高二英语黄金阅读理解：历史类（含详解）

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精高中英语黄金阅读（高二版)GoldenReadingforSeniorMiddleSchoolStudents九、历史类(1)Accordingtothecensus（统计）of1800,theUnitedStatesofAmericacontained5,308，483persons.InthesameyeartheBritishIslandscontainedupwardsoffifteenmillion；theFrenchRepublic，morethantwenty—sevenmillion.Nearlyone-fifthoftheAmericanpeoplewereNegroslaves；thetruepoliticalpopulationmadeupoffourandahalfmillionfreewhites,orlessthanonemillionable-bodiedmales(men）,onwhoseshouldersfelltheburden(heavyload)ofacontinent。Evenaftertwocenturiesofstrugglethelandwasstilluntamed;forestcoveredeveryarea，excepthereandthereasmallpieceofcultivatedsoil—wherecropsweregrown；themineralslayundisturbedintheirrockybeds，andmorethantwo—thirdsofthepeoplestayedclosetotheseaboardwithinfiftymilesoftidewater，wherealonethewantsofcivilizedlifecouldbesupplied.1。Theunderlinedworduntamedinthepassagemeans_______。A。notpolluted B.naturalorwildC。lookedafterbypeople D。notdestroyed2.In1800，thepopulationoftheUnitedStateswasabout_______.A。one-fifththesizeofthepopulationoftheFrenchRepublicB.one-sevenththesizeofthepopulationoftheFrenchRepublicC.thirty-threepercentofthesizeofthepopulationoftheFrenchRepublicD.twenty-fivepercentofthesizeofthepopulationoftheFrenchRepublic【答案与解析】本文讲述了19世纪初期美国历史地理概况。1。B。词义猜测题.根据文章中的…excepthereandthereasmallpieceofcultivatedsoil-where…可知这里讲的土地是开垦了的，而except后的内容与前面的内容是相对的，因此呆以推出untamed的意思是“未开发的”、“荒芜的"。根据构词法知识un—前缀构成一个否定意义，tamed在这里是“开垦的,开发的”等意思，故可推出untamed是“未开发的，荒芜的”意思。2。A。推断题。根据theUnitedStatesofAmericacontained5，308，483persons。…theFrenchRepublic,morethantwenty-sevenmillion。可以推出美国当时的人口约为法国人口的五分之一.(2)AveryrapidincreaseinthenumberofshipssailingbetweenAmericanandEuropeanportsbeganalmostimmediatelyaftertheendoftheWarof1812inordertomeetthenewneedfortheregularrapidtransportationofmail，lightcargoes（货物），andpassengers。Itwastheincreaseinemigration(移民）toAmericathatforthefirsttimemadethecarryingofpassengersacrosstheAtlanticmoreprofitable（可赚钱的）thanthetransportationofheavycargoes。Anewtypeofsailingship,thepacket(邮船),appearedtomeetthisnewdemand，andthedemandverysoonresultedinstrongcompetitionamongseveralpacketlines.TheearliestofthesewastheBlackBallLinesetupinNewYorkin1816,onlyayearaftertheendofthewar.Theserviceofthisfamouslinestartedwithfourofthenewfastpackets，eachof400to500tons：thePacific,theAmity,theJamesCooper,andtheWilliamThompson。Duringthefirsttwentyyearsofservice,theaveragetimefromNewYorktoLiverpoolwas23daysandtheaveragetripbacktoNewYorktook40days.Bythemiddleofthecenturypacketshadincreasedinsizetobetween900and1，000tonsandtheirspeedhadincreased。TheRedJackeloncesailedfromNewYorktoLiverpoolin13days，11。5hours.TheMaryWhiteridgetook4。5hoursoffthisrecordonarunfromBaltimoretoLiverpool。