湖北省2013年高考英語二輪復(fù)習(xí) 專題升級訓(xùn)練卷十 四閱讀理解(二)

2013年高考第二輪復(fù)習(xí)英語湖北版專題升級訓(xùn)練十四閱讀理解(二)A(2012湖北八校二次聯(lián)考)For the past two years, 8­year­old Harli Jordean from Stoke Newington, London, has been selling marbles(彈珠). His successful marble company, Marble King, sells all things marble­relatedfrom affordable tubs of the glass playthings to significantly expensive items like Duke of York solitaire tablessourced, purchased and processed by the mini­CEO himself.“I like having my own company. I like being the boss，” Harli told The Mirror.With profits now in the thousands, “the world's youngest CEO” has had to get his mother and older brothers to help him meet the growing demand.Harli launched Marble King after swapping marbles at school led to schoolchildren consuming his marble collection. Yes, he literally “l(fā)ost his marbles.” Harli and his mother, Tina, turned to the Internet to find replacements.Harli saw an empty space online: the marbles he wanted were hard to find. Within months，Harli had his own marble­selling websiteand orders started pouring in.Tina says her son's attachment to marbles started when he was just 6.“His attachment became so passionate that we started calling him the Marble King so when he wanted to set up a website it was the natural name for it，” she told The Sun.“I never thought it would become so popular we are struggling to cope with the number of orders at times.”The 8­year­old boy has his sights set on expanding his business and launching his own brand of marbles.“Sometimes his ideas are so grand we have to scale them back a bit. But his dream is still to own Britain's biggest marble shop and open stores around the world，” Tina told The Daily Mail.“At the moment he is annoying me by creating his own Marble King marbles so that could well be the next step for him.”1Harli's Marble Company became popular as soon as he launched it because _.Ait was run by “the world's youngest CEO”Bit filled the gap of online marble tradeCHarli was fascinated with marble collectionDHarli met the growing demand of the customers2How many mass media are mentioned in the passage?AOne BTwoCThree DFour3The underlined expression “scale them back” is closest in meaning to _.Ahold them downBcarry them outCset them asideDclear them away4What message do the last two paragraphs carry?AConflicts often occur between Harli Jordean and his family.BHarli's mother and brothers are worried about Marble King's future.CMarble King marbles will surely attract more fans around the world.DThe “Marble King” has great ambition for his Marble King company.BDo American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for ten to fifteen minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for sixty to seventy minutes a day which really is pretty much for handwriting.Many adults remember learning that way by copying letters over and over again.Today's thinking is that short periods of practice are better.Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself.Instead，they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas.After all，that is why we write.Handwriting involves two skills.One is legibility，which means forming the letters so they can be read.The other is fluency writing without having to think about it.Fluency continues to develop up until high school.But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive, which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administers the SAT college admission test. More than 75% of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive.5We can infer from the first paragraph that _.Ateachers spend little time in teaching handwritingBmost teachers attach importance to teaching handwritingChandwriting teaching is not commonly requiredDmost teachers are at a loss how to teach handwriting6Which of the following about traditional handwriting in the USA is NOT true?AThe students are taught by practicing a long period.BPrinting is taught in preference to writing in cursive.CHandwriting is taught for its own sake.DTwo skills get involved in handwriting.7Some people consider handwriting not important any more because _.Aall the American children learn to print firstBabout 1/4 of the students choose to