2016高考英语二轮阅读理解精选（34）及答案
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In South America, the rich soil of the Amazon River basin （流域） in Brazil is known as ''black gold"．Scientists found that the secret of this rich soil was charcoal．Local people made it from animal bones and tree branches．They mixed the charcoal with the soil about 1,500 years ago．
Now．scientists in the United States have done a modern demonstration．They say charcoal fertilization offers a revolutionary way to improve soil quality for hundreds or even thousands of years．
Mingxin Guo and his team at Delavare State University heated tree leaves, corn stalks （茎）, small pieces of wood and poultry waste into "biochar．" They reported their findings at a recent meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans．
Biochar could be good news for farmers with poor soil and hungry populations to feed．Professor Guo says it could even help against global warming．Intensive（集约的）farming and overuse of chemical fertilizer give out carbon dioxide into the atmosphere．Biochar does the opposite, he says．It traps carbon in the ground．
The researchers planted winter wheat in containers of soil in a greenhouse —some with biochar, some without．Professor Guo says the wheat grows much better in the pots with biochar．The soil was added two percent charcoal to．But he says even a one percent treatment will increase productivity．
The results demonstrated that biochar can increase organic matter in soil．Loss of nutrients in soil is an increasing problem worldwide as farmers try to grow more food for growing populations．
Next, the team will carry out a five-year study of biochar with spinach （菠菜）, green peppers and tomatoes．
Mingxin Guo says he learns about the ''black gold" in Brazil from a magazine story．He explains that it was discovered in the jungle, in the area where waters flow to the Amazon, in the 1960's．But it was not until recent years that scientists began to bring public attention to it.
56．According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．The researchers will go on proving their theory．
B．The leading researcher learns the theory from the magazine．
C．Charcoal was discovered 1,500 years ago．
D．Common farming can produce more carbon dioxide．
57．Biochar has the following advantages EXCEPT that ____ ．
A．it can improve the condition of the soil
B．it can be used as a kind of energy
C．it can help against global warming
D．it can increase productivity of the corn
58．According to the research, the biochar can help against global warming because it can
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A．reduce the carbon dioxide
B．keep the carbon in the soil
C．reduce the loss of nutrients in the soil
D．absorb the carbon dioxide
59．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A．Using Charcoal to Make soil into"Black Gold"
B．Using Charcoal to Reduce the Carbon Dioxide
C．How Amazon River Basin Produces" Golden Black"
D．Guo's Research on Producing Biochar
B
If you travel to a new exhibit at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers, you will have chances to see some meat-eating plants．Take bladderworts．a kind of such plant, for example．They appear so small and grow in a quiet pond．But these are the fastest-known killers of the plant kingdom, able to capture a small insect in 1/50 of a second using a trap door!
Once the trap door closes on the victim, the enzymes （酶） similar to those in the human stomach slowly digest
the insect．When dinner is over, the plant opens the trap door and is ready to trap again．
Meat-eating plants grow mostly in wet areas with soil that doesn't offer much food value．In such conditions, these amazing plants have developed insect traps to get their nutritional needs over thousands of years．North America has more such plants than any other continent．
Generally speaking, the traps may have attractive appearance to fool the eye, like pitcher plants, which get their name because they look like beautiful pitchers （a container like a bottle） full of nectar （花蜜）．
The Asian pitcher plant, for example, has bright colors and an attractive half-closed lid．Curious insects are tempted to come close and take a sip, and then slide down the slippery （光滑的） slope to their deaths．
Hair-like growths along the pitcher walls ensure that nothing can escape and the digestive enzymes can get to work．A tiny insect can be digested in a few hours, but a fly takes a couple of days．
