2013高考英语二轮复习讲义 阅读理解及训练07 科普知识

2013浙江省高考英语二轮专题：阅读理解（科普知识类）（1）（解析）C8 科普知识类（一）[2012·长沙市雅礼中学第四次月考]A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another.I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation.There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and…I became invisible, absent from the conversation.The telephone used to connect you to the absent.Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent.Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction.With e-mail and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another.With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone.If my mom has a question, I just leave the answer on her machine.As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated, the alienation(疏远) index goes up. You can't even call a person to get the phone number of another person anymore.Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.I am not against modern technology.I own a cell phone, an A TM card, a voice-mail system, and an e-mail account.Giving them up isn't wise, they're a great help to us.It's some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation, or being relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn' t really have time to talk.The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier, or at least facilitating my antisocial instincts.So I've put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cell-phoning in the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when I'm at home.16．Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?A.The Advance of Communications TechnologyB.The Consequences of Modern TechnologyC.The Story of the Communications RevolutionD.The Automation of Modern Communications17．The sentence “Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent”means that _________.A．the people sitting beside you have to go away to receive phone callB．you can hardly get in touch with the people sitting beside youC．modern technology makes it hard for people to have a face-to-face talkD．people can now go to work without going to the office18．The writer feels that the use of modern communications is _________.A．satisfying B．encouragingC．disappointing D．embarrassing19．The passage implies that ________.A．modern technology is bridging peopleB．modern technology is separating peopleC．modern technology is developing too fastD．modern technology is interrupting our communication20．What does the underlined word “facilitating” mean?A．加深B．限制C．帮助D．装备【要点综述】本文主要论述现代技术的消极影响——现代技术的使用在疏远人与人之间的距离。

2013高考英语二轮总复习阅读理解精选（07）及答案ABright red post boxes, the Queen and queuing---what do they all have in common? They are all important parts of British life. At least I thought so.However, the ability to queue for long periods of time, once believed to be a traditional characteristic of British, is no longer tolerated by people in the UK, according to a survey done by British bank Barclays.Once upon a time, queuing was seen as normal. During World War Ⅱ, everyone had toqueue up to receive their daily supply of foods. In fact, if you didn’t stand up and wait in line with all the others, it was seen as uncivilized(不文明的).The famous English double-decker buses, with only one entrance, might also help explain why queuing was seen as part of British life. Almost always, there is a queue to get in.But perhaps the British are tired of being pushed past by the Spanish, the Italian or the French as they queue up to get a table at a restaurant. The people of these other European countries have more than one entrance to their buses, which explains their more relaxed attitude to the queue.Two minutes is now the longest time most British people are prepared to stand and wait. But could it be that the Internet, which allows us to carry out tasks quickly, is the main reason why British people are no longer prepared to queue?“Used to buying without delay, customers are even giving up purchases rather than wait their turn,” says Stuart Neal of Barclaycard. “Shoppers are also less likely to queue for long if the item they are buying is of low valu e.”Perhaps I will have to replace “queuing” with “impatie nce” in my list of things I relate to theBritish.56. What can we learn about the tradition of queuingin Britain?A. It was a product of the slow pace of life.B. It was a long time tradition as old as the Queen.C. It was considered a symbol of a civilized behavior.D. It has made the British different from other Europeans.57. According to the passage, the British gradually stopped queuing because_________.A. they prefer shopping onlineB. they follow the example of foreignersC. British buses have more than one entranceD. the Internet has changed their way of life58. It can be learned from the text that______________.A. the British get impatient with queuing for longB. the British have to queue to receive foodsC. the British like to eat in foreign restaurantsD. the British prefer to take double-decker buses59. The author’s main purpose of writing the passage is______________.A. to tell us the influence of the Internet on the British ways of lifeB. to compare the cultural differences between Britain and other EuropeancountriesC. to talk about the changes in the attitude to queuing in BritainD. to report his research on the British ways of lifeBAmericans love their cars. There are more than eight cars for every 10 Americans, but most of the time, they sit idle(闲置的), parked in a driveway or on the street. Now, several companies on the U. S. West Coast are helping people rent their personal car to someone else when they don’t need it.Eric Loebel is one of those people. For a small price, he wants to let his Oregon neighbors “borrow”his car. It’s a dark blue, model year 2000 V olvo car. The sales and marketing consultant says he doesn’t use it much. “My wife and I are huge bike commuters and almost don’t need a car,” he says.Loebel is one of the first car owners in Portland to list his wheels for rent through a so-called“peer-to-peer car sharin g”service called Getaround. Com. “Cars are so expensive to own,”he says “This can definitely offset(弥补) some of the cos t.”The website lets car owners decide for themselves how much to charge borrowers to rent by the hour, day or week.Person-to-person rentals began in Germany a decade ago, and there are a handful of similar companies in Europe and Australia. The concept caught on quickly in California over the past year according to John Atcheson, vice president of Getaround, one of four carsharing startups in the San Francisco area.“We have had amazing cars leaping into our system,” Atcheson says. “Not just 1995 pickup trucks but we have had late model Mercedes, Audis, any type of car you can imagine. We actually have a Tesla Roadster—a $150,000 sports car.”Another service called JustShareIt plans to stand out by going beyond cars. Its founder says the company will offer person-to-person rentals of power boats, jet skis and snowmobeles(雪地机动车) too.60. