高考英语冲刺阅读理解训练题（五十二）

　　阅读理解训练题（五十二）

　　A

　　Dear editor,

　　Several days ago, I heard that a dear friend of mine had killed herself. I was deep in sorrow by the sudden news. I can’t keep calm any longer. I’m always thinking about life and death.

　　Life is so precious. If we can slip into death in an impulsive (冲动的) moment, what use in all our efforts and hopes? Our families, our ambitions, everything is flung into total darkness. And death allows no time for regret.

　　Nevertheless, the suicide rate increases year by year, particularly of young people. Reasons may vary from person to person, yet I think they share something in common.

　　First, today’s young people are morally weak. They hunger for success but can not face failure; they are eager to be understood but afraid of opening their hearts to others. They live in a wide world, from east to west, ancient to present, but their hearts beat in a narrow desert, closed tight, unable to communicate. Each becomes an isolated fortress (孤堡), lonely, and weak.

　　My friend is a good example of that. As a young teacher, she was devoted to her work but was disappointed with her students’ occasional failures. She fell in love with a colleague but he deserted her. With no close friends, disappointed at work and in love, death seemed to her the only remaining choice and she took it.

　　Another reason for the weakness of today’s youth, in my opinion, comes from society’s pressures. The young are forced to try too hard to succeed. On the other hand, society refuses to accept that children sometimes do fail. But failure is more important because it can teach the young how to win next time.

　　What can we do to save the desperate young?

　　56. The passage wants to tell us

　　.

　　A. a lot of young people choose death to escape from the society

　　B. the number of people who take suicide is larger and larger

　　C. the young people should go to see doctors to solve the spiritual problems

　　D. the reason why the young kill themselves lies in two main kinds

　　57. In the writer’s opinion, failure is

　　.

　　A. the mother of success

　　B. the key to success

　　C. good for the young

　　D. bad for the young

　　58. Among the following, which one is NOT the cause of “my friend’s death”?

　　A. She has too much society’s pressure.

　　B. She is not well content with her work.

　　C. She is disappointed in love.

　　D. She doesn’t get on well with others.

　　59. The passage suggests those people

　　would be most likely to take suicide.

　　A. who are alone

　　B. who are weak-minded

　　C. who fail in love

　　D. who suffer from society’s pressures

　　B

　　Amy tan, the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants, received the Commonwealth Gold Award in 1989 for her first work of fiction, the best-selling Joy Luck Club. The sixteen stories that make up the work alternate (交替) the tales of four Chinese immigrant mothers and their Americanized daughters, in an exploration of the generational and cultural tensions (紧张关系) experienced by many first-generation daughters of immigrants.

　　Tan’s parents, like many immigrants, had high expectations for their children and often set puzzling standards, expecting Amy and her two brothers to think like Chinese but to speak perfect English, be excellent at school work, and take advantage of every situation that might lead to success. Tan, however, rebelled (反叛) against her parents’ expectations and devoted herself to being thoroughly American and dreaming of being a fiction writer.

　　Tan got a bachelor’s degree in English and linguistics (语言学) and a master’s degree in linguistics and established herself as a highly successful business writer. Tan, however, was not satisfied in spite of her material success. Turning to her life long dream, she wrote her first short story, “Endgame,” and then a second, “Waiting between the trees.” In 1987 Tan visited her half-sisters in China with her mother, a trip that proved to be a turning point in her life and career. Tan felt a sense of completeness, a tie with the country and its culture that she had never expected. Returning from China, Tan was surprised to learn that on the strength of her short stories she had received an advance from a publisher. Tan closed her business and wrote the remaining stories for the Joy Luck Club. It was a great success, well received by the public and appearing on the New York Times bestseller list. It has been translated into seventeen languages, including Chinese, and was made into a movie in 1993.

