高考英语二轮专题复习提升精选：阅读理解35

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1. Fans f US televisin dramas watch their favrite series fr different reasns: sme want t imprve their English skills, thers just want t kill time.
Sme TV series are mre than pure entertainment―they have a certain depth. Mad Men, which returned with a sixth seasn recently; Mnday Mrnings, which just finished its first seasn; and Mdern Family, which sweeps the awards every year, are just a few examples.
Why d these shws stand ut amng s many similar nes? TV critics Raymnd Zhu will give yu an idea f why sme shws are better than thers.
Perid drama—Mre than time travel
Perid dramas are intended t capture the ambience (气氛) f a particular era. Directrs must therefre attract audiences as much by their recreatin f a histrical setting as by an interesting stryline.
Mad Men is an excellent example f this balance being struck. Set in New Yrk during the 1960s, it accurately shws US attitudes in the wrkplace thrugh the alchlism and chain-smking cmmn f the time, and places an absrbing plt right in its center.
But rather than merely presenting a past decade, Mad Men’s subtle (微妙的) descriptin f the struggles f white-cllar wrkers at the time, bth male and female, makes it stand ut.
“The series’ attentin t detail is superb,” Raymnd Zhu said. “Fr example, creatr Matthew Weiner makes Dn Draper―the leading rle f the series―drive a Buick instead f a Cadillac, because Weiner thinks the ad man lacks the self-pride t buy a luxury car. It’s this kind f attentiveness that raises the shw’s artistic value.”
Critics als recmmend
Anther perid drama that wrks is Bradwalk Empire, set during the prhibitin perid f the 1920s and 1930s in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Heather Havrilesky at Saln magazine nted hw the shw “revels in the ddities(怪事) f its time, peeling back the layers f plite sciety t reveal a shadw wrld f criminals and pliticians wrking tgether t keep the liqur flwing.”
Why des it appeal t viewers? Because they knw that the “liqur” is a metaphr (暗喻) fr tday’s plitical scandals (丑闻).
60. Hw many US TV series are mentined in this passage?
A. One.B. Tw.C. Three.D. Fur.
61. The fllwing statements are the reasns why many peple are attracted by US televisin dramas EXCEPT that __________.
A. US televisin dramas merely present a past decade
B. directrs recreate a histrical setting and adpt interesting strylines
C. the dramas can imprve their English skills, and help peple kill time
D. sme TV series are mre than pure entertainment, and they have a certain depth
62. Accrding t Raymnd Zhu, Dn Draper’s driving a Buick instead f a Cadillac shws __________.
A. Mad Men attaches much imprtance t details
B. Mad Men places an absrbing plt right in its center
C. the directr wants t raise the shw’s artistic value
D. Mad Men’s descriptin f the struggling white-cllar wrkers makes it stand ut
63. What des the passage mainly talk abut?
A. Directrs f US dramas.B. US dramas and their strylines.
C. US perid dramas t kill time.D. US dramas and their magic tuch.
2.When I was struggling with cancer a few years ag, my wife and I frmed ur wn “cuple cautin circle”. Anytime a dctr came with news f my prgress, my wife wuld give me a big hug. The reprts were seldm gd during the early stages f my illness, and ne day a dctr brught particularly frightening news. Staring at my reprts, he said in a lw vice, “It desn’t lk like yu’re ging t make it.”
Befre I culd ask him a questin, my wife std up, handed me my clthes, adjusted the tubes fastened t my bdy and said, “Let’s get ut f here. This man is a risk t yur health. ” As she helped me struggle t the dr, the dctr came near us. “Stay back,” demanded my wife. “Stay away frm us.”
As we walked tgether dwn the hall, the dctr attempted t catch up with us “Keep ging,” said my wife, pushing the intravenus（静脉注射的）stand. “We’re ging t talk t smene wh really knws what is ging n.” Then she held up her hand t the dctr. “Dn’t cme any clser t us.”
The tw f us mved as ne. We escaped t the safety and hped f a dctr wh did nt cnfuse diagnsis with cnclusin. I culd never have made that walk tward wellness alne.
