1、高考英语阅读理解强化训练2009高考英语阅读理解强化训练(1)One day Walt Disney had a vision. It was a vision of a place where children and parents could have fun together. The more Walt dreamed of a magical park, the more imaginative and elaborate it became.The original plans for the park were on 8 acres next to the Burbank st
2、udios where his employees and families could go to relax. Although, World War II put those plans on hold. During the war, Disney had time to come up with new ideas, and creations for his magical park. It was soon clear that 8 acres wouldnt be enough.Finally in 1953, he had the Stanford Research Inst
3、itute conduct a survey for a 100-acre site, outside of Los Angeles. He needed space to build rivers, waterfalls, and mountains; he would have flying elephants and giant teacups; a fairy-tale castle, moon rockets, and a scenic railway; all inside a magic kingdom he called Disneyland.The search for th
4、e best venue for the park ended in the rural Anaheim, California with a purchase of a 160-acre orange grove near the junction of the Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) and Harbor Boulevard. Construction for Disneyland began on July 21, 1954, 12 months before the park was scheduled to open.Some 160-acres of cit
5、rus trees had been cleared and 15 houses moved to make room for the park. However, when the real designing came around, Disney met with inevitable questions. How do you make believable wild animals, that arent real? How do you make a Mississippi paddle ship? How do you go about building a huge castl
6、e in the middle of Anaheim, California? Disney asked his movie studio staff for answers. The design of Disneyland was something never done before. There would be four uniquely different theme parts: Adventureland, Frontierland, Fantasyland Tomorrow land. Bit by bit, Disneyland got ready for Opening
7、Day. The staff worked around the clock to get ready. But opening day was a terrible disaster. Beside the terrible opening day conditions, the park did eventually pick up. By 1965, ten years after opening day, 50 Million visitors had come through the gates.1. The passage is mainly about_.A. What visi
8、tors can enjoy in Disneyland.B. The difficulties Disney met in building DisneylandC. How Disneyland came into beingD. A brief introduction to Disneyland2. Which of the following dates would probably be the opening date of Disneyland?A. 1953 B. 1954 C. 1955 D. 19653. Which of the following statements
9、 is Not True?A. World War II had some influence on the building plan of the Disneyland.B. Disney must have met many difficulties in building Disneyland.C. About 50 million visitors have visited Disneyland so far.D. Disney was a great man with great imagination and creativity.4. You could see all the
10、 following things except_ in Disney.A. rivers, waterfalls, and mountains B. flying elephants and giant teacupsC. a huge castle D. wild animals5. The underlined phrase in the last paragraph probably means _.A. collect B. improve C. find D. open 【答案解析】1.C本题主要介绍了迪斯尼乐园是如何建成的展开论述。A、B两项片面,D项范围太大。2.C根据倒数第三
11、段和最后一段最一句话可以得出答案。3.C根据最后一段最一句话可以得出答案。4.D根据倒数第二段:How do you make believable wild animals, that arent real? 这一句话可以得出答案。5.B根据上下文语境可以推出pick up此处应为“好转;改善”的意思。 (2)Ocean Park Hong Kong is a theme park in the Southern District of Hong Kong Island. The park was built with donations from the Royal Hong Kong J
12、ockey Club (now Hong Kong Jockey Club) and opened on 10 January 1977. The park is operated by Ocean Park Corporation, which is a statutory(法定的)department. It offers affordable marine animal education and entertainment and is a private organization for commercial purposes. In the early operation of t
13、he park, the main sources of income for the park were the ticket prices and the funding from the Jockey Club. Since the ticket price was low, most of the time Ocean Park was operating under deficit(财政赤字). In 1 July 1987, the government established a 200 million trust from the funding of Jockey Club,
14、 under the Ocean Park Corporation Ordinance. This separated Ocean Park from Jockey Club and became a non-profit organization; it needs to be responsible for its own income and was allowed to use commercial means to operate the park. Since it was permitted to use commercial means to operate, it gradu
15、ally raised its ticket price and the deficit turned into profit. In 1992, 3 million visitors visited the park. Since 1998, the East Asian financial crisis(经济危机), aging attractions, and the passing away of the killer whale; the park recorded a deficit for a couple years. Although it was allowed to ho
16、st 2 pandas in 1999, the number of visitors did not go up and Ocean Park was forced to close its water attractions and the Old Village attraction and turned to bring in more rides in an attempt to capture the youth demand. Together with the opening up of mainland visitors under the Individual Visit Scheme, Ocean Park recorded an astonishing 4 million visitors in the year 2004-
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