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1、江西省2020屆高三英語二輪專項訓練：閱讀理解（49）
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，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
A
I was walking along the deserted main street of a small seaside town in the north of England looking somewhere to make a phone call．My car had broken down outside the town and I wanted to get in touch with the Automob
2、ile Association ．Low gray clouds were drifting across the sky and there was a cold damp wind blowing off the sea．It had rained in the night and water was dripping from the bare trees that lined the street．I was glad that I was wearing a thick coat．
I could see no call box, nor was there anyone at t
3、hat early hour I could ask．I had thought I might find a shop selling the Sunday papers or a milkman doing his job, but the town was completely dead．
Then suddenly I found what I was looking for．There was a small post office, and almost hidden from sight in a dark narrow street next to it was the to
4、wn's only public call box, which badly needed a coat of paint, I hurried forward but stopped in astonishment when I saw through the dirty glass that there was a man inside．He was very fat, and was wearing a cheap blue plastic raincoat and rubber boots．I could not see his face - he was bending forwar
5、d over the phone with his back pressed against the glass and didn't even raise his head at the sound of my coming nearer and nearer．Carefully and surprisedly, I remained standing a few feet away and lit a cigarette to wait my turn．It was when I threw the dead match on the ground that I noticed somet
6、hing bright red trickling from under the call box door．
1．The author was walking through the small seaside town__________．
A．late morning B．before midnight C．early morning D．late evening
2．The weather of the day was ____, when the story happened．
A．stormy, damp and clear B．
7、windy, cold and cloudy
C．rainy, cold and clear D．rainy, windy and cold
3．Why was the author astonished when he saw that there was a man in the call box? Because___
A．the man inside was still wearing a raincoat
B．he didn't expect it to be taken up
C．the man had his back with him
D
8、．the man did not seem to be moving
4．The author waited, standing a few feet away from the box because____．
A．it was bad manners to overhear other's phone calls
B．the man didn't notice his coming
C．he wanted to have a cigarette to calm himself down
D．it was not safe to be close to the box
5．Wha
9、t do you suppose happened to the man in the call box?
A．He slept． B．He was too fat to move around．
C．He was lost in his important phone call． D．He had most probably been killed．
B
Movie magic can defy reality, but actors are inescapably human．They grow and change, and
10、 don’t necessarily change for the better．
Harry Potter actors, who are now saying their final goodbyes to their roles, have all become fully-fledged（成熟的） grown-ups, worlds apart from the little kids who began the Hogwarts' adventures in 2001．
While many fans feel sad that the magical franchise is
11、coming to an end, some feel even sadder to see how much the actors have changed over the years．
"Daniel Radcliffe （who plays Harry Potter） went from being a really cute kid to a thin, pale-looking guy," said Filipino Internet User Lealuvy．"I kind of wish he stayed a kid forever．''
Radcliffe himsel
12、f doesn't seem to be bothered by his change of appearance．In an interview with GQ magazine last week, he teased himself: "If people find me sexy or cool, it's because they like short, little, nerdy guys．And we do have our niche（合適的職業(yè)）．"
Meanwhile, actors growing up to be handsome have their headach
13、es．
Harry Melling, who played Potter's cousin Dudley Dursley, told The Telegraph that he was almost recast for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when producers discovered he' d lost a lot of weight he had as a kid．He was too thin for the part．
"They （the producers） did this double take, 'Oh my
14、God, we are going to have to do something’, and I felt guilty," said Meiling．
Aside from changes in looks, the gradual personality change of child stars is another big concern of audience and producers．
Miley Cyrus began her career at 13 in Disney's hit TV series Hannah Montana．
When Cyrus decide
15、d to show her adult personality by releasing "sexy" photos, people began to get uneasy about her．Reports said that furious Disney bosses were considering replacing Cyrus with a more clean-cut teen star．
Cyrus finally kept her role after public apologies．But some parents banned their children watchi
16、ng the show．
"My daughter has been banned from watching the show," supermodel Cindy Crawford told Showbiz Spy．"I really don't think Miley Cyrus is much of a role model for my kid．"
6．The underlined word "defy" in Paragraph 1 means "_____"．
A．challenge B．control C．clarify D．a(chǎn)bandon
7．Which
17、one is TRUE according to the passage?
A．Actors always grow and change for the better．
B．Daniel Radcliffe can't escape from being a kid．
C．Some fans feel sad about the ending of the film series and the actors' changes．
D．Harry Melling was too thin to recast for the film．
8．Radcliffe doesn't feel
18、 bothered by his change of appearance because _____．
A．people think him sexy or cool
B．people like short, little, nerdy guys
C．he thinks he grows up to be handsome
D．some people do think such a boy as him is sexy
9．What do audience and producers concern about?
