高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解11

这是一份高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解11，共10页。
1.“Wanted by the FBI．”T the murderer，r the bank rbber，these are the mst frightening wrds in the wrld．When the criminal hears them，he knws that six thusand trained persns are after him．
They knw every trick the criminal knws and many mre．If he makes just ne mistake，they’ll get him．That’s why the man wh is wanted can’t sleep．That’s why he becmes nervus，why he jumps at every sund．
The FBI began n May 10th，1924．General Harlan Stne chse Edgar Hver，a yung lawyer，t head the new agency．“What we need is a whlly new kind f plice frce，”he said．“Criminals tday are smart．They use stlen cars and even planes t make their gateways．They have learned t pen any lck，using advanced technlgy．We can’t beat them with ld methds．We have t train fficers t wrk scientifically．”
Edgar Hver quietly went ahead with his plans．He picked his men carefully．They had t be between the ages f twenty--five and thirty five．He wanted nly men with gd manners and gd character．When wrking as his fficers，they wuld have t meet all kinds f peple．Hver wanted men wh culd handle a teacup as well as a gun．But the FBI cannt help in every plice prblem．It can lk int nly certain crimes against the gvernment．Slving all ther crimes is the duty f lcal plice frces．

40．A man wanted by the FBI will find that mney is ．
A．nt at all useful． B．very helpful fr a while
C．necessary fr staying free D．imprtant and useful
41．Befre he wrked with the FBI，Edgar Hver was a ．
A. pliceman B. lawyer C. teacher D. general
42．The FBI was begun in rder t ．
A．reduce crimes B．bring yunger men int plice wrk
C．fight crimes scientifically D．ffer jbs
43．A man wh can“handle a teacup as well as a gun”has bth ．
A．manners and curage B．kindness and strength
C．wisdm and energy D．ability and humr
2.Aiden McDnald amazed the dctrs wh arrived at Jeanine McDnald’s huse 10 minutes after Aiden called 000. The by was very calm and spke t the dctrs as his mther gt int an uncnscius state.
Sacha Lewis tk the strange call and sent ut an ambulance immediately. Aiden answered questins during the 19-minute call that made it clear it was a serius matter.
Lewis said, “He sunded wrried and was telling me things like ‘Mummy is nt awake’, s I gt an idea that it was a fairly serius matter.”
This is part f the “cnversatin” they had:
“Can I talk t Mummy please?”
“Mummy’s nt well.”
“Hw ld are yu, sweetheart?”
“I gt a duck.”
“Can I talk t Mummy?”
“I can’t get my Mummy.”
“Where is she?”
“On the flr. Mummy’s had a faint(昏厥)”
“D yu live in Kallangur?”
“We’ve gt milk in the fridge and, urn, (pause) I can’t find the ambulance (crying,) Mummy, Mum…Mum…Mum…”
Mrs. McDnald, wh was making a cup f tea when she cllapsed, was taken t hspital and allwed t leave the same night. “After hearing what he did, I thught, n, that can’t be right,” Jeanne McDnald said. “But I’m s prud.”
36．In Australia, peple will call 000 when they ________
A．are diagnsed with a serius illness B．are lking fr a jb
C．are physically in a dangerus situatin D．are attacked by rbbers suddenly
37．Why did Sasha Lewis talk with Aiden n the phne s lng?
A．She tried t cmfrt Aiden and calm him dwn.
B．She tried t get as much infrmatin as pssible.
C．Aiden was t slw in speaking n the phne.
D．Aiden was t nervus t describe what was happening.
38．Jeanine McDnald received medical help abut________ after she suddenly became uncnscius.
A．10 minutes B．20 minutes C．30 minutes D．ne hur
39．The mst useful lessn that parents learn frm the stry is that ________.
A．it’s imprtant t teach children t respnd prperly in serius situatins
B．it’s imprtant t teach children t use the phne
C．they shuld build a parent-child relatinship based n lve and trust
D．they shuld believe that children have the abilities t slve their wn prblems
3.The dirt rad made ur car jump as we traveled t the Millennium Village in Sauri, Kenya. We passed the market where wmen sat n the dusty grund selling bananas. Little kids were wrapped in clth n their mthers’ backs, r running arund in bare feet and trn clthing. When we reached the village, we walked t the Bar Sauri Primary Schl t meet the peple. Welcming music and singing had almst everyne dancing. We jined the dancing and clapped（鼓掌）alng t the jyful, lively music. The year was 2004, the first time I had ever been t Sauri.