56. When hearing his prgress, what did the authr’s wife usually d?
A. She wuld give a present t the dctr.
B. She wuld keep quiet and cry.
C. She wuld nt say anything abut the prgress.
D. She wuld give her husband a big hug.
57. Frm the passage we knw ________.
A. the wife’s decisin in crisis cntributed t the husband’s wellness
B. hearing that her husband was nt ging t make it, the wife went ut f her mind
C. the husband was diagnsed with cancer by mistake
D. the husband became weaker and weaker as a result f the treatment cnducted by the dctr
58. What can be inferred frm the passage?
A. The wife lved her husband very much.
B. The dctr was a dangerus man.
C. The wife was a wman hard t get alng with.
D. The husband was a man wh believed everything wuld be OK.
59. What wuld be the best title fr the passage?
A. A Happy Cuple in Crisis B. In Crisis, Becme As One
C. Struggle with Cancer D. Dn’t Believe the Dctr
3.With nly a click f the muse, rumrs can be frwarded between micrblgs very quickly. As an example, recently, perceptive netizens discvered that sme phts displayed n micrblgs depicting Beijing’s June rainstrm had actually been fabricated.
Sina.cm is ne f the majr internet prtals(门户网站) in China with hundreds and thusands f users, and a majrity f celebrities and renwned citizens have their micrblg accunts n this prtal. As recently as six mnths ag, the website decided t establish a specialized team t verify rumrs and prvide accurate infrmatin fr its users. Tan Cha is in charge f the team.
“Befre I tk the jb, I usually culdn’t identify what infrmatin was real and what was fake. But during the rumr verificatin prcess, we discvered that a lt f infrmatin was false, including fake phts, fake news stries and rumrs that had been spread thrugh micrblgs.”
It‘s nt just website prtals which are taking n fact-checking respnsibilities, but als a number f civic-minded netizens, wh recently set up a Rumr Verificatin Federatin n Sina.cm’s micrblg system t help netizens identify fake infrmatin nline.
Dianzizheng is the team leader f the federatin. He says they’ve publicized mre than 150 pieces which refute rumrs, which attracted mre than 10 thusand visitrs within tw mnths.
“We live in an age f new media, s we can’t use the ld methds t verify rumrs. We can’t wait fr the media t verify the facts with related administrative departments and then release a frmal annuncement. We can’t allw rumrs t run rampant and then deal with it, we need t fight rumrs while they’re spreading. I think that this is the best way t deal with rumrs nwadays.”
Sme experts say this demnstrates the advantages f the internet cmpared t ther traditinal media. The pen platfrm allws infrmatin t be examined and clarified by netizens. But experts like Ding Wengu, President f the Jurnalism and Cmmunicatin Cllege at the China University f Plitical Science and Law says this self-crrectin functin f the internet is still quite limited.
“It’s still quite difficult t tell which infrmatin is true in such an pen envirnment by just reading a number f different pinins n the same issue. This is smething which we need t pay attentin t. If sciety is deluged with t much false infrmatin, and it’s allwed t spread in such a fast manner, then peple will be suspicius f all kinds f infrmatin including imprtant infrmatin frm authrities. It als exacerbates(恶化) prblems relating t scial cmmunicatins and mutual-understanding, which in turn harms sciety as a whle.”
Experts suggest that the gvernment shuld react mre quickly in the internet age. Once a rumr begins t spread, administrative departments shuld make annuncements as early as pssible t dispel rumrs befre they lead t bad utcmes.
Sina.cm decided t fund a specialized team t ____.
A. limit the number f micrblgs
B. advance the develpment f micrblgs
C. prevent the spread f rumrs n the Internet
D. urge the gvernment t react quickly t the rumrs
72. Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the text?
A. All the rumrs have been spread thrugh micrblgs.
B. Sina.cm is the mst ppular Internet prtal in China.
C. The phts displayed n micrblgs might be fake.
D. Traditinal media tend t get rumrs examined and clarified.
The underlined wrd "fabricated" in the first paragraph can be replaced by "__".
