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1、2018高考英语二轮复习专题限时训练（江苏专用）专题2阅读理解8（35分钟）AOnce there was a prisoner who was jailed nin a dark prison which he thought was a great fortress （堡垒） The cell was dark and wet. There was a tiny window with bars on it. The rest of the cell was so dark that he could not see the other three walls. The only wall
2、 he could make out was the wall with the window in it. The only light the room received was from this window. Once in a while the prisoner would manage to climb up to the window and look out on the world outside. If he stretched and looked, he could see a little bit of the life-giving sun out there.
3、For the first five years in that prison the prisoner stayed in the tiny place of light thrown in through the window. He. never tried to go past the edge of the little square of light. But then he became restless. The prisoner started to move a little bit at a time deeper into the darkness of his pri
4、son cell. He moved a few inches a day. After what seemed like a year he found the left-hand wall of the cell. It took him much less time to find the right-hand wall as he was becoming more confident.Then he began to search for the wall opposite the window. As he went deeper and deeper into the darkn
5、ess of the cell he thought of turning back. But his curiosity drovne him forward. In the darkness of his cell he found the back wall had a door. And the door was open!The door had always been open, and it led to a passage, which led him out of the dark prison into freedom and the life-giving sun. Hi
6、s imprisonment （监禁）had all been his mind.1. Why did the prison NOT think of running away from the cell?A. Because the cell was very dark and he could see nothing.B. Because the cell was so well-guarded and he could see no way to escape.C. Because he had thought there was no possibility to escape fro
7、m the cell.D. Because he was afraid of getting lost if he walked out the cell.2. What did the prisoner do during the first five years?A. He searched for ways to get out.B. He stayed where the light shone.C. He did nothing but blame himselfD. He thought about where the other three walls were.3. The u
8、nderlined word “restless“ most probably means .A. boredB. illC. excitedD. sleepyWhich of the following statements is TRUE?A. The prisoner couldn t see even a little of the sun in the dark cell.B. The prisoner was certain that there was a door before finding it.C. The prisoner found the left-hand wal
9、l of the cell in a short time.D. The prisoner thought of giving up looking for the back wall.BAmerican teens are setting an example for their parents thorough their volunteer work, according to a new survey by Harris Interactive. They found that more teens volunteer to support a charitable cause- 56
10、%一 than have a part-time job- 39%Parents said 82% of the teens in their lives do something to support charitable causes, including volunteering, recruiting （招募）others to a cause, wearing a button or T-shirt or donating money. 46% of the adults surveyed said they volunteer and they also take credit f
11、or inspiring their children to volunteer.Sara Johnson is a teacher who advises students at a private school. She says there s been an enthusiasm among teens for joining in social causes since President Barack Obama was elected in November two years ago.The Harris Interactive survey found a quarter o
12、f teens have become more involved in charitable causes or organizations as a result of the economic downturn（经济 衰退）.But the economy has also led to cuts in income, and has teens working more hours at a paying job.Unlike many public high schools across the nation, Uliana Christian High School does no
13、t require its students to clock public service ho.urs. Senior Melissa Marti ng said some kids are too busy with other things like sports and music, but most of her classmates do volunteer work.Alynn Woodson, director of volunteer engagement at Habitat for Humanity International, said she has noticed
14、 a new enthusiasm among teen volunteers for the organization. It is expected that more than 12, 000 young people will help build homes for low-income people around the nation this year.4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Helping find new people to work for charitable causes.
