2024高考英語二輪閱讀理解訓練七十集之連載（16）

　　閱讀理解。

　　Which is safer --- staying at home, traveling to work on public transport, or working at the office? Surprisingly, each of these carries the same risk, which is very low. However, what about flying compared to working in the chemical industry? Unfortunately, the former is 65 times riskier than the latter! In fact the accident rate of workers in the chemical industry is less than that of almost any of human activity, and almost as safe as staying at home.

　　The trouble with the chemical industry is that when things go wrong they often cause death to those living nearby. It is this that chemical accidents so newsworthy. Fortunately, they are extremely rare. The most famous ones happened at Texas City (1947), Flixborough (1974), Seveso (1976), Pemex (1984) and Bhopal (1984).

　　Some of these are always in the minds of the people even though the loss of life was small. No one died at Seveso, and only 28 workers at Flixborough. The worst accident of all was Bhopal, where up to 3,000 were killed. The Texas City explosion of fertilizer killed 552. The Pemex fire at a storage plant for natural gas in the suburbs of Mexico City took 542 lives, just a month before the unfortunate event at Bhopal.

　　Some experts have discussed these accidents and used each accident to illustrate a particular danger. Thus the Texas City was caused by tons of ammonium nitrate, which is safe unless stored in a great quantity. The Flixborough fireball was the fault of management, which took risks to keep production going during essential repairs. The Seveso accident shows what happens if the local authorities lack knowledge of the danger on their doorstep. When the poisonous gas drifted over the town, local leaders were incapable of taking effective action. The Pemex fire was made worse by an overloaded site in an overcrowded suburb. The fire set off a chain reaction of exploding storage tanks. Yet, by a miracle, the two largest tanks did not explode. Had these caught fire, then 3,000 strong rescue team and fire fighters would all have died.

　　1. According to the passage, the chemical accident that caused by the fault of management happened at _________.

　　A. Texas city

　　B. Flixborough

　　C. Seveso

　　D. Mexico City

　　2. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

　　A. Working at the office is safer than staying at home.

　　B. Travelling to work on public transport is safer than working at the office.

　　C. Staying at home is safer than working in the chemical industry.

　　D. Working in the chemical industry is safer than traveling by air.

　　3. From the passage we know that ammonium nitrate is a kind of _____.

　　A. natural gas, which can easily catch fire

　　B. fertilizer, which can't be stored in a great quantity

　　C. poisonous substance, which can't be used in overcrowded areas

　　D. fuel, which is stored in large tanks

　　4. From the discussion among some experts we may conclude that _____.

　　A. to avoid any accident we should not repair the facilities in chemical industry

　　B. the local authorities should not be concerned with the production of the

　　chemical industry

　　C. all these accidents could have been avoided or controlled if effective measures

　　had been taken

　　D. natural gas stored in very large tanks is always safe

　　【參考答案】1—4、BDBC

　　2024高考訓練題。閱讀理解閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。If you have a bad habit of losing things, a new device that can be connected to any item that you might lose may be the way to solve your problem. The Tile, a small square linked up to your iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth, lets you see how close you are to the missing item, within a 50-to 150-foot range . If the item goes out of your phone’s 150-foot range, it can still be detected (發現) on other smartphones with the same app.

　　When you log into the app on your phone, it shows you, with green bars that increase or decrease, how far away you are from the Tile. You can also program it to make a sound when you get close to the Tile. And you can link up your phone with up to ten Tiles. And if your lost item — a dog, for example, or a stolen bike — goes out of your own phone’s 150-foot Bluetooth range, you can set it as a “lost item”. If any of the phones with the Tile app comes within the range of your lost item, a message will be sent to your own phone, reminding you of its position. The Tile app also has the function to remember where it last saw your Tile, so that you can easily find where you left it.

　　Since the Tiles use Bluetooth rather than GPS, they never run out of battery or need to be charged, and they last for one year before needing to be replaced. The app, which will come into the market this winter, works with iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPad Mini, iPad 3rd and 4th generation, and iPod 5th generation.

