高二英語黃金閱讀理解：新聞類（含詳解）

學必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精學必求其心得，業(yè)必貴于專精高二英語黃金閱讀GoldenReadingforSeniorMiddleSchoolStudents三、新聞類(1）The12—monthbloodyconflicthasbeenanightmare（噩夢）inthelivesofthousandsofIsraelis（以色列人)andPalestinians(巴勒斯坦人）.Khalafisoneofthem.Althoughshewasborninfearofbombsandattacks.Finally,herparentsmadeapainfuldecisiontosendherbacktotheUS.“Iwantedsomuchtostayhereandtogotouniversityhere,”shesaid.“I’mafraidofleavingmyhomeandmyparents.Buthere,thebloodyattackisnotgoingtoendsoon.”Thewarhasbrokenthedreamsofagenerationraisedinpeace.Inthe1990sIsraeliandPalestinianleadersweremovingtowardsanagreementtoendthelong-lastingfightoverterritory(領土）andtheownershipoftheHolyCityJerusalem。Thisgavethenewgenerationhopeforapeacefulfuture。Butnow，attheFriendsAccordingtoarecentreport，28percentofIsreaelisagedfrom18to28haveconsideredleavingthecountryinthepast6months.“Tohaveasafefuture,wehavenootherchoicebuttogoabroad，”a16-year—oldIsraeliboysaid。Notonlydoesthefutureoftheyounggenerationlieinanotherplace,butalsotheadultsinbothPalestineandIsraeldon’tseeanyhopeintheirowncountries。1。Khalaf’sparentswouldn’ttosendherbacktheUS,wouldthey？A。Yes.B.No，buttheyhadto.C。Perhaps.D.Sure.2。Whydidthenewgenerationhavehopeforapeacefulfuture?A。Thetwosidessettledtheirproblems.B。Thetwosidesfoughtagainsteachother.C.Thetwosidesmovedtowardsanagreementinthe1990s。D.Thetwosidesreachedafinalagreement.3。Whichistrueaccordingtothenewsreport？A.KhalafhaslivedinthePalestinesinceshewasborn。B.KhalafhaslivedintheUSsinceshewasoneyearold。C.KhalafhaslivedinthePalestinesinceshewasoneyearold.D。KhalafhaseverbeentotheUS?！敬鸢概c解釋】巴以雙方長期的軍事沖突給兩國人民帶來深重的災難，尤其是青年學生被迫背井離鄉(xiāng)、他國求學。人們痛惡戰(zhàn)爭、向往和平的殷切之情躍然紙上.1。B。語義理解題.根據(jù)Finally，herparentsmadeapainfuldecisiontosendherbacktotheUS可以做出正確選擇。2.C。細節(jié)理解題。從第5段可知答案.3。D。語義理解題。從第2段第2句話中的…tosendherbacktotheUS可知答案為D。（2)TOKYO,Japan—Anearthquakemeasuring8.0hitthenorthernJapaneseislandofHokkaidoearlyFriday.Thequakewasthestrongestanywhereintheworldthisyear.Severalmillionpeopleliveontheisland。Japan’snationalbroadcastingagency，NHK，reported236peoplehadbeenhurt,butnodeathshadbeenreported.Tsunamiwavesmeasuringabout3feet（1meter）beganhittingtheeasterncoastofJapan'snorthernmostisland,andofficialswarnedallresidentsintheregiontoseekhigherground。Afirebrokeoutatoilrefineryontheislandaftertheearthquake，andtelevisionstationsreportedatrainderailmentandalandslidenearahighwaytunnel。TheU。S.GeologicalSurveymeasuredthequakeat8.0butauthoritiesinJapaninitiallygaveitamagnitudeof7。8。TheUSGSsaidthetemblorwaslocated33kilometers(20miles)undertheEarth’scrust,about796milesnorth/northwestofOnaverage,thereisonemagnitude-8，orgreater，quakeayearintheworld。Theamountofenergyreleasedinamagnitude—8earthquakeisequivalenttothatcontainedin1。01billiontonsofTNT,accordingtotheUSGS。AtsunamiwatchhasbeenissuedfortheU。S.stateofHawaii."Basedonallavailabledata,atsunamimayhavebeengeneratedbythisearthquakethatcouldbedestructiveoncoastalareasevenfarfromtheepicenter，"saidtheannouncementfromtheNationalTsunamiHazardMitigationProgram。Onlysixdaysagoa5.5-magnitudequakeshookJapan。TheSeptember20earthquakewascenterednearly870kilometers（540miles)south—southeastofTokyo，nearJapan’sBoninIslands，aremotevolcanicislandgroupinthePacificOcean。