1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家2015届高考英语二轮专题训练：阅读理解1ANow，the world of humans is rushing towards the era of robots.The mystery behind the curtain has revealed(显示)The mystery of the robot world!It has taken thousands of years for humans to improve their amazing talent.With the help of this special talent，humans are
2、about to become the papa of robots that are like humans.Yes，my friends，the day is closer when a doctor would pat(轻拍)on the hips of a new born metallic child so that the current could circulate in his body properly!There are many opinions on the robot world.However，these opinions are merely assumptio
3、ns.One person says robots are servants whereas the other says robots should be avoided.We are all aware that robots are designed in order to help us.We want them to be helpful and harmless or else they may decide to rule over us.It seems quite simple to design harmless robots but it is difficult.Hum
4、ans have a habit of ameliorating their inventions.Robots will become more perfect.Who knows on which road the perfect robots will walk？Some believe scientists are between the devil and the deep blue sea.Scientists believe that this kind of technical revolution might lead to some bad effects. With th
5、e introduction of robots，our society will be complex.Great scientific achievements spring up constantly.Everything，living or nonliving，will become unimaginable.In addition to this，the influence of robots is going to be great.It is true somehow，if robots will be designed in a very superior way then，t
6、here will be a chance of them doing harm to humans.So，without knowing what robots are going to be，people are totally crazy about them.In fact some people have started collecting money in order to buy robots.Considering humansoverenthusiastic nature，it is unsure whether the robots will be liked or di
7、sliked but they 3The underlined word“ameliorating”in Paragraph 4 probably means“_”Ausing new thingsBmaking something betterCincreasing the numberDbecoming very curious解析：词义猜测题。根据后句Robots will become more perfect可推测出前句意为：“人们具有让他们的发明物更加完美的习惯。”ameliorate意为“改进”，故答案为B项。答案：B4According to the passage，the a
8、uthor_.Athinks some people are highly interested in robotsBdoesnt hope people are crazy about robotsCcriticizes humansoverenthusiastic natureDdoubts whether robots will be put into the market解析：推理判断题。根据末段In fact some people have started collecting money in order to buy robots可推断，答案为A项。答案：ABAmericans
9、 love their dogs and treat them well.They take their dogs for walks，let them play outside and give them good food and medical care.However，dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life.The expression，to lead a dogs life，describes a person who has an unhappy existence.Some people
10、 say we live in a dogeatdog world.That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs.They say that to be successful，a person has to work like a dog.This means they have to work very，very hard.Such hard work can make people dogtired.And，the situation would be even worse if they
11、became sick as a dog.Still，people say every dog has its day.This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life.To be successful，people often have to learn new skills.Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways.People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner
12、than a junkyard dog.Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want.Mean dogs are often used to guard this property.They bark or attack people who try to enter the property.However，sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad.We say his
13、bark is worse than his bite.Husbands and wives use the word “doghouse” when they are angry at each other.She might tell him that he is in the doghouse.She may not treat him nicely until he apologizes.However，the husband may decide that it is best to leave things alone and not create more problems.He
14、 might decide to let sleeping dogs lie.The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year.A rainstorm may cool the weather.But we do not want it to rain too hard.We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.本文介绍了许多与狗有关的习语，这些习语在人们的日常生活中被广泛使用。5What is the passage mainly about?ASome expressions related
15、 to dogs.BThe impact of dogs on peoples life.CPeoples attitudes towards their dogs.DPeoples concern about their dogs.解析：主旨大意题。本文介绍了许多跟狗有关的习语，这些习语已经在人们的日常生活中被广泛使用，故答案为A项。答案：A6Which of the following sentences describes a person who is facing fierce competition?AHe is letting sleeping dogs lie.BHe is l
16、eading a dogs life nowadays.CHe is living in a dogeatdog world.DHe is making use of a mean dog.解析：细节理解题。根据第二段Some people say we live in a dogeatdog world.That means many people are competing for the same things，like good jobs可知，答案为C项。答案：CCI have done a fair amount of research regarding how much cart
