1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家广东省2012届高三英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（9）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A After our early morning wake-up, we are still a couple ofhours away from the overlooks.It is pitch black.I can feel theheavy humid fog left behind my last nights rain. This is why the tour memo listed flashlight
2、. Unfortunately; the majorityof our hiking party of nine must have missed the memo, so wehave only four flashlights between us. An hoar later,we are on the trail. It is dark, foggy, wet and the rocks are alippery.We alternate places between the flashlights haves and have-nots. As we march, the only
3、voices heard are from the haves: Step up, step down, watch out for the rock on your left. We reach Intipunku with only 15 minutes to spare. The view at sunrise is not what we were told in the travel brochures. Three feet in front of our faces is a white substance called fog. As we walk towards the M
4、achu Picchu ruins, my anticipation is mounting. When will the fog lift? Slowly, as if someone is cranking up a curtain, Huayna Picchu begins to appear,overlooking Machu Picchu. First there are fleeting glimpses, and then finally, there is, in its full splendor. When I envisioned going to Machu Picch
5、u, I always thought of mysterious ruins and the famous postcard picture looking toward Huayna Picchu. But there is more to this man-made / natural wonder of the World. It is the adventure of getting there. I knew I wanted to experience the feel of the Inca culture and the energy of this sacred valle
6、y, I also knew I didnt want to take the train, but needed to hike. Depending on your starting point,the Inca Trail is 25 to 33miles of semi-arid desert, breathless mountain passes and stunning tropical cloud forest. Our hike took us four nights and 25 miles to finish. Our local guide MaurO keeps tel
7、ling us no worries, the hike is 90 percent mental and only 10 percent physical. I am not convinced that the physical percentage is correct, but I definitely become more and more excited as we are now getting closer to Machu Picchu.By getting myself into good shape, running 20 miles and hiking a 500-
8、foot-high hill five to seven times per week before I left for Peru, I was able to enjoy the beauty of the hike and not worry much about aching muscles and lungs.1. About flashlights, which of the following statements is true? A. The local guide had asked them to take flashlights for the hike. B. The
9、y had taken enough flashlights for the hike. C. Before they got to Intipunku, they depended a lot on their flashlights. D. They used flashlights all the time.2. Put the following events into the right order. a. They reached Intipunku, b. They read the travel brochures. c. They walked on the trail in
10、 the dark. d. They advanced to get closer to Maehu Picchu. e. They enjoyed the splendor of Huayna Picchu. A. ebade B. bacde C. abced D. bcaed3. What does the underlined word anticipation in Paragraph Four mean? A. expectation B. excitement C. disappointment D. enthusiasm4. What can NOT be inferred f
11、rom the text? A. The writer made good preparation for the tour. B. The Inca Trail took them four nights. C. Machu Picchu is in the country of Peru. D. They reached Intipunku ahead of time.5. According to the writer, what attracted him most in the tour? A. Mysterious ruins. B. The famous post-card pi
12、cture. C. The hiking. D. The Inca culture. B Electric ears 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 vehicles, but people in California seem to be clueless about where electric
13、ity comes from. Power plants mostly use fire to make it. Aside from the new folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators. Generators are fueled by something-usually coal, oil,but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants. There are a few wind farms
14、 and geothermal 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. Its just because the coal is burned somewhere else that it looks clean. It is not. Its as if the California Greens are. covering their ey
15、es-If I cant see it, its not happening. Gasoline is an incredibly 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
16、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 wont get you nearly as far-so electric cars bum more fuel than gas-powered ones. If our electricity came mostly from nukes; or geothermal,or hydro, or
17、 solar, or wind,then an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical,and economic reasons,we dont 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.And finally, When cars are the polluters
18、, the pollution is spread across all the roads. When its a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot.6. What does clueless mean in paragraph 2? A. People are se
19、eing the California Greens everywhere. B. People in California love to talk about zero-emissions vehicles. C. People in California love to have their roofs covered with solar cells.D. People there have no idea that so far electricity mainly comes from burning coal, oil,etc.7. What is the main idea o
20、f the passage? A. Electric cars are not clean at all B. Electric cars are better than gasoline-powered ones. C. People cast doubts on electric cars batteries. D. Gasoline is an efficient way to powera vehicle.8. The electricity we get from a gallon of gas may make our ear run A. not less than 25 mil
21、es B. more than 25 miles C. no more than 25 miles D. not more than 25 miles9. According to the passage, electric cars . A. do not burn fuel and more environmentally-friendlyB. are toxic because it is difficult for nature to clean it up when their batteries are buried in one spot. C. are very good at
