2013高考英语二轮阅读理解精品训练(05)

1、-1 -2013 高考英语二轮（阅读理解）精品训练（05）及答案(*)Faci ng sorest test. Bush declares n ati onal tragedyThe worst attack on US soil since Pearl Harbor tore George W. Bush from whatshould have been routine education event Tuesday and threw him into the direst crisis of his youngpreside ncy.The US leader was read ing

2、 to schoolchildre n at an eleme n tary school whe n hischief of staff, An drew Card, in terrupted him and whispered in to his ear. The preside nts face clouded buthe said nothing.Well talk about it later, He told reporters as he walked out of Sandra KayDani els sec ond grade class, where he also lis

3、te ned to 18 smili ng young pupils go through routinereading and pronunciation clrills.Cardsinterventioncame after a plane slammed into one of NewYork s twin WorldTrade Center towers. but before a second plane crashed into the other Iandmark office buildi ng.The preside nt spoke out after the sec on

4、d in cide nt, abort ing ano ther educati on themed event anddeclaring a national trag edyand vowing an all-out hunt for the authors of what he called an appare ntterrorist attack.Bush saidhe had ordered that the full resources of the fed eral gover nment goto help the victims and their families and

5、to con duct a fullscale in vestigati on tohunt down and to find those folks that committed this act. Terrorism against our na tion will not sta nd.Today weve had a nationaltragedy. Two airplanes have crashed into the World TradeCen ter in an appare nt terrorist at tack on our coun try. I have spoke

6、n to the VicePreside nt. to the Governor of New York, to the Director of the FBI, He said.1.When Bush defi nitely lear ned the attack n ews from his chief of staff,An drew Card?A. Soon after the first plane crashed into one of New York s twin World TradeCen ter towers.B. In the middle of two attacks

7、.C. Just after ano ther pla ne crashed into the other Ian dmark office buildi ng.D. On his journey to his office.答案：B指导：推理题。布什得到爆炸消息是在第一次撞击后，而在第二次撞击前，即应是两次撞击的中间，选B.2.In abortinganother education-themed event the word abortingis the same meaningwith_ .A. putt ing offB. delay ingC. postp oningD. stopp

8、 ing答案：D指导：词义解释。abort基本意是“流产”，延伸义是“停止、取消”3. Which of the following steps Bush administration will take is not true.?A. To find out the incident-maker.B. To help the victims and their families.C. To declare the attack day as a n ati onal tragedy.D. To put off the educati on themed eve nt.-2 -答案：D指导：“

9、steps”意为“措施”，倒数第二段和第三段中，A B、C项都有提及。只有D项不是与A、B,C并列的救急措施。*AFor centuries,the bodys blood has been linked closely with the emotions.Peoplewho show no humanemotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killer.For example, the police aresearching for a cold-blooded killer.He seems to kill for no reas

10、on,and no emoti on, as if tak ing some ones life as nothingCold can affect other parts of the body.The expression“get cold feet”hasnothing to do with cold or your feet.The expression means being afraid to do something you havedecided to do.For example, you agree to be preside nt of an orga ni zati o

11、n.Butthen you leann that all the other officers have resigned, and all the work of the organization will be yourresponsibility.You are likely to get cold feet about beingpreside nt whe n you un dersta nd the situatio n.The expressi on“give some one the cold shoulder”probably comes from the physicala

12、ct of turning your back toward some one, in stead of speak ing to him face to face.You may give a coldshoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you.Or,to some one who has lied about you to others.A cold fish is not a fish.It is a person.But it is a person who is unfriendly,un emoti

13、onal and shows no love or warmth.A cold fish does not offer much of himselfto anyone.Some on ewho is a cold fish could be cold-hearted.Nowa cold-heartedpers onis some one who has no sympathy.Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted menor cold-hearted wome n who, without feeli ng

14、s, broke the hearts of their lovers.Out in the cold means not getti ng someth ing that everybody else got.A pers onmight say that everybody but him got a pay raise-he was left out in the cold.Andit is not a pleasa nt place to be.44.The topic of this passage is about_A.the relati on ship betwee n col

15、d and our body B.some expressi ons about frien dshipC.some expressi ons conn ected with coldD . how cold weather comes into beingB“Linda, if beating yourself up were an Olympic sport, youd win a gold medal!”Annabel, my closefriend, stunned me with that frank observation after I told herhow I had mis

