高考英語(yǔ)閱讀理解訓(xùn)練題

2012高考英語(yǔ)閱讀理解訓(xùn)練題

A

DoAmericanchildrenstilllearnhandwritinginschool?Intheageofthe

keyboard,somepeopleseemtothinkhandwritinglessonsareonthewayout.90%of

teacherssaytheyarerequiredtoteachhandwriting.Butstudieshaveyettoanswer

thequestionofhowwelltheyareteachingit.Onestudypublishedthisyearfound

thataboutthreeoutofeveryfourteacherssaytheyarenotpreparedtoteach

handwriting.Someteachersareteachinghandwritingbyprovidinginstructionfor

1015minutesaday,andthenotherteacherswhobasicallyteachitfor60to

70minutesaday—whichreallyforhandwritingisprettymuch.

Manyadultsrememberlearningthatway-bycopyinglettersoverandoveragain.

Today'sthinkingisthatshortperiodsofpracticearebetter.Manyexpertsalso

thinkhandwritingshouldnotbetaughtbyitself.Instead,theysayitshouldbe

usedasawaytogetstudentstoexpressideas.Afterall,thatiswhywewrite.

Handwritinginvolvestwoskills.Oneislegibility,whichmeansformingthe

letterssotheycanberead.Theotherisfluency—writingwithouthavingtothink

aboutit.Fluencycontinuestodevelopupuntilhighschool.

Butnoteveryonemasterstheseskills.Teacherscommonlyreportthataboutone

fourthoftheirkidshavepoorhandwriting.Somepeoplemightthinkhandwritingis

notimportantanymorebecauseofcomputersandvoicerecognitionprograms.

ButSteveGrahamatVanderbiltsayswordprocessingisrarelydoneinelementary

school,especiallyintheearlyyears.Americanchildrentraditionallyfirstlearn

toprint,andthentowriteincursive,whichconnectstheletters.Butguesswhat

welearnedfromaspokeswomanfortheCollegeBoard,whichadministerstheSAT

collegeadmissiontest.Morethan75percentofstudentschoosetoprinttheiressay

onthetestratherthanwriteincursive.

［語(yǔ)篇解讀］文章介紹了在鍵盤普及的年代美國(guó)的書法教學(xué)情況。

1.Wecanlearn________fromParagraph1.

A.teachinghandwritingisabasicrequirementinteachingjob

B.mostteachersprefertoteachhandwriting

C.teachersspendlittletimeinteachinghandwriting

D.akeyboardhastakentheplaceofthehandwritingentirely

［解析］推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中“90%ofteacherssaytheyarerequiredtoteach

handwriting”可知書法教學(xué)是基本的教學(xué)要求，A項(xiàng)為正確推論。根據(jù)“Onestudypublished

thisyearfoundthataboutthreeoutofeveryfourteacherssaytheyarenotprepared

toteachhandwriting”可知，很多老師不愿意教書法課，B項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)第一段末句可知

C項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)全段判斷，只是說鍵盤普及使一些人認(rèn)為書法漸漸過時(shí)了，D項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤。

［答案］A

2.WhichofthefollowingisWRONGfortraditionalhandwritingintheUSA?

A.Thestudentsaretaughtbypracticingalongperiod.

B.Thelettersarerepeatedmanytimes.

C.Handwritingincludestwoskills.

D.Towriteincursiveistaughtfirst.

［解析］細(xì)節(jié)認(rèn)定題。根據(jù)第二段可知，傳統(tǒng)的書法教學(xué)重復(fù)很多遍并且持續(xù)時(shí)間長(zhǎng)，

因此A、B兩項(xiàng)內(nèi)容正確。根據(jù)第三段第一句可知C項(xiàng)內(nèi)容正確；根據(jù)最后一段第二句可知

D項(xiàng)內(nèi)容錯(cuò)誤。

［答案］D

3.Theunderlinedword“l(fā)egibility”inParagraph3means_______.

A.easytoreadB.complex

C.unexpectedD.unreadable

［解析］推測(cè)詞義題。根據(jù)下文“whichmeansformingtheletterssotheycanberead”

可推測(cè)畫線詞的意思是“清楚，易讀”。

［答案］A

4.Thebesttitleforthepassageis.

