语篇阅读高分练(十二)

　　阅读理解

　　A

　　Someproblemsaredifficulttosolve.Buttherearealotofnumberexpressionsthatcanhelp.Forexample，ifweputtwoandtwotogether，wemightcomeupwiththerightanswer.Weknowthattwoheadsarebetterthanone.Itisalwaysbettertoworkwithanotherpersontosolveaproblem.Someproblemshaveonlyonesolution.Youcannotbeoftwomindsoverthis.Butwithanyluck，wecansolvetheproblemintwoshakesofalamb’stail.Inotherwords，wecouldhaveouranswersquicklyandeasily.

　　Sometimeswecankilltwobirdswithonestone.Thatis，wecancompletetwogoalswithonlyoneeffortoraction.Butwemustrememberthattwowrongsdon’tmakearight.Ifsomeonedoessomethingbadtoyou，youshouldnotdothesametohim.

　　Ifyouaregoingoutwithyourgirlfriend

　　butyoudon’twantanotherfriendtogoalongonyourdate

　　two’scompany，three’sacrowd.

　　WhenIwasayoungchildinschool，IhadtolearnthethreeR’s．Theseimportantskillsarereading，writingandarithmetic.Thesethreewordsdonotallstartwiththeletter“R”．Buttheyhavethesoundof“R”．MyteacherusedtogivethreecheerswhenIdidwellinmaths.Theygavepraiseandapprovalforajobwelldone.

　　Someofmyfriendswereconfusedanddidnotunderstandtheirschoolwork.Theywereatsixesandsevens.Infact，，，orboyfriendyoucanjustsaytoyourfriend，：theydidnotcareiftheyfinishedhighschool.Buttheywerehappywhentheycompletedtheirstudiesandgraduatedfromhighschool.Theywereinseventhheaven.Theywereoncloudnine.Ninetimesoutoftenstudentswhodowellinschoolfindgoodjobs.Someworkinanofficedoingthesamethingseverydayatnine-to-fivejobs.Youdonothavetodresstothenines，orwearyourbestclothes，forthiskindofwork.

　　1．Ifyousolveaproblemwithoutanydifficulty，youcanalsosaythatyoucandoit.

　　A．inseventhheaven

　　B．oncloudnine

　　C．atsixesandsevens

　　D．intwoshakesofalamb’stail

　　答案 D

　　解析 细节理解题。根据文中第一段的“...withanyluck，

　　，wecansolvetheproblemintwoshakesofalamb’stail.Inotherwords

　　wecouldhaveouranswersquicklyandeasily.”可知选D。

　　2．WhenTomwinsfirstplaceinthegame，wecancongratulatehimbyusing“”accordingtothepassage.

　　A．dressuptothenines

　　B．givethreecheers

　　C．killtwobirdswithonestone

　　D．puttwoandtwotogether

　　答案 B

　　解析 细节理解题。根据文中第四段的“MyteacherusedtogivethreecheerswhenIdidwellinmaths.”可知选B。

　　3．Whichofthefollowinghasthesimilarmeaningto“inallprobability”？

　　A．Twowrongsdon’tmakearight.

　　B．Two’scompany，three’sacrowd.

　　C．Ninetimesoutoften.

　　D．Twoheadsarebetterthanone.

　　答案 C

　　解析 推理判断题。根据文中最后一段的“Ninetimesoutoftenstudentswhodowellinschoolfindgoodjobs.”可推断ninetimesoutoften意为“多半，很可能”。故选C。

　　4．Whatisthebesttitleofthepassage?

　　A．InterestingNumberExpressions

　　B．TheImportanceofNumbers

　　C．NumberStories

　　D．UseNumbers

　　答案 A

　　解析 标题归纳题。通读全文可知，文章主要告诉我们一些有趣的数字短语。故选A。

　　B

　　ItwasreportedlastweekthatdeveloperscouldtakephotosfromApplemobileandGoogleAndroiddeviceswithoutthephoneownersknowingthattheimageswerebeingtaken.InApple’scase

　　developerscanalsoobtainthelocationinformationforeachphoto.

