高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解(72)

高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（72）阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

AI'm from the South Bronx. At 7, my neighborhood was the beginning and end of my universe. It was a small town to me. Everyone knew each other, so if you got into trouble in school, chances are your mom knew about it before you got home. I felt watched over and safe.But just before I turned 8, things began to change. I watched two buildings on my block burn down. I remember seeing my neighbor Pito go up and down the fire escape to get people out. Where were the firemen? Where was the truck? Somebody must have called them.That same summer, after serving two tours in Vietnam, my brother was killed in the South Bronx. He was shot above the left eye and died instantly.People who could moved out of the neighborhood, and all I wanted to do was get out, too. I used education to get away from there and got good at avoiding the topic of where I was from. To be from the South Bronx meant that you were not a good person. It felt like a stain.After college, I didn't want to come back to the South Bronx, but in order to afford graduate school, I had to. I was almost 30 and could only afford to live at my parents' home. It felt like a defeat, and I hated it.At the same time, the city was planning a huge waste facility here, and no one seemed to care — including many of us who lived here. They were like, "Well, it's a poor community; what's the difference?"I was very angry. It drove me to act. It moved my spirit in a way that I didn't know was possible. And it changed my beliefs — it changed the way I felt about myself and my community. I worked hard with others who felt the same way, and together, we defeated the plan.After that, I realized it's just as important to fight for something as it is to fight aga inst something. So we dreamed up a new park on the site of an illegal waste dump — and after many community clean-ups, along with $3 million from the city, we have one. And it's a glory. It was the seed from which many new plans for our community have grown.Today, the South Bronx is no longer a stain; it's a badge(象征) of honor for me. I believe that where I'm from helps me to really see the world. Today, when I say I'm from the South Bronx, I stand up straight. This is home, and it always will be.1.Paragraphs 2 and 3 make the readers believe ____________.A. the author felt watched over and safeB. he author’s brother was a bad manC. the author’s neighbor Pito was braver than a firemanD. the author felt his hometown was not a safe place to live in2.The author went back to the South Bronx after college because ____________.A. he couldn’t afford to live without his parents’ helpB. he loved his hometown very muchC. he was defeated in studies at collegeD. he almost reached the age of 303.The underlined sentences(Paragraph 2) imply that ____________.A. the author wondered where the firemen and the truck wereB. the author wanted someone to call the firemenC. the firemen didn’t come to help although calledD. the firemen didn’t find a place to park the truck4.What does the author want to convey in the passage?A. Great changes have taken place in the South Bronx.B. The South Bronx is a beautiful place.C. You can make a difference to your hometown if you act.D. Everyone should love his hometown.BTEENSGIVING in SPRING 2010Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat is TEENSGIVING?TEENSGIVING is an exciting event where hundreds of NewYork City teens gather together annually for a remarkable dayof community service. This year, TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2010participants will once again better New York City and impactthousands of lives!When is TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2010?SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 2010Where is TEENSGIVING?All over New York City. Everyone will meet at the 92nd Street Y (92nd and Lexington) at 9:00 AM for the event kick-off. Then, all TEENSGIVING volunteers will disperse across the city to work with our partnering agencies where they will make a HUGE difference (and have fun!).Who participates in TEENSGIVING?Hundreds of teenagers from around the city. Teens come from the 92nd Street Y, various city schools, youth groups, and organizations in the area. In addition, many adult volunteers (ages 21 and older) will donate their time to TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2010.What projects do participants do at the agencies?Sample projects include painting park benches, planting gardens, visiting and playing with underprivileged children, assembling craft kits for children in hospitals, assisting at animal shelters, working at soup kitchens, delivering meals and celebrating with families at homeless shelters.Do I get anything for participating in TEENSGIVING?Yes! Everybody benefits! Teen volunteers will receive *6 hours* of community service credit, good towards honor society, high school graduation and college application requirements. Adult volunteers will be “thanked” with a light breakfast, a gift certificate for their troubles, and the satisfaction of helping our city’s youth contribute to their community. In addition, all teen and adult volunteers will receive a cool TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2010 T-shirt.This sounds awesome! How do I register for TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2010?Interested teens and/or adults should e-mail the TEENSGIVING Coordinator Josh Hyman at jhyman@ (subject: TEENSGIVING) to receive more information and to register for this fantastic event!