Some of these pitchers are large enough to hold two gallons．Meat-e ating plants only eat people in science fiction movies, but sometimes a bird or other small animals will discover that a pitcher plant isn't a good place to get a drink．
60．From the first paragraph, we can know that bladderworts can ____．
A．capture 50 small insects in a second
B．capture an insect in the shortest time
C．be found floating on a quiet lake
D．digest an insect in 1/50 of a second
61．If the trap door of a meat-eating plant is closed, the plant is ____．
A．fooling insects into taking a sip
B．producing nectar
C．tempting insects to come close
D．enjoying a dinner
62．Meat-eating plants can grow in wet and poor soil because they ____．
A．can get nutrition from animals
B．don't need much food value
C．can make the most of such conditions
D．have developed digestive enzymes
63．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．South Asia has the most meat-eating plants．
B．Some of the meat eating-plants can even eat a human．
C．Hair like growths in the plants help trap insects．
D．The traps of these plants have a dull color．
C
BEIJING —The scandal-hit furniture dealer Da Vinci told its Chinese customers it was "sorry" and admitted failing to properly label the country of origin of some products and adequately train the sales staff, who sometimes misled customers, in a statement released on Friday．
Da Vinci said in a statement on its micro blog．on the Twitter—like Sina Weibo, that its products labeled as Italian are 100 percent authentic．But it conceded（勉强承认） the
Shanghai customs agency was correct in saying 3．5 perce nt of the company's "imported" products were actually made in China．
Da Vinci confirmed that some Thomasville products, one of its American furniture suppliers, were made in China, then sent to the bonded warehouse and finally sold to customers as "imported" products．
"We have realized that … we failed to clearly inform our customers of the places of origin of that furniture," the statement said．"It should be called 'cheating customers'," Chen Beiyuan, a lawyer in Guangzhou, told China Daily on Friday．
"This company has little social responsibility and treats customers as fools．" Chen added that his law firm has received inquiries from about 10 customers of Da Vinci's
outlet in Guangzhou,
Early reports said that the Shanghai Administration of Industry and Commerce had found problems with the quality of two bedside tables bearing Italian brand Cappelletti' s label in Da Vinci's warehouse in Shanghai's Qingpu district．
In response to that allegation, Da Vinci said in its statement on Friday that it will refund customers or replace any furniture it sold that is proved by authorities to have poor quality．The company said it will set up a hotline for the complaints on Monday．
Hao Zhiyong, a resident of Chengdu, in Southwest China's Sichuan province, said the Da Vinci scandal will teach wealthy Chinese a lesson about rational （理性的） buying．
"Some who can afford the pricey furniture in Da Vinci's shops are not really interested in the real value of their purchases．They worship foreign luxury brands and bought them to show off their wealth," Hao told China Daily on Friday．
The bad publicity arising from the questions about Da Vinci has not only severely tarnished （败坏）its image, but also dealt a heavy blow to the sales of other high-end furniture retailers．
Zhou Yufeng, China managing director of the French luxury furniture maker and retailer Roche Bobois （RB） Group, told China Central Television （CCTV） that almost all new orders of RB were cancelled or postponed after the media's coverage of the Da Vinci scandal．
Zhou said RB's sales dropped by 80 percent in the first half of July, compared with the same period of last six years．
Expocasa, a Shanghai retailer of European furniture brands, has also been affected by Chinese customers' shaken trust in the furniture industry, Chen Haibo, deputy general manager of Expoca sa, complained on a CCTV program on Friday．
Chen predicted that Expocasa's July sales will drop by 50 percent, compared with last year,
64．Which words can be used to describe the furniture dealer Da Vinci?
A．dishonest and foolish
B．honest and thoughtful
C．dishonest and irresponsible
D．honest and responsible
65．What lesson can we learn from the passage?
A．All businessmen are dishonest．
B．What is done by night appears by day．
C．Money is the source of all evil．
D．Misfortune is a good teacher．
66．Which is the correct order about what Da Vinci does?
