2012高考英语二轮专题演练：阅读理解【03】

2012高考英语二轮专题演练：阅读理解【03】

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阅读理解（共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Time: April 8th, 2010 at 10 PM To April 9th, 2010 at 3 AM

Location: Babyface Guangzhou

Street: No.83 Changdi Da Ma Road, Guangzhou

City/Town: Guangzhou

Website or Map:

Phone: 020-8335 5771

Organized By: Babyface China Official

Grammy nominated (格莱美奖提名)artist and globally admired DJ and Producer Paul van Dyk continues to lead the electronic music charts and appears at the highpoint of every Top DJ list across the globe. PvD, as his fans have nicknamed him, is currently ranked the World’s No. 1 DJ by DJ Magazine’s “Top 100 DJs poll” for the second successive year.

PvD is well-known as one of the hardest working artists, with sold-out tours that cross each continent, headline spots at every major festival, and a hugely successful recording career. With over 3 million albums sold worldwide, van Dyk travels around the world over 16 times each year to sold out performances internationally.

Born in Eisenhuettenstadt, East Germany, Paul van Dyk grew up in East Berlin. Because his community did not have a true club culture, Paul van Dyk listened to the radio where he discovered his passion for music that extended beyond Techno music—he wanted to create a different, more unique sound. In the early 1990’s Paul van Dyk was performing regularly at various clubs in Berlin before releasing his first album 45 RPM in 1994. But it was the release of his second album Seven Ways that put him into Top 100, followed by the release of his hit single “For An Angel,” which began to earn him praise across the globe. By the time Paul van Dyk released Out There & Back in 2000, it became clear that the Berlin-based musician had far more to offer than his signature club sets that had already defined him as one of the most influential DJs and producers of all time. His first mix CD Politics of Dancing was released in 2001, followed by Global in 2003—a DVD which illustrates his own experiences traveling the world.

56. What activity does this passage introduce to us?

A. Paul van Dyk Volume World Tour at Babyface Guangzhou.

B. Grammy Prize Ceremony at Babyface Guangzhou.

C. Release of PvD’s original album Reflections.

D. The foundation of Babyface China Official.

57. Which album first made PvD into the Top 100?

A. For An Angel.

B. Seven Ways.

C. 45 RPM.

D. Out There & Back.

58. According to the passage PvD can be best described as _______.

A. intelligent but proud

B. hardworking but absent-minded

C. optimistic and outgoing

D. creative and potential

59. PvD’s passion for music originated from _______.

A. performing at various clubs

B. listening to the radio

C. his tours across the globe

D. his true club culture

60. According to the passage, PvD _______.

A. is ranked the world’s No.1 DJ in Top 100 DJs Poll for life

B. shows us his travelling experience in Global

C. sings about politics in his mix CD Politics of Dancing

D. received Grammy Prizes several times

B

Vans, Keds, Dollies—they sound like the names of rock bands, but if you have teenagers, you'll know they're actually the latest in teenage footwear.

But experts are now warning that the current shoe fashions will be causing teenagers discomfort in the short term and storing up years of foot, knee and back pain in the future.

Here, the experts identify the problems caused by teenagers' shoe choice.

KEDS/VANS

Slip-on shoes with elastic (弹性的）sides are particularly popular among

teenage boys - with Keds and Vans the most sought-after brands.

The main problem is that they are just too flat—so flat that the heel, which

strikes the ground first, also becomes damaged and painful.

BALLET PUMPS

The worst shoes of all are such light and thin dolly shoes. The problem is

partly their flatness, as with Keds and Vans. However ballet pumps, which have

no string or heel, have other specific problems.

“As the shoe has no fastening device, it relies on the toes to keep the shoe

on, causing an awkward gait（步法）, this leads to short- and long-term problems

such as calluses（茧子）, heel and knee pain.”

WEDGES AND STILETTOS

These shoes can also cause problems with gait. They may look good, but the

heels on these are so high they can force the wearer's body weight forward, making

them very unstable.

Teens who wear these shoes regularly are also in danger of joining those

millions of women with constant back pain.

SCHOOL SHOES

So what do podiatrists（足科医生）have on their wish list, especially for everyday wear?

Something in a natural, breathable fabric, with a string to hold it on, with a small heel and a deep toe-box that does not press the toes, such as Clark's, Marks & Spencer or Rhino.

If your teen insists on wearing 'bad' shoes, get them some simple foot orthotics(矫形器) in the shoes. These support and correct the movement of the foot and, properly fitted by a podiatrist, can often transform their walk and halt the damage.

