1、山西省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（20）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。A This is news on the hour，Ed Wilson reportingThe President and First Lady will Visit Africa on a good will tour in MayThey plan to visit eight African countries Reports from China say the Chinese want closer ties between Chin
2、a and the USand Western EuropeA group of top Chinese scientists will start its ten-nation tour next month Here in Miami，the mayor is still meeting with the leaders of the teachersunion to try to find a way to end the strikeCity schools are still closed after two weeks In the news about health，scient
3、ists in California report findings of a relationship between the drinking of coffee and the increase of heart disease among womenAccording to the report in the American Medical Journal，the five-year study shows this：Women who drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a greater chance of having h
4、eart disease than women who do not In sports the Chargers lost again last nightThe BBS beat them 1 to nothingThe Wingers had better resultsThey beat the Rifles 7 to 3It was their first win in their last five matchesThats the News on the HourAnd now。back to more easy listening with Jan Singer 1Who ga
5、ve the news on the hour? AThe mayor in Miami Bw.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.mEd Wilson CScientists in CaliforniaDChargers2To improve the ties between China and the US and Western Europe, China . Awill send a group of Chinese scientists to pay a visit to the US and the Western Europe Bwill send some scientists t
6、o visit US onlyChas given many reports to improve the ties DChina will have a meeting with the leadersw.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m3The news about health tells us that Ano heart disease will be found if people who dont drink coffee Bno one should drink more coffee Cwomens heart disease has something to d0 wit
7、h their coffee Dthe more coffee people drink，the more chance they will get to have heart disease4From the last news we do NOT know Athe results of the two matches Bthe teams which played last night Chow many wins the BBS has had altogether Dthe Wingers had one win and four defeats B The youngest Nob
8、el laureate(获得者)and the oldest Nobel laureate：So far，it is Lawrence Braggwho was 25 years old when he received the Nobel Prize n Physics with his father in 1915It is Raymond Davis Jr, who was nearly 88 years old when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002 Two refused the Nobel Prize：Jean-
9、Paul Sartre from France was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literaturebut he refused the prize because he had consistently refused all official honors Vietnamese Le Doc Tho was awarded the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Henry Kissinger，the USSecretary of State(国务卿)They received the Prize for ne
10、gotiating the Vietnam peace accord(协定)Le Doc Tho said that he couldnt accept the Prize，giving as his reason the situation in Vietnamw.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.mw.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m Multiple Nobel 1aureates：American scientist Linus Pauling is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizesthe 19
11、54 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize The work of the International Committee ofthe Red Cross(ICRC)(国际红十字会)has been honored by a Nobel Peace Prize three timesThe organizations founderHenry Dunant。was awarded the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 “Family Nobel laureates”：In some fa
12、milies there have been more than one person receiving the Nobel PrizeThe laureates could be married couples，mother and daughters，father and sons，father and daughters，or brothersAs you may notice，the Curies were a very successful“Nobel Prize family”Marie Curie herself was awarded two Nobel Prizes 5Wh
13、y did Jean Paul refused the Nobel Prize? AHe had won one BHe did not want to accept official prizes CHe was strange DHe hated the prize 6Le Doc Tho did not accept the prize because Aof the situation in Vietnam Bhe didnt want to share the prizeChe hated Americans Dhe was from Vietnam7Which statement
14、is NOT true? ARaymond Davis is the oldest one who won the prize BOrganizations can also win the prize CMarie Curie received two different prizes DThe Vietnam peace accord brought the peace to Vietnam8Which one is the proper title? ASomeone Declined the Nobel prize BNobel Laureates CThe Nobel DHow Ma
15、ny People Won Nobel Prize CRead the following two advertisements and answer the questions below：9Whats the best time for drivers to get gas filled? w.w.w.k.s. .u.c.o.m AMonday BTuesday CWednesdayDThursday10Which of the following elements make the first advertisement attractive? athe warranted qualit
16、y bthe discount cwithin easy reach d24-hour service Aab Ba，d Cb，c Dc，d 11We can get all kinds of services from Paiges Basic except Agiving advice for free Bchanging petsbad behavior Cgoing to hostshome for training Dcuring Petsdisease 12Of these two advertisements，which one doesnt provide the addres
17、s? AThe first one BThe second one CNeither oneDWe have no idea DDemands for stronger protection for wildlife in Britain sometimes hide the fact that similar needs are felt in the rest of EuropeStudies by the Council of Europe，of which 2l countries are members，have shown that 45 percent of reptile(爬行
