山东省各地高三一模英语分类汇编9阅读理解三.docx

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山东省各地高三一模英语分类汇编9阅读理解三

专题三阅读理解（九）

【山东省济宁市2012届高三第一次模拟考试】

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

HowardDillisagiantamonggiantpumpkingrowers．Hegrewworldchampionpumpkinsforfouryearsrunning，from1979to1982，andmissedwinningthefifthyearbyamere5pounds．Today，hisDillAtlanticGiantseedsaresoldworldwidetomorethan50seedcompanies。

ThepumpkinsgrownfromhisDillAtlanticGiantseedscommonlyweighinatoverl,000pounds．“Idon’thaveanytrainingingenetics（遗传学）；it啪salltrialanderror，”Dillsays.Heinheritedhisloveofpumpkinsfromhisfatherandhasenjoyedgrowingthemforyears．

Dillstillgrowsgiantpumpkins，butnotforcompetition．Inthefall，visitorscometoenjoythepumpkinpatchonhis90-acrefarminNovaScotia，Canada.HeplantstenacresofpumpkinsforHalloweenandtwoacres0fgiantpumpkins.Oneofhisgiantpumpkinswasrecentlybakedinto442pumpkinpiesandsoldat$5eachforcharity．

Ifyouwanttotrygrowingagiantpumpkin，Dillrecommendsstartingwithasoiltestandthenaddingfertilizerasneeded．Plantthegiantpumpkinseed.Agiantpumpkincallgain15to20poundsaday，socarefulwatering—everydayortwo—isessential．Youshouldwaitabout130daysuntilthepumpkinmaturesandthenyoucanharvestit.

Dill’sfavoritepumpkinsettheGuinnessBookrecordin1981.Itweighed493.5pounds．“I'vegrownthemlargersince,butthatonemeantalot，”heremembers.“Ineverwouldhavepredictedtenyearsagothattherewouldbea1,000-pounder，buttherearemanyofthemnow，”saysDill．The2006worldrecordholderisLarryCheckonofPennsylvania．Hegrewa1,469pounder．Dillsays，“Theseworldchampionsaregrownfrommyseeds，soIfeellikeawinnerrightalongwiththem．”

56．whatcanwelearnabouttheworldchampionpumpkinof1983?

A．Itweighedover1,000pounds．

B．Itwasmissingafterthecompetition.

C．Itwas5poundsheavierthanthatof1982．

D．Itwas5poundsheavierthanDill'sbiggestonethatyear.

57．OneofDill'sgiantpumpkinsearned．

A．$2210B．$442C．$1000D．$1469

58．inthethirdparagraphDillmainlytellsabout．

A．howtodoasoiltestB．howtoplantthegiantpumpkinseed

C．whentowaterthepumpkinD．howtogrowagiantpumpkin

59．Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?

A．HowardDilliswelltrainedingenetics．

B．HowardDillgrowspumpkinsjustforcompetition．

C．DillfeltproudofLarryCheckon'schampionpumpkin．

D．Dill'sfavoritepumpkinistheheaviestofallthosehehasevergrown.

60．Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A．GardeningGiant：

HowardDillB．WorldChampionPumpkin

C．DillAtlanticGiantSeedsD．HowtoGrowGiantPumpkins

B

AlthoughParisisoftenconsideredthecityofromance.closetoamillionadultswhocallithomearesingle．ManysinglepeoplesaythatFrance'scapitalisoneofthemostdifficultplacestomeetpeople．Thecomplaints（抱怨）ofthislonelygrouphaverespiredanewphenomenonknownas“supermarketdating．”AtGalerieLafayetteGourmet，singlescanshopformorethanjusttheitemsontheirgrocerylist.Theycanlookforsomeonewhohasblueeyes，brownhair,andis1.8meterstall，orwhatevermaybeontheirromanticshoppinglist.

AtthisParislocationsinglepeopleofallagescanscheduletheirshoppingforThursdaynightsbetween6：

30and9：

00P.m.Whentheywalkthroughthedoor，theypickupapurplebaskettoadvisethattheyarelookingforlove．Theytrytoarriveearlybecausethebasketsdisappearquickly,andthentheyhavetowaitinlinefortheirturntowanderthestoreaisles（过道）．

Withpurplebasketsinhand，shopperscanconsidertheirromanticoptionswhiletheypickouttheirgroceries.Whentheyarereadytopay，theycangotothecheckoutlineforsingleswhowanttochat.

MostofthepeoplewholookforloveinthesupermarketareskepticalofInternetdang.Theyknowthatitiseasytoembellish（美化）one'sappearanceortolieaboutone'sageovertheInternet.Thesupermarket，ontheotherhand，isconsideredasafeandcasualenvironmentinwhichtomeetapotentialmatch．Inaddition，whatonefindsinanother'sgrocerybasketcansayathingortwoaboutthatperson'scharacterorintentions．Buyingpetfoodcanbeaman'swayofshowingapotentialmatchthathehasasensitiveside．Womenwhofilltheirbasketswithlow-fatfoodshowtheirhealthystyleofriving．Thesedaysit'spossibletofindmuchmorethanfoodatagrocerystore.

61．WhatdomanysinglepeopleinPariscomplainabout?

A．Thedifficultyinmeetingpeople.B．Theideaofsupermarketdating.

C．Theitems0ntheirgrocerylist．D．Theinconvenienceinshopping．

62.Whichofthefollowingcanbeinferred（推断）butisnotclearlystatedinthesecondparagraph?

A．ThedatingsupermarketislocatedinParis．

B．ThedatingsupermarketisopenonlyonThursdayevenings.

