第3练 阅读理解 七选五
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
(2018·陕西西安地区八校联考)
Babbage
，
borninLondonin1791
，
wasagreatmathematicalgenius.Hewasanaturalinventor.
Whenhefinishedschool，hewenttostudymathematicsatCambridgeUniversity.Later，hegotajobteachingattheuniversity.Whileworkingtherehedesignedhis“firstdifferenceengine”ahand-operatedmechanicalcalculator.
Hetooknineyearstobuildapartofthemachine.Thismachinecanmakecomplexmathematicalcalculations.It’sabasicmechanicalcomputer.
Babbagedreamed，however，ofmorecomplicatedmachines.Infact，hedidn’tonlydream; hebegantodesignthem.Theresultwasaseriesof“analyticalengines”whichwereinfactpowerfulcomputers!
Hisdesignscontainedprocessors
，
controlunits
，
．
Thiswas
，
basically
，，
amemoryandaninput/outputsystem.Thesearethefouressentialpartsofamodernmathematicalcomputer!
Alas!
His“seconddifferenceengine”couldn’tuseelectricitysincethishadn’tyetbecomeausablesourceofpower，soBabbagehadtomakedowithmechanicalsystems.Forthisreason，themachinewasbig
complicatedandexpensive.ThoughBabbageproducedcompleteplansforthemachinehecouldn’tbuildit.Itwastooadvancedforitsage!
Itwasnotuntilalmost160yearslaterthatBabbage’s“seconddifferenceengine”wasfinallymanufactured.ThefirstworkingversionofthismachinewasbuiltbytheScienceMuseuminLondon
，，，
fortheBabbagebicentenaryin1991.AsecondmachinewasthenbuiltforanAmericanhigh-techmillionaire，whoputitintheComputerHistoryMuseum，inCalifornia.
Babbage’sanalyticalengineswouldhaveused“programs”likethoseusedinthetextile(
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织
)
industrytomakecomplicatedpatterns
，
buttheywereneverbuilt.Thisbrilliantmathematicianreallywastoofaraheadofhistime! 1．WheredidBabbageplanhis“firstdifferenceengine”？ A．InLondon. C．AtCambridge.
B．Athighschool. D．InScienceMuseum.
2．Whatdoweknowabouthis“seconddifferenceengine”？ A．Ittookhimnineyearstobuildit. B．Itwasfaraheadofitstime. C．Itsdesigncameoutinhisdreams. D．Itspowersourcewaselectricity.
3．The“seconddifferenceengine”wasbuilttoworkin1991. A．foranAmericanmillionaire B．inmemoryofBabbage
C．totestitsabilitytouseelectricity D．fortextileindustrytomakepatterns 4．Whatcanweinferfromthetext?
A．Babbage’senginesdidn’trunonprograms. B．Textilepatternsareproducedwithprograms. C．Babbagecanbeseenasthefatherofcomputers. D．Babbage’sanalyticalengineswereneverbuilt.
B
Withgoldensunshineandagentlebreeze
，
autumnisthemostbeautifulseasonintheyear.Thisisagreattimetogooutsideandhavefun.Gotoavalleytoseeredmapletrees
goandpickfruitinanorchardorfindanopenfieldtoflyyourkitein.
However
，
formanyhighschoolstudents
，，，
thesegreatactivitiesmaybejustadream.Withplentyofworktodo
theyspendalltheirhoursindoors，strugglingforahighmarkintheirexams.Ofcourse，studyisoneofthemostimportantthingsforteenagers.Butlifeisdefinitelymuchmorethanth
at.
Sometimeswespendsomuchtimestudyingthatweforgethowtomakelifewonderful.Indoingso
，
welosetherealpurposeoflife—tobeavaluableandhappyperson.Toenjoyjusthowgreatitistobealive
，
wehavetoputdownourbooksandpensandlookaroundus.Students
，，
takesomeexercisetoimproveyourhealth
talkwithyourparentsandfriendsforunderstandingandwalkaroundoutsidetorefreshyourbodyandmind.
Goingoutandenjoyingthebeautifulcountrysideoftenhelpsourcreativityinourwork.Chinesecraftsman，LuBan，createdasawtohelpwoodworkers.Butifhehadn’twalkedoutside，hewouldnothavebeeninspiredbyakindoftoothedgrass.WecouldalsosupposethatifNewtonhadn’trestedunderthatappletree
，
thenhewouldn’thavebeenhitbyanapple
，
andhisclassictheorieswouldnothavecomeout.
Goingoutisnotonlyabreakfromhardworkbutachancetoaddtolifeexperience.Socomeon
，，
giveyourbrainagoodrest.Stepoutofthebooksandgetyourbagreadyforanautumnouting.Wearesureyouwillgetmuchmorethanknowledgefromtheexcitingjourney. 5．Inwhichparagraphdoesthewritermakeasummaryabouthisopinion? A．Paragraph1. C．Paragraph5.
B．Paragraph2. D．Paragraph4.
6．Whyisgoingoutadreamformanyhighschoolstudents? A．Theyareunhappytodoso.
B．Theirparentsdon’tallowthemtodoso.
C．Theythinkstudyisthemostimportantthingforthem. D．Theyhavetoomuchworktodoforgettinghighmarksintheexams. 7．Thepassageisdevelopedmainlyby. A．makingpredictions
B．reasoningandgivingexamples
C．describingthebeautifulsceneryinautumn
D．pointingoutthepresentsituationofhighschoolstudents
全国版2020版高考英语一轮复习组合练第3练阅读理解七选五练习含解析9
