高三英語二輪復習專題突破精品訓練閱讀理解5.doc

2014屆高三英語二輪復習專題突破精品訓練：閱讀理解achristmas is still a few weeks away. but in holland, germany and other parts of central europe, a man dressed in red with a big white beard will already be flying from house to house with a big sack (袋子) and presents for children. “sinterklaas komt! ”as dutch children saysaint nicholas is coming! its obvious from the name that “santa claus” comes from “sinterklaas”. saint nicholas day is celebrated on december 6, but there are many things about the saint and his festival that are similar to christmas. just as santa has reindeer (馴鹿), sinterklaas has a white horse. dutch and german children put their shoes out in front of the chimney just like children hang up their stockings on christmas eve, hoping that in the morning they will be full of presents. with sinterklaas, however, youre also expected to put a carrot in your shoe as a present to his horse. like santa, sinterklaas also judges whether children have been “naughty or nice” in the past year to help him decide whether they deserve presents. but while good children get sweets, the consequences of being bad are far worse than they are with father christmas. naughty children are given a stick so their parents can beat them. if you are really, really bad, sinterklaas will put you into a sack and take you away. in parts of germany and austria, people also celebrate december 5but it is a celebration of naughtiness rather than niceness. on “krampus day”, bizarre, horned demons (長著角的怪物) (or rather boys dressed in costumes) run around causing havoc and hitting girls with sticks. authorities have struggled for years to ban the tradition, but have not been successful. luckily saint nicholas always comes next day to put things right. 9. what is the main focus of the article? a. the history of christmas day. b. the traditions of saint nicholas day. c. the similarities between christmas day and saint nicholas day. d. the connection between saint nicholas day and krampus day. 10. which of the following statements about saint nicholas is true? a. the festival falls on december 5 in most european countries. b. on the eve of saint nicholas day, people usually eat carrots. c. in germany, children expect to get gifts in their shoes on saint nicholas day. d. like santa, sinterklaas is believed to ride his reindeer from house to house to give gifts to children. 11. what can we conclude from paragraph 3? a. naughty children dont get anything from sinterklaas. b. as well as children, sinterklaas also brings gifts for adults. c. sinterklaas is more generous than father christmas. d. sinterklaas treats good children better than naughty children. 12. what is the attitude of authorities towards krampus day traditions according to the article? a. they have tried in vain to get rid of some of the traditions. b. they organize various activities to entertain people. c. they respect the way people celebrate it. d. they regard it as an important tradition and try to promote it. 【文章大意】文章主要講述了在歐洲一些國家流行的saint nicholas day（圣尼古拉斯日）的風俗習慣。9.【解析】選b。主旨大意題。本文主要講述了在歐洲一些國家流行的saint nicholas day的風俗習慣，所以答案為b。10.【解析】選c。細節(jié)理解題。由第二段“dutch and german children put their shoes out in front of the chimney just like children hang up their stockings on christmas eve, hoping that in the morning they will be full of presents. ”可知c正確。由第一、二段可知主要是荷蘭、德國以及中歐一些國家過saint nicholas day，節(jié)日日期是december 6，所以a不對；由第二段最后一句可知b不對；由第二段“sinterklaas has a white horse”可知d不對。 11.【解析】選d。推理判斷題。由第三段可知，sinterklaas對待乖孩子和頑皮孩子態(tài)度不同，乖孩子給禮物，頑皮孩子可能就是棍子或者放在麻袋里帶走，所以d項正確。 12.【解析】選a。推理判斷題。由最后一段中 “authorities have struggled for years to ban the tradition, but have not been successful. ”可知a正確。 【拓展提升】1.凍瘡 出發(fā)；引起；引爆 奇異的 禍患 而不是2. 方式狀語從句 虛擬語氣 定語從句 主語這位登山先鋒談起這些山脈時，好像它們就是需要尊重的生靈一樣。american watersports tuesdaysaturdaylocated on the beach of the sea gardens beach resort, there are fun things to rent for the whole family. they offer rentals for kayaks, jetskis and even parasails! enjoy the water upclose or from a birds eye view! no matter what activity youre enjoying, be sure to protect yourself and your family from the suns powerful rays and apply plenty of sun block! 