1、阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。体裁：说明文话题：游戏与学习时间：7分钟A study suggests playing video games that might help dyslexic(诵读困难的) people learn more quickly.Vanessa Harrar of Britains University of Oxford led the study.She reported the findings in the journal Current Biology.The study suggests that dyslex
2、ic people may have trouble moving quickly from what they read to what they hear. In the study，Doctor Harrar tested 17 people with dyslexia，and 19 others without reading problems.The volunteers were asked to push a button as quickly as possible when they heard a sound，saw a light or experienced both
3、together.Doctor Harrar compared the speed of their reactions.She found that people with dyslexia were just as fast as the others when they saw only a picture or heard only a sound.But the Dyslexics had a slower reaction time when they heard a sound and saw a picture at the same time，this may have an
4、 effect on how dyslexic children are taught how to read.Doctor Harrar feels like playing video games could help dyslexic people shift from seeing to hearing more quickly.She adds that images in video games force the eyes to move and focus quickly.“Video game types of things pop out of here and there
5、，they move your eyes around the screen quite quickly in response to things quite quickly，and the more you play a video game the faster you get that kind of thing.So，the video game is really training the attention system to move quickly，” said Harrar.When children learn the alphabet，they usually see
6、the letter first and then hear the sound，or they see and hear the letter at the same time.The study shows that Dyslexics might learn more quickly if they hear the sound of a letter or word first before seeing it.【语篇导读】研究表明视频游戏能帮助阅读障碍者学习。1Whats the best title of the passage?AHow to Play Video Games B
7、etterBVideo Games Might Help DyslexicsCVideo Games Can Cure Dyslexics CompletelyDWhats Dyslexics解析标题概括题。文章主要讲述了研究表明视频游戏能帮助有阅读障碍者学习，故用B作为文章的标题最好。答案B2According to the passage the dyslexic people have difficulty in_.Achanging from what they see to what they hear quicklyBmoving around Cplaying video gam
8、esDwatching movies解析细节理解题。根据第二段中的“The study suggests that dyslexic people may have trouble moving quickly from what they read to what they hear.”和第四段中的“Doctor Harrar feels like playing action video games could help dyslexic people shift from seeing to hearing more quickly.”可知有阅读障碍的人在所看到的东西和所听到的东西之间进
9、行转换时有困难。答案A3The study shows the people with dyslexia response_ when they only take a single action.Aslower than the people without dyslexiaBfaster than the people without dyslexiaCas fast as the people without dyslexiaDtwice faster than the people without dyslexia解析细节理解题。根据第三段中的“She found that peopl
10、e with dyslexia were just as fast as the others when they saw only a picture or heard only a sound.”可知应选C。答案C4What does the author want to tell us in Paragraph 4?AThe reason about her study.BThe situation about her study.CThe problem about her study.DThe conclusion about her study.解析推理判断题。通读第四段不难发现H
11、arrar向我们介绍了她研究的结论：如何才能更好地使有阅读障碍的人反应的更快玩视频游戏。答案D5Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?AThe Dyslexics react quickly when they hear a word and see it in the meantime.BThe Dyslexics make no reaction when they hear a word and see it in the meantime.CThe Dyslexics react quick
12、ly when they hear a word before see it.DThe Dyslexics react quickly when they hear a word after see it.解析细节理解题。根据第三段中的“But the Dyslexics had a slower reaction time when they heard a sound and saw a picture at the same time.”和最后一段中的“The study shows that Dyslexics might learn more quickly if they hear
13、 the sound of a letter or word first before seeing it.”可知有阅读障碍的人在看到一个单词之前先听到它，他们反应会快一些，故选C项。答案C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。TOKYO Lonely astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) may soon be getting a robot friend from Japan. Japans space agency is considering putting a talking human
14、oid (有人的特点的) robot on the ISS to watch the work while astronauts are asleep, monitor their health and stress levels and communicate to Earth through the micro-blogging site Twitter. Japans space agency JAXA announced this week that it is looking at a plan to send a humanoid robot to the space statio
15、n in 2013 that could communicate with the ground through Twitter primarily feeding photos, rather than original ideas and provide astronauts with “comfort and companionship”. Following up on US NASAs “Robonaut” R-2 program, which is set for launch on the Discovery shuttle next week, the Japanese rob
16、ot would be part of a larger effort to create and refine robots that can be used by the elderly, JAXA said in a statement. Japan is one of the leading countries in robotics and has a rapidly aging society with one of the worlds longest life expectancies. Improving robot communication capabilities co
