山西省陽城縣2024高考英語閱讀理解一輪優選練習（4）及答案

　　閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項,。2024高考英語福建省聯考試卷】A

　　Dickens & London Exhibition

　　Date: 9 December, 2011---10 June, 2024

　　Location: Museum of London

　　Celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens in the first major UK exhibition for his works, while rarely seen manuscripts(手稿) including Bleak House and David Copperfield ---written

　　in the author’s own hand ---will offer clues to his creative genius.

　　During your visit you’ll discover how Dickens’ childhood experiences of London were introduced into the stories he wrote. The great social questions of the19th century will also be examined, all of which set the scene for Dickens’ greatest works.

　　Highlights of the exhibition will inc1ude an exciting audio-visual experience bringing to life the desk and chair where Dickens worked on his nove1s, and a special film shot by one of the UK’s leading documentary filmmakers.

　　Packages include afternoon entry (1:00 pm ---4:00 pm) to the exhibition plus overnight accommodation at a nearby hotel. If you wish to visit the exhibition the day after your hotel stay, p1ease call our reservation department. Call: 08712212717.

　　Book a trip online with us, with tickets to Dickens & London Exhibition ---afternoon entry and hotel accommodation included in the price. All taxes included. No credit card fees. No booking fees. No discount.

　　Price Information: a package costs an adult ￡180 and a child ￡90 ( 4---15 ) ; an afternoon entry costs an adult ￡28 and a child ￡14 ( 4---15 ).

　　56. During the visit, visitors can ___________________

　　A. read three Dickens’manuscripts

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　　B. experience a vivid picture of Victorian London

　　C. find the great social problems in London at present

　　D. sit at the desk where Dickens worked hard on his novels

　　57. What do we know about Dickens in this passage?

　　A. He used to be a filmmaker .

　　B. He lived a hard life in his childhood.

　　C. He wrote different themes into his works.

　　D. He wrote social violence into his books.

　　58. If we book a trip online, we have the following benefits EXCEPT that ___________ .

　　A. we can book it free of charge

　　B. we will pay none of the taxes

　　C. we will pay none of credit card fees

　　D. we will be given a discount

　　59. How much should a couple with one child at 10 and another at 18 pay if they have a package ?

　　A. ￡360

　　B. ￡540

　　C. ￡630

　　D. ￡720

　　【參考答案】56—59BCDC

　　閱讀理解

　　These days no car show is complete without an electric car, and the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, US, which ran from January 10 to 23, was no exception.

　　Among the fully electric vehicles on display were the Ford Focus Electric and the Honda Fit EV. BMW and Volvo also had prominent displays at the show, proving that they can produce practical, yet spacious family-oriented electric cars.

　　Industry insiders at the show claimed that more efficient batteries, improved performance and greater consumer acceptance could make 2011 the “year of electric car”.

　　It’s long been clear that electric cars score heavily for convenience. They are, for instance, much easier to maintain than gasoline-powered cars. When the battery runs out, you simply replace it or recharge it, just like you would for a cell phone or a laptop.

　　This is also a much cheaper method than filling your tank with gasoline. Better yet, electric cars don’t emit exhaust fumes. As a result, they don’t produce environmentally damaging greenhouse gases.

　　It appears that improved technology is making electric cars and their maintenance much more user-friendly. So, what are the obstacles which are preventing electric cars from becoming popular and fashionable?

　　Home charging for electric cars could be extremely convenient for users. However, it is also a potential obstacle. For a start, installing charging stations in owners’ homes will be a challenge, particularly for those who have to park several blocks away from their homes.

　　Also, charging the car’s battery still takes quite a long time. It may be some time yet before you can recharge an electric car in the same time as you can refill your gas tank.

　　Another problem is that many electric vehicles have limited ranges that may only allow for journeys of 50 miles (80 km) or less between charges. In cases where a driver wishes to charge the car primarily at home (perhaps overnight), this limits their daily driving to the range of their vehicle.

　　This may be one reason why hybrid cars are now becoming more popular. A hybrid car has more than one energy source, usually a traditional gasoline fuel tank and an electric battery. It’s like a more practical version of an electric car: It’s greener than a conventional vehicle, with fewer CO2 emissions, yet it also doubles as a conventional vehicle.

