高考英语阅读理解冲刺训练Day 2

2021新高考版高考英语小题优练冲刺训练（二）阅读理解+七选五阅读+完型填空+语法填空Passage AWhat if you could give your child a special gift? A gift that was never the same, always changing? Now what if this gift was free, readily available and lasted forever?Where do you find such a gift? It's easy: Just open your eyes and look up at the sky with your child, and you'll discover "the theatre over your heads which presents all kinds of shows," or "the art gallery above." says Jack Borden, former Boston television reporter who founded "For Spacious Skies (FSS)", a non-profit educational organization with the purpose of "stimulating and sustaining public awareness of the appearance of the sky".Borden's big vision is to bring about "new eyes" in young children in terms of how they see the sky. But the most effective teachers and influencers of children —their parents —need to become "sky aware" themselves in order to pass the gift along.And there's the rub."Could you describe the sky right now, without looking out of your window? Are there clouds? If so, what do they look like? Nine chances out of 10, you don't have a clue about the sky's appearance," says Borden. "We know that people are not looking at the sky. If they perceive the sky at all, it's in the context of the weather or astronomy.""Sky awareness means expanding your horizons so that you begin to see that the sky is the province, not just of the weather reporter, but of the photographer, the artist, the poet, the dreamer. of the physical scientist." says Borden.And it's the province of parents and their children.What parent doesn't want to foster observation ability, imagination, creativity, curiosity and environmental responsibility in their children? "There's a lot to this. There's more to it than I ever dreamed," says Borden.1．What is the special gift for children actually about?A．A new view of the sky. B．A new relationship to nature.C．A good relationship with parents. D．More knowledge about the weather. 2．What does Borden think of parents becoming "sky aware"?A．It is almost impossible. B．It is still unpopular with them.C．It is unimportant for them. D．It is quite unthinkable.3．Why isn't the sky just the province of the weather reporter?A．The sky has a great effect on people's daily life.B．Many other people also show interest in the weather.C．Many other people also play a role in weather report.D．The sky also produces various effects for many others.4．What does the last paragraph focus on?A．Borden's dream. B．Advice to parents.C．Benefits of sky awareness. D．Requirements for cloud watching.Passage BSometimes, the stress, fear and grief feelings can overwhelm（压倒）us. It's fortunate that self-care is more widespread for people of any age to use. It is used to describe guidance on what people can do to get healthy. 1 .Settle your mind. Self-care can help ease the mental burden. What happens to be simple, efficient and free is meditation（冥想）. 2 . The positive effect of meditation on anxiety, depression, focus and even physical pain has been so well-established that it is now used in schools, on sports teams and in corporate offices.Roll away stress. When you're under stress, overwhelmed, regular exercise can be one of the first healthy habits to go. Moving your body is a core principle of self-care and one of the best defenses against stress. Melanie Caines, a yoga teacher, suggests movement needn't mean doing a serious workout every day. "A little goes a long way. 3 . " she says.4 An important self-care way is to be mindful about what you're eating and consider adding some nutritional support. This means a balanced diet that is right for your needs. But one commonly overlooked piece, according to Toronto naturopathic（自然疗法的）doctor Nikita Sander, is Vitamin D. She notes that the nutrient is protective in many ways and h key for mental health. It helps protect against mood disorders like depression.Generally speaking, self-care, as the name suggests, is whatever you make it. 5 You can develop your own self-care routine, a set of practices and habits to follow.A. Get your vitamins.B. Keep balanced diets.C. Here are some starting points.D. Self-care can extend in many directions.E. Gentle exercises can do a lot to relax your entire body.F. That is, letting your mind wander freely allows it to settle.G. It can be difficult to maintain a regular meditation practice.Passage CI had always been warmly praised for my shooting ability when I was in high school. But when I went to Ohio State, I discovered that everyone on the team was 1 in his hometown.To win a starting job on the team, I had figured I would have to 2 the coach with my shooting ability. But it 3 that the team was already full of attacking players and what it needed was someone to 4 on defence(防御). Unwillingly, I decided to take that role, but didn't expect the 5 was to make all the difference to me later.One day, when we were 6 for a game against the Bucks, I was called out by the coach, Milwaukee, who gave me the 7 to guard our court. Though feeling a bit 8 , I accepted. Throughout the game, I continued playing the role.Then, near the end of the game, in a(an) 9 to widen the gap, Milwaukee gave me a precious 10 . He asked me to organize an attack. Driving up the middle of the court, I 11 the ball. It was a 12 three-point play and minutes later the championship was ours.Standing there in that circle of cheering audience, I came to 13 the importance of teamwork, Just as Milwaukee said, “14 teams often have one or two players who stand out; good teams have five who work together. It is amazing what can be achieved when no one cares who gets the 15 .”1．A．ordinary B．anxious C．inexperienced D．excellent 2．A．bless B．impress C．help D．equip 3．A．turned out B．turned to C．turned up D．turned down 4．A．count B．focus C．wait D．call 5．A．problem B．approach C．comment D．decision6．A．looking B．playing C．applying D．preparing 7．A．responsibility B．potential C．comfort D．change 8．A．cheerful B．satisfied C．disappointed D．frightened 9．A．mood B．attempt C．rush D．position 10．A．opportunity B．method C．suggestion D．lesson 11．A．caught B．kicked C．shot D．held12．A．rare B．typical C．key D．possible 13．A．wish B．achieve C．advise D．realize 14．A．Poor B．Losing C．Strong D．Capable 15．A．income B．praise C．support D．promotionPassage DSmell, more than any other sense, is deeply rooted in memory. It is believed by scientists 1．smells can recall feelings of distant memories. The scientists say 2．area of the brain assigns memories to smells and stores 3．(they) for decades. The area can instantly recall the memories with great clearness years later if a person encounters the smell again. Christina Strauch, from the Ruhr University in Germany, says smells 4．(store) in the olfactory brain. The word “olfactory” means anything rel ated 5．the sense of smell.Many smells can transport us back to our childhood. Smells from cookies baking in the kitchen or the smell of a home-made dish can bring back 6．(amaze) memories of growing up. Some smells can take you away to another point in time. Some smells can make you wish you 7．(be) back in the past, or make you want to escape, which depends on whether the smell has a positive or negative 8．(associate). Some doctors partly depend on this for their patients. Smells can even encourage you 9．(buy) things in stores. Many stores introduce certain smells to awake particular memories, 10．can make people buy things they loved years ago.参考答案：A1．根据第三段“Borden's big vision is to bring about "new eyes" in young children in terms of how they see the sky.(博登的远大愿景是为孩子们带来“新眼睛”，让他们知道如何看待天空)”可知，就如何看天空这方面来说，博登的愿景就是在孩子身上培养对天空有新的看法。

落堕市安心阳光实验学校2013高考英语（阅读理解）冲刺训练（2）及答案解析(第***篇)Ruben lived in a small village. There was no school there and he had to study in a school in the town. It was nearly five kilometres away from his village. His father couldn't buy a bike for him and he had to go to school on foot. He got up early in the morning. Usually he had to run there in order not to miss the first class. He kept running every day and it was helpful to him. He’s strong and tall now and he ran faster than any other man in his village. He took part in several sports meetings and won some medals. The young man is proud of and always wants to have a race with others.One day his mother was ill and his father told him to buy some medicine for headache in the town. The young man got there soon. There were many people in the chemist's shop while he was waiting there. And when his turn came, he couldn’t find his money. An old woman hinted（暗示）a young man had stolen it. He saw the thief had already left the shop. He ran towards him quickly. The thief found it and began to run. He was happy and tried to catch up with him.“Let’s have a race and see who will run faster,” Ruben called out behind.Soon after that he caught up with the thief. But he didn't stop and went on running. At a crossing one of his friends asked, “What are you running for, Ruben?”“I’m running after（追）a thief. ”“Where’s the thief, then?”“He wants to show that he’ll run faster than me, but he’s fallen behind!”1. Ruben had to run to school because ______________.A. he had no bikeB. he hoped to win some medalsC. his village was a little far from the schoolD. he was afraid to be late for class2.______________ , so he won some medals.A. Ruben is good at runningB. Ruben went to school on timeC. Ruben often took part in the sports meetings.D. Ruben likes to have a race with others3. The phrase “a chemist’s shop” in the story means ______________.A. 化工商店B. 药店C. 化工厂D. 制药厂4. Ruben’s money was stolen ______________.A. on his way to the townB. before he went in the shopC. when he was waiting in the shopD. after he had left the shop5. Ruben was happy because ______________.A. he could easily catch the thiefB. he had a chance（机会）to have a raceC. he knew who had stolen his moneyD. he would win another medal that day1. D。

高考模拟检测卷（一）试题英语本试卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

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第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。

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1.What does the woman think of this shirt?A.It's not worth buying.B.It's too expensive.C.It's the best one.2.When should the man attend the meeting?A.2:20.B.2:40.C.3:40.3.Why does the man make the call?A.To check a booking.B.To make a booking.C.To change a booking.4.What is the man's feeling for the woman?A.Angry.B.Concerned.C.Appreciative.5.What's wrong with the woman's mother?A.She doesn't look well.B.She has high blood sugar.C.She is on a diet.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

