高考英语 阅读理解巩固练习（12）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解巩固练习（12）及答案阅读理解fifteen years ago, i entered the boston globe, which was a temple to me then. it wasnt easy getting hired. but once you were there, i found, you were in.globe jobs were for life-guaranteed（终身聘用）until retirement. for 15 years i had prospered theremoving from an ordinary reporter to senior editor. i would have a lifetime of security if i stuck with it. instead, i had made a decision to leave. i entered my bosss office. would he be angry? i wondered. he had a famous temper. “matt, we have to have a talk,” i began. “i came to the globe when i was twenty-four. now i m forty. there s a lot i want to do in life. im resigning. （辞职）” “to another paper?” he asked. i reached into my coat pocket, but didnt say anything. i handed him a letter that explained everything. it said that i was leaving to start a new media company. we were at a rare turning point in history. i wanted to be directly engaged in the change. i m glad for you, he said, quite out of my expectation. i just came from a board of directors meeting and it was seventy-five percent discouraging news. some of that we can deal with. but much of it we can t, he went on. i wish you all the luck in the world, he concluded. and if it doesnt work out, remember, there is always a place here for you. then i went out of his office, walking through the newsroom for more good-byes. everybody was saying congratulations. everybody-even though id be risking all the financial security i had carefully built up. later, i had a final talk with bill taylor, chairman and publisher of the boston globe. he had turned the globe into a billion-dollar property. i m resigning, bill, i said. he listened while i gave him the story. he wasnt looking angry either. after a pause, he said, golly, i wish i were in your shoes. 12from the passage we know that the globe is a famous 。anewspaper bmagazine ctemple dperson 13if the writer stayed with the globe 。ahe would be able to realize his lifetime dreams.bhe would set up a new media companyche would never be allowed to develop his ambitionsdhe would never have to worry about his future life14the writer wanted to resign because .ahe had serous trouble with his boss.bhe wanted to be engaged in the new media industry.che got underpaid at his job for the globe.dhe had found a better paid job in a publishing house.15when the writer decided to resign, the globe was faced with .aa trouble with its staff members ba shortage of qualified reporters can unfavorable business situation da good business situation 16what did bill taylor mean by saying “i wish i were in your shoes.”?athe writer was to fail.bhe would do the same if possible.cthe writer was stupiddhe would refuse the writers request1216、adbcb c82013新课标全国卷 b the baby is just one day old and has not yet left hospital. she is quiet but alert(警觉). twenty centimeters from her face researchers have placed a white card with two black spots on it.she stares at it carefully. a researcher removes the card and replaces it by another, this time with the spots differently spaced. as the cards change from one to the other，her gaze(凝视) starts to lose its focusuntil a third, with three black spots, is presented. her gaze returns：she looks at it for twice as long as she did at the previous card. can she tell that the number two is different from three, just 24 hours after coming into the world?or do newborns simply prefer more to fewer? the same experiment，but with three spots shown before two, shows the same return of interest when the number of spots changes.perhaps it is just the newness? when slightly older babies were shown cards with pictures of objects(a comb，a key，an orange and so on)，changing the number of objects had an effect separate from changing the objects themselves.could it be the pattern that two things make，as opposed to three? no again.babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three, or three to two. the effect even crosses between senses.babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became more excited when they then heard three drumbeats than when they heard just two; likewise(同样地) when the researchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots.60the experiment described in paragraph 1 is related to the babys_asense of hearingbsense of sightcsense of touchdsense of smell61babies are sensitive to the change in _athe size of cardsbthe colour of picturescthe shape of patternsdthe number of objects62why did the researchers test the babies with drumbeats?ato reduce the difficulty of the experiment.bto see how babies recognize sounds.cto carry their experiment further.dto keep the babies interest.63where does this text probably come from?ascience fiction.bchildrens literature.can advertisement.da science report.【要点综述】 本文是一篇说明文。通过变化纸上的黑点及鼓的敲打次数对婴儿的视觉、听觉进行实验。60b推理判断题。根据文章第一段中的“she stares at it carefully.”可知，本段是对孩子的视觉进行实验。故选b。61d事实细节题。根据文章第二段中的“babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three, or three to two.”可知d正确。62c推理判断题。文章第一段描述对孩子的视力进行实验，接下来用鼓来对孩子的听力继续实验。所以选c。63d推理判断题。纵观文章，这是一篇医学实验报告，所以选d。 anthrax (炭疽) is a naturally occurring disease of plant-eating animals caused by the anthrax bacillus (杆菌). it is an illness which has been recognized since ancient times. anthrax was common essentially in all areas where livestock (=animals kept on a farm, such as sheep and cattle) are raised. intensive livestock immunization (免疫) programs have greatly reduced the occurrence of the disease among both animals and humans in much of the world. however, outbreaks occurred during the mid-1990s in haiti and the former soviet union.anthrax bacteria are named for the greek word for coal-anthrakis, because they cause coal-black injury when they infect the skin. anthrax spores (孢子) can remain viable for several decades (a period of ten years) under suitable environmental conditions; thus, absence of cases does not equate to absence of risk. humans can contract (=to get to have an illness) anthrax in three ways: through cuts or breaks in the skin resulting from contact with an infected animal, from breathing anthrax sores or eating infected meat.one day in september, 2001, a 7-month-old son of an abc producer in manhattan spent time at the network offices. he developed a rash, and was hospitalized with an unknown illness soon after the visit. he was later diagnosed (诊断) anthrax. this was the beginning of the anthrax scare (=a sudden feeling of fear) created by terrorists throughout the usa and the rest of the