1、2013高考英语二轮阅读理解强化训练（04）及答案A There was great excitement at Thorby police station. The Inspector had received a phone call froman informer(通报者). The man said that a gang (帮，伙) intended to rob the main post office. He even told the Inspector the date and time for which the robbery was planned. The Thorh
2、y police were not used to serious crimes (罪). Except for occasional cases of ap- ple stealing, their peace was seldom disturbed. Hardly did anything more serious happen. The robbery was going to take place at two oclock on market day. The informer said that one of the gang would have a revolver. Thi
3、s worded the Inspector most of all. On market days, the street near the post office was always crowded. There was danger that someone might be killed. It was the most difficult case the Inspector had ever had.The Inspector wanted to make sure the gang was caught and he made preparation carefully. He
4、 ordered .his men to wear ordinary clothes so that some of them could mix with the people in the post office. Others were to be in the street outside to prevent the gang from escaping. On the day that the robbery was to take place, all was ready. At two oclock, a large black car was parked in front
5、of the post office. Three men, with handkerchiefs over their faces, jumped out and ran into the post office. Two of them stayed by the door. The third went up to the counter and pulled out a revolver. No sooner had he done this than the Inspector blew his whistle. The man standing at the counter imm
6、ediately put the revolver back in his pocket and pulled the handkerchief from his face. Could I have a five-penny stamp, please?he said. You will have to tell a better story than that to the Judge, She Inspector said. And anyway, there is no parking in front of the post office. ” 1. From the story,
7、we may conclude that the Inspector was a very _man. A. funny and careful B. humorous and careful C. exciting and hardworking D. strict and serious 答案：B 指导：从“The inspector wanted to make sure thegang was cauSht”，及“he ordered his men to wear ordinary clothes”与“Othermenweretobeinthestreet可以看出他从思想上、行动上都
8、做了充分的准备。最后，当蒙面人突然说要买邮票时，The inspector said，“Youll have to tell a better story than that to the Judge”，这都说明了The Inspector was a humorous and careful man2. The Inspector was worried most of all because_. A. he was not used to serious crimes B. it was a very difficult case C. the robbers had a revolver
9、 D. the post office was in a busy street 答案：B指导：因为案情棘手。3. What do you think a revolveris? Its_. A. a bomb B. a hand gun C. a wireless phone set D. a wallet 答案：B 指导：从“A gang intended to rob”和“The lnspector wanted to make sure to catch the gang”可猜测出他们身上带 了手枪。*结束*结束ASuddenly all the lights on that crow
10、ded underground train went outThen it stopped in that dark tunnelWe waited. We expected the lights to come on again soonBut nothing happenedThen I began to smell somethingYes, I could smell smokeSo 1 asked myself, Is this train on fire? People around me then began to cry out in fearThe train is on f
11、ire! they criedThen the woman standing next to me suddenly fell on the floorI realized she was overcome by the smokeThen I saw flames appearingIf something does not happen soon, I said to myself, I will be burnt alive!But as I stood there in the dark in that crowded burning train, I could see no way
12、 to escapeI thought, No one can save me from certain death but GodOnly God can make a way for any of us to escape death in this trainBefore the flames reached me, 1 found the open door and I climbed out of the train into the dark tunnelThen as quickly as I could, I ran from the burning train down th
13、e tunnelNow as I ran I could hear hundreds of people that were locked in that burning train, crying out for helpI knew I could do nothing to help them, so I ran onThen for two hours I kept walking in that dark train tunnelAt last I saw a light in the distanceI asked myself Why did God enable me to e
14、scape death? I decided, God must have a purpose for saving my lifeHe must want me to help other people experience what He could do for them41What caused the woman next to me to fall?AThe fire BFearCThe smoke DAnxiety42The passengers failed to escape because _Athey didnt find the way out Bthey were t
15、oo frightened to moveCthe fire and smoke were too much D, too many people were in their way43What would the author most possibly do after he saw the exit from the tunnel?AGoing home BBlaming himselfCCalling reporters DReturning to help44Between which two paragraphs can the following paragraph be put
16、?I cried, God, if it is not my time to die, please help me! Then I heard a noiseIt was like a door openingIt was on my right hand sideSo in the dark, I at once began to push my way forward to where that noise came from .ABetween Paragraphs 2 and 3 BBetween Paragraphs 3 and 4来源:Zxxk.ComCBetween Parag
17、raphs 4 and 5 DBetween Paragraphs 5 and 6BTravelling around the world with children is difficult enough, while attempting it without using motorized transport is even more of challengeEven so, Dario Schworer a 42-year-old climatologist and mountain guide, and his 33-year-old wife Sabine are on a jou
