高考英语阅读理解练习(18)(含解析)
高考英语阅读理解练习（18）（含解析）C2[2013·湖南卷]
In my living room, there is a plaque (匾) that advises me to “Bloom (开花) where you are planted.” It reminds me of Dorothy. I got to know Dorothy in the early 1980s, when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program with Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. The job responsibilities required occasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program. Dorothy stands out in my memory as one who “bloomed” in her remote area.
Dorothy taught in a school in Harlan County, Kentucky, Appalachian Mountain area. To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road winding around the mountain. In the eight－mile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving the possibility of getting caught by the same train five times. Rather than feeling excited by this drive through the mountains, I found it depressing. The poverty level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness.
From the moment of my arrival at the little school, all gloom (忧郁) disappeared. Upon arriving at Dorothy's classroom, I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen. The children had been prepared to show me their latest projects. Dorothy told me with a bi g smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread for “dinner” (lunch). In case you don't know, poke greens are a weed －type plant that grows wild, especially on poor ground.
Dorothy never ran out of reports of exciting activities of her students. Her enthusiasm never cooled down. When it came time to sit for the testing and interviewing required to receive her Child Development Associate Certification, Dorothy was ready. She came to the assessment and passed in all areas. Afterward, she invited me to the one－and－only steak house in the area to celebrate her victory, as if she had received her Ph.D. degree. After the meal, she placed a little box containing an old pen in my hand. She said it was a family heirloom (传家宝), but to me it is a treasured symbol of appreciation and pride that cannot be matched with things.
61．“Early Childhood Development” in Paragraph 1 refers to ________．
A. a program directed by Dorothy
B. a course given by the author
C. an activity held by the students
D. an organization sponsored by Union College
62．In the journey, the author was most disappointed at seeing ________．
A. the long track
B. the poor houses
C. the same train
D. the winding road
63．Upon arriving at the classroom, the author was cheered up by ________．
A. a warm welcome
B. the sight of poke greens
C. Dorothy's latest projects
D. a big dinner made for her
64．What can we know about Dorothy from the last paragraph?
A. She was invited to a celebration at a restaurant.
B. She got a pen as a gift from the author.
C. She passed the required assessment.
D. She received her Ph.D. degree.
65．What does the author mainly intend to tell us?
A. Whatever you do, you must do it carefully.
B. Whoev er you are, you deserve equal treatment.
C. However poor you are, you have the right to education.
D. Wherever you are, you can accomplish your achievement.
【要点综述】 Dorothy在一所条件非常差的学校获得了很大的成功，这说明一个人获得成功与他在什么地方没有直接关系，最重要的是要付出努力。
61. B 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第三句可知，Early Childhood Development是作者教的一门课程。
62. B 细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句的“…the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness.”可知，又小又破的房子使作者感到最为失望，因此B项正确。
63. A 细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一、二句可知，一到Dorothy的教室，作者就受到热烈的欢迎，这使她的忧郁消失了，因此A项正确。
64. C 推理判断题。文章最后一段第三句提到Dorothy面试材料准备充分，而此段的“…to celebrate her victory…”说明Dorothy已经通过了评估测试。
65. D 主旨大意题。文章通过讲述Dorothy在极其恶劣的环境下获得成功的故事，说明一个人不管在什么地方，只要付出努力就能实现自己的梦想，因此D项正确。
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(2011·南京二模，A) French tourist outsmarts Dutch thief
AMSTERDAM—A quick-thinking French tourist outsmarted a Dutch thief after the thief tried to seize his bag, Amsterdam police said Wednesday.
After winning a brief tug-of-war over the sports bag, the 27-year-old tourist ran into a nearby police station with the thief in hot pursuit.
The thief“realized too late he had run straig ht into ‘the_long_arm_of_the_law’”，police spokeswoman Wilma Verheij said of the incident，which took place Tuesday.
After it dawned on the thief, a 28-year-old man whose identity was not released, said that he was in the middle of a police station, so he tried to run away again. But he was quickly caught by officers and arrested，Verheij said.
Liz Taylor remains hospitalized
LOS ANGELES—Heart trouble is keeping Elizabeth Taylor hospitalized in Los Angeles for some time, but her publicist says the 78-year-old actress is OK and has been visiting with family and friends.
Taylor's spokeswoman Sally Morrison said in a statement Tuesday that the two-time Oscar winner is comfortable at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and“there has been steady improvement in her conditio n” since she was admitted last week.