15th street boat companymondaysaturday15th street boat company offers rental boats of all kinds. theyre sure to have what you are looking for, whether its a small boat for a quick and simple outing or an extravagant boat with comfortable seats with a stereo(立體聲) and high-tech navigation(導航). you can rent a boat for half a day, a couple days, or even weeks at a time. if you want it, theyve got it. its fun for everyone! coconuts watersports9 a. m. 5 p. m. monday through sundaycoconuts watersports is open 7 days a week for your convenience and offers tons of water fun for the whole family. jet ski activities last 30 minutes or 1 hour and can make stops along the way. you must be at least 14 years of age to ride alone and can be as young as 3 to ride along with an adult. everybody is required to wear a life jacket and a license is required to operate the jet ski. bathing suits and shorts are recommended. jet ski tours of miamithursdaysunday 10 a. m. 7 p. m. jet ski tours of miami includes onsite parking, indoor restrooms, lockers and life jackets for participants. you may choose a one or two-hour tour and each jet ski can hold up to 3 people. you must be at least 18 years old in order to ride. as long as you are accompanied by an adult, there is no age limitation for any passenger. there is a restaurant nearby to eat at. the tour visits 6 different islands and passes by bayside and hard rock. you may even catch a glimpse of dolphins playing or a manatee resting in these fabulous florida waters. 9. what activity is convenient for the visitors to have lunch? a. jet ski tours of miamib. coconuts watersportsc. 15th street boat companyd. american watersports 10. to satisfy your sons curiosity about marine animals, you _. a. will rent a boat to ride with himb. prefer an extravagant boat with comfortable seats with a stereoc. would like to prefer american watersports to florida watersd. can choose the tour to bayside and hard rock11. if you like to sail a boat, you can _. a. go to the sea gardens beach resortb. visit 15th street boat companyc. choose jet ski tours of miami d. go to coconuts watersports12. to ride alone in the jet ski activities, _. a. you have to be at least 14 years oldb. you can choose to wear a life jacket or notc. you must be over 18 years oldd. you have to be with parents【文章大意】本文為介紹旅游活動的四則廣告。9.【解析】選a。細節(jié)理解題。在第四部分中的there is a restaurant nearby to eat at. 說明游客可以用餐。10.【解析】選d。細節(jié)理解題。在第四部分最后一個句中提到海豚、海牛，他們屬于海洋動物，和題干中的marine animals相符。因此參考答案從這里找出。11.【解析】選b。細節(jié)理解題。根據文章第二部分中的you can rent a boat for half a day, a couple days, or even weeks at a time. 可知，只有在15th street boat company能租到船。文章并沒有提到租船者的年齡限制，所以排除d。12.【解析】選a。細節(jié)理解題。根據文章第三部分中的第三個句子可得出參考答案。該題極易誤選c。注意在第四部分中談到的是你至少18歲，而不是over。fat campfor some, the prison of aerobics (有氧運動), health food and hunger pains is a reality. whenever i bring up that ive been to fat camp, people laugh and say, “are you serious? is it like that movie? tell me more! ” people are usually really curious about fat camp. they wonder what its like there. “is food snuck (偷偷拿) in? is chocolate black market (黑市) material? . . . ” the answer to all of these questions is yes. you are woken at 7 am to trek down the hill, still in your pajamas. you enter the canteen and wait in a seemingly endless line, still starved from an unsatisfying dinner. you finally get foodthen wish you hadnt. but you eat it because otherwise you starve. you eat every little bit of powdered egg, every crumb of soggy (沒烤透的) diet toast and tasteless sugarfree jelly. after breakfast you hike back up the hill. the hill is meant to physically, spiritually (精神上地), and emotionally break you. you must climb it three times a day for equally delicious meals. every time, you see someone stop in despair midway up. there is always one who pretends to be hurt in the hope that someone will carry them up. throughout the day you rotate through periods of swimming, three sports, and one or two aerobics classes. its not officially called “fat” camp; its called “fun and fitness camp”. but when i think of fun, i dont think of fitness. however, there were good parts to campparts like the friendships. everyone