高考英语二轮复习专项限时训练-阅读理解(三).doc
高考英语二轮复习专项限时训练阅读理解（三）APeople have been painting pictures for at least 30,000 years. The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals. They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill. Pictures of this kind have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain. No one knows why they were painted there. Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals. Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories according to pictures. About 5,000 years ago the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use pictures as a kind of writing. They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet(字母表).The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picture-writing and pictures together. When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried. Some of these pictures are like modem comic-strip stories. It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic-strip. But, for the Egyptians, pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way of writing simple. The ordinary people could not understand it. By the year 1,000 BC, people who lived in the area a-round the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system of writing. The signs they used were very easy to write, and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system. This was because each sign, or letter, represented only one sound in their language. The Greeks developed this system and formed the letters of the Greek alphabet. The Romans copied the idea, and the Roman alphabet is now used all over the world.These days we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures. But we still need pictures of all kinds: drawings, photographs, signs and diagrams. We find them everywhere: in books and newspapers, in the streets, and on the walls of the places where we live and work. Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a story much more interesting.1. Pictures of animals were painted on the walls of caves in France and Spain because _. A. the hunters wanted to see the pictures B. the painters were animal lovers C. the painters wanted to show imagination D. the pictures were thought to be helpful2.The Greek alphabet was simpler than the Egyptian system for all the following reasons EXCEPT that _. the former was easy to write B. there were fewer signs in the former B. the former was easy to pronounce D. each sign stood for only one sound3. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. The Egyptian signs later became a particular alphabet. B. The Egyptians liked to write comic-strip stories. C. The Roman alphabet was developed from the Egyptian one. D. The Greeks copied their writing system from the Egyptians.4. In the last paragraph, the author thinks that pictures A. should be made comprehensible B. should be made interesting C. are of much use in our life D. are disappearing from our life BDIABETES? Is your CHOLESTEROL number up?Life shouldnt be a game of chance. But if you have diabetes (胆固醇) and raise cholesterol(糖尿病), you have an increased chance of heart disease or stroke. So its really important that you find out your cholesterol number (the level of cholesterol in your blood) especially since your cholesterol level is controllable, just like your diabetes. Your doctor is the best person to talk to about this.So dont play a game of chance with your health, call for a FREE copy of our ChoLESterol booklet. It contains useful information and may help you talk to your doctor.Call 0300 08 0439 today. Call any time for a FREE booklet.You can also write to ChoLESterol, Dept 9,FREEPOST NEA 10320,Rotherham S89BR,or visit our website: www. lesscholesterol. co. uk where you can download or request your booklet.5. Who will be interested in this passage? A. Doctors who treat diabetes. B. People who like free books. C. Patients with heart disease. D. People who suffer diabetes and raise cholesterol.6. What information will the booklet provide for its readers? A. When to see a doctor. B. How to cure your diabetes. C. How to know the level of your cholesterol. D. How to get the free book.7. The word ChoLESterol in the passage probably means_. A. keeping cholesterol steady B. making cholesterol fall down C. the level of cholesterol D. curing your diabetes8. The purpose of this advertisement is _. A. to help doctors get more patients B. to help people with higher level of cholesterol C. to obtain benefit from the booklet D. to make the organization well known C Within fifteen years Britain and other nations should be well on with the building of huge industrial complexes (结合)for the recycling of waste. The word "rubbish" could lose its meaning because everything that goes into the dumps would be made into something useful. Even the most dangerous and unpleasant wastes would provide energy if nothing else.The latest project is to take a city of around half a million inhabitants and discover exactly what raw materials go into it and what go out. The aim is to find out how much of these raw materials could be provided if a plant for recycling waste were built just outside the city. This plant would recycle not only metal such as steel, lead and copper, but also paper and rubber. Another new project is being set up to discover the best ways of sorting and separating the rubbish. When this project is complete, the rubbish will be processed like this: first, it will pass through sharp metal bars which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is usually packed; then it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the heavy solids; after that grounders and rollers break up everything that can be broken. Finally the rubbish will pass under magnets, which will remove the bits of iron and steel; the rubber and plastic will then be sorted out in the final stage.The first full-scale giant recycling plants are, perhaps, fifteen years away. Indeed, with the growing cost of transporting rubbish to more distant dumps, some big cities will be forced to build their own recycling plants before long. 9. The main purpose of the passage is _. A. to show us a future way of recycling wastes B. to tell the importance of recycling wastes C. to warn people the danger of some wastes D. to introduce a new recycling plant10. How many stages are there in the recycling process? A. 3. B. 4. C. 5. D. 6.11. What is the main reason for big cities to build their own recycling plants? A. To deal with wastes in a better way. B. Its a good way to gain profits. C. Its more economical than to dump wastes in some distant places. D. Energy can be got at a lower price.12. The first full-scale huge recycling plants _. A. have been in existence for 15 years B. takes 15 