高考英语 阅读理解精英训练题16.docx

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高考英语阅读理解精英训练题16

2014高考英语阅读理解精英训练题（16）及答案

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.

A

Herearesomeoftheworld’smostimpressivesubways.

TheTokyoMetroandToeiLines

Features:

TheTokyoMetroandToeilinesthatcomposeTokyo’smassivesubwaysystemcarryalmost8millionpeopleeachday,makingitthebusiestsystemintheworld.Thesystemisfamousforitsoshiya---literally,“pusher”---whoshovepassengersintocrowdedsubwaycarssothedoorscanclose.Andyouthinkyourcommuteishell.

TheMoscowMetro

Features:

TheMoscowMetrohassomeofthemostbeautifulstationsintheworld.ThebestofthemwerebuiltduringtheStalinisteraandfeaturechandeliers（枝形吊灯）,marblemoldingsandelaboratemurals（精美的壁画）.Withmorethan7millionridersaday,keepingallthatmarblecleanhasgottobeaburden.

TheHongKongMetro

Features:

TheHongKongMTRhasthedistinctionofbeingoneofthefewsubwaysystemsintheworldthatactuallyturnsaprofit.It’sprivatelyownedandusesrealestatedevelopmentalongitstrackstoincreaseincomeandridership.Italsointroduced“Octopuscards”thatallowpeopletonotonlypaytheirfareselectronically,butbuystuffatconveniencestores,supermarkets,restaurantsandevenparkingmeters.It’sestimatedthat95%ofalladultsinHongKongownanOctopuscard.

ShanghaiMetro

Features:

ShanghaiisthethirdcityinChinatobuildametrosystem,andithasbecomethecountry’slargestinthe12yearssinceitopened.ShanghaiMetrohas142milesoftrackandplanstoaddanother180mileswithinfiveyears.Bythatpoint,itwouldbethreetimeslargerthanChicago“L”.Thesystemcarriesabout2.18millionpeopleaday.

TheLondon

Metro

Features:

LondonerscalltheirsubwaytheUnderground,eventhough55percentofitliesaboveground.Nomatterwhenyou’vegottheoldestmass-transitsystemintheworld,youcancallitanythingyoulike.Trainsstartedin1863andthey’vebeenrunningeversince.Some3millionpeoplerideeachday,everyoneofthemrememberingto“Mindthegap”.

1.Whichonecanprovidetheriderssomewonderfuldecorationsatthestations?

A.TheTokyoMetroandToeiLinesB.TheMoscowMetro

C.TheLondonMetroD.TheHongKongMTR

2.________isdonewiththepurposeofmakingmoney.

A.TheTokyoMetroandToeiLinesB.TheMoscowMetro

C.TheLondonMetroD.TheHongKongMTR

3.WecanlearnfromthepassagethatShanghaiMetro________.

A.carriesthemostpeopleeachday

B.istheworld’slargest

C.maybelargerthantheChicago“L”inthefuture

D.isthebusiestintheworld

4.Howmanysubwayscarrymorethan5millionpeopleperday?

A.2B.3C.4D.5

1.B。

文中只介绍了莫斯科地铁有吊灯、壁画等一些精美的装饰，其余未提及。

2.D。

在对香港地铁的介绍中提到了turnsaprofit，意思是赚钱。

3.C。

在对上海地铁的介绍中提到了

4.A。

东京和莫斯科地铁每天运载人数分别为将近8万和超过7万。

第三部分　阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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。

A

（2012·福建四地六校第一次联考）

Welovedtoplayhideandseek，andtacklethemanwiththefootball，aswellasmakebelievegameslikecowboysandIndiansorcopsandrobbers.Intheworldofmakebelieve，gunswerecreatedbystickingyourthumbstraightupandextendingyourindexfingerstraightoutwhilecurlingtheotherthreefingersaroundamakebelievepistolgrip.

