北京市密云区2014高考英语 阅读理解系列训练（12）

1 密云区密云区 20142014 高考英语阅读理解系列训练 高考英语阅读理解系列训练 1212 及答案 及答案 Hans was an honest fellow with a funny round good humored face Living alone every day he worked in his garden In all the countryside there was no garden so lovely as his All sorts of flowers grew there blooming in their proper order as the months went by one flower taking another flower s place so that there were always beautiful things to see and pleasant odors to smell Hans had many friends the most devoted being the Miller So devoted was the rich Miller to Hans that he d never go by his garden without plucking a large bunch of flowers or a handful of sweet herbs or filling his pockets with fruits The Miller used to talk about noble ideas and Hans nodded and smiled feeling proud of having such a friend The neighbors thought it strange that the rich Miller never gave Hans anything in return though he had hundreds of sacks of flour many cows and sheep but Hans never troubled his head about these and nothing gave him greater pleasure than to listen to all the wonderful things about the unselfishness of true friendship In spring summer and autumn Hans was very happy but when winter came and he had no fruit or flowers to sell he suffered from cold and hunger Though extremely lonely the Miller never came to see him then There s no good in going to see Hans while the snow lasts The Miller said to his wife When people are in trouble they shouldn t be bothered So I ll wait till the spring comes when he s happy to give me flowers You re certainly very thoughtful answered his wife It s quite a treat to hear you talk about friendship Couldn t we ask Hans up here said their son I ll give him half my meal and show him my white rabbits How silly you are cried the Miller I really don t know what s the use of sending you to school If Hans came up here and saw our warm fire our good supper and our red wine he might get envious and envy is a most terrible 2 thing and would spoil anybody s nature I am his best friend and I ll always watch over him and see that he s not led into any temptation Besides if Hans came here he might ask me for some flour FlourFlour isis oneone thing thing andand friendshipfriendship isis anotheranother and they shouldn t be confused The words are spelt differently and mean quite different things Everybody can see that He looked seriously at his son who felt so ashamed that he hung his head down and grew quite scared and began to cry into his tea Spring coming the Miller went down to see Hans Again he talked about friendship Hans friendship never forgets I m afraid you don t understand the poetry of life See how lovely your roses are Hans said he wanted to sell them in the market to buy back his things which were sold during the hard time of the winter I ll give you many good things I think being generous is the base of friendship said the Miller And now as I ll give you many good things I m sure you d like to give me some flowers in return Here s the basket and fill it quite full Poor Hans was afraid to say anything He ran and plucked all his pretty roses and filled the Miller s basket imagining the many good things promised by the Miller The next day he heard the Miller calling Hans would you mind carrying this sack of flour for me to market I m sorry but I am really very busy today Well said the Miller considering that I m going to give you my things it s rather unfriendly of you to refuse Upon my word you mustn t mind my speaking quite plainly to you Poor Hans was driven by his friendship theory to work hard for his best friend leaving his garden dry and wasted One evening Hans was sitting by fire when the Miller came Hans cried the Miller My little boy has fallen off a ladder and hurt himself and I m going for the Doctor But he lives so far away and it s such 3 a bad windy night It has just occurred to me that you can go instead of me You know I m going to give you my good things so you should do something for me in return Certainly cried Hans He struggled into the stormy night and got the doctor to ride a horse to the Miller s house in time to save the boy However Hans got lost in the darkness and wandered off into a deep pool drowned At Hans funeral the Miller said I was his best friend I should walk at the head of the procession Every now and then he wiped his eyes with a handkerchief 16 From the passage we can learn that Hans A was extremely wise and noble B was highly valued by the Miller C admired the Miller very much D had a strong desire for fortune 17 Flour is one thing and friendship is another can be understood as A Different words may mean quite different things B Interest is permanent while friendship is flexible C I m afraid you don t understand the poetry of life D I think being generous is the base of friendship 18 From the Miller s talk at home we can see he was A serious but kind B helpful and generous C caring but strict D selfish and cold hearted 19 What s the main cause of Hans tragedy A True friendship between them B A lack of formal education C A sudden change of weather D Blind devotion to a friend 4 20 The author described the Miller s behavior in order to A entertain the readers with an incredible joking tale B show the friendship between Hans and the Miller C warn the readers about the danger of a false friend D persuade people to be as intelligent as the Miller 参考答案 16 20 CBDDC 结束 C FRIDAY Dec 5 2008 College students who think all night study sessions will help them remember facts might want to get some sleep instead That s the message from a new study that finds that as you sleep the mind consolidates the things you learn during the day Study participants who learned how to play a video game in the morning or evening did a better job the next day after a night s rest apparently because their brains were actively absorbing what they d learned as they slept The finding shows that sleep is not just a passive state when no information is coming in said Howard Nusbaum a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago For the study the researchers recruited 200 college students Most of them weren t very familiar with playing video games Some of the participants learned how to play the games in the morning while others learned in the evening The researchers then tested the subjects on the video games 12 hours later and 24 hours later Those who took part in the morning training sessions showed an average eight percentage point improvement in their performance immediately after training They performed more poorly scoring four percentage points better 12 hours later But they scored 10 percentage points