1、英语知识复习 拓展精练 （28）高考资源网高考资源网阅读理解（每题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AOn Christmas morning, I went to the Cockhedge Mall. People there were, all busy buying their last minute requirementsI needed to buy a birthday card for my son-in-law whose birthday is the 29fh of DecemberPicki
2、ng up a few more things as well as my cared I went to join the line for the express checkout which was for people who only had a few items in a basket andnot a trolley loadThis line was next to the Customer Service deskSeemingly waiting quite a long time, I was jogged out of my thoughts by a voice b
3、ehind me making comments on the things I boughtIt was so funny when I realized that she was describing me contents of my basket The owner of the voice was a very pretty young ladyI said to her that I was going to buy a box of Christmas cookies but the only ones left were not to my likingThe lady tol
4、d me mat just opposite Cockhedge in Superdrug they had lots of cookiesI said, Im not going to bother nowI had enough of shops and Im going homeThe assistant from me Customer Service came across at this time saying If there is anyone in the line with a few items in their basket, none of which needed
5、to be weighed, I will check out their groceries at the desk Because I had the sprouts which needed to be weighted, the young lady accepted the offer and walked away waving goodbyeEventually my turn came at the checkoutI was walking away when I met my new friend once again who handed me a beautiful b
6、ox of Christmas cookiesWith a big hug she said Hope you have a lovely Christmas She had been into Superdrug to buy me cookies while I was still queuing in CockhedgeWhat a generosity to a stranger! I was so surprised you could have knocked me down with a featherMy Good Samaritan would never know what
7、 a joyful Christmas day I had with my familyTelling them this story, as we ate around the table, kept everyone spellbound1The underlined word spellbound in the last paragraph probably means_Ainterested Bdisappointed Castonished Dfrightened2Which of the following could be the best title of the story?
8、AA Piece of Lucky Feather BA Surprise Christmas GiftCThe Boring Shopping Experience DThe Unforgettable Big Hug3How does the writer feel about the pretty young lady?AWorried BSatisfied CGrateful DProud4What can we learn from the story? ANobody is sure what will happen the next momentBA simple action
9、can bring other people happinessCBeing patient will decrease the waiting time ,DLife without hope and faith is a full thingBAt the moment, when looking round the world, all kinds of dance performances are being offeredThere are competitions that claim to be a World Cup or World Championship, and the
10、 young dancer or the1 dance teacher who wants to enter his students might be quite confusedWhich is which? Which is of high standard and good quality, and which is not worth going to? First of all it has clearly got to be distinguished between the different styles of dance and the purpose of such co
11、mpetitionsWhen a person wants to learn classical ballet, he or she would never dream of going to a ballroom teacherSuch a teacher might even have been world champion in his ballroom dancing, but he would definitely not be qualified in teaching proper classical balletPeople in Britain and the USA are
12、 taking more interest in modern danceDance classes of all kinds are popular; the audiences going to watch modem dance companies are also largerAnd perhaps the most popular modern dance company in Britain is the Ballet RambertThe Ballet Rambert isBritains oldest established dance company which began
13、in 1926In the 60 s the company lacked the money to go on staging big productionsThe directors wanted to encourage new talent and to keep up their high standardsA change of direction was necessary, They decided to give the ballet a “new look in 1966The purpose was to provide a chance for new talent -
14、 for musicians and designers as well as dancers - and to show dance as a contemporary art formAnd although some of the companys previous fans dislike the change, new audiences came to see the productionsThe modern dance pieces and modern music found unexpected popularityIn the 21st century the Balle
15、t Rambert was a great success in Londons West EndThe company became a focus for new, progressive talent in the artThen, the Ballet Rambert started to introduce young people to modem dance by giving performances at schools, which again, was a successThe Ballet Rambert has managed to make modem dance
16、popular while creating original and often avantgarde （标新立异） productionsIt can claim to be the oldest dance company in Britain and at the same time one of the most modern!5If a person wants to learn classical ballet, he or she will go to Athe Ballet Rambert Ba ballroom teacherCa world champion Da qua
17、lified school6The underlined phrase new talent in Para3 probably means _Anew programs Bnew audiencesCavant - garde productions Dskilled young dancers7From the passage we know that the Ballet Rambert .Ahas succeeded in making modem dance popularBwanted to become the oldest dance companyCwas once a po
18、pular dance companyDchanged old dance into new ones8This passage is mainly about _Athe popularity of modem danceBthe introduction to new modem dancersCthe development of me Ballet RambertDthe high standard of dance performancesCThe word conservation has a thrifty meaningTo conserve is to save and pr
