2019高考英语二轮阅读理解精选(40)及解析

1、2019高考英语二轮阅读理解精选（40）及解析A Skating is a fun sport that everyone can enjoy Follow these safety tips to keep skating safe and fun Step 1:Gear up! Even before you put on your skates, put on all your safety gear Step 2: Buckle up（系安全带）! Strap on your skates, Make sure they fit you wellThis helps your ankl

2、es stay strong and straightStep 3: Fall down!You probably do not usually try to fallBut it is good to practice falling on skatesFall forward on to your padsPut out your hands and let your wrist guards hit the groundsSee? Are you surprised that it doesnt hurt? Practice falling until it is easy to fal

3、l forward and get up againKnowing how to fall will help you be a better skaterIt you are not afraid to fall, you will try new thingsYou wont be afraid to learn to turn or skate fasterKnowing how to fall will help you find your balanceWhen you can stay balanced, you wont fall as muchStep 4: Stop!Make

4、 sure you can stop on your skatesYou dont want to roll into people or hit a tree! There are different ways to stopThe quickest and safest is probably the brake stopThe brake stop：Roll forward with your skates pointing the same wayLet your right skate roll a little forwardBend your knees as if you ar

5、e sitting sownThen press your right heel down hardThis will make your brake pad drag on the ground until you stopThe T stop：Roll forward with your skates pointing the same wayThen turn your right foot out so the toes are pointing to your rightDrag your right skateLet the wheels drag on the ground un

6、til you come to a stopStep5: Roll around! Find a flat, smooth place to practiceDo not skate in streets where there may be cars comingParks and playgrounds are good places to practiceLook for “No skating” signs to make sure you can skate there56Acording to the article, which of these steps is most im

7、portant for a new skater? ALearn to fall and stop safelyBFind a class and skate fastCRelax and have funDBuy expensive gear and skates57In the step right after “Buckle up!” you should practiceAhow to skate fastBhow to brakeChow to fall safelyDhow to put on geat58In order to begin a brake stop, you sh

8、ould let your right skate roll forward bend your knees, andAturn your footBpress your right heel downCput your wrists out in frontDtighten your skates59How is the passage organized? AIt tells stories about skatingBIt gives descriptions of skatesCIt uses a question-and answer form DIt gives step-by-s

9、tep instructionsBIf you were to walk up to Arthur Bonnet and say, “Hey, Butterfly Man,” his face would break into a smileThe title suits himAnd he loves it Arthur Bonner works with the Palos Verdes blue butterfly, once thought to have died out. Today the butterfly is coming back thanks to him. But y

10、ears ago if youd told him this was what hed be doing someday, he would have laughed, “Youre crazy.” As a boy, he used to be “a little tough guy on the streets”. At age thirteen, he was caught by police stealing. At eighteen, he landed in prison for shooting a man. “I knew it had hurry my mom,” Bonne

11、r said after he got out of prison. “So I told myself I would not put my mom through that pain again.” One day he met Professor Mattoni, who was working to rebuild the habitat for an endangered butterfly called El Segundo blue. “I saw the sign Butterfly Habitat and asked, How can you have a habitat w

12、hen the butterflies can just fly away?” Bonner recalls. “Dr. Mattoni laughed and handed me a magnifying glass(放大镜), Look at the leaves. I could see all these caterpillars(蝴蝶旳幼虫) on the plant. Dr Mattoni explained, Without the plant, there are no butterflies.” Weeks later, Bonner received a call from

13、 Dr. Mattoni, who told him there was a butterfly needed help. That was how he met the Palos Verdes blue. Since then hes been working for four years to help bring the butterfly back. He grows astragalus, the only plant the butterfly eats. He collects butterflies and brings them into a lab to lay eggs

14、. Then he puts new butterflies into the habitat. The butterflys population, once almost zero, is now up to 900. For their work, Bonner and Dr. Mattoni received lots of awards. But for Bonner, he earned something more: he turned his life around. For six years now Bonner has kept his promise to stay o

