1、湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（64）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。 A. You have probably read the books. You have probably seen the movies. But have you heard the music? The latest Harry Potter news is that bands form to play what is called “wizard rock” or sometimes just “wrock”.The new kind of music b
2、egan when Joe De George and his brother Paul decided that the characters from Harry Potter would make a great band. Ron on guitar, Hermione on bass, Hagrid on drums and Harry singing up front would make for an excellent group. In one day, the brothers wrote, rehearsed and performed six songs about l
3、ife at Hogwarts. After the first performance, Paul decided that “we are Harry and the potters.” Wizard rock is pretty much what it sounds like: rock “n” rock inspired by and set in the world of Harry Potter. The De George started a trend. Today there are dozens of wizard-rock bands: the Whomping Wil
4、lows, the Remus Lupins and the Moaning Myrtles to name a few. Rockers dress like Hogwarts students and play at conventions and festivals. People who like Harry Potter think wizard rock music is totally awesome. The songs can be funny, but the music is not a joke. Just ask the De George brothers. The
5、yve played more than 500 shows in 49 states and their hit songs are inspired by characters from Harry Potter: “Save Ginny Weasley” and “Voldemort Cant Stop the Rock!” The themes of their music are the same as those of Rowlings books: love and friendship, upset and struggle. Wizard rock is just one m
6、ore by-product in the Harry Potter craze. Two years after J.K. Rowling published her last book in the series, Potter popularity continues to grow. There are Potter conventions and Potter clubs that try to get kids and grow-ups to help fight hunger, for example. And the fact that they may do it while
7、 humming “Wizard Chess” or “Platform 9” makes those meetings fun.1. What is the text mainly about? A. Harry Potter. B. Harry Potters music. C. Wizard rock. D. Joe and Pauls band.2. The underlined word “awesome” in Pa4 probably means _ in the text . A. amusing B. serious C. considerate D. inviting3.
8、Which of the following is true about wizard rock? A. Its no different from rock “n” rock. B. Its sung in the films Harry Potter. C. Its a funny business. D. It follows the themes in Rowlings books.4. According to the last paragraph, we can learn that _ . A. Harry Potter has had great effects in many
9、 aspects B. Harry Potter is very popular in the world C. Wizard rock is Harry Potters only by-product D. Potters clubs have helped the hungry B.A federal judge sentenced Bruce Jones to 12 years in federal prison for fraud (诈骗罪). Over a 10-year period, Jones had managed to cheat thousands of people t
10、hroughout the state out of almost $10 million. He advertised his fantastic ideas on TV. For some reason, Jones said, TV seems to break the ice. Even though you are a total stranger to the viewer, once he sees you on TV in his home, he feels like he knows you. You enter his living room and become a t
11、rusted friend. Jones had an imagination that wouldnt quit. One time he showed viewers an official government earthquake report which proved that the western half of California would collapse into the sea within three years. For $100, he said, Jones would insure your house and property for full value
12、. Thousands of people who saw that TV ad sent him a hundred dollars each. In another TV ad, Jones claimed that he had come to an agreement with the federal and state government for exclusive（独享的）air rights. He told viewers that, for only $100, they could own the first 10 miles above all their proper
13、ty. You would be able to charge any commercial plane that flew over your property $100 per crossing. You would also be able to charge government rockets, satellites, space shuttles, and space stations $100 for each and every violation of your air rights. Another time, Jones claimed to have invented
14、a product that gets rid of calories. He showed the viewers a spray can of NoCal. He said that by simply spraying NoCal on your food, a chemical interaction would cause all the calories in the food to simply disappear within about 10 seconds. The NoCal was only $10 a can. As usual, Jones received tho
15、usands of checks in the mail. The judge told Jones that he should be ashamed of himself. Jones responded that he was very ashamed of himself, and that when he got out of prison he hoped to become a TV adviser to help people avoid getting cheated. He told the judge that he was already developing an i
16、nstructional CD that, for merely $100, would save people thousands of dollars in scams（骗局）. The judge nodded, and then changed Jones sentence from 10 years to 12 years. 5According to Jones, he could successfully cheat many people mainly because . Ahe promised them a large profit Bthey were too eager
17、 to make money Cthey believed too much in TV ads Dhe was skillful in communicating with people 6Which of the following statements is TRUE? AJones showed unusual imagination in his tricks. BJones was closely related to the state government. CWestern California was in danger of going under the sea. DJ
