重慶高考英語閱讀強化題(一)

　　In the 1940s DDT was found to be an excellent way to control insects. It cost little to produce and was not found to harm humans. So it was widely used for people and crops.

　　In the 1960s, environmentalist Rachel Carson and her book “Silent Spring” led to a movement to ban it. The United States did just that a decade later.

　　Yet the rise of malaria has led some environmental groups to change their thinking. The group Environmental Defense, which led the anti-DDT movement, now supports indoor use to control malaria.

　　But many critics of DDT worry it will not be used with great care. University of Illinois scientist May Berenbaum argues that DDT is not as effective as people might think. Writing in the Washington Post, she noted that some African mosquitoes developed resistance to it. She says DDT should be only one tool among many for insect control.

　　The WHO supports other interventions as well. But it says India sharply cut malaria rates in the past with indoor use of DDT. And ten countries in southern Africa are currently using it for malaria control.

　　1. When did American stop using DDT?

　　A. In the 1940s.

　　B. In the 1960s.

　　C. In the 1970s.

　　D. In the 1980s.

　　2. What do you think the book “Silent Spring” is about?

　　A. About the harm DDT does to humans.

　　B. About DDT in the water from a spring.

　　C. About DDT in the water used for controlling insects.

　　D. About DDT used for people and crops.

　　3. Which of the following is not true?

　　A. DDT may be harmful when used incorrectly.

　　B. Environmental Defense admits DDT can control malaria.

　　C. DDT may be harmful to the environment and crops.

　　D. All scientists agree to spray DDT indoors now.

　　4. What does the word “It” in the last sentence of Para. 1 refer to?

　　A. “The use of DDT” B. “Mosquito”

　　C. “The WHO” D. “Malaria”

　　5. What can you infer from the passage?

　　A. People’s knowledge of a thing is always developing.

　　B. DDT is very useful.

　　C. There are many tools to control malaria.

　　D. India has never stopped using DDT.

　　重慶高考英語閱讀強化題答案

　　1. C 推斷題。根據第五段中的“In the 1960s”及“a decade later”可知，答案選C。

　　2. A 推斷題。根據文章內容可知，由于此書的出現，人們改變了對DDT的看法，接著停止了對DDT的使用因此我們斷定，此書是談論DDT對人們的危害的。

　　3. D 判斷題。根據文章倒數第二段第一句“But many critics of DDT worry in will not be used with great care”及全段內容可知，有些科學家仍然反對使用DDT，由此可見并不是所有的科學家都同意，答案選D。

　　4. A 理解題。根據“It”所在句前面的內容可知，這里的“It”指的是對DDT的使用，答案選A。

　　5. A 推斷題。根據本文內容，人們對DDT從禁用到重新啟用，說明人們對事物的認識是不斷發展變化的。答案選A。

　　重慶高考英語閱讀強化題(二)

　　O. Henry was an American short-story writer, a master of surprising endings, who wrote about the life of ordinary people in New York City. A twist of plot, which turns on an ironic or coincidental circumstance, is typical of O. Henry’s stories.

　　William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) was born in North Carolina. His father was a physician. When William was three, his mother died, and he was raised by his grandmother and aunt. At the age of fifteen he left school, and then worked in a drug store. He moved to Houston, where he had a number of jobs, including that of bank clerk. After moving to Austin, Texas, in 1882, he married.

　　In 1884 he started a humorous weekly The Rolling Stone. When the weekly failed, he joined the Houston Post as a reporter and columnist. In 1897 hw was convicted of embezzling money, although there has been much debate over his actual guilt.

　　While in prison O. Henry started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter Margaret. His first work, Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking (1899), appeared in McClure’s Magazine. After doing three years of the five years sentence, Porter emerged from the prison in 1901 and changed his name to O. Henry.

　　O. Henry moved to New York city in 1902 and from December 1903 to January 1906 he wrote a story a week for the New York World, also publishing in other magazines. Henry’s first collection, Cabbages And Kings appeared in 1904. The second, The Four Million, was published two years later and included his well-know stories The Gift of the Magi and The Furnished Room. O. Henry published 10 collections and over 600 short stoires during his lifetime.

　　O. Henry’s last years were shadowed by ill health and financial problems. He married Sara Lindsay Coleman in 1907, but the marriage was not happy, and they separated one year later. O. Henry died on June 5, 1910, in New York.

　　1. The following statements are the characteristics of O. Henry’s stories except ______

　　A. the s stories often end with surprising endings.

　　B. there are a lot of coincidences in his stories.

　　C. the stories are mainly about common people.

　　D. his own experiences are main subjects in his stories.

　　2. We can infer from the text that ______.

　　A. O. Henry’s mother’s death resulted in his leaving school.

　　B. O. Henry earned much money by starting the Weekly.

　　C. some people believed O. Henry was put in prison for no good reason.

　　D. his daughter asked O. Henry to write short stories.

　　3. One of O. Henry’s most famous story The Gift of the Magi came out in ______.

　　A. 1902 B. 1904 C. 1906 D. 1907

　　4. What do you think of O. Henry’s life?

　　A. Rough. B. Smooth. C. Rich. D. Happy.

　　重慶高考英語閱讀強化題答案

　　1. D 仔細閱讀第一段會發現，這段包含了A、B、C三個選項的內容。只有D項文章沒有提及，所以它不是O. Henry的寫作特點。

　　2. C 根據第二段第三句“When William was three, his mother died”知道，母親死時他才3歲，而輟學是15歲，兩者沒有必然聯系;第三段的第二句“the weekly failed”，說明他并沒有賺到錢;第四段第一句“While in prison O. Henry started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter”可知，O. Henry是為了撫養女兒寫作，不是女兒要求他寫作，所以A、B、D都是錯誤選項。從第三段的最后一句“although there has been much debate over his actual guilt.”可以推測，有人認為他有罪，也有人認為他沒有罪。因此選C為正確選項。

　　3. C 第五段的倒數第二句“two years later and included his well-known stories The Gift of the Magi”可以推算，這篇小說是在1906年出版的。

　　4. A (根據第二段可知)O. Henry經歷了孤獨的童年，艱難的青年時期;(第三段中可知)經過了艱辛的創業;(第四段中)又遭牢獄之災;(第五段中)盡管后期作品很受歡迎，(第六段中)但又忍受疾病之苦，婚姻不幸，可謂命運多舛。所以首先排除C、D兩個選項;B選項Smooth意為“平坦的”與文章內容不符。只有A選項Rough意為“崎嶇不平的”，形容人生的坎坷。

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