高考英语阅读理解巩固精品题练习（22）.doc

2014高考英语阅读理解巩固精品题练习（22）及答案 阅读理解not even three years ago, the treo 650 smart phone looked revolutionary. but its latest successor, the treo 755p palm was made public two weeks ago, feels more like a relic. the treos basic conceptuniting a cellphone, hand-held organizer, miniaturized keyboard, touch-sensitive screen, web and e-mail access and media playback in one device-makes sense. but while competitors have advanced, palm has been napping on the train tracks. the new treo 755p gets online faster than last years model. its basic design features few changes from the 2004 version; its dimensions almost match those of the 2003 edition. and its operating system and software for desktop synchronization received their last major updates in 2002. over that same period of time, almost every other hand-held device-windows mobile smart phones, black berrys, ipods and even plain old cellphones -has seen major upgrades in capability and notable shrinkage in size. the treo 755p(available form sprint for $280 after a $100 mail-in rebate and with a two-year contract) only cements palms status as the sick man of the smart phone business. after wasting most of this decade on pointless reorganizations and a disastrous spinoff of its software-development group, this company appears to have reached a state of creative bankruptcy. as a basic organizer, the 755p remains pleasant to use. its like a second brain that remembers details that might otherwise slip your mind. it can pluck useful bits of data off the internet as needed. it can also run thousands of useful programs, many free, which enhance its utility and entertainment value. but you could say the same, basically, of its immensely popular predecessors. this new models main selling point- a cellular internet connection that runs as fast as most entry-level home broadband connections and can connect with a bluetooth-equipped computer-already debuted on last years treo 700p. 53. whats the authors opinion about the treo 650? a. negative b. positive c. critical d. depressive 54. whats the feature of treo 755p? a. its a multi-function device. b. it has a touch-sensitive screen c. it can be used to send e-mails d. it is a cellphone. 55. what can we infer from the 4th paragraph? a. windows mobile smart phones have upgrades in capability. b. the treo has little progress compared with other hand-held device. c. black berrys have the best capability compared with others. d. ipods are the smallest size and the best capability. 56. which of the following is not the advantage the 755p has? a. it can help us remember some details. b. it can store information form the internet. c. it can be used to run some programmes. d. it has a great improvement in size.参考答案 53-56 babd 第三节 阅读理解（共20小题，第一节15小题，第二节5小题，每小节2分；满分40分）第一节 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。【甘肃省嘉峪关市一中模拟】azoe chambers was a successful pr (public relations) consultant and life was going well-she had a great job, a beautiful flat and a busy social life in london. then one evening in june last year, she received a text message telling her she was out of work. “the first two weeks were the most difficult to live through,” she said. “after everything id done for the company, they dismissed me by text! i was so angry and i just didnt feel like looking for another job. i hated everything about the city and my life.”then, zoe received an invitation from an old schoolfriend, kathy, to come and stay. kathy and her husband, huw, had just bought a farm in northwest wales. zoe jumped at the chance to spend a weekend away from london, and now, ten months later, she is still on the farm.“the moment i arrived at kathys farm, i loved it and i knew i wanted to stay,” said zoe. “everything about my past life suddenly seemed meaningless.”zoe has been working on the farm since october of last year and says she has no regrets. “its a hard life, physically very tiring,” she says. “in london i was stressed and often mentally exhausted. but this is a good, healthy tiredness. here, all i need to put me in a good mood is a hot bath and one of kathys wonderful dinners.”zoe says she has never felt bored on the farm. every day brings a new experience. kathy has been teaching her how to ride a horse and she has learnt to drive a tractor. since christmas, she has been helping with the lambing-watching a lamb being born is unbelievable, she says, “its one of the most moving experiences ive ever had. i could never go back to city life now.”56. the most important reason why zoe went to visit kathys farm is that . a. zoe lost her job as a pr consultantb. kathy persuaded her to do so c. zoe got tired of the city lifed. zoe loved wales more than london57. how does zoe feel about the country life according to the passage? a. tiresome and troublesome. b. romantic and peaceful. c. mentally exhausting but healthy. d. physically tiring but rewarding.58. which of the following is closest to the main idea of the passage? a. a friend in need is a friend indeed. b. where there is a will, there is a way.c. a misfortune may turn out a blessing.d. kill two birds with one stoneboring 【参考答案】a篇：56-58 adc 阅读理解em media was created in 2001 to be the regional screen agency (rsa) for the east midlands. em media began trading in april 2002, following the appointments of ian squires, em medias inaugural chair; chief executive, ken hay, a full board complement and an executive senior management team. em media was