高考英语一轮复习 阅读理解提升选练（二）2.doc

安徽望江县2017高考英语一轮阅读理解提升选练（二）阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。I just hope that our brains wont crash(死机). Are you working on your typing skills to make you a more efficient worker? That may be all for nothing as Intel believes that well be able to control our computers with our brains by 2020. Intel and its research partners are studying how brain acts when it thinks. For example, scientists have found that peoples brains react in a similar manner when asked to think of a bear. Through sensors(感应器)that can find this sort of brain activity, Intel thinks that it will be able to read and translate this into an input system thanks to a chip in the brain. “Were trying to prove you can do interesting things with brain waves. ”Intel research scientist Dean Pomerleau told Computerworld. “Eventually people may be willing to be, more devoted to brain implants(植入物). Imagine being able to surf the Web with the Power of your thoughts. ”Even if thinking about a bear isnt enough to show that you want to copy and paste something. Intel still thinks that theres a future in using your brain instead of the keyboard. “If we can get to the point where you can accurately find specific words, you could mentally type, ”he added. “You could compose characters or words by thinking about letters flashing on the screen or typing whole words rather than their individual characters. ”While this may all sound impractical for present time, Intel thinks that its possible and something well all want. “I think human beings are unusually adaptive(适应的), ”said Andrew Chien, vice president of research and director of future technologies research at Intel Labs. “If you told people 20 years ago that they would be carrying computers all the time, they would have said, I dont want that. I dont need that. Now you cant get them to stop carrying devices. There are a lot of things that have to be done first but I think implanting chips into human brains is well within the scope of possibility. ”Make good use of your favorite mouse and keyboard set-up before theyre old-fashioned. 【文章大意】本文主要讲了现在Intel及同伴正在研究怎样用人脑控制我们的电脑。1. What are Intel and its partners doing at present? A. Controlling our computers with our brains. B. Working on typing skills to improve efficiency. C. Studying how the brain behaves when it thinks. D. Finding how the brain reacts when it thinks of a bear. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据文章第二段中首句Intel and its research partners are studying how brain acts when it thinks可知答案。2. According to Dean Pomerleau, we can learn that. A. brain implants will not be acceptedB. he holds negative attitude to the researchC. mentally typing will be possible in the futureD. people need a period of time to accept the new idea【解析】选C。推理判断题。根据文章第四段和第六段中Dean Pomerleau所言可以推知C项正确。其他选项所述与文章内容不符。3. Computers were taken for example by Andrew Chien(in the last but one paragraph)to prove. A. nothing is impossibleB. mankind has great powerC. society is always changingD. human beings can adapt very well【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段首句I think human beings are unusually adaptive可知, Andrew Chien举电脑的例子是为了证明首句的观点。4. In the last paragraph, the author probably means that. A. there will be no mouse or keyboard any moreB. new kinds of mouse and keyboard will appearC. human brains will replace the present computersD. the mouse and keyboard should be used to the full【解析】选A。主旨大意题。最后一段作者风趣地告诉读者: 人类大脑将控制电脑是必然趋势, 鼠标和键盘终将被淘汰。【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷(七)】CLove and compassion have no cultural boundaries and have reached China from other parts of the world since the disastrous earthquake hit on May 12.The American hiphop group Black Eyed Peas joined into assist relief efforts for earthquake victims.The band was originally invited to hold a promotional (宣传的) show for some beverage companies in Shanghai，but after the earthquake，the concert became a fundraiser.The artists also donated personal items，including a guitar，posters and CDs，to a charity auction.In the end，they helped raise nearly 6 million yuan.“We fell in love with China and the Chinese people when we visited here and so we wanted to do all we could to help the people in the aftermath (后果) of the earthquake，” one band member will.i.am said.Apart from AfricanAmerican will.i.am，Black Eyed Peas has three other members，Fergie，apl.de.ap and Taboo.Allen Pineda Lindo，also known as apl.de.ap，possesses a blood mixture.Jaime Gomez，or Taboo，is a Mexican and American Indian descendant，and Stacy Ferguson，or Fergie，is a native Californian.Their breakthrough album，Elephunk，was released in 2003.The antiwar song Where Is the Love became their first major hit，topping the charts almost everywhere else，and was the bestselling single of 2003 in the UK.Perhaps their various backgrounds provide them with wonderful capability to produce inventive music，by mixing hiphop，R&B and jazz.Along with the positive lyrics and lively shows，Black Eyed Peas has gained devoted fans worldwide.“We were just thinking of good songs，good music，” will.i.am admitted，“We didnt want to say anything typical，like my style is this，and my rhymes are like that.”Fergie added，“This group is just totally open to new ideas and directions.”36Black Eyed Peas was invited to China _ at first.Ato attend the charity auctionBto advertise for drinking companies in ShanghaiCto give shows to raise money for the earthquakehit areasDto promote their first album，Elephunk37Who is a pure American by origin?Aapl.de.ap. Bwill.i.am.CFergie. DTaboo.38Which of the following is NOT true?ABlack Eyed Peas donated nearly 6 million yuan to the earthquakehit areas.BBlack Eyed Peas became famous by their antiwar song Where Is the Love.CBlack Eyed Peas doesnt belong to any present music style.DBlack Eyed Peas won their followers by their lively performance.39The best title of this passage is _.AThey Found the LoveBBlack Eyed PeasCMixing Blood Creates Inventive MusicDLove and Compassion40In the passage，the attitude of the writer towards Black Eyed Peas is _.Aobjective BnegativeCappreciative Dcomplicated36B细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“The band was originally invited to hold a promotional(宣传的) show for some beverage companies in Shanghai.”