2021高考英语阅读理解定时训练题(14)及答案

2021高考英语阅读理解精英定时训练题（14）及答案第三题阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。【甘肃省天水市一中2021模拟】AAreyoulookingforasummerreadinglistforyourchildorteen?Keepyourchildreadingallsummerwiththisselectionofthesummerreadinglists．BooksforprimaryschoolstudentsKennethCadow:AlfieRunsAway Whenhismotherwantstogiveawayhisfavoriteshoesjustbecausethey’retoosmall,Alfiedecideshe’shadenough．KateFeiffer:MySideoftheCar ItmightberainingonDad’ssideofthecar,butimaginativeSadiearguesthatitisnotrainingonherside,sotheirtriptothezoodoesn’tneedtobeputoff．BooksforjuniorschoolstudentsFlinn:BeastlyAmodernretellingof“BeautyandtheBeast”fromthepointofviewoftheBeast,aproudManhattanprivateschoolstudentwhoisturnedintoamonsterandmustfindtruelovebeforehecanreturn．Lord:ANighttoRememberAdescriptionofthesinkingofthe“Titanic”,areputedlyunsinkableshipthatwentdownintheAtlanticonApril10,1912afterhittinganiceberg,resultinginthedeathsofoverl,500people．BooksforseniorschoolstudentsMarkTwain:HuckleberryFinnIt’sMarkTwain’sclassicstoryaboutayoungmanandhisslaveJim.TheytraveluprivertoescapeslaveryandintheprocessHuckdiscoverswhatitmeanstobeaman.Itteachesusaboutthevalueoffriendshipandsacrifice.CharlesDickens:GreatExpectationsItisaboutayoungmannamedPipwhoinherits(继承)agreatdealofwealthfromanunknownsource．ThemoneyquicklymoveshimupthescaleinLondon.However,atthesametimeitalsoteacheshimaboutthedangersofambition．36.Whowillprobablybeinterestedinthispassage?A.Parents． B.Students． C.Writers． D.Teachers．37.Theselistsofrecommendedbooksaregenerallyorganizedby__________.A.booknames B.gradelevels C.theirpopularity D.writers’namesWhichofthefollowingbooksisaboutaterribledisaster?A.MySideoftheCar． B.HuckleberryFinn．C.GreatExpectations． D.ANighttoRemember．【参考答案】36-39ABD阅读理解Howoftendoyoutravelbyplane?Howmuchelectricitydoyouuse?Thesedayseveryoneisworriedaboutthesizeoftheircarbonfootprint．Inordertoreduceglobalwarmingweneedtomakeourcarbonfootprintssmaller．ButhowmuchCO2areweresponsiblefor?AnewbookbyMikeBernersLee（aleadingexpertincarbonfootprint）mightbeabletohelp．HowBadareBananas?TheCarbonFootprintofEverythinglooksatthedifferentthingswedoandbuy,andcalculatestheamountofCO2allofthefollowingcreated:theingredients（=partsofamixture）,theelectricityusedinthebrewery,theequipment,thetravelandcommuting（交换）ofthebeer,andthepackaging．It’samazinghowmanydifferentthingsneedtobeincludedineachcalculation．Andit’sfrighteninghowmuchcarbondioxideeverythingproduces．Butallofthiscanhelpusdecidewhichbeertodrink．FromBerners-Lee’scalculations,it’sclearthatapint（568ml）oflocally-brewedbeerhasasmallercarbonfootprintthanabottleofimportedbeer．Thisisbecausetheimportedbeerhasbeentransportedfromfaraway,anditusesmorepackaging．Thelocalbeeronlyproduces300gofCO2,buttheimportedbeerproduces900g!So,onepintoflocalbeerisbetterfortheenvironmentthanthreecansofcheapforeignlager（淡啤酒）fromthesupermarket．Berners-Leehasevencalculatedthecarbonfootprintofcyclingtowork．Nothingismoreenvironmentally-friendlythanridingabike,surely?Well,itdependsonwhatyou’vehadtoeatbefore．Torideabikeweneedenergyandforenergyweneedfood．Soifweeatabananaandthenrideakilometerandahalf,ourfootprintis65gofCO2．However,ifweeatbaconbeforethebikeride,it’s200g．Infact,bananasaregoodingeneralbecausetheydon’tneedpackaging,theycanbetransportedbyboatandtheygrowinnaturalsunlight．So,doesthismeanthatcyclingisbadfortheenvironment?Absolutelynot,forastart,ifyoucycle,youdon’tuseyourcar,andthefewercarsontheroad,thefewertrafficjams．AndcarsintrafficjamsproducethreetimesmoreCO2thancarstravelingatspeed．Cyclingalsomakesyouhealthyandlesslikelytogotoahospital．Andhospitalshaveverybigcarbonfootprints!Somaybeit’stimeforusalltostartmakingsomechanges．