甘肅省蘭州市英語暑假閱讀理解練習(xí)（6）及答案

學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學(xué)必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精2015甘肅省蘭州市高考英語暑假閱讀理解練習(xí)(6）及答案閱讀理解Onereactiontoalltheconcernabouttropicaldeforestationisablankstarethatasksthequestion,"SinceIdon'tlivethere，whatdoesithavetodowithme？"Theansweristhatyourwayoflife,whereveryouliveintheworld，istiedtothetropicsinmanyways。Ifyouliveinahouse,washyourhair,eatfruitsandvegetables,drinksoda，ordriveacar，youcanbecertainthatyouareaffectedbythelossoftropicalforests.Biologically,wearelosingtherichestregionsonearthwhen，eachminute,apieceoftropicalforest,thesizeoftencityblocks,disappears.Asmanyasfivemillionspeciesofplants，animals,andinsects(40to50percentofalllivingthings）livethere,andarebeinglostfasterthantheycanbefoundanddescribed。Theirlossisimmeasurable。Takerubberforexample.Formanyuses，onlynaturalrubberfromtreeswilldo。Syntheticsarenotgoodenough.Todayoverhalftheworld’scommercialrubberisproducedinMalaysiaandIndonesia,whiletheAmazon'srubberindustryproducesmuchoftheworld’sfourmilliontons.Andrubberisanimportantmaterialinmakinggloves,balloons,footwearandmanysportinggoods.Thousandsofothertropicalplantsarevaluablefortheirindustrialuse.Manyscientistsstronglybelievethatdeforestationcontributestothegreenhouseeffect—-orheatingoftheearthfromincreasedcarbondioxideintheatmosphere。Aswedestroyforests，welosetheirabilitytochangecarbondioxideintooxygen.Carbondioxidelevelscoulddoublewithinthenexthalf-century,warmingtheearthbyasmuchas4.5degrees.Theresult?Apartialmelt-downofpolaricecaps，raisingsealevelsasmuchas24feet;even15feetcouldthreatenanyonelivingwithin35milesofthecoast。Unbelievable?Maybe。Butscientistswarnthatbythetimewerealisethesevereeffectsoftropicaldeforestation,itwillbe20yearstoolate.Cantropicaldeforestationaffectoureverydaylives？Now，youshouldhavegottheanswer.11.Theunderlinedword”synthetics"probablymeans.A.naturalrubberB。tropicalmaterialsC。man-madematerialD.commercialrubber12。Inthelastparagraphtheauthortriesto。A。tellpeoplehowtoavoidthetropicaldeforestationB.persuadepeopletobuysomethingsyntheticC。showushowimportantitistoprotectthetropicalforestsD。letpeoplerealisetheeffectoftropicaldeforestation13。Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisNOTtrue？A.Theforestsarelosingtheirfunctioninturningcarbondioxideintooxygen。B.Manyofourdailyusesarerelatedtothetropicalforests。C.Tropicalplantscanbeusedtomakeindustrialproducts.D。Highcarbondioxidelevelswillmaketheearthwarmer.14。Theauthor’sattitudetowardsthetropicaldeforestationis。A.puzzlingB。coldC.supportingD.opposed15。Whichofthefollowingmightbethebesttitleforthepassage？A.TropicalForestsB。thevalueofTropicalForestsC。TropicalForests【參考答案】11—15、CCADC閱讀理解—-———-—AThespaceshuttleColumbiaflaredandbrokeupintheskiesoverTexasonSaturday，F(xiàn)ebruary1，2003，killingthesevenastronautsonboardinwhatNASAandPresidentBushcalledatragedyfortheentirenation。NASAlaunchedaninvestigationintothedisasterandbegansearchingfortheastronauts’remains.Itsaidthatalthoughtherehadbeensomedatafailuresitwastooearlytonaildownaprecisecause。Thebreak-up,16minutesbeforetheshuttlewasduetolandatKennedySpaceCenterinFlorida，spreadpossiblytoxicdebris（有毒的殘骸）overawideswathofTexasandneighboringstates。

Dramatictelevisionimagesoftheshuttle’sdescentclearlyshowedseveralwhitetrails（痕跡)streakingthroughblueskiesaftertheshuttlesuddenlyfellapart.Itwasalmost17yearstothedaythattheChallengershuttleexplodedonJan.28,1986，killingallsevenastronautsonboard。

Take—offandre-entryintoEarth’satmospherearethemostdangerouspartsofaspacemission.In42yearsofUS’humanspaceflight,therehadneverbeenanaccidentinthedescenttoEarthorlanding。Challengerexplodedjustaftertake-off.

