2010届二轮阅读理解练习七

1、2010 届高考第二轮复习英语阅读理解练习七（含解析）AHow Room Designs Affect Our Work and FeelingsArchitects have long had the feeling that the places we live in can affect our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. But now scientists are giving this feeling an empirical（经验的， 实证的） basis.They are discovering how to design spaces

2、that promote creativity, keep people focused and lead to relaxation.Researches show that aspects of the physical environment can influence creativity. In 2007, Joan Meyers-Levy at the University of Minnesota, reported that the height of a rooms ceiling affects how people think. Her research indicate

3、s that higher ceilings encourage people to think more freely, which may lead them to make more abstract connections. Low ceilings, on the other hand, may inspire a more detailed outlook.In additions to ceiling height, the view afforded by a building may influence an occupants ability to concentrate.

4、 Nancy Wells and her colleagues at Cornell University found in their study that kids who experienced the greatest increase in greenness as a result of a family move made the most gains on a standard test of attention.Using nature to improve focus of attention ought to pay offacademically, and it see

5、ms to,according to a study led by C. Kenneth Tanner, head of the School Design & Planning Laboratory at the University of Georgia. Tanner and his team found that students in classrooms with unblocked views of at least 50 feet outside the window had higher scores on tests of vocabulary, language arts

6、 and maths than did students whose classrooms primarily overlooked roads and parking lots.Recent study on room lighting design suggests than dim（暗淡的） light helps people to loosen up.If that is true generally, keeping the light low during dinner or at parties could increase relaxation. Researchers of

7、 Harvard Medical School also discovered that furniture with rounded edges could help visitors relax.So far scientists have focused mainly on public buildings. We have a very limited number of studies, so were almost looking at the problem through a straw（吸管） , architect David Allisonsays. How do you

8、 take answers to very specific questions and make broad, generalized use of them? Thats what were all struggling with. 1 What does Joan Meyers-Levy focus on in her research?A. Light.B. Ceilings.C. Windows.D. Furniture.2 The passage tells us that .A. the shape of furniture may affect peoples feelings

9、B. lower ceilings may help improve students creativityC. children in a dim classroom may improve their gradesD. students in rooms with unblocked views may feel relaxed3The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that A. the problem is not approached step by stepB. the researches so

10、far have faults in themselvesC. the problem is too difficult for researchers to detectD. research in this area is not enough to make generalized patternsCP: Central Point4. Which of the following shows the organization of the passage?P: PointSP: Sub-point （次要点） C: ConclusionSocieties all over the wo

11、rld name places in similar ways. Quite often there is no officialnaming ceremony but places tend to be called names as points of reference by people. Then an organized body steps in and gives the place a name. Frequently it happens that a place has two names: One is named by the people and the other

12、 by the government. As in many areas, old habits died hard, and the place continues to be called by its unofficial name long after the meaning is lost.Many roads and places in Singapore （新加坡） are named in order that the pioneers will be remembered by future generations. Thus we have names such as St

13、amford Road and Raffles Place.This is in keeping with traditions in many countries in both the West and the East.Another way of naming places is naming them after other places. Perhaps they were named to promote friendships between the two places or it could be that the people who used to live there

14、 were originally from the places that the roads were named after. The mystery is clearer when we see some of the roads named in former British bases. If you step into Selector Airbase you will see Piccadilly Circus obviously named by some homesick Royal Air Force personnel.Some places were named aft

15、er the activities that used to go on at those places. Bras BasahRoad is an interesting example,“ Base Basah ” me（an马s 来语）“ w. Neto rwic ewhy wo”uld in Malayanyone want to name a road“ Wet Rice Road” ? The reason is simple. During the pioneering days, wrice was laid out to dry along this road.A few r

16、oads in Singapore are named by their shapes. There is“ Circular Roaroads may have part of their names to describe their shapes, like“ Paya Lebais called a crescent （月牙） because it begins on the main road, makes a crescent and comes back to join the main road again.5. We learn from Paragraph 1 that .

17、A. the government is usually the first to name a placeB. many places tend to have more than one nameC. a ceremony will be held when a place is namedD. people prefer the place names given by the government6. What does the underlined phrase“ die hard ” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. Change suddenly.B

18、. Change significantly.C. Disappear mysteriously. D. Disappear very slowly.7. Which of the following places is named after a person?A. Raffles Place. B. Selector Airbase.C. Piccadilly Circus. D. Paya Lebar Crescent.8. Bras Basah Road is named .A. after a personB. after a placeC. after an activityD.

