高二英語(yǔ)黃金閱讀理解：歷史類(lèi)（含詳解）

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)精高中英語(yǔ)黃金閱讀（高二版)GoldenReadingforSeniorMiddleSchoolStudents九、歷史類(lèi)(1)Accordingtothecensus（統(tǒng)計(jì)）of1800,theUnitedStatesofAmericacontained5,308，483persons.InthesameyeartheBritishIslandscontainedupwardsoffifteenmillion；theFrenchRepublic，morethantwenty—sevenmillion.Nearlyone-fifthoftheAmericanpeoplewereNegroslaves；thetruepoliticalpopulationmadeupoffourandahalfmillionfreewhites,orlessthanonemillionable-bodiedmales(men）,onwhoseshouldersfelltheburden(heavyload)ofacontinent。Evenaftertwocenturiesofstrugglethelandwasstilluntamed;forestcoveredeveryarea，excepthereandthereasmallpieceofcultivatedsoil—wherecropsweregrown；themineralslayundisturbedintheirrockybeds，andmorethantwo—thirdsofthepeoplestayedclosetotheseaboardwithinfiftymilesoftidewater，wherealonethewantsofcivilizedlifecouldbesupplied.1。Theunderlinedworduntamedinthepassagemeans_______。A。notpolluted B.naturalorwildC。lookedafterbypeople D。notdestroyed2.In1800，thepopulationoftheUnitedStateswasabout_______.A。one-fifththesizeofthepopulationoftheFrenchRepublicB.one-sevenththesizeofthepopulationoftheFrenchRepublicC.thirty-threepercentofthesizeofthepopulationoftheFrenchRepublicD.twenty-fivepercentofthesizeofthepopulationoftheFrenchRepublic【答案與解析】本文講述了19世紀(jì)初期美國(guó)歷史地理概況。1。B。詞義猜測(cè)題.根據(jù)文章中的…excepthereandthereasmallpieceofcultivatedsoil-where…可知這里講的土地是開(kāi)墾了的，而except后的內(nèi)容與前面的內(nèi)容是相對(duì)的，因此呆以推出untamed的意思是“未開(kāi)發(fā)的”、“荒蕪的"。根據(jù)構(gòu)詞法知識(shí)un—前綴構(gòu)成一個(gè)否定意義，tamed在這里是“開(kāi)墾的,開(kāi)發(fā)的”等意思，故可推出untamed是“未開(kāi)發(fā)的，荒蕪的”意思。2。A。推斷題。根據(jù)theUnitedStatesofAmericacontained5，308，483persons?！璽heFrenchRepublic,morethantwenty-sevenmillion?？梢酝瞥雒绹?guó)當(dāng)時(shí)的人口約為法國(guó)人口的五分之一.(2)AveryrapidincreaseinthenumberofshipssailingbetweenAmericanandEuropeanportsbeganalmostimmediatelyaftertheendoftheWarof1812inordertomeetthenewneedfortheregularrapidtransportationofmail，lightcargoes（貨物），andpassengers。Itwastheincreaseinemigration(移民）toAmericathatforthefirsttimemadethecarryingofpassengersacrosstheAtlanticmoreprofitable（可賺錢(qián)的）thanthetransportationofheavycargoes。Anewtypeofsailingship,thepacket(郵船),appearedtomeetthisnewdemand，andthedemandverysoonresultedinstrongcompetitionamongseveralpacketlines.TheearliestofthesewastheBlackBallLinesetupinNewYorkin1816,onlyayearaftertheendofthewar.Theserviceofthisfamouslinestartedwithfourofthenewfastpackets，eachof400to500tons：thePacific,theAmity,theJamesCooper,andtheWilliamThompson。Duringthefirsttwentyyearsofservice,theaveragetimefromNewYorktoLiverpoolwas23daysandtheaveragetripbacktoNewYorktook40days.Bythemiddleofthecenturypacketshadincreasedinsizetobetween900and1，000tonsandtheirspeedhadincreased。TheRedJackeloncesailedfromNewYorktoLiverpoolin13days，11。5hours.TheMaryWhiteridgetook4。5hoursoffthisrecordonarunfromBaltimoretoLiverpool。