1、广州市2015高考英语二轮阅读训练（2）及答案短文语法填空【1】A Horrible Earthquake Dirty water rose in wells and canals 1 the earthquake. But no one judged that an earthquake 2 (come). Suddenly, everything shook. It seemed as if the world was at an end. Millions of brick houses and a number of dams were destroyed. Railway track
2、s became useless bars. Pipes in mines burst and let out smelly steam. Huge cracks trapped cyclists everywhere. 3 next day, this event was the headline or main title of all newspapers. With the reporters 4 (give) an outline of the disaster, the whole nation was shocked 5_ the damage and the victims e
3、xtreme 6 (suffer) People were moved 7 they read that the survivors comforted each other by saying “Congratulations! You survived!”. So they not only expressed 8 sympathy sincerely, but also organized together 9 (help) the victims right away. The injured were rescued and the dead were buried. The fri
4、ghtened survivors were dug out from under the ruins and 10 (offer) shelter, fresh water and electricity. Thanks to peoples help, the loss was minimized.【参考答案】Keys: 1. before 2. was coming 3. The 4. giving 5. by 6. suffering 7. when 8. their 9. to help 10. were offered短文语法填空【2】The Great President As
5、the founder of the republic, the president had many good qualities. 1 coming to power, he was a generous lawyer. He was willing to selflessly help everyone 2 turned to him. He accepted no fee 3 (offer) legal guidance and opinions to those who were out of work or uneducated. Later, 4 (believe) all ma
6、nkind to be equal, he devoted 5 to stopping the unfair anti-black laws. He set up the Black Youth League and 6 (vote) to be the leader. However, 7 he kept peaceful principles without violence and terror, his mean enemies still blew up his house and attacked his relatives, 8 he himself couldnt escape
7、 9 (sentence) to 30 years in prison. Not fearing of the prison guards 10 (cruel), he kept active and begged no mercy from them. As a matter of fact, he was always hopeful and never lost heart during the stage even though he was in trouble.Finally, people rewarded him with the leaders position and a
8、gold blanket.【参考填空】Keys: 1. Before 2. who 3. to offer 4. believing 5. himself 6. was voted 7. though/ although 8. and 9. being sentenced 10. cruelty完形填空完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A B C D）中，选出最佳选项。Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall orderA baby giraffe falls 10 feet from its mothers womb
9、（子宫） and usually lands on its 1 Within seconds it rolls over and tucks（缩拢） its legs under its bodyGary Richmond describes how a newborn giraffe learns it first 2 in his book, A View from the ZooThe mother giraffe 3 her head long enough to take a quick lookThen she 4 herself directly over her calfShe
10、 waits for about a minute, and then she does the most 5 thingShe swings her long leg outward and kicks her babyIf the baby giraffe doesnt 6 , the violent process is repeated over and over againThe 7 to rise is very importantAs the baby calf grows 8 , the mother kicks it again to stimulate（激励） its ef
11、fortsFinally, the calf stands for the first time on its 9 legsThen mother giraffe does the most remarkable thingShe kicks it off its feet again 10 ? She wants it to remember how it got upIn the wild, baby giraffes must be able to get up as 11 as possible to stay with the herd（鹿群）, where there is 12
12、Wild animals and hunting dogs all 13 young giraffes, and calves would be punished if the mother didnt 14 her calf to be watchful and get up quicklyIrving Stone 15 thisHe spent a lifetime studying 16 , writing novelized biographies of such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, and Charles DarwinSton
13、e was once asked if he had found a 17 that runs through the lives of all these exceptional peopleHe said, “They are 18 over the head, knocked down, and for years they still get 19 But every time they are knocked down, they stand upYou cannot 20 these peopleAnd at the end of their lives theyve accomp
14、lished some modest part of what they set out to do1AbackBsideCfrontDhead2AlookBmoveClessonDclass3AraisesBlowersCpullsDdraws4AthrowsBfindsCpointsDpositions5AdifficultBgreedyCunreasonableDuncreative6Aget upBwork onClie downDcome up7AdemandBstruggleCrequestDfailure8AexcitedBworriedCsurprisedDtired9Astr
15、ongBdustyCweakDshort10AWhyBWhenCWhereDWhich11AslowlyBquicklyCcarefullyDfrequently12AdangerBloveCsilenceDsafety13AhateBpunishCenjoyDwatch14AteachBurgeCremindDallow15AacceptedBrememberedCdeclaredDunderstood16AkindnessBgreatnessCnatureDexpectation17AhistoryBrecordCthreadDmeans18AinjuredBbeatenCkilledDh
16、urt19AnowhereBanywhereCeverywhereDsomewhere20AchangeBsupportCblameDdestroy【参考答案】ACBDCABDCABDCAD BCBAD阅读理解【1】阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A research by the National Center for Health Statistics is seen as an important confirmation of the “Hispanic mortality paradox(西班牙裔死亡率悖论).”On average, His
17、panics outlive whites by 2.5 years and blacks by 7.7 years. Their life expectancy at birth in 2006 was 80.6 years, compared with 78.1 for whites, 72.9 for blacks and 77.7 years for the total population. The report shows that the Hispanic population has higher life expectancy at birth and at almost e
