2019届高考英语一轮复习 Uint 10 Money课时练1 阅读理解提速练 北师大版必修4.doc

1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Uint 10 Money 课时练 1 阅读理解提速练 阅读理解 A (2018 吉林长春七校高三第一次联考 )Joseph Goldberger was a doctor for the United States Public Health Service and he was an advocate for scientific and social recognition of the links between poverty and disease. In 1914, Goldberger was asked by U S. Surgeon Genera

2、l Rupert Blue to study a skin disease that was killing thousands of people in the South. The disease was pellagra(糙皮病 ) Goldberger traveled to the state of Mississippi where many people suffered from pellagra. He studied the victims and their families. Most of the people lived a hard life. The docto

3、r came to believe that the disease didnt pass on from one to another, but was instead related to food. He received permission from the state governor to test this idea at a prison. Prisoners were offered pardons if they took part. One group of prisoners received their usual foods, mostly corn produc

4、ts. A second group ate meat, fresh vegetables and drank milk. Members of the first group developed pellagra. The second group did not. But some medical researchers refused to accept Goldberger s idea. For the South, pellagra was more than simply a medical problem. There were other things, including

5、Southern pride. So Goldberger had himself injected(注射 ) with blood from a person with pellagra. He also took liquid from the nose and throat of a pellagra patient and put them into his own nose and throat. He even swallowed pills that contained skin from pellagra patients. An assistant also took par

6、t in the experiments. So did Goldbergers wife. None of them got sick. Joseph Goldberger died of cancer in 1929. He was fiftyfive years old. Several years later, researchers discovered the exact cause of pellagra： a lack of vitamin B3 known as niacin. 【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了美国医生 Joseph Goldberger 研究糙皮病

7、的患病原因的过程。 Joseph Goldberger 医生的认真、牺牲精神令人感动。 1 Who were easy targets of pellagra according to Goldberger? A People in America. B People put into prison. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C People having a poor diet. D People touching pellagra patients. C 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的 “Most of th e people lived a hard life.the diseas

8、e didnt pass on from one to another, but was instead related to food.” ，再结合 Goldberger 在监狱进行的实验的内容可知 ， 在 Joseph Goldberger 看来 ， 糙皮病和食物有关 ， 而且患者大多生活条件差；再结合实验中提到的主要吃玉米制品 的犯人最后患上了该病可知 ，不良的饮食容易导致人们患糙皮病。 2 What did Goldberger want to prove by the experiments mentioned in Paragraph 4? A Pellagra wasn t so

9、 terrible. B Pellagra didn t spread. C Pellagra could be cured. D Pellagra wasn t a medical problem. B 解析：推理判断题。根据第二段中提到的 Goldberger 认为糙皮病不是传染病以及第四段中提到的他为了证明自己的观点而进行的实验的内容 (将患糙皮病的人的血液注射到自己 的体内、将糙皮病病人的鼻腔和口腔中的液体放入自己的鼻腔和口腔以及吞咽含有糙皮病病人的皮肤组织的药丸 )和结果 (他没患病 )可推知 ， Goldberger 进行实验是为了证明糙皮病不传染。 3 Which words c

10、an be used to describe Goldberger? A Devoted and determined. B Selfless and friendly. C Patient and expert. D Stubborn and enthusiastic. A 解析：推理判断题。文中提 到的 Goldberger 在监狱及在他自己身上做实验的内容表明他全心全意地投入到对糙皮病的研究中 ， 有奉献精神；尽管一些人不认可 Goldberger 的观点 ， 但他仍坚持自 己的看法并坚决地去证明自己的观点是正确的 ，这体现出他意志坚定。故选 A。 B (2018 湖北省武汉市调研测试

11、)Elon Musk was born in South Africa, in 1971. A crazy fan of computers, by the age of twelve, Musk had written the code(代码 ) for his own video game, which he sold for a profit. He attended Queen s University in Canada, and transferred(转到 ) to the 【 精品教育资源文库 】 University of Pennsylvania, where he ea