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. There are too many cars inAmerica. B. Most cars are rarelyused in America.C. Commuting by bike is popular inAmerica. D.Americans try renting theircars to strangers.61. Which of the following is true of ?A. It gives tips on saving costson cars. B. It provides a platformfor car sharers. C. It providesadvice on driving.D. It answers drivers’questions person-to-person.62. We learn form Atcheson’s words that .A. they offer international servicesB. they first formed in SanFrancisco C. they offer cars ofdifferent types D. theircustomers prefer new cars63. JustShareIt wants to make itself more attractive by .A. providing lower rentB. providing extra sportsequipments C. offeringperson-to-person service D.offering other things for rentCTony Burke, Australia’s environment minister, says he won’t decide until next year whether the koala should be protected as an endangered species. He was expected to make his decision by the end of October. But that decision has been put off. Burke said he needed more time to go over the latest information about the koala’s population.In September, an Australian Senate committee reported that there was no question the koala’s population is on the decrease. “But they may not yet be eligible(符合条件的)—for listing as a threatened species,”said Senator Doug Cameron. “To have such a significant Australian icon(偶像) included on the threatened species list would be a national sham e.”The koala is found only in the eucalyptus(桉树) forests of Australia. And its population is reported to have fallen sharply for many reasons, including thecutting down of forests to make way for human bei ngs’ development, their own illness, climate change and killings by other animals such as wild dogs. And every year many koalas are hit by cars as they are trying to cross the busy roads.Putting off the decision on protection for the koala “is really bad news,”said Debbie Pointing the president of the Koala Action Group. “W e’ve worked tirelessly for many years to gather data on the populations,”Pointing said. “That data should be enough to make a decision.”However, Burke pointed out that the Australian government had spent at least $6.3 milion on koala conservation efforts since 1996. Senators listed efforts that are already underway in Queensland-the construction of special koala bridges as well as fences along roads, to keep the animals out harm’s way.Some people say that is not enough. “What we’re doing at the moment is likely to drive this species to extinct ion,”Queensland University zoologist Bill Ellis said.“K oalas are an iconic Australian anima l,”Burke told Australians. “T hey hold a special place in the hearts of Australia ns.”But it is a fact that if more isn’t done to protect the koala, they might soon hold a place only in Australia ns’memories.64. Tony Burke put off announcing the koala as an endangered species because .A. he needed more time to examine the latestinformationB. he doubted whether ko alas’number isdecreasingC. he was thinking about ways to protectkoalasD. he had more important issues to dealwith65. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?A. The habitat of thekoala.B. Australia’s trafficproblems.C. The importance of koalas forAustralians.D. Reasons for the decrease of the koalapopulation.66. According to the text, Debbie Pointing thinks that .A. the construction of special koala bridges isof little useB. koalas becoming less important inAustrali ans’heartsC. the government is to blame for the decreasing koalapopulationD. the government should announce the koala as an endangeredspecies67. It can be learned from the text that Tony Burke.A. thought the government has done much forkoalasB. called on Australians to take care ofthe koala C. decided to construct morefences along roads D. was optimisticabout the koala’s futureDGlynisI piled on the pounds and I couldn’t lose them. Then I joined a slimming club. My target weight was 140 pounds and I lost 30 pounds in six months. I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked. But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits. I told myself I’d lose the weight at slimming classes in the next year, but it didn’t happen. Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on. I’d lost will power(毅力) and tried to believe the saying that fish and chips didn’t make any difference but the scales don’t lie.RozTo be honest, I never weigh myself any more. I’ve leant to be happy with myself. It seemed to me that I would feel sorry about every spoonful of tasty food that passed my lips. My idea is simple. You shouldn’t think too much about food and dieting. Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreaming of a super-thin body. This is obviously the size I’m meant to be and, most of all I’m happy with it.LesleyI was very happy about winning Young Slimmer of the Year. I’d look in the mirror, unable to believe this slim lady was me! That might have been my problem-perhaps from then on I didn’t pay any attention to myself. Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though because you feel the eyes of the world are fixed upon you.I fee l a complete failure because I’ve put on weight again.RosBefore moving in with my husband Gavin, I’d always been about 110 pounds, but the pleasant environment went straight to my waist and I put on 15 pounds in a year. Every so often I try to go on a diet. I always do well in the first few days, then end up having the children’s leftovers or eating chocolate happily-my weakness. I’d like to be slim. I decided to take more exercise when my kids are older.68. What are the four women talking about?A. Their figure.B. Their future life.C. Their work as ahousewife. D. Theireating habits.69. The underlined word “scales” refers to _.A. coaches in the slimming clubB. tools to measure weightC. others’suggestionsD. slimming classes70. Who doesn’t seem to care about her weight?A. Glynis.B. Roz.C. Lesley.D. Ros.71. According to the passage, we can learn that .A. winning an honor has caused Lesley some worryB. slimming classes had no effect on GlynisC. Ros lost weight after she got marriedD. Roz thinks she is a born slimmerEYour beliefs are very powerful and have the power to create or to destroy your life. In most cases, whatever you believe is what you will become. If you believe that you are a loser, that you never get a breakthrough in life, and that you can’t accomplish(succeed in doing) anything, these things will be your reality. Believe that you are unlimited, that you can do anything you hope to do and when you do, your accomplishments will know no bounds. You control your beliefs, and that is how you finally control your life. This is a very important point. So how do you develop beliefs that will empower you?Many of our beliefs come from our environment, the world we live in on a daily basis. If your environment is limiting your beliefs, then work veryhard on changing it. If you are constantly around people who are negative and limiting, find other people to hang out with and get around positive, successful people.Beliefs also come from past experiences. That is why it is so important to experience success on a regular basis. Set small achievable goals, and then try your best to reach them. “I will finish this project by early afternoon.”