2012届高考英语二轮专题总复习 阅读理解能力综合培养(三十二)

2012届高考英语二轮专题总复习阅读理解能力综合培养〔三十二〕
阅读理解〔每题2分，总分为40分〕
阅读如下短文，从每题所给的四个选项〔A、B、C和D〕中，选出最优选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
On Christmas morning, I went to the Cockhedge Mall. People there were, all busy buying their last minute requirements．I needed to buy a birthday card for my son-in-law whose birthday is the 29fh of December．Picking up a few more things as well as my cared I went to join the line for the express checkout which was for people ．who only had a few items in a basket and．not a trolley load．This line was next to the Customer Service desk．
Seemingly waiting quite a long time, I was jogged out of my thoughts by a voice behind me making comments on the things I bought．
It was so funny when I realized that she was describing me contents of my basket． The owner of the voice was a very pretty young lady．I said to her that I was going to buy a box of Christmas cookies but the only ones left were not to my liking．The lady told me mat just opposite Cockhedge in Superdrug they had lots of cookies．I said, "I'm not going to bother now．I had enough of shops and I'm going home．"
The assistant from me Customer Service came across at this time saying "If there is anyone in the line with a few items in their basket, none of which needed to be weighed, I will check out their groceries at the desk．" Because I had the sprouts which needed to be weighted, the young lady accepted the offer and walked away waving goodbye．Eventually my turn came at the checkout．I was walking away when I met my new friend once again who handed me a beautiful box of Christmas cookies．With a big hug she said "Hope you have a lovely Christmas．" She had been into Superdrug to buy me cookies while I was still queuing in Cockhedge．
What a generosity to a stranger! I was so surprised you could have knocked me down
with a feather．My Good Samaritan would never know what a joyful Christmas day I had
with my family．Telling them this story, as we ate around the table, kept everyone spellbound．
1．—The underlined word "spellbound" in the last paragraph probably means______．A．interested B．disappointed C．astonished D．frightened
2．Which of the following could be the best title of the story?
A．A Piece of Lucky Feather B．A Surprise Christmas Gift
C．The Boring Shopping Experience D．The Unforgettable Big Hug
3．How does the writer feel about the pretty young lady?
A．Worried B．Satisfied C．Grateful D．Proud
4．What can we learn from the story?
A．Nobody is sure what will happen the next moment．
B．A simple action can bring other people happiness．
C．Being patient will decrease the waiting time． ,
D．Life without hope and faith is a full thing．
B
At the moment, when looking round the world,, all kinds of dance performances are
being offered．There are competitions that claim to be a World Cup or World Championship,
and the young dancer or the1 dance teacher who wants to enter his students might be
quite confused．Which is which? Which is of high standard and good quality, and which
is not worth going to? First of all it has clearly got to be distinguished between
the different styles of dance and the purpose of such competitions．When a person wants to learn classical ballet,, he or she would never dream of going to a ballroom teacher．Such a teacher might even have been world champion in his ballroom dancing,
but he would definitely not be qualified in teaching proper classical ballet．
People in Britain and the USA are taking more interest in modern dance．Dance classes of all kinds are popular; the audiences going to watch modem dance companies are also larger．And perhaps the most popular modern dance company in Britain is the Ballet Rambert．
The Ballet Rambert isBritain's oldest established dance company which began in 1926．In the 60 s the company lacked the money to go on staging big productions．The directors wanted to encourage new talent and to keep up their high standards．A change of direction was necessary, They decided to give the ballet a “new look" in 1966．The purpose was to provide a chance for new talent - for musicians and designers as well as dancers - and to show dance as a contemporary art form．And although some of the company's previous fans dislike the change, new audiences came to see the productions．The modern dance pieces and modern music found unexpected popularity．In the 21st century the Ballet Rambert was a great success in London's West End．The company became a focus for new, progressive talent in the art．
Then, the Ballet Rambert started to introduce young people to modem dance by giving performances at schools, which again, was a success．
The Ballet Rambert has managed to make modem dance popular while creating original and often avant—garde 〔标新立异〕 productions．It can claim to be the oldest dance company in Britain and at the same time one of the most modern!
5．If a person wants to learn classical ballet, he or she will go to ．A．the Ballet Rambert B．a ballroom teacher
C．a world champion D．a qualified school
6．The underlined phrase "new talent" in Para．3 probably means ______．A．new programs B．new audiences
C．avant - garde productions D．skilled young dancers
7．From the passage we know that the Ballet Rambert .
