2014湖北高考英语专项训练提高训练阅读理解40

2014高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项50-20AVisiting U.S. President George W. Bush said in Beijing Friday that both China and the United States should encourage bilateral(双边的) contacts and exchanges to promote mutual(相互) understanding.“It’s important for our political leaders to come to China,”said Bush, who gave a speech Friday morning at Qinghua University, oneof the most prestigious universities in China.His working visit to China and discussions with Oinghua students “help promote” Sino-U.S.(中美) relations, B ush said in response to a student’s question about what he would do to promote Sino-U.S. relations.“Many people in my country are very interested in China,” he said, adding that these Americans have learned more about China’s culture and the Chinese people.He said that he would keep encouraging such contacts and exchanges between the two countries.Bush said that he would describe back home what he has seen hereand that China as a great nation not only has a “great history” but also an “un believably exciting future.”The president said that the 2008 Olympic Games would make a significant opportunity for the rest of the world to understand China,which enables more people to come to China and feel the modernization taking place, and many more people will see it on the television.Bush arrived in Beijing Thursday for a two-day working visit to China.1. What the word “prestigious” in the second paragraph probably means?A. greatB. famousC. honorableD. modest答案解析:答案为B。

2014高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项50-21AUS billionaires are back on top with Microsoft founder Bill Gates again the world's richest man in a year when even billionaires felt the heat of the global recession, Forbes magazine said Wednesday.The wealthy few did not escape big shocks this year, with net worth on the list of 793 billionaires -- down from 1,125 billionaires in 2008 -- plummeting to 2.4 trillion dollars from 4.4 trillion, Forbes said."The biggest news today is that we are here and there still are billionaires," Forbes spokeswoman Monie Begley joked at a press conference.The much-watched annual rich list put Gates back on top with a net worth of 40 billion dollars, although he saw his bank balance lose 18 billion over the last 12 months. In second came investor Warren Buffett with 37 billion dollars, despite losing 25 billion dollars this year in the value of his Berkshire Hathaway shares. Also losing 25 billion dollars, Mexican telecoms king Carlos Slim still managed to come in third with 35 billion dollars.New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, at number 17, was notable as the only top 20 member to see a net gain. That was not because of his salary, which is a symbolic one dollar a year, but thanks to re-evaluation of Bloomberg financial news agency after the mayor bought a 20 percent stake from Merrill Lynch last year for 4.5 billion dollars.About 64 percent of the billionaires are self-made and their average age is 63.7, a slight rise resulting from the lower number of rich Russians and Chinese, whose average ages last year were 46 and 48.By contrast with that aging trend, Gates is a relatively youthful 53. The youngest billionaire prize this year goes to Albert von Thurn und Taxis of Germany, who is 25 and listed as having 2.1 billion dollars. But one of the young success stories from last year -- Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg -- dropped off the list altogether.1. Of all the billionaires mentioned above, who didn’t lose in the global recession?A. Bill Gates.B. Warren Buffet.C. Carlos Slim.D. Michael Bloomberg.答案解析：答案为D。

高中英语真题:2014高考英语阅读理解提升全程训练（3）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

