2022高考英语二轮 阅读理解金品训练（09）.doc

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1、2013高考英语二轮（阅读理解）金品训练（09）及答案The year 2009 is the Year of Ox. The ox is a representative of the farming culture of China. In the farming economy (经济), oxen are the major animals pulling plows (犁)Of course, the good of oxen is not limited to plowing. In fact, they are seen as “boats_on_land” for their

2、ability to carry loads. Besides, the whole body of an ox is full of treasures. Their meat and milk are food full of nutrition, and their skin can be used to make clothes and shoes. With all these qualities, oxen are regarded as generous creatures.In the past, oxen played an important role in the spi

3、ritual life of the Chinese. Even today, oxen still play a special part in some folk activities. For example, some people who live in southwest China will cook cattle bone soup and share it among family members when holding the ceremony for children who reach 13. They believe that the cattle bone sou

4、p represents the blood relationship among family members. In order to express their love for oxen, people in some other areas will run to shake off diseases on the 16th day of the first month by the lunar calendar (农历), and during their run they will take their oxen along，which indicates they regard

5、 the creature as human.Because of the contribution of oxen in their lives, the Chinese people are very grateful to the animal. In addition, the use of oxen in ceremonies and the thanks people owe to oxen help to develop various traditional customs, which becomes an important part of the folk culture

6、 of the Chinese nation.语篇解读牛年说牛，文章介绍了有关牛的一些民间文化。1The words “boats on land” underlined in Paragraph 2 refer to_.A. animals for taking goodsB. creatures for pulling plowsC. treasures of the folk cultureD. tools in the farming economy解析猜测词义题。由第二段中的“they are seen as.ability to carry loads”内容可以得出答案，介词for

7、是对前面作解释说明：为什么牛被看成陆地之舟。答案A2From the third paragraph, we know that_.A. oxen are no more important today than in the pastB. ceremonies are held when people cook cattle bone soupC. oxen are treated as human in some areas of ChinaD. people run with oxen to shake off diseases every month解析理解判断题。由文章第三段的首句以

8、及最后一句内容可得出答案。答案C3Which of the following helps to develop traditional customs?A. The special role of oxen in farming.B. People s respect and love for oxen.C. The practical value of an oxs body.D. The contribution of oxen to the economy.解析细节判断题。由文章最后一段最后一句话可得出答案。答案B4Why does the author write the text?

9、A. To stress the importance of oxen in farming.B. To introduce the Chinese folk culture.C. To describe how to celebrate the Year of Ox.D. To explain how to develop agriculture with oxen.解析写作意图题。由文章内容可知，作者是为了介绍有关牛的一些民间文化。答案B。*结束ALast April, on a visit to the new Mall of America near Minneapolis, I ca

10、rried with me a small book provided for the reporters by the public relations officeIt included a variety of “fun facts about the mall, for example, 140,000 hot dogs are sold each week, there are 10,000 full time jobs, 44 sets of moving stairs and 17 lifts, 12,750 parking places, 13,000 tons of stee

11、l and $ 1 million is drawn weekly from 8 ATMs Opened in the summer of 1992, the mall was built where the former Minneapolis Stadium had beenIt was only a five - minute drive from the Minneapolis StPaul International AirportWith 4.2 million square feet of floor space - twenty - two times the size of

12、the average American shopping center - the Mail of America was the largest shopping and family recreation center under one roof in the United StatesI know already that the Mall of America had been imagined by its designers, not only as a marketplace , but as a national tourist attractionEleven thous

13、and articles, the small book informed me, had been written about the mallFour hundred trees had been planted in its gardens, $ 625 million had been spent building it, and 350 stores were already in businessThree thousand bus tours were expected each year along with a half - million Canadian visitors

14、 and 200,000 Japanese tourists. Sales was at $ 650 million for 2008 and at $ 1 billion for 2009Pop singers and film stars such as Janet Jackson and Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the mallIt was five times larger than Red Square and it included 23 miles of hallways and used almost twice as Knott s Cam