Earlierthismonth，Japanmarkedthe80thanniversaryofamagnitude8。3quakethatdevastatedTokyoandneighboringYokohama，killingatleast140，000people。InJanuary1995，amagnitude7。2temblorinKobekilledmorethan6，000people。1。An8.0—magnitudeearthquakehappenedinJapan____。A.inJanuary1995 B.onSeptember20，2003C.onSeptember26,2003 D。inSeptember，19232。WhatisNOTtheresultofthisearthquake?A.236peoplewerehurt B。AfirebrokeoutatoilrefineryontheislandC。Atrainwasoutoftrack D。twopeopledied3。WhatdoestsunamimeaninChinese？A。震中 B。海嘯 C?；鹕? D.余震4.Wecaninferthat__________.A。thismightbethebiggestearthquakeintheworldthisyearB.thisearthquakehasnoeffectontheUSAC。JapanisacountrywhereearthquakesfrequentlyhappenD。thesecondquakeoccurredonlyhalfanhourafterthefirstone 【答案解析】本文報道了2003年9月發(fā)生在日本北海道的大地震。1.C.細節(jié)題。根據(jù)Onlysixdaysagoa5.5—magnitudequakeshookJapan。TheSeptember20earthquakewascenterednearly870kilometers（540miles)south—southeastofTokyo,我們可以推算，這次日本北海道大地震發(fā)生在2003年9月26日。2。D。細節(jié)歸納題。這次地震造成的后果有：236peoplehadbeenhurt；Afirebrokeoutatoilrefinery;atrainderailmentandalandslidenearahighwaytunnel等，而D項則與事實不符。3。B。詞義猜測題。根據(jù)后面對這種現(xiàn)象的描寫：hittingtheeasterncoast可知tsunami是“海嘯"的意思，因為只有地震引起的海嘯才能沖擊海岸。4.C。推理題.短文最后一段最后一個部分描述了日本發(fā)生的幾次大的地震,據(jù)此我們可以得出結(jié)論：日本是一個地震多發(fā)國家。（3）China’sfirstastronaut38-year—oldYangLiweireturnedsafelytoearthThursdaymorning，whenhiscraftShenzhou5toucheddownasscheduledaftermorethan21hoursintheearth'sorbit。ChinesepremierWenJiabaocalledthelandmarkdebutflighta”completesuccess".Thedescentcapsule（返回艙)carryingLt。Col.YangLiweitoucheddownonthegrasslandsoftheGobiDesert，incentralInnerMongoliaat6:23amThursday(BeijingTime),theBeijing-basedChina’sAerospaceCommandandControlCentersaid.Minuteslater，Yanggrabbedthecapsulehatchwithhishand，pulledhimselfout,smiledandwavedatrecoveryteamsandreporters.”Itisasplendidmomentinthehistoryofmymotherlandandalsothegreatestdayofmylife，"Yang,aformerfighterpilotfromNortheastChina'sLiaoningProvince,saidimmediatelyafteremerging.InaninterviewwithCCTV,China'sstatetelevision,Yangsaidhewas”feelingexcellent”。Shenzhou5landedatdawn，4.8kilometres(3miles)fromitsdesignedlandingtarget,theofficialssaid。"Thespaceshipoperatedwell，”theastronautYangLiweisaidinhisfirstpublicizedcomments."IfeelverygoodandIamproudofmymotherland."Afteraphysicalexamonspot，Yang’sconditionwasfoundas”good.”LiJinai，thecommanderofChina'smannedspaceprogram,calledYanga”spacehero”anda"nationalhero"。FollowingYang'stouchdown，China’spremierWenJiabaoimmediatelyspoketoYangfromWithinhours，Chinesespaceofficialsannouncedthatthecountry’sspacedreamswillcontinuewitha"Shenzhou6"mission，mostpossiblywithinayear.TheysaidChinaalsohadworkedoutplanstoconductspacewalkingbyitsastronauts,andeventuallybuildupaspacestation。However,Chinesescientistsruledoutbuildingaspaceshuttle，liketheUnitedStates.Yang’sflightcamefourdecadesaftertheformerSovietUnionandtheUnitedStatespioneeredmannedspaceflight。SovietcosmonautYuriGagarinorbitedtheEarthinApril1961。Onemonthlater，theUnitedStateslaunchedAlanB。ShepardJr.1。WhatistrueofthefirstChineseastronautYangLiwei？A。Heisnowafighterpilot.B.Hewashelpedtogetoutofthedescentcapsule.C。Hespentnearlyadayinspace. D.Hewascalleda"spacehero”anda”nationalhero”byChina'spremierWenJiabao。