1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家2015天津市高考英语阅读、完形填空（四月）冲刺自练（12）答案阅读理解I just hope that our brains wont crash(死机). Are you working on your typing skills to make you a more efficient worker? That may be all for nothing as Intel believes that well be able to control our computers with our brains by 2020. Intel and its r
2、esearch partners are studying how brain acts when it thinks. For example, scientists have found that peoples brains react in a similar manner when asked to think of a bear. Through sensors(感应器)that can find this sort of brain activity, Intel thinks that it will be able to read and translate this int
3、o an input system thanks to a chip in the brain. “Were trying to prove you can do interesting things with brain waves. ”Intel research scientist Dean Pomerleau told Computerworld. “Eventually people may be willing to be, more devoted to brain implants(植入物). Imagine being able to surf the Web with th
4、e Power of your thoughts. ”Even if thinking about a bear isnt enough to show that you want to copy and paste something. Intel still thinks that theres a future in using your brain instead of the keyboard. “If we can get to the point where you can accurately find specific words, you could mentally ty
5、pe, ”he added. “You could compose characters or words by thinking about letters flashing on the screen or typing whole words rather than their individual characters. ”While this may all sound impractical for present time, Intel thinks that its possible and something well all want. “I think human bei
6、ngs are unusually adaptive(适应的), ”said Andrew Chien, vice president of research and director of future technologies research at Intel Labs. “If you told people 20 years ago that they would be carrying computers all the time, they would have said, I dont want that. I dont need that. Now you cant get
7、them to stop carrying devices. There are a lot of things that have to be done first but I think implanting chips into human brains is well within the scope of possibility. ”Make good use of your favorite mouse and keyboard set-up before theyre old-fashioned. 【文章大意】本文主要讲了现在Intel及同伴正在研究怎样用人脑控制我们的电脑。1.
8、 What are Intel and its partners doing at present? A. Controlling our computers with our brains. B. Working on typing skills to improve efficiency. C. Studying how the brain behaves when it thinks. D. Finding how the brain reacts when it thinks of a bear. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据文章第二段中首句Intel and its researc
9、h partners are studying how brain acts when it thinks可知答案。2. According to Dean Pomerleau, we can learn that. A. brain implants will not be acceptedB. he holds negative attitude to the researchC. mentally typing will be possible in the futureD. people need a period of time to accept the new idea【解析】选
10、C。推理判断题。根据文章第四段和第六段中Dean Pomerleau所言可以推知C项正确。其他选项所述与文章内容不符。3. Computers were taken for example by Andrew Chien(in the last but one paragraph)to prove. A. nothing is impossibleB. mankind has great powerC. society is always changingD. human beings can adapt very well【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段首句I think hum
11、an beings are unusually adaptive可知, Andrew Chien举电脑的例子是为了证明首句的观点。4. In the last paragraph, the author probably means that. A. there will be no mouse or keyboard any moreB. new kinds of mouse and keyboard will appearC. human brains will replace the present computersD. the mouse and keyboard should be
12、 used to the full【解析】选A。主旨大意题。最后一段作者风趣地告诉读者: 人类大脑将控制电脑是必然趋势, 鼠标和键盘终将被淘汰。阅读理解。Brazil has become one. of the developing worlds great successes at reducing population growth but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil had better
13、results without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard.Brazils population growth rate dropped from 2. 99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1. 93% a year between 198 land 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2. 7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further sin
14、ce 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas (肥皂剧) and installment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s. Both played an important, although indirect, role in lowering the birth rate. Brazil is one of the w
15、orlds biggest producers of soap operas. Globo, Brazils most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities.Although they have never really tried
16、 to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values: not many children, women working, says Martine. They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious (有意识的) of other patterns of behaviour and other values, which were put into a
