1、2014高考英语二轮阅读理解基础训练题（11）及答案阅读理解- (C)As a boy growing up in India, I had longed to travel abroad. I used to listen to the stories my father would tell me about his stay in Canada and tours to Europe in the 1970s, with great interest.My big moment finally came in the summer of 1998 when I was able to a
2、ccompany my parents to Europe, where my father was to attend a meeting. We planned to travel to Belgium, Netherlands and West Germany.I have clear memories even today of going to Mumbai airport at night all excited about finally going abroad. I had heard several great things about Lufthansa till the
3、n but now I finally got to experience them first hand, during the flight to Frankfurt. We flew business class and even today I can remember the excellent service by the Lufthansa crew （工作人员）. The flight was really smooth and thoroughly enjoyable, even for someone like me, who is especially afraid of
4、 flying.After spending almost two weeks in Europe, we took the Lufthansa airport express from Dusseldorf to Frankfurt airport, for our return flight. What a journey that was! All along the Rhine (莱茵河), it was simply an unforgettable experience. I had a sombre feeling on the flight back to Mumbai as
5、it marked the end of a wonderful vacation, but the Lufthansa crew members were able to change it into a most enjoyable experience yet again, with the quality of their service.Being the first airline to take me abroad, Lufthansa will always hold a special place in my heart. Even today，I continue to e
6、njoy flights on Lufthansa and simply cannot dream of choosing any other airline. Flying, in general，for me，has always been a terrible and painful experienceFlying on Lufthansa，however, is something I always have and always will look forward to. 【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。作者的父亲父亲经常讲其在加拿大居住和欧洲旅行的经历，这激发了作者希望走出国门看看
7、的强烈欲望。本篇短文给我们讲述了他第一次去欧洲的难忘旅行。36. Which country does the author live in now?A. India. B. Canada.C. Belgium. D. Germany.【答案】A 【 解析】细节理解题。根据As a boy growing up in India, I had longed to travel abroad.及Being the first airline to take me abroad, 可分析，作者生活的国度是在印度(India)。故选A。37. What made the author so inte
8、rested in traveling abroad?A. Growing up in India.B. Once staying in Canada.C. Once traveling to Canada with his father.D. His fathers stories about his traveling experiences.【答案】D【 解析】细节理解题。根据I used to listen to the stories my father would tell me about his stay in Canada and tours to Europe in the
9、 1970s, with great interest. 父亲经常讲其在加拿大居住和欧洲旅行的经历，这激发了作者希望走出国门看看的强烈欲望。故选D。38. Which of the following is true about the authors trip to Europe in 1998?A. The author traveled with one of his parents.B. Both their going and return were by air.C. They traveled in spring that year.D. They stayed in Europ
10、e for nearly two months.【答案】B【 解析】细节理解题。根据A项错是因为作者是与“父母双亲一起去的”；C项错在与事实“他们是在夏季去的”不符；D项错在与事实“在欧洲待了近两个星期”不符。B项正确是与“来回均是乘坐飞机”吻合。故选B。39. It can be inferred from the passage that Lufthansa is _.A. a city in India B. a city in EuropeC. an airline company D. a travel agency【答案】C【 解析】推理判断题。通过后三段内容不难看出，此为一家航空
11、公司的名称。故选C。40. The underlined word “somber” in the 4th paragraph probably means “_”.A. happy B. sadC. angry D. enjoyable【答案】B【 解析】词义猜测题。想到愉快的旅行就要结束，作者心情自然不好，根据后文change it into a most enjoyable experience yet again也可推知。故选B项。较难题目特训：节能环保类-6PLAYA GRANDE, COSTA RICA? This resort town was long known for Le
12、atherback Sea Turtle (棱皮龟) national Park, nightly turtle beach tours and even a sea turtle museum. However, on a beach where dozens of turtles used to nest on a given night, scientists spied only 32 leatherbacks all of last year. With leatherbacks threatened with extinction (灭绝), Playa Grandes turtl
13、e museum was abandoned three years ago and now sits among a sea of weeds. And the beachside ticket office for turtle tours was washed away by a high tide in September. “We do not promote that as a turtle tourism destination any more because we realize there are far too few turtles to please,” said A
14、lvaro Fonseca, a park ranger (管理员). Even before scientists found temperatures going up over the past decade, sea turtles were threatened by beach development, drift net fishing and Costa Ricans interest in eating turtle eggs. But climate change may cause the most serious harm to an animal that has l
