1、河北省黄冈市2014高考英语阅读理解考前自选练习（11）及答案阅读理解 (2013安徽，D)“People are ruder today because they are rushed and more time poor than ever before，” says Patsy Rowe, “Manners_have_fallen_off_the_radar(雷达)” Due to our strong attraction to electronic equipment, it is a wonder more people dont wake up each morning and
2、greet the singing birds with a complaint(抱怨)about the noise. Here are some examples of rudeness.Some people prefer to do almost everything over the Internet. To them, dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward. It feels very slow because humans dont work at 4G speeds. When yo
3、u have dinner with friends, you will often notice someone paying more attention to his mobile phone. We have programmed ourselves to think that every new message brings lifechanging news, so taking calls and checking our texts are more important than talking to the people we are with. What is worse,
4、 some people even tend to send anonymous(匿名的) rude messages by email.However, rudeness is never acceptable. Dont assume it is OK to be rude if the person youre in touch with wont recognize you. If you have something awful to say, have the courage to face the person and say it, write a letter or emai
5、l and sign it, or forget it. Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.We shouldnt blame technology for our shortcomings.Technology is here to help us，but we should not allow it to take over our lives. An important step is acknowledging our shortcomings.People spend a lot of ti
6、me pointing out bad manners but it would be even more helpful if wed publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.文章大意：随着高科技的发展，人的行为变得越来越粗鲁。有些人不愿意与实际的人交流，而宁愿打电话、发短信，甚至发一些匿名的粗鲁短信。9What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?APeople can tell good from bad behavior.BRadar is
7、able to observe human behavior.CPeople care little about their behavior.DRadar can be used to predict human behavior.答案：C句意猜测题。整篇文章讲的是随着高科技的发展，人的行为越来越粗鲁，故选C项。10Some people are less willing to deal with humans because _.Athey are becoming less patientBthey are growing too independentCthey have to han
8、dle many important messagesDthey have to follow an evolutionary step backward答案：A推理判断题。根据第二段的“To them, dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward. It feels very slow because humans dont work at 4G speeds.”可知，一些人不愿意与人交流是因为与人交流太慢，也就是说他们变得越来越没有耐心。11The author thinks sending unsi
9、gned awful messages is _.Aridiculous Bdisgusting Cacceptable Dreasonable答案：B细节理解题。根据第三段的“Upsetting people with unsigned messages is cruel and disgusting.”可知，作者认为发送不署名的可恶短信是残忍的，令人作呕的。12What can we learn from the last paragraph?AWe should applaud good behavior.BTechnology can never be blamed.CWe shoul
10、d keep pointing out mistakes.DTechnology will take over our lives one day.答案：A推理判断题。根据最后一句“it would be even more help if wed publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them”可知A项正确；B项和本段的第一句意思有差别；根据“People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners”和“Technology is here to help us，but we should n
11、ot allow it to take over our lives.”可轻易排除C、D两项。阅读理解-AThere is a saying in France that states, The government could fall, the Louvre （卢浮宫）could be broken into or creatures from other planets could land on earth, but if any of these things happened during the Tour de France, no one would notice. The T
12、our de France is the most famous cycling race in the worldIt begins in July and runs for three weeksCyclists who race in the Tour de France ride in six legs or stages of the race, and they have between one to four days of rest between each leg of the raceThe rider who completes all six legs of the r
13、ace in the shortest overall time winsThe Tour de France began as a publicity stunt for the French sports newspaper, LAutoHcnri Desgranges, who worked for LAuto,came up with the idea for the greatest bike race in the world, and on July 1,1903, the first Tour de France beganSixty cyclists began that f
14、irst leg of the race which started in front of the Alarm Clock Cafe just outside of ParisThis first leg look them 467 kilometers to LyonThe first Tour de France received an astonishing 2,000 francsMaurice Garin, the most popular cyclist in France at that time, won the first Tour de FranceIt took him
15、 94 hours and 33 minutes to ride all 2,428 kilometers of the raceThis time was three hours faster than the second -place riderOver the weeds during which the race was run, the idea of the Tour de France slowly caught the imagination of the people of FranceThe race has been run every year since that
16、time, except during the years of World War I and World War The Tour de France has developed several special honors for which racers competeAbove all, the highest honor is the yellow jerseyMrDesgranges introduced the yellow jersey in 1919 to show the leading racer each riders total time in order to f
17、ind the racer with the lowest timeThat racer wears the yellow jersey during the days raceOther honors include the green jersey which is given to the rider who sprints the best by riding the fastest over short distances, and the polka dot jersey for the best rider in the mountains along the route1. W
18、ho wins the Tour de France?A. The first cyclist to finish the raceB. The cyclist with the most pointsC. The cyclist with the polka dot jerseyD. The cyclist with the shortest overall time答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节题。由第一段最后一句话 “The rider who completes all six legs of the race in the shortest overall time wins” 可知
19、，答案为D。2. Henri Desgranges was_.A. a photographerB. a famous cyclistC. the man who first won the Tour de FranceD. the man who first thought of the Tour de France答案解析：答案为D。本题为细节题。由第二段第二句话 “Hcnri Desgranges, who worked for LAuto,came up with the idea for the greatest bike race in the world, and on July
20、 1,1903, the first Tour de France began” 可知，D选项正确。3. How many stages make up the Tour de France?AOne BFour CSixDTen答案解析：答案为C。本题为细节题。由第一段最后一句话 “The rider who completes all six legs of the race in the shortest overall time wins” 可知，C选项正确。4. The yellow jersey is worn by_.A. the fastest daily cyclist B.
