1、湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（53）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 AThe film The Tides of Kirawira, which won two prizes at a recent television festival, was made by Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone. The couple are in England to visit friends and family before heading back to Tanzania for their next film.
2、Their work takes them to some of the worlds least-known areas but they still find themselves drawn back to England, particularly to Cornwall, where their work and personal relationship developed.“We met in London when Mark was studying biology and I was at the Royal College of Art studying photograp
3、hy,” says Victoria. “We both learned to dive at the same pool in London and went on diving weekends in the country. It was a terrible place, freezing cold, where we dived in wet suits full of holes. But that is where our relationship developed.”After completing their studies they took part in the ma
4、nagement of a conservation area in the mouth of the River Fal in Cornwall. “We were shocked. Nobody seemed to understand the rivers ecological importance. So we thought, why dont we make a film to show people what a special place it is? Neither of us had any experience of filming but we took part-ti
5、me jobs until we had enough cash to buy an underwater camera and some film.” A television company agreed to provide money for the work and the film they produced about the underwater life of the River Fal was shown on television and won a number of prizes.By then, they both knew they wanted to work
6、with wildlife in distant places around the world. Alkan Root, a famous East African wildlife film-maker, asked them to work for him. That was seven years ago and the job took them to the Serengeti to film crocodiles. Their films, Here Be Dragons and Devil Fish, were very successful.“We love Africa b
7、ut we have to come back to England every year,” says Victoria. “We need to return to see our friends and family. For us, Africa is temporary and England means permanence. Its the difference between living in a tent in Tanzania and a house in Cornwall. We are lucky we have the best of both worlds.”1M
8、ark and Victoria have returned to England to _. A. appear on televisionB. make a film about CornwallC. have a break between filmsD. receive a prize for their new film2Victoria regards her weekends learning to dive as _. A. a waste of timeB. an unforgettable experienceC. an enjoyable activityD. good
9、exercise for health3The purpose of filming in the River Fal was to _. A. earn moneyB. educate peopleC. gain photographic experienceD. make a television program4What does Victoria mean when she says “we have the best of both worlds” (last paragraph)? A. They can live in both a tent and a house.B. The
10、y can film in Cornwall as well as in Africa.C. They can visit both friends and family at the same time.D. They are happy and successful both in Africa and England.BOn the night of July 6, 1943, a plane took off from an Air Force base in England to intercept (截击) German fighters over the English Chan
11、nel. Piloting the plane was Captain Thomas Nash. Looking westward, Nash saw twelve orange lights in a row, moving at a fantastic rate of speed. An old experienced flyer, he had never seen anything like them. Thinking they might be a new German weapon, he decided to give chase. But when he swung the
12、plane around and headed directly for the lights, they disappeared. Captain Nash may have been the first to see such orange lights but he wasnt the last. His experience was repeated many times by pilots during World Warboth in Europe and the Far East. Pilots in the Korean War also reported seeing the
13、 strange lights. What were they? No one knows for sure, but there is an interesting theory to account for them. According to this theory, the orange lights are space animals animals specially adapted to life in the upper atmosphere just as some creatures are adapted to life at the bottom of the sea.
14、 These space animals, the theory says, live so far up in the atmosphere that they are not visible from earth. They feed partly on the air and partly on energy from sunlight. Being almost pure energy themselves, they can adjust their bodies to glow (发光) at night. During the day they become invisible.