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高考英语阅读理解考前冲刺训练2（十二）Long after the 1998 World Cup was won, disappointed fans were still blaming the refereeing (裁判) decisions that denied victory to their team. A researcher was ordered to study the performance of some top referees.The researcher organized an experimental tournament (锦标赛) involving four youth teams. Each match lasted an hour, divided into three periods of inutes during which different referees were in charge.Observers noted down the referees’ mistakes, of which there were 61 over the tournament. Changed into a standard match of 90 minutes, each referee made almost 23 mistakes, a remarkably high number.The researcher then studied the videotapes to analyze the matches in detail. Surprisingly, he found that mistakes were more likely when the referees were close to the incident. When the officials got it right, they were, on average, 17 meters away from the action. The average distance in the case of mistakes was 12 meters. The research shows the optimum(最佳的) distance is about 29 meters.There also seemed to be an optimum speed. Correct decisions came when the referees were moving at a speed of about 2 meters per second. The average speed for mistakes was 4 meters per second.If FIFA, football’s international ruling body, wants to improve the standard of refereeing at the next World Cup, it should encourage referees to keep their eyes on the action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up with the ball, the researcher argues.He also says that FIFA’s insistence that referees shoul d retire at the age of 45 may be misguided. If keeping up with the actions is not so important, their physical condition is less important.1.The experiment was meant to _____.A. review the refereeing decisions at the 1998 World CupB. find the causes of mistakes made by football refereesC. relieve the disappointed fans’ angerD. help the players to win the World Cup2.The number of refereeing mistakes in the experimental matches was _____.A. above averageB. below averageC. quite unexpectedD. quite normal3.The findings of the experiment show that _____.A. mistakes are less likely when a referee stays in one placeB. the farther the referee is from the incident, the fewer the mistakesC. the more slowly the referee runs, the more likely mistakes will occurD. mistakes are more likely when a referee keeps close to the ball4.It is suggested in the text that FIFA should _____.A. punish the referees who made serious mistakesB. revise its rules for being football refereesC. use more referees in a football matchD. change the winner of the 1998 World Cup（十三）The Atlantic Ocean is one of the oceans that separate the Old World from the New. For centuries it kept the Americans from being discovered by the people of Europe.Many wrong ideas about the Atlantic made early sailors unwilling to sail far out into it. One idea was that it reached out to “the edge of the world.” Sailors were afraid that they might sail right off the earth. Another idea was that at the equator（赤道）the ocean would be boiling hot.The Atlantic Ocean is only half as big as the Pacific, but it is still very large. It is more than 4,000 miles (6,000km) wide where Columbus crossed it. Even at its narrowest it is about 2,000 miles (3,m) wide.Two things make the Atlantic Ocean rather unusual. For so large an ocean it has very few islands. Also, it is the world’s saltiest ocean.There is so much water in the Atlantic that it is hard to imagine how much there is. But suppose no more rain fell into it and no more water was brought to it by rivers. It would take the ocean about 4,000 years to dry up. On the average the water is a little more than two miles (3.2km) deep, but in places it is much deeper. The deepest spot is near Puerto Rico. This “deep” measures 30,246 feet-almost six miles (9.6km).One of the longest mountain ranges of the world rises from the floor of the Atlantic. This mountain range runs north and south down the middle of the ocean. The tops of a few of the mountains reach up above the sea and make islands.Several hundred miles eastward from Florida there is a part of the ocean called the Sargasso Sea. Here the water is quiet, for there is little wind. In the days of sailing vessels（船）the crew were afraid they would be becalmed（停滞不前）here. Sometimes they were.Today the Atlantic is a great highway. It is not, however, always a smooth and safe one. Storms sweep across it and pile up great waves. Icebergs float down from the Far North across the paths of ships.We now have such fast ways of traveling that this big ocean seems to have grown smaller. Columbus sailed for more than two months to cross it. A fast modern steamship can make the trip in less than four days. Airplanes fly from New York to London in only eight hours and from South America to Africa in four!1.Which world is the Old World?A. AfricaB. EuropeC. AsiaD. All of above2.What caused people to be unwilling to explore the Atlantic?A. There are no ships big enough to get across the Ocean.B. Sailors were afraid of being lost in the Ocean.C. The Atlantic Ocean was very unusual because it has few islands and the saltiest water.D. Many incorrect ideas such as “the edge of the world”, “the equator with boiling hot water”,made people think the Ocean was full of danger.3.What is the topic of the fifth paragraph?A. How deep the water isB. How to measure the water in the Atlantic OceanC. How much water the Ocean holds.D. How rain affects the Ocean water.4.We can learn from the text that ______.A. the Atlantic is the largest ocean on earthB. one of the longest mountain ranges lies in the AtlanticC. the Atlantic has a lot of islands in itD. sailing on the Atlantic Ocean is always quiet, smooth and safe（十四）Colorful kites are a common sight in China in the spring. Kites have also played an important part in the history of science. In the 18th century, Benjamin Franklin did a number of experiments in which he showed what electricity was and how it could be used. Here is how he described one of his experiments in his diary.“In J une 1752, I wanted to show that electricity and lightning are the same. I built a strong kite and waited for bad weather. When the first thunderstorm came, I took my kite and a condenser on a walk in the fields. The kite flew high in the rainy sky, but nothing happened. I was beginning to think that the experiment would not work. Just then, I saw some of the hairs on the string stand up. The string was getting charged（充电了的）! I brought my finger close to the sky, and felt a light but very clear electric shock. Others followed even before the whole string was wet, and I was able to collect and store a great of electricity into the condenser. This experiment proves my idea true”.This is how the kite was made. First you build the frame of the kite by making a small cross of two pieces light wood. Tie the corners of the handkerchief to the points of the cross. And then add a tail to the frame and tie a long string to the cross so you can control the kite.The next three steps are very important. First, fix a very sharp piece of metal, pointing a foot or more above the frame, to the top of the longest stick of the cross. Second, fasten a key to the end of the long string. Third, tie silk ribbon（带）to the string, just above the key. This ribbon, which must not get wet, will protect you from the electricity.Fly your kite when a thunderstorm appears to be coming on. Stand inside a door or under some cover, so that the silk ribbon does not get wet. You can collect and store the electricity with the condenser and use it for other experiments.1.What may be a “condenser” in the second paragraph?A. A tool used for making kites.B. A device for receiving and storing electric charge.C. Something like umbrella to keep you from the rain.D. Something to protect you from being shocked.2.In the experiment when Franklin saw some of the hairs on the string stand up, he knew_____.A. electricity and lightning were the sameB. his experiment proved his idea rightC. the string got chargedD. he would collect a great deal of electricity3.If you got electric shock while doing the experiment, there could be something wrong with_____.A. the ribbon tied at the end of the kiteB. the metal fixed to the top of the kiteC. the strength of the frameD. the silk ribbon above the key4.Which of the following can be the appropriate title of the passage?A. Flying Kites in Bad Weather.B. How to Make a Kite.C. How to Collect Electricity.D. The Key to Success.（十五）You have been badly injured in a car accident, it is necessary to give you a blood in blood transfusion because you lost a great deal of blood in the accident, however, special care must be taken in selecting new blood for you. If the blood is too different from your own, the transfusion could kill you.There are fo ur basic types of blood: A, B, AB and O. A single test can tell us a person’s blood type. Everybody is born with one of these four types of blood. Blood type, like hair color and height, is inherited from parents. Because of the substances contained in each type, the four group must be transfused carefully. Basically, A and B cannot be mixed. A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B. O can give to any other group; so it is often called the universal donor. For the opposite reason, AB is sometimes called the universal recipient. However, because there can be so many reactions in transfusions, patients usually receive only salt or plasma（血浆）until their blood can be matched as exactly as possible in the blood bank of the hospital. In this way, it is possible to avoid any bad reactions to the transfusion.There is a relationship between your blood type and your nationality. Among the Europeans, about 42 percent have type A while 45 percent have type O. The rarest is type AB. Other races have different percentage. For example, some American Indian groups have nearly 100 percent type O.1.Which of the following diagrams shows the correct relationship in blood transfusions?（giving blood to →）ually, a person who has been injured and lost too much blood should be given a bloodtransfusion ______.A. after he has a good restB. after he receives salt or plasmaC. right after the accident happensD. before there are so many reactions3.If the blood is too different from the injured, the transfusion ______.A. can help him greatlyB. could save himC. could kill himD. can injure him4.The writer suggests that the third most common blood type among the Europeans is ______.A. BB. AC. ABD. O5.The passage mainly tells us that ______.A. there is only one type of blood in a person’s bodyB. a person’s blood type is decided by hair and heightC. a person’s blood type can be changed into anotherD. there are fo ur basic types of blood in a person’s body（十六）With only about 1,000 pandas left in the world, China is desperately trying to clone the animal and save the endangered species. That’s a move similar to what a Texas A & M University researchers have been undertaking for the past five years in a project called “Noah’s Ark.”Noah’s Ark is aimed at collecting eggs, embryos（胚胎）, semen and DNA of endangered animals and storing them in liquid nitrogen. If certain species should become extinct, Dr. Duane Kraemer, a professor in Texas A & M’s College of Veterinary Medicine, says there would be enough of the basic building blocks to reintroduce the species in the future.It is estimated that as many as 2,000 species of mammals, birds, reptiles will become extinct in over 100 years. The panda, native only to China, is in danger of becoming extinct in the next 25 years.This week, Chinese scientists said they grew an embryo by introducing cells from a dead female panda into the egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit. They are now trying to implant theembryo into a host animal.The entire procedure could take from three to five years to complete.“The nuclear transfer（核子移植）of one species to another is not easy, and the lack of available panda eggs could be a major problem,” Kraemer believes. “They will probably have to do several hundred transfers to result in one pregnancy(怀孕). It takes a long time and it’s difficult, but this could be groundbreaking science if it works. They are certainly not putting any live pandas at risk, so it is worth the effort,” adds Kraemer, who it one of the leaders of the Projectat Texas A&M, the first-ever attempt at cloning a dog.