廣東省2014高考二輪復(fù)習(xí)英語(yǔ)專(zhuān)項(xiàng)訓(xùn)練-閱讀理解二十 Word版含答案

學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專(zhuān)精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專(zhuān)精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專(zhuān)精閱讀理解AManypeoplebelieveHenryFordinventedtheautomobile(汽車(chē)）。ButHenryForddidnotstarttobuildhisfirstcaruntil1896。ThatwaselevenyearsaftertwoGermansdevelopedtheworld'sfirstautomobile。ManypeoplebelieveHenryFordinventedtheproductionlinethatmovedacar'spartstotheworker，insteadofmakingtheworkermovetotheparts。Thatisnottrue,either.ManyfactoryownersusedmethodsofthiskindbeforeFord.WhatHenryForddidwastouseotherpeople'sideasandmakethembetter。Andhemadethewholefactoryamovingproductionline。Intheearlydaysoftheautomobile，almosteverycarmakerracedhiscars.Itwasthebestwayofgainingpublicnotice。HenryForddecidedtobuildaracingcar。Ford'smostfamousracewashisfirstone。Itwasalsothelastraceinwhichhedrovethecarhimself。Theracewasin1901,atafieldnearDetroit。Allofthemostfamouscarshadentered，butonlytwowereleft:theWintonandFord’s。TheWintonwasfamousforitsspeed.Mostpeoplethoughttheracewasoverbeforeitbegan.TheWintontookanearlylead。Buthalfwaythroughtherace，itbegantolosepower.Fordstartedtogain.Andneartheendoftherace,hetookthelead。FordwontheraceanddefeatedtheWinton。Hisnameappearedinnewspapersandhebecamewell-knownallovertheUnitedStates。Withinweeksoftherace，HenryFordformedanewautomobilecompany。Inthe1903,adoctorinDetroitboughtthefirstcarfromthecompany。ThatsalewasthebeginningofHenryFord’sdream。Fordsaid:”Iwillbuildamotorcarforthegreatmassofpeople.Itwillbelargeenoughforthefamily，butsmallenoughforonepersontooperateandcarefor.Itwillbebuiltofthebestmaterials.Itwillbebuiltbythebestmentobeemployed。Anditwillbebuiltwiththesimplestplansthatmodemengineeringcanproduce。Itwillbesolowinpricethatnomanmakinggoodmoneywillbeunabletoownone.”TheModelTwasacarofthatkind。Itonlycost＄850。Itwasasimplemachinethatdriverscoulddependon.DoctorsboughttheModelT。Sodidfarmers。Evencriminals.Theyconsidereditthefastestandsurestformoftransportation.AmericanslovedtheModelT。Theywrotestoriesandsongsaboutit.ThousandsofModelT’swerebuiltinthefirstfewyears。（）1.WhatdoweknowaboutHenryFordfromParagraph1?A。Hemadegooduseofideasfromothers.B.Heproducedthefirstcarintheworld.C。Heknewhowtoimproveautoparts.D。Heinventedtheproductionline.【答案】：A【解析】：細(xì)節(jié)題。由文章WhatHenryForddidwastouseotherpeople’sideasandmakethembetter?？蛇xA。(）2。WhydidHenryFordtakepartinthe1901carrace?A.Toshowoffhisdrivingskills。B.Todrawpublicattention。C。Tolearnaboutnewtechnology。D。Toraisemoneyforhisnewcompany.【答案】：B【解析】:細(xì)節(jié)題。由文章第3段TheWintonwasfamousforitsspeed。Mostpeoplethoughttheracewasoverbeforeitbegan?？傻贸鯞。（)3?！癟hatsale”inParagraph4refersto。A.thesellingofFordcarsatreducedpricesB.thesaleofModelTtothemassofpeopleC。thesellingofacartoaDetroitdoctorD。thesalestargetfortheFordCompany【答案】：C【解析】：猜測(cè)詞義，有上文Inthe1903,adoctorinDetroitboughtthefirstcarfromthecompany.可知。(）4.WhatwasHenryFord’sdreamaccordingtothetext?A。Producingcarsforaveragecustomers。B.Buildingracingcarsofsimpledesign。C.Designingmorecarmodels。D。Startingmorecompanies.【答案】:A 【解析】:細(xì)節(jié)題,由Iwillbuildamotorcarforthegreatmassofpeople可選A.BTheCoalitionfortheHomelessisanorganizationthatseekstoaddresstheneedsofthehomelesspopulationintheUnitedStates.Itisanetworkofoffices,someofwhichprovidefoodandhousesforthehomelesspopulation,andsomeofwhichfightforthepassingoflawsthatofovertwohundredmillionpeoplelivingintheUnitedStates，uptothreemillionarehomeless—andthenumberisstillgrowing。Sincethelate1970s，fastrisinghouseprices，largecutsingovernmentsupportedhousingprograms,andeconomicrecession（經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退)havemadeitimpossibleformanyAmericanstomeethousingcosts.Sadly,thishasresultedinanumberofpersonsbeingforcedtoleavetheirhomesand/orunabletofindnewaffordablehomes.Accordingtoanotherresearch,familieswithchildrenappeartobethefastest-growingpartofthehomelesspopulation,makingup39%ofit.Theoldideaofahomelessperson，thatofthesinglemanwhogetsdrunkallthetime,isnolongertrue。Amuchlagerpartofthepopulationnowfindsitselfhomeless。Evenworse，onceapersonbecomeshomeless,heoftenfindsitimpossibletofindajob,sincemostemployersrequireanyonewhowantsajobfromthemtoprovideahomeaddressonajobapplication.（）1。Theword“address"inthefirstlineprobablymeans。A.talkaboutB.dealwithC.fightforD.writeto【答案】：B【解析】：猜測(cè)詞義題.由后文Itisanetworkofoffices，someofwhichprovidefoodandhousesforthehomelesspopulation,andsomeofwhichfightforthepassingoflawsthatofovertwohundredmillionpeoplelivingintheUnitedStates,可得出選B。（）2。HowmanypeoplearehomelessintheU。S.accordingtotheCoalitionstudies?A。39％ofthepopulation.B.200millionpeople。C。About3millionpeople。D.Aboutone—fifthofthepopulation?！敬鸢浮浚篊【解析】:細(xì)節(jié)題,由uptothreemillionarehomeless可得出C。（)3.Homelesspeopleoftenhavedifficultyfindingajobbecause.A。theyhavenohomeaddr