Passmeabananaandapintoflocalbeer,please．5．AccordingtoBerners-Lee,whichofthefollowingproducesthemostcarbondioxide？ A．Apintoflocalbeerwedrink． B．Apintofimportedbeerwedrink． C．Abananaweeatbeforeabikeride． D．Thebaconweeatbeforeabikeride．6．Whyarebananasgoodingeneral? A．Theygrownaturally． B．TheyproduceslessCO2． C．Theydon’tneedpackaging． D．Theyprovideenergyforcycling．7．Theunderlinedword“brewery”inParagraph3mostprobablymeans“___________”． A．afactorywherebeerismade B．amachinewhichmakesbeer C．acontainerwherebeerisstored D．oneofthethingsfromwhichbeerismade8．Tomakeourcarbonfootprintssmaller,weshouldoften___________． A．cycletowork B．drinkmorelocalbeer C．calculatetheamountofCO2 D．buycheapthingsfromthesupermarkets9．What’sthemostsuitabletitleforthepassage? A．Bikes,BeerandBananas B．StartingtoMakeChanges C．HowBigIsYourCarbonFootprint? D．TheCarbonFootprintofEverything参考答案（B）BBAACToday,there’shardlyanaspectofourlifethatisn’tbeingupendedbythetonsofinformationavailableonthehundredsofmillionsofsitescrowdingtheInternet,nottomentionitsabilitytokeepusinconstanttouchwitheachothervia/throughelectronicmail．“Iftheautomobileandaerospacetechnologyhadexplodedatthesamepaceascomputerandinformationtechnology,”saysMicrosoft,“anewcarwouldcostabout$2andgo600milesonasmallquantityofgas．AndyoucouldbuyaBoeing747forthecostofapizza．”Probablythebiggestpayoff,however,isthebillionsofdollarstheInternetissavingcompaniesinproducinggoodsandservingfortheneedsoftheircustomers．NothinglikeithasbeenseensincethebeginningoftheIndustrialRevolution,whenpower-drivenmachinesbeganproducingmoreinadaythanmencouldturnoutinnearlyayear．“WeviewthegrowthoftheInternetande-commerceasaglobaltrend,”saysMerrillLynch,“alongthelinesofprintingpress,thetelephone,thecomputer,andelectricity．”Youwouldbehardpressedtonamesomethingthatisn’tavailableontheInternet．Consider:books,healthcare,movietickets,constructionmaterials,babyclothes,stocks,cattlefeed,music,electronics,antiques,tools,realestate,toys,autographsoffamouspeople,wineandairlinetickets．Andevenafteryou’vemovedontoyourfinalrestingplace,there’snoreasonthoseyoulovecan’tkeepintouch．AcompanycalledFinalThoughts．comoffersaplaceforyoutostore“afterlifee-mails”youcansendtoHeavenwiththehelpofa“guardianangel”．KidstodayaresocomputerliteratethatitinfactensurestheUnitedStateswillremaintheunchallengedleaderincyberspacefortheforeseeable（能猜想的）future．Nearlyallchildreninfamilieswithincomesofmorethan$75,000ayearhavehomecomputers,accordingtoastudybytheDavidandLucilePackardFoundation．Youngstersfromages2to17atallincomelevelshavecomputers,with52%ofthoseconnectedtotheInternet．Mostkidsusecomputerstoplaygames（somefor30hoursormoreaweek）,andmanyteenagegirlsthinknothingofrushinghomefromschooltohavee-mailchatswithfriendstheyhavejustleft．What’sclearisthat,whetherwelikeitornot,theInternetisanevergrowingpartofourlivesandthereisnoturningback．“TheInternetisjust20%invented,”sayscyberpioneerJakeWinebaum．“Thelast80%ishappeningnow．”10．WhatcanwelearnfromtheMicrosoft’sremark? A．Today’scarsandairplanesareextremelyoverpriced． B．Informationtechnologyisdevelopingatanamazingspeed C．Informationtechnologyhasreachedthepointwhereimprovementisdifficult． D．There’smorecompetitionininformationtechnologyindustrythanincarindustry．11．Accordingtotheauthor,thebiggestbenefitoftheInternetisthat___． A．itsavescompanieshugeamountsofmoney B．itspeedsupprofitmaking] C．itbringspeopleincredibleconvenience D．itprovideseasyaccesstoinformation12．TheauthorgivestheexampleofFinalThoughts．comtomakethepointthat____． A．therearesomegeniusideasontheInternet B．almostanythingisavailableontheInternet C．peoplecanfindgoodbargainsontheInternet D．somewebsitesprovidenovelservicestoincreasehits13．