1、阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Steven Spielbergs 2002 science-fiction thriller Minority Report produced a world where computers could read minds and predict the future. It seemed fanciful at the time, but fantasy is edging closer to fact.On Jan. 3l, a team of scientist sat the UC Berkeley, led
2、 by Robert Knight programmed computers to decode (解码) brain waves and replay them as words. Five months earlier, another group of Berkeley scientists showed their colleagues short movies and used computers to play back in color what people saw.These experiments are a big advance from 2006, when a Fr
3、ench scientist first replayed images from a human mind, a black-and-white checkerboard pattern. The possibilities are great: a disabled person could “speak”； doctors could access the mind of a patient who fainted; you could rewatch your dreams on an iPad.There are, of course, equally dark side, such
4、 as the involuntary take out ofinformation from the brain.In spite of these breakthroughs,Jack Gallant, the neuroscientist who led the first Berkeley team, says current technology for decoding brain activity is still “relatively primitive.” The field is held back by its poor machinery, in particular
5、 the fMRI.“Eventually,” says Gallant,“someone will invent a decoding machine you can wear as a hat.” Such an advance into the human mind, he says, might take 30 years.Still, the recent advances at Berkeley offer small answers, which scientists can use to begin unlocking the secrets ofmemory and cons
6、ciousness.l. What is the best title for the passage?A. New technology can read your mind B. Fantasy is edging closer to factC. A new discovery in human brain D. The intelligent computers in the future2. What did scientist sat the UC Berkeley do?A. They produced a fanciful world.B. They made computer
7、s jump forward like a human.C. They managed to translate brain waves into language.D. They used computers to make short movies.3. Which of the following is impossible for the research?A. It can help a disabled man recover his ability of speech.B. Doctors can read a patients mind even if he is uncons
8、cious.C. People will know what happens in their dreams.D. Peoples thoughts may be given away.4. What plays a most important role in the development of the technology?A. A computer.B. An iPad. C.A decoding machine.D. A hat.5. It can be inferred from the passage that .A. scientists got the inspiration
9、 from a movie B. the technology still has a long way to goC. the technology has been put into practice D. scientists have unlocked these crets of memory【参考答案】15、ACACB新闻报道型阅读理解 专题导读时事新闻类阅读材料在近年高考中屡屡涉及。这类材料往往语言地道、内容较新。阅读材料的组成有一个共同的特点，即都是由标题(Headlines)、导语(Introductions)、背景(Background)、主体(Main body)和结尾(
10、Ends)五部分构成。此类文章主题突出，文章的第一句话或第一段往往就是对整篇文章的高度概括，因此读懂首句或首段至关重要。此类阅读材料的命题在新闻背景和主体部分设题较多，有时可能会省去一两个部分，要求考生依据五个部分之间的必然联系去推知未知的要素。要想做好时事新闻类阅读理解题，考生必须要善于捕捉新闻细节，根据问题善于找到相关句并能分析理解长难句，善于根据上下文猜测单词、短语的含义，善于归纳、概括、推理、判断及简单计算。真题典例【2011四川卷改编】The multimillion pound new Library of Birmingham(LoB)will be the most visib
11、le sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization(数字化)of everyday life.Set to open in 2013, the 188m LoB is already beginning to take shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.As digital media(媒介)is important to its_idea，the project is already
12、providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.Brian Gambles, the LoB project director，says it is about giving people the right tools for learning：“The aim is tomix the physical with the digital, providing 24hour services which can be used through ma
13、ny different ways.It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.”The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.Even before the LoB is complete, the public has b
14、een able to go online to visit the Virtual(虚拟的)LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists.Not only have the public been able to learn about the LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even ope
15、ns.Two other small Birminghambased digital companies are also working on the LoB projects.Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls an example of an “enlarged reality” project.It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the LoB which is in the early sta
16、ges of development.And The Peoples Archive is an online library of historical figures of the city being built up by a digital content company in Cahoots, in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.Gambles says: “Technology will enable us to make the librarys content and
