2012届高考英语分类题库、解析 第15集 探究性命题综合测试01

1 20122012 届高考英语分类题库 解析第届高考英语分类题库 解析第 1515 集 探究性命题综合测试集 探究性命题综合测试 0101 考场热身 一 Passage 1 On May 21 1999 some American scientists were working at the computers to look for information they needed Suddenly they saw a lot of very bright red spots crossing the computers screens At the same time the computers were working much slower To find out what was happening they stopped their work to check some parts of the computers To their horror they found out that most of their stored information was got rid of by computer viruses 病毒 Obviously all these computers had been infected by computer viruses It is said that the computer viruses were made by two or three Philippine young men food of playing tricks They all had excellent education They created the viruses just to show their intelligence 才智 The kind of computer virus is named Love You Virus This virus can hide in computers for a long time When the time comes they will attack the computers by lower ing the important fimctlons 功能 damaging their normal pro grams or even getting rid of a great deal of information which operators of the computers often use or store What s worse it still can reproduce itself in great quantities within a short time We have come to know that Love You Virus often at tacks computers on Mondays and that it is spreading to many computers in the world Among the countries that suffered computer viruses recent years are Britain Australia Switzer land and the U S Those who made the computer viruses have been found out slowly and carefully But till now how to get rid of the terrible viruses remains a problem 1 Two or three Philippine young men created the computer vi ruses to A damage the computers B test their ability quickly C tell the world that they were intelligent D play a trick on operators of the computers 答案 C 指导 由文章第二段的 just to show their intelligence 可知应选 C 2 According to the passage computer viruses seem to A have heen in nature for years B exist in any computers C be able to be got rid of in the near future D be difficult to get rid of at present 答案 D 指导 由短文最后一句可知应选 D 至今 仍无法消灭计算机病毒 3 The most serious damage catted by the viruses is that A the computer s functions are lowered B the normal programs are damaged C most the information stored in the computers is gone D the computers infected by the viruses can no longer be used 答案 C 指导 因为一旦计算机中的信息被毁坏 那会带来极其严重的后果 故应选 C 4 According to the passage which of the following is true 2 A Scientists are trying to find a way to get rid of the viruses B The viruses will come to the new computer after staying in the old one for some time C Last year four countries found their computers were infec ted by viruses D The Love You Virus is a great harm to human health 答案 A 指导 分析短文可知答案为 A 科学家们正努力寻找消灭计算机病毒的方法 Passage 2 Facing sorest test Bush declares national tragedy The worst attack on US soil since Pearl Harbor tore George W Bush from what should have been routine education event Tuesday and threw him into the direst crisis of his young presidency The US leader was reading to schoolchildren at an elemen tary school when his chief of staff Andrew Card interrupted him and whispered into his ear The president s face clouded but he said nothing We ll talk about it later He told reporters as he walked out of Sandra Kay Daniels second grade class where he also listened to 18 smiling young pupils go through routine reading and pronunciation clrills Card s intervention came after a plane slammed into one of New York s twin World Trade Center towers but before a second plane crashed into the other landmark office building The president spoke out after the second incident aborting another education themed event and declaring a national trag edy and vowing an all out hunt for the authors of what he called an apparent terrorist attack Bush said he had ordered that the full resources of the fed eral government go to help the victims and their families and to conduct a fullscale investigation to hunt down and to find those folks that committed this act Terrorism against our na tion will not stand Today we ve had a national tragedy Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist at tack on our country I have spoken to the Vice President to the Governor of New York to the Director of the FBI He said 1 When Bush definitely learned the attack news from his chief of staff Andrew Card A Soon after the first plane crashed into one of New York s twin World Trade