推荐学习K12高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练七十集之连载(6)

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精品K12学习高考学习复习资料英语二轮复习 阅读理解选训(6)

精品K12学习高考学习复习资料英语二轮复习 阅读理解选训(6)

阅读理解二轮选训(6)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

( A competitor sabotages)New and bizarre crimes have come into being with the advent of computer technology. Organized crime to has been directly involved; the new technology offers it unlimited opportunities, such as data crimes, theft of services, property-related crimes, industrial sabotage, politically related sabotage, vandalism, crimes against the individual and financially related crimes…Theft of data, or data crime, has attracted the interest of organized criminal syndicates. This is usually the theft or copying of valuable computer grogram. An international market already exists for computerized data, and specialized fences are said to be playing a key role in this rapidly expanding criminal market. Buyers for stolen programs may range from a firm’s competitors to foreign nations.A competitor sabotages a company’s computer system to destroy or cripple the firm’s operational ability, thus neutralizing its competitive capability either in the private or the government sector. This computer sabotage may also be tied to an attempt by affluent investors to acquire the victim firm. With the growing reliance by firms on computers for their recordkeeping and daily operations, sabotage of their computers can result in internal havoc, after which the group interested in acquiring the firm can easily buy it at a substantially lower price. Criminal groups could also resort to sabotage if the company is a competitor of a business owned or controlled by organized crime.Politically motivated sabotage is on the increase; political extremist groups have sprouted on every continent. Sophisticated computer technology arms these groups with awesome powers and opens technologically advanced nations to their attack. Several attempts have already been made to destroy computer facility at an air force base. A university computer facility involved in national defence work suffered more than $2 million in damages as a result of a bombing.Computer vulnerability has been amply documented. One congressional study concluded that neither government nor private computer systems are adequately protected against sabotage. Organized criminal syndicates have shown their willingness to work with politically motivated groups. Investigators have uncovered evidence of cooperation between criminal groups and foreign governments in narcotics. Criminal groups have taken attempts in assassinating political leaders…. Computers are used in hospital life-support system, in laboratories, and in major surgery. Criminals could easily turn these computers into tools of devastation. By sabotaging the computer of a life-support system, criminals could kill an individual as easily as they had used a gun. By manipulating a computer, they could guide awesome tools of terror against large urban centers. Cities and nations could become hostages. Homicide could take a now form. The computer may become the hit man of the twentieth century.The computer opens vast areas of crime to organized criminal groups, both national and international. It calls on them to pool their resources and increasetheir cooperative efforts, because many of these crimes are too complex for one group to handle, especially those requiting a vast network of fences. Although criminals have adapted to computer technology, law enforcement has not. Many still think in terms of traditional criminology.1. How many kinds of crimes are mentioned in the passage?[A]. 7. . 8. [C]. 9. [D]. 102. What is the purpose of a competitor to sabotage a company’s computer?[A]. His purpose is to destroy or weaken the firm’s operational ability.. His purpose is to weaken firm’s competitive capability and get it.[C]. His purpose is to buy the rival’s com pany at a relatively low price.[D]. His purpose is to steal important data.3. Which of the following can be labeled as a politically motivated sabotage of a computer system?[A]. Sabotage of a university computer.. Sabotage of a hospital computer.[C]. Sabotage of computer at a secret training base.[D]. Sabotage of a factory computer.4. What does the author mean by “Homicide could take a new form”?[A]. There is no need to use a gun in killing a person.. Criminals can kill whoever they want by a computer.[C]. The computer can replace any weapons.[D]. The function of a computer is just like a gun.Vocabulary1. bizarre 奇怪的2. vandalism 破坏,故意破坏文化,艺术的行为3. cripple 使瘫痪,削弱4. fence 贼市,脏品买卖处5. neutralize 使成为无效6. affluent 富裕的7. recordkeeping 记录存贮8. havoc 浩劫,大破坏9. resort to 求助于,借助于10. motivate 作为……的动机,激发11. extremist 过激分子,极端主义分子12. sprout 萌发迅速发展13. awesome 令人惊惧的,引起敬畏的14. vulnerability 易受攻击,脆弱15. devastation 劫持,破坏16. hospital life-support system 医院的生命维持系统17. hit man 职业凶手(杀手)18. pool 集中(资金)合办,入股19. criminology 犯罪学,刑事学难句译注1. Organized crime to has been directly involved; the new technology offers it unlimited opportunities, such as data crimes, theft of services, property-related crimes, industrial sabotage, politically related sabotage, vandalism, crimes against the individual and financially related crimes…[结构简析] 句子很长,都是简单句,中间有分号隔开,后面是举例。

精品K12学习高考学习复习资料英语二轮复习 阅读理解选编(7)

精品K12学习高考学习复习资料英语二轮复习 阅读理解选编(7)

广东韶关市2016高考英语阅读理解选编(7)阅读理解Pacing and PausingSara tried to befriend her old friend Steve's new wife, but Betty never seemed to have anything to say. While Sara felt Betty didn't hold up her end of the conversation, Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk. The problem had to do with expectations about pacing and pausing. /gaokao/beijing Conversation is a turn-taking game. When our habits are similar, there's no problem. But if our habits are different, you may start to talk before I'm finished or fail to take your turn when I'm finished. That's what was happening with Betty and Sara.It may not be coincidental that Betty, who expected relatively longer pauses between turns, is British, and Sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is American. Betty often felt interrupted by Sara. But Betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from Finland. And Sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers from Latin America or Israel. /gaokao/beijingThe general phenomenon, then, is that the small conversation techniques, like pacing and pausing, lead people to draw conclusions not about conversational style but about personality and abilities. These habitual differences are often the basis for dangerous stereotyping (思维定式). And these social phenomena can have very personal consequences. For example, a woman from the southwestern part of the US went to live in an eastern city to take up a job in personnel. When the Personnel Department got together for meetings, she kept searching for the right time to break in--and never found it. Although back home she was considered outgoing and confident, in Washington she was viewed as shy and retiring. When she was evaluated at the end of the year, she was told to take a training course because of her inability to speak up.That's why slight differences in conversational style--tiny little thingslike microseconds of pause-can have a great effect on one's life. The result in this case was a judgment of psychological problems---even in the mind of the woman herself, who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness training. ( ) 1. What did Sara think of Betty when talking with her?A. Betty was talkative.B. Betty was an interrupter.C. Betty did not take her turn. /gaokao/beijingD. Betty paid no attention to Sara.( ) 2. According to the passage, who are likely to expect the shortest pauses between turns?A. Americans.B. Israelis.C. The British.D. The Finns.( ) 3. We can learn from the passage that __A. communication breakdown results from short pauses and fast pacingB. women are unfavorably stereotyped in eastern cities of the USC. one's inability to speak up is culturally determined sometimesD. one should receive training to build up one's confidence( ) 4. The underlined word "assertiveness" in the last paragraph probably means __A. being willing to speak one's mindB. being able to increase one's powerC. being ready to make one's own judgment /gaokao/beijingD. being quick to express one's ideas confidently64.C细节题,难题。

推荐学习K12高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练(1)

推荐学习K12高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练(1)

江苏常州市2016高考英语阅读理解二轮训练(1)阅读理解历来都是高考英语试卷中难度最大、区分度最高的题型,它要求考生理解文章的主旨和要义;理解文中的具体信息;根据上下文推断生词的词义;理解文章的基本结构;理解作者的意图、观点和态度等。

下面我们来探讨一下高考阅读理解的解题思路。

一、主旨大意题此类题型主要考查考生的归纳、概括等能力。

一种命题方式是对整篇文章或者某一段落大意的概括,提问方式一般是:What is the text mainly about?/What is the main idea of the text/ the second paragraph?;另一种命题方式是提炼文章的标题,其提问方式一般是:What can be the best title for the text?阅读时,文章的开头、结尾及段落的段首句和段尾句特别重要,因为它们往往包含文章的中心议题。

有时候,文章或段落中没有明确的主题句,需要我们根据所提供的信息归纳出文章或段落的主旨大意。

同时要注意提炼文章的关键词。

此外,标题类题目还要追求语言的生动和趣味性。

如:(2013安徽卷B篇)Using too much water or throwing rubbish into our rivers are clear ways that humans can put our water supply in danger, but we also affect our water supply in less obvious ways. You may wonder how paving (铺砌) a road can lead to less useable fresh water.A major part of the water we use every day is groundwater. Groundwater does not come from lakes or rivers. It comes from underground. The more roads and parking lots we pave, the less water can flow into the ground to become groundwater.63. The text is mainly about ______.A. why paving roads reduces our waterB. how much we depend on water to liveC. why droughts occur more in dry climatesD. how human activity affects our water supply解析:文章主要介绍了由于一些不合理的人类活动,导致了水资源的短缺,呼吁大家从我做起,从小事做起来保护水资源。

【K12教育学习资料】高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练七十集之连载(2)

【K12教育学习资料】高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练七十集之连载(2)

2016高考英语二轮阅读理解训练七十集之连载(2)2016高考训练题。

阅读理解。

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

Jacksonville is the largest city in Florida and has a large number of shopping malls to suit different tastes for tourists and guests to shop. Here are some great places where you can shop in Jacksonville.Gateway Town CenterThe venerable Gateway Town Center is one of Jacksonville’s oldest shopping malls, providing an electric mix of exciting stores and fun amusements! Gateway Town Center is located at 5184 Norwood Avenue and owns a mixture of retail boutiques(时装店), like Footlocker and Ashley Stewart. You can visit Gateway Town Center Mondays through Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 6:00.St. Johns Town CenterThe newest and trendiest shopping destination in the city is St. Johns Town Center. This center has all your national favorites like Dillard’s, Barnes & Noble and Target as well as a great restaurant selection. St. Johns Town Center is open from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 on Sundays.Regency Square Shopping CenterOn 9501 Arlington Expressway stands the Regency Square Mall. Children like riding on the mall’s mini train while adults like to shop and socialize. Movie fans will like knowing that the Regency Square Mall has a 24 screen AMC theatre. You can visit this mall from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, and Sundays from noon to 6:00 p.m..River City MarketplaceRiver City Marketplace located in Jacksonville is the largest shopping mall in the city with 70 shops including such stores as Lowes, Wal-Mart Super Center, Pet Smart and Old Navy. All these shops can be found at the open-air plaza. The mall’s 14 screen Hollywood theaters are a great attraction for movie buffs. River City Marketplace’s hours of operation are 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Mondays through Saturdaysand 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Sundays.1.If you want to enjoy a good dining during shopping you can go to __________.A. St. Johns Town CenterB. River City MarketplaceC. Gateway Town CenterD. Regency Square Shopping Center2.Children would like to visit Regency Square Shopping Center probably because__________.A. they can buy a lot of wonderful toysB. they can take the mini train thereC. they can play their favorite computer gamesD. they can make many friends3.On Sundays you should visit River City Marketplace at __________.A. 10:00 a.m.B. 8:30 a.m.C. 9:00 a.m.D. 6:30 p.m.4.This passage is probably taken from __________.A. a textbookB. a science magazineC. an advertisementD. an announcement参考答案1—4、ABDC阅读理解。

