1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家2014高考英语二轮阅读理解三月特训阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。【广东省2013届高三考前冲刺卷(二)】AIn the past decade the popularity of rock climbing has greatly increased，and so has the number of injuries.It has been estimated that rock climbing is now enjoyed by more than 9 million p
2、eople in the US each year.Study findings revealed a 65 percent increase in the number of patients that were treated in US emergency departments for rock climbingrelated injuries between 1991 and 2008.The study，published in the online issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine，found that ab
3、out 40,000 patients were treated in US emergency departments for rock climbingrelated injuries between 1991 and 2008.The most common types of rock climbingrelated injuries were fractures (骨折) and sprains (扭伤)The ankle was the most common body part to be injured (40 percent)Climbers in the study rang
4、ed in age from 2 to 74，with an average age of 26.The study also found that women took up a quarter of the injuries.Falls were the primary reason for injury with over threequarters of the injuries occurring as the result of a fall.The severity of fallrelated injuries had a lot to do with the height o
5、f the fall.Patients who were injured after falling from a height over 20 feet were 10 times more likely to be treated than patients who were injured falling from 20 feet or lower.“We found that the climbers who fell from heights higher than 20 feet took up 70 percent of the patients treated for a ro
6、ck climbingrelated injury，” explained the study author Lara McKenzie，PhD，director at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Hospital.“This trend，combined with the fact that rock climbers have a higher hospitalization rate than other sports and recreational injuries，demonstrates the
7、need to increase injury prevention efforts for climbers.”26Which body part is most likely to get injured for a climber?AThe arm. BThe ankle.CThe knee. DThe hand.27How many women climbers in America got injured while climbing a rock between 1991 and 2008?AAbout 40,000. BAbout 30,000.CAbout 20,000. DA
8、bout 10,000.28The severity of climbersfallrelated injures is mainly related to _.Athe height of the fallBthe climbers ageCthe climbers health conditionsDthe climbers climbing experience29The underlined word “demonstrates” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “_”Ademands BpreventsCproves Ddescrib
9、es30The purpose of the passage is to _.Ashow that rock climbingrelated injuries have increasedBtell readers rock climbing is an adventurous sportCwarn readers of the danger of rock climbingDcall on doctors to increase injury prevention efforts26B细节理解题。根据第二段“The ankle was the most common body part to
10、 be injured (40 percent)”可知踝关节是最容易受伤的部位，因此答案是B。27D推理判断题。第二段首句说从1991到2008年间，美国大约有4万人因为爬山时受伤而接受治疗，本段最后一句又提到“women took up a quarter of the injuries”，可知答案是D。28A细节理解题。根据第三段“The severity of fallrelated injuries had a lot to do with the height of the fall.”可知摔下来的高度是决定受伤程度的主要因素，因此A项正确。29C词义猜测题。根据语境，爬山者住院率高
11、于参加其他体育和娱乐活动的人，这“证明”了爬山者要更加注意预防受伤。C项意思最合适。30A作者意图题。文章是一篇说明文，主要是告诉读者与爬山运动相关的伤害增加了，因此A项是最佳选项。高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项-BIn March 2008，Joe Ryan got a notice from a billing agency for a hospital near Denver, Colorado. The hospital wanted payment for surgery totaling $ 41,188. Ryan had never set foot in that hospital
12、. Obviously there was some mistake. “I thought it was a joke,” says Ryan. But when he called the billing agency，nobody laughed. Someone, who s also named Joe Ryan, using Ryans Social Security number, had indeed been admitted for surgery. He figured clearing this up would take a just few phone calls.
