高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解47

这是一份高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解47，共9页。
2.Our huse was directly acrss the street frm the clinic entrance f Jhn Hpkins Hspital in Baltimre. We lived dwnstairs and rented the upstairs rms t the patients at the clinic.
One evening as I was fixing supper, there was a knck at the dr. I pened it t see a truly awful lking man. He’s hardly taller than my eight-year-ld sn. “Gd evening. I’ve cme t see if yu’ve a rm. I came fr a treatment this mrning frm the eastern shre, and there’s n bus till mrning.” He tld me he’d been hunting fr a rm since nn but with n success. “I guess it’s my face... I knw it lks terrible, but my dctr says with a few mre treatments...” Fr a mment I hesitated, but his next wrds cnvinced me: “I culd sleep in this chair n the prch. My bus leaves early in the mrning.”
I tld him we wuld find him a bed. When I had finished the dishes, I talked with him. He tld me he fished fr a living t supprt his five children, and his wife, wh was hpelessly crippled（残疾的）frm a back injury. He didn’t tell it by way f cmplaint. Next mrning, just befre he left, as if asking a great favr, he said, “Culd I cme back and stay the next time?” He added, “Yur children made me feel at hme. ”
On his next trip he arrived a little after seven in the mrning. As a gift, he brught a big fish and the largest ysters（牡蛎）I had ever seen. I knew his bus left at 4:00 a. m. and I wndered what time he had t get up in rder t d this fr us.
In the years he came t stay vernight with us and there was never a time that he did nt bring us vegetables frm his garden. I knw ur family always will be grateful t have knwn him; frm him we learned hw t accept the bad withut cmplaint when facing the misfrtune.
56. Why did the authr agree t let the man spend the night in his huse at last?
A. Because the man said thers refused t accmmdate him.
B. Because the man said he wuld nt cause much incnvenience.
C. Because the man said he had cme frm the eastern shre.
D. Because the man said he had been hunting fr a rm since nn.
57．Hw lng wuld it take the man t travel frm his hme t Baltimre by bus?
A．Abut 1 hur．B．Abut 2 hurs． C．Abut 3 hurs． D．Abut 4 hurs．
58．Frm the text we can knw that_____________．
A．the authr’s children were kind and friendly t the man
B．the man was fed up with his hard-wrk and his family
C．Jhn Hpkins Hspital prvided rms-fr the patients t live in
D．the authr and his family were thught highly f by his neighbrs
59．The authr’s family were grateful t knw the man because__________．
A．he ften brught them fish and vegetables frm his garden
B．he paid them mney fr his staying
C．he taught them hw t accept the bad withut cmplaint
D．he stayed nly vernight with the writer’s family
3.Health and climate scientists have mapped hw climate change affects different parts f the wrld in different ways. The scientists pint t evidence that changes in the past thirty years may already be affecting human health. Temperature changes may als influence the spread f disease. Fr example, warmer weather speeds the grwth f rganisms that cause diseases like malaria and dengue fever.
The wrk by scientists frm the University f Wiscnsin-Madisn and the Wrld Health Organizatin appeared in the jurnal Nature. Jnathan Patz, prfessr f the Gaylrd Nelsn Institute, led the study. He ntes that climate scientists linked glbal warming t the heat that killed thusands in Eurpe in August f 2003. He says pr cuntries are least respnsible fr the warming yet are mst at risk frm the health effects f higher temperatures. He says areas at greatest risk include Suthern and Eastern Africa and castlines alng the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Als, large cities experience what scientists call a “heat island” effect that can intensify cnditins.
Prfessr Patz says average temperatures wrldwide have increased abut ne-third f a degree Celsius in the last thirty years. But he tells us even that can make a difference with a disease like malaria. The reprt says average temperatures culd increase by as much as six degrees Celsius by the end f the century.
Representatives frm abut tw hundred natins have been meeting in Mntreal, Canada, t discuss climate change. The ten-day cnference ends n December 9th. It is the first such United Natins meeting since the Kyt Prtcl tk effect earlier this year. The prtcl （草案） seeks t reduce the amunt f carbn dixide and ther heat-trapping gases released as pllutin int the air.
