1、 2015四川省岳池县高考英语阅读理解统练（3）及答案阅读理解 When Andrea Peterson landed her first teaching job, she faced the daunting task of creating a music program with almost no money for equipment or supplies in a climate where standards-based learning was the focus and music just provided a break for students and teache
2、rs. For her drive and creativity in overcoming those challenges, shes been named national teacher of the year. Principal Waynes Kettler said hes worked with many outstanding teachers in his 22 years as an educator, but Peterson is “just that one step above anybody Ive ever worked with before.” Kettl
3、er and others at Monte Cristo Elementary School talk about the ways she has introduced the learning from other classrooms into her music program and her creativity in working around things such as the lack of money for new music. When students were reading S.E. Hintons novel The Outsiders in their r
4、egular classroom, Peterson helped them write a 30-minute play with scenes from the book. Then they chose three Broadway tunes that focused on race, equality and social justice, the themes of the book. Peterson composed two other songs herself after classroom discussions about the play and the book.
5、The honor means a lot to residents of Granite Foils. Its inspiring to know that people from small towns even win national honors. As national teacher of the year, Peterson will spend the more years outside the classroom, as a national and international spokeswoman for education. She said its essenti
6、al for schools to offer classes such as art or music and physical education because for some kids one of those subjects is the only thing that attracts them to come back to school day after day. 6. The underlined word” daunting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means _. Adiscouraging Binteresting Ccreat
7、ive Dunbearable 7When Peterson began her teaching career, _. Amusic was a focus of learning in most schools Bthe environment was favorable to music teaching Cthe school lacked teaching facilities for music Dsupport for music programs was unavailable 8What is the most important reason that Peterson w
8、on the award? AShe concerned herself with current social problems. BShe motivated students to learn music with her creativity. CShe has taught music at the elementary school for 22 years. DShe made great efforts to amuse students interest in literature. 9Which of the following is an example of Peter
9、sons way of teaching music? AShe wrote plays on themes of race, equality and social justice. BShe made use of the contents of other classes in her teaching. CShe organized classroom discussions of Broadway tunes. DShe helped students compose songs by themselves. 10In Petersons opinion, _. Aart、 musi
10、c and PE classes are all important Bmore subjects should be offered to students Cstudents should be motivated to attend art classes Darts education is more important than other subjects【参考答案】610、ACBBA 阅读理解-(1)In parts of Africa, the sky is filled with a dark cloud. But this is no rain cloud. It is a
11、 living cloud made of billions of locusts that are traveling across the continent eating everything in their path.And in the battle to stop this disaster, a radio station in Senegal, West Africa, is offering listeners 50 kilograms of rice if they can catch and kill 50 kilograms of locusts. The radio
12、 station is in one of Senegals worst affected regions.This is West Africas biggest locust disaster in 15 years, and it is moving east, causing huge damage to crops. As they move, they breed, and increase their number and will soon threaten Sudan in the northeast of Africa. Some say it could reach As
13、ia.Experts say the great damage to crops in areas already suffering from food shortages and war could cause many people to go hungry. Governments in the region are not well equipped to fight the pest.Although leaders of 12 countries have agreed on a plan, it is not expected to be enough. “We are now
14、 treating 6,000 hectares per day with pesticide, but we need to treat 20,000 hectares per day in order to have any hope of controlling this disaster,” said Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Babah, director of locust control in Mauritania.Requests are being made for international aid, which is the only way to l
15、imit the crisis, the UNs Food and Agriculture Organization warned.1. The purpose of offering people rice for catching locusts in Senegal is _.A. to get more people to eat rice so as to leave less for locustsB. to get more people involved in the war on the locustsC. to prevent more people from starva
