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1、北京市崇文区2015高考英语阅读理解一轮基础训练（3）及答案阅读理解。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 that September morning five years ago，a memory of his father came to Mayor Rudy Giuliani.In it，the Brooklyn plumber and bartender was telling his only child，“In a crisis，you have to become the calmest person in the room.”Giulia
2、ni became more than that.His suit coated with ash from the wreckage，he stood firm，vowing that New Yorkers would show the world the meaning of courage.He comforted victims families，attended funerals of police and firefighters，rallied his fellow citizens on radio and television.Hed overcome hardships
3、before，including a bitter，public end to his marriage，and a battle with prostate cancer.Alongside the terrifying challenges of 9/11，theyre the kind of events that could break anyones public and personal life.But Giulianis resolve to success is stronger than ever，and now he is about to find out if his
4、 legacy of leadership endures.After the coming midterm elections，he will decide whether to seek the Republican nomination for President in 2008，or whether to carry on with the business ventures he took up post9/11.Having spent years in public serviceas a US.Attorney (lawyer) in New York，an Associate
5、 Attorney General during the Reagan Administration，and two terms as mayor of the Big AppleGiuliani,62，is finally cashing_in.Chair and CEO of Giuliani Partners LLC，hes making millions as a security and crisis management consultant.Hes also a law partner with Bracewell & Giuliani，and gives speeches th
6、at reportedly earn him $100,000 a pop.Still，he insists that his current work is about the challenge rather than the money.“Learning more about business，finance，how to straighten out organizationsthats very exciting to me，” he says.But when he talks about public service，his intensity added.“I miss be
7、ing involved in the most important things that are going on.When some crisis happens，you feel thats what youve been trained for，what you know how to do.”Notes：plumber n管道工bartender n酒吧侍者rally vt.使恢复力量endure n耐久nomination n提名venture n企业consultant n顾问【语篇解读】 本文是人物介绍，介绍了美国著名的领导人鲁迪朱利亚尼。1The passage proba
8、bly appears in a _.Afilm B novel Cmagazine Dlecture答案C推理判断题。通读全文可知，这篇人物介绍应该出自杂志。2Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?ARudy Giuliani was well prepared to run for president in 2008.BRudy Giuliani once worked as plumber and bartender before becoming mayor.CThe terrify
9、ing challenges of 9/11 made Giuliani more determined than ever.DRudy Giuliani worked as mayor of the Big Apple，which is a nickname for New York.答案B细节理解题。第一段“.a memory of his father came to Mayor Rudy Giuliani.In it，the Brooklyn plumber and bartender was telling his only child，”中的the Brooklyn指的是Rudy
10、Giuliani的父亲，故B项表述错误，符合题意。3Giuliani has experienced a lot of difficulties EXCEPT _.Aincomplete marriageBprostate cancerCterrifying challenges of 9/11 Dlosing his business ventures答案D细节理解题。第三段介绍他经历了离婚、严重的癌症、911危机挑战，但是文中没有提到他失去了他创立的事业。4It can be inferred that the writer wrote the passage to _.Aencourag
11、e people to face the terrifying challenges of 9/11 bravelyBintroduce Giuliani to the public and persuade people to support himCtell the public Giulianis family background and his natural leadershipDtell the public that the Republican will win the election答案B推理判断题。文章向公众介绍了美国著名政治人物鲁迪朱利亚尼的个人经历、人格魅力以及他为
12、2008年的总统提名所作的准备和他为国家服务的决心，其目的当然是为了赢得更多公众的支持。阅读理解In 1993, New York State ordered stores to charge a deposit on beverage (=drink) containers. Within a year, consumers had returned millions of aluminum cans and glass and plastic bottles. Plenty of companies were eager to accept the aluminum and glass a
13、s raw material for new products, but because few could figure out what to do with the plastic, much of it wound end up buried in landfills(垃圾填埋场). The problem was not limited to New York. Unfortunately, there were too few uses for second-hand plastic.Today, one out of five plastic soda bottles is re
14、cycled in the United States. The reason for the change is that now there are dozens of companies across the country buying discarded plastic soda bottles and turning them into fence post, paint brushes, etc.As the New York experience shows, recycling involves more than simply separating valuable mat
15、erials from the rest of the rubbish. A discard remains a discard until somebody figures out how to give it a second life and until economic arrangements exist to give that second life value. Without adequate markets to absorb materials collected for recycling, throwaways actually depress prices for
16、used materials.Shrinking landfill space and rising costs for burying and burning rubbish are forcing local governments to look more closely at recycling. In many areas, the East Coast especially, recycling is already the least expensive waste-management option. For every ton of waste recycled, a city avoids paying f