15、B. Donating clothes.C. Donating money.D. Helping building homes for low-income people.5. Melissa Martin is most probably a .A. teacher B. parentC. studentD. surveyorDue to the economic downturn, American teens.A. find it harder to do part-time jobs B. spend less time doing volunteer workC. get more
16、money from their parents I), work harder at their studiesWhat s the best title of the passage?A. Teens in the economic downturn B. Charitable causes in AmericaC. More teens volunteer than work part-timeD. More parents inspire their children to volunteer.CA mouse looked through a crack in the wall to
17、 see the farmer and his wife opening a package: What food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse declared the warning, “There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house. ”The chicken clucked and scratched,
18、raised her head and said, “Mr Mouse, I can tell you this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me, I cannot be bothered by it. ”The mouse turned to the pig and told him, There is a mouse trap in the house. ” “I am so sorry, Mr. 0.Mouse, “ sympathized the pig, “but there is nothin
19、g I can do about it but pray; be assured that you are .in my prayers. ”The mouse turned to the cow, who replied, “A mouse trap, am I in grave danger, huh?”So the mouse returned to the house, head down and depressed to face the farmer s mouse trap alone.That very night a sound was heard throughout th
20、e house, like the sound of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer? s wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see that it was an evil snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmers wife. The farmer rushed her to the hospital. She returned home with a feve
21、r. Now everyone knew to treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup s main ingredient. His wife s sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig. The farmer? s w
22、ife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral. The farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide meat for all of them to eat.So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that when the least of us is threate
23、ned, we are all at risk.6. We may infer that the passage is most probably a.A. fairy taleB. fableC. science fiction D. news reportWe could see from the passage that the mouse was .A. kind and warm-heartedB. well-informedC. good at cheating othersD. foolish and rudeWhich of the following is TRUE acco
24、rding to the passage?A. The pig was comparatively less friendly than the others in the farmyard.B. The mouse trap that the mouse discovered was not a practical one.C. The farmer and his wife trapped an evil snake that night.D. The farmer, s family was in fact poor and they had no friends.1 ? What ca
25、n we leam &om the story?A. Better safe than sorry.B. Traps are usually well disguised.C. To help others is just to save you.D. To keep the balance of nature is the duty of us all.D“Eat local： Its one way to reduce human ect on the fdanet. Eating local means to try to buy and consume foods that are g
26、rown in places dose to home. However, most of the food sold at supermarkets is not locally grown or produced. Trucks and planes deliver these foods from hundreds or thousands of miles away. In the process, greenhouse gases are released, contributing to global warming. So the shorter the distance you
27、r groceries must travel, the less the harm is done to the environment.But how do you get access to local food if you live in a large city, hundreds of miles away ftom farms? Environmental health scientist Dickson Despommier and his students came up the with idea of a Vertical （垂直的）farm：A vertical fa
28、rm is a glass-walled structure that could be built as tall as a skyscraper. Despommier imagines a 30-story building with a greenhouse on every floor. The walls of the building would be clear, to allow crops to get as much sunlight as possible. Depending on a city s water resources, n Despommier thin
29、ks hydroponic （水培的）gardening is another promising process for the vertical farm. Hydroponics is the growth of plants without soil. A solution （溶液）containing nutrients is regularly added to the growth containers to feel the plants roots.Despommier says the hydroponic greenhouses would use a system th
30、at would recycle a city s waste water and fill it with nutrients to make the crops grow. If this process works, it would provide food to a city and save millions of tons of water.The idea of a vertical farm has attracted the attention of government officials around the world. Scott Stringer, a gover
31、nment official from New York City, thinks the Big Apple is suitable for the vertical farming. Obviously we don t have vast amounts of available land, “ Stringer said.the sky is the limit inManhattan. .Despommier admits that there is still a lot of work to be done to make vertical farms a reality. Bu
32、t I think vertical farnking is an idea that can work in a big way, he says.13. Why are people advised to eat local?A. Because local food is more nutritious.B. Because it means more convenience to people.C. Because it can help people save a lot of money.D. Because it is an environmentally friendly wa
33、y of livingWhich of the following is TRUE about the vertical farming?A. Soil isn t used to grow plant at all.B. It is a 30-storey building with a greenhouse on every floor.C. It has solved the problem of the lack of food in a big way.D. Drops are mainly grown in the rainwater-.14. By saying “the sky is the limit, in Manhattan, Stringer means .A. there is a limit for using empty land tin ManhattanB. people can make full use of vertical space of ManhattanC. the height of buildings in Manhattan is limitedD. Manhattan can spread as far as possible；CBAD BCAC BACC DAB