高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解24

这是一份高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解24，共11页。
1.England will play Italy, Uruguay and Csta Rica in a tugh Grup D at the 2014 Wrld Cup in Brazil. Ry Hdgsn's men pen their campaign against Italy in the Amaznian city f Manaus n 15 June in the nly Wrld Cup game which kicks ff at 02:00 BST. England take n Uruguay n 19 June and play Csta Rica five days later.
Hsts Brazil are in Grup A with Camern, Mexic and Cratia while the Wrld Cup hlders Spain pen with a repeat f the 2010 final against Netherlands.
England will have t travel 1,777 miles frm their chsen base in Ri fr their first match in the trpical heat f Manaus.
Earlier this week Hdgsn described Manaus as "the place t avid" because f the climate—temperatures reach 30C and humidity is abut 80%—althugh after the draw the England bss tk cmfrt frm the fact his team face a fellw Eurpean side.
"The cnditins in the nrth will be tugh, s we will bth be in same bat," he said. "If we'd had three games up in the nrth, it wuld have been difficult."
Fllwing Hdgsn's initial cmments, the mayr f Manaus, Arthur Virgili, said England wuld nt be welcme in the city.
England takes n tw-time champins Uruguay in Sa Paul and they play Csta Rica in Bel Hriznte—bth cities are within 225 miles f their base.
England have never previusly beaten Italy r Uruguay at a majr turnament(锦标赛), while they have never faced Csta Rica.
Uruguay, wh reached the semi-finals in 2010, and Italy, wh kncked Hdgsn's men ut f Eur 2012, are ranked sixth and seventh respectively in the Fifa rankings while Csta Rica are 31st in the wrld - 18 places belw England.
56. When and where will England play its third grup stage match?
A. On 24 June; in ManausB. On 24 June; in Bel Hriznte
C. On 19 June; in ManausD. On 19 June; in Sa Paul
57. Which f the fllwing can England take cmfrt frm?
A. The place where its first match in the grup stage is held.
B. The distance frm its base t where its first match is held.
C. The fact that tw f its grup stage games are nt in the nrth.
D. The fact that it is 7 places belw Uruguay in the Fifa rankings.
58. Which f the fllwing is true accrding t the news reprt?
A. Ry Hdgsn is the cach f Brazil natinal ftball team.
B. Netherlands tk the secnd place in the last Wrld Cup.
C. The mayr f Manaus is a fan f the British sccer team.
D. England has never played against Uruguay in the histry.
2.Chinese scientists have fund a new way t use cells fund in human urine （尿液）that culd aid in the treatment f a range f nerve disrders.That is a new technique fr reprgramming cells in human urine int nerve prgenitr cells that can grw int multi-functinal nerve and brain cells.
The technique is expected t be used in the study and treatment f nerve disrders such as Parkinsn's disease, Alzheimer's disease and ther nerve disrders.
Pei Duanqing, a prfessr at Guangzhu Institutes f Bimedicine and Health, Chinese Academy f Sciences, said his research team has cmbined an epismal system t deliver reprgramming factrs with a chemically defined culture medium t reprgram kidney epithelial(肾表皮) cells in urine int NPCs.
These NPCs, nrmally nly fund in the human brain, were later prven t be transgene-free and self-renewing, he said.
"These nerve and brain cells can survive fr up t ne mnth when transplanted int the brain f a newbrn rat," said Pei. "My team is wrking hard t understand why ur experimental cnditin allwed the urine cells t becme NPCs, because we want t imprve the technique and make it mre efficient".
Scientists have lng searched t treat and study neural disrders by btaining and transplanting neural stem cells. Hwever, the previus methd f getting and using cells frm either fetal (胎儿)r adult human tissue remains challenging due t ethical cncerns and immune system rejectins, he said.
Pei hpes the discvery will be used t generate NPCs frm patients with nerve disrders such as Parkinsn's disease. "These NPCs frm patients may help us discver new drugs fr these diseases."
"It is a remarkable advance in the stem cell field. The results and methds btained frm this study will be f great value and significance t the field, " said Fred Gage,a prfessr with the Salk Institute fr Bilgical Studies.
47、What is the passage mainly abut?
A. NPCs are beneficial in treating human diseases.
B. Chinese scientists succeeded in making NPCs frm human urine.
C. Chinese scientists have fund cures fr all diseases.
D. A new technique was used t study the use f human urine
48、Pei and his tean try their best t wrk hard in rder t .
A. make mre cntributins t medical study
B. discver anther new technique
C. make the technique mre perfect
D. treat mre patients suffering frm bad diseases
49、What is the challenge f making NPCs in the previus methd?
A. The ethical cmcerns and immune system refusal
B. The difificulties in getting cells frm human.
C. The under-develped techniques in medical science.
D. The lack f financial supprt frm the gvernment.
50、Frm the last paragraph we can infer .
A. the new technique will be develped in science
B. the results and methds will be applied t treating cancers
C. the study will give a majr push t the stem cell field
D. the mew technique will bring great prfis
3.After a week-lng vacatin, U.S. President Barack Obama will fcus n prpsals t strengthen the still-recvering American ecnmy. The agenda includes the refrm f the natin’s health care system.