“They are trying to do something that’s never been done, and this is very similar to our work in Noah’s Ark. We’re both trying to save animals that face extinction. I certainly appreciate their effort and there’s a lot we can learn form what they are attempting to do. It’s a research that is very much needed.”1.The aim of “Noah’s Ark” project is to .A. make efforts to clone the endangered pandasB. save endangered animals from dying outC. collect DNA of endangered animals to studyD. transfer the nuclear of one animal to another2.According to Professor Kraemer, the major problem in cloning pandas would be the lackto .A. available panda eggsB. host animalsC. qualified researchersD. enough money3.The best title for the passage may be .A. China’s Success in Pandas CloningB. The First Cloned Panda in the WorldC. Exploring the Possibility to Clone PandasD. China－the Native Place of Pandas Forever4.From the passage we know that .A. Kraemer and his team have succeeded in cloning a dogB. scientists try to implant a panda’s egg into a rabbitC. Kraemer will work with Chinese scientists in clone researchesD. about two thousand of species will probably die out in a century（十七）As a result of pollution, Lake Erie, on the borders of the USA and Canada, is now without any living things.Pollution in water is not simply a matter of “poisons” killing large numbers of fish overnight, Very often the effects of pollution are not noticed for many months or years because the first organisms（生物体）to be affected are either plants or plankton. But these organisms are the food of fish and birds and other creatures. When this food disappears, the fish and birds die too. In this way a whole food chain can be wiped out, and it’s not until dead fish and water birds are seen at the river’s edge or on the seashore that people realize what is happening.Where do the substances which pollute the water come from? There are two main sources of sewage（污水）and industrial waste . As more detergent（洗涤剂）is used in the home, so more of it is finally put into our rivers, lakes and seas . Detergents harm water birds, dissolving the natural substances which keep their feathers water - proof. Sewage itself, if not properly treated, makes the water dirty and prevents all forms of life in rivers and the sea from receiving the oxygen they need. Industrial waste is even more harmful as there are many highly poisonous things in it, such as copper and lead（铅）.So, if we want to stop this pollution, the answer is simple: sewage and industrial waste must be made clear before flowing into the water. It may already be too late to save some rivers and lakes, but others can still be saved if the correct action is taken at once.1.Pollution of water is noticed ______.A. when the first organisms are affectedB. when a good many fish and birds dieC. when poisonous things are poured into waterD. as soon as the balance of nature is destroyed2.The living things die because there is no _____ in the lake or river.A. waterB. fishC. poisonD. oxygen3.Which of the following is harmful according to the passage?A. OrganismsB. Plants and plankton in the waterC. Waste water from cleaningD. Industrial waste made clear before flowing into the water.4.The way to stop water pollution is to ______.A. realize the serious situation clearlyB. put oxygen into the riverC. make the waste material harmless before flowing into the waterD. make special room in the sea for our rubbish（十八）In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his yard. That was the first photograph.The next important date in the history of photography was 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his studio. He used a new kind of camera and a different process. Inhis pictures, you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest details. This kind of photograph was called a daguerreotype.Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s process. Travelers brought back daguerreotypes from all around the world. People photographed famous buildings, cities and mountains.In about 1840, the process was improved. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. The process was not simple. The photographers had to carry lots of films and processing equipment. But this did not stop the photographers, especially in the United States. After 1840s daguerreotype artists were popular in most cities.Mathew Brady was a well - known American photographer. He took many pictures of famous people. The pictures were unusual because they were very life - like and full of personality.Brady was also the first person to take pictures of war. His 1862 Civil War pictures showed dead soldiers and ruined cities. They made the war seem more real and more terrible.In the 1880s, new inventions began to change photography. Photographers could buy films readymade in rolls（卷）. So they did not have to make the film themselves. Also, they did not have to process the film immediately. They could bring it back to their studios and develop it later meaning that they did not have to carry lots of equipment. And finally, the invention of the small handheld camera made photography less expensive.With the small camera, anyone could be a photographer. People began to use cameras just for fun. They took pictures of their families, friends and favorite places. They called these pictures “snapshot”.Photographs became very popular in newspapers in the 1890s. Soon magazines and books also used documentary photographs. These pictures showed true events and people. They were much more real than drawing.Photography also turned into a form of art by the end of the 10th century. Some photographs were not just copies of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings, like other art forms.1.The passage is mainly about _____.A. the invention of camerasB. a kind of new art - photographyC. the development of photographyD. the important dates in the history of photography2.The first pictures of a war were taken by _____.A. a French photographer in the 1840sB. an American photographer in the 1860sC. a German reporter in the 1880sD. a French artist in the 1890s3.Photography can also be an art form because artists can _____.A. take anything they likeB. keep a record of real lifeC. take photos of the famousD. show ideas and feeling in pictures4.According to the passage, which of the followings shows the correct order?a．Photographs became popular in newspapers.b．Photographers carried processing equipment while taking pictures.c．The invention of small handheld cameras made photography easier.d．Daguerre invented a kind of photograph called daguerreotype.e．Brady took pictures of famous people.A. e, a, d, b, cB. d, b, e, c, aC. b, e, c, a, dD. d, c, e, a, b（十九）China Mobile, the country’s largest mobile communications operator, has accounted for nearly 40 percent of revenues (税收) in the domestic telecoms market. That puts it at the top of the six major telecoms operators in the nation, according to the latest official statistics.The other five are: China Telecom, 31.1 percent; China Netcom, 16.6 percent; and China Unicom, 13.4 percent; China Satellite Communications Corp and China Rilcom, 1.5 percent.Mobile communications and the IP phone business have gradually replaced traditional long-distance calls. Mobile communications account for 28.5 percent of the total long-distance communications business. IP phones have 41.4 percent, while traditional long-distance calls are down to 30.1 percent.In another ranking, Nokia, Motorola, Bird, TCL and Siemens came in as the top five mobile phone sellers in China in the first half of this year, according to South Daily. They report also says that during this period, China produced 82 million handsets (including GSM, GPRS and CDMA phones) and sold 80 million. Of the phones sold, 37 million were exported to other countries.Analysts point out that China’s lack of key technologies and its heavy dependence on overseas technologies have proved to be an obstacle for development of home-made phone makers.1.From the passage, which is NOT true?A. China Mobile is China’s largest mobile phone sellers.B. China Mobile is China’s largest mobile communications operato r.C. China Mobile has covered nearly two fifths of the income in the telecoms market in China.D. China Mobile has taken the first place in the telecoms market.2.Mobile communications have gradually taken the place of .A. IP phone serviceB. traditional long-distance callsC. traditional telephonesD. telecom operators3.Which has the similar meaning to the underlined word “obstacle”?A. DifficultyB. ProblemC. PuzzleD. Factor4.Which do you believe to be true?A. Nokia is a very popular foreign phone sellerB. China produced and sold most of the mobile phones to other countriesC. Mobile communications account for the most part of the total long-distancecommunicationsD. China has had quite advanced core technologies（二十）Wind is the great maker of waves. There are exceptions, such as the tidal (潮汐的) waves sometimes produced by earthquakes under the sea . But the waves most of us know are produced by winds blowing over the sea.Now before constructing an imaginary life history of a typical wave, we need to know certain physical things about it. A wave has height, from trough (low point) to crest (high point). It has length -- the distance from this crest to that of the following wave. The period of the wave meansthe time it takes for succeeding crests to pass a fixed point. None of these things stays the same --- for all depend upon the wind, upon the depth of the water and many other matters.The water that makes up a wave does not advance with it across the sea. Each drop of water turns around in a little circle with the passing of the wave, but returns very nearly to its original position. And it is fortunate that this is so. For if the huge masses of water that make up a wave actually moved across the sea, sailing would be impossible.If we want to find the speed of a wave, we may use the following way:Speed = wavelength × frequencyHere, wavelength is the distance between two high points (crests), frequency means the number of cycles per second.1.What causes waves?A. Earthquakes and nothing elseB. Only windC. Wind causes most wavesD. Wind causes some waves2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. The water of a wave moves away across the sea.B. The water of a wave remains almost at the same place.C. The water of a wave goes with the passing of the wave.D. The length of a wave means the distance from the top of a wave to the bottom.3.The speed of Wave 1 is 100 cm/s, frequency 10. The frequency of Wave 2 is 300, while itsspeed is twice that of Wave 1. Which of the following is right?A. The wavelengths of the two are equal.B. The wavelength of Wave 1 is 10 times longer than that of Wave 2.C. The wavelength of Wave 2 is longer than that of Wave 1.D. The wavelength of Wave 1 is longer than that of Wave 2.（廿一）Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer（扫盲志愿者）. The training I received, though excellent, did not tell me how it was to work with a real student, however. When I began to discove r what other people’s lives were like because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading.My first student Marie was a 44-year-old single mother of three. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn’t know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus schedule, she told me it would not help becauseshe could not read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldn’t alway s remember what she needed. Since she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only recognize items by sight, so if the product had a different label, she would not recognize it as the product she wanted.As we worked to gether, learning how to read built Marie’s self-confidence, which encouraged her to continue in her studies. She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket. After this successful trip, she reported how self-confident she felt. At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son, Tony, a shy first grader, with his reading. She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories. When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read, pride was written all over her face, and she began to see how her own hard work in learning to read paid off. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as well. I found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before.As a literacy volunteer, I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others. In fact, I may have learned more from the experience than Marie did.1.What did the author do last summer?A. She worked in the supermarket.B. She helped someone to learn to read.C. She gave single mothers the help they needed.D. She went to a training program to help a literacy volunteer.2.Why didn’t Marie go to the supermarket by bus at first?A. Because she liked to walk to the supermarket.B. Because she lived far away from the bus stop.C. Because she couldn’t afford the bus ticket.D. Because she couldn’t find the right bus.3.How did Marie use to find the goods she wanted in the supermarket?A. She knew where the goods were in the supermarket.B. She asked others to take her to the right place.C. She managed to find the goods by their looks.D. She remembered the names of the goods.4.Which of the following statements is true about Marie?A. Marie could do things she had not been able to do before.B. Marie was able to read stories with the help of her son.C. Marie decided to continue her studies in schoolD. Marie paid for her own lessons.（廿二）When John Milton, writer of “Paradise Lost”, entered Cambridge University, in 1625, he was already skilled in Latin after seven years of studying it as his second language at St. Paul’s School, London. Like all English boys who prepared for college in grammar schools, he had learned not only to read Latin but also to speak and write it smoothly and correctly. His pronunciation of Latin was English, however, and seemed to have sounded strange to his friends when he later visited Italy.Schoolboys gained their skill in Latin in a bitter way. They kept in mind the rules to make。

云南省昆明市2014年高考冲刺训练英语试题（2）[社会生活型阅读理解(一)]Life is to be enjoyed. There's no point in giving up something you enjoy unless you get something back that's even better. When people eat more healthfully, exercise, quit smoking, and manage stress better, they find that they feel so much better that it reconstructs the reason for making these changes from fear of dying to joy of living. The latest studies show that when you exercise and eat right：YOUR BRAIN receives more blood flow and oxygen, so you become smarter, think more clearly, have more energy, and need less sleep. Two studies showed that just walking for three hours per week for only three months caused so many new neurons (神经细胞) to grow that it actually increased the size of people's brains!YOUR FACE receives more blood flow, so your_skin_glows more and wrinkles less. You look younger and more attractive. In contrast, an unhealthy diet, chronic emotional stress and smoking reduce blood flow to your face so you age more quickly. Smoking accelerates aging because nicotine causes your arteries (动脉) to narrow down, which decreases blood flow to your face and makes it wrinkle earlier. This is why smokers look years older than they really are.YOUR GENES change. In May, a study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing that changing your lifestyle changes your genes.YOUR TELOMERES (染色体端粒) get longer. Telomeres are the ends of our chromosomes (染色体) that control how long we live. As telomeres become shorter, then cells age more quickly, thus shortening our lives.Besides, one of the most interesting findings in the study was that the mothers' awareness of stress was more important than what was really occurring in their lives. The researchers gave the women a questionnaire and asked them to rate on a three-point scale how stressed they felt each day, and how out of control their lives felt to them. The women who were aware that they were under heavy stress had significantlyshortened and damaged telomeres compared with those who felt more relaxed. On the contrary, some of the women who felt relaxed despite raising a disabled child had more normalappearing telomeres.In other words, if you feel stressed, you are stressed; if you feel fine, you are fine.1．Which of the following are good for lengthening one's life, according to the passage?①eat healthy food ②drink plenty of water ③take exercise ④get up early ⑤go to sleep early ⑥release one's stressA．①③⑥B．①②③C．①⑤⑥D．③④⑥2．The underlined words “your skin glows”in Paragraph 3 are closest in meaning to “________”．A．your skin becomes white as there is plenty of sunshineB．your skin becomes smooth as there is much blood in itC．your skin looks pink as you are healthyD．your skin becomes soft as you exercise enough3．In the author's opinion, when you exercise and eat right, you will experience some changes EXCEPT ________．A．brains becoming clevererB．faces having fewer wrinklesC．arteries turning narrowerD．genes being changed4．From the last but one paragraph we learn that ________．A．mothers will have more damaged telomeres if they raise a disabled childB．mothers don't know how to handle stress effectivelyC．some women were asked to fill out a questionnaire about educating children D．mothers' positive attitudes are the key to managing their stress5．The best title for the passage would be “________”．A．Eat better, live betterB．Feel better, live longerC．Less stress, fewer diseasesD．Smoke more, age sooner(二)【要点综述】本文是一篇调查报告，讲述了生活方式对健康的重要性1．A细节理解题。

高考英语阅读理解冲刺训练【二】E—Learning：An Alternative Learning OpportunityDay school ProgramSecondary students across Toronto District School Board(TDSB) are invited to take one or two e-Learning courses on their day school timetable. Students will remain on the roll at their day school.The on-line classroom provides an innovative relevant and interactive Learning environment. The courses and on-line classroom are provided by the Ministry of EducationThese on-line coursesare taught by TDSB secondary school teachersare part of the TDSB Student’s time table; andappear on the Student’s report upon completionBenefits of e-LearningInclude:Access to courses that may not be available at his or her TDSB school Using technology to provide students with current information: and.assistance to solve timetable conflictsIs e-Learning for You?Students who are successful in on-line course are usually;able to plan, organize time and complete assignments and activities;capable of working independently in a responsible and honest manner; and ,able to regularly use a computer or mobile device with internet accessStudents need to spend at least as much time with their on-line course work as they would in a face-to-face classroom course.56. E-Learning courses are different from other TDSB courses in that .(D)A. they are given by best TDSB teachers.B. they are not on the day school timetable.C. they are not included on students’ reports.D. they are an addition to TDSB courses.57. What do students need to do before completing e-learning courses?(B)A. To learn information technology on-line.B. To do their assignments independently.C. To update their mobile devices regularly.D. To talk face to face with their teachers.BChimps(黑猩猩) will cooperate in certain ways, like gathering in war parties to protect their territory. But beyond the minimum requirements as social beings, they have little instinct (本能) to help one another. Chimps in the wild seek food for themselves. Even chimp mothers regularly decline to share food with their children. Who are able from a young age to gather their own food.In the laboratory, chimps don’t naturally share food either. If a chimp is put in a cage where he can pull in one plate of food for himself or, with no great effort, a plate that also provides food for a neighbor to the next cage, he will pull at random ---he just doesn’t care whether his neighbor gets fed or not. Chimps are truly selfish.Human children, on the other hand are extremely corporative. From the earliest ages, they decide to help others, to share information and to participate a achieving common goals. The psychologist Michael Tomasello has studied this cooperativeness in a series of expensive with very young children. He finds that if babies aged 18 months see an worried adult with hands full trying to open a door, almost all will immediately try to help.There are several reasons to believe that the urges to help, inform and share are not taught .but naturally possessed in young children. One is that these instincts appear at a very young age before most parents have started to train children to behave socially. Another is that the helping behaviors are not improved if the children are rewarded. A third reason is that social intelligence. Develops in children before their general cognitive(认知的)skills, at least when compared with chimps..In tests conducted by Tomtasell, the children did no better than the chimps on the physical world tests, but were considerably better at understanding the social worldThe cure of what children’s minds have and chimps’ don’t in what Tomasello calls what. Part of this ability is that they can infer what others know or are thinking. But that, even very young children want to be part of a shared purpose. They actively seek to be part of a “we”, a group that intends to work toward a shared goal.58. What can we learn from the experiment with chimps?(A)A. Chimps seldom care about others’ interests.B. Chimps tend to provide food for their children.C. Chimps like to take in their neighbors’ food.D. Chimps naturally share food with each other.59. Michael Tomasello’s tests on young children indicate that they____.(A)A. have the instinct to help othersB. know how to offer help to adultsC. know the world better than chimpsD. trust adults with their hands full60. The passage is mainly about ____.