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1、2010年11月份百题精练（1）英语试题第三部分：阅读理解（共20 小题，每小题2分 ，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIt was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that exploration of the botanical world began on a large scale. European middle classes took great interest in collecting new plants. This attracti

2、on to exotic plants grew as European nations moved into other parts of the world such as Asia and Australia. Brave young men took the opportunity of going on botanical expeditions even though they were to be faced with deadly disease, near-starvation, severe environments and conflicts with the local

3、 people.Sir Joseph Banks was among the brave. In 1760, he collected vast quantities of plants in what is now known as Australia. None of these plants had been recorded by Europeans before. However, Banks was not able to bring those plants back to Europe and let them grow in his homeland because keep

4、ing plants alive during long land or sea voyages was a great challenge at that time. Large numbers of seeds failed to grow after long sea voyage or trips across land far away from Europe. In 1833 the invention of the Wardian case, a tightly sealed portable glass container, made it possible for two c

5、ases of British plants to survive the six-month journey to Australia. And the return trip in 1835 with Australian species lasted eight months at sea, all the species successfully arriving in London.China was a land the earliest European plant collectors would explore from time to time. . Not only di

6、d Europeans collect large numbers of plants to grow in Western gardens, but also they were very excited with the knowledge that China had a vast variety of plants. A British man called Robert Fortune developed his fluency in Chinese and was disguised as a Chinese man so that he could travel around C

7、hina unnoticed. He managed to ship 20,000 tea plants from Shanghai to India, where a successful tea industry was established. 56What in the first sentence does the underlined word botanical mean?Aof interest.Bof value.Cof science Dof plant.57Which of the following are not mentioned when people went

8、on botanical expeditions?AThey were likely to fall ill.BThey would probably go hungry. CThey might fight with the natives.DThey could not resist animals attack 58What was the major problem Sir Joseph Banks had transporting plants to his country?AThe plants did not survive the long journey BThere wer

9、e not good ships to carry the plants.COnly seeds of the plants could be preserved DTransportation by land was not accessible.59What contribution did Robert Fortune made on his many trips to the world?AHe invented a tightly sealed portable glass container.BHe traveled extensively around China on his

10、own.CMore than 20,000 tea plants were transported to Europe.DA successful tea industry was established in India BIn the early 1980s to have a mobile phone was an impossible luxury to most people in the world. People did not usually assume that they had to reach someone via a mobile phone on a regula

11、r basis. It didnt matter if you didnt have a mobile phone. In the modern society owning a mobile phone has no longer been a privilege, but a necessity. Almost anyone needs a mobile phone to reach as well as be reached by others no matter where they are. The days are gone when phone ownership depende

12、d on a fixed address and a high salary. It is amazing to see how fast and how far the mobile phone has spread. Teenagers have become the channel through which mobile phones have found their way into the wider society. The young were also the first to see the potential of text messaging. However, the

13、 mobile phone is by no means a mere technological innovation; it heightens a basic human quality the ability to communicate there are few aspects of life that it fails to touch. The mobile phone is mobile only because the user is mobile. We are in a time of mobility. Never before have so many people

14、 been on the move, whether as commuters, workers, travelers, freelancers or migrants. Mobile phones encourage and respond to this mobility. They help those far away from their home to keep in touch with their families. They serve as a means of people fitting into a new social environment. The mobile

15、 phone changes the way people organize their lives. Plans can be made or changed at any moment and while organizing in advance used to be extremely important to any social gathering, now only the vaguest plans are necessary. Mobile phones even change the experience of being alone as they provide cou

16、ntless way to pass the time.It is ridiculous to compare a mobile to a body part, but carried on the person, often all the time, they are something to which people have grown attached. 60The underlined word “luxury” in the first sentence means something that is _.Aexpensive and not necessary Bimporta

17、nt and valuableCunnecessary and useless Dpayable and comfortable61The fact that the mobile phone touches almost every aspect of life supports the authors view that_.Athe mobile phone suits a new social environment.Bthe mobile phone has the function of sending text messages.Cthe mobile phone encourag

18、es mobility of the peopleDthe mobile phone promotes human communication 62How has the mobile phone changed peoples lives?AIt removes the difficulty in making plans in advance. BIt simplified the process of holding social gatherings.CIt increases the possibilities to get over loneliness.DIt narrows t

19、he gap between teenagers and adults.63What do you think of the writers attitude towards mobile phones?AThey are troublesome and useless.BThey are important and necessary.CThey are expensive yet useful.DThey are immediate but noisy.CA woman of the 19th century, when women were just beginning to be al

20、lowed the right to an education, was at risk from being independent and intelligent. Elizabeth Peabody was such a woman who lived beyond her age. In her teaching career, she was able to communicate to her pupils some of her own passion for acquiring knowledge. For her, education was not an accumulat

21、ion of facts but rather a life-long process that developed the whole person. Little is known about why she remained single all her life. Many researchers assume that she was too independent to need a husband, or, as she wrote, that marriage would keep her to the cup of domestic life. No matter how h

22、ard she tried to keep herself away from a married life, she was an important player in her sisters marriages. In 1837, she discovered that a neighbor from her childhood was the author of several stories that moved her very much. She introduced him to writers and brought his work to the attention of

23、American readers. This man known as Nathaniel Hawthorne began visiting the Peabody home, where he met and fell in love with her sister Sophia. But there was a mix-up in Elizabeth as she tried to be useful to Hawthorne. She forced him to write something she offered. Understandably, Nathaniel Hawthorn

24、e became increasingly unhappy about her desire to manage his and Sophias lives, and as time went on, they grew more distant. Miss Peabody was the center of academic activities. The educator Horace Mann, regarded as the father of American education, was drawn to her and benefited from her thought abo

