高中英语阅读理解附答案解析翻译11.docx

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高中英语阅读理解附答案解析翻译11

Passage1

TherearestoriesabouttwoU．S.presidents，AndrewJacksonandMartinVanBuren，whichattempttoexplaintheAmericanEnglishtermOK．Wedon’tknowifeitherstoryistrue，buttheyarebothinteresting．

ThefirstexplanationisbasedonthefactthatPresidentJacksonhadverylittleeducation．Infact，hehaddifficultyreadingandwriting．WhenimportantpaperscametoJackson，hetriedtoreadthemandthenhadhisassistantsexplainwhattheysaid．Ifheapprovedofapaper．hewouldwrite“allcorrect”onit．Theproblemwasthathedidn’tknowhowtospell．Sowhathereallywrotewas“olkorekt”．Afterawhile，heshortenedthattermto“OK”．

ThesecondexplanationisbasedontheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasborn，Kinderhook，NewYork．VanBnren’sfriendsorganizedaclubtohelphimbecomePresidentTheycanedtheclubtheOldKinderhookClub，andanyonewhosupportedVanBurenwascalled“OK”．

31．Theauthor

A.believesbothofthestoriesB．doesn’tbelieveawordofthestories

C．isnotsurewhetherthestoriesaretrueD.istellingthestoriesjustforfun

32.Accordingtothepassage，PresidentJackson

A．couldn’tdrawupanydocumentsatallB.didn’tliketoreadimportantpapersbyhimself

C．oftenhadhisassistantssigndocumentsforhimD.wasn’tgoodatreading，writingorspelling

33．Accordingtothefirststory,theterm“OK”A.wasapprovedofbyPresidentJacksonB．wasthetitleofsomeOfficialdocuments

C．wasfirstusedbyPresidentJacksonD．wasanoldwaytospell“allcorrect’’

34.Accordingtothesecondstory，theterm‘‘OK”

A．wastheshortwaytosay‘‘oldKinderhookClub”B．meanttheplacewherePresidentVanBurenwasborn

C．wasthenameofVanBuren’sclubD．wasusedtocallVanBuren’ssupportersintheelection

35．Accordingtothesecondstory．theterm“OK”wasfirstused__

A．byVanBurenB．inapresidentialelection

C．toorganizetheOldKinderhookClubD．bythemembersofthe‘‘OldKinderhookClub”

Passage2

AlthoughtheUnitedStatescoverssomuchlandandthelandproducesfarmorefoodthanthepresentpopulationneeds，itspeoplearebynowalmostentirelyanurbansocietyLessthanatenthofthepeopleareengagedinagricultureandforestry（林业），andmostoftherestliveinoraroundtowns，smallandlarge．Herethetraditionalpictureischanging：

everysmalltownmaystillbeverylikeothersmalltowns，andthetypicalsmalltownmayrepresentawidelyacceptedviewofthecountry，butmostAmericansdonotliveinsmalltownsanymore．Halfthepopulationnowlivesinsomethirtymetropolitanareas（1argecitieswiththeirsuburbs、ofmorethanamillionpeopleeach—alargerproportionthaninGermanyorEngland，letaloneFrance．Thestatistics（统计）ofurbanandruralpopulationshouldbetreatedwithcautionbecausesomanypeoplewholiveinareasclassifiedasruraltravelbycartoworkinanearbytowneachday．Astherushtoliveoutoftowncontinues．ruralareaswithinreachoftownsaregraduallyfilledwithhouses，sothatitishardtosayatwhatmomentapieceofcountrybecomesasuburbButmoreandmorethetypicalAmericanlivesinametropolitanratherthanasmalltownenvironment．

36．IfnowAmericahas250millionpeople．howmanyofthemareengagedinagricultureandforestry?

A．About25million．B．Morethan25million．

C．Lessthan25million．D.Lessthan225million

37．Whichofthefollowingfourcountrieshasthesmallestproportionofpeoplelivinginmetropolitanareas?

A．UnitedStates．B．Germany．C．France．D．England．

38．What’sthemeaningoftheword“metropolitan”inthemiddleofthepassage?

A.Ofalargecitywithitssuburbs．B．Ofsmallandlargetowns．

C．Ofurbanareas．D．Ofruralareas．

39．Accordingtothepassage，whatcanwelearnaboutsmalltownsintheUnitedStates?

AMostsmalltownsbecomegraduallycrowdedB．Smalltownsarestillsimilartoeachother．

C．Asthetraditionalpictureischanging，townsaredifferent．D.Smalltownsareturningintolargecities

40．Whyisithardtosaywhenapieceofcountrybecomesasuburb?

A．Becausetheyarethesame．B．Becausetherushtakesplacetooquickly

C．Becausetheprocessisgradual．D．BecausemoreandmoreAmericansliveinmetropolitanareas．

Passage3

Ifwewereaskedexactlywhatweweredoingayearago，weshouldprobablyhavetosaythatwecouldnotrememberButifwehadkeptabookandhadwritteninitanaccountofwhatwedideachday，weshouldbeabletogiveananswertothequestion.

ItisthesameinhistoryManythingshavebeenforgottenbecausewedonothaveanywrittenaccountofthemSometimesmendidkeeparecordofthemostimportanthappeningsintheircountry，butoftenitwasdestroyedbyfireorinawar．SometimestherewasneveranywrittenrecordatallbecausethepeopleofthattimeandplacedidnotknowhowtoWrite．Forexample，weknowagooddealaboutthepeoplewholivedinChina4，00