18、动物) species and 24 percent of butterflies are in danger of dying outEuropean concern for wildlife was outlined by Dr Peter Baum，an expert in the environment and nature resources division of the council, when he spoke at a conference arranged by the administration of British national parkThe park is
19、one of the few areas in Europe to hold the Councils certificate for nature reserve(保存)of highest quality，and Dr Baum had come to present it to the park once againHe was afraid that public opinion was turning against national parks，and that those set up in the 1960s and 1970s could not be set up toda
20、yBut Dr Baum clearly remained a strong supporter of the view that national environments needed to be allowed to survive in peace in their own fight “No areas could be expected to survive both as a true nature reserve and as a tourist attraction”he went onThe short view that reserves had to serve imm
21、ediate human demands for outdoor recreation should be replaced by full acceptance of their importance as places to preserve nature for the future “We forget that they are the guarantee of 1ife systems，on which any built-up area finally depends”Dr Baum went on “We could manage without most industrial
22、 productbut we could not manage without natureHowever，our natural environment areas，which are the original parts of our countrysidehave shrunk to become mere islands in a spoiled and highly polluted 1andmass”13From the first paragraph we can know that Aonly Britain in Europe needs more protection fo
23、r wildlife BBritain is the country in Europe that has the most reptile species CSome species of reptiles and butterflies in Europe need protection DThere are fewer species of reptiles and butterflies in Europe than elsewhere14Which of the following statements is right according to the passage? ABrit
24、ain has only one national parks to hold the Councils diploma in Europe BDr Baum is an expert in the environment and natural resources CAll the natural resources will be completely replaced by our industrial products DBritains natural reserves and wildlife are the most seriously destroyed among the m
25、embers of Europe15According to Dr Baum，a real nature reserve Ashould be regarded as a place where nature is protected Bcould provide special areas for tourists to enjoy Ccould never survive in a modem age Dshould serve the purpose of peoples recreation16In Dr Baums opinion。the view that a nature res
26、erve should serve as a tourist attraction is Aidealistic Brevolutionary Cshort-sighted DtraditionalE Years ago，when I started looking for my first job，wise advisers said，“Barbara，be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience”How right they were! “Nothing great was e
27、ver achieved without enthusiasm”wrote Ralph Waldo EmersonIt is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going gets toughIt is the inner voice that whispers“I can do it!”when others shout，“No，you cant!” It took years and years for the early work of Barbara Mc Clintock，a geneticist(遗传学家)who won
28、 the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine，to be generally acceptedYet she didnt let up on her experimentsWork was such a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping We are all born with wide-eyedenthusiastic wonder and it is this childlike wonder that gives enthusiastic people such youthful air
29、，whatever their ageAt 90，cellist(大提琴家)Pablo Casals would start his day by playing BachAs the music flowed through his fingershis bent shoulders would straighten and joy would reappear in his eyesAs author and poet Samuel once wrote “Years make the skin oldbut to give up enthusiasm makes the soul old
30、.” Enthusiastic people also love what they do，regardless of money，title or power Patricia Mcllrath，retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasmShe replied，“MY fathera 1awyer long ago told meI never made a penny until I stopped working
31、 for money” If we cannot do what we love as a fulltime career，we can do it as a hobbyElizabeth Layton of Wellsville，Kan，was 68 before she began to drawT11is activity ended her sadness that had troubled her for at least 30 years and the quality of her work led one critic to say“I am persuaded to call
32、 Layton a genius” We cant afford to waste tears on“might-have-beens”We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after“what-can-be”We need to live each moment wholeheartedly，with all our sensesfinding pleasure in the sweet smell of a backyard garden，the simple picture of a six-year-oldand the beaut
33、y of a rainbow17The passage mainly shows us . Aenthusiasm is the basic element of everything Benthusiasm helps us to succeed to a greater degree Centhusiasm makes us experience more life Dwe can do nothing without enthusiasm18From the example of the Nobel Prize winner Barbara Mc Clitock, we may find
34、 Aenthusiasm can encourage us in difficult times Benthusiastic people always get a deep pleasure from work Cyou cant make any achievement if you have no enthusiasm Denthusiastic people are sure to gain great fame in the end 19The underlined sentence in paragraph three suggests Atime and tide wait fo
35、r n6 man Bwe grow old as time goes on Cpeople feel young with enthusiasm Dour soul becomes old with enthusiasm20The main idea of the last paragraph is w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m Awe should try heart and soul to win what we wantBenthusiasm can give us pleasure，though we have to sweat Cwe have not enough money to buy what we needDenthusiasm with sweat is what we need120 BACCB ADBCA DBCBA CBACA 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