61. Of all the shoes mentioned in the passage, which can cause the worst problems?

A. Marks & Spencer.

B. Wedges & Stilettos.

C. Keds and Vans.

D. Ballet Pumps.

62. Which pair of shoes may not be found on the podiatrists’ wish list?

A. B. C. D.

63. The underlined word “halt” in the last paragraph probably means _______.

A. increase

B. worsen

C. stop

D. cure

64. From this passage we can infer _______.

A. trendy shoes may ruin teenagers’ health

B. fashionable shoes all have orthotics in them

C. experts are strongly against wearing popular shoes

D. podiatrists are expert at producing branded shoes

65. In which column of Mail Online can you find this passage?

A. Sports.

B. Science.

C. Health.

D. Shopping.

参考答案、、56—60 ABDBB 61—65 DBCAC

2（答案CBAC）

Beldon and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart．Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday-makers and other tourists．

Last August there was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel in Beldon．The next day, this news appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper．

The Beldon Post:

FIRE AT SEABREEZE

Late last night firemen hurried to the Seabreeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom．The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire．We say again to all our visitors：“Please don’t smoke cigarettes in bed．” This was Beldon’s first hotel fire for five years．The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one：

ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE

Last night Beldon firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Seabreeze Hotel．An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fire．The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels．When I put my bed side light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp．” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield．

What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident．There was a fire at the Seabreeze Hotel last August: that is one fact．Do we know anything else? Yes, we know that firemen went to the hotel．

Now what do you think of the rest of the “news”?

1．Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text?

A．Beldon and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer．

B．A fire broke out at night in Seabreeze Hotel last summer．

C．It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers．

D．Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter．

2．Which of the following are probably facts?

a．The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel．

b．A cigarette started the fire．

c．An old lamp started the fire．

d．The fire broke out at night．

e．There has never been a fire in Canfield．

A．b and c B．a and d C．c and e D．a and c

3．The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _______ ．A．hotels in Beldon often catch fire

B．hotels in Beldon don’t often catch fire

C．this was the second fire at the Seabreeze Hote

D．Beldon was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe

4．The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Beldon Post by saying that _______．

A．the bedroom lamps were very old at the Seabreeze Hotel

B．the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place

C．the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things

D．such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years

3（参考答案BADC）

Read the following reviews for movies that are showing at the moment. And then answer questions.

Happiness（Romance）★★★★

Happiness tells the story of two people （Lisa Turbot and Danny Roy）who work for different advertising companies. They talk on the phone all the time and don’t like each other. But then they correspond by email and fall in love. This movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances. It also has beautiful music.

Scream I（Thriller）★★

In Scream I, Paul（Colin Jacks）is a young man who joins a thriller club. Each of the members tries to frighten the others. Paul is told to stay in an old house for the night. Everyone who has tried to stay in the house before has died. This movie is very frightening but also quite silly. It doesn’t make sense for Paul to stay in the house when things start to go wrong. Only for people who like thrillers.

Paul’s Heroes（Comedy）★★★

This is a very funny war movie set in World War Two. Six soldiers（including Sammy Turblow）have to get to Italy to take secret messages to the American army there. During the movie, they dress up as women and fig ht with Italian workers. You can guess the ending, but it’s great fun getting there.

______________（Drama）★★★

This is a very good drama with Jack Ross, a hard-working truck driver. His wife becomes ill and he has to find a doctor who can help her. In his travels he meets Dr. Lloyd（Phil Driver）who has found the cure for the illness, but Jack Ross has only twelve hours to get the medicine back to his wife on the other side of America. This is an excellent movie, which is very exciting.

1. The underlined word “correspond” can be replaced by _______.

A. date

B. communicate

C. exchange

D. write

2. A thriller is most probably a film which tells something _______.

A. frightening

B. instructive

C. humorous

D. interesting

3. Which of the following is the best title for the fourth film?

A. A Hard-working Truck Driver

B. Medicine

C. A Strange Illness

D. Twelve Hours

4. Where can we probably read the passage?

A. On the sports page.

B. A travel brochure.

C. On the entertainment page.

D. In the test book.

4（参考答案BADA）

MUMBAI, India —The children in their party clothes on the stage were very excited when they received the award. And the two of them said, "It’s unbel ievable!"

Nine-year-old Rubina Ali, and Azharuddin Ismail, 10, were living a very different life and apparently loving every minute of it. The two, some of the child stars of the Oscar-winning Slumdog Millionaire (《贫民窟的百万富翁》)movie, know the Indian slums very well. That was where they grew up, and it is where they will return at the end of their Hollywood dream trip.

