1、2013年高考英语二轮专题复习命题预测90阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AFor millions of people, the American dream of owning a home seems to be slipping out of reach. “Maybe young couples can no longer afford to buy a ready-made house as their parents did, says 40-year-old building instructor Pat H
2、ennin. “But they can still have a home. Like their pioneer ancestors, they can build it themselves, and at less than half the cost of a ready-made house.” The owner-builders came from every occupational group, although surprisingly few are professional building workers. Many take the plunge with lit
3、tle or no experience. “I learned how to build my house from reading books,” says John Brown, who built a six-room home for $25, 000 in High Falls, New Jersey. “If you have patience and the carpentry skill to make a bookcase, you can build a house.” An astonishing 50 percent of these owner-builders h
4、ammer every nail, lay every pipe, and wire every switch with their own hands. The rest contract for some parts of the task. But even those who just act as contractors and finish the insides of their homes can save from 30 percent to 45 percent of what a ready-made home would cost. One survey reveale
5、d that 60 percent of owner-builders also design their homes. Many others buy commercial house plans for less than $100 or use plans available from the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 56. What does the passage mainly tell us?A. The cost of having a house built.B. The American dream of owning a house
6、.C. The life of owner-builders in America.D. A comparison between young couples and their parents.57. It can be inferred from the passage that many Americans find it difficult to _.A. build a house B. find a ready-made house C. have a good job D. buy a house58. The underlined phrase “take the plunge
7、” in paragraph 3 most probably means “_”.A. decide to build a house B. decide to pull down a houseC. decide to buy a house D. decide to rent a house59. From the passage we learn that _.A. Many house plans are offered free of charge.B. Most of the house plans are offered by building instructors.C. Mo
8、st of the owner-builders design their homes.D. Fifty percent of the American young couples build houses.B People tend to become more personal and hide less of themselves when using email. Researchers from Open University in Britain have found in a recent study that there are good reasons for this.Th
9、e team of researchers asked 83 pairs of students, all strangers to each other, to solve a problem. They had to discuss this question: If only five people in the world could be saved from a world disaster, who should they be? The pairs of students had to talk over the problem either face to face or b
10、y computers. Dr. Johnson said, “They told their partners four times as much about themselves when they talked over the Internet as when they talked face to face. When the computers were fitted with cameras so that students could see each other, this limited the personal side of the conversation.”Gen
11、erally the information was not extremely personal. It was mainly about things such as where they went to school, or where they used to live. But some students discussed their love stories, and personal childhood experiences.Dr Johnson believes that emailing encourages people to focus on themselves.
12、And when they do this, they become more open, especially if there are no cameras. “If you cannot see the other person, it becomes easier to talk about yourself. This is because you are not thinking what the other person is thinking of you. So emailing has become the modern way of talking,” said Dr.
13、Johnson. However, this style of talking is not entirely new. “In the 19th century people started to use the telegraph to communicate. Now the same kind of thing has happened and people ended up speaking more freely.”Dr. Johnson thinks that e-mailers need to know about these effects of emailing, espe
14、cially when they start work in a company. “If you dont know about it, you could find yourself saying more about yourself than you wanted to.”60. The subject discussed in this passage is _.A. how people do research studiesB. how people open up when emailingC. how to communicate at workD. how to discu
15、ss and solve a problem61. The reason that some couples talked freely about themselves is that _.A. they didnt talk about very personal thingsB. they had to discuss a questionC. the cameras on the computers were turned onD. they couldnt see each other 62. What does the underlined part in paragraph 4
16、refer to?A. The telegraph.B. The computer.C. Emailing.D. Face-to-face talk.63. In the writers opinion, one should _.A. consider how one uses email at workB. talk more freely in emails than usualC. discuss any subject that one wants toD. focus on oneself when emailingCSafety and Security ProceduresYo
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22、t and leave the building. Avoid the use of elevator. 64. The suggestions are most probably from _. A. a hotel manager B. a police officer C. an experienced traveler D. a tour guide 65. If you feel doubtful about a stranger who knocks at the door, you should _.A. let the person in after you have got
23、his/her nameB. open the door to check the persons ID cardC. call the Front Desk to make sureD. contact the local police for assistance66. What can we learn from the text? A. It is advised to travel to places where there are few people. B. The hotel is not responsible for anything you lose. C. Dont r
24、eport to the manager unless you are sure something is going wrong. D. Youd better use the deadbolt and the secondary locks for safety.DSkipping classes, particularly big lectures where an absence is likely to go undetected, is a tradition among college undergraduates. These days, however, some profe
25、ssors say theyre seeing more absenteeism, as students make the most of new technologies as learning aids.Americ Azevedo taught an “Introduction to Computers” at the University of California, Berkeley, US last semester. By visiting the courses website, the 200 enrolled students could download audio r
26、ecordings or watch digital videos of the lectures, as well as read the instructors detailed lecture notes.But there was one big problem: So many of the undergraduates relied on the technology that at times only 20 or so actually showed up for class.Doug Suda, 19, a student in Azevedos class last sem
27、ester, said he skipped about three-quarter of the lectures. Its largely because he was busy with an off-campus job and was taking the course to fulfill a business major requirement. At the end of the term, Suda prepared hurriedly for the final exam by watching videos of about 15 lectures over three
28、days. “If I hadnt that I would probably fail the class,” said Suda, who instead received a B-plus.Despite the concerns about absenteeism, schools are increasingly experimenting with ways to let students watch or listen to lectures on their computers or digital music players, like iPods. Last month,
29、Harvard Medical School began “Podcasting” lectures. Students can download them into digital musical players, and study while they, say, go for a walk.As many academics accept the electronic innovation, others are pushing back. To encourage attendance, they are applying low-tech tactics, like giving
30、more surprising quizzes or cutting back their online offerings.Lee Chanian, a UCLA economics professor, says “too much technology leads to passive learning environment and encourage more absenteeism”. He now puts fewer lecture materials online, and provides extensive notes only for the most complica
31、ted topics.67. The underlined word “absenteeism” in paragraph 2 most probably means _.A. attending classes B. having classesC. giving classes D. skipping classes68. At times only 20 or so undergraduates showed up for Americ Azevedos class because _.A. so many undergraduates relied on digital learnin
32、g aidsB. so many undergraduates have off-campus jobs.C. his lectures were boringD. the exam was easy to pass69. According to the passage, to encourage attendance, some academics are applying the following lower-tech ways EXCEPT _.A. giving more surprise quizzes B. cutting off their online offerings
33、C. providing extensive notes only for the most complicated topicsD. putting fewer lecture materials online70. What could be the best title for this passage?A. Lectures fight digital learning aids to up class numbers. B. Lectures apply digital learning aids to up class numbers.C. Lectures fight lower-tech tactics to up class numbers.D. Schools are encouraging more absenteeism.5659 BDAC6063 BDCA 6466 ACD 6770 DABA
