2020高考英语阅读理解和短文改错选练(4)

1、2020 高考英语阅读理解和短文改错选练（4）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、 B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A Mountain of Green BeansAnother envelope in the mail. There ' s my name, Alexander Spencer, typed on the front. I throw it under the bed. The piles of envelopes are growing.The envelopes were applications to all the colleges I was suppos

2、ed to attend.I did open the first envelope. Then I saw the application, all those blank spacesI was supposed to fill with my own writing, spaces for my name and birth date andgrade average and statement of purpose. I looked at them for a long time. I could write for hours and not fill all those spac

3、es. So I put the application back in the envelope. I would fill it out the next day, when I had time. But another envelope arrived. And then the pile began.The pile scares me it is really like a monster. All the while, I feel the weight of a million envelopes raining down on my head until my grandmo

4、ther calls me and wants to know how I am.“Iam overcome by too many tasks, ” I say.“Honey, you just take it bit by bit,” she says, and she reminds me about thegreen beans.When I was a little kid I hated green beans. But my mom said I couldn' t leavethe table until I ate ten green beans. All alone

5、 at the table,I stared at the greenbeans for what seemed like hours. It was a mountain of green beans. I couldn't doit.My grandma came to me and asked if I could eat one green bean.“But Grandma, I have to eat ten!”She said all I had to do was to eat one green bean. One tiny little green bean.So

6、I ate one. It was bad, but not as bad as I 'd thought it would be. Then she asked me again if I could eat one. So I ate one green bean nine more times.My grandma doesn ' t know about the envelopes, but she tells me anyone can do one thing every day.Back in my room, I lay down on the bed. Jus

7、t like I used to do when I was a little kid, I hang my head down to look at the pile of envelopes. There it is. But instead of a monster, I see a pile of green beans. Who's afraid of green beans?1. Envelopes are piling up because the author .A. doesn't know how to replyB. feels bored of the

8、paper workC. doesn'twant to attend collegeD. has been too busy to open them2. What does the author learn from the story of the green beans?A. A good start is half done.B. Actions speak louder than words.C. A long journey begins with a single step.D. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.3.

9、What do you thi nk the author will do next?A. He will fill out the applications one after another.B. He will go to the college that he dreams of.C. He will throw away all the en velopes.D. He will eat up the gree n bea ns.【参考答案】1 3、B C A阅读理解。3D cinema has been around since the early 20th century, bu

10、t Hollywood brought thetech no logy back in 2007. Many thought it was just a trick to make more mon ey. Butthen came Avatar, the first mustsee movie in 3D.But since Avatar, 3D cin ema has struggled.In_2010,_several_3D_movies_bombed_at_the_box_offic And by late 2010, somepeoplesaid the tech no logy w

11、as dead. Of course, that was n't the first time Hollywood hadstruggled with new tech no logy.Although sound was added to movies in the late 1920s,it took audie nces time to get used to the new tech no logy. But in the end, soundand colour became the standard. James Cameron, director of Avatar, t

12、hinks we're going through the same process with 3D.Some say cin emas are charg ing too much for 3D movies. In the US, see ing a 3D moviecan cost up to $7.5 more than seeing it in 2D.Also, a recent study at CaliforniaState Uni versity findsaudie nces don't actually enjoy movies in 3D any more

13、 tha nin 2D.Walter Murch, a famous movie editor, wrote in 2011 that human beings have noability to process 3D images. Watch ing a 3D movie con fuses our brain and this iswhy some people get headaches.But James Cameron disagrees. In fact, he recently predictedthat in five years allmovies will be in 3

14、D.A nd there are sig ns that 3D is fighti ng back. More 3D movieswere put on the market in 2012 than ever before. The Lion King 3D recentlymade overUS $150 milli on at the box office, and Camer on's Tita nic 3D made eve n more.Whoknows what the future holds for 3D? Steven Spielberg recently said

15、, “rm hoping 3D gets to a point where people no tice it. Because the n it justbecomes ano ther tool and helps tell a story.1. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 probably means that in 2010, 3movies.A. were not successfulB. became popularC. developed quicklyD. were of poor quality2. The example o

16、f sound and colour is used mainly to show thatA. Hollywood tends to absorb what is newB. 3D tech no logy takes time to be acceptedC. Hollywood struggles with new tech no logyD. high tech no logy helps to make better movies3. In Walter Murch's opinion, 3D moviesA. bring moviemakers great profitsB

17、. are more expensive than 2D moviesC. do great harm to people's healthD. are unsuitable for people to watch4. What can we learn from the text?A. Avatar was the first 3D movie.B. 3D cinema has existed for years.C. Titanic 3D has made the most money.D. 2012 wit nessed the comi ng of 3D's time.