18、rney to do just thatThe Swiss couple want to travel across the worlds oceans and climb the highest mountain on every continent to promote Earth-friendly ways of lifeWe are collecting good examples of dealing with climate change and living in harmony with nature and we want to spread such ideas Schwo
19、rer saidWe want to help people affected by global warming and to inspire children for the futureRecently after having spent three months teaching children in the Everest region, the couple want to show it is possible to travel through the worlds climate zones using just human-power and forces of nat
20、ureIn the 47 countries they have visited they have collected 22 tons of trash, taught people in Ecuador how the suns rays can be used to clean water and inspired a person in Chile to build a house on water with recycled plastic bottles as a foundationThey have also collected trash in the mountains o
21、f Nepal with school childrenSo far they have communicated with 45,000 children from South America, Australia and Asia, giving presentations about the importance of recycling and using alternative energy like solar and wind powerWhen they began their adventure in 2003 they had no children of their ow
22、nBut since then two has become five: daughter Sabine is now five years old, Andri was born in Chile and baby Neo was bom in AustraliaInitially the couple thought they would complete their travels in four years, but now, they believe it could take seven moreSince our belief is the need to respect nat
23、ure, we travel only when conditions are good, Schworer said45Why do the Swiss couple travel around the world?ATo inspire their children for the futureBTo prove a travel without motorized transportCTo promote Earth-friendly ways of lifeDTo explore the secret of global warming46They did a lot during t
24、he travel except _Acollect rubbish and wasteBbuild a house with recycled plastic bottlesCcommunicate with local childrenDshow people how to use energy47Whats the meaning of the underlined word Initially?AAt the beginning BIn a wayCIn the end DOn the whole48The best title of the passage can be _AA Sw
25、iss family journey across the worldBNature needs respecting and protectingCWe have a long way to make a good travelDAn eco-friendly adventure across the worldCThe drug store was closing for the nightYoung Alfred Higgins, the stop-assistant, was ready to go homeMr. Carr, the boss, stared at him, sayi
26、ng, Hold on, Alfred Maybe youd be good enough to take the things out of your pockets and leave them here before you go Alfreds face got redAfter a little hesitation, he took out what he had stolenMr. Carr said, Maybe I should call your mother and let her know Im going to have to put you in prisonAlf
27、red thought his mother would come, eyes burning with angerBut, to his surprise, she arrived wearing a smileMr. Carr was surprised, tooHe had expected Alfreds mother to come in nervously, shaking with fear and asking with wet eyes for a mercy for her sonBut no, she was most calm, quiet and pleasant a
28、nd was making Mr. Carr feel guiltySoon Mr. Carr was in agreement with what she was sayingOf course, he said, I dont want to be cruelYou are rightSometimes, a little good advice is the best thing for a boy at certain times in his life and it often takes the youths long to get sense into their heads A
29、nd he warmly shook Mrs. Higginss handBack home, without even looking at Alfred, she said, Luck is always against you! It is one thing after another, always has beenWhy do you stand there so stupidly? Go to bed! In his bedroom, Alfred heard his mother in the kitchenThere was no shame in him, just pri
30、de in his mothers strengthAs he got to the kitchen, he saw his mother drinking a cup of teaHe was shocked by what he sawHis mothers face was a frightened, broken oneIt was not the same cool, bright face he saw earlier in the storeAs she lifted the tea cup, her hand shakingHe watched his mother witho
31、ut making a soundThe picture of his mother made him want to cryHe saw all the troubles he brought his mother in her shaking hand and the deep lines of worry in her grey old face He felt his youth coining to an end49The reason why Mr. Carr felt guilty was that _AAlfreds mother appeared polite and gen
32、tleBhe should have called a policeman in firstChe found Alfred was in fact innocentDhe thought he was partly responsible for it50Which of the following is probably said by Mrs. Higgins while talking to Mr. Carr?APlease, for Gods sake, you know, he is just a kidBI cant believe it! You are treating my
33、 son like that!CYou know, it takes time for a youth to truly grow upDPunishment makes sense because it teaches about the law51What does the underlined phrase his mothers strength（Para3） refer to?AMrs. Higginss attitude towards parental sufferingsBMrs. Higginss calmness and communicating skillsCMrs.
