1、 2015高考英语阅读理解精英定时训练题（19）及答案【北京市西城区2013模拟】CMany factories and businesses around the globe have been struggling to deal with the severe economic realities of the recession （衰退） , so they are having their employees take compulsory unpaid leave to save moneyFor some workers, their salaries have been cut
2、 by 20 percent, forced to stay home one out of every five working daysFor some businesses, though, the economic downturn is actually a goldmine Instead of going out to fancy restaurants to dine with the whole family, many choose to stay at home People are eating out less and staying home more, which
3、 is driving our sales, reports Dominos Pizza chief manager Chris MoorePizza is very popular, and it is also very affordable for a family that has little extra money to spareDominos business in England rose 15 percent in the first six weeks this year compared with the previous yearMoore believes that
4、 the customers now will remain loyal when the financial situation rights itself By exceeding （超越） their expectations in terms of product quality and speed of deliverythese customers will stay with Dominos when the economy becomes better said Moore Delivered pizza is not the only winner in the stay-a
5、t-home economyAlmost all online games have been reporting record-high income since the middle of 2008Online games are designed to enable players to let off steam by interacting with each other socially in the comfort of their own homesA Shanghai-based online game producer recently joked: The game bu
6、sinesses are worried about economic recoveryAnother business that has boomed during the recession is camping equipmentLuxury vacations for families are down, but people still want to get away from their dull livesThis means that sales of tents, sleeping bags, and other outdoor equipment has gone up
7、as families are trying to still have fun even though their bank accounts arent as good as they once wereThere have been reports that sales of fishing equipment are on the rise because many people believe this can help lower their grocery bills63What is true about Dominos in economic hard times?AIt i
8、s giving its employees a 20 percent cutBIt has added four or five new cheaper pizzasCIt has to close 15 percent of its storesDIts business is increasing quite rapidly64What does the phrase let off steam mean in the third paragraph?ASave moneyBFree ones feelingsCKill another player onlineDMake money
9、from an online game65How does the author present his point?ABy giving examplesBBy showing a sequenceCBy explaining causes and effectsDBy making comparisons and contrasts66Which is the best title for the passage?ADominos Pizza BIn-house EconomyCBooming Businesses DEconomic Recession【参考答案6366】DBAB阅读理解
10、American doctors say that mothers who smoke cigarettes before their babies are born may slow the growth of their babies lungs. They say reduced lung growth could cause the babies to suffer breathing problems and lung disease later in life. Doctors in Boston, Massachusetts studied 1 100 children. The
11、 mothers of some of the children smoked, the other mothers did not. Doctors found that the lungs of the children whose mothers smoked were 8% less developed than the lungs of the children whose mothers did not smoke, and that the children whose mothers smoked developed 20% more cold and breathing di
12、seases than other children later in life.Another recent study found that children had a greater chance of developing lung cancer if their mothers smoked. The study also showed that the danger of lung cancer increased only for sons and not for daughters, and that the fathers smoking did not affect a
13、childs chance of developing lung cancer1. Mother who smokes before her child is born may _.A. slow the growth of her babys lungB. cause her baby to suffer breathing problems and lung disease later in life C. make her child develop lung cancerD. All of above are right2. Doctors in Boston studied 1 10
14、0 children to _.A. examine whether these children were healthyB. find out whether their mothers had smokedC. find why these children suffered breathing problems and lung diseaseD. look into the effect that mothers smoking had on their children3. Suppose Johns father was a heavy smoker, so was Marys
15、mother. According this passage, _.A. John is more likely to develop lung cancerB. Mary is more likely to develop lung cancerC. John and Mary have the same chance to develop cancerD. neither John nor Mary has the chance to develop cancer4. This passage is to _.A. warn us of the danger of smoking befo
16、re childrenB. warn people with breathing problems not to smokeC. warn us that mothers who smoke may affect their childrens healthD. warn us that fathers who smoke may affect their children as mothers(14 DDAC)【答案与解析】本文介绍了母亲吸烟对孩子身体健康的影响。1. D。推断题。根据文章第 1 段第一、二句及第 2 段第 1 句可推知此题答案为 D。2. D。推断题。根据文章第 1 段中介
