1、2015届高考英语二轮专题训练：阅读理解（35）AHave you noticed how many nouns are being used as verbs？We all use them，often without noticing what were doing.I was arranging to meet someone for dinner last week，and I said “Ill_pencil_it_in_my_diary”，and my friend said “You must ink it in”，meaning that it was a firm arran
2、gement!Many of these new verbs are linked to new technology.An obvious example is the word “fax”We all got used to sending and receiving faxes，and then soon started talking about faxing something and promising wed fax it immediately.Then along came emails，and we were soon all emailing each other mad
3、ly.How did we do without it？I can hardly imagine life without my daily emails.Also，my computer and its software have produced another couple of new verbs.On my computer I can bookmark those pages from the World Wide Web that I think Ill want to look at again.And I can do the same thing on my PC，but
4、there I dont bookmark；I favoritecoming from “favorite pages”，so the verb is derived from an adjective not a noun this time.Now my children bought me a mobile phone，known simply as a mobile and I have to learn yet more new verbs.I can message someone，that is，I can leave a message for them on their ph
5、one.Or I can text them，write a few words suggesting，when and where to meet，for example.How long will it be before I can mobile them，that is，phone them using my mobile？I havent heard that verb yet，but Im sure I will soon.Perhaps Ill start using it myself!4.“Ill pencil it in my diary” in the second pa
6、ragraph probably means_.Ait was a firm arrangementBit was an uncertain arrangementCthe arrangement is written as a diaryDhe prefers a pencil to a pen5A website address can be easily found if it has been_for the author.Aemailed Bmessaged Cfavorited Dtexted6Which of the following has not been used as
7、a verb，yet?Amessage Bpencil Cemail Dmobile7The best title for this passage is“_”ANew Verbs from NounsBNew Technology and New wordsCThe English LanguageDTechnology and LanguageBRobots have proved to be valuable tools for soldiers, surgeons and homeowners hoping to keep the carpet clean. But in each c
8、ase, 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-purpose robots are not, of course, a new idea. “Its been five
9、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 capabilities. For a robot to fetch a mug, for example, it needs to make
10、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 that real progress could be made in the next decade.The proble
11、m, 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 up. To help change this, Willow Garage is currently producing 2
12、5 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, and everyone will share their advances. This way, Berger says,
13、 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.”31The robots are mentioned to do some specific jobs EXCEPT in .Abattle fields Boperation room Cpeoples houses Dwild fields32The multipurpose robot may be
14、 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 force feedback33According to Will
15、ow Garage, we will make real progress in building all-purpose robots if _ .Aeveryone 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 computer34Willow Garage is
16、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 researchCopen doors and go to outside research groupsDgo through the room and stay in-house35Which of the following is true according to the passage?ATo
17、 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.CA team of engineers at Harvard U
18、niversity has been inspired by Nature to create the first robotic fly. The mechanical fly has become a platform for a series of new high-tech integrated systems. Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny machine is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and p
19、erform controlled flight tasks.“Its extremely important for us to think about this as a whole system and not just the sum of a bunch of individual components (元件),” said Robert Wood, the Harvard engineering professor who has been working on the robotic fly project for over a decade. A few years ago,
20、 his team got the go-ahead to start piecing together the components. “The added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of those components are off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on our own,” he said.They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic f
21、ly. “The seemingly simple system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies on the individual components, each of which individually has to perform well, but then has to be matched well to everything its connected to,” said Wood. The flight device was built into a set of power, com
22、putation, sensing and control systems. Wood says the success of the project proves that the flying robot with these tiny components can be built and manufactured.While this first robotic flyer is linked to a small, off-board power source, the goal is eventually to equip it with a built-in power sour
23、ce, so that it might someday perform data-gathering work at rescue sites, in farmers fields or on the battlefield. “Basically it should be able to take off, land and fly around,” he said.Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insect-scale. Yet, the power, sens
24、ing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications. “You can start thinking about using them to answer open scientific questions, you know, to study biology in ways that would be difficult with the animals, but using these robots instead,” he said. “So there are a lot of
25、technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a day to day basis.”72. The difficulty the team of engineers met with while making the robotic fly was that _.A. they had no model in their mindB. they did not have sufficient timeC. they had no ready-made compo
26、nentsD. they could not assemble the components73. It can be inferred from paragraphs 3 and 4 that the robotic fly _.A. consists of a flight device and a control systemB. can just fly in limited areas at the present timeC. can collect information from many sourcesD. has been put into wide application
27、74. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?A. The robotic flyer is designed to learn about insects.B. Animals are not allowed in biological experiments.C. There used to be few ways to study how insects fly.D. Woods design can replace animals in some experiments.75. Which of the follo
28、wing might be the best title of the passage?A. Father of Robotic FlyB. Inspiration from Engineering ScienceC. Robotic Fly Imitates Real Life InsectD. Harvard Breaks Through in Insect StudyDOnly three local students won Chinese Blog（博客） Competition. And 15 of the 18 awards want to students from China
29、. 170 students task: to get a fully-designed blog up and running, complete with many posting based on a theme of choiceall written in Chinese. Themes ranged from local opinionssuch as the usage of Singlish, education and whether Singapore can be a cultural centreto food blogs. The entries were judge
30、d on Language proficiency（ 熟练程度）and the quality of writing, as well as the design and level of exchanging ideas with readers. Academics from the National University of Singapore and the SIM University IT experts, and a journalist from Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao in Singapore made up the judges.
