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高考英语二轮专题复习
阅读能力综合培养训练集（五十九）
A
The treadle pump is based
on a design developed in the 1970s by Norwegian
engineer
Gunnar Barnes. It can be made
locally.
The treadle pump is easy to
build from bamboo or other wood and two metal
cylinders
(
圆筒
)
with pistons (
活塞
). The
pistons go up and down as a person stands on lever
devices
—
treadles
—
and uses a
natural walking motion.
How
many hours a
day the pump
needs to be operated depends
on
the season and how much
water is needed for crops. It could be
two hours a day. It could be seven hours a
day.
Small children
sometimes stand with their parents on the
treadles. Everyone in the
family can
take turns operating the pump.
The
Acumen
Fund
is
a
nonprofit
group
that
invests
in
business
projects
to
fight
poverty.
It studied the effects of treadle pumps
in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Uttar
Pradesh has three treadle pump
manufacturers and more than
seventy
three thousand
pumps.
Acumen
reported
that
families
using
them
ate
more
vegetables,
because
they
were
able
to
grow
more
to
eat
and
to
sell.
Many
of
these
families
also
drank
more
milk,
because
they bought a cow
with their added earnings. Men with treadle pumps
often no longer
have to leave the farm
to seek extra work in cities.
The pump
can also improve education. Farmers often use
their extra earnings to buy
books for
their children or to pay for schooling.
A
farmer in
Zambia
said
he
hoped
to
have
enough
money
in
three
years
to
buy
a
diesel
powered pump
(
柴油泵
). Then he could grow
more crops over a larger area.
But
the
world
economic
crisis
has
had
an
effect
on
some
farmers.
IDE
executive
director
Zenia Tata says some who were able to
buy diesel pumps now do not have enough money
to buy fuel. So they are using their
treadle pumps again.
[
语篇解读
]
脚踏泵因其简单、易行、实用之特点，正在世界的广大贫困地区被推广，以帮
助农民脱
贫致富，且已取得了显著的效果。
1
．
The treadle
pump ________.
A. is invented by an
American engineer
B. is mainly made of
metal
C. consists of two cylinders with
pistons
D. consists of two cylinders
with an engine
[
解析
]
事
实细节题。根据第二段第一句可知答案为
C
。
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[
答案
]
C
2
．
What
does
the
author
want
to
tell
us
about
the
treadle
pump
in
the
second
paragraph?
A. Its history.
B. Its working principle.
C.
Its structure.
D. Its usage and
effects.
[
解析
]
作者意图题。
A
和
D
显然不对，
C
有一定干扰性，但其不能
概括第二句，介绍工作原
理时，一般要同时介绍其结构，故选
B
。
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[
答案
]
B
3
．
It can be
inferred from the passage that ________.
A. it is easy to learn how to operate
the treadle pump
B. it is difficult to
build a treadle pump
C. the treadle
pump is used more in winter than in summer
D. operating the treadle pump can keep
fit
[
解析
]
< br>推理判断题。
B
和
C
与文中内容相悖，可排除。易错选
D
，但文中没有
依据，无法推
知。根据第四段，小孩也可帮忙，家庭中每个人都可参与，可推知
A
为答案。
[
答案
]
A
4
．
Each treadle
pump manufacturer in the Indian state of Uttar
Pradesh has produced
on average about
________.
A. 18, 000 pumps
B. 24, 000 pumps
C. 37, 000 pumps
D. 73, 000 pumps
[
解析
]
数
据推算题。根据第五段第三句可知，该州共三家生产商，共有七万三千多架脚踏
泵，平均
每家生产两万四千架左右，故选
B
。
[
答案
]
B
5
．
Why does the
farmer in Zambia hope to buy a
diesel
powered pump?
A.
Because he wants to grow crops on a larger scale.
B. Because he hates to leave the farm
to seek fortune in cities.
C. Because a
diesel
powered pump is cheaper than
before.
D. Because oil is much cheaper
than before.
[
解析
]
事实细节题。根据倒数第二段第二句可知答案。
[
答案
]
A
[
长难句解读
]
IDE
executive
director
Zenia
Tata
says
some
who
were
able
to
buy
diesel
pumps now do not have enough money to
buy fuel.
该句为双重复合句。主句主语为
IDE
executive director Zenia Tata
，谓语为
says
，后面
为省略了
t
hat
的宾语从句。该宾语从句的主干部分为
some
do
not
have
enoueh
money
to
buy
fuel
，
who were
able to buy diesel pumps
为定语从句，修饰主语
some
。
B
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. “There’s
a truck on fire！”
Inside the
burning truck, Ronnie Sanders, 38, was fighting
for his life. He’d 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 truck’s bulk would probably
protect him
from
the
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,
I’d
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 unconscious. 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 pocket
knife to
cut himself free from the driver’s
side
seat belt
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only to get his boot
trapped in another one. Steve climbed into the
burning cab to
free him.
He
tried three times to pull Ronnie out before
finally freeing him. But Ronnie’s
legs
were still burning, so Steve laid him on the
ground, ripped off his own shirt,
and
beat the flames with it. He’d managed to drag him
about 20 yards when one of
the truck’s
150
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 February, 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 hadn’t 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
Ronnie.
“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, Ronnie’s putting the
truck in the ditch contributes
to________.
A. his concern
for his own safety
B. his poor driving
skill
C. the icy road
D.
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
，I’d
just put the truck in the ditch.”可推断出。
[
答案
]
D
2. 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 burning 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
]
C
3. How did Steve put out the flames in
Ronnie’s legs?
A.
He beat the flames with Ronnie’s shirt.
B. He beat the flames with his own
shirt.
C. He put out the 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
]
B
4.
What does the underlined
word “shrapnel” in Paragraph 6 mean?
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