1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家阅读理解 (2014吉安模拟) Clothes can make phone calls, play music, dial your pals number, keep you warm during cold weather and operate your computer. This is not a fantasy. A British company, called Electrotextiles, has created a wide range of clothesclothes that have minds of their own! Sci
2、entists, working for the company, have invented a kind of fabric that can be blended(混合)with flexible electronic materials to create intelligent clothing. The result is electronic garments. If you think the wearer has to be wired to different devices, think again. These designer clothes are wire-fre
3、e, soft to touch and washable! Like any electronic device, these high-tech clothes have to be powered. Currently, a tiny nine-volt battery serves the purpose. But the researchers hope that in the near future the clothes will generate electricity by using body heat. These clothes are 100 percent shoc
4、k proof, they say. The Electrotextiles team has also created the worlds first cloth keyboard. This keyboard can be sewn into your trousers or skirt. To use this device, you will have to sit down and tap on your lap! These“lap-tap”gadgets(器具)are all set to take over laptop computers! Another useful g
5、arment is the shirt-cum-mobile phone. This handy invention enables drivers to chat comfortably with others at the wheel! Other popular electronic wear includes the denim(牛仔布)jacket with flexible earphones sewn into the hood(风帽)and the electronic ski jacket with a built-in heater. The ski jacket is a
6、lso programmed to send signals to a satellite. This technology is known as global positioning system and can be used to track lost skiers and wandering kids. Having completed the cloth keyboard, scientists have already started to work on a new projecta necktie that can be used as a computer mouse. W
7、hat is the next? Do you have any idea? 【文章大意】本文是一篇科技说明文。主要介绍了一些高科技的布料、衣服等, 这些新发明有各种各样的功能, 比如打电话、听歌。1. The electronic garments are similar to other electronic devices in that. A. they feel smooth and softB. they use electricity as powerC. they can be washed in waterD. they are made from flexible mate
8、rials【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第三段第三句话Like any electronic device, these high-tech clothes have to be powered. 可知, 像其他电子产品一样, 这种高科技的衣服也必须用电来作为动力。2. How will researchers improve these high-tech clothes? A. Body heat will be used as power. B. The wearer will not get shocked. C. A tiny nine-volt battery will work.
9、 D. They will get charged automatically. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第三段倒数第二句话But the researchers hope that in the near future the clothes will generate electricity by using body heat. 可知A正确。3. What does the underlined phrase“This handy invention”in Paragraph 5 refer to? A. The laptop computer. B. The electronic
10、 ski jacket. C. The shirt-cum-mobile phone. D. The worlds first cloth keyboard. 【解析】选C。推理判断题。由第五段的Another useful garment is the shirt-cum-mobile phone. This handy invention enables drivers to chat. . . 可知, 这里很明显是指代前文的the shirt-cum-mobile phone。4. The main purpose of the text is. A. to advertise for
11、an English companyB. to predict the future trend of scienceC. to show how rapidly science developsD. to introduce some intelligent clothing【解析】选D。主旨大意题。通读全文可知作者是向我们介绍几种智能的衣服、布料等。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。Christopher Thomas, 27, was a writer by night and a teacher by day when he noticed he was al
12、ways tired and was losing weight fast. Diagnosed with diabetes(糖尿病), Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin(胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life or risk nerve damage, blindness, and even death. And if that werent bad enough, he had no health insurance. After a month of feeling u
13、pset, Thomas decided hed better find a way to fight back. He left Canton, Michigan for New York, got a job waiting tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rockstar , and created , a free online community for diabetics and their loved onesa place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, informa
14、tion, and resources. Jason Swenckis son, Kody, was diagnosed with type diabetes at six. Father and son visit the online childrens forums(论坛) together most evenings. Kody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over, says Swencki, one of the sites volunteers. They know what hes going through, so he
15、 doesnt feel alone. Kody is anything but alone: Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, with 24 million diagnosed cases. And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages. These days, Thomass main focus is his charity, Fight It, which provides medicines and supplie
16、s to people225 to datewho cant afford a diabetics huge expenses. Fight-it.org has raised about $23,000in products and in cash. In May, Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic Rockstar Festival in the Caribbean. Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to his