　　Senator(

　　gleonMonday.

　　“WeaskedthemiftheycouldfindawayontheirowntopreventApplefromhavingaccesstoprivateinformation，”Mr.Schumersaid.“Theywerefriendlyandopentotheideathatthisoughttobechanged.”

　　OnSunday，参议员) ，CharlesSchumersaidinatelephoneinterviewthathisofficehadspokenwithofficialsatbothAppleandGoo

　　Mr.SchumersaidthatheplannedtosendalettertotheFederalTradeCommissionaskingtheagencytoinvestigateAppleandGoogleaftertheprivacyconcernscametolight.ClaudiaBourneFarrell

　　anF．T.C.spokeswoman，saidtheagencyhadreceivedtheletterbutshecouldnotcommentfurther.

　　“Itworriespeopletothinkthatone’spersonalphotos，addressbook，，andwhoknowswhatelsecanbeobtainedandevenpostedonlinewithoutpermission，”Mr.SchumerwroteinhislettertotheF．T.C.“Ifthetechnologyexiststoopenthedoortothiskindofprivacyinvasion，thensurelytechnologyexiststocloseit，andthat’sexactlywhatmusthappen.”

　　Mr.SchumersaidifAppleandGooglecouldnotcometoanagreementtofixtheproblem

　　thenhewouldbeforcedtotaketheissuefurther.

　　Hesaidothercompanieshadbeenwillingtoworkwithhisofficetofixissues.“I’moptimisticthatwecangetthischangedwithoutanyregulation，”hesaid.“Ifit’snotchanged，，thenwe’llturntotheF．T.C.，andifthatdoesn’tworkthenwe’llconsiderlegislativeapproach.”

　　TheF．T.C.haswarnedcompaniestotrytobemorevigilant(警醒的) intheireffortstoprotectconsumerswhenitcomestoprivacy.

　　5．ThesenatorspokewithofficialsatbothAppleandGoogle.

　　A．tourgethemnottoinvadeconsumers’privacy.

　　B．todiscusswhetheritisillegaltohaveaccesstoprivateinformation.

　　C．tostopthemfromdevelopingthetechnologyoftakingphotos.

　　D．tokeepthemfromobtainingthelocationinformationforeachphoto.

　　答案 A

　　解析 推理判断题。根据第三段中的“WeaskedthemiftheycouldfindawayontheirowntopreventApplefromhavingaccesstoprivateinformation...”可知谈话的目的是敦促Apple和Google不要侵犯顾客的隐私。故选A。

　　6．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?

　　A．PrivacyinvasionfromApplehasexistedforalongtime.

　　B．Mr.SchumertakestheprivacyconcernscausedbyAppleandGoogleseriously.

　　C．PrivacyinvasionfromGooglehasexistedforalongtime.

　　D．AppleandGooglehavedecidedtomakeachange.

　　答案 B

　　解析 推理判断题。从文中我们知道，Mr.Schumer先跟苹果和谷歌公司谈论此事，要他们想办法解决，后又给联邦贸易委员会写信，甚至还要走立法的途径，说明他很重视这件事。故选B。

　　7．Mr.Schumer’slettertotheF．T.C.mainlyshowsthatthetechnologytoopenthedoortoprivacyinvasion.

　　A．causesprivacyinvasiontohappenfrequently

　　B．canbeusedifpermitted

　　C．causespeopletoworryaboutthesafetyoftheirpersonalinformation

　　D．causespersonalinformationtobepostedonlinewithoutpermission

　　答案 C

　　解析 细节理解题。根据第五段中的“Itworriespeopletothinkthatone’spersonalphotos，addressbook，andwhoknowswhatelsecanbeobtainedandevenpostedonlinewithoutpermission...”可知，科技导致的隐私侵犯使得人们为个人信息的安全感到担忧。故选C。

　　8．Wherecanwereadaboutthepassage?

　　A．Inanewspaper.

　　C．Inasciencereport.