“I will make six calls on the phone in the next hour.”“I will exercise 20 minutes tonight.”When you start to experience success, then you start to believe in success, and that leads to more and bigger successes.Beliefs come from knowledge. The more you learn, the more things you will possibly know.Always take the advantage of opportunities to learn something new. It will bring new possibilities into your beliefs and your life.Most importantly, you can develop new beliefs by setting and visualizing(设想) goals foryour life. Define your goals clearly. Then in your mind, see yourself achieving them in all of their sensory details. Mentally live the experience, see the sights, hear the sounds, smell the aroma, and feel the feelings. The beliefs formed in this way will lead you to their reality.72. In the author’s opinion, your life depends on_______________ .A. your environment where you liveB. your experiencesC. your knowledge and opportunitiesD. your beliefs73. Which of the following statements is true?A. You should try your best to help the negative people around you.B. You should try to achieve small success to believe in success first.C. The more knowledge you learn, the more you will control your life.D. You should stick to your own beliefs without changing.74. According to the passage, what is the most important about your beliefs?A. To imagine your success with your senses.B. To make efforts to achieve them.C. To learn as much knowledge as possible.D. To try to experience success regularly.75. 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科普知识阅读理解（3）科普知识（阅读理解）由 (2012全国Ⅱ,B)改编You may think that sailing is a difficult sport,but it is really not hard to learn it.You do not need to be strong.But you need to be quick.And you need to understand a few basic rules about the wind.First,you must ask yourself,“Where is the wind coming from? Is it coming from ahead or behind or from the side?”You must think about this all the time on the boat.The wind direction tells you what to do with the sail.Let’s start with the wind blowing from behind.This me ans the wind and the boat are going in the same direction.Then you must always keep the sail outside the boat.It should be at a 90° angle (角度) to the boat.Then it will catch the wind best.If the wind is blowing from the side,it is blowing across the boat.In this case,you must keep the sail half way outside the boat.It should be at a 45° angle to the boat.It needs to be out far enough to catch the wind,but it shouldn’t flap (摆动).It shouldn’t look like a flag on a flagpole.If it is flapping,it is probably ou t too far,and the boat will slow down.Sailing into the wind is not possible.If you try,the sail will flap and the boat will stop.You may want to go in that direction.It is possible,but you can’t go in a straight line.You must go first in one direction and then in another.This is called tacking.When you are tacking,you must always keep the sail inside the boat.1.What should you consider first while sailing?( )A.Sailors’ strength.B.Wave levels.C.Wind directions.D.Size of sails.2.What does the word “It” underlined in Paragraph 4 refer to?()A.The boat.B.The wind.C.The sail.D.The angle.3.What do you have to do when sailing against the wind?( )A.Move in a straight line.B.Allow the sail to flap.C.Lower the sail.D.Tack the boat.4.Where can you probably find the text?( )A.In a popular magazine.B.In a tourist guidebook.C.In a physics textbook.D.In an official report.语篇解读:本文为科普说明文。

2013年高考第二轮复习英语陕西版专题升级训练十七史地、自然、科普、新闻类阅读理解、信息匹配（二）第一节阅读理解AAs the forceful king of Macedonia（马其顿），Alexander the Great overthrew the Persian Empire，becoming a hero that would survive centuries after his death.Born in 356 B.C.，Alexander Ⅲ was the son of Philip Ⅱ and Olympias.Alexander's parents wanted him to receive the finest education，and arranged for him to study under Aristotle，regarded as one of the greatest scholars.Alexander's father was a strong leader.Philip Ⅱ built an impressive army and established the Macedonian kingdom；he was even planning to attack Persia shortly before his death.In 336 B.C.，Philip Ⅱ was murdered by one of his guards.Although it was obvious that the guard had a personal hatred，there were clues that other people were related to it.After Alexander was cleared as a suspect，he succeeded his father without opposition，and killed those said to be responsible for his father's murder，as well as all rivals.He was then just 20 years old.He then prepared to attack Persia.In the spring of 334 B.C.，Alexander led the army made up of nearly 50,000 soldiers into Asia，which was called “the most powerful military expedition（远征）ever to leave Greece”．He soundly defeated the Persian army at the Granicus River，sending a strong message to Darius Ⅲ，leader of the Persian Empire.In 333 B.C.，Alexander faced Darius again at Issus，a mountain pass.The Macedonian army was greatly outnumbered but able to work the narrow mountain passageway to their advantage.Darius managed to escape.Continuing down the Mediterranean Coast，Alexander took every city in his path.In 332 B.C.，Alexander declared Egypt to be part of the Greek Empire and was crowned Pharaoh（法老）．When Alexander left Egypt in 331 B.C.，he defeated the Persians again and was crowned leader of Asia.In 323 B.C.，however，Alexander developed a fever on the way back home and died 10 days later at Babylon.He was just 33 years old.1．What can we know about Philip Ⅱ's death?A．He was killed by someone intending to take power from him.B．Alexander sent someone who hated Philip Ⅱ to kill him.C．His death was related to his plan of fighting Persia.D．The murder might be organized by a group of people.2．The Macedonian army could defeat the Persians at Issus mainly because ______.A．Darius didn't command his army in the battlefieldB．the Macedonian soldiers were more than the Persian soldiers in numberC．the Macedonian soldiers could fight better at the mountain passD．Macedonia was more powerful than the Persian Empire3．In which order did Alexander do the following things?a．Totally overthrew the Persian Empire.b．Defeated the Persian army at Issus.c．Was crowned Pharaoh of Egypt.d．Defeated the Persian army at the Granicus River.e．Became the leader of Macedonia.A．e，d，b，c，a B．d，e，a，c，bC．e，b，d，c，a D．d，a，c，e，b4．According to the passage，we can infer ______.A．Aristotle taught Alexander how to defeat other nationsB．Alexander was happy about his father's deathC．Persia is tougher to defeat than EgyptD．