高考英语二轮专题检测精品练习：阅读理解（30）
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Do you like to eat out? Do you like to eat quickly? Do you like inexpensive food? Some people go to fast-food restaurants for these reasons. In the past, people usually went to
diners (路边小餐馆) for these reasons. In fact, many people in the States still go to diners today for the same reasons.
A man named Walter Scott had the first "diner" in 1872. It wasn' t really a diner. It was only a food cart. People on the street walked up to the cart to buy food. These carts served late-night workers who wanted a cup of coffee and a late-night meal. The meal was a sandwich or boiled eggs. In 1887, Samuel Jones built the first diner big enough to allow the customers to come inside. However, they did not sit down. Later, people built diners with counters and stools, and people sat down while they ate.
Before long, many diners stayed open around the clock. In other words, people were able to eat in a diner at any time. Diners changed in other ways, too. The original menu of sandwiches and coffee became bigger. It included soup, favorite dishes, and a breakfast menu. In addition, diners soon became permanent buildings. They were no longer carts on wheels.
Diners today look similar to the diners of the early 1900s. They are usually buildings with large windows. Inside, the diners have shining counters with stools, booths, and tables and chairs. People can eat all three meals in a modern diner.
Today, many people eat in fast-food restaurants such as McDonald's and Burger King. However, the diner remains an American tradition, and thousands of people still enjoy eating there. It was popular a century ago, and it is still popular today.
1. A man named Walter Scott had the first "diner" in 1872. Why is diner in quotation marks (引号)?
A. Because it is spelled differently from "dinner".
B. Because the first diner was not a real diner.
C. Because diner was a new word.
D. Because it is a special kind of restaurant.
2. What meals did the first diners serve?
A. Only breakfast.
B. Only lunch.
C. Only night-meals.
D. All of the above.
3. According to paragraph 3 , diners changed in ______.
?
A. two ways
B. three ways
C. four ways
D. five ways
4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. diners existed before fast-food restaurants.
B. The menu included more food than sandwiches and coffee.
C. Burger King is a fast-food restaurant.
D. Sandwiches became bigger.
5. The main idea of the passage is______.
A. the diner is a traditional, popular place to eat in the United States
B. Samuel Jones built the first diner big enough to allow the customers to come inside
C. American diners serve many types of food 24 hours a day to their customers
D. diners are different from fast-food restaurants in many ways
B
Many people to newspaper and magazines to express their opinions. Letters to the editor must carry the writer full name, address and telephone number, although the information is not necessary for publication. This requirement to provide personal particulars is a clear indication that writers are held responsible for what they say. When a writer wants his voice heard. He needs to claim ownership of his voice. Responsibility is the name of the game.
“People today prefer living together to putting their signatures on a marriage certificate because they refuse to accept responsibility for the relationship,” said social worker Ken Yip, “and this is what is causing a lot of family problems.” When we sign a paper, for example, a business contract or a bank document, the signature is symbol of consent, an agreement to take the matter seriously. Most governments and many organizations will not process writer’s complaints if they do not bear the writer’s signature. The absence of a signature, they explain, tells us that the writer cannot be too serious and therefore does not deserve a reply.
There are people who wish to remain anonymous（匿名的）for various reasons. Multi-billionaire Mr. King donates generously to charity several times a year. He gives simply because he wants to help but not for the publicity his donations may bring, and he does not want his good deeds to make news. In other cases, people insist on anonymity because they are afraid of the consequences of revealing their identity. Crime witnesses may be willing to assist the police, but most are unwilling to give their names when reporting a crime.
Name or no name? The answer is very personal and lies in how much we want to get involved. We all have a name, it is a matter if responsibility to it when we make a statement, a claim or an accusation. We all want to honour our own name, and it is only by stamping our expression of an opinion with our own name that we honour what we say.
68. What does the writer mean by saying “Responsibility is the name of the game”?A. Writers need to provide their personal information in the game.
B. Publication must bear the writer’s full name, address and phone number.C. Writers should be responsible for their names.
D. Names are required to indicate writers’ responsibility for what they say.69. The second paragraph suggests that a paper without a signature may
.A. help to end a relationship
B. not get a reply
C. be accepted all the same
D. become a family problem
70. Some people don’t want their names known because they are
.A. hesitant to make a donation
B. unwilling to draw public attentionC. afraid of an accusation
D. ready for involvement
71. The passage is mainly about
.
A. honour and writers
B. identity and signature
C. signature and responsibility
D. anonymity and signatureC
C
One day a few years ago, a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of London's big medical schools. He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture.
He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag, but he had put Rupert, the skeleton(人体骨架) to be used in his lecture, in a large brown suitcase (箱子). At the airport desk, he suddenly thought that he had forgoten to buy a newspaper. He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop.
When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.
l. Who wrote the story?
A.Rupert's teacher.
B.The neighbour's teacher.
C.A medical school teacher.
D.The teacher's neighbour.
2. Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase?
A. He needed it for the summer term in London.
B. He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.
C. He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.
D. He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.
3. What happened at the airport?
A. The skeleton went missing.
B. The skeleton was stolen.
C. The teacher forgot his suitcase.
D. The teacher took the wrong suitcase.
4. Which of the following best tells the teacher's feeling about the incident?
A. He is very angry.
B. He think it rather funny
C. He feels helpless without Rupert.
D. He feels good without Rupert.
5. Which of the following might have happened afterwards?
A. The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert.
B. The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert.
C. The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase.
D. The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert.
D
Welcome to one of the largest collections of footwear(鞋类)in the world that will make you green with envy. Here at the Footwear Museum you can see exhibits(展品)from all over the world. You can find out about shoes worn by everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to pop stars.
Room 1
The celebrity(名人)footwear section is probably the most popular in the entire museum. Started in the 1950s there is a wide variety of shoes and boots belonging to everyone from queens and presidents to pop stars and actors! Most visitors find the celebrities' choice of footwear extremely interesting.
Room 2
Most of our visitors are amazed—and shocked—by the collection of “special purpose” shoes on exhibition here at the Museum of Footwear. For example, there are Chinese shoes made of silk that were worn by women to tie their feet firmly to prevent them from growing too much！
Room 3
As well as shoes and boots, the museum also exhibits shoeshaped objects. The variety is unbelievable. For example, there is a metal lamp that resembles a pair of shoes, and Greek wine bottles that look like legs！The Footwear Library
People come from all over the world to study in our excellent footwear library. Designers and researchers come here to look up information on anything and everything related to the subject of footwear.
56. Where would you find a famous singer's shoes?
A. Room 1.
B. Room 2.
C. Room 3.
D. The Footwear Library.
57. All exhibits each room ________.
A. share the same theme
B. have the same shape
C. are made of the same material
D. belong to the same social class
58. Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. The oldest exhibits in Room 1 were made in the 1950s.
B. Room
2 is the most visited place in the museum.
C. Room 3 has a richer variety of exhibits than the other two.
D. Researchers come to the Footwear Library for data.
59. The purpose of the text is to get more people to ________.
A. do research
B. design shoes
C. visit the museum
D. follow celebrities
A
1.答:B最佳【分析】从文中的It wasn't really a diner. It was only a food cart.已作出回答。
2.答:C最佳【分析】从文中的These carts served late-night workers who wanted a late-night meal.可得出正确选项。
3.答:B最佳【分析】第一种方式to eat in a diner at any time。第二种方式The original menu of sandwiches and coffee became bigger。第三种方式diners soon became permanent buildings。
4.答:D最佳【分析】文中有The original menu of sandwiches and coffee became bigger.实际是原始的菜单变大，而不是三明治变大。
5.答:A最佳【分析】该题在考本文的大意。B项是第二自然段中的一句话，因此不能概括全文。在第四自然段中可读出与C项相似的意思。因此也不能概括全文。D项本文没提及快餐店与diners的区别。
B
本文是篇关于签名与责任的议论文。介绍了一些人对于签名的不同观点与态度，以及签名的意义之所在。
68.【答案】D
【解析】推理判断题。根据第一段 “ writers are held responsible for what thet say 可知。
69.【答案】B
【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句可知。作者没有留下签名等于告诉我们编辑，他们太不严肃，因此不值得回复。
70.【答案】B
【解析】推理判断题。根据第三段可知。匿名的人有很多原因，一是不愿公众所知，成为资讯。二是担心会导致后果，三是不公布罪犯名字有利于案件调查等。
71.【答案】C
【解析】主旨大意题。整篇文章谈论的都是签名与责任的问题。
2.【分析】这是一道细节题。文中第二段有the skeleton to be used in his lecture可以判定该题最佳答案为B。
3.【分析】这又是一道细节题。文中说这位教师的箱子是被错拿了，故B不正确，forget一词是在脑海的记忆里忘了，而这位老师是把箱子left near the desk.故C也不正确。正确答案是A。
4.【分析】这是一道推理题。从文中的He often wonders what they sald…一句。可以推断作者丢了箱子之后的想法，故B为最佳答案。
5.【分析】这属于一道推理题。B为该题最佳答案。文中He often wonders…一句的时态，告诉人们这位老师经常纳闷捡到箱子的人会怎么想的。
D
【要点综述】本文讲述世界上最大的收集鞋类的博物馆之一——Footwear Museum。
56. A 细节推断题。Room 1中有名人鞋的展品，所以选A。
57. A 推理判断题。每个展厅的展品都和“鞋类”有关。所以选A。
58. D 细节推断题。根据The Footwear Library中Designers and researchers come here to look up information on anything and everything related to the subject of footwear.可判断研究者是为了收集资料。
59. C 推理判断题。本文讲述了世界上最大的收集鞋类的博物馆之一——Footwear Museum，目的是吸引更多的人来参观。