2012高考英语阅读理解MicrosoftWord文档

高考英语：阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AHowoftendoyoutravelbyplane?Howmuchelectricitydoyouuse?Thesedayseveryoneisworriedaboutthesizeoftheircarbonfootprint．Inordertoreduceglobalwarmingweneedtomakeourcarbonfootprintssmaller．ButhowmuchCO2areweresponsiblefor?AnewbookbyMikeBernersLee（aleadingexpertincarbonfootprint）mightbeabletohelp．Howbadarebananas?TheCarbonFootprintofEverythinglooksatthedifferentthingswedoandbuy,andcalculatestheamountofCO2allofthefollowingcreated:theingredients,theelectricityusedinthebrewery,theequipment,thetravelandcommutingofthebeer,andthepackaging．It’samazinghowmanydifferentthingsneedtobeincludedineachcalculation．Andit’sfrighteninghowmuchcarbondioxideeverythingproduces．Butallofthiscanhelpusdecidewhichbeertodrink．FromBerners-Lee’scalculations,it’sclearthatapint（568ml）oflocally-brewedbeerhasasmallercarbonfootprintthanabottleofimportedbeer．Thisisbecausetheimportedbeerhasbeentransportedfromfaraway,anditusesmorepackaging．Thelocalbeeronlyproduces300gofCO2,buttheimportedbeerproduces900g!So,onepintoflocalbeerisbetterfortheenvironmentthanthreecansofcheapforeignlagerfromthesupermarket．Berners-Leehasevencalculatedthecarbonfootprintofcyclingtowork．Nothingismoreenvironmentally-friendlythanridingabike,surely?Well,itdependsonwhatyou’vehadtoeatbefore．Torideabikeweneedenergyandforenergyweneedfood．Soifweeatabananaandthenrideakilometerandahalf,ourfootprintis65gofCO2．However,ifweeatbaconbeforethebikeride,it’s200g．Infact,bananasaregoodingeneralbecausetheydon’tneedpackaging,theycanbetransportedbyboatandtheygrowinnaturalsunlight．So,doesthismeanthatcyclingisbadfortheenvironment?Absolutelynot,forastart,ifyoucycle,youdon’tuseyourcar,andthefewercarsontheroad,thefewertrafficjams．AndcarsintrafficjamsproducethreetimesmoreCO2thancarstravelingatspeed．Cyclingalsomakesyouhealthyandlesslikelytogotoahospital．Andhospitalshaveverybigcarbonfootprints!Somaybeit’stimeforusalltostartmakingsomechanges．Passmeabananaandapintoflocalbeer,please．1．AccordingtoBerners-Lee,whichofthefollowingproducesthemostcarbondioxide？A．Apintoflocalbeerwedrink．B．Apintofimportedbeerwedrink．C．Abananaweeatbeforeabikeride．D．Thebaconweeatbeforeabikeride．2．Theunderlinedword“brewery”inParagraph3mostprobablymeans“___________”．A．afactorywherebeerismadeB．amachinewhichmakesbeerC．acontainerwherebeerisstoredD．oneofthethingsfromwhichbeerismade3．Tomakeourcarbonfootprintssmaller,weshouldoften___________．A．cycletoworkB．drinkmorelocalbeerC．calculatetheamountofCO2D．buycheapthingsfromthesupermarkets4．What’sthemostsuitabletitleforthepassage?A．Bikes,BeerandBananasB．StartingtoMakeChangesC．HowBigIsYourCarbonFootprint?D．TheCarbonFootprintofEverythingBItiseasyforustotellourfriendsfromourenemies．Butcanotheranimalsdothesame?Elephantscan!Theycanusetheirsenseofvisionandsmelltotellthedifferencebetweenpeoplewhoposeathreatandthosewhodonot．InKenya,researchersfoundthatelephantsreactdifferentlytoclothingwornbymenoftheMaasaiandKambaethnicgroups．YoungMaasaimenspearanimalsandthusposeathreattoelephants;Kambamenaremainlyfarmersandarenotadangertoelephants．Inanexperimentconductedbyanimalscientists,elephantswerefirstpresentedwithcleanclothingorclothingthathadbeenwornforfivedaysbyeitheraMaasaioraKambaman．WhentheelephantsdetectedthesmellofclothingwornbyaMaasaiman,theymovedawayfromthesmellfasterandtooklongertorelaxthanwhentheydetectedthesmellsofeitherclothingwornbyKambamenorclothingthathadnotbeenwornatall．Garmentcoloralsoplaysarole,thoughinadifferentway．Inthesamestudy,whentheelephantssawredclothingnotwornbefore,theyreactedangrily,asredistypicallywornbyMaasaimen．Ratherthanrunningawayastheydidwiththesmell,theelephantsactedaggressivelytowardtheredclothing．Theresearchersbelievethattheelephants’emotionalreactionsareduetotheirdifferentinterpretationsofthesmellsandthesights．Smellingapotentialdangermeansthatathreatisnearbyandthebestthingtodoisrunawayandhide．Seeingapotentialthreatwithoutitssmellmeansthatriskislow．Therefore,insteadofshowingfearandrunningaway,theelephantsexpresstheirangerandbecomeaggressive．5．Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaboutKambaandMaasaipeople?A．Maasaipeopleareathreattoelephants．B．Kambapeopleraiseelephantsforfarming．C．BothKambaandMaasaipeopleareelephanthunters．D．BothKambaandMaasaipeopletraditionallywearredclothing．6．Howdidtheelephantsreacttosmellinthestudy?A．Theyattackedamanwiththesmellofnewclothing．B．Theyneededtimetorelaxwhensmellingsomethingunfamiliar．C．TheybecameanxiouswhentheysmelledKamba-scentedclothing．D．Theywerefrightenedandranawaywhentheysmelledtheirenemies．7．Whatisthemainideaofthispassage?A．Elephantsusesightandsmelltodetectdanger．B．Elephantsattackpeoplewhowearredclothing．C．Scientistsarenowabletocontrolelephants’emotions．D．SomeKenyantribesunderstandelephants’emotionsverywell．8．Whatcanbeinferredabouttheelephant’sbehaviorfromthispassage?A．Elephantslearnfromtheirexperiences．B．Elephantshavesharpersenseofsmellthansight．C．Elephantsaremoreintelligentthanotheranimals．D．Elephantstendtoattackratherthanescapewhenindanger．CHanswasanhonestfellowwithafunnyroundgood-