2016高考英语二轮（阅读理解）精品训练（11）及答案
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Radioactivity is dangerous.
It may cause skin burns, it may destory good tissues(组织) and it may cause illness that could be passed on to our children and grandchildren. In case of exposure (暴露) it may even cause death.
In the early days of radioactivity, scientists did not realize these dangers. Marie and Pierre Curie, after having worked for a while with radioactive materials, noticed that their fingers were reddened and swollen(红肿) and the skin was peeling off. Henry Becquerel carried a small tube with radium in it in his waistcoat pocket, and was surprised to find a bum on his chest. Other early workers also reported burns and harm of dif- ferent kinds.
The strange fact is that it can harm without musing pain, which is the waming signal we expect from harmfulness. Pain makes up pull back our hands from a fire or a hot object, but a person carrying radioactive materials had no way of telling whether he is touching something too "hot"for .safety. Besides, the "burns"or other harm- fulness that radioactivity produces may not appear for wceks. A person may have been hurt without knowing it for .some time.
1. Which is the topic .sentence for this passage?
A. Radioactivity may ever cause death.
B. Radioactivity does great harm to children.
C. Radioactivity may do harm to people without being known.
D. Radioactivity is dangerous.
答案：
2. A few people were mentioned in the passage They___________
A. were all famous scientists of great achievements
B. died of radioactivity
C. knew litde about radioactivity
D. did experiments on themselves to find the danger of radioactivity
答案：
3. According to the point of the passage, pain_________.
A. causes people to die
B. brings people suffering
C. is an important signal
D. is very much expected
答案：
4. The sentence in the third line of the second paragraph "the skin was peeling off"means
A. the skin was coining off
B. the skin was turning off
C. the skin was breaking away
D. the skin was fleeing
答案：A
He's an old cobbler
(修鞋匠)
with a shop in the Marais, a historic area in Paris. When I took him my shoes, he at first told me: “I haven't time. Take them to the other fellow on the main street ; he'll fix them for you right away.”
But I'd had my eye on his shop for a long time. Just looking at his bench loaded with tools and pieces of leather, I knew he was a skilled craftsman
(手艺人).
“No,” I replied, “the other fellow can't do it well.”
“The other fellow” was one of those shopkeepers who fix shoes and make keys “while-U-wait” -- without knowing much about mending shoes or making keys. They work carelessly, and when they have finished sewing back a sandal strap (鞋带) you might as well just throw away the pair.
My man saw I wouldn't give in, and he smiled. He wiped his hands on his blue apron ( 围裙), looked at my shoes, had me write my name on one shoe with a piece of chalk and said, “Come back in a week.”
I was about to leave when he took a pair of soft leather boots off a shelf.
“See what I can do?” he said with pride.
“Only three of us in Paris can do this kind of work.. ”
When I got back out into the street, the world seemed brand-new to me. He was something out of an ancient legend, this old craftsman with his way of speaking familiarly, his very strange, dusty felt hat, his funny accent from who-knows-where and, above all, his pride in his craft.
These are times when nothing is important but the bottom line, when you can do things any old way as long as it “pays”, when, in short, people look on work as a path to ever-increasing consumption
(消费) rather than a way to realize their own abilities. In such a period it is a rare comfort to find a cobbler who gets his greatest satisfaction from pride in a job well done.
41. Which of the following is true about the old cobbler.'?
A. He was equipped with the best repairing tools.
B. He was the only cobbler in the Marais.
C. He was a native Parisian.
D. He was proud of his skills.
42. The sentence “He was something out of an ancient legend.” implies that
A. the man was very strange
B. it was difficult to communicate with this man
C. nowadays you can hardly find anyone like him
D. the man was too old
43. According to the author, many people work just to
.
A. realize their abilities
B. make money
C. gain happiness
D. gain respect
44. This story wants to tell us that
.
A. craftsmen make a lot of money
B. whatever you do, do it well
C. craftsmen need self-respect
D. people are born equal
B
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Applicants best suited for this work should enjoy teenagers, have a strong interest in cross-cultural communication and feel comfortable networking. Full training and support will be provided through branch offices throughout the US. Positions available in most states.
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Call for Native Speaker of English
I am looking for native speakers of English to join in an experiment. This experiment is carried out over the Internet. You don’t need any specific knowledge other than understanding and speaking English at a native level. The first task will take you around 15 minutes. After this task, you can decide whether you want to continue the experiment. The tasks involve reading texts and designing questions and answers.
If you are willing to help me, then please email us: club3864@ hotmail.com
45. Who is suitable to work as a Community Representative in YOUTH International?
A. One who enjoys working with teenagers from different countries.
B. One who hopes to take action in fighting against diseases.
C. One who has a strong desire to improve his or her English.
D. One who wants to earn some pocket money in the program.
46.Where will jack, a volunteer, receive the training before he is sent to work in Malawi?
