高三阅读基础训练三

高三阅读基础训练（三）Jenkins was a jeweller, who had made a large diamond ring worth $57,000 for the Silkstone Jewellery Shop. When it was ready, he made a copy of it which looked ___51___ like the first one but was worth only $ 2,000. This he took to the shop, which ___52___ it without a question. Jenkins gave the much more ___53___ ring to his wife for her fortieth birthday. Then, the husband and wife flew to Paris for a weekend. As to the ___54___ ring, the shop sold it for $ 60,000. Six months later, the buyer ___55___ it back to Silkstone’s office. “It’s a faulty (有瑕疵的) diamond,”he said, “it isn’t worth the high ___56___ I paid.”Then he told them the ___57___. His wife’s car had caught fire in an ___58___. She had escaped; ___59___, the ring had fallen off and been damaged in the great heat of the fire. The shop had to agree. They knew that no fire on earth can ___60___ damage a perfect diamond. Someone had taken the real diamond and put a faulty one in its place. The question was: who ___61___ it?A picture of the ring appeared in the ___62___. A reader thought he had ___63___ the ring. The next day, another picture appeared in the papers which ___64___ a famous dancer walking to a plane for Paris. Behind the dancer there was a woman ___65___ a large diamon d ring. “Do you know the woman with the lovely diamond ring?” The papers asked their readers.Several months later, Jenkins was sentenced to seven years in prison.( ) 51. A. only B. surely C. nearly D. exactly( ) 52. A. accepted B. received C. refused D. rejected( ) 53. A. real B. modern C. worthy D. valuable( ) 54. A. first B. second C. last D. next( ) 55. A. sold B. posted C. brought D. returned( ) 56. A. cost B. money C. price D. value( ) 57. A. facts B. matters C. questions D. results( ) 58. A. affair B. accident C. incident D. experience( ) 59. A. and B. but C. however D. then( ) 60. A. almost B. even C. just D. ever( ) 61. A. copied B. made C. stole D. did( ) 62. A. notices B. magazines C. newspapers D. programmes( ) 63. A. seen B. known C. found D. recognized( ) 64. A. showed B. drew C. printed D. carried( ) 65. A. carrying B. dressing C. wearing D. holdingKey words and expressions:1.___________________2.___________________3.___________________4.___________________5.___________________6.___________________7.___________________8.___________________9.___________________10.___________________AMrs Young was eighty. Her husband died when she was fifty-three and he left her an old car he had had for six years. She learned to drive and loved it very much. She liked driving very fast, and was proud of the fact that she had never been caught for a driving offense.Then one day she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her and the policeman in it saw herpass a red light without stopping and she was taken before a judge. The man looked at her and said that she was too old to drive a car, and the reason why she hadn’t stopped at the red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak because of her old age, so that she had simply not seen it. When the judge had finished what he was saying, Mrs Young opened her handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she chose a needle(针) with a very small eye, and threaded (穿线) it at her first try.When she had finished it, she took the thread out of the needle and handed both the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it’s your turn. I suppose you drive a car, and that your eyesight is good. ”The judge took the needle and he tried to thread it. After trying six times, he had still not done it. At last he had to set the old woman free and her record remained unbroken.( ) 66. Mrs Young was never caught for a driving offence because _________.A. her car was niceB. she seldom drove her carC. her eyesight was goodD. she was good at driving( ) 67. As _________, she was taken before a judge.A. Mrs Young’s car was too oldB. Mrs Young hadn’t made way for the police carC. Mrs Young was rude to the policemanD. Mrs Young hadn’t stopped at the red light( ) 68. Mrs. Young threaded before the judge in order to _________.A. prove that her eyesight was still goodB. get the man into troubleC. do some sewingD. wait for the man’s judgment( ) 69. The judge set Mrs Young free because _________.A. she was very oldB. she could threadC. he thought her eye sight goodD. he admired herKey words and expressions:11.___________________12.___________________13.___________________14.___________________15.___________________ 16.___________________17.___________________18.___________________19.___________________20.