【英语】2019届二轮复习阅读理解专题说明文话题10篇训练之二（13页word版）

【英语】2019届二轮复习阅读理解专题说明文话题10篇训练之二（13页word版）

‎2019届二轮复习阅读理解专题说明文话题10篇训练之二 ‎[一]‎ Economists know that places where transportation lines meet are good places for making raw materials into finished goods. That is why seaports often have cities nearby. But cities like New York needed more than their geographical location in order to become great industrial centers. Their development did not happen simply by chance.‎ ‎　　About 1815，when many Americans from the east coast had already moved toward the west，trade routes from the ports to the central regions of the country began to be a serious problem. The slow wagons of that time，drawn by horses or oxen，were too expensive for moving heavy freight very far. Americans had long admired Europe's canals. In New York State a canal seemed the best solution to the transportation problem. From the eastern end of Lake Erie all the way across the state to the Hudson River there is a long strip of low land. Here the Erie Canal was constructed. After several years of work it was completed in 1825.‎ ‎　　The canal produced an immediate effect. Freight costs were cut to about one-tenth of what had been. New York City，which had been smaller than Philadelphia and Boston，quickly became the leading city of the coast. In the years that followed，transportation routes on the Great Lakes were joined to routes on the Mississippi River. Then New York City became the end point of a great inland shipping system that extended from the Atlantic Ocean far up the western branches of the Mississippi.‎ ‎　　The coming of the railroads made canal shipping less important，but it tied New York even more closely to the central regions of the country. It was easier for people in the central states to ship their goods to New York for export overseas.‎ ‎　　Exports from New York were greater than imports. Consequently，shipping companies were eager to fill their ships with passengers on the return trip from Europe. Passengers could come from Europe very cheaply as a result.‎ Thus New York became the greatest port for receiving people from European countries. Many of these people remained in the city. Others stayed in New York for a few weeks，months，or years，and then moved to other parts of the United States. For these great number of new Americans New York had to provide homes，goods，and services. Their labor helped the city become great.‎ ‎21. Why do seaports often have cities nearby?‎ A. Because raw materials can be made into finished goods there.‎ B. Because seaports need their geographical location.‎ C. Because seaports become great industrial centers.‎ D. Because their development happen simply by chance.‎ ‎22. The Erie Canal was completed in about .‎ ‎ A. 5 years B. 10 years C. 15 years D. 20 years ‎23. The wagons drawn by horses or oxen at that time were for moving heavy goods very far.‎ ‎ A. slow B. expensive C. both A and B D. cheap ‎24. It was easier for people in the central states to ship their goods to New York for export overseas because of .‎ ‎ A. the wagons B. the ships C. the Erie Canal D. the trains ‎25. All of the following factors made New York the largest city of America EXCEPT .‎ ‎ A. Many of the people from European countries remained there.‎ ‎ B. Other European people stayed there for some time and moved to other parts of the United States.‎ ‎ C. New York provided a lot of homes, goods and service for these foreigners.‎ ‎ D. The Europeans were very homesick after staying in the U.S. for a period of time.‎ 参考答案：‎ ‎21. A 细节理解题。从第一段第一句可以看出，港口是原材料加工成产品的好地方，因为交通便利。‎ ‎22. B 数字计算题。从第二段开头可以看出，1815显示出修建运河的必要性，该段最后显示出1825年建 成。‎ ‎23. C 细节理解题。从第二段第二句中可以看出。‎ ‎24. D 细节理解题。从第四段中可以看出。‎ ‎25. D 细节理解题。从最后一段中可以看出，前三项均为纽约发展的因素。‎ ‎[二]‎ The film “First Blood”, now being shown in China, has been a boxoffice success in the USA. It has also been denounced（谴责） there as brutal（残暴的）, fascistic, idealizing（美化） violence and aggressive war. Some Americans in Beijing, from tourists to teachers, were amazed and horrified to learn that it was being shown in China. It will doubtless provoke equally varied responses among Chinese people.