Suchspeedswerefargreaterthantheaverageoffrom19to21daystoLiverpoolandfrom30to35homewardtoNewYork，butthepacketshadstillsetanewstandardfortransoceanictravel.Nowonderthatsteamships,thefirstofwhichtriedtocompetewiththepacketsin1838，onlybegantoreplacetheminthe1850s.1.Thefastesttransatlanticvoyagebyapacketmentionedbytheauthorwasfrom_______。A。LiverpooltoNewYorkB。NewYorktoLiverpoolC.BaltimoretoLiverpoolD。LiverpooltoBaltimore2.Accordingtotheauthor,inwhichdecade（十年)ofthe19thcenturydidasteamshipfirstattempttocompetewiththetransatlanticpackets?A.The1820s.B.The1850s。C。The1840s。D.The1830s.3.Whichofthefollowingwasmostimportantinthedevelopmentofthefastpackets?A。TheincreaseinthenumberofpeoplewhowantedtogotoAmerica.B.TheincreaseinthenumberofpeoplewhowantedtogotoEuropeaftertheWarof1812.C。Theincreaseddemandforthetransportationofallkindsofcargoes。D.Theincreasedvolumeofmail。4.Thetimeofthefastesttransatlanticcrossingmentionedbytheauthorwas13daysand_______.A.11.5hoursB.7hoursC.7.5hoursD.4。5hours【答案与解释】1812年战争后,从欧洲去美国的人数大幅度增加，使得横渡大西洋往返于欧美的航运额急剧上升.为满足需求，赢得市场，邮船出现了并且航速也在不断提高。1。C.细节题。根据TheMaryWhiteridgetook4。5hoursoffthisrecordonarunfromBaltimoretoLiverpool可知答案。2。D。细节题。从最后一句话中的…thefirstofwhichtriedtocompetewiththepacketsin1838…可知答案。3。A.主旨题。从文章第2句话ItwastheincreaseinemigrationtoAmericathat…可知答案.4。B。推断题.根据TheRedJackeloncesailedfromNewYorktoLiverpoolin13days,11.5hours。TheMaryWhiteridgetook4.5hoursoffthisrecordonarunfromBaltimoretoLiverpool。可得出结果。（3）ThekingsofancientEgyptplannedstrongtombstokeeptheirbodiessafeafterdeathandtoholdtheirtreasure。TheGreatPyramidsalongtheNileareonitsWestBank。TheancientEgyptianscomparedtherisingsuntothebeginningoflifeandthesettingsuntotheendoflife。ThisiswhytheirdeadbodieswereburiedontheWestBankoftheNile。ThepeopleofMexicoalsobuiltpyramids。Theydidnotbuildthepyramidsfortombs。Theyusedtobuildapyramidandthenatempleontopofit。ThepyramidsofMexicoarenotashighasthepyramidsofEgypt，buttheyarebigger。Eachofthepyramidshasawidestairway(楼梯）thatgoesfromthebottomtothetop.ThebiggestpyramidinMexicoisalmost2，000yearsold。Scientiststhinkittook10,000menmorethantenyearstobuildit.Onthetoptheybuiltatempleofthesun.Thetempleisnolongerthere，butpeoplestillcallitthePyramidoftheSun。Nearitisanotherhugepyramid，thePyramidoftheMoon.1。InancientMexicopyramidswerebuilt_______.A.inhonourofthegods B。fortheking’stombsC.toholdtheking'streasure D。asplacesofinterest2.Whichpyramidwasbuiltatleast2，000yearsago？A.TheGreatPyramid. B.ThePyramidoftheSun。C。Noneofthepyramids。 D。ThePyramidofthemoon.3。Whichofthefollowingistrue？A.ThepyramidsofMexicoareasbigasthoseofEgypt.B。ThepyramidsofEgyptarelesshighthanthoseofMexico.C。ThepyramidsofMexicoarejustthesameasthoseofEgypt.D.ThepyramidsofMexicoarequitedifferentfromthoseofEgypt。4。AccordingtothispassagewhichofthefollowingwouldbemostprobablyaMexicopyramid？有图:见《英语周报》精粹（高中版