高考英语阅读理解专练复习题5.docx

1、高考英语阅读理解专练复习题5高三英语阅读理解专练（5）ALondon, （UPT via Xinhua） Peter Scott, a 51 - year - old printer from northern England, has been given his second of two “piggy -back” hearts after removing of his own heart, the Hare filed Hospital said last week.The hospital near London, which is specially good at heart

2、operation, said Scott was in a satisfactory condition.Doctors first linked Scotts heart with the heart of a 13year - old girl in a “piggy -back” transplant （移植）to make up this own heart a week before, the hospital director David Blythe said.Both beat well in step for four days until half - solid blo

3、od formed in a man - made valve （瓣膜）fixed in Scotts own heart last year, Blythe said.MOSCOW（Agencies via Xinhua）- A Russian Ilyushin62 airliner left for West Africa suddenly fell down shortly after take - off here, killing everyone on board.It is not known how many passagers the 182 - seat aircraft

4、was carrying when it went downward quickly to the ground just 10 kilometres from Sheremetyevo Airport.But west African newspapers said the plane, which was heading for Sierra Leone, was about half full.An official from Moscows Botkin Institute Hospital said, “No one could have been still alive in th

5、e accident. ” “The accident was so serious, so horrible, that we did not need to give medical attention to anyone.”West African officials have complained that the Russian government failed to inform them of the air accident, in which many Africans may have been killed.Stavanger, Norway, March 28（AFP

6、）-At least 28 oil workers died and 69 were missing today after the overturning of the 10, 000 ton Norwegian “Floating Hotel” Alexander Kiellan, in strong winds last night.Another 128 workers have reportedly been rescued from the icy, storm- thrown North Sea waters midway between northeast England an

7、d Denmark in continuing search operations by British and Norwegian helicopters, planes and ships.The disaster, called“the worst in our recent history” by Norwegian Premier Odvar Nordli, struck late yesterday when the four - level platform, used as a rest area for workers in the Nor the Seas Ekofisk

8、Oil Field, overturned in a storm after one of its five huge legs gave way for unknown reasons. Yet the quality of construction was the last, Ken Harris, Chief Engineer said. In Stavanger, Prime Minister Nordli thanked neighboring countries, with England heading the list, for their aid and in the res

9、cue effort.The Ekofick field has the heaviest oil platforms of all of shore sites in the world, with 1, 850 oil workers on them, including three other rest platforms.1What do you guess the word“piggy - back” means in the first item of news?A. Greedy. B. Large.C. Dependent. D. Fragile.2How many perso

10、ns were killed in the air accident near Sheremtyevo Airport?A. About 90. B. About 180.C. About 60. D. About 120.3One of the legs of the four- level platform in the North Seas Elofisk Oil Field broke. Why?A. Because of very strong winds.B. Because the“ Floating Hotel”was turned over.C. Because the qu

11、ality of construction was bad.D. The report doesnt mention.4What do you learn from the news reports?A. In the rescue effort for the Norwegian oil workers, England led some other countries.B. Soon after the air accident doctors in Botkin Institute Hospital gave aids to the injured passengers.C. Peter

12、 Scott was still in danger because half - solid blood formed.D. The plat forms of North Seas Elko fish Oil Field are the heaviest in the world.BFour hundred and three babies are crying loudly. Do you know how to make them quiet in 41 seconds? There is an amazing new product on sale in Japan which do

13、es exactly this. It is an LP （a long - playing record）of sounds from inside a mo hers body, which a hospital doctor recorded. In tests with the record she played the LP to 403 crying babies. After 41 seconds not one baby was crying and 161 of them were sleeping.The record began as an experiment by P

14、rofessor Hajime Minooka of the Nippon Medical University near Tokyo. He was looking for something natural that helps new- born babies go to sleep. The sound of the mothers heart - beat and other body sounds are the things the babies heard inside their mothers. They feel safe and happy when they hear

15、 these sounds again. And they go to sleep.Hospitals in Osaka and Tokyo are using the LP. 10, 000 young couples are using it too. Toshiba Music Company who make and sell the records are very happy. One and a half million couples marry every year in Japan. Many will have babies, so the LP will definit

