高考英语二轮阅读理解三月特训（49）.doc

2014届高考英语二轮复习 三月精品练习阅读理解one of indias top engineering schools has restricted internet access in its boarding houses, saying addiction to surfing, gaming and blogging was affecting students performance, making them lonely and even suicidal. authorities at the best indian institute of technology (iit) in mumbai said students had stopped socializing and many were late for morning classes or slept through them. now, a student doesnt even know who lives two doors away from him because he is so busy on the internet, said prakash gopalan, dean of student affairs. the old dormitory culture of companionship and socializing among students is gone. this is not healthy in our opinion. iit-mumbai, with about 5,000 students, is one of seven iits across india which are considered to be among the finest engineering schools in the world. they are also a talent pool for global technology giants. but their hard courses, tough competition and lonely campus lifestyle have taken an effect on students. depressive and dysfunctional (不正常的) lifestyles are known to be common among iit students, and at least nine have committed suicide in the past five years. students have unlimited free internet access in their boarding houses to help them in their studies, but many also use it to surf, chat, download movies and music, blog and for gaming. starting monday, internet access will be banned between 11 p.m. and 12.30 p.m. at iit-mumbais 13 boarding buildings to encourage students to sleep early and to try and force them out of their shells, gopalan said. but the move has not gone down well with students who say they hate their lives being regulated. now they will say we need to listen to a lullaby (摇篮曲) to go to sleep, said rajiv, an electronics student.1which of the following is not the possible effect of free internet access on students?a. there has been a decline in students lessons.b. participation in social activities has gone down. c. some students feel lonely and even suicidal.d. students dont even know his classmates. 2what measure has been taken in iit- mumbai?a. students have unlimited free internet access in their dormitories.b. students are forbidden to surf the internet.c. internet access is unavailable in deep night. d. students must go to bed before 11 p.m. 3in the passage the students are told to _. a. sleep through their lessons b. break away from the internetc. go to sleep along with music d. stop surfing, make friends4 we may infer from the last paragraph that _. a. the banning order causes some complaints among the studentsb. all electronics students hate the banning orderc. more students prefer listening to music to surfing the internetd. there is no internet access on the iit campus even since.this is the age of being busy. many of us live in busy places and have busy lives. even the roads are busy as we try to get from here to there. adults are busy going to jobs and taking care of their families. kids are busy, too, going to school and doing a lot of homework after school and on weekends. busy isnt bad, necessarily. if you are not busy enough you might be bored. but if you are too busy, you might break down. for example, if you have a soccer game that runs late on a school night and you havent eaten dinner or done your homework, thats a not-so-fun kind of busy. we wanted to know what kids thought, so we did a kidspoll about being busy with 882girls and boys aged 9 to 13. almost all of them said they felt stressed because they were too busy. about half said they felt this way once in a while or some of the time. but 17% said they felt this way most of the time and 24% said they felt this all the time! oh dear, thats no fun. only 4% of kids said they wanted less free time and 18% said they already had just the right amount. but, no big surprise, 61% of kids wish they had a lot more free time. if they had more time, most would spend it hanging out or playing with friends. often, adults plan large parts of a kid s day, especially during the school year. kids cant tell their parents theyll be skipping school(逃学) today to get more free time! but they can tell their parents theyd like to play a game or read a book during their free time instead of watching tv.5the purpose of the first paragraph is to _.a. introduce the topicb. support the main ideac. raise the topic sentenced. attract the readers attention6by giving the example of a late soccer game, the writer intends to tell us_.a. being too busy is bad for the kidsb. it is no fun to be busy for the kidsc. homework should go before gam.d. being busy may cause the kids to feel bored7according to the passage, the kidspoll is done to carry out research on _.a. how kids arrange their free timeb. what kids think of being busyc. how many kids felt stressedd. what kids do with their study8from the passage, we can infer that the writer agrees kids can_.a. spend their free time hanging or playing outb. get a lot more free time from their parentsc. have