高考英语阅读理解限时训练题22.docx

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高考英语阅读理解限时训练题22

高三英语阅读理解限时训练（22）

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Valentine'sDayisnamedforSaintValentine,anearlyChristianchurchmanwhoreportedlyhelpedyounglovers．ValentinewaskilledforhisChristianbeliefsonFebruary14morethan1,700yearsago,butthedaythathashisnameisevenearlierthanthat．

Morethan2,000yearsago,theancientRomanscelebratedaholidayforlovers．Aspartofthecelebration,girlswrotetheirnamesonpiecesofpaperandputtheminalargecontainer．Boysreachedintothecontainerandpulledoneout．Thegirlwhosenamewaswrittenonthepaperbecamehisloverorsweetheartforayear．

LoversstillputtheirnamesonpiecesofpaperandtheysendeachotherValentine'sDaycardsthattelloftheirlove．Sometimestheyalsosendgifts,likeflowersorchocolatecandy．Americansusuallysendthesegiftsandcardsthroughthemailsystem．Butsomeusedanotherwaytosendthismessage．Theyhaveitprintedinanewspaper．Thecostisusuallyafewdollars．Someofthemessagesaresimpleandshort,"Jane,Iloveyouverymuch．"Otherssaymore．Thisone,forexample,"Don,rosesarered．Violetsareblue．IhopeyoulovemeasmuchasIloveyou．Forever,Mary．"

Mostofthenewspapersthatprintsuchmessagesarelocal,butUSATodayissoldthroughouttheUnitedStatesand90othercountriesaswell．ThismeanssomeonecansendaValentinemessagetoaloverinafar-awaycityortownalmostanywhereintheworld．Thesemessagescost80dollarsandmore．AnemployeeofUSATodaysaysreaderscanhaveasmallheartorroseprintedalongwiththeirmessagesthisyear．WillthiskindofValentine'sDaymessagereachtheoneyoulove?

Well,justmakesureheorshereadsthenewspaper．

41．WhichistrueaboutValentine'sDayaccordingtothetext?

A．Giftsareamustfortheholiday．

B．Girlssendcardswiththeirnames．

C．Loversusuallybuyrosesforeachother．

D．Lovemessagesmayappearinnewspapers．

42．Whichoftheeventstookplaceearliestaccordingtothetext?

A．Peoplebegantocelebratetheholiday．

B．TheholidaywasnamedValentine．

C．Valentine'sDaycardsappeared．

D．SaintValentinewaskilled．

43．Whatisthemainpurposeoftheauthorinwritingthistext?

A．TointroduceValentine'sDay．

B．ToattractreaderstoUSAToday．

C．TotellastoryaboutSaintValentine．

D．ToexplainthedevelopmentofValentine'sDay．

B

HistorianssayHarrietTubmanwasbornintheyear1820．Nobodyreallyknows．ButwedoknowthatHarrietTubmanwasoneofthebravestwomeneverbornintheUnitedStates．

Fromaveryearlyage,Harrietknewhowslavessuffered．Atsixyearsold,shewassenttothefields．WorkingoutsidenotonlymadeherbodystrongbutalsomadeherlearnabouttheUndergroundRailroad,throughwhichshehelpedhundredsofpeopleescapefromslaverylater．Shealsolearnedmanythingsfromotherslaves,whichonedaywouldhelpherleadherpeopletofreedom．Shebecamemoreofarebel（叛逆者）．

In1844,ataboutage24,shemarriedafreeblackmannamedJohnTubman．Bynow,Harrietwassureshewantedtotrytoescape．Suddenly,thetimecame．Herownerdied．Thoughopposedbyherhusband,shedecidedtoescape．WiththehelpoftheUndergroundRailroad,andthroughavarietyofsufferingshefinallycrossedtheborderintoPennsylvania,whereslaverywasbanned（禁止）．Later,shetoldafriend,"IfeltlikeIwasinheaven．"

NowthatHarrietwasfree,shedidnotforgetthehundredsofotherslavesbackinMaryland．Harriettraveledbackandfortheighteentimes,helpingabout300slavesescapeintofreeterritory．Shebecameanexpertathidingfromslavehunter．ThepeopleshehelpedcalledherMoses．AtonetimeanyonefindingHarrietwaspromised$40,000forcatchingher—deadoralive．

DuringtheCivilWar,HarrietTubmanwentintoenemyterritorytospyfortheNorth．Shealsoservedasanurse．Afterfouryearsofbloodyfighting,theNorthwonthewar．

Afterthefightingended,HarrietTubmanreturnedtoAuburn,NewYork．Shekeptworking．Shetraveledandgavespeechestoraisemoneyforbettereducationforblackchildren．Shealsoworkedforwomen'srightsandhousing．HarrietTubmandiedin1913．Shewasabout93yearsold．Bythattime,shewasrecognizedasanAmericanhero．TheUnitedStatesgovernmentgaveafuneralwithmilitaryhonorsforthewomanknownaMoses．

44．WhatcanwesaytheUndergroundRailroadis?

A．Akindoftrain．B．Aspecialrailroad．

C．Agroupofslaves．D．Asecretorganization．

45．PeoplecalledHarriet"Moses"becausetheyregardedheras____．

A．asisterB．afighterC．aleaderD．afriend

46．Whichistrueaccordingtothetext?

