重庆高考英语阅读强化题含答案

　　重庆高考英语阅读强化题(一)

　　In the 1940s DDT was found to be an excellent way to control insects. It cost little to produce and was not found to harm humans. So it was widely used for people and crops.

　　In the 1960s, environmentalist Rachel Carson and her book “Silent Spring” led to a movement to ban it. The United States did just that a decade later.

　　Yet the rise of malaria has led some environmental groups to change their thinking. The group Environmental Defense, which led the anti-DDT movement, now supports indoor use to control malaria.

　　But many critics of DDT worry it will not be used with great care. University of Illinois scientist May Berenbaum argues that DDT is not as effective as people might think. Writing in the Washington Post, she noted that some African mosquitoes developed resistance to it. She says DDT should be only one tool among many for insect control.

　　The WHO supports other interventions as well. But it says India sharply cut malaria rates in the past with indoor use of DDT. And ten countries in southern Africa are currently using it for malaria control.

　　1. When did American stop using DDT?

　　A. In the 1940s.

　　B. In the 1960s.

　　C. In the 1970s.

　　D. In the 1980s.

　　2. What do you think the book “Silent Spring” is about?

　　A. About the harm DDT does to humans.

　　B. About DDT in the water from a spring.

　　C. About DDT in the water used for controlling insects.

　　D. About DDT used for people and crops.

　　3. Which of the following is not true?

　　A. DDT may be harmful when used incorrectly.

　　B. Environmental Defense admits DDT can control malaria.

　　C. DDT may be harmful to the environment and crops.

　　D. All scientists agree to spray DDT indoors now.

　　4. What does the word “It” in the last sentence of Para. 1 refer to?

　　A. “The use of DDT” B. “Mosquito”

　　C. “The WHO” D. “Malaria”

　　5. What can you infer from the passage?

　　A. People’s knowledge of a thing is always developing.

　　B. DDT is very useful.

　　C. There are many tools to control malaria.

　　D. India has never stopped using DDT.

　　重庆高考英语阅读强化题答案

　　1. C 推断题。根据第五段中的“In the 1960s”及“a decade later”可知，答案选C。

　　2. A 推断题。根据文章内容可知，由于此书的出现，人们改变了对DDT的看法，接着停止了对DDT的使用因此我们断定，此书是谈论DDT对人们的危害的。

　　3. D 判断题。根据文章倒数第二段第一句“But many critics of DDT worry in will not be used with great care”及全段内容可知，有些科学家仍然反对使用DDT，由此可见并不是所有的科学家都同意，答案选D。

　　4. A 理解题。根据“It”所在句前面的内容可知，这里的“It”指的是对DDT的使用，答案选A。

　　5. A 推断题。根据本文内容，人们对DDT从禁用到重新启用，说明人们对事物的认识是不断发展变化的。答案选A。

　　重庆高考英语阅读强化题(二)

　　O. Henry was an American short-story writer, a master of surprising endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. A twist of plot, which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance, is typical of O. Henry’s stories.

　　William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) was born in North Carolina. His father was a physician. When William was three, his mother died, and he was raised by his grandmother and aunt. At the age of fifteen he left school, and then worked in a drug store. He moved to Houston, where he had a number of jobs, including that of bank clerk. After moving to Austin, Texas, in 1882, he married.

　　In 1884 he started a humorous weekly The Rolling Stone. When the weekly failed, he joined the Houston Post as a reporter and columnist. In 1897 hw was convicted of embezzling money, although there has been much debate over his actual guilt.

　　While in prison O. Henry started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter Margaret. His first work, Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking (1899), appeared in McClure’s Magazine. After doing three years of the five years sentence, Porter emerged from the prison in 1901 and changed his name to O. Henry.

　　O. Henry moved to New York city in 1902 and from December 1903 to January 1906 he wrote a story a week for the New York World, also publishing in other magazines. Henry’s first collection, Cabbages And Kings appeared in 1904. The second, The Four Million, was published two years later and included his well-know stories The Gift of the Magi and The Furnished Room. O. Henry published 10 collections and over 600 short stoires during his lifetime.

　　O. Henry’s last years were shadowed by ill health and financial problems. He married Sara Lindsay Coleman in 1907, but the marriage was not happy, and they separated one year later. O. Henry died on June 5, 1910, in New York.

　　1. The following statements are the characteristics of O. Henry’s stories except ______

　　A. the s stories often end with surprising endings.

　　B. there are a lot of coincidences in his stories.

　　C. the stories are mainly about common people.

　　D. his own experiences are main subjects in his stories.

　　2. We can infer from the text that ______.

　　A. O. Henry’s mother’s death resulted in his leaving school.

　　B. O. Henry earned much money by starting the Weekly.

　　C. some people believed O. Henry was put in prison for no good reason.

　　D. his daughter asked O. Henry to write short stories.

　　3. One of O. Henry’s most famous story The Gift of the Magi came out in ______.

　　A. 1902 B. 1904 C. 1906 D. 1907

　　4. What do you think of O. Henry’s life?

　　A. Rough. B. Smooth. C. Rich. D. Happy.

　　重庆高考英语阅读强化题答案

　　1. D 仔细阅读第一段会发现，这段包含了A、B、C三个选项的内容。只有D项文章没有提及，所以它不是O. Henry的写作特点。

　　2. C 根据第二段第三句“When William was three, his mother died”知道，母亲死时他才3岁，而辍学是15岁，两者没有必然联系;第三段的第二句“the weekly failed”，说明他并没有赚到钱;第四段第一句“While in prison O. Henry started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter”可知，O. Henry是为了抚养女儿写作，不是女儿要求他写作，所以A、B、D都是错误选项。从第三段的最后一句“although there has been much debate over his actual guilt.”可以推测，有人认为他有罪，也有人认为他没有罪。因此选C为正确选项。

　　3. C 第五段的倒数第二句“two years later and included his well-known stories The Gift of the Magi”可以推算，这篇小说是在1906年出版的。

　　4. A (根据第二段可知)O. Henry经历了孤独的童年，艰难的青年时期;(第三段中可知)经过了艰辛的创业;(第四段中)又遭牢狱之灾;(第五段中)尽管后期作品很受欢迎，(第六段中)但又忍受疾病之苦，婚姻不幸，可谓命运多舛。所以首先排除C、D两个选项;B选项Smooth意为“平坦的”与文章内容不符。只有A选项Rough意为“崎岖不平的”，形容人生的坎坷。

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