江苏省2012高考英语二轮复习-限时训练专题2-阅读理解18.doc

2012高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练（江苏专用）专题2 阅读理解 18（35分钟）ATemperature is measured by means of a thermometer (温度计). One general form of thermometer depends upon the fact that most solids and liquids expand as their temperature rises. There are one or two exceptions. There is, for instance, a kind of steel called invar (from “invariable”) which does not change its dimensions as temperature changes; it is valuable for making pendulums (钟摆), since, if the length of a pendulum changes, its time of vibration changes. It is also used for making very accurate measuring scales. In both cases, then, changes of atmospheric temperature have no effect if invar is used. Another exception is that very odd liquid, water, which has many strange properties (特性). As water gets colder it contracts (收缩), which is ordinary behavior, until it reaches the temperature of 30. above freezing point. After that, as it gets colder, it expands. This is fortunate-for considering the freezing of a pond. As the water on top gets colder, it shrinks; and so, volume for volume, it becomes heavier and sinks. This goes on until all the pond is at 30, but after that, as the water becomes colder it expands. Therefore the colder water stays on top and freezes, covering the pond with ice. If the water went on contracting down to the freezing point, the pond would become a solid block of ice in the end. This would not worry people who live in hot climates, but it would be very serious for those who live in cold climates, especially for those who want to break the ice and catch fish which live in the cold water beneath.1. Invar is valuable for making pendulums because _.A. it can hardly change its shape or size as temperature changes. B. it will change its dimensions without the change of temperature.C. its time of vibration doesnt change if its length changes. D. its time of vibration does not change if its length changes.2. As water gets colder after reaching the temperature of 30. it will _.A. contract B. shrink C. expand D. freeze3. Which of the following statements is true, according to this passage?A. Only invar can be used to make a thermometer. B. Only water can be used to make a thermometer.C. Both invar and water can be used to make a thermometer. D. Neither invar nor water can be used to make a thermometer. 4. The best title of this passage is most likely to be _.A. Temperature Measurement B. Two ExceptionsC. Uses of Invar D. Properties of WaterBThese days no car show is complete without an electric car, and the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, US, which ran from January 10 to 23, was no exception. Among the fully electric vehicles on display were the Ford Focus Electric and the Honda Fit EV. BMW and Volvo also had prominent displays at the show, proving that they can produce practical, yet spacious family-oriented electric cars. Industry insiders at the show claimed that more efficient batteries, improved performance and greater consumer acceptance could make 2011 the “year of electric car”.Its long been clear that electric cars score heavily for convenience. They are, for instance, much easier to maintain than gasoline-powered cars. When the battery runs out, you simply replace it or recharge it, just like you would for a cell phone or a laptop. This is also a much cheaper method than filling your tank with gasoline. Better yet, electric cars dont emit exhaust fumes. As a result, they dont produce environmentally damaging greenhouse gases. It appears that improved technology is making electric cars and their maintenance much more user-friendly. So, what are the obstacles which are preventing electric cars from becoming popular and fashionable? Home charging for electric cars could be extremely convenient for users. However, it is also a potential obstacle. For a start, installing charging stations in owners homes will be a challenge, particularly for those who have to park several blocks away from their homes. Also, charging the cars battery still takes quite a long time. It may be some time yet before you can recharge an electric car in the same time as you can refill your gas tank. Another problem is that many electric vehicles have limited ranges that may only allow for journeys of 50 miles (80 km) or less between charges. In cases where a driver wishes to charge the car primarily at home (perhaps overnight), this limits their daily driving to the range of their vehicle.This may be one reason why hybrid cars are now becoming more popular. A hybrid car has more than one energy source, usually a traditional gasoline fuel tank and an electric battery. Its like a more practical version of an electric car: Its greener than a conventional vehicle, with fewer CO2 emissions, yet it also doubles as a conventional vehicle.“I would say that hybrid is a transition to fully electronic,” Road and Track magazine editor Richard Horman told Detroit News during the show. “The trend is for lighter, smarter, more economical cars. Of course, electronic vehicles are meant to be that way.”This sounds promising, particularly in light of the fact that the show featured more electric cars from big manufacturers than ever before. However, it seems that the technology associated with electric cars is not yet able to fully meet peoples expectations. Dont expect gasoline-powered cars to disappear from roads just yet. 5. What made electric cars more convenient? A. Easier maintenance. B. High scores on the show.C. Practicality and large space. D. Much lower prices.6. Which of the following could NOT act as a potential obstacle of electric cars? A. It is rough work to install charging stations at home.B. It is time-consuming to charge the batteries.C. The ranges between charges are limited.D. Theres no need to fill the tank with petrol.7. In Paragraph 10, the underlined word “hybrid” is probably closest in meaning to _.A. gasoline B. electricC. combined D. separated8. The writers purpose in writing this passage is to_.A. introduce the 2011 Auto Show in US B. get readers informed of electric carsC. comment on different types of cars D. advertise for electric carsCOne Day Tour: Great Wall & Summer PalaceOverview: You will visit the famous Badaling Great Wall and Summer Palace in one day.Tour Description and Itinerary (行程)One day Private Tour or Coach Tour: Depart everydayStart from 8:30 am to around 6:00 pm, flexible schedule for private tour.Itinerary:Pick you up from hotel on departure time, then drive to the famous Badaling Great Wall, which is 60 miles away from downtown