18、【要点综述】自从阿凡达采用3D影像技术获得巨大成功之后，全世界范围内掀起了一股波涛汹涌的3D热潮。本文就3D时代是否到来展开了讨论。1. A 推理判断题。由本段中关键词struggled、dead和bombed可判断该句意为"票房失 利”。故选A项。2. B 推理判断题。根据第二段的"that was n't the first time Hollywood had struggledwith new tech no logy. ”可知，作者用有声电影和彩色电影如何发展成为行业标准的例子来说明3D电影技术目前遭遇的尴尬境遇，指出其要被大众接受还需要时间。故选B项。3

19、. D 细节理解题。根据第三段"that humanbeings have no ability to process 3Dimages.Watch ing a 3D movie con fuses our brain and this is why some people get headaches.可以判断出，在 Walter Murch看来，3D影像画面不适合人们观看。故选D项。4. B推理判断题。3D技术自从20世纪初出现以来，一直处于尴尬的境地。多年来，人们一直讨论3D电影技术的发展前景。文章首句是解题关键。故选B项。阅读理解。阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（ A B、

20、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。One evening in February 2007. A student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote in Wales. She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path . That's when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train. Her Renault Clio parked across a railway line. Secon

21、d later, she watched the train drag her car almost a kilometre dow n the railway tracks.Ceely's n ear miss made the n ews 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 men ti on of

22、 the cross ing. "I put my complete trust in the device and it led meright into the path of a speedi ng train," shetold the BBC.W ho is to blame here? Rick Steve nson, who tells Ceely's story in his book WhenMach ines Fail US, fin ger at the limitati onsof tech no logy.Weput our faith i

23、n digitaldevices, he says,But our digitalhelpers are too often not up to the job. They are filled withsmall problems. And it' s not just GPS devices: Stevenson takes us on a tour ofdig ital disastersinvolvingeverythingfrom mobile phones to wireless key boards.The problem with his argument in the

24、 book is that i t' s not clear why he only focuses digital tech no logy, while there may be a nu mber 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 si

25、g nali ngsystem. Or maybe some one has studied the relative dan gers and worked outthat there really is something specific wrong with the CPSequipment. But Stevenson does n' t say.on cars, Steve nson givesIt ' s a problem that runs through the book. In a sect ion an acco unt of the adva need

26、 tech niq ues that crim in als use to defeat computer-basedlock ing systems for cars. He offers two in depe ndent sets of figures on car theft;both show a small rise in some parts of the coun try. He says that once once aga innot all new locks have proved reliable. Perhaps, but maybe it' s also

27、due to theshortage of policeme n on the streets. Or cha nging social circumsta nces. Or some comb in ati on of these factors.The game between humans and their smart devices is complex. It is shaped by economics and psychology and the cultures we live in. Somewhere in the mix of those forces there ma

28、y be way a wiser use of tech no logy.If there is such a way, it should in volve more tha n just an aware ness of the shortco mings of our mach in es. After all, we have lived with them for thousa nds of years. They have probably bee n fooli ng us for just as long.()1.WhatdidPa ula Ceelyth inkwas the

29、 cause of heraccident?A.Shewasnotfamiliarwiththeroad.B.Itwasdarkand rainingheavilythe n.C. The railway works failed to give the sig nal.D. Her GPS device didn ' t tell her about the crossing()2.The phraseA. close bi tC.“n earmiss ” (paragraph 2) can best be replaced b y .C. Digitaldevices are mo

30、re reliablethan they used to be.n arrow escapeD.bigmistake()3Which ofthefollowi ngwouldRickS tevenson most probablyagree with?A. Moderntech no logyiswhatwe can't live without.B. heavy lossB. Digitaltech no logyofte n falls shortof out expectati on.D. GPS error is not the only cause for Celery &#

31、39; saccident.()4. In the writer' s opinion, Stevenson' s argument i sA. on e-sidedB. reas on ableC. puzzli ngD. well-based()5.What is the real concern of the writer of this article?A. The major causes of traffic accidents and car thefts.B. The relati on ship betwee n huma ns and tech no log

32、yC. The shortcomingsof digital devices we use.D. The huma n un aware nessof tech ni cal problems.【参考答案】1-5、DCBAB短文改错One Sun day morning, there were much people in the park. In a shop, a woma n wasbuying an ice-cream while a young man behind her took his handbag away. She shouted,“Stop thief! He '

33、; s robbed me from my bag! ” Hearing this, a few people began torun after him. There was an old man sit quietly on a bench n earby, readi ng a n ewspaper.As the robber was running passed him, the old man quickly picked up his umbrellaand put between the robber ' s legs. The young man fell down o

34、n the ground hardly.Soon two policeman came in a police car and arrested him. The womanthanked for the old man, and the people around praised the old man for his clever ness.【参考答案】4.1. much many 2. while whe n3. his her 4. from of5. sit sitt ing6. passed past7. put 后加 it 8. hardly hard9. policeman p

35、olicemen10. thanked后的 for 去掉-6 -5.假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（人），在其下面写上该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。2 .只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不记分。Today I was having a PE lessons when I fell down and hurt myfoot. I was in greatly

36、 pain atthat moment, but I tried to act as if nothing has happened until the class wasover. Though I haddifficulty walk back to my classroom, I stilldidn ' t tell anyone but even refusedthe offer of helpof my classmates. As result, the hurt in my foot became bad. Now I know I ' m wrong. Weca

37、n tell others our need for help and accept his help. Someday we can not help others inreturn. In this way, we can get along to each other happily and peacefully.【参考答案】5.Today I was having a PE lessons when I fell down and hurt my foot. I was in greatly pain at thatless ongreatmoment, but I tried to act as if nothing has happened until the class was over. Thoughhaddifficulty walk back to my classroom, I stilldidn ' t tell anyone but even refusedandthe offe