湖北省武汉市2014高考英语阅读理解训练题(22)

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1、武汉市 2014 高考英语阅读理解训练题（22）附答案Housing price in China has always caused heated discussions among property（房产） developersand ordinaryChinese. To many propertydevelopersand localgovernmentofficials,housing priceinChinaisstilllow compared withmany developedcountries.However,the averagehousingpriceinthe Uni

2、tedStatesisonly8,000 yuan persquaremeter, while in China, it is even higher than in the United States. This shows thatthere aresome bubbles( 泡沫 ) in Chineserealestatemarket,theInternationalFinanceNews reported.Although the average price of residential houses in the United States, afterconverted to R

3、enminbi, is about 8,000 yuan per square meter, the houses in US arenot sold in terms of building area, as most Chinese property developers do when theysell their houses. If US property developers sell their houses according to thebuilding area, then the housing price will be even lower than 8,000 yu

4、an per squaremeter. In most big Chinese cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, housesare sold at a price even higher than those in the US.The high housing sales price in large cities in China proves that Chinese realestate market does have some bubbles. Moreover, Chinese houses can not be

5、comparedwith houses in US in terms of buildingquality,environmentand supportingfacilities.Furthermore, it should be noted that American peoples average income is severaldozen times higher than that of Chinese people. How can the Chinese afford to buya house which is even more expensive than that sol

6、d in US?At the beginning of2007, Chinese government issued a set of policies that aimedto benefitthepublic.Now in ordertoreducethehighhousing prices,thegovernmentcan regulate( 控制 ) the real estate market by raising tax on property industry andcontrolling the releaseof loansand lands to property deve

7、lopers. At the same time,the governmentshouldallowpeopletobuildmore houses throughvariousfund-raisingchannels,suchas fundscollectedfrombuyers orraisedby working units.By applyingthese multiple means, it is expected that the high housing prices can be lowered.- 1 -13 What is the average housing price

8、 per square meter in China?A8000 yuanB10000 yuanC7000 yuanDIt s not mentioned here14 Which of the following does NOT support the idea that the average housing pricein China is even higher than in the United States?AChinese houses can not be compared withhouses in USin terms of buildingquality,enviro

9、nment and supporting facilities.BAmerican people s average income is several dozen times higher than that ofChinese people.CThe houses in US are not soldin terms of buildingarea,as most Chinese propertydevelopers do when they sell their houses.D There are more people who need houses in China is larg

10、erthan thatin the UnitedStates.15 How many measures are mentionedin the lastparagraphin orderto reduce the highhousing prices?AFourB ThreeC TwoD One16 What is the main idea of this passage?AThe housing price inChina is so high that the government should do somethinguseful to prevent it.B There are s

11、ome bubbles in Chinese real estate marketC The average housing price in China is even higher than in the United StatesDChinese governmentissueda setof policiesthataimed to benefitthe public.1316、 DDBA*结束During my elementary school years, I used to compare my mom with my best friendTiffany s mom.Tiff

12、anys mom always gave herlots of money tobuy the most fashionable clothes- 2 -and favorite food. Her mom allowed her to do anything she liked. I really admiredTiffany.My momdidntgiveme much pocketmoney and she always toldme thatI shouldbehave myself. I was annoyed with her.Whenever I didnt get what I

13、 wanted, I would complain to my mom, Tiffanysmom would give her that! I wish she were my mom. Every time, my mom would calmlysay Poor Tiffany.I couldnt understand her. She shouldnt be feeling sorry for Tiffany! Ithought. She should be feeling sorry for me.One day, I couldnt help saying to Mom, Poor

14、Tiffany?Lucky Tiffany! She getseverything she wants! Why do you feel sorry for her ? I burst into tears.My mom sat down next to me and said softly, Yes, I do feel sorry for her. Ihave been teaching you a lesson that she will never be taught. I looked up at her. What are you talking about?Mom said wi

15、thcare, One day she will really want something. Maybe shell findout that she cant have it. Her mother wont always be around to give her money, andwhats more, money cant buy everything.Shecontinued,Ihave taughtyou valuablelessonsby not givingyou everythingyou want. Youll know how to look for bargains