Center towers B In the middle of two attacks C Just after another plane crashed into the other landmark office building D On his journey to his office 答案 B 指导 推理题 布什得到爆炸消息是在第一次撞击后 而在第二次撞击前 即应 是两次撞击的中间 选 B 2 In aborting another education themed event the word aborting is the same meaning with A putting off B delaying C postponing D stopping 3 答案 D 指导 词义解释 abort 基本意是 流产 延伸义是 停止 取消 3 Which of the following steps Bush administration will take is not true A To find out the incident maker B To help the victims and their families C To declare the attack day as a national tragedy D To put off the education themed event 答案 D 指导 steps 意为 措施 倒数第二段和第三段中 A B C 项都有提及 只有 D 项不是与 A B C 并列的救急措施 Passage 3 University researchers tested the effects of different colored walls on two groups of visitors For the first group the room was painted white for the second dark brown The movement of each group was followed by an electric system hidden under the carpet Tie experiment showed that those who entered the dark brown room walked more quickly covered more area and spent less time in the room than the people in the white environment Dark brown stimulated 刺 激 more activity but the activity ended sooner Not only the choice of colors but also the appearance 外表 of a room has effect on those inside it In a second experi ment the researchers prepared subjects with photos of faces Three groups of subjects were used each was shown the same photos but each group was in a different kind of room One group was in an ugly room that seemed to be a messy 零乱的 storeroom Another group was in a common room an of fice The third group was in a beautiful living room Results showed that the subjects in the beautiful loom ap peared to give higher ratings 评价 to the faces than those in the ugly room did Other studies suggest that students do better at tests taken in comfortable rooms than in ordinary looking or ugly rooms 1 An electric system under the carpet was used to discover A what the visitors wanted to do B the activity of different groups of visitors C how the visitors entered the different rooms D whether the visitors walked quickly or not 答案 B 指导 一个置于地毯下的电子系统用来发现不同来访者的活动情况 2 According to the passage the people who entered the white room walked more than those who were in the dark brown one A quickly B slower C quick D slowly 答案 D 指导 第一段第四句话 实验表明那些进入深棕色 茶褐色 房间的人比在白 色环境中的人走得更快些 通过的面积多些 同时花费的时间少些 该题是用相反的形式 设置的 3 but also the appearance of a room has effect on those inside t In the sentence those refers to A subjects B researchers C some people D different colors 4 答案 A 指导 those 指接受实验者 4 The passage gives us facts that different rooms give people different effects A one or two B two C three D four 答案 C 指导 文章列举了三个不同房间给人们不同影响的事例 第一 粉刷不同颜色的 房间 第二 实验材料为面部照片在不同房间受到不同的评价 第三 学生在舒适的室内 考试成绩要比平常或难看的室内好 Passage 4 Let children learn to judge their own work A child learn lng to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time if cor rected too much he will stop talking He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use Bit by bit he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people s In the same way children learning to do all the other things they learn to do without being taught to walk run climb whistle ride a bicycle compare 比较 their own performances with those of more skilled people and slowly make the needed changes But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself We do it all for him We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him or correct it unless he was made to Let him work out with the help of other children if he wants it what this word says what the answer is to that problem whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not If it is a matter of right answer as it may be in mathemat ics or science give him the answer book Let him correct his own papers Why should we teachers waste time to such routine work Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can t find the way to get the right answer Let the chil dren learn what all educated persons must some day learn how to measure their own understanding how to know what they know or do not know 1 According to the passage the best way for children to learn things is by A listening to skilled people s advice B asking older people many questions C making mistakes and having them corrected D doing what other people do 答案 D 指导 儿童学习技能的最佳方法是模仿他人所做的事情 篇首以语言习得为例 说明儿童观察 模仿 运用的系列过程 2 Which of the following does the writer think teachers