2013届高考英语二轮总复习 专题训练卷专题训练卷3 新课标(湖南专用)

第十四讲妙用常识及排除法(1)(8 min.)John and Bobby joined a wholesale company together just after graduation from college the same year. Both worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss __1__ Bobby to the position of manager but John remained an ordinary __2__. John could not take it anymore, tendered his resignation to the boss and complained the boss did not know how to delegate and did not value __3__ staff, but only promoted those who flattered him.The boss knew that John worked very hard for the years. He thought a moment and said, “Thank you for your __4__，but I have a request. I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave. Perhaps you will change your decision and __5__ your resignation.”John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find out anyone selling watermelon in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found out a man __6__ watermelon. The boss asked how much per kg. John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to __7__ the boss $1.2 per kg.The boss told John to wait a __8__ and he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelon in the market. Bobby went, returned and said, “Boss, only one person selling watermelon. $1.2 per kg, $10 for 10kg, he has inventory (清单) of 340 melons. On the table 58 melons, bought from the South two days ago, they are __9__ and red, good quality.”John was very __10__ and realized the difference between himself and Bobby. He decided not to resign but to learn from Bobby.Chances exist in the daily details. For the same matter, a more successful person sees more and __11__ so that he can find out an opportunity and catch it to realize his aim. If a person sees one year ahead, while another sees only tomorrow. Then, the __12__ between a year and a day is 365 times!1. A. appointed B. broughtC. madeD. chose2. A. scholar B. messengerC. employeeD. manager3. A. talented B. cleverC. acuteD. hard-working4. A. praise B. criticismC. respectD. apology5. A. take up B. take backC. take inD. take over6. A. selling B. sailingC. exportingD. sponsoring7. A. bother B. equipC. informD. notice8. A. day B. monthC. fortnightD. second9. A. delicious B. freshC. tastyD. fortunate10. A. impressed B. contentC. surprisedD. faithful11. A. wider B. lessC. deeperD. farther12. A. chance B. assessmentC. differenceD. recognition(2)(8 min.)No matter where in the world the U．S. President travels, if he travels by air, he flies on a plane called Air Force One. It is a well-known __1__ of the United States, particularly the U．S. presidency.Air Force One, sometimes __2__ as “the flying White House”，isn't technically a plane. It's the radio call name for any U．S. Air Force plane __3__ the President of the United States. In practice, however, Air Force One is used to refer to one of two __4__ customized Boeing 747-200B series aircraft. Capable of refueling in midair, Air Force One has __5__ range and can carry the President wherever he needs to travel.Inside, the President and his travel companions __6__ 4,000 square feet of floor space on three levels, including the President's onboard living __7__，with his own bedroom, bathroom, workout room and office space.Because Air Force One carries the President and because some trips can be quite long, the plane has a number of special __8__，many of which are found on no commercial jetliner.The plane has a lot of technology in its onboard medical __9__. The medical room has an extensive pharmacy, loads of emergency room equipment and __10__ an operating table. The plane also has a staff doctor, who travels with the President wherever he goes.The onboard electronics are __11__ to protect against electromagnetic pulse attacks, and Air Force One is equipped with advanced secure communications __12__，allowing the aircraft to function as a mobile command center in the event of an attack on the United States.1. A. symbol B. signalC. sessionD. sense2. A. applied to B. turned toC. referred toD. pointed to3. A. fetching B. carryingC. searchingD. removing4. A. lowly B. commonlyC. naturallyD. highly5. A. unlimited B. unexpectedC. unmannedD. unadjusted6. A. survive B. escapeC. enjoyD. experience7. A. standards B. quartersC. habitsD. costs8. A. meanings B. servicesC. choicesD. features9. A. ward B. expertsC. facilityD. association10. A. just B. onlyC. stillD. even11. A. shut B. strengthenedC. openedD. cleaned12. A. approach B. technologyC. conditionD. equipment(3)(8 min.)I had the meanest mother in the world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have cereal(麦片粥), eggs and toast. Others had cokes and candy for lunch, while we had to eat a(n) __1__. As you can guess, my supper was __2__ from the other kids'. But at least I was not alone in my __3__. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.My mother insisted on knowing where we were __4__. She had to know who our friends were and what we were doing. We had to wear __5__ clothes every day. Other kids always wore their clothes for days. We __6__ the height of disgrace because she made our clothes herself, just to save money.The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by 9：00 each night and __7__ at 7：45 the next morning. So while my friends slept, my mother actually had the __8__ to break Child Labor Law. She made us work. I believed she lay awake all night __9__ mean things to do to us. Through the years, our friends' report cards had beautiful colors on them, black for passing, red for failing. My mother, however, would __10__ be content with black marks. None of us was __11__ the pleasure of being a dropout.She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults. Using this as a background, I'm now trying to __12__ my three children. I'm filled with pride when my children think I am mean because now I thank God every day for giving me the meanest mother in the world.1. A. egg B. Pepsi colaC. candyD. sandwich2. A. different B. moreC. richerD. less3. A. happiness B. familyC. sufferingD. life4. A. at times B. at all timesC. in no timeD. some times5. A. clean B. dirtyC. gracefulD. old6. A. cleared B. measuredC. heldD. reached7. A. down B. upC. offD. out8. A. power B. freedomC. courageD. privilege9. A. thinking for B. thinking back toC. thinking upD. thinking much of10. A. merely B. hardlyC. neverD. completely11. A. refused B. promisedC. awardedD. allowed12. A. bring in B. bring upC. feed upD. play with。

专题训练卷（一) 高中新课标总复习(第二轮）·英语专题训练卷（一）(1）SECTION ADirections：In this section，you'll hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers. For each conversation，there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter (A, B or C) on the question booklet. You will hear each conversation TWICE.Conversation 11. What does the woman want to do？A. Get a car insurance。

B。

Buy a new car。

C. Sell her old car。

2. What will the man do？A。

Call the woman later.B. Give the woman a number。

C. Give the woman a lift.Conversation 23. For whom does the man buy a present?A。

His daughter. B。

His girlfriend。

C。

His elder sister.4. What does the woman recommend at last?A。

A doll. B。

A dress。

C. A pet.Conversation 35. What does the man think is the cause of the woman’s illness? A。

2013届高考英语二轮复习最新试题精选单项选择专题训练（解析版）102013届高考英语二轮复习最新试题精选单项选择专题训练（解析版）1 ______children get older, Doherty said, their brains may develop the ability to indentify visual context.A. AsB. WhenC. WhileD. Since【答案】A【解析】试题分析：As随着；When当……时候；While当……时候；Since既然。

句意：随着年龄的增长，大脑会形成辨认视觉环境的能力。

根据句意故选A.考点：考查连词的用法。

点评：本题难度适中。

判断从句中用哪个连词，需用记住连词的用法，在句中的作用，连词也是高考的热点，需要考生平时多练习。

需要考生会分析句子成分理解句意。

即学即练：______you can't answer the question, perhaps we'd better ask someone else.A. AsB. WhenC. WhileD. Since解析：D。

句意：既然你无法回答这个问题，我们最好再问问别人。

22．The British science fiction writer, Isaac Azimac, believes that robots are_____ ever to do harm to a human being.A. unfortunatelyB. unexpectedlyC. unlikelyD. unbelievably【答案】C【解析】试题分析：unfortunately不幸地；unexpectedly想不到的；unlikely不太可能；unbelievably不可信的。

be unlikely to do 不太可能做某事。

句意：英国的科幻作家Isaac Azimac相信机器人不太可能会对人类有伤害。

专题训练卷（四）高中新课标总复习(第二轮）·英语专题训练卷(四）（1)(6 min。

)(原创)Many women do not like strength training because 1. __________ fear that lifting weights will make them look manly and make their muscles large。