15、p Snoopy41From the text we know that the Mall of America is _Anear an old stadium Bclose to an airportChigher than the Eiffel Tower Dbigger than most American parks42By saying fun facts in paragraph 1, the author means that _Athey are largely imagined Bthey are surprising figuresCthey give exact des

16、criptions Dthey make people feel uneasy43Why does the author mention popular stars who have been to the mall?ATo show its power of attractionBTo show that few rich people like to shop thereCTo tell the public about a new movie being made about itDTo tell people that they have chances of meeting famo

17、us stars there44We can infer from the text that _AJapanese visitors are most welcome to the mallBCanadian visitors would spend $ 1 billion at the mailCKnotts Camp Snoopy was next to the Mall of AmericaDthe Mall of America was designed to serve more than one purposeB（BBC World Service） Two separate s

18、urveys suggest that Britain s teenagers are amongst the heaviest drug - users and drinkers in EuropeThe British government has introduced a number of measures to deal with the use and supply of drugs, particularly among young peopleThe European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs inferv

19、t6wed 15 and 16 year olds in 35 countries26% of boys and 29% of girls in the UK had been addicted to uncontrolled drinking at least three times in the previous monthIn the same survey, 42% of boys and 35% of girls admitted they had tried illegal drugs at least onceAccording to another survey, by the

20、 European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, two in five 15 - year - olds in the UK have tried cannabis（大麻）This number is higher than anywhere else in EuropeThe UK has also the common highest number of young cocaine （可卡因） users, together with SpainThe British government has recently mad

21、e new plans to fight the problem of drug abuse in the United Kingdom, also among teenagersAccording to the new proposals, young offenders will have to attend drug treatment as part of community serviceBritish police will be able to give people blood tests for drugs when they arrest them, not just wh

22、en they charge them with an offenceDrug sellers working near a school or using children to help sell drugs will face tougher penalties （处罚）But schools also try to fight the problem of drug use themselvesAt the beginning of 2005 a British state school has introduced for the first time random drug tes

23、tingStudents from a school in Kent will have mouth swabs （棉签） taken to discover drug useEach week 20 names will be selected by computer and the swabs sent off to a drug testing laboratoryResults will be available three days laterThe school s head teacher says that no child will be tested against his

24、 or her wishesChildren who test positive will not be forced to leave the school, but those who sell drugs will45From the surveys, we learn that in Europe only the UK has the highest number of _Athe teenagers who have used cocaineBthe 15 -year -olds who have tried cannabisCthe girls who have been add

25、icted to drinkingDthe boys who have tried illegal drugs at least once46What can be inferred according to the passage?AThe UK has the highest number of drug usersBDrug sellers use students to sell drugs for themCBritish police cant give people blood tests for drugsDAny student will be given drug test

26、s whether he likes it or not47What does the underlined phrase random drug testing in the last paragraph mean?ATesting alcoholic - drinking students on purposeBSelecting students for drug testing irregularlyCSelecting young offenders for drug testingDTesting particular students for pleasure48Whats th

27、e best title for this passage?ADrugs in EuropeBBritains TeenagersCTeenagers and Drugs DIllegal Drugs in BritainCIts almost time to head back to school, and well, it s never too early to start shopping for those school suppliesIf you have some extra cash left over after shopping for backpacks and num

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30、- megapixel （兆像素） cameraMedia kids will appreciate the camera? s blog and auction mode that lets users transfer pictures between cameras, as well as the one touch movie recording option that allows them to edit movies before sharing them onlineThis is certainly an affordable camera for photo - lover

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32、0Samsung S2: Regardless of what your teen may tell you, there are other music players out there packed with plenty of great featuresSamsung s S2 MP3 player is nice enough to wear around the neck and small enough to take to the gymIt is available in five colors （red, black, white, purple, and green）