15、ut of prison. While hes bringing back the Palos Verdes blue, the butterfly has helped bring him back, too.60Bonner came to know the Palos Verdes blue after he _.A. found the butterfly had died outB. won many prizes from his professorC. met Dr. Mattoni, a professor of biologyD. collected butterflies

16、and put them into a lab61From the passage we know that before Bonnet met Professor Mattoni, he wasAinterested in butterfliesBa tough boy on the streetsCknown as Butterfly ManDa good student in a university62From the last sentence of the text, we learn that raising butterflies has _.A. made Bonner fa

17、mous B. changes Bonnets lifeC. brought Bonner wealth D. enriched Bonners knowledge63Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A. A Promise to MomB. A Man Saved by ButterfliesC. A Story of ButterfliesD. A Job Offered by Dr. MattoniCAlaska Airlines has the cheapest fares around, but

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26、ying miles can be increased by purchasing with the card67What could be the best title for the text?AExplore the Beauty of AlaskaBWelcome to Broad Alaska AirlinesCHow to Earn Your Cheapest Flight EverDThe Reasons for Alaska Airlines SuccessD “Hows the basketball coming on?” I put down my drink and lo

27、oked across at the next table. Both the man and the woman wereat least 65. I was curiouspensioners, as far as I know, dont play a lot of basketball.Oh, Im not playing much basketball these days, the woman replied. But Im getting much better at golf - did a round in two under par last night. Last nig

28、ht? Whats this, I thought - a floodlit golf course? I opened my packet of crisps, thoughtfully. Im still pretty hopeless at chess, Im afraid, the man said. It beat me on level one this morning. The penny dropped. These two were obviously the proud owners of video games. Its very likely that one of t

29、he consequences of the development of the silicon chip will be that a lot of people will have a lot more leisure time. Its equally likely that the chip will have a dramatic effect on how we spend that leisure time. It already has. Space invader machines are now a familiar sight in pubs, coffee bars,

30、 takeaway restaurantseven police stations. A lot of people play them, and some, particularly schoolchildren, get remarkably high scores. How, one wonders, do they find the time (and money) to become so good? If you have your own home video set, the possibilities are endless. You can play football, t

31、ennis, golf, basketball, tenpin bowling and other active sports without stepping out of your living room. Without even moving. You can become an expert at chess or backgammon without ever playing another human being. Indeed, human beings arent needed at all: there is already an annual computer chess

32、 championship computer against computer. So, what of the future? Will we see gangs of schoolchildren robbing old ladies for the money to feed space invader machines? Will football grounds lie empty as families sit at home round the TV playing video football, or watching the national video football c

33、hampionship? 68What does the passage mainly talk about?AHow to spend our leisure timeBThe old peoples new trendCHow silicon chips help video gamesDVideo games effects on our life69What does the underlined part “The penny dropped”(in Paragraph5)probably mean?AToo much was wastedBI finally understoodC

34、A penny was savedDEvery penny counted70We can know from Paragraph 6 that video gamesAare very popular with peopleBate the best way to kill timeCare improving our living conditionsDwill enter every family before long71We can know from the last paragraph the authorAWorries about human beings futureBwo

35、uld play more video gamesCdoesnt like playing video gamesDis sure of the future of video gamesE Community theatre is a theatre that is run by a local district with the efforts of volunteersThey offer many different kinds of productions, such as musical theatre, dance theatre and childrens theatre. U

36、sually, performers are amateurs(业余爱好者)who receive no pay ,but at other times professionals get involved, and they are paid. Community theatres of today are a little different from the old “little theatres”, as most simply run by colleges and their theatre. Community theatres are a great way to get i

37、nvolved with local actors. Now, most theatres that put on shows that will entertain or benefit the community.In the 1880s, “little theatre was started in Europe so that poor people could see theatrical productions without having to travel far or pay a lot. In 1910, this idea traveled to the United S

38、tates. In the early years, community theatres were even funded by the government, but when shows became too political, government funding was stopped.Community theatres of today are a little different from the old “little theatres”, as most simply want to infuse(注入)little culture into the lives of the local citizens. In many cases, these theatres are run by colleges and their theatre departments. These productions are often free of charge, or charge very little money to pay for costumes and other incidental expenses. Many also encourage the participation of ch