可知B项为正确答案。37C细节理解题。根据第五段最后一句中的“.Stacy Ferguson，or Fergie，is a native Californian.”可知C项为正确答案。38A细节理解题。根据第三段“The artists also donated personal items，including a guitar，posters and CDs，to a charity auction(拍卖)In the end，they helped raise nearly 6 million yuan.”可知A项错误，其他选项均可在文中找到依据。39A标题概括题。本文主要讲述的是黑眼豆豆在中国所做的善事，因此标题应将黑眼豆豆及其善行联系起来，结合选项可知A项正确。40C推理判断题。从文中所选用的“wonderful，positive，lively”等极富感情色彩的词汇及本文的语言色彩可推知作者所持的是赞赏的态度。【2014高考英语四川省凉山州一模试题】E When I was a boy, my father told me that he could do anything he wanted to. Dad said thathe wanted to be the first to develop color prints in our city, and so he did. When I was 16, Dad looked closely at the violin I played and announced that he wanted tomake one. He read about violin making, and then became a violinmaker at the age of 43. Hebought the tools and materials, opened a small store and set Mom up as the shopkeeper, while heworked at a local company. He retired from the company 17 years later and continued to makeviolins and other instruments Dad often guessed why the Stradivarius violins sound so beautiful. Some experts claimed thatit was the unique varnish（油漆）that gave those instruments their beautiful sound. Dad娜ed thatchemists could analyze the varnish-if that were the answer. One of Dads friends asked him oncewhich kind of wood was used to make violins. When Dad explained that the top was made ofspruce（云杉），his friend said that he had an old piece of spruce Dad might be interested in. He worked for the next 12 months making a violin from the wood that his friend had givenhim. It proved to be a superior violin and it would become Dads masterpiece. He was convincedthat the secret of the Stradivarius sound was in the wood itself. Later, the instrument was stolenDads spirit was broken by the robbery, and he stopped making instruments. But he kept themusic shop until he was 80 years old, selling guitars and violins. My father has been gone for 14 years now. The violin has been missing for more than 25years. Somewhere a musician is playing a late 20th century violin with an excellent tone. Theowner today may never understand why this ordinary -looking violin sounds so much like aStradivarius47. The author mentions his fathers developing color prints to A. show that his fathers real interest was not in making violins B. prove that his father could do anything he wanted to C. give an example proving that his father was an inventor D. describe the real thing that made the author believe his father48. What did the authors father think about Stradivarius violins? A. The varnish was different from the others. B. The way of making them was special. C. The wood of the violins was special. D. They could only be analyzed by chemists49. How long did the authors father live after the violin was stolen? About years A. 11 B. 14 C. 25 D. 8050. After the robbery, his fathers reflection shows he A. liked the violin very much B. lost interest in instruments C. didnt want to become famous D. didnt trust people any more after that【参考答案】46、D 4750、BCAA【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷(七)】DIn many Asian countries，the left hand is considered unclean.Historically，lefthanded people have been given a hard time in the West as well.In some European languages，for instance，words for “left” are derived from words that mean “weak”，“evil”，etc.Nowadays，fortunately，the greatest difficulty lefties have is always speculated about why so many people are lefties.The old theory of handedness suggests that humans are largely righthanders as a matter of convenience.In ancient times，mothers could have gotten into the habit of holding babies on their left sides in order to soothe (安慰) them with the sound of a beating heart.As a result，the only hand available for performing other tasks would have been the right.With the recent research，many scientists have turned to a genetic model to explain handedness.To put it simply，you either have the gene for being a righty，or you do not.This theory still needs to be refined，as it does not account for the fact that twothirds of all lefties are born to righthanded parents，or that identical twins sometimes favor opposite hands.Another theory，based on studies of chimpanzees (黑猩猩)，suggests that handedness is related to birth order.Scientists have long been aware that the firstborn and lastborn chimpanzees in a family are more likely to suffer from developmental problems.These chimps are also the most likely to be lefthanded.The implication is that if something goes wrong before the chimpanzee is born，this might be reflected later in its hand preference.Does this mean that lefties are more closely related to chimpanzees than the rest of us? Certainly not.What is interesting to note，however，is that without the bias towards the right in the human brain，there is more unusual brain organization.This correlates (与有关系) to more lefthanded people occupying top and bottom places on the scale of human ability，and fewer in the middle.As a result，lefties are more likely than righthanders to be musicians，members of highIQ societies，and US.presidents.41Nowadays lefties may feel uncomfortable because _.Athe left hand is considered uncleanBpeople who use left hand are considered weak or even evilCthe ordinary tools are not convenient for them to useDlefties are considered less intelligent than righth