1、高考资源网提供高考试题、高考模拟题，发布高考信息题本站投稿专用信箱：ks5u，来信请注明投稿，一经采纳，待遇从优高三英语练习（八）阅读专练AIn the United States today, a large group of people want a college education However, everyone is not able to attend a fouryear college, Many fouryear colleges are already too crowded. To give more people a chance to get a college
2、 education, some cities and towns have built junior colleges.The junior college offers a twoyear course of study in a wide range（范围）of subjects. It prepares some young people to go on to a fouryear college. It trains others for jobs in business, government, or industry. Because junior colleges are b
3、uilt in cities, they can serve many people who live in a large community（社区）.Many students can not afford to go to a fouryear college. But they can save enough to go to a junior college. The entrance fee at a junior college is low. Students can also save money by living at home.A junior college admi
4、ts some high school graduates who would not be accepted at other schools. The fouryear college turns down students whose high school grades are low. The junior college will often admit a student who might do well in taking a twoyear course.One of the goals of our country is to educate as many people
5、 as possible. The junior college is a school meant to serve many people. It puts a college education within the reach of a great number of people. Without these schools, many people would not be able to continue their education past high school.66The main idea of Paragraph One is that junior college
6、s_.Aoffer two-year courses Bare as good as four-year collegesCare badly needed Dare too crowded67According to the passage, junior colleges_.Aadmit those whose high school grades are not very low.Bcan admit more students than four-year collegesCoffer very limited subjectsDonly train students for jobs
7、 in business68It is known from the passage that _.Aall high school graduates can go to collegesBjunior colleges are built in cities while four-year colleges are in the countryCjunior colleges are replacing four-year collegesDjunior colleges help to make college education popular B Cyber EnglishThere
8、 are new and exciting ways to use the Internet to learn English while you are on line. The Internet uses a lot of multimedia elements（多媒体原理）,like words, sounds, pictures, animations, and video. This is perfect for studying a language because youve got to see, hear, and repeat things as much as you l
9、ike. Learning over the Internet is also fun because you can be a part of conversations happening all around the globe! Special Internet sites are designed for people learning English, just like yourself. These sites use multimedia to help you learn and are a great way to meet other people around the
10、 world.The Language of the NetOn the Internet, English is the major language. As a result, it is now more important than veer to be able to understand English when you serve the web. It is not always easy, though. The English can be difficult or have a lot of cultural information that you have never
11、 seen.See You in Town!One site for students studying English and their teachers is Englishtown. At hattp：www. E, you will find community(group )of people interested in learning English. There are several buildings in the virtual(实际的；事实的)town where you can play games, chat with friends, ask and get a
12、nswers to language and cultural questions , and find an international pen friend who shares your interests. There are extra resources to help you learn, such as multimedia CD-ROMs and books for language learning and translation. There is even an online school where you can take English classes over
13、the Internet. Englishtown is the perfect place to prepare for a trip to England or and United States!Would you like to become part of a virtual community to English speakers?Learn While You SurfSurfing the web is not only fun but can also help improve your English! Try out some of the web sites list
14、ed below and see how students all over the world are learning English online.69The underlined word ”resources ”probably means in Chinese _.A方法 B资源 C技术 D专业人员70Cyber English probably means _.Alearning English on the Internet Bteaching yourself EnglishCthe history of English DEnglish broadcast on TV or
15、 over the radio71English probably means _.Aonly in this way they learn the language wellBpeople dont have to payCthe learners can have a face-to-face study of the courses with the teachersDit makes learning easier and more interesting72Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?AEng
16、lish is the only useful language on the Internet.BThe Internet can provide people with the cultural information they need.CHttp： is a website on which people can study and playDOne can find a pen friend on http： . CAt present, there are five network firmsChina Telecom, China Unicom, Jitong Communica
17、tions, China Netcom and China Mobile that are allowed to operate IP services in China. Each company has its advantages in service.Charge：As the ministry of Information Industry co-ordinates(合作), the charges of IP calls of the five companies are the same, 0.30 yuan per minute for DDD calls, 4.80 yuan
18、 per minute for IDD calls, 2.50 yuan for calls from the mainland to Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, and 4.50 yuan from Shenzhen to HK, Zhongshan and Zhuhai to Macao. IP callers dont enjoy discounts(折扣) on holidays.Range：China Telecom has the widest coverage. All cities in China with telephone access(通
19、路)and most countries in the world are open to China Telecoms IP card.China Unicoms IP card reach 29 cities nationwide and more than 130 countries and regions worldwide, Jitong IP can access 12 cities in China and over 70 countires and regions worldwide.China Netcoms IP card can reach 14 cities in Ch
20、ina, and 149 countries and regions in the wourld.China Mobiles IP card is open to only six cities nationwide but can access more than 200 countries and regions worldwide.China Telecom realizes its IP service by the public Internet, therefore net congestion（拥挤）and voice delay may sometimes disturb co
21、nversations. The other four companies have their private data networks, which help to increase transmission speed improve voice quality.Other services：China Telecom, Jitong and China Mobile offer account transfer services. Users can transfer the remaining sum of money on one card to another card.Jit