2.Chinawillcarryoutthefollowingspaceprogramsinthenearfutureexcept________.A.spacewalking B.settingupaspacestationC.buildingupaspaceshuttle D.sendingup"Shenzhou6”3.Theunderlinedworddebutmeans________。A.firstpublicappearance B。spaceC。carryingperson D。space—ship4。WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue？A.SovietcosmonautYuriGagarinwasthefirstmanintheworldtotravelinspace。B。theUnitedStateslaunchedAlanB。ShepardJr.about40yearsago。C。Chinaisthethirdcountryintheworldtocarryoutthemannedspaceflightsuccessfully.D.”Shenzhou6"willcarrymorethanoneastronautinthemission.(1—4CCAD)【答案解析】本文介紹了中國首次載人航天飛行的情況。1.C。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)aftermorethan21hoursintheearth’sorbit可知，C項正確.2。C。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)ruledoutbuildingaspaceshuttle可以知道,中國在近期不打算建航天飛機。其中的ruleout意為“排除”、“取消”。3。A.詞義猜測題。從短文中我們知道,這是中國第一次載人航天飛行，由此可推測出，debut為“首次亮相”之意。4。D。事實確認題。A、B、C，在短文中均有提及。D沒有提到.(4)TheNorwegiangovernmentisdoingitsbesttokeeptheoilindustryundercontrol。Anewlawlimitsexplorationtoanareasouthofthesouthernendofthelongcoastline；productionlimitshavebeenlaiddown（thoughthesehavealreadybeenraised）;andoilcompanieshavenotbeenallowedtoemploymorethanalimitednumberofforeignworkers。Buttheoilindustryhasawayofgettingoversuchproblems，andfewpeoplebelievethatthegovernmentwillbeabletoholdthingsbackforlong.Eversincethewar,thegovernmenthasbeencarryingoutaprogramofdevelopmentintheareanorthoftheArcticCircle。Forthepastfewyearsthisprogramhashadagreatdealofsuccess：Torsohasbeenbuiltupintoalocalcapitalwithauniversity，alargehospitalandahealthyindustry。Buttheoilindustryhasalreadystartedtodrawpeoplesouth,andwithinafewyearsthewholenortherncitycouldbeinruins.Theeffectsoftheoilindustrywouldnotbelimitedtothenorth，however.Withnearly100percentemployment,everyonecanseeasituationdevelopinginwhichtheserviceindustriesandthetouristindustrywilllosemoreoftheirworkerstotheoilindustry。Somesmallerindustriesmightevendisappearaltogetherwhenitbecomescheapertobuygoodsfromabroad。TherealargumentovertheoilindustryisitseffectsontheNorwegianwayoflife.Farmersandfishermendonotmakeupmostofthepopulation,buttheyareanimportantpartofitbecauseNorwegiansseeinthemmanyofthequalitiesthattheyregardwithprideasrealNorwegians.Anditisthefarmersandthefishermenwhoaremostagainsttheoilindustrybecauseofthedamagethatitmightcausetotheseaandtothecountrysideandtothewholecountry。OneNorwegianpoliticiansaidlastweek，“Wewillsoonbechangedbeyondallrecognition?！?.Theunderlinedsentenceinthelastparagraphmostexactlymeans“_______".A。NorwaywillbechangedsomuchthatitcanhardlyberecognizedB。TheNorwegianwayoflifewillchangegreatly，aswerecognizeC.WecannotrecognizetheNorwegianoilindustryasitdevelopssoquicklyD。TheNorwegiangovernmentcannotcarryoutthelawagainstthechangingoilindustry2.TheNorwegiangovernmenthastriedto_______。A.encouragetheoilcompaniestodiscovernewoilresourcesB。preventoilcompaniesfromemployingmorepeoplefromsouthernNorwayC。helptheoilcompaniessolvemanyoftheirproblemsD。keeptheoilindustrytosomethingnearitspresentsize3。Accordingtothepassage,theoilindustrymightleadto_______innorthernNorway.A。thedevelopmentofindustryB。agrowthinpopulationC。thefailureofthedevelopmentprogramD。