湖北省高考英语二轮复习专题训练阅读理解63.docx

1、湖北省高考英语二轮复习专题训练阅读理解63湖北省2020高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（63）阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AMEXICO CITY: A jetliner from the beach resort of Cancun was briefly hijacked as it landed in Mexico City on Wednesday. The hijackers released all passengers shortly before federal police stormed the plane, and

2、the crew emerged unharmed moments later.Police, who did not fire a single shot, led as many as eight handcuffed men away from the airplane, which was isolated at the end of a runway in an area designed for emergencies. The hijackers motive was unclear, though Mexican news media initially identified

3、them as Bolivians demanding to speak with Mexican President Felipe Calderon.US, French and Mexican citizens were among the 112 passengers and crew on Aeromexico Flight 576, according to a US official who had been briefed on the situation. The official was not authorized to discuss the case and spoke

4、 on condition of anonymity.Mexicos transportation and communications secretary, Juan Molinar, said there was no bomb on the airplane, although some passengers said one of the hijackers held a package that resembled an explosive device, and a bomb squad (拆弹小组) was later seen near the airplane.He did

5、not immediately identify the hijackers or speculate on their motive.“Various people who participated in the act have been detained and we are investigating,” Molinar said.The attorney generals office said it was opening an investigation into terrorism and kidnapping but did not specify how many peop

6、le could be charged.Mexican news media initially reported the hijackers were Bolivian, but Bolivias ambassador to Mexico, Jorge Mancilla, said Mexican authorities had no evidence that was the case. Mancilla said sources told him they could be Colombian or Venezuelan. Several passengers told reporter

7、s they did not notice a non-Mexican accent.Passenger Rocio Garcia told the Televisa network that the pilot made an announcement after landing in Mexico City that the airplane was being hijacked. Passengers said the hijackers never communicated with them directly.“These were scary moments,” she said.

8、She said she saw one of the hijackers whom she described as a well-dressed, older man.“He looked fine, like a normal passenger,” she said.Passenger Daniel Hernandez said he saw a hijacker carrying a Bible.1From the first paragraph we can conclude that _.A. the hijackers lost their way at the last mo

9、mentB. the hijackers didnt prepare for their actionC. the hijackers surrendered before the police firedD. the hijackers just wanted to play a trick on the police2From what Juan Molinar said we can learn that _.A. several Mexicans were involved in the hijackingB. passengers succeeded in stopping the

10、explosionC. a frightening bomb was found later on the airplaneD. police were still trying to identify a possible bomb3What may be the first step taken when the hijacked plane landed?A. They abandoned the plane at the end of the runway.B. They kept the plane away from other planes.C. They asked the c

11、rew to control the hijackers.D. They gave a sudden attack at the hijackers.4The hijackers, as some passengers described, _.A. stayed calm and appeared noble, educatedB. were all well-dressed American old menC. all came from Colombia or VenezuelaD. were good at bargaining with the policeBWarning: rea

12、ding too much Cinderella to your daughter may damage her emotional health in later life. A paper to be developed at the international congress of cognitive psychotherapy in Gothenburg suggests a link between the attitudes of women abused by their parents and early exposure to the wrong sort of fairy

13、 tales. It says girls who identified with Cinderella, Rapunzel and Beauty in Beauty and the Beast were more likely to say in destructive relationships as adults.The theory was developed by Susan Darker Smith, a psychotherapist at the University of Derby. She interviewed 67 female abuse survivors and

14、 found that 61 put up with severe abuse because they believed they could change their partners with patience, composition and love. The same view was taken by male survivors who had been abused as children. Hardly any of the women in a control group, who had not experienced abuse, thought they could

15、 change their partners in this way.These women and men said they would leave a relationship rather than put up with abuse from a partner. Ms Darker Smith found the abused women were much more likely to identify with Cinderella and other submissive female characters in fairytales, who were later resc

16、ued by a stranger prince or hero.Although most girls heard the stories, damage appeared to be done to those who adopted the characters as role models. “They believe if their love is strong enough they can change their parents behaviors,” she said. “Overexposure in children to stories that emphasize

