高考英语 阅读理解基础练习(2)

(2012·太原调研)

There are several ways to break the technology code that teenagers have written among themselves.The following are ideas to help parents understand the sometimes confusing world of the teens.

Social Networking Sites: Sites like MySpace and Facebook appeal_to all generations and are a good way for a parent to understand what social standards your teen is living with.There are many ways to help you take part in your child's online activities.You also can be from an onlooker who keeps a bird' s eye view of his cyber world to an active member of his social group.

MMORPG: Massively Multiplayer Online Role—Playing Game comes in the form of games.A child can easily become addicted to them if no limits are set.To fully understand the attraction behind MMORPG, you can make your own account and character to explore the digital world.Playing the online games may seem strange at first to your teen, but experience has led me to only positive feedback from young people who can communicate with adults about their gaming experiences.

Text and Instant Messenger: The ways of teenage communication have produced a whole new language, such as “LOL” (laughing out loud) and “PSOS” (parent standing over shoulder) . Learning the basic shorthand of teens can open up a whole new world of communication, not only talking to your teens, but being able to listen on their terms as well.You may just find yourself texting faster and ending your connection with TTYL (talk to you later)．To teens, texting anyone looks cool, even Mom and Dad.

Email: Emailing your child is easy.This, of course, cannot take the place of face­to­face communication, but it provides another way for your child to reach you.Another benefit is that your child cannot act like he didn't hear you.

文章大意：本文主要讲述父母可以利用科技技术来和孩子保持沟通交流。

63．The underlined part “appeal to” in the second paragraph means________. A.harm C.upset

B.attract D.attack

答案：B 猜测词义题。MySpace和 Facebook受到所有人的欢迎，意即他们“吸引”所有人。

．According to this passage we can infer that the author's child________. A.works hard at school

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B．is active on Facebook C.likes talking with parents D．enjoys playing online games

答案：D 推理判断题。由第三段最后一句话“Playing the online games may seem strange at first to your teen, but experience has led me to only positive feedback from young people who can communicate with adults about their gaming experiences.”可知，作者的儿子喜欢打游戏。

65．If you are standing beside your child, he is most likely to text his friend ________.

A.TTYL

C．PSOS D．MMORPG

答案：C 细节理解题。由第四段第一句话“...‘PSOS’(parent standing over shoulder)”可知。

66．What does the passage mainly tell us?

A.All students are very crazy about the online games. B.Science and technology make life easy and convenient. C.Parents can do the same things as their children do.

D.Parents can use technology to stay in touch with their children.

答案：D 主旨大意题。由文章大意可知，本文主要讲述父母可以利用科技技术来和孩子保持沟通交流。

Cars are an important part of life in the United States. Without a car most people feel that they are poor. And even if a person is poor he doesn’t feel really poor when he has a car.

Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars in large numbers. He probably didn’t know how much the car was going to change American culture. The car made the United States a nation on wheels. And it helped make the United States what it is today.

There are three main reasons why the car became so popular in the United States First of all the country is a big one and Americans like to move around it. The car makes the travel the most comfortable and cheapest. With a car people can go to any place without spending a lot of money.

The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really

B.LOL

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developed a practical and cheap public travel system. Long distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world. Now there is a good system of air- service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to be used often.

The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular. Americans don’t like waiting for a bus, or a train or even a plane. They don’t like to have to follow an exact timetable. A car gives them the freedom to plan their own time. And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.

Less oil has caused a big problem for Americans. But the answer will not be a bigger system of public transportation. The real answer will have to be a new kind of car, one that does not use so much oil. 86.Which of the following statements is TRUE? A In the United States even the poor own cars. B In the United States all the poor have no cars. C When an American has a car, he will never be poor. D An American will feel poor unless he has a car. 87.We can learn from this passage that Americans ______. A spend a lot of money traveling by car B travel a lot in their cars C seldom travel by plane D use public traffic often

88.Which of the following is not told in the passage? A Buses, trains and planes are not comfortable B Traveling by car is not expensive. C Americans have the spirit of independence D Americans often move from place to place

.In the writer’s opinion, cars are popular in the United States mainly because ___.