19、otect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such a good condition that others may also share the enjoymentOur forefathers had no idea that human population would increase faster than the supplies of raw materials: most of them, even until very recently, had the foolish idea that the treasures were li
20、mitless and could last forever Most of the citizens of earlier generations knew little or nothing about me complicated and delicate system that runs all through nature, and which means that, as in a living body, an unhealthy condition of one part will sooner or later be hamrful to all the others.Fif
21、ty years ago, nature study was not part of the school work; scientific forestry was a new idea; wood was still cheap because it could be brought in any quantity from distant woodlands; soil destruction and river floods were not national problems; nobody had yet studied long-term climatic cycles in r
22、elation to proper land use; even the word conservation had nothing of the meaning that it has for us today. For the sake of ourselves and those who will come after us, we must now set about correcting the mistakes of our forefathersConservation should be made part of everybodys daily lifeTo know abo
23、ut the water table in ground is just as important to us as a knowledge of the basic math formulasWe need to know why all watersheds（上游集水区） need the protection of plant life and why the running current of streams and rivers must be made to give their fall benefit to the soil before they finally escap
24、e to the seaWe need to be taught the duty of planting trees as well as of cutting themWe need to know the importance of big, grown trees, because living space for most of mans fellow creatures on this planet is fighred not only in square measure of surface but also in cubic（立方体的）volume above the ear
25、th. In a word, it should be our goal to restore as much of the original beauty of nature as we can.9The authors attitude towards the use of natural resources is _Apositive Buninterested Coptimistic Dcritical10According to the author, the greatest mistake of our forefathers was mat .Athey had no idea
26、 about scientific forestryBthey had little or no sense of environmental protectionCthey were not aware of the importance of nature studyDthey had no idea of how to make good use of raw materials11To avoid repeating the mistakes of our forefathers, the author suggests that _.Awe plant more treesBnatu
27、ral sciences be taught to everybodyCenvironmental education be directed toward everyoneDwe return to nature12How can you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?AOur living space on the earth is getting smaller and smallerBOur living space should be measured in cubic volumeCWe need
28、to take some measures to protect spaceDWe must preserve good living conditions for both birds and animalsDDuring the years after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, structural engineers have been trying hard to solve a question that would otherwise have been completely unthinkable: Can b
29、uilding be designed to stand catastrophic blasts （攻击；爆破） by terrorists? Soon after the terrorist attacks on the twin towers, structural engineers from the University at Buffalo and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research （MCEER） traveled to ground zero as part of a project f
30、unded by the National Science FoundationThey spent two days beginning the task of formulating（构思） ideas about how to design such structures and to search for clues on how to do so in buildings that were damaged, but still are standingOur objective in visiting ground zero was to go and look at the bu
31、ildings surrounding the World Trade Center, those buildings that are still standing, but that sustained damage, said MrBruneau, PhDOur immediate hope is that we can develop a better understanding as to why those buildings remain standing, while our long-term goal is to see whether earthquake enginee
32、ring technologies can be married to existing technologies to achieve enhanced performance of buildings in the event of terrorist attacks, he added Photographs taken by the investigators demonstrate the monumental damage to the World Trade Center towers and buildings nearbyOne building a block away f
33、rom the towers remains standing, but was badly damagedThis building is many meters away from the World Trade Center and yet we see a column （柱子） there that used to be part of that building, explained AWhittaker, PhDThe column became a missile that shot across the road, through the window and through
34、 the floor ,The visit to the area also brought some surprises, according to the engineersFor example, the floor framing （框架） system in one of the buildings was quite strong, allowing floors that were pierced by tons of falling debris （残砾） to surviveGood framing systems may provide a simple, but reli
35、able strategy for blast resistance, he addedOther strategies may include providing alternate paths for gravity loads in the event that a load-bearing column failsWe also need a better understanding of the mechanism of collapse, said AWhittakerWe need to find out what causes a building to collapse an
