1、2013高考英语（浙江省）文章阅读限时训练（10）及答案.语法填空A friend of mine is a very successful sales manager.After he had1._(careful) interviewed and then selected a new salesman, he would require the salesman2._(buy) a new Cadillac, which is a luxury car3._(produce) by General Motors.The salesman would be4._the idea.He wo
2、uld be frightened of the cost of the car and the huge monthly payment involved.But the sales manager would insist that he buy the Cadillac as5._condition of employment.Afterwards, the salesman would drive the car home and his wife would most probably have a heart attack when she saw the car.Then he
3、would take her for a ride around the neighborhood6._the new car.He would park his new Cadillac in front of his house or in the driveway.People would come over and admire it.Gradually, 7._attitude toward himself and his earning potential would begin to change. Within a few days, he would begin to see
4、 himself as the kind of person8._drove a new Cadillac.And time after time, almost without fail, the salespeople in this organization became sales superstars.Their sales performance jumped and they earned more than they9._(earn) before.Soon the payments on the new Cadillac were of no concern10._their
5、 incomes were so much greater.【文章大意】一位成功的销售经理在招聘销售员后, 会要求他去买一辆新的卡迪拉克, 以此建立销售员对自己的信心. 1解析: 考查形容词变副词. 此处要用副词修饰后面的动词interviewed. 答案: carefully2解析: 考查不定式. require sb.to do sth.意为“要求某人做某事”. 答案: to buy3解析: 考查过去分词. 此处用过去分词短语作定语修饰前面的名词. 答案: produced4解析: 考查介词. 根据语境可知, 本句意为“销售员会反对这个主意”. 答案: against5解析: 考查冠词.
6、单数可数名词前用不定冠词, 意为“一个”. 答案: a6解析: 考查介词. in the new car意为“乘坐新车”. 答案: in7解析: 考查代词. 此处填his指代the salesmans. 答案: his8解析: 考查定语从句. 关系代词引导的定语从句修饰先行词person, 且关系代词在从句中作主语, 从句可由that或who引导. 答案: who9解析: 考查时态. 本句意为“他们赚的比以前多”, 根据前面的they earned可知, 此处要用过去完成时. 答案: had earned10解析: 考查连词. 根据语境可知, 此处是在解释不用担心买新车的费用的原因. 答案:
7、because.阅读理解Many cities in the United States are competing against each other to be the greenest.The cities are attempting to limit the industrial gases they release into Earths atmosphere.Studies have shown that average temperatures are slowly rising worldwide.Many scientists believe industrial gas
8、es are to blame.But other scientists are unsure how such gases affect the climate.Industrial gases are also known as greenhouse gases.Greenhouses are clear glass or plastic buildings used to grow plants.The glass or plastic traps the heat of the sun. Earths atmosphere acts like a greenhouse.Carbon d
9、ioxide, water vapor and other gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun.Some human activities have been shown to increase production of these gases.Recently, officials in cities like Seattle, Washington have been setting goals for carbon dioxide reduction.They are also urging people to use meth
10、ods of transportation other than cars.The city of Chicago, Illinois, for example, is planting trees and creating grassy areas on building tops where plants and flowers can grow.And, the mayor of New York has announced plans to make his city the leader in reducing greenhouse gases.In all, mayors of m
11、ore than three hundred American cities have said they will recognize the goals of the Kyoto Protocol.The treaty was reached nine years ago at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Kyoto, Japan.At the conference, major industrial nations agreed to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases th
12、ey release into the atmosphere.The reductions are to take place between two thousand eight and two thousand twelve.The United States Senate never approved the Kyoto Protocol.The Bush administration says it supports efforts to reduce greenhouse gases as long as they are done by choice, and not requir
13、ed by law.Yet some local governments are making changes.One of the biggest examples is in the state of California.Earlier this year, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law requiring reductions in the states release of greenhouse gases.The plan limits major industries, including coalb
14、urning producers of electric power, oil and gas processing centers and producers of building materials.Recently, the United States Conference of Mayors announced an agreement with the American Institute of Architects.They plan to cut in half the amount of oil, coal and gas used to build and operate
15、buildings by two thousand ten.They then want to continue with reductions.By two thousand thirty, they want to make buildings that will completely end their use of such fuels.1What can make average temperatures slowly rising worldwide according to the text?AHeat from the sun.BGreenhouses.CEarths atmo
