2019屆高考英語一輪復習自選訓練 閱讀理解49A beautiful and very successful actress was the star of a new musical show. Her home was in the country, but she didnt want to have to go back there every night. So she rented an expensive flat in the centre of the city, bought some beautiful furniture and hired a man to paint the rooms in new colours.It was very difficult to get tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it, so she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better and more willingly for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painters bill. At the bottom of it were the words: “Four hours watching Miss Ball sing and dance: $3,” with this note: “After 5 p.m., I get fifteen shillings an hour instead of ten shillings.” 1. In this article, “Miss Ball” was the name of _.A. a place where people sang and dancedB. a dance party C. an actressD. a ball2. The actress gave the painter two tickets, hoping _.A. he would be pleasedB. he would ask less money for his work C. he would charge more money for his work D. he would praise her musical show3. After the painter got the tickets from the actress, he _.A. sold them for $3B. went to watch the musical showC. paid $3 for themD. was very thankful to her【答案與解析】本文講述了一個女演員為了調動給她做事的人的積極性，給了他兩張很難買到看演出的門票，結果，這個做事的人曲解了這個女演員的用意，以為這也是在為她工作，而向她收取工錢的幽默故事。1. C。推斷題。從第2段第1句It was very difficult to get tickets for her show及工人的收款單下面的字Four hours watching Miss Ball sing and dance: $3可知Miss Ball就是這個演員，故此題答案為C。2. A。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第2段第2句She hoped that this would make him work better and more willingly for her.可推知此題答案為A。3. B。推斷題。從工人的收款單下面的字Four hours watching Miss Ball sing and dance: $3可知：工人花了四小時的時間觀看她的演出，故此題答案為B。*結束 (1) It's eight o'clock and the time for Morning New Highlights(最精彩部分). One person was killed and two were injured in a car accident just thirty minutes ago. Cause of the accident is not yet found out. A great fire swept through a storehouse next to the FultonRiver early this morning, causing about $3,000,000 in damage. The fire which broke out at about 2:30 was finally put out at 5: 30. That was the Morning News Highlights, Dan Verne reporting.1. According to the passage the car accident happened at _. A.8:00B.7:30C.2:30D.8:30 2. How many pieces of news are reported in the short passage? |X|KA. Two.B. Three.C. One.D. Four. 3. The above passage may probably appear _.A. in the newspaperB. in a magazineC. on the radioD. on the telephone【答案與解析】這是一篇介紹了一起車禍和一場火災的早上新聞廣播。1. B。由于報道新聞的時間是eight oclock，而發(fā)生車禍的時間是在此前的30分鐘，亦即7:30，故選B。2. A。文中一共報道了兩條新聞一場車禍和一場火災。3. C。讀完全文，顯然可知這是一篇廣播新聞，故選C。*結束(2)New York, September 15. During a heavy rainfall last night a bus carrying 42 passengers slipped off the road on Highway 28, killing 36 of the passengers and the driver. A spokesman for the Highway Patrol(巡邏隊) who arrived at the scene shortly after 11:30 p.m. estimated(估計) that the accident had happened about half an hour before. The injured and the dead were sent to the nearest town of Valley View. At the point where the accident happened the road has a three-lane(三條行車線) highway with many curves(彎道). Cause of the accident has not been fully found out.1. It was very likely that the accident happened _.A. after 11: 30 p.m.B. in the city of New YorkC. at or about 11: 00 p.m.D. in the town of Valley View2. How many people died in the accident?A. 37B. 36C. 43D. 42K3. In consideration of what caused the accident, one should pay attention to _.A. the careless driverB. the nearest town of Valley ViewC. Highway 28D. the road with many curves【答案與解析】本文是一篇有關一起車禍的新聞報道。1. C。推斷題。巡邏隊發(fā)言人晚上11點半到達，發(fā)言人說是大約半小時前發(fā)生車禍的，那車禍應該是大約11點鐘發(fā)生的。2. A。細節(jié)題。36個乘客再加一名司機，當然是死了37人。3. D。推斷題。因為最后一段第1句話At the point where the accident happened the road has a three-lane(三條行車線) highway with many curves(彎道)，所以答案為D。*結束(3)Yong Liang, two years old, is the first giant panda raised from birth in the zoo. Last month zoo keepers found the panda was suffering from serious anemia(貧血), calling for urgent blood transfusion.The best way, according to the zoos experts, to save Yong Liang from anemia would be to transfuse blood from another panda. But it was the breeding season for giant pandas, and such a transfusion would be very difficult. But the experts found that there exits a close consanguinity(血緣) between giant pandas and black bears, and so they decided to try to take blood from black bears in the zoo and transfuse it to Yong Liang.With the help of hospitals and the Beijing Blood Donor Station, they made an experiment which proved that the red blood cells in the blood of black bears can be used.On the afternoon of February 15th, the first red blood cell transfusion was given to the giant panda about 600 ml blood from the black bear. Immediately the young panda started to recover.1. Which of the following is NOT true to the article? A. Giant pandas and black bears are of the same race.B. The transfusion was based on scientific research and experiments.C. After the transfusion, the young panda began to regain health.D. The 2-year-old panda was probably born in the Beijing zoo.2. They decided to try another way to save the panda because _.A. it was difficult to find other pandasB. the blood of pandas was too expensiveC. it was the breeding season for the panda, Yong LiangD. other pandas were producing young at that time3. The best title of the article should be _.A. Protecting Giant PandasB. Yong LingA Giant PandaC. Bear Blood Saved PandaD. A Successful Transfusion【答案與解析】兩歲的熊貓永良貧血，專家們發(fā)現(xiàn)熊貓的血與黑熊的血緣相近，于是就從黑熊身上抽了3600毫升血輸給永良，最后永良得救了。