15、 Before World War II, continues the theory, there was little radiated (发射的) energy available on the earths surface. Then came the development of rockets, atomic reactors (核反应堆), and hydroelectric plants (水力发电厂). The space creatures are attracted to these sources of energy of food. At night when ther
16、e is no energy from sunlight, they go down into the lower levels in search of a meal. They may even drift into the range of human eyesight. This explains the fact that they have been sighted regularly from the earth since 1943. 5The best statement of the main idea of this passage is that _. ACaptain
17、 Nash saw twelve orange lights traveling at a fantastic rate of speed BCaptain Nash may have been the first to see lights in space Caccording to an interesting theory, the orange lights are space animals Dthe mysteries of nature can be fully explained6The theory says that during the daytime the spac
18、e animals _. Aglow brightly in the sky Bare invisible Ccan be spotted from earth Dvisit the earths surface7If the space animal theory is correct，the creatures go down to the lower regions in order to_. Aescape being discovered Bcause curiosity Csearch for man-made energy Dmake contact with man8The s
19、pace animal theory would seem to suggest that _Aliving beings are extremely adaptableBlife in space is impossible for manCthe fittest creatures always surviveDlife cannot exist in the depth of the seaCThe first people who gave names to hurricanes were those who knew them best the people of Puerto Ri
20、co. The small island of Puerto Rico is in the West Indies, off the coast of Florida. This is where all the hurricanes begin that strike the east coast of the United States. Often they pass near Puerto Rico or cross it on their way north. The people of Puerto Rico expect some of these unwelcome visit
21、ors every year. Each one is named after the Saints Day on which it arrives. Two of the most destructive storms were the Santo Ana in 1840 and the San Ciriaco in 1899. Giving girls names to hurricanes is a fairly new idea. It all began with a story called “Storm”, written by George Stewart in 1941. I
22、n it a weatherman amused himself by naming storms after girls he knew. He named one Maria. The story describes how she Maria grew and developed, and how she changed the lives of people when she struck the United States. Weathermen of the U.S. Army and Navy used the same system during World War. They
23、 were studying weather conditions over the Pacific Ocean. One of their duties was to warn American ships and planes when a storm was coming. Whenever they spotted one, they gave it a girls name. The first one of the year was given a name beginning with A. The second one got a name beginning with B.
24、They used all the letters from A to W, and still the storms kept coming. They had to use three lists from A to W to have enough names to go around. This was the first list of hurricane names that followed the alphabet. It served as a model for the system the Weather Bureau (局) introduced in 1942. Be
25、fore 1950 the Weather Bureau had no special system for naming hurricanes. When a hurricane was born down in the West Indies, the Weather Bureau simply collected information about it. It reported how fast the storm was moving and where it would go next. Weather reports warned people in the path of th
26、e hurricane, so that they could do whatever was necessary to protect themselves. This system worked out fine as long as weather reports talked about only one hurricane at a time. But one week in September 1950 there were three hurricanes at the same time. The things began to get confused. Some peopl
27、e got the hurricanes mixed up and didnt know which was which. This convinced the Weather Bureau that it needed a code for naming the storms in order to avoid confusion in the future. 9Hurricanes were first named after the _.Adate on which they occurred Bplace where they began Camount of destruction
28、they did Dparticular feature they have10The practice of giving girls names to hurricanes was started by _. Aa radio operatorBan author Ca sailor Dlocal people11The purpose for which weathermen of the army and navy began using girls names for hurri-canes was _.Ato keep information from the enemy Bto
29、follow the standard method of the United States Cnot given in the article Dto remember a certain girl12The Weather Bureau began naming hurricanes because it would help them _. Acollect information more rapidly Bwarn people more efficiently Cmake use of military (军事的) records Dremember themDIn the la
30、te 1500s, a large powerful gun was placed on top of the Signal Hill, in Newfoundland, to prevent attacks from the outside. Flags were also flown there to warn sailors of bad weather. Its fitting, then, the Italian Gulielmo Marconi should have chosen this site (场所) to receive the worlds first radio s
31、ignal in Morse code from England on December 12, 1901. Marconi, combining earlier ideas with his own, led us to a new communications age. For the next 50 years, until the appearance of television, radio ruled the air waves. Today, its the TV that rules. No single person can say to have invented tele
32、vision. In 1884, the German Paul Nipkow invented a device (设备) that sent pictures mechanically (机械地), and in 1906, Boris Rosing, a Russian, used a ray and a disc to create the worlds first TV system. Then in the early 1920s, another Russian, Vladimir Zworykin，invented a picture display tube. He took
33、 out a patent (专利) for color TV, even though it wouldnt be developed for another 25 years. In 1924, a Scot entered the scene John Logie Baird. He first succeeded in sending a moving picture and a year later got the first actual TV picture. In 1926, Baird showed TV in a London laboratory. Two years l