34、Higginss love and care for her son AlfredDMrs. Higginss greatness as a woman52After the incident, young Alfred would probably _Afeel ashamed of her mother Blearn to live an independent lifeCchange his attitudes towards life Dhate Mr. Carr for hurting her motherDWhen did you last visit a shopping mal
35、l? In many places, the answer would be last weekend Some people go even more oftenWhy? Malls offer goods and services all in one place: food, clothing, things for their houses, entertainment, even medical servicesSo, are they one of the highlights of modern civilization? Environmental activists woul
36、d say no and would go even further, arguing that consumer behavior is causing a huge environmental disasterThey cause consumers ignorance of the side effect of their shoppingurban sprawl （扩大）Social scientists agree that patterns of development have changed the landscape a lotBefore 1950, most people
37、 lived in towns or cities and either walked to work or took public transportationOnly very wealthy people had automobilesFarmers lived in rural areas or far-away villages and came into town only when they needed things they couldnt produce themselvesIf you stared at the landscape you would see towns
38、 surrounded by the countrysideNow automobiles become affordable and people are quick to make use of them Ambitious workers could live in suburbs, just outside cities, which have started to grow rapidlyAs long as there is lots of cheap land there, no one pays much attention to the usage of that landM
39、alls, fast food restaurants, cinemas, and such spread out in large, flat buildingsThese one-storey buildings and their parking lot take up too much spaceMany farmers think they are better off selling their land than growing cropsNo one has realized once the land is built up in urban sprawl, the good
40、 farming land will be ruined foreverThere is no way to preserve （保护） itOnly in recent years have people come to miss the old way of life as they have looked into the problems of unconditional growthNow people realize that urban sprawl has come with serious environmental problemsThe bad effects that
41、sprawl brings about include air and water pollution, loss of agricultural land, traffic jams, and so onMany scholars think its time to analyze the problems better so we can develop proper policies to control further sprawlSome think the best way to do is to educate citizens53What is mainly discussed
42、 in the passage?AShopping Malls BUrban SprawlCNew Automobiles DEnvironmental Problems54What does the underlined word They refer to in the first paragraph?AMails BActivistsCMedical services DConsumers55What is the main purpose of the text?ATo introduce mainly the environmental problemsBTo explain the
43、 differences in peoples life both today and in the pastCTo persuade people to live in the country instead of living in the cityDTo call on people to pay special attention to the problems with urban sprawl56What is the scholars attitude toward urban sprawl?ARespectful BNegativeCFavorable DDoubtfulETh
44、e crisis at the damaged Fukushima Dai-lchi Nuclear Power Station in northern Japan has raised worries about radiation risksWe spoke Tuesday with Jonathan Links, an expert in radiation health sciences, and also a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who says workers withi
45、n the nuclear plant are the only people at the risk of extremely high doses （量） of radiationFor other people, he says, there may be a long-term worryPeople can get cancer from low doses of radiation in a nuclear accidentIf the situation is serious enough, officials could take steps like telling peop
46、le not to eat locally grown food or drink the waterJONATHAN LINKS: But that would only be the case if there was a significant release （释放） and, because of wind direction, the radioactive material was blown over the area, and then into and onto water, plants, fruits and vegetablesThe reactors at Fuku
47、shima are on the Pacific coastBut Professor Links says people should not worry about any radioactive material leaking（泄漏） into the oceanJONATHAN LINKS: Even in a worst accident, the sea provides a very high degree of dilution （稀释） So the concentration （浓度） of radioactivity in the seawater would stil
48、l be quite lowJapan is the only country to have had atomic bombs dropped on itThat memory from World War Two would create a stronger psychological sensitivity to radiation exposureNext month is the 25th anniversary of the explosion and fire that destroyed a reactor at Chemobyl in UkraineThe 1986 eve
49、nt was the worlds worst accident in the nuclear power industryA new report says over 6000 cases of thyroid cancer have been foundThese are in people who were children in affected areas of Belarus, Russia and UkraineThe report says that by 2005 the cancers had resulted in fifteen deathsThe cancers we
50、re largely caused by drinking contaminated （污染的） milk from cows eating grass where radioactive material had fallen57The passage mainly tells us _Awhat measures the Japanese government takes to solve the nuclear crisisBworries and influences caused by the nuclear crisisCwith great efforts of scientis
51、ts, the Japanese government has put the nuclear crisis under controlDto explain that the nuclear crisis has less effect on its neighboring countries58Which of the following is not the influence caused by the leak of Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Station?AWorkers at the nuclear station are sufferi
52、ng the risk of deathBEven low doses of radiation in a nuclear accident can cause peoples cancerCMore than 6000 cases of thyroid cancer have been foundDWind may blow the radioactive material over the area causing pollution to water59According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE ?AIts n
53、ot necessary for people to worry about any radioactive material leaking into the oceanBNo country other than Japan has had atomic bombs dropped on itCBy 2005, there had been 15 deaths caused by thyroid cancerDThe nuclear accident in Japan is the worst in the nuclear power industry60This article is probably chosen from a _Awebsite Bmedical reportCscience fiction Dtourist handbook参考答案*结束
