16．In 1974，the price of petrol in Britain rose by 120percent； cars became expensive to run and train and bus fares increased．People who hadn't used a bicycle since they were children decided that they would buy bicycles．They discovered that cycling could be enjoyable and cheap．
Bicycle sales had been falling for many years but suddenly everything changed．In 1975，British people spent more than one million on bicycles．Bicycle traffic increased by 11percent．
Bicycle fans compare the cost of running a car with the cost of running a bicycle．They also say bicycle-riding is a good form of exercise．In towns bicycles can often be faster than cars or buses．The bicyclists can ride through traffic jams and at the end of his journey he doesn't have to look for a parking space．Cycling through the countryside is a real pleasure； the cyclist has time to see things that the motorist，driving at over 100kilometers an hour，never sees．
But in the cities，cycling can be dangerous．You need good concentration（專心）and strong nerves，especially when a truck or a bus is trying to pass you．Since cycling became popular again，there has been an increase in the number of accidents．
Cyclists say the answer to the problem is to separate bicycles from other traffic．Stevenage，a new town near London，has a system of"bikeways"，where only bicycles are allowed to travel．However，in most towns，cyclists say，the needs of the bicycle riders are overlooked．Cyclists have formed into"action groups"in many towns in Britain．They want to persuade local councils-who are in charge of the roads and traffic in their areas-to make sure there are safe facilities（設(shè)施）for cyclists．Or，they say，interest in cycling will die．

12．Today the Britain want to ride bikes becauseB．
A．trains and buses are too crowded
B．the cost of riding bikes is much cheaper than that of taking trains or buses
C．there are a lot of thieves on the trains or in the buses
D．the traffic accidents easily happen while people go to work by train or by bus
13．What is special about traffic in Britain today？A
A．More and more people ride bikes．
B．More and more people like to take trains．
C．Taking trains is much safer than taking buses．
D．No people like to take buses．
14．The main reason for so many people's riding bikes in England is thatA．
A．bike-riding does good to people
B．a(chǎn) bike is easy to take care of
C．a(chǎn) bike is much cheaper than a car
D．there is no need of a parking place for a bike
15．Riding bikes has many strong points，but when it becomes popularD．
A．a(chǎn) lot of bikes will be crowded in the public places
B．a(chǎn) lot of bus-drivers and trainmen are out of work
C．fewer and fewer people will take a train
D．there will easily be more and more traffic accidents．

分析 文章大意：日益上漲的石油價(jià)格讓闊別已久的自行車再次走入人們的視野，形成了一道亮麗的風(fēng)景線，可如何解決由此引發(fā)的交通事故卻迫在眉睫．也許設(shè)置專門的自行車道是最好的解決辦法，但是，行得通嗎？

解答 12．B  考查推理判斷．文章開頭一段提到由于汽油價(jià)格的暴漲，久違的自行車再次受到人們的追捧，因?yàn)轵T自行車非常舒服而且便宜，由此可推測(cè)此項(xiàng)正確．其余三項(xiàng)都 不是主要原因．
13．A  考查細(xì)節(jié)理解．從"They discovered that biking could be enjoyable…and cheap""Bike traffic increased by 11 percent"而得此答案．
14．A  考查推理判斷．從本文第三段中的"They also say bicycle-riding is a good form of exercise"可得此答案．
15．D考查細(xì)節(jié)理解．根據(jù)題干中的but一詞可知要敘述的是騎自行車的缺點(diǎn)，第四段敘述的是在城市中騎自行車的危險(xiǎn)，因此選擇此項(xiàng)．其余三項(xiàng)在文章中沒有信息支持．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 在做閱讀理解時(shí)，可遵循三部曲的原則，即：快速閱讀短文，了解文章大意；然后認(rèn)真逐題作答；復(fù)查校對(duì)答案．