　　1. The Tile app can help you 　.

　　A. find your missing items

　　B. use your phone more wisely

　　C. save your phone’s battery power

　　D. connect something to your phone

　　2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A. The Tile needs to be charged after a year of use.

　　B. One smartphone can only be linked up to one Tile.

　　C. The Tile cannot work when linked up to a phone without Bluetooth.

　　D. A missing item can’t be found if it goes out of the needed range.

　　3. What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?

　　A. What the Tile app is.

　　B. How the Tile app works.

　　C. The advantages of the Tile app.

　　D. Why the Tile app was invented.

　　4. Where does this passage probably come from?

　　A. A science fiction novel.

　　B. An advertisement.

　　C. A personal diary.

　　D. A news report.

　　參考答案1—4、ACBD

　　閱讀理解

　　More surprising,perhaps,than the current difficulties of traditional marriage is the fact that marriage itself is alive and increasing.As Skolnick notes,Americans are a marrying people:relative to Europeans,more of us marry at younger age.Moreover,after falling in the early 1970s,the rate of marriage in the United States is now increasing.Even the divorce rates need to be taken in this pro-marriage context:some 80 percent of divorced individuals remarry.Thus,marriage remains,by far,the preferred way of life for the vast majority of people in our society.

　　What has changed more than marriage is the nuclear family.Twenty-five years ago,the typical American family consisted of a husband,a wife,and two or three children.Now,there are many marriages in which couples have decided not to have any children.And there are many marriages where at least some of the children are from the wife's previous marriage,or the husband's,or both,sometimes these children spend all of their time with one parent from the former marriage;sometimes they are shared between two former spouses.

　　Thus,one can find every type of family arrangement.There are marriages without children;marriages with children for only the present marriage;marriages with“full-time”children from both the present and former marriages;marriages with“full-time”children from the present marriage and“part-time”children from former marriages.There are stepfathers,stepmothers,half-brothers,and half-sisters.It is not all that unusual for a child to have four parents and eight grandparents!These are enormous changes from the traditional nuclear family.But even so,even in the midst of all this,there remains one constant:most Americans spend most of their adult lives married.

　　1.By calling Americans marrying people the author means that__________.

　　　A.Americans are more traditional than Europeans

　　　B.Americans expect more out of marriage than Europeans

　　　C.there are more married couples in the USA than in Europe

　　　D.more of Americans as compared with Europeans,prefer marriage and they accept it at a younger age

　　2.Which of the following can be presented as the picture of today's American families?

　　　 A.A typical American family consists of only a husband and a wife.

　　　 B.Many types of family arrangements have become socially acceptable.

　　　 C.Americans prefer to have more kids than before.

　　　 D.There are no nuclear families any more.

　　.The“nuclear family”refers to___________.

　　A.families formed up by men or women working for nuclear power stations

　　B.married couples who are closely matched

　　C.family consists of married couples who do not want to have any child

　　D.family with small number of members

　　4.“Part-time”children________]

　　A.spend some of their time with their half-brothers and some of their time with their half-sisters

　　B.spend all of their time with one parent from the previous marriage

　　C.are shared between the two former spouses

　　D.cannot stay with“full-time”children

　　【參考答案】1—4、DBCC

　　2024高考訓練題。閱讀理解閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。Camp Jano India

　　Celebrate Indian culture, languages, arts, festivals and literature. Weekly themes are brought to life through related arts, games, projects, stories and theatre in a very unique, exciting, creative, interactive (互動的) and structured style. A very unique and memorable (難忘的) experience that kids will want to repeat! Mornings are spent with the Hindi language at the child’s level. Afternoons provide the cultural elements taught in an interactive style with special emphasis (重點) on drama.

