届高三英语二轮专题测试阅读理解16.docx

1、届高三英语二轮专题测试阅读理解162014届高三英语二轮专题测试：阅读理解1.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。If I raised the question, “What would be the last thing you would expect to happen while watching your sons flag football game?” you probably still couldnt come up with what happened to me and my family.As we were sitting on t

2、he sidelines enjoying the game, a low-flying bird came swooping in attempting to land on my daughters head! It honestly came out of nowhere. We were seated by ourselves on the tree lined side of the field. I was able to calm my daughters shock and fear once I showed her that the bird was not some wi

3、ld animal, it was in fact, somebodys pet!Now, were sitting at the outdoor fields of the Pontiac Silverdome, far from any populated area, wondering where this very social cockatiel, an Australian parrot (澳洲鹦鹉) could have come from. I walked up to the bird and put out my hand. Immediately, it hopped o

4、n and chirped in a friendly way. We looked around us and knew that we could not just leave and suppose that the bird would return to where it came from. This was a very domesticated bird that needed help or it would not survive.The flag football game had ended so we walked the bird over to other gro

5、ups of adults and asked if they knew of anyone who had lost a bird. All the kids were excited about the bird and fed it with some post game snacks. The birds nails were getting long and he was looking pretty dirty, so we knew it had been out here for a long time and was hungry. Since its wings were

6、clipped, it could fly a little but probably not more than 100 yards or so at a try. We all just scratched our heads as a group wondering what to do with the lost bird.We explained to the kids that this bird needed our help since it was someones pet and would not know how to get its own food, and it

7、could not fly well since its wings were clipped. The kids understood, and all of them wanted to take the bird home! The parents however, knew this was not a good choice as one had a large dog, another two cats, etc. We explained to the kids that one of us could take the bird home for the night and t

8、hen bring it to the Humane Society in the morning in hopes to connect it to its owners. We couldnt keep the bird. It wasnt ours. This was tough for the kids to understand at first. We couldnt just leave the bird either. There was no way it could attend itself. The group of us sat around the Silverdo

9、me practice fields for quite a while trying to determine the best course of choice for the lost bird. It was getting dark out but no one was willing to leave that parking lot until we had a game plan for how to help the bird.The owner of the football league, Chris Novak, offered to take the bird. It

10、 was extremely nice of him and he really stepped in to help while all the rest of us who had kids tugging on our shirts and begging to take it home. We took a box and put a bunch of holes in it and he brought it home for the night. Another mom went online and found a family that had lost a bird that

11、 looked just like the one wed found. She emailed the info to Chris who got in touch with the family and the next day, reunited the bird with the family that lost it almost 3 weeks earlier! When Chris emailed us to let us know, we could not believe that this bird had traveled from The Rochester Tienk

12、en area all the way to the Silverdome!We were so happy to be able to save this bird and get it back to its family. I showed my kids the email about how the other family got their pet back. The family has 3 kids who were so happy to see their bird. My kids realized what a nice ending this story had.

13、Not only had we been able to save this birds life, but we were able to bring it back to the family that loves and misses him.The life lesson in the missing bird story seemed to miss its mark with my kids at first. They were a little bummed out that they couldnt keep the lost bird. I explained to the

14、m that when an animal or someone needs help, you just cant turn a blind eye and hope everything works out OK. The “lost bird incident” was also a reminder to them that teamwork and the kindness of strangers can make a world of difference and that a group of well-meaning strangers can work together t

15、o help someone. It wasnt a heroic act, but one that I knew had sunk in with my kids when they realized that trying to help was the best and only real course of action. 55. What happened when the author watched his sons football games?A. A parrot tried to eat their food.B. His daughter was hurt by a

16、parrot.C. A parrot flew towards his daughter.D. A parrot landed on his daughters head.56. The underlined word “domesticated” in the second paragraph probably means_.A. having been abandoned B. having been used to home life C. having been used to life in the wild D. having been week and hungry57. Who

17、 was the first one to find the birds owner?A. The author B. Chris NovakC. The Humane Society D. A participants mother 58. What can be learned from the “lost bird incident”?A. Strangers can also work well together.B. Humane Society helps children in teamwork.C. Children can keep lost injured pet bird

18、s home.D. Helping others is always regarded as a heroic act.59. What did the author want to tell in the text?A. How to help a lost parrot to find home.B. The experience of watching a football games.C. The importance of teamwork and helping others.D. How a parrot can fly a long distance from home. 60

19、. The best title of the text should be_. A. What Animals Can Teach Us B. Complete Care for a Lost BirdC. Life Lessons When You Least Expect It D. Love First, Teamwork and Kindness Second 2.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。The engineer Camilla Olivetti was 40 years old when he started the company i

20、n 1908. At his factory in Ivrea, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter. Today the companys head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the company is much larger than it was in those days and there are offices all around the world, By 1930 there was a staff of 700 and the company

21、turned out 13.000 machines a year. Some went to customers in Italy, but Olivetti exported more typewriters to other countries. Camillos son, Adriano, started working for the company in 1924 and later he became the boss. He introduced a standard speed for the production line and he employed technolog

22、y and design specialist. The company developed new and better typewriters and then calculators(计算器). In 1959 it produced the ELEA computer system. This was the first mainframe(主机) computer designed and made in Italy.After Adriano died in 1960, the company had a period of financial problem. Other com

23、panies, especially the Japanese, made faster progress in electronic technology than the Italian company.In 1978, Carlo de Benedetti became the new boss. Olivetti increased its marketing and service networks and made agreements with other companies to design and produce more advanced office equipment

24、. Soon it became one of the worlds leading companies in information technology and communications. There are now five independent companies in the Olivetti groupone for personal computers, one for other office equipment, one for systems and service, and two for telecommunications.51.From the text we

25、 learn that A. by 1930 Olivetti produced 13.000 typewriters a yearB. Olivetti earned more in the 1960s than in the 1950sC. some of Olivettis 700 staff regularly visited customers in ItalyD. Olivetti set up offices in other countries from the very beginning52. What was probably the direct result of O

26、livettis falling behind in electronic technologyA. Adrianos death B.A period of financial problemsC. Its faster progress D. Its agreements with other companies.53. What do we know about Olivetti?A. It produced the best typewriter in the world.B. It designed the worlds first mainframe computer.C. It

27、exported more typewriters than other companies.D. It has five independent companies with its head office in Ivrea.54. The best title for the text would be A. The Origin of Olivetti. B. The Success of Olivetti.C. The History of Olivetti D. The Production of Olivetti.3.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

28、选项。 Driving to a friends house on a recent evening, I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friends rooftop. I stopped to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it is that most city people - myself included - usually miss sights like this because we spend m

29、ost of our lives indoors. My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon meant a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life. I know the feeling. Last December I took my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We

30、stayed in a forest rest house with no electricity or running hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The moon grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light shone in them and not

31、a sound could be heard. It was one of the quietest places I have ever known, a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which struck me deeply. Today our lives are filled with glass, metal, plastic and fiber-glass. We have television,cell phones, pagers, electricity, heaters and o

32、vens and air-conditioners, cars, computers. Struggling through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent indoors, I thought, “Before long, I would like to live in a small cottage. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains. And perhaps write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and touched the moon.”46. Th