高考英语阅读理解抓分练习题69.docx

1、高考英语阅读理解抓分练习题692014高考英语阅读理解抓分练习题（69）及答案第二节： 下面文章中有5处（第6165题）需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中选出符合各段意思的小标题，并在答题纸上将相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。 A. Manufacturing industry in information economy B. News in the age of information C. Argument about individual accounts and their reliability D. Be your own investigati

2、ve journalistE. Dont believe everything you read in the newspapersF. Information is presented in an entertaining way21_With the arrival of the age of “information economy”, intellectual work is becoming a more important source of wealth than manufacturingOrganizations in all walks of life are doing

3、more to spread their informationSo people of the Public Relations are hired to speak for themA lot of our news is actually collected from press releases and reports of events intentionally staged for journalistsIn the information age, journalists spend their time, not investigating, but passing on t

4、he words of a spokesperson22_There is a joke in the novel Scoop about the newspapers owner, Lord CopperThe editors can never disagree with himWhen hes right about something they answer “definitely”, and when hes wrong they say “to some extent, Lord Copper” It seems reasonable to suppose that, in the

5、 real world, the opinions of such powerful people still influence the journalists and editors who work for them23_In countries where the news is not officially controlled, it may be provided by commercial organizations who depend on advertisingThe news has to attract viewers and maintain its audienc

6、e ratingsI suspect that some stories get air-time just because there happen to be exciting pictures to showIn Britain, we have the tabloid newspapers which millions of people read simply for entertainmentThere is progressively less room for historical background, or statistics, which are harder to p

7、resent as a sensational story24_There is an argument that with spreading access to the internet and cheap technology for recording sound and images we will all be able to find exactly the information we wantPeople around the world will be able to publish their own eye-witness accounts and compete wi

8、th the widely-accepted news-gatherers on equal termsBut what it will mean also is that well be subjected to a still greater amount of nonsense and liesAny web log may contain the latest information of the year, or equally, a made-up story that you will never be able to check25_Maybe the time has com

9、e to do something about it, and I dont just mean changing your choice of TV channel or newspaperIn a world where everyone wants you to listen to their version, you only have two choices: switch off altogether or start looking for sources you can trustThe investigative journalist of the future is eve

10、ryone who wants to know the truth参考答案任务型阅读：2125 BEFCD阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIn Singapore, most of us love window-shopping while some others enjoy having a picnic at East Coast Park or Changi Beach on sunny days. Singaporeans are never bothered by the oc

11、casional thunderstorm. However, we know that if it rains for long continuous periods, there will be more serious effects. Just recently the main shopping street of Orchard Road was flooded and some part of Bukit Timah was impassable to traffic. People reacted by writing in to the newspaper to compla

12、in about this! We forget that other countries suffer much worse effects. Elsewhere, heavy tropical（热带的）storms often result in floods that ruin crops especially in Thailand and Malaysia. This in turn usually means that the price of rice and vegetables here in Singapore will rise because we import the

13、se products from them. If there is a typhoon or tsunami, thousands of lives are lost too. This happened in Indonesia and Phuket in Thailand in 2004 and it serves to remind us of how Mother Nature can cause great damage.Weather patterns in general have changed dramatically in recent years. Scientists

14、 believe that global warming and the resulting melting of the polar ice-cap has caused the level of the ocean to rise. This in turn causes flooding of low-lying areas in countries where the land is rather flat and some parts of which is below water level. It is believed that human activities have ca

15、used Mother Nature to show her extreme anger, so it is now important that we really work together to cut down on harmful activities, for example, illegal logging（伐木）or irresponsible forest-burning to clear land for farming.56.From Paragraph 1, we can see that most Singaporeans love_.A. making compla

16、ints B. going out for picnicsC. doing window-shopping D. traveling along the coast【答案】C【解析】根据第一段第一句可知。57.What will happen in Singapore if there are floods in its neighboring countries?A. Heavy tropical storms will follow shortly.B. The price of rice and vegetables will go up.C. Many people will writ

17、e in to the newspaper.D. More rice and vegetables will be imported.【答案】B【解析】根据第一段倒数三，四句可知。热带风暴导致的洪水会毁掉庄稼，新加坡的蔬菜和大米是从这些国家进口的，所以会导致蔬菜，大米的价格上升。58.The underlined word“it” in Paragraph 2 refers to_.A. the arrival of heavy tropical stormsB. the import of rice and vegetablesC. the rising price of rice and