15、ived in the Pacific for 150 million years. Sea turtles are sensitive to numerous effects of warming. They feed on reefs, which are dying in hotter seas. They lay eggs on beaches that are being covered by rising seas and more violent waves. More uniquely their gender (性别) is determined, not by genes
16、but by the eggs temperature during development. Small rises in beach temperatures can result in ail-female populations, obviously problematic for survival. If the sand around the eggs hits 30 degrees Celsius, the gender balance shits to females: at about 32 degrees they are all female. Above 34, you
17、 get boiled eggs. On some nesting beaches, scientists are artificially cooling nests with shade or irrigation and trying to protect broader areas of coastal property from development to ensure that turtles have a place to nest as the seas rise. 21世纪教育网5. Why does the resort town stop promoting its t
18、urtle tourism? A. It decides not to disturb the turtles normal life. B. Tourists have lost interest in watching turtles. C. There are only very few turtles now. D. The turtle museum was destroyed by a high tide. 6. Which of the following is the major factor in the turtles endangerment? A. The locals
19、 eating habit. B. Drift net fishing. C. Beach development. D. Global warming. 7. We learn from the last paragraph that scientists. A. are doing research on the sea rise B. are moving turtles to new homesC. are protecting turtles nestsD. are getting rid of sea weeds8. The passage intends to. A. intro
20、duce a special kind of sea turtleB. explain the mystery of turtles eggsC. show the dangers a certain kind of turtle is facingD. attract more visitors to a sea turtle museum【参考答案】6.CDCC 较难题目特训：节能环保类-7Sometimes, the simplest ideas are the best. For example, to absorb heat from the sun to heat water, y
21、ou need large, flat, black surfaces. One way to do that is to build those surfaces specially, on the roofs of buildings. But why go to all that trouble when cities are full of black surfaces already, in the form of asphalt(柏油) roads? Ten years ago, this thought came into the mind of Arian de Bondt,
22、a Dutch engineer. He finally persuaded his boss to follow it up. The result is that their building is now heated in winter and cooled in summer by a system that relies on the surface of the road outside. The heat-collector is a system of connected water pipes. Most of them run from one side of the s
23、treet to the other, just under the asphalt road. Some, however, dive deep into the ground. When the street surface gets hot in summer, water pumped through the pipes picks up this heat and takes it underground through one of the diving pipes. At a depth of 100 metres lies a natural aquifer(蓄水层) into
24、 which several heat exchangers(交换器) have been built. The hot water from the street runs through these exchangers, warming the ground-water, before returning to the surface through another pipe. The aquifer is thus used as a heat store. In winter, the working system is changed slightly. Water is pump
25、ed through the heat exchangers to pick up the heat stored during summer. This water goes into the building and is used to warm the place up. After performing that task, it is pumped under the asphalt and its remaining heat keeps the road free of snow and ice. 1. Which of the following is true accord
26、ing to the first two paragraphs? A. Arian de Bondt got his idea from his boss. B. Large, flat, black surfaces need to be built in cities. C. The Dutch engineers system has been widely used. D. Heat can also be collected from asphalt roads. 2. For what purpose are the diving pipes used? A. To absorb
27、heat from the sun. B. To store heat for future use. C. To turn solar energy into heat energy. D. To carry heat down below the surface. 3. From the last paragraph we can learn that.A. some pipes have to be re-arranged in winterB. the system can do more than warming up the buildingC. the exchangers wi
28、ll pick up heat from the street surfaceD. less heat may be collected in winter than in summer4. What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows? A. What we shall do if the system goes wrong. B. What we shall do if there are no asphalt roads. C. How the system cools the building in
