（整理版高中英語(yǔ)）龍泉高中高三考前英語(yǔ)閱讀日日練（十七）

1、龍泉高中高三考前英語(yǔ)閱讀日日練十七 第1篇 the treadle pump is based on a design developed in the 1970s by norwegian engineer gunnar barnes. it can be made locally.the treadle pump is easy to build from bamboo or other wood and two metal cylinders (圓筒) with pistons (活塞). the pistons go up and down as a person stands on

2、lever devices treadles and uses a natural walking motion.how many hours a day the pump needs to be operated depends on the season and how much water is needed for crops. it could be two hours a day. it could be seven hours a day.small children sometimes stand with their parents on the treadles. ever

3、yone in the family can take turns operating the pump.the acumen fund is a nonprofit group that invests in business projects to fight poverty. it studied the effects of treadle pumps in the indian state of uttar pradesh. uttar pradesh has three treadle pump manufacturers and more than seventythree th

4、ousand pumps.acumen reported that families using them ate more vegetables, because they were able to grow more to eat and to sell. many of these families also drank more milk, because they bought a cow with their added earnings. men with treadle pumps often no longer have to leave the farm to seek e

5、xtra work in cities.the pump can also improve education. farmers often use their extra earnings to buy books for their children or to pay for schooling.a farmer in zambia said he hoped to have enough money in three years to buy a dieselpowered pump (柴油泵). then he could grow more crops over a larger

6、area.but the world economic crisis has had an effect on some farmers. ide executive director zenia tata says some who were able to buy diesel pumps now do not have enough money to buy fuel. so they are using their treadle pumps again.語(yǔ)篇解讀腳踏泵因其簡(jiǎn)單、易行、實(shí)用之特點(diǎn)，正在世界的廣闊貧困地區(qū)被推廣，以幫助農(nóng)民脫貧致富，且已取得了顯著的效果。1the trea

7、dle pump _.a. is invented by an american engineerb. is mainly made of metalc. consists of two cylinders with pistonsd. consists of two cylinders with an engine解析事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第一句可知答案為c。答案c2what does the author want to tell us about the treadle pump in the second paragraph?a. its history.b. its working

8、principle.c. its structure.d. its usage and effects.解析作者意圖題。a和d顯然不對(duì)，c有一定干擾性，但其不能概括第二句，介紹工作原理時(shí)，一般要同時(shí)介紹其結(jié)構(gòu)，應(yīng)選b。答案b3it can be inferred from the passage that _.a. it is easy to learn how to operate the treadle pumpb. it is difficult to build a treadle pumpc. the treadle pump is used more in winter than

9、in summerd. operating the treadle pump can keep fit解析推理判斷題。b和c與文中內(nèi)容相悖，可排除。易錯(cuò)選d，但文中沒(méi)有依據(jù)，無(wú)法推知。根據(jù)第四段，小孩也可幫助，家庭中每個(gè)人都可參與，可推知a為答案。答案a4each treadle pump manufacturer in the indian state of uttar pradesh has produced on average about _.a. 18, 000 pumps b. 24, 000 pumpsc. 37, 000 pumps d. 73, 000 pumps解析數(shù)據(jù)推算

10、題。根據(jù)第五段第三句可知，該州共三家生產(chǎn)商，共有七萬(wàn)三千多架腳踏泵，平均每家生產(chǎn)兩萬(wàn)四千架左右，應(yīng)選b。答案b5why does the farmer in zambia hope to buy a dieselpowered pump?a. because he wants to grow crops on a larger scale.b. because he hates to leave the farm to seek fortune in cities.c. because a dieselpowered pump is cheaper than before.d. because

11、 oil is much cheaper than before.解析事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段第二句可知答案。答案a長(zhǎng)難句解讀ide executive director zenia tata says some who were able to buy diesel pumps now do not have enough money to buy fuel.該句為雙重復(fù)合句。主句主語(yǔ)為ide executive director zenia tata，謂語(yǔ)為says，后面為省略了that的賓語(yǔ)從句。該賓語(yǔ)從句的主干局部為some do not have enoueh money to b

12、uy fuel，who were able to buy diesel pumps為定語(yǔ)從句，修飾主語(yǔ)some。第2篇it was near dusk, and kim cooper and her husband, steve, were trucking through northern kentucky transportation auto parts from louisville to detroit for a goods company. “steve, wake up！ she shouted. “theres a truck on fire！inside the burni

13、ng truck, ronnie sanders, 38, was fighting for his life. hed been running a heavy load of tractors and forklifts from georgia to indianapolis when a van in front of him stopped suddenly in traffic on the icy road. as ronnie bore down, he could see children in the backseat. the trucks bulk would prob