Rescueteamsscrambledtosearchfortheremainsofthecrew，whichincludedthefirstIsraelitoflyontheshuttle，formercombatpilotCol.IlanRamon。Therewerewarningsthatpartsofavast120—mile—longcorridorofdebriscouldbetoxicbecauseofpoisonousrocketpropellant（推進(jìn)器).

”Wearenotreadytoconfirmthatwehavefoundanyhumanremains，”NacogdochesCountySheriffThomasKerrssaid.Headdedthatamongtheroughly1,000callsreportingdebris,somepeoplesaidtheyfoundremainsofcrewmembers。

"TheColumbiaislost。Therearenosurvivors,…Theirmissionwasalmostcompleteandwelostthemsoclosetohome.…America’sspaceprogramwillgoon,”saidagrim—facedBushinamessagebroadcastontelevision,whichincludedcondolencestothefamiliesofthedeadastronauts.

1。Theword“descent"inthepassagemeans________.

A.takingoff B.landing C.orbiting D。walkingdown答案解析：答案為B。本題為詞義推斷題。由第三段第二句話“In42yearsofUS’humanspaceflight,therehadneverbeenanaccidentinthedescenttoEarthorlanding.”可知，在美國42年的載人航空飛行中，從來沒有在著陸地面時(shí)發(fā)生事故,言外之意就是Columbia航天飛機(jī)是著陸地面時(shí)墜毀?！皁rlanding"對(duì)應(yīng)的意思就是descent。故答案為B。

2。WhichistrueoftheIsraeliastronautIlanRamon？

A.HewasthefirstIsraeliastronauttoflyontheshuttle.

B.HewasthefirstforeignastronauttoflyontheAmericanshuttle。

C。Heusedtobeapassengerplanepilot。

D.HewastheonlysurvivorintheColumbiadisaster。答案解析：答案為A。本題為細(xì)節(jié)題。由第四段第一句話“…,whichincludedthefirstIsraelitoflyontheshuttle,formercombatpilotCol.IlanRamon.”可知,IlanRamon是第一個(gè)以色列乘坐航天飛機(jī)的宇航員，也是一名前戰(zhàn)斗飛行員，故A選項(xiàng)正確,B，C錯(cuò)誤。由最后一段第二句話“Therearenosurvivors,"可知沒有幸存者,故D選項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。故答案為A。

3。TheColumbiadisasterandtheChallengerdisasterweresimilarinthat________。

A.thereweresevenastronautskilledonboard

B。boththeshuttlesexplodedwhentheytookoff

C.Boththeshuttlesexplodedwhentheywereabouttoland

D.nohumanremainswerefound答案解析:答案為A.本題為細(xì)節(jié)推理題,要求尋找Columbia和theChallenger事故的相似之處。由第一段首句“ThespaceshuttleColumbiaflaredandbrokeup…,killingthesevenastronautsonboard…”和第二段最后一句“Itwasalmost17yearstothedaythattheChallengershuttleexplodedonJan。28，1986，killingallsevenastronautsonboard?！笨芍?，Columbia和theChallenger都有七名宇航員遇難.故答案為A。由第三段“In42yearsofUS’humanspaceflight，therehadneverbeenanaccidentinthedescenttoEarthorlanding.Challengerexplodedjustaftertake—off。”可知,Columbia是著陸地面時(shí)墜毀,Challenger是在剛剛起飛后爆炸,故B、C選項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤.由倒數(shù)第二段最后一句話“…,somepeoplesaidtheyfoundremainsofcrewmembers?！笨芍?有些人說他們找到了宇航員的殘骸，故D選項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。

4.Whichofthefollowingiswrongaccordingtothenews？

A.TheU。S。A.willgiveupthespaceprogrambecauseoftheaccident。

B。NASAhasn’tfoundthecauseoftheColumbiadisaster.