‎ Rambo, the hero, is a veteran（老兵） of the American invasion of Viet Nam; the villains（反面人物） are the sheriff（县长） and police force of a small town in USA.‎ Rambo returns to the US from Viet Nam, where he killed so many Vietnamese that he has won the title of combat hero. He goes to the poor, rural home of his black buddy（同伴） to find that he is dead. So are the rest of his wartime pals（伙伴）. He is dazed（对…感到困惑） by the death of his friends and his mind has already been affected by the horrors of the war, and the fact that his side did not win.‎ Leaving his black buddy’s home town Rambo is picked up by the local sheriff and detained（扣押） as a vagrant. Because of his depressed state ‎ of mind, Rambo refuses to identify himself or answer any of the policemen’s questions. So they brutally beat him up.‎ He is outraged and despite the odds against him he breaks loose and escapes in a hair-raising ride on a stolen motor-bike. The police, led by the sheriff, pursue him into the woods. The police not only fail to capture Rambo but suffer heavy losses.‎ ‎21. The film “First Blood” was in the USA.‎ ‎ A. praised B. criticized C. forbidden D. destroyed ‎22. Rambo had been to to fight.‎ ‎ A. the America B. Viet Nam C. China D. Japan ‎23. Rambo was regarded as a combat hero because .‎ ‎ A. he killed a lot of people in Viet Nam. ‎ B. he was so strong that he looked like a hero.‎ ‎ C. his home town is rural and poor. ‎ D. the rest of his wartime pals are all dead.‎ ‎24. All of the following are true about Rambo EXCEPT .‎ ‎ A. he is detained as a vagrant. ‎ B. he is beaten up brutally.‎ ‎ C. he refuses to answer the policemen’s questions. ‎ D. he picked up the local sheriff.‎ ‎25. The police .‎ ‎ A. chased him into the woods. B. can not catch hold of him.‎ ‎ C. suffered heavy losses. D. All of the above.‎ 参考答案：‎ ‎21. B 细节理解题。从第一段第二句中可以看出。‎ ‎22. B 细节理解题。从第二段中可以看出。‎ ‎23. A 细节理解题。从第三段第一句中可以看出。‎ ‎24. D 细节理解题。从第四段中可以看出，前三项均属实，D项从第一句中可以证实是错的。‎ ‎25. D 细节理解题。从第五段中可以看出前三项均正确，故选D项。‎ ‎[三]‎ Washington, April 14, 1865. Washington was thrown into an intence excitement a few minutes before eleven o’clock this evening, by the announcement that the President and Secretary Seward had been assassinated and were dead.‎ The President and Mrs. Lincoln were at Ford’s theatre, listening to the performance of The American Cousin, occupying a box in the second tier. At the close of the third act a person entered the box occupied by the President, and shot Mr. Lincoln in the head. The shot entered the back of his head, and came out above the temple.‎ The assassin then jumped from the box upon the stage and ran across ‎ to the other side, exhibiting a dagger in his hand, flourishing it in a tragical manner, shouting the same words repeated by the desperado at Mr. Seward’s house, adding to it, “The South is avenged,” and then escaped from the back entrance to the stage, but in his passage dropped his pistol and his hat.‎ Mr. Lincoln fell forward from his seat, and Mrs. Lincoln fainted.‎ The moment the astonished audience could realize what had happened, the President was taken and carried to Mr. Peterson’s house, in Tenth Street, opposite to the theatre. Medical aid was immediately sent for, and the wound was at first supposed to be fatal, and it was announced that he could not live, but at half past twelve he is still alive, though in a precarious condition.‎ The operation shows that the whole thing was a preconcerted（预谋的） plan. The person who fired the pistol was a man about thirty years of age, about five feet nine, spare built, fair skin, dark hair, apparently bushy, with a large moustache. Laura Keene and the leader of the orchestra declared that they recognized him as J. Wilkes Booth the actor, and a rabid secessionist. Whoever he was, it is plainly evident that he thoroughly understood the theatre and all the approaches and modes of escape to the stage. A person not familiar with the theatre could not have possibly made his escape so well and quickly.‎ ‎21. What play were Lincoln and his wife listening to when he was murdered that evening?