高考英语阅读理解抓分练习题64文档格式.docx

1、He seems strange today in the joy he took in compiling and creating all those self- improvement maxims he published in Poor Richards Almanac（年鉴） “early to bed, early to rise” and so on. Generations of lazy boys could have been happier without that. But he was no hypocrite（伪君子）. Isaacson tells us Fra

2、nklin practiced what he preached, and often laughed at himself while he did so.By a happy accident, this is the second excellent biography of Franklin to appear in two years, after Edmund S.Morgans inspiring “Benjamin Franklin.” 6. What type of literature does this passage belong to?A. Research pape

3、r. B. Book review.C. Biography. D. Short story.7. The underlined word “maxims” in Paragraph 3 probably means_.A. proverbs B. standardsC. requests D. orders8. With the fact that Franklin shouldered the responsibilities of raising his illegitimate son, the author wants to prove that_.A. Franklin had m

4、ade a big fortune in his business before he got devoted to politiesB. Franklin might be the only parent to support the child at that timeC. Franklin was a great man who seems human to usD. Franklin was improving his character when he got on in ages9. The underlined word “himself” in Paragraph 3 refe

5、rs to_.A. Richards Almanac B. Walter isaacsonC. anyone of the readers. D. Benjamin Franklin10. In which part of a magazine can we most probably find this article?A. Society and the Arts. B. Current Affairs.C. Business Report. D. Advertisement.参考答案BACDA Imagine putting a seed in a freezer, waiting 30

6、,000 years, and then taking the seed out and planting it. Do you think a flower would grow? Amazingly, scientists have just managed to do something very similar. They found the fruit of an ancient plant that had been frozen underground in Siberia a region covering central and eastern Russia for abou

7、t 31,800 years. Using pieces of the fruit, the scientists grew plants in a lab. The new blooms have delicate white petals. They are also the oldest flowering plants that researchers have ever revived from a deep freeze. “This is like regenerating a dinosaur from tissues of an ancient egg,” said Univ

8、ersity of California, Los Angeles biologist Jane Shen-Miller. The plant has a long history. Back when mammoths and woolly rhinoceroses walked the land, an Arctic ground squirrel buried seeds and fruits in an underground chamber near the Kolyma River in northeastern Siberia. The ground became permafr

9、ost, a layer of soil that stays frozen for a long time. Recently, Russian scientists dug out the old squirrel hole and found the plant remains 38 meters below the surface. Back at the lab, the team fed nutrients to tissue from three of the fruits to grow shoots. Then the scientists transferred the s

10、hoots to pots filled with soil. The plants produced seeds that could be used to grow even more of them. Its important for scientists to know that plant tissues can still be revived after being frozen for a long time. Thats because many researchers are trying to preserve the seeds of modern plants by

11、 freezing them and then storing them in giant lockers at various spots around the globe. One such endeavor, an underground facility in Norway, is called the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It stores hundreds of thousands of frozen seeds. If a plant ever goes extinct, scientists could bring it back by ta

12、king its seeds from the Svalbard or other storage lockers. “No one knows how long they are able to live for, but freezing is basically the format for many plant conservation attempts nowadays.” Shen-Miller said. Its a good thing that at least some plants are tough enough to survive the experience.64

13、. How did the fruit originally get underground? A. It was placed there by an animal. B. It was trapped there during the ice-age. C. It was planted there by ancient farmers. D. It was buried there after the earthquake.65. Why are scientists interested in this discovery? A. It helps them learn how pla

14、nt life has changed in the past 30,000 years. B. It can help guide future efforts to protect endangered plant-life. C. It can provide directions for where to look for other ancient plants. D. It proves that all plant life can survive for thousands of years when frozen.66. The underlined word “they”

15、in the final paragraph refers to _. A. plantsB. seedsC. scientists D. storage lockers67. The purpose of the passage is to _. A. discuss a plant conservation effort B. introduce some ancient plants C. outline some causes of global warming D. describe a scientific research project66.【答案】B【解析】根据前一段的最后一

16、句“If a plant ever goes extinct, scientists could bring it back by taking its seeds from the Svalbard or other storage lockers”可知，此处的they指的应该是seeds。【考点定位】考查推理判断题。67.【答案】D【解析】本文主要讲了科学家受到一颗冷冻的种子的启发，尝试用此方法来保存种子，因此这是一个研究项目。故D项正确。【考点定位】考查综合归纳题。 Many private institutions of higher education around the coun

17、try are in danger. Not all will be saved, and perhaps not all deserve to be saved. There are low-quality schools just as there are low-quality businesses. We have no duty to save them simply because they exist.But many promising institutions that deserve to continue are threatened. They are doing a

18、fine job educationally, but they are caught in a financial squeeze, with no way to reduce rising cost or increase income significantly. Raising tuition doesnt bring in more income, for each time tuition goes up, the enrollment goes down, or the amount that must be given away in student aid goes up.

19、Schools are bad businesses, whether public or private, not usually because of mismanagement but because of the nature of the enterprise. They lose money on every customer, and they can go bankrupt either from too few students or too many students. Even a very good college is a very bad business.It i

20、s such colleges, promising but threatened, that I worry about. Low enrollment is not their chief problem. Even with full enrollment, they may go under. Efforts to save them, and preferably to keep them private, are a national necessity. There is no basis for arguing that private schools are inherent

21、ly （固有地） better than public schools. There are many examples to the contrary. Anyone can name state universities and colleges that rank as the finest in the nation and the world. It is now inevitable that public institutions will be dominant, and therefore diversity is a national necessity. Diversit

22、y in the way we support schools tends to give us a healthy diversity in the forms of education. In an imperfect society such as ours, uniformity of education throughout the nation could be dangerous, In an imperfect society, diversity is a positive good. Supporters of public higher education know th

23、e importance of sustaining private higher education.11. According to the authors opinion schools are bad businesses because of _.A. mismanagement B. too few students C. too many students D. the nature of schools12. The author used the phrase “go under” （Sentence 3, Para. 3） to mean _.A. get into dif

24、ficulties B. have low enrollmentC. have low tuition D. bring in more money1 3 We can reasonably conclude from this passage that the author made an appeal to the public in order to support _A. public institutions B. private schoolsC. uniformity of education D. high quality of education14. Which of th

25、e following statements is NOT true?A. High-quality private schools deserve to be saved.B. If the tuition is raised, the enrollment goes down.C. There are many cases to show that public schools are better that private schools.D. Private schools have more money than public schools.15. Which of the fol

26、lowing ways could possibly save private schools?A. Raising tuition. B. Full enrollment.C. National awareness and support. D. Reduction of rising cost.参考答案DABDC They may be just passing your office, computer bag slung （悬挂） over one shoulder. Or they may be sitting in a car outside it, causally tappin

27、g away at a laptop. They look like innocent passers-by. In fact, they are stealing your corporate secrets.Drive-by hacking is the trendy term given to the practice of breaking into wireless computer networks from outside the buildings that house them. A recent study in the UK, sponsored by RSA Data Security, found that two-thirds of organizations with wireless networks were risking their data in this way. Security experts patrolled （巡逻）