C。BeforetheColumbiadisaster,noshuttleshadexplodedinthecourseoflanding.

D。Take—offandre—entryintoEarth’satmospherearethemostdangerouspartsofaspacemission。答案解析：答案為A.本題為細(xì)節(jié)題。由最后一段“America'sspaceprogramwillgoon，”可知,A選項(xiàng)與文章不符,故答案為A。由第一段“NASAlaunchedaninvestigationintothedisasterandbegansearchingfortheastronauts’remains.Itsaidthatalthoughtherehadbeensomedatafailuresitwastooearlytonaildownaprecisecause?！笨芍琋ASA認(rèn)為對(duì)事故的準(zhǔn)確原因進(jìn)行定論還為時(shí)過早，故B選項(xiàng)與文章符合。結(jié)合第一題的分析可知，C選項(xiàng)與文章符合。由第三段首句“Take-offandre—entryintoEarth'satmospherearethemostdangerouspartsofaspacemission?！笨芍?，D選項(xiàng)與文章符合。故B、C、D均不選。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。AValenciaisintheeastpartofSpain。Ithasaportonthesea，twomilesawayonthecoast。ItisthecapitalofaprovincethatisalsonamedValencia。Thecityisamarketcentreforwhatisproducedbythelandaroundthecity。Mostofthecity’smoneyismadefromfarming。Itisalsoabusybusinesscity，withships,railways，clothesandmachinefactories.Valenciahasanoldpartwithwhitebuildings，colouredroofs，andnarrowstreets。Themodernparthaslong，widestreetsandnewbuildings。Valenciaiswellknownforitsparksandgardens。Ithasmanyoldchurchesandmuseums。Theuniversityinthecentreofthecitywasbuiltinthe13thcentury。ThecityofValenciahasbeenknownsincethe2ndcentury.Inthe8thcenturyitwasthecapitalofSpain.ThereisalsoanimportantcityinVenezuela(委內(nèi)瑞拉)namedValencia.1。Fromthetext,howmanyplaceshavethenameValencia？A.fourB。threeC。twoD.one2.WhatisthemaindifferencebetweenthetwopartsofValencia？A.TheageofthebuildingB。ThelengthofthestreetsC.ThecolourofthebuildingsD。Thecolouroftheroofs3。WhenwasValenciathemostimportantcityinSpain？A.2ndcenturyB。13thcenturyC.8thcenturyD。20thecentury4.WhatisValenciafamousfor?A.ItsseaportB。ItsparksandgardensC。ItschurchesandmuseumsD.Itsuniversity5.ThemainincomeofthecityofValenciaisfromits______.A。marketsB.businessC。factoriesD。farming【參考答案】1—5、BACBD閱讀理解---———-B［Alotofusloselife'stoughbattlesbystartingafrontalattack--whenatouchofhumormightwellenableustowin。Considerthecaseofayoungfriendofmine,whowasonhistrappedwaytoworkshortlyafterreceivinganultimatum（最后通牒）aboutthejob.AlthoughtherewasagoodreasonforSam’sbeinglate-—seriousillnessathome—-hedecidedthatthisby—now—familiarexcusewouldn'tworkanylonger.Hissupervisorwasprobablyalreadypacingupanddownpreparingadismissalspeech.

Yes,thebosswas,Samenteredtheofficeat9：35.Theplacewasasquietasalockerroom;everyonewashardatwork.Sam’ssupervisorcameuptohim.Suddenly，Samforcedagrinandstretchedouthishand."Howdoyoudo！”hesaid.”I’mSamMaynard.I’mapplyingforajob,which,Iunderstand，becameavailablejust35minutesago。Doestheearlybirdgettheworm?"