14、ably protect him from the worst of the impact, but the force of 23 tons would likely crush(壓碎) everyone inside the van.“i figured instead of killing other people, id just put the truck in the ditch. at the bottom, rocks cut a fuel tank, which caught fire. a tree branch destroyed the windshield and k

15、nocked ronnie unconscious. he came to life a couple of minutes later to find the cabin flames and his legs on fire.steve dashed to ronnie, who was hanging headfirst from the passenger door. ronnie had used his pocketknife to cut himself free from the driversside seat belt only to get his boot trappe

16、d in another one. steve climbed into the burning cab to free him.he tried three times to pull ronnie out before finally freeing him. but ronnies legs were still burning, so steve laid him on the ground, ripped off his own shirt, and beat the flames with it. hed managed to drag him about 20 yards whe

17、n one of the trucks 150gallon fuel tanks exploded.both steve and ronnie paid a price for risking their lives for strangers. ronnie spent two months in the hospital and received skin grafts on both of his legs. steve suffered smoke breathing and minor burns, and shrapnel from the fuel tank explosion

18、broke a tooth.in february, the coopers received a hero of the highway award from the open road foundation for rescuing an injured driver. steve insists ronnie is the real hero: “if he hadnt gone into the ditch, he would have hit that van. it was his decision to drive off the road.“i feel pretty good

19、 about it， says ronnie. “a lot of people could have been hurt.解讀：本文為記敘文，主要講述了the coopers途中遇到ronnie開(kāi)的大卡車著火了；ronnie為了不造成更大的傷害，不顧自身的安危，將卡車開(kāi)進(jìn)水溝里，而steve那么竭盡全力救助ronnie。1. according to the passage, ronnies putting the truck in the ditch contributes to_.a. his concern for his own safetyb. his poor driving s

20、killc. the icy roadd. his concern for others lives解析細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。由文章的第三段第一句話“i figured instead of killing other people，id just put the truck in the ditch.可推斷出。答案d2. what probably made ronnie come to life after driving the truck in the ditch?a. the noise from the highway.b. the call from the coopers.c. the

21、pain from the burning legs.d. the heat of the fire.解析細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)文章的第三段最后一句話he came to life a couple of minutes later to find the cab in flames and his legs on fire.利用排除法。答案c3. how did steve put out the flames in ronnies legs?a. he beat the flames with ronnies shirt.b. he beat the flames with his own sh

22、irt.c. he put out the fire with a tank of water.d. he put out the fire with a bag of sand.解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第五段第二句話，steve撕下自己的襯衫，用它來(lái)?yè)錅?ronnie雙腿上的)火焰。答案b4. what does the underlined word “shrapnel in paragraph 6 mean?a. a branch of a tree.b. a small piece of metal.c. a wave of the explosion.d. the heat of t

23、he explosion.解析詞義猜想題。根據(jù)下文shrapnel from the fuel tank explosion broke a tooth可知是“油箱爆炸產(chǎn)生的金屬片打碎了一顆牙。答案b5. which of the following can be the best title of this passage?a. heroes: the coopersb. heroes: roadside flamesc. accidents on the icy roadd. accidents in the ditch解析確定文章標(biāo)題。綜觀全文，a，c，d三項(xiàng)不夠全面；而b項(xiàng)即說(shuō)明事故，

24、也說(shuō)明了事故中竭力營(yíng)救他人的英雄。答案b 第3篇astronauts aboard the space station celebrated a space first on wednesday by drinking water that had been recycled from their urine and sweat and water that condenses from exhaled air. they said “cheers ，clicked drinking bags and toasted nasa workers on the ground who were si

25、pping their own version of recycled drinking water.the recycling system is needed for astronaut stations on the moon and mars. it also will save nasa money because it won t have to ship up as much water to the station by space shuttle or cargo rockets.besides, it s important as the space station is

26、about to expand from three people living on board to six.the recycling system had been brought up to the space station last november by space shuttle endeavour, but it couldn t be used until samples were tested back on earth. so when it came time to actually drink up, nasa made a big deal of it. the

27、 threeman crew stood, holding their drinks and congratulated engineers in two nasa centers that worked on the system.“this is something that had been the stuff of science fiction， barratt said before taking a small mouthful. “the taste is worth trying.nasa deputy space shuttle manager leroy cain cal

28、led it “a huge milestonethe new system takes the combined urine of the crew from the toilet, moves it to a big tank, where the water is boiled off, and the vapor is collected. the rest of the urine is thrown away. the water vapor is mixed with water from air condensation, and then it goes through fi

29、lters. when six crew members are aboard it can make about six gallons from urine in about six hours.“some people may find the idea of drinking recycled urine distasteful, but it is also done on earth with a lot longer time between urine and the tapsaid marybeth edeen, the space stations national lab

