高考英语阅读理解考前冲刺训练2.docx

1、高考英语阅读理解考前冲刺训练2高考英语阅读理解考前冲刺训练2（十二） Long after the 1998 World Cup was won, disappointed fans were still blaming the refereeing (裁判) decisions that denied victory to their team. A researcher was ordered to study the performance of some top referees. The researcher organized an experimental tournament

2、(锦标赛) involving four youth teams. Each match lasted an hour, divided into three periods of 20 minutes during which different referees were in charge. Observers noted down the referees mistakes, of which there were 61 over the tournament. Changed into a standard match of 90 minutes, each referee made

3、 almost 23 mistakes, a remarkably high number. The researcher then studied the videotapes to analyze the matches in detail. Surprisingly, he found that mistakes were more likely when the referees were close to the incident. When the officials got it right, they were, on average, 17 meters away from

4、the action. The average distance in the case of mistakes was 12 meters. The research shows the optimum (最佳的) distance is about 29 meters. There also seemed to be an optimum speed. Correct decisions came when the referees were moving at a speed of about 2 meters per second. The average speed for mist

5、akes was 4 meters per second. If FIFA, footballs international ruling body, wants to improve the standard of refereeing at the next World Cup, it should encourage referees to keep their eyes on the action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up with the ball, the researcher argues. He also s

6、ays that FIFAs insistence that referees should retire at the age of 45 may be misguided. If keeping up with the actions is not so important, their physical condition is less important.1. The experiment was meant to _. A. review the refereeing decisions at the 1998 World Cup B. find the causes of mis

7、takes made by football referees C. relieve the disappointed fans anger D. help the players to win the World Cup2. The number of refereeing mistakes in the experimental matches was _. A. above average B. below average C. quite unexpected D. quite normal3. The findings of the experiment show that _. A

8、. mistakes are less likely when a referee stays in one placeB. the farther the referee is from the incident, the fewer the mistakes C. the more slowly the referee runs, the more likely mistakes will occur D. mistakes are more likely when a referee keeps close to the ball4. It is suggested in the tex

9、t that FIFA should _. A. punish the referees who made serious mistakes B. revise its rules for being football referees C. use more referees in a football match D. change the winner of the 1998 World Cup（十三） The Atlantic Ocean is one of the oceans that separate the Old World from the New. For centuri

10、es it kept the Americans from being discovered by the people of Europe. Many wrong ideas about the Atlantic made early sailors unwilling to sail far out into it. One idea was that it reached out to “the edge of the world.” Sailors were afraid that they might sail right off the earth. Another idea wa

11、s that at the equator（赤道）the ocean would be boiling hot. The Atlantic Ocean is only half as big as the Pacific, but it is still very large. It is more than 4,000 miles (6,000km) wide where Columbus crossed it. Even at its narrowest it is about 2,000 miles (3,200km) wide. Two things make the Atlantic

12、 Ocean rather unusual. For so large an ocean it has very few islands. Also, it is the worlds saltiest ocean. There is so much water in the Atlantic that it is hard to imagine how much there is. But suppose no more rain fell into it and no more water was brought to it by rivers. It would take the oce

13、an about 4,000 years to dry up. On the average the water is a little more than two miles (3.2km) deep, but in places it is much deeper. The deepest spot is near Puerto Rico. This “deep” measures 30,246 feet-almost six miles (9.6km). One of the longest mountain ranges of the world rises from the floo

14、r of the Atlantic. This mountain range runs north and south down the middle of the ocean. The tops of a few of the mountains reach up above the sea and make islands. Several hundred miles eastward from Florida there is a part of the ocean called the Sargasso Sea. Here the water is quiet, for there i

15、s little wind. In the days of sailing vessels（船）the crew were afraid they would be becalmed（停滞不前）here. Sometimes they were. Today the Atlantic is a great highway. It is not, however, always a smooth and safe one. Storms sweep across it and pile up great waves. Icebergs float down from the Far North

16、across the paths of ships. We now have such fast ways of traveling that this big ocean seems to have grown smaller. Columbus sailed for more than two months to cross it. A fast modern steamship can make the trip in less than four days. Airplanes fly from New York to London in only eight hours and from South America to Africa in four!1. Which world is the Old World? A. Africa B. Europe C. Asia D