高考英语阅读理解抓分练习题56.docx

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高考英语阅读理解抓分练习题56

2014高考英语阅读理解抓分练习题（56）及答案

Leaddeposits,whichaccumulatedinsoilandsnowduringthe1960’sand70’s,wereprimarilytheresultofleadedgasolineemissionsoriginatingintheUnitedStates.InthetwentyyearsthattheCleanAirActhasmandatedunleadedgasuseintheUnitedStates,theleadaccumulationworldwidehasdecreasedsignificantly.

AstudypublishedrecentlyinthejournalNatureshowsthatair-borneleadedgasemissionsfromtheUnitedStatesweretheleadingcontributortothehighconcentrationofleadinthesnowinGreenland.ThenewstudyisaresultofthecontinuedresearchledbyDr.CharlesBoutron,anexpertontheimpactofheavymetalsontheenvironmentattheNationalCenterforScientificResearchinFrance.AstudybyDr.Boutronpublishedin1991showedthatleadlevelsinarcticsnowweredeclining.

Inhisnewstudy,Dr.BoutronfoundtheratiosofthedifferentformsofleadintheleadedgasolineusedintheUnitedStatesweredifferentfromtheratiosofEuropean,AsianandCanadiangasolinesandthusenabledscientiststodifferentiate（区分）theleadsources.ThedominantleadratiofoundinGreenlandsnowmatchedthatfoundingasolinefromtheUnitedStates.

InastudypublishedinthejournalAmbio,scientistsfoundthatleadlevelsinsoilintheNortheasternUnitedStateshaddecreasedmarkedlysincetheintroductionofunleadedgasoline.

Manyscientistshadbelievedthattheleadwouldstayinsoilandsnowforalongerperiod.

TheauthorsoftheAmbiostudyexaminedsamplesoftheupperlayersofsoiltakenfromthesamesitesof30forestfloorsinNewEngland,NewYorkandPennsylvaniain1980andin1990.Theforestenvironmentprocessedandredistributedtheleadfasterthanthescientistshadexpected.

Scientistssaybothstudiesdemonstratethatcertainpartsoftheecosystemrespondrapidlytoreductionsinatmosphericpollution,butthatthesefindingsshouldnotbeusedasalicensetopollute.

17.ThestudypublishedinthejournalNatureindicatesthat________.

A.theCleanAirActhasnotproducedthedesiredresults

B.leaddepositsinarcticsnowareontheincrease

C.leadwillstayinsoilandsnowlongerthanexpected

D.theUSisthemajorsourceofleadpollutioninarcticsnow

18.LeadaccumulationworldwidedecreasedsignificantlyaftertheuseofunleadedgasintheUS_____.

　A.wasdiscouragedB.wasenforcedbylaw

C.wasprohibitedbylawD.wasintroduced

19.HowdidscientistsdiscoverthesourceofleadpollutioninGreenland?

A.ByanalyzingthedatapublishedinjournalslikeNatureandAmbio.

B.Byobservingtheleadaccumulationsindifferentpartsofthearcticarea..

C.BystudyingthechemicalelementsofsoilandsnowinNortheasternAmerica.

D.Bycomparingthechemicalcompositionsofleadedgasolineusedinvariouscountries.

20.TheauthorsoftheAmbiostudyhavefoundthat________.

A.forestsgetridofleadpollutionfasterthanexpected

B.leadaccumulationsinforestsaremoredifficulttodealwith

C.leaddepositsarewidelydistributedintheforestsoftheUS

D.theupperlayersofsoilinforestsareeasilypollutedbyleademissions

阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

Somenovelssimplyentertainandotherscontainapowerfulmessageinthestorylineandcharacters.Inhisfirstnovel,AWindInMontana,MitchDaviestellsastoryaboutyoungadultsandhowtheyacceptresponsibilityfortheirlives.

AWindInMontanaisamarveloustaleoftwoteenagers,RoryColemanandVictoriaBeach,highschoolstudentsatthesameschool,whostruggletomaketherightdecisionforthemselves.Aseachofthemnearsadulthood,theybecomemoreconcernedwiththefutureandsettinggoalsthatwillbringthemhappinessandfulfillment.

Withoutanyadvicefromhisparents,Rorychoosestopursueaprofessioninchemistry,appliesforachemistryscholarship,anddeterminestodoeverythinghecantoachieveit.Alongthepath,Roryfindsthateventhoughhehasaplan,thereareobstaclesthatcouldpreventhimfromrealizinghisgoals.Victoria’sstrugglesaredifferentfromRory’s.Althoughherfatherhasdecidedthatsheshouldbecomeaprofessionalmusician,Victoriahasotherplansforherlife.Together,RoryandVictoriaattempttofollowtheirdreams,despitetheobstaclesintheirpaths.AWindInMontanacontainsalessonforallteensabouttoenteradulthood－thatdisappointmentandsetbacks（挫折）aregoingtooccurnomatterhowdeterminedtheyareandthattheyneedtodevelopskillsalongthewaythatwillhelpthemdealwiththemeffectively.

Therearesomanymajordecisionsfacingteenstoday－social,parents,otherinfluencingadultsandschoolwork－andthere’snoguaranteethattheirplanswillsucceed,eveniftheymaketheso-called“right”decisions.AWindInMontanaexploreshowtwoteenagersstrugglewiththeirownuniquedecisionsandhowthechoicestheymakeaffecttheirlives.