seemed to bond over starvation (饑餓) and the need for food. it became a game to see how much food you could acquire in one stay. many campers would bring supplies, but they would of course be taken away. my technique was to befriend the counselors. through my connections i received candy, soda and fried chicken. also, as soon as one camper left, they would send other things from home. the struggles of fat camp really do give you an appreciation of life. whether you have realized the value of taste, gained friends, or lost weight, no one will ever forget their experiences at fat camp. fat camp is no jokeits a whole world of drama, hardships and revelations. 1. which of the following is true about the people who have heard that the author has been to fat camp? a. they think the author is joking and dont believe her. b. they look down upon the author and make fun of her. c. they pretend to be very interested in the topic so as to seem polite. d. they dont hide their interest in the camp and ask the author all kinds of questions. 2. which of the following is true about the fat camp the author attended according to the article? a. chocolate is forbidden in the camp. b. the camp provides fun fitness courses. c. the food there tastes terrible and is never enough. d. a person who cant finish the hike up the hill will be carried up. a. acb. bcc. abcd. bcd3. what does the underlined phrase “rotate through” in para. 5 mean? a. select fromb. benefit fromc. enjoy yourself ind. switch between4. what does the author think about her fat camp experience? a. she thinks it helped her lose weight. b. she thinks it was the best place to make friends. c. she thinks she gained from her struggles there. d. she cant stand remembering her experiences there. 【文章大意】減肥營不僅可以使你減輕體重，還可以讓你學會對生活感恩。1.【解析】選d。細節(jié)理解題。從第二段的“people are usually really curious about fat camp. they wonder what its like there. ”以及人們提的一連串問題得知，人們對減肥營很感興趣，總是問作者一堆問題。 2.【解析】選a。細節(jié)理解題。從第二段的最后兩句可知，巧克力是禁止帶入的食物，a正確。倒數(shù)第三段的“but when i think of fun, i dont think of fitness”說明，減肥營的課程在作者看來并不有趣，b不對。第三段里的描述中我們看到營中的食物味道不好，也不管飽，c正確。文中沒有提到爬不上山的人會被背上去，d不對。所以正確答案應該為a項。3.【解析】選d。從上文中的“throughout the day”可知，這是個貫穿全天的動作，從下文看這些課程并不讓作者快樂，所以綜合來看應該是d，意為“輪流去做”。 4.【解析】選c。a和b的the best place在文中沒有提到，排除。從最后一段的“the struggles of fat camp really do give you an appreciation of life. whether you have realized the value of taste, gained friends, or lost weight, no one will ever forget the experiences at fat camp. ”可知，減肥營讓人對生活感恩，沒有人會忘記在里面的經歷，所以c項正確，d項不對。rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are a major cause of climate change, and now a new study has confirmed that atmospheric co2 is also affecting the ocean chemistry and potentially harming sea life. montana state university scientist robert dore has been researching the water in the pacific ocean for almost two decades. “weve been going to the same spot in the pacific ocean, and we try to characterize long-term change in the open ocean environment. and one of the key things that we measure is co2 levels. and weve been able to record this increasing quantity of atmospheric co2 into the ocean. ”scientists expected that as atmospheric co2 increased, more and more of the carbon dioxide would be absorbed into the ocean, affecting the chemical balance of the sea water, with a potentially harmful impact on shellfish and coral in particular. “as carbon dioxide dissolves in the water or sea water in this case, it forms a weak acid, carbonic acid, ” dore explains, “and therefore, as the concentration of co2 in the atmosphere goes up and that exchanges with the surface sea water, it drives the ph down, and makes it more acidic. ” the sea water dore and his colleagues have analyzed confirms what the theory predicts. the effect was particularly striking at about 250 meters down, and again at 500 meters. dore and his colleagues came up with two possible explanations. it could be that surface water picked up co2 and then moved to those depths. or there could be a biological explanation. “its important to realize that the oceans are really becoming acidic. and it could have negative impacts on a whole variety of sea life from