高考第二轮复习英语阅读理解练习一（含解析）
A
Ed Viesturs grew up in Rockford, Illinois, where the tallest thing on the horizon was the water tower. But on Thursday, Viesturs became the only American to climb to the top of the world's 14 highest mountains.
His last hike was up Mount Annapurna, in Asia's snowcapped Himalayas. At 26,545 feet, its peak is the 10th highest in the world. It is the mountain that inspired him to start climbing.
\"It tends to be the trickiest, the most dangerous,\" said Viesturs. \"There's no simple way to climb it. There are threatening avalanches (雪崩) and ice falls that protect the mountain.\"
In high school, Viesturs read French climber Maurice Herzog's tale of climbing the icy Annapurna. Herzog's story was of frostbite (冻伤) and difficulty and near-death experiences. Viesturs was hooked right away.
Viesturs got his start on Washington's Mount Rainier in 1977, guiding hikes in the summer. Fifteen years ago, he set out to walk up to the world's highest peaks. Finally, he's done.
The pioneering climber talks about mountains as if they were living creatures that should be treated with respect. \"You have to use all of your senses, all of your abilities to see if the mountain will let you climb it,\" said Viesturs. \"If we have the patience and the respect, and if we're here at the right time, under the right circumstances, they allow us to go up, and allow us to come down.\"
What's next for a man who can't stop climbing? \"I'm going to hug my wife and kids and kind of kick back and enjoy the summer,\" says Viesturs. But for a man who's climbed the world's 14 tallest mountains, he will probably soon set off on yet another adventure. 1. What record has Ed Viesturs set?
A. He has succeeded in climbing to the world’s 14th highest mountain. B. He has been to the top of the world’s 14 highest mountains. C. He has become the first to climb to the height of 26,545feet.
D. He has become the first man to climb to the top of 14 highest mountains in the world. 2. The underlined word “hooked” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by “______”. A. frightened
B. discouraged
C. interested
D. upset
3. The author used Viestures’ words in Paragraph 6 to support a view that ______. A. mountain climbing is a dangerous sport
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B. mountains should be regarded as living creatures C. mountain climbing needs more skills than physical energy D. those who like mountain climbing won’t stop climbing 4. What’s the next probably plan of Viestures? A. Stopping climbing and staying with his family.
B. Climbing to the top of the world’s 14 tallest mountains again. C. Climbing another one of the highest mountains. D. Writing down the experiences about his adventure.
B
Although hurricane season doesn't begin until June 1, a Pacific storm has already struck. El Salvador, which was ruined by a Caribbean storm in 1995, was hit by Hurricane Adrian on Friday. This is the first Pacific-born hurricane to ever reach land in this Central American country.
Some 14,000 people left from the western coast of El Salvador. The storm weakened as it crossed land, heading east. Heavy rains created deadly flooding problems in the hurricane's wake.
Adrian is the first Pacific storm of the season. It reported maximum continuous winds of 75 miles per hour, the minimum strength of a hurricane. A Category 3 hurricane, Adrian also caused damage and flooding in Honduras. It is expected to break up before reaching the Caribbean Sea on the eastern coast of Central America.
Hurricane season typically begins June 1 and lasts through November 30. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has predicted (预告) seven to nine hurricanes for the 2005 season.
\"It is difficult to make any kind of an exact prediction of how many of these will strike land,\" NOAA administrator Conrad Lautenbacher said. He predicts two to three hurricanes will strike the U.S. this season.
Last year, six of nine hurricanes reached Category 3 strength or higher. Four of those hit Florida within a six-week period. Altogether, Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne caused more than $40 billion in damage in the Sunshine State.
This year's forecast is based on ocean temperatures. Warmer temperatures produce more tropical storms, which can then turn into hurricanes.
\"The issue, really, this year is the unusually warm sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic,\"
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said Frank Lepore of the National Hurricane Center. 5. Which of the following is the 2005 first hurricane? A. Charley.