This couldn’t be further than the truth。

Women physically cannot build up 2。

__________ much muscle as men can. 3. __________ myth that keeps women from strength training properly is 4。

__________, if women do lift weights，they should be light weights and they shouldn’t train very 5. __________. This is also untr ue. Finally，many women believe that, if they start strength training，see some results, 6. __________ then stop, the muscle they have built up will turn to fat。

That is physically impossible. Of course，if you stop a weight training routine，you will probably see 7。

__________ drop in muscle quality。

This is only natural. 8。

第十九讲细节理解题(1)(8 min.)(原创)There are hundreds of travel writers. It will not be easy for you to make a mark, unless you are different. Reading the works of great travel writers and getting inspired by them are not a bad thing, but you should not copy their style and their approach. The world needs something new. Greatness is not achieved through following, it is achieved through leading, and to lead you need to choose your own approach!Being a travel writer can be _exacting. Y ou must realize that you will not be the first one in a long line. Flights will not arrive on time for you, every hotel will not have a room for you, and you may not be able to make a living out of your work. So, you should be prepared mentally and physically before you begin your quest to explore the world.When you write a travel guide, you should remember that you are not the subject in your guide! Y ou should always focus on the place that you are exploring. What is the difference between visiting a place and exploring it? The answer is very simple, when you visit a place you ask the question ‘where to go？’ and when you explore, you ask ‘why to go there？’ Y our work should not turn out to be just a map which shows directions. It should explain why you chose a specific direction. If you are not curious while traveling, you will never have something new for your readers.I believe that every individual has a unique style of writing. Y ou should dare to have a different approach. A void long personal stories and do not neglect grammar and punctuations.Y ou should also take efforts to promote your work. Y ou should make use of blogs, and popular social networking sites to promote your work. Try to establish contact with major publications. Once your work gets published in a big magazine, there is no stopping.There are many travel writers who say that this is the best job in the world. If you love traveling, you will love this job!1. According to the first paragraph, what do you need to do if you want to be a good travel writer?A. Develop your own style.B. Try to imitate others' approach.C. Read a lot of others' works.D. Get instructed by other writers.2. The underlined word “exacting” can be best replaced by “______”．A. interestingB. excitingC. rewardingD. challenging3. When you travel everywhere, what should you keep in mind according to Para.3?A. Patience.B. Curiosity.C. Judgment.D. Excitement.4. We can infer from the fourth paragraph that ______.A. places visited by thousands of writers have no untold storiesB. no one really has the time to read books with hundreds of pagesC. your reputation will be the same even with grammatical mistakesD. you can expect any miracles right after your first work is published5. What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?A. Making a good preparation.B. Visiting and exploring.C. Marketing yourself.D. Remembering some writing tips.(2)(8 min.)(2012·长郡中学月考五)Increasingly over the last few years, we have become familiar with the range of small electronic devices or “smart”accessories (附件，饰品). Pocket heart-rate monitors for joggers and electronic maps are just the first examples of many new products that promise to change our lives in all sorts of surprising ways.As a scientist at New Y ork University, Rosalind Picard tries out different smart accessories before they go on the market. One of these was the so-called “frown (皱眉) headband”. Rosalind was shocked to realize just how often she frowned. Stuck in a traffic jam recently, Rosalind kept hearing the sounds of the tiny sensor inside the band worn around her forehead —each time she frowned in annoyance, the sensor gave out a signal.Another computer scientist, Steven Feiner, is working on a pair of glasses that will do more than help you to see. Imagine you want to try a restaurant in a foreign city but you're not familiar with the dishes on the menu. If you are wearing a pair of Steven's glasses, all you have to do is glance above the restaurant's doorway and your glasses will immediately become windows to the Internet, offering you full details of the meals served inside. The glasses could also be used to help people make speeches, give chefs access to the latest recipes and even provide doctors with patient information while they carry out operations.At the moment, Steven's invention looks more like a large ski mask than a pair of glasses.It's a headset connected to a hand-held computer and a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, which tracks the wearer's position. But he says that these head-worn displays will eventually get smaller and lighter as technology improves.And, of course, this new technology has a fashionable as well as a useful application. A chemical engineer named Robert Langer has invented a new microchip that, if put inside a ring, can give off different smells according to a person's mood. That, of course, may or may not appeal to you. And, in the end, it is shoppers, not scientists, who will determine which of these smart accessories will succeed as fashionable items and which are sure to join history's long list of crazy inventions.It is clear, however, that as computers get smaller and cheaper, they will pop up in all sorts of easily-wearable accessories, even in the buttons on your coat. What's more, this is something that's going to happen a lot sooner than we all expect.1. When Rosalind wore the headband, she was surprised at ______.A. how well the sensor workedB. how she was affected by trafficC. how strong the signal wasD. how comfortable it was2. For people eating out, Steven's glasses can ______.A. give them a restaurant's locationB. let them see a restaurant's environmentC. inform them about a restaurant's menuD. tell them about a restaurant's quality3. What is the current problem with Steven's glasses?A. Limited function.B. Inconvenience.C. High cost.D. Poor Internet access.4. In general, what does the writer think about smart accessories?A. They will soon be widely available.B. Much more research is needed into them.C. Only a few of them will appeal to shoppers.D. Most of them are considered to be crazy inventions.5. What's the writer's purpose in writing this passage?A. To advertise some smart accessories.B. To tell interesting stories about smart accessories.C. To argue that smart accessories are fashionable.D. To introduce the ideas of smart accessories.(3)(8 min.)(原创)From the car park at the foot of the Range of the A wful Hand, it is a short walk to what may be the darkest place in Scotland. The site is famous among a small group of enthusiasts who come here in black nights to stand, watch and wonder.The patch of ground is surrounded by 300 square miles of moorland(沼泽地), woods and lakes that form the rough wilderness of Galloway Forest Park in southern Scotland, and in a few weeks, officials at the park will take steps towards making it Europe's first dark sky park.Only two other parks in the world, one in Pennsylvania, the other in Utah, have been recognized by the International Dark-Sky Association, a US-based organization that seeks to preserve the darkest corners of the Earth. To earn dark sky park status, officials will submit digital photographs of the night sky taken through a fisheye lens(超广角镜头). Their application must also be supported by readings from light meters at different points in the park.In 1989, the British Astronomical Society set up a group called the Campaign for Dark Skies to highlight the growing issue of light pollution. With increasing urbanization come better-lit streets, roads and buildings, which send light needlessly up into the sky, hiding all but the brightest stars. According to some estimates, the amount of light sent into space costs around $110 million a year.“If you go out in an urban street and look up at night, you might see 50, maybe 100 stars at best. But come to our park and when you look up, there are so many stars you can't count them. Y ou can see shooting stars, satellites and the Milky Way, with its billions of stars. Y ou don't even need a high-powered telescope: a pair of binoculars is brilliant，” said Keith Muir, an official at Galloway Forest Park.Steven Owens, a British astronomer, also said, “We've become a very urban population, and in doing so we've cut ourselves off from experiences people have had for hundreds and thousands of years.”“People have been looking up at the night sky, telling stories and passing on myths and legends for the whole recorded human history. But when we moved into cities, we lost that deep connection with the universe. In setting up dark sky parks, we're trying to reconnect people with nature.”1. What attracts people most in Galloway Forest Park?A. The dark nights.B. The wonderful scenery.C. 300 square miles of moorland.D. The rough wilderness.2. What must be included for Galloway Forest Park to gain dark sky status?A. Some myths and legends.B. Some pictures of the Milky Way.C. Digital photographs of the night sky.D. Light meters used at different points in the park.3. Why was the Campaign for Dark Skies set up?A. To highlight the growing issue of light pollution.B. To preserve the wildlife in Scotland.C. To attract world's attention to the dark corners on earth.D. To prevent urbanization.4. In comparison with urban nights, people can ______ at Galloway nights.A. enjoy all the rough wildernessB. breathe fresh airC. enjoy countless starsD. count all the stars 5. What can be the best title for the passage?A. Observing StarsB. Europe's First Dark Sky ParkC. The International Dark-Sky AssociationD. Three Dark Sky Parks in the World(4)(8 min.)Electric cars are dirty. In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be more dirty than their gasoline-powered cousins.People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions vehicles”，but people in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from. Power plants mostly use fire to make it. Aside from the new folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators. Generators are fueled by something — usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants. There are a few wind farms and geothermal(地热的) plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something.In other words, those “zero-emissions” cars are likely coal-burning cars. It's just because the coal is burned somewhere else that it looks clean. It is not. It's as if the California Greens are covering their eyes —“If I can't see it, it's not happening.” Gasoline is an incredibly efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it. But when you take that gas (or another fuel) and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat — at the generator, through the transmission lines, etc.A gallon of gas may propel your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallon ofgas won't get you nearly as far — so electric cars burn more fuel than gas-powered ones. If our electricity came mostly from nukes(核能发电厂), or geothermal, or hydro, or solar, or wind, then an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we don't use much of those energy sources.In addition, electric cars' batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill. And finally, when cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads. When it's a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot.1. What does “clueless” mean in paragraph 2?A. People are seeing the California Greens everywhere.B. People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions vehicles”．C. People in California love to have their roofs covered with solar cells.D. People there have no idea that so far electricity mainly comes from burning coal, oil, etc.2. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Electric cars are not clean at all.B. Electric cars are better than gasoline-powered ones.C. People cast doubts on electric cars' batteries.D. Gasoline is an efficient way to power a vehicle.3. The electricity we get from a gallon of gas may make our car run ______.A. not less than 25 milesB. more than 25 milesC. no more than 25 milesD. not more than 25 miles4. According to the passage, electric cars ______.A. do not burn fuel and more environmentally-friendlyB. are toxic because it is difficult for nature to clean it up when their batteries are buried in one spotC. are very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentratedD. are poisonous for a long time and will eventually end up in a landfill5. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.A. being green is good and should be encouraged in communicationB. electric cars are not clean in that we get electricity mainly by burning somethingC. zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environmentD. electric cars are now the dominant vehicle compared with gasoline-powered cousins。

