2013高考英语福州市：阅读理解训练（6）及答案或解析

2013高考英语福州市：阅读理解训练（6）及答案或解析
【阅读理解细节事实】
Passage ****** (云南质量)
LONDON--"Everyone else has one!" Lucy declared to her parents, trying to get a mobile phone as a gift for her 14th birthday. Her parents gave in.
Curious to know how her daughter would use the phone, Jane Bidder, the mother, followed Lucy to the school bus in the morning The bus seats 20, of whgom half have a mobile phone: One rings and several adolescent (青少年的) owners feel in their bags.
Many parents have just come to realize that the mobile phone is no longer only for travelling businessmen it is as likely to be found in school bags.
The mobile phone seems to have become something essential for today's teens in Britain, according to a survey published last week, by NOP, a leading market research company in Britain. Research found that 66 percent of 16-year-old now have ac- cess to a mobile phone.
The mobile phone has been turned into a secret messaging service by teen users. When they are talking on the mo- bile, their parents are not able tc; eavesdrop on the secondline.
The interviews with 2,典型例题ng people aged 7 to 16 found that they favour the text messaging services because they offer a secret way of keeping in touch. The days of secret notes in the classroom are dying out.
For example, "cya" means "see you"; "IOI" means "laughs out loud"; and "2nite" is an abbreviation of "tonight". All these are based on shorthand phrases used on the Internet.
Many schools have banned students using mobile phones. But they are not very successful. Still phones ring in the class and disturb study.
Besides, people are worried about the health risk to kids using mobile phones.
Scientists believe children are especially vulnerable to the mobile radiation.
1. The story of Lucy is told to show us
A. British parents meet their children's needs whatever they are
B. British kids have good relationships with their parents
C. how British parents accept the truth of teenagers owning a mobile phone
D. why every child gets a mobile phone as a birthday present in the UK
答案: C 指导：文中第一段Lucy说“每人都有一部手机”，所以父母屈服了，故此C为最佳选项。
2. What would be the best title for this news story?
A. School bans mobile phones
B. Parents' curiosity about children using mobiles
C. Mobile popularity among UK teens
D. Secret messages popular among kids in the UK
答案: C 指导：本文通过Lucy父母的所见所闻，说明手机在英国学生中是很普通的，所以C为最佳选项，而其他三个选项都不能概括文章的主要思想。
3. The underlined word eavesdrop means______.
A. join in actively
B. interrupt rudely
C. watch carefully
D. listen secretly
答案: D指导：由文中前一句"The mobile phone has been turned into a secret messaging service by teen users'’和“．．．their parents are not able to．．．”可知D为正确答案。
4. Interviews discover children like sending messages instead of______.
A. calling each other
B. writing notes to each other
C. playing games online
D. greeting each other Passages
答案: B 指导：由文中倒数第五段“…Theyfavourthetextmessa ging services because they offer as ecret way．．．The days“ secret notes in the classroom are dying out"可知学生喜欢短信息，所以答案为B.
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【阅读理解细节事实】
Passage ****** (太原测评)
Life is difficult.
It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it. Then life is no longer difficult.
Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties represent (代表) a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.
What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness, or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.
Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and work- ing out problems that we learn. As Benjamin Franklin said, Those things that hurt, instruct. It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.
1. From the passage, it can be inferred that______.
A. everybody has problems
B. we become stronger by meeting and solving the problems of life
C. life is difficult because our problems bring us pain
D. people like to complain: about their problems
答案: B 指导：全文主要讲述有人抱怨生活的艰难，作者也承认生活是艰难的，然而正是这艰难的解决问题的过程使生活更有意义，所以文中最后一段第三行When we desire to encourage the growth“human spirit，we encourage the human ability to solveproblems，故此B为最佳选项。
2. The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to______.
A. save space
R persuade readers
C. make readers laugh
D. get readers' attention
答案: D 指导：写文章的目的就是解决问题，本文首先开门见山地点出问题，显然是为了吸引读者的注意力，而不是其他选项。
3. The main idea of Paragraph 3 is that______.
A. most people feel life is easy
B. the writer feels life is easy
C. the writer likes to complain about his problems
D. most people complain about how hard their lives are
答案: D 指导：由第三段第一句和第二句可知第三段的主要意思是“人们经常抱怨生活多么艰辛”。
4. According to the passage, we give school children difficult problems to solve in order to______.
A. encourage them to learn
B. teach them to fear the pain of solving the problem
C. help them learn to deal with pain
D. teach them how to respect from problems
答案: A 指导：由文章倒数第四句"we encourage the human ability to solve problems，justasin school we set problems for our childrentosolve"可知A为最佳选项。
5. The saying from Benjamin Franklin "Those things that hurt,instruct" suggests that______.
A. we do not learn from experience
B. we do not learn when we are in pain
C. pain teaches us important lessons
D. pain cannot be avoided
答案: C 指导：由文中"It is through the para of meeting and working out problems that we learn"可知答案为C，意思是”正是通过解决问题的痛苦，我们学到了知识”。

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【阅读理解推理判断】
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Animal Conservation
Many animal and plant species have become extinct(灭绝的) and many more are in critical danger. Finding Ways to protect the earth's wildlife and conserve (保护) the natural world they inhabit (居住) is now more important than ever.
