安徽望江县2017高考英语一轮阅读理解提升选练(二)及答案 含解析

安徽望江县2017高考英语一轮阅读理解提升选练(二)及答案
阅读理解。

阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项.
I just hope tha t our brains won’t
crash(死机). Are you working on your
typing skills to make you a more
efficient worker？That may be all for
nothing as Intel believes that we’ll be able to control our computers with our
brains by 2020。

Intel and its research partners are studying how brain acts when it thinks。

For example, scientists have found that people's brains react in a similar manner when asked to think of a bear。

Through sensors（感应器）that can find this sort of brain activity，Intel thinks that it will be able to read and translate this into an input system thanks to a chip in the brain。

“We're tr ying to prove you can do interesting things with brain waves. ”Intel resea rch scientist Dean Pomerleau told Computerworld。

“Eventually people may be willing to be, more devoted to brain implants(植入物）. Imagine being able to surf the Web with the Power of your thoughts。

”
Even if thinking about a bear isn't enough to show that you want to copy and paste something。

Intel still thinks that there’s a future in using
your brain instead of the keyboard.
“If we c an get to the point where you can accurately find specific words，you could mentally type, ”he added. “You could compose characters or words by thinking about letters flashing on the screen or typing whole words rather than their individual characters。

”
While this may all sound impractical for present time，Intel thinks that it's possible and something we'll all want。

“I think human beings are unusually adaptive(适应的)，”said Andrew Chien，vice president of research and director of future technologies research at Intel Labs. “If you told people 20 years ago that they would be carrying computers all the time, they would have said，‘I don't want that。

I don't need that. ’Now you can't get them to stop carrying devices. There are a lot of things that have to be done first but I think implanting chips into human brains is well within the scope of possibility。

"
Make good use of your favorite mouse and keyboard set—up before they're old—fashioned.
【文章大意】本文主要讲了现在Intel及同伴正在研究怎样用人脑控制我们的电脑。

1。

What are Intel and its partners doing at present?
A。

Controlling our computers with our brains。

B。

Working on typing skills to improve efficiency。

C. Studying how the brain behaves when it thinks.
D. Finding how the brain reacts when it thinks of a bear。

【解析】选C。

细节理解题。

根据文章第二段中首句Intel and its research partners are studying how brain acts when it thinks可知答案。

2。

According to Dean Pomerleau，we can learn that 。

A。

brain implants will not be accepted
B。

he holds negative attitude to the research
C. mentally typing will be possible in the future
D。

people need a period of time to accept the new idea
【解析】选C。

推理判断题.根据文章第四段和第六段中Dean Pomerleau所言可以推知C项正确.其他选项所述与文章内容不符。

3. Computers were taken for example by Andrew Chien（in the last but one paragraph）to prove .
A. nothing is impossible
B。

mankind has great power
C。

society is always changing
D。

human beings can adapt very well
【解析】选D。

细节理解题。

根据文章倒数第二段首句I think human beings are unusually adaptive可知, Andrew Chien举电脑的例子是为了证明首句的观点。

4。

In the last paragraph，the author probably means that .
A。

there will be no mouse or keyboard any more
B. new kinds of mouse and keyboard will appear
C. human brains will replace the present computers
D。

the mouse and keyboard should be used to the full
【解析】选A。

主旨大意题.最后一段作者风趣地告诉读者：人类大脑将控制电脑是必然趋势，鼠标和键盘终将被淘汰。

【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷（七）】C
Love and compassion have no cultural boundaries and have reached China from other parts of the world since the disastrous earthquake hit on May 12.
The American hip。

hop group Black Eyed Peas joined into assist relief efforts for earthquake victims.The band was originally invited to hold a promotional （宣传的）show for some beverage companies in Shanghai,but after the earthquake,the concert became a fund.raiser.
The artists also donated personal items,including a guitar，posters and CDs，to a charity auction.In the end，they helped raise nearly 6 million yuan.
“We fell in love with China and the Chinese people when we visited here and so we wanted to do all we could to help the people in the aftermath (后果) of the earthquake,” one band member will.i.am said.
Apart from African.American will。

i。

am，Black Eyed Peas has three other members，Fergie，apl。

de.ap and Taboo.Allen Pineda Lindo，also known as apl。

de。

ap,possesses a blood mixture。

Jaime Gomez，or Taboo，is a Mexican and American Indian descendant,and Stacy Ferguson，or Fergie，is a native Californian.
Their breakthrough album，Elephunk,was released in 2003。