17、services open to citizens as never before.”()1.The underlined part “its idea” in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of_.Athe equipmentBthe projectCthe digital media Dthe physical library()2.According to the passage, what makes the difference between the digital library and the physical one?Athe physical
18、 library offers a place where readers get information about physics.Bthe digital library will be used through many more effective ways on line.Cthe physical library is more realistic than the digitalthe virtual one.Dthe physical library will never make the content and services open to citizens.()3.W
19、hile visiting the Virtual LoB，the public can_.Aget a general idea of the LoBBmeet many worldfamous expertsClearn how to put up a library buildingDunderstand how the specialists work on the project()4.Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?aIt offers better learning tools.bIt reaches
20、 users in different ways.cIt provides users with smart phones.dIt allows users to enrich its material.eIt gives nonstop physical and digital services. Aa，b，d Ba，c，eCb，c，d Db，d，e()5.The text is most probably taken from_.Aa computer book Ba library guideCa project handbook Da newspaper report【解析】本篇文章为
21、新闻报道类文体。文章报道了Library of Birmingham(伯明翰图书馆)将会被投巨资改建成一个全新的数字化图书馆的事情。1B词义猜测题。通过分析第三段画线单词所在的句子，可知its(它的)指代的是主句中的主语“这个工程的”，its idea便是指the idea of the project。2B推理判断题。通过分析第四段it is about giving people the right tools for learning . which can be used through many different ways.得知答案为B3A信息理解题。根据第六段第二句“Not on
22、ly have the public been able to learn about the LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.”可知答案为A。4A信息理解题。根据第四段“it is about giving people the right tools for learning”， “which can be used through many diffe
23、rent ways”及第七段“in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material”可知。5D推理判断题。文章首段便简明地概括了文章主题，全文较明显地体现了及时性，这是新闻类文体的典型特征，据此可判断文章应来源于一篇新闻报道。 阅读理解。Why can some people sleep through noises like a honking car or flushing toilet, while others are awakened by the lightest sound?To find
24、the answer, sleep researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital conducted an unusual study of 12 self-described deep sleepers. After tests confirmed that the healthy volunteers were solid sleepers, they took part in a three-night study in the universitys sleep laboratory. The participants spent the
25、night in a big and comfortable room. But the room also included four speakers positioned near the top of the bed.During the night, the deep sleepers were subjected to 14 different recorded sounds, like street traffic, toilets flushing, an ice machine dispensing and an airplane flying overhead. Next
26、door, the researchers monitored their sleep patterns and brain waves.As expected, all of the participants slept relatively well, but there were differences in how they responded to the noisy interruptions. Some of the sleepers didnt wake up even when a sound was blasted at 70 decibels (分贝); others w
27、ere awakened by sounds at 40 or 50 decibels.The researchers discovered that the difference in a sleepers reaction to noise could be predicted by the level of brain activity called “sleep spindles. A sleep spindle is a burst of high-frequency brain activity coming from deep inside the brain during sl
28、eep. The source of the spindles is the thalamus, a part of the brain that sends sensory information to the rest of the cortex (皮层).Before the study, the Massachusetts researchers theorized (推理) that the spindles are the brains way of preventing sensory information from passing through the thalamus a
29、nd waking the rest of the brain during sleep. They found that the sleepers who experienced the most sleep spindles during the night were also the soundest sleepers and were least likely to be awakened by noise.Scientists already know that most people become lighter sleepers with age, most likely bec
30、ause older people experience less “slow wave sleep, which is the deepest stage of sleep. People also produce fewer sleep spindles as they age. But even when controlling for the stage of sleep a person was in, the number of sleep spindles still predicted their risk for awakening because of noise.More
31、 research is needed, but the findings suggest that a better understanding of sleep spindles could lead to new behavioral or drug therapies for people with sleep disorders. For instance, future studies may try to determine whether diet, exercise or other behaviors may influence the number of sleep sp