The Affrdable Care Act, r Obamacare as sme call it, expands federal health care prgrams fr the needy and encurages Americans f all incme grups t purchase private health care insurance.
“If yu d nt have insurance, beginning n Octber 1st, private plans will actually cmpete fr yur business. Yu can cmparisn--shp in an nline marketplace, just like yu wuld fr cell phne plans r plane tickets. Yu may be eligible fr new tax credits t help yu affrd the plan that’s right fr yu. And if yu are in the up t half f all Americans wh have been sick r have a preexisting cnditin, this law means that beginning January 1st, insurance cmpanies have t cver yu," Obama said.
Health-care spending accunts fr ne-seventh f U.S. ecnmic activity, and is prjected t increase t ne-fifth in cming years. The cst has a direct bearing n America’s ecnmic and financial well--being. Drawn up in 2010, the Affrdable Care Act aims t cntrl csts and expand access t health care. The effrt is a big failure, accrding t Republican law makers like Tim Griffin and Tdd Yung.
“Republicans will cntinue t d everything we can t prtect all Americans frm the president's tp-dwn, ne-size-fits-all, Washingtn-knws-best apprach t health care that is driving up csts and hurting ur ecnmy," said Griffin. “The sner we can delay, ppse and cancel the president's health-care law, the sner we can get peple back t wrk and fcus n expanding pprtunity fr everyne.”
The president accuses Republicans f putting partisanship(党派偏见) ahead f Americans’ health-care needs. “A lt f Republicans seem t believe that if they can gum up the wrks and make this law fail, they will smehw be sticking it t me. But they wuld just be sticking it t yu. Yur health insurance is nt smething t play plitics with. Our ecnmy is nt smething t play plitics with," he said.
As a matter f fact，the success r failure f Obamacare culd shape the president’s legacy lng after he leaves ffice.
43、It is implied in Obama’s wrds in Paragraph 3 that .
A. health care insurance will be f great benefit t Americans
B. health care insurance will help recver American ecnmy
C. insurance cmpanies dn’t expect him t carry ut the law
D. insurance cmpanies will cver Americans in all aspects
44、Accrding t Tim Griffin，Obama’s health-care law .
A. will be strngly ppsed t by the Republicans
B. will cause fewer ecnmic prblems in America
C. will be cancelled sner r later by the gvernment
D. will never wrk withut the help f the Republicans.
45、What des Obama accuse Republicans f accrding t the passage?
A. They dn’t knw what Americans are in need f.
B. They tend t put their wn benefit ahead f Americans’.
C. They knw nthing abut health insurance and ecnmy.
D. They like t play plitics with ecnmy and health insurance
46、What is the authr’s tne in this passage?
A.SubjectiveB.CriticalC.UncncernedD.Objective
4.
39．Which f the fllwing ingredients are used in all the recipes?
A. heavy creamB. sugar syrupC. crn flurD. strawberries
40. Chefs needn't freeze the ingredients when preparing ___________
① Hney Sweet Cake②Rsy Cake③Triangle Sweet④ Flaming Maple
A．①②B. ②③C. ①④D. ②④
41．Which f the fllwing is true?
A. Triangle Sweet takes the lngest time t prepare.
B. Strawberries used in the recipes aren't all fresh.
C. Mst strawberries are used when making a Rsy Cake.
D. Hney Sweet Cake is the best chice fr busy mthers.
42．In hw many recipes shuld chefs thicken the mixture by heating?
A．Only neB．Tw.C．Three. D．Fur.
5.It’s really true what peple say abut English pliteness: it’s everywhere. When squeezing past smene in a narrw passage, peple say “srry”. When getting ff a bus, English passengers say “thank yu” rather than the driver. In Germany, peple wuld never dream f ding these things. After all, squeezing past thers is smetimes unavidable, and the bus driver is nly ding his jb. I used t think the same way, withut questining it, until I started traveling t the British Isles, and here are sme mre plite ways f interacting with peple in UK.
Peple thank each ther everywhere in England, all the time. When peple buy smething in a shp, custmer and shp assistant in mst cases thank each ther twice r mre. In Germany, it wuld be exceptinal t hear mre than ne thank yu in such a cnversatin. British students thank their lecturers when leaving the rm. English emplyers thank their emplyees fr ding their jbs, as ppsite t Germans, wh wuld nrmally think that paying their wrkers mney is already enugh.
Anther thing I bserved during my stay was that English peple rarely criticize thers. Even when I was wrking and mistakes were pinted ut t me, my emplyers emphasized several times but nne f their explanatins were intended as criticism. It has been my impressin that by aviding criticism, English peple are making an effrt t make thers feel cmfrtable. This als is shwed in ther ways. British men still pen drs fr wmen, and British men are mre likely t treat wmen t a meal than German men. Hwever, I d need t pint ut here that this applies t English men a bit mre than it wuld t Scttish men! Yes, the latter are a bit tightfisted.
