高中英語(yǔ)閱讀理解專題訓(xùn)練(6)（精華版）

1、高中英語(yǔ)閱讀理解專題訓(xùn)練（ 廣東專版每篇 5 小題）（第 6 套）第一節(jié)：閱讀理解（共15 小題；每小題2 分，滿分 30 分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的a 、b、c 和 d 項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。a （ words:332&211 ）microwaves may be great at warming up food, but what about warming people?using microwaves to directly heat owners of a room would save much of the energy wasted by heatin

2、g walls and furniture. and despite popular ideas about microwaves, this technique would be safe, according to charles r. burlier of the microwave research center in marlborough, newhampshire.low-powermicrowavesonlypenetrate (貫穿 ) the skin(low-powermicrowave penetration in a ham is about 0.2 inches,

3、for example) and with no negative effects.to test this idea, buffler subjected himself to microwaves in a special room using a standard 500-watt, 2459 mhz magnetron (磁控管 ). he found that a person willstart to feel warmth at about 20 milliwatts per square centimeter (mw. / sq. cm. ) ; a satisfactory

4、feeling of warmth occurs between 35 and 50mw. / sq. cm. by comparison, a person standing in noonday summer sun feels the amount of 85 mw. / sq. cm. and a frozen meat pie in yourmicrowave oven receives about1000 mw. / sq. cm.in houses of the future, each room could be provided with its own magnetron,

5、 says buffler.when you stepped into the living room, for example, a motion detector (運(yùn)動(dòng)感應(yīng)器 )would turn on the magnetron, fillingthe roomwithlow-powermicrowaves.inthe same waythat a microwave oven heats up a hamburger, but not the plate its on, you would feel warmth from the microwaves without changi

6、ng the temperature ofyour coffee table. (you could, however,makeyourfavoriteeasy chaireven morecomfortablebytreatingitwitharadiation-absorbing chemical.)1while it might be some time before homeowners are comfortable enough with the idea to setup whole-body microwave heaters in houses, buffler says m

7、icrowaves may attract livestock(家畜 ) farmers. lambs thatare born outdoors inwinter,for example, are frequentlylostto cold.microwaves could warm the lambs safely and quickly.41. which of the following can tell the main idea of the passage?a. a new heating system.b. a new microwave oven.c. a popular t

8、echnique.d. the magnetron.42. according to paragraph 2, which of the following does not describe the characteristics of a microwave heater?a. it directly heats people in a room.b. it heats walls and furniture in a room.c. it is safe.d. it saves energy43. the test conducted by buffler shows that when

9、 a person feels comfortable warmth, he receives about.a. 20 mw. / sq. cm.b. 40 mw. / sq. cm.c. 60 mw. / sq. cm.d. 85 mw. / sq. cm.44. according to paragraph 4, which of the following fills the room with low-power microwaves?a. the magnetron.b. the motion detector.c. the microwave oven.d. the radiati

10、on-absorbing chemical.45. whichof the followingstatements about microwaveheaters would bufflermost probably agree with?a. microwave heaters will soon be widely used by homeowners.b. microwave heaters sometimes make people feel uncomfortable.2c. perhaps microwaveheaters will be first used by livestoc

11、k farmers, who wish to protect their lambs in winter.d. microwave heaters cannot be accepted by the public because they are somewhat unsafe.【答案與解析】 41 45 abbac本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，談及微波爐可以使人暖和，人們不必浪費(fèi)能量給墻壁和家具加熱。微波直接進(jìn)入人的皮膚使人溫暖，既安全又省能源。在未來(lái)，微波爐也許還有其它的用途。41. a 。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第二自然段說(shuō)明微波爐可以使人暖和，不必浪費(fèi)能量給墻壁和家具加熱。42. b 。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章第

12、二自然段說(shuō)明微波直接進(jìn)入人的皮膚使人溫暖，既安全又省能源。43. b 。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從“ a satisfactory feeling of warmth occurs between 35 and 50mw./sq. cm. ”可知。44. a從第四自然段a motion detector would turn on the magnetron 可知答案為 a 。45. c。主旨大意題。最后一自然段暗示了答案。b（ words:354&207 ）in europe, people hold the fork in the left hand and the knife in the righ

13、t throughout the meal,a system that is generally agreed to be more efficient than the american zigzag （曲折的） method. americans hold both the fork and the knife in their right hands throughout the meal, so they continually change their forks to the left hand when they have to cut their meat. it seems

14、to befunny for the europeans to see americans busy changing their dinner sets, making a lot of noises.a few explanations for this american style are as follows:(1) americans are practical and efficient. since most of us are right-handed, it is reasonable to keep our working tools at all times in the

15、 right hand that can use them most efficiently.(2) americans, the master of the new world are rebels （叛逆者） .they use the zigzag methodto break the rules in the old world and in this way they are thumbing their nose at mother england. americans are a restless kind. they do not like to sit in one spot

16、 for very long when3dining.(3) forced to do so, they respond by“ playing ” with the silver.whatever the reason for the practice, it is now certainly as american as apple pie. europeans recognize this and are quick to attack it as evidence of american innocence （無(wú)知） of form. arguments against the zig

