高三英语阅读理解六篇-----时事新闻类(附祥解)
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2010届高三英语阅读理解六篇-----
时事新闻类（附祥解）
Passage 1
WASHINGTON - A
chaotic scene unfolded near the U. S.
Capitol(美国国会大厦) on
Wednesday after police
shot and killed an armed man in what authorities
described as a rush hour
traffic stop that
turned deadly.
U. S. Capitol Police
spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Schneider said the
unidentified 35-year-old
man sped away in a
white car after being stopped a few blocks from
the Capitol. The man
drove the wrong way
down a street and crashed into a police car in a
heavily guarded area about
a block north of
the Capitol grounds, striking two officers with
his car along the way, she said.
Police
then opened fire after seeing the man hold up his
handgun and refuse to put it down,
said
Schneider, who described the melee as
being
threatened - they were in fear for their
lives,
She did not know if the man ever
fired at police. He was taken to a hospital,
where he was
pronounced dead.
The
officers who were hit ----- one of whom was on a
motorcycle ---- had minor injuries,
Schneider
said.
The late afternoon scare occurred as
lawmakers were wrapping up a third day of
hearings
for Supreme Court nominee Sonia
Sotomayor. Police briefly closed up part of the
Capiltol as a
precaution, but the buildings
were reopened about a half-hour later. Authorities
said the shooting
was not related to the
Capitol.
Carol Lanigan, of Toledo, Ohio,
described how she saw a white car come flying down
the
street with two police cars chasing it.
She said she heard about four or five shots.
said Robert Drumm of
Oklahoma, who was touring
the nation' s capital with his family.
Numerous emergency vehicles converged quickly on
the area.
Lanigan's husband, Dale Lanigan,
described a similar scene, saying that as the car
sped past
him the driver had one hand on the
wheel and it looked like he was reaching for
something.
1. According to Sgt. Kim Schneider,
the man was killed because .
A. he
drove the wrong way down a street B. he was
speeding in a heavily guarded area
C. he
crashed into a police car by accident D. he held
his handgun in hand
2. What can be learned
from the passage?
A. The shooting had
something to do with the Capitol.
B. Three
police officers were hurt in the shooting.
C. The gunshot case had nothing to do with the
Capitol.
D. The Capitol was unprotected
when the gunshot happened.
3. When the case
happened, _
A. Carol Lanigan didn't come to
the scene B. Carol Lanigan heard five shots
exactly
C. many ambulances appeared in the
area D. Robert Drumm stopped to tour the
nation' s
capital by himself
4. Which of
the following is closest in meaning to the
underlined word
A. arranged B.
disordered C. accessible D. lifelike
5.
Which of the following is the best title of the
passage?
A. Armed man was shot near the
Capitol by police
B. A police accident
near the U. S. Capitol
C. Defend the U.S.
Capitol
D. Police chasing the peace
breaker
Passage l
【解题导语】
这是一篇新闻报道，讲述了2009年7月15日发生在美国国会大厦附近的
一起枪击案。
1．D考查细节理解。根据文章的第二、三段可知，警察杀该男子的原因是，，seeing the
man
hold up his handgun and refuse to put it
down”，故选D。
2．C考查细节理解。根据文章第六段的”Authorities said
the shooting was not related to the
Capitol”可得出答案。
3．C考查细节理解。根据文章倒数第二段的”Numerous emergency
vehicles converged quickly
on the
area．”可以看出，枪击案发生之后，很多救护车赶到了现场。
4．B考查词义猜测。从文章的叙述看，该词描述枪击案发生后的现场，因此选B，事发
现场有很多救护车、被击毙的男子、受伤的警察等，一片混乱。
5．A考查主旨大意。文章的
第一段即是文章的主题，开门见山地告诉我们在美国国会大厦
附近发生的…起枪击案。因此A项正确。
Passage 2
Facing the threat of
the Internet, the traditional newspaper is
thinking about what it can do
to meet the
challenge. To make teens get into the habit of
reading, the French government is
considering
what kind of efforts it should pursue. It seems
that the two questions have nothing to
do with
each other, but a recent announcement made by
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has
connected
these two issues together. The announcement gives
an answer to both of them.
. President
Nicolas Sarkozy announced a rescue plan for
France' s ailing print media,
including
measures to save printing and distribution costs.
The plan also gives French teenagers a
surprise as their 18-year-old birthday gift:
France will offer all 18-year-olds a free daily
copy of
the newspaper of their choice.
the conclusion after talking to a group of
journalists and officials in Paris. The President
said the
newspapers themselves would provide
free copies for 18-year-olds, while the state
would cover
the cost of delivering them to
many thousands of homes.
The plan is
an attempt to introduce teenagers, who frequently
only get their news online, to
the delights of
the printed world. A similar idea has been tested
by L'Ouest-France (法兰西部报)
over the past few
years. It offered some 18 to 24-year-olds a free
paper once a week for a year.
