高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解40

这是一份高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解40，共12页。
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D. High schl graduates preparing fr cllege entrance examinatin.
65. Peple can get a Specialized Assciate Degree by _____________.
A. ding full-time learning at schl B. wrking in sme big famus cmpanies
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2.Self-emplyed private physicians wh charge a fee fr each patient visit are the fundatin f medical practice in the United States. Mst physicians have a cntract relatinship with ne r mre hspitals in the cmmunity. They send their patients t this hspital, which usually charges patients accrding t the number f days they stay and the facilities (perating rm, tests, medicines that they use). Sme hspitals belng t a city, a state r, in the case f veteran's hspitals, a federal gvernment agency. Others are perated by religius rders (教会) r ther nn-prfit grups.
Sme medical dctrs are n salary. Salaried physicians may wrk as hspital staff members, r residents, wh are ften still in training. They may teach in medical schls, be hired by crpratins t care fr their wrkers r wrk fr the federal gvernment’s Public Health Service.
Physicians are amng the best paid prfessinals in the United States. In the 1980s, it was nt uncmmn fr medical dctrs t earn incmes f mre than $ 100,000 a year. Specialists, particularly surgens, might earn several times that amunt. Physicians list many reasns why they deserve t be s well rewarded fr their wrk. One reasn is the lng and expensive preparatin required t becme a physician in the United States. Mst wuld-be physicians first attend cllege fr fur years, which can cst nearly $ 20,000 a year at ne f the best private institutins. Prspective physicians then attend medical schl fr fur years. Tuitin alne can exceed $ 10,000 a year. By the time they have btained their medical degrees, many yung physicians are deeply in debt. They still face three t five years f residency (实习阶段) in a hspital, the first year as an apprentice physician. The hurs are lng and the pay is relatively lw.
Setting up a medical practice is expensive, t. Smetimes several physicians will decide t establish a grup practice, s they can share the expense f maintaining an ffice and buying equipment. These physicians als take care f each ther’s patients in emergencies.
Physicians wrk lng hurs and must accept a great deal f respnsibility. Many medical prcedures, even quite rutine nes, invlve risk. It is understandable that physicians want t be well rewarded fr making decisins which can mean the difference between life and death.
60. Accrding t the passage, it is very unlikely that an American hspital is wned by _____.
A. a church B. a city C. a crpratinD. a state
61. Accrding t the passage, hw lng des it take fr a wuld-be physician t becme an independent physician in the USA?
A. Abut twelve years.B. Eight years.
C. Ten years. D. Abut seven year.
62. Smetimes several physicians set up a grup medical practice mainly because _______.
A. there are s many patients that it is difficult fr ne physician t take care all f them
B. they can take turns t wrk lng hurs
C. n ne wants t assume t much respnsibility
D. facilities may be t much f a burden fr ne physician t shulder
63. Which f the fllwing statements culd fully express the authr’s view twards physicians’ payment in the USA?
A. It is reasnable fr physicians t have a large incme because their wrk is very dangerus.
B. Fr their expensive educatin and their respnsibility, they deserve a handsme pay.
C. Physicians shuld be better paid because they wrk lng hurs under bad cnditins.
D. Physicians have great respnsibility, s it is understandable that they shuld be well rewarded.
3.Sam Waltn, the funder f Wal-Mart, was brn in Kingfish, Oklahma n March 29, 1918. He was raised in Missuri where he wrked in his father’s stre while attending schl. This was his first retailing (零售业) experience and he really enjyed it. After graduatin, he began his wn career as a retail merchant.
He sn pened his first Wal-Mart stre in 1962 in Rgers, Arkansas. Wal-Mart specialized in name brands at lw prices and Sam Waltn was surprised at the success. Sn a chain f Wal-Mart stres sprang up acrss rural America.
Waltn's management style was ppular with emplyees and he funded sme f the basic cncepts f management that are still in use tday.
After taking the cmpany public in 1970, Waltn intrduced his “prfit sharing plan”. The prfit sharing plan was a plan fr Wal-Mart emplyees t imprve their incme dependent n the prfits f the stre. Sam Waltn believed that “individuals dn't win, teams d”. Emplyees at Wal-Mart stres were ffered stck ptins (认股权) and stre discunts. These benefits are cmmnplace tday, but Waltn was amng the first t implement (实现) them. Waltn believed that a happy emplyee meant happy custmers and mre sales. He als believed that by giving emplyees a part f the cmpany and making their success dependent n the cmpany’s success, they wuld care abut the cmpany.
