1、开封市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮训练（12）附答案阅读理解、专题训练(*)、时文阅读 技巧点拨时文阅读是高考阅读理解的考查重点。它所报道的都是国内外最新的事物或趋势，内容新颖，语言地道。阅读时文可拓宽考生视野，使考生了解国内外大事及最新动态，激发考生的阅读兴趣，增加考生的语言积累， 进而提高考生的语言运用能力，从而做到从容应考。时文多为记叙文或说明文，或记叙某人某物，或介绍某新生事物、科研进展、生活时尚等。此外，广告也可归为时文范畴。 因此，要正确理解阅读材料，考生需灵活运用阅读技巧，从而准确把握文章脉络，抓住文章主旨。 活学活用阅读下列短文，按要求完成读写任务Move Earth its
2、no science fictionLONDON Scientists have found an unusual way to prevent our planet from overheating：move it to a cooler spot.All you have to do is send a few comets(彗星)in the direction of Earth，and its orbit(轨道)will be changed.Our world will then be sent spinning into a safer，colder part of the sol
3、ar system.This idea for improving our climate comes from a group of US National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) engineers and American astronomers.They say their plan could add another six billion years to the useful lifetime of our planeteffectively doubling its working life.The plan put
4、 forward by Dr Laughlin，and his colleagues Don Korycansky and Fred Adams，needs carefully directing a comet or asteroid so that it passes close by our planet and sends some of its gravitational energy to Earth.“Earths orbital speed would increase as a result and we would move to a higher orbit away f
5、rom the Sun，” Laughlin said.Engineers would then direct their comet so that it passed close to Jupiter or Saturn.The comet would pick up energy from one of these giant planets.Later its orbit would bring it back to Earth，and the process would be repeated.In the short term，the plan provides an ideal
6、way to global warming，although the team was actually concerned with a much greater danger.The sun is certain to heat up in about a billion years and so “seriously compromise” our biosphere(生物圈) by cooking us.Thats why the group decided to try to save Earth.The plan has one or two worrying aspects，ho
7、wever.For a start，space engineers would have to be very careful about how they directed their asteroid or comet towards Earth.The smallest miscalculation(误算)in orbit could fire it straight at Earthwith deadly consequences.There is also the question of the Moon.As the current issue of Scientific Amer
8、ican以约30词概括文章大意_.根据短文内容选择最佳答案1What makes the scientists plan to move Earth?AA few comets are moving to the direction of Earth.BEarths working life is coming to an end soon.CEarth will become too hot for mankind to keep alive.DThe moon is moving farther and farther away from Earth.2If the plan is suc
9、cessful，Earth will have a working life of _years.A12 billion B6 billionC18 billion D24 billion3What serious problems might the plan cause according to the passage?AThe comet might hit Earth and man might lose the moon.BEarth might be moved too far away and man might be frozen to death.CThe comet mig
10、ht hit Jupiter or Saturn and never return to Earth.DEarths working life might be greatly shortened.4What does the underlined word “compromise” mean?Aprovide Bbenefit Cshare Dendanger5Which of the following best shows how the plan would work?参考答案The text is about a way to save the earth from overheat
11、ing：to send a few comets in the direction of Earth，making the earth spin into a safer，colder part of the solar system.(35 words)1解析：从The sun is certain to heat up in about a billion years and so “seriously compromise” our biosphere(生物圈) by cooking us.得知答案。答案：C 2.解析：从their plan could add another six
12、billion years to the useful lifetime of our planeteffectively doubling its working life.得知答案。答案：A3解析：从倒数第二段的in orbit could fire it straight at Earth和最后一段的the Moon would be stripped away from Earth得知答案。答案：A 4.解析：从by cooking us(把我们烤熟)推知“compromise”应为 “危害”之意。答案：D 5.解析：首先地球必须远离太阳，后面的Later its orbit woul
13、d bring it back to Earth都说明A最好阐述了这种位置。答案：A*结束第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。A“Hey, Jenna, do you think well still be friends when were eighty-two?” I asked my friendIt was clear that she was wondering where I had come up with such a q
14、uestionLosing Jenna would be like losing a very close sisterWe hung out togetherWe gave each other advice“Of course, well still be friends when were eighty-two” Jenna announced loudlyThe next year, in the fourth grade, we met JamieThe three of us soon became close friendsWe played together almost ev
15、ery dayI thought even time couldnt pull us apart, but I was sadly mistakenThe three of us started fighting a lotBefore Christmas, we had a really big fight, and Jamie and Jenna were against me, both saying I was bossyI felt helpless and lonelyI thought Christmas would be horrible!I was surprised whe