The Millennium Village prject was created t help reach the Millennium Develpment Gals, which were set by the United Natins in 2000. The plan is t get peple ut f pverty, assure（确保）them f access t health care and help them stabilize the ecnmy and quality f life in their cmmunities. The gals are suppsed t be met by 2015; sme ther targets are set fr 2025. But ur first sight f Sauri shwed us there was plenty f wrk t d.
On that day in 2004, we fllwed the village leaders int Yala Sub-District Hspital. It wasn’t in gd shape. The rms were packed with patients wh prbably wuldn’t receive treatment, either because the hspital did nt have it r the patients culd nt affrd it. There was n running water r electricity in the hspital. It is hard fr me t see peple sick with preventable diseases wh are near death when they shuldn’t have t be. I just get scared and sad.
Malaria（痢疾）is ne disease, cmmn in Africa, which is preventable and treatable. Msquites carry malaria, and infect peple by biting them. Kids can die frm it easily, and adults get very sick. Msquites that carry malaria cme at night. A msquit net, treated with chemicals that last fr five years, keeps malarial msquites away frm sleeping peple. Each net csts $5. There are sme cheap medicines t get rid f malaria t. The slutins are simple, yet 20,000 kids die frm the disease each day. S sad, and s illgical. Msquit nets culd save millins f lives.
We walked ver t see the farmers. Their crps started t die because they culd nt affrd the necessary fertilizer（肥料）and irrigatin. Time and again, a family will plant seeds nly t have an utcme f pr crps because f lack f fertilizer and water. Each year, the farmers wrry: Will they harvest enugh fd t feed the whle family? Will their kids g hungry and becme sick?
Many kids in Sauri didn’t attend schl because their parents culdn’t affrd schl fees. Sme kids are needed t help with husewrk, such as fetching water and wd. In 2004, the schls had minimal supplies like bks paper and pencils, but the students wanted t learn. They all wrked hard with the few supplies they had. It was hard fr them t cncentrate, thugh, as there’s n midday meal.
Great changes have taken place in these years. Tday, Yala Sub-District Hspital has medicine, free f charge. Water is cnnected t the hspital, which als has a generatr（发电机）fr electricity. There are n schl fees, and the schl nw serves midday meals fr the students. The attendance rate is way up. All this is encuraging supprters f the Millennium Villages prject.
There are many slutins t the prblems that keep peple pr. What it will really take is fr the wrld t wrk tgether t change pr areas frever. When my kids are my age, I want this kind f pverty t be a thing f histry. It will nt be an easy task. But Sauri’s prgress shws us all that winning the fight against pverty is achievable in ur lifetime.
53. In Paragraph 1, the writer describes the kids’ clthes t shw that _________________.
A. lcal children spent a lt f time utside
B. lcal parents were nt respnsible
C. lcal villagers were very pr
D. lcal villagers were very friendly
54. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3?
A. Medical cnditins.B. Agriculture.
C. Educatin.D. Ecnmy.
55. What des the underlined wrd “minimal” in Paragraph 6 prbably mean?
A. Many.B. Few.C. Clrful.D. Varius.
56. Because there was n midday meal in schl, __________________.
A. kids lacked energy t study attentively
B. many kids drpped ut f schl
C. kids made mre effrts t study hard
D. many kids had t g back hme fr lunch
57. This stry is mainly abut _____________________________.
A. the educatin in an African village
B. the schls and hspitals in an African village
C. the pverty and the prgress f an African village
D. the authr’s car jurney t an African village
4.This year’s Newsweek list f the tp 100 high schls shws that tday thse with fewer students are rising.
Ten years ag, when the first Newsweek Tp Schl List based n cllege-level test participatin was published, nly three f the tp 100 schls had graduating classes smaller than 100 students. This year there are 22.
Fifty years ag, they were the latest thing in educatinal refrm: big, mdern high schls utside the cities with thusands f students. Big schls meant ecnmic efficiency, a greater chice f curses, and better ftball teams. But nly years later did we understand that it invlved the difficulty f strengthening persnal cnnectins between teachers and students. SAT scres began drpping; n average, 30% f students did nt cmplete high schl in fur years, a figure that rse t 50% in pr city neighbrhds. High schls fr a variety f reasns seemed t have made little prgress.
Size isn’t everything, but it des matter, and the past decade has seen a nticeable trend tward smaller schls. This has been partly due t the Bill and Melinda Gates Fundatin, which has invested $1.8 billin in American high schls, helping t pen abut 1,000 small schls — mst f them with abut 400 kids, each with an average enrllment（招生）f nly 150 students per grade. Abut 500 mre are n the drawing bard. Districts all ver the cuntry are taking ntice, alng with mayrs in cities like New Yrk, Chicag and San Dieg. And mst nticeable f all, there is the phenmenn f large urban and suburban high schls that have split up int smaller units f a few hundred.