A．The actors' changes in appearan
19、ces and gradual personality．
B．The actors' weight．
C．Whether the producers did the double take．
D．Whether the actors are sexy or clean-cut．
10．We can infer that _____ from the story of Miley Cyrus．
A．Miley Cyrus decided to change her sexy adult personality later on
B．Disney bosses prefer pure
20、teen stars to sexy adults in their movies
C．parents prevented their children from watching her show
D．Cindy Crawford is a supermodel, who has a daughter
C
An idea that started in Seattle's public library has spread throughout America and beyond．The concept is simple: help to build a sense of com
21、munity in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same time．
In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit（追求） to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in familie
22、s and schools．The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched（發(fā)起） the "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book " project in 1998．Her original program used author visits, study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many o
23、ther American cities, and even to Hong Kong．
In Chicago, the mayor（市長） appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the "One Book, One Chicago" program．As a result, reading clubs and neighborhood groups sprang up around the city．Across the US, stories
24、emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character．
The only problem came up in New York, where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population．This may show that the idea works best
25、in medium-sized cities or large towns, where a greater sense of unity can be achieved．Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point, putting all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itself．
Ultimately, as Nancy points out, the level of s
26、uccess is not measured by how many people read a book, but by how many people are enriched by the process, or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word．
11．What is the purpose of the project launched by Nancy?
A．To invite authors to guide readers．
B．To
27、 involve people in community service．
C．To encourage people to read and share．
D．To promote the friendship between cities．
12．Why was it difficult for New Yorkers to carry out the project?
A．They came from many different backgrounds．
B．They were too busy to read a book．
C．They had little inter
28、est in reading．
D．They lacked support from the local government．
13．According to the passage, where would the project be more easily carried out?
A．In large communities with little sense of unity．
B．In large cities where libraries are far from home．
C．In medium-sized cities with a diverse popul
29、ation．
D．In large towns where agreement can be quickly reached．
14．The underlined words “shared a word” in Paragraph 5 probably mean ．
A．exchanged ideas with each other B．discussed the meaning of a word
C．gained life experience D．used the same language
15．According to Nan
30、cy, the degree of students of the project is judged by ．
A．the careful selection of a proper book
B．the number of people who benefit from reading
C．the growing popularity of the writers
D．the number of books that each person reads
D
Today, the world is rapidly urbanizing．With half of
31、 the world population expected to live in cities by the early part of the 21st century, the Shanghai 2020 World Expo's focus on a better city bears profound meaning．
What might future cities look like 28 years from now? Here are some scenarios: things to come, things to go．
Zero waste
Waste dispo
32、sal is one of the biggest headaches for cities．Apart from recyclable waste, everything is buried or incinerated, only to pollute the environment．Plastic waste remains underground for several decades．The world produces much more garbage that it can dispose of．
Now at the Expo, all waste is delivered
33、 to a compression station where the waste is sorted, filtered, decontaminated, deodorized and compressed before finally being disposed of at designated spots．In Beijing, people living in the Asuwei area turn their household waste into organic fertilizers which are used to grow plants at residence co
34、mmunities．
No more transportation problems during Spring Festival
The Spring Festival, the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home, has caused headaches for millions of Chinese．More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making obtaining travel tickets and the journey dif
35、ficult．
But in 28 years．Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all．China plans to have more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a rapid transportation network that will serve 90 percent of the population by 2020．And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to othe
36、r places to find a job, so migration will no longer be so large-scale．
Newspapers to disappear
American scholar Philip Meyer predicts that newspaper will come to an end in 2043．Utagawa Reizou, former editor-in-chief of The Mainichi Daily News．believes that the newspaper will be gone in 2030．This k
37、ind of prediction may worry those in print news business．In the U．K．, the circulations of national newspapers are declining．Major Japanese newspapers have gone into debt．In the US, declining circulations and ad revenues have forced several newspapers to stop printing paper
Editions
Media tycoon Ru
38、pert Murdoch thinks the future of media relies on interaction through the Internet．In the future, digital newspapers will be sent to portal web terminals through wirelessly．Readers can discuss issues with journalists and editors．Information will move faster．
Oil to run out
In August 2020, Fatih Bi
39、rol, chief economist of the International Energy Agency, said that oil is running out faster than expected and that the world will likely feel the tightness in supply in the next five years．Scientists have found substitutes for oil as fuel，coal，natural gas，solar power, nuclear power and even water c
40、an replace oil as sources of energy．Flammable ice reserves alone can support humans for the next 1,000 years．
16．By now, the world population in cities has grown to about _____．
A．6．9 billion B．0．75 billion C．3．5 billion D．1．3 billion
17．Which of the following statements is TRUE?
41、
A．Everything buried or incinerated, besides recyclable waste, pollutes the environment．
B．People deal with their household waste in an environmental-friendly way in the Asuwei area, Beijing．
C．More than 2 billion people suffer from headaches during the Spring Festival in China．
D．By 2020, 90 per
42、cent of the population will have to go to other places to find a job．
18．According to the American predictor Philip Meyer, what will happen in 2043?
A．Newspaper will disappear．
B．Japan has to stop printing newspaper．
C．Digital newspaper will be sent to portal web terminals．
D．Information will m
43、ove faster．
19．_____ can replace oil as sources of energy in the future．
A．Coal and natural gas B．Solar power and nuclear power
C．Water and flammable ice reserves D．All the above
20．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A．The Shanghai 2020 World Expo B．What will city life be like in 28 years
C．A rapidly urbanizing world D．Things to come, things to go
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江西省2020屆高三英語二輪專項訓練 閱讀理解（49）
