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1、湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（89）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AYears ago while lying in my hammock （吊床）and drinking JD from the bottle, I noticed my dog dragging something under the fenceUpon inspection, to my disappointment, I realized it was the next door neighbor s 10 - year - old daughter s rab
2、bitFor years I had watched her come home from school and head straight out to its cage, free it and play with it in the yardI knew that day would be no different and fearing for our dog, I had to think fastThe rabbit was quite dirty, as if it had put up quite a struggle, so I washed it, combed it wi
3、th the dog brush and blew it dry with the leaf blowerUpon finishing its grooming I jumped the fence and replaced it back in its cage hoping its death would be written off as natural causedBack to the hammock and JDWithin the hour the neighbor s Volvo palled in as usual and out popped the little girl
4、, and as usual she headed straight for the cageOnly this time she stopped about six feet away and screamed: D - A - D - D Y！Her father, panic stricken, stood looking at the cageBeing the good neighbor that I am, I rushed to fence and asked if there was anything I could doHer father less than calmly
5、shouted, What kind of sick individual would dig up a little girls rabbit and put it back in its cage?1The girl was shocked because _Athe rabbit was killed by someoneBthe rabbit was too cleanCthe dead rabbit was cleaned and put back into the cageDthe rabbit was asleep in the cage2That day the girl ra
6、n to the cage _Abecause her rabbit was thereBbecause shehad a habit of going there to see her rabbitCbecause she wanted to see her rabbit againDbecause the rabbit was dead3We can infer that the rabbit _Awas alive before the writer saw his dog dragging itBwas already dead before the writer saw his do
7、g dragging itCwas in the cage playing with the dogDwas at the fence seeking out for food before it was killed by the dog4According to the story, the writer _Awas helpful to his neighbor Bdid a smart thingCwas honest Dmade a mistakeBA Train Floating On AirA train that floats on air? It s not magic it
8、 s magnets （磁）And it s close to realityIn Virginia USA the fall of 2002, a train with no wheels traveled on air and carried college students across their campusIn Japan, a whisper - quiet railway engine hovered and raced at 350 miles per hour using magnets and electricity as the powerAnd in China, a
9、 magnet train line linked Shanghai with nearby Pudong AirportThese trains use magnetic levitation （悬浮）technology, maglev for shortThey use the same rules as the magnets you pick up at home or school: opposite poles of magnets attract each other, and like poles repel each otherHow does it work?Powerf
10、ul magnets on the bottom of the train repel magnets on the track, which is actually just a magnet - filled guiding wayWith a magnetic field of sufficient force, the train will go hovering on air, which seemed impossible to us in the past When an electrical current is sent through the track, the trai
11、n movesTurn the current backwards and the train slows downMaglev doesnt rely on the friction （摩擦力）of wheels on track, so it can climb a much steeper hill than a traditional trainAnd it can travel easily in snow and ice, something that could bring normal trains to a screaming stop5This passage is abo
12、ut Amaglev Bmagnets Clevitation Delectricity6Which of the following is a repelling action?7What can we learn from the text?AA magnet - filled guiding way is formed inside a maglev trainBInstead of electricity, magnets are used as the power of a maglevCMaglev trains can climb hills with the help of m
13、agnet wheelsDElectric currents decide the movements of a maglev train8What is the difference between a maglev train and an ordinary train?AA maglev train can climb mountains without power while an ordinary one can tBA maglev train can travel in college campus while an ordinary train is not allowedCT
14、ravelling without a track, a maglev train is safer and smoother than an ordinary oneDFloating on a track, a maglev train is faster, quieter than an ordinary railway trainCEveryone has heard of the San Andreas fault （断层）, which constantly threatens California and the West Coast with earthquakesBut ho
15、w many people know about the equally serious New Madrid fault in Missouri?Between December of 1811 and February of 1812, three major earthquakes occurred, all centered around the town of New Madrid, Missouri, on the Mississippi RiverProperty damage was severeBuildings in the area were almost destroy
16、edWhole forests fell at once, and huge cracks opened in the ground, releasing some strong smell chemicals The Mississippi River itself completely changed character, developing sudden rapids and whirlpools （激流和旋涡）. Several times it changed its course, and once, according to some observers, it actuall
17、y appeared to run backwardsFew people were killed in the New Madrid earthquakes, probably simply because few people lived in the area in 1811 ; but the severity of the earthquakes is shown by the fact that the shock waves rang bells in church towers in Charleston, South Carolina, on the coastBuildin
18、gs shook in New York City, and clocks were stopped in Washington, DCScientists now know that America s two major faults are essentially differentThe San Andreas is a horizontal （水平的）boundary between two major land masses that are slowly moving in opposite directionsCalifornia earthquakes result when
19、 the two masses make a suddenly move The New Madrid fault, on the other hand, is a vertical fault; at some point, possibly hundreds of millions of years ago, rock was pushed up toward the surface, probably by volcanoes under the surfaceSuddenly, the volcanoes cooled and the rock collapsed, leaving h
20、uge cracksEven now, the rock continues to settle downwards, and sudden sinking motions cause earthquakes in the regionThe fault itself, a large crack in this layer of rock, with dozens of other cracks that split off from it, extends from northeast Arkansas through Missouri and into southern Illinois
21、 Scientists who have studied the New Madrid fault say there have been lots of smaller quakes in the area since 1811; these smaller quakes indicate that larger ones are probably coming, but the scientists say they have no method of predicting when a large earthquake will occur9This passage is mainly