29、summer. D. How the system collects heat in spring and autumn. 【参考答案】7.1-4 DDBC 阅读理解-(D)NEW YORK Picking a Christmas tree takes most people a few minutes, or a couple of hours if they head for the woods. Dave Murbach needs 11 months.Almost every day of every year, Murbachs thoughts turn to vision of
30、a perfectly shaped evergreen tree that will take everyones breath away. Murbach is the man responsible for finding the towering tree that makes more attractive Manhattans Rockefeller Center each Christmas season. “Im always looking for a tree,” the centers chief gardener says. “I look for it even wh
31、en I go to the beach in the summer. It s like a homework assignment hanging over your head.” And if he gets it wrong, theres nothing hiding it. “Every day its up, 400,000 people go by, and 2.5 million people watch the lighting celebration on television,”he says. This years tree, a 74-foot Nomy spruc
32、e (云杉) from Richfield, Ohio, flown to New York on the worlds largest cargo plane, was lighted on December 2. The arrival of the tree leads in the Christmas season in New York a tradition dating back to 1931, when the workers building Rockefeller Center put up a small tree with ornaments (装饰品). The s
33、earch for the next years tree starts soon after the old tree is chopped up for wood chips and horse-jumping logs. Murbach has three standards: The tree must be at least 65 feet high, at least 35 feet across and leaves dense (密集的) enough not to see through. Thats not as simple as it sounds. Though fo
34、rests are full of evergreens, few get enough sunlight or space to fill out. And branches in snow regions often break under the weight, making trees unbalanced. Back at the office, he sorts through hundreds of letters from people offering their trees, many addressed simply to “Mr. Christmas Tree Man.
35、”Though there was occasional anxiety attack and sleepless night, Murbach knows the effect the tree has on people: “Its for bringing people together, attempting to bring together people you love. Thats what I hope it sets off.” But Murbach says hes always too worn out to celebrate Christmas.【文章大意】本文叙
36、述了Murbach对于工作的认真的态度，他为了曼哈顿的洛克菲勒中心展览的常青树，他花费了11个月的时间来寻找。他想要每一个人都对他的选择满意。41. Which is the correct order of the events in the passage? a. Murbachs thoughts turn to a perfectly shaped tree. b. 2.5 million people watch the Christmas tree. c. The tree is flown to New York. d. It was lighted on December 2.
37、 e. The tree is chopped up. f. Murbach searches for the tree. A. a, b, c, d, e, f B. c, d, b, f, e, a C. c, d, e, b, a, f D. a, f, c, d, b, e【答案】D 【 解析】细节理解题。根据第二段Almost every day of every year, Murbachs thoughts turn to vision of a perfectly shaped evergreen tree that will take everyones breath awa
38、y.可知应选a,故排除BC；根据第三段Murbach is the man responsible for finding the towering tree他去寻找树，应该排除A，故选D。42. Murbach spends a lot of time that are exhibited in Manhattans Rockefeller Center each Christmas season.A. taking care of Christmas trees B. deciding on the perfect evergreens C. sorting the letters fro
39、m people D. deciding the TV programs【答案】B【 解析】细节理解题。根据Dave Murbach needs 11 months. Murbach花费了很长的时间挑选常青树，故选B。43. Why does Murbach take his job seriously?A. Because he wants everyone to be happy with his choice. B. Because he hopes to make everybody unable to breathe.C. Because he enjoys showing off.
40、 D. Because he wishes to attract peoples attention to himself.【答案】A【 解析】细节理解题。根据Murbachs thoughts turn to vision of a perfectly shaped evergreen tree that will take everyones breath away.他希望每个人都满意他的选择，故选A。44. According to Murbach s standard of trees, the best tree must_ . A. be evergreen B. have lot
41、s of space between their branchesC. be tall enough not to see through D. be equally balanced【答案】D【 解析】细节理解题。根据And branches in snow regions often break under the weight, making trees unbalanced.最好的树就是均衡发展，故选D。45. What kind of person do you think Murbach is?A. A person always ignoring his family.B. A person full of love. C. A person devoted to his work. D. A person with great anxiety.【答案】B【 解析】细节理解题。根据短文的内容可知Murbach 对工作很忠诚的，故选C。