高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练七十集之连载高三全册英语试题__2

高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练七十集之连载高三全册英语试题__2

语鹅市安置阳光实验学校2016高考英语二轮阅读理解训练七十集之连载(21)阅读理解。

A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin (顽童)was walking around the shining car. "Is this your car, Paul?" he asked.Paul answered, "Yes, my brother gave it to me for Christmas." The boy was surprised. "You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you anything. Boy, I wish..."He hesitated (犹豫).Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly. "I wish," the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that." Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he said again; "Would you like to take a ride in my car?" "Oh, yes, I'd love that." After a short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, "Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?"Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked. He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled ( 残疾 ) brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car. "There he is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost him a cent. And some day I'm going to give you one just like it. Then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas window that I've been trying to tell you about." Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.1. The street urchin was very surprised when______________ .A. Paul received an expensive carB. Paul told him about the carC. he saw the shining carD. he was walking around the car2. From the story we can see the urchin_____________ .A. wished to give his brother a carB. wanted Paul's brother to give him a carC. wished he could have a brother like Paul'sD. wished Paul could be a brother like that3. The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of hishouse______________ .A. to show his neighbours the big carB. to show he had a rich friendC. to let his brother ride in the carD. to tell his brother about his wish4. We can infer from the story that______________.A. Paul couldn't understand the urchinB. the urchin had a deep love for his brotherC. the urchin wished to have a rich brotherD. the urchin's wish came true in the end71. The best title of the story is__________ .A. A Christmas PresentB. A Street UrchinC. A Brother Like ThatD. An Unforgettable Holiday Ride 【参考答案】1—4、B A D B C2016高考训练题。

【K12教育学习资料】高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解精编(6)

【K12教育学习资料】高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解精编(6)

湖北丹江口市2016高考英语阅读理解二轮精编(6)2016高考训练题。

阅读理解。

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

When I was 11, I threw a glance into Dad’s lunch box and made the unexpected discovery that my mother still showed her love towards my father. The evidence, a napkin resting on top of the sandwiches packed in wax paper, was certain “Love you!” she had written on the napkin. “ Meat loaf for supper!”Mom penned all kinds of messages to Dad on those paper napkins, and he saved a whole pile of them. What embarrassed me as a kid has become a precious memory of my parents.It also started my own brand of lunch box notes. When my kids were young, I’d glue little drawings on their lunches. Lots of sketches(素描) of our dog, Max, along with smiling flowers. When they were teenagers, I’d c opy words of wisdom from great people, Einstein, for example, or Bruce Springsteen. Then, my kids grew up making their own handwritten notes. And my husband writes me love notes on recycled paper, because he’s all about being green.Friends who know about my lunch box notes eagerly share stories of their own family traditions. So many focus on food. Maura’s mom always drew hearts on the shells of hard-boiled eggs. Melinda wrote messages on her kids’ bananas.We’re into the third generation of lunch box note s in our home. Whenever my 3-year-old grandson, Clayton, spends the night, he knows his lunch is going to have a napkin note from Grandma in the morning. Last week, I drew a picture of me, waving widely and shouting his name. He took one look at it and scr eamed, “ Where’s Grandpa?”I added a man in a clean shirt. “ You forgot his tie,” he said. I quickly drew a line of stripes(条纹) down the front of the shirt. Clayton smiled. “Grandpa,” he whispered, running his fingers across the napkin. “It’s you!”1. When the author first saw Dad’s lunch box notes, she felt ______.A. movedB. surprisedC. proudD. nervous2. What did the author put in the lunch boxes when her kids were in their teens?A. Words of love.B. Famous words of wisdom.C. Drawings of their favorite animals.D. Pictures of flowers.3. It can be inferred that ________.A. the author’s grandson likes drawing pictures on napkins.B. the author’s children dislike making lunch box notes.C. the a uthor’s husband is an environmentalist.D. the author’s friends all had their brand of lunch box notes.4. What’s the best title for the text?A. Lunches packed with love.B. Different brands of lunch box notes.C. Old generation’s way of expressing love.D. Some interesting family traditions.参考答案1—4、BBCA2016高考训练题。

推荐学习K122016高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解寒假训练(6)

推荐学习K122016高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解寒假训练(6)

阅读理解训练(6)ASince I started working part-time at a grocery store, I have learned that a customer is more than someone who buys things. To me, a customer is a person whose memory fails entirely once he or she starts to push a shopping cart(车). One of the first things customers forget is how to count. There is no other way to explain how so many people get in their express line, which is clearly marked 15 items(件) or less, with 20, 25 or even a cart load of items.Customers also forget why they came to the store in the first place. Just as I finish ringing up an order, a customer will say, “ Oops, I forgot to pick up a fresh loaf of bread. I hope you don’t mind waiting, while I go to get it.”Five minutes later, he’s back with the bread, a bottle of milk, and t hree rolls of paper towels. What is stranger is that customers also seem to forget that they have to pay for their groceries. Instead of writing a check or looking for a credit card while I am ringing up the groceries, a customer will wait until I announce the total. Then, in surprise, she says , “ Oh no, what did I do with my check book?” After 5 minutes of digging through her purse, she borrows my pen because she has forgotten hers. But I have to tolerate customers because they pay my salary, and that’s something I can’t afford to forget.21. What does the author say about his customers?A .They can not count numbers.B. They sometimes jump the queue.C. They don’t know how to express themselves.D. They behave as if their memories had totally failed.22. According to the text, who are supposed to be in the express line?A Customers with nothing purchased.B. Customers with not more than 15 items.C. Customers with items between 15 and 2523. When customers arrive at the check-out counter,they_______A. find their pens lostB. go back and get more itemsC. can not wait to pay for their groceries.D. prefer paying by check to paying with a credit card.24. We can infer from the text that ________A. business in the grocery store runs wellB. the author finds his present job full of funC. the author’s part-time job calls for patienceD. customers go to grocery stores without planning.21~24 DBBCBFlappy Bird is flapping(拍打) its wings no more. The popular game for mobile equipment was removed from online stores on Sunday by its Vietnamese creator. Who said its fame “destroys my simple life”Dong Nguyen, who created the game in just two to three days, was making as much as $50,000 a day from the game’s advertising income. In several Twitter posters, he said the game’s removal was not due to legal issues(问题) and that he may make a follow-up.Mr. Nguyen, who describes himself as an “ enthusiastic independent game maker”, also said on the micro-blogging mobile game so far. Coming out in May 2013, the game was free to download and required players to tap the screen to keep the bird in flight. In spite of its simple graphs, Flappy Bird was an extremely difficult game since many users could only keep the bird in the air for a new seconds before it hits an obstacle (障碍物) and falls.After Mr. Nguyen took the game down, many fans turned to social media to ask for its return. The game is no longer a available through online stores, but it still works on phones that had previously downloads it. However, some fans expressed their reliefthat the game was gone. One user described Flappy Bird as “ an addictive game that everyone hates to love” while another said, “I think it’s for the best, and for the best of all the broken –down phones out there.25. Dong Nguyen took Flappy Bird down because________A. it was against the lawB. it was easily destroyedC. it disturbed his normal life.D it could break down phones.26.What can we learn about Dong Nguyen from the text?A. He is addicted to playing games.B. He likes to make games by himself.C. He earned a lot by selling Flappy Bird.D. He rose to fame after removing his game.27. What were the users' reactions to Dong Nguyen's removing the game?A. Some felt happy and relaxed.B. Some got so angry that they accused him.C. Some regretted they couldn't keep the bird in flight.D. Some asked social media to help develop another game.28. What would be the title for this text?A. Flappy Bird-A Mobile GameB. Flappy Bird-A Computer GameC. Dong Nguyen - A Game CreatorD. Dong Nguyen - A Talented Person25~28 CBAACThis beautiful beach house was built in a natural environment insidea private gated community named Laguna Vista. It is overlooking the s hining waters of the Pacific Ocean. Here , Costa Africa's rich natural beauty is always at your doorstep. Only 25 minutes' drive from the airport . It offers 3 different levels which can be rented separate lyor in its totality. Each level is designed to offer you comfort, p rivacy and security.•Pool•Air conditioning•Hot water•Private balconies•All furnishedPlease visit our website and feel free to contact us for more inform ation.Welcome to Our Small Cottage Studio ComplexWe are a small cottage studio complex, which is very popular due to our location- four blocks to the beach,three blocks to State Street and two blocks to the farmer's market. And it is furnished with th e basis and is equipped with a full kitchen. Many of the studios ge t wireless Internet as a reward. In the summer, you can visit our c ottage studios as an affordable alternative to a hotel. If you are i nterested,call us at 547-193-1534.Feel Comfortable in Our Apartment HomesMoon Island is a brand new furnished apartment building, close to the Sue River and Pear Park. 2 minutes' walk to the city centre. House for rent here provides perfect facilities like outdoor swimming pool, gymnasium, children playground , etc. It has a 42' Flat LCD TV, air-conditioner, refrigerator, kitchen fittings, 24-hour hot water supply,24-hour security guard, etc. The transportation is very convenient .2br: 6500RMB3br: 7800RMB29. According to the text, what is common to the three place is tha t _____.A. the city center is within walking distanceB. the price is both reasonable and affordableC. the gymnasium is available for all the guestsD. the basic facilities in them are well provided30. What does the underlined sentence probably mean?A. You shall get money if you surf the internetB. You have to go on the internet in the workshopsC. You can use the internet free in many of the roomsD. You have to pay some money to go on the internet31. According to the text ,if you're tired of hotels in the summer,you can ______.A choose a cottage room for a changeB build an apartment in Moon IslandC buy a furnished house in Costa RicaD share a studio close to the city center29~31 DCADMusic lessons in early childhood bring about changes in the br ain that could improve its performance far into adulthood, researcher s say.Brain scans of young adults showed those who had formal musical training before seven had thicker brain areas dealing with hearing a nd self-awareness The findings note how brain development can be infl uenced by the age when children start to learn a musical instrument , and how those changes can continue into later life."Early musical training benefits kids more than just making them enjoy music. It changes the brain, which could bring about cognitiveadvances as well," said Yunxin Wang of Beijing Normal University. “Our results suggest it’s better to start musical training before seven, which agrees with what most piano teachers re commend,” she added. She hoped the results might help parents decide when was the best for their children to learn an instrument.The brain’s cortex(皮层) plays a leading role in one’s abilities, from thought and language to memory and attention. The area matures rapidly in the early years of life, and its development could be affected more if a person starts musical training before it fully matures.Wang studied 48 Chinese students aged between 19 and 21 who had received formal music training for at least a year sometime between the ages of 3 and 15. Each had a scan to measure the thickness of the brain’s cortex.After considering sex and the number of years spent having music lessons, Wang found that musical training that started before seven appeared to thicken areas of the brain involved in language skills and executive function, which is a person’s ability to plan and accomplish tasks.“We’re not sure why these changes occur, but a reasonable explanation is that early starters might depend more on hearing clues(线索) when learning music, since it might be more difficult for younger children to read music,” Wang said.32. According to the researchers, musical training before the age of seven can _______________.A. contribute to future work.B. create a successful lifeC. develop all-round abilitiesD. deal with puzzling problem33. When conducting the research with the students, Wang __________.A. tested their language abilitiesB. watched their musical performancesC. focused on school behavior and achievementsD. measured the thickness of the brain’s cortex34. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _____________.A. it must be hard for kids to read musicB. kids are more likely to learn music by hearingC. Wang’s explanation has been the most reasonableD. Wang will research into the reasons for the brain change35. For what purpose does the author write the text?A. To describe the development of brain.B. To challenge the previous discoveries.C. To present the findings of the research.D. To give advice on how to learn music.32~35 ADBC。