专题六阅读填空第二十三讲短文和表格信息的理解(1)(10 min.)(2011·湖南卷)A person searches various websites for different reasons, such as school, work, or entertainment. For teenagers, many informative resources on the Internet can be used. As a matter of fact, there are educational, music and art websites that are truly helpful to teenagers, because they can help make one's life easier.Education websites are helpful to a teenager in doing school work and searching for a college. Some can help studying for tests, explaining a lesson, and doing homework. Some can help find the right schools based on one's interests. And still others have pages devoted to the social life at each of the colleges or the specific activities that occur at a certain school.Some free music sites enable a teenager to diversify their musical tastes. On these sites, all types of music are available such as pop, jazz and country. One can type in a song，category or artist and his or her entire catalog appears. Then, the listener can make multiple playlists without creating an account(账户) with the site.There are various art websites that can help students to appreciate and create art pieces. On these sites, a student can view numerous photos and art pieces from different mediums or create an account with the website to upload their art pieces for people to see. In addition, one can enjoy various art projects that people have created on display for the rest of the world.Truly informative resources are offered on the Internet. The best suggestion one can receive is to try to look for new websites that can help in the educational, music, or art area, so one can become well­rounded and informed.Truly Helpful Websites for TeenagersMany 1.__________ are available on various websites.Ⅰ. Educational sites: helping one 2.__________ and search for a college·Study for tests, explain a lesson, and do homework·Find the right school that one 3.__________·Learn information about college social life and 4.__________Ⅱ. Free music sites: 5.__________ to diversify musical tastes·Listen to all types of music·Type in a song, category, or artist to get an entire catalog·Make multiple playlists 6.__________Ⅲ. 7.__________： helping one appreciate and create works·View photos and works from me diums· 8.__________ for others to see· 9.__________ on displayHelpful websites can make teenagers 10.__________(2)(12 min.)(2010·湖南卷)An apprenticeship is a form of on­the­job training that combines workplace experience and classroom learning. It can last anywhere from one to six years, but four years is typical for most. An apprentice spends the majority of the time in a workplace environment learning the practical skills of a career from a journeyman — someone who has done the job for many years. The rest of the apprentice's time is spent in a classroom environment learning the theoretical skills the career requires. Being an apprentice is a full­time undertaking.One of the advantages of apprenticeship is that it does not cost apprentices anything. The companies that hire them pay for school. What's more, it offers apprentices an “earn while you learn” opportunity. They usually start out at half the pay of a journeyman, and the pay increases gradually as they move further along in the job and studies. Near the end of the apprenticeship, their wages are usually 90 percent of what a journeyman would receive. Apprenticeship also pays off for employers. It can offer employers a pool of well­trained workers to draw from.Despite the advantages, apprentices are usually required to work during the day and attend classes at night, which leaves little time for anything else. Sometimes, they might be laid off(下岗) if business for the employers is slow.Once they have completed the apprenticeship and become journeymen, they receive a nationally recognized and portable certification and their pay also increases again. Some journeymen continue employment with the companies they apprenticed with; others go onto different companiesor become self­employedcontractors.(3)(13 min.)(衡阳市八中2012届高三第二次月考试卷)An altimeter(测高计)is an instrument used in an airplane to tell the pilot how high he is flying. The altimeter used in most airplanes is a kind of barometer(气压计), which, like barometers found in ordinary homes, is a measuring instrument for air pressure. The weight of the atmosphere presses downwards everywhere. At sea level this pressure is more than 14 pounds on every square inch of the surface. The higher you go into the air, the lower the air pressure is. An altimeter measures this air pressure to show the altitude of the airplane, or, how high it is above sea level.But the altimeter does not show how high the plane is above the ground. A plane might be flying at an altitude of 15, 000 feet, but it would be only a thousand feet or so above the ground if the land in that area happened to be 14, 000 feet above sea level.The pilot adjusts his altimeter to the actual sea­level pressure before setting out from the airport and then corrects it in flight according to new information given to him by radio. He flies high enough to be above any mountain he may pass on his course. The barometer altimeter is correct within about 300 feet.Another kind of altimeter, the radio altimeter, makes use of radio reflections. It calculates the height of the flying plane by sending out electrical signals to the surface below and measuring the time required for them to bounce back(反弹). It is correct within 15 feet over water, but is not reliable over land. Big planes usually have both kinds of altimeter.Title: 1. ____________(4)(12 min.)(师大附中2012届高三月考)What is e­learning? E­learning is essentially the computer and network­enabled transfer of skills and knowledge, whose content is delivered via the Internet, audio or video tape, satellite TV, and CD­ROM.E­learning dates back to the early 1960s when Stanford University psychology professors Patrick Suppes experimented with using computers to teach math. As early as 1997 William D. Graziadei published an article which described developing an overall strategy for technology­based course development and management for an educational system. Today people are using many technologies in e­learning, blogs and virtual classrooms included.Th ere are different types of e­learning that are available. Some educational experts suggest that different types or forms of e­learning can be considered as a continuum, from no e­learning, i．e. no use of computers or the Internet for teaching and learning, through classroom aids, such as making classroom lecture Powerpoint slides available to students and through a course website, to laptop programs, where students are required to bring laptops to class and use them as part of a face­to­face class, to mixed learning, where classroom time is reduced but not eliminated, with more time devoted to online learning, to fully online learning, which is a form of distance education.Due to the effectiveness of e­learning methods, this type of learning methodology is rapidly becoming popular among schools. By 2006, 3.5 million students had participated in learning courses through the Internet at institutions of higher education in the United States. Alien and Seamen claim that almost a quarter of all students in post­secondary education were taking fully online courses in 2008, and a report by Ambient Insight Research suggests that in 2009, 44 per cent of post­secondary students in the USA were taking some or all of their courses online, and some professors predicted that this figure would have been doubled by 2014. Thus it can be seen that e­learning is moving rapidly from the margins to being a predominant form of postsecondary education.E­learning has created a new paradise in education and it has greatly complement ed our traditional methods and thus it has brought students a lot of advantages. We expect much more growth in adoptions of it in schools.An 1. ____________to E­learningⅠ. Definition: Transfer of skills and knowledge 2. ____________ of computer and network, etc.Ⅱ. History of E­learning:·In the early 1960s: An experiment 3. ____________ conducted by using computers·As early as 1997: 4. ____________ developing an overa ll strategy published·Today: Many technologies 5. ____________ in e­learningⅢ. Types of E­learning Services:·6. ____________ : Laptops used as part of a face­to­face class·Mixed learning: 7. ____________ and more time spent online·Fully online learni ng: A form of distance educationⅣ. The 8. ____________ in Higher Education·By 2006: 3.5 million students participating in online learning·In 2008: 25% of all students taking fully online education·In 2009: 44% of students taking all their courses onlin e·By 2014: 9. ____________ of students taking online coursesⅤ. More growth in adoptions of e­learning is wanted because it can get students 10. ____________ it.答案专题六阅读填空第二十三讲短文和表格信息的理解(1)本文主要介绍怎么帮助青少年找到对于他们学习生活有帮助的网站。

