高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解44

这是一份高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解44，共10页。
1.As rain begins t fall frm the cluds, it is very pure. Hwever, as it falls thrugh the air it disslves sme f the gases in the air ,It als cllects bits f dust and micrbes(微生物)that are flating in the air, When the rain reaches the grund it begins t pick up mre dust and dirt, Many kinds f mineral substances disslve in the water ,Sand and nud cannt disslve in water.
Since water is s imprtant t us, it is very imprtant that the water we use shuld be clean , Otherwise, we might get sme f the diseases that are carried by water Many micrbes are harmful ,They are s small that we cannt see them ,These micrbes must be remved r killed befre the water is nt clean, peple wh drink this water may get these diseases, Thus , t prvide peple with clean water, the gvernment purifies the water.
Purificatin is a lng prcess and cnsists f three stages: string ,purifying and distributing ,The first stage is string , Man-made lakes called reservirs are used fr this purpse ,Water frm the rains ,ther lakes, streams and rivers is cllected in the reservirs ,This water is usually dirty and muddy.
In the secnd stage shich is purifying , water frm the reservirs is filtered in a special pnd, Stnes, sand and ther unwanted tiny things are caught in it, After that, tiny micrbes are still present in the water ,These micrbes are remved by “airing ”the water and by adding a chemical substance called chlring(氯)t the water ,This kills all the micrbes in the water ,A fter this the water can be safely used fr drinking.
The third stage is the distributin f the purified water t hmes ,hspitals, ffices ,factries and ther places, This is dne thrugh a netwrk f pipes f varius sizes, These pipes must be make f a suitable material.
51、Frm Paragraph 1, we can learn that
A、Rain has cntained gases when it frms in the cluds
B、Dust and micrbes are disslved in rain when rain falls n the grund
C、The clser rain is t the grund, the mre impure things it cntains
D、Sand and mud are things rain cllects when it falls thrugh the air
52、Accrding t Paragraph 2 ,the fllwing statements are wrng except that
A、All the micrbes in water are harmful s water must be purified
B、sme diseases can spread thrugh drinking water if it is nt clean
C、Water is safe t drink if nly harmful micrbes are remved frm it
D、it is the gvrnment’s respnsibility t make drinking water clean
53、What can we knw abut man-made lakes?
A、It is used thrugh the whle prcess f purificatin
B、Only rain water can be cllected and stred in it
C、Water cllected can be stred and filtered in it
D、Water frm them cntains a lt f impure substances
54、What is the functin f the chemical substance chlrine?
A、t air the waterB、t catch tiny things
C、t kill micrbesD、t remve harmful gases
55、What is prbably this passage?
A、A news reprtB、A bk reviewC、A magazine articleD、A schl paper
2.Tw years ag ,Hannah Mighall ,then 13, survived a great white shark attack n Tasmania’s nrth-east cast, but despite the terrible scars ,the shy yet curageus teenager is determined t get back int the water.
It’s been a lng jurney back fr the brave girl, whse life was changed frever as she was n her surfbard 60 metres ffshre at Binalng, Bay ,Tasmania.
Her cusin ,32-yeaf-ld syb Mundy ,was surfing nearby, “Suddenly, everything went quiet ,”Hannah ,nw15,recalls f the day she almst lst her life, “I lk dwn int the water and nticed a dark shadw under my bard I knew instantly it was a shark.”
As Syb watched in hrrr, the five-metre shark put hundreds f sharp teeth nt Hannah’s right leg,thrwing her frm her bard, “I was attached t my leg-rpe as the shark stared t pull me under the water”,She shakes, “I was lying n my back with ne leg under the shark’s bdy and the ther still in its jaws.”
Syb desperately punched (猛击)the shark’s nse and reached ut t grab Hannah as the mnster bit a huge chunk（大块）frm the surfbard, “I was still attached t my bard and was dragged back under the water again,”she says ,When she came up fr air, Hannah dg paddled(爬泳)t Syb’s bard and he dragged her frm the water t lie n his back ,”We lked dwn and saw the shark circling beneath us,”Hannah says.
Hannah was rushed t the hspital by helicpter ,She needed mre than 400 stitches(针)n her leg and spent tw weeks in hspital.
