1、山西省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（70）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。ADo you know about a series of books that say they are “for dummies”? These American self-help books have been translated into more than thirty-nine languages including Chinese, Arabic, Russian, French, German, Greek and Spani
2、sh“Dummy” is a word for a stupid personThe dummies books are not really for stupid peopleThey are designed to show people how to do something they may never have tried before, like painting a house or learning a languageThe books all say in a funny way that they are for dummies, such as World Histor
3、y for Dummies, Rabbits for Dummies, Chinese Cooking for Dummies, and Wedding Planning for DummiesThe first such book, DOS for Dummies, was published in 1991It helped people learn how to use the DOS operating system for computersSince then, more than one hundred fifty million dummies books have been
4、soldThe dummiescom website explains the idea behind the booksIt says that they show that people can be taught to do anythingFirst they can make fun of ideas that are difficult to understandThen they show how the information can be interesting and easyThe publishers say that the books do not provide
5、more information than necessaryThey give readers just enough information to do what they wantThey say that the dummies books give the best and easiest way to do somethingAnd the books use simple and easy languageThere are more than one thousand different dummies booksA report in New York Times says
6、that the top-selling dummies books are those that explain technology and personal financeThe publishers say that the best-selling dummies books are those providing information many people need-like information about diseases, education and cookingPeople interested in opera, car repair and wine can a
7、lso find dummies books to help themAnd there are even more dummies books to comeThe publishers say that they publish about two hundred new dummies books every year1According to the dummiescom website, people can _ with the help of dummies booksAdo some personal things Blearn any foreign languageCbec
8、ome expert in cooking Ddo anything they want2The dummies books have been popular because _Athey provide just what is needed and are easy to understandBthey provide abundant information on the concerning subjectCpeople can learn to do anything with just one copyDpeople can save lots of money through
9、self-teaching3According to New York Times, we know that books on _ sell bestAdiseases and education Bopera and car repairingCtechnology and personal finance Dcooking and world history4What can we learn from the passage?AThe first dummies book was on Chinese cookingBThe dummies books will continue to
10、 be popularCFifty million different dummies books have been publishedDThe simple language was intended for child readersBYou know Australia is a big country, but you may not know how easy it is to get aroundThe untouched beaches that go for miles and deserts that touch the horizon are just there, wa
11、iting to be reached and exploredFollowing are the different ways you can explore our vast countryGetting around AustraliaAirFlying is the best way to cover large distances in a short timeYou can spend more time on the Australias cant - miss landscapes and relaxing lifestyleMoreover, competition amon
12、g airlines makes great flying fees available for youDriveAustralia has a vast network of well - maintained roads and some of the most beautiful touring routes in the worldYou have no difficulty finding car rental companies at major airports, central city locations, suburbs and attractionsBusBus trav
13、el in Australia is comfortable, easy and economicalBuses generally have air conditioning, reading lights, adjustable seats and videosServices are frequent, affordable and efficientRailTrain travel is the cheapest and gives you an insight into Australias size and variety, all from the comfort of your
14、 carriageScheduled services are a great way to get quickly between our cities and regional centersFerry（轮渡）The Spirit of Tasmania runs a passenger and vehicle ferry service between Melbourne and Tasmania nightlyExtra services are running during summer rush hoursSea - link ferries connect South Austr
15、alia and Kangaroo Island several times a dayFerries connect suburbs in our capital citiesWalkWith easy - on - the - feel pedestrian streets, walking is a great way to get around our citiesBesides all of above, you can also experience some of the longest tracks and trails in the world in central Aust
16、ralia - impressive journeys of a thousand kilometers or more that can take several weeks to complete5The uderlined word untouched （in the 1st paragraph） means_Asecure Bspecial Cnatural Dartificial6Which ofthe following is TRUE about traveling in Australia? _AMore travelers make the flying fees among
17、 airlines higher than beforeBYou can easily rent a car to explore its most beautiful touring routesCTaking a bus tour is the most comfortable, economical and efficient wayDTrain services can offer you more comfort than any other means of transport7Ferry service between Melbourne and Tasmania usually