19、by its shape9. What can be inferred from the passage?A. Some place names in Singapore are the same as in Britain.B. Some places in Singapore are named for military purposes.C. The way Singaporeans name their places is unique.D. Young Singaporeans have forgotten the pioneers.CImagine you re at a part

20、y full of strangers. You re nervous. Who are these people?start a conversation? Fortunately, you gvoet a thing that sends out energy at tiny chips in everyone namse tag ( 标签 ). The chips send back name, job, hobbies, and the time available for meeting-whatever. Making new friends becomes simpleThis

21、hasn t quite happened in real life. But the world is already experiencing a revolution using RFID technology.An RFID tag with a tiny chipcan be fixed in a product, under your pet s skin, even uown skin. Passive RFID tags have no energy source-batteries because they do not need it. The energy comes f

22、rom the reader, a scanning device, that sends out energy (for example, radio waves) that starts up the tag immediately.Such a tag carries information specific to that object, and the data can be updated. Already, RFID technology is used for recognizing each car or truck on the road and it might appe

23、ar in your passport. Doctors can pu t a tiny chip under the skin that will helplocate and obtain a patient smedical records. At a nightclub in Paris or in New York the same chip gets you into the VIP (very important person) section and pays for the bill with the wave of an arm.Take a step back:10 or

24、 12 years ago,you would have heard about the coming age of computing. One example always seemed to surface: Your refrigerator would know when you needed to buy more milk. The concept was that computer chips could be put everywhere and send information in a smart network that would make ordinary life

25、 simplerRFID tags are a small part of this phenomenon. “ The world is going to be a loosely cou of individual small devices, connected wirelessly,” predicts Dr.J.Reich. Hrue man right suppnervous about the possibilities of such technology. It goes too far tracking school kids through RFID tags, they

26、 say. We imagine a world in which a beer company could find out not only when youbought a beer but also when you drank it. And how many beers. Accompanied by how many biscuits. When Marconi invented radio, he thought it would be used for ship-to-shore communication. Not for pop music. Who knows how

27、RFID and related technologies will be used in the future. Here wild guess: Not for buying milk.10. The article is intended to .A. warn people of the possible risks in adopting RFID technologyB. explain the benefits brought about by RFID technologyC. convince people of the uses of RFID technologyD. p

28、redict the applications of RFID technology11. We know from the passage that with the help of RFID tags, people.A. will have no trouble getting data about othersB. will have more energy for conversationC. will have more time to make friendsD. won t feel shy at parties any lon ger12. Passive RFID tags

29、 chiefly consist of .A. scanning devices B. radio waves C. batteries D. chips13 Why are some people worried about RFID technology?A. Because children will be tracked by strangers.B. Because market competition will become more fierce.C. Because their private lives will be greatly affected.D. Because

30、customers will be forced to buy more products.14. The last paragraph implies that RFID technology.A. will not be used for such matters as buying milkB. will be widely used, including for buying milkC. will be limited to communication usesD. will probably be used for pop musicDIt is difficult for doc

31、tors to help a person with a damaged brain Without enough blood, thet fix the damage Sometimebrain lives for only three to five minutes More often the doctors canthey are afraid to try something to help because it is dangerous to work on the brain The doctors might make the person worse if he operat

32、es on the brainDr. Robert White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help He thinks doctors should make the brain very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctor a longer time to do something for the brain.brain sDr. White tri

33、ed his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different jobs, then he operated on them. He made the monkeys bloo d back to the monkeys bra ins. When the temperature was 10 , Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on. He warmed the blood again. Aft

34、er their operations the monkeys were like they had been before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them.15. The biggest difficulty in operating on the damaged brain is that .A. the time is too short for doctorsB. the patients are often too nervousC. th

35、e damage is extremely hard to fixD. the blood-cooling machine might break down16. The brain operation was made possible mainly by.A. taking the blood out of the brainB. trying the operation on monkeys firstC. having the blood go through a machineD. lowering the brain s temperature17. With Dr. White