Mdest abut her remarkable curage, Hannah wes her survival t Syb’s bravery and the fact that great whites,despite their reputatin as man-eaters, typically dn’t target humans ,After the attack ,Hannah earned the Sea Shepherd award fr curage fr speaking in defence f the shark “I was in his territry, she wasn’t in mine,”she smiles.
46、Which f the fllwing can be the best title f the passage?
A、Curage Can Beat Any DifficultyB、Hw t Escape frm a Shark Attack
C、A Survival frm a Shark AttackD、Sharks Can Target Humans Smetimes
47、What is the crrect rder f the fllwing events happening t Hannah?
a、She was bit and pulled by the sharkd、She was dragged frm the water
b、She swam t Syb’s barde、She was pulled under the water again
c、She came up t take a breathf、She nticed the change f the things arund her
A、f,a,b,e,c,dB、f,a,e,c,b,dC、a,e,c,b,d,fD、a,c,b,e,d,f
48、Frm the passage, which statement is mentined abut Hanah?
A、was s brave that this experience didn’t have any influence n her life
B、didn’t hesitate t get hack int the water t surf immediately she recvered
C、thught it is a cmmn thing t be attacked by a shark in the cean
D、didn’t blame the fact that sharks are knwn as man-eaters fr her being attacked
49、Hw was Hannah sent t the hspital.?
A、She was went t the hspital by SybB、She was went t the hspital by lcal peple
C、She was went t the hspital by helicpterD、She was went t the hspital by the Sea Shepherb
50、The reasn why Hannah was awarded is that .
A、She was brave t speak fr the shark althugh she was severely injured by it
B、She successfully escaped frm a dangerus situatin because f her curage
C、She was curageus enugh t g deep int sharks’territry and survived
D、She has been determined t g hack int the sea where there are sharks
3.Nuclear pwer’s danger t health, safety, and even life itself can be summed up in ne wrd: radiatin.
Nuclear radiatin has a certain mystery abut it, partly because it cannt be detected by human senses. It can’t be seen r heard, r tuched r tasted, even thugh it may be all arund us. There are ther things like that. Fr example, radi waves are all arund us but we can’t detect them, sense them, withut a radi receiver. Similarly, we can’t sense radiactivity withut a radiatin detectr. But unlike cmmn radi waves, nuclear radiatin is nt harmless t human beings and ther living things.
At very high levels, radiatin can kill an animal r human being immediately by killing masses f cells in vital rgans. But even the lwest levels can d serius damage. There is n levels f radiatin that is cmpletely safe. If the radiatin des nt hit anything imprtant, the damage may nt be serius. This is the case when nly a few cells are hit, and if they are killed immediately. Yur bdy will replace the dead cells with healthy nes. But if the few cells are nly damaged, and if they reprduce themselves, yu may be in truble. They can grw int cancer. Smetimes this des nt shw up fr many years.
This is anther reasn fr sme f the mystery abut nuclear radiatin. Serius damage can be dne withut the victim being aware at the time that damage has ccurred. A persn can be irradiated（辐射）and feel fine, then die fr cancer five, ten, r twenty years later as a result. Or a child can be brn weak as a result f radiatin absrbed by its grandparents.
Radiatin can hurt us. We must knw the truth.
