2016年浙江省杭州市外国语学校高考英语（阅读理解提分训练）每日一练29

　　每日一练2

　　倒数第五周星期

　　A

　　After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to dinner and a movie. She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you too, and would love to spend some time with you.”

　　The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my MOTHER, who had been a widow for 19 years, but the demands of my work and my three children had made it possible to visit her only occasionally. That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie.

　　“what’s wrong, are you well?” she asked. My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night call or a surprise invitation is a sign of bad news.

　　“I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you,” I responded. “just the two of us.” She thought about it for a moment, and then said, “I would like that very much.”

　　That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up, I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, seemed to be nervous about our date. She waited in the door with her coat on. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. She smiled from a face that was as radiant as angel’s.

　　“I told my friends that I was going to go out with my son, and they were impressed.” she said, as she got into the car. “They can’t wait to hear about our meeting.”

　　We went to a restaurant that, although not clegant, was very nice and cozy. My mother took my arm as if she were the First Lady. After we sat down, I had to read the menu. Her eyes could only read large print. Half way through the entries, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there starting at me. A nostalgic smile was on her lips.

　　“It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small.” she said.

　　“Then it’s time that you relaxed and let me return the favor.” I responded.

　　During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation – nothing extraordinary but catching up on recent events of each other’s life. We talked so much that we missed the movie.

　　A few days later, my mother died of a massive heart attack. It happened so suddenly that at that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time : “I LOVE YOU” and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till “some other time.”

　　41．What is the best title of the passage?

　　A．Return of the Favor

　　B．Being A Mother

　　C．An Agreeable Conversation D．A Surprise Invitation

　　42．How did the mother feel when she received her son’s date invitation?

　　A．She felt a bit upset about the date. B．She was eager for the date.

　　C．She hesitated to accept the date. D．She suspected the surprise date.

　　43．Why does the author give a detailed description of the mother’s dress – up in Para. 5?

　　A．To stress the significance of the date for her.

　　B．To create an atmosphere of happiness.

　　C．To show the importance of good manners.

　　D． To reflect the character of her mother.

　　44．What message does the author mainly intend to communicate in the last paragraph?

　　A．One grateful heart is surely to deserve another good one in return.

　　B．We should seek for a proper occasion to show our love.

　　C．We should show our loved ones timely love and concern in daily life.

　　D．It’s important to show our gratitude and appreciation to our loved people.

　　B

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　　Whether it is thin crust (酥皮), thick crust, stuffed, rolled, topped with a dozen ingredients (酥料) or served simply with tomato and cheese, there are few people who do not appreciate good pizza can be traced back to the 18 th century when sellers wandered in the streets of Naples selling picces of flatbread to the poor.

　　Although it is commonly believed that Italians invented the pizza, its orgins can actually date back to ancient times. The lsraelites, Egyptians, and other Middle Eastern cultures ate flatbreads cooked in mub ovens similar to today’s pita bread, and later the Romans and Greeks began topping this flatbread with olive oil and native spices. Once the Italians accepted the use of cooking with tomatoes, they perfected the pizza, and it developed into what we call pizza today.

　　It is said that the famous Margherita pizza from Naples, considered the “true” pizza by many, came about when Queen Margherita, while traveling through Italy, fell in love with the flatbreads being sold to the poor. She ordered a baker named Raphelle to bake her a selection of pizzas to try. One type, consisting of tomatoes, mozzarella, became her favorite, and was named to honor her appreciation for pizza.

　　Pizza Margherita is still a favorite pizza choice in Ital today. Although many cultures learned to back flatbreads with some type of topping, only southern Italy had rich, creamy buffalo – milk mozzarella and San Marzano tomatoes, the most important ingredients for Neapolitan pizza.

　　The world’s first pizzeria is believed to have opened in Naples, Italy, although street peddlers (小) may have sold pizza for many years before that. By the beginning of the 1900’s pizza made its way to the inner cities in the States, thanks to Italian immigrants, particularly New York and Chicago, which both have large Italian populations.

　　While living in Italy. I learned to love the thin – crusted pizza cooked in wood burning ovens that differs from the pizza sold in chain restaurants here in the US in any way. While the Neapolitan pizza consists of a few, fresh ingredients on a tasty, thin crust, the American pizza consumed here, is often packed with various ingredients, topped with a layer of heavy cheese, and prepared with a much thicker crust. True Italian pizza has a light, chewy crust, which may surprise those used to the taste of brick – oven pizza in America.

　　49．The passage is intended to

　　A．show the author’s disapproval of American pizza

　　B．introduce the popular Italian pizza

　　C．describe people’s appreciation for pizza

　　D．explain why piazza is so popular today

　　50．What is the third paragraph mainly about?

　　A．How pizza Margherita was named. B．Differences between pizza and pita.

　　C．The history of pizza.

　　D．Different ways to cook pizza.

　　51．We can learn from the passage that

　　.

　　A．pizza has become popular in the US since the nineteenth century

　　B．Italian pizza features a thin crust with fresh ingredients

　　C．flatbreads were first invented by the Romans and Greeks

　　D．Italian people seldom use tomatoes when they prepare pizza

　　52．The last paragraph is developed

　　.

　　A．by space B．by examples C．by comparison D．by time

　　D

　　The Great Barrier Reef is home to brightly colored fish, eye – catching coral, and swaying seaweed. What else is hiding in the world’s largest coral reef? Scientists recently dived into the water to find out. A team of scientists explored the reef, located along Australia’s northeastern coast. They also checked out Ningaloo Reef on the country’s western coast. The searches turned up hundreds of animal species, including some that may be new to science. Scientists spied worms shaped like trees, big – clawed shrimp and jellyfish.