world.13. where does anthrax come from a. human beings. b. wild animals. c. animals fed on plants. d. the abc producer.14. what does the underlined word viable mean a. being able to be seen. b. dead. c. being of great value. d. alive15. what will happen if livestock receive the immunization against anthrax a. there will be no anthrax disease in the world. b. the occurrence of anthrax can be reduced among both animals and humans. c. anthrax can be prevented from occurring among animals. d. nthrax can be prevented from spreading among humans.16. we can infer from the passage that _. a.the international terrorists might have scared the baby on purpose b.people will never suffer from anthrax if they dont eat the infected meat c.the son of an abc producer might have touched some infected meat d.the son of an abc producer might have breathed the anthrax spores 参考答案-1316、cdbd do you want to live another 100 years or more? some experts say that scientific advances will one day enable humans to last tens of years beyond what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span.i think we are knocking at the door of immortality (永生), said michael zey, a montclair state university business professor and author of two books on the future. i think by 2075 we will see it and thats a conservative estimate (保守的估计).at the conference in san francisco, donald louria, a professor at new jersey medical school in newark said advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology (纳米技术) make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what has been possible in the past. there is a great push so that people can live from i20 to 180 years, he said. some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 200 or 300 or 500 years.however, many scientists who specialize in ageing are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to last past about 120 years. even with healthier lifestyles and less disease, they say failure of the brain and organs will finally lead all humans to death.scientists also differ on what kind of life the super aged might live. it remains to be seen if you pass 120, you know; could you be healthy enough to have good quality of life? said leonard pooh, director of the university of georgia gerontology centre. at present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all.17. by saying we are knocking at the door of immortality, michael zey means _ a. they believe that there is no limit of living b. they are sure to find the truth about long living c. they have got some ideas about living forever d. they are able to make people live past the present life span18. donald lourias attitude towards long living is that _. a. people can live from 120 to 180 b. it is still doubtful how long humans can live c. the human body is designed to last past about 120 years d. it is possible for humans to live longer in the future19. the underlined it ( paragraph 4 ) refers to _. a. a great push b. the idea of living beyond the present life span c. the idea of living from 200 to 300 years d. the conservative estimate20. what would be the best title for this text? a. living longer or not b. science, technology and long living c. no limit for human life d. healthy lifestyle and long living 参考答案-1720、cdba c82013浙江卷 bbelow is a selection from a popular science book. if blood is red, why are veins(静脉) blue?actually, veins are not blue at all. they are more of a clear, yellowish colour. although blood looks red when its outside the body, when its sitting in a vein near the surface of the skin, its more of a dark reddish purple colour. at the right depth, these bloodfilled veins reflect less red light than the surrounding skin, making them look blue by comparison. which works harder, your heart or your brain?that kind of depends on whether youre busy thinking or busy exercising. your heart works up to three times harder during exercise, and shifts enough blood over a lifetime to fill a supertanker. but, in the long run, your brain probably tips it, because even when youre sitting still your brain is using twice as much energy as your heart, and it takes four to five times as much blood to feed it. why do teeth fall out, and why dont they grow back in grownups?baby(or“milk”) teeth do not last long; they fall out to make room for bigger, stronger adult teeth later on. adult teeth fall out when they become damaged, decayed and infected by bacteria. once this second set of teeth has grown in, youre done. when theyre gone, theyre gone. this is because nature figures youre set for life, and what controls regrowth of your teeth switches off. do old people shrink as they age?yes and no. many people do get shorter as they age. but, when they do, it isnt because theyre shrinking all over. they simply lose height as their spine(脊柱) becomes shorter and more curved due to disuse and the effects of gravity(重力). many(but not all) men and women do lose height as they get older. men lose an average of 34 cm in height as they age, while women may lose 5 cm or more. if you live to be 200 years old, would you keep shrinking till you were, like 60 cm tall, like a little boy again? no, because old people dont really shrink! it is not that they are growing backwardstheir legs, arms and backbones getting shorter. when they do get shorter, its because the spine has shortened a little. or, more often, become more bent and curved. why does spinning make you dizzy(眩晕的)?because your brain gets confused between what youre seeing and what youre feeling. the brain senses that youre spinning using special gravityandmotionsensing organs in your inner ear, which work together with your eyes to keep your vision and balance stable. but when you suddenly stop spinning the system goes out of control, and your brain thinks youre moving while youre not!where do feelings and emotions come from?mostly from an ancient part of the brain called the limbic system. all mammals have this brain areafrom mice to dogs, cats, and humans. so all mammals feel basic emotions like fear, pain and pleasure. but since human feelings also involve other, newer bits of the brain, we feel more complex emotions than any other animal on the planet. if exercise wears you out, how can it be good for you?because our bodies adapt to everything we do to them. and as far as your body is concerned, its “use it, or lose it”！ its not that exercise makes you healthy; its more that a lack of exercise leaves your body weak and easily affected by disease. 46. what is the colour of blood in a vein near the