練習(xí)冊(cè)系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

6．Sir Edmund Hillary was born in 1919and grew up in Auckland．Hillary was educated at Tuakau Primary School and then Auckland Grammar School．He finished primary school two years early and at high school achieved average marks．He was smaller than his classmates there and was very shy so he buried himself in his books and daydreams of a life filled with adventure．At 16his interest in climbing started during a school trip to Mount Ruapehu．
Edmund Hillary joined in Everest reconnaissance （勘測(cè)） in 1951and again in 1952，as well as an unsuccessful act of trying to climb Cho Oyu in 1952．The New Zealander made history when he succeeded in climbing Mount Everest with his Nepalese partner in May 1953．He was the first man to climb the world's tallest mountain．
After climbing the 8，850meter peak，Hillary led a number of expeditions （探險(xiǎn)） to the South Pole and devoted his life to helping the Sherpa people of Nepal's Khumbu region．He spent two years in India，and founded the Himalayan Trust in 1964．The Trust helped build hospitals and schools．He was made an honorary Nepalese citizen in 2003．
At home in New Zealand，the famous explorer was a simple beekeeper．Speaking in 2003，he said he was just an ordinary man who did not deserve celebrity （名人） status．"I never permitted the climb of Everest to make me regard myself as a heroic figure，"he said．"I knew I was no heroic figure．"
The explorer，one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers died in an Auckland hospital of a heart attack after a long illness．The death prompted an outpouring of sympathy，with messages of condolence （哀悼） flooding in from around the world．
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the explorer was an inspiration to generations．"Sir Edmund's name is in connection with adventure，with achievement，with dreaming and then making those dreams come true，"she said．"I'm sure there will be many Australians today who reflect on his death． It was obviously a long life and well lived．"
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said Hillary was a heroic figure and said all New Zealanders would deeply mourn his passing．
Hillary was honored with a state funeral．

58．What was Hillary's nationality？B
A．Australian．B．New Zealander．C．Nepalese．D．Indian．
59．What does the underlined sentence"It was obviously a long life and well lived．"mean？C
A．Hillary lived a simple life．B．Hillary lived a hard life．
C．Hillary lived a meaningful life．D．Hillary lived a happy life．
60．How is the article mainly developed？D
A．By giving examples．B．By making comparisons．
C．By analyzing causes．D．By following the order of time．

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

7．Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia，on August 27，1910．She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen．At that time，some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were working in India，and they often wrote to the school about their work．She decided to join them one day．
When she left school，she went first to Britain．Then a year later she went to India，where she began to train to be a teacher．After training，she was sent to Calcutta，where she taught geography at a school and soon after became headmistress．
However，although she loved teaching，in 1946Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta．Later she trained to become a nurse in Patna，and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city．Slowly，others came to help her，and her work spread to other parts of India．
Mother Teresa is now a well-known person．Many photos have been taken of her，as she travels the world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries．In 1979，she was given the Nobel Peace Prize for the lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor．
32．Where did Mother Teresa receive her education？A
A．In Yugoslavia and India．
B．In Yugoslavia and Britain．
C．In Britain and India．
D．In Yugoslavia，Britain and India．
33．What first made Mother Teresa work in India？C
A．Her visit to the poor parts of Calcutta．
B．Her visit to Britain after she finished school．
C．The medical workers'letters to her school．
D．The work of the nurse in the city of Patna．
34．Mother Teresa gave up teaching because she wanted  A．
A．to look after the poor          
B．to travel to poor countries
C．to build hospitals for the poor   
D．to train nurses to care for the poor
35．Mother Teresa is now a famous person because she has   D．
A．saved many poor people in India
B．helped to bring about world peace
C．helped to make India a more peaceful place
D．taken care of many poor people in the world．

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

4．On a dark night，11-year-old Joe was playing hide-and-seek with his friends in the backyard when he thought he saw Magellan-a huge housecat．However，when the cat suddenly jumped on his head，Joe found it turned out a young cougar．He backed away from the animal，then turned and ran inside the house．
Cougar encounters like this one are becoming increasingly common in the U．S．Most people assume that's because cougar populations are growing，or because the big cats are coming into closer contact with the expanding web of human suburbs．But Professor Robert Wielgus at Washington State University argues that poorly designed hunting policies might be causing an increase in cougar-human conflicts．
Wielgus's research teams have been fitting the big cats with radio collars and monitoring their movements．They find that the cougar population is actually declining rapidly and almost no male cougars are over four years of age．And a study shows that the heavily hunted area has five times as many cougar complaints as the lightly hunted area-even though the density of cougars is about the same in both areas．
Wielgus suspects that hunting policies，which allow older males to be killed to keep cougar populations in check，were the culprit and teenage cougars in the heavily hunted area may be responsible for most of the trouble．To test his theory，he adds two more groups of cougars to the tracking program-one in a heavily hunted area and another in a comparable but lightly hunted area．He concludes that heavy hunting indeed almost wipes out older males and the population structure in the heavily hunted area shifts toward younger animals．
With these findings，Wielgus believes without adults to keep them under control，the disorderly teens are more likely to come into conflict with humans，farm animals and pets．
Wielgus's ideas don't sit well with everyone．"Hunting definitely does cause lots of teenage males to flow in，but I don't yet see solid proof that they are more likely to cause trouble than older cats，"says the University of Montana's Robinson．"In many cases，the new arrivals have been squeezed out of remote wilderness habitat and forced into areas where they are more likely to encounter humans．I think humans are primarily responsible for all the interaction you see．We're moving into these areas where cougars and deer are，"according to Alldredge，a researcher at the Colorado Division of Wildlife．
We may not understand what makes 18-year-old males more likely than 48-year-old men to do dangerous things，Wielgus says，but we know that the world would be a different place，if teenagers were in charge．

