1、高考英語閱讀理解沖刺訓(xùn)練5 及答案解析 (第*篇)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. “theres a truck on fire！inside the burning truck, ronnie sanders, 38, was

2、fighting for his life. hed 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 trucks bulk would probably protect him from the worst of

3、 the impact, but the force of 23 tons would likely crush(壓碎) everyone inside the van.“i figured instead of killing other people, id 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

4、 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 pocketknife to cut himself free from the driversside seat belt only to get his boot trapped in another one. steve climbed in

5、to the burning cab to free him.he tried three times to pull ronnie out before finally freeing him. but ronnies legs were still burning, so steve laid him on the ground, ripped off his own shirt, and beat the flames with it. hed managed to drag him about 20 yards when one of the trucks 150gallon fuel

6、 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 coo

7、pers 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 hadnt 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

8、people could have been hurt.解讀：本文為記敘文，主要講述了the coopers途中遇到ronnie開的大卡車著火了；ronnie為了不造成更大的傷害，不顧自身的安危，將卡車開進水溝里，而steve那么竭盡全力救助ronnie。1. according to the passage, ronnies putting the truck in the ditch contributes to_.a. his concern for his own safetyb. his poor driving skillc. the icy roadd. his concern

9、for others lives解析細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。由文章的第三段第一句話“i figured instead of killing other people，id just put the truck in the ditch.可推斷出。答案d2. 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

10、heat of the fire.解析細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。根據(jù)文章的第三段最后一句話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c3. how did steve put out the flames in ronnies legs?a. he beat the flames with ronnies shirt.b. he beat the flames with his own shirt.c. he put out the fire with a

11、tank of water.d. he put out the fire with a bag of sand.解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第五段第二句話，steve撕下自己的襯衫，用它來撲滅(ronnie雙腿上的)火焰。答案b4. what does the underlined word “shrapnel in paragraph 6 mean?a. a branch of a tree.b. a small piece of metal.c. a wave of the explosion.d. the heat of the explosion.解析詞義猜想題。根據(jù)下文shrapnel

12、from the fuel tank explosion broke a tooth可知是“油箱爆炸產(chǎn)生的金屬片打碎了一顆牙。答案b5. which of the following can be the best title of this passage?a. heroes: the coopersb. heroes: roadside flamesc. accidents on the icy roadd. accidents in the ditch解析確定文章標(biāo)題。綜觀全文，a，c，d三項不夠全面；而b項即說明事故，也說明了事故中竭力營救他人的英雄。答案b*結(jié)束 (第*篇)astro

13、nauts aboard the space station celebrated a space first on wednesday by drinking water that had been recycled from their urine and sweat and water that condenses from exhaled air. they said “cheers ，clicked drinking bags and toasted nasa workers on the ground who were sipping their own version of re

14、cycled drinking water.the recycling system is needed for astronaut stations on the moon and mars. it also will save nasa money because it won t have to ship up as much water to the station by space shuttle or cargo rockets.besides, it s important as the space station is about to expand from three pe

15、ople living on board to six.the recycling system had been brought up to the space station last november by space shuttle endeavour, but it couldn t be used until samples were tested back on earth. so when it came time to actually drink up, nasa made a big deal of it. the threeman crew stood, holding

16、 their drinks and congratulated engineers in two nasa centers that worked on the system.“this is something that had been the stuff of science fiction， barratt said before taking a small mouthful. “the taste is worth trying.nasa deputy space shuttle manager leroy cain called it “a huge milestonethe n

17、ew system takes the combined urine of the crew from the toilet, moves it to a big tank, where the water is boiled off, and the vapor is collected. the rest of the urine is thrown away. the water vapor is mixed with water from air condensation, and then it goes through filters. when six crew members

18、are aboard it can make about six gallons from urine in about six hours.“some people may find the idea of drinking recycled urine distasteful, but it is also done on earth with a lot longer time between urine and the tapsaid marybeth edeen, the space stations national lab manager.the technology nasa

19、developed for this system has already been used for quick water purification after the asian tsunami, edeen said.“we are happy to have this water work through the system we re happy to have it work through our systems，barratt said.語篇解讀本文講的是國際空間站宇航員試飲尿液循環(huán)水。1according to the text, the recycling system

20、 is important because_.a. it makes traveling to the moon for the common person possibleb. with it nasa won t need to ship any water up to the space stationc. it can help to meet the need for more water after the crew are expandedd. it protects the environment in space by reducing the amount of waste

21、解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“its important as the space station is about to expand from three people living on board to six可知c項正確。答案c2what is the right time order of the following events?a. the samples of the recycled water were tested on earth.b. astronauts celebrated the space first of making water from urine.

22、c. the recycling system was brought up to the space station.d. the technology for the system was used to quickly purify water.a. a，d，c，b b. a，c，b，dc. d，a，c，b d. d，c，a，b解析細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的“the technology nasa developed for this system has already been used for quick water purification after the asian ts

23、unami可知d發(fā)生最早。根據(jù)第三段的“ the recycling system had been brought up to the space station last november. couldn t be used until samples were tested back on earth可知c發(fā)生在a的前面，因此d項正確。答案d3from para. 6 we can know_.a. the theory behind the recycling systemb. the effect of the recycling systemc. the process of th

24、e recycling systemd. an opinion on the recycling system解析段落概括題。該段主要講述的是使用尿液循環(huán)系統(tǒng)將尿制成水的過程。答案c4what did edeen say about recycled urine and the recycling system?a. the taste of recycled urine is not as good as common water.b. the recycling system has made a science fiction story come true.c. the idea of drinking recycled urine makes astronauts feel unpleasant.d. it takes a longer time on earth to make water f