高考英语二轮复习专题训练阅读理解

1、山西省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（16）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。AThe Eiffel Tower is a 19th century tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris that has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world. The Eiffel Tower, which is the tallest buil

2、ding in Paris,/ - cite_note-0#cite_note-0 is the single most visited paid monument in the world; millions of people climb it every year. Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel, the tower was built as the entrance for the 1889 Worlds Fair.The tower is very large and heavy

3、; it stands 324 m (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-story building. It was the tallest structure in the world from its completion until 1930, when it was made less successful or important by the Chrysler Building in New York City. Not including broadcast antennas (天线), it is the second

4、-tallest structure in France, behind the Millau Viaduct, just completed in 2004. The Eiffel Tower is a steel structure, and weighs approximately 10,000 tons.The tower has three levels for visitors. Tickets can be purchased to climb either on stairs or lifts to the first and second levels. The walk t

5、o the first level is over 300 steps, as is the walk from the first to the second level. The third and highest level is only accessible by lift. Both the first and second levels have restaurants.1. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that _. A. France has two important structures B. some monu

6、ments are visited free of charge in the world C. the Eiffel tower was built before 1889 D. people in France like to climb the Eiffel tower2. With its broadcast antennas, _ may be the tallest in France. A. the Chrysler Building B. the Millau Viaduct C. the Champ de Mars D. The Eiffel Tower3. How many

7、 steps are there together from the bottom of the Tower to the second level? A. Over 300 B. 324 C. More than 600 D. 900 BYou may know the word adobe. But we dont mean the information technology company in California, Adobe Systems. We mean the traditional building product made of soil and other mater

8、ials. Adobe is shaped into bricks that are laid one on top of another and used as a low cost way to build walls and houses. Adobe is soil that contains at least forty percent clay (黏土). In its purest form, clay can be shaped and stretched and used to make objects. Clay becomes very hard when it is p

9、ut in a fire or a special oven called a kiln.Adobe bricks must be dried completely before they are used. This is necessary so that the walls of a building will not shrink or break.Too much water can make adobe weak. Sometimes other materials are added to the adobe mixture to strengthen it. These mat

10、erials help keep the water in correct balance with the soil. This will help the adobe resist changes in the weather and humidity (湿气). One material that is commonly added to strengthen the adobe is straw. Straw is the dried stem part of plants such as wheat, millet and sorghum. Straw is especially p

11、opular in places where the clay content of the soil is high. Adobe can take a long time to dry and become hard. So the bricks should be made in hot dry weather. If the weather is right, the bricks should dry in seven to ten days.4. The word “adobe” _. A. is used to build walls and houses B. has at l

12、east two meanings C. is made of soil and other materials D. can be shaped into bricks5. _ can be made into different shapes and objects when it is pure. A. Clay B. Adobe C. Kiln D. Soil6. In order to make adobe strong, _ can be added to it so that it wont change in bad or wet weather. A. water B. so

13、il C. wheat D. straw7. What is mainly talked about in the passage? A. A building material B. A company C. A plant D. An objectCBaloney is a kind of sausage that many Americans eat often. The word also has another meaning in English. It is used to describe something that is false or wrong or foolish.

14、 Baloney sausage comes from the name of the Italian city, Bologna. The city is famous for its sausage, a mixture of smoked, spiced meat from cows and pigs. But, baloney sausage does not taste the same as beef or pork alone. Some language experts think this different taste is responsible for the birt

15、h of the expression baloney. Baloney is an idea or statement that is nothing like the truthin the same way that baloney sausage tastes nothing like the meat that is used to make it. A similar word has almost the same meaning as baloney. It even sounds almost the same. The word is blarney. It began i

16、n Ireland about sixteen hundred. The lord of Blarney castle agreed to surrender (交出, 放弃) the castle to British troops. But he kept making excuses for postponing (推迟) the surrender. And, he made them sound like very good excuses, “this is just more of the same blarney.”Another expression is pulling t

17、he wool over someones eyes. It means to make someone believe something that is not true. The expression goes back to the days when men wore false hair, or wigs, similar to those worn by judges today in British courts. The word wool is a popular joking word for hair. If you pulled a mans wig over his

18、 eyes, he could not see what was happening. Today, when you pull the wool over someones eyes, he cannot see the truth8. Bologna is the name of _. A. a kind of sausage B. a city C. a castle D. a kind of food9. If you want to express an idea or statement that is not _, you can use baloney. A. good B.

19、interesting C. true D. wrong10. Baloney sausage _. A. tastes like beef B. tastes like beef and pork C. doesnt taste goodD. doesnt taste like the meat used to make it11. Which of the following is the correct meaning of the underlined word? A. 假发 B. 头盔 C. 围巾 D. 帽子DLast week we described how to prepare

20、 fish by cleaning and salting them. Today we explain how to prepare fish by drying or smoking them.To dry fish, you will need either a drying table or a place to hang them. If a table is used, it should have a top made of thin pieces of wood with space between each piece. Lay the cleaned and salted

21、fish, still wet, on the table. Do not let them touch each other. Be sure that air can flow around the fish from all sides, including the top and bottom. Build a small smoky fire under the drying table for the first day to keep the flies away. After that, you can keep the flies away by covering the f

22、ish with a thin cloth. Do not let the cloth touch the fish. Fish taste better if they are out of bright sunlight while they are being dried. For best results, put the drying table under a tree. Turn the fish over every other day. Small fish will dry in about three days if the air is dry. Large fish

23、will take a week or ten days to dry. After the fish have dried, place them in a basket. Cover them with clean paper or large leaves. Then put the basket in a cool, dry place off the ground. Make sure as much of the saltwater as possible is removed before you smoke the fish. The smoking can be done in a large, round metal container. Wood from fruit trees makes good fuel for your fire. The wood will give the smoked fish good color and taste. It is importan