高考英语二轮阅读理解精选专练系列(16)

2013高考英语二轮阅读理解精选专练系列（16）及答案ACamp memories last forever! We make sure they are unforgettable!Shadow Ridge Summer Camps offer so many exciting things for campers to do. Unlike other camp programs that include horses as a small part of their program, at Shadow Ridge horses ARE the program! We are 100% horses from stable(马厩) management, nature walks, and track rides to bedroom furnishings.Horses help us achieve many of our aims. Girls can learn to develop responsibility, self-confidence and personal connections in their lives while having fun. Using horses as a wonderful tool for education, our camps offer an interesting place for growth and learning.Imagine each girl having her very own horse to spend time with and a best friend to love and take care of. Each camper is responsible for a horses for the week. Our riding program provides a lot of riding and lesson time. Campers will learn how to take care of the horse and the tack(马具)， as well as how to ride. Days are filled with horse-related activities to strengthen the connection between each girl and horse, as the girls learn to work safely around the horses.At shadow Ridge we try to create a loving, caring family atmosphere for our campers. We have “The Bunkhouse”(4 girls), the “Wranglers Roots”(4 girls), and “The Hideout”(2 girls) in our comfortable 177-year-old farm house. All meals are home cooked, offering delicious and healthy food for the hungry riders.Our excell ent activities create personalized memories of your child’s vacation. Each child will receive a camp T-shirt and a photo to album (usually 300~500 pictures) of their stay at camp.Our camps are offered during June, July and August 2007, for small groups of girls aged 13~16,not only from Canada but also other parts of the world.We will send you full program descriptions at your request.56. What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To attract people to the camps.B. To talk about camping experiencesC. To describe the programs of the campsD. To explain the aims of the camps57. What do we know about the camp programs at Shadow Ridge?A. Campers are required to wear camp T-shirts.B. Horses play a central role in the activities.C. Campers learn to cook food for themselves.D. Horse lessons are offered all the year round.58. The program at Shadow Ridge mainly aim to help people _________.A. understand horses betterB. enjoy a family atmosphereC. have fun above other thingsD. achieve an educational purpose59. The passage is written mainly for ___________.A. horse ridersB. teenager girlsC. parentsD. international travelersB It is your sense of smell that quickly tells you there is good food in the kitchen, or your smelly socks need to be washed.But how do we recognize smell? Particular smells turn on certain groups of brain cells(细胞), scientists say. When your nose catches a slight smell of something, one of 1,000 different types of odor-receiving(气味适应) cells pick it up. These cells send an electrical signal to a special part of the brain.A group of scientists studied mouse brains using some particular odors like vanilla, apples and fish. They looked a t thin slices of each mouse’s brain to see which brain cells had been turned on by each odor. The scientists discovered that each odor produces a similar pattern of active cells in different mice. So, a certain combination(组合) of cells can tell a mouse that it is smelling vanilla, apples, fish, or any one of the thousands of other smells.Scientists could use studies like this to create a map. It could show which parts of the brain are activated(激活) by different smells. Some other scientists, however, say that researchers should also study animals that do not live in a lab, which have spent their lives smelling things in the natural world. With more smelling experience, they might show quite different patterns.60. By doing mouse experiments, the scientists ___________.A. found different types of odor-receiving cells in miceB. found each smell creates a similar pattern of active cells in different miceC. showed that different mice have different brain cellsD. proved that a certain cell can tell a mouse what it smells61. The last paragraph mainly tells us that __________.A. scientists think it important to draw a map about smellingB. scientists are determined to do more experiments on miceC. some scientists have different opinions on the study about smelling patternsD. some scientists have already studied animals which live in the natural world62. Which of the following would be the best title?A. An Experiment on MiceB. Smelling ExperienceC. Bad Smell or Good SmellD. Studies on How to Recognize SmellCAmerican NewspapersNo country in the world has more daily newspapers than the USA. There are almost 2000 of them, as compared with 180 in Japan, 164 in Argentina and 111 in Britain. The quality of some American papers is extremely high and their views are quoted(引用) all over the influence all over the country. However the Post and the Times are not national newspapers in the sense that the Times is in Britain or le Monde is in France, since each American city has its own daily newspaper. The best of these present detailed accounts of national and international news, but many tend to limit themselves to state or city news.Like the press in most other countries, American newspapers range from the“sensational”, which feature crime, sex and gossip, to the serious, whi ch focus on factual news and the analysis of world events. But with few exceptions American newspapers try to entertain as well as give information, for they have to compete with the attraction of television.Just as American newspapers satisfy all tastes, so do they also try and appeal to readers of all political persuasions(信念).A few newspapers support extremist groups on the far right and on the far left, but most daily newspapers attempt to attract middle-of-the-road Americans who are essentially moderate(中立的).Many of these papers print columns by well-known journalists of different political and social views, in order to present a balanced picture.As in other countries American newspapers can be either responsible or irresponsible, but it is generally accepted that the American press serves its country well and that it has more than once courageously exposed political scandals(诽谤)or crimes, for instance, the Watergate Affair. The newspaper drew the attention of the public to the horrors of the Vietnam War.63. There are fewer national newspapers in__________.A. Britain than in the USE.B. France than in BritainC. the USA than in Britain or FranceD. France than in the USA or Britain64. Most American newspapers try hard to entertain their readers because________.A.they have to keep up a good relation with themB.they have to compete with televisionC.they have to write about crime, sex and gossipD.they have to give factual news in an interesting way65. Many American newspaper attract readers of different political preference by__________.A.supporting extremist groups from time to timeB.inviting middle-of-the-road American to write articles for themC.avoiding carrying articles about extremistsD.printing articles representing different political viewpoint66. The passage is mainly about_________.A.the characteristics of American newspapersB.the development of American newspapersC.the function of American newspapersD.the advantages and disadvantages of American newspapers【解析】：本文介绍了美国的各种报纸为了适合各种口味，而呈现出不同的特征。