专题训练卷(二) 高中新课标总复习(第二轮)·英语专题训练卷(二)(1)1. The Grand Canal, ______ runs for 1,747 km, is claimed by some experts to be the world's oldest man­made canal.A. thatB. whoseC. whichD. it2. ______ with the high cost of living in Beijing, the 2,000 yuan you make each month is not enough.A. To compareB. ComparingC. ComparedD. Compare3. Mr.Wang, a 38­year­old migrant worker from Shan'xi Province, ______ as a gatekeeper at a university in Beijing since 1995.A. workedB. worksC. has workedD. has been working4. Guests will receive a bottle of red wine upon arrival and ______ enjoy daily breakfast for free.A. canB. shallC. mustD. dare5. Until the bus ______ , you can get down.A. stopsB. has stoppedC. will have stoppedD. is to stop6. If you ______ the medicine on time, you ______ better now.A. took; would feelB. had taken; feltC. had taken; would feelD. took; would have felt7. —A new railway is under construction here now.—Yeah. It ______ by 2014.A. will completeB. will be completingC. will have completedD. will have been completed8. The problem seems not so difficult to me. Another five minutes, ______ I can work it out.A. orB. soC. 不填D. and9. He owed most of ______ he had to his respectable teacher.A. thatB. whichC. whatD. whether10. — May I see your ticket, please? I think you ______ in my seat.— Oh, you're right. My seat is upstairs. I'm terribly sorry.A. are sittingB. sitC. satD. have sat11. Tell John not to leave the house unless he ______ that the lights ______.A. will make sure; turn offB. makes sure; are turned offC. will make sure; will turn offD. makes sure; will be turned off12. Every man, woman and child ______ some history, enough at least, to survive in the world.A. knowsB. knowC. is knownD. are known13. It was the training ______ he had as a young man ______ made him such a good engineer.A. what; thatB. that; whatC. that; whichD. which; that14. Will you see to ______ that my birds are well looked after while I am away?A. themB. yourselfC. itD. me15. Only when she reached the restaurant ______ it was the same place she'd been in last year.A. she realizedB. she did realizeC. realized sheD. did she realize(2)1. Henry was much crueler to John than he was to the others, ______， of course, made all the others upset.A. whoB. whichC. whatD. that2. ______ the 1500's ______ the first European explored the coast of California.A. It was until; thenB. It was not until; whenC. It is until; thatD. It was not until; that3. Had you joined the chat room ten minutes ago, you would have known what we ______ about then.A. had talkedB. have talkedC. talkD. were talking4. The number of articles published on smoking ______ amazing.A. isB. areC. wereD. have been5. He was very busy yesterday, otherwise he ______ to the meeting.A. would comeB. cameC. would have comeD. had come6. The hall was heavily guarded, because inside its walls ______ from the African Union countries, discussing the Libya crisis.A. where sat the representativesB. the representatives sat thereC. that the representatives satD. sat the representatives7. Maybe you have been to many famous restaurants, but nowhere else ______ on such nice ducks.A. you can feastB. can you tasteC. you can tasteD. can you feast 8. Walk faster, ______ you may catch up with your friends ahead.A. orB. butC. andD. yet9. —How about the lecture the day before?—Well, at least it's ______ the one I attended last time with you.A. no worse thanB. no better thanC. not as good asD. as bad as10. 42 percent of students interviewed said they ______ their best to deal with the problem if their parents were opposed.A. will tryB. have triedC. triedD. would try11. China has prog ressed rapidly to ______ that is in­between a developed economy and developing economy.A. everythingB. somethingC. anythingD. nothing12. The test results of four students were canceled ______ they spread rumors on micro blogs declaring disorder in the exam room.A. whenB. beforeC. asD. until13. The Horse­Neighing Bridge is said ______ in AD 42 by a southbound general named Ma Yuan.A. to have builtB. builtC. having been builtD. to have been built14. At last we reached Xing'an, a county in ______ is now the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.A. whichB. whatC. whereD. that15. They feel happy about their study and life there, ______ the food and housing provided by the school.A. includingB. includedC. to includeD. having included(3)1. In the foreseeable future, high­yield rice seedlings, being developed by the Chinese government, ______ help solve most of its hunger problems.A. mustB. dareC. mayD. should2. China upgraded the warning level from blue to yellow for a new round ofrainstorms ______ to hit the southern regions over next three days.A. expectedB. to expectC. expectingD. to be expected3. ______ the government is encouraging us to go abroad, we find there is still distance between the reality and the goals.A. IfB. AsC. WhileD. Until4. Young people live in a society completely different from the one their parents ______ at their age.A. had knownB. knewC. knowD. will know5. The headmaster and physics teacher, together with his two students, ______ allowed to stay there until daybreak.A. wasB. wereC. hasD. have6. A teacher ______ over and lost both of her legs after pushing two students out of the way of an oncoming bus last Tuesday.A. ranB. was runC. had runD. has been run7. I ______ my homework by myself, but my mother didn't trust me.A. do finishB. does finishC. did finishesD. did finish8. As a result of the rainstorm，three­fifths of the houses in the area ______.A. need to repairB. needs to repairC. needs repairingD. need repairing9. You can't get the expensive house ______ you have lots of money.A. ifB. unlessC. whenD. since10. — Is that your watch?— No, I can't tell ______.A. whose is that watchB. whose that watch isC. whose watch is itD. whose watch it is11. The number of air crashes that ______in developing countries ______increasing.A. happens; isB. happen; isC. happens; areD. happen; are12. This kind of cloth ______ well, and that is why it ______ well.A. washes; sellsB. is washed; sellsC. washes; is soldD. is washes; is sold13. But for the leadership of our Party, we ______.A. shouldn't succeedB. could not have succeedC. will not succeedD. should not have succeeded14. — When did you first meet her?—January 1st, 2000, the first day of the new century, ______ I can never forget.A. thatB. whichC. whenD. where15. ______ to meet me at the gate of the park; I'll be waiting there.A. Not to forgetB. Not forgetC. Forget notD. Don't forget(4)1. We must apply what we have learned to our daily work because under no circumstances ______ from practice.A. should theory separateB. should theory be separatedC. theory should separateD. theory should be separated2. — How is the man injured in the earthquake?— The doctor said if ______ in a proper way, he was likely to be saved.A. treatedB. treatingC. is treatedD. to be treated3. I had ______ to eat this morning. I wanted to have some bread but there was ______ left.A. nothing; noneB. none; nothingC. nothing; nothingD. none; none4. — When did you come back?— An hour ago. You ______ the computer games.A. have playedB. were playingC. playedD. had played5. ______ confidence in herself, she decided to give up the project halfway.A. LostB. To loseC. Having lostD. Having been lost6. What the teacher said always makes us very delighted; that's ______ we are interested in her lessons.A. whatB. thatC. whyD. because7. — Look! Your coat is so dirty. You ______ wash it right now!— But I am preparing for the final examination.A. mayB. willC. shallD. can8. —Is there any possible way to help the children get rid of such a bad habit?— To be honest, it's very hard, but we ______ on this problem.A. workB. workedC. are workingD. were working9. — What made her so upset?— ______ she failed in her examination.A. WhatB. ThatC. BecauseD. Whether10. Boys and girls, when you are home, send me a message to let me know you ______safely.A. are arrivingB. have arrivedC. had arrivedD. will arrive11. To hold a wedding party at a restaurant, you need to reserve the restaurant months before, ______？A. mustn't youB. didn't youC. don't youD. needn't you12. According to the report, Shanghai has 250 individuals with 2 billion yuan, of ______ 82 are on the Hurun Rich List 2011.A. whatB. themC. whomD. that13. No one can be sure ______in a million years.A. what look will the earth likeB. the earth will look like whatC. what will the earth look likeD. what the earth will look like14. It was only with the help of the local guide ______.A. was the mountain climber rescuedB. that the mountain climber was rescuedC. when the mountain climber was rescuedD. then the mountain climber was rescued15. Industrial production, together with disappointing trade figures, ______ overtaken inflation as the key concern in China.A. isB. areC. haveD. has专题训练卷(二)(1)1．选C。