Whatcanwelearnfromthefourthparagraph? A．Thereisalinkbetweenincomeandcomputerownership． B．ManyAmericanchildrendon’tputcomputerstogooduse． C．Studiesshowthatboysaremorecomputerliteratethangirls． D．TheU．S．willstayaheadintheinformationtechnologyinyears．14．Whichsentencehasthephrasethatpossessesthesamemeaningastheoneunderlinedinthefifthparagraph? A．Somecantellyouthathehaschangedtheirlives,whileothersthinknothingofhim． B．Thinknothingofit．Itwasmypleasure． C．HethinksnothingofstayingupallnightintheCafébar． D．Hethinksnothingofthepaininhisbackforthemoment．15．Whatisthemessagetheauthorintendstoconvey? A．TheInternetisgoingtogetfirmholdofourlivessomeday． B．TheInternetisgoingtoinfluenceourlivesevenmoregreatly． C．WeshouldhaveapositiveattitudetowardsthechangestheInternetbrings． D．Childrenshouldbewellpreparedforthechallengesintheinformationage．参考答案（C）BABDCBYoucannotseeanyobjectunlesslightfromthatobjectgetsintoyoureyes.Someofthethingsyouseegiveofflightoftheirown.Thesun,thestars,alightedlampareexamplesthatcanbeseenbytheirownlight.Suchthingsareluminous.Mostofthethingsyouseearenotgivingofflightoftheirown.Theyaresimplyreflectinglightthatfallsonthemfromthesunorsomeotherluminousbodies.Themoon,forexample,doesnotgiveoffanylightofitsown.Itisnon-luminous.Youseeitbecausesunlightfallsonitandsomeofitreflectsinourdirection.Somoonlightisonlysecondhandsunlight.Whenyoulookatabook,itsendstoyoureyessomeofthelightwhichfallsonit,andyouseethebook.Iflightcouldbekeptoutfromwhereyouaresothattherewouldbenolightforthebooktoreflect,thenyoucouldnotseethebookevenwithyoureyeswideopen.Lighttravelssofastthatthetimeinwhichittravelsfromthebookyouarereadingtoyoureyesissoshortasiftherewerenotimeatall.Lightreachesusfromthemoon,whichisabout380000kilometersaway,inonlyalittlemorethanasecond.1.Youcanseethebookbecause_______.A.youreyesareclosetoit B.itreflectssomeofthesunlightC.ithaslightofitsown D.youreyesightcangettoit2.Theunderlinedword“luminous”means_______.A.visible B.allcolors C.givingofflight D.sunlight3.________havelightoftheirown.A.Thesunandthemoon B.ThestarsandtheearthC.Thesunandthestars D.Themoonandtheearth4.Whichofthefollowingistrue?A.Allthethingsyoucanseegiveofflight.B.Lightfromthebookismuchshorterthanthatfromthemoon.C.Themomentyouopenyoureyesthelightfromthebooktravelstoyoureyes.D.Lighttravelssofastthatthereisnotimeforyoutoread.(1—4BCCC)【答案与解析】本文介绍了光的种类及其特征。1.B。细节题。依据文章第文章第2段第1句…itsendstoyoureyessomeofthelightwhichfallsonit可推知此题答案为B。2.C。词义猜想题。依据文章第2段第2句Someofthethingsyouseegiveofflightoftheirown和第4句Suchthingsareluminous可推知此题答案为C。3.C。推断题。依据文章第1段第3句Thesun,thestars,alightedlampareexamplesthatcanbeseenbytheirownlight可推知此题答案为C。4.C。推断题。依据文章最终一段第1句Lighttravelssofastthatthetimeinwhichittravelsfromthebookyouarereadingtoyoureyesissoshortasiftherewerenotimeatall可推知此题答案为C。【甘肃省天水市一中2021模拟】BEversincenewsofwidespreadfoodrecallscausedbyacarcinogenicdyebroke,therehasbeenconfusionoverpossiblelinkstothecountryofthesamename,butSudanofficialssaythereisnoconnectionwhatever．Sudan1isaredindustrialdye（颜料）thathasbeenfoundinsomechillipowder,butwasbannedinfoodproductsacrosstheEuropeanUnion(EU)inJuly2003．Sincethebanwasputinplace,EUofficialshavebeentryingtoremovesomefoodproductsfromtheshelves．Sofar580productshavebeenrecalled．LastweekSudan’sEmbassyintheUnitedKingdomaskedtheFoodStandardsAgency(FSA)forclarificationoftheoriginofthedye’sname．OmaimaMahmoudAlSharief,apressofficialatSudan’sEmbassyinChina,explainedthepurposeoftheinquirywastoclearupanymisunderstandingoverlinksbetweenthecountryandthepoisonousdye．"Wewanttokeepaneyeoneverydetailandavoidanymisunderstandingthere,"shesaid．"OurembassytoBritainaskedthemhowthedyegotthatnameandwhetherthedyehadsomethingtodowithourco