The anti。

war song Where Is the Love became their first major hit，topping the charts almost everywhere else，and was the best。

selling single of 2003 in the UK. Perhaps their various backgrounds provide them with wonderful capability to produce inventive music，by mixing hip。

hop，R&B and jazz。

Along with the positive lyrics and lively shows,Black Eyed Peas has gained devoted fans worldwide。

“We were j ust thinking of good songs,good music，” will.i.am admitted，“We didn’t want to say anything typical,like my style is this,and my rhymes are like that。

”
Fergie added，“This group is just totally open to new ideas and directions。

”
36．Black Eyed Peas was invited to China ________ at first。

A．to attend the charity auction
B．to advertise for drinking companies in Shanghai
C．to give shows to raise money for the earthquake。

hit areas
D．to promote their first album，Elephunk
37．Who is a pure American by origin？
A．apl。

de.ap. B．will。

i。

am。

C．Fergie。

D．Taboo。

38．Which of the following is NOT true?
A．Black Eyed Peas donated nearly 6 million yuan to the earthquake。

hit areas。

B．Black Eyed Pea s became famous by their anti­war song Where Is the Love。

C．Black Eyed Peas doesn’t belong to any present music style。

D．Black Eyed Peas won their followers by their lively performance。

39．The best title of this passage is ________。

A．They Found the Love
B．Black Eyed Peas
C．Mixing Blood Creates Inventive Music
D．Love and Compassion
40．In the passage，the attitude of the writer towards Black Eyed Peas is ________。

A．objective B．negative
C．appreciative D．complicated
36．B [细节理解题。

根据第二段第二句“The band was originally invited to hold a promotional(宣传的）show for some beverage companies in Shanghai..。

”可知B项为正确答案。

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37．C ［细节理解题。

根据第五段最后一句中的“.。

Stacy Ferguson，or Fergie,is a native Californian。

”可知C项为正确答案。

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38．A ［细节理解题.根据第三段“The artists also donated personal items，including a guitar，posters and CDs，to a charity auction(拍卖)．In the end,they helped raise nearly 6 million yuan.”可知A项错误,其他选项均可在文中找到依据。

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39．A [标题概括题。

本文主要讲述的是黑眼豆豆在中国所做的善
事，因此标题应将黑眼豆豆及其善行联系起来，结合选项可知A项正确。

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40．C ［推理判断题。

从文中所选用的“wonderful，positive,lively”等极富感情色彩的词汇及本文的语言色彩可推知作者所持的是赞赏的态度.］
【2014高考英语四川省凉山州一模试题】E
When I was a boy，my father told me that he could do anything he wanted to. Dad said that
he wanted to be the first to develop color prints in our city，and so he did.
When I was 16，Dad looked closely at the violin I played and announced that he wanted to
make one。

He read about violin making, and then became a violinmaker at the age of 43. He
bought the tools and materials, opened a small store and set Mom up as the shopkeeper, while he
worked at a local company。

He retired from the company 17 years later and continued to make
violins and other instruments
Dad often guessed why the Stradivarius violins sound so beautiful. Some experts claimed that
it was the unique varnish（油漆）that gave those instruments their beautiful
sound。

Dad娜ed that
chemists could analyze the varnish-if that were the answer。

One of Dad’s friends asked him once
which kind of wood was used to make violins. When Dad explained that the top was made of
spruce（云杉),his friend said that he had an old piece of spruce Dad might be interested in.
He worked for the next 12 months making a violin from the wood that his friend had given
him. It proved to be a superior violin and it would become Dad's masterpiece。

He was convinced
that the secret of the Stradivarius sound was in the wood itself。

Later, the instrument was stolen
Dad’s spirit wa s broken by the robbery，and he stopped making instruments。

But he kept the
music shop until he was 80 years old, selling guitars and violins。

My father has been gone for 14 years now. The violin has been missing for more than 25
years。