17、zag method rest not only on grounds of efficiency but also on those of tradition. in old world dining, the knife is held in the right hand continually because it can serveas an instant defense against the uninvited intruders（入侵者） .however, such alertness（警覺(jué)） is out of place in the new world, as ever

18、y american believes that this is the home of the brave.americans juggle their silverware, perhaps, to show that they are not afraid and that one of them holding a fork is worth any number of them holding blades（刀） .46 americans useto hold their fork to pick up the salad.a. the right handb. the left

19、handc. both handsd. either of the two hands47. as the masters of the new world, americans use a different cutting method from that in the old world to.a. show their independence of mother englandb. show their disrespect to mother englandc. add a new tradition to those in mother englandd. show off th

20、eir creativeness to mother england48. in the sentence, the word “ juggle ” probably means.a. holdb. play withc. pick upd. lay down49. also in the last sentence, the two“ them” refer to.a. americansb. europeansc. americans and europeans separately4d. europeans and americans separately50. which of the

21、 following statements is not true?a. european people hold the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right hand.b. the zigzag eating method is related to american characteristics.c. the zigzag eating method has become an american feature.d. european people will use the american method because of

22、 its efficiency.【答案與解析】4650 abbcd美國(guó)人和英國(guó)人都使用刀叉，他們各自使用方式不同。 美國(guó)人是把刀叉都放在右手使用的,因此他們不得不不斷地把叉換到左手使用；右手只拿刀的是英國(guó)人，這些又能說(shuō)明什么問(wèn)題呢？46.a 。推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一自然段“americans hold both the fork and the knife in their right hands throughout the meal”可知。47.b 。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章中的三個(gè)解釋中的第二條“they use the zigzag method to breakthe rules in t

23、he old world and in this way they are thumbing their nose at mother england.”可知。thumb ones nose at 是“嘲笑、輕視某人”的意思。48.b 。意義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)上文可知,美國(guó)人是把刀叉都放在右手使用的,因此他們不得不不斷地把叉換到左手使用 ,這樣像耍把戲一樣,由此可推斷出正確的詞義。49.c。推理判斷題。根據(jù)上文可知,用右手拿叉的是美國(guó)人 ,而右手只拿刀的是英國(guó)人,因而這兩個(gè) them 前一個(gè)是美國(guó)人,而后一個(gè)是英國(guó)人。 這句話的意思是 :他們像耍把戲一樣玩著銀質(zhì)的刀叉是為了表示他們勇敢,而且他們一個(gè)

24、持叉的人就可以敵得過(guò)任何一個(gè)拿刀的人。50.d 。推理判斷題。 根據(jù)最后一段“ europeans recognize this and are quick to attack it as evidence of american innocence （無(wú)知） of form. ”可知英國(guó)人是極力反對(duì)美國(guó)人的這個(gè)做法的 ,并把它作為一個(gè)證據(jù)來(lái)證明美國(guó)人的無(wú)知 ,所以它們是不會(huì)使用美國(guó)的這個(gè)做法的。5c （ words:359&222 ）the name “ cowboy” conjures up many different images from movies, songs and tv .

25、 these imagined cowboys range from white-hat-wearing heroes to gun-shooting hooligans( 流氓 ).but, cowboys are actually real people from us history.when the us civil war ended, many soldiers had no place to call home. so, they began to drift to the country s rural west. ranchers( 農(nóng)場(chǎng)主 ) hired these men

26、 to take care of the cattle and work around the ranch. when the ranch owner wanted to sell the cattle, the cowboys would roundup the herd from the open prairie( 牧場(chǎng) ) and drive the cattle miles to the market.with the invention of barbed wire(鐵絲網(wǎng) ),the cowboy era(1865-1890) began to come to an end. bu

27、t people in the east had always been curious about their lifestyle. many country/western songs during this time tried to capture the true cowboy spirit. newspapers published cowboy tales in serial form and adventure novels followed. the bigger the fiction, the better the sales. thesenovels often por

28、trayed cowboys as cruel and violent men. cowboys carried the bad reputation for many years afterwards.when movies began to be popular in the 1920s, the cowboy image changed again. now, a cowboy became the great white knight( 騎士 ) that loved his horse more than the beautiful ladies he rescued. as the

29、 cowboy of the“old west ” spent more time with his horse than the ladies, this eras image was not entirely false.then, in the 50s,hollywood began producing so-called “ spaghetti westerns(意大利西部片) ”.they earned the nickname because italian companies financed the films and tv shows. this started the de

30、cades “ cowboy craze” . while this didn t last long, it made modern country /western music, fashion and dance extremely popular.in recent years, with the help of musicians, radio stations and bars, cowboy nostalgia( 懷舊情緒) has returned. even though his image is still changing somewhere between ballad

31、 singing country boy and bar room fighter theres one thing for sure, you can t keep the cowboy down.51. the purpose of this story is to.a. introduce cowboy movies and novelsb. introduce various productions associated with cowboysc. show the cowboys everlasting charmd. inform us about the cowboy s spirit652. before they became cowboys, they.a. served in the armyb. worked as bar-room fightersc. owned ranchesd. were adventurous explorers53. during“ the cowboy era” mentioned i