30、 manager.the technology nasa developed for this system has already been used for quick water purification after the asian tsunami, edeen said.“we are happy to have this water work through the system we re happy to have it work through our systems，barratt said.語(yǔ)篇解讀本文講的是國(guó)際空間站宇航員試飲尿液循環(huán)水。1according to t

31、he text, the recycling system is important because_.a. it makes traveling to the moon for the common person possibleb. with it nasa won t need to ship any water up to the space stationc. it can help to meet the need for more water after the crew are expandedd. it protects the environment in space by

32、 reducing the amount of waste解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“its important as the space station is about to expand from three people living on board to six可知c項(xiàng)正確。答案c2what is the right time order of the following events?a. the samples of the recycled water were tested on earth.b. astronauts celebrated the space firs

33、t of making water from urine.c. the recycling system was brought up to the space station.d. the technology for the system was used to quickly purify water.a. a，d，c，b b. a，c，b，dc. d，a，c，b d. d，c，a，b解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的“the technology nasa developed for this system has already been used for quick water pu

34、rification after the asian tsunami可知d發(fā)生最早。根據(jù)第三段的“ the recycling system had been brought up to the space station last november. couldn t be used until samples were tested back on earth可知c發(fā)生在a的前面，因此d項(xiàng)正確。答案d3from para. 6 we can know_.a. the theory behind the recycling systemb. the effect of the recycli

35、ng systemc. the process of the recycling systemd. an opinion on the recycling system解析段落概括題。該段主要講述的是使用尿液循環(huán)系統(tǒng)將尿制成水的過(guò)程。答案c4what did edeen say about recycled urine and the recycling system?a. the taste of recycled urine is not as good as common water.b. the recycling system has made a science fiction s

36、tory come true.c. the idea of drinking recycled urine makes astronauts feel unpleasant.d. it takes a longer time on earth to make water from urine than in space.解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第七段中的“with a lot onger time between urine and the tap可知d項(xiàng)正確。答案d5what is the best title for the passage?a. the research of nasa ha

37、s made great progressb. new technology is used in the space stationc. drink up: space station recycles urine to waterd. good news: water recycled from urine tastes good解析標(biāo)題概括題。本文報(bào)道了國(guó)際空間站的宇航員試飲尿液循環(huán)水，“drink up生動(dòng)反映飲用時(shí)的情景，“space station recycles urine to watert點(diǎn)明了制造技術(shù)。故c項(xiàng)最正確。答案c長(zhǎng)難句解讀astronauts aboard th

38、e space station celebrated a space first on wednesday by drinking water that had been recycled from their urine and sweat and water that condenses from exhaled air.主句是：astronautscelebrated a space first on wednesday by drinking water.aboard the space station和that had been recycled from their urine a

39、nd sweat and water充當(dāng)定語(yǔ)分別修飾名詞astronauts和water。 第4篇london (reuters) quiet please britain s queen elizabeth is preparing to have her swans counted.buckingham palace has announced that the annual swan upping, a tradition dating back to the 12th century which involves a census of the swan population on t

40、he river thames, will be conducted by the queen s official swan marker from july 20 24.“with the assistance of the queen s swan warden, professor christopher perrins of the university of oxford, the swans and young cygnets (小天鵝) are also assessed for any signs of injury or disease， buckingham palace

41、 said in announcing the count.the process involves the swan marker, david barber, rowing up the thames for five days with the swan warden in traditional skiffs while wearing special scarlet uniforms and counting, weighing and measuring swans and cygnets.it may seem eccentric, but it is very importan

42、t to the queen, according to custom, britain s sovereign owns all unmarked, mute swans in open water, but the queen now exercises the right only on stretches of the thames and its nearby tributaries.in medieval times, the swan marker would not only travel up the river counting the swans, but would c

43、atch as many as possible as they were soughtafter for banquets and feasts.this year, the swan marker and the swan warden are particularly keen to discover how much damage is being caused to swans and cygnets by attacks from dogs and from discarded fishing tackle (漁具)it is also an important year beca

44、use queen elizabeth has decided to join her team of swan uppers for part of the census. she will follow them up the river and visit a local school project on the whole subject of swans, cygnets and the thames.“education and conservation are essential to the role of swan upping and the involvement of school children is always a rewarding experience， buckingham palace said.語(yǔ)篇解讀泰晤士河上每年都要舉行一個(gè)重要的活動(dòng)：數(shù)天鵝。英國(guó)皇室的這一傳統(tǒng)已經(jīng)延續(xù)了好幾個(gè)世紀(jì)。1. in medieval times，_.a. swans we