B. Adrian.
C. Jeanne.
D. Frances.
6. How many countries struck by the hurricane are mentioned in the text? A. Six.
B. Nine.
C. Five.
D. Three.
7. We can infer that warmer ocean temperatures ______. A. have nothing to do with the hurricane B. cause less hurricane
C. are more likely to cause the hurricanes D. do a lot of damage to the areas along the coast 8. The passage implies that _______. A. hurricane season comes early this year
B. every hurricane formed in oceans could cause great damage to the land C. hurricane often comes in winter and spring D. tropical storm is more severe than hurricane
C
It's not quite a rat. Nor is it a squirrel, or a mouse. It's definitely a rodent (啮齿目动物), and it's also a brand-new family of mammals.
The locals of the Southeast Asian country of Laos call the creature a kha-nyou (ga-nyou). The kha-nyou have long body hair, short legs, and a hairy tail less thick than a squirrel's. They're vegetarians living in the rocky hills of Laos, and they come out at night, but for more information, you'll have to ask the Lao people.
\"It was for sale on a table next to some vegetables. I knew immediately it was something I had never seen before,\" said Robert Timmins, a researcher for the Wildlife Conservation Society. Timmins was working in Laos to stop people from selling endangered animals when he spotted the species. Criminals who trade illegal wildlife can make a lot of money, but they also push the animals closer to disappearing from the planet.
The kha-nyou live in karsts, or rough rock. Mark Robinson, a scientist with the World Wildlife Foundation, set out with Lao villagers to find a few more of the rodents for study. They climbed onto a karst, trapped with rice, and caught several.
\"To find something so unusual in this day and age is just extraordinary,\" said Timmins. \"For all
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we know, this could be the last remaining animal family left to be discovered.\"
It's a big deal to discover an entirely new family of animals. Humans, for instance, belong to the same family as great apes, chimpanzees, and gorillas. So even though kha-nyous look like rats, they're really very different. The last time scientists discovered a new family of mammals may have been in the 1970s, when they found new bats in Thailand.
Timmins seems to have the gift for finding new animals in Laos—he discovered a new species of rabbit there in 1999.
Scientists call the kha-nyou Laonastes aenigmamus, which means \"mysterious mouse that lives among the stones.\" But if that's too hard, Timmins and Robinson suggest you call them \"rock rats.\" 9. Which of the following is not the name for this new creature? A. Karsts. B. Kha-nyou. C. rock rats. D. Laonastes aenigmamus. 10. Which of the following cannot describe the new species of rodent? A. They live among the rocky hills of Laos. B. They live on meat of other animals.
C. They look like rats but are of different kind. D. They are of the latest discovery of a new species.
11. Which of the following is the last discovery of new species of animal except the rodent? A. A new kind of bats.
B. Great apes.
D. A new kind of rabbit.
C. A new kind of squirrel.
12. It implies in the passage that ______.
A. finding a new animal family in Southeast Asia is easy B. finding a new animal family in modern time is extremely rare C. in Southeast Asia new species of animals are often discovered D. animals that look like the same are of the same family D
Indians are the world's biggest bookworms, reading on average 10.7 hours a week, twice as long as Americans, according to a new survey.
The NOP World Culture Score index surveyed 30,000 people in 30 countries from December 2004 to February 2005．Analysts said self-help and inspirational (热爱) reading could explain India's high figures.
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Time spent on reading meant fewer hours watching TV and listening to the radio -- India came fourth last in both. The NOP survey of 30,000 consumers aged over 13 saw China and the Philippines take second and third place respectively in average hours a week spent reading books, newspapers and magazines. Britons and Americans scored about half the Indians' hours and Japanese and Koreans were even lower -- at 4.1 and 3.1 hours respectively.
Sriram, chief executive officer of Crosswords Bookstores, a chain of 26 bookshops around India, says Indians are extremely entrepreneurial (开创性的) and reading \"is a fundamental part of their being\". \"They place a great deal of emphasis on reading. That's the reason why they do well in education and universities abroad,\" he said, \"People educate themselves and deal with change throughout their lives. And the way to do that is to update themselves with books.\"
Mr. Sriram says social changes have also made a difference: \"Earlier people could turn to their parents and grandparents for advice. Now they turn to books.\"
13．The underlined word “bookworm” in the first paragraph refers to _____.