16、tionD. to get more people to listen to the radio report on locusts2. Which of the following is not the reason for West Africans going hungry?A. Locust disaster causes the great damage to crops.B. Food supply is far from the need of the people.C. These regions are affected by the war.D. Governments a
17、re unwilling to fight the pest.3. It can be concluded that, in order to end the locust disaster, _.A. leaders of 12 countries in West Africa should call on their people to take actionB. insects experts should be sent to these regionsC. other countries outside Africa should keep close watch on their
18、own landsD. Help from all over the world is in urgent demand4. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Food shortage in Africa. B. International aid to Africa.C. The insects attack on Africa. D. Terrible storm in Africa.1. B 推测题。根据第二段意义，广播电台向听众悬赏捕杀蝗虫。可推测出其目的是让更多的人参与到救灾行动中来。2. D 细节理解题。根据第四段意义：专家称一
19、些地区本来就食品匮乏，并饱受战火之苦，而灾害给农作物产量造成的损失更是雪上加霜。许多人因此而挨饿。3. D 推理题。根据短文最后一段的意义：国际社会施以援手是抑制灾情的唯一方法。由此推理可得“国际援助迫在眉睫”。4. C 主旨题。根据短文第一段的描述及下文的阐发可看出本文的主题是“非洲西部的虫灾”。 阅读理解-Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen childrenIn spite of the hopeless condition, two of
20、 the children, Albrecht Durer and Albert, had a dreamThey both wanted to pursue their talent for artAfter many long discussions, the two boys finally worked out an agreementThey would toss a coinThe loser would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, support his brother who attended th
21、e academyThen, when that brother who won the toss completed his studies, in four years, he would support the other brother at the academyTossing a coin, Albrecht Durer won and went off to NurembergAlbert went down into the dangerous mines and, for the next four years, supported his brother, whose wo
22、rk at the academy was almost an immediate sensation（轰动）By the time he graduated, he had earned considerable fees for his outstanding worksWhen the young artist returned to his village, the Durer family held a festive dinner to celebrate Albrechts triumphant（胜利的）homecomingAlbrecht drank a toast to hi
23、s beloved brother for the years of sacrifice that had enabled him to complete his dream“And now, Albert, blessed brother of mine, now it is your turnNow you can go to Nuremberg to look for your dream, and I will take care of you”Tears streaming down his pale face, Albert sobbed, “NonoIt is too late
24、for meLooklook at what four years in the mines have done to my hands！The bones in every finger have been broken at least once, and lately I have been suffering from arthritis（关节炎）so badly in my right hand that I cannot even hold a glass to return your toast, much less draw delicate lines with a pen
25、or a brush”To show thanks to Albert for all that he had sacrificed, Albrecht Durer painstakingly drew his brothers injured hands with palms together and thin fingers stretched skywardHe called his powerful drawing simply “Hands”, but the entire world almost immediately opened their hearts to his gre
26、at masterpiece and renamed it “The Praying Hands”The next time you see a copy of that touching creation, let it be your reminderno one ever makes any success alone！【文章大意】本文叙述了有两个兄弟家境贫困，通过扔硬币来决定了弟弟Albrecht Durer去学习艺术了，哥哥 Albert要去危险的矿井干活供弟弟上学。Albrecht Durer毕业后回到自己的村庄，感谢哥哥对他的牺牲和奉献，希望他的哥哥能完成自己的梦想。通过这故事我
27、们可以总结这样一个道理：没有人帮助指导，人们就不会成功的。36Why did the two brothers work out the agreement？AThey were so curious as to make a jokeBTheir family couldnt afford the academyCOne of the brothers was supposed to go into minesDThey wanted to support the other sisters and brothers【答案】B【 解析】推理判断题。根据In spite of the hope
28、less condition, two of the children, Albrecht Durer and Albert, had a dream可知两个兄弟的家庭比较穷，无法供养他们学习艺术，一次要讨论，在达成一致意见。故选B。37The underlined word “whose” in Para2 refers to _Athe Durer familys Bthe miners CAlberts DAlbrechts【答案】D【 解析】词义猜测题。根据Albrecht Durer won and went off to Nuremberg可知Albrecht Durer赢了，他去
29、学习艺术了。故选D。38Which of the following statements is NOT true about Albrecht Durer？AHe began to earn his living after graduationBHe did perfectly well at the academyCHe wanted his brother to go to the academyDHe created great masterpieces【答案】A【 解析】推理判断题。根据Albrecht drank a toast to his beloved brother fo
30、r the years of sacrifice that had enabled him to complete his dream可知Albrecht Durer毕业后回到自己的村庄，感谢哥哥对他的牺牲和奉献，希望他的哥哥能完成自己的梦想。因此A项与文章不符合。故选A.39Which of the following is the correct order of the story？aAlbrecht went to Nuremberg bAlbert supported his brothercThe Durer family held a festive dinner dAlbrec