　　答案 A

　　解析 文章出处题。由第一段中的“Itwasreportedlastweekthat...”知，这是一篇新闻报道类的文章，应该可以在报纸上看到。故选A。

　　C

　　Teacherssaythedigitalagehashadagoodinfluence—andanot-so-goodinfluence—onthisgenerationofAmericanteenagers.Morethan2,000teacherstookanonlinesurvey.Three-quartersoftheteacherssaidtheInternetanddigitalsearchtoolshavehada“mostlypositive”effectontheirstudents’researchhabitsandskills.But64percentsaidthetechnologies“domoretodistract(使??分心) B．Inamagazine. D．Inatextbook. studentsthantohelpthemacademically.”And87percentagreedthatthesetechnologiesarecreatingan“easilydistractedgenerationwithshortattentionspans.”

　　ThePewInternetProjectdidthesurveywiththeNationalWritingProject.JudyBuchananisthevicedirectoroftheNationalWritingProjectandaco-authorofthereport.Ms.Buchanansaysdigitalresearchtoolsarehelpingstudentslearnmoreandfaster.“Teachersreallyfavorthesetoolsbecausetheyarewaystomakesomeofthelearningexcitingandengaging.Youngpeoplefavorthesetools.Thegoalistoreallyhelpthembecomecreatorsofmeaningfulcontent，andnotjustsortofconsumers.”

　　Butoneproblemthesurveyfoundisthatmanystudentslackdigitalliteracy.Theytrusttoomuchofthei“It’ssomethingthatreallyhastobetaughtandpaidattentiontobecauseinaworldinwhichthingshappenquickly

　　reflectandanalyzetheinformationyouhave.”

　　Anotherproblemisblamedonsomethingthatmightnotseemlikeaproblematall：，youdoneedtostepback，，beingabletoquicklyfindinformationonline.Teacherssaytheresultisareductioninthedesireandabilityoftheirstudentstoworkhardtofindanswers.Theysaystudentsareoverlydependentonsearchenginesanddonotmakeenoughuseofprintedbooksorresearchlibraries.

　　ManyteachersarealsoconcernedthattheInternetmakesiteasyforstudentstocopyworkdonebyothersinsteadofusingtheirownabilities.

　　9．Thetextmainlytellsus.

　　A．allthestudentsusedigitaltools

　　B．theInternetisplayingakeyrole

　　C．teachersencourageusingdigitaltools

　　D．digitaltoolsbringaboutbenefitsandproblems

　　答案 D

　　解析 主旨大意题。文章开头介绍了调查的结果“Teacherssaythedigitalagehashadagoodinfluence—andanot-so-goodinfluence—onthisgenerationofAmericanteenagers.”然后在下文再进行详细的叙述，故答案选D。

　　10．Whichofthefollowingbestshowsthestructureofthetext?

　　答案 A

　　解析 篇章结构题。文章开门见山提出主题，然后在第二段讲述电子产品所带来的好处，而其余三段都是介绍电子产品可能造成的问题，故A选项正确。

　　11．Theunderlinedsentenceinthethirdparagraphprobablymeans.

　　A．studentsdonothavetherightdigitaltools

　　B．studentsdonotalwayshaveaccesstotheInternet

　　C．studentshaven’ttheabilitytoadjustthemselves

　　D．studentscan’tjudgeonlineinformationproperly

　　答案 D

　　解析 句意猜测题。根据后面的句子“It’ssomethingthatreallyhastobetaughtandpaidattentionto，becauseinaworldinwhichthingshappenquickly，youdoneedtostepback，reflectandanalyzetheinformationyouhave.”可知画线句子的意思是：学生对于在线信息没有很好的判断能力。故答案选D。

　　12．Somestudentsdon’ttendtoworkhardbecause.

　　A．theycangetanswersontheInternetquickly

　　B．printedbooksandlibrariesaroundaren’tenough

　　C．theInternetcan’tmakestudentsconcentrate

　　D．theycancopyeachothers’

　　workwithoutbeingpunished

　　答案 A

　　解析 细节理解题。从文章倒数第二段可知，学生们不努力学习是因为他们可以很快从网上找到答案。故答案选A。