print their essay on the testCit is unnecessary to use handwriting in the age of keyboardDcomputers and voice recognition programs are widely used8“_” may serve as the best title for the passage.AHandwriting: fascinating in keyboard ageBRight or wrong: the death of handwritingCTwo skills involved in handwritingDHandwriting lessons on the way outCSeen from space the Earth is covered in a blue mantle. It is a planet on which the continents are dwarfed (相形見絀) by the oceans surrounding them and the vastness of the marine area.An astonishing 80 percent of all the life on Earth is to be found hidden beneath the waves and this vast global ocean pulses around our world driving the natural forces which keep life on our planet.The oceans provide necessary sources of protein, energy, minerals and other products of use the world over and the rolling of the sea across the planet creates over half our oxygen, drives weather systems and natural flows of energy and nutrients around the world, transports water masses many times greater than all the rivers on land combined and keeps the Earth habitable.Without the global ocean there would be no life on Earth.It is seriously worrying, then, that we are damaging the oceans on a scale that is unimaginable to most people.We now know that human activity can have serious influences on the vital forces working on our planet. We have fundamentally changed our global climate and are just beginning to understand the consequences of that.As yet largely unseen, but just as serious, are the influences we are having on the oceans.A healthy ocean has diverse ecosystems and strong and healthy habitats. The actual state of our oceans is a far cry from this natural level.A large quantity of human pressures are being exerted both directly and indirectly on ocean ecosystems the world over. Consequently ecosystems are collapsing as marine species are driven towards extinction and ocean habitats are destroyed. With the decrease and removement of their diversity, ocean ecosystems are losing their natural recovery.9The 2nd and the 3rd paragraphs are given mainly to describe _.Awhat the oceans look likeBwhat the oceans are made up ofCwhat live in the oceansDwhat functions the oceans have10The oceans provide all the following except _.Avarious marine creaturesBrich living resourcesCall natural forcesDcomfortable habitats for man11Man has not yet realized _.Athat he has done harm to the oceansBthat he has done harm to the planetCthat he has benefited from the oceansDthat he has benefited from the planet12The best title for this passage should be _.AProtecting our planetBDefending our oceansCMaking good use of our oceansDA glimpse of the oceansDThere are plenty of creams etc. on the market that help you look younger, but today, Dr.Oz is going to show how some people are actually living longer.“We are going to talk about extreme life extension，” he says. “I am talking in detail about allowing us to go into our second century of life with the energy that you have when you are a young person.”O(jiān)wing to advances in technology and research on how diet affects the aging process, Dr.Oz says it might be possible for some people to live to see their 120th birthdays.There's one man in Oprah's audience who Dr.Oz says may become the first man in history to live to be 150 years old. Joe Cordell is one of thousands around the world who believe they've found the key to an extremely long life calorie restriction leads to a longer, healthier life.At 59 Joe weighs 130 pounds. He may not look like a person who needs to count calories, but as part of his life extension program, he inspects every mouthful of food that passes through his system.Every day for the past seven years, Joe has limited himself to about 1,950 calories.He believes that by eating less and restricting his calorie intake, he will trigger a genetic switch that slows the aging process.Joe doesn't rid himself of food. Instead, the then 52­year­old father filled up on natural fruits, vegetables and lean proteins(瘦蛋白 ) that were packed with necessary vitamins and nutrients. “Whenever you are thinking about calorie restriction, you should continually think about getting the most nutritional amount per calorie，” Joe says.In keeping with this principle, Joe starts every morning with three apples. but he only eats the peels.