Ifsomeonepointedhis“gun”atyouandshouted“Bang！

”or“Pow！

”，youwereconsidereddeadandwereobligatedtofalltothegroundimmediatelywithoutmoving.

OnedaywewereplayingcowboysandIndiansdeepinthemountains.ImaginingmyselfasJohnWayne，betterknownastheDuke，Ihadmy“fiveshooter”outandreadyforaction.Iclimbedahugetreetogetabetterviewofwherethe“badguys”werehiding.Climbingsixtoeightfeetofftheground，InoticedGaryBrowning（mycousin）qu

ietlysneakingalong，readytoshootthefirstthingthatmoved.Iallowedhimtomoveinalittlecloserbeforetakingaimandshooting；however，Iwasdisturbedbytheothersideofthetree.

Turningtoinvestigate，IfoundmyselfstaringstraightdowntheindexfingerofCurtisGibson.“Pow！

”heshoutedfromtheground.PanickedthatIwassofarupthetree，IbeganclimbingdownasfastasIcould.“TheDukehasbeenshotinthefoot！

”Iscreamed.Remember，Iwasobligatedtofall，butIwaseightfeetoffthegroundinatree！

“Bang！

”shoutedGarywhowasnowawareofmyhidingplace.“TheDukehasbeenshotintheshoulder！

”IscreamedasIkeptclimbingdown.“Pow！

Pow！

”AdoubleshotcamefromCurtis.“TheDukehasbeenshottwiceinthecalf（小腿）！

”Isqualled，nearlyreachingtheground.ThenasIwasdanglingfromthelowestlimb，CurtisandGaryemptiedtheirimaginaryammo（弹药）intome.“Pow！

BangBang！

Pow！

PowPow！

Bang！

”FromjustaboutafootIfinallyfelltothegroundandannounced，“TheDukeisdead！

”

56．Intheworldofcopsandrobbers，ifsomeonefiredatyou，______.

A．youwerenotconsidereddeadB．youneedtofalltotheground

C．youcanclimbupthetreeD．youcanhideandseek

57．Iwasdisturbedbytheothersideofthetreebecause______.

A

．IwantedtoshootGaryBrowning

B．GaryBrowningwasreadytoshootme

C．CurtisGibsonwaspointinghis“gun”atme

D．GaryBrowningwasmovingtowardsme

58．Howmanytimeswastheauthorshotbeforehewasdanglingfromthelowestlimb?

A．2.B．3.C．4.D．5.

59．Theauthordidn'tfalltothegroundbecause______.

A．hewasshotinthefootB．hewasshotintheshoulder

C．hewastoohighinthetreeD．hewasclimbingdown

56．B　根据文章第二段内容可得出答案。

57．C　根据文章第四段第一句“Turningtoinvestigate，IfoundmyselfstaringstraightdowntheindexfingerofCurtisGibson.”可知，另一边吉普森用枪指着作者，正准备射击。

58．C　根据文章最后一段可判断加里打了作者一枪，而吉普森打了三枪，所以作者一共被打了四枪。

59．C　根据文章最后一段中的“Remember，Iwasobligatedtofall，butIwaseightfeetoffthegroundinatree！

”可判断作者是因为爬得太高而无法倒下。

Archaeology,likemanyacademicwords,comesfromGreekandmeans,moreorless,“thestudyofoldthings”.So,itisreallyapartofthestudyofhistory.However,mosthistoriansusepaperevidence,suchasletters,paintingsandphotographs,butarchaeologists（考古学家）learnfromtheobjectsleftbehindbythehumansoflongago.Normally,thesearethehardmaterialsthatdon’tbreakdownordisappearveryquickly—thingslikehumanbonesandobjectsmadefromstoneandmetal.

　　Itisveryunusualtofindanythingmorethanthehardevidenceofhistory—normally,thebacteriaintheaireatawayatsoftmaterials,likebodies,clothesandthingsmadeofwood.Occasionally,thingsaredifferent.