Macedonia soon declined after Alexander diedBThe brown widow spider became established in Southern California in early 2000 and has become part of the local spider family in urban Los Angeles and San Diego.The brown widow spider is continuing its expansion in Southern California and could possibly move northward into Central California.The brown widow is suspected to have evolved in Africa although it was first described from South America，which adds confusion as to where it might have originated.It is a tropical and subtropical spider having established populations in Hawaii，Florida，parts of Australia，South Africa and Japan.In North America，the brown widow spider was restricted for many decades to the Florida Peninsula.However，around the year 2000，it started showing up in other Gulf Coast states.Brown widows are now known from Texas to Georgia and South Carolina.The brown widow builds its web in protected sites around homes and in woody vegetation with branches.Some typical sites selected by brown widows for web building are empty containers such as buckets and nursery pots，mail boxes，entry way corners，under eaves，storage closets and garages，undercarriages of motor vehicles that are stationary for long periods，and the undersides of outdoor furniture.They choose places that are more exposed than sites chosen by black widows and therefore，appear to be at higher risk for interactions with humans as far as bites are concerned.One recent study demonstrates that the brown widow spider is less poisonous than other widow species.The reason for the weaker effect of brown widow bites on humans is possibly because the brown widow does not have much poison as its larger relatives，but it is really a threat to humans as to its poison.The two major symptoms of a brown widow bite are that the bite hurts when it is given and it leaves a red mark.These two symptoms are not much different from the bite of normal household spiders.There is no specific information regarding the control of brown widows by farm chemicals.Most current advice is what is used for controlling spiders in general.Therefore，most commercially available farm chemicals should work on brown widows.Avoiding a mess of the house and the garage should reduce nest sites for them.Also，one should store garage items in plastic bags where there might be interactions with spiders.These items include rarely worn garments such as gardening clothes and gloves，recreational items like sports equipment（i.e.，baseball gloves）and other items where spiders can crawl up into holes where fingers can be inserted.5．The author wrote this article to ______.A．announce the result of a research on spidersB．introduce the ways to get rid of the spidersC．report a new finding of the widow speciesD．warn readers against the brown widow6．From the passage we can conclude that ______.A．brown widows are possibly spreading northwardB．brown widows originated from AfricaC．brown widows now can be found in all countriesD．there used to be no brown widows in North America7．The third paragraph is mainly about ______.A．the brown widow's web buildingB．the characteristics of the brown widowC．the habitat preferences of the brown widowD．the brown widow's threat to human beings8．It can be inferred that ______.A．brown widows can be killed with any farm chemicalsB．at present people can only control brown widow spidersC．the brown widow has more poison than the black widowD．victims bitten by the brown widow needn't see the doctorCYou've heard of the dangers of second­hand smoke.Now here's another worry：second­hand TV.A growing number of researchers are warning about the dangers of watching TV when very young children are nearby.Recent findings suggest that even casual exposure to TV can harm their development and ruin parent­child interactions （沟通）．The most recent warning came last week when the American Academy of Pediatrics （儿科）for the first time included warnings about “second­hand television” in its guidelines for kids under age 2.In addition to the time for young kids to watch TV，it warned against watching TV with them nearby，saying the practice hurt their language development.It pointed to several studies，including one that found background TV reduced the length of time children played and caused their focus on play to wander.Recent surveys find that about one of three families leave the TV on most of the time.The warning said TV keeps young kids and their parents from interacting—a key way children develop the working vocabulary they'll need in school.“If you're trying to connect with your kids，you've got to turn the screens off，”says Ari Brown，a pediatrician and lead author on the recommendations.She worries that when the focus is on TV，there's less talk time.Brown discourages families from keeping the TV on when no one is watching and suggests they wait until very young kids are in bed before they watch their f avorite show.“Parents are distracted（分散注意力）by TV the same way preschoolers are，”says Lisa Guernsey，author of the 2007 book Into the Minds of Babies：How Screen Time Affects Children From Birth to Age Five.She says young children learn much more from face­to­face interaction than a screen.“They see someone who's able to do that as a true learning partner，”she says.“They don't have any way of knowing whether that character or face on screen really understands them.”9．Which of the following is the bad effect o f second­hand TV watching?A．It caused children not to play attentively.B．It hurt children's feelings to their parents.C．It made children suffer from the violence on TV.D．It taught children some improper language.10．What can be inferred from the third paragraph?A．Parents should limit the TV time for children.B．Parents should spend time playing with children.C．Parents should buy another TV for their children.D．Parents should strengthen their children's language development.11．What is suggested in the fourth paragraph?A．When everybody in the family focuses on TV，there is more talk time.B．Interacting plays an important part in developing kids' vocabulary.C．The characters on TV screen can really understand young children.D．Adults learn much more fro m face­to­face interaction than a screen.DBy creating a distinctive username and reusing it on multiple websites，you may be giving online marketers and scammers a simple way to track you.Four researchers from the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science（INRIA）studied over 10 million usernames—collected from public Google profiles，eBay accounts and several other sources.They found that about half of the usernames used on one site could be linked to another online profile，potentially allowing marketers and scammers to build a more complex picture of the users.“These results show that some users can be profiled just from their usernames，”says Claude Castelluccia，research director of the security and privacy research group at INRIA，and one o f the authors of a paper on the work.“More specifically，a profiler could use usernames to identify all the profiles that belong to the same user and then use all the information contained in these sites to profile the victim.”Those who have more unique usernames are more likely to be attacked.The INRIA researchers have created a tool that can check how unique a username is，and thus how easily an attacker could use it to build a profile of a person.Researches are exploring ways that the traces of data that people leave on different websites could be combined and used to track them.A 2010 paper showed that the online groups to which people belonged could be used to infer their real identity in 42 percent of cases.Building profiles of consumers using online information has already become a major industry for marketers as well as online criminals.12．