“Most of the fiber is in the peel, and more importantly, most of the nutrients are in the peel，” he says.“It is important to eat some nuts with breakfast so that you do take in some fat, some healthy fats，” he says. “I think it helps the absorption of the nutrients, and it is very filling.”For lunch, Joe usually eats a large salad, loaded with vegetables. At dinner time, he and his family enjoy lean meat or fish and more vegetables. When Joe started practicing calorie restriction, he weighed 175 pounds. Since then, he has lost 45 pounds, and he says he hasn't had a cold in seven years. Though he is in his “golden years”， researchers studying Joe say he has the body of a 20­year­old athlete.13According to Joe, the appropriate fat intake may help _.Apeople lose weightBpeople feel always fullCthe absorption of the nutrientsDpeople live longer14What can we learn about Joe since he started the calorie restriction program?AJoe counts the amount of every meal.BJoe has never had a cold.CJoe eats three apples every morning.DJoe has a large salad with vegetables for dinner.15The underlined word “trigger” in Paragraph 7 can probably be replaced by _.Aturn on Bbreak downCtake up D. cut off16According to the passage, the extreme life extension refers to _.Aliving very long even sickBhow to make people lead a happy lifeCliving long and having a healthy bodyDhow to arrange our foods every dayEThe concept of solar power satellites, or SPS, first put forward in the 1960s, is still not widely known by the general public. For example, at many public exhibitions about energy, SPS is not even mentioned. This is mainly because very little money has been spent on SPS research.There are people who claim that SPS is unrealistic because launch costs are much too high today; or because it is too far away. So why do we believe that it is important to continue to do researches on SPS? The reason is very simple.Humans are going to need huge amounts of electric power in coming decades. Within 50 years the world population is expected to double, while economic growth will continue around the world, especially in the poorer countries. But existing energy sources already face serious problems. They are limited; they are polluted; they are dangerous. So 50 or 100 years from now, where is our power going to come from? Nobody knows. So we believe that new large­scale possibilities should be studied further.We must remember that humans have some choices concerning our future. To some extent we can choose the direction in which our civilization develops. And choices that are made in the coming decades­such as the energy sources that we will or will not use, will have major, long­term meaning for human life on earth. We believe that if research continues to show that SPS is environmentally and economically attractive, SPS will open the door to a much more attractive future for human civilization than any ground­based energy source, and one that the public will support and that young people will find challenging and exciting. Furthermore energy from SPS can be readily used in developing countries, as the SPS 2000 project will show, thus aiding economic development worldwide. In addition, by creating large commercial fund for space engineering, SPS will open the frontier of space to economic development, thus creating a limitless new field for the growth of the world economy.17Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?AThe Future EnergySPSBThe Concept of SPSCHumans and SPSDAdvantages of SPS18Which of the following statements about SPS is TRUE?AThe research on SPS started in the 1960s is still not appreciated by the public.BThe research shows that SPS can benefit both the environment and the economy at present.CThe energy from SPS is now being used in some developing countries.DThe public don't know about SPS because little time is devoted to the research.19Paragraph 3 mainly talks about _.Athe present serious energy problemsBwhere to get energy sources in the futureCthe importance of controlling the world populationDthe need to explore new energy sources20The writer's attitude towards the research can best be summarized by the saying “_”A. In time of peace prepare for warB. Put the cart before the horseCOne man's meat is another man's poisonDEasier said than done參考答案專題升級訓(xùn)練十四閱讀理解(二)A【解題導(dǎo)語】這是一篇記敘文。