届高三英语二轮专题测试阅读理解47.docx

1、届高三英语二轮专题测试阅读理解472014届高三英语二轮专题测试：阅读理解1.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。Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already hav

2、e more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place. The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up

3、a third of a typical households waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is b

4、urnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they nee

5、d. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue , encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that somethi

6、ng unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But is also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary. There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realise just how much unnecessary material are collecti

7、ng. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.56. The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show _.A. the tendency of cutting household wasteB. the increase of packaging recyclingC. the rapid growth of super marketsD. the fact of packaging overuse57. W

8、hat can be inferred from Paragraph 4?A. Unpackaged products are of bad quality.B. Supermarkets care more about packaging.C. It is improper to judge quality by packaging.D. Other products are better packaged than food.58. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Fighting wastefulness is difficult

9、.B. Needless material is mostly recycled.C. People like collecting recyclable waste.D. The author is proud of their consumer culture.59. According to the text, recycling _.A. helps control the greenhouse effectB. means burning packaging for energyC. is the solution to gas shortageD. leads to a waste

10、 of land60. What does the underlined phrase “over-consumption” refer to? A. Using too much packaging. B. Recycling too many wastes.C. Making more products than necessary.D. Having more material than is needed.2.阅读下列短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、 B、 C和D）中，选出最佳选项。People are being lured (引诱)onto Facebook with the

11、 promise of a fun, free service without realizing theyre paying for it by giving up toads of personal information. Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages.Most Facebook users dont realize this is happening. Even if they know what

12、the company is up to, they still have no idea what theyre paying for Face book because people dont really know what their personal data is worth.The biggest problem, however, is that the company keeps changing the rules. Early on you could keep everything private. That was the great thing about face

13、bookyou could create your own little private network. Last year, the company changed its privacy rules so that many thingsyour city, your photo, your friends nameswere set, by default (默认), to be shared with every one on the Internet.According to Facebooks vice-president Elliot Schrage, the company

14、is simply making changes to improve its service, and if people dont share information, they have a “less satisfying experience”.Some critics think this is more about Facebook looking to make more money. In original business model, which involved selling ads and putting them in the side of the pages

15、totally, who wants to look at ads when theyre online connecting with their friends?The privacy issue has already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington. In April, Senator Charles Schumer called on Facebook to change its privacy policy. He also urged the Federal Trade Commission to set guidelines

16、 for social-networking sites. “I think the senator rightly communicated that we had not been clear about what the new products were and how people could choose to use them or not to use them,” Schrage admits.I suspect that whatever Facebook has done so far to invade our privacy, its only the beginni

17、ng, which is why Im considering deactivating(撤销)my account. Facebook is a handy site, but Im upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I dont trust. Thats too high a price to pay.67. What do we learn about Facebook from the first paragraph?A. It is a website that sends messages

18、 to targeted users.B. It makes money by putting on advertisements.C. It profits by selling its users personal data.D. It provides loads of information to its users.68. What does the author say about most Facebook users?A. They are reluctant to give up their personal information.B. They dont know the

19、ir personal data enriches Facebook.C. They dont identify themselves when using the website.D. They care very little about their personal information.69. Why does Facebook make changes to its rules according to Elliot Schrage?A. To offer better service to its users.B. To obey the Federal guidelines.C

20、. To improve its users connectivity.D. To expand its scope of business.70. Why does the author plan to cancel his Facebook account?A. He is dissatisfied with its current service.B. He finds many of its users untrustworthy.C. He doesnt want his personal data abused.D. He is upset by its frequent rule

21、 changes.3.阅读下列短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、 B、 C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Farmers may not be able to prevent natural disasters, but they can at least try their best to reduce losses. For example, they can plant crops that are more likely to survive extreme weather. In north-central Vietnam, people with small farms do not

22、plant rice between September and December. Seasonal rains might destroy the rice. So instead, they plant lotus seeds on raised beds. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says the lotus seeds bring a good price in local markets. Farmers in the Philippines are showing new interest in c

23、rops like winged beans, string beans, arrowroot and cassava. The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center says traditional crops like these can survive the fierce storms that often strike the islands. The United Nations says some African farmers grow bambara groundnuts during long dry periods. The seeds o

24、f this drought-resistant plant can be boiled for eating or for making flour. In some parts of the world, farmers grow vetiver grass. Researchers in Thailand wrote about vetiver in 2007 in the journal Science Asia. They noted that the grass can absorb and control the spread of harmful waste waters, l

25、ike those from pig farms.Agricultural expert and author William Rivera says vetiver resists difficult conditions. It reduces damage from heavy rains. And vetiver planted on earthen dams may strengthen them against breaks and flooding. William Rivera also speaks approvingly of alfalfa. Its deep roots

26、 can find and take up groundwater. Those roots also help hold the soil against winds. And alfalfa can be a valuable food source for animals.The deep and extensive roots of sunflowers make them another good candidate for resisting extreme conditions. The tall plants have brightly colored heads that p

27、rovide seeds and oil. North Dakota grows more hectares of sunflowers than any other American state. But North Dakota is better known as a top wheat producing state. Hans Kandel works at the North Dakota State University Extension Service in Fargo. He says farmers in some parts of North Dakota plant

28、wheat that is ready to harvest in only about one hundred days. That way it can grow before the hot, dry months of July through September.63. The underlined part “bring a good price in local markets” in the 2nd paragraph implies that lotus seeds _.A. will satisfy the needs of the local peopleB. are w

29、hat the local farmers eat every dayC. can bring the local farmers some profitD. dont sell very well because of their high prices64. Vetiver grass is planted because it can _.A. be a valuable food source for animals B. survive the fierce storms in summerC. provide seeds and oil D. be useful in many a

30、spects65. From the last paragraph we can see that the farmers in North Dakota _.A. are good at taking advantage of the weather conditionsB. dont have enough knowledge of weather and farmingC. are not hardworking so they are suffering from poverty D. plant more sunflowers than wheat 66. From this pas

31、sage we may safely conclude that _.A. weather conditions are always decisive factors in agriculture B. some crops can help farmers to fight against extreme weatherC. agriculture is developing fast in the worldD. the species of the world are changing quickly4.阅读下列短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、 B、 C和D）中，选出最佳选项。F

32、ormer Irish President Mary Robinson was just making a polite conversation with an Ethiopian（埃塞俄比亚的） teenager about her wedding day. The 16-year-old had already been married for a yearShe looked at me with the saddest eyes and said, I had to drop out of school, Robinson said in a telephone interviewThat conveyed to me the reality, said Robinson, the first woman to serve as Irelands president and former UNhigh commissioner fo