1、 2013高考英语二轮（阅读理解）能力提升演练（07）及答案 （*） It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a hurt brain. Without enough blood, the brain lives only three to five minutes. Sometimes the hurt brain gets better by itself. More often the doctors cant fix the hurt. Sometimes they are afraid to try something to
2、 help. It is dangerous to work on the brain. The doctor might make the person worse if he works on the brain. Dr Robert J. White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help. He thinks doctors should try to make the brain very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without blo
3、od for 30 minutes. This gives the doctors a longer time to do something for the brain. Dr White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different jobs. Then he operated on them. He made the monkeys blood go through a machine. The machine cooled the blood. Then the machine sent the b
4、lood back to the monkeys brains. When the brain temperature was 50 degrees, Dr White stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back He warmed the blood again. After their operations, the monkeys were like they were before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still d
5、o the jobs the doctor had taught them.Dr Whites idea works well on the monkeys. Are there other problems with human beings? Dr White thinks doctors will use his idea on human beings. He thinks it will help people who have heart problems, too. A person doesnt have to die when his heart stops. Doctors
6、 can start it again. The problems come when the brain is without blood for three to five minutes, the person has a living body, but a dead brain. Maybe in the future, doctors will try Dr White.s ide When the persons heart stops, the doctors will quickly trY to cool the brain. They will have 30 minut
7、es to start the heart again. Maybe there will be no problem with the brain. 1. People probably die when_. A. their brain dies B. their heart stops C. they stop breathingD. their brain becomes very hot 答案：A 指导：推理判断题。由短文最后一段可知，心脏停止跳动，医生还能让它重新跳动，但是大脑死了，空有活的身体也是没用的。从而得出答案A.2. Dr White thinks his idea ab
8、out cooling the brain will work because_. A. he has tried it on people B. he has tried it on monkeys C. he has tried it on heart problems D. he has tried it on himself 答案：B 指导：细节理解题。由短文的第四段可知，Dr White冷却大脑的方法在猴子身上做了实验，并达到了预期的目的。3. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Doctors may start the heart aga
9、in in 30 minutes one day. B. Doctors can start the heart again after 30 minutes. C. The brain cant live without blood. D. The method works on monkeys. 答案：B 指导：细节判断题。由整篇短文可知，Dr White的实验最多能给医生提供30分钟的时间，否则就准以让心脏重新跳动。4. According to the writer,_. A. it is not difficult to repair the brain damage B. doct
10、ors working on a hurt brain may make things worse C. brain is not an important part in ones body D. brain doesnt need blood 答案：B 指导：推理判断题。由第一段最后两句可以推知在大脑上出差错比在其他部分出差错都要糟糕。*结束.完形填空Words：318难度系数：建议用时：16分钟A little girl wanted to become a great pianist，but all she could play on the piano was the simple
11、little tune，“Chopsticks”No matter how hard she tried，that was the _1_ she could do.Her parents decided after some time to _2_ for a great pianist to teach her to play properly.Of course，the little girl was _3_.When the little girl and her parents arrived at the pianists house for the first lesson，th
12、ey were led by a servant into the living room，where they saw a beautiful concert grand _4_.Immediately，the little girl _5_ over to the piano and began playing “Chopsticks”Her parents felt _6_ of their daughters behaviour and started _7_ the room to tell her to stop.However，as she played，the pianist
13、_8_ the room and _9_ the little girl to continue.The pianist then took a _10_ on the piano bench next to the little girl，listening to her play.After a moment he began to play _11_ her，adding some basic tones.The little girl _12_ to play “Chopsticks”The parents couldnt believe their _13_.They were he
14、aring a beautiful piece of music，played by their daughter and the pianist，and _14_ enough，the central theme of it was _15_ “Chopsticks”At times you may feel like youre a(n) _16_ that you will never accomplish great things.But _17_ that little girl.All she could play was “Chopsticks”Nobody wanted to
15、hear “Chopsticks”It was an embarrassment to her parents and _18_ to everyone else.Yet the musician encouraged her to keep on playing.We were born with gifts and _19_.Sure，compared to some peoples abilities，our gifts and talents may seem like“Chopsticks”not very original and not very spectacular.But
16、keep on playingand make some room on the piano _20_ for our pianists.1. AbestBworstChardest Deasiest解析：选A。no matter how引导的是让步状语从句，后面应该是和前面相反的意思，所以选the best。2A.look BarrangeCturn Dsettle解析：选B。arrange“安排”。根据后文我们知道小女孩的父母已经安排好了，所以选arrange。3A.pleasing BsorryCworried Ddelighted解析：选D。自己弹得不好，现在有高人指点，小女孩肯定高兴