Dodos
The dodo was a classic example of how human caused damage to the earth's biology. The flightless dodo was native to the Island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. It lived off fruit fallen from the island's trees and lived unthreatened until humans arrived in 15典型例题 easily controlled bird became a source of food for sailors and was attacked by animals introduced to the island by humans such as pigs, monkeys and rats. The population of dodo rapidly decreased and the last one was killed in 1681.
Rhinos
The rhino (犀牛) horn is a highly prized item for Asian medicines. This has led to the animal being hunted in its natural habitat. Once widespread in Africa and Eurasia, most rhinos now live in protected natural parks and reserves (保护区). Their numbers have rapidly decreased in the last 50 years, and the animals remain under constant threat from poachers (偷猎者).
Giant panda
The future of the World Wildlife Fund's symbol is far from certain. As few as I 000 remain in the wild. The Chinese goveminent has set up 33 panda reserves to protect these beautiful animals and made poaching them punishable with 20 years in prison. However,The panda's distinct black and white patched coat fetches a high price on the black market and determined poachers still pose (造就) one of the most serious threats to the animals continued existence.
Whales
The International Whaling Commission is fighting to en sure the survival of the whale species. Despite the fact that one third the world's oceans have been declared the whale sanctua ries (保护), 7 out of 13 whale species remain endangered. Hunted for their rich supply of oil, their numbers have de creased to just 300. Collisions (碰撞) with ships, poisonous pollution and being caught in fishing nets are other major causes of whale deaths.
Tigers
The last 100 years has seen a 95% reduction in the num bers of remaining tigers to between 5,000 and 7,000 and the Bali, Javan, and Caspian tigers are already extinct. The South China tiger is precariously close to disappearing, with only 20 to 30 still alive. Like the rhino horn, tigers' bones and organs are sought after for traditional Chinese medicines. These items are traded illegally along with tiger skins.
1. It implies that _______.
A. the dodo lacked the ability to protect itself from other animals
B. sailors to the Island of Mauritius lived mainly on the dodo
C. the dodo used to be a strong animal that liked fighting
D. the dodo, pigs, monkeys and rats were the natives to the Island of Mauritius
答案: A 指导：从文章中的flightless，livedofffruitfallenfromthe island'strees，Easilycontrolled等可推测出dodo缺乏保护自己的能力。
2. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. The number of South (]tim tiger has reached crisis point.
B. Many animals are threatened with extinction as a result of human activity.
C. People hunt for the endangered animals for high profit.
D. The whale is the representing mark for the World Wildlife Fund
答案: D 指导：从第四段中的"The fature of the World Wildlife Fund's symbolis for from certain"一句可得“世界野生动物基金”的图案标志是“大熊猫”而不“鲸”。
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【阅读理解猜测词义】
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Polly Jones lived on a farm. She had lived mere all her life, all twelve years of it. Her father, who managed the farm, had just lifted the potato crop. Prices were high: he wanted to sell the crop as quickly as he could.
Polly wandered over the rough field looking for the smaller potatoes that the pickers had accidentally missed. She found one, then another, then a handful. She was pleased. They were delicious once cooked. Then she caught sight of something else. It looked like a piece of coloured stone. Polly picked it up and thought bow pretty it was. She could see a pattern on it: a picture of a fish and a part of a leaf. She scraped (擦去) the soil away around her feet and found that she was standing on what seemed to be a piece of pavement (铺路石). Stuck to another piece of stone was something small and round like a button. She realized it was an old coin.
The field was busy the next morning though not with potato pickers. In front o{ the house where the farm machinery usually stood were several cars and a police van. A group of distinguished-looking men and women had appeared the morning after her father's telephone call. The local television station had shown some pictures of the field with Polly pointing to the place where she had found her pavement. It was proving to be of Roman origin and was being described as the most exciting thing that had happened in the area since the end of the Second World War. In those days an American airhase had occupied the site of the potato field.