推荐学习K12高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练7

推荐学习K12高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练7

阅读理解训练(7)阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

According to the US government, wind farms off the Pacific coast could produce 900 gigawatts of electricity every year. Unfortunately, the water there is far too deep for even the tallest windmills (see picture) to touch bottom. An experiment under way off the coast of Norway, however, could help put them anywhere.The project, called Hywind, is the world’s first large-scale deepwater wind turbine (涡轮发电机). Although it uses a fairly standard 152-ton, 2. 3-megawatt turbine, Hywind represents totally new technology. The turbine will be fixed 213 feet above the water on a floating spar(see picture), a technology Hywind’s creator, the Norwegian company StatoilHydro, has developed recently. The steel spar, which is filled with stones and goes 328 feet below the sea surface, will be tied to the ocean floor by three cables (缆索); these will keep the spar stable and prevent the turbine from moving up and down in the waves. Hywind’s stability (稳定性) in the cold and rough sea would prove that even the deepest corners of the ocean are suitable for wind power. If all goes according to plan, the turbine will start producing electricity six miles off the coast of southwestern Norway as early as September.To produce electricity on a large scale, a commercial wind farm will have to use bigger turbines than Hywind does, but it’s difficult enough to balance such a large turbine so high on a floating spar in the middle of the ocean. To make that turbine heavier, the whole spar’s centre of gravity must be moved much closer to the ocean’s surface. To do that, the company plans to design a new kind of wind turbine, one whose gearbox (变速箱) sits at sea level rather than behind the blades (see picture).Hywind is a test run, but the benefits for perfecting floating wind-farm technology could be extremely large. Out at sea, the wind is often stronger and steadier than close to shore, where all existing offshore windmills are planted. Deep-sea farms are invisible from land, which helps overcome the windmill-as-eyesore objection. If the technology catches on, it will open up vast areas of the planet’s surface to one of the best low-carbon power sources available.1. The Hywind project uses totally new technology to ensure the stability of .A. the cables which tie the spar to the ocean floorB. the spar which is floating in deep-sea waterC. the blades driven by strong and steady sea windD. the stones filled in the spar below the sea surface2. To balance a bigger turbine high on a floating spar, a new type of turbine is to be designed with its gearbox sitting .A. on the sea floorB. on the spar topC. at sea levelD. behind the blades3. Wide applications of deepwater wind power technology can .A. solve the technical problems of deepwater windmillsB. make financial profits by producing more turbinesC. settle the arguments about environmental problemsD. explore low-carbon power resources available at sea【参考答案】1-3 BCDA“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy –they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.” –– Jeff BezosI got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy t hing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but ultimately (最后), I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices.1. What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?A. His dream of being an inventor.B. The support of his wife.C. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet.D. Millions of exciting titles.2. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?.A. The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him.B. He would be very excited if he tried it out.C. He would be always having a doubt if he didn’t try.D. The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him.3. We can know from the passage that _______.A. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the authorB. the author wanted someone else to try the ideaC. the author might not regret if he failed the ideaD. the author might go back to his boss if he failed4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. Cleverness and KindnessB. The Starting of AmazonC. Following My PassionD. We Are What We Choose参考答案1—4 CACDBTwo new studies suggest that modern running shoes could increase the risk of injuries to runners.One study involved sixty-eight healthy young women and men who ran at least twenty-four kilometers a week. The runners were observed on a treadmill machine (跑步机). Sometimes they wore running shoes. Other times they ran barefoot (赤脚). Researchers from the JKM Technologies company in Virginia, the University of Virginia and the University of Colorado did the study.They found that running shoes create more stress that could damage knees, hips and ankle joints than running barefoot. They observed that the effect was even greater than the effect reported earlier for walking in high heels.The study appeared in the official scientific journal of The American Academy of Physical Medicine.The other study appeared in the journal Nature. It compared runners in the United States and Kenya. The researchers were from Harvard University in Massachusetts, Moi University in Kenya and the University of Glasgow in Scotland.They divided the runners into three groups. One group had always run shoeless. Another group had always run with shoes. And the third group had changed to shoeless running. Runners who wear shoes usually come down heel first. That puts great force on the back of the foot. But the study found that barefoot runners generally land on the front or middle of their foot. That way they ease into their landing and avoid striking their heel.Harvard’s Daniel Lieberman led the study. He says the way most running shoes are designed may explain why those who wear them land on their heels. The heel of the shoe is bigger and heavier than other parts of the shoe, so it would seem more likely to come down first. Also, the heel generally has thick material under it to soften landings.But the researchers do not suggest that runners immediately start running barefoot. They say it takes some training. And there can be risks, like running when your feet are too cold to feel if you get injured.The study was partly supported by Vibram, which makes a kind of footwear that it says is like running barefoot. The findings have gotten a lot of attention. But the researchers say there are many problems in the way the press has reported in their paper. So they have tried to explain their findings on a Harvard Website.5. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. Walking in high heels could cause less serious effects than running barefoot.B. Two new discoveries encourage people to run in high heels.C. Running in shoes is partly good to runners.D. Two new studies prove running without shoes is beneficial to runners in most cases.6. Which part of our body could be injured if we run in running shoes?A. Toes.B. Hips.C. Feet.D. Legs.7. What can we learn from the passage?A. The way that we run by landing on the front or middle of our foot could avoid damaging our heel.B. We should start running barefoot in no time.C. Running in modern running shoes could cause more serious effects than running in high heels.D. We won’t be injured if we run barefoot.8. What is the writer’s attitude towards the u se of the modern running shoes?A. Persuasive.B. Negative.C. Objective.D. Supportive.参考答案5—8 DBACCChristmas, Easter and birthday parties can be difficult times for grandmothers and parents as they rush around trying to arrange the perfect celebration or making everyone as happy as possible! What’s better than a birthday party that makes your grandchild smile throughout or a celebration that impresses relatives and close friends?That is why Granny Look has supplied in this section, one of the most comprehensive guides to making these special occasions that happen perhaps once a year a real success.From a selection of Advent calendars to party planning or Christmas-stocking fillers we have all the possibilities covered so that your children and grandchildren will really have a memorable time with attractive gifts and original ideas.Bring that festive spirit to all those traditional days, and ensure you are always ready for any possibility. Granny Look’s extensive links are bound to mak e every special occasion an entirely different experience from the year before and allow everyone to feel entertained and content.CHRISTMAS-STOCKING FILLERSLook no further! Granny Look helps the family to prepare in time for FATHER CHRISTMAS. Give SANTAC LAUS some ideas. He can fill all the children’s Christmas-stockings with goodies! Unique Christmas gifts for children –– stocking fillers.A Granny Look favorite!ADVENT CALENDARSAll children love the build-up to CHRISTMAS! What is better than choosing one of Granny Look’s selection of Advent Calendars! Here you will find a list of websites to buy traditional or fun Advent calendars for children at Christmas time.A Granny Look favorite!BIRTHDAYSLOOKING for a SPECIAL BIRTHDAY GIFT? Explore Granny Look’s selection of PRESENTS, PARTYPLANNING, PARTY TOYS and PARTY GAMES for your Children and Grandchildren’s BIRTHDAYS.Plan and organize the KIDDIE’S PARTIES ahead of time!!Don’t forget the PERSONALISED INVITATIONS!CHRISTMASLOOK and BOOK now!! Granny Look’s selection of CHRISTMAS GIFTS for children. Some guides to “What’s on in your area”… for the kids, PANTOS, SHOWS, THEATRES… at Christmas time!UNIQUE Christmas gifts for Children. Spend QUALITY TIME with your Children’s Children this FESTIVE SEASON (圣诞节期间)!9. If you want to send some invitations to your daughter’s classmates, where will you search for the information?A. At Christmas.B. At Birthdays.C. At Advent Calendars.D. At Christmas–stocking fillers.10. According to the passage, we can infer _______.A. you can only get special ideas for Christmas, Easter and birthday partiesB. in Granny Look you can buy many traditional or fun Advent calendars for children at Christmas timeC. there is no personalized invitation in Granny Look for you to selectD. Granny Look provides a wide range of links for people to prepare for special occasions11. From the text, we know that “Granny Look” is ______.A. a website that helps you to prepare for special occasionsB. a company that sells all sorts of products on the InternetC. a person who guides you to make your yearly celebration a real successD. a magazine that helps the family to prepare for special occasions参考答案9—11 BDADI prefer Lynne Truss’s phraseology: I am a grammar“sticker”. And, like Truss –author of Eats, shoots & Leaves –I have a “zero tolerance” approach to grammar mistakes that make people look stupid.Now, Truss and I disagree on what it means to have “zero tolerance”. She thinks that people who mix up basic grammar “deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked (砍) up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave”, while I just think they deserve to be passed over for a job –even if they are otherwise qualified for the position. Everyone who applies for a position at either of my companies, iFixit or Dozuki, takes a compulsory grammar test. If job hopefuls can’t distinguish between “to” and “too”, their applications go into the bin.Of course, we write for a living. is the world’s largest online repair manual (指南), and Dozuki helps companies write their own technical documentation, like paperless work instructions and step-by-step user manuals. So, it makes sense that we’ve made a strong strike against grammar errors.But grammar is relevant for all companies. Yes, language is constantly changing, but that doesn’t make grammar unimportant. Good grammar is credibility, especially on the Internet. And, for better or worse, people judge you if you can’t tell the difference between “their” “there” and “they’re”.Good grammar makes good business sense – and not just when it comes to hiring writers. Writing isn’t in the official job description of most people in our office. Still, we give our grammar test to everybody, including our salespeople, our operations staff, and our programmers.Grammar signifies more than just a person’s ability to remember high school English. I’ve found that people who make fewer mistakes on a grammar test also make fewer mistakes when they are doing something completely unrelated to writing –like stocking shelves or labeling parts. It is the same with programmers. Applicants who don’t think writing is important are likely to think lots of other things also aren’t important.12. The author agrees with Lynne Truss in that ________.A. grammar mistakes can’t be toleratedB. books on grammar make people stupidC. people need to learn basic grammarD. grammar mistakes are absolutely unavoidable13. What’s the author’s “zero tolerance” approach to these job seeke rs who mix up basic grammar?A. They should be left out for a job.B. They have to correct their mistakes.C. They aren’t qualified for their jobs.D. They must be severely punished.14. Which of the following is TRUE of iFixit and Dozuki?A. Only one of them has a compulsory grammar test.B. They are companies where one learns grammar.C. Grammar is quite important for their existence.D. They depend on grammar correction for a living.15. What can we learn from the text?A. Companies giving grammar tests may have no good business sense.B. Grammar becomes unimportant as language is constantly changing.C. A “zero tolerance” approach to grammar errors might seem a little unfair.D. People who pay attention to writing may pay attention to other things. 参考答案12—15 AACD。

