2016届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解寒假训练：（8）

　　阅读理解训练（8）

　　A

　　We were moving to a new state after my husband had been out of work for many months and we had no money. In fact, we had to borrow money to reach our destination town. Anyway, it was my husband, two boys aged four and two, and myself, seven months pregnant (怀孕), in an old Volvo station wagon. We had been driving for two days in the middle of winter (that car’s heater didn’t work), and we had taken a route that was very desolate. There was nothing around for miles－no cars, buildings or signs of civilization. Suddenly, our car started losing power and the gauges(汽油表) went all out of order. We saw a light in the distance and managed to roll to a stop in front of this property that looked like a small simple house. Our cell phones had not gotten reception for many miles, and it was freezing outside, so I didn’t know if we were going to make it out of this situation alive. My husband got out of the car to see if there was something he could do to get us rolling again, but it was not looking good. A short while later, a man came out of the house and spoke with my husband a bit before inviting us all into his home. He and his wife took us in, fed us, and made us feel at home as we struggled to find some way to get to our destination, which was still a few hours’ drive away. We were able to call a friend and get a ride, leaving our broken car behind, but not before the couple gave us food and water for our journey. One week later, this dear sweet couple pulled our car all the way to our place and refused to take anything in return, except for us to pay it forward－and we have, and will continue to do it forever.

　　1. We can learn from the text that the family________.

　　A. had a hopeless future

　　B. was in financial difficulty

　　C. suffered from a company crash

　　D. wanted to turn to their relatives for help

　　2. The underlined word “ desolate” probably mean________.

　　A. deserted

　　B. advanced

　　C. smooth

　　D. muddy

　　3. Knowing that the wagon had broken down, the author________.

　　A. called her friend several miles away for help

　　B. stopped the car in front of a simple service station

　　C. was afraid that they couldn’t overcome the difficulty

　　D. encouraged her husband and children to be confident

　　4. We can learn from the text that the family___________.

　　A. got out of their financial difficulty

　　B. met with more troubles after that

　　C. came back to thank the couple who had helped them

　　D. followed the couple’s example in return for their help

　　1-4 BACD

　　B

　　Electric cars are dirty．In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be more dirty than their gasoline-powered cousins．

　　People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions（排放）vehicles,” but people in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from．Power plants mostly use fire to make it．Aside from the few folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators（发电机）．Generators are fueled by something — usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants．There are a few wind farms and geothermal（地热的）plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something．

　　In other words, those “zero-emissions” cars are likely coal-burning cars．It's just because the coal is burned somewhere else , so it looks clean．It is not．It’s as if the California greens are covering their eyes—“If I can’t see it, it’s not happening.” Gasoline is an unbelievably efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it．But when you take that gas（or another fuel）and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat—at the generator, through the transmission lines, etc．

　　A gallon of gas may propel your car 25 miles．But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas won't get you nearly as far — so electric cars burn more fuel than gas-powered ones．If our electricity came mostly from nukes, or geothermal, or hydro, or solar, or wind, then an electric car truly would be clean．But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we don’t use much of those energy sources．

　　In addition, electric cars’ batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill（垃圾）and finally, when cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads．When it’s a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place．Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot．

　　5. What is the main idea of the passage?

　　A. Electric cars are not clean at all

　　B. Electric cars are better than gasoline-powered ones

　　C. People have doubts about electric cars’ batteries

　　D. Gasoline is an effective way to power a vehicle

　　6. The underlined words “ be clueless” mean___________

　　A. know nothing

　　B. have confidence

　　C. feel excited

　　D. be pleased

　　7. The electricity we get from a gallon of gas may make our car run ________

　　A. not less than 25 miles

　　B. as far as 50 miles

　　C. as far as 25 miles

　　D. not more than 25 miles

　　8. According to the passage, electric cars__________

　　A. are more environmentally friendly

　　B. burn more fuel than gas-powered ones

　　C. are very good at cleaning up

　　D. are poisonous for a long time

　　参考答案5-8 AADB

　　C

　　Suleman Dawood

　　School of Business

　　"Become a part of the community dedicated to excellence and knowledge creation."

　　Lahore University of Management Science is a premier institution known for its academy excellence. It offers a diverse range of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs in the areas of management, computer science, computer engineering, economics, law and social science.

　　昐uleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB) of the University is recognized as one of the most prestigious (n有声望的) business schools in the region. SDSB offers programs at the graduate (MBA, EMBA) and the undergraduate (BSc Accounting and Finance) levels and also offers executive education(执行教育). The school is now ready to launch a world-class PhD programme.