A.Howtoimprovehandwritinginschool

B.Rightorwrong:thedeathofhandwriting

C.Handwritinginvolvestwoskills

D.Handwritinglessonsareonthewayout

［解析］標(biāo)題歸納題。作者對(duì)美國(guó)書法教學(xué)的現(xiàn)狀作了敘述，沒有自己的主觀評(píng)論，故

選擇B。A項(xiàng)沒有涉及，C項(xiàng)只是其中一部分內(nèi)容，D項(xiàng)只是一部分人的觀點(diǎn)。

［答案］B

5.Theauthor*sattitudetowardswhetherstilltolearnhandwritinginschool

is.

A.negativeB.objective

C.criticalD.optimistic

［解析］態(tài)度判斷題。根據(jù)全文的敘述，作者只是將美國(guó)書法教學(xué)的現(xiàn)狀和不同人的觀

點(diǎn)呈現(xiàn)出來，并沒有發(fā)表自己的見解，因此作者持客觀的態(tài)度。［答案］B

［長(zhǎng)難句解讀］Onestudypublishedthisyearfoundthataboutthreeoutofevery

fourteacherssaytheyarenotpreparedtoteachhandwriting.今年公布的——項(xiàng)研究

發(fā)現(xiàn)，大約每四個(gè)教師中就有三個(gè)說他們不準(zhǔn)備教書法了。publishedthisyear為過去分

詞短語(yǔ)作后置定語(yǔ),found后面為賓語(yǔ)從句，其中又含有一個(gè)賓語(yǔ)從句theyarenotprepared

toteachhandwritingo

B

Saturday,October7th,wasamarathonofsadtasksforAnnaPolitkovskaya.Two

weeksearlier,herfather,aretiredofficialinthedepartmentofforeignaffairs,

haddiedofaheartattackasheemergedfromtheMoscowMetrowhileonhiswayto

visitPolitkovskaya'smother,RaisaMazepa,inthehospital.Shehadjustbeen

diagnosed（診斷）withcancerandwastooweakeventoattendherhusband'sfuneral.

“Yourfatherwillforgiveme,becauseheknowsthatIhavealwayslovedhim,“she

toldAnnaandhersister,ElenaKudimova,thedayhewasburied.Aweeklater,she

hadanoperationandsincethenAnnaandElenahadbeentakingturnshelpingher

dealwithhergrief.

Politkovskayawassupposedtospendthedayatthehospital,buther

twenty-six-year-o1ddaughter,whowaspregnant,hadjustmovedintoPolitkovskaya'

sapartment,onLesnayaStreet,whileherownplacewasbeingpreparedforthebaby.

“Annahadsomuchonhermind,“ElenaKudimovatoldmewhenwemetinLondon,before

Christmas."Andshewastryingtofinishherarticle."Politkovskayawasaspecial

reporterforthesmallnewspaperNovayaGazeta,and,likemostofherwork,thepiece

focusedontheterrorthatcanbeseenalloverthesouthernrepublicofChechnya.

Thistime,shehadbeentryingtoreportrepeatedcruelactsdonebypeoplefaithful

tothePrimeMinister,RamzanKadyrov,whoareinfavourofRussia.Inthepastseven

years,Politkovskayahadwrittendozensofaccountsoflifeduringwartime;many

hadbeencollectedinherbook“ASmallCornerofHell:reportsfromChechnya.

Politkovskayawasfarmorelikelytospendtimeinahospitalthanonabattlefield,

andherwritingborefrequentwitnesstorobbery,andtheuncontrolledcrueltyof

lifeinaplacethatfewotherRussians—andalmostnootherreporters-caredto

thinkabout.

1.Politkovskaya,sfatherdiedof.

A.tirednessB.aheartdiseaseC.anattackD.anaccident

【答案與解析】答案B。從第2句中的“…h(huán)addiedofaheartattack…”可知B選

項(xiàng)是正確答案。C選項(xiàng)attack是“攻擊”的意思，而文中出現(xiàn)的是heartattack,“心臟

病”，因此C選項(xiàng)偷換了概念；其他選項(xiàng)與文中相關(guān)的表述不相干。

2.FromthetextweknowthatRaisaMazepa______.

A.didn,tloveherhusband

B.didn,tattendherhusband'sfuneral

C.washavinganoperationthedayherhusbandwasburied

D.wastoosadtoattendherhusband'sfuneral

【答案與解析】答案B。從3、4、5三句可知B選項(xiàng)是正確選項(xiàng)，其他三個(gè)選項(xiàng)與文中

的表述不一致。

3.Theunderlinedword“emerged“mostlikelymeans.