25、ut education. Elizabeths sister Mary lost her heart to Mann at first sight, but she had imagined that perhaps he was in love with Elizabeth. Until Mary and Mann got married in 1843 there were some hard feelings between the sisters. 64According to the first paragraph, Miss Peabody was_. Arisky, indep

26、endent and intelligent Bindependent, intelligent and eager to learn Clively, independent and passionate Dable, risky and full of love for knowledge65What does the writer think Miss Peabody think of education?AEducation must represent a process of accumulating facts.BEducation should benefit a person

27、 in every way for all time.CEducation is a long way a person should take at birth.DEducation can make a person cleaver and independent66Why did Nathaniel Hawthorne grow distant from Miss Peabody? ABecause he didnt tolerate her ideas of writing stories.BBecause he didnt like the way she introduced hi

28、m to others. CBecause he hated her being involved in his family life DBecause he wanted to separate Sophia from her sister.67Which of the following is true about Horace Mann? AHe took advantage of the academic activities. BHe fell in love with Elizabeth at first sight. CHe was attracted by Marys bea

29、uty. DHe made great contributions to American education.DNot every president is a leader, but every time we elect a president we hope for one, especially in time of trouble. Leadership is as much a question of timing as anything else. The leader must appear on the scene at a moment when people are l

30、ooking for leadership. And when he comes, he must offer a straightforward and powerful message.Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers who cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand and remember. We have an image of what a leader ought to be. We eve

31、n recognize the physical signs: leaders may not necessarily be tall, but they must have bigger- than-life, commanding features. We expect our leaders to stand out a little, not to be like ordinary men. Half of President Fords trouble lay in the fact that, if you closed your eyes for a moment, you co

32、uldnt remember his face, figure, or clothes.It also helps for a leader to be able to do something most of us cant. Mao swam the Yangtze River at the age of 72. We want our leaders to be like us but better, special, more so. Yet if they are too different, we reject them.A leader must know how to use

33、power (thats what leadership is about), but he also has to have a way of showing that he does. A leader should know how to appear relaxed and confident. His walk should be firm and purposeful. He should be able to give a good, hearty, belly laugh. Ronald Reagans career as an actor showed to good eff

34、ect in the debate with his opponent. He managed to convey the impression that in fact he was the President.A leader rides the waves, moves with the tides, understands the deepest feelings of his people. He cannot make a nation that wants peace at any price go to war, or stop a nation determined to f

35、ight from doing so. His purpose must match the national mood. His task is to focus the peoples energies and desires, to inspire, to make what people already want seem possible and important to achieve.68The passage is mainly about_.Ahow a leader is elected Bwhat it takes to be a leaderCwhen a leader

36、 is needed Dwhere a leader lays his power69The author thinks that President Ford_.Awas an ordinary-looking manBgot into more trouble than the other presidentsCwas not tall enough for his statusDstood too far away from real life70According to the passage, Reagan succeeded in winning his election larg

37、ely due to the fact that _.Ahe was once an actor Bhe was able to well present himselfCReagan did much for America DReagan was a very lucky man71In the last paragraph the author emphasizes that a leader should_.Aencourage his people to think about things in a new wayBlike to swim like Mao to fight wi

38、th waves and tidesCspare no efforts to get his people to follow him Dtry to know his people and make them happy EOn 15 September 1918 Lee Duncan, an American soldier, rescued a half-starved shepherd and her five puppies from a bombed dogs kennel on the battle fields of France. Duncan chose two of th

39、e dogs, a male and female, while members of his group took the mother and the others back to camp. The only survivors over the next few months were the two pups Duncan had claimed, naming them Rin Tin Tin and Nannette after tiny French puppets the French children would give to the American soldiers

40、for good luck.When the war ended, Duncan made special arrangements to take his pups back to his home in Los Angeles, but during the Atlantic crossing, Nannette became ill and died, shortly after arriving in America. In 1922, Duncan and Rin Tin Tin attended an LA dog show, his dog performing for the

41、crowd with an impressive high jump. After the show, Duncan received $350 for Rins performance. That was the beginning of Rin Tin Tins later involvement in many films and television series It happened that Warners (华纳公司)had difficulty shooting an exterior scene with a wolf as they got into a low budg

42、et. Duncan quickly approached the director and told them that his dog could do the scene in one take. True to his word, Rin did the scene in one take. As a result, he and his dog were hired for the entire shoot of “Man From Hells River”. The film was a hit and Rin Tin Tin became a box-office star. I

43、t was the first American dog movie star. It made 26 pictures for Warners while starring in his own live 1930s radio show “The Wonder Dog”. At the peak of his popularity, Warners kept 18 trained stand-ins(替身) to reduce any stress on their dog star. The star dog was worthy of the honor of having its p

44、rivate chef to prepare daily lunches for him. As a band was playing classical music it slowly consumed a lunch of tenderloin steak. 72The names Duncan gave to his dogs _.Awere offered by his fellowmenBhad been used for some French puppets Ccontained the idea of good luckDexpressed a good wish for Fr

45、ench Children73Which is the right order of the events that happened according to time in the passage?aRip performed at a dogs show.bRip was discovered in a battle.cRip lost its sister in America.dRip was allowed to act in a film.eRip was becoming a well-known star.Ab, a, c, d, e Be, c, d, b, a Cb, c

46、, a, d, e Dc, d, b, e, a74Which of the following is important for Rip and his master to be hired by Warners?AThere were 18 substitutes for Rip.BRip jumped at the 1922 dog show.CWarners got into financial trouble . DRip acted successfully as a wolf.75Which of the following can replace “chef”?Amusician BcookCconsumer Dstar参考答案5660DDADA 6165DCBBB 6670CDBAB 7175DBCDB