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1、语篇阅读高分练(二)(建议用时：30分钟).阅读理解2015甘肃天水一中高三高考信息卷(二)Can you imagine a world without chocolate? Its not something Id like to do.So I was relieved to read that theres a university with a programme to safeguard the future of chocolate!The University of Reading，in England，has just opened a new clearing house
2、for all the worlds new cocoa varieties.They must be quarantined(隔离检疫)before they can be grown.Why? Cocoa production hit a record high of 4.4 million tons last year but about 30%of the precious crop is regularly lost to pests and diseases.Now we dont want that，do we?Demand for chocolate has been incr
3、easing faster than the world supply of cocoa and researchers think that new varieties are key to solving this problem.The University of Reading has been protecting the quality of the new crops since 1985，after it took over the task from the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew，London.And it has improved i
4、ts facilities.The leader of the institutions cocoa project，Professor Paul Hadley，says，“One of the main issues concerning cocoa improvement is the supply of reliably clean，healthy，interesting cocoa material.”The cocoa centre has a collection of 400 plant varieties and their greenhouse uses a lot of e
5、nergy to keep them in tropical conditions.After up to two years in quarantine，clean and safe seeds are sent to some 20 countries，including several in West Africa.Thats where 75%of the cocoa used for chocolate worldwide comes from.The crop is extremely important for the local economy：it employs about
6、 two million people.Professor Hadley says he works with a small team of skilled technicians who look after the collection.And more of us seem to count on them now.The scientist says，“There is some concern within the industry that demand is increasing constantly，particularly in countries like China，w
7、here the standard of living is increasing and people are getting a taste for different chocolates.”1What is the text mainly about?ASafeguarding cocoa seeds.BPlanting cocoa worldwide.CKeeping cocoa in greenhouse.DFinding the new market for cocoa.2The institutions cocoa project is to .Ahave cocoa skin
8、 removedBoffer more jobs to peopleCensure the quality of cocoaDsupply cocoa for two million people3What does the last paragraph tell us?AThe taste of chocolates is changing.BDemand for cocoa is increasing fast.CPeople are concerned about cocoa varieties.DChinese have a long history of eating chocola
9、tes.4Whats the purpose of the text?ATo educate. BTo advertise.CTo warn. DTo inform.阅读填空(2015黑龙江哈尔滨三中高三一模)On PunctualityA punctual man is in the habit of doing everything at the proper time and is never late in keeping an appointment.The unpunctual man，on the other hand，never does what he has to do a
10、t the proper time. 5 There is a proverb that says，“Time flies never to be recalled.” This is very true. 6 Time is more valuable than material things.In fact，time is life itself，and the unpunctual man is forever wasting and mismanaging his own valuable assets as well as othersThe unpunctual man is al
11、ways complaining that he finds no time to answer letters，or to return calls，or to keep appointments promptly. 7 He knows that he cant get through his immense amount of work unless he faithfully keeps every appointment promptly and deal with every piece of work when it has to be attended to. 8 If a p
12、erson is invited to a dinner and arrives later than expected，he keeps all the other guests and the host waiting him alone.This is great disrespect. 9 Imagine how it would be if who are entrusted with important tasks failed to be at their proper place at the appointed time.A man who is known to be ha
13、bitually unpunctual is never trusted by his friends or his fellow men.And the unpunctual man is a source of annoyance both to others and to himself.AFailure to be punctual is a sign of disrespect towards others.BA lost thing may be found again，but lost time can never be regained.CHe is always in a h
14、urry and in the end loses both his time and his good name.DUnpunctuality is very harmful when it comes to doing ones duty.EOf these the former are the majority.FBut the man who really has a great deal to do is very careful of his time and seldom complains of want of it.GBroadly speaking，humans can b
15、e divided into two classes.完形填空Few other nations are so much interested in horseracing as the English.The famous races Ascot are held every year and followed by sports fans all over England.The king or the queen also attends 10 and presents the winner with a gold cup.To 11 this gold cup is the dream
16、 of every owner of a race horse.All newspapers，great and small，are full of detailed description of the 12 ，and the name of the 13 winner of the Ascot cup is pronounced by everyone 14 of a great hero.It happened once，however，some seventy years ago，that the gold cup was stolen a few days before the race！The police 1