But before going back home, there was an interview with the host, Ryan Seacrest. During the interview they smiled and repeated their disbelief at what was happening to them. To their surprise, their movie won the first place in the Oscars. When the two received the award, it was late morning in the children’s home city of Mumbai, where their family, friends and many fellow residents of the slums watched the results from Hollywood.

"I don’t really know what the Oscars are," Rubina’s mother said. "I’m just glad my daughter looks happy, though she told me she missed Indian food."

"Our children lead a dog’s life," Rubina’s mother said, pointing at th e rubbish everywhere, the open drains (下水道) and the lack of education opportunities.

In a few days they will be back in Mumbai and back in the slums. Fortunately, according to media reports, the movie’s director, Danny Boyle, has promised to help the child ren he chose from the slums go to a proper school.

The two don’t need to worry about their daily lives because of the Oscar success of Slumdog Millionaire. But the poverty and lack of education opportunities —the central theme of the movie —is always all around.

1. Which of the following is true about the two children?

A. They played a major role in getting India children to receive education.

B. They were both excited about receiving the award.

C. They were interviewed after they went back home.

D. They were the only two child winners of the movie.

2. When the children attended the Oscar ceremony in Hollywood, their family and friends were

_________.

A. watching TV in Mumbai

B. doing what they did as usual

C. seeing the movie Slumdog Millionaire

D. having a family party

3. What will happen to the two children after they return to India?

A. They will stay at home as before.

B. They will still worry about their daily lives.

C. They will leave school to learn acting.

D. They will have a better education.

4、The movie is successful mainly because________.

A. it attracts the public attention to an existing social problem

B. it has made the two children famous

C. the two children will go to a better school

D. the two children stars in the movie are from India slums

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A

Those who have suffered from insomnia know the sinking feeling of watching the clock tick. Now a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests that lying in bed awake may actually contribute to the problem of sleeplessness.

The study of 79 adults (average age 72) with insomnia aimed to determine whether brief behavioral interventions for insomnia would help. Traditional behavioral therapy（疗法）requires at least half a dozen hour-long sessions with a therapist — a costly commitment many patients either can't make or don't have access to. Other options include sleep-aiding medications or supplements. In the current study, the 39 participants in the behavioral therapy group received a 45- to 60-minute instructing session, plus a 30-minute follow-up session and two 20-minute phone calls.

Doctors offered the following behavioral interventions for improving sleep: reduce time in bed; get up at the same time every day, regardless of sleep duration; don't go to bed unless sleepy; and don't stay in bed unless asleep.

The other 40 participants in the study were given printed educational materials about insomnia, which included the same instructions given to the intervention group, but without the individualized sessions with a therapist. Two weeks later, the latter group also got a 10-minute follow-up phone call.

At the end of four weeks, the behavioral treatment group was significantly more likely to show improvements in sleep than the printed-materials group. By that time, 55% of those who received behavioral treatment no longer met the criteria for insomnia, compared with 13% of the group that got educational brochures.

The good news comes at the same time as a report on the health effects of insomnia from the U.K.'s Mental Health Foundation. The report, Sleep Matters, suggests a link between insomnia and poor relationships, low energy levels and an inability to concentrate. Poor sleep has already been linked to depression, immune deficiency and heart disease.

66.What is the meaning of the underlined word “ insomnia”?

A. sleeplessness

B. depression

C. heart disease

D. immune deficiency

67. What is the disadvantage of traditional behavioral therapy?

A. It can’t help.

B. It costs a lot of money.

C. It requires sessions with a therapist.

D. It includes sleep-aiding medications.

68. How to improve sleep according to the doctor?

A. Lying in bed awake.

B. Get up early every day.

C. Don’t go to bed late at night.

D. Don’t stay in bed if you are not asleep.

69. We can learn from the text that insomnia may cause the following results except________.

A. depression

B. concentration

C. immune deficiency

D. heart disease

70. What can we infer from the study?

A. The intervention group was not given the printed materials.

B. The latter group of the study was not given follow-up phone calls.

C. The behavioral treatment group was less likely to show improvements.

D. The instructing session that the intervention group received is most effective.

B

Britain’s seed bank, the only one in the world aiming to collect all of the planet’s wild plant species, has reached its goal of banking 10 percent by 2010．

The Millennium Seed Bank Project, run by Kew Gardens—one of the oldest botanical gardens—will officially deposit the 24,200th species on Thursday, a pink, wild banana from China．

