高考英语 阅读理解（5月）训练（03）.doc

2013高考英语阅读理解（5月）训练（03）及答案（c）today, theres hardly an aspect of our life that isnt being upended by the tons of information available on the hundreds of millions of sites crowding the internet, not to mention its ability to keep us in constant touch with each other via / through electronic mail“if the automobile and aerospace technology had exploded at the same pace as computer and information technology,” says microsoft, “a new car would cost about $ 2 and go 600 miles on a small quantity of gasand you could buy a boeing 747 for the cost of a pizza”probably the biggest payoff, however, is the billions of dollars the internet is saving companies in producing goods and serving for the needs of their customersnothing like it has been seen since the beginning of the industrial revolution, when power-driven machines began producing more in a day than men could turn out in nearly a year“we view the growth of the internet and e-commerce as a global trend,” says merrill lynch, “along the lines of printing press, the telephone, the computer, and electricity”you would be hard pressed to name something that isnt available on the internetconsider: books, health care, movie tickets, construction materials, baby clothes, stocks, cattle feed, music, electronics, antiques, tools, real estate, toys, autographs of famous people, wine and airline ticketsand even after youve moved on to your final resting place, theres no reason those you love cant keep in toucha company called finalthoughtscom offers a place for you to store “afterlife e-mails” you can send to heaven with the help of a “guardian angel”kids today are so computer literate that it in fact ensures the united states will remain the unchallenged leader in cyberspace for the foreseeable （能预测的） futurenearly all children in families with incomes of more than $75,000 a year have home computers, according to a study by the david and lucile packard foundationyoungsters from ages 2 to 17 at all income levels have computers, with 52% of those connected to the internetmost kids use computers to play games （some for 30 hours or more a week）, and many teenage girls think nothing of rushing home from school to have e-mail chats with friends they have just leftwhats clear is that, whether we like it or not, the internet is an ever growing part of our lives and there is no turning back“the internet is just 20% invented,” says cyber pioneer jake winebaum“the last 80% is happening now”10what can we learn from the microsofts remark? atodays cars and airplanes are extremely overpriced binformation technology is developing at an amazing speed cinformation technology has reached the point where improvement is difficult dtheres more competition in information technology industry than in car industry11according to the author, the biggest benefit of the internet is that_ ait saves companies huge amounts of money bit speeds up profit making cit brings people incredible convenience dit provides easy access to information 12the author gives the example of finalthoughtscom to make the point that_ athere are some genius ideas on the internet balmost anything is available on the internet cpeople can find good bargains on the internet dsome websites provide novel services to increase hits13what can we learn from the fourth paragraph? athere is a link between income and computer ownership bmany american children dont put computers to good use cstudies show that boys are more computer literate than girls dthe uswill stay ahead in the information technology in years14which sentence has the phrase that possesses the same meaning as the one underlined in the fifth paragraph? asome can tell you that he has changed their lives, while others think nothing of himbthink nothing of itit was my pleasureche thinks nothing of staying up all night in the caf bardhe thinks nothing of the pain in his back for the moment15what is the message the author intends to convey? athe internet is going to get firm hold of our lives some day bthe internet is going to influence our lives even more greatly cwe should have a positive attitude towards the changes the internet brings dchildren should be well prepared for the challenges in the information age参考答案 （c） babdcb *结束1.（2011北京卷）cstudents and technology in the classroomi love my blackberryits my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me . i also love my laptop computer ，as it holds all of my writing and thoughts .despite this love of technology ,i know that there are times when i need to move away from these devices（设备） and truly communicat with others.on occasion, i teach a course called history matters for a group of higher education managers. my goals for the class include a full discussion of historical themes and ideas .because i want students to thoroughly study the material and exchange their ideas with each other in the classroom ,i have a rule no laptop ,ipads ,phones ,etc .when students were told my rule in advance of the class, some of them were not happy . most students assume that my reasons for this rule include unpleasant experiences in the past with students misusing technology . theres a bit of truth to that. some students assume that i am anti-technology . theres no truth in that at all . i love technology and try to keep up with it so i can relate to my students.the real reason why i ask students to leave technology at the door is that i think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversions and truly engage complex ideas. interruptions by technology often break concentration and