A.cameoutB.wentintoC.disappearedD.leftfor

【答案與解析】答案A。介詞“from”表示動(dòng)作的出處、來源，而后面的介詞賓語(yǔ)是“the

MoscowMetro”,可知"MoscowMetrow是"emerged”這一動(dòng)作的起源地,因此，A選項(xiàng)

符合原文的意思。

4.HowmanyfamilymembersofAnnaarementionedinthepassage?

A.Three.B.FourC.FiveD.Six

【答案與解析】4.答案C。文中提到Politkovskaya姐妹倆，以及她的父母、女兒。

5.WhichofthefollowingwordscanbestdescribePolitkovskaya'scharacter?

A.CuriousB.easy-goingC.carelessD.responsible

【答案與解析】答案D。從“Politkovskayawasaspecialreporterforthesmal1

newspaperNovayaGazeta,…”一直到文章的結(jié)尾，作者簡(jiǎn)述了Politkovskaya敢于直面社

會(huì)的不良現(xiàn)象的正值性格，而這是其他記者所不屑的，因此D選項(xiàng)是正確答案。

C

ASouthamptonUniversityteamfoundthatpeoplewhowerevegetariansby30had

recordedfiveIQpointshigheronaverageattheageof10.Researcherssaiditcould

explainwhypeoplewithahigherIQwerehealthierasavegetariandietwaslinked

tolowerheartdiseaseandobesityrates.Thestudyof8,179peoplewasreported

intheBritishMedicalJournal.

TwentyyearsaftertheIQtestswerecarriedoutin1970,366oftheparticipants

saidtheywerevegetarians一althoughmorethan100reportedeatingeitherfish

orchicken.

MenwhowerevegetarianshadanIQscoreof106,comparedwith101for

non-vegetarians;whilefemalevegetariansaveraged104,comparedwith99for

non-vegetarians.TherewasnodifferenceintheIQscores,betweenstrict

vegetariansandthosewhosaidtheywerevegetariansbutreportedeatingfishor

chicken.

Researcherssaidthefindingswerepartlyrelatedtobettereducationandhigher

class,butitremainedstatisticallysignificantafteradjustingforthesefactors.

Vegetariansweremorelikelytobefemale,tobeofhighersocialclassandto

havehigheracademicorvocationalqualificationsthannon-vegetarians.However,

thesedifferenceswerenotreflectedintheirannualincome,whichwassimilarto

thatofnon-vegetarians.

LeadresearcherCatharineGalesaid,“Thefindingsthatchildrenwithgreater

intelligencearemorelikelytoreportbeingvegetariansasadults,togetherwith

theevidenceonthepotentialbenefitsofavegetariandietonhearthealth,may-

helptoexplainwhyahigherIQinchildhoodoradolescenceislinkedwithareduced

riskofcoronaryheartdiseaseinadultlife.

ButDrFrankiePhillipsoftheBritishDieteticAssociationsaid,"Itis_like

thechickenandegg.Dopeoplebecomevegetariansbecausetheyhaveaveryhigh

IQorisitjustthattheyarecleverenoughtobemoreawareofhealthissues?”

［語(yǔ)篇解讀］研究表明，素食和高智商有一定的關(guān)系。

1.What'stheresultoftheresearchmentionedinthetext?

A.Intelligentchildrenaremorelikelytobecomevegetarianslaterinlife.

B.ChildrenwithahigherIQarelesslikelytohaveheartdiseaselaterinlife.

C.Intelligentchildrentendtobelongtohighersocialclasslaterinlife.

D.ChildrenwithahealthierhearttendtohaveahigherIQlaterinlife.

［解析］細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的“peoplewhowerevegetariansby30had

recordedfiveIQpointshigheronaverageattheageof10”可知A項(xiàng)正確。根據(jù)“it

couldexplainwhy...”可知這一結(jié)果可幫助解釋B項(xiàng)中的現(xiàn)象，但B項(xiàng)并非這次研究的結(jié)

果。故本題選A。

［答案］A

2.Itwasfoundintheresearchthat.