better the next morning 5 If we train you in the morning and come back at the end of the day you forget some of what you learned Nusbaum said But if you sleep after that it restores some of what you learned The students who took part in the evening training sessions performed better the next morning after sleeping than they did after being trained The role that dreams play in the learning process if any isn t clear But some dreams could serve as a kind of practice for the brain Nusbaum said If you play a video game a lot and you re playing in your dreams maybe that could help you learn Jerry Siegel professor at the Center for Sleep Research at the University of Calfornia Los Angeles said going without sleep hurts performance but he s not convinced that sleep itself actively contributes to learning If you take a break for a few hours it can easily be shown that learning did occur because performance is better at the start of a new learning session than it was at the end of the initial session he said No sleep needs to occur for this to happen Still Siegel suggested that sleep before learning a skill is crucial For long term retention it is more important to be well rested and therefore attentive when you are doing the learning than afterwards he said It is even better if you don t have to choose and get your natural amounts of sleep every day 9What does the underlined word want in Paragraph 1 mean A lackB wish C desireD need 10What is mainly talked about in this text A The effect of video games on learning B The relation between sleep and learning C The role of dreams in the learning process D The difference between morning and evening trainings 11What would be the best title for the text A Sleep strengthens learning B Dreams clearly help learning 6 C A break before learning is better D Video games improve performance 12Which of the following statements is true according to the passage A Training in the morning showed better results at once B Learning won t occur during sleeping without dreams C Sleeping well helps to absorb what one learned D Studying all night helps to remember more facts 参考答案 9 12 DBAC 结束 1 201 山东卷 Since the 1970s scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers Brain computer interface BCI technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines Recently two researchers Jose Milan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic school in Lausanne Switzerland demonstrated 展示 a small robotic wheelchair directed by a person s thoughts In the laboratory Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right band He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts our brain has billions of nerve ceils These send signals through the spinal cord 脊髓 to the muscles to give us the ability to move But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles Tavella says Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices The researchers designed a special cap for the user This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp 头皮 and sends them to a computer The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair The wheelchair 7 also has two cameras that identify objects in its path They help the computer react to commands from the brain Prof Milan the team leader says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories communication and controlling devices One example is this wheelchair He says his team has set two goals One is testing with real patients so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time A help to update computer systems B link the human brain with computers C help the disabled to recover D control a person s thoughts 72 How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory A By controlling his muscles B By talking to the machine C By moving his hand D By using his mind 73 Which of the following shows the path of the signals described in Paragraph 5 A scalp computer cap wheelchair B computer cap scalp wheelchair C scalp cap computer wheelchair D cap computer scalp wheelchair 74 The team will test with real patients to A make profits from them B prove the technology useful to them C make them live longer D learn about their physical condition 75 Which of the following would be the best title for the text 8 A Switzerland the BCI Research Center B New Findings About How the Human Brain Works C BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled D Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries 解析 71 75 BDCBC 语篇解读 本文是一则新闻报道 介绍了 Brain computer interface BCI 技术的 发明 原理和对残疾人带来的益处 71 B 细节理解题 从第一段第一句话可知 72 D 细节理解题 见第二段 Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right band 73 C 细节理解题 见第五段描述 74 B 细节推断题 见最后一段 to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from 证明他们可以从中获得的好处 75 C 主旨大意题 本文是新闻文体 因此要关注首段的中心 由首段的第二句话 Brain computer interface BCI technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines 推断选 C 结束 2 201 安徽卷 George Prochnik would like the world to put a sock in it He makes his case in a new book Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise Here he explains himself using his indoor voice We ve become so accustomed to noise there s almost a deep prejudice against the idea that silence might be beneficial If you tell someone to be quiet you sound like an old man But it s never been more important to find continuing quiet Silence focuses us improves our health and is a key to lasting peace and satisfaction We need to excite people about the sounds you start to hear if you merely quiet things down a little During a Japanese tea ceremony the smallest sounds become a kind of art the spoons making a light ringing sound on a bowl the 9 edges of a kimono 和服 brushing against the floor Deaf people are very attentive 专注的 in almost every aspect of life If two deaf people are walking together using sign language they constantly watch out for each other and protect each other by paying steady attention to the other They are connected yet also fully aware of their surroundings Even deaf teenagers We in the hearing world can learn from them If we remove the powerful blasts 一阵阵 of noise we become aware of an extraordinarily rich world around us of little soft sounds and the sound of footsteps of bird songs and ice cracking 开裂声 It s astonishing how beautiful things sound when you can really listen 文章大意 文章介绍了 George Prochnik 的新著 Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise 和他的观点 在喧嚣的世界中创造一方不太纷扰的环境 这个世界会更美好 72 What does the phrase to put a sock in it in Paragraph 1 probably mean A to be quiet B to be colorful C to be full of love D to be attentive to someone 解析 选 A 词义理解题 根据第二段作者的观点 Silence focuses us improves o