1、山西省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（64）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。AThe medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play a significant role in the process of recovery from illness. k*s*5*uAs part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out
2、of the galleries and into public places, some of the countrys most talented artists have been called in to transform older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2,500 National Health Service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have significant collections of contemporar
3、y art in corridors, waiting areas and treatment rooms.These recent initiatives owe a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in northeastern England during the early 1970s. He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and that art should be
4、enjoyed by a wider audience. k*s*5*uA typical hospital waiting room might have as many as 500 visitors each week. What better place to hold regular exhibitions of art? Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the out-patients waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospital in 1975. Bel
5、ieved to be Britains first hospital artist, Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates.The effect is striking. Now in the corridors and waiting rooms the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors, playful images and restful courtyards.The q
6、uality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto a garden needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at. 1.
7、 According to the passage, “to soften the hard edges of modern buildings” means _.A. to pull down hospital buildingsB. to decorate hospitals with art collectionsC. to improve the quality of treatment in hospitalsD. to make the corners of hospital buildings round2. According to Peter Senior, _.k*s*5*
8、uA. art is losing its audience in modern societyB. art galleries should be changed into hospitalsC. patients should be encouraged to learn paintingD. art should be encouraged in British hospitals3. After the improvement of the hospital environment, patients may _.A. no longer need drugs in their rec
9、overyB. no longer depend wholly on expensive drugsC. need good-quality drugs in their recoveryD. use more pain killers in their recovery4. The fact that six young art school graduates joined Peter shows that_.A. Peters enterprise is developing greatlyB. Peter Senior enjoys great popularityC. they ar
10、e talented hospital artistsD. the role of hospital environment is being recognizedBPolyester (聚酯 ) is now being used for bottles. ICI, the chemicals and plastics company, believes that it is now beginning to break the control of glass on the bottle business and thus take advantage of this huge marke
11、t.All the plastics manufacturers have been experiencing hard times as their traditional products have been doing badly worldwide for the last few years. Between 1982 and 1984 the Plastics Division of ICI had lost a hundred and twenty million dollars, and they felt that the most hopeful new market wa
12、s in packaging, bottles and cans.Since 1982 it has opened three new factories producing “Melinar”, the raw material from which high quality polyester bottles are made.The polyester bottle was born in the 1970s, when soft drinks companies like Coca Cola started selling their drinks in giant two-liter
13、 containers. Because of the build-up of the pressure of gas in these large containers, glass was unsuitable. Nor was PVC, the plastic which had been used for bottles since the 1960s, suitable for drinks with gas in them. A new plastic had to be made.Glass is still cheaper for the smaller bottles, an
14、d will continue to be so unless oil and plastic become much cheaper, but plastic does well for the larger sizes.Polyester bottles are virtually unbreakable. The manufacturers claim they are also lighter, less noisy when being handled, and can be reused. Shopkeepers and other business people are unli
15、kely to object to a change from glass to polyester, since these bottles mean few breakages, which are costly and time-consuming. The public, though, have been more difficult to persuade. ICIs commercial department is developing different bottles with interesting shapes, to try and make them visually
16、 more attractive to the public.The next step could be to develop a plastic which could replace tins for food. The problem here is the high temperatures necessary for cooking the food in the container.5. Plastics of various kinds have been used for making bottles_.A. since 1982B. since the 1970s but
17、only for large bottlesC. since the 1960s but not for liquids with gas in themD. since companies like Coca Cola first tried themk*s*5*u6. Why is ICIs Plastics Division interested in polyester for bottles?A. The other things they make are not selling well.B. Glass manufacturers cannot make enough new
18、bottles.C. They have factories which could be adapted to make it.D. The price of oil keeps changing.7. Manufacturers think polyester bottles are better than glass bottles because they _.A. are cheaper B. are more suited to small sizesC. are more exciting to look at D. do not break easily 8. Plastic
19、containers for holding food in the same way as cans_.A. have been used for many yearsB. are an idea that interests the plastics companiesC. are possible, but only for hot foodD. are the first things being made in the new factoriesCThe home service industry in Beijing is expected to become more attra
20、ctive both as a job and as an industry.Sources at the Beijing Peoples Political Consultative Conference said resistance to home service work is melting away from minds of the citys laidoff workers. The Conference suggested the establishment of municipal (市政的) centers which supervise property managem
21、ent, household mending and installation, and house keeping services. Modern city life is creating a need for home services. This will create job opportunities for laidoff workers, said vice director of the Social Judicial Committee of the Conference.Beijing residents have long desired a home service
22、 industry. The demand is expected to drive new economic growth. There are few high quality home help services in Beijing and customers are always complaining.In the past, few laidoff workers worked as home helpers, jobs largely taken by young women from the countryside. At the same time, some city r
23、esidents have not felt safe trusting rural girls with modern household machines or with their small children. Many people would pay more for reliable house keepers who are more familiar with city life, but they have had no way of getting one, even though the city is home to thousands of laidoff work
24、ers.By the end of June this year, there were 30,600 jobless workers in the city. Most of them are women in their 40s, who are not blessed with particular skills and who have had their work ethics shaped by the planned economy. Many of them were at a loss when they first realized they had lost their
25、jobs and a way of life they had got used to for decades. They never imagined being laidoff by state; they never considered other kinds of employment. For them, the private sector (领域) meant taking risks; housekeeping implied lower social status. Gao yunfang, 44, is a pioneer who is breaking the ice.