61. What is the main idea f the passage?
A. Hw t detect nuclear radiatin.
B. Hw radiatin kill a man.
C. The mystery abut nuclear radiatin.
D. Serius damage caused by nuclear radiatin.
62. Which f the fllwing statements is true?
A. Nuclear radiatin can cause cancer t human beings.
B. Nuclear radiatin can be safe t human beings if its level is lw.
C. Nuclear radiatin can be detected by human senses.
D. Nuclear radiatin is just like cmmn radi waves.
63. Hw can nuclear radiatin kill an animal?
A. By damaging its heart. B. By killing a few cells.
C. By killing many cells in imprtant rgans.D. By hitting any place in its bdy.
64. What is nt the reasn why nuclear radiatin has a certain mystery?
A. The hurt cells can stay in the bdy many years and then grw int cancer.
B. It can d harm t a persn while the victim isn't aware the damage has ccurred.
C. Nuclear radiatin can kill a persn very easily.
D. Radiatin can seldm kill a persn immediately.
65. If a human being is hit by nuclear radiatin, he may _______.
A. die f cancer after many years B. die immediately
C. have a child wh may be brn weak D. all f the abve
4.During the last fifteen years f my mther's life she suffered with Alzheimer's disease (老年痴呆). Until then she had been a bright, cheerful wman deeply interested and invlved in the wrld arund her. I wuld g hme t visit her in Virginia and she wuld lk at me in a puzzled way and ask, “Wh are yu?” I wuld answer, “I'm yur sn.” “Where d yu live?” She wuld ask. “In Califrnia”, I wuld tell her. “Isn't that interesting,” she wuld say, “I have a sn in Califrnia.”
She seemed simply frgetful and cnfused at the beginning f the disease, but later n she wuld g thrugh perids f intense anxiety. She wuld pace thrugh the huse she had lived in mst f her life crying uneasily that she wanted t g hme. Or she wuld leave hme and wander away if she were unattended fr a shrt time.
Hping t please her and put her mind at ease I wuld take her fr a drive, visiting sites where she had lived as a child. In the yard f the hillside huse in Shipman I sat in the car and admired the view f the ld aks and lng green lawn. I pictured my mther there was a little girl playing with the pet lamb she had been s fnd f. I lked t her fr sme respnse. She shk her head and said, “I want t g hme.”
Over the years I have decided that what my mther was calling hme was nt a place, but a time. I suspect it was a time when she was much yunger, when her children were still underft, when her husband was still vigrus and attentive.
Watching my mther's suffering set me wndering where I wuld have in mind if smeday I culdn’t find hme and wanted t g there. In this family we tend t be lng-lived and we grw fuzzy (糊涂的) minded as the years g by. At eighty I have already nticed sme alarming symptms. My dctr says the frgetfulness is nly natural and that it cmes with age. Still the fear f Alzheimer's is haunting there. Smeday if and when I becme even mre cludy minded than I am nw, unable t drive and unable t tell yu where "hme" is, my dear sn, I expect I will ask yu t take me hme, I knw yu will d yur best t find the place I need t be. I leave these ntes fr yur guidance.
56. What's the main idea f the first tw paragraphs?
A. The authr’s mther suffered with serius Alzheimer's disease.
B. The authr’s mther frgt wh’s his sn.
C. The authr didn’t knw hw t cure his mther.
D. The authr’s mther culdn’t find her hme.
57. What is nt the symptm f the authr’s mther ?
A. cheerful B. cnfused C. frgetful D. uneasy
58. What’s the meaning f the underlined wrd “picture”?
A. phtgraph B. appear C. describe D. paint
59. What can yu infer frm the third paragraph?
A. The authr care much abut his mther.
B. The authr’s mther was fnd f pet lambs.
C. The authr saw a little girl playing with a pet lamb.
D. The authr’s mther didn’t like her usual hme.
60. What’s the best title f the passage?
A. Take Mther Hme.
B. Everyne will suffer with Alzheimer's disease.
C. A stry abut a sn and a mther.
D. Where Is Hme?
5.An eighteen-year-ld high schl student frm Utah wn the tp prize in the Intel Science Talent Search in the United States. The winner received a cmputer and a schlarship fr a cllege educatin.
Mre than 1,500 students frm acrss the cuntry entered prjects in the cmpetitin this year. Their research included chemistry, medicine, physics, mathematics, engineering, and cmputer science—almst every area f science.
Frty students were invited t Washingtn, D.C．fr the final judging. A grup f scientists judged them n their research abilities, Critical thinking skills and creativity. The judges als questined the students abut scientific prblems befre deciding n the winners.
The tp winner received 100,000 dllars fr cllege. Shannn Babb f American Frk High Schl studied the water quality f tile Spanish Frk River in Utah fr six years. She fund that peple have a harmful effect n the river thrugh human activity, including agriculture. And she suggested ways t imprve the water quality in the future. These include educating the public nt t put husehld chemicals dwn the drains（下水道）, which lead t the river eventually.
Seventeen-year-ld Yi Sun f the Hanker Schl in San Jse, Califrnia, earned the secnd place. He wn a 75,000 dllar schlarship fr new discveries abut a mathematical thery knwn as randm walks. His wrk culd help cmputer scientists and chemists. Yi Sun was brn in China.