16、ely be a hit!5“Many will have babies, so the LP will definitely be a hit!” The word “hit” means“_”A. popularityB. amazementC. strikeD. experiment6What is true according to the passage?A. About 55% of the crying babies fall asleep after 41 seconds hearing the LP.B. The LP sounds were first recorded b

17、y Professor Hajime Minooka .C. The LP is produced and sold by Toshiba Music Company.D. One million and a half babies are born it Japan every year.7Babies feel _when they hear these LP sounds.A. the sounds to be their mothers voicesB. as ff they were inside their mothersC. the music natural and softD

18、. themselves sleeping together with their mothersCIn many countries today, laws protect wildlife. In India the need for such protection was realized centuries ago.About 300 B.C. an Indian writer described forests that were somewhat like national parks today. The killing of game animals was carefully

19、 governed. Some animals were fully protected. Within the forest, nobody was allowed to cut trees, burn wood, or trap animals for their furs. Animals that became dangerous to human visitors were trapped or killed outside the park, so that other animals would not become uneasy.The need for wildlife pr

20、otection is greater now than ever before. About a thousand sorts of animals are in danger of extinction, and the speed at which they are being destroyed has been putting on. With mammals（哺乳i类动物）, for example, the speed of extinction is now about one sort every year; from A. D. 1 to 1800, the speed w

21、as about one sort every fifty years. Everywhere, men are trying to solve the problem of saving wildlife while caring for the worlds growing population.8This report says that the need for protecting wildlife_.A. was understood centuries before this timeB. was described by and Indian writer about 2300

22、 years agoC. is met in many countries todayD. is carried out in forests as well as in national parks9The report says that in Indian forests of long ago_.A. hunters were given permits to hunt gameB. only dangerous animals were to be killedC. the killing of game animals was controlledD. no killing of

23、animals was allowed10According to the report, men trying to save wildlife are thinking about_ as well.A. the animals in national parksB. stricter laws against huntingC. the trees in the forestsD. the needs of people11From the report we can learn _.A. the growth of the worlds population has meant gre

24、ater danger to wildlifeB. about a thousand sorts of mammals are in danger of extinctionC. the speed of extinction of mammals is lower now than it was from A. D. 1 to 1800D. hunters who kill endangered sorts of animals are seriously punished by law12The word“ extinction” in this report most properly

25、means“_” .A. falling. down B, dying outC. growing upD. going awayDSuppose a key man in your firm had just met with a terrible accident. The doctor tell you that this man upon whom you depend for directing sales, checking your books or for performing some other important roles, will be laid up for mo

26、nths, Youd have to replace him, wouldnt you? And probably at a pay about equal to his ?Then youd be faced with double paying for one job because stopping the pay of an injured man would simply be out of the question.You can prevent this kind of unproductive outgo on your payroll by providing your ke

27、y man with the protection of Travelers Business Accident Insurance! This insurance provides total medical expense and a weekly income in case a key man is disabled for some time. Should the disability prove everlasting, an income for life is certainty. Why not make out a list of your key men now? Th

28、en get together with Travelers Insurance Company, and let us tell you how little it costs to apply this much needed protection to your business.Write and well serve you!13The above is most probably_A. a report B. a letterC. an announcementD. an advertisement14What is really true according to the abo

29、ve?A. Travelers Insurance Company Provides services of accident insuranceB. An important person of the firm has just had an accidentC. Accident Insurance will protect the important person from accidentD. Unfortunately the important person has become disabled15Whom might the writing be mainly for?A.

30、An important person in a firmB. An employee of a firmC. The boss of a companyD. Readers of a newspaper16Why would the pay be doubled?A. Because two persons are doing one job of the sameB. Because the important job is worth double payC. Because it is necessary that the injured person should be paidD.

31、 Because the double pay is for two persons17Travelers Insurance Company _ for a person insuredA. will pay for all the cost of treatmentB. will pay the weekly income or even that of lifetimeC. wont get much from the firmD. will provide everlasting pension as well as medical expenseEThe class teacher thought that hobbies were very important for every childShe encouraged all her pupils to h