(C)A. the helping behaviors of young childrenB. ways to train children’s shared intentionalityC. cooperation as a distinctive human natureD. the development of intelligence in childrenCEl Nifio, a Spanish term for “the Christ child”, was named by South American fisherman sho noticed that the global weather pattern, which happens every two to seven years, reduced the amount of fishes caught around Christmas. El Nifio sees warm water, collected over several years in the western Pacific, flow back eastwards when winds that normally blow westwards weaken, or sometimes the other way round.The weather effects both good and bad, are felt in many places. Rich countries gain more from powerful Nifio, on balance, than they lose. A study found that a strong Nifio in 1997 helped American’s economy grow by 15 billion, partly because of better agricultural harvest, farmers in the Midwest gained from extra rain. The total rise in agricultural in rich countries in growth than the fall in poor ones.But in Indonesia extremely dry forests are in flames. A multi-year drought (干旱)in south-east Brazil is becoming worse. Though heavy rains brought about by El Nino may relieve the drought in California, they are likely to cause surface flooding and other disasters.The most recent powerful Nino, in 1997-98, killed around 21,000 people and caused damage worth $36 billion around the globe. But such Ninos come with months of warning, and so much is known about how they happen that governments can prepare. According to the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), however, just 12% of disaster-relief funding in the past two decades has gone on reducing risks in advance, rather than recovery and rebuilding afterwards. This is despite evidence that a dollar spent on risk-reduction saves at least two on reconstruction.Simple improvements to infrastructure (基础设施)can reduce the spread of disease. Better sewers (下水道)make it less likely that heavy rain is followed by an outbreak of the disease of bad stomach. Stronger bridges mean villages are less likely to be left without food and medicine after floods. According to a paper in 2011 by Mr Hsiang and co-authors, civil conflict is related to El Nino’s harmful effects—and the poorer the country, the stronger the link. Though the relationship may not be causal, helping divided communities to prepare for disasters would at least reduce the risk that those disasters are followed by killing and wounding people. Since the poorest are least likely to make up for their losses from disasters linked to El Nino, reducing their losses needs to be the priority.61. What can we learn about El Nino in Paragraph 1?(D)A. It is named after a South American fisherman.B. It takes place almost every year all over the world.C. It forces fishermen to stop catching fish around Christmas.D. It sees the changes of water flow direction in the ocean.62. What may El Ninos bring about to the countries affected?(C)A. Agricultural harvests in rich countries fall.B. Droughts become more harmful than floods.C. Rich countries’ gains are greater than their losses.D. Poor countries suffer less from droughts economically.63. The data provided by ODI in Paragraph 4 suggest that(A)A. more investment should go to risk reductionB. governments of poor countries need more aidC. victims of El Nino deserve more compensationD. recovery and reconstruction should come first64. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?(D)A. To introduce El Nino and its origin.B. To explain the consequences of El Nino.C. To show ways of fighting against El Nino.D. To urge people to prepare for El Nino.DNot so long ago, most people didn’t know who Shelly Ann Francis Pryce was going to become. She was just an average high school athlete. There was every indication that she was just another American teenager without much of a future. However, one person wants to change this. Stephen Francis observed then eighteen-year-old Shelly Ann as a track meet and was convinced that he had seen the beginning of true greatness. Her time were not exactly impressive, but even so, he seemed there was something trying to get out, something the other coaches had overlooked when they had assessed her and found her lacking. He decided to offer Shelly Ann a place in his very strict training seasons. Their cooperation quickly produced results, and a few year later at Jamaica’s Olympic games in early 2008, Shelly Ann, who at that time only ranked number 70 in the world, beat Jamaica’s unchallenged queen of the sprint(短跑).“Where did she come from?” asked an astonished sprinting world, before concluding that she must be one of those one-hit wonders that spring up from time to time, only to disappear again without signs. But Shelly Ann was to prove that she was anything but a one-hit wonder. At the Beijing Olympic she swept away any doubts about her ability to perform consistently by becoming the first Jamaican woman ever to win the 100 meters Olympic gold. She did it again one year on at the World Championship in Briton, becoming world champion with a time of 10.73--- the fourth record ever.Shelly-Ann is a little woman with a big smile. She has a mental toughness that did not come about by chance. Her journey to becoming the fastest woman on earth has been anything but smooth and effortless. She grew up in one of Jamaica’s toughest inner-city communities known as Waterhouse, where she lived in a one-room apartment, sleeping four in a bed with her mother and two brothers. Waterhouse, one of the poorest communities in Jamaica, is a really violent and overpopulated place. Several of Shelly-Ann's friends and family were caught up in the killings; one of her cousins was shot dead only a fewstreets away from where she lived. Sometimes her family didn’t have enough to eat. She ran at the school championships barefooted because she couldn’t afford shoes. Her mother Maxime, one of a family of fourteen, had been an athlete herself as a young girl but, like so many other girls in Waterhouse, had to stop after she had her first baby. Maxime’s early entry into the adult world with its responsibilities gave her the determination to ensure that her kids would not end up in Waterhouse's roundabout of poverty. One of the first things Maxime used to do with Shelly-Ann was taking her to the track, and she was ready to sacrifice everything.It didn't take long for Shelly-Ann to realize that sports could be her way out of Waterhouse. On a summer evening in Beijing in 2008, all those long, hard hours of work and commitment finally bore fruit. The barefoot kid who just a few years previously had been living in poverty, surrounded by criminals and violence, had written a new chapter in the history of sports.But Shelly-Ann’s victory was far greater than that. The night she won Olympic gold in Beijing, the routine murders in Waterhouse and the drug wars in the neighbouring str eets stopped. The dark cloud above one of the world’s toughest criminal neighbourhoods simply disappeared for a few days. “ I have so much fire burning for my country,”Shelly said. She plans to start a foundation for homeless children and wants to build a community centre in Waterhouse. She hopes to inspire the Jamaicans to lay down their weapons. She intends to fight to make it a woman’s as well as a man’s world.As Muhammad Ali puts it, “ Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them. A desire, a dream, a vision.” One of the things Shelly-Ann can be proud of is her understanding of this truth.65. Why did Stephen Francis decide to coach Shelly-Ann?(B)A. He had a strong desire to free her family from trouble.B. He sensed a great potential in her despite her weaknesses.C. She had big problems maintaining her performance.D. She suffered a lot of defeats at the previous track meets.66. What did the sprinting world think of Shelly-Ann before the 2008 Olympic Games?(C)A. She would become a promising star.B. She badly needed to set higher goals.C. Her sprinting career would not last long.D. Her talent for sprinting was known to all.67. What made Maxime decide to train her daughter on the track?( C)A. Her success and lessons in her career.B. Her interest in Shelly-Ann’s quick profit.C. Her wish to get Shelly-Ann out of poverty.D. Her early entrance into the sprinting world.68. What can we infer from Shelly-Ann's statement underlined in Paragraph 5?( B)A. She was highly rewarded for her efforts.B. She was eager to do more for her country.C. She became an athletic star in her country.D. She was the envy of the whole community.69. By mentioning Muhammad Ali’s words, the author intends to tell us that_____ .( D)A. players should be highly inspired by coachesB. great athletes need to concentrate on patienceC. hard work is necessary in one’s achievementsD. motivation allows great athletes to be on the top70. What is the best title for the passage?( A)A. The Making of a Great AthleteB. The Dream for ChampionshipC. The Key to High PerformanceD. The Power of Full Responsibility。

手惰市安逸阳光实验学校江高考英语二轮专题冲刺精选阅读理解（二）AIs there something that you’ve always wanted to try but just never had the time？Well，make plans to try it now since you are on summer vacation．Not all vacations call for taking a tour bus to take photos of famous landmarks．Some vacations allow you plenty of opportunities to learn．The most difficult aspect of a learning vacation may be choosing one because the possibilities are endless．If you enjoy cooking，various companies can take you to Italy，France，Spain，Mexico or even Peru．Once there，you can learn to prepare the local cuisine(烹饪)．Trips are often planned to fit in with local food festivals or special events．The term “learning vacation” often brings language to mind．The best way to learn a language is in an envi ronment where it’s spoken．Study Spanish，French or English．Or attempt a more unusual language like Polish，Estonian or Thai．You’ll be able to learn about the country and absorb the culture at the same time．If you are fond of sports，you can polish your skills or learn new ones．Golf and tennis schools welcome players of all levels．If you want a bigger thrill，you can learn to surf，go climbing or race cars．It’s even possible to learn the art and techniques of bull fighting while on vacation!You can also discover your inner artist．Many places offer painting classes in different mediums．The scenic locations of the schools offer plenty of subjects that provide inspiration for practice．If you prefer capturing the world on film，take a photography vacation．Travel with a small group to photograph beautiful animals or scenery．You can also practice your technique on people or at historical sights．Once you decide on a vacation，choose a company carefully．Request names of recent customers you can contact，and then ask them for an evaluation (评价)．The more you know before you go，the better prepared you’ll be．Then go out and learn something!1．Why is it hard for you to decide on a learning vacation?A．Because it is hard for you to make plans．B．Because the possibilities are unlimited．C．Because there are many good foods from abroad．D．Because there’re too many food festivals or events．2．The advantages of learning a language in its native country is that ________．A．the environment is fit for you to use the languageB．you are able to learn the original foreign languageC．native speakers offer you a lot of chances to practiceD．you can learn the language and experience its culture3．Which of the following sports suits you if you don’t like thrills?A．Car racing．B．Playing tennis． C．Rock climbing．D．Surfing．4．The structure of the text would be________．5．The purpose of writing the text is to________．A．advertise some popular summer programmesB．encourage readers to have a good time relaxingC．offer some tips on how to enjoy a learning vacationD．attract more readers to spend summer time learning211工程(优秀生选做题)2．vocabulary：(1)be fond ________ (doing) sth．喜欢做……prefer ________ (doing) sth．更喜欢做……(2)decide on/________ sth．(就……/不……)拿主意________ a decision做决定1．Rewrite the following sentenceNot all vacations call for taking a tour bus to take photos of famous landmarks．All vacations ________ call for taking a tour bus to take photos of famous landmarks．1．根据下句的划线部分仿写句子The_more you know before you go，the_better_prepared you’ll be．________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________B(2009·北京卷·C)How Room Designs Affect Our Work and FeelingsArchitects have long had the feeling that the places we live in canaffect our thoughts，feelings and behaviors．But now scientists are giving this feeling an empirical(经验的，实证的) basis．They are discovering how to design spaces that promote creativity，keep people focused，and lead to relaxation．Researches show that aspects of the physical environment can influence creativity．In 2007，Joan Meyers­Levy at the University of Minnesota，reported that the height of a room’s ceiling affects how people think．