16、 and save money, but she wont. Youllunderstand that you need to work hard to get the things that you want but she wont.When Tiffany is a grown woman, shell wake up one day and she will be wishing thatshe had a mom like the one youve got. Life lessons are more important than modernclothes and delicio

17、us food. Ittook some time,but I eventuallyunderstoodmy moms words.Now I am a happyand successful woman.13. During the authors elementary school years, she _. A. wished that her mom were as good as TiffanysB. went to school with Tiffany every dayC. usually compared her lesson with TiffanysD. sometime

18、s gave lots of money to Tiffany14. Why did the authors mom always say Poor Tiffany?- 3 -A. She felt sorry for Tiffany because Tiffany was poor.B. She wanted to tell a lie to comfort the author.C. She thought that Tiffany was spoiled by her mother.D. She told the author this and wanted her to help Ti

19、ffany.15. What do we learn about the authors mother?A. She was strict and taught the author to be independent.B. She cared for other peoples children more than her own.C. She thought that life lessons were as important as money.D. She was so poor that she couldnt give the author much money.16. What

20、can we infer from the passage?A. The author was quite annoyed with her mother in the past.B. The authors mother felt sorry for Tiffany.C. Tiffanys mother took the authors mothers advice.D. The author is thankful to her mother now.13 16、 ACAD*结束LONDON（ Reuters ）- Britainneeds to spend up to one billi

21、onpounds a year to protecteasily destroyed English wildlife habitats from climate change, intensive（集约）farming and population growth, a government-backed report said on Friday.It urged the government to transform conservation policy in the next 40 yearsto avoid a devastating loss of the countryside

22、that supports thousands of importantplants, trees and animals.British ecologist John Lawton, who led the year-long study, said Englandswildlife habitats are too small and isolated to protect many species from increasedstrains in coming decades.Creatinga stronger,betterconnectednetworkof well-managed

23、habitatswillcostbetween 600 million pounds and 1.1 billion pounds each year, the report estimated （估计） .- 4 -Failure to act could lead to the loss of areas rich with diverse species, suchas meadows, wiidsand rivers,the reportsaid.Centuriesof human activityhave helpedto shape these habitatsand theywi

24、llneed ongoingmanagement iftheyare to survive,it said.The United Nations called on world leaders this week to take bold action topreserveanimaland plantspecies.Itsays the worldisfacingthe worstlossessincethe dinosaurs vanished 65 million years ago.Englandhasatleast55,000species,includingsignificantl

25、evelsofbats,bumblebees, wildfowl and mature oak trees.The pace and scale of environmental change over the last 50 years was worryingand is likely to get worse, the report said.Futurethreats include extremeweather,droughts （干旱） , rising sea levels andthe loss of areas like wet grasslands to farming t

26、o feed a growing population, the report said.Its authors made 24 recommendations to create stronger habitats. The measures include better management of habitats, setting up new ecological restoration zones and improved water quality and flood protection17 According to the passage, which of the follo

27、wing is not the cause of the lossof wildlife habitats?AClimate changeB Population growthCIntensive farmingD Decreasing habitats18 The underlined word“ meadows” in Paragraph 7 probably means.Aa species of animalsB mountainsCpieces of grasslandD forests19 What can we infer from the text?ASome wet gras

28、slands were lost probably because of extreme weather.BEngland has at least 55,000 endangered species.C Better management of habitats will probably lead to stronger habitats for- 5 -wildlife.DEngland has taken measures to protect its wildlife habitats.20 What is the main idea of the text?AThe British

29、 government will transform conservation policies in the next 40years.BBritain must act now to save wildlife habitats.CThe experts called on the world leaders to protect wildlife habitats.DSome British ecologists made a study of wildlife.17 20、DCCB*结束河北省高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（42）Mr. Peter Johnson, agedtwe

30、nty-three, battled for half an hourtoescape from histrapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnsontook the only escape route through the boot(行李箱 ).Mr. Johnson s car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠 ) at Romney Marsin, Kent afterskidding on ice and hitting a bank.“

31、Fortunately, the water began to come in onlyslowly, ” Mr. Johnson said.“Icouldn t force the doors because they were jammedagainst the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew waterwould come flooding in.”Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attr

