成都市高考英语阅读理解二轮基础训练题20及答案高考

成都市高考英语阅读理解二轮基础训练题20及答案高考

成都市2014高考英语阅读理解二轮基础训练题（20）及答案 阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)‎ 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ A ‎ When Luca first heard of the Island‎ of ‎Inventions, he was still very young. But its wonders sounded so incredible that they were forever burned in his memory. From that moment, he never stopped searching for clues which might lead him to the island. He read hundreds of adventure books, histories, volumes of physics and chemistry, even music.‎ ‎ Over time, he pieced together his idea of what the Island‎ of ‎Inventions was like. It was a secret place, where all the great wise men of the world would meet to learn and invent together. Access to the island was totally restricted. To join, you had to have created some great invention for humanity. Only then could you receive the special invitation — which came with directions to the island.‎ ‎ So Luca spent his youth studying and inventing. Every new idea he got, he made it into an invention, and if there were something he didn't understand, he’d seek others to help him. Soon he met other young inventors and he told them about the Island‎ of ‎Inventions. They too dreamed of one day receiving an invitation letter. ‎ ‎ As years passed, the disappointment of not receiving their invitation made Luca and his friends work harder and co-operate more. They would meet in Luca's house, share their ideas and build new machines. Their inventions became known throughout the world, and improved the lives of millions. ‎ ‎ But still, no invitation came.‎ ‎ They didn’t lose heart. They continued learning and inventing every day, trying to come up with more and better ideas. Fresh young talent joined their group, as more inventors dreamed of getting to the island. ‎ ‎ One day many years later, Luca, already very old, was speaking with a brilliant young man named Roberts, who had written to him, asking him to join the group. Luca started telling the man of the wonderful Island of Inventions, and of how he was sure that some day they would receive an invitation. Surprised, the young inventor interrupted:‎ ‎ “You mean this place isn’t the Island‎ of ‎Inventions? Isn't the letter you sent me the real ‎ invitation?” ‎ ‎ It was only then that Luca realised that his dream had become true in his very own house. No island could exist which would be better than where he was now. No place of invention would be better than what he and his friends had created. Luca felt happy to know that he had always been on the island, and that his life of invention and study had been a truly happy one.‎ ‎26. Luca’s picture of the Island‎ of ‎Inventions was mainly based on ________.‎ A. scientific research B. his imagination C. reports of others D. history books ‎【答案】B ‎【解析】细节理解题。根据Over time, he pieced together his idea of what the Island of Inventions was like.他主要根据自己的想象画出了图画，故选B。‎ ‎27. Why did Luca and his colleagues probably never receive an invitation to the island?‎ A. Their ideas were not considered worthy enough.‎ B. They were too concerned with acquiring fame.‎ C. The organization had already broken up.‎ D. The island was not a real place.‎ ‎【答案】D ‎【解析】推理判断题。根据“You mean this place isn’t the Island of Inventions?No island could exist which would be better than where he was now.那个岛根本就不存在，故选D。‎ ‎28. What was Roberts’ reaction to Luca’s story of the island?‎ A. He thought he had already arrived at the island.‎ B. He was disappointed to discover it didn’t exist.‎ C. He was excited about receiving an invitation.‎ D. He expressed surprise that Luca believed in such fairy tales.‎ ‎【答案】A ‎【解析】细节理解题。根据“You mean this place isn’t the Island of Inventions? Isn't the letter you sent me the real invitation?” 他原认为他来到了真正的那个Island of Inventions岛，故选A。‎ ‎29. What did Luca learn at the end of the story?‎ A. The island of inventions did not exist. ‎ B. He had wasted most of his life.‎ C. He had unknowingly built his own dreamland.‎ D. He finally would receive his invitation.‎ ‎【答案】C ‎【解析】推理判断题。根据No place of invention would be better than what he and his friends had created. Luca felt happy to know that he had always been on the island, and that his life of invention and study had been a truly happy one.他已经不知不觉地创造了自己的梦境。故选C。‎ ‎30. Which of the following best describes Luca?‎ A. Aggressive. B. Trusting. C. Creative. D. Easy-going.‎ ‎【答案】C ‎【解析】细节理解题。aggressive有进取心的； trusting信赖的； creative创造性的；easy-going随和的。根据短文的内容可知Luca根据自己的想象画出来了图画，并且创造了许多发明，故选C。