第二十六讲阅读简答(二)(1)(10 min.)(师大附中2012届高三下学期模拟)He seems an unlikely hero, especially one that would save a kid from the jaws of a wild cougar(美洲豹) .Shen Huigang is just now getting recognition for his bravery in fighting off a cougar on V ancouver Island, Canada, during a family outing on Aug. 30.Shen, also known as Ian, was then an exchange student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University enjoying the afternoon on a beach near Ucluelet, a small town on the edge of the Pacific Ocean.With him was a friend, Myles Hagar, and Hagar's two grandchildren.Silently and suddenly a cougar appeared out of nowhere.By the time the two adults spotted the cat, believed to be young but still weighing 30 to 35 kilograms, it already had the head of 18-month-old Julien in its mouth.Instinctively, the young man gestured as if he were ready for a fight, and tried to scare the beast off with the bag in his hands.On hearing the noise Shen made, the animal dropped the kid and Hagar grabbed his grandson from the cougar's jaws. Shen and Hagar gradually chased the animal back into the woods.“We also moved slowly to our vehicle, as we waved our fists and bags, pretending we wanted to fight with it, ”Shen said.“The vehicle wasn't far away but it felt like it took us a century to travel the short journey.”“Any hesitation, at any moment, even a second delay, would have resulted in certain death for Julien. The cougar was just about to break his neck and carry him away to be eaten in the forest.”Hagar said. Julien has since made a full recovery.Parks Canada spokeswoman Arlene Armstrong told the National Post newspaper of Canada in an interview in August.“The two men acted properly by maintaining eye contact with the big cat and aggressively scaring it off.”1. How did Ian get recognition on V ancouver Island？(No more than 12 words)________________________________________________________________________2. What happened to Julien by the time the two adults saw the young cougar？(No more than 10 words)________________________________________________________________________3. Why did the cougar give up eating the kid？(No more than 8 words)________________________________________________________________________4. What if you are fighting with a wild cougar？(No more than 12 words)________________________________________________________________________(2)(10 min.)(浏阳一中2012届高三上学期第一次月考试题)John Irving Bentley was a Pennsylvanian physician who was found burned to death in his bathroom in December 1966. Many people were burned to death, but Bentley's case was very different from others' because he didn't die in a house fire. Dr. Bentley was a victim ofspontaneous human combustion (人体自燃)．Dr. Bentley was last seen alive on December 4th, 1966. Some friends had been visiting him and they didn't leave his home until about 9 o'clock in the evening. The following morning a meter reader named Don Gosnell arrived at Bentley's home and let himself in. Gosnell headed straight for the basement where the meter(计量表) was kept. While he was down in the basement, Gosnell became aware of some strange smell and he also noticed the presence of some light blue smoke. Naturally, the meter reader(抄表员) was curious about this and he went upstairs.Gosnell found more smoke in the bedroom and an inspection of the bathroom revealed Bentley's fate. All that remained of him was the lower half of his right leg. Bentley's foot was still inside his slipper. The rest of Bentley's body had been reduced to ashes, some of which were on the floor of the bathroom, while the rest of them were down in the basement because the heat from the blazing body had burned a hole in the floor.At the time it was thought that Dr. Bentley might have set himself on fire with his pipe. This theory was dismissed soon because the Bentley's pipe was found on its stand beside his bed in the next room.Nobody has ever been able to offer a satisfactory explanation for what happened to Dr. Bentley. He was just one of many victims throughout the years, whose death is a mystery and may always be so.1. Why did Don Gosnell come to Dr. Bentley's home that morning? (No more than 9 words)________________________________________________________________________2. What made Don Gosnell go up to the bedroom from the basement? (No more than 12 words)________________________________________________________________________3. What happened to Dr. Bentley? (No more than 15 words)________________________________________________________________________4. Why was it impossible that Dr. Bentley set himself on fire with his pipe? (No more than 9 words)________________________________________________________________________(3)(10 min.)British reporters are known for doing almost anything to get a story. But reports that a newspaper secretly listened to telephone messages of murdered schoolgirls and other private citizens have produced shock and anger.On Friday, British police arrested Andy Coulson, former editor of Britain's best-selling newspaper, Ne w s of the World. The investigation led him to resign in January as communications director to Prime Minister David Cameron.The arrest came in a widening investigation of telephone hacking(窃听). Other accusations include paying police for information on stories.The company News International stopped publishing the weekly Ne w s of the World. News International belongs to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, also known as News Corp. The 168-year-old newspaper published for the last time on Sunday.Police say the victims also include parents of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.Prime Minister Cameron called the hacking reports “disgusting”.But he himself is facing attention for having asked Andy Coulson to serve as his media adviser. Mr. Coulson resigned from Ne w s of the World in 2007. He left when a reporter was jailed for listening to the phone messagesof Britain's royal family members. The prime minister says Mr. Coulson told him he had no knowledge of the phone hacking incidents. He says he wanted to give Mr. Coulson a “second chance”.Rupert Murdoch was born in Australia. He became a citizen of the United States in 1985 so he could buy American television stations. His father, Keith Murdoch, was a famous World War Ⅰreporter who later led an Australian newspaper group. After his father died, the younger Murdoch took control of the two newspapers that his father owned.Today, he is a media “colossus(巨头)”. He doesn't control the media in every country but it's_very_difficult_to_travel_to_most_parts_of_this_world_without_encountering_a_Rupert_Mur doch_media_product._1. How old is Ne w s of the World? (No more than 3 words)________________________________________________________________________2. According to the passage, how did Ne w s of the World get news information? (No more than 7 words)________________________________________________________________________3. What does the underlined sentence “it's very difficult to travel to most parts of this world without en countering a Rupert Murdoch media product.” mean? (No more than 13 words)________________________________________________________________________4. List the victims of the telephone hacking. (No more than 15 words)________________________________________________________________________(4)(10 min.)(湖南省邵阳市2012届高三第一次联考)Sorry Mom, Carrots Won't Actually Improve EyesightLike many kids, I didn't like vegetables — especially carrots and broccoli. Adults frequently told me that carrots would improve my eyesight, so that seemed like a good reason to try liking them.There was one person who didn't tell me this; he actually told me the opposite. My grandfather overheard somebody tell me that carrots would improve my eyesight. He didn't say anything immediately, but he let me in on a little secret after that person left the room — it was all a big lie. Carrots do not improve your eyesight.Sure, carrots contain beta-carotene, which metabolizes into Vitamin A and everyone agrees that is essential for maintaining eye health, but it does not improve it (unless the body is deprived of it to begin with). Also, it really has nothing to do with carrots, the necessary vitamins can come from any source.So where did this myth come from?During World War Ⅱ，the British were particularly good at shooting down Nazi bombers at night, when it's almost impossible to see other planes. It was as if they had super-human sight, and they did. They had radar.Once news stories started to circulate about these pilots with seemingly super-human eyes, the government needed a good explanation to prevent the Germans from learning about this technology: Carrots.Flight Lieutenant John Cunningham, nicknamed “Cats Eyes”for his incredible ability to shoot down enemy planes, had a natural love for carrots. The story wrote itself and they explained that they were feeding other pilots a lot of carrots to improve their eyesight too.1. What function do people usually think the carrot has？(No more than 5 words)________________________________________________________________________2. According to the passage, why is the carrot important for eyesight？(No more than 12 words)________________________________________________________________________3. What made people think the British soldiers had super-human sight？(No more than 15 words)________________________________________________________________________4. Why did this myth spread out that carrots can improve eyesight？(No more than 16 words)________________________________________________________________________。

