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1、2015 高考英语（三月）信息匹配、任务型及阅读理解训练（高考英语（三月）信息匹配、任务型及阅读理解训练（8）附答案）附答案【杭州市杭州市】 阅读理解。阅读理解。阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳 答案。 Many people think a telephone is essential. But I think it is a pest and a time waster. Very often you find it impossible to escape from some idle or curious chatter-box, or from s
2、omebody who wants something for nothing. If you have a telephone in your own house, you will admit that it tends to ring when you are asleep, or in the middle of a meal or a conversation, or when you are just going out, or when you are taking your bath. Are you strong minded enough to ignore it, to
3、say to yourself,“Ah, well, it will all be the same in a hundred years time” You are not. You think there may be some important news or messages for you. I can assure you that if a message is really important it will reach you sooner or later. Have you never rushed dripping from the bath, or chewing
4、from the table, or dazed from the bed, only to be told that you are a wrong number? But you will say, you need not have your name printed in the telephone directory, and you can have a telephone which is only usable for outgoing calls. Besides, you will say, isnt it important to have a telephone in
5、case of emergencyillness, an accident, or fire? Of course, you are right, but here in a thickly populated country like England one is seldom far from a telephone in case of dreadful necessity. I think perhaps I had better try to justify myself by trying to prove that what I like is good. I admit tha
6、t in different circumstancesif I were a tycoon(business VIP),for instance, or bed ridden I might find a telephone essential. But then if I were a taxi-driver I should find a car essential. Let me put it another way: there are two things for which the English seem to show particular talent; one is me
7、chanical invention, the other is literature. My own business happens to be with the use of words but I see I must now stop using them. For I have just been handed a slip of paper to say that somebody is waiting to speak to me on the telephone. I think I had better answer it. After all, one never kno
8、ws, it may be something important. 1.The passage is mainly discussing _. A. that we should be strong enough to ignore a phone call B. that important message will reach you sooner or later C. whether its necessary to answer all phone calls D. whether it is necessary to have a telephone 提示:通读全文，尤其是文章的
9、第一段和最后一段可以得出此结论。 答案:D 2.Judging from the passage, who is strong-minded enough to ignore a phone call? A. The author. B.A tycoon. C.A taxi-driver. D. Hardly anyone. 答案:D 大意理解，文章的第二段第三段可以看出 3.According to the passage, the author_. A. thinks the telephone should go out of our life B. likes to be differ
10、ent from other people C. thinks the telephone is annoying D. speaks favourably of a telephone 提示:文章的第二句就说明了作者的观点，后面又作了进一步的补充说明。 答案:C 4.In the authors opinion, which of the following is NOT true? A. Nearly everyone has been told a wrong number. B. Its necessary for everyone to have a telephone. C. He
11、 himself can not decide whether to answer a call. D.A telephone directory may bring in unexpected calls. 提示:从文章的第二段得出答案。 答案:B 阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C 和 D) 中, 选出最佳选项。 The earth is getting warmer. Over the past 100 years Earths temperature rose by about 1F. Scientists predict that Earth will conti
12、nue to warm by about 26Fover the next 100 years. That may not sound like much, but think about this: During the last Ice Age, Earth was only 9F cooler than it is today, and large sheets of ice called glaciers(冰河) covered large parts of North America! The warming of Earths climate is called global wa
13、rming Scientists are not sure of what causes climate change. Earth could be warming on its own, however, most scientists believe that human activity is speeding up the climate change. Earth warms itself through a process called the greenhouse(温室) effect. When sunlight enters Earths atmosphere(大气), i
14、t passes through a layer of greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases occur naturally, but humans also create them by burning fossil fuels. When sunlight hits Earths surface it bounces_back toward the sky. The greenhouse gases trap some of the sunlight on Earth and allow the rest to go back into space, mak
15、ing Earths temperature warm. The process works much in the same way as a greenhouse, hence its name. If there are too many greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, too much sunlight may be trapped, making Earth warmer. Scientists cannot predict exactly what will happen as Earths temperature rises. They b
16、elieve a rapid climate change could upset the balance of the ecosystem(生态系统), causing some land and marine(海产的) life to become extinct. As temperatures rise, the worlds glaciers will melt(融化) into the ocean, causing sea levels to rise between several inches to three feet during the next 100 years. Higher sea levels could cause flooding of coastal lands. Warmer ocean water could cause increased storm activity on the coasts while
