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1、浙江省湖州市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮（暑假）精炼（8）含答案阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读些列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出你最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。ASometimes, the simplest ideas are the bestFor example, to absorb heat from the sun to heat water, you need large, flat, black surfacesOne way to do that is to build those surfaces
2、 specially, on the roofs of buildingsBut why go to all that trouble when cities are full of black surfaces already, in the form of asphalt （柏油） roads?Ten years ago, this thought came into the mind of Arian de Bondt, a Dutch engineerHe finally persuaded his boss to follow it upThe result is that thei
3、r building is now heated in winter and cooled in summer by a system that relies on the surface of the road outsideThe heat-collector is a system of connected water pipesMost of them run from one side of the street to the other, just under the asphalt roadSome, however, dive deep into the groundWhen
4、the street surface gets hot in summer, water pumped through the pipes picks up this heat and takes it underground through one of the diving pipesAt a depth of 100 meters lies a natural aquifer （蓄水层） into which several heat exchangers （交换器） have been builtThe hot water from the street runs through th
5、ese exchangers, warming the ground-water, before returning to the surface through another pipeThe aquifer is thus used as a heat storeIn winter, the working system is changed slightlyWater is pumped through the heat exchangers to pick up the heat stored during summerThis water goes into the building
6、 and is used to warm the place upAfter performing that task, it is pumped under the asphalt and its remaining heat keeps the road free of snow and ice1Which of the following is true according to the first two paragraphs?AArian de Bondt got his idea from his bossBLarge, flat, black surfaces need to b
7、e built in citiesCThe Dutch engineers system has been widely usedDHeat can also be collected from asphalt roads2For what purpose are the diving pipes used?ATo absorb heat from the sun BTo store heat for future useCTo turn solar energy into heat energyDTo carry heat down below the surface3From the la
8、st paragraph we can learn that _Asome pipes have to be re-arranged in winterBthe system can do more than warming up the buildingCthe exchangers will pick up heat from the street surfaceDless heat may be collected in winter than in summer4What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that foll
9、ows?AWhat we shall do if the system goes wrongBWhat we shall do if there are no asphalt roadsCHow the system cools the building in summerDHow the system collects heat in spring and autumn参考答案-DDBC *结束故事类-2012浙江卷 As a young boy, I sometimes traveled the country roads with my dad. He was a rural mail
10、carrier, and on Saturdays he would ask me to go with him. Driving through the countryside was always an adventure: There were animals to see, people to visit, and chocolate cookies if you knew where to stop, and Dad did.In the spring, Dad delivered boxes full of baby chickens, and when I was a boy i
11、t was such fun to stick your fingers through one of the holes of the boxes and let the baby birds peck on your fingers.On Dads final day of work, it took him well into the evening to complete his rounds because at least one member from each family was waiting at their mailboxes to thank him for his
12、friendship and his years of service.“Two hundred and nineteen mailboxes on my route，” he used to say, “and a story at every one.” One lady had no mailbox, so Dad took the mail in to her every day because she was nearly blind. Once inside, he read her mail and helped her pay her bills.Mailboxes were
13、sometimes used for things other than mail. One note left in a mailbox read, “Nat, take these eggs to Marian; shes baking a cake and doesnt have any eggs.” Mailboxes might be buried in the snow, or broken, or lying on the ground, but the mail was always delivered. On cold days Dad might find one of h
14、is customers waiting for him with a cup of hot chocolate. A young girl wrote letters but had no stamps, so she left a few buttons on the envelope in the mailbox; Dad paid for the stamps. One businessman used to leave large amounts of cash in his mailbox for Dad to take to the bank. Once, the amount
15、came to $32,000.A dozen years ago, when I traveled back to my hometown on the sad occasion of Dads death, the mailboxes along the way reminded me of some of his stories. I thought I knew them all, but that wasnt the case.As I drove home, I noticed two lamp poles, one on each side of the street. When my dad was around, those poles supported wooden boxes about four feet off the ground. One box was painted green, and the other was red, and each had a long narrow hole at the top with white lettering: SANTA CLAUS, NORTH POLE. For years children had dropped letters