‎ A. Gone with the Wind B. The American Beauty C. The American Cousin D. The passage doesn’t say.‎ ‎22. The moment Lincoln was shot, his wife .‎ ‎ A. burst out crying. B. dialed 911.‎ ‎ C. sent for doctors right away. D. passed out ‎23. was the murderer who killed President Lincoln.‎ ‎ A. Secretary Seward B. Mr. Peterson ‎ C. Laura Keene D. J. Wilkes Booth ‎24. Was the murderer familiar with the theatre?‎ ‎ A. Yes B. No C. Not yet decided D. The passage doesn’t say.‎ ‎25. The murderer may be someone from .‎ ‎ A. the East B. the West C. the South D. the North 参考答案：‎ ‎21. C 细节理解题。从第二段第一句中可以看出。‎ ‎22. D 细节理解题。从第四段中可以看出。‎ ‎23. D 细节理解题。从最后一段第三句中可以看出。‎ ‎24. A 细节理解题。从最后一段最后一句中可以看出。‎ ‎25. C 细节理解题。从第三段最后一句中可以看出。‎ ‎[四]‎ The Quarrel of the Quails Once upon a time many quails（鹌鹑） lived together in a forest. The wisest of them all was their leader.‎ A man lived near the forest and earned his living by catching quails and selling them. Day after day he listened to the note of the leader calling the quails. By and by this man, the fowler, was able to call the quails together. Hearing the note the quails thought it was their leader who called.‎ When they were crowded together, the fowler threw his net over them and off he went into the town, where he soon sold all the quails that he had caught.‎ The wise leader saw the plan of the fowler for catching the quails. He called the birds to him and said, “This fowler is carrying away so many of us, we must put a stop to it. I have thought of a plan; it is this: The next time the fowler throws a net over you, each of you must put your head through one of the little holes in the net. Then all of you together must fly away to the nearest thorn-bush. You can leave the net on the thorn-bush and be free yourselves.”‎ The quails said that was a very good plan and they would try it the next time the fowler threw the net over them.‎ The very next day the fowler came and called them together. Then he threw the net over them. The quails lifted the net and flew away with it to the nearest thorn-bush where they left it. They flew back to their leader to tell him how well his plan had worked.‎ The fowler was busy until evening getting his net off the thorns and he went home empty-handed. The next day the same thing happened, and the next. His wife was angry because he did not bring home any money, but the fowler said, “The fact is those quails are working together now. The moment my net is over them, off they fly with it, leaving it on a thorn-bush. As soon as the quails begin to quarrel I shall be able to catch them.”‎ Not long after this, one of the quails in alighting on their feeding ground, trod by accident on another’s head. “Who trod on my head?” angrily cried the second. “I did; but I didn’t mean to. Don’t be angry,” said the first quail, but the second quail was angry and said mean things.‎ Soon all the quails had taken sides in this quarrel. When the fowler came that day he flung his net over them, and this time instead of flying off with it, one side said, “Now, you lift the net,” and the other side said, “Lift it yourself.”‎ ‎“You try to make us lift it all,” said the quails on one side. “No, we don’t!” said the others, “you begin and we will help,” but neither side began.‎ So the quails quarreled, and while they were quarreling the fowler caught them all in his net. He took them to town and sold them for a good price.‎ ‎21. The of all the quails was their leader.‎ ‎ A. most beautiful B. strongest C. biggest D. wisest ‎22. Why was the man able to call the quails together?‎ ‎ A. Because he was very clever. ‎ B. Because he had the skill from birth.‎ ‎ C. Because his wife taught him how to call the birds.‎ ‎ D. Because he listened to the leader calling the quails so many times.‎ ‎23. The underlined word “fowler” in the second paragraph refers to .‎ ‎ A. the leader of the quails. B. the forest in which the quails lived.‎ ‎ C. the man who caught the quails. D. the man’s wife.‎ ‎24. is cleverer.‎ ‎ A. The man B. The leader of the quails ‎ C. The quails D. The man’s wife ‎25. Which of the following best support the text?