22、about _Athe New Madrid fault Bthe San AndreasCthe causes of faults Dcurrent scientific knowledge about faults10Which of the following pictures best describes the type of the New Madrid fault? 11This passage implies that _Ahorizontal faults are more dangerous than vertical faultsBvertical faults are
23、more dangerous than horizontal faultsCmore people would die if the 1811 New Madrid earthquakes happened todayDthe volcanoes that caused the New Madrid fault are still alive12The underlined word vertical most probably means _Amoving straight up Bterribly changingCbreaking suddenly Dextending largelyD
24、Of all the websites, one that has attracted attention recently is myspacecornMost of this attention has come from the media and tells every reason why the website should be shut downThe threat of internet predators （掠夺者） is indeed a tough reality, but shutting down the site is not the answerIf myspa
25、cecornwere shut down, another site would quickly take its placeTherefore, the right way is to teach teens how to use the site safely and educate them about who may be predators and how to avoid themThe key to staying safe on the Internet is to make sure that your profile （个人资料）is secureThe simplest
26、way is to change the privacy setting on your profile to private, which protects your information so that only the people on your friend list can view itAlthough this is effective , it is not perfectPredators can find ways to view your profile if they really want to, whether through hacking in or fig
27、uring out their way onto your friend listThus, you should never post too much personal informationSome people actually post their home and school addresses, date of birth, and other personal information, often letting predators know exactly where they will be and whenThe safest information is your f
28、irst name and provinceAnything more is basically inviting a predator into your lifeAnother big issue is photosI suggest completely skipping photos and never posting a photo of a friend online without asking permissionMost importantly, never, under any circumstances, agree to a real - life meeting wi
29、th anyone you meet onlineNo matter how well you think you know this person, there are no guarantees that they have told the truthBut you could feel free to chat with people you meet on the site, but just remember that not everyone is who they say they areHopefully, the next time you edit your profil
30、e, you 11 be more informed about the dangers of Internet predators and take the steps to defend yourself13Kids can avoid web predators successfully by _Aattracting more public attentionBshutting down the website myspacecornCshowing the kids ways to try other sitesDrecognizing and getting away from t
31、hem14The safest basic personal information that you can share online isAyour home address and birthdayByour school address and your first nameCyour first name and provinceDyour province and cell phone number15We can learn from the passage that _Anot everybody you meet online is honest and reliableBi
32、t is not acceptable to post a photo of a friend onlineCit is not safe chatting with grown - ups on the websiteDonly you and your friends can view your personal profile16What could be the best title of this passage?AWeb Safety for Teens BPersonal SafetyCWeb Hackers in the PastDPredatorsTricksEThose w
33、ho plan to film a hostage （人质） scene might want to make it obvious to everyone around them that it s a simulationThat may be the lesson that an independent film crew learned in Larimer County, Coloafter sheriff s deputies （治安警察surrounded them during a shoot for a low -budget feature movieMembers of
34、the crew were at a campground near Lake Carter, shooting a scene where the lead actor takes a girl hostage and beats up on a man who tries to intervene （干涉）It happened very suddenly after thatWe heard, freeze said Director Eileen AgostaThey were in the middle of the scene when a team of Larimer Coun
35、ty sheriff s deputies ran over, shouting orders to get on the ground, pointing guns at the crew, actor Chris Borden saidMembers of the crew were cuffed （戴上手铐） and held on the ground until the situation was sorted outBorden said he believes the only reason the deputies didnt shoot him was because the
36、y saw a cameramanMajJustin Smith of the Larimer County Sheriff s Department said deputies received a call from someone at the lake and sheriff s deputies raced to the park, blocking roadsI think it shows great self - control, great training and great judgment said Cpl, Scott Shellhaas, a sheriff s s
37、pokesmanThey didnt rush into the situation and make a potentially bad situation worseBorden said the incident would have been funny except for the fact that he was issued a citation （传票） for disorderly conductAgosta was also cited for being an accessory to disorderly conductIt was complete ignorance
38、 on my part, said AgostaI honestly thought you could tell what we were doing I wouldn t have chosen a state park at 3 : 30 （pm） on Saturday if I was going to hurt somebody Authorities said the scene they saw was realistic enough - - - a woman handcuffed to a car, a man handgun - striking another man
39、, people injured and bloodied and someone with a small video camera filming the eventIt is certainly not beyond belief these days that individuals do videotape crimes as they commit them, said SmithHaving a video camera there did not necessarily mean there was not a threat17The underlined word proba
40、bly means something that is _Anot real Breally interesting Csimply terrible Dseemingly true18The sheriff s deputies surrounded the film crew, because _Athey found a girl hostage was terribly beatenBthey were informed of a terrible scene at the lakeCshooting a film was illegal at a state park in the
41、countyDthey saw a cameraman shoot the hostage scene19According to the spokesman, the sheriff s deputies _Aneeded to be well trained laterBmade the situation from bad to worseCdealt with the situation successfullyDmade the situation from good to better20What the authorities and Smith said suggested t
42、hat _Apeople should have told what really happened when they saw the sceneBthey couldn t believe that individuals should do videotape crimes publicly Cit was very surprising that the film crew shot such a bloody scene at the parkDit s not the sheriff s deputies but the film crew that was to blame for the inciden14CBBD 58ABDD 912ABCA 1316DCAA 1720ABCD6用心 爱心 专心