31、ht drew his brothers injured handseThe brothers tossed a coinAb, a, c, d, e Ba, e, c, d, b Ce, a, c, b, d De, a, b, c, d【答案】D【 解析】细节理解题。按照事情发展的顺序：先是两兄弟扔硬币来决定谁去上学，然后是Albrecht赢了，去上学了，他的哥哥供他上学；接下来是Albrecht学成归来，杜勒一家为他准备了丰盛的晚餐，最后，Albrecht画了一幅他哥哥受伤的手。故选D。40What can we learn from the story？AOne can achieve
32、 success simply on his ownBAny success requires the help of othersCIts other people who contribute to ones successDNobody could succeed without good guidance【答案】B【 解析】推理判断题。根据no one ever makes any success alone可知没有人帮助指导，人们就不会成功的。故选B。 阅读理解-Robots have proved to be valuable tools for soldiers, surgeon
33、s and homeowners hoping to keep the carpet clean. But in each case, they are designed and built specifically for the job. Now there is a movement under way to build multipurpose machines-robots that can move about in changing environments such as offices or living rooms and work with their hands.All
34、-purpose robots are not, of course, a new idea. “Its been five or 10 years from happening for about 50 years,” says Eric Berger, codirector of the Personal Robotics Program at Willow Garage, a Silicon Valley organization. The delay is in part because even simple tasks require a huge set of capabilit
35、ies. For a robot to fetch a mug, for example, it needs to make sense of data gathered by a variety of sensorslaser scanners identifying potential blocking objects, cameras searching for the target, force feedback in the fingers that grasp the mug, and more. Yet Berger and other experts are confident
36、 that real progress could be made in the next decade.The problem, according to Willow Garage, is the lack of a common platform for all that computational effort. Instead of enlarging the capabilities of a single machine, everyone is designing robots and the software to control them, from the ground
37、up. To help change this, Willow Garage is currently producing 25 copies of its model PR2 (for “Personal Robot 2”), a twoarmed, wheeled machine that can switch off the electricity, open doors and move through a room. Ten of the robots will stay inhouse, but 10 more will go to outside research groups,
38、 and everyone will share their advances. This way, Berger says, if you want to build the robotic equivalent (等同物) of a Twitter (推特网站), you wont start by constructing a computer. “you build the thing thats new.”【文章大意】本文叙述了多功能机器人的研究和制造。多功能机器人能够用他们的手在不断变化的环境里四处移动。多功能机器人的发展需要不断扩展它的多功能。为了建造新的机器人，Willow G
39、arage生产了25份PR2以备研究。31The robots are mentioned to do some specific jobs EXCEPT in .Abattle fieldsBoperation room Cpeoples housesDwild fields【答案】D【 解析】推理判断题。根据Robots have proved to be valuable tools for soldiers, surgeons and homeowners hoping to keep the carpet clean.可知机器人可在战场，手术室和个人家庭中使用，因此没有提到野外，故选
40、D。32The multipurpose robot may be identified as a machine that .Acan move about in changing environments and work with their handsBcan make sense of data gathered by a variety of sensorsChas a huge set of abilities to finish all the simple tasksDhas identifying laser scanners, searching cameras and
41、force feedback【答案】A【 解析】细节理解题。根据multipurpose machines-robots that can move about in changing environments such as offices or living rooms and work with their hands.可知多功能机器人能够用他们的手在不断变化的环境里四处移动。因此选A。33According to Willow Garage, we will make real progress in building all-purpose robots if _ .Aeveryon
42、e is designing robots and the software to control themBthey can produce 25 copies of its model PR2Cpeople can enlarge the capabilities of a single machineDpeople can start by constructing a computer【答案】C【 解析】推理判断题。根据Instead of enlarging the capabilities of a single machine, everyone is designing rob
43、ots and the software to control them, from the ground up.可知问题是每个人不是扩大机器人的功能而是从头开始做，这样阻碍了机器人的发展，因此要想建造多功能机器人，就得开发机器人的多功能。故选C。34Willow Garage is currently producing 25 copies of its model PR2 so as to _ .Adesign robots and the software to control themBchange the way of new robot construction researchC
44、open doors and go to outside research groupsDgo through the room and stay in-house【答案】B【 解析】推理判断题。根据This way, Berger says, if you want to build the robotic equivalent (等同物) of a Twitter (推特网站), you wont start by constructing a computer. “you build the thing thats new.”可知Willow Garage生产25份PR2是为了建造新的机
45、器人，这样改变了新机器制造研究的方法。故选B。35Which of the following is true according to the passage?ATo build all-purpose robots is an absolutely new movement under way.BBuilding all-purpose robots was delayed because of its complexity.CThe idea to build all-purpose robots appeared about 50 years ago.DEveryone will share their advances for they are all-purpose robots.【答案】C【 解析】推理判断题。根据All-purpose robots are not, of course, a new idea. “Its been five or 10 years from happening for about 50 years可知多功能机器人的想法已经出现了50年。故选C。