13、 Two years later, Ryan continues to suffer from the damage to his credit rating and still doesnt know if his medical record has been cleared of wrong information. Joe Ryan was the victim of a little-known but frightening type of consumer cheating that is on the rise：medical identity theft, which inv
14、olves using your name to get drugs, expensive medical treatment and even cheating insurance payments. As Ryan discovered, money isn t the half of it. When someone steals your name to receive health care, his medical history becomes part of your recordand setting the record straight can be extremely
15、difficult. That s because，in part，the information is handed out among dozens of care-givers, from doctors to medicine stores to insurance companies and labs. I wanted to help straighten this out,” says Ryan, so I went to the hospital, and they had a three-inch-thick record for me, but they wouldn t
16、let me see it. I showed them my ID, and they said that s not Joe Ryan s signature. Well, of course not! They had this other guy s signature. ” Ryan had fallen into a victim s Catch-22： If your record doesn t appear to be yours, you may not have the right to read it, much less change it. Ryan s next
17、step was a visit to the police department. But the police said that there was not much they could do, that the local law enforcement has little experience with medical ID theft, and cases like this can end up being considered a civil matter. 1. The billing agency sent Joe Ryan a notice to _.A. play
18、a joke on him for medical treatmentB. inform him of the payment for his surgeryC. correct the mistakes about payment for his surgeryD. clear up the wrong information in his medical record答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题。由第一段 “In March 2008，Joe Ryan got a notice from a billing agency for a hospital near Denver, Colo
19、rado. The hospital wanted payment for surgery totaling $ 41,188.”可知，the billing agency 通知Joe Ryan支付手术费用41,188美元，故答案为B。2. Joe Ryan at first thought his problem was _.A. easy to settleB. difficult to settleC. impossible to solveD. unnecessary to solve答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节推理题。由第二段 “He figured clearing this u
20、p would take a just few phone calls.” 可知，Joe Ryan刚开始认为只要打几个电话就可以解决问题，故答案为A。 3. The number of medical identity theft cases in the United States is _.A. increasingB. decreasingC. countableD. changeable答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节题。由第四段首句 “Joe Ryan was the victim of a little-known but frightening type of consumer c
21、heating that is on the rise：medical identity theft”可知，医疗身份盗窃在美国正在增加，故答案为A。4. An even worse consequence of medical ID theft is _.A. some trouble in obtaining insurance paymentB. a big loss of money and damage to credit ratingC. the widely spread medical information of the victimD. the difficulty in c
22、hanging the wrong medical history答案解析：答案为C。本题为推理题。由第五段可知，当别人盗用了你的名字来享受医疗服务后，他的医疗史就成为了你的医疗史，并且清除这些错误记录极其困难，因为你的信息已经给了许多照料者，包括医生、药店、保险公司和实验室。因此，医疗身份盗窃更糟糕的结果是受害者的医疗信息到处传播。故答案为C。干扰项最强的D选项“改变错误的医疗史非常困难”只是医疗身份盗窃的一个直接结果，但不是更糟糕的，因此排除D选项。【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷(二)】BDid you ever look up at the moon and think you saw
23、 a mans face there？When the moon is round and full，the shadows of the moon mountains and the lines of the moon valleys sometimes seem to show a giant nose and mouth and eyes.At least，some people think so.If there were a man on the mooninstead of mountains and valleys that just look like the face of
24、a manwhat would he be like?He would not be like anyone you know.He would not be like anyone anybody knows.If the man on the moon were bothered by too much heat or cold the way Earth people are，he could not stay on the moon.The moon becomes very，very hot.It becomes as hot as boiling water.And the moo
25、n becomes very，very cold.It becomes colder than ice.Whatever part of the moon the sun shines on is hot and bright.The rest of the moon is cold and dark.If the man on the moon had to breathe to stay alive，he couldnt live on the moon because theres no air there.(Hed have to carry an oxygen tank，as ast
26、ronauts do.)Theres no food on the moon，either.Nothing growsnot even weeds.If the man on the moon liked to climb mountains，he would be very happy.There are many high places there，such as the raised land around the holes，or craters，of the moon.Some of these rims are as tall as Earths highest mountains
27、.But if the man on the moon liked to swim，he would be unhappy.There is no water on the moonjust dust and rock.When you think of what its like on the moon，you may wonder why it interests our scientists.One reason is that the moon is Earths nearest neighborit is the easiest place in space to get to.Go
28、ing back and forth between the moon and Earth，astronauts will get a lot of practice in space travel.Things learned on moon trips will be of great help to astronauts who later take long，long trips to some of the planets.Scientists are also interested in the moon because it has no air.The air that sur
29、rounds Earth cuts down the view of the scientists who look at the stars through telescopes.A telescope on the moon would give them a clearer，closer view of the stars.31Which of the following is the best title of the passage?AThe MoonBThe Man on the MoonCResearch on the MoonDWhat Is It Like on the Mo
30、on?32What is the reason why our scientists are interested in the moon?AThe moon is beautiful.BThe moon is different from the Earth.CThe moon is Earths nearest neighborit is the easiest place in space to get to.DThe moon is the easiest place in space to get to and it has no air，unlike Earth.33Which o
31、f the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?AThe climate on the moon is quite different from that on the Earth.BTraveling between the moon and Earth will do much good to astronauts.CThere is some food and weeds on the moon，even though theres no air.DIf you want to drink hot water
32、 on the moon，its not so hard to boil water.34The underlined word “rims” in Paragraph 8 means _.Aball BhillCround edge Dheight35What is the main idea of the passage?AWe can learn much from research on the moon.BThere may be human beings on the moon.CIf there were a man on the moon，there would be many
33、 similarities between the man on the moon and on the Earth.DA telescope on the moon would help scientists have a clearer，closer sight of the stars.31B由全文内容可知B项为最佳选项。32D根据文章倒数第三段最后一句“One reason is that the moon is Earths nearest neighborit is the easiest place in space to get to.”以及最后一段的首句可知只有D项是最全面的
34、选项。33C根据第七段最后一句可知C项是错误的。34C根据上下文可以推出rims是“圆形的边缘”。35A通读全文可知本文是讲“通过对月球的研究，我们可以了解到很多知识”。 人物型阅读理解- (三)Greg Woodburn，a student at the University of Southern California，spends a lot of time cleaning sneakers he collected.But soon the shoes will be sent to poor children in the United States and 20 other co
35、untries，thanks to Woodburns Share Our Soles (S.O.S.) charity.A high school track star in the town of Ventura，California，Woodburn was treated in hospital for months with knee and hip injuries.“I started thinking about the health benefits，the friendship and the confidence I got from running，” he says.