16、n Jenna came to my house and gave me an awesome Christmas card she had made for meI was so sure that she was still disappointed with me“Wow, ” I said, breaking the silence as we stood on either side of my front door“Thanks”“OkaywellI have to go,” she said softly“OkaySee you later then” and I closed
17、the door“Who was that at the door?” my mum askedThe card started off with “Merry Christmas”, but then it said, “I am so glad were friendsI am sorry about what I said when we were fightingA fight wont stop us from being friendsBesides, we said we were going to be friends even when were eight-two”I st
18、opped reading and started laughingI couldnt believe I had forgotten what she said that day in her back yardI couldnt believe I had been so selfish in trying to get even and making my friends feel sorry for me that I had forgotten about real friendship56How would the author and Jenna get along with e
19、ach other after Christmas?AThey would be close friends againBThey would not speak to each otherCThey would lose touch with each otherDThey would go on fighting with each other57The underlined sentence “I was bossy” in the fourth paragraph means “_”AI looked like a bossBI acted as a bossCI was fond o
20、f giving ordersDI was fond of fighting58Which of the following is the right time order according to the passage?aJamie became our friendbI felt lonely and unhappycJenna, Jamie and I fought a lotdJenna brought me a Christmas cardeI was sorry for what I did to herfJenna and I promised to be lifelong f
21、riendsAf a b c e d Ba c f b d e Ca b c f e d Df a c b d e59The author was delighted when she read the card from Jenna because _Awhat Jenna wrote was funnyBJenna would be her friend againCshe was happy about the coming ChristmasDshe was happy to receive a Christmas card参考答案 5659ACDB *结束故事类-2012广东卷 I
22、was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenage girl, and I couldnt bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads. Coming across me wandering through th
23、e traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work. One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something. “Im awfully s
24、orry，” I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldnt
25、stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid
26、 as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help. But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop; it seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass, or I thought I did. But be
27、cause I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by. I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.36. The girl refused to ask for help because she thought _. Ashe might be recognized Basking
28、for help looked silly Cshe was normal and independent Dbeing found blind was embarrassing37. After the girl got off the bus that evening, she _. Abegan to run Bhit a person as usual Chit a lamppost by accidentD.was caught by something38. At the request stop that evening, the girl _. Astopped a big l
29、orry Bstopped the wrong bus Cmade no attempt to stop the bus Dwas not noticed by other people39. What was the problem with guessing at the sound to stop a bus? AOther vehicles also stopped there. BIt was unreliable for making judgments. CMore lorries than buses responded to the girl. DIt took too mu
30、ch time for the girl to catch the bus.40. Finally the girl decided to walk to the next stop, hoping _. Ato find people there Bto find more buses there Cto find the bus by herself there Dto find people more helpful there【要点综述】这是一篇记叙文。表达盲人的生活观。文章记叙了作者身为盲人，而不愿意让别人知道，还不愿意向别人求助的事情。通过作者等公共汽车的事情使她体会到了有的时候还
31、是需要别人的帮助的。36. D细节理解题。由本文第一句(I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known.)可知。37. C细节理解题。由第二段前三句，特别是第三句(When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost.)可知。38. C细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，作者害怕拦不到车使自己难堪，所以放弃拦车。故选C。39. B推理判断题。根据第三段I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I wo
32、uld stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away.和第四段的But because I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by.看出根据声音来判断车辆是不可靠的。故选B。40. A推理判断题。从I had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself可知，她本人不想拦车了，又由managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help可知，她是决定找人帮忙了，而在本站没有人，去下一站当然就是希望在那里可以找到人帮忙。*结束
