2012届高考英语二轮专题总复习阅读理解汇总（一）1Theyear2009istheYearofOx.TheoxisarepresentativeofthefanningcultureofChina.Inthefarmingeconomy（经济）,oxenarethemajoranimalspullingplows（犁）.Ofcourse,thegoodofoxenisnotlimitedtoplowing.Infact,theyareseenas"boatsonland"fortheirabilitytocarryloads.Besides,thewholebodyofanoxisfulloftreasures.Theirmeatandmilkarefoodfullofnutrition,andtheirskincanbeusedtomakeclothesandshoes.Withallthesequalities,oxenareregardedasgenerouscreatures.Inthepast,oxenplayedanimportantroleinthespirituallifeoftheChinese.Eventoday,oxenstillplayaspecialpartinsomefolkactivities.Forexample,somepeoplewho1iveinsouthwestChinawillcookcattlebonesoupandshareitamongfamilymemberswhenholdingtheceremonyforchildrenwhoreach13.Theybelievethatthecattlebonesouprepresentsthebloodrelationshipamongfamilymembers.Inordertoexpresstheirloveforoxen,peopleinsomeotherareaswillruntoshakeoffdiseasesonthe16thdayofthefirstmonthbythelunarcalendar（农历）,andduringtheirruntheywilltaketheiroxenalong,whichindicatestheyregardthecreatureashuman.Becauseofthecontributionofoxenintheirlives,theChinesepeopleareverygratefultotheanimal.Inaddition,theuseofoxeninceremoniesandthethankspeopleowetooxenhelptodevelopvarioustraditionalcustoms,whichbecomesanimportantpartofthefolkcultureoftheChinesenation.60.Thewords"boatsanland"underlinedinParagraph2referto__A.animalsfortakinggoodsB.creaturesforpullingplowsC.treasuresofthefolkcultureD.toolsinthefarmingeconomy6l.Fromthethirdparagraph,weknowthat__A.oxenarenomoreimportanttodaythaninthepastB.ceremoniesareheldwhenpeoplecookcattlebonesoupC.oxenaretreatedashumaninsomeareasofChinaD.peoplerunwithoxentoshakeoffdiseaseseverymonth62.Whichofthefollowinghelpstodeveloptraditionalcustoms?A.Thespecialroleofoxeninfrowning.B.People'srespectandloveforoxen.C.Thepracticalvalueofanox'sbody.D.Thecontributionofoxentotheeconomy.63.Whydoestheauthorwritethetext?A.Tostresstheimportanceofoxeninfarming.B.TointroducetheChinesefolkculture.C.TodescribehowtocelebratetheYearofOx.D.Toexplainhowtodevelopagriculturewithoxen.2“Oldwivestales”arebeliefspasseddownfromonegenerationtoanother,Forexample,mostofusrememberourpatents’tellingustoeatmoreofcertain用心爱心专心1foodsornottodocertainthings.Isthereanytruthintheseteachings?Someofthemagreewithpresentmedicalthinking,butothershavenotpassedthetestoftimeDidyourmotherevertellyoutoeatyourcarrotsbecausetheyaregoodforyoureyes?ScientistsnowreportthateatingcarrotscanhelppreventaseriouseyediseasecalledmaculardegenerationEatingjustonecarrotadaycanreducethepossibilityofgettingthisdiseaseby40%.Garlic（蒜）isgoodforyou,too。Itcankillthetypeofvirusthatcausescolds.Unfortunately,notallofMom’sadvicepassedthetestofmedicalstudies.Forexample,generationsofchildrenhavebeentoldnottogoswimmingwithinanhouraftereating.Butresearchsuggeststhatthereisnodangerindoingso.Dosweetscausetoothproblems?Well,yesandno.stickysweetsmadewithgrainstendtocausemoreproblemsthansweetsmadewithsimplesugars.Eventhoughsciencecantellusthatsomeofourtraditionalbeliefsdon’tholdwater,thereisstillalotoftruthintheoldwives’tales,Afterall,muchofthisknowledgehasbeenaccumulated（积累）fromthousandsofourtraditionalbeliefsdon’tholdwatershouldrespectthisbodyofknowledgeevenasresearchforclearscientificsupporttoprovenittrueorfalse48.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothetext？A,EatinggarlicisgoodforoureyesB,...