‎ 较难题目特训：人物故事类----17‎ I needed to buy a digital camera, one that was simply good at taking good snaps(快照), maybe occasionally for magazines. Being the cautious type, I fancied a reliable brand. So I went on the net, spent 15 minutes reading product reviews on good websites, wrote down the names of three top recommendations and headed for my nearest big friendly camera store. There in the cupboard was one of the cameras on my list. And it was on special offer. Oh joy. I pointed at it and asked an assistant, “Can I have one of those?” He looked perturbed (不安). “Do you want to try it first?” he said. It didn’t quite sound like a question. “Do I need to? “ I replied. “There’s nothing wrong with it? “ This made him look a bit insulted and I started to feel bad. “No, no, But you should try it,” he said encouragingly. “Compare it with the others.” ‎ I looked across at the others:　shelves of similar cameras placed along the wall, offering a ‎ wide range of slightly different prices and discounts, with each company selling a range of models based around the same basic box. With so many models to choose from, it seemed that I would have to spend hours weighing X against Y, always trying to take Z and possibly R into account at the same time. But when I had finished, I would still have only the same two certainties that I had entered the store with:　first, soon after I carried my new camera out of the shop, it would be worth half what I paid for it; and second, my wonderful camera would very quickly be replaced by a new model. ‎ But something in the human soul whispers that you can beat these traps by making the right choice, the clever choice, the wise choice. In the end, I agreed to try the model I had chosen. The assistant seemed a sincere man. So I let him take out my chosen camera from the cupboard, show how it took excellent pictures of my fellow shoppers. . . and when he started to introduce the special features, I interrupted to ask whether I needed to buy a carry-case and a memory card as well. ‎ Why do we think that new options (选择) still offer us anything new? Perhaps it is because they offer an opportunity to avoid facing the foot that our real choices in this culture are far more limited than we would like to imagine. ‎ ‎1. The shop assistant insisted that the writer should　　　.　‎ A. try the camera to see if there was anything wrong with it B. compare the camera he had chosen with the others C. get more information about different companies D. trust him and stop asking questions ‎2. What does the writer mean by“it would be worth half what I paid for it” (Paragraph 2)? ‎ A. He should get a 50% discount.‎ B. The price of the camera was unreasonably high.‎ C. The quality of the camera was not good.‎ D. The camera would soon fall in value.‎ ‎3. The writer decided to try the model he had chosen because he　　　.　‎ A. knew very little about it B. didn’t trust the shop assistant C. wanted to make sure the one he chose would be the best D. had a special interest in taking pictures of his fellow shoppers ‎4. It can be inferred from the passage that in the writer’s opinion, 　　　.　‎ A. people waste too much money on cameras B. cameras have become an important part of our daily life C. we don’t actually need so many choices when buying a product D. famous companies care more about profit than quality ‎【参考答案】17.1-4 BDCC　　‎ 较难题目特训：人物故事类----18‎ Rae Armantrout, who has been a poetry professor at the University of California San Diego(UCSD)for two decades, has won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for her most recent book, “Versed”. ‎ ‎"I’m delighted and amazed at how much media recognition that the Pulitzer brings, as compared to even the National Book Critics Award, which I was also surprised and delighted to win,” said Armantrout. ‎ ‎"For a long time, my writing has been just below the media radar, and to have this kind of attention, suddenly, with my 10th book, is really surprising.”‎ Armantrout, a native Californian, received her bachelor’s degree at UC Berkeley, where she studied with noted poet Denise Levertov, and her master’s in creative writing from San Francisco‎ State ‎University. She is a founding member of Language Poets, a group in American poetry that analyzes the way language is used and raises questions to make the reader think. ‎ In March, she won the National Book Critics Award for“Versed.” ‎ ‎"This book has gotten more attention,” Armantrout said, “but I don’t feel as if it’s better.”‎ The first half of“Versed” focuses on the dark forces taking hold of the United States as it fought the war against Iraq. The second half looks at the dark forces casting a shadow over her own life after Armantrout was diagnosed with cancer in 2006.‎ Armantrout was shocked to learn she had won the Pulitzer but many of her colleagues were not. “Rae Armantrout is a unique voice in American poetry,” said Seth Lerer, head of Arts and Humanities at UCSD. ‎ ‎"Versed,” published by the Wesleyan University Press, did appear in a larger printing than her earlier works, which is about 2, 700 copies. The new edition is scheduled to appear in May. ‎ ‎1. According to Rae Armantrout, 　　　.　‎ A. her 10th book is much better B. her winning the Pulitzer is unexpected C. the media is surprised at her works D. she likes being recognized by her readers ‎2. Which of the following is true of Rae Armantrout? ‎ A. She published a poetry textbook.‎ B. She used to teach Denise Levertov.‎ C. She started a poets’ group with others. ‎ D. She taught creative writing at UC Berkeley.