浙江省2016高考英语二轮复习 专题训练 阅读理解（12）

　　浙江省2016高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（12）

　　阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　A

　　Fat and shy, Ben Saunders was the last kid in his class picked for any sports team. "Football, tennis, cricket — anything with a round ball, I was useless," he says now with a laugh. But back then he was the one always made fun of in school gym classes in Devonshire, England.

　　It was a mountain bike he received for his 15th birthday that changed him. At first he went hiking alone in a nearby forest. Then he began to ride the bike along with a runner friend. Gradually, Saunders set his mind on building up his body, increasing his speed and strength. At the age of 18, he ran his first marathon.

　　The following year, he met John Ridgway and was hired as an instructor at Ridgway' s School of Adventure in Scotland, where he learned about Ridgway 's cold-water exploits. Greatly interested, Saunders read all he could about North Pole explorers and adventures, then decided that this would be his future.

　　In 2001, after becoming a skillful skier, Saunders started his first long-distance expedition (探险) towards the North Pole. It took unbelievable energy. He suffered frostbite (冻疮) , ran into a polar bear and pushed his body to the limit, pulling his supply-loaded sled(雪撬) up and over rocky ice.

　　Saunders has become the youngest person to ski alone to the North Pole, and he' s skied more of the North Pole by himself than any other British man. His old playmates would not believe the change.

　　Next October, Saunders, 27, heads south from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back, a 2900-kilometre journey that has never been completed on skis.

　　1. What change happened to Saunders after he was 15 years old?

　　A. He became good at most sports.

　　B. He began to build up his body.

　　C. He joined a sports team.

　　D. He made friends with a runner.

　　2. The underlined word "exploits" (paragraph 3) is closest in meaning to ____.

　　A. journeys

　　B. researches

　　C. adventures

　　D. operations

　　3. Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Saunders?

　　a. He ran his first marathon.

　　b. He skied alone in the North Pole.

　　c. He rode his bike in a forest.

　　d. He planned an adventure to the South Role.

　　A. acdb

　　B. cdab

　　C. acbd

　　D. cabd

　　4. What does the story mainly tell us about Saunders?

　　A. He is a success in sports.

　　.

　　B. He is the best British skier.

　　C. He is Ridgway' s favorite student.

　　D. He is a good instructor at school.

　　B

　　It' s 2035. You have a job, a family and you' re about 40 years old. Welcome to your future life.

　　Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. "Turn red," you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics (智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to change its color. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you' re 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You' re not even middle-aged!

　　As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, "To lose weight, you shouldn't eat that," from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code(电子源码) on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decide to listen to your shoes. "Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?" A list of possible foods appears on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.

　　" Ready for your trip to space?" you ask your son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space — and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, "The doctor said you need these for space travel. " Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.

　　It' s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. " My office. Autopilot," you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly into traffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it.

　　5. What changes the color of your shirt?

　　A. The mirror.

　　B. The shirt itself.

　　C. The counter.

　　D The medicine.

　　6. How do the shoes know that you shouldn't eat the breakfast cereal?

　　A. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl.

　　B. By listening to the doctor' s advice.

　　C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen;

　　D. By checking the nutrition details of the food.

　　7. The strawberries the children eat serve as ________

　　A. breakfast

　　B. lunch

　　C. vaccines

　　D. nutrition

　　8. How is the text organized?

　　A. In order of time.

　　B. In order of frequency.

　　C. In order of preference.

　　D. In order of importance

　　C

　　Police today stepped up a murder probe（调查）after a father was killed by a gang. They attacked him with an axe.

　　John Purcell, 40, suffered fatal injuries in the incident in Easterhouse, Glasgow on Saturday evening… moments after he had said goodbye to his children. His youngest son John, 11, was being comforted by his mum Elizabeth Malcolm after witnessing the street horror. The father-of-three was attacked around 10:30 in Easterhouse Road.

　　Young John said, “My father was struck from behind with something that looked like a chopper.” John, his sister Danielle, 15, and brother William, 19, have been left devastated and placed a floral tribute（葬礼献花）at the attack scene in memory of their dad. Elizabeth Malcolm said, “We are all in shock about what had happened. When he left here he usually turned left down the road, but for some reason on Saturday he went in the opposite direction which is where the gang members always hang out.”

　　“We have been apart for a number of years, but John always remained close to his children and this has hit them hard,” she said.

　　Police officers initially sealed off the area for forensic（法医的） examination but later allowed his relatives to lay flowers. Following a post-mortem（尸检报告）, Mr. Purcell’s death is being treated as murder. He had been taken by ambulance to Glasgow Royal Hospital but died from his severe injuries. Detective Chief Inspector John Riggans, who is leading the investigation, appealed for witnesses to come forward and said, “Inquiries are at an early stage and we are trying to establish the circumstances surrounding the attack scene for the moment.”

