2011届高考英语10月份练兵检测试题1

2010年10月份英语练兵（1）
英语试题
第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题3分，满分60分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
1．What will I need to take a rest?
You need a photo ID, your instructor's name, a pencil or pen, a calculator, etc.
2．How will I know about time limits?
Students will be informed of any testing time limits, and notified when time is up.
3．If I have my books or backpack, does the Test Center have a place to store them while I'm testing?
Yes. Students will be asked to leave all books, backpacks, purses and any other personal items in a lockable storage room.
4．The only time I can take a test is during lunch. Can I eat my lunch while I am testing?
No food or drink are allowed in the Test Center.
5．I conduct business via a pager(寻呼机) or cell phone. Will I be allowed to use them in the Test Center?
No. all pagers and cell phones must be turned off prior to entering the Test Center. There are other students testing who may be distracted by these devices.
6．If I need to borrow more scratch paper am I allowed to borrow from another student in the Test Center?
Ask the teacher and more material will be given. Talking is not permitted in the Test Center. You will give all scratch paper to the teacher at the end of the test.
7．If I start a test but don't finish it, can I come back the next day to finish it?
If you have prior arrangements with your instructor you may continue a test the next day. Students are expected to complete their test before closing time of the Test Center. Depending on the test, most tests will not be given within one hour of closing time.
56．What does the underlined word "notified" probably mean?
A．Noticed．B．Informed．C．Questioned．D．Warned. 57．When you take a test in the Test Center, all of the following are forbidden EXCEPT________.
A．to eat and drink B．to use your cell phone
C．to leave your purse on the desk D．to ask for more scratch paper
58．If you don't finish the test you ____.
A, must turn in the paper on time
B．should get help from your instructor
C．can continue it the next day by prior arrangement
D．can take the paper out of the center
59．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Frequently asked questions about the Test Center
B．Useful suggestions on different kinds of tests
C．General requirements for students to have tests
D．Brief introduction to the Test Center
B
There are two basic differences between the large and the small enterprises. In the small enterprise you operate primarily through personal contacts. In the large enterprise you have established "policies", "channels" of organization, and fairly rigid procedures. In the small enterprise you have, moreover, immediate effectiveness in a very small area. You can see the effect of your work and of your decisions right away, once you are a little above the ground floor. In the large enterprise even the man at the top is only part of a big machine. To be sure, his actions affect a much greater area than the actions and decisions of the man in the small organization, but his effectiveness is remote, indirect, and difficult to see at first sight. In a small and even in a middle-sized business you are normally exposed to all kinds of experiences, and expected to do a great many things without too much help or guidance. In the large organization you are normally taught one thing thoroughly. In the small one the danger is of becoming a jack-of-all-trades and master of none. In the large one it is of becoming the man who knows more and more about less and less.
There is one other important thing to consider: do you get a deep sense of satisfaction from being a member of a well-known organization——General Motors, the Bell Telephone System, the government? Or is it more important to you to be a well-known and important figure within your own small pond? There is a basic difference between the satisfaction that comes from being a member of a large, powerful, and generally known organization, and the one that comes from being a member of family; between impersonal grandeur(高贵) and personal——often much too personal—intimacy（亲密）; between life in a small office on the top floor of a skyscraper and life in a crossroads gas station.
60．What can we know about large enterprises in the first paragraph?
A．New technology is employed quickly．
B．Most people work efficiently.
C．One's effectiveness is difficult to see．
D．One can get promotion easily.
61．In the first paragraph, the underlined part "a jack-of-all-trades" refers to a person who___.
A．doesn't know anything about business B．is very capable as a businessman
C．knows a little bit of everything D．is very knowledgeable about trade 62．According to the writer, if you are interested in personal intimacy, you should work A．for General Motors B．for the government
C．in a large enterprise D．in a small enterprise
63．The writer of this passage ____.
A．compares the large enterprise with the small enterprise objectively
B．obviously prefers to work for a large enterprise
C．intends to show the advantages of working in a small business
D．explains the disadvantages of being a top leader in a large business
C
At Cornell University, the "Hi, Mom!" view went online in April, a few months after the university replaced an old and fixed camera. The new system had more bells and whistles, but took in a narrower view. Carrie Sanzone, who examines the camera, says the feedback(反馈) is divided into three kinds: alumni（毕业生，校友) who preferred the original postcard-perfect view of McGFraw Tower; campus staff who wanted an eye over Cayuga Lake to know what- to wear at lunch; and parents who admitted to observing the ant-sized figures on Ho Plaza for signs of their kids.
Ms. Sanzone thought that if many people wanted to see their children, maybe the school should help them out. This spring she programmed the camera, so users could choose between three settings: McGraw Tower (with sky and lake), Ho Plaza, and "Hi, Mom!". Web visitors get control of the camera for 30 seconds at a time.
The school doesn't track(追踪) the use of the "Hi, Mom!" setting, but says its web video page gets 50,000 to 60,000 views a month——making it one of the most visited pages on the university's website.
Evidence suggests the "Hi, Mom!" view is a bigger hit with Mom than her children.
When the camera first went up, Ms. Mathis says, her mother would freely call to check if she was near it. "My mom said, 'Every time you go back to the campus store, you need to call! You need to call!' I did not call her every time I went to the campus store, " she said.