A． Buy products from abroad, →Label certain foreign brand．→Sell them to their customers．
B．Buy products made in China．→Label certain foreign brand．→ Sell them to their customer;）．
C．Import products from abroad．→Label "imported"．→Sell them to their customers．
D．Make products by themselves, →Label "imported"．→Sell them to their customers．
67．From what Hao Zhiyong said,we may conclude that ____．
A．there are too many rich people in China
B．rich people don't know how to spend their money
C．some wealthy Chinese don't spend their money rationally
D．he is against buying expensive products
D
It came with poor writingand band-drawn diagrams, but an elementary school science project has made it into a peer-reviewed（同行审阅）joumal from Britain's famous Ro yaJ Society．
Biology Letters published the report Wednesday conducted and written by a group of 8-to-10-year-olds from an English elementary school investigating the way bumblebees see colors and patterns．
The scientific organization, the Royal Society —which is more than three centuries old and includes some of the world's most outstanding scientists —said the children reported findings that were a "genuine advance" in the field of insect color and pattern vision,
Working with a scientist from LJniversity College London, the children carefully documented their methods and discussed the information they collected．The group trained bees to go to targets of different colors by giving them a sugar reward, and r eported that the insects are able to learn and remember cues based on color and pattern．
The study successfully went through peer review, although its presentation was slightly unconventional．''Scientists do experiments on monkeys, because they are similar to man，but bees could actually be close to man too," the introduction read．The report was peppered with other amusing phrasing and diagrams drawn in colored pencil．
Scientists who commented on the children's report in the journal said although the experiments were modest and lacked statistical analyses, they were cleverly and correctly designed compared
to those conducted by highly trained specialists．"The experiments have asked a scientific question and answered it well," neuroscientists Laurence Maroney and Natalie Hempel wrote in commentary alongside the children's report．Beau Lotto, a scientist, said she hoped the project could inspire people to approach science in a way that's creative and fun．
"We like bees．Science is cool and fun because you get to do stuff that no one has ever done before," the children concluded．
68．The purpose of the children's research is to ____．
A．seek ways to protect bumblebees
B．find out what color bumblebees like best
C．study bumblebees ability of finding their way home
D．learn how bumblebees judge patterns and colors
69．What do you know about the Royal Society?
A．It finally admits some children as its members．
B．It thinks highly of the children's research work．
C．It is famous for its three-hundred-year history．
D．It offers science classes in elementary schools．
70．The underlined words "was peppered with" in Paragraph 5 probably mean "____"．
A．made fun of
B．discussed for many times
C．looked through
D．included a large number of
71．The children's research report can be best described as ____.
A．correct and perfect
B． traditional and believable
C．deficient but valuable
D．interesting but useless
E
A little stream flowed down from a high mountain far, far away through many villages and forests, until it reached a desert．The stream then thought, "I've been through countless obstacles．I should have no problem crossing this desert!" But when she decided to start her journey．she found herself gradually disappearing into the mud and sand．After numerous tries, she found it was all in vain and was very upset．"Maybe it's my destiny (命运） ! I'm not destined to reach the vast ocean in the legend," she murmured sadly to herself．
At this time, a deep voice came, saying, "If a breeze can cross the desert, so can a river．" It was the voice of the desert．Unconvinced, the little stream replied, "That's because a breeze can fly, but I can't．"
"That's because you stick to what you are．If you're willing to give it up．and let yourself evaporate （蒸发） into the breeze, it can take you across, and you can reach your destination," said the desert in its deep voice．
The little stream had never heard of such a thing．"Give up what I am now and disappear into the breeze? No! No!" She could not accept this idea．After all, she had never experienced anything like it before．Wouldn't it be self-destruction to give up what she was now?
"How do I know if this is true?" asked the little stream.
"The breeze can carry the vapor across the desert and release it as rain at an appropriate site．The rain will form a river again to continue its course," answered the desert very patiently．
"Will I still be what I am now?" asked the little stream．
"Yes, and no．Whether you're a river or invisible vapor, your inner nature never changes． You stick to the fact that you're a river because you don't know your inner nature," answered the desert．
Deep down, the stream vaguely remembered that before she became a river, it was perhaps also the breeze that carried her halfway up a high mountain, where she turned into rain and fell onto the ground and became what she was now．Finally the little stream gathered her courage and rushed into the open arms of the breeze, which carried her to the next stage of her life．
Perhaps you can try asking yourself these questions; What is my inner nature? What is it that I cling （紧抓）to? And what is it that I really want?
72．When reaching the desert at first, the little stream was ____ to cross it．
A．upset
B．confident
C．pessimistic
D．hesitant
73．The desert suggests that the stream ____ in order to cross the desert．
A．change its form
B．disappear into the desert
C．stick to what it is
D．turn to another stream for help
74．Finally the stream successfully crossed the desert with the help of ____．
A．the rain
B．the desert
C．the breeze
D．the mountain
75．In the text the writer compares the stream to ____．
A．the Truth
B．the Courage
C the course of life
D．the obstacles in life