16、ha ndled a situati on with a stude nt in a third-grade class where I wassubstitut ing.（代课）“I should n ever have let him go to the boy结束41.Whe nyou refuseto speak to a man and treathim in a distantway, you may expressbyA.I give him the cold shoulderC. I think he is a cold fish42.If Sue shows absolute

17、ly no react iontoin Africa, you will say_A.she is a cold-blooded killerC . she is a cold fishB.I think he is a cold-blooded man D. Imlikely to get cold feetthose awful pictures of starvingchildrenB.she gets cold feetD . she is out in the cold43.We can use the expression _ his lover without mercy.A.c

18、old-bloodedB . cold shouldert o describe a man who abandons or hurtsC . cold feetD . cold-hearteds room withoutm so stupid!”comme nt. After a briefI did put myself down-3 -a pass! It was my fault he got i nto trouble with the hall mon itor! IMy friendburst out laug hing, and then made her“Olympic”pe

19、riod of reflection（沉思）I had to admit that she was right.an awful lot. Why, just during the previous day I had called myself“a slob ” forhaving somepapers spread out on my desk,“ugly”when I left the house without makeup and“anidiot”when I left the house for an emergency substitute job without my emer

20、ge ncy less on pla n.In a more reflectivetone, Annabel said,“I once took a workshop at church wherethe woma n in charge h ad us list all the things we say about ourselves.”“How many did you have on your list?”I asked.Fiftee n,”she con fessed. “ But the n the teacher said,Now turn to the pers on next

21、 to you andsay all the items on your list as if you were speak ing to that person!”My jaw dropped. “What did you do?”“Noth ing. Nobody did. We all just sat there, un til I said,I could n ever saythese things to anyone else!”“And our teacher replied,Well, if you cant say them to anyone else, thendont

22、 ever say them to yourself!”My friend had a point. I would never insult a child of God- and Im God s child, too!God, today let me be as kind to myself as I would be to ano ther of Your childre n.45. What does Ann abel mean by the first sentence of the passage?A. The writer is a good athlete.B. The w

23、riter scolds herself too much.C. She is en couragi ng the writer.D. A gold medal is not a big deal.46. What does the writer intend to tell us through the sec ond and third paragraphs?A. She has low self-esteem over some small thin gs.B. She often makes serious mistakes in daily life.C. She is a thir

24、d-grade teacher.D. She cares too much about her appeara nee.47. We can infer that the underlined word“slob”might be_ .A. someth ing un tidyB. some one dan gerous C. someth ing dirty D. some onelazy48. What does the writer mean by the last sentence of the passage?A. She is ready to turn to God for he

25、lp.B. She will be kind to all children.C. She wont insult herself as well as others. D. She is willing to be a childof God.CWith alarm ing regularity, we read about oil tan kers havi ng accide nts n ear land and the terrible conseque nces of the oil spills（泄露）on people, n ature, and theenvironment.M

26、illionsof dollars have been used in developing special chemicals to help dismissthe spills and to clean up the animals, beaches, and land spoiled by the oil.Unfortunately, when many ofthese chemicals are used, more damage is caused to the en viro nment, especially to lives in the sea.Of all of today

27、s environmen tal disasters, an oil spill may actually be one ofthe least serious.Although oil is poisonous, it is a natural material.In the end,it breaks down naturally.There are, of course, Iong-term effects, but it is usually more serious in the shortterm.Nature by itself works better than chemica

28、l materials, but when there is a spill we dema nd thatgover nments act immediately with as much hi-techkno wledge aspossible.In 1967 the tanker Torrey Canyon sank off the Scilly Isles near the coast of England and spilled120,000 tons of oil into the ocean.If you go there today,you will find it hard

29、to see any sig n that it ever happe nedGovernments seem to accept the risk of transport ing millio ns of tons of oil by ship every day so thatwe can fill up our cars and drive around and cause even more-4 -environmentai damage Interestingly, the biggest companies in the world produce cars, and the n

30、extbiggest supply the gasoli ne to make them runWeshould be thinking more about reducing our dependence on oil.Governments should be encouragi ng research into new tech no logies, such as cars run by solar power（太阳能），electricity, hydrogen, and so on.Much of this research has, in the past,bee n held

31、back by the oil, gas, and coal.If the worlds millionsof cars were 10%more efficient（高效的）一and the industrycould easily produce cars at least twice as efficientwe would need many fewer tankerscrossing the oceans each year.If this happened, the risks of oil spills would be reduced, and the air webreath

32、e would be clea ner and fresher, too.49.What is the passage mainly talking about?A.Oil spills pollution C. Oiltanker accidents.B. What oil pollution is.D.How to reduce oil polluti on.50.How does the author supportthe idea thatoil spills are not as serious as peoplebelieve?A.By giving a descriptionB.

