2010年高考英语5月份百题精练试题2

2010年5月份百题精练（1）英语试题第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）第一节：阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

(A)Survey Studies Internet Use in ChinaA typical(典型的) Chinese Internet user is a young male who prefers instant messaging to e-mail, seldom makes online purchases and favors news, music and games sites．According to a study, about two-thirds of survey participants(参与者)use the Internet for news —oftenentertainment-related — or for online games．About half download music and movies.They also tend to prefer instant messaging to e-mail, and they are depending on the Internet more frequently than before to communicate with others who have the same professions, hobbies and political interests．Online purchases still remain unpopular in China．Three-quarters of users surveyed have never bought anything over the Internet, and only 10 percent make purchases even once a month．Among those who do buy online, most pay for entertainment while others buy phone cards, or computer hardware or software.“Many people don’t trust the quality of goods bought online,” Guo said Wednesday．“If they buy it in a store and don’t like it, they can easily bring it back.”The survey(调查) was done in five major cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Changsha．Results do not necessarily project countrywide because Internet use in rural areas is lower than in cities．Guo describes the typical netizen (网民) in the five cities surveyed as young, male, richer and more highly educated．Males make up two-thirds of the Internet community, and more than 80 percent of users are under 24．Among people ages 25 to 29, 60 percent to 80 percent go online.China has more than 100 million people online, second in the world to the United States. 56．A typical Chinese Internet user will be the one who _________.A．likes to send e-mails B．likes to buy goods onlineC．likes to pay for entertainment D．likes the games sites57．Online purchases still remain unpopular in China mainly because _________.A．it is more difficult for sales returns B．people haven’t computersC．people can’t have a look at the goods D．goods bought online are of low quality 58．Which of the following words fails to describe the typical netizens in the five cities?A．well educated B．richer C．female D．young 59．According to the text, which of the following shows the right relation between online people and their ages?A．B．C．D．(B)Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart．Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists．Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon．The next day, this news appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper．The Beldon Post:FIRE AT SEABREEZELate last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom．The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire．We say again to all our visitors：“Please don’t smoke cigarettes in bed.” This was Beldon’s first hotel fire for five years．The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one：ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRELast night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel．An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fire．The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels．When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.” We are glad to tell our readers t hat this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield．What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident．There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August: that is one fact．Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel．Now what do you think of the rest of the “news” ?60．Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?A．Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer．B．A fire broke out night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer．C．It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers．D．Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter．61．Which of the following are probably facts?a．The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel．b．A cigarette started the fire．c．An old lamp started the fire．d．The fire broke out at night．e．There has never been a fire in Canfield．A．b and c B．a and d C．c and e D．a and c62．The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _____________．A．hotels in Beldon often catch fireB．hotels in Beldon don’t often catch fireC．this was the second fire at the Seabreeze HotelD．Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe63．The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Beldon Post by saying that _______．A．the bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze HotelB．the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took placeC．the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other thingsD．such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years（C）Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture (湿度,水分) from food helps to store it, and that the easiest way to do this is to expose the food to sun and wind.All foods including water—cabbage and other leaf vegetables contains as much as 93% water, potatoes and other root vegetables 80%, lean (瘦的) meat 75% and fish, anything from 80% to 60%, depending on how fatty it is．If this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria which cause food to go bad is controlled.Nowadays most foods are dried mechanically．The conventional method of such dehydration (脱水) is to put food in chambers (室) through which hot air is blown at temperature of about 110℃at entry to about 43℃at exit．This is the usual method for drying such things as vegetables, mincemeat and fish.Liquids such as milk, coffee, tea, soups and eggs may be dried by pouring them over a heated steel cylinder (圆筒), then put them into a chamber through which a current of hot air passes．In the first process, the dried material comes off the roller as a thin film which is then broken up into small, though still relatively flakes (薄片)．