1、河北省平山县2015高考英语一轮练习（8）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。社会生活类July 27th, 2010 was a typical English summers dayit rained for 24 hours! As usual, I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was amiss. By the time I left work at 5pm, however, the road into our village was flooded.
2、 Our house had never been flooded but, as I opened the front door, a wave of water greeted me. Thank God the kids werent with me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water. We lost everything downstairs. At first we tried to push on through. We didnt want to move the children out of home, so we cam
3、ped upstairs. We put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from the damp. But after three months, we felt very sick, so we moved to a wooden house in a park. The house was small, but at first we were all just delighted to be in a new place. Unfortunately, things took longer than expected
4、 and we were there for 10 months. The life there was inconvenient. What surprised me most was how much I missed being part of a community (社区). We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbours, and Id never thought how much Id miss that. Although our situation was very hard, its difficult to
5、feel too sorry for yourself when you look at whats happening elsewhere. I watched a news report about floods in Northern India and thought, “We didnt have a straw hut (茅草房) that was swept away, and our house is still standing. Were lucky.”We moved back home in August. With December coming, theres st
6、ill reconstruction work to be done, so its difficult to prepare for Christmas. But I cant waitIm going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support. This year, I wont need any giftsliving away from home for months has made me realize how little we actually need or
7、miss all our possessions. Although we are replacing things, theres really no rushwe have our home back, and thats the main thing.1. The underlined word “amiss” in the first paragraph means. A. wrong B. missing C. right D. difficult2. Why does the author say that they were lucky in the third paragrap
8、h? A. Because they were able to move to a new place. B. Because many other places were flooded. C. Because their straw hut was not swept away. D. Because some others suffered even more. 3. It can be inferred from the text that the author. A. was sick of staying upstairsB. cared much about her childr
9、enC. could not stand living in a wooden houseD. did not deal well with her family affairs during the flood4. What does the author mainly want to express by telling herstory? A. She valued human feelings more than before. B. She realized she almost didnt need possessions. C. She found Christmas gifts
10、 no longer badly needed. D. She thought her own home was the most important. 【参考答案】4. ADBA 【山东省日照市2014高考英语一模试卷】 Clenching your fist could be enough to help you get a grip on your memory Research suggests that balling up the right hand and squeezing it tightly actually makes it easier to memorize lis
11、ts Later, when it is time to get back the information，it is the left hand that should be clenchedIt is thought the movements activate brain regions key to the storing and recall of memories The American researchers suggest those who are short of a pen and paper should try the trick when attempting t
12、o remember a shopping list or phone number In the study,volunteers were given a rubber ball and asked to squeeze it as hard as possible before trying to memorize a list of 72 words They squeezed the ball again a couple of minutes later,ahead of recollecting as many of the words as possible The first
13、 group of the volunteers used their right hand on both occasions，and the second group their leftThe third group clenched their right fist ahead of memorizing and their left ahead of recall and the fourth did the oppositeThe fifth group held the ball but did not squeeze it Those who squeezed with the
14、ir right hand，followed by their left，remembered the most words The next best were the volunteers who made a fist with their right hand both times，while those who didnt squeeze at all did better than those who led with their left It is thought that the movement of clenching the right fist activates a
15、 brain region that is involved in storing memories，while squeezing the left hand awakens an area that is key to getting back information Lead researcher Dr Ruth Propper said：The findings suggest that simple body movementsby temporarily changing the way the brain functionsCall improve memory46Whats t
16、he writers purpose to write the passage?ATo make known the result of the experimentBTo tell people memory depends mostly on their handsCTo show the function of bodymovements in memoryDTo state that good memory benefils from labor47If you want to recall something in your memory，you should clench_Ayou
17、r fight hand Byour left handCboth of your hands Dyour left hand first，and then right48The underlined word“trick”in the fourth paragraph is the closest in meaning to“_”Amethod Bgame Ccheat Dexperiment49Which group in the experiment remembered the fewest words?ATIle first group BThe second groupCThe f
18、ourth group DThe fifth group50Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?AMemory experiments on body movementsBWhat is a good memory?CGood memory lies in actionsDClenching hands improves the memory【参考答案】46-50 CBACD 【语篇导读】如何有效地培养自己的记忆能力？请看作者对握拳与记忆力的关系。46. C 该文属于新闻体裁，主要还是说明身体的运动对于记忆的
