2019高考英语二轮阅读理解强化训练(08)及解析

2019高考英语二轮阅读理解强化训练(08)及解析

‎2019高考英语二轮阅读理解强化训练（08）及解析 ‎ A段 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：根据文章旳第一名话，人口旳增长增加了废弃物.因此，这是导致废弃物.增多因此，这是导致废弃旳增多旳 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，“纸旳再生可以减少每年 树木旳砍伐”.‎ ‎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 西制为新旳东西再加利用.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，并不能产生新旳可再利用旳东西.‎ ‎**************************************************结束 ‎********************************************************结束 A For Senior 3 students, choosing which college to attend can be the most exciting and thrilling time in their entire school lives．This is also true for an American girl named Melanie in the film, College Road Trip, which was released in the US on March 7．‎ Melanie's dad, James Porter, is the chief of police for a Chicago suburb．Incredibly security obsessed（困扰）, he wants Melanie to attend nearby Northwestern University, where she's already been accepted．But Melanie, 17, really wants to go to Georgetown in Washington, D．C．, where she's been wait-listed．‎ When she gets an unexpected interview, she decides to take a road trip with a few close female friends．Melanie believes it is her first step toward adulthood．But despite the fact that this trip is "girls only", James isn't comfortable with the prospect of his little princess exploring the world without, him．‎ He wants to protect her．‎ James joins the girls and hopes he can convince her to go to Northwestern．While Melanie's father only has the best of intentions, his presence leads to an endless series of comic encounters． ‎ After following their faulty GPS device deep into the backwoods, James and Melanie discover her little brother and his pet pig have been hiding in the spare tire compartment（隔间）．What should be a simple tire change results in the expensive car rolling down a mountain, forcing them to hike to a nearby hotel．There the pig ruins an outdoor wedding reception after eating an entire bag of coffee beans．‎ All these disasters add spice to their trip while along the way a father and a daughter finally get the chance to really talk to each other．‎ The film explores the parent-child relationship in a comic way: The discrepancy （不同） between how close James thinks he is to Melanie and how little he actually knows of her plans makes us laugh first and then think．‎ All parents, whether they have college students or not, can relate to the bittersweet realization that their kids are growing up．Like what Melanie and James have done in the film, we all can find the delicate balance between staying connected and letting go．‎ ‎41．According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?‎ ‎ A．It's unclear whether Melanie could be accepted by Northwestern University．‎ ‎ B．Northwestern University isn't so famous as the university in Washington D．C．‎ ‎ C．There is no hope that Melanie will be accepted by the university in Georgetown．‎ ‎ D．Melanie's father prefers her to stay not too far away from him．‎ ‎42．We can infer from the passage that ____ _．‎ ‎ A．their car rolled down the mountain, ruining the wedding reception ‎ B．a hotel was destroyed by Melanie's brother and his pet pig ‎ C．Melanie and her father got to understand each other better after so many encounters ‎ D．the girls had to give up their trip because of the incidents on the way ‎43．The main purpose of the passage is to___ ___．‎ ‎ A．introduce the newly released film ‎ B．call on parents to learn to balance the relationship with their children ‎ C．tell a story which happened between an American girl and her father ‎ D．explore the differences in parent-child relationship between the west and the east B I look in the mirror, and I'm not happy with what I see．I don't have a "perfect" face．I look in the magazines and all I see are girls with fair hair, blue eyes, and, of course, a-pretty little nose．They're on the outside of the buses that I take home, the television programs I watch, and the billboards I walk under．Almost every advertisement I see shows this human physical "perfection"．These billboards not only tell me what to drink, but also how to look．‎ Our society tends to place more importance on a person's physical beauty, rather than their ability, honesty and character．We have influenced women to go through painful surgeries and starve themselves to become this society constructed physical model．To be a beautiful woman in the 21st century doesn't mean that you are a brilliant doctor or caring mother．It means you have the perfect jaw structure, eyes and lips．It means that you can be six feet tall and weigh one hundred and ten pounds．‎ But what about the women who are starting to leave their youth? Instead of looking ‎ at aging as a sign of wisdom, we attempt to prevent the aging process．It's a kind of funny thing to want to look eighteen when fifty．Fifty is a relaxed age, where you can step back and look at all you've achieved．It is when your hard work pays off．Unfortunately, our society just sees you as "old"．To stop the aging process, women buy wrinkle creams, do eye lifts and face lifts．They spend thousands of dollars to win the hopeless battle against age．‎ I remember when I was about thirteen years old and going through teens, I had oily hair, and a half developed body．