推荐学习K12高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练6

推荐学习K12高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练6

阅读理解训练(6)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。

Having a great teacher can be life-changing. Mr. Goodney, my 9th grade Advanced English teacher, pushed me in ways I hadn’t been pushed in the classroom previously. He didn’t grade me compared to my class mates;he graded us on a personal grading scale.Mr. Goodney encouraged me but I just couldn’t seem to please Mr. Goodney, no matter how hard I worked.I continued to see the dreaded Bs, sometimes even a C, so frequently that I said goodbye to my hopes of being a middle student. I was a really diligent nerd(令人厌烦的人).Yet at the end of the semester when report cards came out, I had an “A” next to my English class, and I realized that the letter he had written on my report card was just a way to make me work harder than I ever had.He made me push myself to think deeper, write better, and analyze more thoroughly. He didn’t hate me as I initially thought, and I looked back embarrassed about all those times when I showed frustration and dissatisfaction with a returned grade.He would write a positive comment on one of my papers that would invigorate_me to work even harder even if I made a little bit progress. These sporadic (零星的) good words would motivate me to do whatever it took to earn those praising comments on my next paper and push me to try and top my last assignment. After we all improved he expected perfection and those high standards made all of us better writers, creators, good students, and useful people.Mr. Goodney inspired me to become an English teacher although I felt like I fell below his standards in a classroom. Now I have become a high school teacher. Thinking of him from time to time makes me try to come up with fresh and creative teaching ways just as he did.From my experience I believe a good teacher is very important. Mr. Goodney inspires me to this day, and I wish I could travel back to the 9th grade for just one day in the old classroom, so I can fully thank him, which I didn’t do at that time.1. According to the passage, Mr. Goodney graded the author________.A.in order to encourage himB.according to his real marksC.compared to his classmatesD.as most teachers usually do2. What do we know about the author from the passage?A. He only did well in English and often got praises.B.He didn’t study his lessons hard enough.C.He got good marks on one of his report cards.D.He had confidence in becoming a top student.3. The underlined words “invigorate me” in Paragraph 4 can be replacedby________.A.take pity on meB.encourage meC.play tricks on meD.offer me help4.After getting a positive comment, the author________.A.tried to do better next timeB.thought his teacher liked him bestC.thanked his teacher immediatelyD.felt proud of him too much[解题导语] 一个好的老师可以改变一个人的命运。

配套K12高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解选编练习(6)

配套K12高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解选编练习(6)

2016山东临清市高考英语二轮阅读理解选编练习(6)阅读理解训练In ancient Egypt,a shopkeeper discovered that he could attract customers to his shop simply by making changes to its environment.Modern businesses have been following his lead,with more tactics (策略).One tactic involves where to display the goods.For example,stores place fruits and vegetables in the first section.They know that customers who buy the healthy food first will feel happy so that they will buy more junk food (垃圾食品) later in their trip.In department stores,the women's shoe section is generally next to the women's cosmetics (化妆品) section:while the shop assistant is going back to find the right size shoe,bored customers are likely to wander over and find some cosmetics they might want to try later.Besides,businesses seek to appeal to customers' senses.Stores notice that the smell of baked goods encourages shopping,so they make their own bread each morning and then fan the bread smell into the store throughout the day.Music sells goods,too.Researchers in Britain found that when French music was played,sales of French wines went up.When it comes to the selling of houses,businesses also use highly rewarding tactics.They find that customers make decisions in the first few seconds upon walking in the door,and turn it into a business opportunity.A California builder designed the structure of its houses smartly.When entering the house,the customer would see the Pacific Ocean through the windows,and then the pool through an open stairway leading to the lower level.The instant view of water on both levels helped sell these $10 million houses.文章大意:本文在解释为什么要把水果放在商店里的最显眼的位置,目的是促进后面的商业交易。

推荐学习K12高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练七十集之连载(69)

推荐学习K12高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练七十集之连载(69)

2016高考英语二轮阅读理解训练七十集之连载(69)【阅读理解】科普知识类阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

There are plenty of good reasons to buy organic products, but nutrition may not be one of them, suggests a new study, which found no difference in antioxidant (抗氧化剂) levels between organically and conventionally (常规地) grown onions, carrots, and potatoes.The study only looked at three types of vegetables and just a few select nutrients. But the experiment was part of a bigger project that was so systematic and strictly controlled that the findings likely apply to other crops, too.“Giving preference to organic products because they contain more bioactive components is doubtful and not supported by scientific evidence,” Knuthsen said. “Still, there are many good reasons for the co nsumer to select organic food products, including absence of pesticide residues (农药残留) in foods, animal welfare, and environmental protections.”Argument over whether organic produce is more nutritious than conventional varieties has been around for at least a decade, said Jeffrey Blumberg, director of the Antioxidants Research Laboratory at Tufts University in Boston. “Some studies have suggested that organically grown plants contain higher levels of healthful antioxidants, possibly because some antioxidants act as natural fungicides (杀真菌剂), pesticides and insecticides,” he said. “The idea is that, without help from industrial chemicals, plants on organic farms need to work harder to protect themselves. They end up becoming more nutritious as a result.” But plenty of other studies have shown no such relationship.“I understand that organic farmers would love to be able to say that theirs aresuper-fruits and super-vegetables because there are higher amounts of these compounds in them,” Blumberg said. “If you want to buy them because you think they’re safer for the planet to grow things that way, or because you think pesticides are bad for you or your family, or you like that they come from a shorter distance away, that’s great.”“But if you want to buy them because they’re more nutritious, you’re confused, and we don’t know if that’s true or not.”1. The new study proves that .A. there are plenty of good reasons to buy organic produceB. nutrition is one of the good reasons to buy organic produceC. some organically and conventionally grown foods have the same antioxidant levelsD. organic produce is harmful to our health2. Why do people prefer organic products?A. Because they think organic products have no bioactive components.B. Because scientific evidence supports organic products can make them stronger.C. Because it’s proved that organic produce is more nutritious than conventional varieties.D. Because they think organic food products have no harmful things.3. The fourth paragraph mainly tells us .A. it’s unclear whether organic produce is more nutritious than conventional varietiesB. organically grown plants contain higher levels of healthful antioxidantsC. plants on organic farms need to work harder to protect themselvesD. plenty of other studies have shown no such relationship4. Which is NOT the reason for you to buy organic products according to Blumberg?A. There are higher amounts of these compounds in them.B. They’re safer for the planet to grow things that way.C. Pesticides are bad for you or your family.D. They are more nutritious.【参考答案】1—4、CDAD2016高考训练题。

精品K12学习高考学习复习资料英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练(6)

精品K12学习高考学习复习资料英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练(6)