‎ ‎ A. United we stand, divided we fall. B. Learn young, learn fair.‎ ‎ C. Habit is a second nature. D. Many hands make light work.‎ 参考答案：‎ ‎21. D 细节理解题。从第一段第二句中可以看出。‎ ‎22. D 细节理解题。从第二段第二句中可以看出。‎ ‎23. C 词义猜测题。The fowler是this man 的同位语，下文中也有提到。‎ ‎24. A 细节理解题。从最后一段中可以看出。‎ ‎25. A 主旨大意题。从整个故事中可以看出。A.合即立，分即垮。B.学习趁年轻，要学就学好。C.习惯成自然。D.人多好办事。‎ ‎[五]‎ A lot of people think that Scotland is a part of England. But, as any Scotsman will tell you, it certainly is not. In fact. until the eighteenth century Scotland was an independent country, with a parliament（国会）of its own. The England had tried many times over many centuries to bring Scotland under their rule. They succeeded at last in 1707, and some Scots have never forgiven them.‎ Scotland is now governed by London, but in some ways it is still a separate nation. It has its own capital city (Edinburgh),its own law, and its own stamps. It even has a language of its own, spoken now by only a few people in the islands.‎ In some ways southern Scotland is like England, with its good farm-land and low green hills. But in central and northern Scotland ("the Highlands")（苏格兰高地）, there are high mountains and deep valleys, fast rivers and cold lakes. These days, of course, there are good roads and railways all through Scotland. Aberdeen（阿伯丁）,the northeast city ‎ where the oil from the North Sea comes to land, is especially easy to reach. But it can still be quite difficult to travel in the winter when the hills are covered with snow. And it always takes a long time to visit the beautiful but far-off islands on the west coast. One reason why Scotland has stayed so different from England is the wildness of the land. It has always been difficult to get there.‎ There are only about five million Scots, and most of them live in the southern half of the country, but they have kept a special culture and way of life of their own. Their own church, the Church of Scotland, is different from the Church of England. They have their own kind of music, their own kind of clothes, and their own kind of food and drink, including their famous whisky.‎ Scotland is a country of incredible（令人难以置信）natural beauty. It is also very empty. In the highlands, the population is small, and it is getting smaller all the time. Perhaps that is why visitors always come back. They enjoy the quiet, empty country after the noise and dirt of the town. They like fishing in the clean rivers, and skiing on the snow- covered mountains. They like visiting romantic castles（城堡）built by warlike chiefs（好战的部落首领）and tragic（悲惨的）kings and queens. There's only one problem. They can never be sure that the sun is going to shine.‎ ‎21. One reason why Scotland is so different from England is .‎ ‎ A. good farmland B. low green hills ‎ C. fast rivers D. the wildness of the land ‎22. Scotland belonged to England .‎ ‎ A. before 1707 B. from ‎1707 C. in 1707 D. over 1707‎ ‎23. There are in Scotland but not in England.‎ ‎ A. low hills B. good farmland C. deep valleys D. green hills ‎24. of Scotland is not different from that of England.‎ ‎ A. The Church B. The music C. The food D. The road ‎25. All of the following is true about Scotland except .‎ ‎ A. The country is very beautiful. ‎ B. There are a lot of people in the country of incredible natural beauty.‎ ‎ C. There are fish in the clean rivers. ‎ D. There are old castles built by kings and queens.‎ 参考答案：‎ ‎21. D 细节理解题。从第三段倒数第二句中可以看出。‎ ‎22. B 细节理解题。从第一段最后一句中可以看出。‎ ‎23. C 细节理解题。从第三段第二句中可以看出。‎ ‎24. D 细节理解题。从第四段中可以看出Scotland所拥有的前三项均与England不同。‎ ‎25. B 细节理解题。从第五段第三句可以看出B项错误。‎ ‎[六]‎ Newly-released documents paint a vivid picture of Hitler’s last hours and show the British team which probed his death was left in no doubt he killed himself in his bunker（地下防弹室）, a London newspaper reported on Sunday.‎ ‎“The basic facts,” noted the Observer Weekly, “have long been accepted.”‎ As Soviet troops surrounded his bunker 15 metres below Berlin’s Reich Chancellery Building(国会大厦), Hitler married his longtime mistress Eva Braun and, a day later, on April 30, 1945, the two committed suicide, she by taking poison, he by shooting himself in the head. Their bodies were then burned to prevent them falling into Soviet hands.