18、ones felt guilty and was determined to lead a new life. 7We can infer that people who wanted to buy NoCal from Jones . Awere mainly from low income families Ball had a rich knowledge of chemistry Cwere probably interested in losing weight Dusually did the shopping through the Internet 8The judge cha
19、nged the sentence at last because . AJones was planning another big scam Bhe could hardly believe what Jones had told him CJones had cheated more people than he expected Dhe had suffered from Jones scams himself C. A report, published in last weeks Journal of the American Medical Association, offers
20、 a picture of how risky it is to get a lift from a teenage driver. Indeed, a l6-year-old driver with three or more passengers is three times as likely to have a fatal (致命) accident as a teenager driving alone. By contrast, the risk of death for drivers between 30 and 59 decreases with each additiona
21、l passenger.The author also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased dramatically after 10 p. m., and especially after midnight. With passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a late-night accident.Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Hi
22、ghway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior” than with just a lack of driving experience. “The basic thing,” he says, “is that adults who are responsible for issuing (发放) licenses fail to recognize how skilled a task driv
23、ing is.”Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to reduce the harm is to have so-called graduated licensing systems，in which getting a license is a slower process. A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself capable of driving in the presence of an adult, follow
24、ed by a period of driving at night with a limited number of passengers before graduating to get a full driving license.Graduated licensing systems have reduced teenage driver crashes，according to recent studies. About half of the states now have some sort of graduated licensing system in place, but
25、only 10 of those states have number limitation on passengers. California is the strictest, with a new driver prohibited from carrying any passenger under 20 for the first six months.9Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage?AAdults giving a lift to teenagers on th
26、e highway after l0 p.m.BA teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car.CAdults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night.DA teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight.10According to Robert Foss，the high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly d
27、ue to _.Atheir frequent driving at nightBtheir lack of driving experienceCtheir improper way of drivingDtheir driving with passengers11Which of the following statements is true according to Paragraph 3?ATeenagers should spend more time learning to drive.BDriving is a skill too difficult for teenager
28、s to learn.CTeenagers should be limited in taking driving lessons.DPeople issuing license are partly responsible for the accidents.12A suggested measure to be taken to reduce teenagers driving accidents is that _.Adriving in the presence of an adult should be made a ruleBthey should be forbidden to
29、take on passengersCthey should not be allowed to drive after l0 p. m.Dthe licensing systems should be improved D. The word “conservation” has a thrifty meaning. To conserve is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such a good condition that others may also share the enjoyment. Our
30、 forefathers had no idea that human population would increase faster than the supplies of raw materials: most of them, even until very recently, had the foolish idea that the treasures were “limitless” and could “last forever”. Most of the citizens of earlier generations knew little or nothing about
31、 the complicated and delicate system that runs all through nature, and which means that, as in a living body, an unhealthy condition of one part will sooner or later be harmful to all the others.Fifty years ago, nature study was not part of the school work; scientific forestry was a new idea; wood w
32、as still cheap because it could be brought in any quantity from distant woodlands; soil destruction and river floods were not national problems; nobody had yet studied long-term climatic cycles in relation to proper land use; even the word “conservation” had nothing of the meaning that it has for us
33、 today.For the sake of ourselves and those who will come after us, we must now set about correcting the mistakes of our forefathers. Conservation should be made part of everybodys daily life. To know about the water table in ground is just as important to us as a knowledge of the basic math formulas
34、. We need to know why all watersheds (上游集水区) need the protection of plant life and why the running current of streams and rivers must be made to give their full benefit to the soil before they finally escape to the sea. We need to be taught the duty of planting trees as well as of cutting them. We n
35、eed to know the importance of big, grown trees, because living space for most of mans fellow creatures on this planet is figured not only in square measure of surface but also in cubic (立方体的) volume above the earth. In a word, it should be our goal to restore as much of the original beauty of nature
