1、重庆合川市2014高考英语阅读理解一轮练习（9）及答案Many people who are rich are also well-known. Ted Sweeney was an excep-tion to this rule. His family moved to San Francisco from Los Angeles when he was one month old. Thats where he grew up. At the age of seventeen he was hit by a train. Although he was not seriously hurt
2、, the railway paid him $ 25, 000. Instead of going to college, he bought a small store. Six months later, the government bought his land to build a new highway. He sold it for $ 95, 000. With this money he moved to Detroit. He started a small company that made parts for car manufacturers (制造商). It w
3、as very successful and by the time he was 23, he was a millionaire. When he was 24, he got married. He and his wife had three daughters in the next five years. By the time he was 30, he had had over ten million dollars. Then tragedy struck. He was involved in a traffic accident. He did not die but h
4、is wife and daughters did. Six months later, he sold everything he owned and put his money in stocks (股票； 股份). Ted then moved to New York. He lived for the next forty years in a one-room apartment. He spent most of his days wandering through the city, looking in garbage cans for food. He never worke
5、d. He rarely talked to anyone except himself. Most people were afraid of him. His clothes were always old and dirty. Shortly before he died, he moved back to Los Angeles. After spending two weeks there, he was put in prison because he had no money and no job. City workers tried to help him. They off
6、ered him work, but he would not work. Towards the end, he would not talk to anyone at all. When he died, he was a lonely man. After his stocks were sold and all the taxes paid, there was over a hundred million dollars left. 判断正误。 6. Sweeney was born in Los Angeles. 7. In the traffic accident only tw
7、o people died. 8. Ted returned to Los Angeles shortly before he died. 9. Ted led a miserable life since he sold his land. 10. Ted Sweeney was a person who was very rich but not very famous. 参考答案6-10 TFTFT *结束 1.（2011山东卷）DSince the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with
8、 computers. Brain-computer interface(BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.Recently, two researchers, Jose Milan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic school in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated（展示）a small robotic wheelchair directed by a persons
9、thoughts.In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right band. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.“our brain has billions of nerve ceils. These send signals through the spinal cord （脊髓）to the muscles to give
10、 us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles,” Tavella says. “Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices.” The researchers designed a special cap for the
11、 user. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp(头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain. Prof
12、. Milan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands. “The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories: communication, and controlling devices. One e
13、xample is this wheelchair.”He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time.A. help to update computer systems B. link the hu
14、man brain with computersC. help the disabled to recover D. control a persons thoughts 72. How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory? A. By controlling his muscles. B. By talking to the machine. C. By moving his hand. D. By using his mind.73. Which of the following shows the path of th
15、e signals described in Paragraph 5? A. scalpcomputercapwheelchair B. computercapscalpwheelchair C. scalpcapcomputerwheelchair D. capcomputerscalpwheelchair74. The team will test with real patients to A. make profits from them B. prove the technology useful to them C. make them live longer D. learn a
16、bout their physical condition75. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A. Switzerland, the BCI Research Center B. New Findings About How the Human Brain Works C. BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the DisabledD. Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries【解析】：71-75:BDCBC【语
17、篇解读】本文是一则新闻报道，介绍了Brain-computer interface(BCI)技术的发明，原理和对残疾人带来的益处。71. B。细节理解题。从第一段第一句话可知。72.D细节理解题。见第二段“Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right band.”。73.C.细节理解题。见第五段描述。74.B细节推断题。见最后一段“to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from.”，证明他们可以从中获得的好处。75.