　　60. What is the writer’s main purpose in this passage?

　　A. To analyze (分析)Amy Tan’s works.

　　B. To support Amy Tan’s decision to become a fiction writer.

　　C. To present Amy Tan’s personal experiences.

　　D. To criticize Amy Tan’s rebellion against her parents.

　　61. According to the passage, Amy Tan’s visit to China

　　.

　　A. was disappointing

　　B. had a great pushing effect on her.

　　C. was not surprising in the least.

　　D. was a trip she had always dreamed of taking.

　　62. The underlined words “the work” in paragraph 1 refer to

　　.

　　A. stories

　　B. writing

　　C. Commonwealth Club Gold Award

　　D. Joy Luck Club

　　63. It can be concluded from this passage that

　　.

　　A. parents don’t know how to educate their children.

　　B. Tan did not use personal experience in her writing.

　　C. Tan made the right decision when she closed her business.

　　D. Tan thinks and lives more in an American way than in a Chinese way.

　　C

　　BRITAIN is a popular tourist place. But tours of the country have pros and cons.

　　Good news

　　Free museums. No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquities. Pop music. Britain is the only country to rival (与……比敌) the US on this score.

　　Black cabs. London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there are never enough of them at weekends or night.

　　Choice of food. Visitors can find everything from Ethiopian to Swedish restaurants.

　　Fashion. Not only do fashion followers love deeply and respect highly brand names such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen; street styles are justly loved, too.

　　Bad news

　　Poor service. “It’s part of the image of the place. People can dine out on the rudeness they have experienced,” says Professor Tony Seaton, of Luton University’s International Tourism Research Center.

　　Poor public transport. Trains and buses are promised to defeat the keenest tourists, although the over-crowded London tube is unbelievable popular.

　　Lack of languages. Speaking slowly and clearly may not get many foreign visitors very far, even in the tourist traps .

　　Rain. Still in the number one complaint.

　　No air-conditioning. So that even splendidly hot summers become as unbearable as the down-pours.

　　Overpriced hotels. The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark.

　　Licensing hours. Alcohol (酒) is in short supply after 11p.m. even in “24-hour cities.”

　　64. What do tourists complain most?

　　A. Poor service.

　　B. Poor public transport.

　　C. Rain.

　　D. Overpriced hotels.

　　65. What do we learn about pop music in Britain and the US through this passage?

　　A. Pop music in Britain is better than that in the US.

　　B. Pop music in Britain is as good as that in the US.

　　C. Pop music in Britain is worse than that in the US.

　　D. Pop music in Britain is quite different from that in the US.

　　66.When is alcohol not able to get easily?

　　A. At 9:00 p.m.

　　B. At 10:00 p.m.

　　C. At 11:00 p.m.

　　D. At 12:00p.m.

　　67. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

　　A. You have to pay to visit the museums.

　　B. It’s very cheap to travel by taxi there.

　　C. You cannot find Chinese food there.

　　D. The public transport is poor there.

　　D

　　When I asked my daughter which item she would keep: the phone, the car, the cooker, the computer, the TV, or her boyfriend, she said “the phone”. Personally, I could do without the phone entirely, which makes me unusual. Because the telephone is changing our lives more than any other piece of technology.

　　Point 1

　　The telephone creates the need to communicate, in the same way that more roads create more traffic. My daughter comes home from school at 4:00 pm and then spends an hour on the phone talking to the very people she has been at school with all day. If the phone did not exist, would she have anything to talk about?

　　Point 2

　　The mobile phone means that we are never alone. “The mobile saved my life,” says Crystal Johnstone. She had an accident in her Volvo on the A45 between Otley and Skipton. Trapped inside, she managed to make the call that brought the ambulance to her rescues.

　　Point 3

　　The mobile removes our secret. It allows marketing manager of Haba Deutsch, Carl Nicolaisen, to ring his sales staff all round the world at any time of day to ask where they are, where they are going, and how their last meeting went.

　　Point 4

　　The telephone separates us. Antomella Bramante in Rome says, “We worked in separate offices but I could see him through the window. It was easy to get his number. We were so near-but we didn’t meet for the first two weeks!”