A week later about forty students arrived from the local university. That afternoon a truck with equipment arrived. The excavation (挖掘) was officially under way. Permission had been given and the "dig" as it was called, was expected to last several months. Polly wondered how the everyday work of the farm would get done with so many strange people around and cars coining and going all day long. All the unusual activity had made the cows and sheep restless. Her father said their cows produced less milk.
Still, it was interesting and great fun. They had let her
keep the gold coin.
From then on, Polly would walk carefully over potato fields.
1. There were still potatoes in the field because the pickers
A. had left them for Polly on purpose
B. thought they were too small
C. would pick them later
D. had failed to notice them
答案：D指导；这是一道细节题，第二段“Polly wandered over．．．missed．”告诉我们，地里仍然有土豆的原因是人们没有注意到这些土豆丢失在地里。
2. When Polly was looking for potatoes, her attention first is________.
A. a part of leaf B. an old coin
C. a piece of pavement D. a button
答案：C 指导：细节题。第二段“She scraped the soilaway．．．to be a piece Of pavement”．说明Polly注意到有一条铺路石。
3. Why did the findings cause great excitement?
A. Because the coin was priceless.
B. Because an ancient Roman site was discovered.
C. Because few old coins had been found since the war.
D. Because such old coins had been found in American airbases.
答案：B 指导：这个发现引起人们激动的原因是他们发现了古罗马的遗迹。
4. How did the "dig"affect the life on the farm?
A. It reduced milk production.
B. It prevented Polly from attending class.
C. It attracted more farmers to the potato fields.
D. It brought the farmers wealth overnight
答案：A 指导：倒数第三段中，“Her father said their cows produced less mild”说明了“挖掘”造成了奶牛少产奶。
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【阅读理解猜测词义】
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Recycling Resources
Increased population increases the need for natural resources and also increases waste products. Making a new useful product out of a waste product decreases (减少) our need for natural resources. Recycling means using something over again after it has been used once.
Have you ever seen a piece of recycled paper? About one third of all the paper products made each year are made from waste paper. For example, recycled paper is usually used to make paper sacks. Recycling paper, such as newspapers, re- duces the number of trees that must be cut each year to make new paper.
Each person wastes a lot of solid waste. In the United States, the average is eight kilograms of waste per person each day. Most of the waste is garbage and rubbish. Finding places to dispose (处理) of solid wastes is a major problem.
In many cities solid wastes are collected and the rubbish is burned in incinerator plants (焚化厂). Air pollution control devices' are used to prevent pollution. Heat produced in the burning may be used to generate electricity. Waste that is not burned is taken to a dump. One kind of dump for the disposal of solid wastes is a sanitary landfill (废渣处理法). This method involves (包含) burying the wastes and bulldozing (平整) soil over them. Parks, baseball fields, airports, and other developments may be built on completely filled landfills.
Recycling solid wastes decreases our need for methods of disposal. The metal in broken cars can be recycled and made into new steel Worn-out rubber tires can be turned into new ones and used again. Plastics and other rubber products can be recycled. Metal cans and glass bottles can also be recycled. Increased recycling can help meet the increased demand for natural resources.
By recycling resources, people imitate (模仿) nature. Elements important to life are naturally recycled. Nothing lasts forever. Wood decays (腐烂) ,iron rusts (生锈), and concrete (混凝土) is worn away by wind and rain. All natural resources used by people eventually (最终) go hack into the air, water, and earth. 1. What is the main cause of the increased waste according to the passage?
A. Expansion of cities.
B. Development of the paper-making industry.
C. Increased population.
D. Lack of recycling methods.
答案：C 指导：根据文章的第一名话，人口的增长增加了废弃物。因此，这是导致废弃物。增多因此，这是导致废弃的增多的 一个主要原因。
2. According to the passage, recycling paper is important because________.
A. better paper sacks can be made out of waste paper
B. the prices of new paper are very high
C. trees are no longer available in the developed countries
D. more trees on earth can be saved
答案：D 指导：根据第二段最后一句话，“纸的再生可以减少每年 树木的砍伐”。
3. A big problem of solid waste disposal is that________.
A. solid wastes are poisonous
B. it is difficult to find places to dispose of solid wastes
C. the disposal process is too backward
D. we don't have enough manpower to dispose of solid wastes
答案：B 指导：根据第三段最后一句话，“找地方来处理固体废物是个大问题。”
4. Which of the following can NOT be called recycling?
A. Making new paper from used paper.
B. Using worn-out rubber tires to make new ones.
C. Burying metal cans and glass bottles.
D. Producing new steel from metal in broken cars.
答案：C 指导：从"recycling”字面理解为循环再利用，即将一种东 西制为新的东西再加利用。其余三个选项全符合，但选项C只是把金属罐、玻璃瓶埋在地下，并不能产生新的可再利用的东西。
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