英國一個(gè)8歲的小男孩在把玩彈珠的同時(shí)，開辦了自己的網(wǎng)站，在網(wǎng)上銷售彈珠，收益可觀。這個(gè)世界上最年輕的CEO夢想著自己的事業(yè)能更大、更強(qiáng)。1B推理判斷題。第四、五段說，在學(xué)校交換彈珠，這把他收藏的彈珠都用完了，于是他就和媽媽一起轉(zhuǎn)向網(wǎng)絡(luò)尋找替代品，在網(wǎng)上他看到一個(gè)缺口，于是在幾個(gè)月之內(nèi)，他建立了自己的銷售彈珠的網(wǎng)站，訂單紛至沓來。由此推斷，他銷售彈珠的網(wǎng)站受歡迎的原因是B項(xiàng)，它填補(bǔ)了網(wǎng)上彈珠交易的空白。注意，D項(xiàng)是他開辦網(wǎng)站的原因而不是網(wǎng)站受歡迎的原因。2C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章提到The Mirror(英國鏡報(bào))、The Sun(太陽報(bào))、The Daily Mail(每日郵報(bào))，因此選C項(xiàng)。3A詞義猜測題。倒數(shù)第二段提到，有時(shí)候他的想法太宏偉了，我們只好把這些宏偉的想法scale back，但他的夢想仍是擁有英國最大的彈珠商店，在世界各地開店。由此判斷，該短語的含義是A項(xiàng)，hold down“限制，壓制”。4D推理判斷題。最后兩段談到哈里宏偉的夢想：要擁有英國最大的彈珠商店，在世界各地開連鎖店，當(dāng)前的想法是要?jiǎng)?chuàng)立自己的“彈珠王”這個(gè)品牌。由此推斷選D項(xiàng)，對于他的彈珠公司，他有著極大的雄心。B【解題導(dǎo)語】在電腦和鍵盤時(shí)代，學(xué)校對書法課投入的時(shí)間越來越少，學(xué)生們更傾向于打字而非手寫。5D推理判斷題。第一段第三句講到，90%的老師說他們被要求必須教這門課，由此排除C項(xiàng)；有些老師每天花10到15分鐘給學(xué)生進(jìn)行指導(dǎo)，有些老師每天教60到70分鐘，從量來說足夠，由此排除A項(xiàng)；由第五句可知，四分之三的老師說他們對教這門功課沒有準(zhǔn)備好(are not prepared)，由此推斷，大多數(shù)老師不知道該怎么教這門課程。因此選D項(xiàng)。6C推理判斷題。從第二段第一句可知A項(xiàng)說法正確，傳統(tǒng)的練習(xí)書法的方法是一次次地抄寫；從最后一段可知B項(xiàng)說法正確，在美國，學(xué)生先學(xué)習(xí)打字，然后學(xué)習(xí)草書；文章第三段提到練書法包括的兩個(gè)技巧，因此D項(xiàng)說法正確。第二段提到，書法應(yīng)被學(xué)生用于表達(dá)自己的思想，“這就是我們寫字的原因”，由此推斷C項(xiàng)(練字只是為了練字，沒有其他目的)說法錯(cuò)誤。7D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第四段最后說，有些人認(rèn)為書法不再重要了，因?yàn)橛须娔X和語音識別系統(tǒng)。8B主旨大意題。文章開頭說，在鍵盤時(shí)代，有人覺得書法已經(jīng)沒落了，然后談?wù)搶W(xué)校里書法課開設(shè)的情況，再探討書法練習(xí)的意義、技巧等。從全文內(nèi)容看，本文的標(biāo)題應(yīng)該為B項(xiàng)：書法是否已經(jīng)沒落？C【解題導(dǎo)語】這是一篇說明文，主要介紹海洋資源及人類對海洋的影響。9D主旨大意題。第二段中的“.this vast global ocean pulses around our world driving the natural forces which keep life on our planet.”和整個(gè)第三段都在說明海洋的作用，故選D項(xiàng)。10C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一句中的“An astonishing 80 percent of all the life on Earth is to be found hidden beneath the waves.”可知，A項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)第三段中的“The oceans provide necessary sources of protein，energy，minerals.”可知B項(xiàng)正確；根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中的“A healthy ocean has diverse ecosystems and strong and healthy habitats.”可知，D項(xiàng)正確。而C項(xiàng)是對文章的錯(cuò)誤理解。11A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段“As yet largely unseen，but just as serious，are the influences we are having on the oceans.”可知答案。12B主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，本文主要介紹海洋的作用，以及人類對海洋造成的破壞，故B項(xiàng)“保護(hù)海洋”作為文章標(biāo)題最為合適。D【解題導(dǎo)語】如何能夠真正活得既長壽又健康？奧茲醫(yī)生要和大家討論生命極限的延伸。他的觀眾之一51歲的喬在過去七年里通過限量攝入卡路里身體棒得就像20歲的運(yùn)動(dòng)員一樣。13C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段可知，喬認(rèn)為進(jìn)食一些有益的脂肪能夠幫助營養(yǎng)的吸收，同時(shí)也會(huì)讓人覺得很飽。故選C項(xiàng)。B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)在“always”一詞。14B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第二句中“.he hasn't had a cold in seven years.”可知B項(xiàng)正確。15A詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第七段被猜詞所在句子的句意“他相信憑著少吃和限制卡路里的攝入，他會(huì)把身體里一個(gè)延緩人體衰老的基因開關(guān)給打開”可知A項(xiàng)正確。16C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段可知奧茲醫(yī)生要和大家討論的生命極限的延伸是指人們到了一百歲之后還能夠活蹦亂跳的，像年輕時(shí)那樣有充沛的生命力；也就是更長壽時(shí)卻享受健康，故選C項(xiàng)。E【解題導(dǎo)語】“太陽能衛(wèi)星”的概念被提出已有半個(gè)世紀(jì)，然而并未廣為公眾所知。但是考慮到未來人類發(fā)展對新能源的需求，發(fā)展這一技術(shù)勢在必行。17A主旨大意題。本文首段簡要介紹太陽能衛(wèi)星(SPS)的發(fā)展現(xiàn)狀，第二、三段說明發(fā)展太陽能衛(wèi)星是探索新能源來源的必要之舉，最后一段展望太陽能衛(wèi)星的發(fā)展前景，所以A項(xiàng)作為標(biāo)題最為恰當(dāng)。18B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段第四句中“We believe that if research continues to show that SPS is environmentally and economically attractive.”可知，研究顯示太陽能衛(wèi)星在環(huán)保和經(jīng)濟(jì)方面都具有吸引力，故B項(xiàng)正確。19D主旨大意題。第三段開頭兩句提到在未來人類需要大量電能，中間“But”引起的句子及后一句說明現(xiàn)有的能源來源面臨嚴(yán)重問題，最后三句說明需要進(jìn)一步研究以獲得新能源。整段圍繞“探索新能源來源的必要性”進(jìn)行，故選D項(xiàng)。20A推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段尤其最后三句可知作者在思考與擔(dān)憂未來的能源來源問題，可以說是“居安思?！保蔄項(xiàng)正確。B項(xiàng)意為“本末倒置”；C項(xiàng)意為“各有所愛”；D項(xiàng)意為“說起來容易做起來難”。B、C、D三項(xiàng)均不符合文章內(nèi)容。