33、, comes in capacities of 1GB or 2GB, and is available for the low price of $40 or less49What is probably the best tide for the passage?AGift Ideas for High School StudentsBNew Products for TeachersCBest Choices for ParentsDRare Gifts for Teenagers50Which of the following pictures is a model of Acer

34、Aspire One?51According to the passage, which of the following is the most expensive?AFuji Fine Pix Z20fd BAcer Aspire OneCMimobot DSamsung S252The passage is probably taken from a _Areport Bscience book Ctextbook DnewspaperEEveryone knows how the story of Cinderella ends, but did you ever really thi

35、nk about how she spent her days before she met the prince? Her daily routine was not fascinatingShe did everything from sweeping the floor to cooking the mealsIf someone had asked Cinderella, “Are there any kinds of household work that you particularly hate?” she probably would have answered, “Why,

36、none, of courseHousework is my duty! In the real world, however, most people have definite dislikes for certain sorts of household workTwo of these tasks are ironing clothes and washing dishesIroning clothes is most hated because it is not a task that can be completed quickly or thoughtlessly. Each

37、piece of clothing must be handled individually, so ironing a basket of laundry can take hours! After ironing a piece of clothing with great caution, which-requires smoothing out the fabric, and following the seams （线缝） ,you need to place it on a hanger as soon as possibleIf you do not follow these d

38、irections carefully, it might become wrinkled （有皱纹的） and you have to start overPerhaps that is why ironing is not a favorite thing to doIt calls for extreme attention to detail from beginning to endAnother household job that many people dislike is washing dishesOf course, some people claim that this

39、 work is no longer a problem because we have dishwashers now! However, no one would argue that dishes, silverware, and especially pots and pans washed in a dishwasher dont come out as clean as they do when washed by handFor this reason, many of us continues to wash our dishes by hand, but we are not

40、 necessarily happy doing itCleaning dishes is a job that not only takes a lot of energy but also requires the patience to wash and dry themIn addition, unlike ironing clothes, washing dishes is a thing that usually must be done every dayI dont know how Cinderella felt about this particular task, but

41、 I believe that most people hate it as much as I do53Why do most people hate to do clothes - ironing?ABecause it has to be done by one personBBecause it must be handled skillfullyCBecause it involves careful planning DBecause it is time - consuming54To avoid ironing the clothes over again, one shoul

42、d _Aknow how to iron certain clothes material Bspare no care through all the proceduresCfind some proper hangers for the ironed Dpay special attention to the seams55Many people still prefer washing dishes by hand to machine washing because _Ahand - washed dishes are cleanerBwashing dishes by hand is

43、 cheaperCdishwashers are not so easily handledDsome dishes cannot be machine washed56In which way is ironing different from dishwashing?AIt is not a daily routineBIt demands less careCIt requires patienceDIt is not laboriousEOver two hundred years ago, Adam Smith introduced some ideas which brought

44、about a world revolutionIf we enjoy a high standard of living in modem society, we owe much to this Scottish economist and philosopherIf we enjoy driving in beautiful cars, wearing fashionable shoes, or flying away to distant places for exciting holidays, we should perhaps pay thanks to the man who

45、made it all possibleWhat was Adam Smiths contribution? Like so many ideas which have surprising effects, his was a simple oneHe watched workers practicing their craft（工艺） of pi11 makingOne man would heat the strip of metal, stretch it out, cut off a suitable length, shape it, cool it and finally smo

46、oth and shine itSmith drew attention to the advantages which could be gained if these various tasks were performed by different workersLet one be responsible for preparing the metalAnother for stretching and cuttingAnother for shapingAnother for finishingHe described the technique as the Division of

47、 Labor; in this way workers repeat the same actions again and againSmith made the world believe that specialization could solve the problem of poverty and wantWhat was the result? The Industrial RevolutionProductivity was greatly increasedFor Britain, where the revolution started, there was a prosperity which made it the richest country in the nineteenth centuryBritish trains and railway lines sprea