33、By making an argume ntC. By giving an example.D.By drawing a diagram.51. What does the underlined word risk in Paragraph 5 refer to?A. Transportation depending more on oilB.Poisonous oil breaking down naturally.C. Millions of tons of oil spilling into the sea.D. More environmental damage being cause

34、d.52.Which suggestion is madefor reducing oil tank accidents according to the passage?A. We should build safer tankers in the near future.B. We should develop new tech no logies to cut oil use.C. Tankers should not be allowed to sail near the coastlinesD.Countries should build more oil pipelines und

35、er the sea.DViolin prodigies （神童）,I lear ned, have come in disti net waves from dist inct regio ns. Most of thegreat performers of the late 19th and early 20th cen turieswereborn and brought up in Russia and Easter n Europe. I asked Isaac Stern, one of the worlds greatestviolinists the reason for th

36、is phenomenon.“It is very clear,”he told me.“They were allJews and Jews at the time were severely oppressed andill-treated in that part of the world. They were not allowed into the professi onal fields, but they wereallowed toachieve excellenee on a concert stage.”As a result,every Jewish pare nts d

37、ream wasto have a child in themusic school because itwasa passport to the West.Ano ther eleme nt in the emerge neeof prodigies, I foun d,is a society that valuesexcelle nee in a certa in field tonurture （培育）tale nt. Nowadays, themost nurturingsocieties seem to be in the Far East.“In Japa n, a most c

38、ompetitive society, withstronger discipline than ours,”says Isaac Stern, children are ready to test their limits every day in manyfields, in cludi ng music. When Wester n music came to Japa n after World War II, that music not onlybecame part of their daily lives, but it became a discipli ne as well

39、. The Korea ns and Chin ese as we know,are just as highly motivated as the Japa nese.Thats a good thing, because even prodigies must work hard. Next to hard work, biological in heritanee（遗传）plays an importa nt role in the mak ing of a prodigy.J. S. Bach, for example, was the top of several gen erati

40、 ons of musicia ns, and four of his sons had sig nifica nt careers in music.53. Jewish parents in Eastern Europe Ionged for their childrento attend music school-5 -because_ .A. it would allow them access to a better life in the WestB. Jewish childre n are born with excelle nt musical tale ntC. they

41、wan ted their childre n to en ter into the professi onal fieldD. it would enable the family to get better treatment in their own country54. Nurturing societies as mentioned in the passage refer to societies that _ .A. are highly motivated in the education of musicB. treasure tale nt and provide oppo

42、rt un ities for its full developme ntC. en courage people to compete with each otherD. promise tale nted childre n high positi ons55. Which of the followi ngcon tributesto the emerge nee of musical prodigies accord ingto the passage?A. a n atural gift.B. exte nsive kno wledge of music.C. very early

43、training.D. a prejudice-free society.56. Which of the following titles best summarizes the main idea of the passage?A. Jewish Con tributio n to MusicB. Training of Musicia ns in the WorldC. Music and SocietyD. The Maki ng of Music ProdigiesEI promised Michael I would nt men ti on this un tilthe seas

44、 on was over.Nowl thi nkits time.Early last seas on, I wrote a colu mn about an art of kindn ess I had see n Jorda ndo to a disabled child outside the stadium.After it ran , I got a call from a manin the western suburbs.He said，“I read what you wrote about Jordan.but I thought I should tell youano t

45、her thing I saw.”Here it comes, I thought. It always does. Write someth ing nice about a pers on,and people call you up to say that the pers on is not so nice.A few weeks later Jorda n and I were talki ng about somethi ng else before a game,and I brought up what the man had said. Was the man right? Had Jorda n really bee n talk ing to those twoboys in that poor and dirty n eighborhood?Not two boys, Jordan said. But four.And he n amed them. He said four n ames. And what did they talk about?Everything,”Jordan said. Anything.