12、rned two bachelor s degrees, economics and physics. He was admitted to Stanford University in California, intending to earn a PhD in energy physics. First Company Zip2 Corporation In 1995, at the age of 24, Musk dropped out of Stanford University after just two days of classes to start his first com

13、pany Zip2 Corporation. It was an online city guide that provided content for the new online versions of The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune newspapers. In 1999, Musk got $ 22 million from the sale of Zip2. Online Banking In 1999, Elon Musk started X com with $ 10 million dollars from the sale

14、 of Zip2. X. com was an online bank, and he was credited with inventing a method of securely transferring money using a receiver s email address. PayPal In 2000, X. com bought a company called Confinity, which had started an Internet moneytransfer process called PayPal. Elon Musk dropped the online

15、banking focus to concentrate on becoming a global payment transfer provider. In 2002, eBay bought PayPal for $ 1.5 billion. Space Exploration Technologies In 2002, Elon Musk started SpaceX. He is a longstanding member of the Mars Society, a nonprofit organization that supports the exploration of Mar

16、s, and Musk is interested in building a greenhouse on Mars. SpaceX has been developing rocket technologies to enable Musks project. Tesla Motors In 2004, Elon Musk cofounded Tesla Motors, of which he is the only product architect. Tesla Motors builds electric vehicles. The company has built an elect

17、ric sports car, the Tesla Roadster. SolarCity In 2006, Elon Musk cofounded SolarCity, a photovoltaic(光电的 ) products and services company with his cousin Lyndon Rive. 【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文 ， 主要介绍了埃隆 马斯克的人生经历和伟大成就。 4 What was Elon Musk gifted in when he was young? A Economics. B Physics. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C Ene

18、rgy. D Coding. D 解析：细节理解题。根据第一段的第二句可知 ， Musk 是一位疯狂的电脑迷 ， 十二岁时他就为自己的视频游戏写代码并获利了；据此可知 ， 他小时候就有写代码 的天赋 ， 故 D项正确。 5 Which of the following provides international payment transfer service? A X.com. B Confinity. C PayPal. D eBay. C 解析：细节理解题。根据 PayPal 部分 ， 尤其是该部分的第二句可知 ， PayPal 提供国际转账支付服务 ， 故 C 项正确。 6 What

19、 has SpaceX been doing to help achieve Musk s project? A Sponsoring the Mars Society. B Developing rocket technologies. C Building a greenhouse on Mars. D Supporting the exploration of Mars. B 解析：细节理解题。根据 Space Exploration Technologies部分的 “SpaceX has been developing rocket technologies to enable Mus

20、ks project.” 可知 ， SpaceX 一直在研究开发火箭技术 ， 帮助 Musk 实现他的项目 (目标 )， 故 B 项正确。 7 What is Tesla Motors noted for? A Its electric vehicles. B Its photovoltaic products. C Its service as a city tourist guide. D Its business with other companies. A 解析：细节理解题。根据 Tesla Motors 部分 ， 尤其是该部分的第二句可知 ， Tesla Motors 是 生产电动

21、汽车的公司 ， 故 A 项正确。 C (2018 东北三省四市教研联合体高考模拟 ) Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee Type： Fantasy Storyline： When Ophelia moves to a strange city where it never stops snowing, she discovers a boy locked away for 75 years in a museum. She must help the boy before the Snow Queen freezes the world

22、. Along the way, Ophelia learns how to believe in things she cannot see. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 Targeted readers： People who like fairy tales would enjoy this book. A Hundred Horses by Sarah Lean Type: Mystery Storyline： The wooden horse Nell brings along during her visits to her aunt and cousins is stolen b

23、y a girl named Angel. As Nell finds out Angels true identity, a bond grows between them and a group of 99 horses. Word has it that the 100th horse is magical. But where is it? Nell doesnt know, but Angel might know. Targeted readers： Kids who like animals and nature will be sure to find this book exciting. How to Catch a Bogle by Cat