　　In1984,twomenmadeanamazingdiscoverywhileworkinginabogcalledLindowMoss,inthenorthofEngland.Abogisaverywetareaofearth,withalotofplantsgrowinginit.Itcanbelikeaverybigandverythickvegetablesoup—walkinthewrongplaceandyoucansinkanddisappearforever.Themenwereworkingwhenoneofthemsawsomethingstickingout—ahumanfoot!

Naturally,themencalledthepolice,whothenfoundtherestofthebody.Wasitacaseofmurder?

Possibly—buyitwasadeathnearlytwothousandyearsold.ThetwomenhadfoundabodyfromthetimeoftheRomaninvasionofBritain.Despitebeingsoold,thisbodyhadskin,muscles,hairandinternalorgans—thescientistswhoexaminedhimwereabletolookinsidetheman’sstomachandfindthefoodthathehadeatenforhislastmeal!

　　Whywasthismansowellpreserved?

Itwasbecausehewasinaverywateryenvironment,safefromthebacteriathatneedoxygentolive.Also,thewaterinthebogwasveryacidic.Theacidpreservedtheman’sskininthewaythatanimalskinispreservedforleathercoatsandshoes.

　　Howdidhedie?

Understandably,archaeologistsandotherscientistswantedtoknowmoreaboutthepersonthattheycalled“LindowMan”.Hishandsandfingernailssuggestedthathehadn’tdoneheavymanualworkinthislife—hecouldhavebeenarichman.Theyfoundthathehadn’tdiedbyaccident.Thearchaeologistsbelievethathewassacrificedtothreedifferentgods.

5.Whichlanguagedoestheword“archaeology”comefrom?

　A.French.B.GreekC.Roman.D.German。

6.Theword“these”inthefirstparagraphrefersto_____.

　A.lettersB.photographsC.paintingsD.objects

7.Whichofthefollowinghelpedtopreserve“LindowMan”?

　A.IceandlowtemperatureB.Bacteriaandoxygen

　C.SoilandenergyD.Acidandwater

8.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?

　A.“LindowMan”wasnamedafterthepersonwhofirstfoundhim.

　B.Historiansusuallyusepaperevidence,whilearchaeologistsusehardevidence.

　C.“LindowMan”wasfoundbytwoarchaeologistsinthesouthofEngland.

　D.“LindowMan”wasgoodatmanualwork.

9.Whichisthebesttitleforthepassage?

　A.WhatIsArchaeology?

　B.ArchaeologyandHistory

　C.AnAmazingArchaeologicalDiscovery

　D.TheDeathof“LindowMan”

5.B。

从文章第一句可以知道，archaeology这个词来自希腊语。

6.D。

从第一段的最后一句可知，these指的是比较坚硬、不太会损坏或消失的物体，比如人骨或用石头、金属等制作的物品。

7.D。

第四段的2、3两句指出了水和酸在保存Lindowman过程中起了很大作用。

8.B。

Lindowman的发现印证了第一段中作者提出的这一观点。

9.C。

本文主要篇幅讲述了一个具体的考古发现。

（2012·皖南八校第一次联考）

WhenmiddleagedAlexquithisjobandmadeuphismindtobecomeaselfemployedwriter，noonecouldtellforsurewhetherhewouldsucceedornot.Hefoundacoldstorageroominabuilding，setupausedtypewriterandsettleddowntowork.

Afterayearorso，however，Alexbegantodoubthimself.Hefounditwasdifficulttoearnhislivingbysellingwhathewrote.ButAlexdeterminedtoputhisdreamtothetest—eventhoughitmeantlivingwithuncertaintyandfearoffailure.Thisistheshadowlandofhope，andanyonewithadreammustlearntolivethere.

OnedayAlexgotacall

，“Weneedanassistant，andwe'repaying$6,000ayear.”$6,000wasrealmoneyin1960.ItwouldenableAlextogetaniceapartment，ausedcarandmore.Besides，hecouldwriteinhissparetime.AsthedollarsweredancinginAlex'shead，somethingclearedhissenses.Hehad