More than 50 countries are now on board with Kew’s giant task but vast places of the globe, including India and Brazil, still need to join in and donate seeds, director Paul Smith said．The seed bank is one of the largest and most diverse in the world with more than 1．5 billion seeds．Its goal is to help protect the planet’s bio-diversity during a time of climate change．The wild banana seed is under threat of extinction（灭绝）in southwest China from agricultural development．It is a vital food source for Asian elephants and important for growing bananas for human consumption．

Stored at minus-20 degrees centigrade, so they can last for thousands of years, the seeds await the day that scientists hope never comes—when the species no longer exist in the wild．It is a race against time, Smith said, because in the last decade alone, 20 plants held in the bank have already been wiped out in the wild．He estimates that between a third and a quarter will become extinct this century．

"It is urgent and it is happening now．An area, the size of England, is cleared of primary vegetation（植被）every year．" Smith said．

Because most of the world’s food and medicines come from nature, protecting wild plant species is quite important, scientists say．There are already many other seed banks safeguarding food crops, which only account for 0.6 percent of plant diversity．

For Kew’s next goal—to collect a quarter of wild varieties by 2020—the botanists need 10 million pounds a year, or a further 100 million pounds on top of the 40 million they have already been granted．

71．What’s the final purpose of the Britain’s seed bank?

A．To collect enough money for the project．

B．To safeguard food crops．

C．To protect wild plants from extinction．

D．To help scientists study wild plants．

72．The wild banana seed in China is in danger because of _______．

A．the expanding of farming work B．the climate change in this area

C．the large number of Asian elephants D．human’s large consumption

73．We can learn from the passage that _______．

A．the seeds in the bank can be used now and then all over the world

B．India and Brazil haven’t joined in the Seed Bank Project at present

C．there is only one seed bank in the world at present

D．the wild plants in places like India and China will never die out

74．What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 7 refer to?

A．The extinction of plant species．B．Kew Gardens’ next goal．

C．Britain’s seed bank．D．The Millennium Seed Bank Project．75．Which of the following information isn’t m entioned in the passage?

A．The global partnership of collecting wild plant species．

B．The temperature condition of the conservative wild plant species．

C．The government’s financial support for the seed bank project．

D．Scientists’ concern on the extinct wild plant species．

参考答案、、、66—70ABDBD 71—75 CABDC

6（参考答案DDAB）

Seen from space the earth is covered with a blue mantle. It is a planet on which the continents(洲，大陆) are dwarfed (相形见绌) by the ocean surrounding them and the vastness of the marine (海洋的) area.

An astonishing 80 percent of all life on earth is to be found hidden beneath the waves and this vast global ocean drives the natural forces which keep life on our planet. The ocean provides necessary sources of protein, energy, minerals and other products and the rolling of the sea across the planet creates over half our oxygen, drives weather systems and natural flows of energy and nutrients around the world, transports water masses many times greater than all the rivers on land combined and keeps the earth suitable for living things to survive. Without the global ocean there would be no life on earth.

It is seriously worrying, then, that we are damaging the ocean on a level that is unimaginable to most people.

We now know that human activity can have a serious influence on the vital forces of our planet. We have fundamentally changed our global climate and are just beginning to understand the consequences of that.

As yet largely unseen, but just as serious, are the influences we are having on the ocean. A healthy ocean has diverse ecosystems and strong and healthy habitats. The actual state of our ocean is a far cry from this natural state.

A lot of pressure is being put directly and indirectly on ocean ecosystems by human activities. Consequently ecosystems are breaking down as marine species are in danger of dying out and ocean habitats are being destroyed. With the decrease in their diversity, ocean ecosystems are losing their natural way of recovery.

We need to defend the ocean now more than ever, because climate change is having a

potentially disastrous impact on the marine world.

1、. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A. What the ocean looks like.

B. What the ocean is made up of.

C. What live in the ocean.

D. What functions the ocean has.

2、. According to the text, the ocean directly provides people with ____.

A. water forming rivers

B. comfortable habitats

C. all the natural forces they need

D. driving forces for energy and nutrients

3、. It is not realized by many people that we have ____.

A. done great harm to the ocean

B. benefited greatly from the ocean

C. fundamentally changed our global climate

D. begun to suffer the consequences of pollution

4、. The best title for this text would be ____.

A. Protecting Our Planet

B. Defending Our Ocean

C. Getting to Know Our Planet

D. Make Good Use of Our Ocean

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