广西南宁市高考英语一轮 阅读理解暑假训练题(12)

南宁市2014高考英语一轮（暑假）阅读理解训练（12）及答案阅读理解主旨大意Passage**** (典型例题海卷)Transportation and communication networks bring people together. Yet sometimes people themselves create barriers (障碍) to transportation and communication. In some countries, laws stop people from moving freely from place to place. Over the centuries, many groups of people have been denied the freedom to travel because of their race, religion, or nationality. In the Middle Ages, for example, Jews were often forbidden to move about freely within certain cities. South Africa's government used to require black Africans to carry passes when they travel within the country. Some governments require all citizens to carry identification papers and to report to government of ficials whenever they move.Countries set up customs posts at their borders. Foreign travellers must go through a customs inspection before they are allowed to travel in the country. Usually travellers have to carry special papers such as passports and visas (签证). Some countries even limit the number of visitors to their country each year. Others allow tourists to visit only certain areas of the country, or they may require that travellers be with an official guide at all times during their stay.Many of those harriers to travel also act as barriers to communication. When two governments disagree with each other on important matters, they usually do not want their citizens to exchange news or ideas freely. Countries often try to keep military or industrial information secret.Today, people have the ability to travel, to communicate, and to transport goods more quickly and easily than ever be- fore. Natural barriers that were difficult or dangerous to cross a hundred years ago can now be crossed easily. The harriers that people themselves make are not so easy to overcome. But in spite of all the different kinds of barriers, people continue to enjoy travel and the exchange of goods and ideas.1. The examples in Paragraph 2 are used to tell the readers that______.A. people have been allowed to travel freely within the countryB. people have not been permitted to travel freely for various reasonsC. travellers have to carry special papers such as passports and visasD. customs posts are .necessary at the borders of the countries答案:B 指导：这是一道细节推断题。

第二段例子说明由于种种原因与可不允许自由地旅游。

2. Some governments limit the freedom of communication because______.A. they intend to keep their national secrets unknown to othersB. they think such freedom will lead to warsC. they often disagree with each other on important mattersD. they want to show their authority over communication答案: A 指导：这是一道细节推断题。

第三段"Countriesoftentry to keep military or industrial information secret．”说明政府限制通信自由的原因是防止泄密。

3. We may learn from the passage-that ______.A. people do not care about the removal of harriers between countriesB. people can not remove the obstacles made by themselvesC. man-made harriers are sometimes harder to overcome than natural onesD. barriers should be taken for granted as they always exist答案:C 指导：这是一道细节推断题。

根据最后一段The barriers that people them selve smake are not So easy too ver come．可推断出人为造成的障碍要比天然障碍难以克服。

4. Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?A. Barriers Made by PeopleB. Functions of CommunicationC. Restrictions on Transportation答案:A 指导，这是一道主旨题。

根据短文内容可确定其题目应为Barriers Madeby People．************************************************结束阅读理解主旨大意Passage**** (典型题)Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson River must remember the Catskill Mountains. They are a branch of the great Appalachian family, and can be seen to the west rising up to a noble height and towering over the surrounding country. When the weather is fair and settled, they are clothed in blue and purple, and print their beautiful shapes on the clear evening sky, but sometimes when it is cloudless, graysteam gathers around the top of the mountains which, in the last rays of the setting sun, will shine and light up like a crown of glory(华丽的皇冠).At the foot of these mountains, a traveler may see light smoke going up from a village, In that village, and in one of the houses (which, to tell the exact truth, was sadly timeworn and weather-beaten), there lived many years ago, a simple, good-natured fellow by the name of Rip Van Winkle.Rip's great weakness was a natural dislike of all kinds of money-making labor. It could not be from lack of diligence (勤劳) ,for he could sit all day on a wet rock and fish without say- lng a word, even though he was not encouraged by a single bite. He would carry a gun on his shoulder for hours, walking through woods and fields to shoot a few birds or squirrels. He would never refuse to help a neighbor, even in the roughest work. The women of the village, too, used to employ him to do such little jobs as their less helpful husbands would not do for them. In a word. Rip was ready to attend to everybody's business but his own.If left to himself, he would have whistled (吹口哨) life away in perfect satisfaction~ but his wife was always mad at him for his idleness (懒散). Morning, noon, and night, her tongue was endlessly going, so that he was forced to escape to the outside of the house the only side which, in truth, belongs to a henpecked husband.1. Which of the following best describes the Catskill Mountains?A. They are on the west of the Hudson River.B. They are very high and beautiful in this area.C. They can be seen from the Appalachian family.D. They gather beautiful clouds in blue and purple.答案:B 指导：本文第一段第二句说明了Catskill山脉之高；第三句说明了其美丽。