A．has succeeded in making modem dance popular
B．wanted to become the oldest dance company
C．was once a popular dance company
D．changed old dance into new ones
8．This passage is mainly about _____．
A．the popularity of modem dance
B．the introduction to new modem dancers
C．the development of me Ballet Rambert
D．the high standard of dance performances
C
The word "conservation" has a thrifty meaning．To conserve is to save and protect, to leave what we ourselves enjoy in such a good condition that others may also share the enjoyment．Our forefathers had no idea that human population would increase faster than the supplies of raw materials: most of them, even until very recently, had the foolish idea that the treasures were "limitless" and could "last forever" Most of the citizens of earlier generations knew little or nothing about me complicated and delicate system that runs all through nature, and which means that, as in a living body, an unhealthy condition of one part will sooner or later be hamrful to all the others.
Fifty years ago, nature study was not part of the school work; scientific forestry was a new idea; wood was still cheap because it could be brought in any quantity from distant woodlands; soil destruction and river floods were not national problems; nobody had yet studied long-term climatic cycles in relation to proper land use; even the word "conservation" had nothing of the meaning that it has for us today. For the sake of ourselves and those who will come after us, we must now set about correcting the mistakes of our forefathers．Conservation should be made part of everybody's daily life．To know about the water table in ground is just as important to us as a knowledge of the basic math formulas．We need to know why all watersheds〔上游集水区〕 need
the protection of plant life and why the running current of streams and rivers must
be made to give their fall benefit to the soil before they finally escape to the sea．We
need to be taught the duty of planting trees as well as of cutting them．We need to
know the importance of big, grown trees, because living sp ace for most of man’s fellow creatures on this planet is fighred not only in square measure of surface but also
in cubic〔立方体的〕volume above the earth. In a word, it should be our goal to restore
as much of the original beauty of nature as we can.
9．The author's attitude towards the use of natural resources is _____．A．positive B．uninterested C．optimistic D．critical
10．According to the author,, the greatest mistake of our forefathers was mat .
A．they had no idea about scientific forestry
B．they had little or no sense of environmental protection
C．they were not aware of the importance of nature study
D．they had no idea of how to make good use of raw materials
11．To avoid repeating the mistakes of our forefathers, the author suggests that _____.
A．we plant more trees
B．natural sciences be taught to everybody
C．environmental education be directed toward everyone
D．we return to nature
12．How can you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?
A．Our living space on the earth is getting smaller and smaller．
B．Our living space should be measured in cubic volume．
C．We need to take some measures to protect space．
D．We must preserve good living conditions for both birds and animals．
D
During the years after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, structural
engineers have been trying hard to solve a question that would otherwise have been completely unthinkable: Can building be designed to stand catastrophic blasts 〔攻击；爆破〕 by terrorists?
Soon after the terrorist attacks on the twin towers, structural engineers from the University at Buffalo and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research 〔MCEER〕 traveled to ground zero as part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation．They spent two days beginning the task of formulating〔构思〕ideas about how to design such structures and to search for clues on how to do so in buildings that were damaged, but still are standing．
"Our objective in visiting ground zero was to go and look at the buildings surrounding the World Trade Center, those buildings that are still standing, but that sustained damage," said Mr．Bruneau, Ph．D．"Our immediate hope is that we can develop a better understanding as to why those buildings remain standing, while our long-term goal is to see whether earthquake engineering technologies can be married to existing technologies to achieve enhanced performance of buildings in the event of terrorist attacks," he added．
Photographs taken by the investigators demonstrate the monumental damage to the World Trade Center towers and buildings nearby．One building a block away from the towers remains standing, but was badly damaged．"This building is many meters away from the World Trade Center and yet we see a column 〔柱子〕 there that used to be part of that building," explained A．Whittaker, Ph．D．"The column became a missile that shot across the road, through the window and through the floor．" ,
The visit to the area also brought some surprises, according to the engineers．For example, the floor framing 〔框架〕 system in one of the buildings was quite strong, allowing floors that were pierced by tons of falling debris 〔残砾〕 to survive．"Good framing systems may provide a simple, but reliable strategy for blast resistance," he added．Other strategies may include providing alternate paths for gravity loads
in the event that a load-bearing column fails．"We also need a better understanding of the mechanism of collapse," said A．Whittaker．"We need to find out what causes a building to collapse and how you can predict it．"
A． Reinhorn, Ph．D．noted that "earthquake shaking has led to the collapse of buildings in the past．Solutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may apply to blast engineering and terrorist-resistant design．Part of our mission now is to transfer these solutions and to develop new ones where none exist at present．"
1 3．The question raised in the first paragraph is one __ ．
A．that was asked by structural engineers a month ago
B．that is too difficult for structural engineers a month ago
C．that was never thought of before the terrorist attack
D．that terrorists are eager to find a solution to
14．The column mentioned by Dr．Whittaker _ __．
A．was part of the building close to the World Trade Center
B．was part of me World Trade Center
C．was shot through me window and the floor of the World Trade Center
D．damaged many buildings near the World Trade Center
15．A surprising discovery made by the investigators during their visit to ground zero is that___．
A．floors in the faraway buildings remained undamaged
B．some floor framing systems demonstrate resistance to explosion
C．complex floor framing systems are more blast resistant
D．floors in one of the buildings were pierced by tons of debris
1 6．What Dr．Reinhorn said in the last paragraph may imply all the following EXCEPT that .