21、 the fastest overall cyclistC. the youngest cyclistD. the champion from the previous year答案解析：答案为A。本题为细节题。由最后一段 “MrDesgranges introduced the yellow jersey in 1919 to show the leading racer each riders total time in order to find the racer with the lowest timeThat racer wears the yellow jersey during
22、 the days race” 可知，yellow jersey用来表示比赛者用的时间最少，比赛者在比赛当天佩戴此物，故答案为A。阅读理解 (2013北京，D)MultitaskingPeople who multitask all the time may be the worst at doing two things at once, a new research suggests. The findings, based on performances and selfevaluations by about 275 college students, indicated that m
23、any people multitask not out of a desire to increase productivity, but because they are easily distracted (分心) and cant focus on one activity. And “those people turn out to be the worst at handling different things，” said David Sanbonmatsu, a psychologist at the University of Utah.Sanbonmatsu and hi
24、s colleagues gave the students a set of tests and asked them to report how often they multitasked, how good they thought they were at it, and how sensationseeking (寻求刺激) or impulsive(冲动)they were. They then evaluated the participants multitasking ability with a tricky mental task that required the s
25、tudents to do simple mathematical calculations while remembering a set of letters.Not surprisingly, the scientists said, most people thought they were better than average at multitasking, and those who thought they were better at it were more likely to report using a cellphone while driving or viewi
26、ng multiple kinds of media at once. But those who frequently deal with many things at the same time were found to perform the worst at the actual multitasking test. They also were more likely to admit to sensationseeking and impulsive behavior, which connects with how easily people get bored and dis
27、tracted. “People multitask not because its going to lead to greater productivity, but because theyre distractible, and they get sucked into things that are not as important，” Sanbonmatsu said.Adam Gazzaley, a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, who was not a member of the rese
28、arch group, said one limitation of the study was that it couldnt find out whether people who start out less focused tend toward multitasking or whether peoples recognizing and understanding abilities change as a result of multitasking.The findings do suggest, however, why the sensationseekers who mu
29、ltitask the most may enjoy risky distracted driving. “People who are multitasking are generally less sensitive to risky situations，” said Paul Atchely, another researcher not in the group. “This may partly explain why people go in for these situations even though theyre dangerous.”文章大意：本文为一篇科普短文，介绍了
30、Sanbonmastu与他的同事们的一项研究结果：同时干很多事情的人往往有最糟糕的结果，这是因为这些人干事情不专心，他们不能对潜在的危险作出迅速的反应。17The research led by Sanbonmatsu indicates that people who multitask _.Aseek high productivity constantlyBprefer handling different things when getting boredCare more focused when doing many things at a timeDhave the poores
31、t results in doing various things at the same time答案：D细节理解题。由文章第一句话研究结果：People who multitask all the time may be the worst at doing two things at once.可知，这样的人在同时干很多事情时往往结果最差，故正确答案为D。18When Sanbonmatsu and his colleagues conducted their research, they _.Aassessed the multitasking ability of the stude
32、ntsBevaluated the academic achievements of the studentsCanalyzed the effects of the participants tricky mental tasksDmeasured the changes of the students understanding ability答案：A细节理解题。文章第二段提到他们让参与的学生干这干那，然后他们“evaluates the participants multitasking ability with a tricky mental task.”可知A项正确。19Accord
33、ing to Sanbonmatsu, people multitask because of their _.Alimited power in calculationBinterests in doing things differentlyCinability to concentrate on one task Dimpulsive desire to try new things答案：C细节理解题。由文章第四段Sanbonmastu所说的话“People multitask not because its going to lead to greater productivity b
34、ut because they are distractible and they get sucked into things that are not important.”可知。distractible意为“不专心的，分心的”，因此正确答案为C。20From the last paragraph, we can learn that multitaskers usually _.Adrive very skillfullyBgo in for difficult tasksCfail to react quickly to potential dangersDrefuse to expl
