2016届高考英语二轮阅读理解九十天强化训练：47

　　高考英语二轮九十天强化训练：阅读理解47

　　We walked in so quietly that the nurse at the desk didn't even lift her eyes from the book. Mum pointed at a big chair by the door and I knew she wanted me to sit down. While I watched mouth open in surprise. Mum took off her hat and coat and gave them ko me to hold. She walked quietly to the small room by the lift and took out a wet mop. She pushed the mop past the desk and as the nurse looked up. Mum nodded and said. "Very dirty floors."

　　"Yes, I'm glad they've finally decided to clean them, "the nurse answered. She looked at Mum strangely and said, "But aren't you working late?"

　　Mum just pushed harder, each sweep (拖一下) of the mop taking her farther and farther down the hall. I watched until she was out of sight and the nurse had turned back to writing in

　　the big book.

　　After a long time Mum came back. Her eyes were shining.

　　She quickly put the mop back and took my hand. As we turned to go out of the door, Mum bowed politely to the nurse and said, "Thank you."

　　Outside, Mum told me "Dagmar is fine. No fever. “

　　"You saw her, Mum?"

　　"Of course. I told her about the hospital rules, and she

　　will not expect us until tomorrow. Dad will stop worrying as well. It's a fine hospital. But such floors! A mop is no good. You need a brush."

　　1. When she took a mop from the small room what Mum really wanted to do was_______.

　　A. to clean the floor

　　B. to please the nurse

　　C. to see a patient

　　D. to surprise the story-teller

　　答案：答案：答案：

　　5. Which of the following words best describes Mum?

　　A. strange

　　B. warm-hearted

　　C. clever

　　D. hard-working

　　答案：A

　　When Luca first heard of the Island of Inventions, he was still very young. But its wonders sounded so incredible that they were forever burned in his memory. From that moment, he never stopped searching for clues which might lead him to the island. He read hundreds of adventure books, histories, volumes of physics and chemistry, even music.

　　Over time, he pieced together his idea of what the Island of Inventions was like. It was a secret place, where all the great wise men of the world would meet to learn and invent together. Access to the island was totally restricted. To join, you had to have created some great invention for humanity. Only then could you receive the special invitation — which came with directions to the island.

　　So Luca spent his youth studying and inventing. Every new idea he got, he made it into an invention, and if there were something he didn't understand, he’d seek others to help him. Soon he met other young inventors and he told them about the Island of Inventions. They too dreamed of one day receiving an invitation letter.

　　As years passed, the disappointment of not receiving their invitation made Luca and his friends work harder and co-operate more. They would meet in Luca's house, share their ideas and build new machines. Their inventions became known throughout the world, and improved the lives of millions.

　　But still, no invitation came.

　　They didn’t lose heart. They continued learning and inventing every day, trying to come up with more and better ideas. Fresh young talent joined their group, as more inventors dreamed of getting to the island.

　　One day many years later, Luca, already very old, was speaking with a brilliant young man named Roberts, who had written to him, asking him to join the group. Luca started telling the man of the wonderful Island of Inventions, and of how he was sure that some day they would receive an invitation. Surprised, the young inventor interrupted:

　　“You mean this place isn’t the Island of Inventions? Isn't the letter you sent me the real invitation?”

　　It was only then that Luca realised that his dream had become true in his very own house. No island could exist which would be better than where he was now. No place of invention would be better than what he and his friends had created. Luca felt happy to know that he had always been on the island, and that his life of invention and study had been a truly happy one.

　　26. Luca’s picture of the Island of Inventions was mainly based on ________.

　　A. scientific research

　　B. his imagination

　　C. reports of others

　　D. history books

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据Over time, he pieced together his idea of what the Island of Inventions was like.27. Why did Luca and his colleagues probably never receive an invitation to the island?

　　A. Their ideas were not considered worthy enough.

　　B. They were too concerned with acquiring fame.

　　C. The organization had already broken up.

　　D. The island was not a real place.

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】推理判断题。根据“You mean this place isn’t the Island of Inventions?No island could exist which would be better than where he was now.28. What was Roberts’ reaction to Luca’s story of the island?

　　A. He thought he had already arrived at the island.

　　B. He was disappointed to discover it didn’t exist.

　　C. He was excited about receiving an invitation.

　　D. He expressed surprise that Luca believed in such fairy tales.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据“You mean this place isn’t the Island of Inventions? Isn't the letter you sent me the real invitation?” Island of Inventions岛，故选A。

　　29. What did Luca learn at the end of the story?

　　A. The island of inventions did not exist.

　　B. He had wasted most of his life.

　　C. He had unknowingly built his own dreamland.

　　D. He finally would receive his invitation.

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】推理判断题。根据No place of invention would be better than what he and his friends had created. Luca felt happy to know that he had always been on the island, and that his life of invention and study had been a truly happy one.30. Which of the following best describes Luca?

　　A. Aggressive.

　　B. Trusting.

　　C. Creative.

　　D. Easy-going.

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】细节理解题。ggressive有进取心的； trusting信赖的； creative创造性的；easy-going随和的。根据短文的内容可知Luca根据自己的想象画出来了图画，并且创造了许多发明，故选C。

　　阅读理解猜测词义Passage ****************

　　Do you find getting up in the morning so difficult that it's painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.