　　“I would say that hybrid is a transition to fully electronic,” Road and Track magazine editor Richard Horman told Detroit News during the show. “The trend is for lighter, smarter, more economical cars. Of course, electronic vehicles are meant to be that way.”

　　This sounds promising, particularly in light of the fact that the show featured more electric cars from big manufacturers than ever before.

　　However, it seems that the technology associated with electric cars is not yet able to fully meet people’s expectations. Don’t expect gasoline-powered cars to disappear from roads just yet.

　　5. What made electric cars more convenient?

　　A. Easier maintenance.

　　B. High scores on the show.

　　C. Practicality and large space.

　　D. Much lower prices.

　　6. Which of the following could NOT act as a potential obstacle of electric cars?

　　A. It is rough work to install charging stations at home.

　　B. It is time-consuming to charge the batteries.

　　C. The ranges between charges are limited.

　　D. There’s no need to fill the tank with petrol.

　　7. In Paragraph 10, the underlined word “hybrid” is probably closest in meaning to ________.

　　A. gasoline

　　B. electric

　　C. combined

　　D. separated

　　8. The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is to_________.

　　A. introduce the 2011 Auto Show in US

　　B. get readers informed of electric cars

　　C. comment on different types of cars

　　D. advertise for electric cars

　　【參考答案】5—8、ADCB

　　閱讀理解---------C

　　One Day Tour: Great Wall & Summer Palace

　　Overview:

　　You will visit the famous Badaling Great Wall and Summer Palace in one day.

　　Tour Description and Itinerary (行程)

　　One day Private Tour or Coach Tour: Depart everyday

　　Start from 8:30 am to around 6:00 pm, flexible schedule for private tour.

　　Itinerary:

　　Pick you up from hotel on departure time, then drive to the famous Badaling Great Wall, which is 60 miles away from downtown about one and a half hour driving. Sightseeing on Great Wall Badaling section for about 3 hours.

　　Visit scenic spots: Badaling Geat Wall, Badaling Fortress, Beacon-towers, "Looking-toward-Beijing Stone", etc. (Cable car is available for you to get to the highest point to have a bird view)

　　Drive to restaurant for lunch. After lunch, visit the largest and most beautiful Chinese imperial garden- Summer Palace.

　　Visit scenic spots: 1. East palace gate, 2. the hall of benevolence and longevity, 3. hall of jade billows, 4. the hall of joyful longevity, 5. the covered walkway, 6. the marble boat, etc.

　　Transfer you back to your hotel after the whole day tour.

　　For the coach tour (small group in each bus, 6-10 persons per group):

　　★Suitable for economic or single travelers, make friends on the same bus, only English-speaking travelers on our bus.

　　★Travellers will be arranged in a small group, Keep group size less than ten in each air-conditioned bus;

　　★Vehicle mode: Coaster-New air-conditioned tour coach (click for picture)- 26 seats, only 6-10 persons per bus.

　　For Private Tour:

　　★Private tour is suitable for those individual or family travelers who is not willing to join the tour group, it may not feel very free when following the group. A designated car and private guide will follow you to go to the place you like, this package cost higher than coach tour.

　　★Vehicle mode: private luxury car or MPV van (click for picture)

　　For the private tour, you also need to go to one or two shopping stops every day.

　　Tour Price includes:

　　1. Pick-up and drop-off from your hotel.

　　2. Air-conditioned car, van or minibus for your private group.

　　3. Entrance tickets of the sightseeings.

　　4. English-speaking tour guide explain the sightseeings along the tour.

　　5. Typical Chinese lunch.

　　6. Chinese Jade shop visit.

　　Tour Package excludes:

　　Fee of cable car - cable car to the highest point of Great Wall, 60 RMB ($7.4)

　　Note: Children taller than 1.1 meter should be charged as full price, children shorter than 1.1 meter should be charged only half of the price.

　　How to Book?

　　1. You can book online or by email, tell us which hotel to pick you up, then receive our confirmation email.

　　2. When you arrive in Beijing, our tour guide will call you the night before the tour, if you are not in hotel room, we will leave a message in your room, to inform the time to pick you up in the next morning.

　　Payment Methods: 1.Cash to tour guide 2.Credit card 3.PayPal 4.Bank remit (wire transfer)

　　9. If a group of 26 Americans want to have a one-day tour in Beijing, they can

　　.

