2014屆高考英語一輪復(fù)習(xí)限時(shí)閱讀訓(xùn)練38

1、2014屆高考英語一輪復(fù)習(xí)限時(shí)閱讀訓(xùn)練38（A）Next Halloween, a small vegetable that looks like a pumpkin may appear in a garden near you. The vegetable is a type of pepper that is called “Lil Pumpkin”. Its very special because it has orange, pumpkin-like fruit. You might think that all vegetables are grown to provide fo

2、od to eat. But some vegetables are grown mainly for the lively color and holiday spirit that they bring to gardens. These are called “ornamentals (觀賞性植物)”. Just like lights decorate a Christmas tree, they decorate a garden. The peppers were bred (培育) by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists

3、 John Stommel and Robert Griesbach. Another pepper the scientists developed is called “Pepper Jack”. Because Pepper Jack has orange and black cone-shaped (錐形的) fruit, it might remind you of the popular Halloween treat “candy corn”. Stommel says that vegetable crops such as peppers were first widely

4、grown in Europe in the 15th century. At that time, people liked these crops more because they looked pretty than because they provided food. Back then, when a gardener grew plants for decoration and plants for food, the garden was called a “potager”. An example of this is the large gardens on the la

5、wns (草坪) of castles and very large homes where kings and queens lived. One of those large royal homes was the French kings palace at Versailles during the 1600s. The palace is still there today, and people from all over the world still go there to visit and see the gardens. Today, Stommel says using

6、 vegetables as decorations in gardens has become popular again. So you might be wondering, if these peppers are for decoration, can people eat them? Yes, but the fruit from both of these peppers has a sharp taste (kind of like onions). These peppers are scheduled to become available in mid-2011. The

7、se pretty peppers can be grown in containers and also in garden beds. They grow best with plenty of light and warm temperatures, Stommel says. 9. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. Different kinds of peppers. B. The history of peppers. C. Peppers with the Halloween spirit. D. Food for the H

8、alloween festival. 10. What do we know about “Lil Pumpkin” and “Pepper Jack”? A. They are used to decorate Christmas trees. B. They are grown mainly to provide food to eat. C. Their fruits have different shapes. D. Their fruits are of the same color. 11. The underlined word “they”in Paragraph 2 refe

9、rs to “_”. A. these vegetablesB. these holidaysC. these lightsD. these scientists12. According to the passage, a potager was _. A. the place where kings and queens livedB. the garden in the French kings palaceC. a place providing vegetables for the royal homesD. a garden with plants for decoration a

10、nd for food（B）Before Nicolas Sarkozy became French president, he was asked if he thought about“Not just when Im presidency when he looked in the mirror while shaving (刮胡子), ” he answered. When Francois Hollande, now president-elect (總統(tǒng)當(dāng)選人) of France, was asked the same question, he replied: “Do I se

11、e myself as president? No, I am a presidential candidate. A candidate must not think himself president; he must give hope that he becomes president. ”Hollande has promised to be a “normal president”something Sarkozy certainly was not. Sarkozy celebrated his election in 2007 at a world-class Parisian

12、 restaurant. He took holidays on the yachts (游艇) of wealthy business people. Hollande, by contrast, was still going around Paris on his three-wheeled motorbike at the start of this year. One member of his party said he looked “more like a pizza delivery man” than the next president. “That is the key

13、 to Hollandes success because the election is turning into a sort of referendum (公民投票) for or against Nicolas Sarkozy, ” Eric Dupin, a journalist and political observer (觀察員) told Global Post. “Francois Hollande is the one who appears not only as his main opponent politically, but also as his comple

14、te opposite psychologically (心理上地). ”When he was the Socialist party leader, Hollande was nicknamed“the marshmallow (軟糖)” because he hated fights. Sarkozy, by contrast, is known to be loud and aggressive. When faced with Sarkozys verbal attacks, Hollande stayed calm. “I wish he would just let go and

15、 savage (用暴力對(duì)付) Sarkozy, ” one Hollande voter said to the Guardian. But Hollande still knows how to fight. Stphane Le Foll, a Socialist MEP who has been one of Hollandes closest advisors for 17 years and is co-directing his campaign, said Hollande had quietly planned his presidential bid for 10 year

16、s. “I think we all underestimated this guy, ” Alain Minc, one of Sarkozys closest friends and advisors, told Reuters. Hollande was born in 1954 in a middle-class family. He lived through the 1968 protests (抗議) that nearly overthrew (推翻) the French government. “They shocked him, but also politicized

17、him, he said in a recent interview, making him understand that change was possible, ” reported the New York Times. When Hollande was 15, he told friends he expected to become president. “I didnt come to the first rank either by chance or by obsession, ” Hollande said in an interview with Reuters. “I

18、 got there because I put myself in this situation, and because I deserved it. ” 9. By citing Hollande and Sarkozys replies to the same question, the author intends to show _. A. Sarkozy is more confident than HollandeB. Hollande is more modest than SarkozyC. Hollande is less ambitious than SarkozyD.

19、 Sarkozy is more humorous than Hollande10. What is the key to Hollandes success in the presidential election according to Eric Dupin? A. His dislike of fights. B. His careful plan for the presidential bid. C. How different he is from Sarkozy. D. The gentle way in which he ran his campaign. 11. How d

20、id Hollande react to Sarkozys verbal attacks according to the article? A. He fought back violently. B. He got annoyed on the spot. C. He didnt say anything. D. He dealt with them calmly. 12. What is the purpose of the article? A. To show what kind of a person Hollande is. B. To compare the differenc

21、es between Hollande and Sarkozy. C. To show what French people think of Hollande. D. To explain why Sarkozy lost the election. A【文章大意】你見過長得像南瓜的胡椒嗎？本文就介紹了這種剛培育成功的新植物橘黃色、樣子像南瓜的胡椒。9.【解析】選C。主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段可知，本文主要介紹了一種橘黃色的、看起來像南瓜的胡椒，或許在萬圣節(jié)出現(xiàn)在花園里。10.【解析】選C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段that looks like a pumpkin may appear in a garden near you. The vegetable is a type of pepper that is called “Lil Pumpkin. . . 可知Lil Pumpkin形狀像南瓜。根據(jù)第三段has orange and black cone-shaped fruit. . . 可知“Lil Pumpkin” 和 “Pepper Jack”形狀不一樣。11.【解析】選A。詞義猜測題。文章第二段提到了some vegetables可知此處they指代的是vegetables。12.【解析】選D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第五段Back th