黑龙江省大庆市喇中高中英语 阅读集练新闻报道类.docx

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黑龙江省大庆市喇中高中英语阅读集练新闻报道类

高中英语阅读——新闻报道类

1、NEWYORK－AustralianminingenterpriseClivePalmeronTuesdayunveiled（公布）blueprintsforTitanicⅡ,amoderncopyofthedoomedoceanliner,althoughhedidn'tcalltheshipunsinkableanymore.

Theshipwilllargelyrecreatethedesignanddecorationofthefabledoriginal,withsomemodificationstokeepitinlinewithcurrentsafetyrulesandshipbuildingpractices,andtheadditionofsomemoderncomfortssuchasairconditioning,PalmersaidatapressconferenceinNewYork.

Thethreepassengerclasses,however,willbepreventedfrommingling（混杂）,asin1912,Palmersaid.“I'mnottoosuperstitious（迷信的）.”Palmersaidwhenaskedwhetherrecreatingashipbestknownforsinkingwastemptingfate.

WhiteStarLine,theoperatoroftheoriginalship,hadsaidtheTitanicwasdesignedtobeunsinkable.About1,500peoplediedonTitanic’smaidenvoyagein1912fromSouthamptontoNewYorkaftertheshipcollidedwithanicebergintheNorthAtlantic.

Palmer,whocreatedthecompanyBlueStarLinelastyear,refusedtomakeasimilarboast.

“Anythingwillsinkifyouputaholeinit,”Palmersaid.“Ithinkitwouldbeverycavaliertosayit.”

Unliketheoriginal,TitanicⅡwillhavemorethanenoughspaceinitslifeboatsforeverypersononboardandwillhaveadditionalescapestaircases.MarkkuKanerva,salesdirectoratDeltamarin,theFinnishcompanydesigningtheship,saiditwouldbethe“safestcruiseshipintheworld”．

Palmerrefusedtoanswerquestionsabouttheproject'scost.AlthoughtheTitanicwastheworld'slargestshipinhertime,shewouldbesmallerthanmanyoftoday'smoderncruiseships.

“It’snotaboutthemoney，”Palmersaid.“I'vegotenoughmoneyforit.Ithinkthat’sallthatmatters.”

ForbesestimatedPalmer'snetworthtobe$795millionin2012.Hedescribeshimselfasabillionaire.

TitanicⅡwillbebuiltbyChinesestate-ownedCSCJinlingShipyard,whichhasalreadybuiltfourorecarriersforPalmer’sminingbusiness,hesaid.ThecontracttobuildTitanicⅡhasnotyetbeensigned,Palmersaid.

【小题1】What’sthemeaningoftheunderlinedword“maiden”inParagraph4?

A．First.B．Trial.C．Second.D．Last.

【小题2】WhatcanbeinferredaboutTitanicⅡfromthepassage?

A．TitanicⅡwillhavemorespaceinitslifeboatsthantheTitanic.

B．TitanicⅡwillbethelargestcruiseshipintheworld.

C．TitanicⅡwillallowdifferentclassesofpassengerstomingle.

D．TitanicⅡwillbearealunsinkablecruiseship.

【小题3】WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?

A．1,500peoplediedonTitanic’smaidenvoyagein1912.

B．TheTitaniccollidedwithanicebergintheSouthPacific.

C．TheTitanicwasequippedwithairconditioning.

D．TheTitanicwastheworld’slargestshipatthattime.

【小题4】What’stheauthor’spurposeofwritingthepassage?

A．TotellusthestoryoftheTitanic.

B．TotellusTitanicⅡwillcostalotofmoney.

C．TotellusaboutthefutureTitanicⅡ.

D．TotellusaChineseShipyardwillbuildTitanicⅡ.

2、A

Twoworkerswasrescued188hoursaftertheytrappedinacoalminecollapse（倒塌）inthesouthChina’sGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegionThetwowereamong18minerstrappedafterthemine,collapsedmiddayonJuly2becauseofdaysofheavyrain.

Atotalof71minerswereworkingundergroundwhentheaccidentoccurredonJuly2---49managedtoescape.Rescuershavegoteightbodiessofar.

YeFangyong,commanderoftherescueheadquarters,saidthattheplacewherethesurvi-vorswerefoundwasat320metersunderground.Itwasfilledwithmudafterthecollapse,buttherewasstillroomforfreshair.Hesaidthreemoreminerstrappedataworkplatform390metersundergroundmaysurvivebecausetheplacealsohavesomespaceforfreshair.

Rescuershadbelievedthatfourotherminerswouldbefoundwiththerescuedtwo,butthechancesoftheremaining12beingfoundalivearenotgoodduetotheconditionsinthemine.

However,therescuershavenotgivenup.Theyareusingscientificmeasuressuchasawater-proofradardevice（裟置）tohelpfindtheexactlocationsoftrappedworkers.Moreover,rescuershavebeenoffered2millionyuanforeachminertheypulloutalive.

Thetwosurvivorshavebeenidentifieda）41-year-oldLiuJiaganand35-year-oldQinHongdang.Theyareinsafecondition.

BeforetheywererushedtoHeshanPeople'sHospitalfortreatment,theytoldrescuersinweakvoicesthattheysurvivedundertheminebydrinkingspringwaterthatseeped（渗漏）throughthetopoftheshaft（矿井）.

【小题1】Thelocalminecoalaccidentwasprobablyreportedon.

A．July8B．JulyloC．July2D．July3

【小题2】Whatcausedthecoalminebreakdown?

A．Workersabnormalxvc}rking

B．Typhoonn.

C．Daysofheavyrajp

D．Shockoftheca:

thquake

【小题3】Accordingtothepassage,th.errmPrscouldbealiveunaergroundif.