35．What is the authr’s attitude twards English pliteness?
A. He thinks it is unnecessary.B. He thinks little f it.
C. He appreciates it very much.D. He thinks it ges t far.
36．What can be inferred frm the passage?
A. German men never treat a wman t dinner.
B. The authr think it’s unnecessary t say “thank yu” t the bus driver.
C. In Germany, emplyers ften say “thank yu” t emplyees fr their jb.
D. Germans think it is unnecessary t thank wrkers because payment is enugh.
37．We can learn frm the last paragraph that Scttish men ______.
A. like t fight with each therB. treat wmen in a plite way
C. are as generus as English menD. are unwilling t spend mney fr wmen
38．The authr develps the text thrugh the methd f ______.
A. making cmparisns B. telling striesC. giving reasns D. giving examples
6.Fr the last cuple f weeks, I had been stuck in frnt f my cmputer wrking n a prject that was very imprtant t me. My every waking hur was cnsumed by the prject and althugh I imagined that I wuld feel happy after cmpleting parts f the prject, I was cnfused t find that instead, I was feeling rather depressed. I tried a range f methds t help cheer myself up. I had a relaxing bath, cked a delicius meal t enjy with my family and even watched a lighthearted mvie, but t n avail. It was nly when I turned t meditatin fr a slutin that the answer came t me: turn t nature!
The very next day, I grabbed my camera and a bttle f water and set ff t spend a few hurs walking in a nature reserve, even thugh it was puring with rain. Within a cuple f minutes I felt alive again. T be hnest, I felt like a yung schl girl again and had t stp myself frm hpping alng the path singing, "I'm singing in the rain", a sng I used t sing when I was a child. I think as adults we ften try t hard t cntrl ur inner children and as a result we restrain ur wn spirits, which nly leads t depressin and stress.
Interestingly, it has been shwn that peple wh spend 40 minutes walking in a nature reserve have a drp in their bld pressure levels, but this des nt happen when they spend a similar amunt f time walking in a busy city centre.
If yu feel a little lw in spirit and knw that yu have spent t much time indrs, relax cmpletely, remve yur shes and let yur inner child cme ut and play.
31．The authr walked in a nature reserve in the rain in rder t__________.
A．take phtsB．find a slutin t the prject
C．hp alng the pathD．cheer herself up
32．The underlined part "t n avail" in Paragraph 1 prbably means " __________.".
A．unsuccessfulB．unrelatedC．uninterestingD．unexpected
33．In the authr's pinin, __________.
A．a bath can make peple relaxed
B．depressin is usually caused by hard wrk
C．walking in a busy city centre harms peple's health
D．adults shuld express their inner feelings freely
34．The last paragraph mainly serves as a(n) __________.
A．explanatinB．suggestin C．intrductinD．reminder
试卷答案
1.BCB
2.BCAC
3.AABD
4.DDAB
5.CDDA
6.DADB
Hney Sweet Cake (Prep. Time: 12 mins.)
Ingredients
Strawberries in syrup(糖浆), 1 package (unfrzen)
Heavy cream, 1 cup
Crn flur, 2 tablespns
Prcess
Mix the strawberries, cream and crn flur in a saucepan. Ck ver medium heat fr abut 8-10 minutes, while cnstantly mixing until the mixture thickens.
Remve frm heat and refrigerate fr tw hurs, Fill the frzen mixture in a cake, and serve.
Rsy Cake (Prep. Time: 10 mins. )
Ingredients
Sugar, 3/4 cup
Water, 1 cup
Crn flur, 3 tablespns
Strawberries , 2 QUOTE QUOTE ——3 cups
Prcess
Take a large saucepan and mix all the ingredients. Ck until the mixture thickens ver medium heat. Let it cl naturally and cmpletely. Fill up yur cake with the mixture, and serve.
Triangle Sweet (Prep. Time: 15 mins. )
Ingredients
Sugar, QUOTE QUOTE cup
Whipping cream, QUOTE QUOTE cup
Unflavred gelatin(明胶) , 1 tablespn
Cld water, 2 tablespns
Biled water, 3 tablespns
Strawberries, crushed, 2 cups
Prcess
Add sugar t the crushed strawberries and set them aside. In cld water, sften the gelatin, and nce it is sftened, add biling water. Stir until the gelatin disslves. Add the disslved gelatin mixture t the strawberries and let it cl. Nw whip(搅打) the cream till it becmes stiff. When the strawberry mixture is f syrup thickness, add the whipped cream t it. Refrigerate until it sets. Fill it int yur cake, and serve.
Flaming Maple (Prep. Time: 10 mins. )
Ingredients
Fresh lemn juice, 1 QUOTE QUOTE tablespns
Hney, 2 tablespns
Maple syrup, 2 tablespns
Strawberries, ripe, 2 pints
Prcess
Make a fruit butter f half f the strawberries. Add hney, lemn juice, and maple syrup until it frms a smth sauce. Add the remaining strawberries. Fill the mixture in the cake, and serve.