2021高考英语阅读理解定时训练题(19)及答案.docx

2021高考英语阅读理解精英定时训练题（19）及答案

【北京市西城区2021模拟】C
Many factories and businesses around the globe have been struggling to deal with the severe economic realities of the recession （衰退） , so they are having their employees take compulsory unpaid leave to save money．For some workers, their salaries have been cut by 20 percent, forced to stay home one out of every five working days．For some businesses, though, the economic downturn is actually a goldmine．
Instead of going out to fancy restaurants to dine with the whole family, many choose to stay at home．" People are eating out less and staying home more, which is driving our sales," reports Domino's Pizza chief manager Chris Moore．Pizza is very popular, and it is also very affordable for a family that has little extra money to spare．Domino's business in England rose 15 percent in the first six weeks this year compared with the previous year．Moore believes that the customers now will remain loyal when the financial situation rights itself．" By exceeding （超越） their expectations in terms of product quality and speed of delivery．．．these customers will stay with Domino's when the economy becomes better．" said Moore．
Delivered pizza is not the only winner in the stay-at-home economy．Almost all online games have been reporting record-high income since the middle of 2008．Online games are designed to enable players to let off steam by interacting with each other socially in the comfort of their own homes．A Shanghai-based online game producer recently joked: "The game businesses are worried about economic recovery．"
Another business that has boomed during the recession is camping equipment．Luxury vacations for families are down, but people still want to get away from their dull lives．This means that sales of tents, sleeping bags, and other outdoor equipment has gone up as families are trying to still have fun even though their bank accounts aren't as good as they once were．There have been reports that sales of fishing equipment are on the rise because many people believe this can help lower their grocery bills．
63．What is true about Domino's in economic hard times?
A．It is giving its employees a 20 percent cut．
B．It has added four or five new cheaper pizzas．
C．It has to close 15 percent of its stores．
D．Its business is increasing quite rapidly．
64．What does the phrase "let off steam" mean in the third paragraph?
A．Save money．
B．Free one's feelings．
C．Kill another player online．
D．Make money from an online game．
65．How does the author present his point?
A．By giving examples．
B．By showing a sequence．
C．By explaining causes and effects．
D．By making comparisons and contrasts．
66．Which is the best title for the passage?
A．Domino's Pizza B．In-house Economy
C．Booming Businesses D．Economic Recession
【参考答案63—66】DBAB

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American doctors say that mothers who smoke cigarettes before their babies are born may slow the growth of their babies’ lungs. They say reduced lung growth could cause the babies to suffer breathing problems and lung disease later in life. Doctors in Boston, Massachusetts studied 1 100 children. The mothers of some of the children smoked, the other mothers did not. Doctors found that the lungs of the children whose mothers smoked were 8% less developed than the lungs of the children whose mothers did not smoke, and that the children whose mothers smoked developed 20% more cold and breathing diseases than other children later in life.
Another recent study found that children had a greater chance of developing lung cancer if their mothers smoked. The study also showed that the danger of lung cancer increased only for sons and not for daughters, and that the father’s smoking did not affect a child’s chance of developing lung cancer
1. Mother who smokes before her child is born may _______.
A. slow the growth of her baby’s lung
B. cause her baby to suffer breathing problems and lung disease later in life
C. make her child develop lung cancer
D. All of above are right
2. Doctors in Boston studied 1 100 children to _______.
A. examine whether these children were healthy
B. find out whether their mothers had smoked
C. find why these children suffered breathing problems and lung disease
D. look into the effect that mother’s smoking had on their children
3. Suppose John’s father was a heavy smoker, so was Mary’s mother. According this passage, _______.
A. John is more likely to develop lung cancer
B. Mary is more likely to develop lung cancer
C. John and Mary have the same chance to develop cancer
D. neither John nor Mary has the chance to develop cancer
4. This passage is to _______.
A. warn us of the danger of smoking before children
B. warn people with breathing problems not to smoke
C. warn us that mothers who smoke may affect their children’s health
D. warn us that fathers who smoke may affect their children as mothers
(1—4 DDAC)
【答案与解析】本文介绍了母亲吸烟对孩子身体健康的影响。
1. D。推断题。依据文章第 1 段第一、二句及第 2 段第 1 句可推知此题答案为 D。
2. D。推断题。依据文章第 1 段中介绍 Doctors in Boston 的试验结果，可推知此题答案为 D。
3. B。推断题。文章第 2 段说：最近另一项争辩发觉，假如母亲吸烟，那么孩子得肺癌打骂能性会增大。争辩还表明：儿子得肺癌的危急性增加，而女儿没有；父亲吸烟对小孩得肺癌的可能性无影响，从而可推知此题答案为 B。
4. C。主旨题。依据文章第 1 句、最终一句及全文内容可推知此题答案为 C。

