2017年高考英語專項練習題型及答案(10)(3)
Ⅱ.閱讀(共兩節，滿分50分)
第一節 閱讀理解(共20小題;每小題2分，滿分40分)
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項。
A
Should ecigarettes (electronic cigarettes) be a new choice for the smokers trying to get rid of the habit? Reactions from Americans are mixed.More than half of the people questioned in a survey think ecigarettes should be controlled by the US Food and Drug Administration，but 47 percent believe the ecigarettes should be available to the smokers who want to quit.
“In the hunt for a safer cigarette，ecigarettes are becoming a popular choice among those either trying to quit or looking to replace standard tobacco smoke with an alternative that manufacturers claim to be safer，” Zogby International，which conducted the survey，said in a statement.
About half of the 4,611 adults who took part in the survey had heard about ecigarettes，which are batterypowered，or rechargeable cigarettes that vaporize a liquid nicotine solution.They do not produce smoke but a water vapor without smell.Sold mostly on the Internet，ecigarettes were first made in China.
Last year the World Health Organization (WHO) warned against using ecigarettes，saying there was no evidence to prove they were safe or helped smokers break the habit.The WHO said people who smoke ecigarettes breathe in a fine fog of nicotine into the lungs.
Nearly a third of people questioned in the survey think that ecigarettes should be allowed in places where smoking is forbidden，because they don’t produce smoke，but 46 percent disagree.Men who were aware of the availability of ecigarettes were more likely than women to say they should be a choice available to smokers who want to quit.Young people，aged 18-29，and singles were the groups most open to trying ecigarettes.Smoking is the single largest cause of preventable death worldwide，according to the WHO.
26.What can we learn from Paragraph 1?
A.American smokers ought to try ecigarettes.
B.Americans have different opinions about ecigarettes.
C.Every kind of cigarettes should be forbidden in America.
D.Most of the Americans don’t like ecigarettes.
27.According to Zogby International，ecigarettes ______.
A.are much safer than common cigarettes
B.are popular among people who want to quit smoking
C.will take the place of traditional cigarettes
D.are produced in a safer way by manufacturers
28.What do we know about ecigarettes from the passage?
A.Most Americans are familiar with them.
B.They are a good choice as there is no nicotine.
C.They produce a water vapor that can’t be seen.
D.Most people buy them on the Internet.
29.What’s the attitude of the WHO towards ecigarettes?
A.Negative. B.Supportive.
C.Doubtful. D.Indifferent.
30.What can we conclude from the last paragraph?
A.People can smoke ecigarettes in places where smoking is forbidden.
B.Most women agree that ecigarettes should be available to smokers.
C.Young adults and singles are the main groups who agree to try ecigarettes.
D.The problem of smoking is becoming worse around the world.
B
A woman and her elderly uncle were waiting for a bus at a corner in downtown Chicago.Buses came by，not the one they wanted.The woman finally halfentered one of the buses and asked the driver if the bus she wanted stopped at that corner.
The driver looked at her but made no answer，so she repeated the question.To her surprise，he then closed the door，by her arm，and drove off.
The woman，her arm stuck in the door，ran alongside the bus，shouting.Passengers said the driver stopped after almost a block only because they，too，were shouting.
When the driver finally did stop and open the door，the woman jumped on the bus to get his bus number.Then he took off again and went another couple of blocks before other shouting passengers persuaded him to stop and let the woman off.
After the driver’s bosses at a taxsupported governmental company(CIA) heard of the incident，they looked into it and set his punishment：a fiveday suspension(停職) without pay.That struck me as rather light.
But Bill Baxa，the company’s pubicrelations man，said，“That’s a pretty serious punishment.”
Five days off work is a serious punishment for dragging a woman alongside a bus by her arm?Baxa said，“Any time you take money away from someone，it is a terrible punishment.The driver makes $14 an hour.Multiply that by 40 and you can see what he lost.”
Yes，that comes to $560，a good sum.But we know that people in the private company are fired for far less minor mistakes.If the people who run the bus company think that the loss of a week’s pay is more than enough，I offer them a sporting(公正的) suggestion：Give me a bus.Then have their wives stick their arms in the doorway of the bus，and I’ll slam the door shut，start the bus quickly and take them for a fast oneblock run.And I’ll pay $560 to anyone who is bold enough to try it.Any takers?Mr. Baxa?Anyone?I didn’t think so.
31.The nurse halfentered one of the buses because________.
A.the bus they wanted didn’t stop there
B.she wanted the driver to stop the bus
C.she wanted to get some information from the driver
D.she and her uncle couldn’t wait any longer at the corner
32.How many blocks was the woman away from the corner where she waited when the bus driver finally let her off?
A.Almost one block.
B.Almost two blocks.
C.Probably three blocks.
D.Probably five or six blocks.
33.Why did the author offer a sporting suggestion?
A.Because the CTA paid little attention to the incident.
B.Because he bus driver had not been fired.
C.Because he wanted to threaten the CTA people.
D.Because he thought the punishment was a light one.
34.From this passage we may infer that________.
A.many people in the private sector are fired for minor mistakes every day
B.people in the private sector usually get more serious punishment than those in the public sector
C.people in the private sector get much higher pay than those in the public sector
D.people in the private sector are better trained than those in the public sector
35.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.The company is a bus company supported by the government.
B.The writer and Mr.Baxa disagreed with each other on the bus company’s decision.
C.The driver finally stopped the bus under the pressure of the passengers.
D.The writer asked the bus company to give him a bus if his suggestion was refused.
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