高考英语专题突破阅读理解限时精练2
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阅读理解限时训练与答案2
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A plastic bridge sounds like something that belongs in Legoland. But in New Jersey, a
56-foot-long bridge crafted from recycled soda bottles, coffee cups and similar refuse has been
carrying traffic for more than a year. Although the scientists who invented the plastic material
used to build the one-lane bridge admitted that their technology is not yet ready for use on heavily
traveled bridge, such as those in the interstate highway system, they say plastic has quickly gone
beyond their expectations as a bridge-building material. Most notably, their plastic is already
technically and economically competitive with wood. Building the plastic bridge was so easy that
it took 11 days for three PhDs, one maintenance guy and a few helpers to do it. The price tag was
$75,000—far less than the $350,000 a traditional wood bridge might have cost. And the plastic
bridge has the added advantage of safely and creatively dealing with solid waste. Plastic is also
safer for the environment. Wood used in construction is typically treated with chemicals that
keep insects away, but many states have banned some commonly used treatments because of
concerns that they contribute to environmental pollution. Plastic also needs less maintenance than
wood, metal or concrete. Bugs have no interest in eating plastic beams, and plastic does not need
to be painted.
1．The underlined word “refuse” probably means ______.
A. material B．plastic C．rubbish D．products
2．Which of the following is not one of the advantages of the plastic bridge talked about in the
passage?
A．It cost less money. B．It requires no repair work.
C．It’s more environment-friendly. D．It needs no painting.
3．It can be inferred that the plastic bridge mentioned in the passage ______.
A．is not very busy
B．is very popular in the United States now
C．is part of an interstate high way
D．can be used for more than one car or bus to run side by side
4．Which of the following can be used as the title of the passage?
A．A New Strange Bridge in New Jersey
B．Plastics, A New Kind of Building Material
C．Which Is Better, the Plastic Bridge or the Wooden Bridge
D. Bridge Puts Recycled Plastics to Unusual Use
B
Money spent on advertising is money spent as well as any I know of. It serves directly to assist a
rapid distribution of goods at reasonable prices, thereby establishing a firm home market and so
making it possible to provide for export at competitive prices. By drawing attention to new ideas it
helps enormously to raise standards of living. By helping to increase demand it ensures an
increased need for labor, and is therefore an effective way to fight unemployment. It lowers the
costs of many services: without advertisements your daily newspaper would cost four times as
much, the price of your television license would need to be doubled, and travel by bus or tube would cost 20 per cent more.
And perhaps most important of all, advertising provides a guarantee of reasonable value in
the products and services you buy. Apart from the fact that twenty-seven Acts of Parliament
govern the terms of advertising, no regular advertiser dare promote a product that fails to live up
to the promise of his advertisements. He might fool some people for a little while through
misleading advertising. He will not do so for long, for mercifully the public has the good sense not
to buy the inferior article more than once. If you see an article consistently advertised, it is the
surest proof I know that the article does what is claimed for it, and that it represents good value.
5．By the first sentence of the passage, the author means that______.
A．he is fairly familiar with the cost of advertising
B．everybody knows well that advertising is money consuming
C．advertising costs money like everything else
D．it is worthwhile to spend money on advertising
6．In the passage, which of the following is not included in the advantage of advertising?
A．Securing greater fame. B．Providing more jobs.
C．Improving living standards. D．Reducing newspaper cost.
7．According to the author, _____.
A．the consumers are often fooled by misleading advertising.
B．no advertiser dare promote a product that can’t live up to the promise of his
advertisement.
C．if an article is consistently advertised, it probably has good value.