32、act theattentionof othermotoristsby soundingthe horn and hammering on the roofand boot.Then he began his struggle to escape.Later he said,“It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the onlycoin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot.I hammered desp

33、erately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.” It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the- 6 -sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench(扳子 ) and began to workon the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by.“It was the only c

34、hance I had.Finallyit gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forcedthe lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.”His hands and arms cut and bruised(擦伤 ),Mr. Johnson got toBeckettFarm nearby,where he was looked afterby the farmer s wife,Mrs. Lu

35、cy Bates.Huddled in a blanket,he said,“That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheelswere visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud atthe bottom of the ditch.5. What is the best title for this newspaper article?A. The Story of Mr. Johnson, A

36、Sweet SalesmanB. Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape RouteC. Driver Escapes Through Car BootD. The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident6. Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?A. The hammerB. The coin.C. The screw.D. The horn.7.“ Finally it gave” (Paragraph 5) mean

37、s that _.A. Luckily the door was torn away in the endB. At last the wrench went brokenC. The lock came open after all his effortsD. The chance was lost at the last minute8. It may be inferred from the passage that _.A. the ditch was along a quiet country roadB. the accident happened on a clear warm

38、dayC. the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditchD. Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended5 8、 CBCA*结束- 7 -Lik e most people, Ive long understood that I will be judged by my occupation,thatmy professionis a standardpeople use to see how smart or talentedI am. Recently,however,I w

39、as disappointedtosee thatitalsodecideshow I m treatedas a person.Last year I left a professional position as a small-town reporter and took a jobwaiting tables. As someone paid to serve food to people, I had customers say and dothings to me I suspect theyd never say or do to their most casual acquai

40、ntances（泛泛之交） . One night a man talking on his cell phone waved me away, then asked me back with his finger minutes later, complaining he was ready to order and asking where I d been.I had waited tables during summers in college and was treated like a peon（勤杂工）by plenty of people. But at 19 years ol

41、d, I believed I deserved inferiortreatmentfrom professionaladults.Besides,people responded to me differentlyafterI told them I was in college. Customers would joke that one day Id be sitting attheir table, waiting to be served.Once I graduated, I took a job at a community newspaper. From my first da

42、y, Iheard a respectful tone from everyone who called me. I assumed this was the way theprofessional world worked .I soon found out differently. I sat several feet away from an advertising salesrepresentative with a similar name. Our calls would often get mixed up and someoneasking for Kristen would

43、be transferred to Christie. The mistake was immediatelyevident.Perhaps itwas because money was involved,but people used a tone with Kristenthat they never used with me.My job title made people treat me politely. So it was a shock to return to therestaurant industry.It s no secret that theres a lot t

44、o put up with when waiting tables, andfortunately,much of itcan be easilyforgottenwhen you pocketthe tips.The serviceindustry,by definition,existsto satisfyothers needs. Still,itseemed thatmanyof my customers didnt get the difference between server and servant.I m now applying to graduate school, wh

45、ich means someday Ill return to a- 8 -profession where peopleneed to be nice tome inorder to get what theywant. IthinkI ll take them to dinner first, and see how they treat someone whose only job isto serve them.17. The author was disappointed to find that _.A. one s position is used as a standard t

46、o measure ones intelligenceB. talented people like her should fail to get a respectable jobC. one s occupation affects the way one is treated as a personD. professionals tend to look down upon manual waitresses18. What does the author intend to say by the example in the second paragraph?A. Some cust

47、omers simply show no respect to those who serve them.B. People absorbed in a phone conversation tend to be absent-minded.C. Waitresses are often treated by customers as casual acquaintances.D. Some customers like to complain because of the waitress poor service.19. How did the author feel when waiti

48、ng tables at the age of 19?A. She felt it unfair to be treated as a mere servant by professional.B. She felt badly hurt when her customers regarded her as a peon.C. She was embarrassed each time her customers joked with her.D. She found it natural for professionals to treat her as inferior.20. The u

49、nderlined sentence in Paragraph 7 means“”.A. th ose who satisfy others needs are sure to be looked down upon.B. those working in the service industry shouldnt be treated as servants.C. those serving others have to put up with rough treatment to earn a living.D. the majority of customers tend to look on a servant as server nowadays.17 20、 CADB*结束- 9 -