In the second process it falls to the bottom of the chamber as small powder．Where recognizable pieces of meat and vegetables are required, as in soup, the ingredients (成分) are dried separately and then mixed.Dried foods take up less room and weigh less than the same food packed in cans or frozen, and they do not need to be stored in special conditions．For these reasons they are convenient to the climbers, explorers and soldiers in battle, who have little storage space．They are also popular with housewives because it takes so little time to cook them.64．It can be inferred from the passage that _______________________.A．the fattier fish contain as much water as the lean oneB．the fattier the fish is, the more water it may containC．a fatty fish holds less water than a lean oneD．the water content of fish has nothing to do with the content of their fat65．The underlined word “conventional” i n Paragraph 3 can most probably be replaced by _______.A．particular B．scientific C．usual D．special66．Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about drying food?A．The removal of water in food helps prevent it from going rotten.B．The open-air method of drying food has been known for hundreds of years.C．In the course of dehydration, the temperature of hot current coming from entry to exit is gradually going up.D．The process of drying liquids is much more complex than that of drying solid food. 67．The last paragraph mainly talks about ____________________.A．the reason why housewives like dried foodB．the general convenience of dried foodC．the methods of storing foodD．the advantages of dried, canned and frozen food(D)Nate suffered a hard blow when he lost his job．His boss had spoken rudely, “Your services are no longer needed.” Nate left the building filled with despair．By the time he reached home, he was in a deep depression．When he entered his house, he blurted out to his wife S ophia, “I lost my job．I am a complete, utter failure.” A tense silence followed．Then a smile crept across Sophia’s face．“What great news!” she responded.“Now you can write the book you have always wanted to write.”“But I have no job and no prospect of a job,” YC he objected, completely without hope．“If I struggle to be an author, then what will we live on? Where will the money come from?” Sophia took her husband by the hand and led him to the kitchen．Opening a drawer, she took out a box that was full of cash．“Where on earth did you get this?” Nate gasped．“To whom does it belong?”“It’s ours!” Sophia replied．“I always knew that one day you would become a great writer if only you were given the chance．From the money you gave me for housekeeping every week, I have saved as much as I could so you would have your chance．Now there is enough to last us a whole year.”What a surprise! What encouragement! What a wife! The unemployed husband did concentrate on writing that year, and the novel he wrote became a literary masterpiece．The book is The Scarlet Letter．Sophia had an even greater achievement, and she turned Nathaniel Hawthorne from a poor clerk into a world famous master．68．Which of the following can be inferred from the first paragraph?A．Sophia was very disappointed to hear the newsB．Nate was too sad to speak any moreC．Sophia was thinking of how to encourage NateD．Neither husband nor wife had any idea what to do69．Sophia saved money because _______________________．A．she knew her husband would lose his job one dayB．she knew their life would be in difficultyC．she was very careful with moneyD．she was trying to help her husband in every possible way70．From the passage we can know that Sophia was __________________________．A．kind and brave B．careful and encouragingC．friendly and warm-hearted D．honest and determined71．What would be the best title for the passage?A．Sophia’s Achievement B．A Great Writer’s Struggle to SuccessC．Great Encouragement in Hard Times D．Failure is the Mother of Success(E)BRITAIN is a popular tourist place．But tours of the country have pros and cons．GOOD NEWSFree museums．No charge for outstanding collections of art and antiquities．Pop music．Britain is the only country to rival (与…匹敌) the US on this score．Black cabs．London taxi drivers know where they are going even if there are never enough of them at weekends or night．Choice of food．Visitors can find everything from Ethiopian to Swedish restaurants．Fashion．Not only do fashion junkies love deeply and respect highly brand names such as Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen; street styles are justly loved, too．BAD NEWSPoor service．“It’s part of the image of the place．People can dine out on the rudeness they have experienced,” says Professor Tony Seaton, of Luton University’s International Tourism Research Center．Poor public transport．Trains and buses are promised to defeat the keenest tourists, although the over crowded London tube is inexplicably (难以理解的) popular．Lack of languages．Speaking slowly and clearly may not get many foreign visitors very far, even in the tourist traps (圈套)．Rain．Still in the number one complaint．No air-conditioning．So that even splendidly hot summers become as unbearable as the downpours．Overpriced hotels．The only European country with a higher rate of tax on hotel rooms is Denmark．Licensing hours．Alcohol (酒) is in short supply after 11 pm even in “24-hour cities”．72．What do tourists complain most?A．Poor service．B．Poor public transport．C．Rain D．Overpriced hotels．73．What do we learn about pop music in Britain and the US through this passage?A．Pop music in Britain is better than that in the US．B．Pop music in Britain is as good as that in the US．C．Pop music in Britain is worse than that in the US．D．Pop music in Britain is quite different from that in the US．74．When is alcohol not able to get?A．At 12: 00 pm B．At 10: 00 pmC．At 11: 00 pm D．At 9: 00 pm75．Which of the following is true according to the passage?A．You have to pay to visit the museums.B．It’s very cheap to travel by taxi there.C．You cannot find Chinese food there.D．The public transport is poor there.参考答案56—60DACBC 61—65BACBC 66—70CBCDB 71—75ACBAD。