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1、阅读理解特训：3真2模含解析2014届高三英语二轮突破11C62013重庆卷 CAlmost every machine with moving parts has wheels, yet no one knows exactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for.We do know，however，that they existed over 5，500 years ago in ancient Asia.The oldest known transport wheel was discovered in 2
2、002 in Slovenia.It is over 5，100 years old.Evidence suggests that wheels for transport didnt become popular for a while, though.This could be because animals did a perfectly good job of carrying farming tools and humans around.But it could also be because of a difficult situation.While wheels need t
3、o roll on smooth surfaces, roads with smooth surfaces werent going to be constructed until there was plenty of demand for them.Eventually，road surfaces did become smoother, but this difficult situation appeared again a few centuries later.There had been no important changes in wheel and vehicle desi
4、gn before the arrival of modern road design.In the mid1700s，a Frenchman came up with a new design of roada base layer (层)of large stones covered with a thin layer of smaller stones.A Scotsman improved on this design in the 1820s and a strong，lasting road surface became a reality.At around the same t
5、ime，metal hubs(the central part of a wheel) came into being，followed by the pneumatic tyre(充气轮胎) in 1846. Alloy wheels were invented in 1967, sixty years after the appearance of tarmacked roads(柏油路)As wheel design took off, vehicles got faster and faster.64What might explain why transport wheels did
6、nt become popular for some time?AFew knew how to use transport wheels.BHumans carried farming tools just as well.CAnimals were a good means of transport.DThe existence of transport wheels was not known.65What do we know about road design from the passage?AIt was easier than wheel design.BIt improved
7、 after big changes in vehicle design.CIt was promoted by fastmoving vehicles.DIt provided conditions for wheel design to develop.66How is the last paragraph mainly developed?ABy giving examples.BBy making comparisons.CBy following time order.DBy making classifications.67What is the passage mainly ab
8、out?AThe beginning of road design.BThe development of transport wheels.CThe history of public transport.DThe invention of fastmoving vehicles.【要点综述】 本文介绍轮子的演进历史。64C细节理解题。第二段最后一句说明wheels长期未能流行的缘由：动物长期以来充当交通工具。65D推理判断题。短文最后一段说明路况的改良促进了车轮业的巨大发展。66C篇章结构题。该段看似举例，但这些例子均是按时间由远及近而叙述的。67B主旨大意题。该文主要介绍wheels由一
9、般的发明物到广泛运用于交通的历史演进过程。C62013重庆卷 DNot all bodies of water are so evidently alive as the Atlantic Ocean, an Sshaped body of water covering 33 million square miles.The Atlantic has, in a sense, replaced the Mediterranean as the inland sea of Western civilization.Unlike real inland seas, which seem stran
10、gely still, the Atlantic is rich in oceanic liveliness.It is perhaps not surprising that its vitality has been much written about by ancient poets.“Storm at Sea”， a short poem written around 700, is generally regarded as one of mankinds earliest artistic representations of the Atlantic.When the wind
11、 is from the westAll the waves that cannot rest To the east must thunder on Where the bright tree of the sunIs rooted in the oceans breast.As the poem suggests, the Atlantic is never dead and dull.It is an ocean that moves, impressively and endlessly.It makes all kinds of noiseit is forever thunderi
12、ng，boiling, crashing，and whistling.It is easy to imagine the Atlantic trying to draw breathperhaps not so noticeably out in midocean，but where it meets land, its waters bathing up and down a sandy beach.It mimics(模仿)nearly perfectly the steady breathing of a living creature.It is filled with symbiot
13、ic existences，too; unimaginable quantities of creatures，little and large alike，mix within its depths in a kind of oceanic harmony, giving to the waters a feeling of heartbeat, a kind of subocean vitality.And it has a psychology.It has personalities: sometimes peaceful and pleasant, on rare occasions
14、 rough and wild; always it is strong and striking.68Unlike real inland seas, the Atlantic Ocean is _Aalways energeticBlacking in livelinessCshaped like a squareDfavored by ancient poets69What is the purpose of using the poem “Storm at Sea” in the passage?ATo describe the movement of the waves.BTo sh
15、ow the strength of the storm.CTo represent the power of the ocean.DTo prove the vastness of the sea.70What does the underlined word “symbiotic” mean?ALiving together.BGrowing fast.CMoving harmoniously.DBreathing peacefully.71In the last paragraph, the Atlantic is compared to _Aa beautiful and poetic placeBa flesh and blood personCa wonderful worldDa lovely animal【要点综述】 该文既是对地理知识的陈列，也是对文学作品的铺陈。大西洋的壮美和静态的内海迥然不同，大西洋好比是一个富有生命力且有血有肉的人。68A 细节理解和逻辑推理题。inland seas比较平静，而大西洋充满生命律动的浩瀚与同为西方文化摇篮的地中海形成鲜明的对比。69C写作方法题。该诗句描写大西洋的壮美：当西风信然而至时，大西洋的波浪开始涌动，以雷霆万钧之势，凸显大西洋的磅礴气势。70A词义推断