题训练卷(五) 高中新课标总复习(第二轮)·英语专题训练卷(五)(1)(原创)In cities, the ever­present dull background roar (轰鸣) of planes, cars, machinery and voices is a fact of life. There is no escape from it and I was beginning to be driven mad by it. In an attempt to recapture some peace, I travelled to a temple, a small poor house and a mine 2km underground — all very quiet but not the holy place of silence. The one place I was most excited about visiting was the anechoic (无回声的) hall.Ironically, far from being peaceful, most people find its perfect quiet upsetting. Being deprived of the usual sounds can result in fear. The presence of sound means things are working; it's business as usual —when sound is absent, that signals dangers. A violinist tried it and knocked on the door after a few seconds, demanding to be let out because he was so disturbed by the silence.I booked a 45­minute period —no one had managed to stay in for that long before.I felt anxious for two reasons: would I go mad and tear off my clothes? Or would I simply be disappointed because it wasn't as enjoyable as I'd hoped?When the heavy door shut behind me, I was thrown into darkness. For the first few seconds, being in such a quiet place made me feel nervous. I tried to hear something and heard…n othing. Then, after a minute or two, I became aware of the sound of my breathing, so I held my breath. The sound of my heartbeat became apparent —nothing I could do about that. As the minutes went by, I started to hear the blood rushing in my body. Your ears become more sensitive as a place gets quieter, and mine were going overtime. I heard my skin moving over my head, which was a strange noise I couldn't explain. The feeling of peace was spoiled by a little disappointment — this place wasn't quiet at all.I didn't feel afraid and came out only because my time was up; I would happily have spent longer in there. Everyone was impressed that I'd beaten the record, but having spent so long searching for quiet, I was comfortable with the feeling of absolute stillness. Afterwards I felt wonderfully rested and calm.I found that making space for moments of quiet in my day is the key to happiness — they give you a chance to think about what you want in life. How can you really focus on what's important if you're distracted by constant background noise? If you can occasionally become master of your own sound environment — from turning off the TV to moving to the country, as I did —you become a lot more accepting of the noises of everyday life.1. Why did the writer love to travel everywhere?A. To find a place to enjoy himself.B. To study the customs of other countries.C. To discover whether absolute silence exists.D. To escape from the background roar of vehicles.2. It is implied in Paragraph 2 that astronauts ______.A. should be trained in the an echoic hallB. should learn to cope with the silence of spaceC. should knock on the door to make noisesD. should sense something was wrong by noises3. The writer could hear the following in the an echoic hall except ______.A. breathingB. heartbeatC. blood rushingD. light4. We can infer from the passage that ______.A. you'd get more sensitive in a quiet placeB. you'd have to be dead for absolute silenceC. the writer felt tired and calm when he came outD. the writer went out of the hall due to extreme fear5. Which of the following will the writer agree with?A. His desire for silence changed his life.B. His experience narrowly drove him mad.C. We should try our best to live without noises.D. Our sufferings are bound to be linked to noises.(2)(2012·湖南教育考试院一模)Early one cool September morning when I was sixteen years old, I jumped out of my bed, headed for the bathroom. A split second after my feet hit the floor, my bottom followed. I knew I hadn't tripped or fallen over anything. When I tried to stand, I found that my legs would not hold me up. I remember feeling totally confused.The result was that I would likely never walk again. I fell apart. As a teenager, the most important thing to me was being with my friends, something that suddenly seemed impossible. I was particularly upset because the school I had attended my whole life wasn't wheelchair accessible, which meant that I wouldn't be graduating the following year with my class. I was convinced that any kind of life worth living was over.I was the youngest of four children. As my dad's medical practice was well established by the time I came along, I had the privilege of spending a great deal more time with him than had my brother and sisters. My sudden illness was particularly hard on my dad. I think, he worried about my mental health more than the physicalimplications. But as fate would have it, Dad was walking on the sidewalk along a nearby park one day when a drunk driver on a motorcycle jumped onto the path and hit him.All night, I stayed in the waiting room of the hospital where Dad was on staff. He was not only a gifted surgeon, but he was also a determined man. We kept hoping for good news that night, though it never came. Dad was broken. The hands he had used to give sight to so many were crushed. His brilliant brain was damaged. Toward morning, my dad died.I decided the best reason to continue living was to make the world better for someone else. Over the next several years, my illness went into full lessening and I slowly regained the ability to walk. Mom and I were not so lucky when it came to money. Without Dad's insurance money, money became a problem for the first time in our lives. We did get help, though, from a number of wonderful people.1. The author fell over in the bathroom because ______.A. there was no light in the bathroomB. there was something on the wayC. she was completely worn outD. her legs have some problems2. Why was the author unable to graduate from the school on time?A. Because she couldn't go to school in awheelchair.B. Because she didn't want to go to school again.C. Because her friends didn't help her any more.D. Because her father was hit in an accident.3. What was the author's father worried about the most after the author's incident?A. Her education.B. Her relationships.C. Her emotional health.D. Her physical health.4. It is mentioned in the passage that ______ .A. the author's father was a guide in the hospitalB. the author's father died that night after the accidentC. the author led a happy life with her siblings' financial helpD. the author managed to survive with her dad's insurance money 5. What does the passage show us about the author's father?A. Excellent and strong­minded.B. G enerous and kind­hearted.C. Determined but greedy.D. Diligent but absent­minded.(3)(8 min.)(原创)According to the new research, individuals who touch possible items in stores, are more likely to have an increased desire to purchase them than those who keep their hands off the products.The researchers conducted four studies on the connection between touch and feelings of ownership and the effect of perceived(抓住) ownership on the value placed on an object. For one of the experiments, the experts placed two products, a Slinky toy and a coffee mug(杯)in front of the volunteers, undergraduate students. About half of the participants were offered to touch the products, while the other half were asked not to touch them. The volunteers then were asked to express their sense of ownership of the products and to report how much money they were willing to pay for each. The results showed that those students who were offered to touch the objects, reported significant increased levels of perceived ownership. They also expressed a desire to pay more money to obtain the products.Researchers said that many stores already follow _the_right_path. But what can be done while shopping online, when touching of an item is not possible?The researchers added an extra layer to their experiment. After the participants either touched or did not touch the Slinky toy and the coffee mug, they were asked to imagine choosing the products and bringing it home. The other half of students were asked to simply evaluate the objects in their minds. As a result, for those students who were asked to touch a product, it did not matter how much money they would be willing to pay after imagining its ownership. However, among those who were not allowed to touch the products — a group that shares the same hands — free experience as online shoppers —imagination of the ownership resulted in significantly higher valuations of the products.When you touch an object, you immediately feel some kind of a connection to it, according to the researchers. That connection stirs up an emotional reaction. And that emotion can make people to buy something they never even would consider buying if they had not touched it.1. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Don't touch products while shoppingB. Be far away from products while shoppingC. Marketing strategy about touch and feelingsD. How to avoid making unnecessary purchases2. From the preparation of the study, we can know that ______.A. all the participants were glad to take the products away for freeB. a Slinky toy and a coffee mug were used to convey no informationC. all the participants were offered to get hold of the products they sawD. a Slinky toy and a coffee mug were used to attract the volunteers' attention3. The underlined part “the right path” in Paragraph 3 possibly means ______.A. talking customers into purchasing the products by showing the productsB. offering customers an opportunity to “feel” the products by touching themC. persuading customers to buy the products by keeping their hands off the productsD. forcing customers to pay more money for the products by touching customers' hands4. By writing the fourth paragraph, the author intends to ______.A. warn Internet users not to touch the products advertised on the InternetB. give advertisers suggestions on strategic planning for ads on the InternetC. advise Internet users not to imagine or evaluate the products in their mindsD. remind advertisers of the advertisement effectiveness for ads on the Internet5. Why does the touch of products increase the desire to purchase them?A. Because touching something gives one that little sense of control.B. Because one feels some kind of a connection at once by touching them.C. Because one may be afraid to damage them and has to make a purchase.D. Because touching something makes one feel pleasant and imagine the ownership.(4)(8 min.)