　　During the hours when you labour through your work you may say that you' re "hot". That' s true. The time of the day when you feel most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it brads to such familar monologues as "Get up, John! You'll be late for work a gain! "The possible explanation to the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realise what these energy cycles mean, and which cycle each member of the family has.

　　You can't change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help. Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe you' re sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Counteract your cycle to some extent by habitually staying up later than you want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This won't change your eyery, but you'll get up steam and work better at your low point.

　　Get off to a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a leisurely yawn and stretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Aviod the trouble- some search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do routine work in the afternoon and save tasks requiring more energy or concentration for your shaper hours.

　　1. If a person finds getting up early a problem, most probably_________.

　　A. he is a lazy person

　　B. he refuses to follow his own energy cycle

　　C. he is not sure when his energy is low

　　D. he is at his peak in the afternoon or evening

　　答案：

　　2. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage?

　　A. Unwareness of energy cycles.

　　B. Familiar monologues.

　　C. A change in a family member's energy cycle.

　　D. Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.

　　答案：

　　3. If one wants to work more efficiently at his low point in the morning, he should___________.

　　A. change his energy cycle

　　B. overcome his laziness

　　C. get up earlier than usual

　　D. go to bed earlier

　　答案：答案：答案：答案：答案：答案：

　　Imagine putting a seed in a freezer, waiting 30,000 years, and then taking the seed out and planting it. Do you think a flower would grow?

　　Amazingly, scientists have just managed to do something very similar. They found the fruit of an ancient plant that had been frozen underground in Siberia — a region covering central and eastern Russia — for about 31,800 years. Using pieces of the fruit, the scientists grew plants in a lab. The new blooms have delicate white petals. They are also the oldest flowering plants that researchers have ever revived from a deep freeze.

　　“This is like regenerating a dinosaur from tissues of an ancient egg,” said University of California, Los Angeles biologist Jane Shen-Miller.

　　The plant has a long history. Back when mammoths and woolly rhinoceroses walked the land, an Arctic ground squirrel buried seeds and fruits in an underground chamber near the Kolyma River in northeastern Siberia. The ground became permafrost, a layer of soil that stays frozen for a long time.

　　Recently, Russian scientists dug out the old squirrel hole and found the plant remains 38 meters below the surface. Back at the lab, the team fed nutrients to tissue from three of the fruits to grow shoots. Then the scientists transferred the shoots to pots filled with soil. The plants produced seeds that could be used to grow even more of them.

　　It’s important for scientists to know that plant tissues can still be revived after being frozen for a long time. That’s because many researchers are trying to preserve the seeds of modern plants by freezing them and then storing them in giant lockers at various spots around the globe. One such endeavor, an underground facility in Norway, is called the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It stores hundreds of thousands of frozen seeds. If a plant ever goes extinct, scientists could bring it back by taking its seeds from the Svalbard or other storage lockers.

　　“No one knows how long they are able to live for, but freezing is basically the format for many plant conservation attempts nowadays.” Shen-Miller said. It’s a good thing that at least some plants are tough enough to survive the experience.

　　31. How did the fruit originally get underground?

　　A. It was placed there by an animal.

　　B. It was trapped there during the ice-age.

　　C. It was planted there by ancient farmers.

　　D. It was buried there after the earthquake.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据Back when mammoths and woolly rhinoceroses walked the land, an Arctic ground squirrel buried seeds and fruits in an underground chamber near the Kolyma River in northeastern Siberia.32. Which of the following was NOT used to recreate the ancient plant?

　　A. Modern nutrients.

　　B. Parts of its fruit.

　　C. Its frozen seeds.

　　D. Plant pots with soil.

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据Russian scientists dug out the old squirrel hole and found the plant remains 38 meters below the surface. Back at the lab, the team fed nutrients to tissue from three of the fruits to grow shoots. Then the scientists transferred the shoots to pots filled with soil.从果实的一部分取组织，然后给这些组织一定的营养，然后把嫩芽放在有土壤的盆里就能再重新栽培出古代的植物，这里没有提到冻了的种子，故选C。

　　33. Why are scientists interested in this discovery?

　　A. It helps them learn how plant life has changed in the past 30,000 years.

　　B. It can help guide future efforts to protect endangered plant-life.

　　C. It can provide directions for where to look for other ancient plants.

　　D. It proves that all plant life can survive for thousands of years when frozen.

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据That’s because many researchers are trying to preserve the seeds of modern plants by freezing them and then storing them in giant lockers at various spots around the globe. If a plant ever goes extinct, scientists could bring it back by taking its seeds from the Svalbard or other storage lockers.有了这个重要的发现有助于帮助我们未来去保护频临灭绝的植物，故选B。

　　34. The underlined word “they” in the final paragraph refers to _______.

　　A. plants

　　B. seeds

　　C. scientists

　　D. storage lockers

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】词义猜测题。根据If a plant ever goes extinct, scientists could bring it back by taking its seeds from the Svalbard or other storage lockers.able to live for应该指的是种子能够活多长，故选B。

　　35. The purpose of the passage is to _______.

　　A. discuss a plant conservation effort

　　B. introduce some ancient plants

　　C. outline some causes of global warming

　　D. describe a scientific research project

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】作者意图题。纵观全文的内容可知短文介绍了一个科研项目，故选D。