A．blast engineers should develop new solutions for terror-resistant design B．blast engineering can borrow technologies developed for terror-resistant
design
C．solutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may apply to terrorist resistant design
D．blast engineering emerges as a totally new branch of science
E
Today, mere's hardly an aspect of our life that isn't being upended by the tons of information available on the hundreds of millions of sites crowding the Internet, not to mention its ability to keep us in constant touch with each other via electronic mail．"If the automobile and aerospace technology had exploded at the same pace as computer and information technology," says Microsoft, "a new car would cost about $ 2 and go 600 miles on a small quantity of gas．And you could buy a Booing 747 for the cost of a pizza．"
Probably the biggest payoff, however, is the billions of dollars the Internet is saving companies in producing goods and serving for the needs of their customers． Nothing like it has been seen since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when power-driven machines began producing more in a day than men could turn out in nearly a year．"We view the growth of the Internet and e-commerce as a global trend," says Merrill Lynch, "along the lines of printing press, the telephone, the computer, and electricity．"
You would be hard pressed to name something mat isn't available on the Internet． Consider: books, health care, movie tickets, construction materials, baby clothes, stocks, cattle feed, music, electronics, antiques, tools, real estate, toys, autographs of famous people, wine and airline tickets．And even after you've moved on to your final resting place, there’s no reason t hose you love can't keep in touch．A company called FinalThoughts．com offers a place for you to store "afterlife e-mails" you can send to Heaven with the help of a "guardian angel．〞
Kids today are so computer literate that it in fact ensures the United States will
remain the unchallenged leader in cyberspace for the foreseeable〔能预测的〕future． Nearly all children in families with incomes of more man $75,000 a year have home computers, according to a study by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation．Youngsters from ages 2 to 17 at all income levels have computers, with 52% of those connected to the Internet．Most kids use computers to play games 〔some for 30 hours or more a week〕, and many teenage girls mink nothing of rushing home from school to have e-mail chats with friends they have just left．
What's clear is that, whether like it or not, the Internet is an ever growing part of our lives and there is no turning back．"The Internet is just 20% invented," says resistant design cyber pioneer Jake Winebaum．"The last 80% is happening now．" 17．What can we learn from the Microsoft's remark?
A．Today's cars and airplanes are extremely overpriced．
B．Information technology is developing at an amazing speed．
C．．Information technology has reached the point where improvement is difficult.
D．There's more competition in information technology industry than in car industry．
18．The author gives the example of FinalThoughts．com to make the point that .
A．there are some genius ideas on the Internet
B．almost anything is available on the Internet
C．people can find good bargains on the Internet
D．some websites provide novel services to increase hits
19．What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?
A．There is a link between income and computer ownership．
B．Many American children don't put computers to good use．
C．Studies show that boys are more computer literate than girls.
D．The U．S．will stay ahead in the information technology in years．20．What is the message the author intends to convey?
A．The Internet is going to get firm hold of our lives some day．
B．The Internet is going to influence our lives even more greatly．
C．We should have a positive attitude towards the changes the Internet brings．D．Children should be well prepared for the challenges in the information age．参考答案1-8 ABCB DDAC 9-16 DBCD CABD 17-20 BBDB。