2013高考英语（二月）阅读理解精选（13）及答案维B2 阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)选材相似度：★★★★设题相似度：★★★难度系数：★★★★Whether you depend on your bi ke for transportation (交通) or exercise，you'll enjoy these fun facts on this two-wheeled vehicle (车辆)．* In 1817，Karl von Drais from Germany invented a horseless carriage that would help him get around faster.The machine became known as the “draisine”，and led to the creation of the modern bicycle.* The term “bicycle” was not introduced until the 1860s，when it was created in France to describe a new kind of two-wheeler.* Fred A．Birchmore circled the globe by bicycle at the age of 25 in 1935.The whole trip covered forty thousand miles.He rode about 25,000 miles and wore out seven sets of tires (轮胎)．* There are over a half billion bicycles in China.They are the most common means of transportation.Bikes w ere first brought to China in the late 1800s.* About 100 million bicy cles are made worldwide each year.* Americans use their bicycles for less than one percent of all city trips.Europeans bike in cities a lot more often—in Italy 5 percent of all trips are on bicycle,30 percent in the Netherlands，and seven out of eight Dutch people over age 15 have a bike.* The Tour de France is one of the most famous bicycle races in the world.Established in 1903，it is considered to be the biggest test of endurance (耐久力) out of all nce Armstrong，an American cy clist，is the only man to have won seven titles (1999—2005) after surviving cancer.* Bicycle Moto Cross (BMX)，an extreme style of bicycle track racing，becamea sport in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing，China.Maris Strombergs，from Latvia，receivedthe gold medal for Men's BMX，and Anne Caroline Chausson，from France，took home the gold in the first Women's BMX Olympic event.【语篇解读】本文为说明文。
自行车是我们生活中常见的交通工具。
你了解有关自行车的趣事吗？1．The passage is written mainly to ________.A．tell an interesting storyB．tell us the history of the bicycleC．encourage more people to ride bicyclesD．introduce some interesting facts about the bicycle答案D[推理判断题。
文章开篇点明了写作目的：介绍有关自行车的趣事。
]2．Who use the bicycle least according to the passage?A．Chinese. B．Americans.C．Italians. D．Dutch people.答案B[细节理解题。
根据文中所列的第四点和第六点可以看出美国人骑自行车的比例最小，不到百分之一。
]3．What can be learned from the passage?A．Karl von Drais invented the modern bicycle.B．Fred A．Birchmore was the first to go around the world.C．Anne Caroline Chausson won seven titles of the Tour de France.D．Maris Stromb ergs won the first Men's BMX Olympic event.答案D[细节理解题。
根据文中所列举的第一点、第三点和最后两点可知，Karl von Drais发明了一种叫draisine的机器，它是现代自行车的前身；Fred A．Birchmore在25岁时骑行全球，并未提到他是不是第一个环行全球的人：Maris Strombergs和Anne Caroline Chausson分别获得小轮车成为奥运会比赛项目后的第一届男女冠军：是Lance Armstrong战胜癌症后获得环法自行车赛的七个奖项，故D项正确。
]4．From the passage，we know that the author ________.A．owns a bicycle shopB．is good at riding a bikeC．has a rich knowledge of the bicycleD．has taken part in the Tour de France答案C[推理判断题。
文章给读者介绍了许多有关自行车的趣事，由此可看出作者这方面知识丰富，故选C项。
]******************************************************结束维B1 阅读理解(每题2分，满分8分)选材相似度：★★★★设题相似度：★★★难度系数：★★★★Katharine Mehta's mother likes to joke that the first sentence her daughter said was “I love dogs.” It's not the fact，but it's certainly true in spirit.“When I was young，my grandmother told me about how she sometimes found stray dogs and cats，and kept them on her farm as pets，”says Katharine.“That made me wonder what would happen when animals didn't have a home.I felt horrible thinking that they might be hungry or could get hit by a car.”But what could a little girl do? The answer came during a trip to a park in herNew York City neighborhood two years ago，where she met volunteers from Mighty Mutts，a local no-kill animal rescue organization.“I thought maybe I could earn some money and give it to them，” she says.Since Katharine had plenty of practice taking care of her own dog，she decided to start a summer dog-walking service.She chose two friends and，with their parents' permission，the group put up homemade posters with their phone numbers a nd a bargain price—50 cents an hour.Before long they had 15 dogs in their care.“We walked two or three at a time with one mother helping out，” she says.“By the end of that summer，we'd collected $45.” That fall Katharine and her mother，Loma，came up with another mini enterprise to raise money for Mighty Mutts—selling fre sh-baked shortbread to their neighbors.The 11-year-old，who starts sixth grade this fall，has become a nonstop campaigner.Her mother says，“When she sees somebody with a dog，she starts a conversation and tells them to donate to Mighty Mutts.”Katharine's passion comes from the heart.“It makes me cry to think that strays might be_put_to_sleep when there's a group t hat can find new homes for them，”Katharine says.“But it makes me smile to know I can help.”Notes：①stray adj.流浪的②shortbread n．黄油甜酥饼【语篇解读】本文主要讲了11岁女孩Katharine是如何关爱和帮助流浪狗等小动物的。