I hated the way I looked．I used to cry to my mother all the time, but she would just laugh and tell me that "you don’t want anyone to like your appearance．It's your heart that matters, because beauty fades．” I knew that she was right．If you work on your heart enough, people will start to see the beauty in you, which lasts and remains on even after you die．‎ ‎44．The main idea of the first paragraph is that _____ _．‎ ‎ A．the author doesn't have a perfect face ‎ B．women have to look beautiful ‎ C．photos of beautiful girls can be seen everywhere ‎ D．there are too many beauties in daily life ‎45．What's the author's attitude towards being "old"?‎ ‎ A．It's a pity that people have to get old． B．It's a fruitful and wise time．‎ ‎ C．It's stupid to try to stay young． D．It's a pity that society looks down upon the old．‎ ‎46．It is ____ _ that regard（s） the physical beauty as more important．‎ ‎ A．women themselves B．the author's parents ‎ C．newspapers and magazines D．society ‎47．What's the author's opinion about beauty?‎ ‎ A．The author doesn't like the beauties our society values．‎ ‎ B．It is not important whether a person looks beautiful or not．‎ ‎ C．It is a person's inner qualities that matter rather than the physical beauty．‎ ‎ D．The author feels appearance is important to a person．‎ C Paris, Jan 11—An armored car robbery last night ended in a wild gun battle that left two men dead and one hostage seriously wounded．‎ The drama began when an armored car carrying the contents of safe deposit boxes to a bank was struck by a large truck, police said．‎ The bank guards were helpless when the robbers jumped out of the truck and tied them up．The thieves used heavy tools and explosives to break open the armored car．‎ A passing police car turned to investigate the accident as the men were removing the contents of the armored car．Police said the three robbers fled on foot across a nearby highway．‎ Stopping a private car driven by a teenager girl, the three headed for central Paris with the police car in hot pursuit．‎ A plainclothes policeman saw the car as it ran down through the street of the Latin Quarter．The policeman tried to stop the car, but the thieves started shooting at him, witness said．‎ The girl hostage tried to slip away．Just as she was crawling away from the car, she was hit by a bullet．Police said she was out of danger at Central Hospital．‎ The gunmen gave up the car and got into a shop, pouring fire on more than 50 policemen who had surrounded the building．After a wild gun-battle, police broke into the room．They only found two of the gunmen, both seriously wounded．The third thief was believed to have escaped with over $1．3 million in cash and jewels．‎ ‎48．The passage is about _______．‎ ‎ A．a gun-battle between the policemen and the government soldiers ‎ B．a bank robbery in ‎Paris ‎ C．a group of gunmen's robbing an armored car in the street ‎ D．how a teenaged girl got seriously wounded ‎49．The thieves came__ ____and they ______．‎ ‎ A．in a police car; stole the armored car ‎ B．in a truck; broke open the armored car ‎ C．in an armored truck; drove the money car away ‎ D．in an armored car; opened the armored car with heavy tools ‎50．The three robbers fled on foot across a nearby highway because__ ____．‎ ‎ A．a passing police car found them ‎ B．the explosives were too strong ‎ C．the contains of the armored car were too heavy ‎ D．the truck broke down ‎51．A plainclothes policeman is______．‎ ‎ A．not a policeman but a solider B．not a policeman but a gunman ‎ C．a policeman but he can't use guns D．a policeman but he doesn't wear a uniform D Wild elephants that destroy crops and damage trees are a serious problem in many parts of Africa． But there could be a simple and relatively safe way to stop them in their tracks, by employing the talents of the tiny African honeybees．‎ The number of elephants in Kenya has risen over the past ten years, with some disastrous results． Not only do these huge animals attack local farms, but they step someone to death an average of once every two weeks．Now a biologist has discovered a possible threat: the elephants are extremely aware of trees that house honeybee hives．‎ ‎"I am puzzled why nobody has thought of this before," says Fritz Volirath at the University of Oxford．"When an elephant knocks a beehive he runs and the bees will follow him for miles．" He says that placing hives of the honeybees around local farms and fragile habitats could be an effective way to threaten the animals．‎ Volirath put 30 unoccupied and 6 occupied beehives in some of the trees growing on a bush frequently damaged by elephants on Laikipia Plateau in Kenya．On average ‎ the elephants attacked 9 out of 10 trees that didn't have hives, severely damaging a quarter．But they steered clear of all six trees with occupied hives．The elephants also left alone one-third of the trees with empty hives, suggesting that some had learnt not to take the risk．‎ The bees threaten elephants by stinging vulnerable（易受伤） areas such as the eyes, belly, behind the ears and under the trunk．People could be at risk from the bees, admits Volirath, but that may be outweighed by the risk of being killed by an elephant．