What would be the best title for the passage?A．Look out for online criminalsB．Your username may betray youC．Don't leave your traces onlineD．A unique username is more attractive13．Online marketers may use your username to ______.A．get a picture of yoursB．steal from your online accountC．get useful information about youD．find out your interest or hobbies14．The main purpose of the passage is probably to ______.A．warn us of the possible dangers of a unique usernameB．tell us how to manage our online informationC．advise us on how to choose a proper usernameD．tell us the importance of a username15．We can infer from the passage that ______.A．it's hard to build a profile of a person from an online usernameB．it's better to use a more complex username onlineC．an online username has little to do with the real personD．we'd better not use the same username on different sites第二节信息匹配16In the event that you are currently in a teen relationship，harmonious teen relationships can prevent you from experiencing problems within our relationship，and it may also help you to move past any problems that you may already have.Check out the complete article to learn what teen relationships may do for you.17．During the time that you are in your teens，it can be a tremendously exciting and passionate time for individuals，and at anytime that you are in a relationship during your teens，it is very important that you show the maximum level of respect，both for your partner and yourself.The interactions and actions within relationships at this particular age may leave lasting impressions on all of your relationship for many years to come，so why don't you make all of them good impressions?18．Within these early relationships，when mistrust is present，it may easily lead to really severe issues with trust in relationships once you get a little older.It is very important for you to prove to your significant ones（重要的人）that you are trustworthy of them.19．Whether you like it or not，there are some teenagers that simply don't take their relationships seriously.In the end，this may lead to several problems，of which cheating is the most common problem.When you have someone cheat on you，it is among the most painful things that may happen within your life，and it is particularly hard to get over it if it happens at a young age.In order to prevent this，when you are with someone，you should take a moment to talk about each other's expectations.20．Each of the relationships that you go through during your teens may be among the most intense that you will ever encounter within your wholelife.It may also feel like when something happens it is going to feel like the world is coming to an end，but it really isn't going to be.Chances are that you are going to move on from the situations that happen and meet many new individuals and have some new relationships，and they are going to be just as exciting and new as the relationship that you have been experiencing currently.参考答案第一节阅读理解A1. 答案：D解析：推理判断题。

2013高考英语二轮总复习阅读理解精选（13）及答案AVilla Nicoletta, Genuine RelaxationSomewhere in the world, there’s a place where stress isn’t allowed and peace and genuine relaxation are the only demands of the day. If you could go there, you would thoroughly enjoy yourself. There are not too many places in the world like this, but this is one of them. It’s luxurious. It’s ultra-private.Welcome to Villa NicolettaVilla Nicoletta is a 4-bedroom luxury villa and an oasis(绿洲) of rest and rejuvenation（恢复活力）in a land of unspoiled peace. Located on a 70-foot cliff overlooking the north shore of the island of St. Thomas and the pretty waters of Caret Bay, Villa Nicoletta offers the finest accommodations in the Caribbean for those seeking a vacation of elegance, peace and privacy. You’ll see how the sun blankets the landscape and water in shimmering（闪光） brilliance by day and how the sky twinkles like billions of bright diamonds at night.Completed in 2000, the 3,300-square-foot Villa Nicoletta is fully equipped with state-of-the-art electronics.When you book Villa Nicoletta, you shall book the entire villa.Off Season: April 16 to December 14★4 bedrooms —＄5,700/week (8 people max)Sleep sofa can add additional 2 people ＄200/nightPeak Season: December 15 to April 15★4 bedrooms —＄6,300/week (8 people max)Sleep sofa can add additional 2 people ＄200/night56. The villa can be rented to a maximum of _______ people at a time.A. fiveB. eightC. thirteenD. ten57. If a family with 6 people spends a fortnight’s Christmas holiday in the villa,how much will they pay?A. ＄12,600.B. ＄15,400C. ＄11,400.D. ＄13,200.58. Villa Nicoletta is most likely to be popular with tourists who _______.A. like adventureB. want to escape the noisy life of the cityC. enjoy the winter sportsD. seek excitement in the sea59. We can infer that _______.A. you can share the villa with other touristsB. the island of St. Thomas is famous for the ocean theme amusement parkC. fewer tourists stay in Villa Nicoletta in autumn than in springD. you can go in for extreme sports in Villa NicolettaBHow would you like to sleep with one half your brain asleep and the other half awake? Dolphins sleep this way. Recently, scientists at Indiana State University have discovered that ducks sleep this way too. They found that ducks sleep half awake so they can rest and watch for danger at the same time.After putting their ducks in a row and videotaping them, some researchers found ducks on the end of each row spent more time asleep with one eye open, apparently looking for predators.“The more the ducks felt threatened, the more they slept with one eye open,” said lead author Niels C. Rattenborg, a graduate student at Indiana State University,Terre Haute. “the unique aspect is not that they do it,but that they control it. When they sleep at the edge of a group,they tend to realize greater danger, so they spend more time sleeping with one half of their brain.” Ducks with one eye open were still awake enough to detect predators, said the authors of the study, which appears today in the journal Nature.The researchers studied four groups of four ducks held in plastic boxes, which were arranged in a row. Ducks on the end were found to sleep with one eye open 31.8 per cent of the time, compared to 12.4 percent of the time for ducks in the central position.Also, ducks in the central position did not open one eye more than the others, while ducks on each end kept the eye facing away from the group open 86.2 per cent of the time. Brain wave readings of the ducks showed that the half of the brain receiving signals from the closed eye indicated that half of the brain was sleeping. Signals from the half of the brain receiving signals from the open eye showed a state between fully awake and asleep.60. It was discovered that .A. most people would like to be half asleepB. ducks can sleep half awakeC. dolphins sleep on their wayD. ducks have different sleeping habits from each other61. A predator is most likely to be .A. an animal that hunts,kills and eats other animalsB. a human being who looks after and feeds ducksC. a scientist who does research work on animalsD. an animal that is likely to be friends with ducks62. Ducks at the end of each row sleep with one eye open because .A. they are looking for foodB. they want to enjoy the sceneryC. they are watching out for dangerD. they are unique in their sleeping habit63. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Ducks on the northern end of a row would keep their eye facing the south open.B. Ducks with less sense of duty usually choose to stay in the center of a row.C. Ducks with one eye open at the edge can still enjoy a certain degree of sleep.D. A video tape recorder was the only electronic device used in the experiment.CIn the age of reality television, success isn’t the only way to the public eye.Failure can also create fame, just like William Hung, 21, a native of Hong Kong.Hung recently has made an agreement with US-based entertainment firms Koch Recordsand Fuse Music Network. They will publish a full-length record, titled “The TrueIdol” on April 6.The idol (偶像) is a civil engineering student at the University of Californiaat Berkeley. He did a version (改写本) of Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs” on thetelevision show “American Idol 3", on January 27. The Fox TV singing contest searchesfor pop stars among ordinary people. In the case of Hung, however, his act was sobad that the judges cut him off in mid-act. Hung’s response? “I already gave mybest, so I have no regrets at all.” That’s interesting, because any common personwould have found plenty to regret: the off-key singing, the blue Hawaiian shirt wornwith pants pulled up too high, the terrible dancing, the hips jerking (摇摆) to abeat that did not belong to the song, maybe not even to this planet. It was, by all accounts, bad.But it was this very bad act that sold well.Marc Juris, president of Fuse, explained it this way: “Every one of us is happily guilty of singing our favorite song at the top of our lungs with complete freedom, completely off-key and completely unworried. That’s what William did a nd immediately won the hearts of America.”Whatever it is, for the moment it’s big. Three websites devoted to Hung have gone up on the Internet in the past few weeks. Versions of his performance have been remixed with hip hop and techno music and have made it to the top 10 request list at a Chicago radio station.So, what does Hung think of this?“There were all these people saying things about me. A lot were saying I was very courageous and that I was great on the show, but some didn’t have much respect f or me and some were kind of mean.”Now he says he’s not so sure whether to distance himself from the glamour (魅力) or to accept it. Returning to normal hasn’t been easy.64. Hung was popular in American for all the following reasons EXCEPT .A. his shirt and pantsB. his off-key singingC. his jerking hipsD. his excellent version65. Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened to Hung?a. The entertainment firms made an agreement with Hung.b. The judges cut Hung off in mid-act in the singing contest.c. Hung became popular among Americans.d. Hung gave a terrible performance though he tried his best.e. Three websites put Hung’s funny performance on the Internet.A. d, b, e, c, aB. a, c, d, b, eC. a, d, b, c, eD. d, b, a, e, c66. What is the main idea of this passage?A. Sometimes an idol behaves quite foolishly.B. Hung's performance attracted the public eye.C. How an unsuccessful person became famous.D. Success sometimes does not require hard work.67. Why was Hung able to win the hearts of America?A. His success was based on luck rather than his own hard work.B. He attracted people’s attention and won wide praise in the contest.C. He was good-looking in his pants and shirt though he didn’t sing well.D. In the contest he did what every one of us is happy to do in daily life.DIf you have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to findhow “foolish” the Finnish people are.Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benzwith a fare of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driverto drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then walkoff without paying your fare. The driver would not show the least sign of anxiety.The dining rooms in all big hotels not on ly serve their guests, but a lso serveoutside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the freedining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show their good faithis to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you caneasily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge.The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soonas they have agreed with the boss on the rate. From then on they just say how manyhours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly.With so many loopholes(漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heavento those who love to take “petty advantages”. But the strange thing is, all thetaxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attendedto their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel diningrooms. And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in. Asthe Finns always act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a societyhas turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to beon guard against others?68. While taking a taxi in Finland, a passenger_______.A. can go anywhere without having to pay the driverB. only pays two US dollars for a taxi rideC. can never be turned down by the taxi driver wherever he wants to goD. needs to provide good faith demonstration before leaving without paying69. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Generally, in Finland, workers can get more pay by working long hours.B. The bosses are too busy to check the working hours of their employees.C. The workers are always honest with their working hours.D. The workers and their bosses will make an agreement in advance about the pay.70. The underlined word “those” in Para.5 probably refers to people _______.A. who are on guard against othersB. who are dishonestC. who often have meals in big hotelsD. who often take taxis71. It can be concluded that _______.A. Finnish people are really foolish in daily lifeB. the Finnish society is of very high moral levelC. Finland has been a good place for cheatsD. all the Finns are rich and therefore honestEYou are from a middle-class family, and live in a normal size home without any showy possessions, but you are surrounded by surprising consumption (消费). This contrast is beginning to bother your 6-year-old son. You are worried that he will want to live as they do and wonder if you should move.Sometimes big pocket money, joyful birthday parties, special playrooms and super-big houses tell you that your neighbors probably have more money than you do,and that they’re not as careful as you are with money, but you may find that they cook and dig in the garden with their children just as often as you do, talk with them freely and read to them every night.Or you may find that some of these parents stay in one wing of their big house while their child plays by himself, way off in a wing of his own. In that unfortunate