黑龙江哈尔滨市2016高考英语阅读理解二轮训练(6)【2015高考复习】阅读理解Sons who have fond childhood memories of their fathers are more likelyto be emotionally stable in the face of day­to­day stresses,according to psychologists who studied hundreds of adults of allages.“As our s tudy shows,fathers do play a unique and important role inthe mental health of their children much later in life,”Psychologyprofessor Melanie Mallers of California State University said.For this study,912 adult men and women between the ages of 25 and 74 completed short daily telephone interviews about that day's experiences over an eight­day period.The interviews focused on the participants' psychological and emotional distress (i.e.,whether they were nervous,sad,etc.) and if they had experienced any stressful events that day.The participants were also required to answer questions such as,“How would you rate your relationship with your mother during the years when you were growing up?”and “How much time and attention did your mother give you when you needed it?”The same questions were asked about fathers.People who reported they had a good mother­child relationship reported three percent less psychological distress compared to those who reported a poor relationship,according to Mallers.Men who reported having a good relationship with their father during childhood were more likely to be less emotional when reacting to stressful events in their current daily lives than those who had a poor relationship,according to her findings. Also,the quality of mother and father relationships was significantly associated with how many stressful events the participants faced on a daily basis.In other words,if they had a poor childhood relationship with both parents,they reported more stressful incidents over the ei ght­day study when compared to those who had a good relationship with their parents.Mallers theorized why healthy or unhealthy relationships may have an effect on how people handle stress as adults,“Perhaps having caring parents equips children with the experiences and skills necessary to more successfully navigate their relationships with other people throughout childhood and into adulthood.”shesaid.【语篇导读】最新研究发现,孩提时的父母与子女的关系会影响孩子成人以后的处理压力的能力。

精品K12学习高考学习复习资料英语二轮复习 阅读理解基础练习(7)

精品K12学习高考学习复习资料英语二轮复习 阅读理解基础练习(7)

湖南邵阳市2016高考英语(二轮)阅读理解基础练习(7)高考英语冲刺阅读理解。

Teenagers at one German school are learning how to achieve happiness alongside other traditional subjects such as math and languages.The class sit in a circle with their eyes shut and they count from one to ten: someone starts, the next voice comes from the far right, a third from the other side.The aim of the game is to listen for an opportunity to shout out the number without clashing(冲突) with another voice or leaving a pause. On the first try, most of the young Germans try to be first, while a few are too shy to join in, but by the fifth time round, they develop a rhythm(节奏). The message: give other people space but also confidently claim your own. This is a requirement for social well-being.The Willy Hellpach School in Heidelberg is the first in the nation to develop a happiness course. It is intended for students preparing for university entrance exams.“The course isn’t there to make you happy,” Ernst Fritz-Schubert, the school principal, warned pupils, “but rather to help you discover the ways to become happy.”Cooking a meal together is one of the class exercises. Improving body language under the guidance of two professional actresses is another.The course is taught for three periods a week. Despite the happy subject, the pupils themselves insist it is no laughing matter.“In the first period, we had to each say something positive about another member of the class and about ourselves. No laughing at people or teasing(取笑),” said Fanny, 17.The message: self-esteem(自尊) improves happiness, too.Research by the school shows it is not the first to start happiness classes: they also exist at some US universities, but are mainly based on positive thinking, using findings from studies of depression.“That would be too one-sided for us. We want to show how decent food or exercise can help, too,” the principal said.1. The best title of this text would be_______.A. Basic things for happinessB. Having a try to be happyC. Learning how to be happyD. Laughing a lot at school答案解析:答案为C。

精品K12学习高考学习复习资料英语二轮复习 阅读理解统练6

精品K12学习高考学习复习资料英语二轮复习 阅读理解统练6

重庆市合川二中2016高考英语二轮阅读理解统练(6)阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

America's Top 4 Tourist AttractionsBelow you'll find the most popular travel and vacation destinations in the US.1.Times Square,New York CityThis Manhattan crossroads of commerce is the top spot on our list,thanks to increasing visitors to the Big Apple in 2008 despite the economicturndown.According to statistics,“80% of visitors to NYC make it a point to visit Times Square.”Total NYC visits last year were 47 million,giving us an estimate o f 37.6 million travelers through the“Crossroads of the World”.2.The Las Vegas Strip,Nev.The“Neon Trail”that makes up the heart of Sin City is also part of the federal government's National Scenic Byways Program,which designates roads based on “archeologi cal,cultural,historic,natural,recreational and scenic qualities”.Hard to say which of these qualities best describes Vegas,but we can disqualify“natural”.Last year,total visitors to Las Vegas numbered 37.5 million;a poll by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority found that an average of 80% of visitors had either stayed overnight or gambled(赌博)on the Strip.3.National Mall and Memorial Parks,Washington,D.C.Many of the nation's iconic(图标的)public landmarks are found in the 1,000-plus acres of the National Mall and Memorial Parks,including the Washington Monument,the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials,and the Korean and Vietnam War Veterans memorials.The Smithsonian Institution's 19 museums are also close to the Mall;last year,the network of free museums drew more than 25 million visitors.4.Faneuil Hall Marketplace,BostonBuilt in 1742 by Peter Faneuil,a wealthy Boston merchant,Faneuil Hall served as a commercial center of the city for centuries and a site for famous orations(演说),like Samuel Adams' independence-rallying speech to colonists.Faneuil also includes the restored 19th-century Quincy Market.Today,shoppers account for a large share of visitors.Faneuil's historic significance vaults it to the status of cultural attraction,attracting 20 million visitors every year.【语篇解读】本文介绍了美国最受欢迎的四个游览胜地——位于纽约市曼哈顿区的时代广场和赌博之城拉斯维加斯、华盛顿的国家广场和纪念公园以及波士顿的法尼尔厅市场。

配套K12高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解基础选编(6)

配套K12高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解基础选编(6)

广西阳朔县2016高考英语阅读理解二轮基础选编(6)【2014高考训练】Anyone who doubts if children are born with a healthy amount of ambition need spend only a few minutes with a baby eagerly learning to walk. No matter how many times the little ones stumble in their first efforts, most keep on trying, determined to master their amazing new skill. It is only several years later, many psychologists and teachers agree, that a good number of kids seem to lose their natural drive to succeed. For the parents of such kids, whose own ambition is often tied to their children's success, it can be a painful experience.Figuring out why the fire went out is the first step. Assuming that a kid doesn't suffer from a learning disability, or isn't involved in some family crisis(危机) at home, many educators attribute a sudden lack of motivation to a fear of failure or classmate pressure.“Everything is within the kids' control;their intelligence is changeable,”says Lisa Blackwell,a research scientist at Columbia University. More than any teacher or workshop, Blackwell says,“Parents can play a key role in conveying this message to their children by praising their effort and progress rather than emphasizing their “smartness” or praising high performance alone. Most of all, parents should let their kids know t hat mistakes are a part of learning.”Some experts say our education system, with its strong emphasis on testing and separation of students into different levels of ability, also bears blame for the disappearance of drive in some kids.“These programs shut down the motivation of all kids who aren't considered gifted and talented. They destroy their confidence,”says Jeff Howard, a social psychologist. Howard and other educators say it's important to expose kids to a world beyond homework and tests, through volunteer work, sports, hobbies and other extra­curricular activities.“The problem of the issue is that many students experience education as irrelevant to their life goals and ambition,”says Michael Nakkual, a Harvard education professor. The key to getting kids to aim higher at school is to free them of the idea that class work is irrelevant, and to show them how doing well at school can actually help them fulfill their dreams beyond it. They need to understand that you have to learn to walk before you can run.72. According to the passage, the parents of kids with no ambition ________.A. don't do a very good job on teaching them to walkB. are to blame if the kids do poorly in schoolC. feel pain because their own ambition is connected to their kids' successD. should take part in extra­curricular activities with kids73. The underlined part “the fire went out” probably means ________.A. the motivation was suddenly lostB. the fear of failure was suddenly goneC. the learning disability was suddenly lostD. the fire was suddenly gone74. All the following can contribute to a sudden lack of ambition EXCEPT ________.A. learning disabilityB. classmate pressureC. emphasis on testingD. extra­curricular activities75. What is the most important thing for parents in motivating their kids?A. Punishing kids who don't display ambition.B. Emphasizing smartness and high performance.C. Telling kids that mistakes are a part of learning.D. Praising the effort and progress they have made.【参考答案】72—75、CADC【2014高考训练】The reason for going to college has been accepted without question for more than a generation , All high school graduate ought to go , says conventional wisdom and statistical evidence, because college will help them earn more money,become ”better” people , and learn to be more responsible citizens than those who don’t goBut college has never been able to work its magic for everyone, And now that close to half our high school graduates are atten ding, those who don’t fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious, College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis;college students interfere with each other’s experiments and writhed false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school, Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out-often encouraged by college administratorsSome observers say the fault is with the young people themselves-they are spoiled and they are expecting too much But that’s a criticize of the students as a whole, and doesn’t explain all campus unhappiness, Others blame the state of the world , and they are partly right, We’ve been told that young people have to go to college because our economy can’t absorb an army of untrained eighteen –year-old either Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school, We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down, it seems, and through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences, Perhaps college doesn’t make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things-maybe it's just the other way around,it’s just the other way around and intelligent , ambitious happy, liberal, quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place, And perhaps all those successful college graduates, would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not, This is heresy(异端邪说)to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better, But contrary evidence is beginning to gradually increase in amount.51.What does the author believe according to the passage?A.People used to question the value of college education.B.People used to have full confidence in higher education.C.All high school graduates went to college.D.very few high school graduates chose to go to college.52.In the second paragraph,”those who don't fit the pattern” refers toA.high school graduates who aren't suitable for college educationB.college graduates who am selling shoes and driving taxisC.college students who aren‘t any better for their higher educationD.high school graduates who failed to be admitted to college53.Why does the drop out rate of college students seem to go up?A.Young people are disappointed with the conventional way of teaching at college. B.Many young people are required to join the army.C.Young people have little motivation in pursuing a higher education.D.Young people don't like the intense competition for admission to graduate school.54.According to the passage,the problems of college education partly arise from the fact thatA.society cannot provide enough jobs for properly trained college graduates B.high school graduates do not fit the pattern of college educationC.too many students have to earn their own livingD.college administrators encourage students to drop out55.In this passage the author argues that .A.more and mote evidence shows college education may not be the best thing for high school graduatesB.college education is not enough if one wants to be successfulC.college education benefit only the intelligent, ambitious,and quick-learning peopleD.intelligent people may learn quicker if they don’t go to college 【参考答案】51-55BCCAA【吉林省吉林市2014质量检测】BIt must be something that many American companies hold a baby contest. Of course, babies are wonderful, and many parents would be the first to agree. Companies really bring in much money.Walgreens Baby contestIf you play the new Baby Milestones Challenge Contest by BabyCenter & Walgreens, you could win $1,000 in Walgreens & Gift Cards and Certificates. You can play the instant winner if you get a $25 Walgreen’s gift card, but you also have to write down your email address and receive all their sales and other information for the contest.Kids and BabiesKids and Babies are accepting entries for May 2014 Free Photo Contest. Baby Photo Galley with theme albums and age group albums is moved to the new website Cute Baby Gallery. Check for their Baby Photo Contest blog’s latest update. The grand prize is $25,000. The catch: Winners are decided by the visitors coming to the site and voting for their favorite babies, so you have to advertise their site for them. has a website only for their members, but if you are into baby photos, it is well worth surfing. You could receive offers on free samples, money-saving coupons (优惠券), and chances to win the latest contests.AvonAvon is another company that has a baby photo contest this spring. Avon is advertising their newest collection. It is Avon’s only collection for the photos of babies. Babies’ age: newborn to 2 years. Just go to and upload your recent baby’s photos. The first place baby wi ll be featured in a Tiny Tillia Storybooks and win a $5,000 U.S. Savings Bond. Ten beautiful girls will win $300 worth of Tiny Tillia products.The tip is to run a search engine for all the latest contests going on and start entering them today. You could be lucky and win enough to put your baby through college! Have fun!21.What is the basic condition for you to play the instant winner in Walgreens& ?A. Getting a gift card.B. Getting a certificate.C. Winning 1,000 dollars.D. Receiving information for the contest22.If you want your baby to win the 2014 Free Photo Contest, you will _______.A. have to spend $ 25,000B. take your baby to the gallery in MayC. upload more photos of your babyD. have to help to advertise their site23.What can we learn from this passage?A. Free Photo Contest will be held in March, 2014.B. Avon is a website that will hold a baby photo contest.C. accepts the photos of all kinds of people’ babies.D. Parents can upload their one-year-old bab y’s photos to TinyTillia. com.24.In the last paragraph, the author advises parents to _________ .A. try their best to take good care of their babyB. enter the contests as soon as possibleC. encourage their kids to go to college when they grow upD. find more tips for winning the contests21.A. 细节理解题。