72. The text mainly talks abut _________.
A. the spread f malaria B. effects f human activities n climate
C. a ten-day cnference in Mntreal D. health effects caused by climate change
73. Which f the fllwing is NOT TRUE accrding t the text?
A. Sme diseases spread faster in ht weather.
B. Human activities cntribute t the climate change.
C. Pr cuntries suffer least frm the effects f higher temperatures.
D. Even a slight change in temperature may affect the spread f sme diseases.
74. The underlined wrd “intensify” in Paragraph 2 is clsest in meaning t _______.
A. preventB. strengthenC. lessenD. reflect
75. Accrding t the text, the Kyt Prtcl aims at __________.
A. limiting the release f greenhuse gases
B. preventing the spread f malaria and dengue fever
C. studying hw climate change affect human health
D. rganizing representatives t meet regularly in Mntreal
4.Accrding t the British “Daily Mail” reprted n May 22nd, the United States f America “Frbes” magazine recently released the 2013 annual "mst pwerful wmen list".
German Chancellr(总理)Angela Merkel fr three cnsecutive（连续的）years reelected tp. There are 9 Chinese，including Chinese first lady—Peng Liyuan. Brazil President Dilma Russeff ranked secnd. “Bill and Melinda Gates fundatin” c-chairman, Gate’s wife Mi Linda (Melinda Gates) was third. The United States first lady Michel (wife f Obama) in 2010 in the first, frm 2012 secnd drp t furth. frmer American Secretary f State Hillary Clintn as a fifth. The queen f England fell 12, drp t frtieth. British wmen's female writer JK Rwling ranked ninety-third.
The list f Chinese wmen includes Chinese President Xi Jinping's wife Peng Liyuan, intelligent mbile phne maker HTC funder Wang Xuehng, chief executive f Chngqing Lnghu Real Estate Develpment Limited Cmpany chairman Wu Yajun, SOHO China Ltd and c-funder Zhang Xin, the Wrld Health Organizatin Directr-General Chen Fengfuzhen (Margaret Chan), Huawei chairman Sun Yafang, the Li Jiacheng Fundatin Directr Zhu triumph, Baidu Inc chief financial fficer Li Xinzhe, Sun Media Klc Hldings Ltd chairman Yang Lan.
“Frbes” magazine said, this year the list f peple are plitical, business, media, the humanitarian field, entertainment and technlgy industry elite（精英）, but als sme wmen were selected because f the huge wealth, including funds, media expsure and influence. The entertainment industry representatives include Beynce Knwles, actress Anngelina Jlie and Lady Gaga. The list f wmen frm 26 cuntries, there are 153000000 f them in Twitter "fans", 16 f them wn Create Cmpany. There are 15 new this year, including Suth Krean President Park Geun-hye(朴槿惠).
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68. Hw many times has German Chancellr Angela Merkel wn the first place accrding t the passage?
A．Once B．Twice C．Three times D．Fur times
69. Accrding t the passage, ______ranks 93th n the list f 2013 annual "mst pwerful wmen list".
A．JK Rwling B．Lady Gaga C．Peng Liyuan D．Park Geun-hye
70. Which is true accrding t the passage?
A．The great wmen cme frm sixty-tw cuntries.
B．Peng Liyuan ranks 9th n the 2013 annual "mst pwerful wmen list".
C．Hillary Clintn is the present Secretary f State f America.
D．The United States first lady Michel in 2012 ranked secnd.
71. What is the main idea f the passage?
A．Peng Liyuan was elected ne f the 2013 annual mst pwerful wmen
B．“Frbes” released the 2013 annual “mst pwerful wmen list”.
C．The United States first lady Michel is n lnger ranks NO.1.
D．Chinese peple are becming strnger and mre influential than befre.
5.Bertie knew there was smething in the wind．His mther had been sad in recent days, nt sick, just strangely sad. The lin had just lain dwn beside him, his head warm n Bertie’s feet when Father cleared his thrat and began, “Yu’ll sn be eight, Bertie. A by needs a prper educatin. We’ve fund the right place fr yu, a schl near Salisbury in England.”
His heart filled with a terrible fear, all Bertie culd think f was his white lin. “But the lin,” he cried, “What abut the lin?”
“I’m afraid there’s smething else I have t tell yu,” his father said. Lking acrss at Bertie’s mther, he tk a deep breath. Then he tld Bertie he had met a circus(马戏团) wner frm France, wh was ver in Africa lking fr lins t buy. He wuld cme t their farm in a few days.
“N! Yu can’t send him t a circus!” said Bertie. “Peple will cme t see him. He’ll be shut up behind bars. I prmised him he never wuld be. And they will laugh at him. He’d rather die. Any animal wuld!” But as he lked acrss the table at them, he knew their minds were quite made up.
