高二阅读理解精选精炼(11)说课讲解

1、精品文档Passage 56Pearl Carlson was shaken awake at 3:30 a.m. by a forceful pull. King, the family dog, was trying to pull her out of the bed. Then she smelled smoke andheard the sound of fire from her parent s room. Pearl s screams awaked hermother, Fern, and father, Howard, who had recently been in ho

2、spital for lungdisease. Helping Howard to a first-floor window, Fern told him to climb out,then ran to her daughter.Still inside, King appeared at Pearl s window, making squeaking(短促尖叫 )sounds.Whenrunningtow ard Pearl bedroom,s Fern realized her husbandhadn t yet escaped. She made her way back throu

3、gh the smoke and flames,following King s sound to where Howard lay semiconscious (半昏迷 ) on the floor .Fern helped him get outside. King came out only after both were safe.As day dawned, the Carlsons saw that King s paws were badly burnt, andhis entire body was burnt, too. His chain collar had gotten

4、 so hot that it burnthis throat, making it impossible for him to bark(叫) normally. Only after theseven-year-old dog refused food did they find pieces of wood in his mouth andrealize that King, who slept outside, had bitten through a wood door to warn hisfamily.1. Who was King in the story?A. The fam

5、ily s sonB. The family s daughterC. The family dogD. The master2. According to the story, the first one who was completely out of danger could be _.A. HowardB. FernC. Pearl and FernD. Pearl3. When the master s room caught fire, _.A. the dog was sleeping in PearlroomsB. the dog waked Pearl upC. the d

6、og just slept outside the master s houseD. the dog did nothing but barking outside the master s house4. After reading this story, we ve learnt that the following statements could bereasonable except _.A. the dog made a big hole in the doorB. the dog awoke mother firstC. the dog was the last one to e

7、scape from the burning roomD. 缺5. From this story it can be inferred that _.A. Pearl loves her parents very muchB. Howard is the best man of the familyC. The woman loves her children more deeply than her husbandD. The dog is man s best friendPassage 57As long as the sun shines, the earth will not ru

8、n out of energy. The sun pours more energy on earth than we can ever use. Most of that energy comes to us as heat and light. Energy from the sun is called solar energy.Anything to do with the sun is called“ solar” . The word began with theRoman word for the sun and their god of the sun, who was call

9、ed Sol. Solarenergy is a safe kind of energy. It doesn t make pollution or have dangerous精品文档精品文档leftovers. That is why scientists and investors are experimenting with ways ofharnessing(治理利用 )thesuntodo someofthejobsfossilfuelshavebeendoing.But to make the sun do work like that, they have to solve s

10、ome problems. Theyhave to collect the sun s energy. Collecting sunshine is not easy, unless you area plant. Sunshine is not easy to store, either. You can t fill a tank with it or putit in the wood box. You can not move it through a pipe or a wire. You can notjust turn it on.1. What form does most o

11、f solar energy take to reach us?A. LightB. HeatC. Gas.D. Both A and B2. Where does the word“ solar” came from?A. GreekB. Roman C. Old EnglishD. Chinese3. Which of the following is NOT true of solar energy?A. It is a safe energy.B. It is a green energy.C. It may cause pollution to the air.D. It is en

12、dless.4. What are the problems facing scientists who want to use solar energy?A. It is not easy to collect.B. It is not easy to store.C. It is not easy to find out.D. Both A and B5. What is the writer s purpose of writing the passage?A. To give a brief introduction to solar energy.B. To explain the

13、reason why it is not easy to make solar energy.C. To give information about the advantages of solar energy.D. To give a brief introduction to the word“ solar”.Passage 58A million tourists go to Barcelona every year. They went to see AntonioGaudi s church. This unusual church has a strange history. G

14、audi was born inSpain in 1852. He had to work and study at the same time. He often missedclasses becausehehadto work,butonedayhe designedaveryunusualshow-caseforan exhibitioninParis.Peoplebegantogivehimwork.Hedesigned houses, offices and gardens. They were all very unusual. He was soonvery rich and