years to build C. cant be built until 15 years later D. will remain functioning for 15 years D Land, unlike labor and capital, has a special feature: It is in strictly fixed supply in total. Because of this, we say that its price is demand-determined. In other words, the price of land is determined completely by what families and firms are willing to pay for it. But not all the land is the same. Some land is more valuable than other land. The value of land to a potential user may depend upon the characteristics of the land itself or upon its location.Consider the potential uses of a piece of land in a suburb of Kansas City, Allan wants to build a clothing store in that place. He estimates that he can earn economic profits of $ 10,000 per year there because of the lands excellent location. Bella, another person interested in buying the comer, believes that she can earn $ 35,000 in economic profits if she builds a drug store there. Clearly, Bella will be more likely to get the land.Because location is often the key to profits, landowners are frequently able to squeeze their renters. One of the most popular locations in the Boston area, for example, is Harvard Square. There are dozens of restaurants in and around the square, and most of them are full most of the time. Despite this seeming success, most Harvard Square restaurant owners are not getting rich, because they must pay very high rents for the locations of their restaurants. A large part of the restaurants revenues goes to rent the land.Although the supply of land is generally perfectly fixed, the supply of land in a given use may not be so. As the population of a city grows, housing developers find themselves willing to pay more and more for land. As land becomes more valuable for development, some farmers sell out, and the supply of land that can be used for development increases.13. Whats the difference between land and other resources? A. Lands supply is strictly fixed. B. The prices of other resources are lower. C. Land cant be used up. D. Land is more useful. 14. Which of the following cant determine the price of a piece of land? A. Its location. B. Its purchasers purpose. C. The total amount of its supply for general use. D. Its features. 15. Which of the following is wrong according to the passage? A. The price of a piece of land is changeable. B. The profit of a shop is often determined by its location. C. Most Harvard Square restaurant owners would be getting rich, if they paid lower rents for the locations of their restaurants. D. The supply of land for development might fall down. 16. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? A. The Use of Land B. The Natural Resources C. The Land Market D. The Land Development EHalf of all bosses say a lack of sleep makes them irritable (易怒的) and prone to(有倾向的) shout at their staff, a study said.One in five managers also said being kept awake at night meant they were more likely to make mistakes, the Mori poll of 1,006 people revealed(显示). Some 43% of people aged 35 to 44 said they did not get enough sleep compared to a national average 39%.Among that age group, people with young children and managerial (管理的) jobs were most likely to suffer.The report, commissioned (委托) by the think tank Demos and Ikea, said the issue of sleep had been forgotten in the work / life balance debate.Report author Charles Leadbeater said, "On any working day, a quarter of all managers in Britain are likely to be in a bad mood because they have not slept well. ""These sleep-deprived and shouty managers with a tendency to make mistakes are responsible for millions of British workers. Its hardly a recipe for good management. "And Mr. Leadbeater called on the government and employers to take action.A small loss of sleep is likely to have a big impact on people who lead stressful lives."Stressed out parents are already not sleeping enough. They are the people most likely to have their sleep disrupted and they are least able to recover."Apart from children keeping their parents awake, worrying about work is the biggest cause of wakefulness at night among managers.Women are five times more likely than men to lose sleep because their partners snore (打呼噜).The report predicted that there was likely to be a growing market ofsleep-deprived people, with an increase in "public napping".Opportunities to take a nap at work are also likely to increase, and the report recommended that employers take their responsibility for ensuring employees were well slept more seriously.Peter Jelkeby, marketing manager at Ikea, said the research confirmed suspicions Britons were not getting enough sleep.And he added: "This is having a detrimental effect on our society as a whole. "17. Which of following is true according to the text? A. Half of the people say a lack of sleep makes them irritable. B. 20% managers said being kept awake at night meant they were more likely to make mistakes. C. Some 43% of people said they did not get enough sleep. D. People with young children and managerial jobs were most likely to suffer.18. What does the underlined word "detrimental" mean? A 良好的. B.有害的 C.片面的 D.致命的 19. Who that suffered sleep disrupted are least able to recover? A. The bosses. B. Managers. C. People aged 35 to 44. D. Stressed out parents.20. Apart from children keeping: their parents awake, _is the biggest cause of wakefulness at night among managers. A. worrying about work B. their partners snoring C. the relationship D. working conditions答案与解析：1. D 细节题。由Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals可知。 2. C 细节题。由文中分析我们知道，希腊的文字更容易读。3. A 推断题。4. C 细节题。从短文的最后一句我们可以得出此答案。5. D 推断题。由最后一段我们可以看出作者主要针对糖尿病人。6. C 细节题。由It contains useful information and may help you talk to your doctor可知答案。7. B 词义题。从第一段我们知道，作者希望糖尿病人注意自己的胆固醇数字，接下来，作者在第二段提醒人们要一本免费的ChoLESterol，因此我们可以推断ChoLESterol是向人们介绍如何降低胆固醇的。8. B 推断题。在本文中作者首先提出让人们注意胆固醇数字，接着向人们介绍ChoLESterol，因此作者写这篇文章的目的是帮助那些胆固醇数字高的人们。 9. A 推理题。从第一段的Within fifteen years以及下面两段所描述的为将来的处理工厂所做的两项工程可知。 10. B 推断题。本题的答案在第三段，只要把握作者叙述的 first then. after that. Finally. 即可推出。 11. C 细节题。由最后一句可知。 12. C 细节题。由最后一段The first full-scale giant recycling plants are，perhaps，fifteen years away可知。 13. A 细节题。由第一句it is in strictly fixed supply可知。 14. D 细节题。根据文章第一段最后一句排除A和C；根据第二段的例子比较排除B。 15. D 细节题。由最后一句可知。 16. C 主旨题。由第一段第句Land，unlike labor and capital, has a special feature及全文对土地价格的讨论可知，答案选C。 17. B 细节题。由第一句Half of all bosses say. 一半的老板而不是一半的人们，排除A；第三段中43的年龄在3544的人，而不是43的人，排除C；D缺少条件Among that age group；由第二段One in five manager also said being kept awake 可知答案为B项。 18. B 词义题。文章整体意思是睡眠不足对社会造成了不利影响，由此推测detrimental意为“不良的，有害的”。 19. D 细节题。第十段，“过度操劳的父母们已经得不到充足的睡眠了。他们的睡眠最容易被打扰，他们也最不容易从中恢复。”20. A 细节题。由倒数第六段可知除了孩子的影响外，对工作的担忧是管理工作者们夜间失眠的最主要原因。本资料由七彩教育网 提供！