thedevelopmentofnewtowns4.Norwegianfarmersandfishermenhaveanimportanteffectbecause_______.A。theyformsuchalargepartofNorwegiansocietyB.theirviewsoflifeandvalueagreewiththeNorwegiangovernment’sC.Norwegiansrespectthemasrepresentatives(代表）ofNorwegiancultureD。theyregardoilasharmtotheNorwegianwayoflife【答案與解析】本文介紹Norwegian政府想方設法對石油工業(yè)進行控制情況及控制原因。1。A。推斷題。根據(jù)單詞beyond的詞義：超出(某種程度）可推知此題答案為A。2.D。主旨題。根據(jù)短文第一段第一句可推知此題答案為D.3。C。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段第一句：然而,石油工業(yè)的效果不會對北部進行限制。可推知此題答案為C.4.C。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第四段第二句：因為在Norwegians看來漁夫們和農(nóng)民們身上才有Norwegians的真正素質(zhì).可推知此題的答案為C.（5）London：TheEdinburghFestival，thebiggestartsfestivalofitskindintheworld，gotunderwayintheScotlandcapitalonSundaywithaconcertthatincludedHectorBerlioz’s“ToDeum",underthedirectionofChristophvonDohnanyi。Thefestival,whichrunsuntilAugust31thisyear,includesasitshighpointsPeterStein’sstagingofWagner’s“Parsifal”，withClaudioAbbadodirectingtheGustavMahleryouthorchestra(管弦樂隊）。TheconcertprogrammeincludesAmericanpianistRichardGoode，bassbaritoneThomasQuashoffandviolinistChristianTetzlaff。Newtotheprogrammersthisyearwillbe25lateeveningclassicalmusicconcerts。Earlierthismonth,theEdinburghFringeFestival,thelargestshow-caseintheworldforperformanceart，officiallygotunderwaywiththeatre，dance,poetryandmusicpresentations(演出）.Manyofthefringeartists,whocanenterthefringefestivaluponpaymentofasmallfee,wereinspiredthisyearbytheeventsofSeptember11.ThousandsofpeopleflocktoEdinburghfromaroundtheworldduringthefestival，whichisover50yearsold.Itaimstopromote(促進）andencourageartsandtoreflectinternationalculture。Itcomprises（consistsof)variousdance,music,opera，andtheatrepresentationstakingplaceacrossthecityduringthethree—weekrun。1。WhendidtheEdinburghFestivalbegin?A。August10. B.August15.C.August31. D。September11.2。WhatdidtheEdinburghFestivalneverhavebefore?A.Youthorchestra'sperformances.B。Poetryandmusicpresentations。C.Lateeveningclassicalmusicconcerts.D。Americanpianistsandviolinists.3。TheEdinburghFestival_______.A。istheonlyfestivalofitskindintheworldB.haslastedover50yearsC。beganwithaconcertdirectedbyRichardGoodeD.isactuallyadancefestival4.TheScottishpeopleholdtheEdinburghFestival_______.A。toattractpeopleacrosstheworldtotheircityB.toshowtheirfringeartsonlyC。toattractfamousartiststotheircityD.topromoteandencourageartdevelopment5.Manyofthefringeartistscanenterthefringefestivalthisyear，butthey_______。A.payasmallfee B.payalotofmoneyC。areveryrich D。owntheirownbands【答案與解析】本文為來自London的報道。報道了TheEdinburghFestival在theScotlandcapital開幕，并介紹了本次節(jié)日的盛況、目的和意義。1.A。推斷題.從第2段第1句Thefestival,whichrunsuntilAugust31thisyear及文章最后一句duringthethree—weekrun可推知此題答案為A。2.C。細節(jié)推斷題。從第2段最后一句Newtotheprogrammersthisyearwillbe25lateeveningclassicalmusicconcerts.可推知此題答案為C。3.B。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一段第1句的定語從句…thefestival，whichisover50yearsold.可推知此題答案為B.4.D。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一段第2句Itaimstopromote（促進)andencourageartsandtoreflectinternationalculture可推知此題答案為D.5.A.根據(jù)文章第4段的定語從句Manyofthefringeartists，whocanenterthefringefestivaluponpaymentofasmallfee可推知此題為答案為A。