高考英语 热门考点强化专练 阅读理解（二十八）（含解析）.doc

2013高考英语热门考点强化专练：阅读理解（二十八）（含解析）（1）despite bankruptcies，lay off and tighter comsumers spending，a few femaleled businesses in japan are developing well.shizue hamada，52，set up a business in 1991 with eight other housewives-to care for the elderly and the physically disabled.it wasnt long before the tasukeai yui(mutual -aid group) earned a reputation for its excellent service. it now employs 200 staff and has 300 million yuan(us $2.4million)in annual sales.the woman said their business has been successful because they provide what customrs really want.these entrepreneurs are making use of a revalized and healthy demand for everyday basic items.bread，for instance，is in high demandbusiness woman meiko tanaka，26，started selling high-quality bread over the internet in 2000“bread is cheap，”she said.“we migh as well eat the bread baked using the the highest-quality ingredients.”five womenformer office workers in their late 20shave started the“ol food bureau of investigation”to review restaurants on the internet.ol means young office lady. its a common nickname in japanbusiness is increasing rapidlymembership for their online magazine has reached 26，000 their non-professional comments seem to carry a lot of weight with consumersthis month the five women will be appearing on japanese tv what all these female entrepreneurs have in common is a strong belief in their likes and dislikes，and confidence is their own sensibilities they find gaps in the market and fill them with products and services that they like or want. japanese women headed nearly 6 percent of all businesses in japan at the end of juneup from 4.5 per cent in 1999 these femaleled microbusinesses are playing an increasingly large role in the economy by plugging the gap between supply and demand.1.when talking about the businesswomen in japan，the writer a.thinks little of themb.thinks that they will take the place of men in future c.sings the praises of their abilitiesd.is not sure of their future development2.the passage mainly discusses . a.japanese women b.female-led businesses in japanc.how to earn a reputation d.japanese economic development3.the five women will be appearing on japanese tv because .a.thier comments have great influences on consumersb.they have set up the first online magazinec.they have arranged handreds of jobs for laidoff workersd.they used to work in offices and are fairly beautiful4.if an old man in japan cant live by himsilf，he should turn to for hehp.a.tasukeai yui b.meiko tanaka c.ol food bureau of lnvestigation d.entrepreneurs（2）net libray is a library that lends out digitalbooks. it treats a digital like a paperback copy. it charges libraries per book per copy and gives publishers a cut of the total income. from the consumers point of view，this means that if more than，say, five people want the latest danielle steel romance novel，other people who request that book will get a message saying the title cant be found. its a model many publishers seem to have embraced. more than 350 gave the company rights to hand out their digital works，and mcgraw-hill corporation and houghton mifflin corporation have put money in the company. the california public libraries and about 1，800 others across the us are trying out the net library service.some librarians criticize the new library model. stanford university librarian michael keller argues that the company is creating an unnatural fear of digital woks, which is contrary to the ideas of the internet.kelle and some other librarians argue for the e-book vision set forth by e-brary. e-brary is starting a service that lets us users read books for free.but it will charge about 25 cents a page when a person tries to print out material or copy and paste it into a different file or tries to download copy onto a computer.christopher warnock，chief executive of e-brarw, believes most consumers wont want to buy entire books，only the parts that interest them.“theres not really a lot of good in owning an electronic file and having to store it and manage it.it doesnt make sense.”he said.5.how do publishers get money from the net library?a.they get money from selling their books to the net libary.b.they share the money with the net library.c.they get money by cutting the cost of the books.d.they get the money from the readers.6.the underlined word“embraced”in the 3rd paragraph means . a.taken something willingly b.held something tightlyc.disliked something badly d.tried out something hard7.from the 2nd paragraph we can see consumers . a.dont care if they are charged moneyb.enjoy the service of the net libraryc.dont like other people borrowing booksd.complain about the limited number of the new books8.what does the last paragraph mean?a.net library is not a good way for the consumers.b.there is no need for consumers to have a whole book.c.ebrary is not a good library for the consumers.d.its reasonable to charge the consumers money for copying some pages.（3）thousands of years ago people guessed the time of day by watching the sun.later，they found it was easier to tell the exact time by looking at the shadows.thus， the sundial(日晷) was invented.the sundial proved a useful timepiece in sunny weather. however，another typc of timepiece was necessary for cloudy weather and nigh time.a sand glass was another common measurer of time.two glass bottles were connected by a very small opening. the top bottle was filled with sand，which dropped slowly into the botton one in a certain period of time.hour glasses were widely used then.threeminute sand glasses are still used in many homes to time the boiling of eggs.the real ancestor of modern clocks was the water clock.in china ,an early water clock was made up of several bowls. water trickled(滴) from one bowl to another to keep the clock going. visitors to the beijing palace museum can still see the old water clocks showing the time there.in the middle ages a wateless clock was invented which worked by means of weights. to keep the weight falling at the same speed，a system of wheels was invented. the pendulum(钟摆) was soon developed to control the speed of the wheels. thus the modern form of clock came into being.9.which of the following is the correct picturr of a sand glass? a. b. c. d.10.three minute sand glasses are still used in many homes .a.to boil eggs b.to measure the time of boiling eggsc.to hold the boiled eggs d.to have eggs boiled11.if you visit beijing palace museum, you .a.will see the old water clocks brokenb.will find the time shown by the old water clocks is wrongc.can find the old water clocks still telling the time thered.will find the old water clocks have gone12.in the middle ages the weight falling speed of a clock