Hillsdale High Schl in San Mate, Califrnia, is ne f thse ranking N.423 — amng the tp 2% in the cuntry. In 2003, Hillsdale remade itself int three “huses”. 300 students arriving ninth graders are randmly assigned t ne f the huses, where they will keep the same fur subject teachers fr tw years befre mving n t anther fr 11th and 12th grades. Teachers meet with students in grups f 25, five mrnings a week, fr pen-ended discussins f everything frm hmewrk prblems t bad Saturday-night dates. The advisers als meet with students privately and stay in tuch with parents. Alng with the new structure came the percentage f freshmen taking bilgy jumped frm 17 t 95. “Our kids are cming t schl in part because they knw there are adults here wh knw them and care fr them.” says Jeff Gilbert.
But nt all schls shw advances after dwnsizing, and it remains t be seen whether smaller schls will be a cure-all slutin.
Ranking schls is always cntrversial. Over the years this system has been criticized fr its simplicity — list f tp U.S. high schls was made merely accrding t the percentage f students taking cllege-level exams. This year a grup f 38 superintendents (地区教育主管) frm five states wrte t vice their disapprval. “It is impssible t knw which high schls are ‘the best’ in the natin,” their letter read. “Determining whether different schls d r dn’t ffer a high quality f educatin requires a lk at many different measures, including students’ verall academic accmplishments, their later perfrmance in cllege, and taking int cnsideratin the unique needs f their cmmunities.”
48. What can we learn abut the schls spnsred by the Bill and Melinda Gates Fundatin?
A. They are ften lcated in pr neighbrhds.
B. They are ppular with high-achieving students.
C. They are mstly small in size.
D. Anther 150 schls invested by the Fundatin are planned t be set up.
49. Accrding t Jeff Gilbert, the classes at Hillsdale were set up s that students culd ______.
A. enjy mre help and care frm the teachers
B. experience a great deal f pleasure in learning
C. maintain clser relatins with parents
D. deal with the demanding bilgy and physics curses
50. Newsweek ranks high schls accrding t ______.
51. What attitude des the authr have twards the present trend in high schl educatin?
52. Which f the fllwing can be the best title fr the passage?
5.Mst magazines, whether nline r print, will include bk reviews. Hwever, mst editrs and staff writers are usually t busy t read bks and review them themselves. Therefre, writing bk reviews can be a great way t get started with a writing career. Hw d yu write a great bk review that will be sure t be nticed? Fllw these tips t write a really interesting and unique bk review.
Start with a descriptin f the bk. Many peple that are reading yur review may nt knw anything abut the bk yu’re reviewing. Instead f making readers g find infrmatin n their wn by searching fr the bk title, start ut with a little descriptin f the bk. Make sure yu avid t lng f a summary. Start with a shrt paragraph r s that hits all the majr pints but desn’t give t much away. Yu dn’t want t tell yur readers everything abut the bk, because then they wn’t have t read it at all. Just give enugh infrmatin s yur readers are interested in reading the bk.
Be bjective. Sme magazines like t publish bk reviews that are cmpletely impersnal. This means that they want a review f the bk that desn’t share yur pinin and that in which yur pinin isn’t bvius frm reading what yu wrte. If yu hated a bk, it might nt be a great bk t review. Yu prbably want t review bks that yu enjyed. Avid talking abut hw much yu liked the bk, hwever. Yu shuld nt include yur persnal reactin t the bk until the very end, where yu include a sentence r tw abut whether r nt yu wuld recmmend a bk and t whm yu wuld recmmend it.
Lk thrugh a lens（镜头）. A great way t get yur review nticed is t lk at a bk thrugh a specific lens. Read the bk as a feminist（男女平等主义者）wuld, fr example, and talk abut what a feminist might say t applaud r criticize the bk. Yu can chse any number f lenses, and feminism is just ne chice. An ecnmic lens, a family lens, the lens f a different natinality, r the lens f a child culd all be interesting ways t lk at a bk. If yu lk at a bk in this way, instead f just reading it and frming yur wn pinin, it will be much mre interesting and marketable. This is especially the case if yu lk at a lens that relates t the subject f the magazine t which yu are submitting. Feminist magazines lve bk reviews abut bks read thrugh a feminist lens, fr example, because it is apprpriate t their readership.