A．thereissomespaceforfreshair

B．theyareequippeciwithwater-proofraciardevice

C．theydrinkenoughwater

D．thereisenoughfood

【小题4】WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccoraingtothepassage?

A．Scientificmeasuresareusedtohelprescuethetrappedworkers.

B．Eachminersbeingpulledoutalivewillbeoffered2miliionyuan.

C．Officialsofferedtogivethecontinuingrescuershigherrank

D．Water-proofradar-willbepufdowntogivelight.

3、E

AGermanstudysuggeststhatpeoplewhoweretoooptimisticabouttheirfutureactuallyfacedgreaterriskofdisabilityordeathwithin10yearsthanthosepessimists（悲观者）whoexpectedtheirfuturetobeworse.

Thepaper,publishedthisMarchinPsychologyandAging,examinedhealthandwelfaresurveysfromroughly40,000Germansbetweenages18and96.Thesurveyswereconductedeveryyearfrom1993to2003.

Surveyrespondents（受访者）wereaskedtoestimatetheirpresentandfuturelifesatisfactiononascaleof0to10,amongotherquestions.

Theresearchersfoundthatyoungadults（age18to39）routinelyoverestimatedtheirfuturelifesatisfaction,whilemiddle-agedadults（age40to64）moreaccuratelypredictedhowtheywouldfeelinthefuture.Adultsof65andolder,however,werefarmorelikelytounderestimatetheirfuturelifesatisfaction.Notonlydidtheyfeelmoresatisfiedthantheythoughttheywould,theolderpessimistsseemedtosufferalowerratio（比率）ofdisabilityanddeathforthestudyperiod.

“Weobservedthatbeingtoooptimisticinpredictingabetterfuturethanactuallyobservedwasassociatedwithagreaterriskofdisabilityandagreaterriskofdeathwithinthefollowingdecade,”wroteFriederR.Lang,aprofessorattheUniversityofErlangen-Nuremberg.

Langandhiscolleaguesbelievedthatpeoplewhowerepessimisticabouttheirfuturemaybemorecarefulabouttheiractionsthanpeoplewhoexpectedarosyfuture.

“Seeingadarkfuturemayencouragepositiveevaluationsoftheactualselfandmaycontributetotakingimprovedprecautions（预防措施）,”theauthorswrote.

Surprisingly,comparedwiththoseinpoorhealthorwhohadlowincomes,respondentswhoenjoyedgoodhealthorincomewereassociatedwithexpectingagreaterdecline.Also,theresearcherssaidthathigherincomewasrelatedtoagreaterriskofdisability.

Theauthorsofthestudynotedthattherewerelimitationstotheirconclusions.Illness,medicaltreatmentandpersonallosscouldalsohavedrivenhealthoutcomes.However,theresearcherssaidapatternwasclear.“Wefoundthatfromearlytolateadulthood,individualsadapttheirexpectationsoffuturelifesatisfactionfromoptimistic,toaccurate,topessimistic,”theauthorsconcluded.

【小题1】Accordingtothestudy,whomadethemostaccuratepredictionoftheirfuturelifesatisfaction?

A．Optimisticadults.

B．Middle-agedadults.

C．Adultsinpoorhealth.

D．Adultsoflowerincome.

【小题2】Pessimismmaybepositiveinsomewaybecauseitcausespeople______.

A．tofullyenjoytheirpresentlife

B．toestimatetheircontributionaccurately

C．totakemeasuresagainstpotentialrisks

D．tovaluehealthmorehighlythanwealth

【小题3】Howdopeopleofhigherincomeseetheirfuture?

A．Theywillearnlessmoney.

B．Theywillbecomepessimistic.

C．Theywillsuffermentalillness.

D．Theywillhavelesstimetoenjoylife.

【小题4】Whatistheclearconclusionofthestudy?

A．Pessimismguaranteeschancesofsurvival.

B．Goodfinancialconditionleadstogoodhealth.

C．Medicaltreatmentdetermineshealthoutcomes.

D．Expectationsoffuturelifesatisfactiondeclinewithage.

4、They’reWILDanimals

ByErnst-UlrichFranzen

March11,2010（3）Comments

ThestoryaboutthewomanwholostsomefingerswhilefeedingabearatazooinManitowoc,aftersheignoredwarningsandbarriers（栅栏）,remindedmeofthestoryIheardaboutacouplewhoputtheirbabyonthebackofawildhorseinSouthDakotatogetareallycutepicture.Wealldosillythingsattimes—nooneisimmune—buttreatingwildanimalsaslovelypetshastofallintoaspecialcategory.TeddybearsandDisneymoviesaren’tactuallyrepresentativeofrealbears.

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1.TosaLeft-Mar11,201010:

46AM

Don’tyouthinkthatmaybe,justmaybesomealcoholwasinvolved?

2.tk421-Mar11,201011:

09AM

Itwasalreadyapprovedthatalcoholwasinvolved.Storiesthatbeginwithadrunkpersonsaying“Hey,Igotanidea,watchthis!

”rarelyendwell.

3.TristanKloss-Mar11,201011:

41AM

Alcoholcertainlyisn’tinvolvedwhenpeopledecidetokeep“pets”likechimpanzees,babytigers,etc.Stupidity,definitely.Dogsarepetsbecauseofthousandsofyearsofdomestication.Evenfarmanimals,whichhavebeenkeptbyhumansforthousandsofyearsaswell,aren’tletinthehouse.Sowhykeepanimalsthattreathumancontactwith,atbest,indifference（冷淡、不在乎）and,atworst,violence?

【小题1】InErnst-UlrichFranzen’sopin