最新中职对口升学英语模考题库阅读理解集中练（五）英语

最新中职对口升学英语模考题库阅读理解集中练（五）英语
对口升学英语模考题库：阅读理解
阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2分,满分30分)
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。

A
As a language student there are several reasons why learning about cultural aspects is important and fun. One is interest. Knowing about the way people behave makes your reading more interesting. Another reason is usefulness.
If you are going to have a conversation with native speakers of a language you learn, you need to know the sort of topics that interest them once you get past “Hello”. You need to know something about their favorite sports, the current (现时的)government of the country where the language is spoken, current fashions in clothes and outstanding national events in recent times, to mention a few. Showing that you know something about their country can lead to interesting conversations.
The way people think is closely connected with language. Languages are one channel through which different cultures present their ideas both within themselves and in contact with others. The fact that a language does not have the same range of words as another language does not mean that they do not value those things as much .
Whether or not your main intention to l earn a language is to learn about people’s cultural backgrounds or to deal with a degree course, you will be learning about it indirectly from
various sources about culture like the coursebook, films, the news, literature or even travel brochures (手册).You could make a long list just by thinking of all the things that are important to the culture such as customs that go back centuries, architecture, traditional ceremonies, the way people relate to each other in families, the value that are important to a society, the sense of humour that people share, movies, music and art. All these cultural aspects are important to language learners if they want to get a better understanding of the language itself.
61. Which of the following contributes to a conversation with native speakers?
A. Greeting them by saying “Hello”.
B. Mentioning interesting topics in their culture.
C. Telling them about your favorite sports.
D. Talking about their religious beliefs.
62. What role does a language play in the culture?
A. It is a channel through which people present their ideas.
B. It offers the same range of words as another language.
C. It values people’s ideas and thoughts to a certain degree.
D. It deals with the relationship between thoughts and language.
63. The last paragraph mainly deals with ______.
A. peo ple’s main purpose to learn a foreign language
B. the importance to learn about cultural backgrounds
C. different cultural sources and main cultural aspects
D. how people think and what is valued by a society
64. What might be the best title for this passage?
A. What is a culture about
B. How to learn about culture
C. What to learn in a culture
D. Why do we learn culture
B
Angry Birds is a video game developed by Finnish computer game developer Rovio Mobile. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, the game was first released for Apple’s mobile operating system in December 2009.Since then, over 12 million copies of the game have been purchased from Apple’s App Store.
With its fast-growing popularity worldwide, the game and its characters---angry birds and their enemy pigs---have appeared in television programs throughout the world. The Israeli comedy A Wonderful Country,one of the nation’s most popular TV programs, satirized (讽刺) recent failed Israeli-Palestinian peace attempts by featuring the angry birds in peace negotiations with the pigs. Clips of the segment (片段)went prevailing, getting viewers from all around the world. American television hosts Conan O’Brie dn ,Jon Steward ,and Daniel Tosh hav e referenced the game in comedy sketches for their programs, Conan, The Daily Show, and Dash. O. Some of the game’s more famous fans include Prime Minister David Cameron of UK,who plays the iPad version of the game, and Salman Rushdie, who is believed to be “some thing of a master at Angry Birds.”
Angry Birds and its characters have also been featured in advertisements in different forms. In March 2011, the characters began appearing in a series of advertisements for Microsoft’s Bing search engine. In the same year, Nokia produced an advertisement in Austin, Texas that included the game’s characters on a downtown building for its new mobile /doc/85539aec29160b4e767f5acfa1c7aa0 0b52a9dfc.html ter, a T-Mobile advertisement filmed in Spain
included a real-life mock-up(实物模拟)of the game in a city center. Nokia also used the game in Malaysia to promote an attempt to set a world record for the largest number of people playing a single mobile game.
Angry Birds has even inspired works of philosophical analogy （哲学类比. A five-part essay with the title ”Angry Birds Yoga（瑜伽）”---How to Eliminate the Green Pigs in Your Life”was written by Giridhari Dasar in Brazil, utilizing the characters and gameplay mechanics to interpret various concepts of yoga philosophy. The piece attracted much media attention for its unique method of philosophical presentation.
65. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To explain how the video game Angry Birds was devised.
B. To report on the spread of Angry Birds in different media around the world.
C. To introduce Angry Birds and its characters in TV programs and advertisements.
D. To investigate why Angry Birds has quickly become well-liked.
66. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “prevailing” in Paragraph 2?
A. apparent
B. exciting
C. popular
D. disgusting
67. Which of the following is TRUE about the use of Angry Birds according to the text?
A. It has been used by the UK’s Prime Minister to explain political issues.
B. Its characters are used in advertisements mainly for
Apple’s products.
C. It has been developed into a film about the life of a Brazilian yoga master.