18、very age despite a socioeconomic status lower than that of whites. “Mortality is very correlated with income, education and health care access,” says Elizabeth Arias, author of the report. “You would expect the Hispanic population would have higher mortality, in line with the black population.”The H
19、ispanic paradox has been documented for more than two decades, but this is the first time the government has had enough data to issue national numbers. Researchers are struggling to explain why Hispanics live longer. “We dont know,” says David Hayes-Bautista, director of the Center for the Study of
20、Latino Health and Culture at UCLAs David Geffen School of Medicine. “We thought it was a problem in the data, but we can pretty much say this is real.”Potential factors: Culture and lifestyle. Support from extended family and lower rates of smoking and drinking. Latino groups in particular have very
21、 strong family and social ties. Migration. The “healthy migrant effect” argues that healthy people are more likely to emigrate. And when immigrants become ill, they might return home and die there. “Solving the puzzle may help the nation deal with health care issues because Hispanics use health serv
22、ices lessthey make fewer doctors visits and spend less time in hospitals,” Hayes Bautista says. “Its clearly something in the Latino culture,” he says.1. In 2006, Hispanics life expectancy isyears longer than the average of the total population. A. 2. 5 B. 7. 7 C. 2. 9 D. 80. 62. What does the under
23、lined word “outlive” in the second paragraph probably mean? A. To live longer than. . . B. To live shorter than. . . C. To die out. D. To expect to live. 3. What is the main idea of paragraph three? A. Hispanics were born better than whites. B. Morality is closely related with health care access. C.
24、 Whites should have longer life expectancy. D. Even experts cant explain the phenomenon. 4. What is Mr. Hayes-Bautistas opinion about the paradox? A. He supports there is a problem with the data. B. He intends to trust the cultural factor. C. He believes in the “healthy migrant effect”. D. He thinks
25、 health care the most important factor. 5. Which of the following inferences is true according to the passage? A. Black people suffer the lowest social status in America. B. Hispanics might have healthier ways of life. C. Only healthy people can immigrate into America. D. White people dont have stro
26、ng family ties. 【参考答案】15、CADBB阅读理解【2】阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Wilderness“In wilderness (荒野) is the preservation of the world. ” This is a famous saying from a writer regarded as one of the fathers of environmentalism. The frequency with which it is borrowed mirrors a heated debate on env
27、ironmental protection: whether to place wilderness at the heart of what is to be preserved.As John Sauven of Greenpeace UK points out, there is a strong appeal in images of the wild, the untouched; more than anything else, they speak of the nature that many people value most dearly. The urge to leav
28、e the subject of such images untouched is strong, and the danger exploitation (开发) brings to such landscapes (景观) is real. Some of these wildernesses also perform functions that humans needthe rainforests, for example, store carbon in vast quantities. To Mr. Sauven, these “ecosystem services”far out
29、weigh the gains from exploitation.Lee Lane, a visiting fellow at the Hudson Institute, takes the opposing view. He acknowledges that wildernesses do provide useful services, such as water conservation. But that is not, he argues, a reason to avoid all human presence, or indeed commercial and industr
30、ial exploitation. There are ever more people on the Earth, and they reasonably and rightfully want to have better lives, rather than merely struggle for survival. While the ways of using resources have improved, there is still a growing need for raw materials, and some wildernesses contain them in a
31、bundance. If they can be tapped without reducing the services those wildernesses provide, the argument goes, there is no further reason not to do so. Being untouched is not, in itself, a characteristic worth valuing above all others.I look forward to seeing these views taken further, and to their be
32、ing challenged by the other participants. One challenge that suggests itself to me is that both cases need to take on the question of spiritual value a little more directly. And there is a practical question as to whether wildernesses can be exploited without harm.This is a topic that calls for not
33、only free expression of feelings, but also the guidance of reason. What position wilderness should enjoy in the preservation of the world obviously deserves much more serious thinking.1. John Sauven holds that.A. many people value nature too muchB. exploitation of wildernesses is harmfulC. wildernes
34、ses provide humans with necessitiesD. the urge to develop the ecosystem services is strong2. What is the main idea of Para. 3?A. The exploitation is necessary for the poor people.B. Wildernesses cannot guarantee better use of raw materials.C. Useful services of wildernesses are not the reason for no
35、 exploitation.D. All the characteristics concerning the exploitation should be treated equally.3. What is the authors attitude towards this debate?A. Objective.B. Disapproving.C. Sceptical.D. Optimistic.4. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub- point(次要点)C: Conclusion【参考答案】14、BCAD