1、2014高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项 50-22AThere is a saying in France that states, The government could fall, the Louvre （卢浮宫）could be broken into or creatures from other planets could land on earth, but if any of these things happened during the Tour de France, no one would notice. The Tour de France is the most famo
2、us cycling race in the worldIt begins in July and runs for three weeksCyclists who race in the Tour de France ride in six legs or stages of the race, and they have between one to four days of rest between each leg of the raceThe rider who completes all six legs of the race in the shortest overall ti
3、me winsThe Tour de France began as a publicity stunt for the French sports newspaper, LAutoHcnri Desgranges, who worked for LAuto,came up with the idea for the greatest bike race in the world, and on July 1,1903, the first Tour de France beganSixty cyclists began that first leg of the race which sta
4、rted in front of the Alarm Clock Cafe just outside of ParisThis first leg look them 467 kilometers to LyonThe first Tour de France received an astonishing 2,000 francsMaurice Garin, the most popular cyclist in France at that time, won the first Tour de FranceIt took him 94 hours and 33 minutes to ri
5、de all 2,428 kilometers of the raceThis time was three hours faster than the second -place riderOver the weeds during which the race was run, the idea of the Tour de France slowly caught the imagination of the people of FranceThe race has been run every year since that time, except during the years
6、of World War I and World War The Tour de France has developed several special honors for which racers competeAbove all, the highest honor is the yellow jerseyMrDesgranges introduced the yellow jersey in 1919 to show the leading racer each riders total time in order to find the racer with the lowest
7、timeThat racer wears the yellow jersey during the days raceOther honors include the green jersey which is given to the rider who sprints the best by riding the fastest over short distances, and the polka dot jersey for the best rider in the mountains along the route1. Who wins the Tour de France?A.
8、The first cyclist to finish the raceB. The cyclist with the most pointsC. The cyclist with the polka dot jerseyD. The cyclist with the shortest overall time答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节题。由第一段最后一句话 “The rider who completes all six legs of the race in the shortest overall time wins” 可知，答案为D。2. Henri Desgranges was_
9、.A. a photographerB. a famous cyclistC. the man who first won the Tour de FranceD. the man who first thought of the Tour de France答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节题。由第二段第二句话 “Hcnri Desgranges, who worked for LAuto,came up with the idea for the greatest bike race in the world, and on July 1,1903, the first Tour de Fra
10、nce began” 可知，D选项正确。3. How many stages make up the Tour de France?AOne BFour CSixDTen答案解析：答案为C。本题为细节题。由第一段最后一句话 “The rider who completes all six legs of the race in the shortest overall time wins” 可知，C选项正确。4. The yellow jersey is worn by_.A. the fastest daily cyclist B. the fastest overall cyclistC.
11、 the youngest cyclistD. the champion from the previous year答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节题。由最后一段 “MrDesgranges introduced the yellow jersey in 1919 to show the leading racer each riders total time in order to find the racer with the lowest timeThat racer wears the yellow jersey during the days race” 可知，yellow jers
12、ey用来表示比赛者用的时间最少，比赛者在比赛当天佩戴此物，故答案为A。BA rise in the number of suicides（自杀）in South Korea has led policeman Yoo Byong-jong to a new job. He patrols（巡逻）Seouls bridges to prevent desperate people throwing themselves into the river. According to South Koreas health ministry, suicide rates have doubled in
13、a decade and are now the leading cause of death for people in their 20s and 30s. The country has the fourthhighest suicide rate among the 30 industrialized countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. It recorded 22.8 suicide deaths for every 100, 000 people in 2003. Thats
14、 lower than Hungary，Finland and close neighbor Japan . But the number is growing by about 1 percent each year，faster than for all other OECD nations. In a move to cut suicides by a fifth by 2010，the health ministry is running a television ad campaign. It opens with a lonely man walking on a bridge.
15、A voiceover says，“Think five minutes more before you give it all away.Dont forget you have a loving family.” Other ministry plans include setting up more hotlines and training more suicide counselors. Authorities are also limiting websites that provide suicide methods and sometimes even sell toxic(有
16、毒的)chemicals. Distressed individuals range from students worried about poor grades to people in debt as well as disgraced politicians. Exports say the rising number in some way can be blamed on media coverage of recent highprofile suicides. These include top business leaders and celebrities(名人)who a
17、pparently lead a number of people to copy their actions. “We saved 50 lives this year when people turned to bridges as a place to die after news reports of such deaths by big shots，” said the 38yearold Yoo，in December.Last July，the government and civil associations urged media to avoid reporting spe
18、cific methods and locations of suicides. But it is difficult to clearly give reasons for the suicide increase.1. The passage is mainly about _.A. desperation problems in KoreaB. suicide problems in KoreaC. how to reduce suicides in KoreaD. the relations between life and suicide答案解析：答案为B。本题为主旨大意题。全文报
19、道了韩国的自杀率问题非常严峻， 当局为抑制自杀采取了一系列的措施，第一段点出话题，最后一段呼应了话题，故答案为B。2. Suicide rates in South Korea_.A. arouse international concernsB. are going from bad to worseC. didnt draw special attention of the governmentD. have done great harm to the economical development答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题。由第三段最后一句话 “But the number is
20、growing by about 1 percent each year，faster than for all other OECD nations.” 可知，自杀率每年在增长，也就是在变得更糟糕，故答案为B。3. Lowering the number of reported suicides by celebrities in the media in Korea _.A. will be limitedB. damage the fame of mediaC. didnt affect peoples daily life.D. might cause fewer people to
21、commit suicide答案解析：答案为D。本题为推理题。由第五段 “Exports say the rising number in some way can be blamed on media coverage of recent highprofile suicides. These include top business leaders and celebrities who apparently lead a number of people to copy their actions.”可知，专家认为自杀人数在上升在某些程度上是归咎于媒体报道的高数据的自杀率，其中包括商业领
22、导要人和名人的自杀引起了人们去效仿他们的行为，可以推断，降低媒体报道的名人自杀人数或许能使较少的人自杀，故答案为D。 4. From the passage, we can infer that_.A. authorities manage websites efficientlyB. present hotlines are not enough for suicide counselorsC. cutting suicides by a fifth by 2010 is easy to carry outD. people choose suicide as the way to end
23、their lives for a lack of love答案解析：答案为A。本题为推理题。由第四段倒数第二句话 “Authorities are also limiting websites that provide suicide methods and sometimes even sell toxic chemicals.”可知，当局限制提供自杀方法甚至卖有毒的化学药物的网站，可以推断，当局有效地对网站进行了管理。故答案为A。由第四段 “Other ministry plans include setting up more hotlines and training more suicide counselors.” 可知，由于自杀者众多，因此要建立更多的热线和培训更多的自杀咨询专员来阻止自杀，B选项意思与此不符。从第四段所实施的阻止自杀的措施来看，减少自杀并不容易实施，故C选项错误。由最后一段最后一句话 “But it is difficult to clearly give reasons for the suicide increase.” 可知，D选项错误。