A Americans like to plan their own time

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B The United States does not have enough public transportation C Americans will not feel poor when they travel in their cars D Americans cannot move around without their own cars

90. “A nation on wheels” in the second paragraph means that _______. A everyone in the United States owns a car

B the United States produces most of the cars in the world C cars play an important part in American’ life

D the United States depend on car industry for its development 参------86—90 DBAAC

A[ : ] Online shopping started not so long ago. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1990. The first online bank opened in 1994. In 1995, Amazon started operating and is not one of the largest online shopping malls. Then in 1996, eBay started its online shopping site.

By sitting at home you can now buy anything from knives to cars. The worry you may have about traveling and parking can be avoided(避免) while you shop online. With online shopping, you need not worry about the weather. Online shops have no holidays, closing times or any other problems. You can shop 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. Some online shops also keep customers'opinions about each product, so you can easily find out what other customers think about the product before buying it.

When you go for real-world shopping, you can actually touch and feel it, but in online shopping you can only see the pictures. Also if you are shopping online, you have to be careful with your credit cards.

The first step in online shopping is to search for what you want to buy. Once you find the required product, put it in a “shopping cart” and continue shopping. After you have got enough in your “shopping cart”, check out the product. You can add or take out the products in your shopping cart. The next step is to login(登录) using a username and a password. Enter the address where you want the product to be sent. Some sites even ask for your email, phone numbers, ect.

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Then wait for the confirmation(确认) of your order. You can also cancel(取消) the order if needed. Online shopping is a different experience and you can make shopping online easy when you get used to it. 56. When shopping online, you can .

A. park your car where you want to B. buy anything wherever you go

C. touch anything you want to buy D. know what others think of the product 57. The second paragraph mainly tells us .

A. people can do online shopping at their own homes

B. the things people can buy in online shops

C. the advantages people can have through online shopping D. people can know different opinions of customers 58. From the text, we can know that .

A. once customers put the products in their “shopping carts”, they can't

change them

B. customers should be careful with their credit cards when shopping online C. customers must give their emails as well as their phone numbers D. people can know different opinions of all customers

59. If you want to buy a cup online, what is the right order of the following

things you can do?

a. Put the cup into your “shopping cart”.

b. Wait for the confirmation of the order. c. Search for a right cup. d. Enter the address.

A. b-c-d-a B. c-a-d-b C. a-b-c-d D. c-d-a-b

(2012·朝阳期末统考)

Nowadays more and more people are talking about genetically modified foods ( GM foods)．GM foods develop from genetically modified organisms (有机体), which have had specific changes introduced into their DNA by genetic engineering techniques.These techniques are much more precise where an organism is exposed to

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chemicals to create a non­specific but stable change.For many people, the high­tech production raises all kinds of environmental, ethical (伦理的), health and safety problems.Particularly in countries with long farming traditions, the idea seems against nature.

In fact, GM foods are already very much a part of our lives.They were first put on the market in 1996.A third of the corn and more than half the cotton grown in the U．S.last year was the product of biotechnology, according to the Department of Agriculture.More than 65 million acres of genetically modified crops will be planted in the U．S.this year.The_genetic_genie_is_out_of_the_bottle.

However, like any new product entering the food chain, GM foods must be subjected to careful testing.In wealthy countries, the debate about biotech is not so fierce by the fact that they have a large number of foods to choose from, and a supply that goes beyond the needs.In developing countries desperate to feed fast­growing and underfed populations, the matter is simpler and much more urgent: do the benefits of biotech outweigh the risks?

The statistics on population growth and hunger are disturbing.Last year the world' s population reached 6 billion.The U．N.states that nearly 800 million people around the world are unhealthy.About 400 million women of childbearing age don' t have enough iron, which means their babies are exposed to various birth defeats.As many as 100 million children suffer from vitamin A deficiency, a leading cause of blindness.

How can biotech help? Genetic engineering is widely used to produce plants and animals with better nutritional values.Biotechnologists have developed genetically modified rice and they are working on other kinds of nutritionally improved crops.Biotech can also improve farming productivity in places where food shortages are caused by prop damage attributable to drought, poor soil and crop viruses.