17、绍 Doctors in Boston 的实验结果，可推知此题答案为 D。3. B。推断题。文章第 2 段说：最近另一项研究发现，如果母亲吸烟，那么孩子得肺癌打骂能性会增大。研究还表明：儿子得肺癌的危险性增加，而女儿没有；父亲吸烟对小孩得肺癌的可能性无影响，从而可推知此题答案为 B。4. C。主旨题。根据文章第 1 句、最后一句及全文内容可推知此题答案为 C。 A great big fellow, weighing around 250 pounds, walked with slow heavy noisy footsteps up to the produce counter in th
18、e supermarket. “Give me half a head of cabbage,” he told the clerk.“All we have are whole heads,” came the cold reply.“I dont want a whole head,” the customer demanded, “Just half a head. Are you going to sell me half a head?” “Wait a minute, ” said the clerk nervously, “Let me ask the manager.” She
19、 went back where the manager was stamping prices on canned goods. “Hey,” she said, “theres a big, stupid looking buffalo(水牛) out front who wants me to sell him half a head of cabbage. Shall I tell the fool to” She noticed the manager staring not at her, but behind her. Turning, the clerk saw that th
20、e big and tall customer had followed her and heard every word. Quickly, the clerk turned back to the manager, “And this gentleman, ” she said, “wants to buy the other half.” 1. What is the best title for this passage?A. A Strange CustomerB. A Friendly CustomerC. A Nervous CustomerD. A Polite Custome
21、r2. When talking to the manager, the clerk was referring to _.A. two different customersB. the same customerC. more than two customersD. a stupid-looking customer and a gentleman3. What is your impression of the customer?A. Looking like an animal.B. Looking like a house wife.C. Looking like a gentle
22、man.D. A man of strong build.【答案与解析】本文讲述的是一个女售货员面对尴尬场面如何机智化解的小幽默故事。1. A。推断题。这位顾客块头很大，而且只买半头洋白菜，故令人奇怪。也可根据文章内容，采用排除法知答案为A。2. B。推断题。从短文中我们可以知道女售货员实际上指的是同一个顾客。3. D。细节题。根据文章第1句A great big fellow, weighing around 250 pounds 以及big and tall customer可推知此题答案为D。阅读理解A Wolf in Danger What is happening to the ti
23、mber wolf today?Native Americans and early settlers often went to sleep to the sound of a lonely lullaby(催眠曲). It was the song of the wolf howling in a distant forest. There were many wolves then. One kind was the North American timber wolf. Wolves are important to the balance of nature because they
24、 eat sick and weak animals. In Colorado, people tried to help deer by shooting wolves. But then there were so many deer that many of them starved to death. The timber wolf is on the endangered special list. Animals on this list are in danger of disappearing from the earth. People drove the wolves aw
25、ay by cutting down the forests to build houses, towns, and highways. Timber wolves are now found only in Canada, Alaska, Michigan, and Minnesota. This special animal may soon disappear from our forests forever. Then, its lonely howl will never be heard again. 1. Animals that are in danger of disappe
26、aring from the earth are called a _species. A. endangered B. living C. alive D. lived 2. Wolves help the balance of nature because they _.A. are an endangered species B. eat sick and weak animals C. no longer live in forests D. help the farmers 3. At one time, the timber wolf was found _. A. in many
27、 parts of North America B. only in Colorado and Canada C. in towns and cities in Alaska D. in many parts of Africa 4. Which of the following happened first?A. People built towns and highways. B. The timber wolf was driven away from its home. C. People cut down the forests. D. Timber wolves are endan
28、gered species. 5. When people in Colorado shot the wolves, they made a mistake because_. A. the wolves kept down the number of deer B. wolves never attacked other animals C. the wolves were starving and would have died anyway D. they kept the balance of nature 【答案与解析】本文介绍timber wolfs所面临的危险处境，并分析了其原因
29、和后果。1.A。细节题。根据文章第4段第1句和第2句The timber wolf is on the endangered special list. Animals on this list are in danger of disappearing from the earth可推知此题答案为A。2.B。细节题。根据文章第3段第1句because they eat sick and weak animals可推知此题答案为B。3.A。细节题。根据文章第2段最后一句One kind was the North American timber wolf. 可推知此题答案为A。4.C。细节题。
30、根据文章第4段第3句People drove the wolves away by cutting down the forests to build houses, towns, and highways可推知此题答案为C。5.A。判断题。从第3段最后两句看出：人们杀狼保鹿，结果，鹿的量过多而导致很多的鹿被饿死。从而可推知此题答案为A。【北京市西城区2013模拟】DAll around the world, shoppers flock to Wal-Mart to buy everythingIn Texas, they come for another reason: to see th
31、e wind turbine （涡轮机 , which supplies 5% of the stores electricityIt along with other facilities, such as exterior walls coated with heat-reflective paint, makes this Wal-Mart a green giantThe laws of economics suggest that Wal-Mart, with 5, 200 stores worldwide, influences everything including the p
32、rice of all kinds of goodsIt throws its weight behind environmental responsibility, and the impact could be amazingOne little change in product packaging could save 1, 500 trees, says Wal-Mart CEO Lee ScottIf everybody saves 1, 500 trees or 50 barrels of oil, at the end of the day you have made a hu
