1、2019高考英语二轮阅读理解精选（37）及解析AIt gives me great pleasure today to say a few words in praise of man we will all miss very much. To be honest, I cant imagine what we will do without him when hes gone.Bill Masters almost singlehanded built up our sales force in the Houston area and developed the market posit 。

2、ion that we enjoy today. In only six years, he has brought the firm from a very low fifth position in the area sales to the point where we now outsell all but one of our competitors. Not only have we got 37 per cent of the market under Bills leadership;
we are increasing our share with each passing。

3、month.As you know, the company has moved Bill to northern California to work his sales magic in one of this companys most competitive（竞争旳）areas. But we know that if anyone can do it, Bill Masters can, and I know you all join me in wishing him the best of luck in his new work.56.The speech was made _ 。

4、____.A. at a welcome meeting B. at the opening of a new school termC. when somebody was leaving D. when they had a new manager57.How long did Masters worked there?A. 37 years B. less than 5 yearsC. about six years D. since he began to work58.When Bill started to work in Houston area, he had _____ to 。

5、 help him.A. many people B. nobody C. about 37 people D. very few people59.Bill increased the companys sale _____.A. by 37 percent every month B. to the second largest in the areaC. to be the fifth largest in the area D. five times as much as beforeBMost people know that Marie Curie was the first wo 。

6、man to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.Born in September, 1897, Irene Curie was the first of the Curies two daughters. Along with nine other children whose parents were also famous scholars, Iren 。

7、e studied in their own school, and her mother was one of the teachers. She finished her high school education at the College of Svign in Paris.Irene entered the University of Paris in 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics. When World War I began, Irene went to help her mother, who。

8、was using X-ray facilities（设备）to help save the lives of wounded soldiers. Irene continued the work by developing X-ray facilities in military hospitals in France and Belgrum. Her services were recognised in the form of a Militarys Medal by the French government.In 1918, Irene became her mothers assi 。

9、stant at the Curie Institute. In December 1924, Frederic Joliot joined the Institute, and Irene taught him the techniques required for his work. They soon fell in love and were married in 1926. Their daughter Helene was born in 1927 and their son Pierre five years later.Like her mother, Irene combin 。

10、ed family and career. Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel Prize, along with her husband, in 1935. Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed leukemia because of her work with radioactivity（辐射能）. Irene Joliot-Curie died from leukemia on March 17, 1956.60.Why was Irene Curie awarded a M 。

11、ilitary Medal? A . Because she received a degree in mathematics.B. Because she contributed to saving the wounded.C. Because she won the Nobel Prize with Frederic.D. Because she worked as a helper to her mother.61.Where did Irene Curie meet her husband Frederio joliot?A. At the Curie Institute. B. At 。

12、 the Cniversity of Paris.C. At a military hospital. D. At the College of Sevigne.62.When was the second child of Irene Curie and Frederic Joliot born? A. In 1932. B. In 1927. C. In 1897. D. In 1926.63.In which of the following aspects was Irene Cuire different from her mother? A. Irene worked with r 。

13、adioactivity. B. Irene combined family and career.C. Irene won the Nobel Prize once D. Irene died from leukemia.CLittle BrotherBy Cory Doctorow, 382 pages, $19.95In the very near future, Marcus Yallow is walking with his friends in San Francisco when a 9/11-sized terrorist attack occurs blocks away. 。

14、 Everyone around is secretly taken away by the Department of Homeland Security to see whether theyre terrorists. However, during the investigation, one of his friends dies mysteriously. The friends try to find out the truth. If you read only one science-fiction novel this year, make it this one.The。

15、Flying TroutmansBy Miriam Toews, 274 pages, $32The heart of the book is a road journey in Canada made by Hattie ， Thebes and Logan to find Cherkis, the kids dad. Its rich in dialogue, sometimes funny, sometimes surprisingly sad, always character-true. Toews is an extraordinarily gifted writer, with to 。

16、ugh-minded compassion (同情) for her characters.Reading By LightningBy Joan Thomas, 388 pages, $22.95Were in 1930s Canada, where Lilys father arrived three decades earlier to be promised fertile agricultural land. But they had been cheated and thrown in the middle of Manitoba. Now William Piper and hi 。

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