1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家【由湖南省2014高考十三校联考第二次考试改编】阅读理解。阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。If you are a fan of JK Rowling and her Harry Potter book series, you may be fascinated with the idea of an invisible coatYou are not aloneScientists have been working hard to produce a material which will make buildings as
2、 well as people invisibleNow a Canadian company claims to have succeeded with magical textile （纺织品） called Quantum StealthBritish Columbia based on Hyperstealth Technology Corporation claims that the material makes its wearers completely invisible, even to people with night glassesAlso, just like th
3、e young wizards coat, it is light-weight and does not need cameras, batteries, lights or mirrors to operateBut best of all, it is cheap to makeAs to how it really works, the company keeps it a top secretBesides stating that they have successfully managed to bend light waves, so that they go round th
4、e material instead of through it, the company is not giving out any detailsWhat it does detail is all the good uses that Quantum Stealth could be put to-ranging from protecting US and Canadian soldiers forced to step into enemy region, to allowing special armed forces to carry out surprise attack wi
5、thout any fear of being seenAnd if that is not enough they even imagine creating aircrafts and submarines （潜水艇） that can go completely undetectedTo prove that Quantum Stealth really exists, the company has released photos and even a video showing its magical propertiesFor those that are still scepti
6、cal, they have only one thing to say both the US and Canadian military officials have witnessed it live and are so impressed that they are working with Hyper stealth Technology to create the next generation survival blanket that could make the soldier invisible all at once! If this is indeed true, w
7、e have only one question: When will this magical fabric beavailable to the rest of us?1Whats the purpose of the first paragraph?ATo bring in the topicBTo draw peopled attention to JK Rowling and her ideaCTo make the article interestingDTo introduce the Canadian company2According to the passage, Quan
8、tum Stealth is _Aan invisible coat worn by the wizard in the film Harry PotterBa type of material making its users invisibleCan equipment employed as an alternative for camerasDan advanced weapon used to attack enemies3Which of the following words can be used to describe the coat?AConvenient but not
9、 expensive BCreative but heavyCOrdinary and light DMagical and imaginary4The third paragraph is mainly about _Athere are no details about the materialBwhether the material is true or falseCthe materials theory and functionsDthe material has been put into practice5Which of the following statements is
10、 TRUE according to the passage? AThe material is invisible only to those with night glasses BQuantum Stealth will be widely used in our life soonCPeople have no faith in the photos and video provided at allDThe new product can still be improved for better use【参考答案】 15、ABACD阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最
11、佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。As students and teachers returned to school on Monday after the publication of performance ratings(等级) for 18,000 teachers, many parents said they were giving the reports serious thought. Yet there was an equal measure of skepticism among parents that test scores have any relationshi
12、p with teachers competence.Some said they already knew how good a teacher was by walking into the classroom or by monitoring their childrens progress. “Im the kind of person who likes to see for themselves,” a father in Queens said.Others worried about how their fellow parents, perhaps ones with sha
13、rper elbows, might respond. Will they demand a new teacher? Move their children to a new school?Elizabeth Sane, the mother of a fourth grader at the Ella Baker School, a kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school on the Upper East Side, said that her daughter was switched to a different teachers class
14、 over the summer, and that it was “like adding salt to the wound” when she saw the high ratings for her daughters previous teacher. Her daughters teacher this year did not receive a rating because he previously taught high schoolMs. Sane said that the rating was not the only factor that influenced h
15、ow she assessed a teachers performance, but that the data used for teacher evaluations mattered.But other parents dropping their children off at the Ella Baker School said they did not trust teacher ratings based on test scores any more than they wanted their childrens learning measured only by the