about one and a half hour driving. Sightseeing on Great Wall Badaling section for about 3 hours. Visit scenic spots: Badaling Geat Wall, Badaling Fortress, Beacon-towers, Looking-toward-Beijing Stone, etc. (Cable car is available for you to get to the highest point to have a bird view)Drive to restaurant for lunch. After lunch, visit the largest and most beautiful Chinese imperial garden- Summer Palace.Visit scenic spots: 1. East palace gate, 2. the hall of benevolence and longevity, 3. hall of jade billows, 4. the hall of joyful longevity, 5. the covered walkway, 6. the marble boat, etc.Transfer you back to your hotel after the whole day tour.For the coach tour (small group in each bus, 6-10 persons per group): Suitable for economic or single travelers, make friends on the same bus, only English-speaking travelers on our bus.Travellers will be arranged in a small group, Keep group size less than ten in each air-conditioned bus;Vehicle mode: Coaster-New air-conditioned tour coach (click for picture)- 26 seats, only 6-10 persons per bus.For Private Tour:Private tour is suitable for those individual or family travelers who is not willing to join the tour group, it may not feel very free when following the group. A designated car and private guide will follow you to go to the place you like, this package cost higher than coach tour.Vehicle mode: private luxury car or MPV van (click for picture)For the private tour, you also need to go to one or two shopping stops every day.Tour Price includes: 1. Pick-up and drop-off from your hotel.2. Air-conditioned car, van or minibus for your private group.3. Entrance tickets of the sightseeings.4. English-speaking tour guide explain the sightseeings along the tour.5. Typical Chinese lunch.6. Chinese Jade shop visit. Tour Package excludes:Fee of cable car - cable car to the highest point of Great Wall, 60 RMB ($7.4) Note: Children taller than 1.1 meter should be charged as full price, children shorter than 1.1 meter should be charged only half of the price.How to Book? 1. You can book online or by email, tell us which hotel to pick you up, then receive our confirmation email.2. When you arrive in Beijing, our tour guide will call you the night before the tour, if you are not in hotel room, we will leave a message in your room, to inform the time to pick you up in the next morning.Payment Methods: 1.Cash to tour guide 2.Credit card 3.PayPal 4.Bank remit (wire transfer)9. If a group of 26 Americans want to have a one-day tour in Beijing, they can . A. share the same bus B. take 6 coaches at most C. take 3 coaches at least D. not speak English10. For private tour, .A. travellers can ask the tour guide to change the travel scheduleB. travellers should pay the same amount of money as the coach tourC. travellers must pay additional money for the entrance ticketsD. travellers neednt pay additional money for the cable car11. This passage is most probably taken from .A. a travel guide B. a newspaper C. a magazine D. the InternetDI am a German by birth and descent. My name is Schmidt. But by education I am quite as much an Englishman as a Deutscher, and by affection much more the former. My life has been spent pretty equally between the two countries, and I flatter myself I speak both languages without any foreign accent. I count England my headquarters now: it is “home” to me. But a few years ago I was resident in Germany, only going over to London now and then on business. I will not mention the town where I lived. It is unnecessary to do so, and in the peculiar experience I am about to relate I think real names of people and places are just as well, or better avoided. I was connected with a large and important firm of engineers. I had been bred up to the profession, and was credited with a certain amount of “talent”; and I was consideredand, with all modesty, I think I deserved the opinionsteady and reliable, so that I had already attained a fair position in the house, and was looked upon as a “rising man”. But I was still young, and not quite so wise as I thought myself. I came close once to making a great mess of a certain affair. It is this story which I am going to tell. Our house went in largely for patentsrather too largely, some thought. But the head partners son was a bit of a genius in his way, and his father was growing old, and let Herr Wilhelm - Moritz we will call the family namedo pretty much as he chose. And on the whole Herr Wilhelm did well. He was cautious, and he had the benefit of the still greater caution and larger experience of Herr Gerhardt, the second partner in the firm. Patents and the laws which regulate them are strange things to have to do with. No one who has not had personal experience of the complications that arise could believe how far these spread and how involved they become. Great acuteness as well as caution is called for if you would guide your patent bark safely to portand perhaps more than anything, a power of holding your tongue. I was no chatterbox, nor, when on a mission of importance, did I go about looking as if I were bursting with secrets, which is, in my opinion, almost as dangerous as revealing them. No one, to meet me on the journeys which it often fell to my lot to undertake, would have guessed that I had anything on my mind but an easy-going young fellows natural interest in his surroundings, though many a time I have stayed awake through a whole night of railway travel if at all doubtful about my fellow-passengers, or not dared to go to sleep in a hotel without a ready-loaded gun by my pillow. For now and then - though not through me - our secrets did ooze out. And if, as has happened, they were secrets connected with Government orders or contracts, there was, or but for the exertion of the greatest energy and tact on the part of my superiors, there would have been, to put it plainly, the devil to pay.12. The writer preferred to be called _.A. a GermanB. an EnglishmanC. both a German and an Englishman D. neither a German nor an Englishman13. Which of the following words cannot be used to describe the writer?A. Talented B. Modest C. Reliable D. Wise14. The head of the company where the writer works is _.A. SchmidtB. Moritz C. Wilhelms fatherD. Gerhardt15. The writer often stayed awake on the train or kept a ready-loaded gun in the hotel, because _. A. some people sometimes let out the secrets of his companyB. the writer occasionally didnt keep the secrets of his companyC. patents and the laws are strange things to have to do withD. the secrets were connected with Government orders or contractsACDB ADCB CAD BDCA