A great big fellow, weighing around 250 pounds, walked with slow heavy noisy footsteps up to the produce counter in the supermarket. “Give me half a head of cabbage,” he told the clerk.
“All we have are whole heads,” came the cold reply.
“I don't want a whole head,” the customer demanded, “Just half a head. Are you going to sell me half a head?”
“Wait a minute, ” said the clerk nervously, “Let me ask the manager.”
She went back where the manager was stamping prices on canned goods. “Hey,” she said, “there's a big, stupid — looking buffalo(水牛) out front who wants me to sell him half a head of cabbage. Shall I tell the fool to…” She noticed the manager staring — not at her, but behind her. Turning, the clerk saw that the big and tall customer had followed her and heard every word. Quickly, the clerk turned back to the manager, “And this gentleman, ” she said, “wants to buy the other half.”
1. What is the best title for this passage?
A. A Strange Customer B. A Friendly Customer
C. A Nervous Customer D. A Polite Customer
2. When talking to the manager, the clerk was referring to _______.
A. two different customers
B. the same customer
C. more than two customers
D. a stupid-looking customer and a gentleman
3. What is your impression of the customer?
A. Looking like an animal. B. Looking like a house wife.
C. Looking like a gentleman. D. A man of strong build.
【答案与解析】本文叙述的是一个女售货员面对尴尬场面如何机灵化解的小幽默故事。
1. A。推断题。这位顾客块头很大，而且只买半头洋白菜，故令人惊异。也可依据文章内容，接受排解法知答案为A。
2. B。推断题。从短文中我们可以知道女售货员实际上指的是同一个顾客。
3. D。细节题。依据文章第1句A great big fellow, weighing around 250 pounds 以及big and tall customer可推知此题答案为D。

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A Wolf in Danger
What is happening to the timber wolf today?
Native Americans and early settlers often went to sleep to the sound of a lonely lullaby(催眠曲). It was the song of the wolf howling in a distant forest. There were many wolves then. One kind was the North American timber wolf.
Wolves are important to the balance of nature because they eat sick and weak animals. In Colorado, people tried to help deer by shooting wolves. But then there were so many deer that many of them starved to death.
The timber wolf is on the endangered special list. Animals on this list are in danger of disappearing from the earth. People drove the wolves away by cutting down the forests to build houses, towns, and highways. Timber wolves are now found only in Canada, Alaska, Michigan, and Minnesota.
This special animal may soon disappear from our forests forever. Then, its lonely howl will never be heard again.
1. Animals that are in danger of disappearing from the earth are called a _______species.
A. endangered B. living C. alive D. lived
2. Wolves help the balance of nature because they _______.
A. are an endangered species B. eat sick and weak animals
C. no longer live in forests D. help the farmers
3. At one time, the timber wolf was found _______.
A. in many parts of North America B. only in Colorado and Canada
C. in towns and cities in Alaska D. in many parts of Africa
4. Which of the following happened first?
A. People built towns and highways.
B. The timber wolf was driven away from its home.
C. People cut down the forests.
D. Timber wolves are endangered species.
5. When people in Colorado shot the wolves, they made a mistake because_______.
A. the wolves kept down the number of deer
B. wolves never attacked other animals
C. the wolves were starving and would have died anyway
D. they kept the balance of nature
【答案与解析】本文介绍timber wolfs所面临的危急境况，并分析了其缘由和后果。
1.A。细节题。依据文章第4段第1句和第2句The timber wolf is on the endangered special list. Animals on this list are in danger of disappearing from the earth可推知此题答案为A。
2.B。细节题。依据文章第3段第1句because they eat sick and weak animals可推知此题答案为B。
3.A。细节题。依据文章第2段最终一句One kind was the North American timber wolf.
可推知此题答案为A。
4.C。细节题。依据文章第4段第3句People drove the wolves away by cutting down the forests to build houses, towns, and highways可推知此题答案为C。
5.A。推断题。从第3段最终两句看出：人们杀狼保鹿，结果，鹿的量过多而导致很多的鹿被饿死。从而可推知此题答案为A。