22、 cleaning up when things are not too concentrated D. are poisonous for a long time and will eventually end up in a landfill10. It can be inferred from the passage that A. being green is good and should be encouraged in communicationB. electric cars are not clean in that we get electricity mainly by
23、burning something C. zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environmentD. electric cars are now the dominant vehicle compared with gasoline-powered cousins CDear Michelle: Why cant my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her li
24、fe away with a boyfriend who is holding her back. He consumes every waking, minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well. His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited. I feel like I want t
25、o rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help! A worried motherDear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl: Hmmmmm. Whats the matter with kids today? Remember that song from Bye ByeBirdie? Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers
26、 and their life-management skills.Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, not should it be. Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experiene, there would be tittle of i
27、t. Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies withintelligence and you have given her good Values. When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visit the ones that were specifically desigened for student the top of their grade, she will most likely break a
28、way from her boyfriends influenee. It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, them might be some adoldscent wisdom in her behavior after all. Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a goo
29、d girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her. Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection. Michelle11. From the mothers letter we can learn that her daughter A. is being fooled by the boy B. has falle
30、n behind in her studies C. doesnt talk much with her mother D. has chosen which college to attend12. According to Michelle; 17-year-teenagers . A. are too young to manage their life B. are old enough to live their own life C. should have managemnent before experience D. have reached the age of an ad
31、ult13. The underlined wordpuppy-loverefer to A. false love B. foolish love C. pure love D. adolescent love14. Michelle seems to believe that the daughter will finally A. come up with the right decision B. follow her boyfriends advice C. worry her parents for unconscious reasons D. influence her boyf
32、riends behavior15. The best title for the passage would be A. College of kids own choice B. How can I help my girl? C. How to manage teenagers life? D. A 17-year-old girl and her mother D A new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world. Weboholism, a twentieth century disease, aff
33、ects people from different ages.They surf the net, use e-mail and speak in chat reoms. They spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit. They cannot stop, and it affects their lives. Ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become Compulsivebehavior that could
34、 affect the social and physical life of computer users. This obsessive behavior has affected teenagers and college students. They are likely to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites. They become hooked on computers and gradually their social and school life isaffected by this s
35、ituation. They spend all free time surfing and dont concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences their grades, and success at schools. Because they can find everything on the websites, they hang out there. Moreover, this addiction to websites influences their soeial life. They spend more ti
36、me in front of computers than with their friends. The relation with their friends changes. The virtual life becomes more important than their real life. They have a new language that they speak in the chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in society, Because of the change in their behavior, they
37、 begin to isolate themselves from the society and live with their virtual friends. They share their emotions and feelings with friends Who they have never met in their life.Although they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident with real life friends they have known all their fife. lt
38、is a problem for the future. This addictive behavior is beginning to affect the whole world.16. The passage is about A. the cause of weboholism B. the advantage of weboholism C. the popularity of weboholism D. the influence of weboholism17. The underlined wordobsessive in the second paragraph most p
39、robably means A. attractive B. addictive C. professional D. potential18. We can learn from the passage that . A. weboholism has the greatest effect on teenagers B. teeangers can hardly balance real and virtual life C. people are addicted to games on the lnternet D. virtual life is more vivid and att
40、ractive anyway19. Which of the following is NOT true of weboholism? A. It contributes to the development of the web. B. The chat room language may change social culture. C. The problem will have a negative influence on our future. D. People addicted to the web often become inactive in real life.20. The authors attitude towards weboholism is that of being A. objective B. positive C. opposed D. acceptableCDABC DADBB CADAB DBBAC高考资源网独家精品资源，欢迎下载！高考资源网Ks5uK&S%5#UKs5uKs%U高考资源网高考资源网高考资源网 高考资源网版权所有，侵权必究！