formed from the joint of three existing organizations and a project: east midlands screen commission( emsc), midlands media training consortium (mmtceast midlands), the film staff from arts council england, east midlands and the east midlands media investment fund (emmi)，all of which joined with the newly recruited senior team to form em media. we have reviewed the focus and purpose of em medias activities in the coming three years. clarity about the “end game”, that is, what we want to see as a result of our intervention has defined the shape of our business and action plan, as we move forwards. in terms of em medias structure we are looking at operating a flatter staffing structure which is more suitable to our size and shape. internal lines of communication and reporting have been clarified to enable us to be fast to act, within the strong currents of a fast moving industry and to enable prospective clients and partners to navigate us with greater ease. we are not planning significant expansion or contraction of the staff team; however, to deliver some of the significant projects we have in the pipeline, such as the emdsi, we may well engage fixed term freelance project staff as required. we will encourage growth, aspiration, achievement, enterprise and experimentation, to clearly position the east midlands as the most progressive and thriving media region in the uk. 57. how are the em medias activities going? a. going as planned. b. going abnormally because of its actions. c. moving forwards out of control. d. ending the activities by its purpose. 58. whats the purpose of the em media? a. to encourage growth, aspiration, achievement, enterprise and experimentation. b. to trade with other organizations around the world. c. to set the em media as the most promising organization. d. to deliver some excellent project all over the world. 59. whats this passage about? a. a novel about the future that is coming. b. a piece of news reported about em media. c. a company plan for the next three years. d. an ad from the internet to introduce em media. 60. what advantage does the em medias structure have? a. enough space and convenient equipment for the staff. b. the communication equipment within should be improved. c. the structure is easily expanded and constructed by the staff team. d. clients and partners may get in touch with the company by the internet.参考答案57-60 acca【甘肃省金昌二中2013模拟】 e it doesnt matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. thats what all doctors thought, until they heard about al herpin. al herpin, it was said, never slept. could this be true? the doctors decided to see this strange man themselves. al herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in new jersey. they thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. so they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. but they were surprised. though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw herpin sleeping. in fact, he did not even own a bed. he never needed one. the only rest that herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. the doctors were puzzled by his strange continuous sleeplessness. they asked him a lot of questions, hoping to find an answer. they found only one answer that might explain this question. herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. but that was all. was this the real reason? no one could be sure.herpin died at the age of 94.57. the doctors came to herpins home in order to _. a. treat him for his illness b. find the reason why some old people didnt need any sleep. c. get some proof to show his sleeplessness was not really true. d. help him to have a rest in some day.58. after watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that al herpin _. a. needed some kind of sleep. b. needed no sleep at all. c. was too old to need any sleep.d. often slept in a chair.59 al herpins condition could be regarded as _.a. an unusual one b. a common onec. very healthy d. very funny60. the main idea of this passage is that _.a. large numbers of people do not need sleepb. everyone needs some sleep to stay alivec. people can live longer by trying not to sleep at alld. a person was found who actually didnt need any sleep【参考答案】5760、cbad alast april, on a visit to the new mall of america near minneapolis, i carried with me a small book provided for the reporters by the public relations officeit included a variety of “fun facts about the mall, for example, 140,000 hot dogs are sold each week, there are 10,000 full time jobs, 44 sets of moving stairs and 17 lifts, 12,750 parking places, 13,000 tons of steel and $ 1 million is drawn weekly from 8 atms opened in the summer of 1992, the mall was built where the former minneapolis stadium had beenit was only a five - minute drive from the minneapolis stpaul international airportwith 4.2 million square feet of floor space - twenty - two times the size of the average american shopping center - the mail of america was the largest shopping and family recreation center under one roof in the united statesi know already that the mall of america had been imagined by its designers, not only as a marketplace , but as a national tourist attractioneleven thousand articles, the small book informed me, had been written about the mallfour hundred trees had been planted in its gardens, $ 625 million had been spent building it, and 350 stores were already in businessthree thousand bus tours were expected ea