1、2016高考英语二轮阅读理解入口练习（7）及答案【广东省深圳市2014高考英语第一次调研考试】What would you like to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? An astronaut? What do you need to do to achieve your dream job?Perhaps you think that studying well and then going on to work hard will get you the successful career you want. We are const
2、antly taught that our hard work will eventually pay off.But a government survey has shown that hard work is not the only thing that will help you to move up the ladder. Two thirds of people believe that who you know matters more than what you know when it comes to social activity. So are the connect
3、ions that you have more important than your education?Seventy-six percent of the people in the survey believed that family background is important in influencing your chances of success. They believe that if you are privileged from birth, you are more likely to have a successful career, especially i
4、f your family is wealthy. Even if you dont have a privileged background, the people you know can still make a difference to your career. Networking is a skill which is encouraged by many career advisers. Some companies run networking workshops to try and encourage staff to meet other people, to comm
5、unicate and build relationships. Its a valuable skill.But the survey also showed something quite interesting. Although most people believed that networks are more important than education, many people put their own career success down to talent, rather than background. 41% of the people said that th
6、eir parents income had influenced their life, but at the same time, another 41% believed that they had achieved their own success.So which is more important, what you know or who you know? It seems that by working hard and making lots of connections, the answer may be that both are very important. 3
7、6Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined part?APractice makes perfect.BNothing is impossible.CHope for the best.DNo pains, no gains.37According to the government survey the most important factor to help people move up the ladder is .Ahard work BeducationCsocial relationshipDso
8、cial activity38Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A76% of the people think social relationship matters most.B41% of the people believe parents income is most important.C76% of the people think family background ranks first.D41% of the people believe they gained their own suc
9、cess.39From the passage we can infer that the writer writes the article to .Astress the importance of educationBchallenge the traditional beliefCmake lots of social connectionsDencourage people to work hard40Which of the following is the best title for the passage?AThe Way to SuccessBKeep your Dream
10、 in MindCA Wealthy and Smooth CareerDA Survey on Peoples Dreams C篇是一篇议论文。影响人们成功的根本因素是什么？根据政府的一项调查显示，对于这个问题人们持不同的观点，文章的结论是，要想获得成功，自身努力和良好的社会关系都很重要。36. 答案为D。考查重点句的理解能力。理解文章第二段可知。37. 答案为C。考查细节判断能力。根据文章第三段可知。38. 答案为A。考查细节理解能力。根据第六段内容可知。 39. 答案为B。考查对作者写作意图的能力。理解文章主旨可知。40. 答案为A。考查对文章主题的理解能力。全文都谈论的是如何才能成功。
11、阅读理解。Every day we experience one of the wonders of the world around us without even realizing it. It is not the amazing complexity of television, nor the impressive technology of transport. The universal wonder we share and experience is our ability to make noise without mouths, and so transmit idea
12、s and thoughts to each others minds. This ability comes so naturally that we tend to forget what a miracle (奇迹) it is.Obviously, the ability to talk is something that marks humans off from animal. Of course, some animals have powers just as amazing, Birds can fly thousands miles by observing positio
13、ns of the stars in the sky in relation to the time of day and year. In Natures talent show, humans are a species of animal that have developed their own special act. If we reduce it to basic terms, its an ability for communicating information to others, by varying sounds we make as we breathe out.No
14、t that we dont have other powers of communication. Our facial expressions convey our emotions, such as anger, or joy, or disappointment. The way we hold our heads can indicate to others whether we are happy or sad. This is so-called body language. Bristling (直立的) fur is an unmistakable warning of at
15、tack among many animals. Similarly, the bowed head or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal gathering.Such a means of communication is a basic mechanism that animals, including human beings, instinctively acquire and display. Is the ability to speak just another sort of
16、instinct? If so, how did human beings acquire this amazing skills ? Biologist can readily indicate that particular area of our brain where speech mechanisms function, but this doesnt tell us how that part of our bodies originated in our biological history.本文是介绍关于人类使用语言的能力的说明文, 主要阐述人区分动物的特殊能力及其相似性。(
17、) 1. According to the passage, the wonder we take for granted is .A. our ability to use languageB. the miracle of technologyC. the amazing power of natureD. our ability to make noises with mouth答案：A考点：细节理解题。题目: 根据文章, 我们认为理所当然的奇迹是:A: 我们使用语言的能力B: 技术的奇迹C: 自然的惊人力量D: 我们用嘴制造噪音的能力。解析：根据第一段倒数第二句话The univers
18、al wonder we share and experience is our ability to make noise without mouths, and so transmit ideas and thoughts to each others minds.可知: 我们把使用语言的能力这个奇迹当做理所当然。B, C选项与文章不符, 在第一段第二句话中可得知。D选项易误导学生, 在文章中虽然有原话, 但一句话没有说完, 关键是通过嘴巴发出的声音去给其他人传递信息。故D选项也是错误的。( ) 2. What feature of body language mentioned in t
19、he passage is common to both human an animals?A. Lifting heads when sad.B. Keeping long faces when angry.C. Bristling hair when ready to attack.D. Bowing heads when willing to obey.答案：D考点：细节理解题。题目: 文章中提到的肢体语言的什么特征对于人类和动物都是共同的:A: 伤心时抬头来源： B: 愤怒时拉长脸C: 准备攻击时直立毛皮D: 乐意服从时低头解析： 根据第三段最后一句话Similarly, the bo
20、wed head or drooping tail shows .可知答案。A和B选项描绘的是人的肢体语言特征。C 选项描绘的是动物的肢体语言。( ) 3. What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?A. Body language is unique to humans.B. Animals express emotions just as humans do.C. Humans have other powers of communication.D. Humans are no different from animals to some degree.
