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1、20122012 届高考英语二轮专题复习阅读能力综合培养训练集（五十九）届高考英语二轮专题复习阅读能力综合培养训练集（五十九）A The treadle pump is based on a design developed in the 1970s by Norwegian engineer Gunnar Barnes. It can be made locally. The treadle pump is easy to build from bamboo or other wood and two metal cylinders (圆筒) with pistons (活塞). The p
2、istons go up and down as a person stands on lever devices treadles and uses a natural walking motion. How many hours a day the pump needs to be operated depends on the season and how much water is needed for crops. It could be two hours a day. It could be seven hours a day. Small children sometimes
3、stand with their parents on the treadles. Everyone in the family can take turns operating the pump. The Acumen Fund is a nonprofit group that invests in business projects to fight poverty. It studied the effects of treadle pumps in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh has three treadle p
4、ump manufacturers and more than seventythree thousand pumps. Acumen reported that families using them ate more vegetables, because they were able to grow more to eat and to sell. Many of these families also drank more milk, because they bought a cow with their added earnings. Men with treadle pumps
5、often no longer have to leave the farm to seek extra work in cities. The pump can also improve education. Farmers often use their extra earnings to buy books for their children or to pay for schooling. A farmer in Zambia said he hoped to have enough money in three years to buy a dieselpowered pump (
6、柴油泵). Then he could grow more crops over a larger area.But the world economic crisis has had an effect on some farmers. IDE executive director Zenia Tata says some who were able to buy diesel pumps now do not have enough money to buy fuel. So they are using their treadle pumps again. 语篇解读 脚踏泵因其简单、易行
7、、实用之特点，正在世界的广大贫困地区被推广，以帮 助农民脱贫致富，且已取得了显著的效果。 1The treadle pump _.A. is invented by an American engineer B. is mainly made of metal C. consists of two cylinders with pistons D. consists of two cylinders with an engine 解析 事实细节题。根据第二段第一句可知答案为 C。 答案 C 2What does the author want to tell us about the trea
8、dle pump in the second paragraph? A. Its history. B. Its working principle. C. Its structure. D. Its usage and effects. 解析 作者意图题。A 和 D 显然不对，C 有一定干扰性，但其不能概括第二句，介绍工作原理时，一般要同时介绍其结构，故选 B。 答案 B 3It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. it is easy to learn how to operate the treadle pump B. it is dif
9、ficult to build a treadle pump C. the treadle pump is used more in winter than in summer D. operating the treadle pump can keep fit 解析 推理判断题。B 和 C 与文中内容相悖，可排除。易错选 D，但文中没有依据，无法 推知。根据第四段，小孩也可帮忙，家庭中每个人都可参与，可推知 A 为答案。 答案 A 4Each treadle pump manufacturer in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has produced
10、 on average about _. A. 18, 000 pumps B. 24, 000 pumps C. 37, 000 pumps D. 73, 000 pumps 解析 数据推算题。根据第五段第三句可知，该州共三家生产商，共有七万三千多架脚踏 泵，平均每家生产两万四千架左右，故选 B。 答案 B 5Why does the farmer in Zambia hope to buy a dieselpowered pump?A. Because he wants to grow crops on a larger scale. B. Because he hates to leav
11、e the farm to seek fortune in cities. C. Because a dieselpowered pump is cheaper than before. D. Because oil is much cheaper than before. 解析 事实细节题。根据倒数第二段第二句可知答案。 答案 A 长难句解读 IDE executive director Zenia Tata says some who were able to buy diesel pumps now do not have enough money to buy fuel. 该句为双重复
12、合句。主句主语为 IDE executive director Zenia Tata，谓语为 says，后面 为省略了 that 的宾语从句。该宾语从句的主干部分为 some do not have enoueh money to buy fuel，who were able to buy diesel pumps 为定语从句，修饰主语 some。B It was near dusk, and Kim Cooper and her husband, Steve, were trucking through northern Kentucky transportation auto parts
13、from Louisville to Detroit for a goods company. “Steve, wake up！” she shouted. “Theres a truck on fire！”Inside the burning truck, Ronnie Sanders, 38, was fighting for his life. Hed been running a heavy load of tractors and forklifts from Georgia to Indianapolis when a van in front of him stopped sud
14、denly in traffic on the icy road. As Ronnie bore down, he could see children in the backseat. The trucks bulk would probably protect him from the worst of the impact, but the force of 23 tons would likely crush(压碎) everyone inside the van.“I figured instead of killing other people, Id just put the t
15、ruck in the ditch. ”At the bottom, rocks cut a fuel tank, which caught fire. A tree branch destroyed the windshield and knocked Ronnie unconscious. He came to life a couple of minutes later to find the cabin flames and his legs on fire. Steve dashed to Ronnie, who was hanging headfirst from the pass
16、enger door. Ronnie had used his pocketknife to cut himself free from the driversside seat belt only to get his boot trapped in another one. Steve climbed into the burning cab to free him. He tried three times to pull Ronnie out before finally freeing him. But Ronnies legs were still burning, so Steve laid him on the ground, ripped off his own shirt, and beat the flames with it. Hed managed to drag
