湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (21)

　　2016届高考英语查漏补缺阅读专练

　　A

　　 It is often necessary to release a fish, that is , set it free after catching, because it is too small, or you just don’t want to take it home to eat. In some cases, releasing fish is a good measure that will help keep fish variety and build their population size. The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) encourages fishermen who practice catch-and-release fishing to use a few simple skills when doing so. The advice provided below will help make sure that the fish you release will survive

　　to bite again another day.

　　—When catching a fish, play it quickly and keep the fish in the water as much as possible.

　　Don’t’ use a net in landing the fish and release it quickly to prevent it from dying.

　　—Hold the fish gently. Do not put your fingers in its eyes. Don’t wipe the scales (鱼鳞) off the fish because it might cause it to develop a disease and reduce its chance of survival.

　　—Remove your hook quickly. If the hook is too deep or hooked in the stomach, cut the line and leave the hook in. The hook left inside will cause no serious problem to the fish.

　　—Take good care of the fish by moving it gently in water. Release the fish when it begins to

　　struggle and is able to swim.

　　—Do not hold fish in a bucket or some other containers and later decide to release it. If you are going to release a fish, do so right away.

　　With a little care and by following the suggestions given above, you can give the released fish a better chance of survival.

　　41. People sometimes set a fish free after catching it because they _________

　　A. don’t want it to die

　　B. hope it will grow quickly

　　C. don’t want to have it as food

　　D. want to practice their fishing skills

　　42. Which of the following will probably make a fish ill?

　　A. Taking the hook off it.

　　B. Removing its scales.

　　C. Touching its eyes.

　　D. Holding it in your hand.

　　43. A proper way to release a fish is to _________.

　　A .move it in water till it can swim

　　B. take the hook out of its stomach

　　C. keep it in a bucket for some time

　　D. let it struggle a little in your hand

　　44. What is the purpose of the test?

　　A. To show how to enjoy fishing.

　　B. To persuade people to fish less often.

　　C. To encourage people to set fish free.

　　D. To give advice on how to release fish.

　　B

　　People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. Pollution is caused either by man's release of completely new and often artificial substances into the environment, or by releasing greatly increased amounts of a natural substance , such as oil tankers into the sea.

　　The whole industrial process which makes many of the goods and machines we need and use in our daily lives, is bound to create a number of waste products which upset the environmental balance, or the ecological balance as it is also known. Many of these waste products can be prevented or disposed of sensibly, but clearly while more and more new and complex goods are produce there will be new, dangerous wastes to be disposed of, for example, the waste products from nuclear power stations. Many people, therefore, see pollution as only part of a larger and more complex problem, that is, the whole process of industrial production and consumption of goods. Others again see the problem mainly in connection with agriculture, where new methods are helping farmers grow more and more on their land to feed our ever-increasing populations. However, the land itself is gradually becoming worn out as it is being used in some cases, too heavily, and artificial fertilizer cannot restore the balance.

　　Whatever its underlying reasons, there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only companies, individuals and governments would make more efforts. In the home there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Food comes wrapped up three or four times in packages that all have to be disposed of; drinks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins which cannot be reused. This not only causes a litter problem, but also is a great waste of resources, in term of glass, metals and paper. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us not only to buy things we neither want nor need, but also to throw away much of what we do buy. Pollution and waste combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by cutting out unnecessary buying ,excess consumption and careless disposal of the products we use in our daily lives.

　　45. The underlined phrase “disposed of ”in the second paragraph means_______. A. dealt with              

　　B. exposed 

　　C. disapproved of           D. collected

　　46. In the writer’s view ,the more new goods, _______. A. the less pollution               

　　B. the harder pollution can be prevented

　　C. the more pollution there will be

　　D. the more easily pollution can be controlled

　　47. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

　　A. We can do much to reduce pollution.

　　B. The government is trying hard to stop pollution.

　　C. Individuals know how to get rid of the habit of littering everywhere. D. We can’t stop buying unnecessary things.

　　48. People can help solve the problem of pollution by _______.

　　A. urging their governments to control litter and waste

　　B. making anti-pollution advertisements

　　C. cutting down the use of oil and other oil products

　　D. reducing unnecessary buying, over-consumption and careless disposal of wastes

　　C

　　It is difficult to imagine what life will be like without memory．The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions(感觉、知觉), the bases for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by memory．

　　Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep information available for later use．It includes not only “remembering” things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also involves any change in the way an animal typically behaves．Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile．Memory is also involved when a six-year-old child learns to swing a baseball bat．

　　Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines．Computers, for example, contain devices from storing data for later use．It is interesting to compare the memory-storage capacity of a computer with that of a human being．The instant-access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 “words”—ready for instant use．An average U．S．teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 100,000 words of English．However, this is but a fraction(部分、片断) of the total amount of information which the teenager has stored．Consider, for example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight．

