高考英语二轮阅读理解基础训练题（5）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解基础二轮训练题（5）及答案【2014高考英语广东省佛山市质测试题】a阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 my first wife and i only had one child. it might have been nice to have more. i would have liked a son, but we just had carmen. i see her as my best friend. i think she always comes to me first if she has a problem. we have the same sense of humour and share many interests, except that shes crazy about animals, obsessed with them-she has always had dogs, cats, and horses in her life. we were closest when she was about four, which i think is a wonderful age for a child. thats when they need their parents most. but as soon as carmen went to school, she seemed to grow up and grow apart from her family, and any father finds it difficult with a teenage daughter. she was very moody and had an odd group of friends. there was an endless stream of strange young men coming to our house. i remember once got annoyed with her in front of her friends and she didnt talk to me for days. ive always wanted the best for her. we sent her to a good school, but she wasnt happy there. she left because she wanted to become an actress, so with my connections i got her into a drama school, but she didnt like that either. she worked for a while doing small roles in films, but she must have found it boring although she never really said why. she got married a few years ago, her husbands a vet. they must be happy because they work together, and she loves animals. we have the same tastes in books and music. when she was younger, i used to take her to the opera-thats my passion-but she cant have liked it very much because she hasnt come with me for years. i dont think she goes to the cinema or watches tv much. she might watch my films, but i dont know. its not the kind of thing she talks to me about. im very pleased to have carmen. shes a good daughter, but i dont think she likes my new wife very much because she doesnt visit us very often. im looking forward to being a grandfather one day. i hope shell have a son.26. which is true about the author according to the passage? a. he is disappointed with his first wife. b. his daughter treats him as her best friend. c. he and carmen dont have much in common. d. he doesnt seem to be an animal lover.27. what does the author think of getting along with his daughter? a. its easier for him to get along with her when she was 4. b. he couldnt take care of her after she went to school. c. he tried very hard to get along well with her friends. d. he once got very angry because she didnt talk to him.28. by saying wanted the best for her, the author means that_. a. he had done everything he could for carmen b. he was sad when carmen wasnt happy at school c. he never asked carmen why she gave up drama d. he was pleased that carmen married her husband29. what can be inferred about the author and carmen from paragraph 5? a. they were both interested in books and music and opera. b. the author greatly influenced her daughters hobbies. c. the author was probably a famous tv presenter. d. the author didnt know much about carmens hobbies. 30. according to the author, carmen was_. a. grateful to her father b. quite lazy at school c. happy to get married d. eager to have a son【参考答案】daadcpassage thirty-three (importance of a computer) as citizens of advanced but vulnerable economies, we must either relentlessly increase the quality of our skills or see our standard of living erode. for the future, competition between nations will be increasingly based on technological skill. oil and natural resources will still be important, but they no longer will determine a nations economic strength. this will now be a matter of the way people organize them selves and the nature and quality of their work. japan and the “new japans “of east asia are demonstrating this point in ways that are becoming painfully obvious to the older industrial countries. there is simply no way to rest on our past achievements. todays competition renders obsolete huge chunks of what we know and what forces us to innovate. for each individual. several careers will be customary, and continuing education and retraining will be inescapable. to attain this extraordinary level of education, government, business, schools, and even individuals will turn to technology for the answer. in industry, processing the information and designing the changes necessary to keep up with the market has meant the growing use of computers. the schools are now following close behind. already some colleges in the united states are requiting a computer for each student. it is estimated that 500,000 computers are already in use in american high schools and elementary schools. although there is an abysmal lack of educational software, the number of computers in schools expands rapidly. the computer is the proteus of machines, as it takes on a thousand forms and serves a thousand functions. but its truly