‎ The Observer said the new documents show that within weeks of World War Ⅱ’s end, British war-time leader Winston Churchill dispatched a secret mission to Berlin to ascertain Hitler’s fate. “Operation Nursery” was given particular urgency by reports that Hitler might still be alive.‎ The investigation was headed by Brigadier Dick White, who later was to be made chief of Britain’s M15 and M16 intelligence agencies, the newspaper said. He flew to Berlin and was shown by the Soviet a set of false teeth said to be Hitler’s.‎ According to the newspaper, the British were not satisfied with the Soviet evidence and went on to discover two key documents: a diary kept by Hitler’s valet and hidden in an armchair in the bunker, and a copy of Hitler’s will, which was found sewn inside the lining of a jacket of a Nazi official who had tried to flee.‎ Though the British had no doubt of Hitler’s suicide, evidence in recent years has cast doubt on whether his remains were ever recovered by the Soviets.‎ ‎21. The underlined part “paint a vivid picture” in paragraph one has similar meaning with .‎ ‎ A. draw a true picture B. gave a detailed description ‎ C. have a photo taken D. make a film ‎22. Hitler married Eva Braun on , 1945.‎ ‎ A. April 15 B. April ‎30 C. April 29 D. April 28‎ ‎23. All of the following things of Hitler were recovered except .‎ ‎ A. a set of false teeth B. a diary ‎ C. a copy of Hitler’s will D. Hitler’s remains ‎24. The bodies of Hitler and his wife .‎ ‎ A. were burnt B. were buried ‎ C. were hidden in a secret place D. The passage doesn’t say.‎ ‎25. led to Hitler’s death.‎ ‎ A. His longtime mistress Eva Braun ‎ B. British war-time leader Winston Churchill ‎ C. Brigadier Dick White ‎ D. Soviet troops 参考答案：‎ ‎21. B 词义猜测题。从第一段中的documents, reported等词上可以断定。‎ ‎22. C 数字计算题。从第三段中可以看出，希特勒结婚一天后(a day later)，即4月30日双双自杀。‎ ‎23. D 细节理解题。第五段最后一句找到了假牙，第六段找到了一本日记和一份遗嘱，第七段怀疑his remains 是否找到。‎ ‎24. A 细节理解题。从第三段最后一句中可以看出。‎ ‎25. D 细节理解题。从第三段第一句中可以看出，由于苏联军队包围了他的地下室，使其感到走投无路，最后自尽。‎ ‎[七]‎ If you have strong arms and feet, a lot of patience and a very good temper, you might make a good waiter. You must start, however, not in the restaurant, but in the kitchen, helping the chef, to learn exactly how each dish is prepared. Then you will be able to tell the customers what the ingredients are and how the food is cooked. From this first step, you may enter the restaurant as a “commis”, or learner. But you won’t be allowed to serve the customers yet. They will only let you do the simplest jobs, laying the tables and carrying the plates and cutlery. But all the time you must watch and learn. Later you will be taught how to serve food, and if you are good at it you may become “chef de rang” ( a waiter in charge of a number of tables). You may even become a head waiter eventually, if you have the right sort of personality and you are not afraid of hard work.‎ When Carlo Bianchi first arrived in London, he spoke only two words of English—“please” and “Hello”. He managed to get a job helping in the kitchen of an Italian restaurant, and he spent what little spare time he had learning English. He was a good worker and soon they found him a job in the restaurant as a waiter. Every night, Carlo used to go home exhausted, but never too tired to study the language for half an hour before going to sleep. He always managed to save a third of his wages, which he put in the bank regularly every Friday. And no matter how tired or ill he felt, he always had a warm smile for his customers. They liked him, and people used to come to the restaurant and asked to be served by Carlo. Now, twenty-five years later, Carlo is the proprietor of six restaurants, and he hopes to open a seventh shortly. But he still believes in the personal touch, and every night he goes to one or another of his restaurants to welcome the customers with a friendly greeting.‎ ‎21. If you want to make a good waiter, you must have all of the following except .