　　The use of words is the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings．A large part of a person’s memory is in terms of words and combinations of words．

　　49．According to the passage, memory is considered to be ________．

　　A．the basis for decision making and problem solving

　　B．an ability to store experiences of future use

　　C．an intelligence typically possessed by human beings

　　D．the data mainly consisting of words and combinations of words

　　50．The comparison made between the memory capacity of a large computer and that of a human being shows that ________．

　　A．the computer’s memory has a little bigger capacity than a teenager’s

　　B．the computer’s memory capacity is much smaller than an adult human being’s

　　C．the computer’s memory’s capacity is much smaller even than a teenager’s

　　D．both A and B

　　51．The whole passage implies that _______．

　　A．only human beings have problem-solving intelligence

　　B．a person’s memory is different from a computer’s in every aspect

　　C．animals are able to solve only very simple problems

　　D．animals solve problems by instincts rather than intelligence

　　52．The topic of the passage is __________．

　　A．What would life be like without memory?

　　B．Memory is of vital importance to life．

　　C．How is a person’s memory different from an animal’s or a computer’s?

　　D．What is contained in memory?

　　D

　　Holidays

　　Holiday News

　　Vacancies (空位) now and in the school holidays at a country hotel in Devon. This comfortable, friendly home-from-home lies near the beautiful quiet countryside, but just a drive away from the sea. The food is simple but good. Children and pets are welcome.

　　Reduced prices for low season.

　　The Snowdonia Center

　　The Snowdonia Center for young mountain climbers has a mountain 1068.The beginners’ costs are ￡57 for a week, including food and rooms. Equipment is included except walking shoes, which can be hired at a low cost.

　　You must be in good health and prepared to go through a period of body exercises. This could be the beginning of a lifetime of mountain climbing adventure.

　　The World Sea Trip of a Lifetime

　　Our World Sea Trip of 2008 will be unlike any holiday you have ever been on before. Instead of one hotel after another, with all its packing and unpacking waiting and traveling, you just go to bed in one country and wake up in another.

　　On board the ship, you will be well taken care of. Every meal will be first-class and every cabin like your home.

　　During the trip, you can rest on deck(甲板), enjoy yourself in the games rooms and in the evening dance to our musical team and watch our wonderful play.

　　You will visit all the places most people only dream about – from Acapulco and Hawaii to Tokyo and Hong Kong.

　　For a few thousand pounds, all you’ve ever hoped for can be yours.

　　53.What can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets?

　　A. Choose the holiday in Devon.

　　B. Go to the Snowdonia Centre

　　C. Join the World Sea Trip of 2008

　　D. Visit Acapulco and Hawaii

　　54.In what way is the Snowdonia Centre different from the other two holidays?

　　A. It provides chances of family gatherings.

　　B. It provides customers with good food.

　　C. It offers a sport lesson.

　　D. It offers comfortable room.

　　55. What is special about the World Sea Trip of 2008?

　　A. You can have free meals on deck every day.

　　B. You can sleep on a ship and tour many places.

　　C. You will have chances to watch and act in a play.

　　D. You have to do your own packing and unpacking.

　　56. At the Snowdonia Centre, the beginners’ costs of ￡57 do not cover

　　.

　　A. food

　　B. roomsC. body exercises

　　D. walking shoes

　　E

　　The new iPhone 3G should please everyone. Its look and feel are only slightly improved, but a faster network loads Web pages more quickly, true GPS functionality allows it to easily find places nearby, and the new $199 price (down from $400) makes it an affordable luxury. Before deciding whether to buy, however, make sure you can actually take advantage of the iPhone 3G's high-speed data network. 3G stands for third-generation, which in non-geek speak translates to Web pages and mail messages that, ideally, load about three times faster than on the original iPhone. Even better, 3G coverage enables you to make a phone call and surf the Web at the same time. That's great, if you live or work in a place where the 3G network of AT&T（美国电话电报公司） (the sole wireless carrier of the iPhone) is active. That's not so great in cities like New York where AT&T's cellular coverage is awful. As one of my colleagues in New York City, who bought the original iPhone, commented, "It's just a toy. You can't make phone calls on it, so I carry my Verizon phone with me all the time."

　　The real fun begins when you tap on the icon called "App Store" and start browsing the hundreds of add-on applications that have been developed just for the iPhone. You'll find tons of games (I like JirboBreak, a free game inspired by the Atari classic Breakout) and mobile versions of popular websites like Pandora, Facebook, MySpace and the New York Times. Most apps will cost you, but the vast majority are $9.99 or less. The apps work on the old iPhones too, but you'll enjoy them a lot more on the iPhone 3G because many of the programs, including Yelp (local business reviews), Whrrl (mobile social networking) and UrbanSpoon (restaurant reviews), use your exact location - provided by the iPhone 3G's GPS chip - to make recommendations. The apps also load much faster over the 3G network.

