2021年黑龙江省高考英语总复习：阅读理解(附答案解析)

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1．A lot of us lose life's tough battles by starting a frontal attack﹣ when a touch of humor might

well enable us to win． Consider the case of a young friend of mine， who was on his trapped

way to work shortly after receiving an ultimatum（最后通牒） about the job． Although there

was a good reason for Sam's being late﹣serious illness at home﹣he realized that this by﹣now﹣familiar excuse wouldn't work any longer． His supervisor was probably already pacing

up and down preparing a dismissal speech．

Yes， the boss was． Sam entered the office at 9：35． The place was as quiet as a locker

room； everyone was hard at work． Sam's supervisor came up to him． Suddenly， Sam

forced a grin and stretched out his hand． "How do you do!" he said， "I'm Sam Maynard． I'm

applying for a job， which， I understand， became available just 35 minutes ago． Does the

early bird get the worm？"

The room exploded in laughter， except that the supervisor had toclamp offa smile and

walked back to his office． Sam Maynard had saved his job﹣ with the only tool that could

win， a laugh．

Humor is a most effective， yet frequently ignored， means of handling the difficult

situations in our lives． It can be used for patching up differences， apologizing， saying "no"，

criticizing， getting the other fellow to do what you want without his losing face． For some

jobs， it's the only tool that can succeed． It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that

serious dialogue may start a quarrel． For example， many believe that comedians on

television are doing more today for racial and religions tolerance than people in any other form．

（1）Why was Sam late for his job？

A． Because he was seriously ill at home．

B． Because he received an ultimatum．

C． Because he was busy applying for a new job．

D． Because he was caught in a traffic jam．

（2）The phrase "clamp off" in Paragraph 3 means ．

A． try to hold back 第 2 页 共 73 页 B． pretend to set

C． send off

D． give out

（3）Which of the following statements can we infer from the passage？

A． Many lose life's battles for they are always late．

B． Sam was supposed to come to his office at 8：30．

C． It wasn't the first time that Sam came late for his work．

D． Humor is the most effective way of solving problems．

（4）What's the main idea of this passage？

A． Sam Maynard saved his job with humor．

B． Humor is important in our lives．

C． Early bird can get the worm．

D． Humor can solve racial discriminations．

2．Cortana． Alexa． Siri． These are names of robotic voices that are often programmed on

electronic tablets．They also become default（默认） identities for people with speech disorders

who rely on technology to communicate． Now some speech scientists are developing

personalized voices to reflect the broader diversity of the people who use them． To do it，

they are tapping into a vast network of volunteers who are donating their voices to share with

people who cannot speak．

The effort to build an international "Human Voicebank" has attracted more than 17，000

volunteers from 110 countries， including Priyanka Pandya， a 16﹣year﹣old from Columbia，

Md．， who plans to spend her winter vacation recording a string of sentences into her

computer． "To be able to give somebody the gift of voice， I think that's really， really

powerful，" she said．

"Everyone has a voice，" said Rupal Patel， founder of VocaliD， the company that started

the voicebank． "Even people who are unable to speak have sounds that are unique to them．"

Her company designs personalized voices by recording the unique sounds of the user， and

then mixing them with 6 to 10 hours of recordings from a voice donor， matched by age，

gender and region． The company is developing voices now for its first 100 customers．

Also， people's voices change． The company is looking for donors who are willing to 第 3 页 共 73 页 record their voices， and then record them again a few years later， as they get older． But

some of the first customers say they are happy with the results．

John A． Gregoire was one of the first customers to receive a personalized voice from

VocaliD last December． The voice came eight years after he developed ALS（肌萎缩侧索硬化症）and more than six years since his voice became unintelligible to everyone except his

wife and youngest son． "Having a distinctive voice is like getting something back that was

stolen，" John said．

（1）What does the author say about the voicebank？

A．It collects all kinds of voices．

B．It helps to recognize special voices．

C．It gains strong public support．

D．It offers people personalized voices free．

（2）The example of John A． Gregoire is given in the text to stress ．