revolutionary character can be seen in its interactive potential. with advanced computers, learning can be individualized and self-paced. teachers can become more productive and the entire learning environment enriched. it is striking how much current teaching is a product of pencil and paper technology. with the computers capacity for simulation and diverse kinds of feedback, all sorts of new possibilities open up for the redesign of curriculums. seymour papert, the inventor of the computer language logo, believes that concepts in physics and advanced mathematics can be taught in the early grades with the use of computers. on every-day level, word-processing significantly improves the capacity for written expression. in terms of drill and practice, self-paced computer-assisted instruction enables the student to advance rapidlywithout being limited by the conflicting needs of the entire class. in short, once we learn to use this new brain outside the brain, education will never be the same.industry, faced with the pressures of a rapidly shifting market, is already designing new methods to retrain its workers, in the united states, a technological university has been set up to teach engineering courses by satellite. and the advances in telecommunications and computational power will dramatically expand the opportunities for national and international efforts in education and training.without romanticizing the machine, it is clear that computers uniquely change the potential for equipping todays citizens for unprecedented tasks of the future. particularly in europe and the united states, innovation will be the basis for continued prosperity. new competitors are emerging to challenge the old economic arrangements. how successfully we respond will depend on how much we invest in people and how wisely we employ the learning tools of the new technology.1. what is the decisive factor in future competition between nations?a. oil. . technological skill.c. natural resources d education2. the main idea of this passage is a. knowledge of a computer. . importance of a computer.c. function of knowledge. c. function of technology.3. why does further study become indispensable?a. people want to so more jobs. people want to attain this extraordinary level of education.c. people would not rest on the past achievements.d. what we know becomes obsolete.4. the word “proteus” is closest in meaning to a. flexibility. . diversity. c. variety. d. multiplicity.vocabulary1. relentlessly 始终不懈的2. obsolete 过时的，大量的，绝大部分的3. chunk 大块，大量的，绝大部分4. abysmal 无底的，极端的5. proteus 希腊神话中海神，能随意变化。这里指flexible, 灵活多变6. take on 显现，显示7. logo=logotyre 标识语，作为标志的语言8. rapidly shifting 瞬息万变的9. romanticizing 使浪漫化，使幻想化难句译注1. with the computers capacity for simulation and diverse kinds of feedback, all sorts of new possibilities open up for the redesign of curriculums.参考译文 由于计算机能进行模拟和提供各种反馈，它就为从新设计学校的课程开辟了各种新的可能性。2. in terms of drill and practice, self-paced computer-assisted instruction enables the student to advance rapidlywithout being limited by the conflicting needs of the entire class.结构简析 句子结构为主谓宾补，前后各用一个介词（短语），前in term of , 后without参考译文 就练习和实践来讲，借助自行规定速度的计算机辅助的指令使学生突飞猛进而不受全班互相矛盾的需要所限制。3. without romanticizing the machine, it is clear that computers uniquely change the potential for equipping todays citizens for unprecedented tasks of the future.结构简析 逻辑主语句。句前有一状语成分，without +分词+名词的句型。参考译文 不必用浪漫主义的手法来形容计算机，我们可清楚看到，它是独一无二的改变今天公民的潜力，使他们能承担未来的史无前例的任务。写作方法与文章大意文章论述了“计算机的重要性”，采用一般到具体写作手法。一开始就提出：作为经济上先进而又脆弱的公民，必须始终不懈地提高技术素质，否则生活水平就会下降。因为未来国际竞争取决于技术，一切部门必须迎合这一要求。具体到工业和学校必须使用计算机。重点在学校，因为它是培训新人才的基地。所以三，四，五，七段涉及计算机在学校的种种功能。最后的结论：人才和计算机是决定性因素。答案祥解1. b. 工艺技术。这在第一段就讲到“在未来，国与国之间的竞争越来越以工艺技术为基础。尽管石油和其他自然资源仍很重要，但它们不会再对一个国家的经济实力起决定性的作用。”a. 石油。 c. 自然资源，这两项不是决定性因素。 d. 教育。文内教育作为改革的一个方面，其重点是在学校内应用计算机，来改变教学质量，达到革新人才的目的。并不是直接参与竞争。可参看第2题的答案及译注。2. b. 计算机的重要性。整篇文章都显示了这一点。第三段“工业上，信息处理和制定必要的改革计划以适应市场需要意味着越来越多使用计算机。学校紧跟工业之后”第四段“计算机是一种变化多端，神通广大的机器，因为它显示千种图象，发挥千种功能。而它的真正的革命性可在其相互作用的潜能中看出。有了先进的计算机，学习可以个别进行，速度自行规定。教师变得更有成效。”第五段“由于利用计算机，在学校低年级就能教授物理学和高等数学概念。”最后一段画龙点睛地指出：“计算机独一无二地改变着那种今天公民能担当未来空前任务的潜能新的竞争对手正在崛起，自由的经济布局提出挑战。我们如何才能顺利的应战，取决于我们对人的投资的多寡，取决于我们怎么聪慧地应用新技术的学习工具。”所以a. 计算机知识。 c. 知识的功能。 d. 技术功能，这三项只是计算机重要性中涉及到的一个方面，不能作为中心思想。3. d. 因为我们知道的一切变得陈旧。第二段头几句话“我们决不能吃老本，当今的竞争使我们的大部分知识变得陈旧，非加以革新不可。对每个人来说，他们将惯常从事某几种职业，并且非继续学习进修和从新接受训练不可。”都说明进修学习的原因。a. 人们要做更多工作。文内没有提到。 b. 人们要到达非同一般的教育水平。这是目的，不是原因。 c. 人们不能吃老本。这话并没有完全讲清楚全部原因。4. a. 灵活多变。 proteus 一词，原义是指希腊神话中变幻无常的海神，普罗狄斯，他可以随心所欲边成各种形状。这里指灵活多变。