35、ain the reasons for their behavior答案：C推理判断题。文章最后一段提到研究结果表明：这些寻找感觉的人(sensationseekers指的是他们的感觉不灵敏)往往会“multitask the most”但是却有“enjoy risky distractible driving”的结果，这是因为这些人往往“less sensitive to risky situation”，即：对潜在的危险不能迅速作出反应，故C项为正确答案。阅读理解-BA rise in the number of suicides（自杀）in South Korea has led pol
36、iceman Yoo Byong-jong to a new job. He patrols（巡逻）Seouls bridges to prevent desperate people throwing themselves into the river. According to South Koreas health ministry, suicide rates have doubled in a decade and are now the leading cause of death for people in their 20s and 30s. The country has t
37、he fourthhighest suicide rate among the 30 industrialized countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. It recorded 22.8 suicide deaths for every 100, 000 people in 2003. Thats lower than Hungary，Finland and close neighbor Japan . But the number is growing by about 1 percen
38、t each year，faster than for all other OECD nations. In a move to cut suicides by a fifth by 2010，the health ministry is running a television ad campaign. It opens with a lonely man walking on a bridge. A voiceover says，“Think five minutes more before you give it all away.Dont forget you have a lovin
39、g family.” Other ministry plans include setting up more hotlines and training more suicide counselors. Authorities are also limiting websites that provide suicide methods and sometimes even sell toxic(有毒的)chemicals. Distressed individuals range from students worried about poor grades to people in de
40、bt as well as disgraced politicians. Exports say the rising number in some way can be blamed on media coverage of recent highprofile suicides. These include top business leaders and celebrities(名人)who apparently lead a number of people to copy their actions. “We saved 50 lives this year when people
41、turned to bridges as a place to die after news reports of such deaths by big shots，” said the 38yearold Yoo，in December.Last July，the government and civil associations urged media to avoid reporting specific methods and locations of suicides. But it is difficult to clearly give reasons for the suici
42、de increase.1. The passage is mainly about _.A. desperation problems in KoreaB. suicide problems in KoreaC. how to reduce suicides in KoreaD. the relations between life and suicide答案解析：答案为B。本题为主旨大意题。全文报道了韩国的自杀率问题非常严峻， 当局为抑制自杀采取了一系列的措施，第一段点出话题，最后一段呼应了话题，故答案为B。2. Suicide rates in South Korea_.A. arous
43、e international concernsB. are going from bad to worseC. didnt draw special attention of the governmentD. have done great harm to the economical development答案解析：答案为B。本题为细节题。由第三段最后一句话 “But the number is growing by about 1 percent each year，faster than for all other OECD nations.” 可知，自杀率每年在增长，也就是在变得更糟
44、糕，故答案为B。3. Lowering the number of reported suicides by celebrities in the media in Korea _.A. will be limitedB. damage the fame of mediaC. didnt affect peoples daily life.D. might cause fewer people to commit suicide答案解析：答案为D。本题为推理题。由第五段 “Exports say the rising number in some way can be blamed on me
45、dia coverage of recent highprofile suicides. These include top business leaders and celebrities who apparently lead a number of people to copy their actions.”可知，专家认为自杀人数在上升在某些程度上是归咎于媒体报道的高数据的自杀率，其中包括商业领导要人和名人的自杀引起了人们去效仿他们的行为，可以推断，降低媒体报道的名人自杀人数或许能使较少的人自杀，故答案为D。 4. From the passage, we can infer that_
46、.A. authorities manage websites efficientlyB. present hotlines are not enough for suicide counselorsC. cutting suicides by a fifth by 2010 is easy to carry outD. people choose suicide as the way to end their lives for a lack of love答案解析：答案为A。本题为推理题。由第四段倒数第二句话 “Authorities are also limiting websites
47、that provide suicide methods and sometimes even sell toxic chemicals.”可知，当局限制提供自杀方法甚至卖有毒的化学药物的网站，可以推断，当局有效地对网站进行了管理。故答案为A。由第四段 “Other ministry plans include setting up more hotlines and training more suicide counselors.” 可知，由于自杀者众多，因此要建立更多的热线和培训更多的自杀咨询专员来阻止自杀，B选项意思与此不符。从第四段所实施的阻止自杀的措施来看，减少自杀并不容易实施，故C选项错误。由最后一段最后一句话 “But it is difficult to clearly give reasons for the suicide increase.” 可知，D选项错误。