26、 She sells the Beijing Morning Post in the morning, and works at two households in the afternoon. She earns 1,000 yuan per month.So she no longer worries about her daughters tuition at a university in Shanghai.9. What is talked about in the passage？A. Home service. B. Modern city life. C. Laidoff wo
27、rkers. D. Social status.10. Why didnt the laidoff workers like to do home services in the past？A. Low salary. B. Lower social status. C. Dirty working condition. D. Too much extra work.11. Why were many laidoff workers at a loss？A. Because they didnt get used to the new way of life.B. Because they a
28、re too old to find a new job. k*s*5*uC. Because they dislike being laid off.D. Because they think they lost their social status.12. In which ways is home service industry good for our society?A. It meets the needs of modern life. B. It provides work opportunities for the laidoff workerC. It is a new
29、 industry. D. A and B.DAs the English language has changed at a fast speed in this century, so has the use of the English language.After the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was founded in 1927, the particular style of speech of the BBC announcers was recognized as Standard English or Received
30、 Pronunciation (RP) English. Now, most people still consider that the pronunciation and delivery of BBC announcers in the clearest and most understandable spoken English.English has had a strong association with class and social status. However, since the Second World War there has been a considerab
31、le change of attitude towards speech snobbery (势利), and hallmarks (标准) of class distinction such as styles of speech have been gradually thrown away, especially by the young generation.As the need has arisen, new words have been invented or found from other languages and integrated into English. Sim
32、ilarly, old words and expressions have been discarded (丢弃) as their usefulness has reduced or the fashions have passed. This also happens to styles and modes of speech which became fashionable at a particular time and in specific circumstances.By the end of the 1960s it became apparent that it was n
33、ot necessary to speak Standard English or even correct grammar to become popular, successful and rich. The fashionable speech of the day was no longer the feature of a privileged class but rather an expression of classlessness. The greatest single influence of the shaping of the English language in
34、modern times is the American English. Over the last 25 years the English used by many people, particularly by those in the media, advertising and show business, has become more and more mid-Atlantic in style, delivery and accent.In the 1970s, fashion favoured stressless pronunciation and a language
35、full of jargon, slang and “in” words, much of it quite incomprehensible to the outside world. What is considered modern and fashionable in Britain today is often not the kind of English taught in schools and colleges.13.According to the author, there was a trend in the U.S. for the young people _.A.
36、 to speak Standard EnglishB. to speak English without class distinctionC. to speak English with class distinctionD. to speak English with grammar mistakes14.The word “mid-Atlantic” in the passage (Para. 6) probable means _.A. American and EuropeanB. American and BritishC. the Atlantic OceanD. in the
37、 middle of the Atlantic Ocean15.It can be concluded from the passage that _.A. Standard English is taught in school and collegesB. the young people are defiant because they refuse to speak standard EnglishC. the English language is influenced by American English in the last 25 yearsD. there has been a great change in the English language in this century115 BDBDC ADBAB ADBBD高考资源网独家精品资源，欢迎下载！高考资源网Ks5uK&S%5#UKs5uKs%U高考资源网高考资源网高考资源网