高二英語黃金閱讀理解：歷史類（含詳解）

學必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精高中英語黃金閱讀（高二版)GoldenReadingforSeniorMiddleSchoolStudents九、歷史類(1)Accordingtothecensus（統(tǒng)計）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世紀初期美國歷史地理概況。1。B。詞義猜測題.根據文章中的…excepthereandthereasmallpieceofcultivatedsoil-where…可知這里講的土地是開墾了的，而except后的內容與前面的內容是相對的，因此呆以推出untamed的意思是“未開發(fā)的”、“荒蕪的"。根據構詞法知識un—前綴構成一個否定意義，tamed在這里是“開墾的,開發(fā)的”等意思，故可推出untamed是“未開發(fā)的，荒蕪的”意思。2。A。推斷題。根據theUnitedStatesofAmericacontained5，308，483persons?！璽heFrenchRepublic,morethantwenty-sevenmillion?？梢酝瞥雒绹敃r的人口約為法國人口的五分之一.(2)AveryrapidincreaseinthenumberofshipssailingbetweenAmericanandEuropeanportsbeganalmostimmediatelyaftertheendoftheWarof1812inordertomeetthenewneedfortheregularrapidtransportationofmail，lightcargoes（貨物），andpassengers。Itwastheincreaseinemigration(移民）toAmericathatforthefirsttimemadethecarryingofpassengersacrosstheAtlanticmoreprofitable（可賺錢的）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)爭后,從歐洲去美國的人數(shù)大幅度增加，使得橫渡大西洋往返于歐美的航運額急劇上升.為滿足需求，贏得市場，郵船出現(xiàn)了并且航速也在不斷提高。1。C.細節(jié)題。根據TheMaryWhiteridgetook4。5hoursoffthisrecordonarunfromBaltimoretoLiverpool可知答案。2。D。細節(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TheRedJackeloncesailedfromNewYorktoLiverpoolin13days,11.5hours。TheMaryWhiteridgetook4.5hoursoffthisrecordonarunfromBaltimoretoLiverpool。可得出結果。（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《英語周報》精粹（高中版