Suchspeedswerefargreaterthantheaverageoffrom19to21daystoLiverpoolandfrom30to35homewardtoNewYork，butthepacketshadstillsetanewstandardfortransoceanictravel.Nowonderthatsteamships,thefirstofwhichtriedtocompetewiththepacketsin1838，onlybegantoreplacetheminthe1850s.1.Thefastesttransatlanticvoyagebyapacketmentionedbytheauthorwasfrom_______。A。LiverpooltoNewYorkB。NewYorktoLiverpoolC.BaltimoretoLiverpoolD。LiverpooltoBaltimore2.Accordingtotheauthor,inwhichdecade（十年)ofthe19thcenturydidasteamshipfirstattempttocompetewiththetransatlanticpackets?A.The1820s.B.The1850s。C。The1840s。D.The1830s.3.Whichofthefollowingwasmostimportantinthedevelopmentofthefastpackets?A。TheincreaseinthenumberofpeoplewhowantedtogotoAmerica.B.TheincreaseinthenumberofpeoplewhowantedtogotoEuropeaftertheWarof1812.C。Theincreaseddemandforthetransportationofallkindsofcargoes。D.Theincreasedvolumeofmail。4.Thetimeofthefastesttransatlanticcrossingmentionedbytheauthorwas13daysand_______.A.11.5hoursB.7hoursC.7.5hoursD.4。5hours【答案與解釋】1812年戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)后,從歐洲去美國(guó)的人數(shù)大幅度增加，使得橫渡大西洋往返于歐美的航運(yùn)額急劇上升.為滿足需求，贏得市場(chǎng)，郵船出現(xiàn)了并且航速也在不斷提高。1。C.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)TheMaryWhiteridgetook4。5hoursoffthisrecordonarunfromBaltimoretoLiverpool可知答案。2。D。細(xì)節(jié)題。從最后一句話中的…thefirstofwhichtriedtocompetewiththepacketsin1838…可知答案。3。A.主旨題。從文章第2句話ItwastheincreaseinemigrationtoAmericathat…可知答案.4。B。推斷題.根據(jù)TheRedJackeloncesailedfromNewYorktoLiverpoolin13days,11.5hours。TheMaryWhiteridgetook4.5hoursoffthisrecordonarunfromBaltimoretoLiverpool。可得出結(jié)果。（3）ThekingsofancientEgyptplannedstrongtombstokeeptheirbodiessafeafterdeathandtoholdtheirtreasure。TheGreatPyramidsalongtheNileareonitsWestBank。TheancientEgyptianscomparedtherisingsuntothebeginningoflifeandthesettingsuntotheendoflife。ThisiswhytheirdeadbodieswereburiedontheWestBankoftheNile。ThepeopleofMexicoalsobuiltpyramids。Theydidnotbuildthepyramidsfortombs。Theyusedtobuildapyramidandthenatempleontopofit。ThepyramidsofMexicoarenotashighasthepyramidsofEgypt，buttheyarebigger。Eachofthepyramidshasawidestairway(樓梯）thatgoesfromthebottomtothetop.ThebiggestpyramidinMexicoisalmost2，000yearsold。Scientiststhinkittook10,000menmorethantenyearstobuildit.Onthetoptheybuiltatempleofthesun.Thetempleisnolongerthere，butpeoplestillcallitthePyramidoftheSun。Nearitisanotherhugepyramid，thePyramidoftheMoon.1。InancientMexicopyramidswerebuilt_______.A.inhonourofthegods B。fortheking’stombsC.toholdtheking'streasure D。asplacesofinterest2.Whichpyramidwasbuiltatleast2，000yearsago？A.TheGreatPyramid. B.ThePyramidoftheSun。C。Noneofthepyramids。 D。ThePyramidofthemoon.3。Whichofthefollowingistrue？A.ThepyramidsofMexicoareasbigasthoseofEgypt.B。ThepyramidsofEgyptarelesshighthanthoseofMexico.C。ThepyramidsofMexicoarejustthesameasthoseofEgypt.D.ThepyramidsofMexicoarequitedifferentfromthoseofEgypt。4。AccordingtothispassagewhichofthefollowingwouldbemostprobablyaMexicopyramid？有圖:見(jiàn)《英語(yǔ)周報(bào)》精粹（高中版