By the 1980s, Wal-Mart had sales f ver ne billin dllars and ver three hundred stres acrss Nrth America. Wal-Mart’s unique decentralized (分散的) distributin system, als Waltn’s idea, created the edge needed t further encurage grwth in the 1980s during grwing cmplaints that the “superstre” was stpping smaller and traditinal stres frm develping. By 1991, Wal-Mart was the largest US retailer with 1,700 stres. Waltn remained active in managing the cmpany, as president and CEO until 1988 and chairman until his death. He was awarded the Medal f Freedm shrtly befre his death.
56. Sam Waltn first made a hit in retailing when __________.
A. he wrked in his father’s stre
B. he created Waltn's management style
C. a chain f Wal-Mart stres sprang up acrss rural America
D. he specialized in name brands at lw prices
57. What is the purpse f Waltn’s carrying ut “prfit sharing plan”?
A. T make sure all the emplyees had their wn shares.
B. T encurage the emplyees t wrk hard and make jint effrts.
C. T select excellent emplyees fr his stres.
D. T make mre prfit fr himself.
58. Which f the statements is TRUE?
A. With Waltn’s management style, emplyees treated the stres as their wn.
B. Waltn wasn’t ne f the merchants wh first implemented stck ptins.
C. The smaller and traditinal stres were well affected by Waltn’s stres.
D. In his ld age, Waltn gave all the management t his men.
59. What des the underlined wrd “edge” in the last paragraph mean here?
A. Danger.B. Disadvantage. C. Advantage.D. System.
4.
In many parts f the wrld，cars play an imprtant rle in daily life and many scieties wuld nt exist withut them.S the idea that in 20 years’ time, n ne will wn cars may be hard t believe.But this is the predictin made by a team f transprt researchers wh are taken seriusly, nt nly by gvernment but als by ear manufacturers.
The Human Science and Advanced Technlgy Institute at Lughbrugh in the UK is part f an internatinal research prgram.The team there believes that by 2020 all cars will be cmputerized，which will mean much saving，n accidents and better use f rads.The super­intelligent car f the 21st century will drive itself, and it will nt be wned by ne individual.Instead，we will have a chice f cars and change them as frequently as we change ur clthing.
Accrding t Dr.David Davis，wh leads the research team，these predictins are based n the rising cst f the car culture，which had blcked up ur cities，plluted ur air, and caused mre deaths than bth wrld wars put tgether.
Davis says，cars will be fitted with sme intelligent devices t regulate the distance between ne car and anther.The car will autmatically speed up，r slw dwn，t match the speed f the car in frnt.Cmputers are much safer drivers than peple，s cars in a rad train will be able t drive much clser tgether than cars driven by peple.
By 2010，Dr.David Davis believes，car technlgy will give mtrists a clear view f the rad，whatever the weather cnditins，by prjecting an image f the rad ahead n t the car’s windscreen.And by 2020，cars will travel in_cnvy,_linked t each ther electrnically.Cars will be cnnected by an electrnic tw bar t the car in frnt t frm “rad­trains”．“The frnt vehicle in such a train burns the nrmal amunt.”says Davis.“But all the thers in the train wuld burn abut ten percent f the nrmal amunt，and s prduce abut ten percent f the pllutin.”
52．Which f the fllwing will be the characteristic f the cars f 2020?
A.The car will speed up ut f cntrl.
B.We will wn as many cars as we want.
C．All cars will be driven by cmputers.
D.Cars will prduce mre pllutin than present nes.
53．The leader f the research team believes that the present car culture will change because________.
A.cars play a very imprtant rle in daily life
B.many scieties wuld stp functining withut cars
C.cars shuld nt be wned by ne individual
D.it causes many deaths t human sciety
54．The expressin clsest in meaning t the phrase “in cnvy” in the last paragraph is________.
A. in line B. sidelng C．side by side D．shulder t shulder
55．What will happen if cars are jined t each ther electr- nically in 2020?
A.Mtrists will get a clear view f the rad.
B.There will be less pllutin caused by car.
C.The weather cnditin will nt have effect n mtrists.
D.All trains will bum less fuel than present.
5.
Helen Thayer, ne f the greatest explrers f the 20th century, lves challenges. She says，“I like t see what's n the ther side f the hill.” She has gne almst everywhere t d that.
