1、2014高考英语阅读理解能力提升试题14阅读理解阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳答案。A How would you like to teach yourself, rather than have teachers? According to the UKs Department of Education and Skills, students will teach themselves in the schools of the future. This means that there will be no more problems such as f
2、inding enough teachers. Estelle Morris, the UK Education Secretary, opened the 2002 Education Technology Conference in London recently. To start the conference, she presented a video showing a computergenerated model of the school of tomorrow. Greater use of computer technology and classroom assista
3、nts will help students develop their own way of learning, Morris said. She added that this is a more exciting as well as a more interesting way of learning. At the same time, teachers will be “freed from their traditional role as the source of all knowledge”. Children of all abilities will “form the
4、 curriculum(课程)around their individual needs.” They will “learn in their own time, at their own speed and in their own environment”. At home or at school, they will follow their learning programmes by looking at online libraries and watching lessons by world-class teachers and subject experts. Inste
5、ad of going on field trips, students will use virtual reality. If they dont understand something, they can ask other students“take part in virtual communities with learners with similar needs”or e-mail their teachers. They will hand in their work electronically to be “auto-marked”. The classroom of
6、the future is fast becoming a reality. And the Department of Education will soon produce a guide to help schools adapt buildings for new technology, Morris said. These ideas are based on the UK governments plan to create an education system that provides students with a strong grounding of knowledge
7、 and skills at primary school level. And provides the chance for students to develop their individual skills at secondary school level.36. According to the UKs Department of Education and Skills, the school of the future will _.A. cause more problems such as being able to find enough teachersB. set
8、no homework and no tests for studentsC. make good use of the computer technology and classroom assistantsD. enable students to learn by themselves without teachers提示:依据第一段最后一句排除A项；依据第七段最后一句排除B项；第七段说如果学生有问题，可向老师发e-mail，因而不可说without teachers，排除D项。C项与第三段内容一致，故为正确答案。答案:C37. Estelle Morris thinks that co
9、mputer technology does good to teachers in _.A. helping students develop their own way of learningB. enabling students to experience interesting and exciting ways of learningC. providing students with knowledge of all sortsD. not being considered the source of various knowledge提示:依据第四段判断正确答案为D项。答案:D
10、。38. If the students do not understand something, they can _.A. go on a field tripB. go to ask their teachers to help themC. send e-mail to ask for a teachers helpD. have a look at other learners homework答案:C 依据第七段“or e-mail their teachers”39. If s a student is under the UKs newly-developed educatio
11、n system,he will be _.A. provided with a basic knowledge from the beginningB. given more knowledge at primary school levelC. helped to use computers betterD. supplied chance to develop their basic skills答案: A 依据最后一段“that provides students with a strong grounding of knowledge and skills at primary sc
12、hool level”阅读理解 US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is likely to visit China at an “appropriate” time this year, a senior Chinese military official said on Monday. Colonel Tu Qiming, director of the American and Oceania Affairs Bureau of the Foreign Affairs Office at the National Defense Ministry,
13、made the remark during Sino-US defense talks this week. This is the first ever “special defense policy dialogue” between the two defense ministries, according to the Chinese military. FRANCES Agriculture Ministry has confirmed(证实)the first case of mad cow disease detected in a goat last Friday. The
14、goat killed in 2002 tested positive for mad cow disease. It is the first case in the world of the fatal disease being found in an animal other than a bovine. The human form of mad cow disease causes brain-wasting, personality change, loss of body function, and ends in death. The European Commission
15、has not advised any change in farming and consuming goats, said the French Ministry in a statement published last Friday. MOBILE phone sales hit a new record in 2010, with some 684 million units sold around the world, the US research institute Strategy Analytics said on Thursday. The number represen
16、ts an increase of 32 per cent over 2003, when 571 million units were sold. Strategy Analytics predicts a more modest rise of 8 per cent for this year, to 735 million. Finnish cell phone provider Nokia stayed out in front in 2010, with sales of 207.6 million units, giving it a market share of 30.4 pe
17、r cent. Motorola moved to No 2, just ahead of the South Korean company Samsung. SIX male penguins(雄企鹅)at a German zoo are proving stubbornly resistant to females brought in from Sweden to make them into breeding(繁殖).Of the ten male penguins at the zoo, six have formed into “homosexual” couples and h
18、ave shown no interest in the females, making breeding an impossibility. So the zoo imported the four female penguins from Sweden last month, full of hope that the new arrivals could “turn” the males. But so far, the boys are remaining strictly with the boys.1. How many countries are mentioned in the
19、 pieces of news?A. Six. B. Five. C. Three. D. Seven.提示:文中提到美国、中国、法国、芬兰、韩国、德国、瑞典。答案:D37. Which will probably reach the sales of 735 million units in 2010?A. Nokia. B. Motorola. C. Samsung. D. Cell phones.提示:571 million,684million,735 million均指手机销售总量。答案:D38. From the fourth piece of news we know that_
20、.A. the scientists havent succeeded in doing their experimentB. the scientists have successfully got six female penguins into breeding.C. the Sweden girls made the boys show interest in themD. German boys dont like Sweden boys提示:从show no interest和boys stay with boys可知试验没成功。答案:A39. Which of the follo
21、wing are the suitable headlines for the pieces of news?A. a. US Defense Secretary Visit Likely b. France Confirms “Mad Goat Case”c. Mobile Phone Sales d. Male Penguins and Female PenguinsB. a. US Defense Secretary Visit Likely b. France Confirms “Mad Goat Case”c. Nokia Stays on Top d. Birds of a FeatherC. a. Defense Policy Dialogue b. Mad Goat Diseasec. Mobile Phone Sales d. Importing Female PenguinsD. a. Sino-US Talks b. Mad Goat Casec. Motorolas Sales Reduced d. Boys and Girls提示:只有B能表达各则新闻的主旨，其中Birds of a Feather意为“物以类聚，鸟以群分”。答案:B