高考题型规范练(十八)
高考题型规范练第70页 模块七 Unit 1 Living with technology Ⅰ.阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
A
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Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae
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Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids by Rob Elliott
With over 700,000 copies sold,this book will have children roll on the floor with laughter.A great gift idea for any child. 2010,Paperback ISBN:9780800788032 From $0.89 Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
With simple text and pictures,Love You Forever is a book to be shared—a story about love that children will carry with them throughout their lives. 1995,Hardback ISBN:9780099266891 From $1.98
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
As the most famous confidence-building book ever published (出版),this classic book will turn your relationships around and improve your relationships with everyone in your life. 2013,Paperback ISBN:9788087888223 From $0.99
【语篇导读】本文是应用文。文章是一个二手书销售网站的广告。 1.What does the “Tell-a-Friend” program encourage people to do? A.Take pleasure in reading with their friends. B.Help a friend form the habit of reading. C.Share the website with others. D.Read more but spend less. 答案C 解析推理判断题。根据第三段中的“invites friends and family to try our books using the ‘Tell-a-Friend’ program”可知,该图书网站的Tell-a-Friend计划旨在让人们推广该网站。 2.Who wrote the story about animals? A.Rob Elliott. C.Dale Carnegie. 答案B 解析细节理解题。根据Giraffes Can’t Dance部分中的“by Giles Andreae”和“Gerald the tall giraffe would love to join in with the other animals”可知,该书是关于动物的,作者是Giles Andreae。 3.Which book has a different kind of paper cover from the others? A.How to Win Friends & Influence People. B.Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids. C.Giraffes Can’t Dance. D.Love You Forever. 答案D 解析细节理解题。根据Love You Forever中的Hardback以及其他三本书中的Paperback可知,这本书的封面纸质不同于其他三本,即这本书是精装,而其他三本是平装。
B
The regular editor of the agricultural paper was going off for a holiday,and I took his place.
It was an easy job since I’ve been in the editorial business for fourteen years.I worked all the week with untiring pleasure and waited a day to see whether my effort was going to attract any notice.As I went to the office in the morning,a group of men stood outside,watching me with interest,and I heard one or two of them say:“That’s him!” I was naturally pleased.
After a while,an old gentleman entered my office and asked me,“Are you the new editor?”I said I was.
“Have you ever edited an agricultural paper before?” “No,” I said.“This is my first try.”
B.Giles Andreae. D.Robert Munsch.
“I’d like to read you this:‘Turnips should never be pulled; it injures them.It is much better to send a boy up and let him shake the tree.’Now,what do you think of that?”
“I think it is good.Every year millions and millions of turnips are damaged by being pulled.If they had sent a boy up to shake the tree...”
“Nonsense!Turnips don’t grow on trees!”
“Oh,they don’t?Well,who said they did?The language was intended to be figurative (比喻的).” Then this old person tore his paper into pieces,and went out. Pretty soon after this,the editor came in,looking sad and confused.
He said,“What put it into your head that you could edit a paper of this nature?You talk of the moulting (换羽毛) season for cows,and you say that clams (蛤蜊) will lie quiet if music are played to them.Nonsense!Clams always lie quiet and they care nothing about music.Ah,heavens and earth,friend!Why didn’t you tell me you didn’t know anything about agriculture?”
【语篇导读】本文是记叙文。文章主要介绍了作者接下一份农业报代理编辑的工作并编出一份让人啼笑皆非的报纸的经历。
4.How did the author feel at the first sight of the men? A.Frightened. C.Angry. 答案D 解析细节理解题。根据第二段末句“I was naturally pleased”可知,作者看到很多人站在自己的办公室门外,理所当然地认为自己编辑的农业报大获成功,感到非常高兴。 5.What can we infer about the author? A.He was full of creative ideas.
B.He was a newcomer to the editing business. C.He had no experience in editing agricultural papers. D.He couldn’t tell the difference between certain plants. 答案C 解析细节理解题。根据文中作者和老先生的对话“‘Have you ever edited an agricultural paper before?’ ‘No,’ I said.‘This is my first try.’”可知,作者对于编辑农业报毫无经验。 6.Why did the old gentleman read the article to the author? A.To ask for the author’s opinion. B.To point out the author’s mistake. C.To find out if it was written by the author. D.To discuss the use of language with the author. 答案B 解析推理判断题。根据老先生在撕碎报纸前说的“Nonsense!Turnips don’t grow on trees!”可知,老先生给作者读那篇文章是想指出作者的错误。 7.What was the editor’s reaction to the author? A.He expressed thanks to the author. B.He was strongly dissatisfied with the author. C.He praised the author for his humorous language.
