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1、山西省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（75）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。AFUN! From Chief Seattle to Bill Gates. WOW!This tour is memorable and fun! You wont soon forget the magic, mystery and romance that inspired Sleepless in Seattle.Trace a path from Chief Seattle to the Pioneers to the Great Fi
2、re to Bill Boeing to Bill Gates. Experience world-class landmark public artworks. That is Seattle. Wow!The guided tours are an entertaining and informative introduction to the highlights of Seattles very walkable downtown for visitors and locals alike. Enjoy history, art, architecture, and special p
3、laces.Daily except Sundays and holidays, year-round.Tours start at 10:00 am and end at about 4:00 pm.Tours depart when a total of six or more walkers have made reservations for a given day. When you make your reservation via the Reservation Form, you will receive a reply telling you if there are eno
4、ugh reservations for the tour to depart on the day you want or any other days you could go. Meet in Westlake Plaza at 4th Ave.Pine St. in the seating area outside Starbucks coffee shop at 10:00 am. Please arrive about 5 minutes prior.Weather permitting, we have a delicious sack lunch from a local re
5、staurant and eat outdoors picnic style by the waterfall in Waterfall Garden Park. In case of liquid sunshine, we have a delicious hot lunch in a nearby caf.The tour ends in historic Pike Place Market.Payment: Cash, check or money order at the end of the tour sorry, no credit cards.Tour per individua
6、l walker $20.Smith Tower Observatory Deck $7.50 ($6 for seniors 60+ and for students with ID, $5.00 for children 6-12, free for children 5 and under). Walkers pay out-of-pocket at the observatory. Occasionally the Observatory Deck is not open to the public. On these days the tour includes Uwajimaya
7、Village.Lunch Folks typically spend about $9-$15.1. How will the travelers take the tour?A. On foot.B. By bus.C. By bike.D. By boat.2. By saying “In case of liquid sunshine”, the writer means “_”.A. if the sun doesnt shineB. if it starts to rainC. if sunshine is too strongD. if the waterfall hides s
8、unshine3. Which of the following may replace the Observatory Deck?A. Westlake Plaza.B. Starbucks.C. Uwajimaya Village.D. Pike Place Market.4. If a boy aged 12 joins in the tour, he may at least spend _.A. $42.5 B. $41C. $35 D. $34BYou might see a war movie in which an airplane has been hit by rocket
9、 fire. The pilot turns on his radio and calls “mayday, mayday, mayday” to tell that his plane is in danger of crashing to the ground. Mayday is an emergency code word. It is used around the world in voice communications.Frederick Stanley Mockford created the mayday call signal in the 1920s. Mockford
10、 was a radio officer at Croydon Airport In London. He was asked to think of a word that could be used in an emergency. The word had to be easily understood by all pilots and airport workers. Since much of the traffic at the time was between Croydon and Le Bourget Airport in Paris, he proposed (提议) t
11、he word “mayday” from the French word “maider”. The phrase “Venez maider” means “(you) come to help me”.Today, it is used to signal a life-threatening emergency by many groups, such as police forces, pilots, firefighters, and transportation organizations. The call is always given three times in a ro
12、w to prevent mistaking it for some similar-sounding phrase under noisy conditions.The recommended mayday call includes the word mayday spoken three times, followed by the help-seeking objects name, also spoken three times, then mayday and the name again. Key information, including the position, natu
13、re of the emergency, assistance required and the number of people involved, should follow. A typical message might be:MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY, this is Nonsuch, Nonsuch, Nonsuch. MAYDAY, Nonsuch. Position 54 degrees 25 minutes North, 016 degrees 33 minutes West. The boat is on fire and sinking. We req
14、uire immediate assistance. 4 people on board are taking a lifeboat. OVER.Making a false mayday call is a criminal act in many countries because of the danger to the rescuers lives that a search-and-rescue operation can create, as well as the very high costs of such rescue efforts. For example, makin
15、g a false emergency call in the US is a crime, which can lead to up to six years imprisonment and a fine of US $250,000.5. Why did Mockford choose the word “mayday” as the call signal?A. Much of the traffic then involved French.B. French was a popular language in the world. C. It is easy to say and
16、understand.D. He wanted to do something to prevent accidents.6. From the passage, we can infer that “Nonsuch” is probably _.A. an emergency code wordB. the name of a pilotC. a message-sending radioD. the name of a boat in trouble7. According to the passage, the writer warns that _.A. traveling by plane or by ship is full of dangerB. everyone should know wha
