江苏高三英语阅读冲刺第13练

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江苏高考冲刺系列：阅读第13练（完+阅AB）

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Recently my wife and I were faced with a difficult situation while traveling by car in the

mountains with our hired driver. It was going to be a long ride and we were 1 . Just as we

began to doze(打盹), the engine made a strange , loud noise and then 2 working.

The sun was just setting and the air was getting 3 . We tried communicating with the driver

but with little 4 . He told us he was going to get 5 and then left.

In a(n) 6 location(位置) with no houses in sight, we started to hear the cries of wild

animals. We also didn’t have much food and it was getting colder and darker. I began to 7

confidence. Should we leave the car and seek shelter? Would our driver ever 8 ? Was he a

trustworthy man? We were very 9 .

A couple of hours passed. 10 , the headlights from another car could be seen in the

11 . An unfamiliar man got out of the car. He looked 12 at first until his mouth opened

with a big friendly smile. He asked us to get into the 13 with him. He had such a kind face,

so we knew we could 14 him. We climbed into the car.

Before we left, he put a note on the windshield(挡风玻璃) of our car with his phone number

on it. Then he drove us to a nearby village, and we 15 his family. They offered us tea and

local foods, and everyone asked us questions and were thrilled to have 16 guests.

Later that evening, the phone rang. It was our 17 . He had kept his work and 18

the car. We prepared to leave and thanked our new friends.

I will never forget the 19 and hospitality(好客) we received on that day because we

relied on a(n) 20 for help.

1．A. afraid B. tired C. bored D. nervous

2．A. stopped B. began C. continued D. kept

3．A. fresher B. hotter C. cooler D. drier

4．A. patience B. luck C. success D. fun

5．A. food B. help C. fuel D. light

6．A. exact

7．A. lose

8．A. visit

9．A. disappointed

10．A. Gradually

11．A. air

12．A. unhealthy

13．A. shelter

14．A. give up

15．A. met

16．A. familiar

17．A. guest

18．A. bought

19．A. courage

20．A. engineer

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B. secret

B. express

B. believe

B. ashamed

B. Immediately

B. end

B. unhappy

B. car

B. look after

B. left

B. regular

B. driver

B. fixed

B. beauty

B. traveler

C. special

C. build

C. return

C. puzzled

C. Suddenly

C. dark

C. unfriendly

C. house

C. come across

C. helped

C. unwelcome

C. member

C. driven

C. warmth

C. stranger

A

D. distant

D. share

D. fail

D. worried

D. Formally

D. daytime

D. uncomfortable

D. mountains

D. rely on

D. invited

D. unexpected

D. relative

D. washed

D. need

D. cook

And then there were nine

The past two decades have seen

astronomers' catalogue of planets expand

over two hundred times, as new techniques

and better telescopes have found more than

2,000 of them orbiting stars other than the

sun. But in the solar system itself, the list of

planets has actually shrunk,Pluto(冥王星) having been downgraded from that status in 2006. The

number of the sun’s planetary companions has thus fallen from nine to eight.

Now, a pair of astronomers from the California Institute of Technology think they have

evidence that will restore the sun's record to its previous value. Their analysis of objects orbiting

in the Kuiper Belt(柯伊伯带)，a ring of frozen asteroids(小行星）that circle beyond the orbit of

Neptune (and of which Pluto is now regarded as the largest member), suggests to them that

something about ten times as massive as Earth has changed those orbits. If you knew where to

look, this planet-sized object would be visible through a suitable telescope. And Konstanin

Batygin and Michael Brown believe they do know.

As they write in the Astronomical Journal, they have analyzed the orbits of Kuiper Belt

objects and found six that behave in a peculiar way. As the diagram shows, the points of closest

approach of these objects to the sun, known as their perihelia(近日点)，almost coincide. Moreover,

these perihelia all lie near the ecliptic(黄道）—plane of Earth’s orbit and also, approximately, that

of the other planets—while the objects’ orbits are all angled at 30。below the ecliptic. The chance

of all this being a coincidence, the two researchers estimate, is about seven in 100,000. If it is not

a coincidence, it suggests the six objects have been guided into their orbits by the gravitational

intervention of something much larger.