(原创)In a recent study, researchers have estimated the _energy_ required to produce bottled water, including the energy required to manufacture plastic, make the plastic into bottles, process the water, fill and seal the bottles, transport the bottles, and chill the bottles for use. Combining all the energy input totals for treatment and distribution, researchers found that producing bottled water requires between 5.6 and 10.2 million joules(焦耳) of energy per liter, depending on transportation factors. That's up to 2, 000 times the energy required to produce tap water.To break down the _energy_requirements,_researchers found that producing the plastic bottles and transporting the bottles greatly dominated(控制) the energy input. Although some companies are experimenting with producing lightweight bottles or using recycled materials, the researchers calculated that the manufacturing cost is about 4 million joules of energy per plastic bottle weighing 38 grams, and the cap weighing 2 grams.“Our previous work ha d suggested that bottled water production was an energy­intensive process, but we were surprised to see the results, ” the researchers said.Transportation costs vary depending on the distance and mode of transport, and both factors depend on the type of bottled water. There are two main kinds of bottled water in the US: “ _spring_water”， which comes from an underground spring; and “purified water”， which is city tap water that has received further treatment. For purified water distributed locally by truck within Los Angeles, the totaltransportation energy is about 1.4 million joules per liter. In the second situation, spring water shipped from Fiji (such as Fiji Spring Water) across the Pacific to Los Angeles, and then delivered locally by truck, requires about 4 million joules per liter for transportation. For the spring water, the transportation energy equaled (in the case of Fiji) the energy required to produce the bottle.With this data, the researchers hope that future studies will have the ability to make specific estimates for different situations, and possibly find ways to cut energy costs.1. From the first Paragraph we can know that the energy required to ______.A. produce bottled water includes the energy required to drink itB. distribute bottled water includes the energy for producing the bottlesC. distribute bottled water is much smaller than the energy for treating itD. produce bottled water is much smaller than the energy for producing tap water2. To reduce the energy required to produce bottled water, some companies are trying ______.A. to fill tap water into the plastic bottles directlyB. to replace the plastic bottles with metal containersC. to produce lightweight bottles with recycled materialsD. to use bicycles to transport and deliver bottled water locally3. What's Paragraph 4 mainly talking about?A. Treatment of bottled water needs no energy input at all.B. Bottled water production is an energy­intensive process.C. Transportation of bottled water takes up the most energy input.D. Production of the plastic bottles greatly dominated the energy input.4. We can infer from the passage that ______.A. there are two main kinds of bottled water in the USB. world consumption of bottled water has been increasingC. transportation costs have something to do with the mode of transportD. bottled water produced in Spring is more expensive than purified water5. What's the main purpose of the passage?A. To help consumers themselves make more environmentally sustainable choices.B. To advise the government to take severe measures to stop producing bottled water.C. To urge the consumers to drink tap water instead of bottled water for the sake of the earth.D. To try the best to find ways to produce bottled water cheaply and quicklyfor the companies.(5)(8 min.)Mary knew she had a problem when she screamed at her university professor. He had caught her having an aggressive argument with a woman on her course.When the teacher said Mary would have to seek professional help or leave the course, she went to see help. It was a turning point for Mary, who had arrived in the UK at the age of 10 while struggling to cope with the death of her sister.“It changed my life，” she says. “Suddenly I was speaking about things I had never talked about: how I was struck at school when I first came to the UK because I couldn't speak English; how I had watched my sister die. My mother sent me back to school that day. We never spoke about it again. Now, if I get angry, I can talk about it.”“Anger in our s ociety is reaching pandemic(全国流行) levels, but there's very little help available，” says Mike Fisher, director of the British Association of Anger Management. _This_January_BAAM_received_an_unprecedented_number_of_bookings_for_its_courses ,_despite January traditionally being its quietest month.“More people are seeking help, but family violence is increasing. Workplace stress is also rising，” he says. In particular, there has been a big increase in calls from people in relationships with rageaholics —a person who is addicted to serious anger.A recent study found that 84% of the 715 volunteers had experienced abuse(虐待) in the last 24 months. “Twice as many women agreed than men，” says Fisher. “But both sexes report a high percentage of abuses.”All of them don't do good to the nation's health. Anger can be useful, but out of control it can lead to health problems, and long­term serious anger is linked with heart disease, depression, and bad relationships.Fisher says early intervention is important. Others say we need to learn how to express anger appropriately(合适地). “It's about expressing yourself calmly, ” says Phillip Hodson. Other methods include counting to 10 and slowing the breath, working out and avoiding alcohol and drugs.1. Why did the teacher ask Mary to leave the course?A. She was too aggressive.B. She talked too much in class.C. She often made fun of others.D. She couldn't control his emotions.2. When Mary was very angry, she would improve her mood by ______.A. talking about her sufferingsB. not talking about her family affairsC. studying hard and learning EnglishD. coming back and getting herself calmed3. The underlined part in Para. 4 probably means this January many people ______.A. ordered the course in BAAMB. came to BAAM for professional helpC. came to buy books on the course in BAAMD. asked for methods to manage their emotions4. At the end of the passage, the author shows ______.A. how to express our feelingsB. how to treat long­term angerC. the bad result brought by angerD. the increasing popularity of anger5. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Anger is becoming pandemic.B. People care more about their mood.C. Healthy life style is of great importance.D. Mary is angry with the university professor.(6)(8 min.)(原创)Marijuana(大麻) smokers are more likely to get involved in automobile crashes than people who do not drive under the influence of marijuana because their driving skills are impaired (削弱)within the first hour after using it.The conclusions are based on the study of 83 men, with the ages between 17 and 49 years, who were asked about their driving history and then followed in driving simulators(模拟器). Male participants have been chosen because they more often engage in dangerous driving and driving under the influence of marijuana.According to the results, 35 percent of the 83 participants had been involved in one or more car accidents which resulted in material damage in the previous three years. About 30 percent of them admitted to using marijuana and 80 percent of those acknowledged that they have been driving under the influence of marijuana at least once in the past year. Young men with impulsive(冲动的)character and who enjoy thrills and sharp sensations, are more likely to get behind the wheel while high on marijuana. Men who drove under the influence of marijuana were also more likely to show risky and dangerous driving behaviors tending to get into more crashes.The findings indicate that the use of marijuana, even in low doses, significantly brings up the risk of fatal car crashes. Traces of marijuana are most often found in theurine(尿)or blood of drivers after an accident, which is an indication of risky road behavior and marijuana smoking. It is a serious cause for concern since marijuana is considered to be the 3rd most popular used substance that is being associated with car crashes, after alcohol and tobacco use.To prevent dangerous behaviors from driving under the influence of marijuana, there is an urgent need to educate men and warn them about all the dangers that might result from driving under the influence of marijuana. Men with self­reported driving under the influence of marijuana tend to be associated with an increased risk of being involved in a car accident.1. Driving under the influence of marijuana is a serious problem because ______.A. marijuana smoking is for sure associated with car crashesB. people's judgment and insight are not as good as it should beC. young men more often engage in dangerous driving than old driversD. drivers are less likely to show risky and dangerous driving behaviors2. According to the study mentioned in the passage, we can know that ______.A. male participants were studied because women have little to do with marijuanaB. the overwhelming majority of participants experienced driving after using marijuanaC. 83 participants were followed by the researchers while driving after using marijuanaD. young men with impulsive character tended to run after a vehicle while high on marijuana3. What can we infer from the fourth paragraph?A. Marijuana is the leading cause of traffic accident.B. Traffic accident tends to be associated with marijuana smoking.C. Drivers should have their urine or blood checked after the accident.D. Low doses of marijuana don't necessarily result in a fatal car accident.4. To avoid dangerous driving from marijuana, ______.A. it is necessary for all the drivers to stop using marijuana all their lifeB. it is necessary for all the drivers to be far away from marijuana before drivingC. drivers should be trained to warn them of the dangers under the influence of marijuanaD. marijuana should be studied to find suitable ways to decrease the risk of driving under the influence of marijuana5. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Marijuana Affects Perception of the DriverB. Marijuana Increases the Risk of the DriverC. Marijuana Smokers and Automobile CrashesD. Marijuana Smokers and Their Risky Behaviors.专题训练卷(五)(1)作者忍受不了日常生活中的噪音，到处寻找绝对安静的地方。