‎ ‎ A. a beautiful face B. strong arms and feet ‎ C. a lot of patience D. a very good temper ‎22. In order to be a waiter, you first go to .‎ ‎ A. the restaurant B. the kitchen ‎ C. the dining hall D. the manager’s office ‎23. When you enter the restaurant as a learner, you can do all of the following except .‎ ‎ A. laying the tables B. carrying the plates ‎ C. carrying knives and forks D. serving the customers ‎24. As a waiter, Carlo used to before going to sleep every night.‎ ‎ A. help in the kitchen B. put some wages in the bank ‎ C. learn English D. play computer games ‎25. The reason why people like being served by Carlo was that .‎ ‎ A. he used to go home exhausted. ‎ B. he spent what little spare time he had learning English ‎ C. he is the proprietor of six restaurants ‎ ‎ D. he always had a warm smile for his customers however tired or ill he felt.‎ 参考答案：‎ ‎21. A 细节理解题。从第一段第一句中可以看出。‎ ‎22. B 细节理解题。从第一段第二句中可以看出。‎ ‎23. D 细节理解题。从第一段第五、六句可以看出。‎ ‎24. C 细节理解题。从第二段第四句中可以看出。‎ ‎25. D 细节理解题。从第二段第六、七句中可以看出。‎ ‎[八]‎ London taxi drivers know the capital like the back of their hands. Just jump into one of the city's 22,000 distinctive shaped cars and tell the driver your destination. No matter how small and obscure the street is, the driver will be able to get you there without any trouble. ‎ The reason London taxi drivers are so efficient is that they have all gone through a very rough training period known as “the knowledge” to get the special licence needed to drive taxis. During this period, which can take from two to four years, the would-be taxi driver has to learn the most direct route to every single road and to every important building in London. To achieve this, most learners go around the city on small motorbikes, practicing how to move to and from different points of the city. ‎ Going around London on a small motorbike can have its problems, particularly during the winter. Collin Sinclair, 40, who has been a taxi driver for 15 years, described his training period as a time of blood, sweat and tears. “There was thick snow everywhere and I had to wear my mother's tights because I was so cold,” he said.‎ Learner drivers are not allowed to work — and earn money — as drivers. Therefore, many of them keep their previous jobs until they obtain their ‎ taxi-driving licence. The training period can cost quite a lot, because learners have to pay for their own expenses (getting around London using private transport, the tests they take and a medical exam). ‎ ‎21. How many taxis are there in London?‎ ‎ A. 15 B. ‎40 C. 2,200 D. 22,000‎ ‎22. The training period of the taxi drivers lasts at least .‎ ‎ A. two years B. four years ‎ C. three years D. two to four years ‎23. How old is Collin Sinclair when he became a taxi driver?‎ ‎ A. 20 B. ‎25 C. 30 D. 35‎ ‎24. The training of the taxi drivers is .‎ ‎ A. very difficult B. very easy ‎ C. neither A nor B D. The passage doesn’t say.‎ ‎25. Which of the following is NOT true about learner drivers?‎ ‎ A. A lot of learner drivers have their previous jobs before they get their taxi-driving licences. ‎ ‎ B. They spent money on the tests during their training period by government officers.‎ ‎ C. They earn very little money as drivers.‎ ‎ D. They have to pay for a medical exam.‎ 参考答案：‎ ‎21. D 细节理解题。从第一段第二句中可以看出。‎ ‎22. A 细节理解题。从第二段第二句中可以看出。‎ ‎23. B 数字计算题。根据第三段第二句可以推算出。‎ ‎24. A 细节理解题。从第三段第一句中可以看出。‎ ‎25. C 细节理解题。从第四段中可以看出。‎ ‎[九]‎ Suzhou, April 13 (Xinhua)—An inaugural boatload of 49 foreigners has opened China’s famous Grand Canal, 1,782 kilometers long and over 1,400 years old, to the first opportunities for tourists from abroad since 1949.‎ The canal is one of the longest and oldest in the world. It is a system of waterways linking the southern and northern sections of the country and was first built between 581 and ‎618 A.D. during the Sui Dynasty. It was used for the Emperor’s pleasure and for commercial transport for many years before falling into disrepair and disuse in the latter part of the Sui rule, but was later refurbished and again used as a system of commercial transport. It is considered to be on an engineering par with（与…工程相等）the Great Wall. Its length stretches across four provinces from Beijing to the lake city Hangzhou.