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1、2015届高考英语二轮专题训练精华：阅读理解（1）AIm not so sure I like my friends any more.I used to like themto be honest.Wed have lunch,talk on the phone or exchange e-mails,and they all seemed normal enough.But then came Facebook,and I was introduced to a sad fact: many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept
2、from me.Today my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook.No longer hidden,theyre thrown in my face like TV commercialsunavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their personalities.Take Fred.If you were to have lunch with him,youd find him warm,a
3、nd down-to-earth.Read his Facebook and you will realize hes an unbearable,food-obsessed bore.Hed pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning manand then write about it.Take Andy.You wont find a smarter CEO anywhere,but now hes a CEO without a company to run.So he plays Mafia Wars on
4、Facebook.Hes doing welllevel 731.Thanks to Facebook,I know hes playing about 18 hours a day.Andy,youve run four companiesand this is how you spend your downtime?What happened to golf?What happened to getting another job?Take Liz.She is positive that the flu vaccine will kill us all and that we shoul
5、d avoid it.Then comes Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can find,so I get to read his thoughts twice,once on Facebook and once on Twitter.In real life,I dont see these sides of people.Face to face,my friends show me their best.Theyre nice,smart people.But face to Fa
6、cebook,my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly wrong.Im left with a dilemma.Who is my real friend?Is it the smart Andy or the game addict Andy on Facebook?Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the Fred who weeps if hes at a party and the wine isnt up to his standards?1.Whats Andy
7、 probably busy in doing now?A.Hes running his company.B.Hes playing golf all day.C.Hes looking for another job.D.Hes playing computer games.答案:D解析:细节理解题。根据文章第四段的内容可知,以前安迪是一个公司的CEO,但是现在没有公司让他去管理了,所以他一天中的绝大部分时间都在玩Mafia Wars这个游戏。故答案为D项。2.According to the text,Facebook tends to .A.present another side o
8、f peopleB.offer some foods for freeC.show endless advertisementsD.get you to more parties答案:A解析:推理判断题。根据文章第一段的内容可知,以前作者认为很了解自己的朋友,但是后来通过Facebook发现了朋友一些不好的方面。故答案为A项。3.The text is developed mainly by .A.giving examplesB.following the time orderC.listing figuresD.raising questions答案:A解析:写作手法题。根据文章中第三、四
9、、五段的首句可以判断出,作者主要采用举例的方式来证明自己的观点。故答案为A项。4.The author focuses on the questions of .A.what is FacebookB.what happened to golfC.who is my real friendD.who can help me答案:C解析:推理判断题。通读全文,尤其最后一段可知,作者通过Facebook了解了自己的朋友不好的方面,对此作者感到很迷惑,不知道谁才是自己真正的朋友。故C项正确。5.Who is opposed to the flu vaccine in the text?A.Fred.
10、B.Andy.C.Liz.D.Chris.答案:C解析:细节理解题。由文章第五段第一句话可知,Liz认为我们应该避开流感疫苗,所以她是反对的。Its been a hard time for rhinos(犀牛) lately.Last week,the International Union for Conservation announced the western black rhinos had died out in the wild.It was last seen in western Africa in 2006.Now,those who work to protect th
11、e animals are trying to make sure that wont happen to other rhinos.Earlier this month,19 south-central black rhinos in South Africa were driven to an area nearly 1,000 miles away,which is said to be the gentlest and quickest way to transport the animals.They were taken to a new home that will keep t
12、hem safe from hunters.Though it is not allowed to hunt rhinos,many are still killed for their horns(角),which can sell for as much as $30,000 each.Most of them are used to make drugs as traditional medicines in Asian countries.Some people believe that the horns work well in treating pain,fever and ev
13、en cancer.However,there is no medical evidence yet.Black rhino population began falling rapidly in the second half of the 1900s because of poaching.In fact,some people still hunt the animals at the risk of being put into prison.And many of the places where the animals used to live were destroyed whe
14、n people started building farms on the grasslands.Until the 1960s,about 65,000 black rhinos lived throughout most of Africa.Today,fewer than 5,000 are leftmost of them in zoos and wildlife reserves.South Africa has the largest population of rhinos in the world.Poaching is an especially big problem i
15、n that country.So far this year,more than 340 rhinos have been killed there.Since 2003,the Black Rhino Expansion Project has been helping the south-central black rhinos in South Africa.The group works with landowners to find areas where rhinos can live safely away from hunters.So far,the group has s
16、uccessfully saved about 120 rhinos.Leaders of the project say the south-central black rhinos have seen a rise in numbers.It is hoped that,with continued support,these rhinos can escape the unfortunate result of the western black rhinos.1.According to the text,the western black rhinos .A.cannot be seen in the wild at presentB.once lived in most parts of
