1、河北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（79）阅读下列短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。A Many American women are earning money outside their homes today. Among women who are eighteen to sixty-four years old, more than fifty per cent have jobs. In general, working women have had more education then those who stay at h
2、ome. Of those who work, thirty-two per cent have attended college, compared with twenty per cent of those who do not have jobs. Among women with jobs, eight out of ten drive a car to work, and eight per cent took a vacation a way from home during the past year. Much of their traveling was by air. Th
3、ese figures come from a report which was written for advertisers. The report gives advertisers a new picture of women today. For instance, it tells advertisers that fifty-one per cent of all American women have traveled by airalong with fifty-nine per cent of all American men. The lesson for America
4、n business is that many women now have other interests in addition to their homes. They like advertisements which show women in office, planes, and cars.1. The chief purpose of this selection is . A. to argue that women are superior to men B. to convince women that they should spend more time at hom
5、e C. to convince women that they should spend more time at work D. to supply information which might be useful2. The writers personal opinion of American women . A. is very favorable B. is unfavorable C. is not stated in this selection D. is approving（支持的）3. The selection offers the least practical（
6、实用的）help to . A. personnel managers, who hire new employees B. advertising agencies responsible for encouraging people to buy C. travel agencies D. accountants（会计师）4. All the statements are true except . A. More than 50% of women ages 18 to 64 have jobs. B. 18% of working women took a vacation away
7、from home last year. C. 32% of working women have college education. D. 80% of working women drive a car to work.B In some parts of the United States, farming is easy. But farming has always been difficult in the northeastern corner of the country, which is called New England. New England has many t
8、rees and thin, rocky soil. Anyone who has wanted to start a new farm there has had to work very hard. The first job has been cutting down trees. The next job has been digging the stumps of the trees out of the soil. Then the farmer has had the difficult job of removing stones from his land. This wor
9、k of removing stones never really ends, because every winter more stones appear. They come up through the thin soil from the rocks below. Farmers have to keep removing stones from the fields. Even today, farms which have been worked on for 200 years keep producing more stones. That is why stone wall
10、s are used instead of fences around New England fields. The stone walls are not high; a man can easily climb over them. But they keep the farmers cows from joining his neighbors cows.5. This selection explains . A. how to make a stone wall in New England B. why there are many stone walls in New Engl
11、and C. which parts of New England first used stone walls D. how many fences there are in England6. According to this selection farming is difficult in New England because . A. the winter is very long there B. the farms are very old C. the soil is rocky and thin D. the summer is too hot7. This select
12、ion says that the work of removing stones . A. must be done again and again B. is usually done during the winter C. was more difficult before machines were used D. is easy after machines were used8. In New England, stone walls are used . A. to protect the farmers fields from thieves B. to keep the f
13、armers cattle from wandering away C. to provide privacy for the farmers family D. to prevent the wind from blowing away the earthC According to the American Automobile Association, since 1964 all cars sold in the United States have been equipped with seat belts.（These are also called safety belts.）M
14、ary studies of automobile accidents have shown that safety belts can save lives. One study showed that forty percent of those killed in auto accidents could have been saved if they had been wearing seat belts. Unfortunately belts are worn only by a small percentage of drivers and passengersabout fif
15、teen percent in cities, and only nine percent in small towns. And safety belts cannot protect people who do not wear them. In order to find out what kinds of people do wear seat belts a study was made in several cities of the United States. The following facts were learned about those who use their
16、safety belts:1. They do not smoke while driving.2. They have had more education than non-users.3. They know someone who was injured（but not killed）in an automobile accident.Advertisements based on these facts have been printed in newspapers and magazines in order to teach people the importance of us
17、ing seat belts. But these advertisements have not helped much. Some people believe there should be a law requiring drivers and passengers to use safety belts. In Australia, where there is such a law, deaths in auto accidents have decreased twenty-four percent.9. This selection is mainly about . A. a
18、utomobiles in the United States B. accidents involving cars C. safety belts for drivers and passengers D. parking problems10. The selection says that in Australia . A. about 50% of the drivers wear seat belts B. the importance of seat belts is advertised in newspapers C. few people use seat belts an
19、d magazines D. a law requires drivers and passengers to use seat belts11. People who live in small towns . A. have fewer accidents than those who live in cities B. are less likely to wear seat belts than those who live in cities C. ten to favor the passing of a law to require the use of seat belts.
