1、阅读理解。Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain-computer interface(BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.Recently, two researchers, Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic school in Lau
2、sanne, Switzerland, demonstrated（展示）a small robotic wheelchair directed by a persons 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
3、of nerve ceils. These send signals through the spinal cord （脊髓）to the muscles to give 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 extern
4、al world and also to control devices.”The researchers designed a special cap for the 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 identif
5、y objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain. Prof. Millan, 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 p
6、eople can be grouped in two categories: communication, and controlling devices. One example 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 front. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the
7、technology over long periods of time.1.BCI is a technology that can A. help to update computer systems B. link the human brain with computersC. help the disabled to recover D. control a persons thoughts2. How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory?A. By controlling his muscles. B. By t
8、alking to the machine.C. By moving his hand. D. By using his mind.3. Which of the following shows the path of the signals described in Paragraph 5?A. scalp computer cap wheelchairB. computer cap scalp wheelchairC. scalp cap computer wheelchairD. cap compute scalp wheelchair4. The team will test with
9、 real patients to A. make profits from them B. prove the technology useful to themC. make them live longer D. learn about their physical condition5. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?A. Switzerland, the BCI Research CenterB. New Findings About How the Human Brain WorksC. BC
10、I Could Mean More Freedom for the DisabledD. Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries【文章大意】科普说明文。本文介绍了BCI脑机接口技术，它是帮助残疾人向机器输送指令。【参考方案】1-5、BDCBC【由江西省吉安一中2014模拟改编】 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Few of us havent read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the pri
11、nce of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyones heartwe all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity (默默无闻).Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a U
12、S high school.Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are notkind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joeys paths cros
13、s at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary afte
14、r her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesnt get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella,
15、does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.“The movie takes the Cindere
16、lla fairytale as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “Yet the focus is firmly on following your dream.”1. The first paragraph is mainly to _.A. inform us of the importance to marry a princeB. remind us why Cinderella is popular all the yearsC. build interest and lead us to M
17、arys secret dreamD. tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is2. In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who _.A. is badly treated by the stepmother B. is brave in expressing her loveC. has a dream of meeting a prince D. is embarrassed by the pop singer3. What can we infer from t
18、he passage?A. Joey is just like other boys in Marys class.B. The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary.C. Not many people have a dream to be realized.D. Marys mother influences her a lot in singing.4. What does movie critic Amber Wilkinson mean by his words about Another Cinderella Story?A. The movi
19、e is exactly another copy of the Cinderella fairytale.B. The movie is as good as the story Cinderella.C. The movie and Cinderella both focus on following your dream.D. The movie is based on the story Cinderella while a little different from it.5. The passage is mainly about _.A. an introduction to M
20、ary Santiago B. a review about a filmC. an essay about dreams D. an advertisement of Cinderella【参考答案】15、CABDB 【由湖南省2014高考十三校联考第二次考试改编】阅读理解。阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Nowadays some students in middle school date with their classmatesAccording to a new study from the University of Georgia, those
21、 students have much worse study skills and are four times more likely to stop schoolingThey use twice as much alcohol and tobacco than their single classmatesRomantic relationships are a trademark of adolescence, but very few studies have examined how adolescents differ in the development of these r
22、elationships, said Pamela Orpinas, study author and professor in the College of Public Health and Head of the department of Health Promotion and BehaviourOrpinas followed a group of 624 students over a seven-year period from 6th to 12th gradesEach year, the group of students completed a survey indic
23、ating whether they had dated and reported the frequency of different behaviours, including the use of drugs and alcoholTheir teachers completed questionnaires about the students7 academic efforts He found some students never or hardly ever reported dating from middle to high school, and these studen
24、ts had consistently the best study skills according to their teachersOther students dated infrequently in middle school but increased the frequency of dating in high schoolAt all points in time, teachers rated the students who reported the lowest frequency of dating as having the best study skills a
25、nd students with highest dating as having the worst study skills, according to the journal articleStudy skills refer to behaviours that lead to academic success such as doing homework for extra credit, being well organized, finishing homework, working hard and reading assigned chaptersDating a class
26、mate may have the same emotional complications （并发症） of dating a co-worker, Orpinas saidWhen the couple break up, they have to continue to see each other in class and perhaps witness the ex-partner （前伴侣） dating someone elseIt is reasonable to think this could be linked to depression and distract （分散
27、注意力） them from studyingDating should not be considered a ceremony of growth in middle school, Orpinas concluded1We can learn from the passage that students who date in middle school may _Abe less likely to use alcohol and tobaccoBenjoy better school livesCbe more likely to hurt othersDhave poorer ac
28、ademic performances2During his study, Orpinas _Afound study skills have connection with their frequency of datingBcompleted questionnaires about the students7 academic effortsCcompleted a survey and a report each yearDfollowed a group of students of 6th and 12th3Study skills may include the followin