18、C.主旨大意题。本文是新闻文体，因此要关注首段的中心，由首段的第二句话“Brain-computer interface(BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.”推断选C。*结束He came into the room to shut the windows while we were still in bed and I saw he looked ill. He was shivering, his face was white, and he walked slowly
19、 as though it ached to move.Whats the matter, Schatz?Ive got a headache.You better go back to bed.No. Im all right.You go to bed. Ill see you when Im dressed.But when I came downstairs he was dressed, sitting by the fire, looking a very sick and miserable boy of nine years. When I put my hand on his
20、 forehead I knew he had a fever.You go up to bed, I said, Youre sick.Im all right, he said.When the doctor came he took the boys temperature.Whats is it? I asked him.One hundred and two.Downstairs, the doctor left three different medicines in different colored capsules with instructions for giving t
21、hem. One was to bring down the fever, another a purgative(泻药), the third to overcome an acid condition. The germs of influenza（流感）can only exist in an acid condition, he explained. He seemed to know all about influenza and said there was nothing to worry about if the fever did not go above one hundr
22、ed and four degrees. This was a light epidemic(传染病；传染性的) of flu and there was no danger if you avoided pneumonia（肺炎）.Back in the room I wrote the boys temperature down and made a note of the time to give the various capsules.Do you want me to read to you?All right. If you want to, said the boy. His
23、face was very white and there were dark areas under his eyes. He lay still in the bed and seemed very detached（超然的；冷漠的）from what was going on.I read aloud from Howard Pyles Book of Pirates（海盗）;but I could see he was not following what I was reading.How do you feel, Schatz? I asked him.Just the same,
24、 so far, he said.I sat at the foot of the bed and read to myself while I waited for it to be time to give another capsule. It would have been natural for him to go to sleep, but when I looked up he was looking at the foot of the bed, looking very strangely.Why dont you try to sleep? Ill wake you up
25、for the medicine.Id rather stay awake.After a while he said to me, You dont have to stay in here with me, Papa, if it bothers you.It doesnt bother me.No, I mean you dont have to stay if its going to bother you.I thought perhaps he was a little lightheaded and after giving him the prescribed capsules
26、 at eleven oclock I went out with my gun and the young hunting dog.I killed two quail(鹌鹑), and missed five, and started back pleased to have found a covey of quail close to the house and happy there were so many left to find on another day. At the house they said the boy had refused to let anyone co
27、me into the room.You cant come in, he said. You mustnt get what I have.I went up to him and found him in exactly the position I had left him, white-faced, but with the tops of his cheeks flushed（发红）by the fever, staring still, as he had stared, at the foot of the bed.I took his temperature.What is i
28、t?Something like a hundred, I said. It was one hundred and two and four tenths.It was a hundred and two, he said.Who said so?The doctor.Your temperature is all right, I said. Its nothing to worry about.I dont worry, he said, but I cant keep from thinking.Dont think, I said. Just take it easy.Im taki
29、ng it easy, he said and looked straight ahead, He was evidently holding tight onto himself about something.Take this with water.Do you think it will do any good?Of course it will.I sat down and opened the Pirate book and began to read, but I could see he was not following, so I stopped.About what ti
30、me do you think Im going to die? he asked.What?About how long will it be before I die?You arent going to die. Whats the matter with you? Oh, yes, I am, I heard him say a hundred and two.People dont die with a fever of one hundred and two. Thats a silly way to talk.I know they do. At school in France
31、 the boys told me you cant live with forty-four degrees. Ive got a hundred and two.He had been waiting to die all day, ever since nine oclock in the morning.You poor Schatz, I said. Poor old Schatz. Its like miles and kilometers. You arent going to die. Thats different thermometer. On that thermomet
32、er thirty-seven is normal. On this kind its ninety-eight.Are you sure?Absolutely, I said, Its like miles and kilometers. You know, like how many kilometers we make when we do seventy miles in the car?Oh, he said.But his gaze at the foot of the bed relaxed slowly. The hold over himself relaxed too, f
33、inally, and the next day it was very slack(松驰的) and he cried very easily at little things that were of no importance.15. The author writes about the doctors visit in order to _. A. show the doctors knowledge about influenza and its treatment B. show the boys illness was quite serious C. create a sit
34、uation of misunderstanding around which to build a story D. show the father was very much concerned about the boys illness16. The pronoun “it” in “Papa, if it bothers you” (line 41) refers to _. A. the boys high temperature B. the father giving the medicine to the boy C. the father staying with the
35、boy D. the boys death 17. It can be inferred from the story that it is _ by the time the father gets home from hunting. A. early in the afternoon B. close to evening C. at noon D. late in the morning 18. From the story we know that the boy kept tight control over himself because _. A. he did not wan
36、t to be a bother to others B. he wanted to recover quickly so that he could go hunting with his father C. he was afraid that he would die if he lost control over himself D. he thought he was going to die and he must show courage in the face of death19. That the boy cried very easily at little things
37、 of no importance the next day suggests that _. A. he couldnt control his emotions when he finally relaxed B. his father would go out hunting without him if he didnt cry C. something went wrong with his brain after the fever D. he often complained about unimportant things as a spoiled boy20. The the
38、me of the story is _. A. death is something beyond a childs comprehension B. to be calm and controlled in the face of death is a mark of courage C. misunderstanding can occur even between father and son D. misunderstanding can sometimes lead to an unexpected effect 15. C. 本文是海明威的一天的等待。叙述了一个九岁男孩由于不知道
39、有两种不同计算方式的温度计，在与父亲交谈的过程中产生了误解，误以为自己将不久于人世。竭力表现出冷静与勇敢的他静静地等待着死亡的降临，直到得知这仅仅是一个误解，才逐渐放松下来。作品体现了海明威所提倡的以人的尊严和勇气面对厄运迎接生活挑战的“硬汉”精神。此处即为下文的误解埋下伏笔。16. D. 儿子听到医生说102度，就认为自己即将死亡。与下文父亲所说的“it”不是同一概念。17. B. 故事开头结合下文的after giving him the prescribed capsules at eleven oclock I went out 及He had been waiting to die all day, ever since nine oclock in the morning. 可知。18. D. 参考55.19. A. 一个九岁的男孩前一天竭力表现出冷静与勇敢，静静地等待着死亡的降临。但孩子必竟只是孩子，紧绷的心放松后变得很脆弱。20. B. 参考55.*结束