**Teens can also contact their school’s Community Service Advisor**TEENSGIVING is sponsored by the 92nd Street Y.5. TEENSGIVING is an event held ____________.A. from time to timeB. every yearC. every two y earsD. twice a year6. Teenagers may do the following in the event EXCEPT ____________.A. watering flowersB. cookingC. cleaning streetsD. taking care of animals7. An adult volunteer may get ______ for his time devoted to TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2010.A. community service credit and a T-shirtB. a high school certificate and a light breakfastC. a T-shirt and a gift certificateD. a gift certificate and community service credit8. The writer’s purpose in writing the passage is to __________.A. inform readers of some frequently asked questionsB. introduce TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2010 to readersC. encourage readers to ask more questions about TEENSGIVINGD. call on readers to participate in TEENSGIVING in SPRING 2010CBritish and American scientists are raising genetically modified(转基因的) pigs in the hope of providing organs for transplant(移植) to humans, the project leader wrote in a newspaper Sunday.Scientists in London and California have begun conducting the genetic experiments to find a solution to record–long waiting lists for organ transplants, Robert Winston said in an opinion piece written for Britain's Sunday Times.In Britain alone, around 8,000 patients are waiting for a transplant."People needing a new heart or liver are waiting for someone else to die – usually a violent death in a traffic accident," Winston wrote in the newspaper. He said his team was "trying to modify pigs so their organs might save the lives of humans."The scientists are introducing human genes into the animals to reduce the chances of the organs being rejected by patients, as has been common in previous attempts to use animal tissues, said Winston, who heads the Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology at London's Hammersmith Hospital.Working with Dr. Carol Redhead of the California Institute of Technology, Winston's team has injected human genes directly into male piglets(猪仔), adding them to the animal's sperm(精子).He said that pigs involved in experiments had successfully produced transgenic sperm, but acknowledged that British and European laws had prevented the team from using the pigs to mate.The Sunday Times newspaper reported that the experiments would be moved to the United States following difficulties with funding and regulations in Britain. It said the pigs would be bred in Missouri."Our U.S. friends will benefit from our technology and the income we might have produced for Britain will be lost," Winston wrote.Some scientists have previously blamed the idea of using animal organs for human transplant, saying the technique risks spreading animal viruses to humans. Winston said his research project is attempting to breed virus-free pigs.9. Scientists are introducing human genes into the animals to ____________.A. make the organs healthierB. reduce the pain of animalsC. make the organs live longerD. reduce the chances of rejection10. Some scientists have blamed the idea of using animal organs for human transplant because____________.A. the technique is not perfect nowB. humans may be infected with animal virusesC. it is against laws and regulationsD. it may cause a conflict between humans and animals11. According to Winston, it seems ___________ to Britain to move the experiments to the United States.A. a pityB. a prideC. a disasterD. a good idea12. It can be inferred from the passage that ____________.A. animal organs are commonly used for human transplant nowB. lots of patients need animal organ transplants nowC. examples of the animal tissues being rejected have happenedD. it is not safe to use animal organs for human transplantDFifty–eight percent of the teachers interviewed in the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) questionnaire had come across copying among their pupils. Gill Bullen from Itchen College in Southampton, for example, said, "Pieces handed in by two students were identical and significantly better than either of them could have done. Not only that, the essays handed in didn't quite answer the title question I had set". A