67．The passage begins with a story to  A．
A．lead into the topic
B．describe an incident
C．show the author's attitude
D．warn of the dangers of cougars
68．The underline word"culprit"in Para.4is closest in meaning to  D．
A．effect
B．evidence     
C．target
D．cause
69．Which of the following is true？B
A．Alldredge agrees hunting results in the arrival of lots of teens．
B．Robinson doubts age is a key factor in human-cougar conflicts．
C．Alldredge believes killing older males may cause a bigger threat．
D．Robinson holds humans are to blame for the fall of older males．
70．What might Wielgus suggest to reduce cougar attacks？D
A．Driving teenage cougars back into their natural habitat．
B．Getting people to move out of the areas where cougars are．
C．Forbidding children to play in the backyard by themselves．
D．Revising hunting policies to ensure a healthy cougar population．

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

11．Trapped on the 37th Floor
Melinda Skaar wasn't expecting any phone calls．Skaar was working late in her office at the First Interstate bank of California．By 10：45that night she was almost ready    to go home when the phone rang．
Picking it up，she heard a guard shouting．"There is a fire!Get out of there!"
Skaar didn't panic．She figured that it was just a small fire．Her office building was    huge．There were 62floors and her desk was on the 37thfloor．
Skaar called out to office mate Stephen Oksas，who also stayed late to work．But when they got to the hallway，they were met by a cloud of black smoke．Rushing back，Skaar shut the door and filled the space at the bottom of the door with her jacket to keep the smoke out．
Then they called 911．Before they could call their families，however，the line went    dead．That meant that they were completely cut off from the outside world．All they could    do was wait and hope someone would come to rescue them．
Minutes ticked by．Smoke began to float into the office．Soon it became hard for them to breathe．
Looking around，Skaar noticed a small workroom．It seemed to have cleaner air．So    they crowded there．That helped for a while，but in time even the workroom was filled with deadly smoke．
Hopeless，they tried to break the windows，but the glass was not breakable．Everything they threw at just bounced back．
Defeated，they struggled back to the workroom．They felt weak and dizzy．Soon Skaar found Oksas had passed out．
As Skaar and Oksas lay near death，rescuers were rushing to find them．At last，at about 4a．m．，firefighters found them．
Skaar and Oksas knew they were lucky to be alive．"Sunday is my birthday，"Skaar told a reporter．She would be turning 29．But she knew she had already got the best present possible-the gift of life．

24．What did Skaar and Oksas do when they were stopped by the fire？C
A．They called their families．    
B．They waited where they were．
C．They rushed back and shut the door．
D．They tried to run down the stairs．
25．The first sentence of the passage is to  A．
A．get the reader's attention    
B．introduce Skaar and Oksas
C．explain the cause of the event
D．tell the background information．
26．The following helped Skaar and Oksas survive the fire EXCEPT  B．
A．calling 911for help
B．breaking the windows to get some fresh air
C．crowding in a small workroom for clean air
D．shutting the door and keeping the smoke out with a jacket
27．What can we conc1ude from Skaar's action in the fire？C
A．She is cleverer than Oksas．
B．She was trained as a firefighter．
C．She remained calm in the face of danger．
D．She had had the experience of being caught in fire．

