高考英语一轮复习 九月阅读理解选编（五）1.doc

辽宁朝阳市2017高考英语九月阅读理解选编（五）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。【2014泰安高三二轮复习质量检测】Howie Choset，a roboticist，has been researching and building robots，particularly snake robots，at Pittsburghs Carnegie Mellon University for years.Choset believes that his snake robot and others like it help reduce medical costs by making complex surgeries (外科手术) faster and easier.Choset says his new design is smaller and more flexible than earlier models.The size of surgical robots allows surgeons to operate with far less damage to the body，helping the patient heal faster.For example，instead of opening the entire chest up during heart surgery，a small hole is made，and a thin robotic snake crawls inside to the proper spot.Dr Ashutosh Tewari of Cornell University Medical Center has used robotic tools to perform thousands of operations.Tewari said hes most excited about the potential for surgical robots to do things humans cant do.He said the variety of sensors available for surgical robots keeps expanding，even as they get smaller.He said they may one day be able to test chemicals or blood in the body，or even the electrical connections in nerves.Choset has also built larger snake robots designed for search and rescue，or just exploration.They can climb poles or trees and then look around through a camera in the head，and slid through places humans cant reach.Another expert at Carnegie Mellon stresses that theres still an enormous gap between humans and even the most hightech robots.Manuela Velosa noted that robots have been built that are good at one or two tasksbut not at the variety of tasks humans perform without even thinking.Velosa has been building robots that ask humans for help when they dont know what to do，as well as teams of robots that play soccer against each other.Sometimes，the robots surprise her by having once defeated the other team.“It was programmed by me，but it looked to me as if they learned，” she said.“I believe we are much closer to having robots be able to exist with humans peacefully.The beautiful thing is you see the robots learning.”1How does Choset help save medical costs?ABy changing the size of robots frequently.BBy designing larger snake robots.CBy making complex surgeries faster and easier.DBy improving the models of earlier snake robots.2The main advantage of using the thin surgical robot is_.Areducing the damage to the bodyBproving the technology useful to themChelping the doctors make much moneyDworsening the patients sickness3According to Manuela Velosa，_.Arobots will replace humans in the futureBrobots can do much better than humans at some tasksCno robots can be made to turn to humans for helpDrobots are able to learn by themselves4What can be inferred from the text?AThe snake robot is thought to have no potential.BLarger snake robots are not practical.CDoctors will refuse to use the snake robot.DThe future robot will be smarter and more popular.5What is the text mainly about?AThree famous roboticists.BResearching and building robots.CHow to make snake robots.DDifferent ideas on robots.语篇解读本文是一篇科研报告。文章主要介绍了用于外科手术中的蛇形机器人。1解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句“Choset believes that his snake robot and others like it help reduce medical costs by making complex surgeries (外科手术) faster and easier.”可知，答案C符合文意。答案：C2解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段第三句“The size of surgical robots allows surgeons to operate with far less damage to the body，helping the patient heal faster.”可知，答案A符合文意。答案：A3解析：细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段最后一句“Sometimes，the robots surprise her by having once defeated the other team.”可知，答案B符合文意。答案：B4解析：推理判断题。根据文章第三段最后一句“He said they may one day be able to test chemicals or blood in the body，or even the electrical connections in nerves.”和对文章最后一段的整体理解可推知，答案D“未来的机器人将会越来越智能，越来越受人欢迎”符合文意。答案：D5解析：主旨大意题。根据文章第一段的开篇点题和对全文的整体理解可知，本文主要讲的是对机器人的研究和建造，故答案B符合文意。答案：B.。【2016届石家庄市高中毕业班质量检测（二）试题】阅读理解。阅读下面短文，选择最佳答案填空。DIf you watch British television on March 15, you might be surprised to see celebrities (名人) wearing funny red noses and joking around. But dont worry. Theyre not mad. Its all part of a money raising event called Red Nose Day.Founded in 1985 by two British comedians, the aim of the event is to raise money to fight poverty and injustice in the UK and Africa. Celebrities and public figures support the event by making appearances on comic TV shows. For example, UK Prime Minister David Cameron once appeared in a music video by One Direction, which the band produced for the event.Britons dont just raise money for charitable causes on one day a year, but they do it all year round. One way of doing so is by shopping in charity shops. These small shops sell clothes, books and household goods just like any other shop except that its all secondhand.There are nearly 10,000 charity shops in the UK. Their business model is simple: Anybody who has things they dont want anymore can donate them to a charity shop, where they are checked for damage, cleaned and priced. The money that is made by selling them is used for a charitable cause.The idea of buying used clothes may sound unpleasant, but for shoppers who have less spending money, it has been a welcome option. Now, shopping at charity shops is also becoming popular with young people looking for alternative fashion. “You can find very unique clothes for a very cheap price. It doesnt bother me that other people may have worn them, I simply wash them before I wear them,” said Anne Marie, a 19-year-old from the US.So next time you spot a charity shop, why not go inside? Who knows, you might find a lovely dress for just a few pounds. Even better, you can enjoy wearing it in the knowledge that your money helped a good cause. 