重庆市2013高考英语 阅读理解临考训练（2）

1 20132013 重庆市高考英语 阅读理解 临考训练 重庆市高考英语 阅读理解 临考训练 2 2 及答案解析 及答案解析 Professor Barry Wellman of the University of Toronto in Canada has invented a term to describe the way many North Americans interact 互动 these days The term is networked individualism This concept is not easy to understand because the words seem to have opposite meanings How can we be individuals 个体 and be networked at the same time You need other people for networks Here is what Professor Wellman means Before the invention of the Internet and e mail our social networks included live interactions with relatives neighbors and friends Some of the interaction was by phone but it was still voice to voice person to person in real time A recent research study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project showed that for a lot of people electronic interaction through the computer has replaced this person to person interaction However a lot of people interviewed for the Pew study say that s a good thing Why In the past many people were worried that the Internet isolated 孤立 us and caused us to spend too much time in the imaginary world of the computer But the Pew study discovered that the opposite is true The Internet connects us with more real people than expected helpful people who can give advice on careers medical problems raising children and choosing a school or college About 60 million Americans told Pew that the Internet plays an important role in helping them make major life decisions Thanks to the computer we are able to be alone and together with other people at the same time 60 The underlined phrase networked individualism probably means that by using computers people A stick to their own ways no matter what other people say B have the rights and freedom to do things of their own interest C do things in their own ways and express opinions different from other people 2 D are able to keep to themselves but at the same time reach out to other people 61 According to the Pew study what do many people rely on to make major life decisions A Networks B Friends C Phones D Parents 62 It can be inferred from the Pew study that A people have been separated from each other by using computers B the Internet makes people waste a lot of time and feel very lonely C the Internet has become a tool for a new kind of social communication D a lot of people regard the person to person communication as a good thing 63 Which would be the best title for this passage A We re Alone on the Internet B We re Communicating on the Internet C We re Alone Together on the Internet D We re in the Imaginary World of the Internet 2 答案答案 60 D 61 A 62 C 63 C 结束 第第 篇篇 HowHow toto BeBe a a WinnerWinner SirSir StevenSteven RedgraveRedgrave WinnerWinner ofof 5 5 OlympicOlympic GoldGold MedalsMedals In 1997 I was found to have developed diabetes 糖尿病 Believing my career 职业生涯 was over I felt extremely low Then one of the specialists said there was no reason why I should stop training and competing That was it the encouragement I needed I could still be a winner if I believed in myself I am not saying that it isn t difficult sometimes But I wanted to prove to myself that I wasn t finished yet Nothing is to stand in my way KarenKaren PickeringPickering SwimmingSwimming WorldWorld ChampionChampion 3 I swim 4 hours a day 6 days a week I manage that sort of workload by putting it on top of my diary This is the key to suceess you can t follow a career in any field without being well organized List what you believe you can achieve Trust yourself write down your goals for the day however small they are and you ll be a step closer to achieving them KirstenKirsten BestBest PoetPoet WriterWriter When things are getting hard a voice inside my head tells me that I can t achieve something Then there are other distractions such as family or hobbies The key is to concentrate When I feel tense it helps a lot to repeat words such as calm peace or focus either out loud or silently in my mind It makes me feel more in control and increases my confidence This is a habit that can become second nature quite easily and is a powerful psychological 心理的 tool 语篇解读 本文叙述了三位名人在成功的道路上所经历的不同的事情 一是战胜了病 痛 一定克服了精力分散的困难 一是通过坚持不懈努力 最后都取得了胜利 1 What does Sir Steven Redgrave mainly talk about A Difficulties influenced his career B Specialists offered him medical advice C Training helped him defeat his disease D He overcame the shadow of illness to win 解析 推理判断题 第一部分写了 Sir Steven 得了糖尿病 但最终克服了病痛拿到 了金牌 故 D 项符合题意 答案 D 2 What does Karen Pickering put on top of her diary A Her training schedule B Her daily happenings C Her achievements D Her sports career 解析 事实细节题 第二部分第二句中 it 指代前面的句子内容 即她的训练计划 答案 A 3 What does the underlined word distractions probably refer to A Ways that help one to focus B Words that help one to feel less tense 4 C Activities that turn one s attention away D Habits that make it hard for one to relax 解析 猜测词义题 从下文 The key is to concentrate 可以推出是指分散作家 注意力的活动 答案 C 4 According to the passage what do the three people have in common A Courage B Devotion C Hard work D Self confidence 解析 事实细节题 第一部分中 I could still be a winner if I believed in myself 第二部分中 Trust yourself 及第三部分中 It makes me feel more in control and increases my confidence 都表明自信是他们三个的共同之处 答案 D 长难句解读 Trust yourself write down your goals for the day however small they are and you ll be a step closer to achieving them 相信你自己 不论 目标多小 每天把它们写下来 这样你会向实现它们又迈进了一步 祈使句 and or 现 在将来时句子 结构中 祈使句可转换成由 if 引导的条件句 本句含有两个祈使句 第二 个祈使句又含有一个让步状语从句 结束结束 第第 篇篇 People diet to look more attractive Fish diet to avoid being beaten up thrown out of their social group and getting eaten as a result That is the fascinating conclusion of the latest research into fish behavior by a team of Australian scientists The research team have discovered that subordinate fish voluntarily diet to avoid challenging their larger competitors In studying gobies we noticed that only the largest two individuals a male and female had breeding 繁殖 rights within the group explains Marian Wong All other group members are non breeding females each being 5 10 smaller than its next largest competitor We wanted to find out how they maintain this precise size separation The reason for the size difference was easy to see Once a subordinate fish grows to within 5 10 of the size of its larger competitor it causes a fight which usually ends in the smaller goby being driven away from the group More often than not the evicted fish is then eaten up 5 It appeared that the smaller fish were keeping themselves small in order to avoid challenging the boss fish Whether they did so voluntarily by restraining how much they ate was not clear The research team decided to do an experiment They tried to fatten up some of the subordinate gobies to see what happened To their surprise the gobies simply refused the extra food they were offered clearly preferring to remain small and avoid fights over having a feast The discovery challenges the traditional scientific view of how boss individuals keep their position in a group Previously it was thought that large individuals simply used their weight and size to threaten their subordinates and take more of the food for themselves so keeping their competitors small While the habits of gobies may seem a little mysterious Dr Wong explains that understanding the relationships between boss and subordinate animals is important to understanding how hierarchical 等级的 societies remain stable The research has proved the fact that voluntary dieting is a habit far from exclusive to humans As yet we lack a complete understanding of how widespread the voluntary reduction of food intake is in nature the researchers comment Data on human dieting suggests that while humans generally diet to improve health or increase attractiveness rarely does it improve long term health and males regularly prefer females that are fatter than the females own i