　　Point 5

　　The telephone allows us to reach out beyond our own lives. Today we can talk to several complete strangers at once on chat lines (at least my daughter does. I wouldn’t know what to talk about). We can talk across the world. We can even talk to astronauts (if you know any) while they’re space-walking. And, with the phone line hooked up to the computer, we can access

　　to the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.

　　68. How do you understand “Point 1-The telephone creates the need to communicate?”

　　A. People don’t communicate without telephone.

　　B. People communicate because of the creating of the telephone.

　　C. People communicate more since telephone has been created.

　　D. People communicate more because of more traffic.

　　69. Which of the following best shows people’s attitude towards mobile phones?

　　A. Mobile phones help people deal with the emergency.

　　B. Mobile phones bring convenience as well as little secret to people.

　　C. Mobile phones are so important and should be encouraged.

　　D. Mobile phones are part of people’s life.

　　70．Which points do you think support the idea that phones improve people’s life?

　　a. Point 1

　　b. Point 2

　　c. Point 3

　　d. Point 4

　　e. Point 5

　　A. c, b

　　B. a, e

　　C. a, c

　　D.

　　b, e

　　71. The best heading for the passage is

　　.

　　A. Phone Power

　　B. Kinds of Phone

　　C. How to Use Phones

　　D. Advantage of Phones

　　E

　　Although we already know a great deal about influenza, and although the World Health Organizations is constantly collecting detailed information from its chain of influenza reference laboratories throughout the world, it is extremely difficult for epidemiologists, who study infectious (传染的) diseases, to predict when and where the next flu epidemic(流感) will occur, and how serious it will be.

　　There are three kinds of influenza virus, known as A, B and C. Influenza C virus is relatively stable and causes mild infections that do not spread far through the population. The A and B types are unstable, and are responsible for the epidemics that cause frequent concern. Following any virus attack, the human body builds up antibodies which can be changed into immunity（免疫力）

　　to that strain of virus but a virus with the ability to change its character is able to bypass this protection. Variability is less developed in the influenza B virus, which affects only human beings. As influenza B virus may cause a widespread epidemic but will have little effect if introduced into the same community soon afterwards, since nearly everyone will have built up antibodies and will be immune. The influenza A virus, which affects animals also, is extremely unstable and is responsible for some of the worst outbreaks of the disease, such as the world epidemic, of 1918&1919, when about half the world’s population were infected and about twenty million people died, some from pneumonia caused by the virus itself and some from secondary complication caused by bacteria. Accurate prediction is difficult because of the complication of the factors. A particular virus may be related to one to which some of the population have partial involved immunity. The extent to which it will spread will depend on factors such as its own strength, or virulence, the ease with which it can be transmitted and the strength of the opposition in encounters. Scientists, however, have a reliable general picture of the world situation.

　　72. Which of the following is the most appropriate title for the passage?

　　A. Symptoms of Influenza.

　　B. Man Vs Influenza Virus.

　　C. World Health Organization: Forefront against Influenza Virus.

　　D. Variability of Influenza Virus.

　　73. What does the author say about the influenza B virus?

　　A. B Virus is relatively stable and causes mild infections that do not spread far through the population.

　　B. B Virus is unstable, and is responsible for the epidemics that cause frequent concern.

　　C. B virus is extremely unstable and is responsible for some of the worst outbreaks of the

　　disease.

　　D. B virus has a very developed variability, and it affects only human beings.

　　74. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor contributing to the extent to which a virus spreads?

　　A. The strength of the virus.

　　B. The strength of the opposition.

　　C. The virus encounters the ease with which the virus can be transmitted.

　　D. The immunity the virus can bring about.

　　75. This article is quite probably

　　.

　　A. a piece of news

　　B. a special science report

　　C. an introduction to a book

　　D. a scientific fiction

　　阅读理解训练题（五十二）答案

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