Theroomexplodedinlaughter,exceptthatthesupervisorhadtoclampoffasmileandwalkedbacktohisoffice.SamMaynardhadsavedhisjob-—withtheonlytoolthatcouldwin,alaugh。

Humorisamosteffective,yetfrequentlyneglected，meansofhandlingthedifficultsituationsinourlives.Itcanbeusedforpatchingupdifferences,apologizing，saying”no”,criticizing,gettingtheotherfellowtodowhatyouwantwithouthislosingface.Forsomejobs,it’stheonlytoolthatcansucceed.Itisawaytodiscusssubjectssosensitivethatseriousdialogmaystartaquarrel。Forexample，manybelievethatcomediansontelevisionaredoingmoretodayforracialandreligioustolerancethanpeopleinanyotherforum。1。WhywasSamlateforhisjob?

A.Becausehewasseriouslyillathome。

B。Becausehereceivedanultimatum。

C。Becausehewasbusyapplyingforanewjob.

D.Becausehewascaughtinatrafficjam。答案解析：答案為D。本題為細(xì)節(jié)推理題。由第一段第二句話“…，whowasonhistrappedwaytoworkshortlyafterreceivinganultimatumaboutthejob.”可知，Sam遲到是因?yàn)榻煌ǘ氯蚀鸢笧镈。2.Whatisthemainideaofthispassage？

A。SamMaynardsavedhisjobwithhumor.

B。Humorisimportantinourlives.

C.Earlybirdcangettheworm.

D.Humorcansolveracialdiscriminations.答案解析：答案為B.本題為主旨大意題。結(jié)合文章第一段首句“Alotofusloselife’stoughbattlesbystartingafrontalattack—-whenatouchofhumormightwellenableustowin?！焙妥詈笠欢问拙洹癏umorisamosteffective，yetfrequentlyneglected，meansofhandlingthedifficultsituationsinourlives。”可知，本文是闡述幽默在生活中的重要性。故答案為B。3。Thephrase"clampoff”inParagraph3means

________。

A。trytoholdback

B.pretendtoset

C.sendoff

D.giveout答案解析：答案為A。本題為詞義推斷題。結(jié)合劃線部分的前后文,Sam屢次遲到，最后一次要被主管炒魷魚的時(shí)候，他進(jìn)辦公室卻用幽默的方式和主管講了個(gè)冷笑話“您好!我是SamMaynard,我想申請(qǐng)一個(gè)35分鐘之前空出來的位置,請(qǐng)問早到的鳥兒有蟲吃嗎？”這個(gè)笑話惹得辦公室的人哄堂大笑，由“exceptthatthesupervisorhadtoclampoffasmileandwalkedbacktohisoffice.”可知,除了主管不得不強(qiáng)忍著微笑回到自己的辦公室，以維護(hù)自己的尊嚴(yán)。故答案為A。4。Whichofthefollowingstatementscanweinferfromthepassage？

A.Manyloselife'sbattlesfortheyarealwayslate。

B.Samwassupposedtocometohisofficeat8:30.

C.Itwasn'tthefirsttimethatSamcamelateforhiswork.D.Humoristhemosteffectivewayofsolvingproblems。答案解析：答案為C。本題為推理題。由第一段第二句話“Considerthecaseofayoungfriendofmine,whowasonhistrappedwaytoworkshortlyafterreceivinganultimatumaboutthejob。"可知，Sam剛接到了老板的最后通牒后,卻又遇到了交通堵塞，可以推斷他經(jīng)常遲到。故C選項(xiàng)正確.由第二段Sam說的話“I’mSamMaynard。I’mapplyingforajob，which，Iunderstand,becameavailablejust35minutesago。”可推斷，35分鐘前老板開除了他，因?yàn)闆]按時(shí)到崗，而他在9：35到達(dá)辦公室，故可推斷上班時(shí)間是9：00。故B選項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。A選項(xiàng)未提及，D選項(xiàng)太絕對(duì)，均不選。閱讀理解Plantsareveryimportantlivingthings.Lifecouldnotgooniftherewerenoplants。Thisisbecauseplantscanmakefoodfromair，waterandsunlight.Animalsandmancannotmakefoodfromair,waterandsunlight.Animalsgettheirfoodbyeatingplantsandotheranimals。Thereforeanimalsandmanneedplantsinordertolive.Thisiswhywefindthattherearesomanyplantsaroundus.Ifyoulookcarefullyattheplantsaroundyou，youwillfindthatthere