17、the transformational qualities of love may make women believe they can change their partners.” For example, they might never have understood the obvious flaw in the story of Rapunzel, who remained locked in a high tower until rescued by a knight on a white horse, who broke the door down. “The questi

18、on,” said Ms Darker Smith, “is why she did not break the door down herself.”5The passage is especially intended for _.A. parents with young daughtersB. parents with grown-up daughtersC. girls who think they can change their partnersD. girls who like reading fairy stories6Cinderella, Rapunzel and Bea

19、uty in Beauty and the Beast are similar in that _.A. they all married some princes B. they all put up with abuseC. they were all abused by their partners D. they all changed their partners with love7Which of the following statements is true of the women in a control group?A. They dont believe in fai

20、ry tales.B. They survived abuse.C. They have also experienced abuse.D. They dont believe in the transformational qualities of love.8What does the underlined word “submissive” in the 3rd paragraph probably mean?A. kind-hearted B. easy-going C. gentle D. passiveCThe days of the hunter are almost over

21、in India. This is partly because there is practically nothing left to kill, and partly because some steps have been taken mainly by banning tiger-shooting to protect those animals which still survive.Some people say that Man is naturally a hunter. I disagree with this view. Surely our earliest foref

22、athers, who at first possessed no weapons, spent their time digging for roots, and were no doubt themselves often hunted by meat-eating animals.I believe the main reason why the modern hunter kills is that he thinks people will admire his courage in overpowering dangerous animals. Of course, there a

23、re some who truly believe that the killing is not really the important thing, and that the chief pleasure lies in the joy of the hunt and the beauty of the wild countryside. There are also those for whom hunting in fact offers a chance to prove themselves and risk death by design; these men go out a

24、fter dangerous animals like tigers, even if they say they only do it to rid the countryside of a threat. I can respect reasons like these, but they are clearly different from the need to strengthen your high opinion of yourself.The greatest big-game hunters expressed in their writings something of t

25、hese finer motives. One of them wrote:“You must properly respect what you are after and shoot it clearly and on the animals own territory (领地).You must fix forever in your mind all the wonders of that particular day. This is better than letting him grow a few years older to be attacked and wounded b

26、y his own son and eventually eaten, half alive, by other animals. Hunting is not a cruel and senseless killing not if you respect the thing you kill, not if you kill to enrich your memories, not if you kill to feed your people.”I can understand such beliefs, and can compare these hunters with those

27、who hunted lions with spears and bravely caught them by the tail. But this is very different from many tiger-shoots I have seen, in which modern weapons were used. The so-called hunters fired from tall trees or from the backs of trained elephants. Such methods made tigers seem no more dangerous than

28、 rabbits.9There is no more hunting in India now partly because _.A. there are few animals left to hunt B. hunting is already out of dateC. hunters want to protect animals D. it is dangerous to hunt there10The author thinks modern hunters kill mainly _.A. to improve their health B. to earn peoples ad

29、mirationC. to gain power and influence D. to make the countryside safe11What do we learn about the big-game hunters?A. They mistreat animals. B. They hunt old animals.C. They hunt for food. D. They hunt for money.12What is the authors view on the tiger-shoots he has seen?A. Modern hunters should use

30、 more advanced weapons.B. Modern hunters lack the courage to hunt face-to-face.C. Modern hunters like to hunt rabbits instead of tigers.D. Modern hunters should put their safety first.DWatching bison up close is fascinating, like watching a grass fire about to leap out of control. With their huge, w

31、edge-shaped heads and silver-dollar-size brown eyes, the 2,000-pound animals are symbols of another place and time. More than 100 bison now roam the 30,000-acre American Prairie Reserve in eastern Montana the first time theyve inhabited that region in a century. Direct descendants of the tens of mil

32、lions of bison that once populated the Western plains, they represent an epic effort: to restore a piece of Americas prairie to the national grandeur that Lewis and Clark extolled two centuries ago. During that famous expedition across the Western states to the Pacific, the two explorers encountered so many bison that they had to wait hours for one herd to pass.In order to protect whats here and reintroduce long-gone wil