　　57. The new iPhone 3G has following features except that _______

　　A. It looks and feels better

　　B. It has a faster network C. It is easy to locate a place

　　D. It is too expensive for people to buy 58. Why do one of my colleagues carry Verizon phone with him all the time? ______. A. Because iPhone 3G is just a toy

　　B. Because he prefers Verizon phone better. C. Because AT&T's cellular coverage is terrible there D. Because Verizon phone enables him make a phone call and surf the Web at the same time 59. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage. ____. A. App Store will offer you great fun.

　　B. many apps have been developed for the iPhone. C. Most apps are very expensive. D. Pandora, Facebook, MySpace and the New York Times are popular websites. 60. From the passage we know that the attitude of the author toward iPhone 3G is _____. A. doubtful

　　B. appreciative

　　C. optimistic

　　D. pessimistic

　　41---45．CB AD A

　　46---50

　　C A D

　　B C

　　51—55 C B

　　A C B

　　56---60

　　D D C

　　C B

　　广西武鸣高中2012届高三第二次模拟考试题（英语）

　　2012．02

　　A

　　In 1977, a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most unusual way. The author was Agatha Christie, one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world.

　　In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Qatar, near Saudi Arabia. Doctors were unable to find out the cause of her illness with confidence, so she was sent to Hammersmith Hospital in London. She was then only semi-conscious and on the "Dangerously Ill" list. A team of doctors hurried to examine the baby only to discover that they, too, were confused by the very unusual symptoms (症状). While they were discussing the baby's case, a nurse asked to speak to them.

　　"Excuse me," said Nurse Marsha Maitlan, "but I think the baby is suffering from thallium (铊) poisoning."

　　"What makes you think that?" Dr. Brown asked. "Thallium poisoning is extremely rare."

　　"A few days ago, I was reading a novel called A Pale Horse by Agatha Christie," Nurse Maitlan explained. "In the book, somebody uses thallium poison, and all the symptoms are described. They're exactly the same as the baby's."

　　"You're very thoughtful and you may be right," another doctor said. "We'll carry out some tests and find out whether it's thallium or not."

　　Tests showed that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium, a rare metallic substance used in making special glass. Once they knew the cause of the illness, the doctors were able to give the baby the correct treatment. She soon recovered and was sent back to Qatar. Later it was reported that the poison might have come from an insecticide (杀虫剂) used in Qatar.

　　56. The one who first suggested the correct cause of the baby's illness was __________.

　　A. a doctor in Qatar

　　B. Nurse Maitlan

　　C. Dr. Brown

　　D. Agatha Christie

　　57. The baby was sent to London because _______________.

　　A. she was born there

　　B. the hospitals in Qatar were full at that time

　　C. she was the daughter of a doctor in London

　　D. the Qatar doctors were not sure whether they could cure her

　　58. It seems likely from the passage that the baby's illness had something to do

　　with _____________.

　　A. a dangerous pair of glasses

　　B. the water in Qatar

　　C. a harmful substance used to kill insects

　　D. a dead writer

　　59. When the baby was sent to the hospital in London, her case was considered

　　to be __________________.

　　A. an urgent one

　　B. quite a simple one

　　C. a usual one

　　D. the result of thallium poisoning

　　B

　　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(救护车) to her rescue.

　　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 and time of day to ask where they are, where they are going, and how their last meeting went.

　　Point 4 The telephone separates us. Antonella 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 simultaneously (同时地) on chat lines. 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 the Internet, the biggest library on Earth.

　　60. How do you understand “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.

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

　　A. Point3 and Point 4

　　B. Point 1and Point 4

　　C. Point 1 and Point 3

　　D. Point2 and Point 5

　　62. It is possible to talk to several complete strangers simultaneously through______ .

　　A. the TV screen

　　B. a fax machine

　　C. the phone line hooked up to the computer

　　D. a microphone

　　63. The best heading for the passage is________.

　　A. Phone Power

　　B. Kinds of Phone

　　C. how to Use Phones

　　D. Advantage of Phones

　　C

　　There are several ways you can find out about the countries and places you wish to visit. You can talk to friends who have travelled to the places, or you can go and see a colour film, or you can read travel books.

　　It would seem that there are kinds of travel books. The first are those that give a personal ,subjective（主观的）account of travels which the author has actually made by himself. If they are informative and have a good index（索引）then they can be useful to you when you are planning your travels. The second kind are those books whose purpose is to give a purely objective（客观的）description of things to be done and seen. If a well-read, cultured person has written such a book then it is even more useful. It can be sorted as a selected guide book The third kind are those books which are called” a guide” to some place. If they are good, they will, in addition to their factual information, give an

　　analysis or an explanation. Like the first kind they can be inspiring and interesting. But their basic purpose is to help the reader who wishes to plan in the most practical way.