B.Confused. D.Happy.
D.He asked the author to improve his agricultural knowledge. 答案B 解析推理判断题。根据农业报编辑在最后一段一一指出作者的荒唐之处(牛换羽毛的季节、给蛤蜊奏乐就可以使它规规矩矩待着不动)并认为作者对农业一窍不通可知,他对作者非常不满。
C
Most of us still have lots of photographs sitting around from the days when we used cameras,not telephones,to take pictures.There are probably many photos that we do not look at and may never see again.But these images,representing memories from our past,do not have to be lost.
Google has created a tool to help bring these forgotten pictures back to very high-quality life.The recently-released PhotoScan (照片扫描) app works much the same way as an image scanner.But this software program uses the camera on your phone to capture images as digital copies.It is a quick and easy way to save old photos without having to spend money on new equipment.
The PhotoScan app uses new technology to improve the capturing process.This makes it possible to take a picture of a photo with a camera phone,without glare,a common problem.
After opening the app,the user first positions the photo within the camera’s frame.When this is done,four small circles appear in different places over the photo.The user then moves the phone over each of the circles,which can change colors after the process is complete.That’s it!The app finds the edges of the photo,straightens the image,and puts it in the right position while removing glare.From this point,the pictures can easily be saved to the Google Photos app or somewhere else.
The release of PhotoScan came at the same time as some changes to the Google Photos app.One change is that it provides high-level controls for changing light and colors.It also lets users choose from 12 different looks to improve overall photo quality.
Anil Sabharwal,the Vice President of Google Photos,explained why he created PhotoScan.In 1947,his parents lived under British colonial rule in India and were ordered to leave their home with only a few belongings they could carry.He said they decided to leave behind jewelry and other valuables,but gathered up as many photos as they could take.
【语篇导读】本文是说明文。文章主要介绍了谷歌新开发的照片扫描程序将照片进行高品质还原。
8.What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A.Your phone. C.PhotoScan. 答案C 解析代词指代题。根据画线词所在句意可知It指代上一句中的主语this software program,而该软件即上一句中的The recently-released PhotoScan app。
9.What problem often arises when we use phones to photograph a picture? A.Color. C.Clearness. 答案B B.Light. D.Realness. B.The camera. D.The image scanner.
解析细节理解题。根据第三段中的“take a picture of a photo with a camera phone,without glare,a common problem”可知,我们在用手机给照片拍照时,经常会遇到反光这个问题。 10.Anil Sabharwal got the idea for PhotoScan . A.with his parents’ help B.more than fifty years ago C.from his family’s experiences D.under some British people’ s influence 答案C 解析细节理解题。根据Anil Sabharwal在最后一段中的解释可知,他开发PhotoScan这款应用程序和父母当年在印度的经历有关。 11.What’s the best title for the text? A.Google Puts an End to Cameras B.PhotoScan Works with Smart Phones C.Google Photos App Makes Some Changes D.New Google App Brings Old Photos Back to Life 答案D 解析主旨大意题。文章第一段为引子,第二段首句“Google has created a tool to help bring these forgotten pictures back to very high-quality life”点明文章主题,随后的段落具体介绍了谷歌公司的该款照片扫描应用程序。因此,D项概括了文章主旨,做标题贴切。
D
Most people do not have the patience to wait a few seconds for the elevator doors to shut,so they push the “close” button to speed up the process.However,some say this feature has been obsolete since the 1990s,suggesting the button is a complete fake; it will not close the doors any faster.
Experts reveal that there’re many buttons in the world that do not live up to their names,but are present to make us feel in control.
The Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990,saying that elevators must stay open long enough for someone with a physical disability,such as in a wheelchair,to make it inside.Karen W.Penafiel,executive director of National Elevator Industry Inc.,told The New York Times in an
interview.“Although these buttons are useless to the average person,they do perform their proper function for firefighters and maintenance workers only with a code or keys.” Penafiel explains that a majority do not have a functioning “close” button but the “open” button works when it is pushed.
As strange as it seems to place fake buttons in an elevator or other devices,they are there for good reasons.“Perceived (自认为的) control is very important,” said Ellen J.Langer,a psychology professor at Harvard University.“It reduces stress and promotes well-being.”
And those people who know the little white lie will still continue to push these buttons because the doors finally close and that is the desired reward,he said.
However,elevators aren’t the only fake devices—crosswalk signals in New York City are also on the list.The New York Times revealed in 2004 that the Big Apple pulled the plug (插头) on a majority of its crosswalk buttons long ago,as a result of computer-controlled traffic signals.City figures state that out
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