哈尔滨市高考模拟试题（三）英语第二部分阅读理解（共两节, 满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

AGuide dogs enjoy their work very much, and they get a lot of satisfaction from a job well done, but there is no room for typical dog fun during the work day. Games, treats and praise distract the dog from helping its handler navigate (指引方向) the course. Even when the handler doesn’t need assistance, a guide dog on the job is trained to ignore distractions and keep still. This is because a guide dog must be able to come to handler’s workplace or be in public places without creating a disturbance(干扰).When you see a guide dog on the job, it is extremely important that you recognize that it is at work. Petting or talking to the dog spreads its concentration, which weakens the handler’s ability to get around in his or her surroundings. People are very impressed with guide dogs and so we have a natural inclination（倾向）to praise them, but the best thing you can do to help a guide dog is to leave it alone so that it can pay attention to its surroundings and maintain its focus on its handler. Guiding is very complicated, and it requires a dog’s undivided attention.When a guide dog gets home at the end of the day, however, it will play and soak up praise just like an ordinary pet. Guide dogs make the difference between work and play based on their lead harness（牵狗用的皮带）：When the harness is on, they must stay completely focused---- when it comes off, it’s play time. Guide dogs work very hard every day, but they lead extremely happy lives, full of lots of attention and stimulation.Working as a guide dog requires good physical and mental shape, so guide dogs typically retire just before they enter old age. Retirement is usually at age 8 or 10; but some work for a little longer, and some guide dogs retire earlier if they’re having trouble with the work.21. What do you think is the typical job of a guide dog?A.Help the policemen to search for the murderer.B.Help the blind or weak-sighted people get around .C.Help the doctor to save the injured people.D.Help the owner to watch their house.22. What does the writer want to tell the readers through the passage?A.Guide dogs are so helpful that we should make friends with them.B.Guide dogs are different from other dogs and they have some special talents.C.Guide dogs’ life style and job situation.D.Guide dogs’ trained way by their handlers.23. What does the underlined word “distract” mean in the passage?A.to stop the dog paying attention to what he is doingB.to make the dog think very carefully about what he is doingC.to interrupt the dog so that he cannot do the work wellD.to stop the dog from doing something24. What should you do when meeting with a guide dog at its job?A. Praise it.B. Feed it.C. Play with it.D. Leave it alone.BGriffith Observatory (天文台) is a national leader in public astronomy, and one of the most popular attractions in Los Angeles. It is located on the southern slope (山坡) of Mount Hollywood in Griffith Park at 1,134 feet above sea level.Visitors may drive to the Observatory and park in its parking lot or on nearby roads. No reservation (预定) is required to visit. Parking is limited, and the busiest times are weekend. Buses, taxis, and carpools are welcome. LADOT provides weekend public bus service from the Sunset/Vermont Metro Red Line station.Griffith Observatory is open six days a week. Admission and parking are free.Hours of OperationTuesday---Friday 12:00 noon---10:00 p.m.Saturday---Sunday 10:00 a.m.---10:00p.m.Monday ClosedThanksgiving Day and Christmas Day ClosedSamuel Oschin PlanetariumThe Samuel Oschin Planetarium theater offers 8 to 10 live, half-hour presentations each day. There are usually four different shows from which to choose.Shows are presented every 60 to 90 minutes. Check the website, information desks, or the box office for each day’s show times. Late seating is not permitted.Samuel Oschin Planetarium tickets must be purchased at the Observatory and are only available on the day of the show. The ticket prices for shows are：Adults (13-59 years old) $7.00Children (5-12 years old) $3.00Seniors (60 years and older) $5.00Students $5.00Children under 5 years will be admitted only to the first show each day.Hearing assist devices are available upon request.Public TelescopesFree public telescopes are available each evening the Observatory is open and skies are clear. The Zeiss telescope on the roof is generally open by 7:00p.m.. All observing must be completed by 9:45p.m..25. What can we learn about Griffith Observatory according to the passage?A. It is open all the year around.B. It is mostly visited at weekends.C.It becomes famous because of Hollywood.D. It is the most attractive place in Los Angeles.26. Which of the following best describes the Samuel Oschin Planetarium theater?A.Hearing assist devices are provided to seniors.B. The shows there generally last 60 to 90 minutes.C. Visitors are required to be seated before the show starts.D. The tickets for its shows can be bought through the website.27. To watch the