should NOT do A Give children correct answers B Allow children to make mistakes C Point out children s mistakes to them D Let children mark their own work 答案 C 指导 文章论述教学中教师应引导儿童自我发现问题 解决问题 而不应该包办 代替 A B D 与文章观点不符 5 3 According to the writer teachers in school should A allow children to learn from each other B point out children s mistakes whenever found C correct children s mistakes as soon as possible D give children more book knowledge 答案 A 指导 儿童应相互学习 根据文章中相关信息 见第一自然段末 即可判断正确答 案 4 The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are A different from learning other skills B the same as learning skills C more important than other skills D not really important skills 答案 B 指导 根据文章陈述的观点 学习语言与学习骑车规律上是一致的 5 The title of this passage could probably be A Let Our Teachers Stop Work B Let Us Make Children Leam C Let Children Correct their Exercises D Let Children Learn by Themselves 答案 D 指导 主张儿童自学符合文章主题 Passage 5 Robably you have seen photographs of the Grand Canyon 峡谷 the great valley in the desert country of Arizona But you must go there yourself to feel its true size and beauty Tie Grand Canyon is one of the greatest natural wonders of the world The Colorado River formed the Grand Canyon over mil lions of years Slowly the river cut down through hard rock At the same time the land was rising Today the canyon is one and a half kilometres deep and 445 kilometres long The el dest rocks at the bottom of the canyon are more than 1 billion years old The width varies from about 200 metres to 29 kilo metres across The rim 边缘 or top of the canyon is about 2 300 metres above sea level tin the South Rim and about 3 000 metres on the other side the North Rink As a result there are different kinds of plants and animals on opposite sides of the canyon The South Run is dry desert country The North Rim has tall forests The canyon looks different at different times of day and in different seasons and weather At sunrise anti sunset the red gold brown and orange colours of the rocks are especially dear and bright In winter the canyon is partly covered with snow The view from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is the best Most visitors come to the South Rim and stay in camp grounds or hotels Every point along the canyon s edge offers a different view The North Rim of the Canyon is quieter h takes all day to drive there from the South Rim because there is only one bridge across the Colorado River On the way you go through Navado Indian lands and a colourful pink desert 6 called The Painted Desert You can walk clown into the Grand Canyon or you can go down oil the back of a mule 小型电动机车 You can also lake a boat trip down the Colorado River and camp on the bea ches at night But whether you see the Grand Canyon from the top or the honom it will be an experience that you will never forget 1 The sea level on both sides of the Grand Canyou is A the same B changing with time C various D very low 答案 C 指导 文中讲到 The rim or top of the canyon is about 2 300 metres above sea level on the South Rim and about 3 000 metres on the other side the North Rim 由此可见 大峡谷两边的海拔是不同的 故 C 项正确 2 From the passage we can know that the of the can yon is different at different time A length B scene C width D height 答案 B 指导 文章第三段首句意 大峡谷在一天中的不同时间 不同的季节和天气里 看上去都是不一样的 由此可见 大峡谷的景象是多变的 在各个时期是不同的 故 B 项 正确 3 If you go to visit the canyon you d better go to A the South Rim B the North Rim C the bottom I the top of a tree 答案 A 指导 从第四段的首句 The view from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is the best 可知 大峡谷南端的景象的最美的 若你要观光 最好到 theSouthRim 故 A 项为正确选项 Passage 6 Feeling hopeless and sick it heart Tom turned away For a quick moment his eyes met those of the cook and he saw there a light of such hatred 憎恨 and fear that no words could describe The cook moved quietly closer He whispered to Tom in a rough voice Don t be too clever Mark my words And he went away Tom s thoughts did not delay going for long on the cook and his words His friend was in trouble how could he help him He decided to slip 溜走 away as soon as possihle in search of information that would clear Jay of all doubts and bring the true criminal to justice 法院 lie has noticed a piece of old sailcloth 帆布 lying on the ship floor With this and a length of stringily T he made a package which looked very nuch like the one the police had seized 逮捕 His plan was to step to the shore and to hand it over just as the cook ha t ordered Jay to hoping in this way to learn the truth