Judging from the e-mails to Cornell's webmaster, however, anything is better than nothing. One mother said, "It's just wonderful, even if my son has only gone there once the whole term." 64．The advantage of the new system was that ____.
A．it had more bells and whistles B．it took in a narrower view
C．it went online D．it was at Cornell University
65．According to Ms．Carrie Sanzone, the campus staff wanted ____.
A．to see the original postcard-perfect view of McGraw Tower
B．to see Cayuga Lake in order to know what to wear at lunch time
C．to see the ant-sized figures on Ho Plaza for signs of their kids
D．to keep in touch with the students' parents
66．The passage mainly talks about ____.
A．the complaints made by the alumni about the web video
B．the feedback given by the parents about the web video
C．the establishment of the web camera at the university
D．the discussion on how to improve the web of the university
67．From the passage, we can know that ___ _.
A．Cornell University tries every means to meet the needs of society
B．the students will contact their parents when they are on campus
C．the students are not allowed to appear on the camera freely
D．parents like to visit the web video more than their children
D
You can improve your child's hearing memory considerably. Once his hearing memory has been greatly improved, he'll be able to use and remember what he listens to in class. The success of these suggestions depends upon our ability to use your child's natural desire to get involved in games he finds simple and fun.
A good way to begin is to read aloud a sentence from a book suitable for your child's reading age. Then ask your youngster to repeat the sentence back to you correctly. Next, reread the sentence, leaving out a particular word. See if your child can identify the word you left out. At the beginning use only simple sentences. Gradually, increase the length of the sentences. Make sure you don't rush things along too quickly, or your child may become discouraged and tired of the game.
Take your child shopping with you often. He's to remember a list of items you want to buy in the supermarket. At first, ask him to remember only a few things. Then, as he shows increased ability to remember, make the list longer and longer. Praise him often and warmly when he shows increased ability to remember things. He'll become proud of his "good" memory and will happily play the game.
Encourage your child to learn easy and short poems. As his ability to do this becomes stronger, encourage him to remember longer poems. Do the same with songs.
68．The suggestions will be successful if you____.
A．find simple and funny games for your child
B．can stimulate your child's interest in the games
C．force your child to get involved in more practice
D．improve your own hearing memory first
69．The purpose of asking your child to repeat what you read is ____.
A．to practice his pronunciation B．to develop his reading skills
C．to help him remember what he hears D．to play a simple game he may find fun 70．The third paragraph mainly talks about ____.
A．another way to improve you child's hearing memory
B．how you should do shopping along with your child
C．how to remember the items you want to buy
D．the way you help your child do shopping
71．The last sentence "Do the same with songs" means you should encourage your child to learn and remember ____.
A．songs in the same way as he does with poems
B．poems in the same way as he does with songs
C．the poems and songs which are similar in meaning
D．those songs that have the same meaning as poems
E
The main camera abroad NASA's(美国宇航局) Hubble Space Telescope(哈伯太空望远镜) had something go wrong suddenly, and this problem could delay or cancel much of the work. Hubble will continue to observe the heavens with its three other instruments, however.
On 27 January, Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) switched itself into a protective "safe mode" after a short in its electronics. NASA engineers believe the fault has killed the camera's ability to see far and wide. "It's really a blow to Hubble science; there's no way around that fact," says Holland Ford, an astronomer at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and main investigator for ACS. He adds that of the 800 current proposals(计划) for using Hubble, two thirds are linked to the ACS.
Engineers will try to determine if the camera can be repaired when the Space Shuttle(航天飞机) meets with Hubble in 2008. But that's a long shot, says David Leckrone, senior project scientist for Hubble. A fix would likely require opening up ACS and even breaking down other equipment, Leckrone says.
During that visit, astronauts will also set a new camera that can see in infrared(红外线的) and ultraviolet wavelengths and will be able to perform some of ACS's work. Until then, some projects will stop, says Adam Riess, an astronomer at Johns Hopkins and Space Telescope Science Institute who uses supemovae(超新星) to study the expansion（膨胀）of the universe. "I don't think we'll make a lot of progress until the serving(检修) works," Riess says. "It will be tiring to wait."
After the ACS's primary electronics failed last year, some officials issued a call for proposals for surveys that rely on Hubble's other instruments. In December, they picked 6 of 34 suggestions to form a schedule. The officials have also given researchers an extra two weeks to modify their latest proposals. So from now until its new camera arrives, Hubble will be switching to plan B.
72．From the passage, we know that Hubble ____．
A．is the space telescope which is used to study the expansion of the universe
B．is equipped with four instruments used to observe space
C．has stopped working because of an electrical short
D．often meets with the Space Shuttle and works together with it
73．The problem with the telescope's camera ____．
A．will destroy its ability to see far and wide
B．won't be a blow to NASA and ACS
C．doesn't affect scientists' plans at all
D．will make scientists once again use the Space Shuttle
74．What can we infer from the passage?
A．Repairing the equipment will take a great investment from society．
B．The camera and other equipment will take a great investment from society．
C．The repairs will destroy most of NASA’s research plans．
D．It is likely that the Space Shuttle won’t be launched until 2008．
75．The passage is mainly about .
A．when to get the Hubble telescope to work
B．why to repair the Hubble telescope
C．how to give the Hubble telescope a proper fix
D．why to launch the Space Shuttle again
参考答案
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