届高考英语阅读理解限时训练题5.docx

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届高考英语阅读理解限时训练题5

高三英语阅读理解限时训练（5）

A

ForSenior3students,choosingwhichcollegetoattendcanbethemostexcitingandthrillingtimeintheirentireschoollives．ThisisalsotrueforanAmericangirlnamedMelanieinthefilm,CollegeRoadTrip,whichwasreleasedintheUSonMarch7．

Melanie'sdad,JamesPorter,isthechiefofpoliceforaChicagosuburb．Incrediblysecurityobsessed（困扰）,hewantsMelanietoattendnearbyNorthwesternUniversity,whereshe'salreadybeenaccepted．ButMelanie,17,reallywantstogotoGeorgetowninWashington,D．C．,whereshe'sbeenwait-listed．

Whenshegetsanunexpectedinterview,shedecidestotakearoadtripwithafewclosefemalefriends．Melaniebelievesitisherfirststeptowardadulthood．Butdespitethefactthatthistripis"girlsonly",Jamesisn'tcomfortablewiththeprospectofhislittleprincessexploringtheworldwithout,him．

Hewantstoprotecther．

JamesjoinsthegirlsandhopeshecanconvincehertogotoNorthwestern．WhileMelanie'sfatheronlyhasthebestofintentions,hispresenceleadstoanendlessseriesofcomicencounters．

AfterfollowingtheirfaultyGPSdevicedeepintothebackwoods,JamesandMelaniediscoverherlittlebrotherandhispetpighavebeenhidinginthesparetirecompartment（隔间）．Whatshouldbeasimpletirechangeresultsintheexpensivecarrollingdownamountain,forcingthemtohiketoanearbyhotel．Therethepigruinsanoutdoorweddingreceptionaftereatinganentirebagofcoffeebeans．

Allthesedisastersaddspicetotheirtripwhilealongthewayafatherandadaughterfinallygetthechancetoreallytalktoeachother．

Thefilmexplorestheparent-childrelationshipinacomicway:

Thediscrepancy（不同）betweenhowcloseJamesthinksheistoMelanieandhowlittleheactuallyknowsofherplansmakesuslaughfirstandthenthink．

Allparents,whethertheyhavecollegestudentsornot,canrelatetothebittersweetrealizationthattheirkidsaregrowingup．LikewhatMelanieandJameshavedoneinthefilm,weallcanfindthedelicatebalancebetweenstayingconnectedandlettinggo．

41．Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A．It'sunclearwhetherMelaniecouldbeacceptedbyNorthwesternUniversity．

B．NorthwesternUniversityisn'tsofamousastheuniversityinWashingtonD．C．

C．ThereisnohopethatMelaniewillbeacceptedbytheuniversityinGeorgetown．

D．Melanie'sfatherprefershertostaynottoofarawayfromhim．

42．Wecaninferfromthepassagethat_____．

A．theircarrolleddownthemountain,ruiningtheweddingreception

B．ahotelwasdestroyedbyMelanie'sbrotherandhispetpig

C．Melanieandherfathergottounderstandeachotherbetteraftersomanyencounters

D．thegirlshadtogiveuptheirtripbecauseoftheincidentsontheway

43．Themainpurposeofthepassageisto______．

A．introducethenewlyreleasedfilm

B．callonparentstolearntobalancetherelationshipwiththeirchildren

C．tellastorywhichhappenedbetweenanAmericangirlandherfather

D．explorethedifferencesinparent-childrelationshipbetweenthewestandtheeast

B

Ilookinthemirror,andI'mnothappywithwhatIsee．Idon'thavea"perfect"face．IlookinthemagazinesandallIseearegirlswithfairhair,blueeyes,and,ofcourse,a-prettylittlenose．They'reontheoutsideofthebusesthatItakehome,thetelevisionprogramsIwatch,andthebillboardsIwalkunder．AlmosteveryadvertisementIseeshowsthishumanphysical"perfection"．Thesebillboardsnotonlytellmewhattodrink,butalsohowtolook．

Oursocietytendstoplacemoreimportanceonaperson'sphysicalbeauty,ratherthantheirability,honestyandcharacter．Wehaveinfluencedwomentogothroughpainfulsurgeriesandstarvethemselvestobecomethissocietyconstructedphysicalmodel．Tobeabeautifulwomaninthe21stcenturydoesn'tmeanthatyouareabrilliantdoctororcaringmother．Itmeansyouhavetheperfectjawstructure,eyesandlips．Itmeansthatyoucanbesixfeettallandweighonehundredandtenpounds．

Butwhataboutthewomenwhoarestartingtoleavetheiryouth?

Insteadoflookingatagingasasignofwisdom,weattempttopreventtheagingprocess．It'sakindoffunnythingtowanttolookeighteenwhenfifty．Fiftyisarelaxedage,whereyoucanstepbackandlookatallyou'veachieved．Itiswhenyourhardworkpaysoff．Unfortunately,oursocietyjustseesyouas"old"．Tostoptheagingprocess,womenbuywrinklecreams,doeyeliftsandfacelifts．Theyspendthousandsofdollarstowinthehopelessbattleagainstage．

IrememberwhenIwasaboutthirteenyearsoldandgoingthroughteens,Ihadoilyhair,andahalfdevelopedbody．IhatedthewayIlooked．Iusedtocrytomymotherallthetime,butshewouldjustlaughandtellmethat"youdon’twantanyonetolikeyourappearance．It'syourheartthatmatters,becausebeautyfades．”Iknewthatshewasright．Ifyouworkonyourheartenough,peoplewillstarttoseethebeautyinyou,whichlastsandremainsonevenafteryoudie．

44．Themainideaofthefirstparagraphisthat______．

A．theauthordoesn'thaveaperfectface

B．womenhavetolookbeautiful

C．photosofbeautifulgirlscanbeseeneverywhere

D．therearetoomanybeautiesindailylife

45．What'stheauthor'sattitudetowardsbeing"old"?