36、s new idea, the operation on the damaged brain.A. can last as long as 30 minutesB. can k eep the brain s blood warmC. can keep the patient s braiDn .h ceanlt hyelp monkeys do different jobs18. What is the right order of the steps in the operations?a. send the cooled back to the brainb. stop the bloo

37、d to the brainc. have the blood cooled downd. operate on the brainA. a, b, c, dB. c, a, b, dC. c, b, d, a D. b, c, d, a19. Which of the following is not true?A. If there isn t enough blood, the brain can live for only three to five minutes.B. If the brain is very cold, it can live without blood for

38、half an hour.C. Dr. White tried his idea for thirteen times.D. After their operations, the monkeys were healthy and busy againThe traditional tent cities at festivals such as Glastonbury may never be the same again. In a victory of green business that is certain to appeal to environmentally-aware mu

39、sic-lovers, a design student is to receive financial support to produce eco-friendly tents made of cardboard that can be recycled after the bands and the crowds have gone home.Major festivals such as Glastonbury throw away some 10,000 abandoned tents at the end ofevents each year. For his final year

40、 project at the University of the West of England, James Dunlop came up with a material that can be recycled. And to cope with the British summer, the cardboard has been made waterproof.Taking inspiration from a Japanese architect, who has used cardboard to make big buildings including churches, Mr.

41、 Dunlop used cardboard material for his tents, which he called Myhabs. The design won an award at the annual New Designers Exhibition after Mr. Dunlop graduated from his product design degree and he decided to try to turn it into a businessTo raise money for the idea, he toured the city s private co

42、mpanies which fund newand found a su pporter in the finance group Mint. He introduced his idea to four of Mint and won their support. Mint has committed around500,000 to MyHabs and taken a share of 30per cent in Mr. Dunlopbusiness. Tsh e first Myhabs should be tested at festiv als this summer,before

43、 being marketed fully next year.Mr. Dunlop said that the design, which accommodates two people, could have other uses, suchas for disaster relief and housing for the London Olympics.For music events, the cardboard houses will be ordered online and put up at the sites by theMyhabs team before the fes

44、tival-goers arrive and removed by the company afterwards. They canbe personalized and the company will offer reductions on the expense if people agree to sell exterior （ 外部的 ） advertising space.The biggest festivals attract tens of thousands of participants, with Glastonbury having some150,000 each

45、year. Altogether there are around 100 annual music festivals where people camp inthe UK. The events are becoming increasingly environmentally conscious.20 . “ -Efrcieondly tents ” in paragraph 1 refer to tents .A. economically desirableB. favorable to the environmentC. for holding music performances

46、1 D. designed for disaster relief21. Mr. Dunlop established his business.A. independently with an interest-free loan from MintB. with the approval of the City s administrationC. in partnership with a finance groupD. with the help of a Japanese architect22. It is implied in the passage that .A. the w

47、eather in the UK is changeable in summerB. most performances at British festivals are given in the open airC. the cardboard tents produced by Mr. Dunlop can be user-tailoredD. cardboard tents can be easily put up and removed by users.23. The passage is mainly concerned with.A. an attempt at developi

48、ng recyclable tentsB. some efforts at making full use of cardboardsC. an unusual success of a graduation projectD. the effects of using cardboard tents on music festivals24. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A. Don t Use Tents AgainC. How to Produce TentsB. The Advantages o

49、f TentsD. The Development of Recyclable Tents1 B 细节理解题。根据第二段内容可知Joan Meyers-Levy focus on ceilings.2A 细节判断题。根据文中内容可知 B,C和D 均是错误的。3D 句意猜测题。根据划线句子后面的一句话可以知道该题的正确答案为:D123 共同服务于结论，重可知。4C考查文章结构。注意解题技巧。第一段为总要点，最后一段为结论，要点 要的是要点二又包含了两个次要点。综上分析可知答案为:C。5B 推理理解题。 由 “ Frequently it happens that a place has two

50、names6D 词义猜测题。 根据下文 “ the place continues to be calledby its unofficial name long after themeaning is lost 可知。”7A 细节理解。答案见第二自然段。8 C。细节理解题。 见第四自然段前两行。9 A推理判断题。 由本文第一句话“ Societies all over the world name places in similar ways.知。C 本文主要讲述的是一项新技术 RFID 的应用及它的前景10 D 主旨大意题。通读全文得知。11A 细节理解题。根据第一段“ Fortunate