allow for too much dependence on outside information for ideas . i want students to dig deep within themselves for inspiration and ideas. i want them to push each other to think differently and make connections between the course the material and the class discussion .ive been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations reflect student satisfaction with the environment that i create .students realize that with deep conversation and challenge, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom . im not saying that i wont ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until i hear a really good reason for the change ,im sticking to my plan. a few hours of technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.63.some of the students in the history class were unhappy with_a. the course material b. others misuse of technology c. discussion topics d. the authors class regulations 64.the underlined word “engage ”in para.4 probably means _a. explore b. accept c. change d. reject 65.according to the author, the use of technology in the classroom may _a. keep students from doing independent thinking b. encourage students to have in-depth conversationsc. help students to better understand complex themes d. affect students concentration on course evaluation66.it can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author _a. is quite stubborn b. will give up teaching history c. will change his teaching plan soon d. values technology-free dialogues in his class 参考答案 daad*结束（d）hans was an honest fellow with a funny round good-humored faceliving alone, every day he worked in his gardenin all the countryside there was no garden so lovely as hisall sorts of flowers grew there, blooming in their proper order as the months went by, one flower taking another flowers place, so that there were always beautiful things to see, and pleasant odors to smell hans had many friends, the most devoted being the millerso devoted was the rich miller to hans that hed never go by his garden without plucking a large bunch of flowers or a handful of sweet herbs, or filling his pockets with fruitsthe miller used to talk about noble ideas, and hans nodded and smiled, feeling proud of having such a friend the neighbors thought it strange that the rich miller never gave hans anything in return, though he had hundreds of sacks of flour, many cows and sheep, but hans never troubled his head about these, and nothing gave him greater pleasure than to listen to all the wonderful things about the unselfishness of true friendship in spring, summer, and autumn hans was very happy, but when winter came, and he had no fruit or flowers to sell, he suffered from cold and hungerthough extremely lonely, the miller never came to see him then “theres no good in going to see hans while the snow lasts” the miller said to his wife, “when people are in trouble they shouldnt be botheredso ill wait till the spring comes when hes happy to give me flowers” “youre certainly very thoughtful,” answered his wife, “its quite a treat to hear you talk about friendship” “couldnt we ask hans up here?” said their son“ill give him half my meal, and show him my white rabbits” “how silly you are!” cried the miller“i really dont know whats the use of sending you to schoolif hans came up here, and saw our warm fire, our good supper, and our red wine, he might get envious, and envy is a most terrible thing, and would spoil anybodys naturei am his best friend, and ill always watch over him, and see that hes not led into any temptationbesides, if hans came here, he might ask me for some flourflour is one thing, and friendship is another, and they shouldnt be confusedthe words are spelt differently, and mean quite different thingseverybody can see that” he looked seriously at his son, who felt so ashamed that he hung his head down, and grew quite scared, and began to cry into his tea spring coming, the miller went down to see hansagain he talked about friendship“hans, friendship never forgetsim afraid you dont understand the poetry of lifesee, how lovely your roses are!” hans said he wanted to sell them in the market to buy back his things which were sold during the hard time of the winter “ill give you many good thingsi think being generous is the base of friendship” said the miller“and now, as ill give you many good things, im sure youd like to give me some flowers in returnheres the basket, and fill it quite full” poor hans was afraid to say anythinghe ran and plucked all his pretty roses, and filled the millers basket, imagining the many good things promised by the miller the next day he heard the miller calling: “hans, would you mind carrying this sack of flour for me to market?” “im sorry, but i am really very busy today” “well,” said the miller, “considering that im going to give you my things, its rather unfriendly of you to refuseupon my word, you mustnt mind my speaking quite plainly to you” poor hans was driven by his friendship theory to work hard for his best friend, leaving his garden dry and wasted one evening hans was sitting by fire when the miller came “hans,” cried the miller, “my little boy has fallen off a ladder and hurt himself, and im going for the doctorbut he lives so far away, and its such a bad windy nightit has just occurred to me that you can go instead of meyou know im going to give you my good things, so you should do something for me in return” “certainly,” cried hanshe struggled into the stormy night, and got the doctor to ride a horse to the millers house in time to save the boyhowever, hans got lost i