A.mostoftheparticipantsbecamevegetarians20yearsaftertheIQtestswere

carriedout

B.vegetarianswhoatefishorchickenwereofsimilarintelligencewithstrict

vegetarians

C.femalevegetariansweremorelikelytohavehigherannualincomethan

non-vegetarians

D.vegetariansweremorelikelytohavehigherannualincomethan

non-vegetarians

［解析］細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的“TherewasnodifferenceintheIQscores

betweenstrictvegetariansandthosewhosaidtheywerevegetariansbutreported

eatingfishorchickenw可知答案。

［答案］B

3.CatharineGaletalkedaboutubeingvegetarians^ina(n)_______way.

A.doubtfulB.favorable

C.negativeD.objective

［解析］推理判斷題。根據(jù)第六段可知CatharineGale只是客觀地講述研究結(jié)果，并沒

有表示自己的立場(chǎng)。故選D項(xiàng)。

［答案］D

4.Whatdoestheunderlinedsentenceinthelastparagraphmean?

A.Intelligenceislinkedtonotjustbeingavegetarianbuttomanyfactors.

B.Therateofgettingheartdiseaseislinkedtoyourlifestyle.

C.ThelinkbetweenahighIQandbeingavegetarianisstilluncertain.

D.Thelinkbetweenahealthyheartanddietremainstobeproved.

［解析］推理判斷題。文章最后一句的意思是：人們成為素食者是因?yàn)樗麄冎巧谈哌€是

因?yàn)樗麄冏銐蚵斆鞫⒁饨】祮栴}？由此可見DrFrankiePhillips認(rèn)為素食和高智商的

因果關(guān)系尚未明確，就像弄不清楚是因?yàn)橛械安庞须u，還是因?yàn)橛须u才有蛋一樣。故C項(xiàng)正

確。

［答案］C

5.What'sthebesttitleforthetext?

A.GetmoreIQpoints!

B.Beavegetarian,please!

C.Vegetariandietcutsheartrisk

D.AhighIQislinkedtobeingavegetarian

［解析］標(biāo)題概括題。本文介紹了一項(xiàng)研究結(jié)果：素食與高智商有關(guān)，故D項(xiàng)正確。作

者并未提出建議，所以A、B兩項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；文章中雖然提到了心臟病，但不是文章的主旨，故

C項(xiàng)借誤。

［答案］D

［長(zhǎng)難句解讀］(1)ASouthamptonUniversityteamfoundthatpeoplewhowere

vegetariansby30hadrecordedfiveIQpointshigheronaverageattheageof10.

本句是含有定語(yǔ)從句的復(fù)合句。whowerevegetariansby30是定語(yǔ)從句，修飾先行

詞peopleo

(2)TherewasnodifferenceintheIQscoresbetweenstrictvegetariansandthose

whosaidtheywerevegetariansbutreportedeatingfishorchicken.

TherewasnodifferenceintheIQscoresbetweenstrictvegetariansandthose

是主句，whosaidtheywerevegetariansbutreportedeatingfishorchicken是定

語(yǔ)從句，修飾先行詞those。

D

Mostmornings,thelinebeginstoformatdawn:scoresofsilentwomenwithbabies

ontheirbacks,bucketsbalancedontheirheads,andineachhandabright-blue

plasticjug.Ongooddays,theywillwaitlessthananhourbeforeawatertanker

goesacrossthedirtpaththatservesasaroadinKesumPurbahari,aslumonthe

southernedgeofNewDelhi.Onbaddays,whenthereisnoelectricityforthepumps,

thetankersdon'tcomeatall."Thatwaterkillspeople,“ayoungmothernamed

ShobasaidonerecentSaturdaymorning,pointingtoarowofpailsfilledwiththick,

caramel(焦糖)-color6dliquid."Whoeverdrinksitwi11die."Thewaterwasfrom

apipesharedbythousandsofpeopleinthepoorneibourhood.Womenoftenuseit

towashclothesandbathetheirchildren,butno?bodyisdesperateenoughtodrink

it.

Thereisnostandardforhowmuchwaterapersonneedseachday,butex?perts

usuallyputtheminimumatfiftyli?tres.ThegovernmentofIndiapromises(but

rarelyprovides)forty.Mostpeopledrinktwoorthreelitres—lessthanittakes

towashatoilet.Therestistypicallyusedforcookingandbathing.Americans

consumebetweenfourhundredandsixhundredlitresofwatereachday,morethan

anyotherpeopleonearth.MostEuropeansuselessthanhalfthat.ThewomenofKesum

Purbaharieachhopedtodragawayahundredlitresthatday一twoorthreebuckets?

worth.Shobahasahusbandandfivechildren,andthatmuchwaterdoesn,tgofar

inafamilyofseven,particularlywhenthetemperaturereachesahundredandten

degreesbeforenoon.Sheoftenmakesupthedifferencewithbottledwater,which

costsmorethanwaterdeliveredanyotherway.Sometimesshejustbuysmilk;it'

scheaper.Likethepoorestpeopleevery?where,thepeopleofNewDelhi'sslums

spendafargreaterpercentageoftheirincomesonwaterthananyoneluckyenough

toliveinahouseconnectedtoasystemofpipes.

