高考英语真题试卷（湖南卷）解析版(4)

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Then he paused: “But you?ll always be limited by the size of the wheels. And so far no one has invented a folding wheel.”

It was a rare — indeed unique — occasion when I was able to put Ritchie right. A 19th-century inventor, William Henry James Grout, did in fact design a folding wheel. His bike, predictably named the Grout Portable, had a frame that split into two and a larger wheel that could be separated into four pieces. All the bits fitted into Grout?s Wonderful Bag, a leather case.

Grout?s aim: to solve the problems of carrying a bike on a train. Now doesn?t that sound familiar? Grout intended to find a way of making a bike small enough for train travel: his bike was a huge beast. And importantly, the design of early bicycles gave him an advantage: in Grout?s day, tyres were solid, which made the business of splitting a wheel into four separate parts relatively simple. You couldn?t do the same with a wheel fitted with a one-piece inflated （充气的） tyre.

So, in a 21st-century context, is the idea of the folding wheel dead? It is not. A British design engineer, Duncan Fitzsimons, has developed a wheel that can be squashed into something like a slender ellipse （椭圆）. Throughout, the tyre remains inflated.

Will the young Fitzsimons?s folding wheel make it into production? I haven?t the foggiest idea. But his inventiveness shows two things. First, people have been saying for more than a century that bike design has reached its limit, except for gradual advances. It?s as silly a concept now as it was 100 years ago: there?s plenty still to go for. Second, it is in the field of folding bikes that we are seeing the most interesting inventions. You can buy a folding bike for less than ￡1,000 that can be knocked down so small that it can be carried on a plane — minus wheels, of course — as hand baggage.

Folding wheels would make all manner of things possible. Have we yet got the magic carpet of Andrew Ritchie?s imagination? No. But it?s progress.

69. We can infer from Paragraph 1 that the Brompton folding bike . A. was portable B. had a folding wheel C. could be put in a pocket D. looked like a magic carpet 【答案】A

【解析】逻辑推理题。从文章第一段Andrew Ritchie, inventor of the Brompton folding bicycle,

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once said that the perfect portable bike would be “like a magic carpet…ou could fold it up and put it into your pocket or handbag”.

70. We can learn from the text that the wheels of the Grout Portable . A. were difficult to separate B. could be split into 6 pieces C. were fitted with solid tyres D. were hard to carry on a train 【答案】C

【解析】细节判断题。从文in Grout?s day, tyres were solid, 可知。 71. We can learn from the text that Fitzsimons?s invention . A. kept the tyre as a whole piece B. was made into production soon C. left little room for improvement D. changed our views on bag design 【答案】A

【解析】细节判断题。从第四段最后一句话Duncan Fitzsimons, has developed a wheel that can be squashed into something like a slender ellipse （椭圆）. Throughout, the tyre remains inflated.可知。

72. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A. Three folding bike inventors B. The making of a folding bike C. Progress in folding bike design D. Ways of separating a bike wheel 【答案】C

【解析】逻辑判断题。从整篇文章中可以看出是对便携式是自行车的设计的改进。

第二节 简答题（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分）

阅读下面短文，根据第73至第75小题的具体要求，简要回答问题，并将答案转写到答题卡上。

A long time ago, Milton S. Hershey, the creator of the popular chocolate bars, was dipped in

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warm chocolate. I know all about it. My grandfather was there!

At nineteen, Hershey established a candy business in Philadelphia. Although it failed, he tried again in several other cities and succeeded with Crystal A Caramels. But Hershey was not content. He began experimenting with chocolate and managed to sell his first chocolate bars in 1900. They were an instant success. In 1903, Hershey built a factory.

Hershey was usually pleasant and kind and enjoyed a good joke. However, in his chocolate factory, he held high standards for all the workers. He was both respected and feared. His anger would burst out when things didn?t go as he?d expected, and workers were fired for mistakes.

My grandfather began working in the factory as a young man. His job was to push the vats （大桶） of warm chocolate to a storage area. To do this, he had to push the heavy vats up a ramp （斜坡） and across the walkway. One day, Hershey was walking backward on the walkway while my grandfather was pushing a vat of chocolate up the ramp. Bump. Clunk. Ker-plop! Hershey fell backward into the vat. Everyone else held their breath and ran up to pull him out. Grandfather froze in fear. Was he going to lose his job?

Hershey stood stiffly with his hands on his hips. Color rose in his face. He said something in a low voice. Then he smiled. “It?s not your fault, son,” he said. “I need to watch where I?m going.” He put some chocolate in his mouth. “Mmm, that?s good,” he said. Everyone laughed. The tour continued, with Hershey dripping chocolate as he went. And Grandfather kept his job.

73. What did Grandfather do in Hershey?s factory? （回答词数不超过12个） He pushed the vats of warm chocolate to a storage area.

【答案】He pushed the vats of warm chocolate to a storage area.