16、state exams.“Some people take it as the final word, but it doesnt change who they are as teachers. The ratings arent accurate, and the whole student testing thing needs to be thrown out,” said Lydia Delgado, whose child is in the second grade.41. Paragraph 1 tells us that A. All the teachers receive
17、d a rating given by the students.B. All the teachers will receive a rating at the end of each semester,C. Most parents took the teachers ratings seriously.D. About half of the parents doubted the ratings to be reliable.【答案】D 【解析】细节理解题。根据Yet there was an equal measure of skepticism among parents that
18、 test scores have any relationship with teachers competence.有些父母怀疑评级的可靠性，故选D。42.What does the underlined part “with sharper elbows” mean?A. With the ability to change the situation.B. With a good relationship with the school.C. With a stong will to succeed.D. With strong elbows physically. 【答案】A【解析】
19、词义猜测题。根据might respond可推测有能力改变形势，故选A。43.Paragraph 4 shows that Elizabeth Sane A. was on the side of giving ratings to the teachers.B. regretted having sent her daughter to another class. C. didnt think her daughters previous teacher was better.D. wanted her daughter to return to her previous class.【答
20、案】B【解析】细节理解题。根据her daughter was switched to a different teachers class over the summer, and that it was “like adding salt to the wound”她后悔把她的女儿送到了另一个学校，故选B。44. Which of the following statements is true?A. The teacher ratings were decided by the test scores of the students.B. Ms. Sane evaluated a tea
21、chers performance only by the rating.C. Lydia Delgado didnt think the students scores should be kept.D. To give ratings to teachers will come to an end in the near future.【答案】A【解析】细节理解题。根据teacher ratings based on test scores老师的排名基于学生考试的分数，故选A。45.The attitude of the author towards the way to assess t
22、eachers competence is .A. supportive B. criticalC. indifferent D. objective【答案】D【解析】细节理解题。supportive赞成的； critical批评的；indifferent中立的；objective客观的。 根据全文的内容来看作者只是客观陈述的别人的一些看法，没有提出自己的具体的观点，故选D。阅读理解Limit the use of private cars, improve public transport and encourage the use of bicycles to control traffi
23、c congestion(拥挤) during the 2008 Olympics, experts from foreign countries advised Beijing on Friday. Professor Nigel Wilson, of the civil and environmental engineering department of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said he was supportive to the limiting of private cars during the Olympic Games
24、, saying that in foreign countries, the method is also adopted during big events, but he was unsure about the approach. The government planned to keep an average of more than one million cars off the roads to improve traffic flow during the Olympics, said Liu Xiaoming, deputy director of the Beijing
25、 Traffic Committee, at the China Planning Network First Urban Transportation Congress. Sharing Wilsons view, Dr. Yoshitsugu Hayashi, dean of the Graduate School of Environmental Studies of Nagoya University, believed the reduction in car use should be achieved not by banning, but through incentives.
26、 Drivers who dont use their private cars could be given points, he said, and the points could be exchanged for goods from online shopping. Wetzel stressed limiting the use of company cars. Governmental officials should also be encouraged to use public transportation or ride bicycles, he said, adding
27、 that he himself is a bicycle-rider in London. Matthew Martimo, director of Traffic Engineering with Citilabs, said the bicycle was Chinas advantage. Limiting private cars is an idea worth trying but it is just a temporary solution, he said. The real cause of congestion is high density of people in
28、Beijing and many have cars. Beijing, with a population of 15 million, is home to more than three million automobiles, and the number is rising by 1,000 a day. Professor Wilson said the Olympic Games was a great opportunity for Beijing to think about traffic problems and develop transportation, addin
29、g that the city had already been making public transport more efficient. Beijing has promised to stretch its 114-kilometer city railway to 200 kilometers before the opening of the Olympic Games. “We are looking forward to borrowing Beijings experiences and drawing from its lessons in preparation for
30、 the 2012 Olympics,” said Wetzel.16. The underlined word incentives in paragraph 4 means_. A. something that encourages people to tryB. online shopping C. points could be exchanged for goodsD. award17. It can be seen from the passage that _. A. the government planned to forbid over 1 million cars to
31、 run on the roads during the Olympics. B. banning private cars is the best way to solve traffic congestion in Beijing C. Beijing now has 200 kilometers of city railway D. the use of company cars will not be limited18. Why did Wetzel stress “ he himself is a bicycle-rider in London”? A. To limit the