15、famous. Then a rich bookseller said,“ Will you build a church forthe poor people of Barcelona? I will pay. I will build schools and workshops, too.They will help the people. ” “ I will do it,” said Gaudi. He worked for forty years,but he could not finish the church. It was too big. He needed $10,000

16、,000. Hegave all his money to the church. He was poor again when died he in 1926, andonly the front of the church was finished. But architects, engineers and touristsfrom all over the world come to see it. It was very strange, very modern andvery revolutionary.1. Which of the following titles best f

17、its the passage?A. Barcelona a FamousCityB. AStrangeHistoryofanUnusualChurchC. A Poor Architect s Unusual WorkD. Antonio Gaudi s Life2. Which of the following is NOT true?精品文档精品文档A. Gaudi was a Spanish architect.B. Gaudi devoted most of his life to the building of the church.C. People all over the w

18、orld admire the architect very much.D. Many tourists go to see Gaudi s unfinished church.3. Gaudi sometimes missed classes because_.A. he didn t like it.B. he had to work at the same time.C. they were too difficultD. he had to build a church4. The church is unusual because_.A. it s unfinished.B. it

19、s strangeC. it s modernD. all of the above5. According to the passage, Gaudi_.A. suffered a lot in his lifeB. was full of sympathy to the poorC. always created unusual works.D. Both B and CPassage 59The dark smoke that comes out from of stacks(大烟囱 ) or from a burningdump( 垃圾 ) contains tiny bits of

20、solid or liquid matter. The smoke also containsmany gases, most of which can not been seen. Altogether, they make up theserious problems of air pollution. In so many places it keeps us from seeing thesun, irritate( 刺痛 ) our eyes, causes us to cough and makes us ill.Air pollution can spread from city

21、 to city. It even spreads from one country toanother .Some northernEuropeancountrieshavehad“ black snow ” frompollutantsthathavetraveledtroughtheairfromothercountries andhavefallen with the snow. So air pollution is a global problem. It can kill babies, olderpeople and those who have respiratory(呼吸

22、) disease. In 1952, four thousandspeople die in one week as a result of a serious air pollution breakout in London.In 1948 in a small town of Pennsylvania, 20 people died in four-day period of airpollution.Asoftenfoundincities,air pollution increasesthe risksoflungdisease, such as bronchitis and ast

23、hma. Ofcourse, smoking and other factorshelpto causetheseillnesses,too,but these causes have increasedgreatlyduring recent years as air pollution has become worse.1. Which of the following is NOT true about the“ black snow” incident?A. It happened in the northern European countries.B. It happened th

24、ere because air pollution in these countries was most serious.C. Pollutants that fell with snow made it dirty.D. It is a global problem.2. Who can be killed by air pollution?A. Earth and plants.B. Stones and birds.C. Those who suffer from respiratory illnesses.D. Both A and C.3. How many people died

25、 of air pollution in Pennsylvania in 1948?A. 4,000B. 20.C. None.D. 4020.4. What are bronchitis and asthma?A. Different types of headaches.B. Lung disease.C. Heart diseases.D. Different types of stomach aches.5. According to the passage, air pollution increase people s chance of getting精品文档精品文档_?A. H

26、eadache.B. A lung disease. C. Stomachache.D.Nervous breakdown.Passage 60如果你长时间不用你的胳膊或腿，他们将会变得虚弱无力If you do not use your arm or your legs for some time, they become weak;when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybodyknows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that mem

27、ory works in thesame way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says thathis memory is poor he really means that he does not give it enough chance(机会 ) to become strong. If a friend says that his arms and legs

28、 are weak, we knowthat it is his own fault(过错 ).But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, manyof us think that his parents are to blame(受责备 ),and few of us know that it isjust his own fault. Have you ever found that some people can t read or write butusually they have better memories? This is be

29、cause they cannot read or writeand they have toremember things they can write down in a little notebook.They have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is the whole time being exercised. So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: Practice remembering.(225 words)1. The main reason( 主要原因 ) for one with poor memory is that _. A. his father or mother may have a poor memoryB. he does not use his arms or legs for some timeC. his memory is not often usedD. he can