中职英语复习模考题库阅读理解集中练(二)

中职英语复习模考题库：阅读理解阅读理解（共28小题；每小题2分，满分56分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡／纸上将该项涂黑。AMyfatherwasaself-taughtmandolin（一种琵琶乐器）player.Hewasoneofthebeststringinstrumentplayersinourtown.Hecouldnotreadmusic，butifheheardatuneafewtimes，hecouldplayit.Whenhewasyoung，hewasamemberofasmallcountrymusicband.Theywouldplayatlocaldancesandonafewoccasionswouldplayforthelocalradiostation.Heoftentoldushowhehadauditioned（试音）andearnedapositioninabandthatfeaturedPatsyClineastheirleadsinger.Occasionally，Dadwouldgetouthismandolinandplayforthefamily.Wethreechildrenwouldoftensingalong.Dadlovedtoplaythemandolinforhisfamily.Heknewweenjoyedsingingandhearinghimplay.Hewaslikethat.Ifhecouldgivepleasuretoothers，hewould，especiallyhisfamily.IhadtomatureintoamanandhavechildrenofmyownbeforeIrealizedhowmuchhehadsacrificed.In1950，ourfamilymoved.DundalkandDadfoundajobatToddSteel.Onedayhewasinvolvedinanaccidentandgotthethirdindexfingerofhislefthandmashedbetweentwopiecesofsteel.Hedidn'tloseenoughofthefingerwhereitwouldstophimpickingupanything，butitdidimpacthisabilitytoplaythemandolin.Aftertheaccident，Dadwasreluctanttoplaythemandolin.Hefeltthathecouldnotplayaswellasheusedto.WhenIcamehomeonleaveandaskedhimtoplayhewouldmakeexcusesforwhyhecouldn'tplay.Eventually，wewouldwearhimdownandagreedtoplay.Forthefamilyitdidn'tmakeanydifferencethatDadcouldn'tplayaswell.Wewerejustgladthathewouldplay.Whenheplayedtheoldmandolinitwouldcarryusbacktoacheerful，happiertimeinourlives.Whatdowelearnaboutthefatherinthetext?Hefoundedasmallcountrymusicband.Helearnedtoplaythemandolinmainlybyhearing.HewasproudtobeafriendofPatsyCline.Hetriedformanytimestoearnapositioninaband.WecaninferfromthetextthatPatsyClineisprobably.afamousmandolinplayerafamousbandfounderafamousfilmdirectorafamoussingerAccordingtoPara.2，whichofthefollowingstatementistrue?A.Thefatherplayedthemandolinforthefamilyeveryday.Thefatherplayedthemandolinathometopleasethefamily.Thefamilyenjoyedsingingwhileplayingthemandolin.Thefamilyoftenplayedthemandolintogether.Whathappenedtothefatheraftertheaccident?HelostthejobinToddSteel.Hecouldn'tpickupthingsasusual.Hisinjurywasseriousenoughtolosehislife.Hecouldn'tplaythemandolinasusualwithhislefthand.Whydidthefathermakeexcusesfornotplayingthemandolin?Hewastootiredtoplaythemandolin.Hedidn'tlikethemandolinaftertheaccident.Hewasafraidhecouldn'tplaywell.Hewouldn'tplaythemandolinanymore.Whatdoestheauthorwanttotellusbywritingthetext?Theauthorwasthankfulforthefather'ssacrificetothefamily.Thefatherwasthebeststringinstrumentplayer.Thefatherwasdiligentinplayingthemandolin.Thefathercouldnotlivewithoutplayingthemandolin.BHastheworldjustwitnesseditsfirsteverrobotsuicide（自杀）？Tiringhouseworkwasseeminglytoomuchforonecleaningrobottotake，whenitapparentlyrebelled（反抗）anddecidedtoenditall.Therobotwasgiventhetiresometaskofcleaningupsomespiltcereal（残渣剩饭）beforeitclimbedontoakitchenhotplatewhereitwasdestroyed，accordingtoreportsinAustria.Ithadreportedlygrownwornoutofbeingforcedtocleanthesamehouseeverydayanddecidedtobecomeavictimtotherobotcause.“Somehowitseemstohaverestarteditselfandmadeitswayalongtheworksurfacewhereitpushedacookingpotoutofthewayandbasicallythatwastheendofit,”explainedfiremanHelmutKniewasser，whowascalledtohandlethefire.