Talk abut the writer’s style. Anther great way t write a bk review is t talk abut the writer’s style. Anyne can pick up a bk and read the stry, but it takes an experienced writer t nte interesting things abut anther writer’s style and write abut them intelligently. Furthermre, mst peple want t knw if a bk is easy r fun t read ver whether r nt the subject matter will interest them.
44. Fr what purpse is the passage written?
A. T ffer tips n writing bk reviews.
B. T give advice n reading bks.
C. T intrduce writing styles.
D. T cmment n a bk.
45. If a writer thinks a bk is wrth reading, he’d better state it _________________.
A. in the titleB. in the first paragraphC. as much as pssible D. at the final part
46. The furth paragraph is develped mainly by __________________.
A. analyzing causesB. giving examples
C. drawing cmparisnsD. telling persnal experiences
47. Cmpared with rdinary readers, a skilled writer des better in _____________.
A. giving an bjective descriptin f a bk
B. lking at a bk thrugh a specific angle
C. finding a bk and understanding its stry easily
D. paying clse attentin t anther writer’s style
6.Belw is a selectin abut interesting htels.
Tayka Htel de Sal
Where: Tahua, Blivia
Hw much: Abut $95 a night
Why it’s cl: Yu’ve stayed at htels made f brick r wd, but salt? That’s smething few can claim. Tayka Htel de Sal is made ttally f salt – including the beds (thugh yu’ll sleep n regular mattresses（床垫）and blankets). The htel sits n the Salar de Uyuni, a prehistric dried-up lake, which is the wrld’s biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt frm the 4,633-square-mile flat t make the bricks, and glue them tgether with a paste（糊）f wet salt that hardens when it dries. When there is big rain, the wners just mix up mre salt paste t strengthen the bricks.
Green Magic Nature Resrt
Where: Vythiri, India
Hw much: Abut $240 a night
Why it’s cl: Taking a pulley（滑轮）-perated lift 86 feet t yur treetp rm is just the start f yur adventure. As yu lk ut f yur pen windw – there is n glass! – yu watch mnkey and birds in the rain frest canpy（罩棚）. Later yu might test yur fear f heights by crssing the handmade rpe bridge t the main part f the htel, r just sit n yur bamb bed and read. Yu dn’t even have t cme dwn fr breakfast – the htel will send it up n the pulley-drawn “elevatr”.
Dg Bark Park Inn B&B
Where: Cttnwd, Idah
Hw much: $92 a night
Why it’s cl: This dghuse isn’t just fr the family pet. Sweet Willy is a 30-ft-tall dg with guest rms in his belly. Climb the wden stairs beside his hind leg t enter the dr in his side. Yu can relax in the main bedrm, g up a few steps f the lft（阁楼）in Willy’s head, r hang ut inside his nse. Althugh yu have a full private bathrm in yur quarters, there is als a tilet in the 12-ft-tall fire hydrant（消防栓）utside.
Gamirasu Cave Htel
Where: Ayvali, Turkey
Hw much: Between $130 and $475 a night
Why it’s cl: This is caveman cl! Experience what it was like 5,000 years ag, when peple lived in these muntain caves frmed by vlcanic ash. But yur stay will be much mre mdern. Bathrms and electricity prvide what yu expect frm a mdern htel, and the white vlcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rms cl, abut 65·F in summer. (Dn’t wrry – there is heat in winter.)
41. What is the similarity f the fur htels?
A. Being expensive.B. Being cmfrtable.
C. Being natural.D. Being unique.
42. What des the underlined wrds “Sweet Willy” refer t?
A. The name f a dghuse.
B. The name f the htel wner.
C. The building f Dg Bark Park Inn B&B
D. The name f the htel wner’s pet dg.
43. Which f the htels gives yu a feeling f living in the far past?
A. Tayka Htel de Sal.B. Green Magic Nature Resrt.
C. Dg Bark Park Inn B&B.D. Gamirasu Cave Htel.
试卷答案
1.40-43 BBCA
2.36-39 CBCA
3.53-37 CABAC
4.48-52 CADBC
5.44-47 ADBD
6.41-43DCD
A. their students’ academic achievement
B. the number f their students admitted t cllege
C. the size and number f their graduating classes
D. their cllege-level test participatin
A. Subjective.
B. Objective.
C. Apprving.
D. Disapprving.
A. Prviding Gd Educatin fr Baby Bmers
B. Tp Schl List Winning Natinal Supprt
C. Small Schls Rising in ppularity
D. Students Meeting Higher Academic Standards