19、作用。文章结尾提到这一点。47. B 单纯为了记起某事，就文中所述，应该先攥紧左手。48. A trick的原意有“诡计、恶作剧”等义，在这里应该是作为一种“方法、技巧”来采用的。这一点提示我 们记忆词汇一定不可过于机械和短视。49. C 记忆效果最差的反而不是一点动作也没有的第五组，而是第四组，因为他们做反了（opposite），导致效果最差。50. D 文章的核心内容就是握手对记忆的作用，因此D项是最直接的表述。【山东省烟台市2014高考英语3月模拟试题】E Microsoft has a problem：It desperately wants the remaining Windows
20、 XP users to upgrade to a newer version of the operating system but a good many of them still havent startedThe latest numbers from NetMarket show that Windows XP still accounts for around 295of all desktops in use even though Microsoft is due to end support for the l3-Year-old platform on April 8th
21、ZDNet reports that Microsoft plans to force remaining XP users to start next week by sending them notices reminding them again that it will end XP support within a month However, as Computerworld reports，Microsoft may have a tough time convincing some Windows XP users to upgrade because its trying t
22、o sell them on Windows 8，the newest operating system that has angered many longtime PC users by removing the traditional Start menu and by adding the interface(界面)a special featureComputerworld writes that many Windows users expressed anger last month when Microsoft asked them to help switch as many
23、 people as they could from Windows XP to Windows 8 partly because Microsoft hasnt offered any sort of discount for Windows XP users making the switch This is particularly tiresome, these users said，because switching from XP to Windows 8 wont just require a software upgrade but will instead likely fo
24、rce them to buy new machines capable(能够)of running Microsofts new operating systemSome users were also annoyed that Microsoft only mentioned Windows 8 and not Windows 7 as upgrade possibilities In the end，it looks like when Microsoft ends support for Windows XP next month there will still be a large
25、 part of the desktop PC world using the platformHackers who have been saving up all their best new malware(恶意软件)for the day when Windows XP support ends are about to have a field day61What problem does Microsoft have now?AWindows XP is out of date and needs improvementBWindows 8 runs worse than Wind
26、ows XPCNo people like to upgrade their operating systemDLots of users refuse to switch from XP to Windows 862How will Microsoft remind users ofthe stop of XP support?ABy sending them noticesBBy sending them daily emailsCBy adding the interface a special featureDBy removing the traditional Start menu
27、63Which is probably one of the reasons why users dislike Window 8? AMicrosoft hasnt offered any discount for it BThey like Window 7 more than Window 8 CMicrosoft refuses to offer them a new machine DIts impossible for them to use the new operating system64What does the underlined phrase “have a fiel
28、d day” probably mean in the last paragraph?AShow up without warningBMake rapid progressCMake full use of the opportunityDCome to an end completely65What can be inferred from the text? AWindows XP will completely be out of use in a month BWindows XP will still be in use for a period of time CWindows
29、8 will have a longer history than Windows XP DWindows 7 will easily be attacked by Hackers【参考答案】6165 DAACB较难题目特训：科普知识类Scientists have found what look like caves on Mars(火星), and say they could be protecting life from the planets terrible environment.The first caves discovered beyond the Earth appear
30、 as seven mysterious black dots on the pictures sent back by NASAs Mars Odyssey orbiter. Each as large as a football field, they may be openings into natural caves below the Martian surface.“If there is life on Mars, there is a good chance youd find it in caves,” said Jut Wynne, one of the researche
31、rs who noticed the features while working on a US Geological Survey Mars Cave Detection Program.Jonathan Clarke, a geologist with the Mars Society of Australia, yesterday described the discovery as exciting.One photo taken at night by an infrared imager(红外线成像器) showed one hole to be unusually warm,s
32、uggesting hot air trapped during the day is flowing out.“I said:Wow, thats a cave. ” Dr. Clarke said excitedly. “People have been looking for these for a long time;now we have found them.”He agreed such caves would be perfect places to hunt for life escaping from the bitterly cold,radiation-soaked(充
33、满辐射的),dry surface.“Tiny drops of water could collect inside,” he said. “If there are gases coming out, they could provide energy for a whole range of bacteria. A cave is also a protection from radiation; the surface of Mars is exposed to high levels of space radiation.The caves probably formed when
34、tube-shaped lava flows(管状岩浆流) spread across the planet long ago. The outside of the tubes cooled,forming solid walls, while something hotter inside allowed the remaining lava to flow out, forming caves.”1. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. How the caves were formed on Mars.B. How scientists
35、 found these caves on Mars.C. Caves on Mars may be full of hot air or a sign of life.D. Scientists have completely recognized the surface of Mars.2. We can learn from the passage that.A. water has already been found on MarsB. the scientists found all the caves at nightC. it is certain that there is
36、life in these cavesD. the surface of Mars is bitterly cold,radiation-soaked and dry3. According to the passage,Dr. Clarke was so excited because.A. such caves could provide energy for lifeB. they had finally found the caves on MarsC. such caves would be perfect places to hunt for lifeD. scientists had long been looking for these caves4. Necessary condition for life on Mars mentioned in the passage may include.A. lava and energyB. water and radiation from spaceC. gases and lavaD. water and protection from radiation【参考答案】19.1-4 CDBD