对口高考英语模拟题库：阅读理解阅读理解（共10小题，每题2分，满分20分）（A）Popeye.the.Sailor.first.became.a.popular.cartoon.in.the.1930s.The.sailor.in.that.cartoo n.ate.lots.of.spinach.to.make.him.strong..People.watched.him,.and.they.began.to.buy.and.eat.a.lot.more.spinach..Popeye.helped.sell.33.percent.more.spinach.than.before!.Spinach.became.a .necessary.part.of.many.people’s.diets..Even.some.children.who.hated.the.taste.began.to.eat.the.vegetable.Many.people.thought.that.the.iron.in.spinach.made.Popeye.strong,.but.this.is.not.true.. Spinach.does.not.have.any.more.iron.than.any.other.green.vegetable.People.only.thought.spinach.had.a.lot.of.iron.because.the.people.who.studied.the.food.m ade.a.mistake..In.the.1890s,.a.group.of.people.studied.what.was.inside.vegetables..This.grou p.said.that.spinach.had.ten.times.more.iron.than.it.did..The.group.wrote.the.number.wrong,.a nd.everyone.accepted.it.Today,.we.know.that.the.little.iron.there.is.in.spinach.cannot.make.a.difference.in.how .strong.a.person.is..However,.spinach.does.have.something.else.which.the.body.needs—folic.acid.It.is.interesting.to.point.out.that.folic.acid.can.help.make.a.person.strong..Maybe.it. was.really.the.folic.acid.that.made.Popeye.strong.all.along.....41..A.good.title.for.this.reading.passage.is______.A..Popeye.the.Sailor......................................B..The.Truth.About.SpinachC.A.Mistake.with.Numbers.........................D..Folic.Acid.Makes.You.Strong42..Why.did.many.people.eat.spinach.after.they.saw.Popeye.the.Sailor?A..They.thought.spinach.made.them.strong....B..They.thought.Popeye.was.funny.C..Spinach.had.a.lot.of.iron..................D..People.liked.folic.acid.43..The.reading.passage.says.that.perhaps.Popeye.got.his.strength.from______.A..iron.....................B..folic.acid..........C..spinach............D..exercise（B）In.1977,.a.dead.author.of.detective.stories.saved.the.life.of.a.1 9-month-old.baby.in.a.most.unusual.way..The.author.was.Agatha.Christie,.one.of.the.most.successful.writers.of.detective.stories.in.the.wor ld..In.June.1977,.a.baby.girl.became.seriously.ill.in.Qatar,.near.Sau di.Arabia..Doctors.were.unable.to.find.out.the.cause.of.her.illness.w ith.confidence,.so.she.was.sent.to.Hammersmith.Hospital.in.London..Sh e.was.then.only.semi-conscious.and.on.the."Dangerously.Ill".list..A.t eam.of.doctors.hurried.to.examine.the.baby.only.to.discover.that.they ,.too,.were.confused.by.the.very.unusual.symptoms.(症状)..While.they.were.discussing.the.baby's.case,.a.nurse.asked.to.spe ak.to.them.."Excuse.me,".said.Nurse.Marsha.Maitlan,."but.I.think.the. baby.is.suffering.from.thallium.(铊).poisoning."."What.makes.you.think.that?".Dr..Brown.asked.."Thallium.poisoning.is. extremely.rare."."A.few.days.ago,.I.was.reading.a.novel.called.A.Pale.Horse.by.Agatha. Christie,".Nurse.Maitlan.explained.."In.the.book,es.thall ium.poison,.and.all.the.symptoms.are.described..They're.exactly.the.s ame.as.the.baby's."."You're.very.thoughtful.and.you.may.be.right,".another.doctor.said.." We'll.carry.out.some.tests.and.find.out.whether.it's.thallium.or.not. ".Tests.showed.that.the.baby.had.indeed.been.poisoned.by.thallium, ed.in.making.special.glass..Once.they.kn ew.the.cause.of.the.illness,.the.doctors.were.able.to.give.the.baby.t he.correct.treatment..She.soon.recovered.and.was.sent.back.to.Qatar.. e.from.an.insecti cide.(杀虫剂).used.in.Qatar..44..The.one.who.first.suggested.the.correct.cause.of.the.baby's.illne ss.was._____..A..a.doctor.in.Qatar....B..Dr..Brown....C..Nurse.Maitlan...D..Agatha. Christie.45..As.far.as.we.can.tell.from.the.passage,.Agatha.Christie._____..A..had.spent.a.long.time.studying.the.baby's.case.B..visited.the.baby.in.the.hospital.at.Hammersmith.C..had.never.met.this.babyD..gave.Nurse.Maitlan.some.advice.on.the.phone.46..It.seems.likely.from.the.passage.that.the.baby's.illness.had.some thing.to.do.with._____..ed.to.kill.insects......B..a.dangerous.pair. of.glasses.............C..the.water.in.Qatar........................D..a.dead.writer.（C）In.earliest.times,.men.considered.lightning.to.be.one.of.the.great.my steries.of.nature..Some.ancient.people.believed.that.lightning.and.th under.were.the.weapons.of.the.gods.....In.reality,.lightning.is.a.flow.of.electricity.formed.high.above. the.earth..A.single.flash.of.lightning.1.6.kilometres.long.has.enough lion.light.bulbs......The.American.scientist.and.statesman,.Benjamin.Franklin,.was.the. first.to.show.the.connection.between.electricity.and.lightning.in.175 2..In.the.same.year.he.also.built.the.first.lightning.rod.(避雷针)..This.device.protects.buildings.from.being.damaged.by.lightning.....Modern.science.has.discovered.that.one.stroke.of.lightning.has.a. voltage.(电压)lion.volts.(伏特)..A.flash.of.lightning.between.a.cloud.and.the.earth.may.be.as.lon g.as.13.kilometers,lion.meters.per.se cond.....Scientists.judge.that.there.are.about.2,lion.flashes.of.li ghtning.per.year..Lightning.hits.the.Empire.State.Building.in.New.Yor k.City.30.to.48.times.a.year..In.the.United.States.alone.it.kills.an. average.of.one.person.every.day.....The.safest.place.to.be.in.case.of.an.electrical.storm.is.in.a.clo sed.car..Outside,.one.should.go.to.low.ground.and.not.get.under.tress ..Also,.one.should.stay.out.of.water.and.away.from.metal.fences..Insi de.a.house,.people.should.avoid.open.doorways.and.windows.and.not.tou ch.wires.or.metal.things.....With.lightning,.it.is.better.to.be.safe.than.sorry.47..People.once.thought.lightning.came.from.________....A..the.sky..........B..the.gods.......C..the.earth.......D..nature48..According.to.the.passage.what.do.you.think.all.buildings.need?...A..Metal.fences......B..Electricity....C..Lightning.rods.....D..Ma chines.49..Lightning.can.travel.________....A..as.quickly.as.water............B..not.so.quickly.as.electricity ...C..at.very.low.speed.............D..at.very.high.speed50..Which.of.the.following.is.NOT.true?...A..In.the.U.S.about.one.person.per.day.dies.from.lightning....B..The.Empire.State.Building.frequently.gets.hit.by.lightning. ...C..Swimming.during.a.thunder.storm.is.a.good.idea....D..A.closed.car.is.the.best.place.to.be.during.an.electrical.storm .阅读理解A.......47-50..BCDC。