1.Theunderlinedword"slum"mostlikelymeans.

A.avillage

B.asmalltown

C.anareaofatownwithbadly-built,over-crowdedbuildings

D.thepartofatownthatlackswaterbadly

【答案與解析】答案C。A、B、D可以指貧窮地區(qū)，也可以指富裕地區(qū)，但根據(jù)第1段

的第2句及第2段的最后一句可以知道slum指的更可能是貧窮地區(qū)，C選項(xiàng)比較接近這個(gè)

意思，因此應(yīng)該是最佳答案。

2.Sometimesthewatertankerdoesn'tcomebecause______.

A.theweatherisbad

B.thereisnoelectricity

C.thereisnowater

D.peopledon'twantthedirtywater

【答案與解析】答案B。根據(jù)第1段的Onbaddays,whenthereisnoelectricityfor

thepumps,thetankersdon,tcomeatall.可以知道B選項(xiàng)是正確答案。

3.Apersonneedsatleastlitresofwateraday.

A.ahundredB.fourhundredC.fortyD.fifty

【答案與解析】答案Do根據(jù)第2段的“…butex?pertsusuallyputtheminimumat

fiftyli?tres"可以知道D選項(xiàng)是正確答案。

4.Whichofthefollowingstatementsiswrong?

A.ahundredlitresofwateradayisenoughforShoba,sfamily

B.Americansusesthelargestamountofwatereachday

C.inKesumPurbaharimilkischeaperthanbottledwater

D.Shobahasafamilyofsevenpeople

【答案與解析】答案A。根據(jù)第2段的Shobahasahusbandandfivechildren,and

thatmuchwaterdoesn'tgofarinafamilyofseven,particularlywhenthetemperature

reachesahundredandtendegreesbeforenoon.可以判斷A選項(xiàng)不符合文意，而其他選

項(xiàng)均可在文中找到支持信息。

5.Thepassagemainlytellsus______.

A.howwomeninKesumPurbaharigetstheirwater

B.howmuchwateradayapersondeeds

C.thatIndialackswaterbadly

D.howIndiagovernmentmanagestosolvetheproblemofwater

【答案與解析】答案C。該題是判斷主旨大意題。第2段第2句是該文的主題句，C選

項(xiàng)與主題句的意思一致，因此是正確選項(xiàng)。A、B選項(xiàng)是細(xì)節(jié)信息，用于村托印度缺水的現(xiàn)

象；D選項(xiàng)則完全與文章的意思相反，因此均可排除。

E

Webetthatoncoldwintrydays,manyofyoulovetostayinyourwarmhomeand,

everynowandthen,comeoutintothekitchenforasnack.Unfortunately,plenty

ofcreepy-crawlycritters（爬行生物）liketodothesamething!

Winteristhetimewhenbugs（蟲子）invadeyourhousewithoutaninvitation.

Theseasoncanbetoughforsuchcreatures.Inwintertheairiscold,theground

ishardandmanytreeshavenoleaves.Sobugsdowhattheyhavetodotosurvive.

Monarchbutterfliesheadsouthtowarmerclimates.Antscrowdindeep

undergroundcoloniesandeatfoodtheyhavebeenstoringallyear.Manyinsectsgo

intoadeepsleepcalleddiapauses.There'redifferentkindsofdiapauses,but

allaresimilartohibernation,atimewhenbiggeranimalsbecomeinactiveinthe

cold.Insectsgointoaninactiveperiod,too,butitoftenisn'twhenthe

temperaturedrops.

Theyrelyonmoredependablesignalsintheenvironment.Forexample,many

insectscantellhowmuchsunlightthere*seachday.Theyusethattotellthemselves

whentoshutdown.Bugsarecold-blooded,meaningthattheirinsidetemperatureis

thesameastheoutside.Theycan'tmovemuchwhenitgetsbelow40degrees

Fahrenheit.Sotheysearchforanywarmplace.