36、 as we can.13The authors attitude towards the use of natural resources is _.A. positiveB. uninterestedC. optimisticD. critical14According to the author, the greatest mistake of our forefathers was that _.A. they had no idea about scientific forestryB. they had little or no sense of environmental pro
37、tectionC. they were not aware of the importance of nature studyD. they had no idea of how to make good use of raw materials15To avoid repeating the mistakes of our forefathers, the author suggests that _.A. we plant more treesB. natural sciences be taught to everybodyC. environmental education be di
38、rected toward everyoneD. we return to nature16How can you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?A. Our living space on the earth is getting smaller and smaller.B. Our living space should be measured in cubic volume.C. We need to take some measures to protect space.D. We must prese
39、rve good living conditions for both birds and animals.E. During the years after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, structural engineers have been trying hard to solve a question that would otherwise have been completely unthinkable: Can building be designed to stand catastrophic blasts
40、(攻击) by terrorists?Soon after the terrorist attacks on the twin towers, structural engineers from the University at Buffalo and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) traveled to ground zero as part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation. They spent
41、two days beginning the task of formulating (构思) ideas about how to design such structures and to search for clues on how to do so in buildings that were damaged, but still are standing.“Our objective in visiting ground zero was to go and look at the buildings surrounding the World Trade Center, thos
42、e buildings that are still standing, but that sustained damage,” said M. Bruneau, Ph.D. “Our immediate hope is that we can develop a better understanding as to why those buildings remain standing, while our long-term goal is to see whether earthquake engineering technologies can be married to existi
43、ng technologies to achieve enhanced performance of buildings in the event of terrorist attacks,” he added.Photographs taken by the investigators demonstrate the monumental damage to the World Trade Center towers and buildings nearby. One building a block away from the towers remains standing, but wa
44、s badly damaged. “This building is many meters away from the World Trade Center and yet we see a column (柱子) there that used to be part of that building,” explained A. Whittaker, Ph.D. “The column became a missile that shot across the road, through the window and through the floor.”The visit to the
45、area also brought some surprises, according to the engineers. For example, the floor framing (框架) system in one of the buildings was quite strong , allowing floors that were pierced by tons of falling debris (残砾) to survive. “Good framing systems may provide a simple, but reliable strategy for blast
46、 resistance,” he added. Other strategies may include providing alternate paths for gravity loads in the event that a load-bearing column fails. “We also need a better understanding of the mechanism of collapse,” said A. Whittaker. “We need to find out what causes a building to collapse and how you c
47、an predict it.”A. Reinhorn, Ph.D. noted that “earthquake shaking has led to the collapse of buildings in the past. Solutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may apply to blast engineering and terrorist-resistant design. Part of our mission now is to transfer these solutions and to develop
48、new ones where none exist at present.”17.The question raised in the first paragraph is one _ .A. that was asked by structural engineers a month agoB. that is too difficult for structural engineers a month agoC. that was never thought of before the terrorist attackD. that terrorists are eager to find
49、 a solution to18. The column mentioned by Dr. Whittaker _ .A. was part of the building close to the World Trade CenterB. was part of the World Trade CenterC. was shot through the window and the floor of the World Trade CenterD. damaged many buildings near the World Trade Center19. A surprising disco
50、very made by the investigators during their visit to ground zero is that _.A. floors in the faraway buildings remained undamagedB. some floor framing systems demonstrate resistance to explosionC. complex floor framing systems are more blast resistantD. floors in one of the buildings were pierced by
51、tons of debris20. What Dr. Reinhorn said in the last paragraph may imply all the following EXCEPT that _.A. blast engineers should develop new solutions for terror-resistant designB. blast engineering can borrow technologies developed for terror-resistant designC. solutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may apply to terrorist-resistant designD. blast engineering emerges as a totally new branch of science1-4 CBDA 5-8 CACA 9-12 BBDD 13-16 DBCD 17-20 CABD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