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2016高考英语二轮阅读理解训练七十集之连载(61)【阅读理解】科普知识类阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

The latest research suggests that the key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not I. Q. , a generally bad predictor of success. Instead, it’s purposeful practice. Top performers spend more hours practising their craft. If you wanted to picture how a typical genius might develop, you’d take a girl who possessed a slightly above average language ability. It wouldn’t have to be a big talent, just enough so that she might gain some sense of distinction. Then you would want her to meet, say, a novelist, who coincidentally shared some similar qualities. Maybe the writer was from the same town, had the same family background, or, shared the same birthday.This contact would give the girl a vision of her future self. It would give her some idea of a fascinating circle she might someday join. It would also help if one of her parents died when she was 12, giving her a strong sense of insecurity and fuelling a desperate need for success. Armed with this ambition, she would read novels and life stories of writers without end. This would give her a primary know-ledge of her field. She’d be able to see new writing in deeper ways and quickly understand its inner workings.Then she would practise writing. Her practice would be slow, painstaking anderror-focused. By practising in this way, she delays the automatizing process. Her mind wants to turn conscious, newly learned skills into unconscious, automatically performed skills. By practising slowly, by breaking skills down into tiny parts and repeating, she forces the brain to internalize a better pattern of performance. Then she would find an adviser who would provide a constant stream of feedback, viewing her performance from the outside, correcting the smallest errors, pushing her to takeon tougher challenges. By now she is redoing problems—how do I get characters into a room—dozens and dozens of times. She is establishing habits of thought she can call upon in order to understand or solve future problems.The primary quality our young writer possesses is not some mysterious genius. It’s the ability to develop a purposeful, laborious and boring practice routine. The latest research takes some of the magic out of great achievement. But it underlines a fact that is often neglected. Public discussion is affected by genetics and what we’re “hard-wired” to do. And it’s true that genes play a role in our capabilities. But the brain is also very plastic. We construct ourselves through behaviour.1. The passage mainly deals with .A. the function of I. Q. in cultivating a writerB. the relationship between genius and successC. the decisive factor in making a geniusD. the way of gaining some sense of distinction2. By reading no vels and writers’ stories, the girl could.A. come to understand the inner structure of writingB. join a fascinating circle of writers somedayC. share with a novelist her likes and dislikesD. learn from the living examples to establish a sense of security3. In the girl’s long painstaking training process, .A. her adviser forms a primary challenging force to her successB. her writing turns into an automatic pattern of performanceC. she acquires the magic of some great achievementsD. she comes to realize she is “hard-wired” to write4. What can be concluded from the passage?A. A fuelling ambition plays a leading role in one’s success.B. A responsible adviser is more important than the knowledge of writing.C. As to the growth of a genius, I. Q. doesn’t matter, but just his/her efforts.D. What really matters is what you do rather than who you are.【参考答案】1—4、CABD2016高考模拟题。

推荐学习K12高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解选练2

推荐学习K12高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解选练2

2016岳池县罗度中学高考英语二轮阅读理解选练(2)阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household’s waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of areas for burying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary. There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realise just how much unnecessary material we are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.1. What does the underlined phrase “that over-consumption” refer to?A. Using too much packaging.B. Recycling too many wastes.C. Making more products than necessary.D. Having more material than is needed.2. The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show .A. the tendency of cutting household wasteB. the increase of packaging recyclingC. the rapid growth of supermarketsD. the fact of packaging overuse3. According to the text, recycling .A. helps control the greenhouse effectB. means burning packaging for energyC. is the solution to gas shortageD. leads to a waste of land4. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?A. Unpackaged products are of bad quality.B. Supermarkets care more about packaging.C. It is improper to judge quality by packaging.D. Other products are better packaged than food.5. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Fighting wastefulness is difficult.B. Needless material is mostly recycled.C. People like collecting recyclable wastes.D. The author is proud of their consumer culture.【参考答案】1-5 DDACAAAt one time it was the dream for many little girls to become a nurse.Today, however, America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I. Recently about 2, 000, 000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages largeenough to threaten(= say that you will hurt somebody if they don't do what you want)the quality of care provided. The demand for nurses spreads widely throughout the nursing field.What has become of these women in white? The answer lies in not one but several causes. One possibility is the fact that woman have greater career options (职业选择). In the past, women who chose to work outside the home had two basic choices nursing or teaching. Today, more women than ever are in the work force, but their options have greatly increased. There are women doctors, lawyers, firefighters and police officers. In fact, women today are found in nearly every field of work. Nursing has been left behind, as women move on to jobs with higher pay and greater status (地位). A woman or man in the nursing field is often looked down upon as “merely a nurse”. Teachers may be also at fault. Many high school students are actually being steered(劝导)away from nursing, told by teachers that they are “too bright to be a nurse”.Americans are living longer than ever and requiring more medical attention. In fact, the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years. Obviously a larger population requires more nurses. AIDS and other diseases have caused more and more people to need nursing care. Usually fatal diseases mean long drawn - out hospital stay, that is to say, more nurses are needed to care for these patients. It is estimated that the demand for nurses will be doubled the supply in the coming ten years.21.Why is America facing its worst nurse shortage?A. Because the demand of nurses has been doubled.B. Because more and more women prefer to be teachers and doctors.C. Because women have been provided with many different jobs.D. Because women no longer choose to be nurses.22.The passage tells us that high school teachers are at fault for________.A. not mentioning the worst nurse shortage in the USB. introducing jobs with higher pay and greater status to their studentsC. not asking the government to raise the nurses’ paymentD. persuading the students not to be nurses23.The author wrote this passage in order to________.A. describe the unequal treatment of women in the USB. warn people to pay more attention to the nursing problemC. tell us women’s free choice of jobs todayD. call on women not to be nurses24.Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. high school students think themselves too bright to be nurses.B. Women in the US have greater career choice than those in other countries.C. Of all the hospitals in the world 60 percent more nurses are badly needed.D. Nursing used to be a popular job among women.参考答案21—24 CDBDBOne thinks of princes and presidents as some of the most powerful people in the world; however, governments, elected or otherwise, sometimes have had to struggle with the financial powerhouses called tycoons. The word tycoon is relatively new to the English language. It is Chinese in origin but was given as a title to some Japanese generals. The term was brought to the United States, in the late nineteenth century, where it eventually was used to refer to magnates who acquired immense fortunes from sugar and cattle, coal and oil, rubber and steel, and railroads. Some people called these tycoons “capitals of industry” and praised them for their contributio ns to U.S. wealth and international reputation. Others criticized them as cruel “robber barons”, who would stop at nothing in pursuit of personal wealth.The early tycoons built successful businesses, often taking over smaller companies to eliminate competition. A single company that came to control an entire market was called a monopoly. Monopolies made a few families very wealthy, but they also placeda heavy financial burden on consumers and the economy at large.As the country expanded and railroads linked the East Coast to the West Coast, local monopolies turned into national corporations called trusts. A trust is a group of companies that join together under the control of a board of trustees. Railroad trusts are an excellent example. Railroads were privately owned and operated and often monopolized various routes, setting rates as high as they desired. The financial burden this placed on passengers and businesses increased when railroads formed trusts. Farmers, for example, had no choice but to pay, as railroads were the only means they could use to get their grain to buyers. Exorbitant (过高的) goods rates put some farmers out of business.There were even accusations that the trusts controlled government itself by buying votes and manipulating elected officials. In 1890 Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust. Act, legislation aimed at breaking the power of such trusts. The Sherman Antitrust Act focused on two main issues. First of all, it made illegal any effort to interfere with the normal conduct of interstate trade. It also made it illegal to monopolize any part of business that operates across state lines.Over the next 60 years or so, Congress passed other antitrust laws in an effort to encourage competition and restrict the power of larger corporations.25. The Sherman Antitrust Act_______________.A. affected only the companies doing business within state linesB. sought to eliminate monopolies in favor of competition in the market-placeC. promoted trade with a large number of nationsD. provides a financial advantage to the buyer26. One might infer from this passage that lower prices _________.A. are more likely to exist in a competitive market economyB. usually can be found only in an economy based on monopoliesC. matter only to people who are poor and living below the poverty levelD. are regulated by the government27. It seems likely that many Americans____________.A. believed that the trusts had little influence over governmentB. expected the wealthy magnates to share money with the poorC. did little to build up American businessD. were worried that trusts might manipulate the government参考答案25、B 26—27、ADCAt one time no one could travel on an English road faster than four miles an hour. That was the law until 1896. A man had to walk in front of a car which could not go faster than the man. At night the man had to carry a red lamp.Once Charles Rolls brought a car from France to England, but he wanted to drive faster than four miles an hour. In order to have no trouble with the police, he had a talk with some of the police officers, who ordered their policemen to look the other way when the car came along the road. This was a good plan in the country, but not so easy to follow in the busy streets of London.One night Rolls and some friends started from London on their journey to Cambridge. One of the men walked in front with the red lamp, but he walked as fast as he could. The police became very interested in walls and shop-fronts when they heard the car and not one of them saw it.They reached a hill, but what a waste of time it was to drive down the hill at four miles an hour! Rolls was getting ready to jump into the car, but then he noticed a policeman who was not looking the other way. The slow car reached him. “Good evening,” said the policeman, looking at the car.“Good evening,” said Rolls, holding the lamp.“One of these horseless things,” said the policeman, looking at it with interest.“Yes,” said Rolls, and waited.“I’ve often wanted a ride in one, but of course policemen can’t buy things like that.” He turned and looked hopefully in Rolls’s face.“Jump in,” said Rolls.“Thanks,” said the policeman, and did so. “Now,” he said, sitting down, “You can let it go just as you like down this hill. There isn’t another policeman on this road for a mile and a half.”28.The policemen were told “to look the other way” so that _______.A. they could watch the car coming from the other directionB. Rolls’s car could go faster than four miles an hourC. they could make sure no one was in the wayD. the car would not hit them on the road29.In what way did the policemen carry out the order from their officers?A. They greeted Rolls when the car came along.B. They walked in front of the car with a red lamp.C. They pretended to be attracted by something else.D. They stood on duty every 1.5 miles along the road.30.The policeman who said “Good evening” to Rolls wanted to _______.A. teach Rolls a lessonB. take a free ride homeC. have a talk with RollsD. have a car ride experience31.After the policeman jumped into the car, Rolls _______.A. dared not drive the car faster than he was allowed toB. could drive as fast as he wished within a certain distanceC. could drive on any road he liked for the rest of the journeyD. drove his car as fast as he could down the hill to Cambridge参考答案28—30、BCD 31、BDCenturies ago, man discovered that removing moisture(潮湿)from food helps to store it, and that the easiest way to do this is to expose the food to sun and wind. In this way the North American Indians produce pemmican(dried meat ground into powder and made into cakes), the Scandinavians make stockfish and the Arabs dried dates. All foods include water—cabbage and other leaf vegetables contains as much as 93% water, potatoes and other root vegetables 80%, lean meat 75% and fish, anything from 80% to 60%, depending on how fatty it is. If this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria(细菌)which cause food to go bad is checked.Fruit is sun-dried in Asia Minor, Greece, Spain and other Mediterranean countries, and also in California, South Africa and Australia. Various methods are used, but in general, the fruit is spread out on trays in drying yards in the hot sun. Nowadays most foods are dried mechanically. The method of such dehydration(脱水)is to put food in chambers through which hot air is blown at temperatures of about 110℃ at entry to about 43℃ at exit. This is the usual method for drying such things as vegetables, minced(切碎的)meat, and fish.Dried foods take up less room and weigh less than the same food packed in cans or frozen, and they do not need to be stored in special conditions. For these reasons they are invaluable to the climbers, explorers and soldiers in battle, who have little storage space. They are also popular with housewives because it takes so little time to cook them. Usually it is just a case of replacing the dried-out moisture with boiling water.32.According to the text, the open-air method of drying food .A.is the one most commonly used todayB.was invented by the American IndiansC.has been known for hundreds of yearsD.tends to be unhealthy33.Bacteria which cause food to go bad .A.cannot live in sunlightB.are killed by dryingC.are in no way dependent on the water containedD.have their activity greatly reduced by drying34.Today vegetables are most commonly dried .A.on hot and sunny days B.in hot-air chambersC.in the sun and wind D.using the open tray method 35.Housewives like dried foods because they .A.are quick to prepare B.taste better than fresh foodsC.can be packed in a case D.look fresh when cooked参考答案32—35、CDBA。

