2017高考英语三轮冲刺阅读强化训练41

　　、阅读理解（本大题共5小题，共0分）

　　A

　　The Great Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. In four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. One hundered thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.

　　The fire started on Sunday morning in the house of the King's baker(面包师) in Pudding Lane. The baker, with his wife and

　　family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery (面包房) into a small hotel next door. Then it spread quickly into Thames Street. That was the beginning.

　　By eight o'clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old St Paul's and the Guildhall along them.

　　Samuel Peyps, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. People threw their things into the river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birds fell out of the air because of the heat.

　　The fire stopped only when the King finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.

　　After the fire, Christopher Wren, the architect (建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone, In fact, the streets are still narrow, but he did build more than fifty churches, among them the new St Paul's.

　　The fire caused great pain and loss, but after it London was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.

　　1. The fire began in______.

　　A. a hotel

　　B. the palace

　　C. Pudding Lane

　　D. Thames Street

　　2. The underlined word 'family' in the second paragraph means______.

　　A. home

　　B. children

　　C. wife and husband

　　D. wife and children

　　3. It seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that______.

　　A. some people lost their lives

　　B. the birds in the sky were killed by the fire

　　C. many famous buildings were destroyed

　　D. the King's bakery was burned down

　　4. Why did the writer cite (引用) Samuel Pepys?

　　A.because Pepys was among those putting out the fire.

　　B.Because Pepys also wrote about the fire.

　　C.To show that poor people suffered most.

　　D.To give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.

　　5. How was the fire put out according to the text?

　　A. The King and his soldiers came to help.

　　B. All the wooden houses in the city were destroyed.

　　C. People managed to get enough water from the river.

　　D. Houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.

　　6. Which of the following were reasons for the rapid spread of the big fire?______.

　　(a) There was a strong wind.

　　(b) The streets were very narrow.

　　(c) Many houses were made of wood.

　　(d) There was not enough water in the city.

　　(e) people did not discover the fire earlier.

　　A. (a), and (b)

　　B. (a), (b) and (C)

　　C. (a), (b), (c) and (d)

　　D. (a), (b), (c) (d)and (e)

　　【答案解析】

　　1.【分析】这是一道细节题。很明显，文中的第二段第一句告诉我们C是该题的答案。

　　2.【分析】这是一道词意推断题。在本文中的family指的是the other members of the house（家），而这里应排除husband and wife。故B为答案。此题通过率为49％，区分度为0.532。

　　3.【分析】这是一道推理题。从第三自然段中Tuesday was the worst day. The fire destroged many well-known buildings, old St Paul's and the Guildhall along them.两句话可以看出作者对火灾后所产生的怎样的结局感到难过呢？故C为本题的最佳答案。此题通过率为41％，区分度为0.453。

　　4.【分析】这是一道细节题。作者在文中对1666年伦敦的大火进行了描述,同时又引用了著名作家Samnel Pepys的描述,其目的是要向读者进一步详细地展示这场大火的惨景。其中也暗含作者的意图。故D是最佳答案。

　　5.【分析】这一道细节题。通过文章的第五段便可以知道D为最佳答案。

　　6.【分析】这是一道归纳题。文中几处都谈到大火漫延的原因，即:风大、木制结构的房子、密集的房屋设置。故B是最佳答案。

　　B

　　About one million years ago, the Ice Age began. The Ice Age was a long period of time in which four great

　　glaciers (冰川) pushed southward to cover almost all the upper half of North America, and then melted away. Each glacier was a thick sheet of ice and snow that spread out from a center near what is now Hudson Bay in Canada. The winters were long, and the cool summers were too short to melt much of the ice and snow. The ever-growing sheet built up to a thickness of two miles at its center.

　　As all glaciers do, these great glaciers slid (滑动). They pushed down giant trees in their paths and scraped (刮削) the earth bare (光秃秃的) of soil. Many animals moved farther south to escape. Others stayed and were destroyed.

　　When winters of little snow came, the summer suns cut into the edges of the ice sheets. As the glaciers melted, rocks, soil and other things that had mixed with the ice and snow were left. New hills, lakes and rivers were formed.

　　The last of the great glaciers began its melting about 11,000 years ago. Its melting formed the Great Lakes. These lakes are today little changed from their early sizes and shapes. The largest of the North American river systems was also influenced by the glaciers. This is the Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio system. These rivers were miles wide at first. Through the years they settled into

　　their present channels.

　　1. The main idea of this passage is _____.

　　A.the Ice Age was a long period of time

　　B.great glaciers covered North America many years ago

　　C.changes in climate helped to melt the glaciers

　　D.how glaciers changed North America

　　2. The author states that all glaciers _____.

　　A. are two miles thick

　　B. form frozen lakes

　　C. are a million years old

　　D. move and slide

　　3. From the information in this passage we know that _____.

　　A. glaciers are destructive

　　B. all glaciers in the world move southward

　　C. the Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio system is larger than it was before the Ice Age

　　D. the Great Lakes are now smaller than they were before the Ice Age

　　4. The Ice Age lasted almost _____.

　　A. 1,000 years

　　B. 100 years

　　C.1,000,000 years

　　D. 11,000 years

　　5. In the last sentence, the word their refers to ______.

　　A. lakes

　　B. rivers

　　C. glaciers

　　D. systems

　　【答案解析】

　　1.答:D最佳【分析】A项只是第一自然段的一句话，不能概括全文，B项用词不准，原文有Cover almost all of upper half of North America并且many years ago用词也不准确。故排除B项。C项原文中未提及。

　　2.答:D最佳。

　　3.答:A最佳【分析】从第二自然段可获得信息。

　　4.答:C最佳【分析】从文章的第一句话可选出C项。

　　5.答:B最佳【分析】从These

　　rivers were miles wide at first. Through the years

　　they settled into

　　their present channels.可判断出their指的是rivers。

　　C

　　(C)

　　A study involving 8,500 teenagers from all social backgrounds found thai most of them are ignorani when it comes to money. The findings, the first in a scries of reports from NatWesl that has started a five-year research project into teenagers and money, arc particularly worrying as this generation of young people is likely to be burdened with greater debts man any before.