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

1．The chimp didn't feel well．She fell over，ignoring the other wild chimps．Finally，the sick chimp crawled over to a bush，picked some leaves and swallowed them．By the next afternoon，the chimp was as good as new!
       Biologists watching the chimp were surprised．Somehow，the plant had cured the chimp!Did the chimp know the plant would make her feel better？Or was it just a lucky accident？
       Many scientists don't think it has anything to do with luck．They're discovering that some animals seem to use plants to cure themselves．And these animals are leading scientists to new plants that could cure humans!
       Dr．Richard Wrangham，an anthropologist at Harvard University，agrees that animals may know something we don't know about forest plants．
       Wrangham got to know chimps and their diets while studying them for three years in Tanzania．"You must know a lot about an animal's feeding habits to know what it doesn't consider food，"Wrangham explains．Every morning，he saw that most chimps ate fruit near their nests．Later on，they ate on leaves．
       When he noticed chimps eating the leaves of a plant they usually ignored，Wrangham thought something interesting was going on---especially when he saw that they'd sometimes walk for 20 minutes to find the plant．Another strange thing that caught his eye was how they ate the bitter leaves．
"They swallowed the leaves whole，"explains Wrangham，noting that chimps usually chew their food well．"They seemed to rub（摩擦）the leaves around the roofs of their mouths．They closed their eyes，wrinkled their noses and swallowed slowly．"
       Wrangham wondered what could be so good about something tasting so bad．He had a chemist analyze the leaves．He discovered that the leaves contain a red oil that kills different viruses（病毒）．Later tests showed that the oil might even fight cancer and the AIDS virus!
Why don't the chimps chew the leaves？"Rubbing the leaves between the tongue and the inside of the mouth might allow the chemicals to enter the bloodstream directly，"he suggests，"instead of going to the stomach，where they might get destroyed by acids．The chimps seem to know what they're doing．"

67．We can learn from the passage thatA．
A．chemicals in plants help cure animals
B．chimps cure themselves by chewing plants
C．scientists live with chimps to study their diets
D．Dr．Wrangham knows a lot about forest plants
68．How can Dr．Wrangham tell which plants are medicine for chimps？C
A．By talking with the biologists．
B．By analyzing the chimps'favorite food．
C．By studying the chimps'feeding habits．
D．By comparing other scientists'discoveries．
69．The author wrote the passage toA．
A．present a finding                         B．test a theory
C．provide a solution                        D．describe an experiment
70．What does the passage mainly talk about？B
A．Forest plants
B．Animal doctors．
C．Chimp's diets
D．A cure for cancer．

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來源： 題型：閱讀理解

8．Because  phones have caused many problems，many headteachers have ordered that pupils keep their phones switched off at school．Others have told pupils to leave them at home．However，Dr．Elizabeth Hartnell-Young at University of Nottingham believes it is time that phone bans were reassessed，because mobile phones can be a powerful learning aid，they said．
"At the start of the study，even pupils were often surprised at the thought that mobile phones could be used for learning，"Dr．Hartnell-Young said．"After their hands-on experience，almost all pupils said they had enjoyed the project and felt more motivated．"Some teachers also had to reassess their views．"Using this technology gives them more freedom to express themselves without needing to be constantly supervised （管理）．"one said．
    Other teachers found that pupils who lacked confidence gained most from the project．However，they recognized that greater use of mobile phones in schools could prove problematical．Increased temptation （誘惑） to steal phones was one worry．"I thought，well，four of these smartphones are going to end up on e-BAY tomorrow，"one teacher said．A few teachers remained concerned that phones could prove a distraction （分心） for some pupils．Allowing pupils to access school emails via mobiles would also bring risks it pass-words were shared，they said．
    Dr．Hartnell-Young says that the teachers'worries are understandable．"While the eventual aim should be to lift blanket bans on phones we do not recommend immediate，whole-school change，"she said，"Instead we believe that teachers，students and the wider community should work together to develop policies that will enable this powerful new learning tool to be used safely．We hope that，in future，mobile phone use will be as natural as using any other technology in school．"
49．Which of the following is probably closest in meaning to the underlined word"problematical"in Paragraph 3？B
    A．Illegal．B．Troublesome．C．Reasonable．D．Valuable．
50．Some teachers support the ban because they think greater use of mobile phones will bring some worries EXCEPTC．
    A．it will cause pupils not to concentrate on their study
    B．some pupils will steal phones and sell it online
    C．it will cause pupils to lack confidence
    D．sharing the passwords will bring some risks to the school
51．Dr．Hartnell-Young probably thinksD．
    A．schools should make immediate changes to lift the ban
    B．it is not necessary for teachers to worry about the larger use of mobile phones in school
    C．it won't be natural for teachers to use phones in school
    D．work should be done together to ensure mobile phones come into class as a teaching aid
52．Which of the following can be the best title of this passage？A 
    A．Mobile Phones as a Teaching Aid      B．Problems Caused by Mobile Phones
    C．The Future Mobile Phone in School    D．The Mobile Phone Ban．

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來源： 題型：選擇題

5．Linda often makes his brother______，but she was made_____ yesterday．（　�。�
A．cry，to cryB．to cry，cry
C．crying，cryingD．cried，to be cried

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來源： 題型：填空題

6．Feeling fired is asignal （信號(hào)）that you need a rest．

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊(cè)答案