安徽省凤阳县艺荣高复学校2012届高三英语阅读理解限时训练(22).pdf

《安徽省凤阳县艺荣高复学校2012届高三英语阅读理解限时训练(22).pdf》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《安徽省凤阳县艺荣高复学校2012届高三英语阅读理解限时训练(22).pdf（6页珍藏版）》请在淘文阁 - 分享文档赚钱的网站上搜索。

1、word-1-/6 安徽省凤阳县艺荣高复学校 2012 届高三英语阅读理解限时训练22 A Valentines Day is named for Saint Valentine,an early Christian churchman who reportedly helpedyoung loversValentine was killed for his Christian beliefs on February 14 more than 1,700 years ago,butthe day that has his name is even earlier than that More

2、than 2,000 years ago,the ancient Romans celebrated a holiday for loversAs part of thecelebration,girls wrote their names on pieces of paper and put them in a large containerBoys reachedinto the container and pulled one outThe girl whose name was written on the paper became his lover orsweet heart fo

3、r a year Lovers still put their names on pieces of paper and they send each other Valentine s Day cards thattell of their loveSometimes they also send gifts,like flowers or chocolate candyAmericans usually sendthese gifts and cards through the mail systemBut some used another way to send this messag

4、eThey haveit printed in a newspaperThe cost is usually a few dollarsSome of the messages are simple and short,Jane,I love you very much Others say moreThis one,for example,Don,roses are redViolets areblueI hope you love me as much as I love youForever,Mary Most of the newspapers that print such mess

5、ages are local,but USA Today is sold throughout theUnited States and 90 other countries as wellThis means someone can send a Valentine message to a loverin a far-away city or town almost anywhere in the worldThese messages cost 80 dollars and moreAnemployee of USA Today says readers can have a small

6、 heart or rose printed along with their messages thisyearWill this kind of Valentine s Day message reach the one you love?Well,just make sure he or she reads the newspaper 41Which is true about Valentines Day according to the text?AGifts are a must for the holiday BGirls send cards with their names

7、CLovers usually buy roses for each other DLove messages may appear in newspapers 42Which of the events took place earliest according to the text?APeople began to celebrate the holiday BThe holiday was named Valentine CValentine s Day cards appeared DSaint Valentine was killed 43What is the main purp

8、ose of the author in writing this text?ATo introduce Valentines Day BTo attract readers to USA Today CTo tell a story about Saint Valentine DTo explain the development of Valentine s Day B Historians say Harriet Tubman was born in the year 1820Nobody really knowsBut word-2-/6 we do know thatHarriet

9、Tubman was one of the bravest women ever born in the United States From a very early age,Harriet knew how slaves sufferedAt six years old,she was sent to the fieldsWorking outside not only made her body strong but also made her learn about the Underground Railroad,through which she helped hundreds o

10、f people escape from slavery laterShe also learned many things fromother slaves,which one day would help her lead her people to freedomShe became more of a rebel 叛逆者 In 1844,at about age 24,she married a free black man named John TubmanBy now,Harriet wassure she wanted to try to escapeSuddenly,the t

11、ime cameHer owner diedThough opposed by herhusband,she decided to escapeWith the help of the Underground Railroad,and through a variety ofsuffering she finally crossed the border into Pennsylvania,where slavery was banned 禁止 Later,shetold a friend,I felt like I was in heaven Now that Harriet was fre

12、e,she did not forget the hundreds of other slaves back in MarylandHarriettraveled back and forth eighteen times,helping about 300 slaves escape into free territoryShe became anexpert at hiding from slave hunterThe people she helped called her MosesAt one time anyone findingHarriet was promised$40,00

13、0 for catching her dead or alive During the Civil War,Harriet Tubman went into enemy territory to spy for the NorthShe also servedas a nurseAfter four years of bloody fighting,the North won the war After the fighting ended,Harriet Tubman returned to Auburn,New YorkShe kept workingShetraveled and gav

14、e speeches to raise money for better education for black childrenShe also worked forwomens rights and housingHarriet Tubman died in 1913 She was about 93 years old By that time,shewas recognized as an American hero The United States government gave a funeral with military honors forthe woman known a

15、 Moses 44What can we say the Underground Railroad is?AA kind of train BA special railroad CA group of slaves DA secret organization 45People called Harriet Moses because they regarded her as _ Aa sister Ba fighter Ca leader Da friend 46Which is true according to the text?AHarriet was well educated a

16、s a child BHarriet worked for the blacks till her last CSlavery ended in America during the Civil War DThe government honored Harriet for her bravery 47Which is the right order about what Harriet Tubman did?aShe was called Moses bShe spied for the North cShe worked in the field dShe returned to New

17、York cShe was honored as a hero word-3-/6 fShe escaped into Pennsylvania Ac;f;a;b;d;e Bf;b;c;d;e;a Cf;c;b;a;d;e Dc;f;b;a;d;e 48Which of the following should be the best title for the text?ACruel American Civil War BA history of American black slaves CA brief introduction to Harriet Tubman DInformati

18、on on the Underground Railroad C MADRID ReutersSpain s parliament 国会 voiced its support on Wednesday for the rightsof great apes 猿 to life and freedom Parliaments environmental committee approved resolution 决议 urging Spain to carry out the GreatApe Project GAP,designed by scientists and philosophers

19、 who say our closest genetic relatives deserverights limited to humans This is a historic day in the struggle for animal rights and in defense of our evolutionary comrades,which will doubtless go down in the history of humanity,said Pedro Poza,Spanish director of the GreatApe Project The new resolut