D. Its real-life mock-up has appeared in an advertisement for mobile phones.
C
Children today would rather toy with new technologies. The role of children has changed as well as that of teens. The world has truly evolved (进化）throughout the years.
Today，a typical day in the life of a five- year old is entirely different from what it once was.
A few decades ago children used to work. They did the kind of work parents do today. Today there are shows on which children are putting pounds of make-up on and have flashing things all over their bodies. This makes a child want to paper over all of their imperfections. They think they have to look perfect all the time.
Teens have changed as well. My grandma got married when she was thirteen. Girls who had an arranged marriage had no time to play because they were expected to cook, clean，take care of the kids, and do housework every single day. T oday，we go to school every morning, maybe participate in some after-school activities, and possibly go to work for extra cash. Then we go home and do homework, and eat. After all of this we have to find the time to socialize by texting, talking on the phone, or logging on to social networking sites. We enjoy ourselves a lot.
The generation before us complains about how they did not have the things we have now. They say we are not appreciative and do not value life or just do not care about our futures anymore. Let's make a change! The youth have the power to work
on whatever they believe in and make a difference in the world. Take advantage of your resources. It is never too late to make a positive change in our world.
68. The role of children and teens has changed mainly because _____.
A. their world has truly evolved
B. they don't have to work hard as their parents did
C. new technologies are developing and widely used
D. they look perfect all the time
69. The underlined phrase (in the 2nd Para. ) probably means to _____.
A. put up with
B. cover up
C. put aside
D. make up for
70. We can learn from the text that nowadays teenagers _____.
A. do housework as their parents did
B. are having a social life in richer ways
C. are seldom satisfied with what they have
D. don't appreciate and value life
71. The author's attitude towards changes of teens’ life is _____.
A. critical
B. optimistic
C. neutral
D. complaining
D
From furniture to jewelry, from the medical industry to civil engineering, three dimensional printing can turn all sorts of ideas into objects．
“I wanted to print large objects such as buildings,”said Behrokh Khoshnevis, professor of the University of Southern California．He planned to construct a house in 24 hours by applying 3D printing techniques, but he admitted there would be difficulties in meeting his goal．
“For example, if you run out of ink while printing on paper, you will throw that paper away．But you cannot throw half-completed buildings away if your materi al gets stuck,”he said．Although the printed house is not available to visit, there is a chance for people in Shanghai to see items printed in 3D．The Belgium-based company Materialise NV is currently holding a 3D printing exhibition in Shanghai that started in late 2012 and will continue until the middle of this year. The company is eager to show Asia what is possible with 3D printing.
“All the pieces shown here are what cannot be made through traditional techniques．A good example of this customization is hearing aids．More than 10 million people already use 3D printed hearing aids, all made according to the size of their ear,”said Wim Michiels, executive vice-president at Materialise NV．
“You can produce anything whenever and wherever you like．You don't need to
set up production lines for pieces that only need a limited amount of product．Setting up a production line is a lot of work, takes a long time and is very expensive for a limited number of pieces．”said Michiels．
Kim Francois, managing director of Materialise China, said their European and American clients have already made the next step toward additive manufacturing with small series production such as hearing aids．
72. What is mainly talked about in the text?
A．A 3-D printing show in Shanghai．B．The development of 3-D printing．C．Varieties of items printed in 3D．D．The company Materialise NV．73. According to Khoshnevis what is the main difficulty in printing buildings?
A．Time B．Technique C．Space D．Material
74．The example of 3D printed hearing aids was mentioned to show that_____．
A．people need different sized hearing aids
B．3D printing has a large market share
C．3D hearing aids help people hear better
D．these items used to be impossible to make
75．According to the text 3D printing is suitable for_____.
A．mass production B．making small items
C．small series production D．reducing production costs
第二节：根据短文内容，从从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项是多余选项。

(共5小题,每小题1分,满分5分) (注意：E涂AB；F涂AC；G涂AD) There is an English saying:“76._________.” Until recently, few people took the say ing seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. 77. _________.
Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. 78.__________. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.
Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated(忍耐) the pain for the
longest time was the group which listened to a funny program.
79._________.
80.__________. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing , making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.
A. Laughter can prolong one’s life.
B. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh.
C. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain.
D. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach and even the feet.
E. Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into clinic practice.
F. Laughter is the best medicine.
G.They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health.
阅读61---64 BACD 65—67 BCD 68—71 CBBB 72---75 ADDC 新题型76---80 FGDCB。