2013高考英语二轮（文章题）训练（23）及答案
The year is 2094. It has been announced that a comet (彗星) is heading towards the Earth. Most of it will miss our planet, but two pieces will probably hit the southern half of the Earth.
On 17th July, a piece four kilometers wide enters the Earth’s atmosphere with a massive explosion. About half of the piece is destroyed, but the remaining part hits the South Atlantic at 200 times the speed of sound. The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole. The wall of water, a kilometer high, rushes towards southern Africa at 800 kilometers an hour. Cities on the African coast are totally destroyed and millions of people are drowned.
Before the waves reach South America, the second piece of the comet lands in Argentina. Earthquakes and volcanoes are set off in the Andes Mountains. The shock waves move north into California and all around the Pacific Ocean. The cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo are completely destroyed by earthquakes. Millions of people in the southern half of the Earth are already dead, but the north won’t escape for long. Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. Crops are ruined. The sun won’t be seen again for many years. Wars break out as countries fight for food. A year later, no more than 10 million people remain alive.
Could it really happen? In fact, it has already happened more than once in the history of the Earth. The dinosaurs were on the Earth for over 160 million years. Then 65 million years ago they suddenly disappeared. Many scientists believe that the Earth was hit by a piece of object in space. The dinosaurs couldn’t live through the cold climate that followed and they died out. Will we meet the same end?
33. What is mainly described in the passage?
A. An event of imagination.
B. A historic discovery.
C. A research on space.
D. A scientific adventure.
34. When the first piece hits the South Atlantic, it causes _______.
A. an earthquake B. damages to cities
C. an Earth explosion D. huge waves
35. Why can’t the northern half of the Earth escape for long?
A. Because the land is covered with water.
B. Because the light and heat from the sun can not reach the Earth.
C. Because people there can not live at the temperature of zero.
D. Because wars break out among countries.
36. By giving the example of dinosaurs, the author tries to prove _______.
A. animals could not live through the cold climate
B. what happened 65 million years ago was an invented story
C. the human beings will die out in 2094
D. the Earth could be hit by other objects in space
【文章大意】本文作者想像2094年7月17日彗星撞击地球所造成的灾难性后果。
33.【解析】选A。主旨大意题。从本文的年代（2094年）、文中的叙述和最后一段中的“Could it really happen? ”可知本文是个虚构的大事件。
34.【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“The sea boils and a huge hole is made in the sea bed. Huge waves are created and spread outwards from the hole. ”可知D项正确。
35.【解析】选B。推理判断题。从原文第三段中的“Because of the explosions, the sun is hidden by clouds of dust, temperatures around the world fall to almost zero. ”可知由于爆炸，太阳被灰尘形成的云层遮住，地球的温度降到了将近零度, 并由此带来了许多问题。
36.【解析】选D。推理判断题。从全文的描述及最后一段对此问题发生可能性的说明可知此种想像很可能真的发生。地球上恐龙的消失就是一个事例。因此作者相信我们生活的地球也许会受到太空中其他物体的撞击。
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B. dial 0870 442 2371
C. book the ticket from Warwick-Castle. com
D. book the ticket two days in advance
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C. The ticket includes the Castle Dungeon.
D. The ticket is available at any time.
35. In order to buy group tickets, _______.
A. you should dial 0870 442 2375
B. bookings can be made by emails
C. there should be at least 20 people
D. you should dial 0870 442 2371
36. The text is probably taken from _______.
A. a newspaper B. a magazine
C. a geography book D. a website
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(一)
It is inevitable for us to meet failure and success in everyday life.Most of us are eager for success and scared of failure.However, no one is always successful 1.________ also no one is always a failure.Then 2.________ to deal with failure and success in our life?
On the one hand, “Failure is the mother of success”．If we sum up experiences and lessons 3.________ failure, maybe success will come.Nevertheless, if we lose heart and give up former efforts, we will 4.________ succeed.In a word, the key to success is our hard struggle.On the other hand, success may cause failure, too.Generally speaking, success often adds confidence and satisfaction, 5.________failure companies with misery and sadness.But supposing 6.________ become self-satisfied once we succeed and stop struggling, then it's sure that failure will come.We should take 7.________ right attitude towards failure and success.
To sum up, there is not an absolute limit between success and failure.8.________is important is our struggle and attitude.
(二)
They entered the Credit Lyonnais branch using building equipment to dig holes and destroy walls 1.________ Saturday night. They tied up a security guard and spent 2.________ next nine hours robbing the bank.
One investigator described the robbery 3.________ a “professional job”. The robbers came in at about 22：00 on Saturday 4.________ left at 07：00 on Sunday. They entered through the basements of the neighbouring building, digging through a series of tunnels and making a hole into a wall of 80 cm thick to get into the bank, 5.________ was having building works at the time.
When 6.________ left, the robbers set the place on fire to remove any trace of evidence, switching on the anti-fire system and flooding the building. Fortunately, the guard escaped unharmed.
7．________ is difficult to estimate the total value of 8.________was stolen as only the bank’s clients(储户) know the content of their private safes.
(三)
Most of us never realize how good we really are.The truth is 1.________ most of us are full of goodness, full of kindness, full of love and full of joy.Most of us spend our days helping people 2.________ need, doing good things for others and making this world a better place.Most of us live our lives doing 3.________ best to bring joy to this world and share our love with each other.Most of us are far better 4.________ we would ever admit.
Don't deny the goodness within you.Look deep within your heart and soul, 5.________ notice the goodness that lies there.Share it 6.________ you open the door for a stranger, smile at the person you pass on the street and give a compliment to 7.________ partner.Work with it as you reach out a helping hand, give someone a pat on the back and encourage someone 8.________ is having a hard time.Use goodness to create love and joy.
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