17、了，所以选delighted。4A.violin BbenchCroom Dpiano解析：选D。根据后文的“the piano”可以得出答案。5A.walked BwentCrushed Dmoved解析：选C。小女孩见到好钢琴，急切地去弹，所以用rushed。其他词均不能表达小女孩的急切心情。6A.ashamed BfrightenedCpleased Dexcited解析：选A。小女孩的父母知道自己孩子的钢琴水平，极力要阻止她弹，怕她被笑话，所以当时很尴尬，因此选ashamed。7A.through BoverCacross Dthroughout解析：选C。across the roo
18、m到房间另一头，因为小女孩是rushed over to the piano，她的父母还在另一头，所以选across。8A.left BenteredCcleaned Dlocked解析：选B。他们是由仆人领进来的，在小女孩弹钢琴时，音乐家进来了，所以选entered。9A.told BencouragedCadvised Dforbade解析：选B。根据后面“Yet the musician encouraged her to keep on playing”可知，音乐家鼓励小女孩弹钢琴，所以选encouraged。10A.book BcupCstep Dseat解析：选D。take a s
19、eat意为“坐下”，根据后面的on the piano bench可以得出钢琴家在小女孩旁边坐了下来，所以选seat。11A.along with Binstead ofCin front of Dbehind解析：选A。along with意思是相当于with，意为“同一起”。12A.stopped BimprovedCcontinued Drepeated解析：选C。因为他们一起弹奏，所以小女孩应该是继续弹，因此选continued。13A.daughter BeyesCpianist Dears解析：选D。根据后文“They were hearing a beautiful piece
20、of music.”，可知小女孩的父母简直不敢相信他们的耳朵，说明小女孩弹得太好了。14A.amazingly BsadlyChappily Ddisappointingly解析：选A。小女孩仍然弹奏原来的那首曲子“Chopsticks”，但是曲子听起来很优美，这很令人吃惊，所以选amazingly。15A.yet BstillCalso Dalready解析：选B。still仍然，根据“all she could play wasChopsticks”可以得出正确答案。16A.somebody BnobodyCanybody Deverybody解析：选B。根据后面的句子“you will
21、never accomplish great things”可以看出你什么都做不好。nobody意为“小人物，无足轻重的人”。17. Athink of BregardCwatch Dlook at解析：选A。作者写这篇文章是为了让读者从小女孩的故事中得到教育。18A.tiring BpleasantCannoying Dsurprising解析：选C。根据文章的描述，小女孩的钢琴弹得很糟糕，所以选annoying。tiring意为“令人劳累的”。19A.abilities BadvantagesCtalents Dgoods解析：选C。根据后面的句子“our gifts and talent
22、s may seem likeChopsticks”可以得出答案。20A.piece BmusicCtable Dbench解析：选D。从上文可知钢琴家“took a seat on the piano bench next to the little girl”，所以这里要选bench。.阅读理解Words：352难度系数：建议用时：8分钟A few years ago I had an“aha！”moment regarding handwriting.I had in my hand a sheet of paper with handwritten instructions on it
23、 for some sort of editorial task.It occurred at first that I did not recognize the handwriting，and then I realized whose it must be.I finally became aware of the fact that I had been working with this colleague for at least a year，maybe two，and yet I did not recognize her handwriting at that point.I
24、t was a very important event in the computerization of lifea sign that the informal，friendly communication of people working together in an office had changed from notes in pen to instant messages and emails.There was a time when our workdays were filled with little letters，and we recognized one ano
25、thers handwriting the way we knew voices or faces.As a child visiting my fathers office，I was pleased to recognize，in little notes on the desks of his staff，the same handwriting I would see at home in the notes he would leave on the fridgeexcept that those notes were signed“dad”instead of“RFW”All th
26、is has been on my mind because of the talk about The Rise and Fall of Handwriting，a book by Florey.She shows in her book a deep concern about the fall of handwriting and the failure of schools to teach children to write well，but many others argue that people in a digital age cant be expected to lear
27、n to hold a pen.I dont buy it.I dont want to see anyone cut off from the expressive，personal associations that a pen still promotes better than a digital keyboard does.For many a biographer，part of really getting to know their subjects is learning to read their handwriting.What some people advocate
28、is teaching one of the many attractive handwritings based on the handwriting of 16th century Italy.That may sound impossibly grandas if they want kids to learn to draw by copying classical paintings.However，they have worked in many school systems.1Why was the author surprised at not recognizing his
29、colleagues handwriting?AHe had worked with his colleague long enough.BHis colleagues handwriting was so beautiful.CHis colleagues handwriting was so terrible.DHe still had a lot of work to do.解析：选A。细节理解题。由第二段最后一句可知，作者对不能认出和自己一起工作了很长时间的同事的笔迹感到惊讶。2People working together in an office used to _.Atalk m
30、ore about handwritingBtake more notes on workdaysCknow better one anothers handwritingDcommunicate better with one another解析：选C。推理判断题。由第三段中的“There was a time when.voice or faces.”可知，过去一起工作的人们通常能互相了解对方的笔迹。3The authors father wrote notes in pen _.Ato both his family and his staffBto his family in smal
31、l lettersCto his family on the fridgeDto his staff on the desk解析：选A。细节理解题。由第四段中的“I was pleased to recognize.his staff，the same handwriting I would see at home.”可知，作者的父亲常用手写便条和家人及员工交流。4We can learn from the passage that the author _.Athinks it impossible to teach handwritingBdoes not want to lose handwritingCputs the blame on the computerDdoes not agree with Florey解析：选B。意图判断题。文章中大量的信息，特别是倒数第二段中的“I dont want to see.a digital keyboard does.”表明，作者不想让手写字消失。