Taylor is being treated for symptoms of heart failure, a condition she revealed in November 2004.
“Her medical team is satisfied by her progress to date, and it is hoped and expected that this will continue over the next few days. For now, she will remain under their care in the hospital for continued monitoring，” Morrison said. “Friends and fans around the world should be convinced that Elizabeth Taylor is in good health and receiving the best possible care from her ski lled and devoted doctors and nurses.”
Morrison described Taylor's condition as stable but offered no other details.
Japan halts(暂停) whale hunt after chase by protesters
TOKYO—Japan has halted its annual Antarctic whale hunt following protests from a campaign group. Activists from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society，a US-based environmental group, have been chasing the Japanese fishing ship.
Commercial whaling was banned in 1986 but Japan uses a regulation permitting hunting for scientific research.
Iceland and Norway have claimed official objections to the ban and continue to hunt commercially.
“Putting safety as a priority, the ship has halted scientific whaling for now. We are currently considering what to do，” Tatsuya Nakaoku, an official at the fisheries agency, told Reuters news agency.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says one of its boats has been blocking the ship loading ramp(斜梯) ，preventing any hunted whales from being loaded on to the ship. “Every whale saved is a victory to us, so we've g otten a lot of victories down here this year，” Sea Shepherd captain Paul Watson told Reuters news agency by satellite phone from the Steve Irwin ship.
本文为三则新闻。
1．The underlined part“the long arm of the law”refers to ______ in Amsterdam.
A. a travel agency
B. a policeman
C. a police station
D. a police spokeswoman
答案：C。词义猜测题。从画线短语的上—段段尾的police station可推测出答案为C。
2．What can we know about Elizabeth Taylor from the news?
A. She has been suffering from heart illness for some years.
B. She will go back home in a day or two.
C. She is feeling quite well in hospital.
D. She will receive her Oscar Award in the hospital.
答案：A。事实细节题。从第二则新闻的第3段可知，自2004年11月以来Taylor就患了心脏病，故A项正确。从倒数第2段中的“it is hoped and expected that this will continue o ver the next few days”，可知B项错误；文中自始至终没有提到Taylor自己的感受，故C项错误；由第2段内容可知Taylor是两度奥斯卡奖得主，而不是将在医院接受颁奖，故D项错误。
3．Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Japanese fishing ships go to the Antarctic for whale hunt every year.
B. Iceland and Norway will not stop hunting whales.
C. Commercial whale hunt has been banned for about twenty-five years.
D. Japan will not hunt whales any more.
答案：D。事实细节题。文中只是说日本的捕鲸船被暂时阻止，而没有信息表明日本将不再捕鲸，故D项符合题意要求，为正确答案。从该新闻的第2段可知自1986年以商业为目的的捕鲸禁令颁布以来，日本依然以科研为借口继续捕鲸，故A项是正确的；从第3段可知B 项正确；从第2段捕鲸禁令发布的时间是1986年可推知C项正确。综上所述，A、B、C不符合题干中的NOT true的要求。
(2011·南京二模，B) “Choo，Choo！”Here comes the Chunnel train. Get aboard if you want to learn more about this underground transportation system. This is an unusual form of transportation, because it is a tunnel that trains travel through and not an actual form of transportation.
The Chunnel is actually the English nickname for the Channel Tunnel. In French，it is called le tunnel sous la Manche. It is a rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover. It connects Cheriton in Kent, England with Sangatte in northern France. It is the second longest rail tunnel in the world.
Did you know that the British and the French had a race while they were building the Chunnel? The race was to see who could get to the middle of the tunnel first. The British won by a little bit. It took 15,000 workers over seven years to dig the tunnel. The tunnel was finished in 1994.
The completed Chunnel cost about $21 billion. But it all paid off, because it became very popular, very quick. Millions of people use it. Now it is getting even more popular.
There are three complete tunnels in the Chunnel. The two outside ones are the passenger trains. The small inner one is a guidance train. The guidance train is not used for transportation. Each track is exactly parallel to each other.
There are four different train systems in the Chunnel. The Eurostar is a high speed passenger service that connects London, Paris, Brussels and Lille. The Eurotunnel shuttle is a rail ferry service. These shuttles carry cars and vans. These are railcars that allow drivers to drive their vehicles on and off. There are also two Eurotunnel goods service trains.
Now you know more about the Chunnel. Everybody off，this is the last stop.