show, a young couple with a 7-year-old son should pay________.A. $13.00B. $15.00C. $17.00D. $20.0028. Which of the following is charged?A. Parking.B. Telescopes.C. Hearing assist devices.DOT bus service.CWhen we hear of dangerous diseases, cancer and heart disease are often what first come to mind. Recently, a virus called Ebola has reappeared in Guinea, killing 62 people so far. It leads to high fever, bleeding and so on. Ebola can kill 90% of those infected (感染), especially in underdeveloped societies like those in Africa.Ebola is named after the Ebola River, where it was first discovered in 1976. There are five different types of the Ebola virus, each named after where they first happened: Sudan, Ivory Coast, Reston, Bundibugyo, and Zaire. The deadliest of the five, Zaire, was responsible for the 2012 outbreak, and is believed to be attacking Guinea.Ebola is naturally found in fruit bats, which pass on the virus to other animals by biting or sucking on their blood. Humans who are suffering from the Ebola infection might have touched the bodily fluids (体液) of the infected animals. Once infected, a human becomes a carrier of the deadly virus.Since we live in an interconnected world, where the situation in one country can affect us all, the effects of Ebola are huge: damaging trade relations, affecting foreign visitors, and weakening entire countries. Already the Guinea virus is spreading fast with a few cases spotted in Conakry—the capital city of Guinea, far away from the origin of the virus. It is feared that the disease may have already reached neighboring Liberia and Sierra Leone, too.Unfortunately, there are no disease-specific treatments for Ebola. Healthcare workers only supply the infected people with water to keep them in good condition. Since there have been many cases of nurses catching the disease from patients, they are forced to wear strict protective clothes, and in some cases, not even allowed to get close to the infected. The fact that there is no cure for the Ebola virus is what makes the outbreak a challenging one to control.29.From the text we know that ________.A. Ebola is naturally found in fruitB. Ebola is a highly infectious virusC. Ebola is a newly discovered diseaseD. Ebola is recently controlled in Guinea30. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?A. The causes of Ebola.B. The origin of Ebola.C. The treatment for Ebola.D. The influences of Ebola.31. In Ebola infected areas, healthcare workers _______.A. face the danger of catching virusB. take measures to protect the nursesC. give water and medicine to the patientsD. do whatever they can to save the infected32.The text probably comes from ________.A. an English newspaperB. a tourist guideC. a safety brochureD. a medical reportDThere is an English saying : “ Laughter is the best medicine.” Until recently, few people took the saying very seriously. Now however, doctors have begun to study laughter and theeffects it has on the human body. They have found facts that laughter really can improve people’s health.Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart rate and the rate of breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reducing the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produce pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produce pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group which tolerated(忍受) the pain for the longest time was the groups which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce endorphins in the brain. These are natural chemicals which diminish both stress and pain.There is also some fact to suggest that laughter helps the body’s immune system, that is, the system which fights infection. In an experiment, one group of students watched a funny video while another group of students served as the control group ---- in other words, a group with which to compare the first group. Doctors checked the blood of the students in both groups and found that the people in the group that watch the video had an increase in the activity of their white blood cells, that is, the cells which fight infection.As a result of these discoveries, some doctors and psychiatrists in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they try to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh.They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.33. It can be learnt from the passage that laughter can_______.A. make people feel youngerB. change people’s habitsC. improve peoples healthD. make people love their lives34. Smiling can produce____.A. more effects than laughterB. the same effects as laughterC. less effects on the human bodyD. no effects on the human body35. The main idea of this passage is that ______.A. there are several ways of studying the benefits of laughterB. laughter and physical exercise have the same effects on human bodyC. the doctors should learn how to make people laughD. tests show that laughter can produce beneficial effects on human body第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。