In 1988，at the age f 50，she became the first wman t travel alne t the Nrth Ple. She pulled her wn sled(雪橇)piled with 160 punds f supplies，and during her trip n ne brught her fresh supplies.Accmpanied nly by her dg Charlie，she survived cld weather and meetings with plar bears. In fact，Charlie saved her life when ne f them attacked her.Near the end f her trip，a frceful wind blew away the majrity f her supplies. The last week f the trip，she survived n a handful f nuts and a little water each day.
Helen ges t challenging places nt nly fr adventures，but als fr educatin.Befre her Arctic jurney，she started a website called Adventure Classrm.On the site，she shared her adventures in rder t inspire students.She explained，“Althugh kids ften see the wrld in a negative way，withut hpe fr their future，we wrk t inspire them t set gals，plan fr success and never give up...”
Helen grew up in New Zealand.Her parents were athletes and muntain climbers.Fllwing her parents’example，she climbed her first muntain at the age f nine.Later，she climbed the highest muntains in Nrth and Suth America，the frmer USSR and New Zealand.
In 1996，she tk n anther challenge—the Sahara Desert.She and her husband，Bill，walked 2,400 miles acrss it.In 2001，she and Bill travelled n ft frm west t east thrugh the Gbi Desert in Mnglia.They hpe t travel in mainland China int Sichuan and Tibet t study pandas.
Helen plans t cntinue taking trips.She'll use her explratins，writing，phtgraphy and envirnmental wrks t create prgrams fr her Adventure Classrm website. She wants t inspire her students t never stp facing challenges.
49．We learn frm the secnd paragraph that________.
A．Helen Thayer was the first persn t reach the Nrth Ple
B．Helen Thayer ate nthing during the last week f her trip
C．Helen Thayer traveled t the Nrth Ple n her wn
D．Charlie prevented Helen Thayer frm being attacked by plar bears
50．Why des Helen travel t different places wrldwide?
A．Fr fun. B．Fr educatin. C．Fr mney. D．Fr fame.
51．Which is the best title fr the text?
A．The Wman Wh lves Adventures
B．A Famus Wman
C．A Wman Muntain Climber
D．Adventure Classrm Owner
6.
Sme scientists say that animals in the cean are increasingly threatened by nise pllutin caused by human beings. The nise that affects sea creatures cmes frm a number f human activities. It is caused mainly by industrial underwater explsins, cean drilling and ship engines. Such nises are added t natural sunds. These sunds include the breaking f ice fields, underwater earthquakes and sunds made by animals themselves.
Decibels(分贝)measured in water are different frm thse measured n land. A nise f ne hundred and twenty decibels n land causes pain t human ears. In water, a decibel level f ne hundred and ninety­five wuld have the same effect.
Sme scientists have prpsed setting a nise limit f ne hundred and twenty decibels in ceans. They have bserved that nises at that level can frighten and cnfuse whales.
A team f American and Canadian scientists discvered that lud nises can seriusly injure sme animals.The research team fund that pwerful underwater explsins were causing whales in the area t lse their hearing.This seriusly affected the whales' ability t exchange infrmatin and find their way.Sme f the whales even died.The explsins had caused their ears t bleed and becme infected(感染)．
Many researchers whse wrk depends n cean sunds bject t a limit f ne hundred and twenty decibels.They say such a limit wuld mean an end t imprtant industrial and scientific research.
Scientists d nt knw hw much and what kinds f nises are harmful t cean animals. Hwever, many scientists suspect that nise is a greater danger than they believed. They want t prevent nises frm harming creatures in the cean.
45．Accrding t passage, which f the fllwing is increasingly dangerus t sea creatures?
A．The man­made nises. B．The nises made by themselves.
C．The sund f earthquakes. D．The sund f the ice­breaking.
46．Which f the fllwing is discussed in the secnd paragraph?
A．Different places with different types f nises.
B．The very human ears sensitive t all types f nises.
C．The decibels measured differently n land and in the cean.
D．The cean animals' reactin t nises.
47．We can knw frm the passage that many scientists think that the nise limit f ne hundred twenty decibels wuld ________.
A．prevent them frm ding their research wrk
B．benefit them a lt in their research wrk
C．d gd t their health
D．increase the industrial utput
48．Accrding t the passage, what will scientists mst prbably d in the future?
A．They will try their best t decrease nise.
B．They will wrk hard t cut dwn nise pllutin.
C．They will study the effect f different nises.
D．They will prtect animals frm harmful nises.
试卷答案
1.ACB
2.CADB
3.DBAC
4.CDAB
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5.CBA
略
6.ACAD
略