18、 runs _Aonly at night hours Bonly during rush hoursCseveral times a day Dbetween different cities8From the passage, we know that _Apedestrian walking is a great way to travel between citiesBtraveling in Central Australia is time - consumingCCentral Australia has the worlds longest railway lineDyou h
19、ave to walk over a thousand kilometers in AustraliaCSince weeks ago，China has been involved a worldwide AH 1 N 1 flu that has already killed more than 80 people in the middle of May，2009，in Mexico and has turned into a global pandemicThe central government has asked people entering China from the vi
20、rus-hit countries to report flu-like symptoms（症状）to the authoritiesIn an emergency notice issued on Saturday night，the countrys top quality watchdog ordered the Customs to check passengers temperature，tooA Beijing airport official Li said Customs officers are on a high alert（警戒）level“Three temperatu
21、re detectors are now in operationWe re ready with protection garments and equipment，tooPassengers flying in from Mexico and other AH1N1 flu-hit countries are being monitored closely，”he saidThe Ministry of Health，however，said yesterday there was no evidence to suggest that a person would contract th
22、e disease by eating porkHong Kong，too，has raised its alert level against the flu to “serious”Secretary for FoodHealth，MrYork Chow urged people to avoid visiting places from where AH1N1 flu cases have been reported，and said the virus would be added to Hong Kongs list of the diseases which have been n
23、oticedThe terrible AH1 N1 flu has been contracted by about 4000 people in Mexico，and most of the killed were aged between 25 and 45The virus has also infected about 5000 people in the USThe US Center for Disease Control said this kind of virus is spreading from human to human，raising fears of a glob
24、al pandemic9What is the passage mainly about?AAH1N1 flu killed more than 80 peopleBAH1N1 flu is spreading from human to humanCChina has begun to take steps to prevent AH1N1 fluDAll the people are strongly affected by AH1 N1 flu10The underlined word “pandemic” in the first paragraph probably meanAdea
25、th Bpanic Cenemy Ddisease11Why does the flu cause global fears?ABecause most people in the world eat porkBBecause its spreading from human to humanCBecause we still dont know the cause of itDBecause it has infected about 5，000 people12We can infer from the passage thatAStudents in the middle school
26、are most likely infected by A/H1N1 fluBA person would be infected by the virus by eating porkCPassengers from the United States are being monitored closelyDMrYork Chow said that the virus had been added to Hong Kongs list of the diseasesDDanielle Steel, Americas sweetheart, is one of the hardest wor
27、king women in the book businessUnlike other productive authors who write one book at a time, she can work on up to fiveHer research time before writing takes at least three yearsOnce she has fully studied her subjects, ready to dive into a book, she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her deskDanielle
28、 Steel comes from New York and was sent to France for her educationAfter graduation, she worked in the public relations and advertising industriesLater she started a job as a writer which she was best fit forHer achievements are unbelievable: 390 million copies of books in print, nearly fifty New Yo
29、rk Times best-selling novels, and a series of “Max and Martha” picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problem of death, new babies and new schoolsHer l998 book about the death of her son was shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came outTwenty
30、-eight of her books have been made into filmShe is listed in the Guinness Books of World Records for one of her books being the Times best-seller for 381 weeks straightNot content with a big house, a loving family, and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge, Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the
31、most important resource and has kept in touch with them by e-mailWhile she is often compared to the heroines（女主人公）of her own inventionHer life is undoubtedly much quieterBut if she does have anything in common with them, it is her strength of will and her inimitable（独特的）styleThere is only one Daniel
32、le Steel13Danielle Steel is different from other writers in that _Ashe can write several books at the same timeBshe often does some research before writing a bookCshe is one of the most popular American women writersDshe can keep writing for quite a long time without a break14Children who have read
33、“Max and Martha” picture books may know _Ahow to deal with affairs at school Bwhat to do if Max and Martha dieCwhat to do when new babies are born into their familiesDhow to solve the difficult problems in their writing classes15One of Danielle Steels achievements is that_Asome TV plays were based o
34、n her booksBher picture books attracted a lot of young menCone of her books became a best-seller in 1998Dshe wrote the Guinness Book of World Records16We can learn from the passage that Danielle Steel _Alives an exciting life Bvalues her readers a lotCwrites about quiet women Dis pleased with her ac
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