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阅读理解训练(6)【由山东省枣庄市2014高考英语3月模拟试题改编】阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Imagine having an idea, drawing it on paper, bringing it to a store and seeing it turned into a physical object.This is now possible with the help of 3D printers.Such machines were once used just by universities and big companies.But now, stores with 3D printing services are appearing around the United States.Bryan Jaycox and his wife opened The Build ShopLLC in Los Angeles two years ago.The store is filled with tools like a laser cutter, an industrial sewing machine and 3D printers.Bryan Jaycox requires $ 15 an hour to print an object.He also charges a fee depending on the size of the object and up to $ 50 an hour for design and labor services.The Jaycoxs also offer 3D printing classes for anyone who is interested.One of the students in a recent class was Ki Chong Tran.He plans to open a 3D printing business in Cambodia."The demand has been amazing.It's been much more than I would have imagined," said Ki Chong Tran."I think 3D printing is going to be huge. It's going to make a huge impact on society as a whole," he added.Mr Jaycox predicts that within five years, 3D printing technology could become more consumer friendly.But Ki Chong Tran says even current technology can make a difference m a developing country like Cambodia."With 3D printing you can give them tools, and you put it in their hands so they are responsible more for their own development. They learn skills beyond just learning English and becoming a tour guide or something like that orworking at a bank.You can actually create things that give value to the world," said Ki Chong Tran.He says it's not just Cambodia but anywhere where there is a 3D printer, it can turn a good idea into reality.1.We learn from Paragraph l that3D printing .A.is now available to ordinary peopleB.first appeared in the United StatesC.can turn your every dream into realityD.is now only used by universities2.Bryan Jaycox opened The Build ShopLLC to .A.sell 3D printers and different kinds of toolsB.produce all types of printing machinesC.offer 3D printing classes and services :D.design different types of 3D printers3.According to Ki Chong Tran, 3D printing .A.is now widely used in CambodiaB.will change our daily life completelyC.has a huge market potential in CambodiaD.is useless for developing countries4.In Mr Jaycox's opinion, within five years 3D printing will .A.make it easier to do businessB.be accessible to all consumersC.change the way of social contact(交往)D.bring about more profits to the sellers5.How will 3D printing technology benefit developing countries according to the text?A.It helps the people work efficiently at a bank.B.It will promote the learning of EnglishC.It will accelerate the development of tourism.D.It offers them a new way of development.【参考答案】1—5、ACCBDAI was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1994. but I can remember my mother’s words as if it were yesterday. “Kernel, I don’t want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him. ” AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on , I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore . and my dad lived alone . For a while , he could take care of himself . But when I was 12. his condition worsened . My father’s other children lived far awa y, so it fell to me to look after him.We couldn’t afford all the necessary medicine for him. and because Dad was unable to work . I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t even buy food fordinner . I would sit in class feeling completely lost , the teacher’s words muffled as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.I did not share my burden (负担)with anyone . I had seen people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease . And even adults could be cruel . When my father was moved to the hospital. the nurses would leave his food on the bedside even though he was too weak to feed himself.I had known that he was going to die . but after so many years of keeping his conditiona secret . I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless.I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support. That day , she kept me on the phone for hours . I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life .I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him. having never spoken about AIDS to anyone. Even me , he didn’t want to call attention to AIDS. I do.1. What does Kernel tell us about her father?A. He had stayed in the hospital since he fell illB. He depended on the nurses in his final days.C. He worked hard to pay for his medication.D. He told no one about his disease.2. What can we learn from the underlined sentence?A. Kernel couldn’t understand her teacher.B. Kernel had special difficulty in hearing.C. Kernel was too troubled to focus on the lesson.D. Kernel was too tired to hear her teacher’s words.3. Why did Kernel keep her father’s disease a secret?A. She was afraid of being looked down upon.B. She thought it was shameful to have AIDS.C. She found no one willing to listen to her.D. She wanted to obey her mother.4. Why did Kernel write the passage?A. To tell people about the sufferings of her father.B. To show how little people knew about AIDS.C. To draw people’s attention to AIDS.D. To remember her father.参考答案1—4DCACBCafe HubNext to the Castle lies The Hub, home of the Edinburgh International Festival and one of the most talked about spots in town. Our cafe is open every day for mouth-watering lunches, snacks and fine dining. Come in and enjoy the atmosphere of The Hub or watch the world go by from our beautiful terrace.The Hub, Castlehill, Royal Mile, Edinburgh. Open every day from 9:30 a.m. till late. Tel: 0131 473 2067 www.thehub-edinburgh. ComFarm WorldEnjoy being "A Farmer for a Day". Join in delivering and feeding our spring babies -- bottle feeding sessions twice daily. Fun for all family. Horse Rides, BMX Bikes Cross Country Course, Tractor Ride through 600 acres, New Adventure Playground, Nature Trails. Full details on website.Open: May—Oct Wednesdays to Saturdays and daily during school holidays 11 a. m.--5 p. m.Tel: 01797 260256/260321 www. farmworld-rye, co. ukEnter the Europe-wide student competition!Are you curious, creative and energetic? Are you interested in the new media? Are you between 12 and 19 years of age? Then Join Multimedia 2006 is for you!Your challenge will be to build a team and develop a multimedia presentation in English -- based on one of three different topics. You can register(报名) between May I and June 15, 2006 and will bare to turn in your entry before September 15, 2006.The rewards are wonderful: £150,000 in prize for schools and teams and the chance to attend a European student camp -- plus new experiences, an opportunity to make friends throughout Europe!For further information and registration forms go to: www. siemens, com/join _ multimedia.5. You' 11 have to register first if you want ________.A. to enjoy delicious foodB. to try Tractor Ride through 600 acresC. to enter the Europe-wide student competitionD. to watch the world go by from the beautiful terrace6. According to the passage, there will be _______ rewards for the Europe-wide student competition.A. only oneB. twoC. threeD. four7. You can visit Farm World________.A. on Monday in MayB. any day in OctoberC. at 2 p.m. at ChristmasD. at 10:30 a.m. during school holidays8. From the advertisements above, we can learn that ________A. Cafe Hub is a popular place in the local areaB. families can enjoy Horse Rides on New Adventure PlaygroundC. Farm World provides lunches, snacks and fine diningD. the Europe-wide student competition will be held on June 15, 2006参考答案5—8CBCACLack of parent willpower may contribute more to juvenile obesity than under-exercising or overeating.Research suggests that having overweight parents is a big influence upon a child’s weight, with one study finding that children with overweight parents were four times more likely to be overweight themselves.The findings add heat to an already fierce political debate over childhood obesity. The Prime Minister, John Howard, last week decided that $116 million be used for programs to deal with obesity, while the Opposition Leader, Mark Latham, recently announced that his party would move to protect children from unhealthy food advertisements..Clare Colins , a senior lecturer at the University of Newcastle, believes such programs will definitely fail unless they influence the way of life of whole families. "If we can’ t get parents to take action against their own weight problems, then we can’ t expect to influence their kids," she said.However, Professor, Louise Baur from the Children’ s Hospital at Westmead, doubts whether adult education programs offer any solution to weight problems. "Many parents know they need to lose weight and they knew it influences their kids, but they lack the willpower to do anything about it.The l0-year study of 150 American children found two-thirds of children with overweight parents became overweight. Only one in six children whose parents were of average weight became overweight.The president of the Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity, Associate Professor Gary Wittert, said parents needed help in doing their job and the Opposition Party’s policy(政策) might be on the right track."We know that driving without a seat belt is unsafe, so we make law against it,” he said."Obesity is a major public health concern, so why shouldn’t we cha nge the law regarding unhealthy food ads?"9. What does the underlined phrase “juvenile obesity” mean?A. Adult education.B. Childhood overweightC. Parents’ influenceD. Growing pains10.Both Collins and Baur believe that overweight parents_______,A. will come up with better solutionsB. will help with their children’ s educationC. should be more active in reducing weightD. should carry out at least 10 years’ study11. According to some experts, the Opposition Party’s policy________.A. can help fight against unemploymentB. may protect kids from unhealthy food adsC. should be brought back to the right trackD. will work well to prevent traffic accidents参考答案9—11BCBDAfter lots of hype, the new iPhone 3GS has arrived, boasting an improved camera, better battery life, and speedier performance. But is it a must?The iPhone 3GS is available in two versions: 16GB and 32GB. The 16GB version costs $199, while the 32GB version costs $299. From the outside, the iPhone 3GS looks exactly like the iPhone 3G. Like the iPhone 3G, the new model comes in black and white versions, and sports a 3.5-inch touch screen. Most of the changes to the iPhone 3GS have been made on the inside. Apple says that battery life is better, but the biggest boost is in the iPhone's speed: The iPhone 3GS runs twice as fast as the iPhone 3G. Insteadof a lot of software installed on it, the iPhone 3GS comes with the most recent version of the iPhone Software -- version 3.0 –installed, but it does come with easy access to Apple's App Store. The speedier performance of the iPhone 3GS extends to surfing the Web, too. You can see entire Web pages, and can zoom(急速移动) in and out with ease.The notable new messaging feature on the iPhone 3GS is support for MMS. You can send pictures and videos by SMS, rather than having to send them via e-mail. Other new and very-handy e-mail features include the ability to search through your e-mail messages and contacts, as well as the option to use a landscape-oriented keyboard when composing messages.The camera has been upgraded from 2 megapixels(兆像素) to 3 megapxiels, and adds auto-focus. If you already own an iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS may not be worth the additional cost, since you can get many of its cool features for free with the iPhone 3.0 software upgrade. But if you've been using an older iPhone or smart phone, or are new to the smart phone world, the iPhone 3GS will amaze you with its speed and plentiful features.12. The difference between 3G and 3GS lies mainly in ________.A. their colorsB. their outside shapesC. their screensD. their batteries and speeds13. What can we infer from the second paragraph about 3G?A. It offers an easy access to the web pages.B. It has two versions: either black or white.C. In spite of slow speed, it functions the same as 3GS.D. It has the latest iPhone software installed.14. What does MMS probably refer to in the passage?精品K12学习资料A. Multi-media Messaging Service.B. Membership Management System.C. Major Messaging Software.D. Multi-Media Software Store.15. What is the best title of the text?A. 3GS is a must nowadays.B. 3GS is the best choice nowadays.C. Is 3GS a must nowadays?D. Is 3GS worth your money?参考答案12—15DBAC精品K12学习资料。

