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1、1山西昔阳县山西昔阳县 20172017 高考英语一轮阅读理解选练高考英语一轮阅读理解选练【由湖南省 2014 高考十三校联考第二次考试改编】阅读理解。阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。WASHINGTON The head of the World Bank says for the first time in human history, it is possible to end poverty around the worldJim Yong Kim told a Washington audience Tuesday, he wants to ma
2、ke ending world poverty by 2030 a top goal for the bank and governments around the worldWorld Bank President Jim Yong Kim says that the problems of poverty, hunger and inequality are wide, urgent and a matter of survival of millions“We know that despite the great successes of the last decade, there
3、are still about 13 billion people living in extreme poverty, 870 million who go hungry every day, and 69 million children under five dying every year,“ he saidBut Kim told a Washington audience that the previous successful efforts to cut the number of people living in extreme poverty by half give th
4、em hope“We are at an auspicious moment in history, when the successes of past decades and an increasingly favourable economic outlook （前景:） combine to give developing countries a chance-for the first time ever-to end extreme poverty within a generation,“ he said in a speech at Georgetown University“
5、Our duty now must be to ensure that these favourable circumstances are matched with deliberate decisions to realize this historic opportunity“Kim says success will require increasing the speed of economic growth, particularly in South Africa and South AsiaBut he warned that civil unrest （动乱） could h
6、appen if economic growth does not help people at all income levels, and also include women and youthKim says that the World Bank and other development agencies will have more resources to get this job done right“Meeting this 2030 goal will take extraordinary effort,“ he saidHowever, Kim warned that
7、all the progress in fighting poverty could be destroyed by climate disasters unless the nations of the world do more to prevent climate change1In the opinion of Jim Yong Kim, world poverty _Ais not quite hard to end by 2030Bexists only in Africa and Asia2Cis difficult but hopeful to end by 2030Dwill
8、 be sure to disappear by 20302Which of the following gives Jim Yong Kim the hope to end world poverty?AA decreasing number of people are living in povertyBGreat successes have been achieved in science and technologyCEconomic growth is increasing in developing countriesDAll countries have started to
9、fight poverty3The underlined word “auspicious“ in Paragraph 5 most probably means “_“Aunforgettable BluckyCdisappearing Dimportant4According to Jim Yong Kim, in order to end world poverty, _Awe must prevent civil unrest from happeningBwe cant ignore the needs of women and youthCwe must make more peo
10、ple realize the importance of fighting povertyDthe countries across the world must work together to stop climate change5What s the passage mainly about?AThe key of ending world poverty is preventing climate changeBA top goal - ending world poverty will possibly be achieved by 2030CThe success of end
11、ing poverty - economic growthDThe progress in fighting poverty【参考答案】1-5、CABDB 20162016 高考训练题。高考训练题。阅读理解。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。On Sunday, August 24th, comic book lovers across the world held their breath to watch how much crazy collectors would pay for a rare Superman comic book. Thoug
12、h bids (出价) above the initial asking price of 1 million dollars had been coming in gradually since the copy was placed on the auction site (拍卖网站) eBay on July 14th, things really started to heat up during the final minutes when the price jumped from $2.5 to $2.6 and then $2.7 million, before shootin
13、g up to unbelievable 3,207,852 dollars!3This of course was no ordinary Superman comic book, but an edition of the extremely sought-after (很吃香地) No. 1 of Action Comics series the first publication of the superhero that was born from the creative minds of teenagers Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. Though
14、 Action Comics No. 1, which depicted a diaper-clad baby Superman lifting furniture, had a print run of 200,000 copies, only about 100 are known to exist today. While the rarity is certainly a reason for the high price, Stephen Fisher, CEO of ComicC, thinks it also has a lot to do with the fact that
15、Superman was the worlds first superhero! Even so, none of the copies have been able to fetch (售得) as much as the most recent one, simply because they have not been as well-preserved. Graded a rare 9 out of 10 by CGC, a third party grading service for comic books, the book is the highest rated copy o
16、f Action Comics No. 1 so far. According to CGC officials, the 76-year-old comic book looks and feels as though it has just come off the newsstand (报摊).That is not surprising given that the original owner, a Virginian man who bought the book for only 10 cents in 1938, had carefully tucked it away (藏起来) in a wooden box for four decades. Fortunately, when he passed away, the book was bou