1. A。判斷題。B、C、D三項內容文章涉及了，惟獨沒說熊貓和黑熊是同一種族。2. D。語義理解題。從第2段最后一句話But it was the breeding season for giant pandas可以知道答案是D。3. C。主旨題。文章主要是講熊貓永良貧血，專家們發(fā)現(xiàn)黑熊的血和熊貓的血是相近的血緣，于是抽了黑熊的血救了熊貓。所以答案應該選C。*結束(4) CHENGDU New towns are rising rapidly in the countryside of SichuanProvince, southwest China. Over the past two years, some 200 towns have been set up, bringing the total to 5, 600. The towns are located at places with transport(交通運輸) facilities(設施條件). They serve as a link between cities and countryside, through which farm product is transported to the big cities and all kinds of goods brought from the cities to the countryside. Datang, on the Sichuan Tibet(西藏) Highway, in Pujiang county(蒲江縣) used to be a market. Now it has become an economic and commercial(商業(yè)的) centre of four counties nearby, and a link between these counties and the provincial(省的) capital of Chengdu.1. This passage was probably taken from _.A. a travel bookB. a history magazineC. a newspaperD. a textbook2. Which of the following is the closest to the number of the towns in Sichuan two years ago?A. 200.B. 5 400.C. 5 600.D. 5 800.3. The new towns serve to help _. A. add more transport facilitiesB. make peoples cultural life richC. business and the exchange of productsD. economic commercial center【答案解析】本文介紹了四川農村小城鎮(zhèn)迅速發(fā)展的情況。1. C。推斷題。根據(jù)CHENGDU New towns are rising rapidly in the countryside of Sichuan Province, southwest China可以知道，這是報紙上的一則新聞。2. B。細節(jié)題。根據(jù)some 200 towns have been set up, bringing the total to 5, 600 可以推知，兩年前四川農村的小城鎮(zhèn)的數(shù)目約為5 400個。3. C。細節(jié)題。根據(jù) through which farm product is transported to the big cities and all kinds of goods brought from the cities to the countryside 可推知農村小城鎮(zhèn)有助于商品流通和產品交換。*結束（14）Surinamese military(蘇里南軍事的) strongman General Desi Bouterse announced on December 31, 1990 that he had taken over(接收) the army command with the agreement of the new president. Bouterse angrily gave up his post on December 23 after a dispute(爭論) with Ramsewak Shanker, president of the tiny South American nation, which lies on the south of the Atlantic, on the north of Brazil, to the southeast of Venezuela and between Guyana on the west and east. The army announced they were overthrowing(推翻) Shanker the next day. Bouterse said the new President Johan Kraag agreed on the morning of December 31 to let him take up the army command again after careful talks with the military leaders. Surinams Parliament(議會), under the great pressure from the army, elected Kraag on December 29. The army general ruled Surinam between 1980 and 1988 before handing the power over to the elected civilian(文人的) government. Although there have been on public protests(抗議), the new government has not been recognized by Venezuela, Panama and some other Latin American countries. 1. According to the news, General Desi Bouterse _. A. is now an ordinary citizen of SurinamB. is now an army commander of SurinamC. is now a General giving up his post in the Surinamese ArmyD. is now a new president of Surinam2. The new government was not recognized by some other countries mainly because _. A. it is no more trustful than the old governmentB. it is a government the Surinamese are strongly againstC. it had not any powerD. it is not a government elected by the Surinamese people3. Who has the greatest power in Surinam at present? A. Johan Kraag. B. The military leaders. C. General Desi Bouterse. D. Ramsewak Shanker.4. From the news, we can know that this is _ that the army general ruled Surinam. A. the first time B. the second time C. the third time D. the fourth time 5. Which of the following maps shows the right position of Surinam and its neighbouring countries? (S=Surinam; B=Brazil; G=Guyana; V=Venezuela; A=the Atlantic Ocean) 【答案與解析】這是一則關于蘇里南軍隊的將軍Bouterse再次掌權的消息。1. B。細節(jié)題。從文中第1句可知答案選A。2. D。細節(jié)題。從文中最后一段“蘇里議會在軍隊的巨大壓力下進行了選舉，但遭到了公眾的抗議，新政府一直未得到拉美一些國家的認可。”可知此題答案選D。3. C。推斷題。從文中第2段可知答案為C。4. B。推斷題。根據(jù)第3段中的Bouterse said the new President Johan Kraag agreed on the morning of December 31 to let him take up the army command again after careful talks with the military leaders 可知答案為B。5. A。推斷題。從文中第1段倒數(shù)第2句 which lies on the south of the Atlantic 可知答案選A。*結束內容總結（1）根據(jù)CHENGDU New towns are rising rapidly in the countryside of Sichuan Province, southwest China可以知道，這是報紙上的一則新聞