teacher from Leeds said, "I had one piece of work so bravely cut and pasted that it still contained ads from the web page."Connie Robinson from Stockton Riverside College said, "With less able students it is easy to spot copying as the writing style changes in the middle of the assignment, but with more able students it is sometimes necessary for tutors to carry out Internet research to identify the source of the copy."Mary Bousted, general secretary of the ATL, said," Teachers are struggling under a mountain of cut-and-pasting to spot whether work was the student's own or copy." She called for policies to stop copying, and asked for help from exam boards and the government in providing resources and techniques to detect cheats.But there was another side. "I have found once students clearly understand what copying is, its consequences and how to reference correctly so they can draw on published works, copying becomes less of a problem," said Diana Baker from Emmanuel College, Durham."I think the majority of students who engage in copying do it more out of ignorance than the desire to cheat. They really want to succeed on their own."13. The passage mainly wants to tell us ____________.A. the benefits of the Internet for studentsB. web copying is a serious problem in the UKC. the way s to find web copy ing for teachersD. how we can use the Internet to do homework14. The un derlined word “identical” (Paragraph 1) probably means ____________.A. excellentB. contrastingC. the sameD. complex15. What is TRUE according to Connie Robinson?A. I t’s not easy to find the less able students copy from the InternetB. I t’s diffic ult to find whether the more able students have copied.C. The less able student will not change their writing style when copying.D. T he more able students needn’t copy from the Internet.16. What’s the writer’s attitude to wards “copying”?A. The write r doesn’t tell us.B. The writer feels angry about it.C. The writer thinks it doesn’t matter.D. The writer approves of it.EIf Barack Obama's wife and kids thought they'd be getting his undivided attention during their long-awaited summer holiday, perhaps they should think again.The US President kicked off his vacation by revealing that, in addition to endless games of tennis and golf, he plans to spend the week ploughing through five books, weighing in at an astonishing 2,300 pages. His summer reading list, unveiled(透露) by the White House, contains two heavyweight works of non–fiction and three novels.On top of the president’s table is Hot, Flat and Crowded, by New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman. Subtitled "why we need a green revolution", it makes a leftish（左倾的）call to arms regarding the future of the planet.Mr Obama's second choice is historian David McCullough's biography of John Adams, the often under-rated second US president, who was the subject of an award-winning HBO docu-drama（纪实剧）last year.The novels include two crime thrillers: Richard Price's Lush Life, and The Way Home, a novel by George Pelecanos set in Washington, DC –which, much like Obama's best-selling autobiography（自传）, explores the relationship between a father and his son.Completing the set is the novel Plainsong, by a little-known writer called Kent Haruf. Set in a small town on the Colorado plains, its existence on the reading list may reassure voters that Middle America has not been ignored by their commander-in-chief.Publishers are keeping an eye on whether the famous "Obama bounce" – which has helped sales at the first family's favourite clothes stores, such as J Crew – will continue to apply to their troubled industry. The President's endorsement（认可）is said to have lifted sales of Joseph O'Neill's novel Netherland about cricket in Holland and New York last year.Given that President Obama has already spent a portion of his week so far playing golf, beating Michelle at tennis, and visiting friends, questions will inevitably(不可避免地) be asked about his ability to put any dent（挫伤）at all in the ambitious reading list.To finish all five books, he would have to manage more than 300 pages every day – quite an"ask" when a small portion of his time must also be spent running the country.17. What’s the function of the first paragraph?A. To give an example.B. T o introduce a topic.C. To describe a hope.D. T o offer an argument.18. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. Some people doubted i f the president could finish his books.B. The Way Home is a book which explores the relationship between a father and his son.C. Lush life, set in Washington, is a novel written by Richard Price.D. Thanks to Obama, sales of Netherland have been lifted.19. Which of the following was NOT a book the President planned to read?A. John Adams.B. Netherland.C. Hot, Flat and Crowded.D. Lush Life.20. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A. Obama’s HobbiesB. Obama’s Hol iday PlanC. Obama’s Holiday LifeD. Obama’s Holiday Book ListDACC BCCB DBAC BCBA BCBD。