山西省太原双语中学2012届高考英语专题精选阅读理解强化训练集（十）阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。A Childrens Books:Hawkings fact and fictionGeorge F. R. Ellis & RubyBOOK REVIEWED-Georges Secret Key to the Universeby Lucy & Stephen HawkingStephen Hawkings book A Brief History of Time was a huge commercial success. Its achievements in bringing difficult scientific ideas to a wide audience are not so clear. Now the distinguished physicist has teamed up with his daughter Lucy to produce a childrens book designed to communicate contemporary physics. Will it capture the attention of young minds and teach them some real science? Or will it be boring and over the heads of the prospective readers?Georges Secret Key to the Universe is an adventure story complete with villains and hero and is illustrated with enjoyable line-drawings. It involves a lost pig, a humorously portrayed intelligent computer, school bullies and a trip through the Solar System. Didactic discussions on aspects of modern physics, such as supernova explosions and black-hole physics are hung on this set-up. There are also fact boxes on physics and astronomy, and some photographs of astronomical phenomena: planets, comets, galaxies and so on. Overall, the book is a serious effort to convey facts and ideas in present day astronomy and astrophysics, within a science-fiction adventure story.The mixture is great. Children love facts and adventure stories. The combination will catch their interest and keep them occupied for hours. After ten minutes of leafing through the book, my granddaughter Ruby was deeply absorbed and I had to promise to bring it back for her to read after I had completed my review. Like any educational tool, it will succeed for some and not for others. I suppose there should be more of the former.1.Where do you think this passage is taken?A. From a news story.B. From a textbook.C. From a book review.D. From an advertisement.2.Which of the following books is mainly reviewed in this passage?A. Georges Secret Key to the UniverseB. A Brief History of TimeC. The Nature of Space and TimeD. Hawkings fact and fiction3.What is the authors attitude towards the book being reviewed?A. It will be less successful. B. It will be more successful. C. It will be a complete failure.D. It all depends on Ruby4.The underlined word “leafing” (in the last paragraph) probably means _.A. adding leaves to a bookB. throwing away a bookC. tearing up a bookD. turning pages of a book BThere were quite a lot of things that the philosophers of the old times got right and one of those things was that there is a very strong need for lawyers and government in a society. The government looks to protect and help you in times of need and the lawyers are there to fight for your case if you are treated unfairly, Just like then, there is still a need for government to help people when they need help now in todays world. This sort of help can come from when people need social security benefits because they become disabled after some sort of accident.If you have become disabled in recent days, then you certainly have rights go find out whether you are qualified to receive the social security disability benefits. The social security disability is for those who have become disabled or are disabled due to some sort of accident that may have happened that forces you to be out of work. This can be very frustrating because being out of work means that you cannot make money that you need in order to provide for yourself and those you are possible taking care of. This is where the government comes into play. The government will help you out with this and possibly give you money in order to keep yourself from ending up on the streets.They understand that accidents do happen and that there needs to be some sort of help for those who get into accidents and cannot provide for themselves. If you are sure that you have a disability, get in touch with the social security department for more information. Meyers Law Firm can help you get the social security disability benefits you have rights to gain.5 .This passage talks mainly about .A. the government helps the disabled peopleB .the disabled need protection from lawyers.C. how you ask for help when having an accidentD. suggestions for you to contact related department6. When having an accident and become disabled people need to .A. ask the lawyers for help B. turn to the government for helpC. fight for their benefits D. seeking money from the accident7. What does the underlined part mean in the 2nd paragraph?A. Make you homeless.B. Get you to live a happier life.C .Stop you wandering in the street.D .End your poor life.8. The social security disability is given to those who .A. are out of work making no moneyB. have a deadly illness in the hospitalC. become disabled after an accidentD. ha