高考英语二轮：政治经济文化类阅读理解精练及答案_2

1、4）及答案2016 四川岳池一中高考英语二轮：政治经济文化类阅读理解精练（2016 高考英语阅读理解-政治经济文化类Cheaters called “ pirates “ often use camCOrdeiS象机 ）and cell phones to make illegal copies of blockbusters in the local theater. These pirates then sell those recordings on the street or over the Internet for very low prices. Some share them

2、for free.“ It s unfair for people to pirate movies, -year-old ”HadsaaiyasA1z5ad Ezzulddin. Movie piracy“ takes money out of the pockets of thousands of people in the movie industry,ms ” she notes. Viinclude famous actors and directors as well as local theater owners and their employees.Hadaia came u

3、p with an idea that could help stop movie piracy. Hadaia 红 s idea uses infrared（ 外线的 ） light. This range of light is invisible to the human eye. It is visible, however, to many types of cameras. Theater owners could place small infrared lights on their movie screens. The lights would not disturb peo

4、ple watching the movie. It would, however, distort the recordings made by many types of cameras.To test her idea, Hadaia built a box with a movie screen inside. Then, she projected images on that screen through a hole in the box. She took recordings of those images, using nine different types of cam

5、eras. These included the types found in cell phones as well as camcorders. During some tests, she also turned on light emitting diodes（ 发光二极管）, or LEDs. The LEDs wereembedded （植入的）in a certain place behind the movie screen. They gave out infrared light.Sure enough, she showed, a pirated movie includ

6、ed odd stripes or spots if it had been recorded while the LEDs were on. It might be possible to use the LEDs to flash the date and time on the movie screen. The information would then appear in the illegal recordings. Theater owners or police might use the information to track down the pirates.Cutti

7、ng down on piracy might get more people into theaters to watch the real movie instead of an illegal copy. Six out of every ten films now produced aren t profitable. They don enough money to recover how much was spent to make and market them. Such a poor payback can discourage filmmakers from produci

8、ng anything but the types expected to become blockbuster hits. It might also keep smaller theaters from showing a wider variety of movie types.【小题 1 】 From what Hadaia says in Paragraph 2, we can infer that .A most people spend less money on pirates movesB. the pirates don ' t have to pay for th

9、e movie ticketsC. theater owners will increase the price of movie ticketsD. she strongly criticizes those who video movies in the theater【小题 2 Infrared lights are put on the movie screens to.A. adjust the brightness of the movie screensB. make sure the images of movies are darkC. make illegal copies

10、 of movies unpleasant to seeD. protect the eyesight of viewers in the darkness【小题 3】What is the correct order of the steps in Hadaia' s test?a. She projected pictures on the screen.b. She used cameras to record the pictures.c. She turned on the LEDs placed behind the screen.d. She made a special

11、 box with a movie screen inside.A. d c a bB. d b a cC. b a c dD. b c a d【小题 4】 According to the last paragraph, we can know that.A. forty percent of movies now are profitableB. small theaters often choose to show low-cost moviesC. more and more people go to theaters to fight movie piracyD. filmmaker

12、s prefer to produce ordinary movies than blockbusters【答案】小题1 D【小题2】C【小题3】A【小题4】A2016高考英语阅读理解-政治经济文化类Kompong Phhluk Private TourDepart the city for an unspoiled floating community called Kompong Phhluk which is astonishing for its stilted-house villages and flooded forest.Stop on the way for the Rolo

13、us Market tour. This is a great chance for you to take the photos of locals selling vegetables, different fish species and other local produce.After this market tour we ll all have a boat trip to the floating community of Kompong Phhluk,visit an island pagoda, a school and houses standing on 8 or 10

14、m high stilts, fish farms and learn about the village life.Stop and have lunch in a family s house before getting into a row boat and venturing into theflooded forest, the habitat to some famous water-bird species.Eventually we jump back into the big boat and set off for the largest fresh water lake

15、 in SE Asia, Tonle Sap.Tour DetailsDeparts 8:30amReturns around 2PmA picnic lunch with sandwiches and drinks is provided. We cannot provide local food from the area due to poor sanitation （卫生）, lack of hygiene standards and refrigeration.No passes requiredRatesThese rates are based on an English spe

16、aking guide.Rates include all transport, water and a picnic lunch.Children 11 years and under are 50%.Children 4 years and below are free.If your group is larger than 5 people, please email us for the best rate.Number of People Price Per Person1 Person$652 People$453 People$404 People$355 People$32W

17、hat to WearPlease be mindful of your clothing and try to avoid anything too revealing.We strongly recommend a sunglasses, hat and sunscreen.General InformationThis is a poor rural village, please be mindful of the environment.Please do not hand things out to villagers, for this contributes to creati

18、ng a begging cycle and can create jealousy.We recommend heading to the toilet before you go on this trip as facilities are very basic.【小题 1 】Kompong Phhluk is famous for its.A. local vegetables and different fish speciesB. stilted-house villages and flooded forestC. Rolous Market and an island pagod

19、aD. water-bird habitat and fish farms【小题 2】 A private trip for two parents and a 3-year-old boy costs.A. $40B, $80C, $90D, $120【小题 3】Which of the following is not included in the rates?A. A tourist guide.B. Transport.C. Drinks.D. Local food.【小题 4】 We can conclude from the passage that.A. the living

20、standard in the village is quite lowB. the tourist facilities along the way are quite goodC. revealing clothes are appropriate in the hot weatherD. giving local children small gifts is strongly recommended【答篥】【小题11 B【小题2】C【小S31D【小题4】A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。Going on a road trip? The St

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22、. Starting with a baseball as center, he painted layer after layer of paint day after day, year after year. The ball weighs more than 1,300 pounds, with more than 20,000 coats of paint,iZed wbyiGuinnesognWorld Records. Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history.The Museum of D

23、irtBoston, Mass.The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson. Labeled（贝占有标签的 ）glass bottles contain such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China, as well as sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France. Best of all, the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap: It's free.Mount

24、Horeb Mustard MuseumMount Horeb, Wis.It's heaven for hotdog lovers! This museum claims to have the world's largest collection of prepared mustard （芥末）.Its more than 4,100 bottles of spices come from 60 nations, including Turkey and China. Visitors learn the history of mustard, from how it

25、9;s made to how it's advertised and sold. The museum's creator, Barry Levenson, loves mustard so much that he even puts it on ice cream!Paper HouseRockport, Mass.Swedish immigrant （移民）Ellis Stenman was much ahead of his time in 1922, when he started to build a two-room house almost entirely

26、out of newspaper. At the time, people didn't give much -if any-thought to recycling paper. The house is framed with wood, but the walls are made of 215 layers（层）of newspaper.64. The underlined word“ offbeat " in the first paragraph has the snm e meanasA. greatB. foreignC. unusualD. historic

27、al65. If you want to add your own work to what you visit, you may chooseA. World's Largest Ball of Paint B. The Museum of DirtC. Mount Horeb Mustard Museum D. Paper House66. Which of the following is true of Barry Levenson according to the text?A. No spices but mustard can be found in his museum

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34、o work in a radio station?A . Producer Vacancies, Kiss 100.B. Mrs Oglivie, Palmlace Limited.C. The Enterprise Shopping Centre.D. Wealden District Council.答案：Ao细节理解题。根据第一则广告的最后一句可知答案。18. We learn from the ads that the Enterprise Shopping Centre needs a person who.A . is aged between 24 and 40B. may d

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