Her research indicates that higher ceilings encourage people to think more freely，which may lead them to make more abstract connections．Low ceilings，on the other hand，may inspire a more detailed outlook．In addition to ceiling height，the view afforded by a building may influence an occupant’s ability to concentrate．Nancy Wells and her colleagues at Cornell University found in their study that kids who experienced the greatest increase in greenness as a result of a family move made the most gains on a standard test of attention．Using nature to improve focus of attention ought to pay off academically，and it seems to，according to a study led by C．Kenneth Tanner，head of the School Design & Planning Laboratory at the University of Georgia．Tanner and his team found that students in classrooms with unblocked views of at least 50 feet outside the window had higher scores on tests of vocabulary，language arts and maths than did students whose classrooms primarily overlooked roads and parking lots．Recent study on room lighting design suggests that dim (暗淡的) light helps people to loosen up．If that is true generally，keeping the light low during dinner or at parties could increase relaxation．Researchers of Harvard Medical School also discovered that furniture with rounded edges could help visitors relax．So far scientists have focused mainly on public buildings．“We have a very limited number of studies，sowe’re_almost_looking_at_the_problem_through_a_straw(吸管)，”architect David Allison says．“How do you take answers to very specific questions and make broad，generalized use of them？That’s what we’re all struggling with．”1．What does Joan Meyers­Levy focu s on in her research?A．Light．B．Ceilings．C．Windows．D．Furniture．2．The passage tells us that ________．A．the shape of furniture may affect people’s feelingsB．lower ceilings may help improve students’ creativityC．children in a dim classroom may improve their gradesD．students in rooms with unblocked views may feel relaxed3．The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that ________．A．the problem is not approached step by stepB．the researches so far have faults in themselvesC．the problem is too difficult for researchers to detectD．research in this area is not enough to make generalized patterns 4．Which of the following shows the organization of the passage?CP：Central Point P：Point Sp：Sub­point(次要点) C：Conclusion211工程(优秀生选做题)2．vocabulary：(1)influence n．& v．影响influence sb．to do．．．影响某人做……have an influence ________．．．对……有影响outside influence外部影响老师对于课堂上所教授的内容具有相当大的影响。

定额市鞍钢阳光实验学校2014高考英语阅读理解冲刺全程训练（14）及答案阅读理解请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

AWe know the famous ones—the Thomas Edison and the Alexander Graham Bells —but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper(雨刮器)？Shouldn’t we know who they are?Joan Mclean thinks so. In fact, Mclean, a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range, feels so strongly about this matter that she’s developed a course on the topic. In addition to learning “who” invented “what”, however, Mclean also likes her students to learn the answers to the “why” and ”how” questions. According to Mclean,” When students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try.”So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to New York City. The day was cold and stormy, but Anderson still wanted to see the sights, so she jumped aboard a streetcar. Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield, she found herself wondering why there couldn’t be a built-in device for cleaning the window. Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham, Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas, a lever(操作杆)on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside, became the first windshield wiper.Today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations，It’s hard to imagine driving without Garrett A Morgan’s traffic light. It’s equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgett’s innovation that makes glass invisible, Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses?( ) 1. By mentioning “traffic light” and “windshield wiper”, the author indicates that countless inventions are .A. beneficial, because their inventors are famousB. beneficial, though their inventors are less famousC. not useful, because their inventors are less famousD. not useful, though their inventors are famous( ) 2. Professor Joan McLean’s course aims to_____.A. add color and variety to students’ campus lifeB. inform students of the windshield wiper’s inventionC. carry out the requirements by Mountain UniversityD. prepare students to try their own invention( ) 3. Tommy Lee’s invention of the unbreakable umbrella was _________.A. not eventually accepted by the umbrella producerB. inspired by the story behind the windshield wiperC. due to his dream of being caught in a rainstormD. not related to Professor Joan McLean’s lectures( ) 4. Which 0f the following can best serve as the title of this passage?A How to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers?B How to Design a Built-in Device for Cleaning the Window?C Shouldn’t We Know Who Invented the Windshield Wiper?D Shouldn’t We Develop Invention Courses in Universities?A篇第一篇文章是关于生活中离不开小发明，鼓励年轻人要善于把握发明的契机，推动社会的进步。

高考英语阅读理解考前冲刺训练2（十二）Long after the 1998 World Cup was won, disappointed fans were still blaming the refereeing (裁判) decisions that denied victory to their team. A researcher was ordered to study the performance of some top referees.The researcher organized an experimental tournament (锦标赛) involving four youth teams. Each match lasted an hour, divided into three periods of 20 minutes during which different referees were in charge.Observers noted down the referees’ mistakes, of which there were 61 over the tournament. Changed into a standard match of 90 minutes, each referee made almost 23 mistakes, a remarkably high number.The researcher then studied the videotapes to analyze the matches in detail. Surprisingly, he found that mistakes were more likely when the referees were close to the incident. When the officials got it right, they were, on average, 17 meters away from the action. The average distance in the case of mistakes was 12 meters. The research shows the optimum (最佳的) distance is about 29 meters.There also seemed to be an optimum speed. Correct decisions came when the referees were moving at a speed of about 2 meters per second. The average speed for mistakes was 4 meters per second.If FIFA, football’s internat ional ruling body, wants to improve the standard of refereeing at the next World Cup, it should encourage referees to keep their eyes on the action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up with the ball, the researcher argues.He also says that FIF A’s insistence that referees should retire at the age of 45 may be misguided. If keeping up with the actions is not so important, their physical condition is less important.1.The experiment was meant to _____.A. review the refereeing decisions at the 1998 World CupB. find the causes of mistakes made by football refereesC. relieve the disappointed fans’ angerD. help the players to win the World Cup2.The number of refereeing mistakes in the experimental matches was _____.A. above averageB. below averageC. quite unexpectedD. quite normal3.The findings of the experiment show that _____.A. mistakes are less likely when a referee stays in one placeB. the farther the referee is from the incident, the fewer the mistakesC. the more slowly the referee runs, the more likely mistakes will occurD. mistakes are more likely when a referee keeps close to the ball4.It is suggested in the text that FIFA should _____.A. punish the referees who made serious mistakesB. revise its rules for being football refereesC. use more referees in a football matchD. change the winner of the 1998 World Cup（十三）The Atlantic Ocean is one of the oceans that separate the Old World from the New. For centuries it kept the Americans from being discovered by the people of Europe.Many wrong ideas about the Atlantic made early sailors unwilling to sail far out int o it. One idea was that it reached out to “the edge of the world.” Sailors were afraid that they might sail right off the earth. Another idea was that at the equator（赤道）the ocean would be boiling hot.The Atlantic Ocean is only half as big as the Pacific, but it is still very large. It is more than 4,000 miles (6,000km) wide where Columbus crossed it. Even at its narrowest it is about 2,000 miles (3,200km) wide.Two things make the Atlantic Ocean rather unusual. For so large an ocean it has very few islan ds. Also, it is the world’s saltiest ocean.There is so much water in the Atlantic that it is hard to imagine how much there is. But suppose no more rain fell into it and no more water was brought to it by rivers. It would take the ocean about 4,000 years to dry up. On the average the water is a little more than two miles (3.2km) deep, but in places it is much deeper. The deepest spot is near Puerto Rico. This “deep” measures 30,246 feet-almost six miles (9.6km).One of the longest mountain ranges of the world rises from the floor of the Atlantic. This mountain range runs north and south down the middle of the ocean. The tops of a few of the mountains reach up above the sea and make islands.Several hundred miles eastward from Florida there is a part of the ocean called the Sargasso Sea. Here the water is quiet, for there is little wind. In the days of sailing vessels（船）the crew were afraid they would be becalmed（停滞不前）here. Sometimes they were.Today the Atlantic is a great highway. It is not, however, always a smooth and safe one. Storms sweep across it and pile up great waves. Icebergs float down from the Far North across the paths of ships.We now have such fast ways of traveling that this big ocean seems to have grown smaller. Columbus sailed for more than two months to cross it. A fast modern steamship can make the trip in less than four days. Airplanes fly from New York to London in only eight hours and from South America to Africa in four!1.Which world is the Old World?A. AfricaB. EuropeC. AsiaD. All of above2.What caused people to be unwilling to explore the Atlantic?A. There are no ships big enough to get across the Ocean.B. Sailors were afraid of being lost in the Ocean.C. The Atlantic Ocean was very unusual because it has few islands and the saltiestwater.D. Many incorrect ideas such as “the edge of the world”, “the equator withboiling hot water”, made people think the Ocean was full of danger.3.What is the topic of the fifth paragraph?A. How deep the water isB. How to measure the water in the Atlantic OceanC. How much water the Ocean holds.D. How rain affects the Ocean water.4.We can learn from the text that ______.A. the Atlantic is the largest ocean on earthB. one of the longest mountain ranges lies in the AtlanticC. the Atlantic has a lot of islands in itD. sailing on the Atlantic Ocean is always quiet, smooth and safe（十四）Colorful kites are a common sight in China in the spring. Kites have also played an important part in the history of science. In the 18th century, Benjamin Franklin did a number of experiments in which he showed what electricity was and how it could be used. Here is how he described one of his experiments in his diary.