A．Harrietwaswelleducatedasachild．

B．Harrietworkedfortheblackstillherlast．

C．SlaveryendedinAmericaduringtheCivilWar．

D．ThegovernmenthonoredHarrietforherbravery．

47．WhichistherightorderaboutwhatHarrietTubmandid?

a．ShewascalledMoses．

b．ShespiedfortheNorth．

c．Sheworkedinthefield．

d．ShereturnedtoNewYork．

c．Shewashonoredasahero．

f．SheescapedintoPennsylvania

A．c;f;a;b;d;eB．f;b;c;d;e;aC．f;c;b;a;d;eD．c;f;b;a;d;e

48．Whichofthefollowingshouldbethebesttitleforthetext?

A．CruelAmericanCivilWar

B．AhistoryofAmericanblackslaves

C．AbriefintroductiontoHarrietTubman

D．InformationontheUndergroundRailroad

C

MADRID（Reuters）—Spain'sparliament（国会）voiceditssupportonWednesdayfortherightsofgreatapes（猿）tolifeandfreedom．

Parliament'senvironmentalcommitteeapprovedresolution（决议）urgingSpaintocarryouttheGreatApeProject（GAP）,designedbyscientistsandphilosopherswhosayourclosestgeneticrelativesdeserverightslimitedtohumans．

"Thisisahistoricdayinthestruggleforanimalrightsandindefenseofourevolutionarycomrades,whichwilldoubtlessgodowninthehistoryofhumanity,"saidPedroPoza,SpanishdirectoroftheGreatApeProject．

Thenewresolutionhascross-partysupportanditisthoughttheywillbecomelawwithinayear,makingSpainthefirstnationtoextendlegalrightstoapes．

Underthenewlaw,potentialexperimentsonapesinSpainwillbeforbidden．

"WehavenoknowledgeofgreatapesbeingusedinexperimentsinSpain,butthereiscurrentlynolawpreventingthatfromhappening,"Pozasaid．

Keepingapesforcircuses,televisioncommercialsorfilmingwillalsobeforbidden．HousingapesinSpanishzoos,ofwhichtherearecurrently315,willremainlegal,butsupportersofthebillhavesaidtheconditionsinwhichmostofthemlivewillneedtoimprovevastly．

PhilosophersPeterSingerandPaolaCavalierifoundedtheGreatApeProjectin1993,arguingthat"non-humanhominids（灵长类）"shouldenjoytherightstolifeandfreedomandnottobemistreated．

49．TheGreatApeProjectwasprobablysetupto___．

A．protectgreatapes'rightsB．researchthegreatapesociety

C．savetheendangeredgreatapesD．studythedevelopmentofthegreatapes

50．WhatisPoza'sattitudetowardstheresolutions?

A．Hedoubtstheirtruth．B．Hestronglysupportsthem．

C．Hethinksthemunnecessary．D．Hepayslittleattentiontothem．

51．Whatdoestheunderlinedwords"thebill"referto?

A．Themoneyforapehousing．B．Therightsofgreatapes．

C．Theresolution．D．Thenewlaw．

52．Whichofthefollowingexpressesthemainideaofthetext?

A．ApeshavelegalrightsinSpain．B．Apesshouldhavehumanrights．

C．TheGreatApesProjectdidagoodjob．D．Experimentsonapeswillbeforbidden

D

LocatedintheforestsnearthevillageofHaradsinnorthernSweden,theTreehotelopeneditsdoorsinthesummerof2010andofferssixguestrooms．Owners,BrittaandKentLindvall,inviteddesignersandarchitectstocreateaseriesofuniquetreehousesthatreflectthegrowingpopularityofecologically-themed

holidays．

There'stheMirrorcube,a4x4x4meteraluminumboxinmirroredglass．Accessedviaafootbridge,theCabinissuspended（悬吊）fromthesurroundingpinesonasteepbank,affordingviewsoftheLuleaRiver．BoththeseroomssleeptwopeoplewhiletheNest（coveredinbranches）,theBlueCone（whichisactuallypaintedred）andtheUFO（aspaceshipskeweredbypines）allhaveenoughroomtosleepafamilyoffour．

TheTreehotelwasbuiltaftertheysawa2008Swedishdocumentary（记录片）called"Tradalskaren"（TheTreeLover）thattellsthestoryofthreemenwhobuildatreehousenearHaradsinanattempttorediscovertheirruralrootsafteryearsoflivinginacity．

TheLindvalls,whoalreadyownedandrananearbyguesthouse,sawthechancetocreateadifferentkindofholidayexperience．"Whenthefilmwasover,interestintheoriginaltreehousegrewsowedecidedtobuildourown,closertoourplace,"KentLindvallsaid．"Theplanfornextyearisfivenewrooms．Wealsoplantobuildachapelsopeoplecangetmarriedupthere．"

Openallyearround,theTreehotelmightattractonlythehardestofsoulsduringthewinterastemperaturestypicallydiptoaroundminus15degreesCelsius．Butbravetravelerswillberewardedwithstunningsnowylandscapesaswellasa"ThreeSauna"andunder-floorheatingineveryroomdeliveredbyrenewableenergy．

53．BrittaandKentLindvallopenedtheTreehotelto___．

A．protectforests

B．introduceexcellentideasofdesigners

C．provideapeacefullifestyleforcitizens

D．meetthetourists'demandforgettingclosetonature

54．Whichofthefollowingroomssuitsacouplemost?

A．TheCabin．B．TheUFO．C．TheNest．D．TheBlueCone．

55．Whatcanwelearnabout"Tradalskaren?

A．Itintroducesthewayofbuildingtreehotels．

B．Itisaboutexperienceofreturningtonature．

C．ItaimstoattractholidaymakerstotheTreehotel．

D．ItisaboutBrittaandKentLindvall'slifeexperience．

56．Whatdoestheunderlinedpart"thehardestofsouls"referto?