广东高考英语阅读理解考点突破----主旨大意.ppt

One of the most important weapons used during the Second World War was not a weapon used against people, but rather a drug used against disease. The wartime use of penicillin（青霉素） saved thousands of lives. In the First World War, for example, pneumonia （肺炎）was responsible for eighteen percent of all the deaths in the United States army. In the Second World War, the rate went down to less than one percent. Before a new type of airplane goes into service, every part of it is tested again and again. But there are two tests that are more important than all the others. The first is called the tank test. A modem ….. The most dangerous test ...(全国) 71. What might be the most suitable title for the text ? A. Two Important Tests on Airplanes B. The Importance of Flying Safely C. The Danger of Testing Airplanes D. How Airplanes Are Made and Tested Often no one looks more guilty than the innocent. On the other hand, nobody may look more innocent than a professi- -onal criminal. And the man who knows “everything” may really only be trying to hide his own weakness. So, it is foolish to try to judge a person only by his appearance On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was astonished to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates（旱冰鞋）. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin’s grand entrance for a long time! ?? We think of a flood or an earthquake as a natural disaster. To many of nature’s animals, however, the greatest disaster is the coming of large numbers of humans. When settlers came from the East to America’s great western plains, they killed millions of bison（北美野牛）, poisoned the prairie dogs（草原犬鼠）, and shot the coyotes（郊狼）. All this upset the area’s balance of nature. For the animals, it was worse