17、 very attractive package.Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers. This led to an enormous change in consumption (消费) patterns and consumption was incompatible (不相容的) with unlimited reproduction, says Martine.9. According to the passage, Brazil has lowered its
18、 population growth _.A. by educating its citizensB. by careful family planningC. by developing TV programmes D. by chance10. According to the passage, many Third World countriesA. havent given much attention to birth controlB. would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rateC. havent yet found
19、 an effective measure to control their populationD. havent realized the importance of TV plays in family planning11. Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazils birth rate because _.A. they keep people sitting long hours watching TVB. they have gradually changed peoples way of lifeC. people are draw
20、n to their attractive packageD. they popularize birth control measures12. What is Martines conclusion about Brazils population growth?A. The increase in birth rate will increase consumption.B. The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate.C. Consumption goes with reproduction.D. A country s
21、production is limited by its population growth.【答案与解析】9. D 细节题。由第一段第一句. more by accident than design可知。10. C 细节题。由倒数第二段的最后一句我们可知。11. B 细节题。由倒数第二段的they describe middle and upper class values：not many children，women working可知：这些肥皂剧使得人们改变了生活观念，也纷纷效仿上流社会的人们，少生孩子，妇女参加工作。12. B 细节题。Marine给比利时的人口增长的缓慢总结了两条：
22、肥皂剧与分期付款计划。分期付款计划就是指人们的消费欲望。 完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳答案。 Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it. 1 to the flower shop were always useless-it was a cash 2 . After a while I stopped trying to
23、 3 who the sender was and just delighted in the beauty and perfume of the white flower. But I never 4 imagining who the sender might be. Some of my 5 moments were spent daydreaming about it. My mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(n) 6 kindness who might be showing 7 . Per
24、haps the neighbor I helped when she was 8 a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man 9 the street whose mail I helped to get during the 10 so he wouldnt have to venture down his icy steps. As a teenager, 11, I had more fun guessing that it might be a 12 who had noticed me 13 I didnt know h
25、im. One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. He was 14 some of the most important events in my life. I became completely 15 in my upcoming graduation and the dance. When my father died, I 16 the dance and the dress for it. The next day before the dance, I found a
26、 dress on the sofa. I didnt 17 if I had a new dress or not, but my mother did. She wanted her children to feel 18 and lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a magic in the world and 19 in the face of hard times. Actually mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-lov
27、eable, 20 and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died.( ) 1.A. Calls B. Quarrels C. Messages D. Letters( ) 2.A. service B. deal C. bargain D. offer( ) 3.A. recognize B. imagine C. wonder D. discover( ) 4.A. failed B. stopped C. succeeded D. enjoyed( ) 5.A.saddest B. painful C. happi
28、est D. loneliest( ) 6.A.special B. common C. valuable D. important( ) 7.A. concern B. attitude C. interest D. appreciation( ) 8.A. repairing B. washing C. unloading D. starting( ) 9.A. across B. through C. from D. onto( ) 10.A.spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter( ) 11.A. though B. anyway C. therefo
29、re D. indeed( ) 12.A. friend B. superman C. teacher D. boy( ) 13.A. as if B. even though C. in case D. so that( ) 14.A. considering B. expecting C. missing D. preparing ( ) 15.A. disappointed B. uninterested C. discouraged D. concentrated( ) 16.A. forgot B. lost C. hated D. expected( ) 17.A. wonder
30、B. believe C. care D. know( ) 18.A. contented B. respected C. thanked D. loved ( ) 19.A. trouble B. beauty C. difficulty D. love( ) 20.A. strong B. beautiful C. smelly D. lucky1.A这里作者说“我给花店打电话询问”，用call to the shop,如果表示花店的信息应该是messages from the flower shop，而且不符合上下文的语境2.B这里用deal表示“交易”，如Its a deal.(咱们成
31、交),这是现金交易，对方也没有留下任何信息。3.D我就不再去探询谁是送花人。4.B我虽然不再去寻找送花人是谁，但是我时刻在想是谁给我送花的。5.C从上下文判断显然用happiest,想到有人给我送的栀子花我就觉得高兴快乐。6.A从上下文判断，这一定是我对某人特别有恩，所以他总是送花给我。7.D送花给我，以表明他对我的感激和谢意。8.C从语境判断，这是我的猜想，邻居买回来一车的日常用品，我帮他从车上拿东西。9.A用across表示街对面。10.D既然是街上结冰了，那么一定是冬天。11.A从上下文判断，这里不是加强语气，也不是表示顺接，而是作者在猜测另外一种可能性，用副词though表示“不过”，
32、也许是另外一种可能。12.D下文有him，而且作者是在作显现实的猜测而不是幻想有什么超人，因此用boy。13.B本句用even though引导让步状语从句表示“尽管”我可能不认识他。这里作者少女怀春，在作各种猜想。14.C就在我要毕业的时候父亲去世了，他看不到我人生重要的一部分了。15.B这时我沉浸在失去亲人的痛苦中，对于毕业典礼和随后的舞会都不感兴趣了。16.A我这时早已忘了这些东西，还在失去亲人的悲痛中。17.C此时我已不在乎穿不穿新衣服出席舞会和典礼了。18.D联想前面提到的有人送花给我，母亲希望我是可爱而又被人爱的孩子。19.B从全文的内容判断，这里作者说就像栀子花一样，在困难时期依然有美丽的存在。20.A上文提到面对困难保持坚强，本空前面有lovely，后面有perfect，那么这里应该填与“可爱”不一样的另外一种素质，因此选A。- 7 - 版权所有高考资源网
