1、2014高考英语二轮阅读理解基础精品训练题（23）及答案阅读理解-AThere 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 th
2、e 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 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
3、 overall time 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 rac
4、e which started 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 mi
5、nutes to ride 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
6、 the years 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
7、the lowest 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
8、 France?A. 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 Desg
9、ranges was_.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
10、Tour de France 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 overal
11、l cyclistC. 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，
12、yellow jersey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。阅读理解- (2011四川卷，C)The multimillion pound new Library of Birmingham(LoB)will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization(数字化)of everyday life.Set to open in 2013, the 188m LoB is already beginning to take shape next to the
13、Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.As digital media(媒介)is important to its_idea,_the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.Brian Gambles, the LoB project director, says it is about giving
14、 people the right tools for learning：“The aim is to mix the physical with the digital, providing 24hour services which can be used through many different ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.”The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one,
15、 allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual(虚拟的)LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists. Not only have the public been able to learn
16、about the LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.Two other small Birminghambased digital companies are also working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls an
17、 example of an “enlarged reality” project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development. And The Peoples Archice is an online library of historical figures of the city being built up by a digital content company in Cahoots,
18、in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.Gambles says: “Technology will enable us to make the librarys content and services open to citizens as never before.”投资数百万英镑的伯明翰新建图书馆将会是目前很有代表性的数字化图书馆，在这样的图书馆，人们将会体验新的阅览工具，并且能够真正做图书馆的主人，即：能够参与图书内容的增补与建议。9The underlined part “its
19、 idea” in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of _.Athe equipment Bthe projectCthe digital media Dthe physical library答案：B。词义猜测题。根据下一句话的信息词“the project is already providing.”可以断定此处的代词its 指的就是the project。10While visiting the Virtual LoB, the public can _.Aget a general idea of the LoBBmeet many worldfamou
20、s expertsClearn how to put up a library buildingDunderstand how the specialists work on the project 答案：A。细节判断题。在倒数第三段中，信息句“Not only have the public been able to learn about the LoB.”可以给以提示：即：公众可以很好地了解LoB的具体情况，即同选项A所说的一样。11Which of the following is TRUE of the LoB when it opens?aIt offers better lear
21、ning tools.bIt reaches users in different ways.cIt provides users with smart phones.dIt allows users to enrich its material.eIt gives nonstop physical and digital services.Aa，b，d Ba，c，e Cb，c，d Db，d，e 答案：A。细节判断题。 在文章的第三段中提到这样“right tools for learning”“used through many different ways ”以及倒数第二段的最后“add
22、to and comment on the material”都表明了关于开放时的LoB的情况，即同选项A。12The text is most probably taken from _.Aa computer bookBa library guideCa project handbookDa newspaper report答案：D。文章出处判断题。既然是针对于公众的信息，应该是面对普通公众，即选择最大众化的媒体，即新闻报道。阅读理解Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brus
23、h. He stopped by the fence in front of the house where he lived with his aunt Polly. He looked at it, and all joy left him. The fence was long and high. He put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence. He repeated the operation. He felt he could not continue and sat down.
24、He knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans for the day. They would walk past him and laugh. They would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer Saturday. The thought burned him like fire.He put his hand into his pockets and took out all that he ow
25、ned. Perhaps he could find some way to pay someone to do the whitewashing for him. But there was nothing of value in his pockets nothing that could buy even half an hour of freedom. So he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the ideaAt this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful ide
26、a came to him. It filled his mind with a great, bright light. Calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.While Tom was working, Ben Rogers appeared. Ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street. As he walked along, he was making noises like the sound of a riverboat. First
27、he shouted loudly, like a boat captain. Then he said “Ding-Dong-Dong”, “Ding-Dong-Dong” again and again, like the bell of a riverboat. And he made other strange noises. When he came close to Tom, he stopped.Tom went on whitewashing. He did not look at Ben. Ben stared a moment and then said: “Hello!
28、Im going swimming, but you cant go, can you?”No answer. Tom moved his brush carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist. Ben came nearer. Toms mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working. Ben said, “Hello, old fellow, youve got to work, hey?”Tom turned sudden
29、ly and said, “Why, its you, Ben! I wasnt noticing.”“Say Im going swimming. Dont you wish you could? But of course youd rather work wouldnt you? Of course you would.”Tom looked at the boy a bit, and said “What do you call work?”“Why, isnt that work?”Tom went back to his whitewashing, and answered car
30、elessly.“Well, maybe it is, and maybe it isnt. All I know is, it suits Tom Sawyer.”“Oh come, now, you dont mean to say that you like it?” The brush continued to move.“Like it? Well, I dont see why I shouldnt like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?”Ben stopped eating his appl
31、e. Tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a touch here and there, and stepped back again. Ben watched every move and got more and more interested. Soon he said,“Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little.”Tom thought for a moment, was about to agree; but he changed hi
32、s mind.“No no it wont do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. It has got to be done very carefully. I dont think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it well enough.”“No is that so? Oh come, now let me just try. Only just a little.” “Ben, Id like to, b
33、ut if it isnt done right, Im afraid Aunt Polly ”“Oh, Ill be careful. Now let me try. Say Ill give you the core of my apple.”“Well, here No, Ben, now dont. Im afraid ”“Ill give you all of it.”Tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his heart. And while Ben worked at the fence
34、 in the hot sun, Tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help. There were enough boys. Each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash. By the time Ben was tired, Tom sold the next chance to Billy for a kite; and when Billy was tired, Johnny bought in for a dead rat an
35、d so on, hour after hour. And when the middle of the afternoon came, Tom had won many treasures.And he had not worked. He had had a nice idle time all the time, with plenty of company and the fence had been whitewashed three times. If he hadnt run out of whitewash, Tom would have owned everything be
36、longing to his friends.He had discovered a great law of human action, namely, that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get. 15. How many characters are mentioned in this story? A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 716. Why did Tom take all his bits of toys
37、out of his pockets?A. Because he is tired and wanted to play with his toys.B. Because he wanted to throw his toys away.C. Because he wanted to give his toys to his friends. D. Because he wanted to know if he could buy help with his toys.17. Tom was about to agree to let Ben whitewash when he changed
38、 his mind because _.A. Tom wanted to do the whitewashing by himselfB. Tom planned to make Ben give up his apple firstC. Tom was unwilling to let Ben do the whitewashingD. Tom was afraid Ben would do the whitewashing better.18. We can learn from the passage that _.A. Tom was interested in whitewashin
39、g the fence.B. Tom had a lot of friends who are ready to help others.C. Tom was unwilling to whitewash the fence, but he managed to let other boys do it for himD. Tom was good at whitewashing the fence, so he looked at the result of his work with the eye of an artist.19. What made Ben Rogers eagerly
40、 gave up his apple and offer to brush the fence for Tom? A. His warm heart and kindness to friends.B. His curiosity about Toms brushing job. C. Toms threat.D. Aunt Pollys idea20. Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?A. The Happy Whitewasher B. Tom And His Fellows C. Whi
41、tewashing A Fence D. How To Make The Things Difficult To Get参考答案-15-20 BDBCBA阅读理解-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
42、health ministry, suicide 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 Development. It recorded 22.8 suicide
43、deaths for every 100, 000 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. I
44、t opens with a lonely man walking 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
45、suicide methods and sometimes 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 includ
46、e top business leaders and celebrities(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
47、associations urged media to avoid reporting specific 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
48、 between life and suicide答案解析：答案为B。本题为主旨大意题。全文报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 developmen
49、t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 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 peo
50、ples daily life.D. might cause fewer people to 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 action
51、s.”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
52、 outD. people choose suicide as the way to end 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。