　　Whatever kind of travel book you choose, you must make sure that it does not describe everything as “wonderful”, “excellent” or “magical”. You must also note its date of publication because travel is a very practical affair and many things change quickly in the twenty–first century. Finally, you should make sure that the contents are well presented and easy to find.

　　64. This passage is about____________.

　　A. how to travel

　　B. how to buy travel books

　　C. how to read a travel book

　　D. travel books

　　65. How many kinds of travel books does the writer recommend?

　　A. Two

　　B. Three

　　C. Four

　　D. Five

　　66. The following travel books may be of use when you plan your travels except______.

　　A. the book in which a lot of big adjectives (形容词) are used to draw your attention

　　B. the book which tells you what is worth doing and seeing based on the facts

　　C. the book written by some people with the same travel experience themselves

　　D. the book which offers you a lot of useful information like a tour guide

　　67. The date of the publication must be noticed because________________.

　　A. the author of the book may be different

　　B. the price of the book is always changing

　　C. the world is changing and so are the places you are going to visit

　　D. the contents of the book are always the same

　　D

　　Flying Saucers

　　In 1947 the pilot of a small airplane saw nine strange objects in the sky over Washington in the USA. He said that they looked like saucers. Newspapers printed his story under the headline "Flying Saucers".

　　Since then, all over the world, people have reported seeing similar strange objects. No one knows what they are or where they come from. Some people say that they do not exist, but many others say that they have seen them. Usually people on the ground have seen them but not always. Airline pilots also have reported seeing them and so have astronauts ── the men who fly in spaceships.

　　Perhaps some people saw them only in their imagination. Perhaps some people made a mistake. But airline pilots and astronauts do not usually make mistakes of this kind. Captain Ed Mitchell, who was the sixth man to walk on the moon, said in 1974 that he believes that some "flying saucers" are real. Many other people now believe that these strange flying objects are visiting the earth from other worlds in space.

　　In 1973 two men were out fishing in Mississippi. They say they saw a UFO shaped like an egg. There were three creatures like men but their skins were silver in colour. They had no eyes, and their mouths were just slits (裂缝). Their noses and ears were pointed. They made the fishermen get inside the UFO for a while. Then the creatures photographed them and took them to the place where they had been fishing.

　　There are many other similar stories. Some are probably untrue but some may be true. No one knows.

　　68. According to the passage, the name "flying saucers" was first used by __________.

　　A. a pilot of a small plane

　　B. an editor of a newspaper

　　C. an official in Washington

　　D. the man who flies in saucers

　　69. ____________ took pictures of the two fishermen.

　　A. The creatures in a UFO

　　B. A driver of a police car

　　C. A pilot of a plane

　　D. Captain Ed Mitchell

　　70. The purpose of this passage is to tell us___________.

　　A. the shape of UFOs

　　B. how to observe UFOs

　　C. the danger of UFOs

　　D. what we know about UFOs

　　71. It is implied in the passage that the author___________.

　　A. does not believe at all about the existence of UFOs

　　B. believes that UFOs are real objects flying in the sky

　　C. is not sure whether there are UFOs or not

　　D. thinks UFOs come from other planets

　　E

　　Britons Learn to Forgive

　　LEEDS, England ─ A Leeds University psychology (心理学) professor is teaching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies.

　　"The hatred(憎恨)we hold within us is a cancer," Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

　　More than 70 people have become members in Hart's first 20—week workshop in London—a course he says is the first of its kind in the world.

　　These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They realize their bitterness is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves, said Canadian-born Hart.

　　The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every two weeks.

　　The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hate in these people. "People have lots of negative attitudes towards forgiveness," he said. "People confuse (把…混淆) forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one."

　　Hart and his team have created instructions to provide the training needed.

　　"The main idea is to give you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes towards the person you are angry with," said Norman Claringbull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project.

　　Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people "want to get free of the past".

　　72. From this passage we know that ___________________.

　　A. high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hatred

　　B. high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professors

　　C. people who suffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies

　　D. without hatred, people will have less trouble connected with blood and heart

　　73. In Hart's first 20—week workshop, people there can ________________.

　　A. meet their enemies

　　B. change their minds

　　C. enjoy the professor's speech

　　D. learn how to quarrel with others

　　74. If you are a member in Hart’s workshop, you'll ___________________.

　　A. attend a gathering twice a month

　　B. go to the workshop every night

　　C. pay much money to Hart

　　D. pour out everything stored in your mind

　　75. The author wrote this passage in order to______________________.

　　A. persuade us to go to Hart's workshop

　　B. tell us the news about Hart's workshop

　　C. tell us how to run a workshop like Hart's

　　D. help us to look at various kinds of angers