about the criminals activities He could then persuade the police of his friend s innocence 无罪 By now it was dark Taking the blankets out of Jay s empty bed Tom piled them up in his extra in the shatpe of a sleeping figure How real it lookked With the blanket pulled up high around the figure s head he could almost believe he saw it breathing Pleased with this Ibm moved quietly to the door 7 He was about to open it when he felt it secretly turned to other way Someone was outside and about to come in Was his plan failed Slipping quickly back behind the door as it opened Tom waited It was tile cook who was leaning 倚靠 forward now over the figure in the bed His aim swung 挥舞 up For an instant 立即 a long knife cut into it l The main cause of Tom s worry was that be A failed to save bis friend out of trouble B knew the truth about tide criminals C knew his friend was in trouble D felt such hatred and fear for the cook 答案 C 指导 文中第三段第二句话有交代 Tom 的朋友 Jay 被陷害 处于麻烦之中 因 此 Tom 很担心 2 Paragraph 5 mainly describes A Tom s hope to catch thc intru ier 闯入者 B the unknown sleeping figure in Jay s bed C the danger Tom faced in Jay s empty bed D what Tom did to carry out his plan 答案 D 指导 为帮助好友 Jay Tom 想出了一个计谋 该段是其实施的情况 3 Tom s plan was to A help his friend slip away B pretend to go along with the plan of the criminal C find out Jay was the criminal D pretend to bring the true criminals to justice 答案 B 指导 Tom 将计就计 诱使坏人就范 4 If asked Tern Would probably say I risk danger becattse A I wanted to help the police B I knew my friend was innocent C I know the cook was a murderer D I wasn t to dismiss the criminal s plan 答案 B 指导 Tom 冒险的目的是因为他知道朋友 Jay 是无辜的 innocent Passage 7 Two thieves came to a house to steal something They dug a hole in the wall of the house There lived many mice in the house The woman in the moonlight 月光 saw a mouse crawl 爬行 into the house Look In conies one she said to the man in thehouse The thief was so frightened that he hurriedly crawled out of the house and said to the one waiting outside She found me when I was just in But the thief outside didn t believe him so he said Let us two try to crawl into the house together At that time two mice happened to crawl into the house too The woman saw the mice and shouted In come two catch them The two thieves were terribly frightened The man in the house said You saw them come in but where are they I will catch them tonight The two thieves started running away at once The two thieves waited to make it dear whether they had been found or not 8 the night before The next day they acted as men selling sweet potatoes and came before the house The man and the woman were ploughing in their fields The rein 缰绳 broke and the woman came home for a rope She saw two men selling sweet potatoes and wanted to buy some She picked out two which looked like mice At the time the man couldn t wait for her any longer in the fields and he ran back from the fields to hurry her up The woman showed the sweet potatoes to the man and said How they look like the two of last night The man said I asked you to fetch a rope why don t hurry for it The two thieves ran away very quickly without their sweet potatoes 1 The two thieves failed to steal anything from the house because A they were found out B they were frightened by what they had heard in the house C they didn t work together well with each other D mice stopped them from doing so 答案 B 指导 见第一段 这两个贼误以为夫妇俩是在说他们 2 From the last paragraph we know that A the two thieves were famous selling sweet potatoes B the woman recognized the two thieves C the woman pretended to know nothing about the two thieves and made fun of them D the two thieves didn t know that they were not found at all 答案 D 指导 这两个贼不知道没人发觉他们 偷窃的行为 亦即他们以为有人发觉他们 偷东西了 所以就仓惶逃跑了 3 When the woman said How they look like the two of last night A she referred to the two thieves B she meant nothing C she said it on purpose D she referred to the mice 答案 D 指导 见第二段 She picked out two which looked mice 可见她指的是两 只老鼠 4 is the best title for this passage A Two Clever Thieves B Terrible Mice C Hit the MaA by a Fluke D A Clever Couple 答案 C 指导 Hitamarkbyafluke 意为侥幸中的 文中主妇说的话都指老鼠 但正好 与两个小偷的情况一样 令他们产生误会 以致没偷成东西 5 Which of the following statements is false A The two thieves not only failed to steal things but also losttheir sweet potatoes B Whenever they found mice the people in the house would try to catch them C The two thieves ran away at once because they thought the woman had seen them D The man let