2019高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练专题2 阅读理解18.docx

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1、2018高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练（江苏专用）专题2阅读理解18（35分钟）ATemperature is measured by. means of a thermometer （温度计）.One general form of thermometer depends upon the fact that most solids and liquids expand as their temperature rises. There are one or two exceptions. There is, for instance, a kind of steel called invar

2、 （from invariable ） which does not change its dimensions as temperature changes; it is valuable for making pendulums （钟摆），since, if the length of a pendulum changes, its time of vibration changes. It is also used for making very accurate measuring scales. In both cases, then, changes of atmospheric

3、temperature have no effect if invar is used.Another exception is that very odd liquid, water, which, has many strange properties （特性）. As water gets colder it contracts （收缩），which is ordinary behavior, until it reaches the temperature of 30. above freezing point. After that, as it gets colder, it ex

4、pands. This is fortunatefor considering the freezing ofa pond. As the water on top gets colder, it shrinks; and so, volume for volume, it becomes heavier and sinks. This goes on until all the pond is at 30, but after that, as the water becomes colder it expands. Therefore the colder water stays on t

5、op and freezes, covering the pond with ice. If the water went on contracting down to the freezing point, the pond would become a solid block of ice in the end. This would not worry people who live in hot climates, but it would be very serious for those who live in cold climates, especially for those

6、 who want to break the ice and catch fish which live in ,the cold water beneath.1. Invar is valuable for making pendulums because .A. it can hardly change its shape or size as temperature changes.B. it will change its dimensions without the change of temperature.C. its time of vibration doesn, t cha

7、nge if its length changes.D. its time of vibration does not change if its length changes.2. As water gets colder after reaching the temperature of 30. it will .A. contractB. shrink C. expandD. freezeWhich of the following statements is true, according to thi.s passage?A. Only invar can be used to ma

8、ke a thermometer.B. Only water can be used to make a thermometer.C. Both invar and water can be used to make a thermometer.D. Neither invar nor water can be used to make a thermometer.3. The best title of this passage is most likely to be .A. Temperature MeasurementB. Two ExceptionsC. Uses of InvarD

9、. Properties of WaterBThese days no car show is complete without an electric car, and the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, US, which ran from January 10 to 23, was no exception.Among ,the fully electric vehicles on display were the Ford Focus Electric and the Honda Fit EV. BMW

10、 and Volvo also had prominent displays at the show, proving that they can produce practical, yet spacious family-oriented electric cars.Industry insiders at the show claimed that more efficient batteries, improved performance and greater consumer acceptance could make 2018 the “year of electric car”

11、 .It s long been clear that electric cars score heavily for convenience. They are, for instance, much easier to maintain than gasoline-powered cars. When the battery runs out, you simply .replace it or recharge it, just like you would for a cell phone or a laptop.This is also a much cheaper method t

12、han filling your tank with gasoline. Better yet, electric cars don t emit exhau.st fumes. As a result, they don t produce environmentally damaging greenhouse gases.It appears that improved technology is making electric cars and their maintenance much more user-friendly. So, what are the obstacles wh

13、ich are preventing electric cars from becoming popular and fashionable?Home charging for electric cars could be extremely convenient for users. However, it is also a potential obstacle. For a start, installing charging stations in owners homes will be a challenge, particularly for those who have to

14、park several blocks away from their homes.Also, charging the car s battery still takes quite, a long time. It may be some time yet before you can recharge an electnic car in the same time as you can refill your gas tank.Another problem is that many electric vehicles have limited ranges that may only

15、 allow for journeys of 50 miles (80 km) or less between charges. In cases where a driver wishes to charge the car primarily at home (perhaps overnight), this limits their daily driving to the range of their vehicle.This may be one reason why hybrid cars are now becoming more popular. A hybrid car ha

16、s more than one energy source, usually a traditional gasoline fuel tank and an electric battery. It s like a more practical version of an electric car: It s greener than a conventional vehicle, with fewer C02 emissions, yet it also doubles as a conventional vehicle.“I would say that hybrid is a tran

17、sition to fully electronic, “ Road and Track magazine editor Richard Horman told Detroit News during the show. The trend is for lighter, smarter, more economical cars. Of course, electronic vehicles are meant to be that way. ”This sounds promising, particularly in light o.f the fact that the show fe

18、atured more electric cars from big manufacturers than ever before.However, it seems that the technology associated with electric cars is not yet able to fully meet people, s expectations. Don t expect gasoline-powered cars to disappear from, roads just yet.4. What made electric cars m.ore convenient

19、?A. Easier maintenance.B. High scores on the show.C. Practicality and large space.D. Much lower prices.5. Which of the following could NOT act as a potential obstacle of electric cars?A. It is rough work to install charging stations at home.B. It is time-consuming to charge the batteries.C. The rang

20、es between charges are limited.D. There, s no need to fill the tank with petrol.6. In Paragraph 10, the underlined word “hybrid” is probably closest in meaning to.A. gasoline B. electricC. combined D. separatedThe writer s purpose in writing this passage is to.A. introduce the 2018 Auto Show in US B

21、. get readers informed of electric carsC. comment on different types of cars D. advertise for electric carsCOne Day Tour: Great Wall & Summer PalaceOverview: You will visit the famous Badaling Great Wall and Summer Palace in one day.Tour Description and Itinerary (行程)One day Private Tour or Coach To

22、ur: Depart everydayStart from 8:30 am to around 6:00 pm, flexible schedule for private tour. Itinerary:Pick you up from hotel on departure time, then drive to the famous Badaling Great Wall, which is 60 miles away from downtown about one and a half hour driving. Sightseeing on Great Wall Badaling se