‎ The tourist cruises(巡游) are scheduled to last seven days, originating in Suzhou, China’s garden city, and terminating（结束）in Yangzhou, a 230-kilometer trip. The trip affords an opportunity to visit ‎ the gardens of Suzhou, the picturesque Taihu Lake near Wuxi, the scenery and historic spots of Changzhou and Zhenjiang, the ancient cultural capital city of Nanjing. A side trip to the karst caves of Yixing is also available.‎ Modern hotels and restaurants, offering local, traditional cuisine（菜肴）, line the route and provide the travelers with overnight accommodations. Collectors and choose from elegant Suzhou embroidery, Wuxi clay figurines, Yixing pottery and the lacquerware and jade carvings of Yangzhou.‎ According to the local travel and tourism department, 1,200 foreigner tourists will travel the ancient canal in 40 groups by the end of this year.‎ ‎21. The Sui Dynasty ended in .‎ ‎ A. ‎581A.D. B. ‎618A.D. ‎ C. ‎1949A.D. D. The passage doesn’t say this.‎ ‎22. The trip is long.‎ ‎ A. 49 meters B. 230-kilometer ‎ C. 1,782-kilometer D. 1,400 kilometers ‎23. The underlined word “refurbished” in the second paragraph means .‎ ‎ A. destroyed B. built C. rebuilt D. forbad ‎4. foreigner tourists have traveled the ancient canal.‎ ‎2 A. 49 B. ‎1,200 C. 1,400 D. 1,782‎ ‎25. The canal was first built .‎ ‎ A. to show how great the Chinese people are. B. for the Emperor ‎ C. for commercial transport D. both B and C 参考答案：‎ ‎21. D 细节理解题。第二段第二句中的两个数字只是开挖大运河的起止时间。‎ ‎22. B 细节理解题。从第三段第一句中可以看出。‎ ‎23. C 词义猜测题。从该句中可以猜出词义。‎ ‎24. A 细节理解题。从第一段中可以看出。‎ ‎25. D 细节理解题。从第二段第三句中可以看出。‎ ‎[十]‎ Some people go abroad thinking that although they can’t speak any foreign languages, they will be able to make themselves understood by using sign language.‎ To some extent this is true. The gestures used to show a person is hungry or thirsty will probably be understood, but other gestures have different meanings in different countries.‎ This is because there are no real international gestures. Even the signs for “yes” and “no” are not universal. In Bulgaria, a nod could be mistaken for “no” and a shake of the head for “yes”. In Greece, ‎ a nod means “yes” and the sign for “no” is an upward jerk of the head, combined with a stern look. Different nationalities also have different ways of waving goodbye. An English person beckons someone with the palm of the hand facing upwards, but in Japan this is the way to beckon a dog. To beckon a person the palm should face downwards. When an Englishman refers to himself he points to his chest. A Japanese person points to his or her nose, a sign which, if made in Central or Eastern Europe, would be interpreted as a contemptuous refusal.‎ Sticking out one’s tongue signifies an apology in parts of China, the evil eye in parts of India, deference in Tibet and a rude sign in England.‎ ‎21. According to some people who go abroad, .‎ ‎ A. one can’t be understood if he doesn’t speak any foreign language.‎ ‎ B. one is unable to stay in the country if he is not able to speak the language of the country.‎ ‎ C. one can make himself understood if he can’t speak the language of the country where he stays.‎ ‎ D. one has to return home when he can’t speak any foreign languages.‎ ‎22. The gestures showing a person is hungry or thirsty can be understood by .‎ ‎ A. people from nowhere. B. people from some countries.‎ ‎ C. people from all countries. D. people from Mars.‎ ‎23. In Bulgaria, a shake of the head means “ ”.‎ ‎ A. yes B. no C. both yes and no D. neither yes nor no ‎24. When you see a Japanese person’s palm facing downwards, he’s beckoning .‎ ‎ A. a dog B. a person C. both A and B D. no one ‎25. Sticking out one’s tongue indicates .‎ ‎ A. the evil eye in Tibet. B. deference in England.‎ ‎ C. a rude sign in parts of India. D. an apology in parts of China.‎ 参考答案：‎ ‎21. C 细节理解题。从第一段中可以看出。‎ ‎22. B 细节理解题。从第二段中可以看出。‎ ‎23. A 细节理解题。从第三段第三句中可以看出。‎ ‎24. B 细节理解题。从第三段倒数第三句中可以看出。‎ ‎25. D 细节理解题。从第四段中可以看出。‎