17、uld help elderly people on Earth by providing a nonintrusive (无干扰的) means of monitoring the robot owners health and vital signs and sending information to emergency responders if there is an abnormality, JAXA said. “We are thinking in terms of a very human-like robot that would have facial expressio
18、ns and be able to talk with the astronauts,” said JAXAs Satoshi Sano. The robot was being developed with the advertising and communications giant Dentsu Inc and a team at Tokyo University. The NASA project has a human-like head, hands and arms and uses the same tools as station crew members. The “Ro
19、bonaut” called R-2 is intended to carry out maintenance tasks in the stations Destiny lab. NASA says it hopes that humanoid robots could one day stand in for astronauts during spacewalks or perform tasks too difficult or dangerous for humans. For now, the $2.5 million NASA robot is limited to activi
20、ties within the lab. 1. According to the passage, a humanoid robot, put on the ISS, shall carry out the tasks except _.A. take care of the ISS sometimes B. keep an eye on the health of the astronautsC. keep in contact with EarthD. get a friend for astronauts from Japan2. Which of the following state
21、ments is TRUE according to this passage?A. The robot program will eventually benefit the elderly.B. R-2 program is in the charge of Japans JAXA.C. NASA is planning to communicate with the space station through Twitter. D. Japan has the largest number of elderly people.3. From the passage we can know
22、 _.A. many Japanese universities joined in the robot programB. future astronauts will become less lonely and more comfortable with the help of the robotC. robots could completely take the place of human astronauts in the futureD. the robot program, having cost $2.5 million, can carry out all tasks【参
23、考答案】13、DAB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。When Americans in the manufacturing sector (制造业) cried out, “The Chinese are coming,” some years ago, they expressed a restless concern and warning about a possible loss of job opportunities. Now Americans in the tourism industry issued the same cry on Ju
24、ne 17 but this time, it was a welcome call to greet the first organized group of Chinese tourists to the United States. U.S. tourism officials have high expectations that well-off Chinese visitors, who are ready and willing to spend loads of yuan, will give a big help to their industry.“Were very ex
25、cited,” said Helen N. Marano, Director of the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries under the U.S. Department of Commerce. Before she talked to Beijing Review on June 17, Marano and her colleagues had been waiting for more than two hours at Washington Dulles International Airport to give a warm we
26、lcome to the first organized group of Chinese tourists to visit the United States.The first group consisted of 250 tourists, who left from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong on June 17, the day when newly appointed Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan and U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson started the f
27、ourth round of the China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) in Annapolis, Maryland. Each was backed by a big group of heavyweight ministerial officials.Coincidence (巧合) could not provide a satisfactory explanation to the two events taking place on the same day. As a perfect example of one of the
28、 concrete results of the high-level dialogue between the two countries started by Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President George W. Bush in 2006, the first Chinese tourist groups arrival in the United States was widely reported by the Chinese media.At the previous SED meeting last December, C
29、hairman of the Chinese National Tourism Administration Shao Qiwei and U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez signed an agreement between China and the United States to advance tourist group travel from China to the United States. Under this agreement, China agreed to give an “approved destination
30、status” to the United States, allowing Chinese travel agencies to market tourism to American destinations and permitting U.S. destinations to advertise directly to the Chinese public.The agreement “is estimated to bring up to 100 million Chinese travelers to the United States over the next 15 years,
31、” Paulson said.But what people in the U.S. tourism industry care more about is how they can get a big slice of the pie.“Im getting calls already from people saying things like, How do we get to do this? and How do we attract Chinese tourists to our area?” Marano told Beijing Review. Marano said she
32、had been waiting for this market to be open for more than five years and that she was so excited now to see it finally happen.1. When, a few years ago, some Americans shouted “the Chinese are coming”, they _.A. were worried that the Chinese language would take the place of EnglishB. were concerned t