A．a kind of worm produced in the book
B．one who spends much time reading or studying C．a kind of book about worms
D．one who likes the subject on worms
14．According to the NOP survey, the people who spend the least time reading and studying are
_____.
A．Indians
B．Britons and Americans D．Japanese and Koreans
C．Chinese and the Philippines
15．Which of the following can explain the reason why Indians do well in education and universities
abroad?
A．They are very good at reading. B．They are the cleverest of the world. C．They always turn to the elderly for help.
D．They spend more time reading than any other people. 16．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Reading Time in Different Countries B．What The NOP Survey Means C．Indians -- World’s Biggest Readers
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D．Reading -- Only Indian’s Hobbies
E
British women are becoming increasingly wealthier than men, according to research from an investment bank published on Monday. Researchers for Invested Private Bank found the number of wealthy women is increasing, with 2.4 million UK women having more than 25,000 pounds (US$45,000) in savings accounts alone.
The majority of these women (60 per cent) are married or cohabiting (同居), 16 per cent are single and the remainder are widowed, divorced or separated．Analysis from the bank's data has found that since October 2003, 45 per cent of new clients (客户) who opened one of their accounts (which has a minimum balance of 25,000 pounds) have been women who have done so in their own name.
Research published last month showed that there are now an estimated 360,000 women in Britain who are worth half a million pounds or more each. Between them, they own assets (资产) worth almost 300 billion pounds (US$ 540 billion) and their numbers are expected to increase rapidly. It is estimated that by 2025, women will own 60 per cent of the nation's personal wealth. Over the past 30 years, the female employment rate has jumped from 42 per cent to 70 per cent, while almost a third of managers are now women. In 1974, the number of women managers was a mere 2 percent.
However, other factors also come into the equation (综合因素). Women are now living longer, inheriting (继承) valuable properties and other assets from their husbands and receiving generous divorce settlements.
17．Which of the following is not true?
A．All British women becoming increasingly wealthier are not married．
B．The majority of the new clients who opened their accounts in the bank are women. C．Today female employment rate is higher than before. D．Some wealthy women have unhappy marriage. 18．The passage is mainly about _____.
A．women getting rich faster than men in UK B．women getting out of control of men in UK
C．nation's wealth of the UK gradually becoming private D．men becoming less important in UK
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19．Which is the change that has happened to British women in the past 30 years?
A．More women come into the management circle. B．The rate of divorce keeps rising. C．More women are out of work.
D．Women become the real power over all affairs.
20．Which of the following is not the cause for British women being wealthy?
A．High female employment.
B．Taking over possessions from their husbands.
C．Receiving money after separation from their husbands. D．Receiving assets from their parents.
参考答案及详解
A 这是一篇人物类短文。本文介绍了登山之王Viesturs的登山成就。他是唯一已经成功地征服了14座
世界最高峰的美国人。
1. B 细节理解题。根据第一段的第二句话“But on Thursday, Viesturs became the only American to
climb to the world’s 14 highest mountains.”可知：Viesturs已经成功地征服了14座世界最高峰的美国人。
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2. C 词义猜测题。根据上文介绍的Viesturs的登山成就推测，hooked意为“感兴趣的”。如果是“被吓倒、
泄气或不安”，就不可能取得那么辉煌的成就，显然，这几项不符文意。
3. B 段落主旨题。此段首句“The pioneering climber talks about mountains as if they were living
creatures that should be treated with respect.”就是本段的主题，下文Viesturs所说的话是用来说明这一主题的。
4. C 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段最后一句“But for a man who’s climbed the world’s 14 tallest
mountains, he will probably soon set off on yet another adventure”可得答案。
B 这是一篇自然类短文。飓风的发生一般是有季节性的，但今年飓风比以往来得更早，这与海洋温度的升高有密切关系。
5. B 细节理解题。根据第一段的第二句话“El Salvador… was hit by Hurricane Adrian on Friday.”可知 6. D. 细节理解题。受hurricane侵袭的国家在文中提到的只有三个：El Salvador, the U.S., and Honduras.