29、g behaviors and qualities except _Abeing kind and helpfulBbeing well organizedCbeing diligentDfinishing assigned schoolwork4What can possibly happen to those who date in middle school after they break up?AThey will think it reasonable to get depressedBThey will miss their ex-partners sometimesCTheir
30、 attention to studying will be affectedDThey dont want to see each other any longer5According to the passage, Orpinas holds a（n） _ attitude towards dating in middle schoolAindifferent Bnegative Cpositive Dsupportive【参考答案】15、DAACB 阅读理解。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。Very old people do raise mora
31、l problems for almost everyone who comes in contact with them. Their valuesthis cant be repeated too oftenare not necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and order are not necessarily the most important things. The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a flat with
32、decaying food covered by small worms, and an old person lying alone in bed, taking no notice of the worms. But is it interfering(干涉) with personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of? Some social workers, the ones who clear u
33、p the worms, think we are in danger of carrying this concept of personal freedom to the point where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old.Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car, it needs more mechanical maintenance(机械维修，保养) as it gets older
34、. You can carry this comparison right through to the provision of spare parts. But never forget that such operations are painful experiences, however good the results will be. And at what point should you stop to treat the old body? Is it morally right to try to push off death by seeking the develop
35、ment of drugs to excite the forgetful old mind and to activate the old body, knowing that it is designed to die? You cant ask doctors or scientists to decide, because so long as they can see the technical opportunities, they will feel bound to give them a try, on the principle that while theres life
36、, theres hope.When you talk to the old people, however, you are forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or on health than it does on your ability to have fun.1. What does the passage mainly tell us?A. The values are different between the old and the you
37、ng.B. The moral problems raised by old people.C. The personal freedom for the old.D. Old peoples viewpoint on life.2. We can know from the first paragraph that_.A. Very old people would like to live alone to have more personal freedom.B. Very old people are able to keep their room clean.C. Very old
38、people like to live with their children.D. Social services have nothing to do with very old people.3. According to the author, which of the following is right?A. The older a person, the more care he needs.B. Too much emphasis has been put on old peoples values.C. The human body cant be compared to a
39、 car.D. It is easy to provide spare parts for old people.4.The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to “_”. A. their money or their healthB. the conclusion you come toC. your talk to the old peopleD. whether age is happy or unpleasant【参考答案及解析】1.B 主旨大意题。根据文章第 1 句 Very old people do raise
40、 moral problems for almost everyone who comes in contact with them 及全文内容可知，答案选 B。2. A 推理判断题。根据文章第 1 段最后几句 Some social workers, the ones who clear up the worms, think we are in danger of carrying this concept of personal freedom to the point where serious risks are being taken with the health and saf
41、ety of the old 可知，答案选 A。3. A 推理判断题。根据文章第 2 段第 2 句 The body is like a car, it needs more mechanical maintenance as it gets older 可知，答案选 A。4. D 词义猜测题。根据文章最后一句 you are forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or on health than it does on your ability to hav
42、e fun 可知，答案选 D(from )。短文改错One Sunday morning, there were much people in the park. In a shop, a woman was buying an ice-cream while a young man behind her took his handbag away. She shouted, “Stop thief! Hes robbed me from my bag!” Hearing this, a few people began to run after him. There was an old m
43、an sit quietly on a bench nearby, reading a newspaper. As the robber was running passed him, the old man quickly picked up his umbrella and put between the robbers legs. The young man fell down on the ground hardly. Soon two policeman came in a police car and arrested him. The woman thanked for the
44、old man, and the people around praised the old man for his cleverness. 【参考答案】4.1. muchmany 2. whilewhen 3. hisher 4. fromof 5. sitsitting 6. passedpast 7. put后加it 8. hardlyhard 9. policemanpolicemen 10. thanked后的for去掉假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误， 要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号
45、（），在其下面写上该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。 2只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不记分。Today I was having a PE lessons when I fell down and hurt my foot. I was in greatly pain atthat moment,but I tried to act as if nothing has happened until the class was over. Though I had difficulty
46、walk back to my classroom, I still didnt tell anyone but even refusedthe offer of helpof my classmates. As result, the hurt in my foot became bad. Now I know Im wrong. We can tell others our need for help and accept his help. Some day we can not help others in return. In this way, we can get along t
47、o each other happily and peacefully.【参考答案】5.Today I was having a PE lessons when I fell down and hurt my foot. I was in greatly pain at that lesson greatmoment,but I tried to act as if nothing has happened until the class was over. Though I had haddifficulty walk back to my classroom, I still didnt
48、tell anyone but even refusedthe offer of help walking andof my classmates. As result, the hurtin my foot became bad. Now I know Im wrong. We a worsecan tell others our need for help and accept his help. Some day we can not help others in theirreturn. In this way, we can get along to each other happi
49、ly and peacefully. With下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写上该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。This morning on my way to school I was deep moved by what I saw outside a bank. An old man was counting his money in the front
50、 of the bank. Suddenly a young man came running and knocked him down. To make things bad, his money was lying in all direction. At once the people around rush to pick the money up, while the old man stood there, not know what to do. Surprisingly, everyone gave back the money they had just picked. Th
51、e old man counted the money again and found that not a single bill was missed. To my great joy, there are now a lot of nice people in your life. Its true what honesty is more important than money!【参考答案】6.1. deepdeeply, 2. the 去掉 3. bad-worse 4. direction-directions或者前面all-any 5. rush-rushed 6. knowing-knowing 7. pick后加up 8. missed-missing / lost 9. your-our 10. what-that