23、ction for about 3 hours.Visit scenic spots: Badaling Geat Wall, Badaling Fortress, Beacon-towers, z，Looking-toward-Beijing Stone”, etc. (Cable car is available for you to get to the highest point to have a bird view)Drive to restaurant for lunch. After lunch, visit the largest and most beautiful Chi

24、nese imperial garden- Summer Palace.Visit scenic spots: 1. East palace gate, 2. the hall of benevolence and longevity, 3. hall of jade billows, 4. the hall of joyful longevity, 5. the covered walkway, 6. the marble boat, etc.Transfer you back to your hotel after the whole day tour.For the coach tour

25、 (small group in each bus, 6To persons per group):Suitable for economic or single travelers, make friends on the same bus, only English-speaking travelers on our bus.Travellers will be arranged in a small group, Keep group size less than ten in each air-conditioned bus;Vehicle mode: Coaster-New air-

26、conditioned tour coach (click for picture) - 26 seats, only 6-10 persons per bus.For Private Tour:Private tour is suitable for those individual or family travelers who is not willing to join the tour group, it may not feel very free when following the group. A designated car and private guide will f

27、ollow you to go to the place you like, this package cost higher than coach tour.Vehicle mode: private luxury car or MPV van (click for picture)For the private tour, you also need to go to one or two shopping stops every day.Tour Price includes:1. Pick-up and drop-off from your hotel.2. Air-condition

28、ed car, van or minibus for your private group.3. Entrance tickets of the sightseeings.4. English-speaking tour guide explain the sightseeings along the tour.5. Typical Chinese lunch.6. Chinese Jade shop visit.Tour Package excludes:Fee of cable car - cable car to the highest point of Great Wall, 60 R

29、MB ($7. 4)Note: Children taller than 1. 1 meter should be charged as full price, children shorter than 1.1 meter should be charged only half of the price. How to Book?1. You can book online or by email, tell us which hotel to pick you up, then receive our confirmation email.2. When you arrive in Bei

30、jing, our tour guide will call you the night before the tour, if you are not in hotel room, we will leave a message in your room, tonext morning.next morning.Payment Methods:1 . Cash to tour guide2 .Credit card 3. PayPal 4.Bank remit (wireinform the time to pick you up in thetransfer)9. If a group o

31、f9. If a group of9. If a group of26 Americans want tohave a one-day tour in Beijing, theycanA. share thesamebusB. take 6 coaches at mostC. take 3 coachesat leastD. not speak English10. For private tour,A.A.travellerscanask the tour guide to change the travel scheduleB.travellersshould pay the same a

32、mount ofmoney as the coach tourC.travellersmust pay additional money forthe entrance ticketsD.travellersneedn, t pay additional moneyfor the cable car11. This passage is most probably taken fromA. a travel guide B. a newspaperA. a travel guide B. a newspaperA. a travel guide B. a newspaperC. a magaz

33、ineD. the InternetI am a German by birth and descent. My name is Schmidt. But by education I amquite as much an Englishman as a Deutscher, and by affection much more the former. My life has been spent pretty equally between the two countries, and I flatter myself I speak both languages without any f

34、oreign accent.I count England my headquarters now: it is “home” to me. But a few years ago I was resident in Germany, only going over to London now and then on business. I will not mention the town where I lived. It is unnecessary to do so, and in the peculiar experience I am about to relate I think

35、 real names of people and places are just as well, or better avoided.I was connected with a large and important firm of engineers. I had been bred up to the profession, and was credited with a certain amount of “talent” ; and I was consideredand, with all modesty, I think I deserved the opinionstead

36、y and reliable, so that I had already attained a fair position in the house, and was looked upon as a “rising man” ” But I was still young, and not quite so wise as I thought myself. I came close once to making a great mess of a certain affair. It is this story which I am going to tell.Our house wen

37、t in largely for patents一rather too largely, some thought. But the head partners son was a bit of a genius in his way, and his father was growing old, and letr Herr Wilhelm - Moritz we will call the family name一do pretty much as he chose. And on the whole Herr Wilhelm did well. He was cautious, and

38、he had the benefit of the still greater caution and larger experience of Herr Gerhardt, the second partner in the firm.Patents and the laws which regulate them are strange things to have to do with. No one who has not had personal experience of the complications that arise could believe how far thes

39、e spread and how involved they become. Great acuteness as well as caution is called for if you would guide your patent bark safely to port一and perhaps more than anything, a power of holding your tongue. I was no chatterbox, nor, when on a mission of importance, did I go about looking as if I were bu

40、rsting with secrets, which is, in my opinion, almost as dangerous as revealing them. No one, to meet me on the journeys which it often fell to my lot to undertake, would have guessed that I had anything on my mind but an easy-going young fellow，s natural interest in his surroundings, though many a t

41、ime I have stayed awake through a whole night of railway travel if at all doubtful about my fellow-passengers, or not dared to go to sleep in a hotel without a ready-loaded gun by my pillow. For now and then -though not through me - our secrets did ooze out. And if, as has happened, they were secret

42、s connected with Government orders or contracts, there was, or but for the exertion of the greatest energy and tact on the part of my superiors, there would have been, to put it plainly, the devil to pay.12. The writer preferred to be called .A. a GermanB. an EnglishmanC. both a German and an Englis

43、hman D. neither a German nor an EnglishmanWhich of the foilowing words cannot be used to describe the writer?A. TalentedB. Modest C. ReliableD. WiseThe head of the company where the writer works is .A. SchmidtB. Moritz C. Wilhelm s fatherD. GerhardtThe writer often stayed awake on the train or kept

44、a ready-loaded gun in the hotel, because .A. some people sometimes let out the secrets of his companyB. the writer occasionally didn, t keep the secrets of his companyC. patents and the laws are strange things to have to do withD. the secrets were connected with Government orders or contractsACDB ADCB CAD BDCA