The third-place winner was als seventeen and brn in China. Yuan “Chelsea” Zhang f Mntgmery Blair High Schl in Rckville, Maryland, wn a 50,000 dllar schlarship. She researched the mlecular genetics（分子遗传学）f heart disease. Her findings culd aid the develpment f new medicines.
The Intel Science Talent Search is the ldest science cmpetitin fr high schl students in the United States. It is 65 years ld this year. Past winners have gne n t receive six Nbel prizes and ther tp hnrs in science and math.
51. What d we knw abut the talent search prject?
A. Mst f its winners have received Nbel prizes.
B. The prject includes researches in every area f science.
C. Only a small part f the students can attend the final judging.
D. Mst f the winners cme frm Asian cuntries.
52. Accrding t the text, .
A. water quality in Utah will be better than that in the ther states
B. the river was plluted nly by thse living near it
C. Shannn Babb suggested mre than ne way t imprve the water quality
D. husehld chemicals shuld be kept in the drains frever
53. Which f the fllwing abut the girl frm Maryland is NOT true?
A. The schlarship she received was half as many as Shannn Babb.
B. Her discvery is f great help t Chinese medicine.
C. Her research will cntribute t the cure f heart disease.
D. She and the secnd-place winner Yi Sun have smething in cmmn.
54. What is the text mainly abut?
A. Three winners' cntributins t science and math.
B. Three Chinese students wn the Science Talent Search.
C. Great rewards were given t winners in the cmpetitin.
D. Winners f the Intel Science Talent Search in the US.
55. Where are yu mst likely t find this text?
A. In a newspaper. B. In a handbk.
C. In a textbk. D. In a medical magazine.
6.Sprts and amusing activities have given benefits t peple. Besides the entertainment that they ffer, health, emtinal and persnal aspects have als been develped thrugh sprts and amusement. It's amazing hw ne can say that he just fund his purpse in life thrugh sprts. Sme peple may even devte their lives t a certain sprt. Whether being seen as an amusing activity, a pastime r a way f life, sprts and amusement are wrthy f everyne's praise.
A large number f sprts and amusing activities have becme very ppular bth in the past years and at present, such as baseball, basketball, glf, cmputer and nline games, fitness, mtr sprts, tennis, and s n.
Cmputer and nline games have becme very ppular at this age. Yung peple are mstly the fans f this amusement. Entertainment is what it gives. A lt f nline games are there t be played. Sme are fr sale while thers can be dwnladed fr free.
Fitness is in much the same rank. Wmen are the majr custmers wh take this activity int their lives. The gal fr reshaping their bdies t imprve their lks is getting mre and mre attractive. Cnsidering the lvely pints f being healthy and fit, all seem t hash thrugh the lines. N ne wants t get behind. This is als a way f giving lve t urselves.
We cannt always pass mney by. Taking sprts r amusement, yu'll have t pay fr it smetimes. The cst fr learning and enjying sprts changes frm ne t anther. Sme sprts cst very little while thers are cstly due t expensive equipment and tls t use.
Chsing a sprt, hwever, requires health cnsideratins. Sme peple are nt allwed t play vlleyball and similar activities due t having asthma（哮喘）. Playing may make a persn tired easily and will trigger an attack f asthma at nce.
46. What is the first paragraph mainly abut?
A. The benefits f sprts and amusement.
B. The rigin f sprts and amusement.
C. The kinds f sprts and amusement.
D. The cst f sprts and amusement.
47. Wmen custmers take part in fitness mainly .
A. t give lve t thers B. t make mre mney
C. t lk mre attractive D. t g beynd thers
48. We can learn frm the text that .
A. sprts were nt quite ppular in the past years
B. mst players f nline games aim t earn sme mney
C. taking sprts r amusement always csts a lt
D. health shuld be cnsidered when chsing a sprt
49. The underlined wrd “trigger” in the last paragraph prbably means .
A. hld back B. result in C. give up D. fight against
50. What will mst prbably be discussed if the text cntinues?
A. Different kinds f sprts and amusing activities.
B. Hw wmen reshape their bdies mre effectively.
C. Health prblems that sprts and amusement cause.
D. Suitable sprts r activities fr different peple.
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