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2016高考英语二轮阅读理解训练七十集之连载(6)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。

After years of study,I have known there are only two types of people in this world:those who get to the airport early and those who arrive as the plane is about to take off.If there were any justice in this world,the early­airport people would be rewarded for doing the right thing and the late­airport people would be punished.But the early­airport people get ulcers(溃疡),heart attacks and bite their finger­nails to the bone (急得团团转).The la te­airport people are hardly aware that they are flying.A guy of that kind once said,“Don’t hurry.If you miss your flight,it’s because God didn’t want you to go.”This is clearly a guy who is never going to get an ulcer. Early­airport people suffer another“name”.They are called exactly what they are—wimps(懦夫).I know I am an early­airport person for years.My luggage will get on the plane first,which makes it the last luggage they take off the plane after landing.Another strange thing:No matter how early I showed up,I was always told that someone had called two or three years ahead of me and asked for the best seat.I figured it was a trick.I figured there was someone in America who called every airline every day and said,“Is that wimp Simon flying somewhere t oday?If he is,give me his seat.”After a lifetime arguing with my wife over whether I really have to pack 24 hours in advance and set the alarm clock four hours ahead,I have learned another fact about early­airport people and late­airport people:They always marry each other.1.We can learn from the passage that________.A.late­airport persons often get ulcers or heart attacksB.early­airport persons are always relaxed during the flightC.early­airport persons get their luggage first after landingD.late­ai rport persons always take things easy解析:细节理解题。

从第二段及第三段所举事例可知,晚到机场的人总是沉得住气,不慌不忙,故选D。

从第二段第二句可知A项和B项错;从第四段最后一句可知C项错。

答案: D2.The fifth paragraph mainly tells us________.A.someone always plays tricks on the writerB.the airlines usually fool passengersC.ea rly­airport persons always can’t get good seatsD.the service of airlines is very bad解析:段落大意题。

从第五段可知作者通过描述自己的亲身经历得出一个结论:早到机场的人往往不能得到想要的座位,故C选项正确。

A项是作者的一个玩笑。

因为他总是得不到想要的座位,所以才会说I figured it was a trick;B项和D项无法从第五段推出。

答案: C3.The purpose of writing the passage is to________.A.give useful tips on taking a planeB.offer advice about catching a planeC.express the writer’s anxiety about taking planesD.show peoples two attitudes toward catching planes解析:意图推测题。

通读全文不难推断出作者写此文章主要介绍了人们对于赶飞机的两种截然不同的态度,故D选项正确。

答案: D4.It could be inferred that the writer’s wife is________.A.an early­airport woman B.a late­airport womanC.a hot­tempered woman D.a sensitive woman解析:推理判断题。

根据文章可知作者属于“早到机场的人。

”文章的结尾提到了作者的另一个发现:早到机场的人总是与晚到机场的人结婚。

由此,可推知作者的妻子属于“晚到机场的人”,故选B。

答案: B5.The writing style of the passage would be best described as________. A.serious B.simpleC.humorous D.ironic解析:推理判断题。

综观全文,作者的写作风格诙谐幽默,妙趣横生,故选C。

答案: C.阅读理解。

阅读下列材料,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

One evening in February 2007. A student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote in Wales. She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path . That's when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train. Her Renault Clio parked across a railway line. Second later, she watched the train drag her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks.Ceely's near miss made the news because she blamed it on her GPS device(导航仪).She had never driven the route before .It was dark and raining heavily. Ceely was relying on her GPS. But it made no mention of the crossing. "I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train," she told the BBC.W ho is to blame here? Rick Stevenson, who tells Ceely's story in his book When Machines Fail US, finger at the limitations of technology. We put our faith in digital devices, he says,But our digital helpers are too often not up to the job. They are filled with small problems. And it’s not just GPS devices: Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving everything from mobile phones to wireless key boards.The problem with his argument in the book is that it’s not clear why he only focuses digital technology, while there may be a number of other possible causes.A map-maker might have left the crossing off a paper map. Maybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention. Perhaps the railway authorities are at fault for poor signaling system. Or maybe someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out that there really is something specific wrong with the CPS equipment. But Stevenson doesn’t say.It’s a problem that runs through the book. In a section on cars, Stevenson gives an account of the advanced techniques that criminals use to defeat computer-based locking systems for cars. He offers two independent sets of figures on car theft; both show a small rise in some parts of the country. He says that once once againnot all new locks have proved reliable. Perhaps, but maybe it’s also due to the shortage of policemen on the streets. Or changing social circumstances. Or some combination of these factors.The game between humans and their smart devices is complex. It is shaped by economics and psychology and the cultures we live in. Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be way a wiser use of technology.If there is such a way, it should involve more than just an awareness of the shortcomings of our machines. After all, we have lived with them for thousands of years. They have probably been fooling us for just as long.( ) 1 .What did Paula Ceely think was the cause of her accident?A. She was not familiar with the road.B. It was dark and raining heavily then.C. The railway works failed to give the signal.D. Her GPS device didn’t tell her about the crossing( ) 2. The phrase“near miss”(paragraph 2) can best be replaced by _______.A. close bitB. heavy lossC. narrow escapeD. big mistake( ) 3.Which of the following would Rick Stevenson most probably agree with?A. Modern technology is what we can’t live without.B. Digital technology often falls short of out expectation.C. Digital devices are more reliable than they used to be.D. GPS error is not the only cause for Celery’s accident.( ) 4. In the writer’s opinion, Stevenson’s argument is________.A. one-sidedB. reasonableC. puzzlingD. well-based( ) 5.What is the real concern of the writer of this article?A. The major causes of traffic accidents and car thefts.B. The relationship between humans and technologyC. The shortcomings of digital devices we use.D. The human unawareness of technical problems.【参考答案】1---5、DCBAB2016高考训练题。

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