C．Peoplelookingforlovemustgetabasketofaparticularcolour.

D．Thedatingsupermarkethasverygoodbusiness.

63．Howdoloveshoppersmeetoneanother?

A．Theyscheduletheirmeetinginadvance．

B．Theygothroughaspecialcheckout．

C．Theypickouttheirgrocerieswithgreatcare．

D．TheydialthephonenumbersOiltheirshoppingitems．

64．Accordingtothewriter，apossiblewaytowinawoman'sheartisto

A．pickupapurplebasketB．buylow-fatfood

C．embellishyourappearanceD．buypetfood

65．WhydothepeoplepreferthesupermarketdatingtoInternetdating?

A．Thesupermarketdatingismoreconvenient．

B．Thesupermarketdatingismorecasual．

C．Thesupermarketdatingcanbetrustedmore．

D．Thesupermarketdatingislessexpensive．

C

Generallytherearetwowaystonametyphoons:

thenumber-basedmethodandthelist-basedmethod.Followingthenumber-basedmethod，typhoonsarecodedwithvarioustypesofnumberssuchasa4-digitora6-digitcode．Forexample，the14thtyphoonin2003canbelabeledeitherasTyphoon0314orTyphoon200314．Thedisadvantageofthismethod，however，isthatanumberishardtoremember．Thelist-basedmethod，ontheotherhand，isbasedonthelistoftyphoonnameschoseninadvancebyacommittee，andismorewidelyused.

Attheverybeginning,onlyfemalenameswereusedbecauseatthattimetyphoonswerenamedaftergirlfriendsorwivesoftheexpertsonthecommittee．In1979，however，malenameswerealsoincludedbecausewomenprotestedagainsttheoriginalnamingpracticeforreasonsofgender（性别）equality．

InAsia，Westernnameswereuseduntil2000whenthecommitteedecidedtouseAsiannamestoraiseAsians'awarenessoftyphoons．Thenameswerechosenfromanamepoolconsistingof140names，10eachfromthe14membersofthecommittee．Eachcountryhasitsuniquenamingpreferences．KoreaandJapanfavoranimalnamesandChinalikesnamesofgodssuchasLongwang（dragonking）andFengshen（godofthewind）.

Afterthe140namesareallusedinorder，theywillberecycled．Butthenamescanbechanged．Ifamembercountrysuffersgreatdamagefromacertaintyphoon，itcanrequestthatthenameofthetyphoonbedeletedfromthelistattileannualcommitteemeeting．Forexample，thenamesofNabibySouthKorea，andLongwangbyChinaWerereplacedwithothernamesin2007．Thedeletionofbothnameswasduetotheseveredamagecausedbythetyphoonsbearingthenames．

66．Withthenumber-basedmethod，the3rdtyphoonin2012canbenamed．

A．Typhoon0314B．Typhoon0312

C．Typhoon201214D．Typhoon1203

67．In1979malenamesbegantobeusedfortyphoonsbecause。

A．menthoughtitwastheirright

B．femalenamesarehardtoremember

C．womenthoughtitunequaltouseonlyfemalenames

D．theexpertspreferredtohavemorevariety

68．ThereareChinesenamesinthenamepoolfortyphoons．

A．2B．10C．14D．140

69．WhichofthefollowingChinesenamesismostlikelytobeonthenamelistnow?

A．LongwangB．Fengshen

C．Daxiang（elephant）D．Mayi（ant）

70．Thispassageismainlyabout

A．howtyphoonsarenamedB．whytonametyphoons

C．thehistoryoftyphoonsD．equalitybetweenmenandwomen

D

Spiderwebsareoneofthemostfascinatingexamplesofanimalarchitecture．Themostbeautifulandstructurallyorderedaretheroundwebs．Themainfunctionofthewebistostopandholdflyinginsects，longenoughforthespidertocatchthem．Inordertodoso，thethreadsofthewebhavetostandtheforcesfromlargeandheavyinsectsaswellasenvironmentalforcesfromwindandrainforatleastadayinmostcases．

Theroundwebisfoundtohavetwomaincharacteristics．Thefirstisitsgeometry，whichconsistsofanouterframeandacentralpartfromwhichthreadsradiateoutward．Enclosedintheframearecapturespiralswindingroundandroundfromthewebcenterouttotheframe．Thewholewebisintensionandheldinplacebyanchorthreads，whichconnecttheframetothesurroundingplantsorobjects．Thesecondandperhapsmostimportantcharacteristicisthematerialwithwhichitisbuilt．Spidersilkisakindofnaturalmaterialthatsiresthislightweightfiberastrengthcomparabletothatofsteel，whileatthesametimemakingitveryelastic（有弹性的）．Twotypesofsilkthreadsareusedintheweb．Oneishighlyelasticandcanstretchtoalmosttwiceitsoriginallengthbeforebreakingand，formosttypesofspiders，iscoveredinslue．Thistypeisusedinthecapturespiralforcatchingandholdinginsects．Theotherisstifferandstronger，andisusedfortheradius，framesandanchorthreads，whichallowsthewebtostandforcesandtokeepitsstructuralstrengththroughawiderangeofenvironmentalconditions.

71．Whatdoestheword“so”inthefirstparagraphreferto?

A．Tocatchandkeepsmallcreatures．

B．Tofindagoodmaterialfortheweb．

C．Tomakethewebsbeautifulandwellordered．

D．Tomakethethreadslongenough．

72．Whichofthefollowingisusedforcatchingandholdinginsects?

A．Thecente