A. dug ut B. made up C. gt rund D. given away
What is the best way t prve rumrs n micrblgs?
A. Examining and checking while they are spreading.
B. Substituting the Internet fr traditinally media.
C. Shutting dwn the website immediately.
D. Making annuncements after they are spread.
The writer cited Ding Wengu's wrds in Paragraph 8 t __.
A. draw a cnclusin B. supprt an argument
C. intrduce a tpic D. describe a scene
4.Dctrs in Britain are warning f an besity time bmb, when children wh are already verweight grw up. S, what shuld we d? Exercise mre? Eat less? Or bth? The gvernment feels it has t take respnsibility fr this expanding prblem.
The cheerful Mr. Pickwick, the her f the nvel by Charles Dickens, is seen in illustratins as smene wh is plump and happy. In 18th century paintings, beauty is equated （使…等同） with runded bdies and sft curves. But nwadays being verweight is seen as indicating neither a cheerful character nr beauty but an increased risk f heart disease, strke and diabetes.
S what d yu d? Diet? Nt accrding t England's chief medical fficer, Sir Liam Dnaldsn. He says that physical activity is the key fr reducing the risks f besity, cancer and heart disease. And the Health Secretary Jhn Reid even said that being inactive is as serius a risk factr in heart disease as smking.
S, having bught sme crss trainers, hw much exercise shuld yu d? Accrding t Sir Liam Dnaldsn, at least 30 minutes f mderate activity five days a week. Is ging t the gym the answer? Luckily fr thse wh think that running machines are bring, the Health Develpment Agency believes that physical activity that fits int peple's lives may be mre effective. They suggest taking the stairs rather than the lift, walking up escalatrs, playing active games with yur children, dancing r gardening. And accrding t a sprts psychlgist, Prfessr Biddle, gyms "are nt making the natin fit", and may even cause harm.
There's new scientific evidence that t much exercise may actually be bad fr yu. Scientists at the University f Ulster have fund that unsuitable exercise releases dangerus free radicals that can adversely （ppsitely） affect nrmal functin in unfit peple. The nly peple wh shuld push their bdies t that level f exercise n a regular basis are trained athletes.
S, shuld we frget abut gyms and fllw sme expert's advice t reduce sedentary （久坐不动的） activities and increase exercise in ur daily life? After all, getting ff the bus a stp early and walking the rest f the way can't d any harm! One final thught. Hw cme past generatins lacked gym facilities but were leaner and fitter than peple tday?
Mr.Pickwick and the paintings f the 18m century are used as examples t shw that_____.
A. beauty shuld be verweight
B. a fat man is usually a cheerful character
C. fatness was cnsidered smething gd at ne time
D. fatness leads t an increased risk f disease
Accrding t Sir Liam Dnaldsn, we shuld_____.
A. g n a diet B. d regular physical activity
C. give up smking D. g t the gym
The underlined phrase crss trainers prbably refers t _____.
A. peple wh help yu d exercise B. places where yu can d exercise
C. a kind f shes D. a frm f vehicles
At present being verweight indicates _____.
A. an increased risk f diseases B. a happier life
C. a cheerful character D. a beauty
What is the passage mainly abut?
A. hw t keep fit and avid fatness.B. increased risks fr verweight peple.
C. the dangers f exercise in the gym.D. the benefit f a balanced diet.
5.N budget fr yur vacatin? Try hme exchanges ---- swapping huses with strangers. Agree t use each ther’s cars, and yu can save dllars n car rentals (租赁费), t.
Hme exchanges are nt new. At least ne grup, Intervac, has been facilitating such an arrangement since 1953. But trading nline is gaining ppularity these days, with several sites in peratin, including Hme Exchanges. Funded in 1992, with sme 28,000 listings, this cmpany bills itself as the wrld’s largest hme exchange club, reprting that membership has increased 30% this year.