“In June 1752, I wanted to show that electricity and lightning are the same.I built a strong kite and waited for bad weather. When the first thunderstorm came, I took my kite and a condenser on a walk in the fields. The kite flew high in the rainy sky, but nothing happened. I was beginning to think that the experiment would not work. Just then, I saw some of the hairs on the string stand up. The string was getting charged（充电了的）! I brought my finger close to the sky, and felt a light but very clear electric shock. Others followed even before the whole string was wet, and I was able to collect and store a great of electricity into the condenser. This experiment proves my ide a true”.This is how the kite was made. First you build the frame of the kite by making a small cross of two pieces light wood. Tie the corners of the handkerchief to the points of the cross. And then add a tail to the frame and tie a long string to the cross so you can control the kite.The next three steps are very important. First, fix a very sharp piece of metal, pointing a foot or more above the frame, to the top of the longest stick of the cross. Second, fasten a key to the end of the long string. Third, tie silk ribbon（带）to the string, just above the key. This ribbon, which must not get wet, will protect you from the electricity.Fly your kite when a thunderstorm appears to be coming on. Stand inside a door or under some cover, so that the silk ribbon does not get wet. You can collect and store the electricity with the condenser and use it for other experiments.1.What may be a “condenser” in the second paragraph?A. A tool used for making kites.B. A device for receiving and storing electric charge.C. Something like umbrella to keep you from the rain.D. Something to protect you from being shocked.2.In the experiment when Franklin saw some of the hairs on the string stand up,he knew _____.A. electricity and lightning were the sameB. his experiment proved his idea rightC. the string got chargedD. he would collect a great deal of electricity3.If you got electric shock while doing the experiment, there could be somethingwrong with _____.A. the ribbon tied at the end of the kiteB. the metal fixed to the top of the kiteC. the strength of the frameD. the silk ribbon above the key4.Which of the following can be the appropriate title of the passage?A. Flying Kites in Bad Weather.B. How to Make a Kite.C. How to Collect Electricity.D. The Key to Success.（十五）You have been badly injured in a car accident, it is necessary to give you a blood in blood transfusion because you lost a great deal of blood in the accident, however, special care must be taken in selecting new blood for you. If the blood is too different from your own, the transfusion could kill you.There are four basic types of blood: A, B, AB and O. A single test can tell us a person’s blood type. Everybody is born with one of these four types of blood. Blood type, like hair color and height, is inherited from parents. Because of the substances contained in each type, the four group must be transfused carefully. Basically, A and B cannot be mixed. A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B. O can give to any other group; so it is often called the universal donor. For the opposite reason, AB is sometimes called the universal recipient. However, because there can be so many reactions in transfusions, patients usually receive only salt or plasma（血浆）until their blood can be matched as exactly as possible in the blood bank of the hospital. In this way, it is possible to avoid any bad reactions to the transfusion.There is a relationship between your blood type and your nationality. Among the Europeans, about 42 percent have type A while 45 percent have type O. The rarest is type AB. Other races have different percentage. For example, some American Indian groups have nearly 100 percent type O.1.Which of the following diagrams shows the correct relationship in bloodtransfusions? （giving blood to →）A.C. D.ually, a person who has been injured and lost too much blood should be givena blood transfusion ______.A. after he has a good restB. after he receives salt or plasmaC. right after the accident happensD. before there are so many reactions3.If the blood is too different from the injured, the transfusion ______.A. can help him greatlyB. could save himC. could kill himD. can injure him4.The writer suggests that the third most common blood type among the Europeansis ______.A. BB. AC. ABD. O5.The passage mainly tells us that ______.A. there is only one type of blood in a person’s bodyB. a person’s blood type is decided by hair and heightC. a person’s blood type can be changed into anotherD. there are four basic types of blood in a person’s body（十六）With only about 1,000 pandas left in the world, China is desperately trying to clone the animal and save the endangered species. That’s a move similar to what a Texas A & M University researchers have been undertaking for the past five years in a project called “Noah’s Ark.”Noah’s Ark is aimed at collecting eggs, embryos（胚胎）, semen and DNA of endangered animals and storing them in liquid nitrogen. If certain species should become extinct, Dr. Duane Kraemer, a professor in Texas A & M’s College of Veterinary Medicine, says there would be enough of the basic building blocks to reintroduce the species in the future.It is estimated that as many as 2,000 species of mammals, birds, reptiles will become extinct in over 100 years. The panda, native only to China, is in danger of becoming extinct in the next 25 years.This week, Chinese scientists said they grew an embryo by introducing cells from a dead female panda into the egg cells of a Japanese white rabbit. They are now trying to implant the embryo into a host animal.The entire procedure could take from three to five years to complete.“The nuclear transfer（核子移植）of one species to another is not easy, and the lack of available panda eggs could be a major problem,”Kraemer believes. “They will probably have to do several hundred transfers to result in one pregnancy (怀孕). It takes a long time and it’s difficult, but this could be groundbreaking science if it works. They are certainly not putting any live pandas at risk, so it is worth the effort,” adds Kraemer, who it one of the leaders of the Project at Texas A&M, the first-ever attempt at cloning a dog.“They are trying to do something that’s never been done, and this is very similar to our work in Noah’s Ark. We’re both trying to save animals that face extinction. I certainly appreciate their effort and there’s a lot we can learn form what they are attempting to do. It’s a research that is very much needed.”1.The aim of “Noah’s Ark” project is to .A. make efforts to clone the endangered pandasB. save endangered animals from dying outC. collect DNA of endangered animals to studyD. transfer the nuclear of one animal to another2.According to Professor Kraemer, the major problem in cloning pandas would bethe lack to .A. available panda eggsB. host animalsC. qualified researchersD. enough money3.The best title for the passage may be .A. China’s Success in Pandas CloningB. The First Cloned Panda in the WorldC. Exploring the Possibility to Clone PandasD. China－the Native Place of Pandas Forever4.From the passage we know that .A. Kraemer and his team have succeeded in cloning a dogB. scientists try to implant a panda’s egg into a rabbitC. Kraemer will work with Chinese scientists in clone researchesD. about two thousand of species will probably die out in a century（十七）As a result of pollution, Lake Erie, on the borders of the USA and Canada, is now without any living things.Pollution in water is not simply a matter of “poisons”killing large numbers of fish overnight, Very often the effects of pollution are not noticed for many months or years because the first organisms（生物体）to be affected are either plants or plankton. But these organisms are the food of fish and birds and other creatures. When this food disappears, the fish and birds die too. In this way a whole food chain can be wiped out, and it’s not until dead fish and water birds are seen at the river’s edge or on the seashore that people realize what is happening.Where do the substances which pollute the water come from? There are two main sources of sewage（污水）and industrial waste . As more detergent（洗涤剂）is used in the home, so more of it is finally put into our rivers, lakes and seas . Detergents harm water birds, dissolving the natural substances which keep their feathers water - proof. Sewage itself, if not properly treated, makes the water dirty and prevents all forms of life in rivers and the sea from receiving the oxygen they need. Industrial waste is even more harmful as there are many highly poisonous things in it, such as copper and lead（铅）.So, if we want to stop this pollution, the answer is simple: sewage and industrial waste must be made clear before flowing into the water. It may already be too late to save some rivers and lakes, but others can still be saved if the correct action is taken at once.1.Pollution of water is noticed ______.A. when the first organisms are affectedB. when a good many fish and birds dieC. when poisonous things are poured into waterD. as soon as the balance of nature is destroyed2.The living things die because there is no _____ in the lake or river.A. waterB. fishC. poisonD. oxygen3.Which of the following is harmful according to the passage?A. OrganismsB. Plants and plankton in the waterC. Waste water from cleaningD. Industrial waste made clear before flowing into the water.4.The way to stop water pollution is to ______.A. realize the serious situation clearlyB. put oxygen into the riverC. make the waste material harmless before flowing into the waterD. make special room in the sea for our rubbish（十八）In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his yard. That was the first photograph.The next important date in the history of photography was 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his studio. He used a new kind of camera and a different process. In his pictures, you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest details. This kind of photograph was called a daguerreotype.Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s process. Travelers brought back daguerreotypes from all around the world. People photographed famous buildings, cities and mountains.In about 1840, the process was improved. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. The process was not simple. The photographers had to carry lots of films and processing equipment. But this did not stop the photographers, especially in the United States. After 1840s daguerreotype artists were popular in most cities.Mathew Brady was a well - known American photographer. He took many pictures of famous people. The pictures were unusual because they were very life - like and full of personality.Brady was also the first person to take pictures of war. His 1862 Civil War pictures showed dead soldiers and ruined cities. They made the war seem more real and more terrible.In the 1880s, new inventions began to change photography. Photographers could buy films readymade in rolls（卷）. So they did not have to make the film themselves. Also, they did not have to process the film immediately. They could bring it back to their studios and develop it later meaning that they did not have to carry lots of equipment. And finally, the invention of the small handheld camera madephotography less expensive.With the small camera, anyone could be a photographer. People began to use cameras just for fun. They took pictures of their families, friends and favorite places. They called these pictures “snapshot”.Photographs became very popular in newspapers in the 1890s. Soon magazines and books also used documentary photographs. These pictures showed true events and people. They were much more real than drawing.Photography also turned into a form of art by the end of the 10th century. Some photographs were not just copies of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings, like other art forms.1.The passage is mainly about _____.A. the invention of camerasB. a kind of new art - photographyC. the development of photographyD. the important dates in the history of photography2.The first pictures of a war were taken by _____.A. a French photographer in the 1840sB. an American photographer in the 1860sC. a German reporter in the 1880sD. a French artist in the 1890s3.Photography can also be an art form because artists can _____.A. take anything they likeB. keep a record of real lifeC. take photos of the famousD. show ideas and feeling in pictures4.According to the passage, which of the followings shows the correct order?a．