelmann spruce. in 1882 a visitor noted,we,who . have wandered through its forests and parks,have come to regard it as the most enchanting region it has ever been our privilege （特权） to visit.this was also the living place of the rocky mountain mul

21、e deer. indians hunted there every autumn to gather meat and skins. the forest also had mountain lions,timber wolves and bobcats that kept the deer from multiplying too rapidly.then,in 1906,president theodore roosevelt made the kaibab a national game preserve. deer hunting was forbidden. government

22、hunters started killing off the deer esnemies. in 25 years time,6,250 mountain lions,wolves and bobcats were killed. before the program,there were about 4,000 deer in the kaibab,by 1924,there were about 100,000.the deer ate every leaf and twig they could reach. but there was not nearly enough food.

23、hunting of deer was permitted again. this caused a slight decrease in the deer herd （鹿群）,but a far greater loss resulted from starvation （饥饿） and disease. some 60 percent of the deer herd died in two winters. by 1930 the herd had dropped to 20,000 animals. by 1942 it was down to 8,000.the destructio

24、n of the environment of the kaibab resulted from .turni ng the forest into cultivated landi nterferi ng with n atural cycle of forest lifeforest fires caused by man s carelessnesscutti ng the trees for buildi ng materialsengelmann spruce (para. 2)is most likely the name of .a.a tree b.a n animal c.a

25、 moun tai nd.a gamethe nu mber of the deer in the kaibab had in creased eno rmously in years time.a.25b.6c.18d.12years later,large nu mbers of deer in the kaibab died mai nly because of .a.the coldb.the orga ni zed killc.the shortage of food d.the poor man ageme ntdin the usa forbes magazine has pub

26、lished its annual list of the richest people in the world. bill gates of microsoft is the richest man again for the eleventh successive year with a fortune of forty four billi on dollars.there are a record 691 dollar billionaires according to forbes magaz ine. betwee n them they have a fort une of t

27、wo point two trilli on dollars. the highest concentration of the ultra rich is in new york followed by moscow and san fransisco and then london and los angeles. but in total the very wealthy live in forty seven different coun tries with icela nd kazaksta n ukrai ne and pola nd en teri ng the list fo

28、r the first time this year.laksmi mittal,an indian born steel tycoon （巨头）enjoyed the biggest in crease in pers onal fortune. his net worth has quadrupled 变成 四倍）to thirteen billion dollars making him the world s third richest man. in gvar kamprad foun der of the swedish furn iture cha in ikea also sa

29、w a big in crease in wealth taki ng him to the sixth place. develop ing coun tries make more of a show ing tha n in past years there are for example three russia ns and four in dia ns in the top sixty richest people, though surprisingly perhaps none from china excluding hong kong. asian wealth is pr

30、obably underrepresented as its usually spread amongfamilies whereas forbes looks at individuals. relatively few women feature in the list among them is jk rowling,author of the harry potter novels ranked 620th with a fortune of 519 million dollars. new entrants to the list in clude the foun ders of

31、the in ter net search group google sergie brin and larry page each worth more tha n seve n billio n dollars after their company becent stock market debut. the richest italian is the prime minister silvio berlusconi ranked number 25 in the global wealth league.which of the followi ng pers ons has the

32、 largest fortune accord ing tothis yearoarbes magaz ine?a. laksmi mittal.b. i ngvar kamprad.c. jk rowli ng.d. silvio berlusco ni.there are aboutpers ons with a fortune betwee n 100 millio ndollars and 519 millio n dollars in the world.a.300 b.180 c. 70 d. 150which of the follow ing stateme nts is not true?no chin ese has en tered the top sixty richest people in the world.russia is a develop ing coun try.this is the first time that sergie brin and larry page has been in cluded in the list.there are more billio naire（亿万富翁）in new york tha n any other city in the world.17