“Itprettyquicklystartedtomeltandthenstucktothekitchenhotplate.Itthencaughtfire.Bythetimewearrived，itwasjustapileofash.”Thefiremanadded:“Theentirebuildinghadtobeevacuated（疏散）andtherewasseveresmokedamageparticularlyintheflatwheretherobothadbeeninuse.It'samysteryhowitcametobestartedandendedupmakingitswaytothehotplate.”Ittookanhourtocleanandmakethebuildingsafe.Thehomeownerplanstosu（e控告）theproduceroftherobot.Accordingtothepassage，therobotsuicidedbecauseit.failedtofinishitsdailyworkwastiredofdoinghouseworkdestroyedakitchenhotplatehadtoeatspiltcerealWhatkindoflessoncanwelearnfromthewaytherobotkilleditself?Therobotshouldn'tbedesignedtoberestartedbyitself.Therobotshouldbedesignedwithnoautomaticmovingability.Weshouldnotmaketherobotdotoomuchhousework.Weshouldnotlettherobotgetclosetothekitchenhotplate.WhydidthefiremanHelmutKniewasserarrivethere?Torescuetherobot.Toputoutthefire.Tofindthereasonsforrobot'ssuicide.Towarnpeopleofthedangerofthefire.Thebuildinghadtobeevacuatedbecause.therobotmighthurtpeopletherethebuildingmightbecrashedatanytimethesmokeistoodangeroustopeoplethefiremanwantstoinvestigatethecauseofthefireWhowillprobablyberesponsiblefortherobot'ssuicide?A.Thefirefighter.B.Thehomeowner.C.Therobot'sproducer.D.Therobotitself.CADutchartistanddesignerhascomeupwithadevicewhichhehopeswillgetridofpollutantsfromBeijing'ssmogskies，creatingcleanairforthecity'smask-wearingpeople.Anelectromagneticfield（电磁场）willpullparticles（微粒）inthesmogtothegroundwheretheycanbeeasilycleaned.“It'slikewhenyouhaveaballoonwhichhasstatic（静电）andyourhairgoestowardit.Samewiththesmog,”saysartistDaanRoosegaarde.HisstudiohasreachedanagreementwiththeBeijinggovernmenttotestthetechnologyinoneoftilecapital'sparks.Withitsskiesregularlycoveredbydirtygraysmog，Beijingthisweekannouncedaseriesofemergencymeasurestohandletheproblem.Roosegaardesaysanindoormodeldevicehasalreadyprovenitworksandisconfidentthattheresults—withthehelpofateamofscientistsandengineers—canbereplicatedoutside.“BeijingisquiteagoodplacebecausethesmoginBeijingisquitelow.Itliesinavalleysothere'snotsomuchwind.It'sagoodenvironmenttoexplorethiskindofthing.”“We'llbeabletopurifytheairandthechallengeistogetthetopofthesmogsoyoucanseethesunagain.”Roosegaardeacknowledgesthatprojectslikethisareawayofdrawingattentiontotheproblem，ratherthanapracticalsolutiontoBeijing'sawfulairpollution.“Thisisnottherealanswerforsmog.Therealanswerhastodowithcleancars，differentindustryanddifferentlifestyles.”However，hehopestheprojectwillmakea“fundamentalstatement”byallowingthecity'speopletorealizethedifferencebetweenbreathingcleanandsmog-filledair.Thedeviceworksby.helpingkeeptheparticlesoutwithmoremaskspullingpollutantstothegroundwithanelectromagneticfieldabsorbinghairwithaballoonwithstaticcreatingcleanairandletitoutintotheskyAccordingtothepassage，.theBeijinggovernmenthasagreedtousethetechnologyinBeijingtheyhaveproventheresultsofthedevicebothindoorsandoutdoorstheresultsoftheair-cleaningdevicecanbeexpectabletheBeijinggovernmenthasneverdoneanythingtohandletheairpollutionWhatdoesRoosegaardereallymeanbysaying“Beijingisquiteagoodplace...TheairpollutioninBeijingisnotquiteserious.TheweatherinBeijingisgoodforforeignerstolivein.Beijingisquitefitforusingtheair-cleaningdevice.ItiseasytogetthetopofthesmoginBeijing.Theunderlinedword“replicated”inParagraph5probablymeans“A.reproducedB.destroyedC.worriedD.describedRoosegaardeappealstopeopleinBeijingto.payattentiontoairpollutionandsolvetheproblemfinallyinventmoredevicestocleanthesmoginBeijingdrivemoderncarsandtrydifferentlifestylesrealizehowseriousthepollutionthey'refacingisAccordingtoRoosegaarde，thesmoginBeijingismainlycausedby.A.theclimatechangingofthewholeworldthelocalindustry，carsandlifestylesgovernment'semergencymeasuresinefficiencyofair-cleaningdevicesDTheintelligencetimesprovideusmuchconvenience，butatthesametime，someofourabilitiesarebeingweakenedgradually.MemorizingphonenumbersItwasannoyingtoremembernumbers.Nowwesimplyaddthemtoourcontactslist.Thatusuallyworkswellunlessourdeviceislost，stolen，ordamaged.Noonecanbeexpectedtorememberalltheircontactnumbers.Whatwecandoismemorize5ofourmostimportantcontactnumbers.Thisshouldincludeamixtureoffamily，friendsandbusiness.Ifyou'rereallyambitiousyoucanmemorize5contactsforeachcategory.Map-readingskillsTheconvenienceandeffectivenessofGPSguidancesystemsanddigitalmapsgeneratedbysearchenginesisunquestionable.They'vedefinitelymadeourliveseasier.Whatwedon'tgetfromusingthesedevicesandapplicationsistheincreasedabilitytounderstandspatialorientation（空间方向）andnavigation.Toreneworacquirethoseskills，tryusingphysicalmapstoplanyournexttrip.Afterafewtrips，you'llbepleasantlysurprisedwithhowusefulaphysicalmapcanbe.PhotographyEvenamateurphotographyrequiresabasiclearningaboutlighting，depth，andcomposition.Thisistruefordigitalphotography.Mostsmartcamerasautomaticallymaketheseadjustments.Wenolongerhavetolearntheartofphotography.Onmostdevices，thisiseasilychangedbyturningofftheautomaticsettings.Experimentwithsettingbyhandthescenemodes，lighting，andzoom.Youjustmaylearnthatyou'rea“truephotographer”.ReadingcomprehensionTheprimarycauseisE-reader.They'reconvenientandcanstorethousandsofbooks.Butthere'sevidencethatE-readermakesitmoredifficultforreaderstokeepandrecallinformationtheyjustread.Don'tworry!Whatweshoulddoismakeanefforttoreadprintedbooks.Thiswillbeespeciallyhelpfulwhenseekinginformationweneedforacademicorcareerpurposes.Hand-writtencorrespondence（通信）Writinglettersandnotesincludehandwritingskills，organizationalskills，andlearningaboutthepersonorpersonsyoucorrespondwith.Thisisanothereasilyregainedskill.Sendalettertoanoldfriend，relativeoracquaintance.What'sthedisadvantagebyaddingallnumberstothecontactslist?Wemightloseallourphonenumbersaccidentally.It'shardtofindthenumberfromthecontactslist.Wemayonlyhavetheabilitytoremember5numbers.Ourdeviceismoreeasilydamagedorstolen.Toacquiretheskillsofspatialorientationandnavigation，it'snecessaryforoneto.usetheGPSguidancesystemsaccepttheconvenienceofdigitalmapsusephysicalmapsinsteadofdigitalonesplansometripsnowandthenTomakeyourselfa“truephotographer”，you.mustmakeitclearhowthedigitalcameraworksitselfhavetomakeyourcameradotheadjustmentsautomaticallyhadbettertrytosetthescenemodes，lighting，andzoombyhanddon'tneedtolearntheartofphotography.E-readersarethoughttoweakenourreadingcomprehensionbecause.theyareconvenientandcanstorethousandsofbookstheymakeitmoredifficultforustorecallinformationlesspeoplecanaffordtobuyE-readerspeoplearenotfondofreadingprintedbooksnowadaysTheauthorencouragesustosendalettertooldfriendssothatwecan.earntoknowhowtogetintouchwithourfriendseasilyknowwhethertheywillwriteyoubackornotmakesureoftheimportanceofcommunicationrenewhandwritingskillsandorganizationalskillsTheauthorofthetextseemsto.beworriedthatwemightlosesomebasicabilitiesinintelligencesocietypointouttoustheabilitiesoneshouldhaveforadaptingtothemodemsocietybegladthatpeoplewillregaintheseabilitiesbyusingthemoftenindailylifefindoutthattheseabilitieswillprobablymakemodernpeopledifferentfrombeforeEFreezingweathercanmeanfrostbiteandhypothermiaunlessapersonisprepared.Frostbiteisdamagethathappenswhenskinisexposedtoextremecoldfortoolong.Itmainlyhappensonthehands，feet，noseandears.Hypothermiaisaconditionthatdevelopswhenthebodycannotproduceasmuchheatasitreleases.Signsofhypothermiaincludeuncontrollableshaking，veryslowbreathinganddifficultyinthinkingclearly.Hypothermiacanleadtodeathifthepersondoesnotreceivehelp.Toavoidcold-relatedinjuries，hereisasimplewaytorememberfourbasicstepstostayingwarm.ThinkofCOLD—C.O.L.D.TheCstandsforcover.Wearahatandscarftokeepheatfromescapingthroughthehead，neckandears.Andwearmittensinsteadofgloves.Ingloves,thefingersareseparated,sothehandsmightnotstayaswarmastheywouldinmittens.TheOstandsforoverexertion（用力过度）.Avoidactivitiesthatwillmakeyousweaty.Wetclothesandcoldweatherareadangerouscombination.Lisforlayers.Wearingloose,lightweightclothes,onelayerontopofanother,isbetterthanwearingasingleheavylayerofclot