17、cause, while still doing his full-time job waiting tables. Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting money into finding a cure, says Bentley Gubar, one of Rockstars original members. But Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help now.1. Which of the following is true o
18、f Christopher Thomas?A. He needs to go to the doctor every day.B. He studies the leading cause of diabetesC. He has a positive attitude to this disease.D. He encourages diabetics by writing articles.2. D was created for _. A. diabetics to communicate B. volunteers to find jobs C. children to amuse t
19、hemselves D. rock stars to share resources.3. According to the text, Kody _.A. feel lonely because of his illness B. benefits from C. helps create the online kids forums D. writes childrens stories online4. What can we learn about Fight It?A. It helps the diabetics in financial difficulties. B. It o
20、rganizes parties for volunteer once a year.C. It offers less expensive medicine to diabetics. D. It owns a well-known medical website.5. The last paragraph suggests that Thomas _.A. works full-time in a diabetes charity B. employs 22 people for his websiteC. helps diabetics in his own way D. ties to
21、 find a cure for diabetes【参考答案】15、CABAC 阅读理解Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. W
22、e are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place. The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical households
23、 waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse g
24、ases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are c
25、oming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality
26、. This is especially true of food. But is also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary. There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realise just how much unnecessary material are collecting. We need to face the wasteful
27、ness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.6. What does the underlined phrase “over-consumption” refer to? A. Using too much packaging. B. Recycling too many wastes.C. Making more products than necessary. D. Having more material than is needed.7. The author uses figures in Paragra
28、ph 2 to show _.A. the tendency of cutting household waste B. the increase of packaging recyclingC. the rapid growth of super markets D. the fact of packaging overuse 8. According to the text, recycling _.A. helps control the greenhouse effect B. means burning packaging for energyC. is the solution t
29、o gas shortage D. leads to a waste of land9. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?A. Unpackaged products are of bad quality. B. Supermarkets care more about packaging.C. It is improper to judge quality by packaging. D. Other products are better packaged than food.10. What can we learn from the last
30、 paragraph?A. Fighting wastefulness is difficult. B. Needless material is mostly recycled.C. People like collecting recyclable waste. D. The author is proud of their consumer culture.【参考答案】610、DDACA 【山东省宿州市2014高考英语综合能力测试卷】书面表达（满分25分） 某校英文报曾就“Whom Do You Turn to When in Trouble”为题征文，请就以下要点用英语写一篇文章。 1
31、有人遇到困难时向同学、朋友求助。 2有人则向老师、家长求助。 3以你自己为例 要求：词数120左右；短文中不能出现本人相关信息。 Whom Do You Turn to When in Trouble_【参考范文】书面表达（One possible version）：Whom Do You Turn to When in TroubleJust as the saying goes: life is not all roses, so all of us will need someone elses help to deal with problems that we encounter i
32、n our life. Here comes the question: whom will you turn to for help? Some say they will ask their classmates or friends for help, because they are peers, thus they can understand each other easily. However, others have different choices when in trouble. They are inclined to tell their teachers and p
33、arents the difficulties they are faced with. In their opinion, teachers and parents who are much older than them can give them a hand with their rich experience. As for me, close friends are always the people who come to my mind firstly when Im intrigued by something that can not be solved by myself
34、. If we can not figure out a solution by our joint effort, I will go to my teachers or parents for help. With their suggestions or instructions, I can finally find the best way to cope with my troubles. 【山东省宿州市2014高考英语模拟适应卷】书面表达。时下,各类电视节目广泛使用短信参与方式，对此人们评价不一。请你对此现象谈谈个人看法。 要求：1.词数:120词左右; 2.可根据内容要点适当增
35、加细节，以使行文连贯。 _【参考范文】书面表达One possible version:At present, short messages are widely involved in various TV programs. People react to them in different ways. Defenders hold the view that short messages offer the audiences more chances to participate in the live programs. In this way, the mass media ben
36、efit a lot from them. On the other hand, they appeal to the need of the young people. Critics accuse that if the short messages are out of control, we cannot ensure the taste of the programs. Whats more, the expenses may make audiences feel bad. To make matters worse, some adolescents are so addicted to them that too much time and energy are wasted. As far as I am concerned, the short message is typical of information technology, but it is a powerful tool that needs to be used with care. - 8 - 版权所有高考资源网