本文介绍了1994年竣工的横贯多佛海峡连接英法的海底隧道地铁的修建、内在结构及其
服务系统。
4．The Channel Tunnel links ________with________.
A. London; Paris
B. Cheriton; Sangatte
C. Lille; Brussels
D. Dover; Kent
答案：B。事实细节题。由第2段倒数第2句“It connects Cheriton in Kent，England with S angatte in northern France.”可知B项正确。
5．Which of the following shows the structure of the tunnels in the Chunnel?
答案：A。事实细节题。由倒数第3段可知A项正确。
6．The Eurotunnel shuttle is intended to carry________.
A. passengers
B. drivers and their vehicles
C. goods
D. staff members of the Chunnel
答案：B。事实细节题。由倒数第2段中的“The Eurotunnel shuttle is a rail ferry service...their vehicles on and off”可知B项正确。
7．The text can most probably be ________.
A. found in a guidebook
B. read in a magazine
C. broadcast on a train
D. heard in a railwav station
答案：C。推理判断题。文章首尾，尤其是尾段，说明了这是乘坐火车的场景，也暗示了答案。
C2[2013·湖南卷]
It's such a happy－looking library, painted yellow, decorated with palm－tree stickers and sheltered from the Florida sun by its own roof. About the size of a microwave oven, it's pedestrian－friendly, too, waiting for book lovers next to a
sidewalk in Palm Beach Country Estates, along the northern boundary of Palm Beach Gardens.
It's a library built with love.
A year ago, shortly after Janey Henriksen saw a Brian Williams report about the Little Free Library organization, a Wisconsin－based nonprofit that aims to promote l iteracy and build a sense of community in a neighborhood by making books freely available, she announced to her family of four, “That's what we're going to do for our spring break！”
Son Austin, now a 10th－grader, didn't see the point of building a library that resembles a mailbox. But Janey insisted, and husband Peter unwillingly got to work. The 51－year－old owner of a ship supply company modified a small wooden house that he'd built years earlier for daughter Abbie's toy horses, and made a door of glass.
After adding the library's final touches (装点), the family hung a signboard on the front, instructing users to “take a book, return a book，” and making the Henriksen library, now one of several hundred like it nationwide and among more than 2，500 in the world, the only Little Free Library in Palm Beach County.
They stocked it with 20 or so books they'd already read, a mix of science fiction, reference titles, nov els and kids' favorites. “I told them, keep in mind that you might not see it again，” said Janey, a stay－at－home mom.
Since then, the collection keeps replenishing (补充) itself, thanks to ongoing donations from borrowers. The library now gets an average of five visits a day.
The project's best payoff, says Peter, are the thank－you notes left behind. “We had no idea in the beginning that it would be so popular.”
66．In what wa y is the library “pedestrian－friendly”？
A. It owns a yellow roof.
B. It stands near a sidewalk.
C. It protects book lovers from the sun.
D. It uses palm－tree stickers as decorations.
67．Janey got the idea to build a library from ________．
A. a visit to Brian Williams
B. a spring break with her family
C. a book sent by one of her neighbors
D. a report on a Wisconsin－based organization
68．The library was built ________．
A. by a ship supply company
B. on the basis of toy horses
C. like a mailbox
D. with glass
69．What can we infer about the signboard?
A. It was made by a user of the library.
B. It marked a final touch to the library.
C. It aimed at making the library last long.
D. It indicated the library was a family property.
70．The passage tells us that the users ________．
A. donate books to the library
B. get paid to collect books for the library
C. receive thank－you notes for using the library
D. visit the library over 5 times on average daily
【要点综述】文章主要讲述了Janey Henriksen一家建立微型图书馆的故事。
66. B 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第二句可知这个特殊的图书馆为过路的人提供借书的方便，因此B项正确。
67. D 细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一句可知Janey Henriksen是因为看到一篇关于th e Little Free Library organization准备建社区图书馆的报道后受到启发才建这样特殊的图书馆的。
68. C 细节理解题。根据文章第四段第一句可知C项正确。
69. C 推理判断题。根据文章第五段可知，这个标牌要读者拿走一本书一定要归还，其目的是使图书馆能够持续更长的时间。
70. A 主旨大意题。根据文章倒数第二段第一句可知借书者经常捐书给图书馆，因此A
项正确；文章没有提到给图书馆筹备书应获得报酬，因此B项错误；文章最后一段提到Peter 经常收到借书者的感谢信，而不是借书者收到感谢信，因此C项错误；根据文章倒数第二段第二句可知D项错误。