L' Ouest-France
reported that 15% of young people wanted to
continue with a paid subscription
after the
year was over.
People in France welcomed
the plan which should get more kids interested in
current affairs
and make reading be a pastime,
as well as rescue the newspaper industry.
6.
What does the underlined word
A. newly
established B. in difficult situations C. most
popular D. warm-hearted
7. It can be
inferred from the passage that .
A. the government will pay for the delivery of
newspapers to 18 -year-olds
B. the
government will buy newspapers for 18-year-olds
for one day
C. some of the government
officials are against the plan
D.
President Nicolas Sarkozy would like to help the
government
8. What is people' s reaction to
the plan in France?
A, They think it a
waste of money.
B. They will buy
newspapers themselves for 18-year-olds.
C. They think highly of it and support it:.
D. They are worried the young will leave the
Internet.
9. Which of the following can serve
as the best for the passage?
A. A
surprising plan from the President
B.
Help rescue the newspaper industry
C.
Form the reading habit for the young
D.
Free newspapers fly to teens
Passage 2
【解题导语】 为了帮助年轻人养成读报的好习惯，同时挽救报纸行业，法国总统萨科奇
宣布，年轻人满18岁那一年可以自由选择一份报纸，免费订阅一年。
6．B考查词义猜
测。该段说法国总统萨科奇宣布救援计划，以挽救”处于困境中的”印刷
媒体。由此判断其含义是B。
7．A考查细节理解。由第三段的”the state would cover the
cost of the delivering them to
many thousands
of homes”可知法国政府不是为18岁的青年买报纸，而是免费把报社
提供的报纸送给年轻人。
8．c考查推理判断。根据最后一段可知，人们认为政府的这项举措既能让年轻人对时事
感
兴趣，又能拯救报纸业。
9．D考查主旨大意。全文主要介绍了法国总统为挽救报纸行业，帮助
年轻人养成看报的
习惯而采取的一项措施。 }
Passage 4
American schools are
looking for ways to save money on bus
transportation because of
high fuel prices.
More children may have to walk, ride their bikes
or find other ways to get to
school.
But, as another effect of the high prices, they
may not have to go to school as often. Some
schools, especially in rural areas, are
changing to a four-day week. That means longer
days instead
of the traditional Monday through
Friday schedule.
Beginning in the fall,
students in the Maccray school district in
Minnesota will be in school
Tuesday through
Friday. Each school day will be sixty-five minutes
longer.
Superintendent（教育厅长） Greg
Schmidt says the district expects to save about
sixty-five
thousand dollars a year in
transportation costs. The district has about seven
hundred students
living in an area of nine
hundred square kilometers.
State
officials have approved the plan for three years.
They may change their minds
before then if
learning suffers. In Custer, South Dakota,
students have been going to school
Monday
through Thursday since 1995. Superintendent Tim
Creal says the change has saved an
estimated
one million dollars over just the past eight
years.
But he sees other benefits,
too. Students get more instructional time; And
activities that
used to interfere with classes
are now held on non-school days.
He
says that in the future, the growth of online
classes could make it possible to require
even
fewer days in school. High fuel prices are driving
college students to take more online
classes.
And in some states, high school students can
take them, too.
A four-day school week
sounds like a great idea for students and
teachers. But working
parents may have to pay
for child care for that fifth day. In agricultural
areas, though it can mean
an extra day of
helping on the family ranch.
In New
Mexico, the first school district changed to a
four-day week in 1974 because of
the Arab oil
boycott. Now seventeen out of eighty-nine
districts use it.
The Lake Arthur
School District has just one sixty students. Lake
Arthur used a four-day
schedule for twelve
years. But a few years ago it went back tofive
days.
Michael Grossman heads the
district. He says two studies there failed to
show any real
educational improvement using
the four-day week. And he says not much
instruction was taking
place during the last
hour of school, because students were too tired.
14. Which of the following is NOT the effect
high effect fuel prices have on American schools?
A. It will take less time to go to
school.
B. More money will be spent
on bus transportation.
C. Walking or
riding to school will be more popular.
D. Alternative ways to get to school may be t
15. What is the attitude of state officials to
the four-day school week according to Paragraph 5?
A. They are simply positive about its
effect.
B. They are ready to change it
if teachers or against it.
C. They are
totally negative to it though it is
D.
It has taken three years before they finally
16. According to Michael Grossman, what is the
disadvantage of the four-day schedule?
A. Students and teachers will have to work hard in
class.
B. Parents will have to pay more
for child care.
C. Teachers will get less
pay for their work.
D. . Students benefit
less in the last hour of class. '
17.
By comparing all the American schools that took a
four-day schedule for a period of time, we
know that .