　　University tuition fees (学费) are currently capped at £3,000 annually, but this will be reviewed next year and the Government is under enormous pressure to raise the ceiling.

　　In the research, the teenagers were presented with die terms of four different loans but 76 per cent failed to identify the cheapest. The young people also predicted that they would be earning on average £ 31.000 by the age of 25, although the average salary for those aged 22 to 29 is just £ 17,815. The teenagers expected to be in debt when they finished university or training, although half said that they assumed the debts would be less than £ 10.000. Average debts for graduates are £ 12,363.

　　Stephen Moir, head of community investment at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group which owns NatWest, said. "The more exposed young people are to financial issues, and the younger they become aware of them, the more likely they arc to become responsible, forward-planning adults who manage their finances confidently and effectively."

　　Ministers are deeply concerned about the financial pressures on teenagers and young people because of student loans and rising housing costs. They have just introduced new lessons in how to manage debts. Nikki Fairweathcr. aged 15. from St Helens, said that she had benefited from lessons on personal finance, but admitted thai she still had a lot to learn about money.

　　72. Which of the following can be found from the five-year research project?

　　A. Students understand personal finances differently.

　　B. University tuition fees in England have been rising.

　　C. Teenagers tend to overestimate their future earnings.

　　D. The students' payback ability has become a major issue.

　　73. The phrase "to raise the ceiling" in paragraph 2 probably means "______".

　　A. to raise the student loans

　　B. to improve the school facilities

　　C. to increase the upper limit of the tuition

　　D. to lift the school building roofs

　　74. According to Stephen Moir, students_______.

　　A. are too young 10 be exposed 10 financial issues

　　B. should learn 10 manage their finances well

　　C- should maintain a positive attitude when facing loans

　　D. benefit a lot from lessons on personal finance

　　75. What can we learn from the passage?

　　A. Many British teenagers do not know money matters well

　　B. Teenagers in Britain are heavily burdened with debts.

　　C. Financial planning is a required course at college.

　　D. Young people should become responsible adults.

　　【答案解析】72. C

　　73. C74. B 75. A

　　D

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　　C. ￡24

　　D. ￡15

　　【答案解析】

　　2.答:C最佳【分析】这是一道计算题。一个人自己买票花了￡15，再加上用family card买了三张票，每张票￡3，故￡15＋￡3×3=￡24。

　　E

　　Sam and Joe were astronauts. There was once a very dangerous trip and the more experienced astronauts knew there was only a small chance of coming back alive(活着). Sam and Joe, however, thought, it would be exciting though a little dangerous. "We're the best men for the job," they said to the boss. "There may be problems, but we can find the answers. " "They're the last people I'd trust," thought the boss. "But all the other astronauts have refused to go."

　　Once they were in space, Joe had to go outside to make some repairs. When the repairs were done, he tried to get back inside the spaceship. But the door was locked. He knocked but there was no answer. He knocked again, louder this time, and again, no answer came. Then he hit the door as hard as he could and finally a voice said, "Who's there?" "It's me ! Who else could it be?" shouted Joe. Sam let him in all right but you can imagine that Joe never asked to go on a trip with Sam again!

　　1. Most of the astronauts were unwilling to go on the trip because_______.

　　A. there was little chance of being selected

　　B. they weren't experienced enough

　　C. they thought they might get killed

　　D. it wasn't excting enough

　　2. Why were Sam and Joe chosen?

　　A.The boss wanted them to get more experieoce.

　　B.The boss trusted them more than anyone else.

　　C.They were the last people who wanted to go.

　　D.They were the only men who offered to go.

　　3. What did Sam and Joe think the trip would be like?

　　A. There would be serinus problems.

　　B. There wouldn't be any danger.

　　C. It would be long and tiring.

　　D. It would be exciting.

　　4. Joe didn't want to work with Sam again probably beause he thought Sam______.

　　A. was very slow and possibly deaf

　　B. didn't know how to operate the door

　　C. was less experienced than he was

　　D. didn't know how to do repairs

　　5. The writer tells this stoty to______.

　　A. show the dangrous side of the astronauts' life

　　B. show the funny side of the astronauts' life

　　C. make people laugh

　　D. make people think

　　【答案解析】

　　2.【分析】这是一道细节题。最佳答案是D。从第一自然段Sam和Joe同老板的对话中可看出提示。

　　3.【分析】这又是一道细节题。正确答案为D。从Sam and Joe, however，thought it would be exciting though a ittle dangerous.一句可以得到本题的提示。

　　4.【分析】这是一道推理判断题。Joe不想再同Sam合作的原因从文中直接找不到。但从Joe多次敲门得不到反应的事件及Joe同Sam的对话。“Who's there？” “It's me! who else could it be？”可以看出Joe非常恼怒，这样看来，A为本题的最佳答案。此题通过率为61％。

　　5.【分析】这仍然是道推理判断题。就当年答卷分析显示，有相当一部分人选择A，但稍有物理知识的人都会明白，太空中处于真空状态，不能传播声音，所以本篇文章属于虚构，幻想之类的文章，写这篇文章的目的所在是想令人发笑。此题通过率为51％，区分度为0.594。