case, he is basically growing up alone without being looked after properly, but thiscan happen to a child who lives in a normal size house, too, if he has a TV, a computerand a few video games in his room. Even the most caring parent doesn’t walk in andout of it to see what show her child is watching, what Internet site he has foundand if he’s still playing that video game.Too much uncontrolled screen time may lead to a certain loss of innocence, but mostly this child will lose the sense of unity and satisfaction that comes from beingin a family.A neighborhood should also provide you with a sense of unity and satisfaction,and if it doesn’t, you might decide to move. Don’t judge your neighborhood too strictly, though. There are some things that are right with almost any neighborhoodand some things that are wrong with the best of them — like those super-big houses.The wealth of their owners — and the way they throw money around — may make your son feel sorry for himself, unless you help him understand that you and his dad save some of the money, give some to peopl e who don’t have enough and use the rest to pay for whatever the family needs.Children want, and should be provided with, explanations when their parents don’t give them what they want.72. What is the problem with the worried parent in the text?A. Her h ouse isn’t as big as her rich neighbors’.B. Her son is left alone without anyone in charge.C. She worries about the effect of her neighbors on her son.D. She cannot provide her son with a special playroom.73. The author seems to agree that parents should .A. spend more time with their childrenB. give their children more freedomC. work hard to lead a richer lifeD. set an example for their children74. By saying “throw money around” ( in Para.5 ), the author means that richpeople .A. save money for their childrenB. spend money carelesslyC. help the poor people willinglyD. leave money all around the house75. What is the main idea the author aims to express in the text?A. Children are unfortunate to have poor parents.B. Children should enjoy their comfortable life.C. Children feel ashamed of themselves in a rich neighborhood.D. Children need proper guidance from their parents.参考答案56-60 D A B C B 61-65 A C C D A66-70 C D C B B 71-75 B C A B D**************************************************结束。

2013高考英语二轮考点复习讲义：1 阅读理解细节题解题指导例1（2012江苏卷）Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan sees an epidemic (流行病) sweeping across Americas farmland. It has little to do with the usual challenges, such as flood, rising fuel prices and crop-eating insects. The country's fanners are getting older, and there are fewer people standing in line to take their place. National agricultural census (普查) figures show that the fastest-growing group of fanners is the part over 65. Merrigan is afraid the average age will be even higher when the 2012 statistics are completed.Merrigan, a former college professor, is making stops at universities across the country in hopes of encouraging more students to think about careers in agriculture. Aside from trying to stop the graying of .America's farmers, her work is made tougher by a recent blog posting that put agriculture at No.1 on a list of "useless" college degrees. Top federal agriculture officials are talking about the posting, and it has t he attention of agricultural organizations across the country.“There couldn't be anything that's more incorrect," Merrigan said. "We know that there aren't enough qualified graduates to fill the jobs that are out there in American agriculture.In addition, a gr owing world population that some experts predict will require 70% more food product ion by 2050, she said.“I truly believe we're at a golden age of agriculture. Global demand is at an all-time record high, and global supplies are at all-time record lows," said Matt Rush, director of the Texas Farm Bureau. "Production costs are going to be valuable enough that younger people are going to have the opportunity to be involved in agriculture. "The Department of Agriculture has programs aimed at developing more farmers and at increasing interest in locally grown food. The National Young Farmers' Coalition has also been pushing for state and federal policy changes to make it easier for new farmers.Ryan Best, president of Future Fanners of America, has been living out of a suitcase, traveling the country and visiting with high school students about careers in agriculture. The 21 -year-old Best hopes his message-that this is a new time in agriculture-will motivate the next generation to turn around the statistics. Never before have we had the innovations ( 创新) in technology which have led to agriculture in this country being the most efficient it has ever been,”he said. “there’s reallya place for everybody to fit i n.”59. What is the new challenge to American agriculture?A. Fewer and older farmers.B. Higher fuel prices.C. More natural disasters.D. Lower agricultural output.[点拨] A 细节理解题。

2013高考英语二轮完形、阅读强化系列（07）及答案完形填空The sun was shining when I got on No. 151 bus. We passengers sat jammed in heavy clothes. No one 26 . That’s one of the unwritten rules27 we see the same faces every day, we prefer to 28behind our newspapers. People who sit so close together are using them to keep 29 distance.As the bus came near the Mile, a 30 suddenly rang out, “Attention! This is your31 speaking.” We looked at the back of the driver’s head. “Put your32down, all of you.” The papers came dow n. “Now, turn and33 the person next to you.”Surprisingly we all did it. Still no one smiled. I faced an old woman. I saw her 34 every day. We waited for the next 35 from the driver. “Now repeat after me. Good morning, neighbor!”But our voices were a little 36. For many of us, this was the 37 word we had spoken that day. When we said them together, like 38 to people beside us, we couldn’t help39. There was the feeling of relief. Moreover, there was the sense of ice being 40. To say the three words was not so 41 after all.The bus driver said nothing more. He didn’t42_. Not a single newspaper went back up. I heard laughter, a 43 sound I had never heard before in this bus.When I 44 my stop, I said goodbye to my seatmate, and then 45_the bus. That day I was starting happily.26.A. spoke B. said C. stood D. told27. A. as B. because C. when D. although28. A. read B. sit C. talk D. hide29. A. ours B. your C. their D. its30. A. call B. noise C. sound D. voice31. A. conductor B. driver C. neighbor D. seatmate32. A. papers B. bags C. books D. clothes33. A. see B. meet C. face D. greet34. A. still B. nearly C. even D. hardly35. A. turn B. talk C. order D. remark36. A. loud B. neat C. slow D. weak37. A. first B. last C. best D. only38. A. passengers B. citizens C. patients D. school children39. A. shouting B. crying C. smiling D. wondering40. A. formed B. heated C. broken D. frozen41. A. sad B. hard C. ordinary D. shy42. A. need B. want C. like D. begin43. A. different B. warm C. loud D. sad44. A. arrived B. reached C. left D. found45. A. jumped off B. left for C. got on D. waited for阅读理解A 篇LONDON (Reuters Life!) ---- Forget about talking