文章大意：本文主要讲述了转基因食品的定义以及其利弊。 67．The passage mainly talks about________. A.the world' s food problem B.the development in biotech

C.the genetically modified foods D.the way to solve food shortages

答案：C 主旨大意题。由文章大意可知，本文主要讲述了转基因食品的定义以及其利弊。 68．According to the passage, GM foods________. A.will replace naturally grown foods

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B.are far better than naturally grown foods C.may help to solve the problem of poor nutrition D.can cause serious trouble in developing countries

答案：C 细节理解题。由最后一段第二句话“Genetic engineering is widely used to produce plants and animals with better nutritional values”可知。

69．The underlined sentence “The genetic genie is out of the bottle.” in Paragraph 2 probably means that________.

A.GM foods are available everywhere

B.the technology in producing GM foods is advanced C.genetic technology may have uncontrollable powers

D.genetic technology has come out of laboratories into markets

答案：D 猜测词义题。第二段前半部分讲的是转基因食品已经被投入了市场，成为我们生活的一部分。划线句是该段总结句，所以其意思是转基因食品已经从实验室被投入了市场。

70．What's the writer's attitude towards GM foods? A.Enthusiastic.

B.Cautious.

C.Disapproving. D．Unbelievable.

答案：B 推理判断题。由全文可知，本文作者对转基因食品进行了客观表述，没有明显的褒贬之意，所以其态度是“小心的，谨慎的”。

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(2012·淄博一模)

Maricel Apatan, 22, stands in the kitchen of the Edsa Shangi­La Hotel in Manila, preparing to decorate a cheesecake. It would seem to be a routine task for a cake chef，but Maricel is no ordinary chef—she has no hands.

Maricel has come a long way since the day in September 2000 when she and her uncle were attacked near their farm. Fortunately, both of them survived, but the 11­year­old girl lost her hands. In 2004，she entered a Manila training centre for people with

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disabilities. She learned how to write and do housework and，more importantly, came to terms with her disability.

After graduation from high school, she took a two­year Hotel and Restaurant Management course and flourished even though she was the only disabled student in the course. After she moved back to Manila to continue her studies, the media started reporting on this determined young woman. She didn't shy away from the attention. “I wanted others living with disabilities to believe it's possible to live a normal life，”Maricel says.

When managers at the Edsa Shangri­La Hotel saw Maricel on television, they hired her as part of the hotel's Care for People project. She has also accomplished her goal of inspiring others. One of them is Ronelyn Calumpiano, a 21­year­old with cerebral palsy(脑瘫)．She saw Maricel on television and was moved by her confidence. Ronelyn will soon start classes and is already planning a career in IT.

Maricel's three younger sisters have moved to Manila. She pays for the rent of their small apartment，while their parents look after their family farm in Mindanao. “It is difficult to make ends meet but I don't lose hope. I believe anything is possible if you dream, work hard and pray.”

文章大意：22岁的Maricel Apatan是一位失去了双手的残疾人，但是她没有放弃希望，努力自立自强。

71．“Maricel is no ordinary chef” because________. A. she is better than other chefs B. she is physically disabled C. she can do a routine task D. she is good at decorating cakes

答案：B 细节理解题。由第一段最后一句话“It would seem to be a routine task for a cake chef，but Maricel is no ordinary chef—she has no hands.”可知，Maricel没有了双手，是一位残疾人。

72．Which of the following is NOT true about Maricel? A. She survived while her uncle did not. B. She didn't shy away from public attention. C. She has inspired some disabled people. D. She managed to make a living by herself.

答案：A 细节理解题。由第二段第二句话“Fortunately, both of them survived, but the 11­year­old girl lost her hands.”可知，她们二人都幸存了下来。所以A项错误。

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73．The underlined word “flourished” in Paragraph 3 is similar in meaning to________.

A. was rejected B. was employed C. recovered well D. developed well

答案：D 猜测词义题。所在句意是“她参加了课程培训，而且学习得很好，尽管她是班上唯一的一位残疾学生”。

74．According to the text, Ronelyn________. A. works in an IT company B. was inspired by Maricel C. once lived in Mindanao D. has already started classes

答案：B 细节理解题。由第四段最后三句话可知，Ronelyn受到了Maricel的鼓舞，准备接受培训，在IT业从事工作。

75．What does the author want to tell us in the text? A. We should be determined and never lose hope. B. We shouldn't look down upon the disabled. C. We should help those who suffer disabilities. D. We should feel sympathy for the unfortunate.

答案：A 推理判断题。由文章大意可知，我们应当学习Maricel的事迹，从中学习她坚强的毅力和不放弃的精神。

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