阅读理解-b india was once part of the british empire, but thanks to modern technology and a booming economy, it has turned the tables on its former colonial master. indian tutors are helping to teach math to british children over high-speed internet connections. early results suggest the idea is improving exam results. but not everyone is happy at this “outsourcing” of tutoring. its 3:30, and pupils at raynham primary school in london are gathering for their after-school maths lessons. five time zones thousands of kilometers awaytheir math tutors are also arriving for class. high-speed internet has made it possible for indian tutors to teach british pupils in real time. each pupil gets a dedicated one-to-one online tutor. the students work with activities on their computer screen and wear a headset and microphone to talk to their tutor. the class teacher, altus basson, says he has seen an improvement in results. “there are some children whove really rocketed in their results. children who struggleto focus in class focus a lot better on the laptops. the real advantage is that each child gets a focused activity and a single tutor,” he said. such individualized teaching is the core idea of brightspark education, the company that provides the online tutoring, says founder tom hooper. “children today feel very confident online; they feel very engaged; they feel very in control. and thats half the battle with education.give them control, make them feel confident and enjoy their learning and youll see them start to improve and embrace it, he said. raynham primary school is among the first in europe to try online tutoring. at between $20 and $25 an hour, its about half the cost of face-to-face coaching. but some people say an internet connection is not enough of a connection for teaching and learning. kevin courtney is deputy general secretary of britains national union of teachers. we think, theres a really important emotional connection between a teacher and a child whether its a whole class or whether its one-to-one. you need that immediacy of feedback and were not convinced that that can happen across an internet connection. in one of the wealthiest.countries in the world, we think that we can afford to have teachers with genuine emotional connection there with thechildren, he said. brightspark education says the online tutoring is used only as an addition to supplement regular teaching. the company says its service does not represent a threat to teachers jobs in britain. parents say theyre very satisfied with the results theyve seen. and what about the children?children: i love it!i love it!i hate maths! so math-or, as the british call it, mathsis still not everyones favorite subject even with the latest technology to teach it.6. what do we know about the online tutoring? a. indian tutors are helping to teach math in britain. b. tutors and students are in different places. c. an online tutor helps several students at the same time. d. tutors and students communicate by telephone.7. what can we learn about brightspark education? a. it shows a threat to teachers jobs in britain.b. it can take place of the regular teaching. c. it only pays attention to math teaching. d. it emphasizes the individualized teaching.8. according to kevin courtne, _. . a. online tutoring will represent a threat to teachers jobs in britain b. online tutoring has a great influence on british. c. the emotional connection between a teacher and a child is important d. immediacy of feedback can happen across an internet connection9. the tone of this passage could best be described as _. a. humorous b. ironic（讽刺的） c. admiring d. dissatisfied10 whats the best title for this passage ? a. a new teaching pattern b. indian teachers and british studentsc. to learn maths with the latest technology d. indian tutors teach british kids online【参考答案】610、bdcad 阅读理解-（2）who are these people rushing by you in the street? more than 215 million people now call america “home”, but most of them can trace their families back to other parts of the world. if you look at the names on shop windows, you will see that americans come from many different lands. the idea that these people, who once were strangers to the united states, have lost the customs and cultures of their original countries and have become “american” is really not true. in fact, what exists in america is more often a kind of “side-by-side” living in which groups of people from other countries often have kept many of their customs and habits. they join the general american society only in certain areas of their livessuch as in schools, business, and sportsbut they keep many of their own native customs and manners socially and at home. this living “side-by-side” has both advantages and disadvantages. sometimes it may cause disagreements to develop between groups whose ways of life are very different from one another. however, there are also great advantages that come from the variety of cultures brought by settlers from other lands. there is great freedom of choice among ideas and dress, food, and social customs in america. everyone can find some part of his or her familiar world in the united states, in churches, music, food, national groups, or newspapers.6. more than 215 million people call america “home” because_.a. they buy their houses there b. they settle there nowc. they get married there d. they were born there7. “side-by-side” living style means _.a. making friends with native people b. keeping t