　　9.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

　　A. John Purcell was attacked around 10:30 pm in Easterhouse Road.

　　B. John Purcell had three children, but he did not live with them.

　　C. Before the murder, John Purcell went out and turned left down the road.

　　D. Detective Chief Inspector John Riggans did not catch the murderer.

　　10.What can we infer from the passage?

　　A. John Purcell lived with his wife Elizabeth Malcolm before the murder.

　　B. John, as well as his sister and brother, loved John Purcell deeply.

　　C. John Purcell was attacked by a gang with a gun.

　　D. Detective Chief Inspector John Riggans did nothing but wait.

　　11.The word “devastated” in the third paragraph probably means___________.

　　A. upset

　　B. indifferent

　　C. sorrowful

　　D. disappointed

　　12. What is the best title of the passage?

　　A. An Unbelievable Tragedy.

　　B. Father’s Love.

　　C. A Great Detective.

　　D. The Conflict between Wife and Husband.

　　D

　　WILD WEATHERMAN

　　Name: Sam Champion

　　Hot job: TV Weatherman

　　Where: WABC-TV, New York City

　　When you were a child, did you plan to forecast wind, rain, and snow on TV?

　　I wanted to be a foreign journalist. I took courses in weather science at Eastern Kentucky University, but I majored in broadcasting news.

　　How did you finally become a weatherman?

　　My first job in the early 80’s was at the local TV station in Paducah, Kentucky. I did everything from turning on the lights in the morning to writing and delivering morning news. I put together weather forecasts, and became interested in them.

　　Back then, how did you forecast weather?

　　Independent companies collected computer information that showed, for example, how a single weather system might split into snow or snow mixed with rain. The information was often opposite and the job of a weatherman was to study the information and make the best educated guess about the storm.

　　Has weather forecasting changed much with new technology?

　　Advanced computers, satellites, and Doppler radar (sound waves used to track storms) have made forecasting more exact. But we still know very little about how weather is shaped. So far, we just have theories.

　　Any advice for children who’d like to become weather scientists?

　　To me, weather is the most exciting field in the world. There are still so many more questions about weather than answers. After all, if we can’t foresee floods or hurricanes, how safe a society are we? Weather forecasting is wide open for scientists who love to solve puzzling problems. The next generation of meteorologists (weather scientists) will unlock many of Earth’s weather secrets. So get a general knowledge of Earth science, and study meteorology (weather science) in college.

　　Thanks, Sam.

　　13. Judging from the writing style, the text is ________.

　　A. a diary

　　B. an interview

　　C. a news story

　　D. an announcement

　　14. As a child, ABC-TV’s Sam Champion wanted to be a ________.

　　A. space scientist

　　B. weatherman

　　C. news reporter

　　D. meteorologist

　　15. Present weather forecasting technology ________.

　　A. has made weather report more exact than ever

　　B. is still not perfect

　　C. hasn’t changed much in the last 50 years

　　D. both A and B

　　16. The study of weather science is called ________.

　　A .meteorology

　　B .forecasting

　　C. geography

　　D .Earth science

　　E

　　“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him，and let him know that you trust him.” These words are from the black American educator，Booker Washington. He was saying that，“If you want people to grow up，you have to stop treating them like children.” In America，families are close but children are encouraged to be independent，to make their own decisions，even at a very early age. It’s not unusual for a child of seven to be given an allowance(津贴)every week. The child is encouraged to save some of the money but he or she can spend it on whatever they choose，for example，buying clothes，school supplies or CDs. Some teenagers even have their own credit cards! That’s a big responsibility since even adults are tempted to overspend when they have credit cards. From an early age，American children are asked for their opinions and they are included in family decisionmaking. At the dinner table，teenagers will be listened to on any topicfrom politics to buying a new family car or where the family will go on vacation. In this way，teenagers are getting practice in becoming individuals：they are learning how to stand on their own two feet. Many Chinese young people are becoming almost as interested as American teens in searching for independence. They want to express those qualities that make them unique human beings. You can see this in the way they dress, the music they listen to and the friends they choose. “Super Girl” Li Yuchun caught the imagination of Chinese teenagers on the “Super Girl” television contest. She was not the traditional “nice，young Chinese girl”．With her short，spiky hair and boy—like clothes，she was telling everyone that she was different. She had the courage to be her own person and to stand on her own two feet...and she won! There is an old saying，“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him and then choose that way with all his strength.” If you do this，step by step，over a period of time，you may find that you have become the person you always wanted to be. 17．The passage is intended to encourage the youth to  ___________. A．save money for useful things B．become independent C．express their great ambitions D．make important decisions ．A child of seven is given an allowance so that he can _________. A．be accepted as a popular guy B．learn to decide how to use money C．overspend money without care D．have school supplies of his own ．The author implies that many Chinese children  ___________. A．are more independent than Americans B．should become interested in America C．are happy with their present situation D．are not satisfied to be nice，quiet ones ．The main idea of the last paragraph is  ___________. A．that we should do things step by step B．why we should understand our desires C．what we should plan for our own life D．how we can manage to realize our dreams