　　Faculty (全体员工)Positions

　　With a record major sponsorship, SDSB is embarking on (着手) a major expansion and is looking for highly competent faculty members committed to student development and research. Both permanent and visiting faculty positions are available at the Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor levels. Candidates with a PhD from a reputed university and a track record of academic excellence will be preferred.

　　Subject Areas

　　?Accounting

　　?Information Systems and E-business

　　?Finance

　　?Strategy

　　?Markegy

　　?Marketing

　　?Supply Chain Management

　　?Production and Operations

　　Why Join LUMS

　　?Opportunity for professional growth and development

　　?State-of-the-art teaching and research facilities

　　?Connections with other centers of academic excellence abroad

　　•Opportunity to help shape the future of education and research in the region

　　•High quality student intake

　　•An institute committed to merit and excellence

　　•Faculty recruited（征募) from the finest universities of the world

　　•Culture of openness •Competitive remuneration (报酬) package

　　•Excellence on-campus housing facilities for faculty members

　　Applicants should forward their letter of interest and detailed curriculum vitae (个人简历) with a passport size photograph to the following address;

　　Convenor, SDSB Faculty Search Committee

　　Suleman Dawood School of Business

　　Lahore University of Management Science, Opposite Sector U, D.H.A. Lahore, Pakistan

　　Email: sdsbfacultyiobs@lums.edu.pk

　　URL： www. lums. edu. pk

　　9. From the text, we can learn that_

　　.

　　A. SDSB is known for its academic excellence

　　B. SDSB is one of the schools in LUMS

　　C. LUMS is one of the most famous business schools in the region

　　D. SDSB offers a diverse range of programs in the areas of management

　　10. Why does SDSB need faculty members?

　　A. The school needs permanent and visiting faculty positions．

　　B. The faculty is recruited from the finest universities of the world．

　　C. The school needs state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities．

　　D. The school is making an expansion thanks to some major sponsorship．

　　11. If you joined LUMS, you would____ ．

　　A. study Supply Chain Management

　　B. have high quality teacher intake

　　C. have the opportunity for professional growth and development

　　D. get a PhD from a reputed university

　　参考答案9-11 BDC

　　D

　　From bankers to factory staff, employees in the West face a cold prospect of losing their jobs as a global recession(衰退) starts to bite. For colleagues in the East, the pain is more likely to come through a pay cut.

　　Human resource experts say cultural differences explain why Asian companies try harder to preserve jobs in difficult times, which will prevent unemployment and may help Asian economies survive at a time of slowing exports. The East Asian attitude may also make it easier for companies to recover quickly from the economic downturn since they will not need to rehire or train new staff, but build up a more loyal and devoted group.

　　"In the Confucian mindset(儒家思想), the right thing to do is to share the burden, which is the sense of collective responsibility. While in the West, it's more about individual survival," said Michael Benoliel, associate professor of organizational behavior at Singapore Management University (SMU).

　　In contrast, local Western companies from General Motors to Goldman Sachs plan to lay off workers by the thousands, but at the Asian units of Western multinationals or western units of Asian groups, job cuts will probably be less severe.

　　Japan's jobless rate was 4 percent in September, up from 3.8 percent in January, while Hong Kong's was flat at 3.4 percent. But US unemployment is expected to have jumped to 6.3 percent last month from below 5 percent in January.

　　Experts say that while there are noticeable differences in labor practices in East and West, the gap will narrow as more firms become more multinational and competition forces firms to adopt the best practices of rivals(对手) from abroad.

　　12. The underlined word "prospect" in the first paragraph most probably means _________.

　　A. future

　　B. scene

　　C. weather

　　D. place

　　13. Compared with job cuts, pay cuts can bring the following benefits EXCEPT that _________.

　　A. it's helpful to the economy recovery

　　B. it can form a team working harder and more loyally

　　C. it will keep the experienced and skilled workers

　　D. it costs the company less money to survive

　　14. According to Michael Benoliel, the Confucian mindset focuses on _________.

　　A. human rights

　　B. personal profits

　　C. sharing responsibility

　　D. individual survival

　　15. The passage mainly tells us ________.

　　A. the difficulties all the companies around the world will meet with today

　　B. the different labor solutions of Asian and Western in global recession

　　C. the ways to cut down the cost of the companies in economic downturn

　　D. the cultural differences between Eastern and Western world at present

　　参考答案12-15 ADCB