They'relookingforprotection.Theseguyshavebeendoingthisfor300million

years,sotheydon,treallyknowthey,recomingintoyourhouse.Thehomeis

arecenteventintermsoftheirevolutionarybehavior.Theyenterthroughtiny

cracksorcomeinunnoticedonyourclothesorshoes.Rememberthattheymaybe

invadingyourhomesforwarmthandfood,buttheydon'tcareabouthumans.

［語(yǔ)篇解讀］本文主要介紹的是：為什么蟲子在冬天會(huì)入侵人類住所。

1.Whatisthepurposeofthefirstparagraph?

A.Topointoutthathumansliketostayathomeinwinter.

B.Tomeanthathumansandbugshavethesamelivinghabits.

C.TomeanthatbugswillinvadehumansJhousesfortheirwinter.

D.Toputforwardtheideathatbugsarenotwelcomeinwinter.

［解析］推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段可知，蟲子和人類一樣，也會(huì)喜歡待在溫暖的屋

里，再結(jié)合文章的后面幾段可知，本段暗示蟲子在冬天會(huì)入侵人類住所。

［答案］C

2.Accordingtothetext,whatisdiapauses?

A.Itisthesameastheanimals'hibernation.

B.Itoftenappearsinwarmareasalltheyear.

C.Itisdonetokeepbugsactiveinwinter.

D.Itisadeepsleepsimilartohibernation.

［解析］細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段可知答案為D。

［答案］D

3.Whatoftendecidesbugs,diapauses?

A.Thelowerlocaltemperature.

B.Theamountofsunlight.

C.Kindsofenvironmentalsignals.

D.Theinsectsyinsidetemperature.

［解析］細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段的“Theyrelyonmoredependablesignalsin

theenvironmentw可知，蟲子的“diapauses”是由多種環(huán)境可依賴性因素決定的，不一定

全靠溫度或者光照。

［答案］C

4.Accordingtothetext,bugsinvadehumans'homesto.

A.attackhumans

B.lookforenoughfood

C.seekforprotection

D.showtheirevolutionaryresults

［解析］細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段可知，蟲子進(jìn)屋是為了尋求保護(hù)，把自己置身

于安全形勢(shì)之下，而不僅僅是為了尋求食物。

［答案］C

5.Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthetext?

A.Bugs'lifeoncoldwintrydays

B.Whydobugsinvadeyourhomeinwinter?

C.Goodrelationsbetweenhumansandbugs

D.Whatdoesdiapausesmean?

［解析］標(biāo)題概括題。整篇文章主要告訴讀者的是：在冬天里，為什么蟲子會(huì)入侵人類

的住所。

［答案］B

［長(zhǎng)難句解讀］(1)There?redifferentkindsofdiapauses,butallaresimilarto

hibernation,atimewhenbiggeranimalsbecomeinactiveinthecold.

此句是but連接的并列復(fù)合句，but后的部分中atime是hibernation的同位語(yǔ)，而

且后面接了when引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句。

(2)Bugsarecold-blooded,meaningthattheirinsidetemperatureisthesameas

theoutside.

句中的meaning相當(dāng)于whichmeans；meaning后接that引導(dǎo)的賓語(yǔ)從句，在此賓語(yǔ)從

句中含有thesameas結(jié)構(gòu)。

F

OnedaylastSeptember,asBritneySpearswasabouttoboardaflighttoLos

AngelesfromLondon,abluebottlefelloutofherpurse.Shequicklyputitback

in,butnotbeforethecamerarecordedtheevent.NeitherSpearsnorherspokesman

waswillingtocommentonthecontentsofthebottle,butthenextmorningLondon'

sDailyExpresspublishedapageofpicturesundertheheadlineaEXCLUSIVE:POP

PRINCESSSPOTTEDATAIRPORTWITHPOTOFSLIMMINGTABLETS.vSpearswasapparently

carryingZantrex-3,oneofthemostpopularweight-losspillsnowsoldintheUnited

States.Thepill,whichissoldataboutfiftydollarsforamonth,ssupply,contains

ahugeamountofcaffeine,somegreentea,andthreecommonSouthAmericanherbs

thatalsoactasstimulants(興奮劑).IthittheU.S.marketlastMarchandhashad

asuccessthatwouldbehardtooverstate.Millionsofbottleshavebeensold,and

duringtheChristmasseasonitwasdisplayedinthewindowsofthenation'slargest

chainofvitaminshops,G.N.C.(Itissohighlysoughtafterthatmanyofthestores

keepitinlockedcounters.)Zantrex-3isalsosoldatCVS,RiteAid,Wal-Mart,and

otherchains,andoverthetelephoneandontheInternet.Ifyoutype“Zantrex”

intoGoogle,morethanahundredthousandpiecesofinformationaboutitwillappear.