A．It'sapitythatpeoplehavetogetold．B．It'safruitfulandwisetime．

C．It'sstupidtotrytostayyoung．D．It'sapitythatsocietylooksdownupontheold．

46．Itis_____thatregard（s）thephysicalbeautyasmoreimportant．

A．womenthemselvesB．theauthor'sparents

C．newspapersandmagazinesD．society

47．What'stheauthor'sopinionaboutbeauty?

A．Theauthordoesn'tlikethebeautiesoursocietyvalues．

B．Itisnotimportantwhetherapersonlooksbeautifulornot．

C．Itisaperson'sinnerqualitiesthatmatterratherthanthephysicalbeauty．

D．Theauthorfeelsappearanceisimportanttoaperson．

C

Paris,Jan11—Anarmoredcarrobberylastnightendedinawildgunbattlethatlefttwomendeadandonehostageseriouslywounded．

Thedramabeganwhenanarmoredcarcarryingthecontentsofsafedepositboxestoabankwasstruckbyalargetruck,policesaid．

Thebankguardswerehelplesswhentherobbersjumpedoutofthetruckandtiedthemup．Thethievesusedheavytoolsandexplosivestobreakopenthearmoredcar．

Apassingpolicecarturnedtoinvestigatetheaccidentasthemenwereremovingthecontentsofthearmoredcar．Policesaidthethreerobbersfledonfootacrossanearbyhighway．

Stoppingaprivatecardrivenbyateenagergirl,thethreeheadedforcentralPariswiththepolicecarinhotpursuit．

AplainclothespolicemansawthecarasitrandownthroughthestreetoftheLatinQuarter．Thepolicemantriedtostopthecar,butthethievesstartedshootingathim,witnesssaid．

Thegirlhostagetriedtoslipaway．Justasshewascrawlingawayfromthecar,shewashitbyabullet．PolicesaidshewasoutofdangeratCentralHospital．

Thegunmengaveupthecarandgotintoashop,pouringfireonmorethan50policemenwhohadsurroundedthebuilding．Afterawildgun-battle,policebrokeintotheroom．Theyonlyfoundtwoofthegunmen,bothseriouslywounded．Thethirdthiefwasbelievedtohaveescapedwithover$1．3millionincashandjewels．

48．Thepassageisabout_______．

A．agun-battlebetweenthepolicemenandthegovernmentsoldiers

B．abankrobberyinParis

C．agroupofgunmen'srobbinganarmoredcarinthestreet

D．howateenagedgirlgotseriouslywounded

49．Thethievescame______andthey______．

A．inapolicecar;stolethearmoredcar

B．inatruck;brokeopenthearmoredcar

C．inanarmoredtruck;drovethemoneycaraway

D．inanarmoredcar;openedthearmoredcarwithheavytools

50．Thethreerobbersfledonfootacrossanearbyhighwaybecause______．

A．apassingpolicecarfoundthem

B．theexplosivesweretoostrong

C．thecontainsofthearmoredcarweretooheavy

D．thetruckbrokedown

51．Aplainclothespolicemanis______．

A．notapolicemanbutasoliderB．notapolicemanbutagunman

C．apolicemanbuthecan'tusegunsD．apolicemanbuthedoesn'twearauniform

D

WildelephantsthatdestroycropsanddamagetreesareaseriousprobleminmanypartsofAfrica．Buttherecouldbeasimpleandrelativelysafewaytostopthemintheirtracks,byemployingthetalentsofthetinyAfricanhoneybees．

ThenumberofelephantsinKenyahasrisenoverthepasttenyears,withsomedisastrousresults．Notonlydothesehugeanimalsattacklocalfarms,buttheystepsomeonetodeathanaverageofonceeverytwoweeks．Nowabiologisthasdiscoveredapossiblethreat:

theelephantsareextremelyawareoftreesthathousehoneybeehives．

"Iampuzzledwhynobodyhasthoughtofthisbefore,"saysFritzVolirathattheUniversityofOxford．"Whenanelephantknocksabeehiveherunsandthebeeswillfollowhimformiles．"Hesaysthatplacinghivesofthehoneybeesaroundlocalfarmsandfragilehabitatscouldbeaneffectivewaytothreatentheanimals．

Volirathput30unoccupiedand6occupiedbeehivesinsomeofthetreesgrowingonabushfrequentlydamagedbyelephantsonLaikipiaPlateauinKenya．Onaveragetheelephantsattacked9outof10treesthatdidn'thavehives,severelydamagingaquarter．Buttheysteeredclearofallsixtreeswithoccupiedhives．Theelephantsalsoleftaloneone-thirdofthetreeswithemptyhives,suggestingthatsomehadlearntnottotaketherisk．

Thebeesthreatenelephantsbystingingvulnerable（易受伤）areassuchastheeyes,belly,behindtheearsandunderthetrunk．Peoplecouldbeatriskfromthebees,admitsVolirath,butthatmaybeoutweighedbytheriskofbeingkilledbyanelephant．AnotherexperimentbyVolirathshowsthatele