32、indles a person produces during the night. 8. Some participants can sleep well through loud noises mainly because _.A. their brains dont respond to outside noisesB. their brains react differently to noisesC. they adapt to the environment quicklyD. they dont pay attention to the monitors9. Scientists
33、 believe that the key to affecting deep sleep is _. A. sleep spindles B. stages of sleep C. sleep disorders D. sensory information10. It can be learned from the passage that _. A. the older a deep sleeper becomes, the lighter his sleep must be B. the more “slow wave sleep” one experiences, the deepe
34、r sleep one has C. the more frequently a sleepers brain works, the less information it sends D. the deeper sleep people have, the more likely they will be awakened by noise 11. From the passage we can predict _.A. more factors in influencing sleep spindles may be discovered B. more solid sleepers wi
35、ll take part in relative experimentsC. sleep spindles will be applied to changing ones behaviorsD. deep sleepers will probably enjoy a more healthy life【参考答案】811、BAB A 阅读理解-DRays wedding had gone off smoothly. Everyone seemed to have had a good time. A few people had too good a time; they went home
36、with designated (指派的) drivers. All evening, the gift table remained unguarded. Who would steal anything, Ray thought. He had never heard of such a thing happening at a wedding. But his best friend Aaron said there was a first time for everything. He strolled out regularly from the inside festivities
37、 (庆祝) to check on the gift table, making sure no one suspicious was hanging around it. Ray and Julia went on a 3-week honeymoon to Italy right after the wedding. When they got back, they opened all the gifts and sent out thank-you notes. But there was one problem. A married couple that used to be go
38、od friends had apparently given nothing. This surprised Julia, because Walt and Mary said they were thrilled to be invited. And, they actually seemed to have had a great time at the wedding. Frankly, Ray didnt even care if they hadnt given a gift. He just needed to know whether to send a thank-you n
39、ote. Ray called Aaron. Aaron said maybe Walt had left an envelope on the gift table like Aaron had. “Yes, but we got your envelope with the cash inside,” Ray said. “Maybe my envelope looked too thin, and some thief thought Walts envelope looked nice and fat.” Aaron asked Ray if he had looked everywh
40、ere for Walts gift. Had he called up the wedding site to see if anything had been left behind? Ray said that he had looked everywhere and made a lot of calls that were fruitless. Ray didnt know what to do. If he sent Walt and Mary a thank-you note for a gift they hadnt given, they would be insulted.
41、 If he didnt send them a thank-you note for a gift they had given, they would get angry. “What would you do?” Ray asked. Aaron said he would call Walt up and tell him the problem. “You cant go wrong with simply being honest,” Aaron said. “Oh, yes, you can,” Ray contradicted him. “Sometimes its best
42、to let sleeping dogs lie.” But he thought about it, and finally decided that Aaron was right. He called Walt and told him the problem. Walt said that yes, he had given an envelope. In fact, the envelope contained $500 cash. “$500?!” Ray asked. “Thats a lot of cash, Walt!” Walt admitted that it was,
43、but he had gotten a fat raise early that year and Rays was the only wedding hed been to in quite a while. Ray thanked him very much, and apologized sincerely for someone stealing Walts generous gift. Walt told him that it was “only money”. When Ray told Aaron about Walts gift, Aaron laughed. “The on
44、ly thief at the wedding was Walt! I quit playing cards with him last year because I caught him cheating. And it was only a $10 pot! Im sure I told you about that.” “Yes, you did tell me,” Ray said. But, of course, he had to send Walt a thank-you note anyway. 12. Which of the following is true accord
45、ing to the passage? A. Nobody checked on the gift table all evening. B. Walt had surely gotten a fat raise early that year. C. Stealing had never happened at a wedding. D. Aaron looked on honesty as the best policy.13. The underlined word “insulted” in Paragraph 5 probably means _. A. deeply impress
46、edB. badly hurtC. much discouragedD. greatly moved14. What kind of person is Ray? A. Considerate and polite. B. Faithful and experienced. C. Outgoing and determined. D. Friendly and optimistic.15. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? A. A Wedding PartyB. The Theft at the Wedding C. The Wedding Gift D. A Secret at the Wedding【参考答案】1215、DBAC