36、d how you can predict itA Reinhorn, PhDnoted that earthquake shaking has led to the collapse of buildings in the pastSolutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may apply to blast engineering and terrorist-resistant designPart of our mission now is to transfer these solutions and to develop
37、new ones where none exist at present1 3The question raised in the first paragraph is one _ Athat was asked by structural engineers a month agoBthat is too difficult for structural engineers a month agoCthat was never thought of before the terrorist attackDthat terrorists are eager to find a solution
38、 to14The column mentioned by DrWhittaker _ _Awas part of the building close to the World Trade CenterBwas part of me World Trade CenterCwas shot through me window and the floor of the World Trade CenterDdamaged many buildings near the World Trade Center15A surprising discovery made by the investigat
39、ors during their visit to ground zero is that_ Afloors in the faraway buildings remained undamagedBsome floor framing systems demonstrate resistance to explosionCcomplex floor framing systems are more blast resistantDfloors in one of the buildings were pierced by tons of debris1 6What DrReinhorn sai
40、d in the last paragraph may imply all the following EXCEPT that .Ablast engineers should develop new solutions for terror-resistant designBblast engineering can borrow technologies developed for terror-resistant designCsolutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may apply to terrorist resist
41、ant designDblast engineering emerges as a totally new branch of scienceEToday, meres hardly an aspect of our life that isnt being upended by the tons of information available on the hundreds of millions of sites crowding the Internet, not to mention its ability to keep us in constant touch with each
42、 other via electronic mailIf the automobile and aerospace technology had exploded at the same pace as computer and information technology, says Microsoft, a new car would cost about $ 2 and go 600 miles on a small quantity of gasAnd you could buy a Booing 747 for the cost of a pizza Probably the big
43、gest payoff, however, is the billions of dollars the Internet is saving companies in producing goods and serving for the needs of their customers Nothing like it has been seen since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when power-driven machines began producing more in a day than men could tu
44、rn out in nearly a yearWe view the growth of the Internet and e-commerce as a global trend, says Merrill Lynch, along the lines of printing press, the telephone, the computer, and electricityYou would be hard pressed to name something mat isnt available on the Internet Consider: books, health care,
45、movie tickets, construction materials, baby clothes, stocks, cattle feed, music, electronics, antiques, tools, real estate, toys, autographs of famous people, wine and airline ticketsAnd even after youve moved on to your final resting place, theres no reason those you love cant keep in touchA compan
46、y called FinalThoughtscom offers a place for you to store afterlife e-mails you can send to Heaven with the help of a guardian angel”Kids today are so computer literate that it in fact ensures the United States will remain the unchallenged leader in cyberspace for the foreseeable（能预测的） future Nearly
47、 all children in families with incomes of more man $75,000 a year have home computers, according to a study by the David and Lucile Packard FoundationYoungsters from ages 2 to 17 at all income levels have computers, with 52% of those connected to the InternetMost kids use computers to play games （so
48、me for 30 hours or more a week）, and many teenage girls mink nothing of rushing home from school to have e-mail chats with friends they have just leftWhats clear is that, whether like it or not, the Internet is an ever growing part of our lives and there is no turning backThe Internet is just 20% in
49、vented, says resistant design cyber pioneer Jake WinebaumThe last 80% is happening now17What can we learn from the Microsofts remark?ATodays cars and airplanes are extremely overpricedBInformation technology is developing at an amazing speedCInformation technology has reached the point where improve
50、ment is difficult.DTheres more competition in information technology industry than in car industry18The author gives the example of FinalThoughtscom to make the point that .Athere are some genius ideas on the Internet Balmost anything is available on the InternetCpeople can find good bargains on the
51、 InternetDsome websites provide novel services to increase hits19What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?AThere is a link between income and computer ownershipBMany American children dont put computers to good useCStudies show that boys are more computer literate than girls.DThe USwill stay ahea
52、d in the information technology in years20What is the message the author intends to convey?AThe Internet is going to get firm hold of our lives some dayBThe Internet is going to influence our lives even more greatlyCWe should have a positive attitude towards the changes the Internet bringsDChildren should be well prepared for the challenges in the information age高考资源网高考资源网 高考资源网参考答案高考资源网高考资源网1-8 ABCB DDAC 9-16 DBCD CABD 17-20 BBDB高考资源网高考资源网高考资源网高考资源网