1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家 江苏省南通市2014高考英语阅读理解、短文改错训练（8）（答案或解析）I once had my Chinese MBA students brainstorming on “two-hour business plans”. I separated them into six groups and gave them an example: a restaurant chain. The more original their idea, the better, I said. Finally, five of the six groups presente
2、d plans for restaurant chains. The sixth proposed a catering(餐饮) service. Though I admitted the time limit had been difficult, I expressed my disappointment.My students were middle managers, financial analysts and financiers from state-owned enterprises and global companies. They were not without ta
3、lent or opinions, but they had been shaped by an educational system that rarely stressed or rewarded critical thinking or inventiveness. The scene I just described came in different forms during my two years teaching at the school. Papers were often copied from the Web and the Harvard Business Revie
4、w. Case study debates were written up and just memorized. Students frequently said that copying is a superior business strategy, better than inventing and creating.In China，every product you can imagine has been made and sold. But so few well-developed marketing and management minds have been raised
5、 that it will be a long time before most people in the world can name a Chinese brand.With this problem in mind, partnerships with institutions like Yale and MIT have been established. And then theres the “thousand talent scheme”： this new government program is intended to improve technological mode
6、rnization by attracting top foreign trained scientists to the mainland with big money. But there are worries about Chinas research environment. Its hardly known for producing independent thinking and openness, and even big salary offers may not be attractive enough to overcome this.At last, for Chin
7、a, becoming a major world creator is not just about setting up partnerships with top Western universities. Nor is it about gathering a group of well-educated people and telling them to think creatively. Its about establishing a rich learning environment for young minds. Its not that simple.1. Why do
8、es the author feel disappointed at his students?A. Because there is one group presenting a catering service.B. Because the six groups made projects for restaurant chains.C. Because all the students copied a case for the difficult topic.D. Because the students ideas were lacking in creativeness.解析考查推
9、理判断能力。根据第一段整体的信息作出判断和推理。答案D2. Which of the following scenes is NOT considered as lack of creation?A. Papers were often downloaded from the Internet.B. Students often said that copying is a preferable business strategy.C. Students combine knowledge and critical thoughts to solve a problem.D. Case stu
10、dy debates were written up as well as recited.解析考查判断推理能力。第二段整体判断，特别是最后一句。答案C3. The underlined word “scheme” in the forth paragraph means_.A. timetable B. themeC. project D. policy解析考查猜词能力。第四段的第2句“this new government program”中this指代前面的“thousand talent scheme”，而scheme和program为同义词，C中project为program同义词。
11、答案C4. We can infer from the passage that_.A. China can make and sell any product all over the worldB. high pay may not solve the problem of Chinas research environmentC. cooperation with institutions has been set up to make a Chinese brandD. the new government program are aimed at encouraging imagin
12、ation解析考查推理判断能力。文中没有直接表达出来，根据最后一句得出，“even big salary offers may not be attractive enough to overcome this.”中this指的是Chinas learning environment存在的问题即problem，也是指Its hardly known for producing independent thinking and openness这个问题。答案B5. Which is the best title of the passage? A. Look for a New Way of L
13、earning.B. Reward Creative Thinking.C. How to Become a Creator.D. Establish a technical Environment.解析考查主旨判断题。从整体和最后一段判断，整篇文章是讲关于教育出现的问题有了丰富的学习环境，及新的学习方法，才能有创造性的研究氛围。答案A *结束第一套短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（）。并在其下面写出修改后的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（/）划掉。修改：在错的词后划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1每处错误及修改均仅限一词;2只允许修改10处,
14、多者(从第11处起)不记分。 Im a middle school student name Li Ming. Im writing to tell you something. Recently Inoticed many of my classmates often go to the cyber cafe near our school. I went there too in the other day. I was surprising to see many students playing computer games, watching films or chat. Some
15、students were even talking about love affairs online. On my opinion, cyber cafes should be a place which we can find much useful informations. The Internet should be a window to the outside world rather than place for games. The Internet is good if we make good use of it. Otherwise, it will give us
16、great harm. So the local government should take measure to make sure that students use cyber cafes positively.参考答案Im a middle school student name Li Ming. Im writing to tell you something. 1namedRecently I noticed many of my classmates often go to the cyber cafe near our school. I went there too in
17、the other day. I was surprising to see many students 2,去掉in 3.surprised playing computer games, watching films or chat. Some students were even 4chattingtalking about love affairs online.5.in On my opinion, cyber cafes should be a place which we can find much useful 5.in 6.whereinformations. The Int
18、ernet should be a window to the outside world rather than 7 informationplace for games. The Internet is good if we make good use of it. Otherwise, it 8 a placewill give us great harm. So the local government should take measure to make 9do 10 measuressure that students use cyber cafes positively.*结束
19、践低碳生活，要注意节电、节气、熄灯一小时从这些点滴做起。从近近几年的试题中，我们发现这些话题的题目有一些特点：1. 多数属于议论题材，作者提出观点，然后进行论证，引起人们的共鸣。2. 有很多也属于新闻报道类，体现当今社会、政府对低炭排放政策的关注。3. 温室效应带来的地球变暖话题。4. 二氧化碳的高排放量对人类环境造成的危害话题。5. 低炭生活的表现的方面，和为此进行的一些改进措施、发明等等。6.提倡全社会都来进行低炭生活的倡导文章。链接高考 链接1 . （2012四川卷）Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted (预测)in
20、reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.Global waning is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.Increased carbon dioxide (CO,) in the air from burning coal
21、and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth.Predicting species reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology, said the researchers of several U. S. universities. They said plants
22、had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.The study, published on the Nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies andexperiments across four continents and 1,634 species. It found that some
23、 experiments had underestimated (低估) the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.Across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advance for both leafing and flowering that results from temperature increases, the study said.The design of future experiments may nee
24、d to be improved lo belter predict how plants will react to climate change, it said.Plants are necessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis (光合作用) to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organis
25、m on the planet.Scientists believe the worlds average temperature has risen by about 0. 8 since 1900, and nearly 0.2X. every ten years since 1979.So far, efforts to cut emissions (排放) of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2.C this century a
26、point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels.57.What is the key information the author wants to give in Paragraph 1?A.Plants reaction to weather could have damaging effects on
27、ecosystems. B.The increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists expectation.C.Climate change leads to the change of food production patterns.D.Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.58.We can learn from the study published on the Nature website that_.A.plants flowering is 8.
28、5 times faster than leafingB.there are 1,634 plant species on the four continentsC.scientists should improve the design of the experimentsD.the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change59.Scientists pay special attention to the study of plants because.A.they can prove the clim
29、ate change clearlyB.they are very important in the food chainsC.they play a leading role in reducing global warmingD.they are growing and flowering much faster than before60.What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the worlds temperature?A.It has risen nearly 0.2C since 1979B.Its change will lead to weather extremes.C.It is 0.8C higher in 1979 than that of 1900.D.It needs to be controlled within in this century.leading to现在分词做结果状语，和句子主语a point逻辑上构成主谓关系。*结束- 7 - 版权所有高考资源网