Atanymoment,therearescoresofpeoplesellitoneBay.

PerhapsthemostinterestingthingaboutthesuccessstoryofZantrex-3,however,

isthatitisfarfromunique.Therearehundredsofsimilarproductsonthemarket

today,andtheyareboughtbymillionsofAmericans.AndthoughZantrex'sproducer

makessomeexcitingstatements("themostadvancedweightcontrolcompound(化

合物)period"),sodothepeoplewhosellStacker2andAnorexalongwiththosewho

sellCarbEliminatorandFatEliminator.Almostallofthesecompoundssuggestthat

theycanhelppeopleloseweightandregainlostenergy,andoftenwithoutdiet,

exercise,oranyothereffort.

1.BritneySpearsisa/an______.

A.dancerB.singerC.athleteD.chemist

【答案與解析】答案B。細(xì)節(jié)信息題。從第1段的大寫部分“…POPPRINCESSSPOTTED

ATAIRPORTWITHPOTOFSLIMMINGTABLETS.”可以知道B選項(xiàng)是正確答案。

2.Whichofthefollowingisalsoakindofweight-losspill?

A.CVSB.RiteAidC.Wal-MartD.Anorex

【答案與解析】答案Do細(xì)節(jié)信息題。根據(jù)第1段的“Zantrex-3isalsosoldatCVS,

RiteAid,Wal-Mart,andotherchains,”以及第2段的“…sodothepeoplewhosell

Stacker2andAnorexalongwiththosewhosellCarbEliminatorandFatEliminator.”

可以知道D選項(xiàng)是正確答案。

3.Theunderlinedpartofthesentenceinthefirstparagraphismostlikely

similarinmeaningto.

A.itisdifficulttosayhowsuccessfulZantrex-3is

B.youcan'toverstatethesuccessofZantrex-3

C.youcan'tthinktoohighlyofthesuccessofZantrex-3

D.Zantrex-3isnotverysuccessful

【答案與解析】答案C。理解句子結(jié)構(gòu)及推測(cè)詞義題。從IthittheU.S.marketlast

Marchandhashadasuccessthatwouldbehardtooverstate.的前半部分可以知道

Zantrex-3是美國(guó)市場(chǎng)很暢銷的減肥類商品；根據(jù)構(gòu)詞法可以知道后半部分的overstate有

“夸張、夸大事實(shí)”的意思，而wouldbehardtooverstate可以理解為“難以夸張、夸

大”的意思，因此劃線部分的意思可以直譯為“難以夸大/夸張的成功”或理解為“怎么夸

張都不過份的成功”，C選項(xiàng)所含有的句型cannot…too亦是此意。

4.Fromthesecondparagraphweknowthat.

A.Zantrex-3isoneofthesuccessfulweight-losspillsontheUSmarket

B.Zantrex-3isthemostsuccessfulweight-losspillsontheUSmarket

C.Zantrex-3istheonlyweight-losspillontheUSmarket

D.therearefivekindsofweight-losspillsontheUSmarket

【答案與解析】答案A。從第2段的1、2、3句可以知道A選項(xiàng)是正確答案，其他選項(xiàng)

均與文章的信息不一致。

5.Thetextmainlytellsus______.

A.whenBritneySpearswasfoundtakingweight-losspillswithher

B.howZantrex-3becamesuccessfulintheUSA

C.weight-losspillsareverypopularintheUSA

D.Zantrex-3isforbiddentobesoldontheUSmarket

【答案與解析】答案C。A選項(xiàng)只包含了文章的部分信息；B選項(xiàng)側(cè)重Zantrex-3獲得

成功的方式，而文章并沒有這方面的信息；D選項(xiàng)與文章中的信息相反；從整體來看，文章

是以Zantrex-3為引子，引出減肥或瘦身類商品當(dāng)今在美國(guó)很流行的話題，即第1段是引入,

第2段開始切入主題，第2段的第2句可以看做是主題句。C選項(xiàng)與主題句的意思一致，因

此應(yīng)該是該題的答案。

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