Florida是美国的一个州名，其余Charley, Frances, Ivan Jeanne等指的是飓风的名称而非国名。 7. C 推断题。根据倒数第二段的第二句话“Warmer temperatures produce more tropical storms, which
can then turn into hurricane ”可知。
8. A 推断题。根据第一段的第一句话“Although hurricane season doesn’t begin until June 1, a Pacific
storm already struck.”可知：今年的飓风比以往来得更早些。
C这是一篇科普类短文。本文介绍了有关动物种类发现的最新动态，一种貌似老鼠，却与老鼠不同的全新的哺乳动物。
9. A 细节理解题。根据第四段的第一句话“The Kha-nyou live in Karsts, or rough rock.”可知Karsts表
示地方，并不是名称。
10. B 细节理解题。根据第二段第三句“They’re vegetarians living in the rocky hills of Laos”可知：rodent
是蔬食者而非肉食者。
11. D 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段最后一句“he discovered a new species of rabbit there in 1999”可
得答案。
12. B 推断题。根据第五段及全文意义推断可知：在现代，由于某种原因（如：环境污染，人们捕杀），要
发现一种新的动物种类是罕见。
D 这是一篇新闻类短文。最新调查显示，印度——全世界最爱读书的国家。他们非常注重读书，读书是他们生活中不可缺少的一部分。自助读书、热爱读书是印度人均读书时间超过别的国家的主要原因。 13．B 词义猜测题。根据第一段所表述的“他们每周花在读书上的时间平均达到10.7小时，是美国人的两
倍。”，由此推测可知“bookworm”意为“极爱读书者，一个把很多时间花在读书和学习上的人”。
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14．D 细节理解题。第三段表述：中国人和菲律宾人每周用在读书、读报及看杂志上的时间分列第二和第
三名。英国人和美国人的每周读报时间仅为印度人的一半，而日本和韩国则更低，分别为4.1小时和3.1小时。由此可知：日本人和和韩国人花在读书和学习上的时间最少。
15．D 细节理解题。根据第四段斯利拉姆所说的“读书是他们生活中不可缺少的一部分。 他们非常注重读
书。这就是他们在国外大学学习时表现很出色的原因。”
16．C 主旨题。通读全文得知：通过调查，印度人的读书时间超过任何别的国家，根据标题概括性、针对
性和醒目性原则可知：C项（印度人——全世界最爱读书的人）能表达全文的中心。
E 这是一篇社会生活类短文。最近一份研究报告声称，英国女人正越来越变得比男人更有钱。而且女性财富的增长势头强劲，真可谓“巾帼不让须眉”。
17．B 细节题。根据第二段的意义可知：在这些女性之中，大多数（60%）已经结婚或同居，16%的仍是
单身，其他的则是寡居、离异或分居的。此题中要注意all与not连用，表示部分否定。
18．A 主旨题。通读全文可知：英国有钱的女性越来越多；自2003年10月以来，在银行开户的新客户
中，45%的是女性；到2025年，英国个人财富的60%将掌握在女性手中。综合上述信息可得：英国女人比男人富得快。
19．A 推断题。第三段最后几句明确表示：在过去的30年中，女性就业率从42%飙升到70%。目前，
约有三分之一的管理人员为女性。而在1974年，女性管理人员的数目仅为2%。由此推断可知：越来越多的女性进入管理层。
20．D 细节归纳题。女性变富的原因除了就业率不断提高这个因素之外，在短文的最后一段也作了补充
说明：女性财富的增长也与其它因素有关。现在，女性的寿命普遍比男性长，她们可以从配偶那里继承贵重物品和其它财产，如果离婚的话，她们也可以得到可观的财产。
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