第二十讲主旨大意题(1)(8 min.)It's hardly surprising that weather is a favorite topic for so many people around the world —it affects where we choose to live, what we wear, our moods, and perhaps even our national characteristics. Studies have shown that changeable weather can make it difficult to concentrate, cloudy skies slow down reaction, and high humidity with hot, dry winds makes many people bad-tempered.If you live in a place like Britain, where the weather seems to change daily if not hourly, you could be forgiven for thinking that the weather is random. In fact, the weather is controlled by systems which move around areas of the globe. In the UK the weather depends on depressions, often called lows, and anticyclones, also known as highs. These systems start in the Atlantic Ocean, and make their way across the British Isles from the west to the east. Highs bring sunny weather, while lows bring rain and wind. In modern times, human activities seem to be altering weather patterns. Gases produced by heavy industry change the temperature of the Earth's surface, and affect cloud formation. Some researchers say that factories in Europe and North America may have been one of the causes of the droughts in Africa in the 1980s.The human race has always tried to guess the weather, especially in areas of the world where there are frequent changes. Traditional rhymes point to early attempts to identify weather patterns, popular poems include：Red sky at night, shepherds' delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds' warning.Flies will swarm(云集) before a storm.Rain before 7, clear by 11.While folk wisdom can still provide a guide to help forecast weather, today's methods of prediction increasingly rely on technology. Satellites, balloons, ships, aircrafts and weather centers with sensitive monitoring equipment, send data to computers. The data is then processed, and the weather is predicted. However, even this system cannot predict weather for longer than about a week.1. When weather keeps changing, ______.A. people become bad-temperedB. people's reaction slows downC. people find it hard to focus on their workD. people become hungrier2. What is mainly talked about in the second paragraph?A. Changes in weather.B. Weather in Britain.C. African droughts.D. Research on weather.3. The weather in Britain is ______.A. randomB. moistC. depressingD. satisfying4. According to a traditional rhyme, if there is a red sky at night, the next day will be ______.A. windyB. rainyC. fineD. snowy5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Anticyclones often bring rain and wind.B. Weather forecasting has been done for a long time.C. Weather could never be predicted.D. Modern methods of weather prediction are developed from folk wisdom.(2)(8 min.)(2012·雅礼月考三)Time was running out, and Mark Dickinson wasn't sure whether he'd get to see his dying 2-year-old grandson one last time. A long line at Los Angeles International Airport's security checkpoint had kept him from getting to his gate on time. His grandson Caden would be taken off life support in a matter of hours in Denver, Colorado, with or without his grandfather's presence.“I was kind of panicking (惊慌) because I was running late, and I really thought I wasn't going to make the flight, ” Dickinson said.That's when a pilot from Southwest Airlines stepped up and held the flight at the gate until Dickinson arrived. The pilot was standing by the gate waiting for him when Dickinson arrived in socks, so rushed that he just grabbed his shoes at security and ran through the boarding gate.“I told him, ‘Thank you so much. I can't tell you how much I appreciated that.’ And he said, ‘No problem. They can't leave without me anyway.'”Dickinson said.Dickinson's grandson, Caden Rodgers, suffered a head injury in an accident. Dickinson's wife called Southwest and asked them to hold the plane. After the flight, Dickinson said, he wanted to thank the pilot again for his sincere display of sympathy (表示同情) but didn't get the chance.Most airlines would punish any staff member who holds up a flight, however, a Southwest spokeswoman said the pilot's actions were _exemplary._“Y ou can't hold a plane for every late customer, but I think we would all agree that the pilot absolutely made the right decision, ”Southwest spokeswoman Marilee McInnis said. “I don't think you could ask for a better example of great service for our customers. It gives you a sense of pride that our pilot took such an action.”1. What caused Dickinson to arrive late?A. A terrible accident on his way to the airport.B. Too many passengers in the airport.C. A panic at the airport.D. His old age and slow movement.2. After boarding the plane, Dickinson felt that ______.A. he was out of luck that dayB. there was nothing special about itC. the plane couldn't take off without himD. he was very grateful for the pilot's help3. The underlined word “exemplary” in the sixth paragraph means “ ______ ”．A. admirableB. blamableC. sympatheticD. shocking4. It can be inferred from the passage that the pilot ______.A. could receive a big rewardB. could have lost his jobC. could escape punishmentD. wouldn't do it again5. What's the main idea of the passage?A. The man's wife called the airline and asked them to hold the plane.B. Many airlines would punish a staff member who holds up a flight.C. Pilot holds flight for a man going to see dying grandson.D. The pilot's action makes one proud to work for Southwest.。