高考英语 重庆卷阅读真题

2021年1月25日发(作者：flavor)
2011
年

重庆卷


A
There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. To water his flowers, he used two
buckets. One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very old and
dilapidated
one, which had seen many
years of service, but was now past its best.
Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the path,
one on each side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It could carry a full bucket
of water without a single drop spilled. The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before it
reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.
Sometimes the new bucket would say,
“
See how capable I am! How good it is that the gardener has me
to
water
the
flowers
every
day
!
I
don’
t
know
why
he
still
bothers
with
you.
What
a
waste
of
s
pace
you
are!”

And all that the old bucket could say was,
“
I know I am not very useful, but I can only do my best.
I’
m happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least
.”

One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation. After watering the flowers as usual, he said,
“
You both have done your work very well. Now I am going to carry you back. I want you to look carefully
along the path.”

Then the two buckets did so. All along the path, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was
carried, there was just bare earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous
row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden.

56. What does the underlined word
“dilapidated”
probably mean?
A. Dirty.
B. Dark.
C. Worn- out.
D. Plain-looking.
57. What was the old bucket ashamed of?
A. His past.
B. His aging.
C. His manner.
D. His leaking.
58. The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to ______.
A. laugh at the old one
B. take pity on the old one

C. show off its beautiful looks
D.
praise the gardener’s kindness

59. Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?
A. Because it was used to keep a balance.
B. Because it stayed in its best condition.
C. Because it was taken as a treasure.
D. Because it had its own function.

B
Mapping Your World
Different
forms
of
maps
are
appearing.
They
allow
independent
travelers
to
get
local
knowledge
of
places
they are visting, from the official to the unusual. Meanwhile, hi-tech developments are creating new ways
for us to map the world. Here are two of our favorites:
Green Maps
Green Maps allows people to share with the world their knowledge of environmentally friendly places
and attractions in the local areas. Users add information with a set of
icons
(
图标
) , making it easy to
read any map, whatever the nationalities of those who produce it. At present there are over five hundred
map projects being developed in 54 countries.
Green Maps’ advertised
idea is
“think
global
,
map local”
.
It is a wonderful way of gaining all sorts of information of a place, ranging from community gardens to
good places of birdwatching.
Green Maps is not specifically intended for travelers. Not all of its maps are online, so it may be
necessary for some users to communicate with producers through the Green Maps website.
Map Mashups
Many people use online maps developed by Google, but not many know about the mashups of them. Working
in a similar way to Green Maps, Map Mashups allows people to add icons of their own to existing maps to
express
a
certain
topic.
The
mashups
is
so
called
because
it
combines
all
the
knowledge
you
could
ever
need.
It ranges from the extremely useful, such as where all the World Heritage Sites are, to the most
bizarre

(
古怪的
),
such as where America’s
drunkest cities are. With the mashups added to the basic Google Maps,
a multi-layered map can be created.

60. According to the passage, which of the following is a characteristic of Green Maps?
A. Aiming at environmental protection.
B. Introducing local attractions with icons.
C. Offering advice to independent travelers.
D. Collecting icons worldwide for local maps.
61. Which of the following icons is most probably NOT used in Green Maps?
A.
B.




C.
D.




62.
“
Map Mashups
”

is named with the word “mashups”
because ______.
A. it is produced by users all over the world
B. it gathers various kinds of information
C. it shares icons with Green Maps
D. it is a branch of Google Maps
63. What do Green Maps and Map Mashups have in common?
A. They are created by local people.
B. They are environmentally friendly.
C. Users can edit maps on the Internet.
D. Users need to communicate with producers.

C
Getting rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a good thing. However, there is nothing fixed
about attitudes to dirt.
th
In the early 16
century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease, as
medical
opinion
had
it
that
washing
off
dirt
with
hot
water
could
open
up
the
skin
and
let
ills
in.
A
particular
danger
was
thought
to
lie
in
public
baths.
By
1538,
the
French
king
had
closed
the
bath
houses
in
his
kingdom.
So did the king of England in 1546. Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with
dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, King of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had
taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should not go out.
Though
the
belief
in
the
merit
of
dirt
was
long-lived,
dirt
has
no
longer
been
regarded
as
a
nice
neighbor
th
ever
since
the
18

century.
Scientifically
speaking,
cleaning
away
dirt
is
good
to
health.
Clean
water
supply
and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness
have moved beyond science since World War Ⅱ. Advertise
ments repeatedly sell the idea: clothes need to be
whiter than white, cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too far?
Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays. Many first-time parents nervously try to warn their
children off touching dirt, which might be responsible for the spread of disease. On the contrary, Mary
Ruebush, an American
immunologist
(
免疫学家
), encourages children to play in the dirt to build up a strong
immune system. And the latter position is gaining some ground.

64. The kings of France and England in the 16th century closed bath houses because ______.
A. they lived healthily in a dirty environment.
B they thought bath houses were to dirty to stay
in
C. they believed disease could be spread in public baths
D. they considered bathing as the cause of
skin disease