your children into considering life as a doctor or a teacher and start training them for the talent show.A survey of British parents showed the aspirations (志向) of their children are greatly different from what they dreamed about when considering who they wanted to be when they grew up. Although astronaut (宇航员) still remains fairly high on the list of careers (事业) kids dream about these days, others like doctor and teacher have been taken the place of by the desire (欲望) to win good name and money as a sporting hero, pop star or actor.The parents of children aged 5 to 11 said the choice of lawyer had dropped by only one place on a top 10 list to sixth, while teacher had dropped to ninth from top in the last 25 or more years.The survey for British TV channel “Watch” found a great difference between the genders (性别) of today’s young people when compared with their parents’ dreams 25 years or more ago.Playing professional football, being an astronaut and joining the firefighting service topped the boys’ choices, while girls are more likely to be dreaming of taking to the stage as a pop star or actress or joining the medical profession.When asked what they would like their children to do for a living, today’s parents still like the academic (学术的) professions (职业), with law and medicine scoring highly, while being a boss came third.Parents also praised job happiness above wealth (财富) when it comes to their hopes for their children.Nearly 70 percent of the parents surveyed thought that they failed to follow their dreams when it came to their career, with 37 percent thinking it was caused by a lack of aspiration and not having the necessary conditions.46. From the passage we know that most parents still hope that in the future their children can take up ______.A. jobs such as musicians, singers and dancersB. jobs related to academic professions like lawyers and doctorsC. jobs in which they will not be endangeredD. jobs which will be well paid on ly47. The first paragraph is to advise parents to ______.A. change their children’s dreamsB. correct their children’s dreamsC. follow their children’s dreamsD. forget their chil dren’s dreams48. According to the survey for British TV chan nel “Watch”, which of the following is the boys’ best career choice?A. A pop starB. An actorC. A doctorD. A firefighter49. What can be learnt from the passage?A. Parents’ hope for their children’s career did not change too much.B. Parents pay much attention to the income of their children.C. Less than half of the parents who were surveyed didn’t follow their dreams.D. Most parents didn’t have the necessary conditions to realize their dreams.50. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Many reasons cause the change of children’s dreams.B. Parents’ dreams are different from children’s.C. Parents are changing their own dreams.D. Children’s dreams are always changing.B篇About twenty years ago I had the pleasure of teaching a disabled young woman. Not only was she good at math and science, but she was also extremely talented in art. She could draw and paint beautifully. When Audrey graduated from university she got two degrees, one in fine arts and one in chemistry. Not too many people do well in two such different areas of study.Just before her high school graduation, Audrey gave me a wonderful gift. It was a watercolorpainting of a mother and her baby. A tear fell from the mother’s eye as she looked lovingly at her child. Beneath the painting Audrey had written these words: “The deep love from Mother, through me, touches another.” What a beautiful gift! I had the piece of art framed(给…做框) and hung in my office.Years passed with many moves from one office to another and I lost the painting. Last year, after about eight years of not knowing where it was, I received a phone from a former colleague who said she had something of mine. It was the picture Audrey had painted for me 18 years ealier. When cleaning out a storage room she had discovered my gift.I was struck that the precious gift came back. I knew Audrey very well. When she was four years old Audrey had a serious disease. What’s worse, her father left the house. It was her mother who brought her up with much trouble. She survived the disease but was disabled.To any other it is just a painting, but to me it shows how a mother’s love has helped develop a talent and how its power pushes me ahead.51. What made Audrey different from others was that she_______.A. could draw and paint beautifulllyB. was good at math and chemistryC. got two degrees in two different fieldsD. was a student in a key university52. How did the author regain the painting?A. She found it from one office.B. One of her former colleagues found it.C. She found it in a storage room.D. Audrey found it for her.53. What is Paragraph 4 mainly talking about?A.The author’s feeling.B. Audrey’s family.C. Audrey’s experience.D. The author’s experience.54. Why does the author value the painting so much?A. It was painted by her most talented student.B. The painting can be worth a lot of money.C. The art value of the painting is immeasurable(无法估计的).D. The painting encourages her to advance(前进).26—45 ADDCD BACBC DADCC BABBA46-54 BCDAB CBCD。

2013高考英语二轮（阅读理解）珍品训练（07）及答案（******）When several different people look at the same person, it is not unusual for each of them to see different things; when you alone observe one behavior or one person at two different times, you may see different things. The following are about some of the factors that lead to these different senses.(1)Each person's senses of others are formed by his or her own cult ural condition, education, and personal experiences.(2)Sometimes senses differ because of what we choose to observe and how we deal with what we've observed. It is not necessarily true that person sense is based on observations of a particular person. Your observations may be totally controlled by what others have told you about this person: or you may center mainly on the situation or role relationship. Most people do not use the same standard to measure their parents, their friends, and strangers.(3)Sometimes we see only what we want to see or don't see what may be obvious to others because of our own needs, desires, or temporary emotional states. This is a process known as selective sense. Selective sense is obviously more dif- ficult when contradictory (矛盾的) information is particularly obvious, but it can be done. We can ignore (忽略) the stimulus "He's basically a good boy so what I saw was not shoplifting."We can reduce the importance of the contradictory information "All kids get into naughty hehavior. Taking a book from bookstore isn't such a big deal. "We can change the meaning of the contradictory information It wasn't shoplifting because he was going to pay for it later."l. The first factor given by the author that affects our sense is_________.A. the abilities of one's hearing and seeing sensorsB. cultural background and personal experiencesC. ex periences one learns from othersD. critical measures taken by other people答案：B指导：由第一因素就是"cultural conditionand personal experiences"可知B为最佳选项。