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1、湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（89）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AYears ago while lying in my hammock （吊床）and drinking JD from the bottle, I noticed my dog dragging something under the fenceUpon inspection, to my disappointment, I realized it was the next door neighbor s 10 - year - old daughter s rab
2、bitFor years I had watched her come home from school and head straight out to its cage, free it and play with it in the yardI knew that day would be no different and fearing for our dog, I had to think fastThe rabbit was quite dirty, as if it had put up quite a struggle, so I washed it, combed it wi
3、th the dog brush and blew it dry with the leaf blowerUpon finishing its grooming I jumped the fence and replaced it back in its cage hoping its death would be written off as natural causedBack to the hammock and JDWithin the hour the neighbor s Volvo palled in as usual and out popped the little girl
4、, and as usual she headed straight for the cageOnly this time she stopped about six feet away and screamed: D - A - D - D Y！Her father, panic stricken, stood looking at the cageBeing the good neighbor that I am, I rushed to fence and asked if there was anything I could doHer father less than calmly
5、shouted, What kind of sick individual would dig up a little girls rabbit and put it back in its cage?1The girl was shocked because _Athe rabbit was killed by someoneBthe rabbit was too cleanCthe dead rabbit was cleaned and put back into the cageDthe rabbit was asleep in the cage2That day the girl ra
6、n to the cage _Abecause her rabbit was thereBbecause shehad a habit of going there to see her rabbitCbecause she wanted to see her rabbit againDbecause the rabbit was dead3We can infer that the rabbit _Awas alive before the writer saw his dog dragging itBwas already dead before the writer saw his do
7、g dragging itCwas in the cage playing with the dogDwas at the fence seeking out for food before it was killed by the dog4According to the story, the writer _Awas helpful to his neighbor Bdid a smart thingCwas honest Dmade a mistakeBA Train Floating On AirA train that floats on air? It s not magic it
8、 s magnets （磁）And it s close to realityIn Virginia USA the fall of 2002, a train with no wheels traveled on air and carried college students across their campusIn Japan, a whisper - quiet railway engine hovered and raced at 350 miles per hour using magnets and electricity as the powerAnd in China, a
9、 magnet train line linked Shanghai with nearby Pudong AirportThese trains use magnetic levitation （悬浮）technology, maglev for shortThey use the same rules as the magnets you pick up at home or school: opposite poles of magnets attract each other, and like poles repel each otherHow does it work?Powerf
10、ul magnets on the bottom of the train repel magnets on the track, which is actually just a magnet - filled guiding wayWith a magnetic field of sufficient force, the train will go hovering on air, which seemed impossible to us in the past When an electrical current is sent through the track, the trai
11、n movesTurn the current backwards and the train slows downMaglev doesnt rely on the friction （摩擦力）of wheels on track, so it can climb a much steeper hill than a traditional trainAnd it can travel easily in snow and ice, something that could bring normal trains to a screaming stop5This passage is abo
12、ut Amaglev Bmagnets Clevitation Delectricity6Which of the following is a repelling action?7What can we learn from the text?AA magnet - filled guiding way is formed inside a maglev trainBInstead of electricity, magnets are used as the power of a maglevCMaglev trains can climb hills with the help of m
13、agnet wheelsDElectric currents decide the movements of a maglev train8What is the difference between a maglev train and an ordinary train?AA maglev train can climb mountains without power while an ordinary one can tBA maglev train can travel in college campus while an ordinary train is not allowedCT
14、ravelling without a track, a maglev train is safer and smoother than an ordinary oneDFloating on a track, a maglev train is faster, quieter than an ordinary railway trainCEveryone has heard of the San Andreas fault （断层）, which constantly threatens California and the West Coast with earthquakesBut ho
15、w many people know about the equally serious New Madrid fault in Missouri?Between December of 1811 and February of 1812, three major earthquakes occurred, all centered around the town of New Madrid, Missouri, on the Mississippi RiverProperty damage was severeBuildings in the area were almost destroyedWhole forests fell at once, and huge cracks opened in the ground, releasing some strong smell chemicals The Mississippi River itself completely changed character, developing sudden rapids and whirlpools （激流和旋涡）. Sev