A. In some local offices in the US.
B. In a preparation program in Demark.
C. In an ESL organization in China.
D. In an exchange student center in Africa.
47. If Mrs. Black in the US hopes to learn some Chinese at home, she may contact _______.
A. takeaction@betterworld.com
B. club3864@hotmail.com
C. ram3462@hotmail.com
D. staff@youth.org
48. What are volunteers for an experiment over the Internet supposed to do?
A. To interview people online.
B. To do some house work.
C. To offer advice on Child Aid
D. To provide language exercises
.C Welcome to Ontario Parks, a new body set up to manage Ontario’s most treasured special places, the parks in our area. We are entering a very exciting year for Ontario Parks. Last season we asked some 15,000 visitors in 45 parks how we could improve our programs and services. We also looked at the thousands of comment cards we received. As a result, new comfort stations have been added, the number of campsites has been increased, and we’ve made other facility（设施） improvements. In addition, we’ll be providing more educational programs. This year, for example, more than 40 parks will offer special day and evening activities to excite your curiosity about nature and history. Through the Internet, you’ll be happy to know that you can now explore all 270 parks on line. Let your family plan your park vacation, study a map of canoe routes, listen to the call of a loon or find up-to-date information about programs, services and facilities. So come and discover what Ontario Parks has to offer. Our parks are places to go with families and friends, for relaxation and fun, or simply to get away from it all. They are places where we can enrich our souls and “recharge our internal（内部的） batteries”. They provide chances to explore nature, see wildlife, swim, canoe, camp, hike, picnic, ride a bike… You’ll enjoy some of the best outdoor experiences available anywhere in the world. We urge you to make 2006 the year that you come out and have an Ontario Parks experience! 49.The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to . A. tell more people the improvements in Ontario Parks B. attract more people to explore the parks on line C. praise the beauty of nature in Ontario Parks D. have more people visit the parks 50.The facility improvements of Ontario Parks include . A. new programs and services B. comfort stations and special activities
C. new comfort stations and campsites D. new campsites and educational programs 51.From paragraph 4, we know that Ontario Parks offers visitors . A. The world’s new sports and games B. the most exciting adventures in the world C. many choices to relax and refresh themselves D. chances to experience all the outdoor activities 52.According to the text, we can safely say that . A. some visitors suggested more campsites B. about 15,000 people visited 45 parks last season C. many more people will visit Ontario Parks in 2006 D. the manager of Ontario Parks worries they will have fewer visitors
D
It’s 2035. 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 electronic are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe that you are 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 into a bowl, you hear: “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that,” from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code 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 foods appear on the counter as kitchen checks its food supplies.
“Ready for your trip to space. You ask your son and daughter.” In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space.— and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacation. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.” Thanks to medical advices, vaccination shots are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids 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. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video films rather than read it.
53. What changes the color of your shirt?
A. The mirror.
B. The medicine.
C. The counter.
D. The shirt itself.
54. How do the shoes know that you shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal?
A. By checking the nutrition details of the food.
B. By listening to the doctor’s advice.
C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.
D. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl.
55. The strawberries the children eat serve as ______.
A. breakfast
B. lunch
C. vaccines
D. nutrition
56. How is the text organized?
A. In order of time
B. In order of place .
C. In order of preference.
D. In order of importance.
E
When a storm is coming, most people leave the area as quickly as possible and head for safety. But there are a few people who will get into their cars and go straight for the center of the storm. These people are willing to risk(冒…危险)being killed by floods or 100-kilometer-an-hour winds for the excitement of watching the storm close up.
“Storm chasing(追逐)” is becoming an increasingly popular hobby(喜好), especially in the Midwest of the United States, where there are frequent storms between March and July. A storm chaser begins the day by checking the Internet for the latest weather reports, and then drives up to 1,000 kilometers to where the storm will be and waits for it to develop.
Although anyone can do it , storm chasing is extremely dangerous. The power of a big storm can throw a cow into the air or destroy a whole house in seconds. Storm chasers are also often hurt in accidents caused by driving in a heavy rain. If you are a beginner, it is much safer to join a group for storm-chasing vacations during the storm season.
Even then, storm chasing is not all adventure and excitement . “Storm chasing is 95% driving,” says Daniel Lynch, who spends most of his summer storm-chasing. “Sometimes you can sit around for hours waiting for something to happen, and all you get is blue sky and a few light showers.”
However, for storm chasers, it is all worth it. “When you get close to a storm, it is the most exciting sight you will ever see in your life,” says Jasper Morley. “Every storm is an example of the power of nature, It is the greatest show on Earth.”
57. For storm chasing, the first thing storm chasers do is to
.
head straight for the center of the storm
get into the car for safety
wait patiently for the storm to develop
collect information about a coming storm
58. Beginners of storm chasing are advised
.
not to drive in a heavy rain
to do it in an organized way
not to get too close to a storm
to spend more time on it in summer
59. By saying “it is all worth it” in the last paragraph, the author means that
.
storm chasing costs a lot of money
storm chasing is worth hours of waiting
efforts in storm chasing are well paid
a storm presents the greatest show on Earth
60. What can we learn from the text?
Sometimes storm chasers get nothing but disappointment
Many storm chasers get killed in the storms.
Storm chasing is becoming popular around the world
Storm chasing is only fit for young people.
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题序 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
答案 D C B B A B C D D C C A D A C A D B C A