31、In the end, only three Singaporean students made it to the award listthe rest of the awards were swept up by students from China. “No surprise.” said Mr. Chow Yaw Long, 37 , teachers in charge from Ianova Junior Collage, which organized the event. “Although the topics were local subjects, the foreig
32、n students were generally better in terms of the content of the posts and their grasp of the Chinese language.”One of the three local students winning the first prize in the Best Language Award was blogger Christina Gao 19, from the Saint Andrews Junior Collage, who spared no effort in researching f
33、or and writing her blog. Each entry took her between five and seven days to produce, complete with pictures and even podcasts （播客）Her advice for bloggers is: Be responsible “Some bloggers out there only seek to blame the authorities and other bloggers.” Said Miss Gao. “I think they lack responsibili
34、ties and there is no value to their posts.”56. The competition was organized byA. the National University of Singapore B. Chinese newspaper Lianhe ZaobaoC. Innova Junior College D. the Saint Andrews Junior College57. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Chinese students won mos
35、t of the awards. B. Not all the themes were about local subjectsC. The blogs could be written in Chinese or Singlish. D. The judges were from university in Singapore and China. 58. What Miss Gao said suggests thatA. she likes to blame the authorities B. she has a sense of responsibilityC. she thinks
36、 highly of the others blogs D. she loves to read valuable posts59. The passage in mainly aboutA. how Chinese students won the awards in the competitionB. why bloggers should take responsibility for their blogsC. how Miss Gao won the first prize in the competitionD. what the result of the competition
37、 wasDA 语篇解读：英语中有许多词汇涉及词性的活用，本文就介绍了人们在生活中经常将“名词动词化”这一现象。4解析：句意猜测题。从文章中第二段的“.You must ink it in.a firm arrangement！”可知，“You must ink it in”表示“这是一个确定的安排”，故画线部分表示“这是不确定的安排”，所以选B项。答案：B5解析：事实细节题。由文章中第四段的“And I can do the same.I dont bookmark；I favorite.”可知选C项。答案：C6解析：事实细节题。由文章最后一段的“How long will it be bef
38、ore I can mobile them.”可知mobile尚未被动词化，所以选D项。答案：D7解析：主旨大意题。第一段是本文的主题段，故A项“由名词转化而来的新动词”做标题最合适。答案：AB 【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 Garage生产了25份PR2以备研究。31【答案】D【 解析】推理判断题。根据Robots have proved to be valuable tools for soldiers, surgeons and homeow
39、ners 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D。32【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。33【答案】C【 解析】推理判断题。根据Instead of enlarging t
40、he capabilities of a single machine, everyone is designing robots 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。34【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),
41、you wont start by constructing a computer. “you build the thing thats new.”可知Willow Garage生产25份PR2是为了建造新的机器人，这样改变了新机器制造研究的方法。故选B。35【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。C7275CBDCD 【解析】文
42、章大意新加坡Lanova Junior College大学举办了170名学生参加的博文写作大赛，而比赛结果是只有3名本国学生获奖，其余的15项奖励都被中国学生夺得。56. C 细节理解题。由第七自然段中的“No surprise. ”said Mr. Chow Yaw Long, 37 , teachers in charge from Lanova Junior College, which organized the event.一句可知本题选C。57. A 推理判断题。根据第一自然段大意可知本题选A。58. B 推理判断题。根据第九自然段的意思可知本题选B。59. D 主旨大意题。由文章主题段第一自然段意思可知本题选D。w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m