山東高考英語閱讀理解習題(一)

　　Some of these are always in the minds of the people even though the loss of life was small. No one died at Seveso, and only 28 workers at Flixborough. The worst accident of all was Bhopal, where up to 3,000 were killed. The Texas City explosion of fertilizer killed 552. The Pemex fire at a storage plant for natural gas in the suburbs of Mexico City took 542 lives, just a month before the unfortunate event at Bhopal.

　　Some experts have discussed these accidents and used each accident to illustrate a particular danger. Thus the Texas City was caused by tons of ammonium nitrate, which is safe unless stored in a great quantity. The Flixborough fireball was the fault of management, which took risks to keep production going during essential repairs. The Seveso accident shows what happens if the local authorities lack knowledge of the danger on their doorstep. When the poisonous gas drifted over the town, local leaders were incapable of taking effective action. The Pemex fire was made worse by an overloaded site in an overcrowded suburb. The fire set off a chain reaction of exploding storage tanks. Yet, by a miracle, the two largest tanks did not explode. Had these caught fire, then 3,000 strong rescue team and fire fighters would all have died.

　　9. According to the passage, the chemical accident that caused by the fault of management happened at _________.

　　A. Texas city B. Flixborough C. Seveso D. Mexico City

　　10. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

　　A. Working at the office is safer than staying at home.

　　B. Travelling to work on public transport is safer than working at the office.

　　C. Staying at home is safer than working in the chemical industry.

　　D. Working in the chemical industry is safer than traveling by air.

　　11. From the passage we know that ammonium nitrate is a kind of _____.

　　A. natural gas, which can easily catch fire

　　B. fertilizer, which can't be stored in a great quantity

　　C. poisonous substance, which can't be used in overcrowded areas

　　D. fuel, which is stored in large tanks

　　12. From the discussion among some experts we may conclude that _____.

　　A. to avoid any accident we should not repair the facilities in chemical industry

　　B. the local authorities should not be concerned with the production of the

　　chemical industry

　　C. all these accidents could have been avoided or controlled if effective measures

　　had been taken

　　D. natural gas stored in very large tanks is always safe

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　　山東高考英語閱讀理解習題(二)

　　More surprising,perhaps,than the current difficulties of traditional marriage is the fact that marriage itself is alive and increasing.As Skolnick notes,Americans are a marrying people:relative to Europeans,more of us marry at younger age.Moreover,after falling in the early 1970s,the rate of marriage in the United States is now increasing.Even the divorce rates need to be taken in this pro-marriage context:some 80 percent of divorced individuals remarry.Thus,marriage remains,by far,the preferred way of life for the vast majority of people in our society.

　　What has changed more than marriage is the nuclear family.Twenty-five years ago,the typical American family consisted of a husband,a wife,and two or three children.Now,there are many marriages in which couples have decided not to have any children.And there are many marriages where at least some of the children are from the wife's previous marriage,or the husband's,or both,sometimes these children spend all of their time with one parent from the former marriage;sometimes they are shared between two former spouses.

　　Thus,one can find every type of family arrangement.There are marriages without children;marriages with children for only the present marriage;marriages with“full-time”children from both the present and former marriages;marriages with“full-time”children from the present marriage and“part-time”children from former marriages.There are stepfathers,stepmothers,half-brothers,and half-sisters.It is not all that unusual for a child to have four parents and eight grandparents!These are enormous changes from the traditional nuclear family.But even so,even in the midst of all this,there remains one constant:most Americans spend most of their adult lives married.

　　13.By calling Americans marrying people the author means that__________.

　　A.Americans are more traditional than Europeans

　　B.Americans expect more out of marriage than Europeans

　　C.there are more married couples in the USA than in Europe

　　D.more of Americans as compared with Europeans,prefer marriage and they accept it at a younger age

　　14.Which of the following can be presented as the picture of today's American families?

　　A.A typical American family consists of only a husband and a wife.

　　B.Many types of family arrangements have become socially acceptable.

　　C.Americans prefer to have more kids than before.

　　D.There are no nuclear families any more.

　　15.The“nuclear family”refers to___________.

　　A.families formed up by men or women working for nuclear power stations

　　B.married couples who are closely matched

　　C.family consists of married couples who do not want to have any child

　　D.family with small number of members

　　16.“Part-time”children________.

　　A.spend some of their time with their half-brothers and some of their time with their half-sisters

　　B.spend all of their time with one parent from the previous marriage

　　C.are shared between the two former spouses

　　D.cannot stay with“full-time”children

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