17、oonists charge for their work.Below are the results of my own research into this question，which is a grey and unclear area to common people.There will of course be variations and exceptions，but this guide contains my personal view based on my own findings.I have noted that in general cartoonists cha
18、rge no less than 50 for a single cartoon.Some may do it for 20 a cartoon.Some may even charge hundreds of pounds for a single cartoon depending upon its usage.“Usage”is a key factor.The more people that will see the cartoon，the more youre likely to be asked to pay for the cartoon.For example，you may
19、 pay as little as 20 for a picture that is drawn for a personal gift but you may pay 200 for the same image if it is to be used for promotional，advertising features. Meanwhile another factor affecting price is skill.Skill these days is more likely to refer to technical skill than artistic skill.Thou
20、gh artistic skill will always be the most important factor，it has to be translated into printed and online products if the cartoons are to be used for commercial purposes.A lot of time and skill are required in the modern age to create cartoons that can be used for printed and online purposes.For ex
21、ample，there are artists who can draw brilliantly but who do not have the technical skill to put their image online or prepare it for printing.The more technical and artistic skill an artist has，the more they are likely to charge for their work.Finally，art is a passion but for those who do it for a l
22、iving it has its own value.In most cases，cartoonists charge a price that is fair to both the customers and themselves.作者对漫画家如何收费进行了一系列调查，本文展示了她的调查结果。1We can learn from the first two paragraphs that_.Ait is easy to research how much cartoonists charge for a cartoonBhow much cartoonists charge is a my
23、stery to common peopleCgenerally cartoonists charge a very high price for a single cartoonDpeople can easily buy a cartoon with no more than 20解析：推理判断题。从第一段的Below are the results of my own research into this question，which is a grey and unclear area to common people.可知B项正确。答案：BDThere are a growing n
24、umber of language immersion(沉浸)schools in the United States，including one that was founded in Columbia called La Petite Ecole，which teaches children French as a second language.Statistics，however，show that language instruction in regular schools is actually decreasing，and relatively few Americans kn
25、ow a second language.Scholars have spent years studying why Americans seem to ignore the importance of learning languages.while they have developed theories and given potential solutions，the future of language learning in the United States remains hazy.Since 1997，the percentage of elementary and mid
26、dle schools that offer foreign language courses has fallen significantly，from 3l percent to 25 percent at the elementary level and from 75 percent to 58 percent at the middle school level.However，the decline in elementary schools has appeared primarily in public schools，while the percentage of priva
27、te elementary schools teaching foreign languages has remained roughly the same at 51 percent.The percentage of high schools teaching foreign languages has remained at about 91 percent.Meanwhile，the number of language immersion schools designed to teach a second language to Englishspeaking children a
28、nd young adults has actually increased.Since 1962,367 twoway immersion programsschools that pair native English speakers with those who speak another native languagehave developed in 28 states.“The younger the learner is，the more likely the acquisition of a second language will be facilitated，”Adel
29、Safty wrote in the Canadian Journal of Education.Linguistic ability shows the greatest development between the ages of 4 and 8，she wrote.While the number of people who speak a language other than English at home is still relatively small，it has more than doubled over the past 30 years，according to a
30、 survey released in April.People between 18 and 40 make up the largest percentage of people who speak a foreign language.The 5 to 17 age group follows closely.But，among those 41 and older，the percentage of people who speak a second language decreases.学习外语似乎已经成为了一个全球化的热潮，在美国是一种什么情况呢？4Which group has
31、the highest percentage of people who speak a foreign language?APeople between 4 and 8.BPeople between 5 and 17.CPeople between 18 and 40.DPeople who are 41 and older.解析：细节理解题。从最后段的People between 18 and 40 make up the largest percentage of people who speak a foreign language.可知答案。答案：C Bw.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m- 10 - 版权所有高考资源网