‎ ‎3. What can we learn about“Versed” ? ‎ A. It consists of three parts.‎ B. It is mainly about the American army.‎ C. It is a book published two decades ago.‎ D. It partly concerns the poet’s own life. ‎ ‎4. Rae Armantrout’s colleagues think that she 　　　.　‎ A. should write more　　　　　　　　　　B. has a sweet voice C. deserves the prize　　　　　　　　　 D. is a strange professor ‎5. What can we learn from the text? ‎ A. About 2, 700 copies of“Versed” will be printed. ‎ B. Cancer made Armantrout stop writing.‎ C. Armantrout got her degrees at UCSD.‎ D. “Versed” has been awarded twice.‎ ‎【参考答案】18.1-5 BCDCD　　‎ 阅读理解-------B ‎ Imagine putting a seed in a freezer, waiting 30,000 years, and then taking the seed out and planting it. Do you think a flower would grow?‎ ‎ Amazingly, scientists have just managed to do something very similar. They found the fruit of an ancient plant that had been frozen underground in Siberia — a region covering central and eastern Russia — for about 31,800 years. Using pieces of the fruit, the scientists grew plants in a lab. The new blooms have delicate white petals. They are also the oldest flowering plants that researchers have ever revived from a deep freeze.‎ ‎ “This is like regenerating a dinosaur from tissues of an ancient egg,” said University of California, Los Angeles biologist Jane Shen-Miller.‎ ‎ The plant has a long history. Back when mammoths and woolly rhinoceroses walked the land, an Arctic ground squirrel buried seeds and fruits in an underground chamber near the Kolyma River in northeastern Siberia. The ground became permafrost, a layer of soil that stays frozen for a long time.‎ ‎ Recently, Russian scientists dug out the old squirrel hole and found the plant remains 38 meters below the surface. Back at the lab, the team fed nutrients to tissue from three of the fruits to grow shoots. Then the scientists transferred the shoots to pots filled with soil. The plants produced seeds that could be used to grow even more of them.‎ ‎ It’s important for scientists to know that plant tissues can still be revived after being frozen for a long time. That’s because many researchers are trying to preserve the seeds of modern plants by freezing them and then storing them in giant lockers at various spots around the globe. One such endeavor, an underground facility in Norway, is called the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. It stores hundreds of thousands of frozen seeds. If a plant ever goes extinct, scientists could bring it back by ‎ taking its seeds from the Svalbard or other storage lockers.‎ ‎ “No one knows how long they are able to live for, but freezing is basically the format for many plant conservation attempts nowadays.” Shen-Miller said. It’s a good thing that at least some plants are tough enough to survive the experience. ‎ ‎31. How did the fruit originally get underground?‎ A. It was placed there by an animal.‎ B. It was trapped there during the ice-age.‎ C. It was planted there by ancient farmers.‎ D. It was buried there after the earthquake.‎ ‎【答案】A ‎【解析】细节理解题。根据Back when mammoths and woolly rhinoceroses walked the land, an Arctic ground squirrel buried seeds and fruits in an underground chamber near the Kolyma River in northeastern Siberia.可知最初的时候是有动物放在地下的，故选A。‎ ‎32. Which of the following was NOT used to recreate the ancient plant?‎ ‎ A. Modern nutrients. B. Parts of its fruit.‎ ‎ C. Its frozen seeds. D. Plant pots with soil.‎ ‎【答案】C ‎【解析】细节理解题。根据Russian scientists dug out the old squirrel hole and found the plant remains 38 meters below the surface. Back at the lab, the team fed nutrients to tissue from three of the fruits to grow shoots. Then the scientists transferred the shoots to pots filled with soil.从果实的一部分取组织，然后给这些组织一定的营养，然后把嫩芽放在有土壤的盆里就能再重新栽培出古代的植物，这里没有提到冻了的种子，故选C。‎ ‎33. Why are scientists interested in this discovery?‎ A. It helps them learn how plant life has changed in the past 30,000 years.‎ B. It can help guide future efforts to protect endangered plant-life.‎ C. It can provide directions for where to look for other ancient plants.‎ D. It proves that all plant life can survive for thousands of years when frozen.‎ ‎【答案】B ‎【解析】细节理解题。根据That’s because many researchers are trying to preserve the seeds of modern plants by freezing them and then storing them in giant lockers at various spots around the ‎ globe. If a plant ever goes extinct, scientists could bring it back by taking its seeds from the Svalbard or other storage lockers.有了这个重要的发现有助于帮助我们未来去保护频临灭绝的植物，故选B。‎ ‎34. The underlined word “they” in the final paragraph refers to _______.‎ A. plants B. seeds C. scientists D. storage lockers ‎【答案】B ‎【解析】词义猜测题。根据If a plant ever goes extinct, scientists could bring it back by taking its seeds from the Svalbard or other storage lockers.及able to live for应该指的是种子能够活多长，故选B。‎ ‎35. The purpose of the passage is to _______.‎ ‎ A. discuss a plant conservation effort ‎ B. introduce some ancient plants ‎ C. outline some causes of global warming D. describe a scientific research project ‎【答案】D ‎ ‎【解析】作者意图题。纵观全文的内容可知短文介绍了一个科研项目，故选D。‎