___________________BSituated east to the ancient canal on the bank of the Taihu Lake, Tongli is 90 kilometres from Shanghai. In ancient times, it was called Fushi. It was changed too Tongli in the early years of the Tang Dynasty. The town is famous for its large numbers of architectures built in the Ming Dynasty. Gardens and temples designed in different styles can be seen everywhere.There are 38 residential gardens, 47 temples and several hundred former residences of landowners and famous people in the Ming Dynasty. This town used to have more than twenty natural views, but only some remained.Surrounded by water on four sides, this town is inlaid in the area of five lakes, and is thus abundant in small bridges. It is divided into seven islands by 15 small rivers, and the 49 ancient bridges link up them to form the whole natural view. Many buildings are constructed beside water; and therefore it is known as Little Venice in the Oriental. It is the best-preserved ancient watery town, and a key cultural relic’s site under the protection of the province. In 1995, it was listed bythe provincial government as one of the first famous historical and cultural towns. It is one of the thirteen major scenic areas around the Taihu Lake.( ) 70. According to the passage, this town is located _________.A. to the east of the ancient canalB. on the bank of the Taihu LakeC. in ShanghaiD. near the bank of Fushi( ) 71. The reason why this town is famous is that _________.A. there are many well-known people who once lived thereB. there are many small bridges over the lakesC. the whole natural view is really fascinatingD. a variety of architectures built in ancient times still exist there( ) 72. The underlined word “them”in the third paragraph refers to “_________”.A. small riversB. tiny bridgesC. seven islandsD. cultural towns( ) 73. Why is the town known as Little Venice in the Oriental? Because _________.A. it looks exactly the same as VeniceB. it is the first historical and cultural townC. it is one of the major scenic areasD. it is surrounded by water on four sidesKey words and expressions:21.___________________22.___________________23.___________________24.___________________25.___________________ 26.___________________27.___________________28.___________________29.___________________30.___________________CIt’s 2035. You have a job, a family and you’re about 40 years old. Welcome to your future life. Getting ready for work, you pause in front of the mirror. “Turn red,”you say. Your shirt changes from sky blue to deep red. Tiny preprogrammed electronics (智能电子元件) are rearranged in your shirt to change its colour. Looking into the mirror, you find it hard to believe you’re 40. You look much younger. With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. You’re not even middle-aged.As you go into the kitchen and prepare to pour your breakfast cereal into a bowl, you hear, “To lose weight, you shouldn’t eat that.”from your shoes. They read the tiny electronic code (电子源码) on the cereal box to find out the nutrition details. You decid e to listen to your shoes. “Kitchen, what can I have for breakfast?” A list of possible foods appear on the counter as the kitchen checks its food supplies.“Ready for your trip to space?” you ask you r son and daughter. In 2005 only specially trained astronauts went into space—and very few of them. Today anyone can go to space for day trips or longer vacations. Your best friend even works in space. Handing your children three strawberries each, you add, “The doctor said you need these for space travel.”Thanks to medical advances, vaccination shots (防疫针) are a thing of the past. Ordinary foods contain specific vaccines. With the berries in their mouths, the kids head for the front door.It’s time for you to go to work. Your car checks your fingerprints and unlocks the doors. “My office. Autopilot,”you command. Your car drives itself down the road and moves smoothly intotraffic on the highway. You sit back and unroll your e-newspaper. The latest news downloads and fills the viewer. Looking through the pages, you watch the news as video film rather than read it. ( ) 74. What changes the colour of your shirt?A. The mirror.B. The shirt itself.C. The counter.D. The medicine.( ) 75. How do the shoes know that you shouldn’t eat the breakfast cereal?A. By pouring the breakfast into a bowl.B. By listening to the doctor’s advice.C. By testing the food supplies in the kitchen.D. By checking the nutrition details of the food.( ) 76. The strawberries the children eat serve as _________.A. breakfastB. lunchC. vaccinesD. nutrition( ) 77. How is the passage organized?A. In order of time.B. In order of frequency.C. In order of preference.D. In order of importanceKey words and expressions:31.___________________32.___________________33.___________________34.___________________35.___________________ 36.___________________37.___________________38.___________________39.___________________40.___________________高三阅读基础训练（三）答案51. D。