1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家山西大同市2015高考英语阅读理解训练（8）及答案阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A funny thing happened on the way to the communications revolution: we stopped talking to one another.I was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his cell phone rang, interrupting our conversation.There we were,
2、walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day andI became invisible, absent from the conversation.The telephone used to connect you to the absent.Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent.Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel? Every advance in communications
3、 technology is a tragedy to the closeness of human interaction.With email and instant messaging over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another.With voice mail, you can conduct entire conversations without ever reaching anyone.If my mom has a question, I just leave
4、 the answer on her machine.As almost every contact we can imagine between human beings gets automated, the alienation(疏远) index goes up. You cant even call a person to get the phone number of another person anymore.Directory assistance is almost always fully automated.I am not against modern technol
5、ogy.I own a cell phone, an ATM card, a voicemail system, and an email account.Giving them up isnt wise, theyre a great help to us.Its some of their possible consequences that make me feel uneasy.More and more, I find myself hiding behind email to do a job meant for conversation, or being relieved th
6、at voice mail picked up because I didn t really have time to talk.The industry devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier, or at least facilitating my antisocial instincts.So Ive put myself on technology restriction: no instant messaging with people who live near me, no cellphoning in
7、 the presence of friends, no letting the voice mail pick up when Im at home.1Which of the following would be the best title of the passage? A.The Advance of Communications TechnologyB.The Consequences of Modern Technology C.The Story of the Communications RevolutionD.The Automation of Modern Communi
8、cations 2The sentence “Now it makes people sitting next to you feel absent” means that _. Athe people sitting beside you have to go away to receive phone call Byou can hardly get in touch with the people sitting beside you Cmodern technology makes it hard for people to have a facetoface talk Dpeople
9、 can now go to work without going to the office3The writer feels that the use of modern communications is _. AsatisfyingBencouraging Cdisappointing Dembarrassing4The passage implies that _. Amodern technology is bridging people Bmodern technology is separating people Cmodern technology is developing
10、 too fast Dmodern technology is interrupting our communication5What does the underlined word “facilitating” mean?A加深 B限制 C帮助 D装备【要点综述】 本文主要论述现代技术的消极影响现代技术的使用在疏远人与人之间的距离。1. B主旨大意题。本文主要论述了现代技的影响。2. C句意理解题。第一段作者提出：通讯革命使我们不再面对面地交谈；第二段作者举自己生活的一例来予以说明； 第三段作者感慨“Now it makes people sitting next to you feel
11、absent”，即其意应为：现在技术使人们很难有面对面的交谈。故选C项。3. D推理判断题。根据第五段可知，作者并不反对现代技术，也认为它极有帮助，只是某一些结果让他感到不安，比如第二段中他所举的生活例子。由此判断他会认为使用现代技术有时令人感到尴尬，故选D项。4. B推理判断题。根据第四段可推断现代技术正在疏远人们之间的关系，故选B项。5. A词义猜测题。画线词所在的这一段主要在讲述现代技术对他的消极影响，因此他才决定限制自己对现代技术的使用。由此判断画线词应意为“加深”，即：加重他的不爱交际的天性。故选A项。【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷(三)】 Technology has been
12、an encouragement of historical change.It acted as such a force in England beginning in the eighteenth century，and across the entire Western World in the nineteenth.Rapid advances were made in the use of scientific findings in the manufacture(制造) of goods，which has changed ideas about work.One of the
13、 first changes was that other forms of energy have taken the place of human power.Along with this came the increased use of machines to manufacture products in less time.People also developed machines that could produce the same parts for a product：each nail was exactly like every other nail，meaning
14、 that each nail could be changed for every other nail.This means that goods could be mass production，although mass production required breaking production down into smaller and smaller tasks.Once this was done，workers no longer started on the product and laboured to complete it.Instead，they might wo
15、rk only one thousandth of it，other workers completing their own parts in certain order.There is nothing strange about this manufacturing work by todays standards.Highly skilled workers were unable to compare with the new production techniques，as mass production allowed goods of high standard to be p
16、roduced in greater number than could ever be done by hand.But the skilled worker wasnt the only loser，the common workers lost too.Similar changes forced farmers away.The increased mechanization(机械化) of agriculture freed masses of workers from ploughing the land and harvesting its crops.They had litt
17、le choice but to stream toward the rapidly developing industrial centers.Increasingly，standards were set by machines.Workers no longer owned their own tools，their skill was no longer valued，and pride in their work was no longer possible.Workers fed，looked after and repaired the machines that could w
18、ork faster than humans at greatly reduced cost.36In this passage，which of the following is NOT considered as a change caused by the use of scientific findings in the production of goods?AOther forms of energy have taken the place of human power.BThe increased exploitation of workers in the 19th cent