Photographs became popular in newspapers.b．Photographers carried processing equipment while taking pictures.c．The invention of small handheld cameras made photography easier.d．Daguerre invented a kind of photograph called daguerreotype.e．Brady took pictures of famous people.A. e, a, d, b, cB. d, b, e, c, aC. b, e, c, a, dD. d, c, e, a, b（十九）China Mobile, the c ountry’s largest mobile communications operator, has accounted for nearly 40 percent of revenues (税收) in the domestic telecoms market. That puts it at the top of the six major telecoms operators in the nation, according to the latest official statistics.The other five are: China Telecom, 31.1 percent; China Netcom, 16.6 percent; and China Unicom, 13.4 percent; China Satellite Communications Corp and China Rilcom, 1.5 percent.Mobile communications and the IP phone business have gradually replaced traditional long-distance calls. Mobile communications account for 28.5 percent of the total long-distance communications business. IP phones have 41.4 percent, while traditional long-distance calls are down to 30.1 percent.In another ranking, Nokia, Motorola, Bird, TCL and Siemens came in as the top five mobile phone sellers in China in the first half of this year, according to South Daily. They report also says that during this period, China produced 82 million handsets (including GSM, GPRS and CDMA phones) and sold 80 million. Of the phones sold, 37 million were exported to other countries.Analysts point out that China’s lack of key technologies and its heavy dependence on overseas technologies have proved to be an obstacle for development of home-made phone makers.1.From the passage, which is NOT true?A. China Mobile is China’s largest mobile phone sellers.B. China Mobile is China’s largest mobile communications operator.C. China Mobile has covered nearly two fifths of the income in the telecoms marketin China.D. China Mobile has taken the first place in the telecoms market.2.Mobile communications have gradually taken the place of .A. IP phone serviceB. traditionallong-distance callsC. traditional telephonesD. telecom operators3.Which has the similar meaning to the underlined word “obstacle”?A. DifficultyB. ProblemC. PuzzleD. Factor4.Which do you believe to be true?A. Nokia is a very popular foreign phone sellerB. China produced and sold most of the mobile phones to other countriesC. Mobile communications account for the most part of the total long-distancecommunicationsD. China has had quite advanced core technologies（二十）Wind is the great maker of waves. There are exceptions, such as the tidal (潮汐的) waves sometimes produced by earthquakes under the sea . But the waves most of us know are produced by winds blowing over the sea.Now before constructing an imaginary life history of a typical wave, we need to know certain physical things about it. A wave has height, from trough (low point) to crest (high point). It has length -- the distance from this crest to that of the following wave. The period of the wave means the time it takes for succeeding crests to pass a fixed point. None of these things stays the same --- for all depend upon the wind, upon the depth of the water and many other matters.The water that makes up a wave does not advance with it across the sea. Each drop of water turns around in a little circle with the passing of the wave, but returns very nearly to its original position. And it is fortunate that this is so. For if the huge masses of water that make up a wave actually moved across the sea, sailing would be impossible.If we want to find the speed of a wave, we may use the following way:Speed = wavelength × frequencyHere, wavelength is the distance between two high points (crests), frequency means the number of cycles per second.1.What causes waves?A. Earthquakes and nothing elseB. Only windC. Wind causes most wavesD. Wind causes some waves2.Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. The water of a wave moves away across the sea.B. The water of a wave remains almost at the same place.C. The water of a wave goes with the passing of the wave.D. The length of a wave means the distance from the top of a wave to the bottom.3.The speed of Wave 1 is 100 cm/s, frequency 10. The frequency of Wave 2 is 300,while its speed is twice that of Wave 1. Which of the following is right?A. The wavelengths of the two are equal.B. The wavelength of Wave 1 is 10 times longer than that of Wave 2.C. The wavelength of Wave 2 is longer than that of Wave 1.D. The wavelength of Wave 1 is longer than that of Wave 2.（廿一）Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer （扫盲志愿者）. The training I received, though excellent, did not tell me how it was to work with a real student, however. When I began to discover what other people’s lives were l ike because they could not read, I realized the true importance of reading.My first student Marie was a 44-year-old single mother of three. In the first lesson, I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn’t know which bus to take. When I told her I would get her a bus schedule, she told me it would not help because she could not read it. She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldn’t always remember what she needed. Since she did not know words, she could not write out a shopping list. Also, she could only recognize items by sight, so if the product had a different label, she would not recognize it as the product she wanted.As we worked together, learning how to read built Marie’s self-confidence, which encouraged her to continue in her studies. She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket. After this successful trip, she reported how self-confident she felt. At the end of the program, she began helping her youngest son, Tony, a shy first grader, with his reading. She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories. When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read, pride was written all over her face, and she began to see how her own hard work in learning to read paid off. As she described this experience, I was proud of myself as well. I found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding than anything I had ever done before.As a literacy volunteer, I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others. In fact, I may have learned more from the experience than Marie did.1.What did the author do last summer?A. She worked in the supermarket.B. She helped someone to learn to read.C. She gave single mothers the help they needed.D. She went to a training program to help a literacy volunteer.2.Why didn’t Marie go to the supermarket by bus at first?A. Because she liked to walk to the supermarket.B. Because she lived far away from the bus stop.C. Because she couldn’t afford the bus ticket.D. Because she couldn’t find the right bus.3.How did Marie use to find the goods she wanted in the supermarket?A. She knew where the goods were in the supermarket.B. She asked others to take her to the right place.C. She managed to find the goods by their looks.D. She remembered the names of the goods.4.Which of the following statements is true about Marie?A. Marie could do things she had not been able to do before.B. Marie was able to read stories with the help of her son.C. Marie decided to continue her studies in schoolD. Marie paid for her own lessons.（廿二）When John Milton, writer of “Paradise Lost”, entered Cambridge University, in 1625, he was already skilled in Latin after seven years of studying it as his second language at St. Paul’s School, London. Like all English boys who prepared for college in grammar schools, he had learned not only to read Latin but also to speak and write it smoothly and correctly. His pronunciation of Latin was English, however, and seemed to have sounded strange to his friends when he later visited Italy.Schoolboys gained their skill in Latin in a bitter way. They kept in mind the rules to make learning by heart easier. They first made a word-for-word translation and then an idiomatic translation into English. As they increased their skill, they。

落堕市安心阳光实验学校高考英语阅读理解冲刺练习47Supermarkets are trying out new computers that make shopping carts more intelligent (具备智能的). They will help shoppers find cups or toilet soap, and keep a record of the bill.The touch-screen devices (触摸屏装置) are on show at the Food Marketing Institute's exhibition here this week. "These devices are able to create value and get you around the store quicker," said Michael Alexandor, manager of Springboard Retail Networks Inc., which makes a smart cart computer called the Concierge.Canadian stores will test the Concierge in July. A similar device, IBM's "shopping buddy," has recently been test-marketed at Stop & Shop stores in Massachusetts.Neither device tells you how many fat grams or calories are in your cart, but they will flash you with items on sale. The idea is to make it easier for people to buy, not to have second thoughts that maybe you should put something back on the shelf."The whole model is driven by advertisers' need to get in front of shoppers," said Alexandor. "They're not watching 30-second TV ads anymore."People can use a home computer to make their shopping lists. Once at the store, a shopper can use a preferred customer card to start a system (系统) that will organize the trip around the store. If you're looking for toothpicks, you type in the word or pick it from a list, and a map will appear on the screen showing where you are and where you can find them.The devices also keep a record of what you buy. When you're finished, the device figures out your bill. Then you go to the checker or place your card into a self-checkout stand and pay.The new computerized shopping assistants don't come cheap. The Buddy devices will cost the average store about $160,000, and the Concierge will cost stores about $500 for each device.53. The underlined word “they” (paragraph1) refers to_________.A.supermarketsB.shop assistantsC.shopping cartsD.shop managers54. Which of the following is the correct order of shopping with the computerized shopping carts?a. Start the system.b. Make a shopping list.c. Find the things you want. D. Go to a self-checkout stand.A.abdcB.bacdC.acbdD.bcad55. We can learn from the last paragraph that_________.A.intelligent shopping carts cost a large sum of moneyB.the Concierge is cheaper than the Buddy devicesC.shop assistants with computer knowledge are well paidD.average stores prefer the Concierge to the Buddy devices56. What might be the most suitable title for the text?A.New age for supermarketsB.Concierge and Shopping BuddyC.New computers make shopping carts smarterD.Touch-screen devices make shopping enjoyable答案53.C 54.B 55.A 56.C。