20、D. often wear seat belts12. In Australia, where there is such a law, deaths in auto accidents have decreased . A. fifty percent B. ten percent C. fifteen percent D. twenty-four percentD Many children act in TV shows. They work several hours every day, so they cannot go to a regular school. How do th
21、ey get an education? In Hollywood, where many TV shows are made, about forty teachers give lessons for the children in the shows. They teach wherever their pupils are working. They teachers job is very important. She is responsible for making sure that the child works only the permitted hours each w
22、eek. She is also responsible for making sure that the child learns the required subjects. She makes sure, too, that the child gets enough rest and play, along with his education. Child actors are required to attend classes twenty hours each week. California law says that they must be taught from Sep
23、tember to the middle of June. If they do not get good marks in school, they are not permitted to continue working in TV shows. TV children are usually good pupils, and most of their teachers like this special kind of work. Their classes are held in many interesting places. Sometimes the“classroom”is
24、 a Mississippi riverboat. Sometimes it is the inside of a spaceship. Often the pupils become famous stars.13. Which of the following statements expresses one of the main ideas given in this selection? A. We must realize that television is the most powerful force in the education of children today. B
25、. Unfortunately children who act in TV shows cannot be educated because their work does not permit them to attend school.C. Special arrangements are made for giving a good education to children during the weeks of their employment as TV actors. D. Most of the teachers like their work.14. Where are m
26、ost TV shows made? A. In Washington D.C. B. In Mississippi C. In New York D. In California15. What information about TV teachers does this selection provide? A. Some of them are paid twice as much as the teachers in regular schools. B. Most of them enjoy their work. C. Many of them hope to become TV
27、 actors and actresses. D. Few of them come from foreign countries.16. A child is not permitted to continue in a TV show . A. if his teacher says that his school work is unsatisfactory B. if his work takes him to places like spaceships and riverboats, where there are no classrooms C. if he is working
28、 during the winter months（September to June） D. if he is absent from class more than onceE Frank Lloyd Wright did not call himself an artist. He called himself an architect. But the buildings he designed were works of art. He looked at the ugly square buildings around him, and he did not like what h
29、e saw. He wondered why people built ugly homes, when they could have beautiful ones. Frank Lloyd Wright lived from 1869 to 1959. When he was young, there were no courses in architecture, so he went to work in an architects office in order to learn how to design buildings. Soon he was designing build
30、ings that were beautiful. He also wanted to make his buildings fit into the land around them. One of the houses he designed is on top of a high hill. Other people built tall, square houses on hills, but Wright did not want to lose the beauty of the hill. He built the house low and wide. Now other ar
31、chitects know how to design buildings to fit into the land. Frank Lloyd Wright showed them how to do it.17. Frank Lloyd Wright has been called an artist because . A. he showed how to change an ugly old building into a lovely modern one B. the buildings he designed were beautiful C. he began his prof
32、essional life as a painter, before becoming an architect D. he is excellent in art18. The selection answers only one of the following questions about Wright, namely: A. Where was he born? B. When did he live? C. How many buildings did he design? D. where are the buildings he designed?19. A special q
33、uality of Wrights buildings was that . A. they were designed to fit into the land on which they stood B. they captured the classical beauty of earlier periods of history C. they produced an effect of lightness and gracefulness in spite of being high and square. D. they were not square ones20. Which
34、of the following statements is not true? A. He learned building designing in an architects office. B. He built a low and wide house on top of a high hill to keep the beauty of the hill. C. Many architects learned from Frank Lloyd Wright to design buildings to fit into the land. D. When he was young he took courses in architecture in college.14 DCDB 58 BCAB 912 CDBD 1316 CDBA 1720 BBAD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