　　A. share the same bus

　　B. take 6 coaches at most

　　C. take 3 coaches at least

　　D. not speak English

　　10. For private tour,

　　.

　　A. travellers can ask the tour guide to change the travel schedule

　　B. travellers should pay the same amount of money as the coach tour

　　C. travellers must pay additional money for the entrance tickets

　　D. travellers needn’t pay additional money for the cable car

　　11. This passage is most probably taken from

　　.

　　A. a travel guide

　　B. a newspaper

　　C. a magazine

　　D. the Internet

　　【參考答案】9—11、CAD

　　【2024高考復習】閱讀理解

　　Commuters (上下班往返的人) who drive to work will face a parking charge of up to ￡350 a year.Ministers are backing a workplace parking charge which will come into force in Nottingham in 2024 and is likely to be adopted across the country.The scheme will see firms with more than ten parking places for staff charged ￡350 a year for each space in two years.

　　Employers would be free to pass on the charge to their staff—meaning it would effectively be a tax on driving to work.The scheme aims to reduce traffic by preventing unnecessary car journeys and raise funds to improve public transport，but critics say it is just an excuse for councils to fill their coffers (金庫)．

　　Some ten million Britons drive to work each day，and the British Chambers of Commerce says the new charge could total ￡3.4 billion a year if rolled out nationwide.

　　Already some firms in Nottingham have threatened to leave the city，where 40,000 commuters use their cars to get to work.A spokesman said the scheme was nothing more than a tax on jobs.“It is very unfair to discriminate against those employers who have parking spaces，which get vehicles off the streets，” he said.“And these charges apply around the clock，which is especially unfair on shift workers who rely on their cars because public transport is not available.This is more about increasing the government’s income than reducing traffic.”

　　However，Transport Minister Sadiq Khan gave the plan an

　　official approval during a visit to Nottingham.The council says

　　the tax will raise as much as ￡100 million over ten years—one fifth of the cost of a new transport system for the city.

　　Another transport spokesman Theresa Villiers said the tax

　　would have a devastating impact on businesses struggling to

　　cope with the economic decline.

　　But Richard Hebditch of the Campaign for Better Transport

　　said the tax would raise money to invest in better transport.“We put forward the idea of workplace parking taxes as a fairer way to raise money to invest in the future local transport services.We are pleased that the people of Nottingham will be the first to benefit.”

　　【語篇解讀】　本文主要講述了Nottingham將出臺政策對工作場所停車收費及由此引發的激烈討論。

　　1．Supporters argue that the scheme________.

　　A．can help improve the parking conditions for the staff

　　B．should be applied to ail commuters driving to work

　　C．is certain to be carried out despite the objections

　　D．will relieve traffic pressure and improve public transport

　　解析　細節理解題。根據第二段中的“The scheme aims to reduce traffic by preventing unnecessary car journeys and raise funds to improve public transport，but critics say it is just an excuse for councils to fill their coffers (金庫)．”可知，支持者認為這個方案能夠緩解交通壓力，改善公共交通。

　　答案　D

　　2．According to the objectors，the scheme is unfair for________.

　　A．the firms with parking lots

　　B．the workforce without cars

　　C．the employees parking their cars on the streets

　　D．the staff driving to work in the daytime

　　解析　細節理解題。根據第四段的第三句可知，A項正確。

　　答案　A

　　3．Which word can best describe Theresa Villiers’s attitude towards the scheme?

　　A．Neutral. B．Negative.

　　C．Understanding. D．Positive.

　　解析　態度推斷題。根據第六段內容可知，Theresa Villiers對這個方案持否定態度。

　　答案　B

　　4．It can be inferred from the passage that________.

　　A．many firms are willing to pay the charges for their staff

　　B．the public transport in Nottingham is in great need of improvement

　　C．the author believes Britons will benefit from the scheme

　　D．those firms with more commuters will leave Nottingham

　　解析　推理判斷題。根據倒數第三段中的“The council says the tax will raise as much as ￡100 million over ten years—one fifth of the cost of a new transport system for the city.”以及最后一段內容可推知，Nottingham的公共交通急需改善。

　　答案　B

　　【2024高考復習】閱讀理解

　　Are you the type of person who always says “yes”？I’ve come to learn that it is very important to learn to say “no”．It’s okay.People are still going to like you.They may even respect you more because they know you are honest.