2012年高考英語閱讀理解強化練習9
Passage 9
(10•遼寧A篇)
It was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries.
Then one day. Some visitors from the city arrived. The told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frog’s legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other place.
This seemed like money for nothing. There were millions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time, the people were able to dream of a batter future. But the dream didn’t last long.
The change was hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell ill more often, and, there seemed to be more insects around lately.
The villagers decided that they couldn’t just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buy pesticides(殺蟲劑) and medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was happening. It was the frog. They hadn’t been useless. They had been doing an important job---eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.
Now, the people are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.
56. From paragraph I we learn that the villagers __________.
A. worked very hard for centuries B. dreamed of having a better life
C. were poor but somewhat content D. lived a different life from their forefathers
56. C。細節理解題。第一段中有The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy.和C項意思一致。
57. Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs?
A. the frogs were easy money B. They needs money to buy medicine
C. they wanted to please the visitors D. the frogs made too much noise
57. A。細節理解題。根據第三段和本段第一句This seemed like money for nothing.句中for nothing是“免費的”意思，說明青蛙容易得到，并能賺到錢，村民才答應買。
58. What might be the cause of the children’s sickness?
A. the crops didn’t do well B. there were too many insects
C. the visits brought in diseases D. the pesticides were overused
58. B。推理判斷題。根據倒數第二段中They had been doing an important job---eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were damaging the crops and spreading diseases.可以推斷出莊稼收成不好，孩子生病與青蛙減少，害蟲增多有關。
59. What can we infer from the last sentence of the text?
A. Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country
B. Health is more important than money
C. The harmony between man and nature is important
D. good old day will never be forgotten
59. C。推理判斷題。最后一句These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning. 現
在夜晚的這些聲音具有更深刻的意義。該句是一個中介句，說明人們過度捕殺造成生態失衡，
由此也影響了人類，因此，可以推斷人與自然的和諧是重要。
(10•全國Ⅱ C篇)
Thousands of people living in the Chinese eapital will celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year by heading for the ski resorts(滑雪場).Never mind that Beijing’s dry weather seldom produces now. It is cold enough in winter for snow-making machines to make a covering for the hills north to the capital. And the rapid growth of a pleasure-seeking middle class has formed the basis for this New craze(熱潮).
Since Beijing’s first ski resort was opened ten years ago, the sport has enjoyed an astonishing increase.There are now more than a dozen resorts. Clothes markets in the city have added bright colored ski suits to their winter collections. Mr.Wei, a manager of a newly-opened ski resort in Beijing, sees the growth of an industry that could soon lead Chinese to head for the ski resorts of Europe. In recent years ski resorts offering natural snow have opened in China. But many are in faraway areas of the country and can’t really match the equipment and services of some ski resorts in Europe.
Beijing’s sking craze is partly a result of the recent increase in private(私有的)cars. This has led to the growth of a leisure industry in the capital’s suburbs(郊區).which until the late-1990s were unreachable to ordinary people. According to Mr. Wei,About 40％ of the visitors to his resort some in their own cars. The rest are bused in by schools, businesses or government offices.
The problem is making money.Starting ski resorturequires quite a lot of money:hiring land from the local government,preparing the hills,buying snow machines,making sure there are enough water and electricity to run them,and buying ski equipment for hiring out to customers.The ski resort where Mr.Wei works cost nearly $4m to set up.And,as so often in China when someone comes up with a good idea,many others rush in and price wars break out.Beijing now offers some of the cheapest ski training classes in the world,though with most people rather new to the sport, expecting a few more doing the same job.
50.What does this text mainly talk about?
A．Convenience for skiers brought about by private cars
B．Skiing as a new way of enjoying one’s spare time
C．Things to be considered when starting a ski resort
D．A sudden increase of ski training classes in Beijing
51.Why are some Chinese likely to go skiing in Burope?
A．To visit more ski areas
B．To ski on natrual snow
C．For a large collection of ski suits
D．For better services and equipment
52.The underlined words”leisure industry”in Paragraph 3 refer to
A．transport to ski resorts
B．production of familycars
C．business of providing spare time enjoyments
D．part-time work for people living in the suburbs
53.What is the main problem in running a ski resort?
A．Difficulty in hiring land
B．Lack of business experience
C．……ski resorts.
D．Shortage of water and electricity
C篇閱讀理解屬于一篇社會新聞的報道。報道北京首都的慶祝新年的活動-----滑雪。介紹了滑雪勝地的一些情況。這篇文章看似新聞報道，但是與百姓生活息息相關，文字簡單，偶爾有構詞法，語篇略長。但是不妨礙絕大多數考生對整篇文章的完全清楚地理解。尤其是試題選項均可以在原文中找到直接句子即該題答案。52、53小題，容易理解出錯。
50. 答案：B
考點：考查主旨大意
解析：注意選項的四個提示性的中心詞 A. Convenience B.Skiing C.Things to be considered D. A suddent increase of 確定文章核心主旨是關于skiing故選擇B
51 答案：C
考點：通過細節信息，理解意圖和態度
解析：文中提到 “But many are in faraway areas of the country and can’t really match the equipment and services of some ski resorts in Europe.” 其中match正是對比之意。說明在設備和服務反面，遠遠無法與歐洲的滑雪勝地相媲美
52. 答案：C
考點：詞義推測
解析：承接上文 “the rapid growth of a pleasure-seeking middle class…”;下文 “the sport has enjoyed an astonishing increase”可知。第50題的選項B “…a new way of enjoying one’s spare time”中也暗示了這是一個提供娛樂的行業
53 答案：C
考點：根據細節信息，做出簡單判斷和推理。
解析：文中 “And,as so often in China when someone comes up with a good idea,many others rush in and price wars break out”作了提示。中國的跟風現象，導致價格大戰
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