MitchDavies’bookstandsoutamongtoday’steenbooksthatdealwithimaginarysituations.AWindInMontanaisarealstoryaboutrealpeoplefacingreal-lifesituations.It’sentertainingandalsohelpsreadersthinkabouttheirownlivesandoffersvariouswaystohandlesituationsthatmayarise.

56.Accordingtothepassage,bothRoryandVictoria_____.

A.workhardattheircoursesB.haveastrongsenseofself

C.goagainsttheirparentsD.getalongwellwithothers

57.Thethirdparagraphismainlyabout_____.

A.thevalueofAWindInMontanaB.MitchDavies’achievements

C.MitchDavies’writingstyleD.thecontentofAWindInMontana

58.Unlikeotherteenbooks,AWindInMontana______.

A.involvessomeimaginarysituationsB.focusesonresponsibilitiesteensshouldtake

C.isbasedonreal-lifeexperiencesD.discussesthefutureofyoungadults

59.What’sthepurposeofthepassage?

A.Toreviewabook.B.Toreportapieceofnews.

C.Tospeakhighlyofanauthor.D.Tocollectmaterialsforabook.

第二节：

阅读下文，根据（A-F）给出的相关信息，将最合适的段落与之进行匹配，并在答题纸上将相应选项的标号涂黑。

选项中有一项是多余选项。

A.Criteriaoftheranking

B.Africacountriesrankinglow

C.Researchongirls’educationindevelopingcountries

D.NorthernEuropeancountriesatthetop

E.Highrateofearlydeathofchildren

F.Hopeandimprovementinsight

21.

AyearlylistofthebestandworstplacestobeamotherandchildratestheUnitedStates11th,behindBritain.Scandinaviancountriesareatthetop.Swedenisnumberone.Denmarkissecond.Finlandisthird.SavetheChildren,anAmerican-basedhumanitarianorganization,comparedconditionsin110countries.Thereportcameoutlastweek.

22.

Atthebottomofthelist,MaliandBurkinaFasosharelastplace.JustabovethemareEthiopia,Chad,Yemen,theDemocraticRepublicofCongoandMauritania.GambiaandEritreaarealsointhebottomten,alongwithtwoAsiancountries:

NepalandCambodia.CambodiaistiedwithEritreain100thplace.

23.

SavetheChildrenbaseditsreportonsixconditionsrelatedtothehealthandsecurityofwomen.Theseincludetheriskofearlydeath,andtherateofuseofmodernbirth-controlmethods.Anothermeasurewasthepercentageofbirthswiththeaidoftrainedmedicalworkers.Stillanotherwasthepercentageofpregnantwomenwithashortageofironintheblood.Thestudyalsoexaminedreadinglevelsamongwomenandtheinvolvementofwomeninnationalgovernment.Therearesomeconditionsrelatedtotheeducationofbothwomenandchildren.

24.

SavetheChildrenhaspublishedareportonthe"StateoftheWorld'sMothers"forsixyearsnow.Thisyearthegroupincludedaprogressreportoneducationforgirls.Researchersexaminedprogressmadeoverthepasttenyearsin71developingcountries.ThereportsaysBolivia,Kenya,CameroonandBangladeshhavemadethemostprogressingirls'education.ListedatthebottomareRwanda,Iraq,MalawiandEritrea.Worldwide,thereportsays,58milliongirlsareoutofschool.

25.

CharlesMacCormackisheadofSavetheChildren.Hesaysmanychildrenintheworldareluckyjusttosurvivethefirstfiveyearsoflife.ButMrMacCormackcallsthesituationfarfromhopeless.Henotesthatworldleadershaveagreedoneightgoalstoreducepoverty,savelivesandincreasesecurityby2015.

参考答案------DBACF

阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节　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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Acompanyplanningtoopenthefirsthotelinspacesaysitisontargettoacceptitsfirstpayingguestsin2012despitecriticsquestioningtheinvestmentandthelengthoftimeforthemultibilliondollarproject.

TheBarcelonabasedarchitectsoftheGalacticSuiteSpaceResortsayitwillcost$4.4millionforathreenightstayatthehotel.Thispricealsoincludesaneightweektrainingcourseonanisland.Duringtheirstay,guestswouldseethesunrise15timesadayandtravelaroundtheworldevery80minutes.

GalacticSuiteLtd'sCEOXavierClaramuntsaystheprojectwillputhiscompanyinaleadingpositionofanewindustrywithahugefutureaheadofit,andforecastsspacetravelwillbecomecommoninthefuture.“It'sverynormaltothinkthatyourchildren,possiblywithin15years,couldspendaweekendinspace”hetoldReutersTelevision.

ApromisingspacetourismindustryisbeginningtotakeshapewithconstructioninprogressinNewMexicoofSpaceportAmerica,theworld'sfirstfacilitybuiltspecificallyforpassengers.BritishindustrialistRichardBranson'sspacetoursfirm,VirginGalactic,willusethefacilitytosendtouriststospaceatacostof$200,000aride.

GalacticSuiteLtd,setupin2007,hopestostartitsprojectwithasinglepod（分离舱）inorbit280milesabovetheearth.“Itwilltakeadayandahalftoreachthepod,andthepassengerswilljoinitfort