36、“And I realized there are children who dont even have shoes.”Woodburn gathered up his old sneakers，then asked his friends to donate.His goal was to have 100 pairs by Christmas this year.When he collected more than 500 pairs，he decided to turn the shoe drive into a yearround endeavor.Back then，the sn
37、eakers came from donation boxes at the YMCA and the local sporting goods store and from doortodoor pickups.Woodburn has now set up collection boxes at two high schools，city gym and recreation centre.He has started accepting adult sizes and sandals.So far，S.O.S has collected and donated more than 3，0
38、00 pairs.Woodburn has cleaned all the shoes.After sorting the shoes by size，Woodburn selects the good shoes for the washing machine and the wornout ones for recycling.To ship the footwear，Woodburn teamed with Sports Gift，a nonprofit organization that provides soccer and baseball equipment to childre
39、n around the world.Keven Baxter，founder and president，says，“Wed send kids balls and shoes.Ive heard that for many of these kids，these old sneakers are the only shoes they had.They wear them to school and to do sports.So Gregs running shoes were a nice addition for us.” For many recipients，the shoes
40、represent opportunity.Two young boys in Southern California attended school on alternate days because they shared a pair of shoes.They were too big for one boy and too small for the other.Thanks to SO.S.，each brother received his own pair of shoes.The boys now attend school daily and enjoy their lea
41、rning.When they graduate，they say，they will help a stranger，just as Woodburn helped them.1What caused Greg Woodburn to donate old shoes for poor children? AThe benefits from playing sports.BNews about some poor children.CHis reflection to school life.DThe medical treatment he received. 2.When collec
42、ting more sneakers than expected，Woodburn decided to _ .Ainclude adult sizes and sandals Bset up branches in different cities Ccollect shoes throughout the year Dexpand his endeavor in the whole city 3.How did Woodburn manage to deliver the shoes collected?ABy sending them by mail.BBy working with S
43、ports Gift.CBy advertising for those in need.DBy offering them from door to door.4What can we learn from Keven Baxters remarks?ASports Gift is popular around the world.BMany children need Gregs old sneakers.CGregs running shoes are the best gifts for children.DInternational organization should provi
44、de more help. 5Which of the following is the best title for the passage?AAn Organized Activity BGreg Woodburns LifeCHow to Collect SneakersDRecycled Sneakers Fit for Sharing (三)【要点综述】 本文主要讲述了一名大学生收集旧运动鞋，捐赠给贫困孩子的故事。 1A细节理解题。根据文章的第二、三段可知， Greg Woodburn是南加利福尼亚大学的一个在校田径明星。因膝盖和臂部受伤住院后，他开始反思体育给他带来的好处，他意识到
45、很多孩子没有鞋子穿，于是他决定把穿过的旧鞋捐给他们。2C细节理解题。根据文章的第四段可知，Woodburn本打算在今年圣诞节前收集到100双旧运动鞋，可是他收集到的旧鞋竟然超过了500双。于是他决定把收集旧鞋变成一项全年都要做的事情。3B细节理解题。根据文章的第七段可知，为了运输那些收集来的旧鞋，Woodburn与一个名叫Sports Gift的慈善机构合作。Sports Gift是一个向世界各地的儿童供应足球和棒球设备的非盈利组织。4B推理判断题。根据文章的第七段可知，Sports Gift的创始人Keven Baxter说，那些旧的运动鞋是一些贫困孩子仅有的鞋子。他们穿着它们上学和运动。可见，有很多贫困孩子需要Greg Woodburn捐赠来的旧鞋。5D主旨大意题。本文介绍的是一名大学生收集旧运动鞋，捐赠给贫困孩子的故事，所以D项为最佳选项。版权所有：高考资源网()版权所有：高考资源网()高考资源网版权所有 侵权必究