A. all the
students give a warm welcome
B. the plan
cannot save as much money as expected
C.
there will be a long way to go for the schedule to
be improved
D. most schools will go back
to the traditional schedule '
Passage 4
【解题导语】 由于油价高，美国学校交通的费用增加，于是人们采取了很多对策，其中之
一
就是将每周五天的学习减少为每周A天。这种变化有好处也有不足，还有待完善。
14．A考查推理判断。从文章前两段的叙述可知，由于油价高，美国学校交通的费A增
加，因此人们采取了很多对策。从该部分的叙述可知A不是油价高的影响。
15．B考查推理判断。第五段说，美国官员通过该项计划已经有三年了，但是一旦其对学生
的学习产
生lf碍，他们就会改变初衷。由此判断选B。
16．D考查细节理解。4从最后一段的叙述可知这种
时间表的变化的弊端是在E最后一节课
的时候，学生和老师都很疲惫。
17．C考查推理判断
。从最后两段看，有些学校已经推行的四天学习制后来恢复到五天制，
学生在四天制的每天最后一个小时
学习效率低下，由此判断选c，该制度还有待完善。
Passage 5
As the price of a college degree
continues to rise, there' s growing evidence that
the
monetary payoff isn't quite as big as
often advertised. The best estimate now is that a
college
degree is worth about $$ 300,000 in
today' s dollars - nowhere
near the million
figure that is often quoted.
million
number has driven me crazy !says Sandy Baum, a
Skidmore economist
who studied the value of a
college degree for the College Board last year.
Baum' s research showed that college
graduates earn, on average, about $$ 20,000 a year
more than those who finished their education
at high school. Add that up over a 40-year working
life and the total differential is about $$
800,000, she
figures. But since much of that
bonus is earned many years from now, subtracting
out the impact
of inflation means that 800,000
in future dollars is worth only about
450,000
in today' s dollars.
Then, if you
subtract out the cost of a college degree about $$
3,000 in tuition and books
for students who
get no aid and attend public in-state universities
and the money a student could
have earned at a
job instead of attending school, the real net
value in today' s dollars is somewhere
in the
300,000 range, a number confirmed by other
studies.
But, especially these days,
that still makes a college degree one of the most
lucrative
investments a person can make, Baum
notes:
Better yet, college graduates
can go on to earn advanced degrees, which return
even
bigger payoffs. The average holder of a
bachelor's degree earns about $$ 51,000 a year,
Baum
calculates. But those who've gone on to
earn MBAs, law degrees, or other professional
degrees
earn about $$ 100,000 a year.
In addition, Baum finds that there are plenty of
other re wards for a degree. The quality of
the jobs college graduates get is far better,
for example. College graduates are more likely to
get
jobs with health insurance. And it is
easier for them to find and hold jobs. The
unemployment rate for college graduates was
just 2.2 percent last year, half the unemployment
level of those with only high school
diplomas.
Other researchers have found
that the payoff of a degree is especially
lucrative for students
from low-income
families, since the education gives them a chance
to break out of low-paying
careers.
18.
What can be inferred from Paragraph l?
A.
The payoff of a college degree is still big enough
to match that advertised.
B. It' s more
and more difficult to get a college degree.
C. The return of a college degree is less than
often quoted.
D. The price of a college
degree is less than that often quoted.
19.
Which of the following is closest in meaning to
the underlined word lucrative( in
Paragraph
5) ?
A. attractive B. worthless
C. approachable D. balanced
20. How
can a college graduate increase his or her yearly
income according to the passage?
A.
By getting jobs with health insurance immediately.
B. By going on for higher degrees.
C. By breaking out of low-paying
jobs.
D. By contributing more to his
or her community.
21. What is the passage
mainly about?
A. College graduates
will earn more in the future.
B. The
real value of college education is decreasing.
C. College education is enough to
ensure you a good life.
D.
How much is that college degree really worth?.
Passage 5
【解题导语】 大学学费不断上涨，而研究表明，大学毕业
生的年薪不像有些宣传中
所说的那么高；但是对很多人来说，大学学历仍然是一个人所能做的最为有利的
投资之一，
特别是对那些来自低收入家庭的学生来说。
18．c考查推理判断。第一段
说大学学位的价值最乐观的估计是30万美元，远不及常为人
所引用的100万美元那么值钱。
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19．A考查词义猜测。文章说大学学位的价值不像人们通常所说的那么高，但是这仍然是一
个人所能做的”最为有利的”投资之一。从语意的连贯性判断其含义应该是”有利可图
的，赚钱的”，
故attractive最接近该意思。
20．B考查推理剡断。通过第六段的对比可知，要想获得更
大的回报，大学毕业生应该继续
攻读更高的学位。 ．
21．D考查主旨大意。大学学
费不断七涨，而毕业后的工资回报却未如广告所宣传的那么多，
可是，对于来自低收入家庭的学生来说，
大学学位仍然是能让他们摆脱低收入困境的
筹码。这是本文的主题，因此选D。