22、ong and Netcom link their services with bank cards. One can enjoy IP service without an IP card. Bank card users can make IP phone calls their card numbers. So they neednt buy new Ipcards and remember the new numbers again and again.As for customer service, China Telecom, China Unicom and China Mobi
23、le provide free hot line service, while Jitong and Netcom charge for their services.73What does the passage mainly talk about?AOrganization of the five IP firms. BDifference between the five IP firms.CFoundation of Chinas five IP firms DDevelopment of Chinas five IP firms74Which of the following is
24、mentioned in the passage?AChina of the following is mentioned in the passage?BChina Mobiles coverage is the least of the five firms.CChina Telecom accesses many more cities nationwide than the other fourDChina Netcom is the only one to be allowed to operate IP service75When enjoying IP service. _.AJ
25、itong users neednt buy IP cardsBChina Telecom users neednt buy new IP cardsCNetcom users have to link with a bankDChina Mobile users have to pay for their hot line service76If you want to access more foreign countries and regions with better voice quality, youd better choose _IP card.AChina Telecoms
26、 BChina Mobiles CChina Netcoms DChina Unicoms DA linguist, an expert on languages, is always listening , never off-duty. I invited a group of friends found to my house, telling them that I was going to record their speech, I said I was interested in their regional accents, and that it would take onl
27、y a few minutes. Thus, one evening, three people came of my house and were shown into my front room. In front of each chair there was a microphone at head height, connected to a recorder in the middle of the floor. They sat down, rather nervously, and I explained that all I wanted was for them to co
28、unt from one to twenty. Then we could relax and have a drink.I turned on the recorder and each turn counted from one to twenty in their best accents. When it was over, I turned the recorder off and brought round the drinks. The rest of the evening was spent in total relaxation. I joined them in talk
29、ing and joking freely.leaving them only for a telephone call which lasted some time.Or at least that is how would appear. For, of course, the microphones were not connected to the recorder in the middle of the room at all but to another one in the bedroom. My friends, having seen the recorder before
30、 them turned off, paid no more attention to the microphones, a few inches from their mouths, thus giving excellent sound quality. It meant that I was able to get as natural a piece of talk as it would be possible to find.I should add perhaps, that I did tell my friends what had happened to them, aft
31、er the recording was over, and asked them whether it should be destroyed. None of them wanted tobut for some. Linguistic research can be a very expensive business.77The writer asked his friends to count from one to twenty because he _.Awanted to record how they pronounced numbers in their regional a
32、ccentsBhad to check if his recorder was workingCwanted them to think that was he wanted to recordDwanted to discover who had the best pronunciation78The writer left the room in the middle of the evening because _.Ahe had to make a phone call Bthe phone rang in bedroomChe wanted the others to have a
33、talk without him Dhe didnt like talking with them79The recording which the writer was able to make was _.Anatural Bcontrolled Cunclear D.expensive80When he told his friends what he had done, they_.Awanted him to destroy the recording he had madeBdidnt seem to mind muchCwere angry with himDmade him b
34、uy them more drinks81The writer recorded their talk _.Aon the recorder in the middle of the floorBthrough hidden microphonesCon a recorder in another roomDin the front roomEYour mobile phone rings, and instead of the usual electronic signals, its playing your favourite music. A friend sends your fav
35、ourite song to cheer your up. One day, a record company might forward new records and videos to your phone.The mobile business is getting into the music business. For the moment, the interest is in pleasant ring tones, but some companies are hoping to take full advantage of the next generation of mo
36、bile phonesall-purpose gadgets(小玩意儿)that blend phone, personal stereo, video player and Internet browser into one. Finally, record companies might send new records and videos to fans who register (注册) their cell phone numbers.The fans could pass music or songs along to friendsa kind of musical tradi
37、ng card. Unlike Internet tracks, mobile downloads would be easy for record companies to control, said former record industry official Ralph Simon, who is now chairman of Yourmobile, based in Santa Monic, California.“If you pass a song along to other phones through a network, each phone can be charge
38、d,”said Simon. “Its like going through a toll gate (收费站). Theres more possibility for copyright control than there is on the Internet”Massachustts-based Converse is offering a service in Portugal and the Netherlands that lets people record tunes on their voice mail or send music as presents to frien
39、ds. Finally, people might be able to sing karaoke and pass them along. The company is sure that people will want to use music to reach out and touch someone.“A mobile phone is not a listening machine, and youll be disappointed if you think you can change it to a radio, ” said Ohad Ouziel, a creative
40、 manager for converse in Israel. “But if someone sends you a song while youre on vacation, you appreciate the feeling.”82The underlined word “blend” in the second paragraph most probably means _.Asend Bbecome Cmix Dcompare83”Massachusetts-based Converse ” in the sixth paragraph probably refers to _.
41、Aa person Ba city in Israel Ca state of the USA Da company84Record companies _ the idea of passing songs and music along mobile phones.Aare worried about Bare interested in Ctry hard to stop Dtake no notice of85According to Ralph Simon it would be easier to _ through mobile phone network than through the Internet.Aprotect copyright of music works Bsend personal messagesCpass along songs and music Dsend voice mail 高三英语练习（八）6670 C B D B A 7175 D A B C A7180 B C C A B 8185 C C D B A第6页 共6页