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1、2013高考英语（阅读理解）冲刺训练（5） 及答案解析 (第*篇)It was near dusk, and Kim Cooper and her husband, Steve, were trucking through northern Kentucky transportation auto parts from Louisville to Detroit for a goods company. “Steve, wake up！” she shouted. “Theres a truck on fire！”Inside the burning truck, Ronnie Sanders
2、, 38, was fighting for his life. Hed been running a heavy load of tractors and forklifts from Georgia to Indianapolis when a van in front of him stopped suddenly in traffic on the icy road. As Ronnie bore down, he could see children in the backseat. The trucks bulk would probably protect him from th
3、e worst of the impact, but the force of 23 tons would likely crush(压碎) everyone inside the van.“I figured instead of killing other people, Id just put the truck in the ditch. ”At the bottom, rocks cut a fuel tank, which caught fire. A tree branch destroyed the windshield and knocked Ronnie unconscio
4、us. He came to life a couple of minutes later to find the cabin flames and his legs on fire.Steve dashed to Ronnie, who was hanging headfirst from the passenger door. Ronnie had used his pocketknife to cut himself free from the driversside seat belt only to get his boot trapped in another one. Steve
5、 climbed into the burning cab to free him.He tried three times to pull Ronnie out before finally freeing him. But Ronnies legs were still burning, so Steve laid him on the ground, ripped off his own shirt, and beat the flames with it. Hed managed to drag him about 20 yards when one of the trucks 150
6、gallon fuel tanks exploded.Both Steve and Ronnie paid a price for risking their lives for strangers. Ronnie spent two months in the hospital and received skin grafts on both of his legs. Steve suffered smoke breathing and minor burns, and shrapnel from the fuel tank explosion broke a tooth.In Februa
7、ry, the Coopers received a Hero of the Highway award from the Open Road Foundation for rescuing an injured driver. Steve insists Ronnie is the real hero: “If he hadnt gone into the ditch, he would have hit that van. It was his decision to drive off the road.”“I feel pretty good about it，” says Ronni
8、e. “A lot of people could have been hurt.”解读：本文为记叙文，主要讲述了the Coopers途中遇到Ronnie开的大卡车着火了；Ronnie为了不造成更大的伤害，不顾自身的安危，将卡车开进水沟里，而Steve则竭尽全力救助Ronnie。1. According to the passage, Ronnies putting the truck in the ditch contributes to_.A. his concern for his own safetyB. his poor driving skillC. the icy roadD.
9、 his concern for others lives解析细节推断题。由文章的第三段第一句话“I figured instead of killing other people，Id just put the truck in the ditch.”可推断出。答案D2. What probably made Ronnie come to life after driving the truck in the ditch?A. The noise from the highway.B. The call from the Coopers.C. The pain from the burnin
10、g legs.D. The heat of the fire.解析细节推断题。根据文章的第三段最后一句话He came to life a couple of minutes later to find the cab in flames and his legs on fire.利用排除法。答案C3. How did Steve put out the flames in Ronnies legs?A. He beat the flames with Ronnies shirt.B. He beat the flames with his own shirt.C. He put out th
11、e fire with a tank of water.D. He put out the fire with a bag of sand.解析细节理解题。根据文章第五段第二句话，Steve撕下自己的衬衫，用它来扑灭(Ronnie双腿上的)火焰。答案B4. What does the underlined word “shrapnel” in Paragraph 6 mean?A. A branch of a tree.B. A small piece of metal.C. A wave of the explosion.D. The heat of the explosion.解析词义猜测
12、题。根据下文shrapnel from the fuel tank explosion broke a tooth可知是“油箱爆炸产生的金属片打碎了一颗牙”。答案B5. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?A. Heroes: The CoopersB. Heroes: Roadside FlamesC. Accidents on the Icy RoadD. Accidents in the Ditch解析确定文章标题。综观全文，A，C，D三项不够全面；而B项即表明事故，也表明了事故中竭力营救他人的英雄。答
13、案B*结束 (第*篇)Astronauts aboard the space station Celebrated a space first on Wednesday by drinking water that had been recycled from their urine and sweat and water that condenses from exhaled air. They said “cheers” ，clicked drinking bags and toasted NASA workers on the ground who were sipping their
14、own version of recycled drinking water.The recycling system is needed for astronaut stations on the moon and Mars. It also will save NASA money because it won t have to ship up as much water to the station by space shuttle or cargo rockets.Besides, it s important as the space station is about to exp