Somewhere a musician is playing a late 20th century violin with an excellent tone. The
owner today may never understand why this ordinary —looking violin sounds so much like a
Stradivarius
47. The author mentions his father’s developing color prints to．
A. show that his father's real interest was not in making violins
B. prove that his father could do anything he wanted to
C. give an example proving that his father was an inventor
D. describe the real thing that made the author believe his father
48. What did the author’s father think about Stradivarius violins？
A。

The varnish was different from the others。

B. The way of making them was special.
C. The wood of the violins was special。

D。

They could only be analyzed by chemists
49. How long did t he author’s father live after the violin was stolen? About years
A。

11 B。

14 C。

25 D。

80
50。

After the robbery, his father’s reflection shows he
A. liked the violin very much B。

lost interest in instruments
C. d idn’t want to become famous D。

didn't trust people any more after that
【参考答案】46、D 47—50、BCAA
【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷（七)】D
In many Asian countries，the left hand is considered unclean。

Historically，left。

handed people have been given a hard time in the West as well。

In some European languages，for instance，words for “left” are derived
from words that mean “weak”，“evil”，etc。

Nowadays，fortunately,the greatest difficulty lefties have is always speculated about why so many people are lefties.The old theory of handedness suggests that humans are largely right。

handers as a matter of convenience。

In ancient times,mothers could have gotten into the habit of holding babies on their left sides in order to soothe （安慰）them with the sound of a beating heart。

As a result，the only hand available for performing other tasks would have been the right。

With the recent research,many scientists have turned to a genetic model to explain handedness。

To put it simply,you either have the gene for being a righty,or you do not.This theory still needs to be refined，as it does not account for the fact that two.thirds of all lefties are born to right.handed parents，or that identical twins sometimes favor opposite hands. Another theory，based on studies of chimpanzees （黑猩猩),suggests that handedness is related to birth order。

Scientists have long been aware that the first。

born and last。

born chimpanzees in a family are more likely to suffer from developmental problems。

These chimps are also the most likely to be left.handed。

The implication is that if something goes wrong before the chimpanzee is born，this might be reflected later in its hand preference.
Does this mean that lefties are more closely related to chimpanzees than the rest of us? Certainly not.What is interesting to note,however，is that without the bias towards the right in the human brain,there is more
unusual brain organization。

This correlates (与……有关系）to more left。

handed people occupying top and bottom places on the scale of human ability，and fewer in the middle。

As a result，lefties are more likely than right。

handers to be musicians，members of high。

IQ societies，and U．S。

presidents. 41．Nowadays lefties may feel uncomfortable because
________.
A．the left hand is considered unclean
B．people who use left hand are considered weak or even evil
C．the ordinary tools are not convenient for them to use
D．lefties are considered less intelligent than right.handers
42．If a man is left。

handed，his brain ________。

A．is more similar to the brain of chimpanzees
B．is the same as the brains of right。

handed people
C．has more unusual brain organization than that of the right.handers D．has developed better than any right.handed people’s brain 43．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A．Scientists have managed to explain people’s left.handed habit by a genetic model。

B．The old theory of handedness is not reasonable。

C．So far，no theory has completely explained handedness. D．Lefties can be more likely to become successful。

44．It can be concluded from the studies of chimpanzees about
handedness that ________。

A．there are more lefties in chimpanzees' family
B．the handedness of chimpanzees is most likely related with humans C．developmental problems before the birth of chimpanzees will influence their handedness
D．left.handed chimpanzees may be less intelligent
45．How many explanations about lefties are referred to in the passage？A．3。

B．4. C．5. D．6.
41．C ［细节理解题.从原文第一段可知，在历史上有的地区左手被认为不洁净，有的地区将使用左手看作软弱，甚至邪恶。

但现在,左撇子感到不自在是因为许多工具都专为右手设计.］
42．C ［细节理解题。

阅读第五段可知，人类大脑中如果缺乏“右"的倾向,就会有更多与众不同的脑部组织，C项正确。

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43．A ［推断理解题。

这道题涉及的内容较多,需仔细阅读全文。

通过阅读可知，到目前为止,仍没有一个权威论证解释左撇子的用手习惯问题,故A项与原文不符,为正确选项。

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44．C ［推理判断题。

参考第四段科学家对黑猩猩的研究，可以看出，黑猩猩在出生前的发育问题,会反映在它以后惯用手的偏好上，C项正确。

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45．B ［细节理解题。

本文共有4种理论支撑,从2、3、4、5段可以得知。

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