2019届高考英语二轮复习精准备考阅读理解-词义猜测二

高考专题 

阅读理解---词义猜测二 

1、 The Nazca Lines are a series of large ancient geoglyphs (地画) in the Nazca Desert, in

southern Peru. It is ranging from geometric patterns to drawings of different animals and

stylized human-like forms. The ancient lines can only be truly taken in from high in the air,

leaving generations puzzled as to how these precise works could have been completed long before the documented invention of human flight.

The Lines were first spotted when commercial airlines began flying across the Peruvian

desert in the 1920s. Who built them and what was their purpose? Are they roads, star

pointers,maybe even a gigantic map? If the people who lived here 2,000 years ago had only a

simple technology, how did they manage to construct such precise figures? Did they have a

plan? These markings are like a vast puzzle.

The Nazca Lines are the most outstanding group of geoglyphs in the world. There are also

huge geoglyphs in Egypt, Malta, United States (Mississippi and California), Chile, Holivia

and in other countries. But the Nazca geoglyphs, because of their numbers, characteristics,

dimensions and cultural continuity as they were made and remade throughout a certain history

period, form the most impressive archeological (考古学的) group. The Nazca plain is unique for its ability to preserve the markings upon it, due to the

combination of the climate (one of the driest on Earth, with only twenty minutes of rainfall

per year) and the flat, stony ground which minimizes the effect of the wind at ground level.

With no dust or sand to cover the plain and little rain or wind to erode (腐蚀) it, lines drawn

here tend to stay drawn. These factors, combined with the existence of lighter-colored subsoil

beneath the desert surface, provide a vast writing pad that is suited to the artist who wants to

leave his mark eternal. 1.What can we know about the Nazca Lines from the first two paragraphs?

A.They were built as a big map.

B.They were formed by nature.

C.They are ancient lines in caves.

D.They are huge markings in a desert.

2.How many factors make the Nazca Lines the most impressive? A.Two.

B.One.

C.Four.

D.Three.

3.Why are the Nazca Lines well preserved?

A.Because of the wind at ground level.

B.Because of the existence of soft soil. C.Because of the climate and geography.

D.Because of the thick sand on the top.

4.What does the underlined word “eternal” probably mean? 

A.Non-stop. B.Ever-lasting.

C.Real-life.

D.High-end.

2、 In fairy tales, it's usually the princess that needs protecting. At Google in Silicon Valley,

the princess is the one defending the castle. Parisa Tabriz is a 31-year-old with perhaps the

most unique job title in engineering- most unique job title in engineering- “Google Security Princess”. Her job is to hack into the “Google Security Princess”. Her job is to hack into the most popular web browser (浏览器) on the planet, trying to find weaknesses in the system

before the “black hats” do. To defeat Google's attackers, Tabriz must firstly think like them. 

Tabriz's role has evolved dramatically in the eight years since she first started working at

Google. Back then, the young graduate from Illinois University was one of 50 security

engineers---today there are over 500.

Cybercrime (网络犯罪) has come a long way in the past decade - from the Nigerian Prince

Scam to credit card theft. Tabriz's biggest concern now is the people who find bugs in Google's software, and sell the information to governments or criminals. To fight against this,

the company has set up a Vulnerability Rewards Program, paying anywhere from $100 to

$ 20,000 for reported mistakes.

It's a world away from Tabriz's computer-free childhood home in Chicago. The daughter of an Iranian-American doctor father, and Polish-American nurse mother, Tabriz had little

contact with computers until she started studying engineering at college. Gaze across a

line-up of Google security staff today and you'll find women like Tabriz are few and far

between

(稀少的) ---though in the last few years she has hired more female tech geniuses. She admits

there's an obvious gender disequilibrium in Silicon Valley.

Funnily enough, during training sessions Tabriz first asks new colleagues to hack into not a computer, but a vending machine. Tabriz's job is as much about technological know-how (专

门知识) as understanding the psychology of attackers.

1.What can we learn about Tabriz from the passage?

A.She was the first female engineer at Google. B.She must think differently so as to defeat the attackers.

C.Her job relates to not only technology but also psychology.

D.Her frequent contact with computers in childhood benefits her a lot.