高考英语阅读理解专项复习题（二）
一、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
As the world starts to become increasingly aware of the dirty carbon footprint left behind by airplane travel,could it be time to bring back to the air ship?Hybrid Air vehicle,a UK-bad company,has recently displayed a new concept design of their around100-pasnger air-ships that hopes to revolutionize city tripping,all while reducing carbon emissions(排放).The images of the flashy inside parts are just an ambitious plan for the moment,but the company argued the air ship would be well-suited to city-to-city trips.
A journey by air ship would take slightly longer than one by airplane.For example,a flight from Liverpool to Belfast across the Irish Sea is approximately4 hours and24minutes,check-in and curity time included,while the air ship will take 5hours and20minutes in theory.However,the payoff comes in the amount of carbon dioxide relead—67.75kilograms(149.36pounds)of carbon emissions per pasnger by plane,compared to4.75kilograms(10,47pounds)per pasnger by air ship.
The company claims their standard Airlander10model can now complete journeys with a total of a75percent reduction in emissions compared to conventional aircrafts.They eventually hope to introduc
e a hybrid-electric(混合电能的)model by 2025,which would reduce emissions by90percent,then a totally electric model by 2030that would be a zero emissions aircraft.
In a bid to attract air travel enthusiasts,the company also hopes to make the experience more pleasurable than the typical journey of sticky ats and minimal leg room.“For many decades flying from A to B has meant sitting in a metal tube with tiny windows—a necessity but not always a pleasure.On Airlander,the whole experience is pleasant,even enjoyable,”George Land,Commercial Business Development Director at Hybrid Air vehicle,said in a recent statement.
1．What is the new air ship designed for?
A．Trips with fewer pasngers.
B．Reducing the u of carbon.
C．Traveling specially between cities.
D．The lowest cost of trips for pasngers.
2．Why does the author list the figures in paragraph2?
A．To highlight the speed of the airplane.
B．To stress the disadvantages of the new airship.
C．To indicate the potential market of the new airship
D．To prent the positive effect of the new air ship on the environment. 3．What is the plan of the company for the new air ship?
A．Producing a fully electric model by2030.
B．Producing a hybrid-electric model by2030.
C．Completing the standard Airlander10model by2025.
D．Putting the standard Airlander la model into rvice by2025.
4．What does George Land think of the traditional airplane?
A．It's much safe B．Its space is too narrow,
C．Its ats are too hard.D．Its atmosphere is more pleasant.
二、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Everyone needs friends.We all like to feel clo to someone.It is nice to have a friend to talk,laugh,and do things with.Surely,there are times when we need to be alone.We don’t always want people around.But we would feel lonely if we never had a friend.
No two people are the same.Sometimes friends don’t get along well.That doesn’t mean that they no longer like each other.Most of the time they will make up and go on being friends.
Sometimes friends move away.Then we feel very sad.We miss them very much. But we can’t call them and write to them.It could be that we will even e them again.
And we can make new friends.It is surprising to find out how much we like new people when we get to know them.
Families sometimes name their children after a clo friend.Many places are named after men and women who have been friendly to people in a town.Some libraries are named this way.So are some schools.We think of the people when we go to the places.
There’s more good news for people who have friends.They live longer than people who don’t.Why?It
could be that they are happier.Being happy helps you stay well.Or it could be just knowing that someone cares.If someone cares about you,you take better care of yourlf.
5．The first paragraph tells us________.
A．nobody needs friends
B．we always need friends around
C．making friends is a need in people’s lives
D．we never need to be alone
6．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A．People are not happy when their friends leave them.
B．People will never e their friends after their friends move away. C．People can know their friends in different ways.
D．People like their friends very much if they get to know them.
7．Which of the following is most probably the place people name after friendly people?
A．A city.B．A room.C．A town.D．A library. 8．The main idea of this passage is________.
A．that people are all friends
B．that people need friends
C．how to get to know friends
D．how to name a place
三、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A small but shining silver lining:The corona-virus has quickened the shift to pedal power in Europe.The German Cycling Association(ADFC)reports that Germans across the country are spending twice as much time biking as they were before the COVID-19.There is growing demand for bikes and shared-bike subscriptions,and now even shortages throughout bicycle supply chain.For bike shops it's an unexpected boom.So much so that it requires cities to improve their biking facilities.
In unimagined numbers,bikes are starting to take the place of cars in our cities. It has incread930miles of new bike lanes(车道)in Europe,“muscling aside cars on Europe’s city streets,”according to European Cyclists Federation.Belgium, Denmark,and the Netherlands are pioneering fast lanes for riders.“Pop-up lanes”are being ud for bikes in Berlin and Paris;Rome has painted new bike lanes,in each ca taking away lanes from cars.
Women riders are reportedly another big factor in the biking transformation. E-bikes are,too.E-bikes u an onboard battery to boost power when the rider is going up a hill,or just needs a rest.E-bikes have removed“the sweat factor”.Who wants to show up to work or a party sweaty?
The European Cyclists’Federation states that bikes are also strongly supported by European governments to cut carbon and increa the quality of their cities. European countries provide direct financial stimulation for cyclists.
At the end of April,France announced a20million Euro plan to promote cycling after the end of the lockdown.The plan includes50Euro vouchers(代金券)for the repair of a bike.Italy worked on a regulation for Covid recovery,by means of which 120million Euro was t aside to cover70%and up to500Euro of the price of conventional,muscle-powered and electric bikes.
9．What is the passage mainly about?
A．The impact of the pandemic on people's life.
B．The bicycle industry booms in Europe.
C．The preference for bicycles globally.
D．The shift in choice on public transportation.
10．How many factors contribute to the growing demand for bikes in Europe? A．Two.B．Three.C．Four.D．Five. 11．What can we learn from the passage?
A．Measures have been taken to encourage Europeans to u bikes.
B．E-bikes become popular with Europeans becau they are lazy.
C．More women in Europe choo to go to work by bike than men. D．Financial support is the main reason why Europeans choo bikes. 12．Where is the passage probably taken from?
A．A guidebook.B．A business plan.
C．A science report.D．A newspaper.
四、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
At just11years old,Vince Weishaus runs his own hair salon(发廊)in his parents’bament in Bloomfield Hills,Michigan,doing different hairstyles for free.
For Vince,his love of hair started at a very young age.“He has an older sister who had dolls and he would just,at2or3,be playing with the dolls'hair,”recalled Emily Weishaus,Vince’s mother.
Not long afterward,he also fell in love with braiding(编辫子).“He watched me do a braid,and then he undid the braid and redid it without me ever showing him how to do it,”his mother said.He found his true love as a hairstylist(发型师)when he started cutting his grandmother's hair before he was5.“I feel that’s what gave him the confidence to be who he is,”she added.
Vince’s hairstyling dream became a reality when his parents prented him with a special surpri on his ninth birthday:his very own salon in their bament.His neighbor had a salon in her home,but she decided to pass on her supplies to Vince