34、ater in New York, Felix the Cat became the first TV star.TV excited everyones imagination, but hardly anyone had a set, with just two thousand in use worldwide in the mid-1930s. Since the late 1940s, TV technology has developed very quickly. Computers may finally be combined with all televisions to
35、give people a total all-in-one communications network. Today, its possible to sit and watch TV in the middle of a forest or in the Arctic. Its surprising when one considers that Marconi was on Signal Hill in the same century. 13We can learn from the text that Signal Hill was once used as _.Aa site o
36、f communication Ba weather stationCa factory to produce weapons Da battle field to fight enemies from the outside14When the writer says that today it is the TV that rules, he means that the TV _. Ahas led to a new communications age Bis a major means of todays communication Cis a device invented wit
37、h ideas from Marconi Dhas replaced the radio in todays communication15What is the main idea of Paragraphs 4 and 5 ? ALondon is the place where TV is invented BJohn Logie Baird was the chief inventor of television CA number of people contributed to the invention of television DRussian scientists play
38、ed an important role in the invention of television16The writer believes that the day will come when _. Athe future computers will be able to do the work TV is now doing Bthe future computers will become available to everyone in the world Cthe future computers will be connected to create one interna
39、tional network Dthe future computers will take the place of televisions and radiosEReal policemen, both in Britain and the United States, hardly recognize any similarity between their lives and what they see on TV if they ever get home in time. There are similarities, of course, but the cops (police
40、men) dont think much of them.The first difference is that a policemans real life revolves round (以为中心) the law. Most of his training is in criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what evidence can be used to prove them in court. He has to know nearly as much law as a profess
41、ional lawyer, and what is more, he has to apply it on his feet, in the dark and rain, running down an alley (小巷) after someone he wants to talk to.Little of his time is spent in chatting to charming ladies or in dramatic confrontations (对抗) with desperate criminals. He will spend most of his working
42、 life typing millions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are guilty or not of stupid crimes of little importance.Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as hes arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding criminals is seldom
43、much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and terrorist attacks where failure to produce results reflects on the standing of the police little effort is spent on searching. The police have detailed machinery which eventually shows up most wanted men.Having made an arrest, a detect
44、ive really starts to work. He has to prove his case in court and to do that he often has to gather a lot of different evidence. Much of this has to be given by people who dont want to get involved in a court case. So, as well as being overworked, a detective has to be out at all hours of the day and
45、 night interviewing his witnesses and persuading them, usually against their own best interests, to help him.A third big difference between the drama detective and the real detective is that the real detective lives in an unpleasant moral twilight (暮色). Detectives tend to have two opposing pressures
46、: first, as members of a police force they always have to behave with absolute legality; secondly, as expensive public servants they have to get results. They can hardly ever do both. Most of the time, some of them have to break the rules in small ways.If the detective has to deceive (欺骗) the world,
47、 the world often deceives him. Hardly anyone he meets tells him the truth. And this separation the detective feels between himself and the rest of the world is deepened by the simplemindedness as he sees it of citizens, social workers, doctors, law-makers, and judges, who, instead of putting a compl
48、ete end to crime punish the criminals less strictly in the hope that this will make them reform. The result, detectives feel, is that nine-tenths of their work is re-catching people who should have stayed behind bars. This makes them rather cynical (愤世嫉俗的). 17It is essential for a policeman to be tr
49、ained in criminal law _.Aso that he can catch criminals in the streets easilyBbecause many of the criminals he has to catch are very dangerousCbecause he has to know nearly as much about law as a professional lawyerDso that he can give a good reason for his arrests in court18The everyday life of a p
50、oliceman or detective is _.Afull of dangerBexciting and fantasticCdevoted mostly to regular mattersDwasted on unimportant matters19When murders and terrorist attacks occur, the police _.Atry to make a quick arrest in order to keep up their reputationBusually fail to produce resultsCprefer to wait fo
51、r the criminal to give himself awayDtake a lot of effort to try to track down their men20Which of the following statements is NOT true?AThere are similarities between drama detective and the real detective.BMost people dont want to be the witnesses of the case.CAmerican policemens real life is different from Britain policemens.DIn reality society does not punish criminals strictly enough.14 CBBD58 CBCA912 ABCB1316 ABCA1720 DCDC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