a right amount of free time with permissiond. get more free time from school work sometimes annealing is a way of making metal softer by heating it and then letting it cool very slowly. if metal is heated and then cooled very quickly, for example by dipping (浸) it in water, it will be very hard but also very brittle (脆) that is , it will break easily. metal that has been annealed is soft but does not break as easily. it is possible to make metal as hard or as soft as is wished, by annealing it. the metal is heated, and allowed to cool slowly for a certain length of time. the longer the heated metal takes to cool slowly, the softer it becomes. annealing can also be used on other materials, such as glass.9 annealing can make metal a. hard and tough (韧). b. hard but brittle.c. soft but tough. d. soft and brittle.10why do people put hot metal in water?a. to make it hard. b. to make it soft.c. to make it cool. d. to make it brittle.11as suggested by the text, how can glass be made less brittle?a. it can be heated and then cooled quickly.b. it can be cooled and then heated slowly.c. it can be heated and then cooled slowly.d. it can be cooled and then heated quickly.as for visiting walt disney world. people usually have trouble in arranging. the following will give you some practical suggestions on paying a valuable visit to the famous park. when to go? while its always busy, disney world is slightly slower between mid-january and march. its summer when the visitors , combined with the heat and humidity(潮湿)， are crowded. your best choice is either early in the morning or late in the day- often you can enjoy more rides in the first or last two hours of the day than you can the entire rest of the day combined. where to stay? the question: to stay on disney world resort property or not. disney world offers three resort pricing: deluxe(豪华的), moderate, and value, with good facilities and in-hotel attractions. that said, they all offer “extra magic hours”(early access to the theme parks), guaranteed entry when the parks are over-crowded, and frequent shuttle service to the many attractions. off-property hotels will have shuttle transfers, but often at less regular intervals(间歇)，wasting more time in transport. youll also need a rental car, which adds to the expense, making up for saving in the hotel rate. the “magic your way package” is a good value if you have a large family. what to do? make use of the “fast pass” , which , for no extra cost, allow you to insert your entrance ticket into a particular machine at the attraction and receive a schedule ride time a little later on. for example, use your fast pass ticket at a ride just before getting lunch. once youre done eating, you can return to the ride and jump right on during the busiest time of day. at the animal kingdom, the animals are most active either early or late in the day, so plan accordingly. thankfully this is fit for the least busy times of day in the park. study the map of the park the night before to plan your visit. youll save time by knowing where things are and where youre headed. 12visitors who use fast pass tickets _ a. can get discounts on ticketsb. will have a well-planned ride time c. will often be checked at the exitd. have to pay more for their tickets 13if you have referred to the map of the park, you _ a. are sure to save timeb. will get the lowest-priced tickets c. can learn the parks locationd. may have your lost tickets replaced 14the underlined word “this” in the text probably refers to the fact that _ a. there are more visitors at that time b. animals are active at that time c. the animal kingdom attracts fewer visitorsd. fast pass benefits visitors a lot 15it can be learned from part 2 that _ a. every visitor will have a rental car for free b. all the shuttle transfers are convenient for visitors. c. three typed of resort pricing are offered by disney world d.young couples are advised to take the magic your way packagei came to study in the united states a year ago .yet i did not know the real american society until i was injured in a car accident because after the accident i had to see a doctor and go to court. after the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. i was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. but the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. i was astonished. he had good reason to charge me, he said. and if i wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, id have to have a good lawyer. and only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that i should pay him. but every day i went to see the doctor, i had to wait about 50 minutes. he would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. yet he charged me $115 each time .the final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215. my lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. but after that he avoided seeing me at all. he knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. he