2010年高考英语预测系列试题(6)·阅读理解

2010年高考英语预测系列试题（6）·阅读理解适用：全国阅读理解预测两篇（一）Money spent on advertising is money spent as swell as any I know of. It serves directly to bring about a rapid sale of goods at reasonable prices, setting up a firm home market and making it possible to provide for export at good prices. By drawing attention to new ideas it helps greatly to raise standards of living. By helping to increase demand it causes an increased need for labor, and is therefore a nice way to fight unemployment. It lowers the costs of many services: without advertisement your daily newspaper would cost four times as much, your price of television program would need to be doubled, and travel by bus or subway would cost more.And perhaps the most important of all, advertising provides a promise of reasonable value in the products and services you buy. Besides the fact that twenty-seven Acts of Parliament govern the terms of advertising, no regular advertiser dare produce anything 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 the public has the good sense not to but the poor goods more than once. If you see the product frequently advertised, it is the proof I know that the product does what it promised for it, and that it has good value.Advertising does more for the good of the public than other force I can think of.There is one more point I feel I ought to touch on. Recently I heard a well-known television person declare that he was against advertising because it persuades rather than informs. He was telling us the real difference. Of course advertising tries to persuade.If its message were nothing but information, that would be difficult to get more people to buy, for even the choice of the color of a shirt is a bit persuasive--advertising would be so boring that no one would pay any attention. But perhaps that is what the well-known television person wants.1. By the first sentence of the passage the writer means that ______.A. he is fairly familiar with the cost of advertisingB. everybody knows well that advertising is a waste of moneyC. advertising costs more money than anything elseD. money spent on advertising is worth spending2. In the passage, which of the following is NOT included in the advantages of advertising?A. Getting greater fame.B. Providing more jobs.C. Raising living standards.D. reducing newspaper costs.3. The writer thinks that the well-known TV person is ______.A. quite right in passing his judgement on advertisingB. interested in nothing but the buyer's attentionC. correct in telling the difference between persuasion and informingD. obviously unfair in his views on advertising4. In the writer's opinion, ______.A. advertising can seldom bring material interest to man by providing informationB. advertising informs people of new ideas rather than wins them overC. there is nothing wrong with advertising in persuading the buyerD. the buyer is not interested in getting information from an advertisement（二）A new President with an ambitious agenda(议程). That describes former Nicaraguan foreign minister Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, who took office at the United Nations this week as the organization's General Assembly opened its 63rd session. The new President's immediate agenda for all 192 members includes addressing the global food crisis, reforming the UN Security Council, and combating (防止) climate change.As Brockmann addressed the Assembly, he noted that "trillions of dollars are spent on wars of aggression, while more than half the world's people are in hunger and poverty." During this session, members will examine the root causes of the world food crisis caused by rising food prices, and its impact on world hunger and poverty. President Brockmann identified the root of world hunger as unequal trade of agricultural goods within and between countries.The issue of expanding the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will likely cause heated debate during the Assembly. The UNSC is a powerful section of the United Nations, in charge of maintaining international peace and security. Currently, the UNSC has 15 members: 10 rotating, non-permanent members and five permanent ones. The five permanent members—China, United States, France, the United Kingdom, and Russia—have not changed since the UN's beginning in 1945. They are the only members to hold veto (否决) power. The General Assembly has agreed to begin talks no later than February 28, 2009, about expanding the membership of the UNSC.In response to questions from journalists, Brockmann said that this session will examine climate change, unequal access to water, terrorism and human rights, nuclear control and disarmament (裁军), the ongoing situation in Palestine, humanitarian assistance, and race equality."What is important now is that we look to the future, learning from our past mistakes, and together carry wholeheartedly on the task of building a new and better world. I am aware of the great expectations that the vast majority of the inhabitants of our threatened planet have placed in the United Nations to bring them peace and security, and to defend their right to life and to full development," said Brockmann. "We must not fail them."1. What topic does the second paragraph mainly discuss?A. World food crisis.B. UN office expenses.C. Less developed agriculture.D. Conflicts between countries.2. Which is the root cause of the world hunger?A. The rising prices of the agricultural goods.B. Unequal trade of agricultural goods within and between countries.C. The increasing demands for food in developing countries.D. Great expenses of wars of aggression.3. The third paragraph mainly talks about _____.A. UN Security Council reformB. Brockmann’s policy managementC. function of the UN Security CouncilD. details of the 63rd session of General Assembly4. Which of the following is not at top of new UN President’s agenda?A. World hunger.B. Climate change.C. Reforming Security Council.D. Weapon controlling.5. In Brockmann’s talks with journalists, he ______.A. expressed his hope for a better worldB. decided to settle all the world problemsC. admitted all his past mistakesD. showed great concern to the safety of the world【参考答案及解题思路】（一）本文是一篇议论文，本文用词和表达较地道，初读一遍，茫然不知所云。