Bertie felt cmpletely betrayed（出卖）. He waited until he heard his father’s deep breathing next dr. With his white lin at his heels, he slipped dwnstairs, tk dwn his father’s hunting rifle(步枪) frm the rack and stepped ut int the night. He ran and ran till his legs culd run n mre. As the sun came up ver the grassland, he climbed t the tp f a hill and sat dwn, his arms rund the lin’s neck. The time had cme.
“Be wild nw,” he whispered. “Yu’ve gt t be wild. Dn’t ever cme hme. All my life I’ll think f yu. I prmise I will.” He buried his head in the lin’s neck. Then, Bertie clambered dwn the hill and walked away.
When he lked back, the lin was still sitting there watching him; but then he std up, yawned, stretched, and sprang dwn after him. Bertie shuted at him, but he kept cming. He threw sticks. He threw stnes. Nthing wrked.
There was nly ne thing left t d. With tears filling his eyes and his muth, he lifted the rifle t his shulder and fired ver the lin’s head.
64. Bertie’s mther was sad prbably because she ________.
A. had been seriusly ill recently
B. had decided t send Bertie t schl
C. knew selling the lin wuld upset Bertie
D. knew Bertie wuld hate t g t England
65. The underlined wrd “they” in Para. 4 prbably refers t _________.
A. ther animals B. sme audience C. Bertie’s parents D. circus’s wners
66. In the last paragraph, the by lifted the rifle t ________.
A. kill the lin ut f anger B. shw his anger twards his father
C. prtect himself frm the lin D. threaten the lin back t the wild
67. The passage intends t shw that ________.
A. animal-hunting is ppular in Africa
B. parents are smetimes cruel t their children
C. peple and animals can be faithful t each ther
D. animals usually lead a miserable life in circuses
6.Duglas Adams was brn in Cambridge in March 1952, educated at Brentwd Schl, Essex and St Jhn's Cllege, Cambridge where, in 1974 he gained a BA (and later an MA) in English literature.
He was the creatr f The Hitchhiker’s Guide t the Galaxy(《银河系漫游指南》), which started life as a BBC Radi 4 series in March 1978. Since then it has been transfrmed int a series f best-selling nvels, a TV series, a recrd album, a cmputer game and several stage adaptatins.
The Hitchhiker's Guide t the Galaxy's success sent the bk straight t Number One in the UK Bestseller List and in 1984 Duglas Adams became the yungest authr t be awarded a Glden Pan. He wn a further tw (a rare feat), and was nminated—thugh nt selected—fr the first Best f Yung British Nvelists awards.
He fllwed this success with The Restaurant at the End f the Universe (1980); Life, The Universe and Everything (1982); S Lng and Thanks fr all the Fish (1984); and Mstly Harmless (1992). The first tw bks in the Hitchhiker series were adapted int a 6-part televisin series, which was an immediate success when first shwed in 1982. Other publicatins include Dirk Gently's Hlistic Detective Agency (1987) and Lng Dark Tea-time f the Sul (1988). In 1984 Duglas teamed up with Jhn Llyd and wrte The Meaning f Life and their secnd huge success, The Deeper Meaning f Life fllwed in 1990. One f Duglas’s persnal favrites was written in 1990 when he teamed up with zlgist Mark Carwardine and wrte Last Chance t See, an accunt f a wrld-wide search fr rare and endangered species f animals.
Duglas sld ver 15 millin bks in the UK, the US and Australia. He was als a best seller in German, Swedish and many ther languages.
Duglas Adams died n Friday, May 11, 2001, in Santa Barbara, CA. He will be greatly missed by fans wrldwide.
60. The main idea f this passage is___________.
A．Duglas Adams, always lved by fans
B．Duglas Adams and his wrks
C．Duglas Adams’s persnal lives
D．Duglas Adams and The Hitchhiker’s Guide t the Galaxy
61. The Hitchhiker’s Guide t the Galaxy was first shwn t the public as________ .
A．a radi series B．a mvie C．a TV series D．a cmputer game
62. Which tw bks were adapted int a six-part TV series?
A．Life, The Universe and Everything and Mstly Harmless
B. S Lng and Thanks fr all the Fish and Mstly Harmless
C．The Restaurant at the End f the Universe and Life, The Universe and Everything
D．The Restaurant at the End f the Universe and S Lng and Thanks fr all the Fish
63. Last Chance t See is a bk abut_________.
A．Sme stries happening in a Dirk Gently's Hlistic Detective Agency
B．the authr’s persnal favrites
C．a zlgist and his wrldwide experiences
D．searching fr rare and endangered species f animals
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