19、ury.CThe increased use of machines to make products in less time.DThe use of machines producing parts of the same standard.37The underlined word “this” in the first paragraph refers to_.Athe use of scientific findingsBthe practice of producing the same parts for a productCthe human power being repla
20、ced by other forms of energyDthe technology becoming the encouragement of historical change38The underlined word “this” in the second paragraph refers to the change that_.Aeach nail could be taken the place of by every other nailBeach nail was exactly like every other nailCproducing tasks became sma
21、ller and smallerDgoods could be mass produced39According to the writer，highly skilled workers_.Acompletely disappeared with the coming of the factory systemBwere dismissed by the bossCwere unable to produce goods of high standardDwere unable to produce fine goods at that same speed as machines40Acco
22、rding to the passage，what did the farmers have to do with the coming of mechanization of agriculture?AMany of them had to leave their farmland for industrial centers.BThey stuck to their farm work.CThey refused to use machines. DThey did their best to learn how to use the machines.36B原文中并未说对工人剥削的增加，
23、故选项B为正确答案。37C倒置的一个主要目的就是使句子间连接紧密，因此单词this指上一句的内容。38D在条件句中，this 指上文的内容：货物批量生产。39D可从第二段第四句知道D项为正确答案。40A可根据第二段第六句及第八句判断A项为正确答案。【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷(三)】D“If there is one thing Im sure about，it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers.It is not that newspapers are a necessity.E
24、ven now some people get most of their news from television or radio.Many buy a paper only on Saturdays or Sundays.But for most people reading a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.”The nature of what is news may change.What basically makes news is what affects our
25、livesthe big political stories，the coverage of the wars，earthquakes and other disasters，will continue much the same.I think there will be more coverage of scientific research，though.Its already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic engineering.In the future，I think ther
26、e will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we doas we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.Its quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our
27、 own home.In fact, Im pretty sure that how it will happen in the future.You will probably be able to choose from a menu，making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to readsports and international news，etc.I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition among the
28、 different media.They actually feed_off each other.Some people once foresaw that television would kill off newspapers，but that hasnt happened.What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound lost in the air.And as for the Internet，its never really pleasant to read som
29、ething just on a screen.41What is the best title for the passage?AThe Best Way to Get NewsBThe Changes of MediaCMake Your Own NewspaperDThe Future of Newspapers42In the writers opinion，in the future，_.Amore big political affairs，wars and disasters will make newsBnewspapers will not be printed in pub
30、lishing houses any longerCnewspapers will cover more scientific researchDmore and more people will watch TV43What will probably be in the newspaper made by yourself?ASports and international news.BA menu of important news.CThe most important news.DWhat you are interested in.44From the passage，we can
31、 infer_.Anewspapers will win the competition among the different mediaBnewspapers will stay with us together with other mediaCtelevision will take the place of newspapersDthe writer believes some media will die out45The underlined phrase “feed off” in the last paragraph probably means_.Adepend on Bc
32、ompete withCfight with Dkill off 41D标题归纳题。根据文章第一句“100年后人们仍要读报”，到后面文章讲到报纸跟人们生活的关系、报纸的形式和内容，可归纳出此题的答案为D项。42C细节理解题。根据文章第二段第三句可知此题答案为C项。43D推理判断题。根据文章第三段最后一句可推知此题答案为D项。44B推理判断题。根据文章第一段第三句及全文内容可推知此题答案为B项。45A词义猜测题。作者上一句说人们错误地认为各种不同的媒体相互竞争，以及feed off 所在句中的actually一词，再结合所给的4个选项，可知A项最佳。阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C
33、和D项中，选出最佳选项。Very old people do raise moral 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 tim
34、e find themselves faced with a flat with 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?
35、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 safety of the old.Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car, it needs more mechani
36、cal maintenance(机械维修，保养) as it gets older. 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
37、 to push off death by seeking the development 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
38、, on the principle that while theres life, 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.5. What does the passage mainly tell us?A. The values
39、are different between the old and the young.B. The moral problems raised by old people.C. The personal freedom for the old.D. Old peoples viewpoint on life.6. 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 a
40、ble to keep their room clean.C. Very old people like to live with their children.D. Social services have nothing to do with very old people.7. 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 value
41、s.C. The human body cant be compared to a car.D. It is easy to provide spare parts for old people.8.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 unpleasant5.B 主旨大意题。根据
42、文章第 1 句 Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes in contact with them 及全文内容可知，答案选 B。6. 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 bei
43、ng taken with the health and safety of the old 可知，答案选 A。7. 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。8. 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 have fun 可知，答案选 D(from )。- 8 - 版权所有高考资源网
