2020届高考英语 考前冲刺精选专题资料汇编阅读理解（五）

2020;2020届高考英语考前冲刺精选专题资料汇编阅读理解（五）AOn 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 namedLove YouVirus 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. Whats worse, it still can reproduce itself in great quantities within a short time.We have come to know that Love YouVirus 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 computersB. test their ability quicklyC. tell the world that they were intelligentD. 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C2. According to the passage, computer viruses seem toA. have heen in nature for yearsB. exist in any computersC. be able to be got rid of in the near futureD. 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 computers functions are loweredB. the normal programs are damagedC. most the information stored in the computers is goneD. 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C4. According to the passage, which of the following is true?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 YouVirus 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。BFacing sorest test. Bush declares national tragedyThe 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 presidents face clouded but he said nothing.Well 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.Cards 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 edyand vowing an all-out hunt for the authors of what he called an apparent terrorist attack.Bush saidhe 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 weve 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 abortingis the same meaning with_.A. putting off B. delayingC. postponing D. stopping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。CUniversity 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 uglyroom 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 doB. the activity of different groups of visitorsC. how the visitors entered the different roomsD. 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. slowerC. 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. researchersC. some people D. different colors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. twoC. 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。DLet 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 peoples. 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 cant 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 peoples adviceB. asking older people many questionsC. making mistakes and having them correctedD. 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 childrens 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。3. According to the writer, teachers in school should_.A. allow children to learn from each otherB. point out childrens mistakes whenever foundC. correct childrens mistakes as soon as possibleD. 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 skillsB. the same as learning skillsC. more important than other skillsD. 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 WorkB. Let Us Make Children LeamC. Let Children Correct their ExercisesD. Let Children Learn by Themselves答案：D指导：主张儿童自学符合文章主题。ERobably 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 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 timeC. 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. sceneC. 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 youd better go to_.A. the South Rim B. the North RimC. 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。FFeeling 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. Dont be too clever. Mark my words. And he went away.Toms 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 friends innocence(无罪).By now it was dark. Taking the blankets out of Jays 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 figures head he could almost believe he saw it breathing. Pleased with this, Ibm moved quietly to the door.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 Toms worry was that be_?A. failed to save bis friend out of troubleB. knew the truth about tide criminalsC. knew his friend was in troubleD. 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 describesA. Toms hope to catch thc intru,ier (闯入者)B. the unknown sleeping figure in Jays bedC. the danger Tom faced in Jays empty bedD. 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. Toms plan was to _A. help his friend slip awayB. pretend to go along with the plan of the criminalC. find out Jay was the criminalD. 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 becattseA. I wanted to help the policeB. I knew my friend was innocentC. I know the cook was a murdererD. I wasnt to dismiss the criminals 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)。GTwo 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 didnt 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 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 couldnt 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 dont 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 outB. they were frightened by what they had heard in the houseC. they didnt work together well with each otherD. 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 thatA. the two thieves were famous selling sweet potatoesB. the woman rec