【2015高考复习】阅读理解
Areas of Tokyo which had usually been packed with office workers like sushi(寿司) restaurants and noodle shops were unusually quiet. Many schools were closed. Companies allowed workers to stay home. Long queues formed at airports.
As Japanese authorities struggled to avoid disaster at an earthquake-battered nuclear plant 240 km to the north, parts of Tokyo resembled a ghost town. Many people stocked up on food and stayed indoors or simply left, transforming one of the world's biggest and most populated cities into a shell of its usual self.
“Look, it's like Sunday —no cars in town，” said Kazushi Arisawa, a 62-year-old taxi driver, as he waited for more than an hour outside an office tower where he usually finds customers within minutes. “I can't make money today. ”
Radiation in Tokyo has been negligible,_ briefly touching three times the normal rate on Tuesday, smaller than a dental X-ray. On Wednesday, winds over the Fukushima (福岛) nuclear-power plant blew out to sea, keeping levels close to normal. But that does little to relieve public anxiety about a 40-year-old nuclear plant with three reactors in partial meltdown (熔毁)and a fourth with spent atomic fuel exposed to the atmosphere after last Friday's earthquake and tsunami.
“Radiation moves faster than we do，” said Steven Swanson, a 43-year-old American who moved to Tokyo in December with his Japanese wife to help with her family business.He is staying indoor but is tempted to leave.“It's scary.It's a triple threat with the earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear radiation leaks.It makes you wonder what's next. ”
【语篇解读】 本文主要介绍了日本的核辐射泄露对人们造成的影响。 1．The text is mainly about________. A．the earthquake that happened in March B．the government's effort to avoid disaster C．the effects of the nuclear radiation leaks D．the earthquake-battered nuclear-power plant
解析 主旨大意题。整篇文章介绍了日本的核辐射泄露对人们造成的影响。故选C项。 答案 C
2．What did Kazushi Arisawa mean? A．There're usually more cars on Sundays. B．He didn't care much about nuclear radiation. C．He preferred to stay at home on Sundays. D．He couldn't find many customers.
解析 细节理解题。从文章第三段的“as he waited for more than an hour outside an office tower where he usually finds customers within minutes.‘I can't make money today.’”看出答案。
答案 D
3．The underlined word “negligible”in Paragraph 4 most probably means________. A．serious
B．slight
C．normal
D. average
解析 词义猜测题。从下文的“smaller than a dental X-ray”看出答案。 答案 B
4．What can we learn about the Fukushima nuclearpower plant from the text? A．It lies to the south of Tokyo.
B．It started to operate about fifty years ago. C．It was damaged in the earthquake and tsunami. D．All its four reactors are now well under control.
解析 推理题。从文章第四段的“a 40-year-old nuclear plant with three reactors in partial meltdown (熔毁)and a fourth with spent atomic fuel exposed to the atmosphere after last Friday's earthquake and tsunami”看出答案。 答案 C
阅读理解。
Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive (欺骗)? When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out important in formation that should be included, he can give you a false picture.
For example, some might say, “I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery (彩票). It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for on e hundred dollars!”
This guy’s a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought $200 worth of tickets, and only on e was a winner. He’s really a big loser!
He didn’t say anything that was false, but he left out important information on purpose. That’s called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest.
Some politicians often use this trick. Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs. Then she seeks another term. One of her opponents(对手) says, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!” that’s true. However, and honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of two million jobs.”
Advertisers(广告商) will sometimes use half-truths. It’s against the law to make false statements
so they try to mislead you with the truth. An advertisement might say, “Nine out of ten doctors advised their patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache.” It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company.
This kind of deception happens too of often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
1. How much did the lottery winner lose?
A. One hundred dollars. B. Two hundred dollars. C. Three hundred dollars. D. Four hundred dollars. 2. We may infer that the author believes people should _______. A. buy lottery tickets B. make use of half-truths C. not take anything at face value D. not trust the Yucky Company 3. What do the underline words “net gain” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. final increase B. big advantage C. large share D. total saving 4. What can we know from the example of the Yucky Pill advertisement? A.False statements are easy to see through. B. C. D.
B. Half-truths are often used to mislead people.
Doctors like to act in advertisements. D. Advertisements are based on facts.
【参考答案】1—4、.A C A B
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A group of frogs were traveling through the woods, and two of them fell into a deep pit (坑). When the other frogs saw how deep the pit was, they told the two frogs that they were as good as__1__(death). The two frogs didn't listen to the others and tried to jump out of the pit with all__2__might. The other frogs kept telling them to stop. Finally, one of the frogs heard what the other frogs__3__(say) and gave up, so he died.
The other frog went on jumping as hard as he__4__. Once again, the other frogs cried at him and told him to stop and just allow himself to die. He jumped even__5__(hard) and