21、答案：D考点：推理判断题。题目: 从第三段可以推段出:A: 肢体语言是人类独一无二的B: 动物和人类一样表达情感C: 人类有其他交流的能力D: 人类在某种程度上和动物是相同的解析： 根据第三段后三句话可知: 人类在某种程度上和动物没有不同。从段落中可得知A, B, C 均与文章不符。 ( ) 4. This passage is mainly about .A. the development of body language.B. the special role humans play in natureC. the power to convey information to other
22、sD. the difference between humans and animals in language use答案：C考点：主旨大意题。题目: 这篇文章主要讲述什么？A: 肢体语言的发展B: 人类在自然中扮演的特殊角色C: 给他人传递信息的力量D: 人类和动物在语言使用中的差异解析： 整篇文章谈论的都是给他人传递信息的力量, 使用语言的能力。A, B选项文章未提及. D选项较片面, 文章第三段中提到了相似点和差异二种。阅读理解-ASince the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain wi
23、th 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 Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated（展示）a small robotic wheelchair directed by a perso
24、ns 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 of nerve ceils. These send signals through the spinal cord （脊髓）to the muscles to g
25、ive 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 external world and also to control devices.”The researchers designed a special cap for t
26、he 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 identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain. Pr
27、of. 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 people can be grouped in two categories: communication, and controlling devices. On
28、e 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 technology over long periods of time.71.BCI is a technology that can A. help to up
29、date computer systems B. link the human brain with computersC. help the disabled to recover D. control a persons thoughts72. How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory?A. By controlling his muscles. B. By talking to the machine.C. By moving his hand. D. By using his mind.73. Which of t
30、he 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 wheelchair74. The team will test with real patients to A. make profits from them B. prove the technology useful to
31、themC. make them live longer D. learn about their physical condition75. 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. BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the DisabledD. Robotic Vehicles Could Help to C
32、ure 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。键词应该出现在标题中，选B。【广东省揭阳市2014高考英语一模试题】BOne year our family decided to have a special celebration of Mothers Day, as a token of appreciations for all the sacrifices that Mother had made for us. After breakfast we had arranged, as a surprise, to
33、hire a car and take her for a beautiful drive in the country. Mother was rarely able to have a treat like that, because she was busy in the house nearly all the time. But on the very morning of the day, we changed the plan a little, because it occurred to Father that it would be even better to take
34、Mother fishing. As the car was hired and paid for, we might as well use it to drive up into the hills where the streams are. As Father said, if you just go driving without object, you have a sense of aimlessness, but if you are going to fish there is a definite purpose that heightens the enjoyment.
35、So we all felt it would be nicer for Mother to have a definite purpose . Father had just got a fishing rod the day before, which he said mother could use if she wanted to. Only Mother said she would much rather watch him fish than try to fish herself. So we got her to make up a sandwich lunch in cas
36、e we got hungry, though we were to come home again to a big festive dinner. Well, when the car came to the door, it turned out that there was not as much space in it as we had supposed. It was plain that we couldnt all get in. Father said that he could just stay home and put in the time working in t
37、he garden. He said that there was a lot of rough dirty work that he could do, like digging a trench for the garbage, which would save hiring a man, and so he said that hed stay home; he said that we were not to let the fact that he had not had a real holiday for three years stand in our way. He want
38、ed us to go right ahead and not to mind him. But of course we all felt that it would never do to let Father stay home, especially as we knew he would make trouble if he did. The two girls, Anne and Mary, would have stayed and helped the maid get dinner, only it seemed such a pity,for the two girls w
39、ere eager to show their new hats on a lovely day like this. But they said that Mother had only to say the word and theyd gladly stay home and work. Will and I would have dropped out, but unfortunately we wouldnt have been any use in preparing the dinner.31. The authors family decided to celebrate Mo
40、thers Day specially to _.A. show love for their mother B. show gratitude to their mother C. show respect for their mother D. to make up for a previous appointment32. According to Paragraph 2, we know that the plan was changed because_.A. Father proposed to go fishing out B. we thought that driving o
41、ut is boringC. we failed to hire a car to go out D. the car was not big enough33.What problem did we find when the car arrived?A. The car was too old to drive on mountain roads. B. The car was larger than we expected.C. The car was too small to accommodate us all.D. The car was too plain looking.34.
42、Why didnt the author drop out of the activity?A. Because his sisters didnt join in.B. Because he needed to have dinner.C. Because he couldnt cook the dinner.D. Because he hadnt had a real holiday for three years.35. Which of the following proverbs describes the text best?A. Everything comes to him who waits.B. Changes always go beyond plans.C. Better late than never. D. Once on shore, one prays no more.【参考答案】31-35. BACCB