1. Why did Cameron appear in One Directions music video?A. To earn a living.B. To support the band.C. To help raising money.D. To entertain the audience.2. Where are the goods of charity shops from?A. Local bands.B. Peoples donation.C. British comedians.D. The UK government.3. Whats Anne Maries attitude to charity shops?A. Favorable. B. Particular.C. Doubtful.D. Disapproving.4. What is the text mainly about?A. Red Nose Day.B. British celebrities.C. Charity in Britain.D. Secondhand shops.参考答案、14、CBAC阅读理解 A school is showing badly-behaved pupils the error of their ways by sending them to an arts centre where actors mimic their behavior. The Windsor boys secondary school used its school founding to save its local arts centre and establish a learning support unit there. Now expelled(被开除的) pupils and students who are likely to be expelled are studying a course at the unit in Windsor arts centre while also working with artists. One pupil was asked to show Naomi Jackson, the drama teacher at the unit, how he had acted in a fierce argument with a teacher on the rugby filed, which led to his expulsion（开除）. Then he showed her how to imitate(模仿) his attitude. Ms. Jackson said, “He saw that the teacher had to get him out. Until then, he didnt really understand because he didnt have that self-awareness.” “It gave him the chance to look at himself from the outside.” Students also work in groups, acting as the aggressor, the victim and an observer to help them develop more awareness and understanding. A professional theatre group, Everyday Theatre, which consists of former pupils, is at the school and works in the learning support unit. An arts therapist(治疗专家) also helps students in the unit to express their problems and a street dancer builds up their discipline, concentration and capacity for hard work. Jane Turner is the teacher in charge of the Starts Project, which stands for Supportive Training and Arts. She said, “Its about using the arts to develop social skills as well as anger management, rather than just trying to make them good at drama or arts.”53. What is the passage mainly about? A. How a school keeps students good at drama and arts. B. Why students are interested in learning drama and arts. C. A new attempt making students change their bad behavior. D. An unusual idea to turn badly-behaved students into excellent ones. 答案解析：答案为C。本题为主旨大意题。本文第一段介绍了改变行为表现差的学生的方式，后文围绕此方式展开，最后一段 “Its about using the arts to develop social skills as well as anger management, rather than just trying to make them good at drama or arts.”也对这一方式进行了进一步的解释说明，它是用来培养学生的社会技能和控制愤怒的能力，而不是仅仅让他们擅长戏剧或者艺术。故答案为C。54. The underlined word “mimic”(in Paragraph 1) probably means _. A. correct B. watch C. improve D. imitate 答案解析：答案为D。本题为词义推断题。结合下文的第二、三段，被开除的学生在Windsor arts centre学习，并同时和艺术家一起工作，戏剧老师让某一学生表演他曾经和橄榄球场上的老师之间发生的激烈争执，再由第三段的最后一句话 “Then he showed her how to imitate(模仿) his attitude.”可以推断，mimic就是imitate。故答案为D。55. The artists at the Windsor boys secondary school are working towards their goal by _. A. getting rid of students dissatisfaction B. developing students awareness of their error C. reducing the courses and making them easier D. encouraging students imagination in subjects.答案解析：答案为B。本题为推断题。如何改变那些在学校表现极差的学生？从第四、五段 “ he didnt really understand because he didnt have that self-awareness. It gave him the chance to look at himself from the outside.” 可知，学生被老师开除是因为他们没有好坏意识，不明白为什么被开除，这种模仿坏行为的方式可以让学生从外界的目光来看待自己。故答案为B，Windsor boys secondary school的工作目标是培养学生的错误意识。56. All of the following people work at the arts centre EXCEPT _. A. an arts therapist B. actors C. former teachers D. a street dancer答案解析：答案为C。第一段提到了actors；倒数第二段提到了an arts therapist 和a street dancer。故答案为C。One evening in February 2007, a student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote road in Wales. She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path. Thats when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train. Her Renault Clio was parked across a railway line. Seconds later, she watched the train drag her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks. Ceelys near miss made the news because she blamed it on her GPS device (导航仪). She had never driven the route before. It was dark and raining heavily. Ceely was relying on her GPS, but it made no mention of the crossing. “I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train, “ she told the BBC. Who is to blame here? Rick Stevenson, who tells Ceelys story in his book When Machines Fail Us, points the finger at the limitations of technology. We put our faith in digital devices, he says, but our digital helpers are too often not up to the job. They are filled with small problems. And its not just GPS devices:Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving everything from mobile phones to wireless keyboards. The problem with his argument in the book is that its not clear why he only focuses on digital technology, while there may be a number of other possible causes. A map-maker might have left the crossing off a paper map. Maybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention. Perhaps the railway authorities are at fault for poor signalling system. Or maybe someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out that there really is something specific wrong with the GPS equipment. But Stevenson doesnt say. Its a problem that runs through the book. In a section on cars, Stevenson gives an account of the advanced techniques that criminals use to defeat computer-based locking systems for cars. He offers two independent sets of figures on car theft; both show a small rise in some parts of the country. He says that once again not all new locks have proved reliable. Perhaps, but maybe its also due to the shortage of policemen on the streets. Or changing social circumstances. Or some combination of these factors. The game between humans and their smart devices is amusing and complex. It is shaped by economics and psychology and the cultures we live in. Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may