2012届高考英语阅读理解训练(9)

2012 届高考英语阅读理解训练 (9 （一）

Toyota Motor Corp, Japan?s biggest carmaker, said on Friday it will recall 1,4 Lexus sedans 高(级轿车 sold in China. \"It will take us some time to ship the fuel tanks and vent pipes to China to change those in these Lexus sedans for customers free of

charge, if problems are found,\" said Yang Hongjian, a spokeswoman- of Toyota?s China representative office.

The expected recall will affect Lexus LS430 sedans made in Japan from July 29, 2003 to January 14, 2004, the representative office said in a statement. Toyota has not received complaints from Chinese customers, according to the statement. The move will be part of Toyota?s global recall of 18,200 Lexus LS430s. It will be the third car recall in China in two weeks. Although automobile recall is a common practice in developed markets, it remains new to Chinese customers. The Chinese government published long-awaited automobile recall rules on March 15, which will be officially carried out at the beginning of October.

China?s auto market si forecast to reach 10 million units by 2010. Automakers, especially Chinese producers, will face greater pressure from automobile recalls, which could be very costly sometimes, and should be in full preparations, according to the expert. The Japanese carmaker sold 1, 9 Lexus vehicles on the Chinese mainland during the first five months of this year, according to Yang. Lexus sales on the mainland reached 4,000 units last year, up from 1,600 units in 2002. (China Daily July 3, 2004

1. What can we learn from the text?

A. Chinese customers are not satisfied with Toyota Lexus LS430 sedans.

B. Chinese car market has seen car recalls three times so far.

2012届高考英语阅读理解训练(9)

C. Toyota will have a worldwide recall of Lexus LS430 sedans.

D. Toyota Motor start to recall Lexus Sedans due to the problems with fuel tanks.

2. The carmakers were unwilling to recall their cars in the past mainly because ______.

A. they were not fully prepared

B. they couldn?t afford the cost for their car recalls C. their products could not meet the required standard D. there were no related rules and little pressure 3. It is implied in the passage that ______.

A. sales of homemade automobiles will grow even faster B. automobile recalls will take place in China more frequently

C. China?s car market is forecasto be the biggest by 2010 in the world D. Toyota is likely to sell the most Lexus Sedans in China in the future

4. Which of the following is the best tide of this passage? A. Toyota to Recall Its Lexus Sedans Sold in China

B. China Prepares to Recall Cars

C. The Problems in China?s Car Market D. Costly Japanese Car Recalls

（二）

2012届高考英语阅读理解训练(9)

The A-level question Have 22 continuous years of rises in A-level pass rate made the exam worthless? David Miliband, the minister for School Standards, insists the answer is a firm \" no\". And he said it was wrong that \" more will mean worse and more education for more people will mean lower standards\". Figures show that— despite the rise in A-grades to 21. 6 per cent— only 22,000 out of 600,000 18-year-olds gain three A-grade passes. Put another way, that means— in a primary class of 30 pupils — only one will get three A-grades. The center right Bow Group, in a pamphlet published today, however, says nine out of ten scholars believe A-grades have been devalued over the past ten years.

Two inquiries (检查 — both set up by the Government?s exams watchdogs one

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of which included independent teaching experts, refused to accept that there had been any \" dumping down\" of A-level standards. But while they conclude that the exam questions have not become easier, changes in examining methods have almost certainly made it easier to gain top-grade passes.

As a result of the exams shake-up introduced in 2000, students sit six different types of exams to make up an A-level during the course of their two years of study. Only 20 per cent of the marks are set for the end-of-term exam. This makes it easier for teachers to help their pupils with the right answers.