16、sphere.DIndustrial gases.解析: 选D. 细节理解题. 见第二段第12句: Studies have shown that average temperatures are slowly rising worldwide.Many scientists believe industrial gases are to blame.研究表明全球平均气温在日益上升；许多科学家认为工业气体应受谴责. 2What can be inferred from the text?AThe reductions by the Kyoto Protocol and mayors plans
17、 may hurt American economy.BThe reductions by the Kyoto Protocol and mayors plans may urge American economy.CMayors plan to cut in half the amount of fuels used for buildings to add reductions.DSome local governments are making changes to add reductions.解析: 选A. 推理判断题. 根据倒数第一二段分析判断: 美国参议院和布什政府反对“京都草案
18、(the Kyoto Protocol)”；一些城市或州都计划要限制燃料、建筑等工业生产甚至减掉一半用于建筑方面的燃料. 3We can know from the text that_.Ausing cars can reduce the amount of carbon dioxideBcars can release carbon dioxideCcreating grassy areas on building tops are hardly helpful for carbon dioxide reductionDthe amount of carbon dioxide will b
19、e rising by the end of two thousand twelve解析: 选B. 细节理解题. 根据第三段第2句: They are also urging people to use methods of transportation other than cars.4Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?AFactories making electric power from water never release lots of greenhouse gases.BFactories dealing
20、with oil and gas release few greenhouse gases.CProducers of building materials release not a bit of greenhouse gases.DBurning natural gas never releases greenhouse gases.解析: 选A. 细节理解题. 见倒数第二段最后一句: The plan limits major industries, including coalburning producers of electric power, oil and gas proces
21、sing centers and producers of building materials.这个计划限制主要工业, 包括燃煤发电生产商、石油与煤气处理中心和建筑材料生产商；另见最后一段. 5What would be the best title for the text?AClimate is changingBHow climate is changingCHow officials in some American cities are fighting climate changeDWhy officials in some American cities are fightin
22、g climate change解析: 选C. 归纳标题题. 最近美国许多城市正在竞争当最绿色的城市. 这些城市正设法限制城市释放出的工业气体进入地球大气. .读写任务阅读下面的短文. 然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文. I used to watch a girl practice playing basketball from my kitchen window: she seemed so small among the crowd of boys on the playground.She would practice shooting over and over again,
23、 sometimes until dark.One day I asked her why she practiced so much.With no hesitation, she said“I want to go to college.The only way I can go is I get a scholarship.I like basketball.”Then she smiled and ran towards the court to do practice again.One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the
24、 grass, head cradled in her arms.Walking to her quietly, I asked what was wrong.“Oh, nothing”came a soft reply.“I am just too short.The coach said I would probably never get to play for a top ranked teammuch less offered a scholarshipso I should stop dreaming about college.”“So, are you kind of disa
25、ppointed？”I asked her.“No.”She lifted her head from her hands, telling me that her father said those coaches were wrong.They just did not understand the power of a dream.He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, nothing could stop her except
26、 one thingher own attitude.He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts dont count.”【写作内容】1以约30词概括短文的内容. 2然后以约120个词就“梦想”这一主题发表看法, 包括如下要点: (1)请谈谈你是如何理解梦想在人生当中所起的作用的；(2)列举一个正面或负面的实例支持你的观点, 可以是你自己的亲身经历也可以是他人的例子. 【写作要求】1在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事, 也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；2作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称. 【评分
27、标准】概括准确, 语言规范, 内容合适, 语篇连贯. _One possible version: The writer felt the power of a dream from a little girl who, encouraged by her father, never gave up her dream of going to college and getting a scholarship by playing basketball although she was too short for playing basketball.Dreams have always be
28、en playing a very important part in ones life. Firstly, having dreams means intense concentration on specific goals, increasing the possibility of success. Besides, dreams can serve as great motivations, pushing the dreamers to go ahead with courage and overcome difficulties with effort.For example,
29、 my father dreamed of becoming an architect as a kid. For many years, he spared no effort to approach his dream by working extremely hard at his lessons and reading books related to architecture. After many years efforts, now he is a leader in architecture and is wellknown at home and abroad.My father is always the best example to show me the truth: the facts dont count until your dream is big enough.