18、vegetablesD. the loss of lives in natural disasters【答案】D【解析】上句提到台风和海啸会导致成千上万的人死亡。这在2004年在印度尼西亚和泰国的普吉岛发生过。自然灾害到这人死亡这件事用来提醒我们大自然可以带来巨大损害。59.Which of the following shows how the low-lying areas are flooded?a. global warming b. the rise in ocean levelc. harmful human activitiesd. the flooding of low-lyi

19、ng arease. the melting of the polar ice-capA. caebd B. acebd C. cabed D. dacbe【答案】A【解析】根据最后一段可知。60.What should we do in order not to make Mother Nature angry?A. Clear more land for farming. B. Reduce harmful human activities.C. Bring down the price of food. D. Improve the quality of weather.【答案】B【解析

20、】根据最后一段It is believed that human activities have caused Mother Nature to show her extreme anger, so it is now important that we really work together to cut down on harmful activities,“人们认为是人类的活动导致了大自然极端愤怒， 因此，现在我们真的应该团结合作减少有害活动。”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

21、，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A What can help you make a fortune in the future? Graduating from a top university might not be enough. A new study from the University of Essex in Britain has shown that the more friends you have in school, the more money youll earn later.The idea that popularity could have a serious i

22、mpact on ones earning potential shouldnt come as too much of a surprise. The researchers noted that if you want to get ahead in life, social skills and networking are easily as powerful as talent and hard work.“If a person has lots of friends, it means that he or she has the ability to get along wit

23、h others in all kinds of different situations,” said Xu Yanchun, 17, from Nantou High School in Shenzhen, who totally agreed with the recent finding. “Also, friends always help each other. They not only create wider social circles for you but lift your mood when you occasionally feel depressed,” sai

24、d Xu. She believed that all this helps you “earn a higher salary”.Maybe thats why some people think the younger generations are in the age of Friendalholism(交友狂症). A woman even complained that the networking website Facebooks 5,000-friend limit was too low for her large reserve of social contacts. B

25、ut what does a friend mean? Should friends be regarded as a form of currency?“Call me uncool, but I think of a friend as an actual person with whom I have an actual history and whom I enjoy actually seeing. It seems, however, that this is no longer the definition of friend,” said Meghan Daum, who wo

26、rks with the Los Angeles Times in the US. 1.The new study from the University of Essex in Britain shows that _.A.if you have more friends you will not live happilyB.the more friends you have in school, the more money youll earn in your late lifeC.the less friends you have, the poor lives you will li

27、veD.friends can make more money for you2 According to Xu Yanchun, when you have lots of friends, it means_.A.you have the ability to earn more moneyB.you will not feel lonelyC.you are quite content with your lifeD.you have the ability to get along with others in various situations3.Whats the main id

28、ea of the passage?A.The passage mainly tells us something about the friendship.B.Friendship plays a more important part in our daily life than anything else.C.Friends are currency.D.Friends give you success.4.We can learn from the passage that _.A.if you have more friends, you can make a fortune in

29、the futureB.graduating from college means that you can make a fortune in the future C.friends mean a form of currencyD.friends can make you wider social circle and make you feel better when you feel depressed参考答案-BDDD Wind , water, fire and ice-these powerful natural forces have shaped the land of A

30、merica in the past. They are still changing it today. The Colorado River slowly cut down through stone to make the Grand Canyon(大峡谷). Long ago, ice sheets cut Yosemite Valley and the Great Lakes, and glaciers(冰川) are still on the move in Alaska. Wind and rain storm hit the land from time to time. Fi

31、res sometimes burn down forests and destroy the homes of wild animals. This happened in Yellowstone Park in 1988. Dead volcanic mountains such as Haleakala on Maui and Carter Lakein Oregon are beautiful to look at. But there are several active volcanoes in the US, especially along the Pacific Coast.

32、 There are also many earthquakes in this area. Scientists can do nothing to control earthquakes or volcanoes. This was shown clearly on May 18, 1980. At 8:32 that morning, Mount St Helens in Washington state broke out. The top of the mountain was blown off. Over 60 people campers, scientists, journalists, forest workerswere killed. Hundreds of square miles of fo