　　“It is awe – inspiring to know that so much of what we see has not yet been described,” says Patricia Hendricks, who took part in the expedition. That is a trip with a specific goal. “The reef is truly a beautiful place with so many mysteries.”

　　Scientists wanted to get a closer look at some of the underwater cities’ lesser – known residents – soft coral. Using netted bags and their hands, the scientists searched the reefs. They found about 130 types of soft coral that may be new species. A lot is known about hard coral, but soft coral is more of a mystery. The creatures are very diverse, or varied. Some are shaped like bushes or fans. Others are whips that twist with the currents. They grow in rainbow of colors. Despite the variety, some types of soft coral look very similar to one another, “This makes them a challenge to study, and so very little is known about them.” Hendricks told ER News. She and other researchers took samples of the soft coral. The scientists also zeroed in on what was living in and around the coral. They hope to identify the new species.

　　The reef research isn’t done yet. The scientists plan to return to same three spots annually for the next six years. They left 36 plastic “houses” stuck to the ocean floor. The scientists hope some of the coral reefs’ residents will move into the houses over time. That will make it easier for scientists to study the creatures on future trips.

　　The scientists’ findings could give humans a hand. Some marine life is used in medicine. Researchers can also study how the creatures deal with pollution and climate change. That might give scientists ideas on how people could better adapt or change. Knowing what creatures live in oceans is important, scientists say, because on – third of the world’s coral reefs are endangered. “If we don’t know what is present in the first place, how are we ever going to protect it properly?” asks Hendricks. “Learning about new species is an important step.”

　　53．What’s the main idea of the passage?

　　A．Scientists find surprises in the Great barrier Reef.

　　B．Soft Coral no longer remains a mystery.

　　C．Scientists left 36 plastic houses to the ocean floor.

　　D．Scientists made explorations to deal with ocean pollution.

　　54．According to the passage, what makes the study of the soft coral a big challenge?

　　A．The diversity of the soft coral. B．Many unknown species.

　　C．The similar appearance. D．Various shapes and colors.

　　55．What does the writer mean by “That might give scientists ideas on how people could better adapt, or change.” (Para.5)?

　　A．Ocean species may be of great medical value in the future.

　　B．A study of ocean creatures’ adaptation may assist scientists in their research.

　　C．Research on ocean creatures will help solve the pollution problem.

　　D．Studying new ocean species will help improve people’s living environment.

　　56．It can be inferred from the passage that

　　.

　　A．the scientists discovered many ocean species by accident

　　B．coral reefs in the world are endangered because of climate change

　　C．the Great Barrier Reef has been attracting more scientists’ attention

　　D．the samples of the soft coral enables scientists to further explore the ocean

　　E

　　It is, perhaps, no accident that many of the outstanding figures of the past were amazingly versatile men. Right up until very recent times, it was possible for an intelligent person to be familiar with almost every branch of knowledge. Thus, men of genius like Leonardo da Cinci or Sir Philip Sidney, engaged in many careers at once as a matter of course. Da Vinci was so busy with his numerous inventions, that he hardly found the time to complete his paintings; Sidney, who died in battle when he was only thirty – two years old, was not only a great soldier, but a brilliant scholar and poet as well. Both these men came very near to fulfilling the Renaissance (文艺复兴) ideal of the ‘universal man’, the man who was expert at everything.

　　Today, we rarely, if ever, hear that a musician has just invented a new type of space rocket. Knowledge has become divided and subdivided into countless, narrowly – defined fields. The specialist is respected; the versatile person, far from being admired, is more often regarded with distrust. The modern world is a world of highly – skilled ‘experts’ who have had to devote the greater part of their lives to a very limited field of study in order to compete with their fellows.

　　With this high degree of specialization, the frontiers of knowledge are steadily being pushed back more rapidly than ever before. But this has not been achieved without considerable cost. The scientist, who outside his own particular subject is little more than a fool, is a modern phenomenon; as is the man of letters who is hardly aware of the rapid progress that has been made in technology. Similarly, specialization has indirectly affected quite ordinary people in every walk of life. Many activities which were once pursued (追求) for their own sakes, are often given up in despair: they require techniques, the experts tell us, which take a lifetime to master. Why learn to play the piano, when you can listen to the world’s greatest pianists in your own drawing – room?

　　Little by little, we are becoming more and more separate from each other. It is almost impossible to talk to your neighbor about his job, even if he is engaged in roughly the same work as you are. The Royal Society in Britain includes among its members only the most admirable scientists in the country. Yet it is highly confusing to find that even here, as one of its fellows put it, at an academic(学术的) lecture only 10% of the members can understand 50% of what is being said!

　　57．The underlined expression “versatile men” refers to

　　.

　　A．highly – skilled specialists B．brilliant scholars

　　C．talented people

　　D．admirable scientists

　　58．According to the passage, if da Vinci and Sydney lived in the modern world,

　　.

　　A．they would enjoy a better reputation B．people would look up to them in amazement

　　C．they might have made greater achievements D．they might not be truly appreciated by people

　　59．By quoting “at lecture only 10% of the members can understand 50% of what is being said”, the writer wants to show that the high-degree specialization

　　.

　　A．has made scientists unwilling to share their achievements

　　B．has widened the academic gap between scientists in the same field

　　C．has indirectly affected people in every walk of life

　　D．has brought about a significant increase in interpersonal distance[

　　60．The writer of the passage takes a

　　attitude towards the high-degree specialization.

　　A．pessimistic B．negative C．supportive D．friendly