Mr Miliband said yesterday, \" My argument is not that to day ,s generation of pupils are cleverer than their parents; it is that schools and teachers are getting better at getting the best out of them. \"

5. From the writer?s point of view, the rise in A-grades to 21. 6 per cent shows ______.

A. it is generally thought more education means lower standards

B. the rise in the A-level pass rate has made the exam worthless

2012届高考英语阅读理解训练(9)

C. the quality of the 18-year-olds has become lower

D. it is still hard for the general pupils to get three A-grade passes

6. The underlined word \" they\" in the second paragraph refers to ______. A. the exams watchdogs

B. the independent teaching experts C. the A-level standards D. the two inquiries

7. As a result of the exams shake-up introduced in 2000 ______. A. the pass rate for A-levels was set to rise continuously

B. the exam became easier than it had been before 2000 C. pupils could have many more choices of test after 2000 D. it soon became popular with teachers and pupils 8. What does this passage mainly discuss?

A. How reliable and effective the A-level grading system is. B. How the A-level system helps universities select pupils. C. How the pass rate has been increased in recent years.

D. How the A-level grading system has changed over the years. （三）

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. It seems as if a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. The telephone rings

2012届高考英语阅读理解训练(9)

and this means your troubles are beginning. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table, destroying your prepared meal. You hang up hurriedly and attend to your baby. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if these were not enough to bring you to tears, your husband arrives unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.

Things can go wrong on-a number of people on the road. During the rush hour one evening, two cars hit each other and both drivers began to argue. The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She suddenly went into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver

following her stop suddenly. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the window and landed on the road?. Seeing a cake-flying through the air, a truck driver had to stop his truck all of a sudden. The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck and fell onto the road. This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic to move again. In the meanwhile, the truck driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two dogs were enjoying themselves from the accident; for they were happily having what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days.

9. What does the writer mainly tell us?

A. Troubles always happen at the same time. B. Everyone may have trouble every day. C. A small matter can cause great trouble.

D. Only the lucky man won?t have any trouble every day.

10. According to the passage, what should be the correct order?

(1 The woman driver stopped her car suddenly.

2012届高考英语阅读理解训练(9)

(2 The driver?s wife dropped her cake on the road. (3 Only two dogs were happy. (4 Two cars hit each other.

(5 The truck driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. A. (2(3(3(5(1 B. (4(1(2(5(3 C. (3(5(2(4(1 D. (1(4(2(3(5 11. Which of the following is true?

A. The woman?s husband brought three guests home to dinner unexpectedly. B. The meal got burnt.

C. Her baby pulled the table-cloth off the table. D. It is not strange to experience such accidents.

12. What does the word \"these\" in the last sentence of the first paragraph refer to? A. Your husband brings three guests to dinner unexpectedly.

B. The meal gets burnt.

C. The baby pulls the table-cloth off the table. D. Both B and C. 【答案与分析】

1. C 细节题。第一段报导了在中国丰田企业所要做的召回

Lexus sedans的情

况，第二段又谈到了这是全世界召回汽车的一部分。

2. D 推测题。由第二段可知。

2012届高考英语阅读理解训练(9)

3. B 推测 。在第二段 到召回汽 已 是第三次了，而在最后一段又 到日 本的小汽 在中国市 上 量的增 ，由此推测 “汽 的召回将在中国不停 生 ”。

4. A 要旨 。由第一段的第一句可知。

5. D 推 。第一段 到 600，000 个学生中只有 22000 个通 了三个高 准考 ，由此

推测 A-level examination 是很 的。

6. D 。由第二段可推知。

7. C 。由第三段的意思能够得出正确答案。

8. A 要旨 。文章主要介 了 A-level examination 的一些状况，而后提出了怎样才

能 使 种考 得更靠谱、更有效， 是文章的中心所在。

9. A 要旨 。依据第一段第三句 It seems as if a single unimportant event may cause a number of things to happen可知，麻 的事情 是同 生。

10. B 。将第二段所 的一 串的事件 行比 ，可知 B 。

11. D 推测 。依据文章 Let us suppose 可⋯知， A 、B 、C 都不过一种假 ，可推知

D 。

12. D 。由下文 Let us suppose 可⋯知，它 指前面的两件事。