15、and from three people living on board to six.The recycling system had been brought up to the space station last November by space shuttle Endeavour, but it couldn t be used until samples were tested back on Earth. So when it came time to actually drink up, NASA made a big deal of it. The threeman cr
16、ew stood, holding their drinks and congratulated engineers in two NASA centers that worked on the system.“This is something that had been the stuff of science fiction，” Barratt said before taking a small mouthful. “The taste is worth trying.”NASA deputy space shuttle manager LeRoy Cain called it “a
17、huge milestone”The new system takes the combined urine of the crew from the toilet, moves it to a big tank, where the water is boiled off, and the vapor is collected. The rest of the urine is thrown away. The water vapor is mixed with water from air condensation, and then it goes through filters. Wh
18、en six crew members are aboard it can make about six gallons from urine in about six hours.“Some people may find the idea of drinking recycled urine distasteful, but it is also done on Earth with a lot longer time between urine and the tap”said Marybeth Edeen, the space stations national lab manager
19、.The technology NASA developed for this system has already been used for quick water purification after the 2004 Asian tsunami, Edeen said.“We are happy to have this water work through the system we re happy to have it work through our systems，”Barratt said.语篇解读本文讲的是国际空间站宇航员试饮尿液循环水。1According to the
20、 text, the recycling system is important because_.A. it makes traveling to the moon for the common person possibleB. with it NASA won t need to ship any water up to the space stationC. it can help to meet the need for more water after the crew are expandedD. it protects the environment in space by r
21、educing the amount of waste解析细节理解题。根据第二段中的“its important as the space station is about to expand from three people living on board to six”可知C项正确。答案C2What is the RIGHT time order of the following events?a. The samples of the recycled water were tested on Earth.b. Astronauts celebrated the space first
22、 of making water from urine.c. The recycling system was brought up to the space station.d. The technology for the system was used to quickly purify water.A. a，d，c，b B. a，c，b，dC. d，a，c，b D. d，c，a，b解析细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的“The technology NASA developed for this system has already been used for quick water pur
23、ification after the 2004 Asian tsunami”可知d发生最早。根据第三段的“ The recycling system had been brought up to the space station last November. couldn t be used until samples were tested back on Earth”可知c发生在a的前面，因此D项正确。答案D3From Para. 6 we can know_.A. the theory behind the recycling systemB. the effect of the r
24、ecycling systemC. the process of the recycling systemD. an opinion on the recycling system解析段落概括题。该段主要讲述的是使用尿液循环系统将尿制成水的过程。答案C4What did Edeen say about recycled urine and the recycling system?A. The taste of recycled urine is not as good as common water.B. The recycling system has made a science fic
25、tion story come true.C. The idea of drinking recycled urine makes astronauts feel unpleasant.D. It takes a longer time on Earth to make water from urine than in space.解析细节理解题。根据第七段中的“with a lot onger time between urine and the tap”可知D项正确。答案D5What is the best title for the passage?A. The research of
26、NASA has made great progressB. New technology is used in the space stationC. Drink up: space station recycles urine to waterD. Good news: water recycled from urine tastes good解析标题概括题。本文报道了国际空间站的宇航员试饮尿液循环水，“Drink up”生动反映饮用时的情景，“space station recycles urine to watert”点明了制造技术。故C项最佳。答案C长难句解读Astronauts a
27、board the space station celebrated a space first on Wednesday by drinking water that had been recycled from their urine and sweat and water that condenses from exhaled air.主句是：Astronautscelebrated a space first on Wednesday by drinking water.aboard the space station和that had been recycled from their urine and sweat and water充当定语分别修饰名词Astronauts和water。*结束- 5 -