ASuppose you are a visitor in the land of Mongolia（蒙古）, some friends ask you to eat with them. What kind of mann ers do they want you to have? They want you to give a loud bur p（打饱嗝儿）after you finish eating. Burping would show that you like your fo od. In some countries, if you give a big burp, you are told to say “Excuse me, please”.In many places people like to eat together. But in some parts of Polynesia it is bad manners to be seen eating at all. People sho w their good manners by turning their backs on others while the y eat.What are manners like in an East African town? The people try not to see you. They are being polite. You may see a friend. He may not see you at all. If you are polite, you will sit down beside him. You will wait until he finishes what he is doing. Then he will talk to you. Manners are different all over the world. But it is good to know that all manners begin in the same way. People n eed ways to show that they want to be friends.71. In , burping is a way of showing that __________.A . you are impoliteB . you enjoyed the meal prepared by the hostC . your meal was not enoughD . you are friendly with your host72. However, in some countries, if you give a big burp, you are t old to say “________”A . I’m fullB . I’m sorryC . I have had enoughD . Excuse me, please73. In Polynesia, to be polite while eating you should _________ _.A . eat quicklyB . sit stillC . turn your back on othersD . say “Be quick, please”74. People in an East African town are being polite by ________ __.A . waiting for a long time before visitsB . sitting down b eside othersC . seeing a friend quicklyD . trying not to see yo u75. We have good manners to show that we __________.A . are different from other peopleB . don’t want other people to worry usC . begin all manners in the same wayD . want to be friends with other people参考答案--------71—75 BDCDD阅读理解-----（A）Sports shoes that out whether their owner has enough exercise to warrant time in front of the television have been devised in t he .The shoes—named Square Eyes—contain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day. A wire less transmitter passes the information to a receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing tim e the wearer deserves, based on the day’s efforts.The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teenagers, says Gillian Swa n, who developed Square Eyes as a final year design project at Brunel University to , . “We looked at current issues and childho od overweight really stood out,” she says. “And I wanted to tack le that with my design.”Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off. And further ti me in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps. Swan calculated how exercise should translate totelevision time using the recommended daily amounts of both. Health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television. So, every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes equals precisely one minute of TV time.Existing pedometers （计步器） normally clip onto a belt or slip into a pocket and keep cou nt of steps by measuring sudden movement. Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking. But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat . “It is possible, but it would be a lot of effort,” she says. “That w as one of my main design considerations.”( ) 1. According to Swan, the purpose of her design project is to________.A. keep a record of the steps of the wearerB. deal with overweight among teenagersC. enable children to resist the temptation of TVD. prevent children from being tricked by TV programs( ) 2. Which of the following is true of Square Eyes shoes?A. They regulate a child’s evening TV viewing time.B. They determine a child’s daily pocket money.C. They have raised the hot issue of overweight.D. They contain information of the receiver.( ) 3. What is stressed by health experts in their suggestion?A. The exact number of steps to be taken.B. The precise number of hours spent on TV.C. The proper amount of daily exercise and TV time.D. The way of changing steps into TV watching time.( ) 4. Compared with other similar products, the new design ___ _____.A. makes it difficult for lazy teenagers to cheatB. counts the wearer’s steps through shakingC. records the sudden movement of the wearerD. sends teenagers’ health data to the receiver( ) 5. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A. Smart Shoes Decide on Television TimeB. Smart Shoes Guarantee More ExerciseC. Smart Shoes Measure Time of ExerciseD. Smart Shoes Stop Childhood Overweight71. B 这是一道推断题。

2014高考英语冲刺阅读理解专项50-6ASo you want to draw money from a bank? Do it yourself. Want to fix a broadband internet connection? Do it yourself. Need a boarding card for your flight? Do it yourself. In theory, companies can save money by replacing human workers with automated self-service systems, while customers gain more choices and control and get quicker service. There is even talk of self-service doing for the service department what mass production did for factories, by enabling the delivery of services cheaply and on a massive scale. Surely the expansion of self-service into more and more areas is to be welcomed?Not necessarily. When it is done well, self-service can do good to both companies and customers. But when done badly—who has not found themselves trapped in a series of endless touch—tone menus? In areas where self-service is only just started, this is less of a problem: angry customers can after all, always take their business elsewhere. But if every bank were to prefer self-service systems, customers would no longer be able to express their discount by voting with their feet. As a result, some banks, for example, already promise that their telephone-banking services always offer the choice of talking to a human operator. But in return for human service, many companies will simply charge more.Another disagreement to self-service is that while it saves companies money, it does not always save their customers’ time. In the best cases, it does, of course: checking yourself in at the airport can be quicker than queuing or making a phone call. But as more and more tasks are on to customers, they may start to hope for the days of old-fashioned service.All of this suggests that there are limits to how far self-service can be taken. Companies that go too far down the self-service route or to do it incorrectly are likely to find themselves being punished. Instead, a balance between self-service and traditional forms of service is necessary. 1．From this passage, we can see that the writer the use of self-service technology.A. dislikesB. supportsC. thinks highly ofD. makes carefully judgment on答案解析：答案为D。