(6）It’saman'sworld,andmanywomendon’tlikeit.Thewomensaytheyaretreatedlikesecond—classcitizensandthereforefeelthattheirangerisjustified。Womeneverywhere，theysay，earnlessmoneythanmenforthesamekindofwork.Womenhavelesspowerintheircommunitiesthanmen,andinmostcitiesandtownsthepoliticaldecisionsaremadebymen.Therearefewwomenmayorsorcityofficials.Thesamethingistrueinlaborunions,andreligiousgroups。Eveninunionswherethemembersarealmostallwomen，theheadsoftheunionsaremen。Thepresidentsofalmostallthebigcorporationsinthecountryaremen.Therearefewwomenministersandnowomenpriests。Manywomenhavebeenawareoftheseinequalitiesforalongtime.Onlyrecently，however，adriveforwomen’srightsmademanymorewomenandmen，too,interestedinfairtreatmentforwomen。Groupshaveformedtodemandequalpayforequalwork，changesinabortionlaws，andround-the-clockday—carecentersforchildren。Womenhaveevenstartedtheirownnewspaperstofightfortheircause.Theyhavewrittenbooksandmarchedinparadesprotestingtheirsecond—classplaceinsociety。1。Whatisthemainideaofthispassage？A.Womenwanttomakemoremoney.B。Womenhatetheman’sworld。C.Womenareorganizingtodemandtheirrights.D.Women’sliberation.2。Whatistheimportantproblemexplainedinthispassage？A。Womenhavejoinedprotestgroups。B。Theheadsofmostunionsaremen.C.Womenaretreatedunfairlyintheirwork，communities，andreligiousgroups。D。Womendon’tlikemen.3。Whatisthepurposeofthispassage?A.Topersuadewomentojoinwomen’srightsgroups。B.Toexplainwhyadriveforwomen’srightshasstarted。C。Toexplainhowitfeelstobeawomaninaman’sworld.D。Tohelpmorewomengetequaltreatmentwithmen。4.Inthispassagethewords“second—classcitizens”mean_______。A。peoplewhoaretreatedasforeignersB.peoplewhoarenotcitizensC。peoplewhoarenottreatedfairlyintheirlifeandworkD.peoplewhodon’twanttobefirst-classcitizens5.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?A.Womendon’tliketobetreatedassecond-classcitizens。B。Womenmakethesameamountofmoneyasmenforthesamekindofwork.C.MenmakepoliticaldecisionsinmostplacesinU。S。A.D。Womenstartedtheirownnewspapersandwrotebookstofightfortheirequalrights.（1—5CCBCB)【答案與解析】本文報道了婦女為了能與男人享受同樣的權(quán)利而舉行的運動。1.C。主旨題。根據(jù)文章第3段第3句Groupshaveformedtodemandequalpayforequalwork,changesinabortionlaws，andround—the-clockday-carecentersforchildren可推知此題答案為C。2.C。推斷題。根據(jù)文章第2段所列舉的內(nèi)容:政治、工會及宗教等各方面婦女都沒有平等的權(quán)利，可推知此題答案為C。3.B.推斷題。根據(jù)文章第3段第1句Manywomenhavebeenawareoftheseinequalitiesforalongtime可推知此題答案為B.4.C。推斷題。根據(jù)文章第2段的例子中可看出：婦女的地位總是低于男人，可推知此題答案為C。5。B。推斷題。選項B與文章第2段第2句意思相反,可推知此題答案為C.(7)Vienna—InspiteofIraq’sdecisiontostopoildeliveries,the11—nationOrganizationofPetroleumExportingCountries（OPEC）willnotincreaseproductiontomakeuptheshortfall,ministersdecidedTuesdayinVienna。The11oilministersdecidedtomeetagainonJuly3todiscusstheeffectsoftheIraqtemporarystop。Theorganization’spresident，CharkidKhelilofAlgeria，saidafterthemeetingthatstockswerehighandpriceswerestable，soquota(配額)increaseswerenotnecessary.TheE。U.CommissionhasexpressedconcernaboutIraq’soutputstop。AspeakersaidOPEChadtotakeallpossiblemeasurestokeeporlowertheoilprice。SaudiArabia’sOilMinisterAliAl—Nuaimihadearliersaidtherewouldnotbeanyshortfallofoilinthemarket。Theorganizationhadalreadytakenstepstofillthegap，hesaid.OPECSecretaryGeneralAliRodriguezaddedthattheperiodoftheIraqstoptoexportwasnotknown，sootherexporterswerenotgoi