1、湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（88）阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（AB、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AUS billionaires are back on top with Microsoft founder Bill Cates again the worlds richest man in a year when even billionaires felt the heat of the global recession, Forbes magazine said Wednesday.The wealthy few did not escape big
2、 shocks this year, with net worth on the list of 793 billionaires - down from l ,125 billionaires in 2008 - plummeting t0 2. 4 trillion dollars from 4. 4trillion , Forbes said “The biggest news today is that we are here and there still are billionaires, Forbes spokeswoman Monie Begley joked at a pre
3、ss conferenceThe much-watched annual rich list put Gates back on top with a net worth of 40 billion dollars, although, he saw his bank balance lose 18 billion over the last 12 months. In second came investor Warren Buffett with 37 billion dollars, despite losing 25 billion dollars this year in the v
4、alue of his Berkshire Hathaway shares. Also losing 25 billion dollars, Mexican telecoms king Carlos Slim still managed to come in third with 35 billion dollars.New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, at number 17, was notable as the only top 20 members to see a net gain. That was not because of his salary
5、, which is a symbolic one dollar a year, but thanks to re-evaluation of Bloomberg financial news agency after the mayor bought a 20 percent stake from Merrill Lynch last year for 4. 5 billion dollars.About 64 percent of the billionaires are self-made and their average age is 63. 7 , a slight rise re
6、sulting from the lower number of rich Russians and Chinese, whose average ages last year were 46 and 48. By contrast with that aging trend. Gates is a relatively youthful 53. The youngest billionaire prize this year goes to Albert von Thurn und Taxis of Germany, who is 25 and listed as having 2. 1 b
7、illion dollars. But one of the young success stories from last year - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg - dropped off the list altogether.1Of all the millionaires mentioned above, who didn t lose in the global recession?ABill Gates. BWarren Buffett. CCarlos Slim. DMichael Bloomberg.2The sentence The
8、biggest news today is that we are here and there still are billionaires may probably mean _.Athe number of billionaires in 2009 is much smaller than that in 2008Bthe number of billionaires in 2009 is a bit larger than that in 2008Cthere are many billionaires in America, which is the biggest news tod
9、ayDthe biggest news is that many billionaires are at the press conference3How many billion dollars did the US billionaires lose in 2008 altogether mentioned in the paragraph 4?A18. B25. C43. D50.4What is the best title of the passage?ASelf-Made Billionaires BWhat Made BillionairesCBill Gates Back on
10、 Top Again DBiggest Gainer and Biggest LoserBThe Earth Hour initiative(自发行动) started in Australia s biggest city Sydney last year when an estimated 2. 2 million people flicked the switch - leaving the Sydney Opera House bathed in moonlight and the Harbor Bridge blacked out.Organizer Andy Ridley said
11、 Sydney s 60 minutes of darkness generated huge interest around the world and 23 other cities from the Asia Pacific, North America, Europe and the Middle East had now signed up to be part of the 2008 event.The eight latest cities to join Earth Hour are Atlanta, San Francisco and Phoenix in the US; T
12、hailands capital Bangkok; Ottawa, Vancouver and Montreal in Canada and Dublin in Ireland.They joined Australian cities Sydney, Perth, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide; Denmarks Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg and Odense; the Philippine capital Manila, Fiji s biggest city Suva. Christchurch in New
13、 Zealand; Chicago; Tel Aviv and Toronto. Ridley said he expected the Earth Hour concept, which is managed by the conservation group WWF, to extend beyond the borders of these countries on the scheduled start time of 8:00 p. m. local time on Saturday March 29.“ I think it already has become much bigg
14、er, he said. The idea was that anyone could do it, whether they were in a small village in France or a city like Sydney. Ridley said the Sydney event, in which residents were asked to switch off lights and appliances for one hour, had raided awareness about the problem of global warming while reduci
15、ng greenhouse gas emissions by conserving energy.I know that on the night we thought we might be able to cut energy use in the city by five percent but it ended up being 10. 1 percent, he said.He said he hoped Earth Hour provided a very big visual message to politicians that climate change must be a
16、ddressed quickly.“The problem is massive but we do make a difference when we all take action, he said.5The purpose of the Earth Hour activity is _ . Ato conserve energyBto change the climateCto reduce the greenhouse gas emissionsDto draw people s attention to the global warming6The underlined word f
17、lick in paragraph 2 mean .Aswitch on Bswitch off Cmove quickly Dhit quickly7Which city doesnt join the black-out organization?ABangkok. BManchester. CMontreal. DBrisbane.8From the passage we can learn _ .Athe black-out activity will have a great effect on climate changeBthe Earth Hour initiative fir
18、st began in the capital of AustraliaCall the countries in the world become interested in the black-out activityDthe black-out activity has already caught politician s attention to the climate changeCThere is a saying in France that states, The government could fall, the Louvre （卢浮宫）could be broken i
19、nto 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 famous cycling race in the worldIt begins in July and runs for three weeksCyclists who race in the Tour de France ride in six leg
20、s 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 time winsThe Tour de France began as a publicity stunt for the French sports newspaper, LAutoHcnri Desgranges, who worked for L
21、Auto, 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 started in front of the Alarm Clock Cafe just outside of ParisThis first leg look them 467 kilometers to LyonThe first Tour de
22、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 ride all 2,428 kilometers of the raceThis time was three hours faster than the second -place riderOver the weeds during which
23、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 of World War I and World War The Tour de France has developed several special honors for which racers competeAbove all, the
24、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 timeThat racer wears the yellow jersey during the days raceOther honors include the green jersey which is given to the rider
25、 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 route9Who wins the Tour de France?AThe first cyclist to finish the race BThe cyclist with the most pointsCThe cyclist with the polka dot jerseyDThe cyclist with th
26、e shortest overall time10Henri Desgranges was .Aa photographerBa famous cyclistCthe man who first won the Tour de FranceDthe man who first thought of the Tour de France11How many stages make up the Tour de France?AOneBFourCSixDTen12The yellow jersey is worn by_.Athe fastest daily cyclistBthe fastest
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34、e rates have doubled in 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 DevelopmentIt recorded 22.8 suicide deaths for every 100, 000
35、people in 2003.Thats 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 wal
36、king on a bridge. 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
37、 even sell toxic(有毒的)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 cele
38、brities(名人)who apparently 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 avoi
39、d reporting specific methods and locations of suicides. But it is difficult to clearly give reasons for the suicide increase.17The passage is mainly about _.Adesperation problems in Korea Bsuicide problems in KoreaChow to reduce suicides in KoreaDthe relations between life and suicide18Suicide rates
40、 in South Korea .Aarouse international concernsBare going from bad to worseCdidnt draw special attention of the governmentDhave done great harm to the economical development19Lowering the number of reported suicides by celebrities in the media in Korea _.Awill be limitedBdamage the fame of mediaCdid
41、nt affect peoples daily life.Dmight cause fewer people to commit suicide20From the passage, we can infer that .Aauthorities manage websites efficientlyBpresent hotlines are not enough for suicide counselorsCcutting suicides by a fifth by 2010 is easy to carry outDpeople choose suicide as the way to end their lives for a lack of love120 DACCC BBADD CABAD CBBDA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