simply waited to collect his money. he was so irresponsible that i decided to dismiss him. and he made me pay him $770. now i had to act as my own lawyer. due to my inexperience, i told the insurance company the date i was leaving america. knowing that, they played for timeand i left without getting a cent.16the authors roommate offered to help him because_.a. he felt sorry for the authorb. he thought it was a chance to make some moneyc. he knew the doctor was a very good oned. he wanted the author to have a good lawyer17the word “charge” in the third paragraph means_ .a. ask as a price b. accuse c. be responsible d. claim18both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very_.a. friendly b. busy c. professional d. selfish19what conclusion can you draw from the story?a. going to court is something very common in america.b. one must be very careful while driving a car.c. there are more bad sides in america than good sides.d. money is more important than other things in the us.it is hardly surprising that clothing manufacturers （生产商）follow certain uniform standards for various features（特征）of clothes. what seems strange, however, is that the standard adopted for women is the opposite of the one for men. take a look at the way your clothes button. mens clothes tend to button from the right, and womens from the left. considering most of the worlds population-men and women are right-handed, the mens standard would appear to make more sense for women. so why do womens clothes button from the left?history really seems to matter here. button first appeared only on the clothes of the rich in the 17th century, when rich women were dressed by servants. for the mostly right-handed servants, having womens shirts button from the left would be easier. on the other hand, having mens shirts button form the right made sense, too. most men dressed themselves, and a sword drawn from the left with the right hand would be less likely to get caught in the shirt.today women are seldom dressed by servants, but buttoning from the left is still the standard for them. is it interesting? actually, a standard, once set, resists change. at a time when all womens shirts buttoned from the left, it would have been risky for any single manufacture to offer womens shirts that buttoned the right. after all, women had grown so used to shirts which buttoned from the left and would have to develop new habits and skills to switch. besides from the right, since anyone who noticed that would believe they were wearing mens shirts.20what is surprising about the standard of the clothing industry?a. it has been followed by the industry for over 400 years.b. it is different for mens clothing and womens.c. it works better with men than with women.d. it fails to consider right-handed people.21what do we know about the rich men in the 17th century?a. they tended to wear clothes without buttons.b. they were interested in the historical matters.c. they were mostly dressed by servants.d. they drew their swords from the left.22womens clothes still button from the left today because .a. adopting mens style is improper for womenb. manufacturers should follow standardsc. modern women dress themselvesd. customs are hard to change23the passage is mainly developed by .a. analyzing cause b. making comparisonsc. examining differences d. following the time order6参考答案1d2c3d4a【解析】这是一篇新闻类短文。本文报道的是：由于网络对学生的生活和学习产生了巨大的影响，印度工学院限制学生上网，鼓励学生走出宿舍，积极参加社会活动。1考查细节理解。根据第一段和第二段内容“学生整日沉迷于上网、玩电脑游戏和写博客，影响了他们的学习成绩，并助长了他们内心的孤独感和自杀倾向。学生们不愿参加社交活动，很多人要么早上上课迟到，要么干脆在课堂上睡觉。”可知a、b、c三项都是上网对学生们产生的影响。d项与短文中“有的学生忙于上网，甚至不知道住在隔壁的同学是谁”不符。2考查细节理解。根据短文第后一段内容“从周一开始，学校在校内的13个宿舍实施限制上网措施，每晚11点至12：30这一时段网络将被关闭，以此来鼓励学生早睡、并试图用这种办法促使他们走出宿舍。”可知c项正确。3考查主旨大意。全文指出了网络对校内学生的影响，先前的“互助友爱的宿舍文化”已经一去不复返了。学校校内宿舍实施限制上网措施，来鼓励学生积极参加文体和社会活动、多与别人交往，消除内心的孤独感。4推测题。短文最后一段提到：这一举措实施的并不顺利，学生们说他们不喜欢自己的生活受管制。其中电子系的学生拉吉维说：“现在我们得听着摇篮曲入睡了。”由此推测学生中有抱怨情绪。5a6b7b8c【解析】5写作意图题：文章第一段的内容讲的是现代人很忙。就是介绍话题。选a6细节题：从第二段的句子：but if you are too busy, you might break down. for example, if you have a soccer game that runs late on a school night and you havent eaten dinner or done your homework, thats a not-so-fun kind of busy.可知对孩子来说忙不一定有趣。选b7细节题：从第二段的句子：we wanted to know what kids thought, so we did a kidspoll about being busy with 882girls and boys aged 9 to 13.可知kidspoll的调查是关于孩子们对忙是怎么想的。选 b8推理题：从最后一段的句子：but they can tell their parents theyd like to play a game or read a book during their free time instead of watching tv.可知作者同意孩子在允许的情况下有更多的空闲时间。选c。cac【解析】略12b13a14b15c【解析】试题分析：本文是关于人们去迪斯尼乐园游玩时的几个建议，何时去？住在哪里？以及在迪斯尼里面玩那些项目。12b 细节题。根据最后一段前5行make use of the “fast pass” , which , for no extra cost, allow you to insert your entrance ticket into a particular machine at the attraction and receive a schedule ride time a little later on. for example, use your fast pass ticket at a ride just before getting lunch. once youre done eating, you can return to the ride and jump right on during the busiest time of day.说明这样的人都是有很好的计划的人，故b正确。13a 细节题。根据文章最后3行s