【北京市西城区2021模拟】D
All around the world, shoppers flock to Wal-Mart to buy everything．In Texas, they come for another reason: to see the wind turbine （涡轮机 , which supplies 5% of the store's electricity．It along with other facilities, such as exterior walls coated with heat-reflective paint, makes this Wal-Mart a green giant．
The laws of economics suggest that Wal-Mart, with 5, 200 stores worldwide, influences everything including the price of all kinds of goods．It throws its weight behind environmental responsibility, and the impact could be amazing．"One little change in product packaging could save 1, 500 trees," says Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott．"If everybody saves 1, 500 trees or 50 barrels of oil, at the end of the day you have made a huge difference．"
Scott wants Wal-Mart to do its part too．He has promised to cut the existing greenhouse-gas emissions （排放） over the next few years and promised to construct new stores that are more efficient．He wants Wal-Mart's fleet （车队） of more than 7, 000 trucks to get twice as many miles per gallon by 2021．Factories that show Wal-Mart they're cutting air pollution will get preferential treatment in the supply chain．Wal-Mart says it's working with consumer-product manufacturers to reduce their packaging and will reward them if they do so．
Some people may doubt it is a bid to attract attention from Wal-Mart's controversial labor and health-insurance practices．But it's not just window dressing, because Wal-Mart sees profits in going green．Scott says, "This is a business philosophy, not a social philosophy．We don't go where we don't think there's a great interest in change．"
Like Bill Gates, who started his charitable foundation, Scott happens to be promoting Wal-Mart's image at a time when his company's reputation is declining．He acknowledges that he launched the plan partly to shield （疼惜，庇护） Wal-Mart from bad press about its contribution to global warming．" By doing what we're doing today, we avoid the headline risks that are going to come for people who did not do anything," he says．"At some point businesses will be held responsible for the actions they take．" Meanwhile, should Wal-Mart succeed at shrinking its environmental footprint and lowering prices for green products, both the planet and the company will profit．
67．We can infer from the passage that ______．
A．Lee Scott is Wal-Mart's CEO
B．there are 5, 200 stores in the world
C．Wal-Mart has a great influence on the world market
D．Wal-Mart has more than 7, 000 trucks all over the world
68．What does the underlined sentence "This is a business philosophy, not a social philosophy．" mean in the fourth paragraph?
A．Wal-Mart predicts huge profits in its green activity．
B．Wal-Mart's green activity is just window dressing．
C．Wal-Mart aims to solve its health-insurance practices．
D．Wal-Mart doesn't have any social responsibility at all．
69．What will Wal-Mart probably do in the future?
A．Reduce air pollution in its present stores．
B．Give favorable treatment to its consumers．
C．Ask the factories to reduce their packaging．
D．Demand the fleet of trucks to use more fuel than before．
70．What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A．Provide the background of the green plan．
B．Stress the purpose of Wal-Mart's green plan．
C．Present the risk that Wal-Mart is facing nowadays．
D．Analyze the similarity between Bill Gates and Scott.
【参考答案】67—70、CAAB

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Unless governments take necessary measures to protect tigers, they may disappear by 2010, the World Wildlife Fund said Thursday.
The conservation(疼惜) group said tiger numbers have decreased(削减) 95 percent in the past century and only 5 000～7 200 tigers still remain in the wild — compared with nearly ten times that many at the start of the century.
WWF published an update of their study on Feb. 11, 1999 — Wanted Alive: Tigers in the Wild, marking the end of the Chinese Year of the Tiger.
The report states that in spite of the great efforts over the past year, much remains to be done to prevent the tiger from becoming extinct early next century. If governments do not fight against unlawful hunting and get rid of the demand for tiger products the tiger will go to extinction, says WWF.
“We cannot relax for one moment if we are to make it certain that tigers will still exist in the wild by the next Chinese Year of the Tiger in 2010.” Said Elizabeth Kemt, species conservation information manager at WWF International and one of the authors of the report.
Three of the subspecies of tiger—the Bali, Caspian and Javan tigers are extinct. The South China tiger faces the same end as only 20 or 30 are known to remain in the wild, down from 4 000 in 1950s.
1. This passage tells us that _______.
A. WWF is a government organization of China
B. there are altogether two Chinese Years of the Tiger: 1999 and 2010]
C. Elizabeth Kemf didn’t join the authors in writing the report but she agreed to their opinion
D. if the twenty to thirty South China tigers were killed, probably no tiger of this kind would remain in the wild[
2. The word “extinct” in the fourth paragraph probably means _______.
A. fewer B. lost C. dead D. alive
3. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?
A. How to Protect Tigers B. Tigers Are Disappearing from the World
C. Tigers in the Wild D. The Chi