32、use of company cars. B. To encourage governmental officials to use public transportation or ride bicycles. C. To show that riding bicycles is good for health. D. To show that he loves riding bicycles.19. Which of the following may be the reason for the traffic congestion in Beijing? A. The 2008 Beij
33、ing Olympic games. B. The number of cars in Beijing is rising by 1,000 a day. C. The large population in Beijing and the large number of cars. D. Public transport in Beijing is not efficient.20. The purpose of the passage is _. A. to limit the use of private cars, improve public transport B. to enco
34、urage the use of bicycles to control traffic congestion during the 2008 Olympics C. to borrow Beijings experiences and draw from its lessons in preparation for the 2012 Olympics D. to tell the advice given by foreign experts on traffic congestion during 2008 Beijing Olympics 全解全析本文报道了外国专家对解决2008北京奥运
35、会交通拥挤问题所提出的一些建议。A 词义猜测题。由下面两行可知答案。A 细节理解题。由第三段第一句可知答案。B 推理判断题。他以自己为例子就是鼓励政府官员多用公共交通工具或多骑自行车。C 推理判断题。由文章倒数第三段可知答案。D 推理判断题。文章第一段就是文章的主旨。 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe British National Health Service (NHS) was set up in 1948 and was designed to provide equal basic health care, free of
36、charge, for everybody in the country. Before this time health care had to be paid for by individuals.Nowadays central government is directly responsible for the NHS although it is administered by local health authorities. About 83 percent of the cost of the health service is paid for by general taxa
37、tion and the rest is met from the National Insurance contributions paid by those in work. There are charges for prescription and dental care but many people, such as children, pregnant women, pensioners, and those on Income Support, are exempt from payment.Most people are registered with a local doc
38、tor (a GP, or General Practitioner) who is increasingly likely to be part of a health centre which serves the community. As the population of Britain gets older, the hospital service now treats more patients than before, although patients spend less time in hospital. NHS hospitals many of which were
39、 built in the nineteenth century provide nearly half a million beds and have over 480, 000 medical staff. The NHS is the biggest employer in Europe although Britain actually spends less per person on health care than most of her European neighbours.During the 1980s there was considerable restructuri
40、ng of the Health Service with an increased emphasis on managerial efficiency and the privatization of some services (for example, cleaning). At the end of the 1980s the government introduced proposals for further reform of the NHS, including allowing some hospitals to be self-governing, and encourag
41、ing GPs to compete for patients. Patients would be able to choose and change their family doctor more easily and GPs would have more financial responsibility. The political questions continue of how much money should be provided to support the NHS and where it should come from.1 We can know from the
42、 first paragraph that _.A. the original aim of the NHS was to provide equal basic health care for everybodyB. people didnt have to pay for health care since the NHS was set upC. patients were charged for receiving health care before 1948D. the NHS was an organization which gave free advice to villag
43、ers2 What do we know about the NHS?A. Its managed by the central government.B. Its cost is mainly paid for by the National Insurance contributions.C. It hires more people than any other unit in Europe.D. Fewer patients go to its hospitals than before because they spend less on health care.3. All the
44、 following statements about GPs are true except that they _.A. take care of the local peoples healthB. often take part in competitions to see who is the bestC. work under high pressure nowadaysD. have more responsibilities than before4 What does the underlined word “exempt” probably mean?A. sufferin
45、gB. different C. preventedD. free5. The biggest problem for the NHS is _.A. many hospitals are too old to be usedB. some services are in the charge of individualsC. more and more patients go to GPs for treatmentD. there is not enough money for further reform全解全析CCBDD国家保健中心由中央政府直接负责，但由地方当局管理。建立国家保健中心
46、的最初目的是为农村居民提供免费的基本健康护理，尤其儿童、孕妇等可享受免费治疗。C。细节理解题。根据最后一自然段最后一句可知，建立国家保健中心的最初目的是为农村居民提供免费的基本健康护理，而不是针对所有的人，所以前两项错误。C。细节理解题。根据第4自然段“The NHS is the biggest employer in Europe”可知。从第二自然段第一句可以看出国家保健中心由中央政府直接负责，但由地方当局管理，所以A项错误。B。细节理解题。根据最后一自然段话“and encouraging GPs to compete for patients”可知政府鼓励全科医生之间相互竞争，而不是让他们进行竞赛，看谁的医术高明。D。猜测词义题。前面提到医生开药方及给病人治疗牙病需要收费，再结合but一词可推断儿童、孕妇等可享受免费治疗。D。细节理解题。根据最后一自然段最后一句可知。- 8 - 版权所有高考资源网