A computer analysis Dr Batygin and Dr Brown performed suggests this something is a

planet weighing 5-15 times as much as Earth, whose perihelion is on the opposite side of the sun

from the cluster, and which thus orbits mainly on the other side of the solar system from the

objects its orbit has affected. This planet's perihelion would be 200 times farther from the sun than

Earth’s， and the far end of its orbit might be as much as six times that distance away. This gives a

search zone, and Dr Batygin and Dr Brown are using Subaru, a Japanese telescope, to perform that

3earch.

Given other demands on Subaru^ time, it might take five years for this search to find (or not

find) the hypothetical planet But looking at some existing data from the Widefield Infrared Survey

Explorer，a satellite, might also show it, if it is there to be seen.

Ironically, k Dr Brown as much as anyone who was responsible for Pluto^ downgrading, for

he discovered Eris, an object almost as big as Pluto, in 2005.

That discovery did much to damage Pluto's planetary proof. By his own admission, he was

skeptical that the anomalies he and Dr Batygin have investigated actually would point to the

existence of a Replacement ninth planet He is a skeptic no longer. Whether he is actually right

may soon become apparent

ing to Dr Batygin and Dr Brown’s research, it is quite possible that .

A. Pluto will restore its status as a planet of the solar system

B. the six objects in die Kuiper Belt sharing some similarities is a mere coincidenpe

C. there are nine planets in the solar system

D. Eris is a replacement ninth planet of the solar system

2. Which of the following is NOT true about the hypothetical planet?

A. It may have changed the orbits of six objects in the Kuiper Belt.

B. You can see it through a domestic telescope if you know where to look.

C. Compared to earth, the distance from its perihelion to the sun is about 200 times laiger.

D.A satellite may be able to provide some evidence of its existence.

3. What does the underlined word anomalies stand for?

A. Six objects behaving in a peculiar way.

B. Pluto's downgrading.

C. The discovery of Eris.

D. Some existing data

4. The purpose of the third paragaraph is to .

A. explain why the scientists believe there is an unfound planet

B. show how the scientists analyze the orbits of Kuiper Belt objects

C. tell us that the perihelia of the six objects almost coincide

D. introduce the two scientists’ article in the Astronomical Journal

B

For an increasing number of students at American universities, Old is suddenly in. The

reason is obvious: the graying of America means jobs, coupled with the aging of the baby-boom

generation, a longer life span means that the nation’s elderly population is bound to expand

significantly over the next 50 years. By 2050, 25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65,

up from 14 percent in 1995. The change poses profound questions for government and society, of

course. But it also creates career opportunities in medicine and health professions and in law and

business as well. “In addition to the doctors, we，re going to need more sociologists, biologists,

urban planners and specialized lawyers,n says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of

Southern California’s (USC) School of Gerontology (老年学).

Lawyers can specialize in welder law, which covers everything from trusts and estates to

nursing-home abuse and age ssmen see huge opportunities in the elder

market because the baby boomers,74 million strong,are likely to the weathiest group of retirees in

human says,”I did volunteer work in retirement homes and it was very satisfying.”

the aging of America,lawyers can benefit .

A. from the adoption of the "elder law”

B. from presenting their professional services to the elderly

C. by enriching their professional knowledge

winning the trust of the elderly to promote their own inte^.

6. Who can make big money in the new century according to the passage?

A. Retirees who are business-minded.

B. The volunteer workers in retirement homes.

C. college graduates with an MBA or law degree.

sionals with a good knowledge of gerontology.

can businessmen gain profit in the emejging elder maricet?

A. Retirees are more generous in spending money.

B. They can employ more gerontologists.

C. The elderly possess an enonnous purchasing power.

D. There are more elderly people working than before.

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