33、ge differenceScott wants Wal-Mart to do its part tooHe has promised to cut the existing greenhouse-gas emissions （排放） over the next few years and promised to construct new stores that are more efficientHe wants Wal-Marts fleet （车队） of more than 7, 000 trucks to get twice as many miles per gallon by
34、2015Factories that show Wal-Mart theyre cutting air pollution will get preferential treatment in the supply chainWal-Mart says its working with consumer-product manufacturers to reduce their packaging and will reward them if they do soSome people may doubt it is a bid to attract attention from Wal-M
35、arts controversial labor and health-insurance practicesBut its not just window dressing, because Wal-Mart sees profits in going greenScott says, This is a business philosophy, not a social philosophyWe dont go where we dont think theres a great interest in changeLike Bill Gates, who started his char
36、itable foundation, Scott happens to be promoting Wal-Marts image at a time when his companys reputation is decliningHe acknowledges that he launched the plan partly to shield （保护，庇护） Wal-Mart from bad press about its contribution to global warming By doing what were doing today, we avoid the headlin
37、e risks that are going to come for people who did not do anything, he saysAt some point businesses will be held responsible for the actions they take Meanwhile, should Wal-Mart succeed at shrinking its environmental footprint and lowering prices for green products, both the planet and the company wi
38、ll profit67We can infer from the passage that _ALee Scott is Wal-Marts CEOBthere are 5, 200 stores in the worldCWal-Mart has a great influence on the world marketDWal-Mart has more than 7, 000 trucks all over the world68What does the underlined sentence This is a business philosophy, not a social ph
39、ilosophy mean in the fourth paragraph?AWal-Mart predicts huge profits in its green activityBWal-Marts green activity is just window dressingCWal-Mart aims to solve its health-insurance practicesDWal-Mart doesnt have any social responsibility at all69What will Wal-Mart probably do in the future?ARedu
40、ce air pollution in its present storesBGive favorable treatment to its consumersCAsk the factories to reduce their packagingDDemand the fleet of trucks to use more fuel than before70What is the main idea of the last paragraph?AProvide the background of the green planBStress the purpose of Wal-Marts
41、green planCPresent the risk that Wal-Mart is facing nowadaysDAnalyze the similarity between Bill Gates and Scott.【参考答案】6770、CAAB阅读理解Unless governments take necessary measures to protect tigers, they may disappear by 2010, the World Wildlife Fund said Thursday.The conservation(保护) group said tiger nu
42、mbers have decreased(减少) 95 percent in the past century and only 5 0007 200 tigers still remain in the wild compared with nearly ten times that many at the start of the century.WWF published an update of their study on Feb. 11, 1999 Wanted Alive: Tigers in the Wild, marking the end of the Chinese Ye
43、ar of the Tiger.The report states that in spite of the great efforts over the past year, much remains to be done to prevent the tiger from becoming extinct early next century. If governments do not fight against unlawful hunting and get rid of the demand for tiger products the tiger will go to extin
44、ction, says WWF.“We cannot relax for one moment if we are to make it certain that tigers will still exist in the wild by the next Chinese Year of the Tiger in 2010.” Said Elizabeth Kemt, species conservation information manager at WWF International and one of the authors of the report.Three of the s
45、ubspecies of tigerthe Bali, Caspian and Javan tigers are extinct. The South China tiger faces the same end as only 20 or 30 are known to remain in the wild, down from 4 000 in 1950s.1. This passage tells us that _.A. WWF is a government organization of ChinaB. there are altogether two Chinese Years
46、of the Tiger: 1999 and 2010C. Elizabeth Kemf didnt join the authors in writing the report but she agreed to their opinionD. if the twenty to thirty South China tigers were killed, probably no tiger of this kind would remain in the wild2. The word “extinct” in the fourth paragraph probably means _.A.
47、 fewerB. lostC. deadD. alive3. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage? A. How to Protect TigersB. Tigers Are Disappearing from the WorldC. Tigers in the WildD. The Chinese Year of the Tiger参考答案 (13 DBB)【答案与解析】本文介绍了目前世界上老虎的状况。呼吁全社会对之保护。1. D。细节题。根据文章最后一句 The South China tiger fa
48、ces the same end as only 20 or 30 are known to remain in the wild 可推知此题答案为 D。2. B。词义猜测题。根据文章第 4 段最后一句 If governments do not fight against unlawful hunting and get rid of demand for tiger products the tiger will go to extinction 可推知此题答案为 B。3. B。主旨题。根据文章第 1 句 Unless governments take necessary measures to protect tigers, they may disappear by 2010 及全文内容，可推知此题答案为 B。