33、hat the number of the Chinese tourists would be bigger than the locals C. wanted to warn that the U.S. economy would suffer heavy lossesD. feared that large numbers of Chinese moving into the U.S. would make many Americans jobless2. Helen N. Marano was excited because _.A. large numbers of Chinese t
34、ouring the U.S. would tip her and her colleaguesB. the Chinese touring in the U.S. would help improve its industryC. the Chinese are usually well organized when travellingD. Wang Qishan and Henry Paulson started the fourth round of the China-U.S. SED3. We can infer from the passage that _.A. Chinese
35、 tourist agencies could organize groups of Chinese to go to the U.S. without the agreement B. Marano and her colleagues waited at the airport to see how well organized the Chinese wereC. many Americans take a positive attitude toward Chinese touristsD. about 100 million Americans will travel to Chin
36、a in the next 15 years4. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A. The Chinese are comingB. The fourth-round China-U.S. SEDC. More Chinese, more job opportunitiesD. How can we attract more Chinese to our area【参考答案】14、DBCA【2014高考英语广东省梅州市质检试卷】读写任务(共1小题，满分25分)阅读下面短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语
37、短文。Right after the Second World War, Germany was in ruins. Almost all the houses, factories and schools were destroyed. Plenty of people were homeless as well as jobless. Worse still, the supply of water and electricity was often cut off in the city. Two American journalists interviewed a German fam
38、ily living in the basement. The husband was disabled from the war and the wife was just dismissed from a clothing company. Worse still, there were bills for them to payfour children to care for and food to buy. Life was hard for them at that time.After the interview, the journalists chatted with eac
39、h other on the way back to the company.“Do you think the Germans could rebuild their homeland?”“Absolutely.”“But I cant see any hope for the country at all. How can you be so certain about that?”“Have you noticed what they put on the table in the basement? There was a vase of flowers. A nation, suff
40、ering at such moment, hasnt forgotten about flowers. It shows that hopes are not lost. They are still able to dream. A nation with hope can create miracles. They are sure to be able to rebuild their homeland.”【写作内容】1. 以约30个词概括上文的主要内容；2. 以约120个词就梦想改变命运的话题谈谈你的想法，内容包括：(1) 你赞同文中的观点吗？(2) 举例证明你赞同或不赞同的原因；(
41、3) 谈谈你对梦想的看法。【写作要求】1. 作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。【评分标准】 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。【参考范文】One possible version:Two American journalists interviewed a German family after the war. Though living a poor life, the family still placed flowers on the table, which convinced a
42、journalist that Germans were bound to rebuild their homeland.As is often the case, a man who can dream will try hard to overcome any difficulties in front and make it in turn. Therefore，I agree that dreams can change ones life. Lisa is my friend and former classmate. She was an energetic girl who al
43、ways dreamed of becoming an actress. However, at the beginning almost everyone tried to persuade her out of her dream because she was no more than 1.55 meters tall. There is no denying that actresses are usually much taller than her. However, she didnt lose heart. With great determination, she wrote
44、 a play by herself and eventually acted as a leading role in it. The show was a success.As far as I am concerned, one who has a dream can see further, work harder, and gain much more. Please hold fast to your dreams.读写任务评分说明读写任务是有材料作文：要求考生在阅读的基础上写一篇相关主题的作文；主要考查考生的篇章概括和语言表达能力。在评分时，应注意以下几方面：1 按照评分标准，实
45、行分析综合法评分；2 概括的要点包括：Two American journalists interviewed a German family after the war. Though living a poor life, the family still placed flowers on the table, which convinced a journalist that Germans were bound to rebuild their homeland.二、读写任务评分标准项目分值评分标准概括5 按照要求概括了全部主要信息，没有增加与原文无关的信息，没有照抄原文的句子。语言
46、结构正确，行文规范。4基本按照要求概括了主要信息，没有增加与原文无关的信息，没有照抄原文的句子。语言结构正确，行文规范。3基本按照要求概括了主要信息，但包含一些不相关的信息，有个别句子抄自原文。语言结构基本正确，行文比较规范。2不能按照要求概括主要信息，包含较多不相关的信息，有较多的抄袭。语言结构不够准确，行文不够规范。0-1没有按照要求概括主要信息，基本是不相关的信息，大多数句子都抄自原文。语言结构不准确，行文不规范。写作18-20包含题目所给全部或绝大部分的内容要点。主题明确，内容丰富。词汇丰富，用词得当。能有效运用合适的语言结构，而且没有（或极少）语法错误。篇章结构的连贯性好。14-17
47、包含题目所给全部或绝大部分的内容要点。主题明确，个别内容不准确或者不相关。词汇较丰富，有个别用词错误。较好地运用了合适的语言结构，有少许的语法错误。篇章结构的连贯性较好。11-13包含题目所给全部或绝大部分的内容要点。主题比较明确，个别内容不准确或者不相关。词汇较丰富，有个别用词错误。较好地运用了合适的语言结构，有少许的语法错误。篇章结构的连贯性较好。7-10包含题目所给的部分内容要点。主题基本明确，有些内容不准确或者不相关。词汇有限，有较多的用词错误。语言结构出现较多的语法错误。篇章结构的连贯性一般。4-6只包含题目所给的个别内容要点。多数内容不相关或者不准确。文章有些地方照抄源文。词汇贫乏，有较多的用词错误。大多数的句子出现语法错误。篇章结构的连贯性差。1-3只包含与题目所给要点内容有关的一些单词。主题不明确，文章基本照抄原文。词汇极其贫乏，基本不能正确用词。几乎没有正确的句子。篇章结构零乱。0以下几种情况，给0分：1）完全抄袭原文（或其它文章）2）文不对题3）只写一些零散的单词，完全没有表达完整的内容