20、ion has cross-party support and it is thought they will become law within a year,making Spain the first nation to extend legal rights to apes Under the new law,potential experiments on apes in Spain will be forbidden We have no knowledge of great apes being used in experiments in Spain,but there is

21、currently nolaw preventing that from happening,Poza said Keeping apes for circuses,television commercials or filming will also be forbiddenHousing apes inSpanish zoos,of which there are currently 315,will remain legal,but supporters of the bill have said theconditions in which most of them live will

22、 need to improve vastly Philosophers Peter Singer and Paola Cavalieri founded the Great Ape Project in 1993,arguing thatnon-human hominids灵长类 should enjoy the rights to life and freedom and not to be mistreated 49The Great Ape Project was probably set up to _ Aprotect great apes rights Bresearch the

23、 great ape society Csave the endangered great apes Dstudy the development of the great apes 50What is Pozas attitude towards the resolutions?AHe doubts their truth BHe strongly supports them CHe thinks them unnecessary DHe pays little attention to them 51What does the underlined words the bill refer

24、 to?AThe money for ape housing BThe rights of great apes CThe resolution DThe new law 52Which of the following expresses the main idea of the text?AApes have legal rights in Spain BApes should have human rights C The Great Apes Project did a good job D Experiments on apes will be forbidden D Located

25、 in the forests near the village of Harads in northern Sweden,the Treehotel word-4-/6 opened its doorsin the summer of 2010 and offers six guest roomsOwners,Britta and Kent Lindvall,invited designers andarchitects to create a series of unique tree houses that reflect the growing popularity of ecolog

26、ically-themed holidays Theres the Mirrorcube,a 4x4x4 meter aluminum box in mirrored glassAccessed via a footbridge,the Cabin is suspended 悬吊 from the surrounding pines on a steep bank,affording views of the LuleaRiverBoth these rooms sleep two people while the Nest covered in branches,the Blue Cone

27、which isactually painted red and the UFO a spaceship skewered by pines all have enough room to sleep a familyof four The Treehotel was built after they saw a 2008 Swedish documentary 记录片 called TradalskarenThe Tree Lover that tells the story of three men who build a tree house near Harads in an atte

28、mpt torediscover their rural roots after years of living in a city The Lindvalls,who already owned and ran a nearby guesthouse,saw the chance to create a differentkind of holiday experienceWhen the film was over,interest in the original tree house grew so wedecided to build our own,closer to our pla

29、ce,Kent Lindvall saidThe plan for next year is five newroomsWe also plan to build a chapel so people can get married up there Open all year round,the Treehotel might attract only the hardest of souls during the winter astemperatures typically dip to around minus 15 degrees CelsiusBut brave travelers

30、 will be rewarded withstunning snowy landscapes as well as a Three Sauna and under-floor heating in every room delivered byrenewable energy 53Britta and Kent Lindvall opened the Treehotel to _ Aprotect forests Bintroduce excellent ideas of designers Cprovide a peaceful lifestyle for citizens Dmeet t

31、he tourists demand for getting close to nature 54Which of the following rooms suits a couple most?AThe Cabin BThe UFOCThe Nest DThe Blue Cone 55What can we learn about Tradalskaren?AIt introduces the way of building treehotels BIt is about experience of returning to nature CIt aims to attract holida

32、ymakers to the Treehotel DIt is about Britta and Kent Lindvalls life experience 56What does the underlined part the hardest of souls refer to?AHard-working couples BStrong-willed people CSkilled travelers DThe youth E Good fences make good neighbors,the television commentator said,misquoting Robert

33、Frost for themillionth time in my memoryIt made me wonder if the poet was not looking down from Heaven and sadlyshaking his head word-5-/6 No line of poetry has ever been more misused in history than that oneIt comes from Frost s greatpoem Mending WallIn it he writes of him and his neighbor repairin

34、g the broken stone wall that dividestheir property 财产 Frost questions why they are doing so,because there are no animals that needfencing inHe sees as well that the wall is a symbol of the barriers 障碍 that people create to separatethemselves from each otherHe wisely writes that,Before I built a wall

35、 Id ask to know what I waswalling in or walling out,and to whom I was like to give offence 冒犯 Something there is that doesntlove a wall,that wants it down His neighbor,however,who Frost describes as a stone savage who moves in darkness refuses topart from the ways of his forefathers and goes along f

36、oolishly with their belief that Good fences make goodneighbors I wonder if MrFrost would have ever written his poem if he had known that the line he wrote inirony 讽刺 would be used again and again to encourage what he was so againstPerhaps he would havewritten a different one about tearing down the f

37、ences that separate us and breaking apart the walls thathide our hearts from each otherEither way,we should embrace the wisdom he shared with usFences andwalls separate us from each otherWe need to take them down stone by stone,walk through them,andembrace each other in joyWe need to love our neighb

38、orsWe need to see that good fences DO NOT makegood neighborsThey just make lonely hearts 57What can we say about the author from the text?AHe thinks highly of Frost s poems BHe has a low opinion of Frosts neighbor CHe looks down upon the TV commentator DHe is anxious about the misunderstanding of Fr

39、osts idea 58What does the wall in Frosts poem stand for according to the author?ABroken fences BQuarrels with neighbors C The distance between neighbors D The insisting on the forefathersbelief 59Frost wrote Good fences make good neighbors while he thought _ Ait was wise to have no fence Bneighbors

40、should be good ones Cfences played an important role Dbad fences made bad neighbors 60The author wrote the last paragraph to _ Asay Frost was a wise man Bexpress his admiration for Frost Ccall on us to tear down the fences in our heart Dencourage people to read Frost s poems in a right way word-6-/6