The annual fee is usually less than US$100. Members can access thusands f listings fr apartments, villas, suburban hmes and farms arund the wrld. Initial cntact is made via e-mail, with subsequent cmmunicatin usually by phne. Befre a match is made, ptential swappers tend t discuss a lt.
Hwever, the cncept may sund risky t sme peple. What abut theft? Damage? These are reasnable causes fr cncern, but equally unlikely. As ne swapper puts it, “Nbdy is ging t fly acrss the cean r drive 600 miles t cme steal yur TV. Besides, at the same time they’re staying in yur hme, yu are staying in their hme.”
Exchange sites recmmend that swappers discuss such matters ahead f time. They may fill ut an agreement spelling ut wh shulders which respnsibilities if a prblem arises. It des nt matter if the agreement wuld hld up in curt, but it des give the exchangers a little satisfactin.
Generally, the biggest cmplaint amng hme exchangers has t d with different standards f cleanliness. Swappers are suppsed t make sure their hme is in rder befre they depart, but ne persn’s idea f “clean” may be mre frgiving than anther’s. Sme wners say if they cme back t a less-than-sparkling kitchen, it may be incnvenient but wuld nt sur them n future exchanges.
63．What is the secnd paragraph mainly abut?
A．Hw t exchange hmes.
B．The biggest hme exchange agency Intervac.
C．The fact that hme exchanges are nt new.
D．A cntrast between Intervac and Hme Exchanges.
64．Hw d hme exchangers nrmally begin their cmmunicatin?
A．By phne.B．Via a matchmaker.
C． By e-mail.D．Via a face-t-face meeting.
65．What is recmmended in the passage t deal with the cncerns abut theft and damage?
A．One can file a lawsuit in curt.
B．Bth parties can trade nline.
C．One can damage the hme f the ther party in return.
D．Bth parties can sign an agreement befrehand.
6.A sixth f undergraduates in Beijing this year have registered at driving schl. The students, mstly frm majrs such as business management r internatinal trade, will finish their driving curses within 20 days r s.
Training csts have drpped t 2, 600 yuan fr students, accrding t the Haidian Driving Schl in Beijing. The price is nt really lw, but students will accept it, seeing it as an investment （投资）in their future. Familiarity with the peratin f cmputers and fluent English are the basic skills graduating students need t find a jb. But a driver’s permit has becme anther factr.
“In the jb market, wning a driver’s permit smetimes strengthens a graduating student’s cmpetitiveness fr a gd psitin, ”says Zhu Yang, an undergraduate at the China University f Plitical Science and Law.
Cars will becme a necessary part f many peple’s lives in the cming years, and it is difficult t get a permit ut f campus because f the pressures n wrking peple’s time. “Having a fulltime jb after graduatin ffers limited time t learn t drive. We senir students have plenty f spare time, plenty f pprtunity t learn. ”Zhu says.
Xu Jian, an fficial at the driving schl, said undergraduates were very able and serius, and culd grasp in an hur what rdinary peple tk fur hurs t learn. In this driving schl, middle-aged peple, yung wmen and cllege students are the main custmers.
T get a driver’s permit, a beginner is nw required t have at least 86 hurs’practice befre the final rad test.
60．The undergraduates are learning t drive because ________.
A. they like t drive cars
B. they need this skill t find a gd jb
C. they will nt have any time t learn t drive after they have fund a full-time jb
D. mst f them will be able t buy cars in the future
61．Which f the fllwing is likely t be Xu Jian’s pinin f students learning t drive?
A. It is better t learn it at cllege than at wrk.
B. Yung peple have an advantage in learning t drive.
C. It is a waste f mney and time t learn t drive.
D. They will spend three times mre time t learn t drive than usual.
62．Which f the fllwing can be the best headline fr the passage?
A. Students Learn t Drive.
B. Students Pay Less t Learn t Drive Nw.
C. It is Better t Learn t Drive at Clleges.
D. Welcme t the Driving Schl.
试卷答案
1.DAAD
2.DAAB
3.CCBAB
4.CBCAA
5.CCD
6.BBA