Another experiment by Volirath shows that elephants also avoid the sound of angry bees played from a loudspeaker．‎ ‎52．What harm do the wild elephants in Africa do?‎ ‎ A．Killing people． B．Damaging beehives．‎ ‎ C．Threatening animals． D．Destroying villages．‎ ‎53．What can we learn from the underlined sentence?‎ ‎ A．They ran away from the trees with empty hives on it．‎ ‎ B．They tried not to touch the trees with hives full of bees．‎ ‎ C．They kept a distance from all the trees with hives on them．‎ ‎ D．They were clear that all the six trees were occupied by hives．‎ ‎54．What's Volirath's another experiment on this elephants' case?‎ ‎ A．Let bees attack and kill elephants one by one．‎ ‎ B．Encourage bees to sting elephants' eyes and ears．‎ ‎ C．Use the bees' sound to drive elephants away．‎ ‎ D．Employ tiny African honeybees to threaten elephants．‎ ‎55．From the passage we can conclude that _____．‎ ‎ A．there is always one thing to beat another ‎ B．little bees can kill big and wild elephants ‎ C．serious problems often come up in ‎Africa ‎ D．elephants enjoy attacking people and farms E Everybody is happy as his pay rises．Yet pleasure at your own can disappear if you learn that a fellow worker has been given a bigger one．Indeed, if he is known as being lazy, you might even be quite cross．Such behavior is regarded as "all too human", with the underlying belief that other animals would not be able to have this finely developed sense of sadness．But a study by Sarah Brosnan of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, which has Just been published in Nature, suggests that it is all too monkey, as well．‎ The researchers studied the behaviors of some kind of female brown monkeys．They look smart． They are good-natured, co-operative creatures, and they share their food happily．Above all, like female human beings, they tend to pay much closer attention to the value of "goods and services" than males．‎ Such characteristics make them perfect subjects for Doctor Brosnan's study．The researchers spent two years teaching their monkeys to exchange tokens （奖券） for food．Normally, the monkeys were happy enough to exchange pieces of rock for pieces of cucumber．However, when two monkeys were placed in separate and connected rooms, so that each other could observe what the other is getting in return for its ‎ rock, they became quite different．‎ In the world of monkeys, grapes are excellent goods （and much preferable to cucumbers）．So when one monkey was handed a grape in exchange for her token, the second was not willing to hand hers over for a mere piece of cucumber．And if one received a grape without having to provide her token in exchange at all, the other either shook her own token at the researcher, or refused to accept the cucumber．Indeed, the mere presence of a grape in the other room （without an actual monkey to eat it） was enough to bring about dissatisfaction in a female monkey．‎ The researches suggest that these monkeys, like humans, are guided by social senses．In the wild, they are co-operative and group-living．Such co-operation is likely to be firm only when each animal feels it is not being cheated．Feelings of anger when unfairly treated, it seems, are not the nature of human beings alone．Refusing a smaller reward completely makes these feelings clear to other animals of the group．However, whether such a sense of fairness developed independently in monkeys and humans, or whether it comes from the common roots that they had 35 million years ago, is, as yet, an unanswered question．‎ ‎56．According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?‎ ‎ A．Only monkeys and humans can have the sense of fairness in the world．‎ ‎ B．Women will show more dissatisfaction than men when unfairly treated．‎ ‎ C．In the wild, monkeys are never unhappy to share their food with each other．‎ ‎ D．Monkeys can exchange cucumbers for grapes; for grapes are more attractive．‎ ‎57．The underlined statement "it is all too monkey" means that _____．‎ ‎ A．monkeys are also angry with lazy fellows ‎ B．feeling bitter at unfairness is also monkey's nature ‎ C．monkeys, like humans, tend to be envious of each other ‎ D．no animals other than monkeys can develop such feelings ‎58．Female monkeys of this kind are chosen for the research most probably because they are __ _．‎ ‎ A．more likely to weigh what they get ‎ B．attentive to researchers’ instructions ‎ C．nice in both appearance and behaviors ‎ D．more ready to help others than their male companions ‎59．Which of the following conclusions is TRUE according to the passage?‎ ‎ A．Human beings' feelings of anger are developed from the monkeys．‎ ‎ B．In the research, male monkeys are less likely to exchange food with others．‎ ‎ C．Co-operation between monkeys stays firm before the realization of being cheated．‎ ‎ D．Only monkeys and humans have the sense of fairness dating back to 35 million years ago．‎ ‎60．What can we infer about the monkeys in Sarah's study?‎ ‎ A．The monkeys can be trained to develop social senses．‎ ‎ B．They usually show their feelings openly as humans do．‎ ‎ C．The monkeys may show their satisfaction with equal treatment．‎ ‎ D．Co-operation among the monkeys remains effective in the wild．‎ 参考答案 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