　　Bay Language Academy

　　We invite campers (4-12 years old) to travel and open up doors to explore past and recent civilizations through daily field trips. Cultures will be shown through customs and cooking. Lectures (6/10-8/30) will introduce/reinforce French, Spanish or Chinese and the cultures they convey. Our language summer-camp is infused (灌輸) with cultural activities and taught by a team of bilingual (通曉雙語的) instructors.

　　Petits Confettis

　　Want your 3- to 5-year-old kids to experience a French camp? Come and join us for 6 weeks of French camps!

　　Kids will be totally happy to learn French and French culture while they

　　take part in team projects like building a tipi or making French bread. Weekly themes include cooking, arts, drama, outdoor activities, board games, music, yoga, rhymes and story time.

　　Chinese Immersion Summer Camp

　　This is our 11th Chinese language and culture summer camp.

　　We take children from 6th grade. This year we continue the weekly fun themes like art, science, cooking and sports in the morning. In the afternoon, we have abacus, reading and Chinese culture lessons taught in Chinese. Our teachers are all native speakers with a lot of experience. Our weekly field trips go to different places like SF zoo, tech museums, fire stations etc.

　　1. Camp Jano India can give children a memorable experience probably because ______.

　　A. it has quite experienced teachers

　　B. it teaches Indian languages at different levels

　　C. the activities are arranged for the whole day

　　D. the activities are carried on in an interesting style

　　2. Bay Language Academy and Chinese Immersion Summer Camp are similar in that ______.

　　A. they both provide field trips

　　B. they both have bilingual teachers

　　C. they both provide sports programs in the morning

　　D. they are both intended for kids of 4-12 years old

　　3. A girl who likes yoga will go to ______.

　　A. Camp Jano India

　　B. Bay Language Academy

　　C. Petits Confettis

　　D. Chinese Immersion Summer Camp

　　4. What is the common theme of the four camps?

　　A. Fun and sports.

　　B. Travel and adventure.

　　C. Language and culture.

　　D. Art and music.

　　參考答案1—4、DACC

　　閱讀理解。

　　I believe that my country, Poland, is a perfect example for a place where food is particularly important. When we were little children, we began to understand how much a loaf of bread meant to our parents—to some it might sound silly but for me the custom of kissing bread before you started cutting it was simply amazing. It's not so common nowadays to treat food that way, since you hardly ever bake your own bread. Besides, everyone would call you crazy if you tried to kiss every bread roll before you ate them! But though we no longer make our food from scratch (起點), some customs have been kept--that's why I feel so sorry every time I have to throw any food away—even though I no longer live with my parents and nobody would blame me for this anymore!

　　Many people of our nation are still working as farmers, eating what they grow and harvest and therefore enjoying everything more. It's widely known that you value more anything that needs your effort in the first place. In most homes in Poland, especially those of farmers, the whole family would try and have their meals together--extremely difficult now, but so rewarding (值得) ! You can share other members' troubles and successes, give your children some attention, or just sit down for a moment instead of rushing through life aimlessly. Furthermore, your body, and stomach in particular will be very grateful (感激) for such a time!

　　In Poland, a wedding, Christmas or even a birthday is celebrated with a great meal. Women in the house get together and cook, sometimes for a few days before the event, and the extremely good or unusual food will be remembered and widely talked about.

　　You cannot over-value the importance of food in the country. What's more, almost everyone in Poland will be as interested in the topic as I am.

　　1. When the writer was a child, he / she ________.

　　A. found people were crazy about bread

　　B. began to realize the importance of food

　　C. thought that cutting bread was amazing

　　D. learned people hardly baked their own bread

　　2. The writer feels very sorry when he/she has to throw away any food because

　　A. he/she makes food from scratch

　　B. his/her parents would blame him/her

　　C. some customs still have effect on him/her

　　D. many people are still working hard as farmers

　　3. From the text, we can learn that, in Poland, ________.

　　A. most meals can be interesting topics for a long time

　　B. the whole family often have meals together nowadays

　　C. it's common for women to get together to cook for a few days

　　D. family members can know more. about each other by having meals together

　　【參考答案】1—3、B C D