1、湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（74）阅读下列短文，从每题短文所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。ANews that Microsoft was making a $44.6 billion bid to buy Yahoo was greeted with heated discussion by many Internet users on Friday. Here are some responses:Mark Galeassi of Kansas City, MissouriThis is the best move for both partie
2、s. Yahoo has the ideas and Microsoft has the money to finally market these ideas correctly. Microsoft and Yahoo are a perfect fit and the deal will be good for consumers.Scott G of New JerseyI was a Yahoo user for years along with Hotmail from Microsoft. Then Google came along: Google Earth, Google
3、Toolbar and Gmail. Google is so innovative (创新的) with everything they do. Yahoo and Microsoft. same old story. I dont think the merger (合并) will do anything for either company except improve the Yahoo shareholders bank accounts.Michael Glosser of Estero, Florida Right now, Yahoo offers a lot of feat
4、ures and tools at no cost for all different levels of Internet users. Microsoft seeks nothing but profit. Undoubtedly, theyll do nothing other than find ways to start removing Yahoos formerly non-priced features. Microsofts greed will ruin the great thing that Yahoo currently is.Toni Suarez of Hacie
5、nda Heights, California Perhaps it would bring better high technology innovations to e-mail and help in researching and developing a better Internet!Antonio Simmons of Parkville, MarylandMicrosoft purchasing Yahoo would be nothing more than an attempt from Microsoft to further impose upon the users
6、their poor-quality software and obtain more wealth for the company. In my opinion, they will never be able to compete with Google because Yahoo and Microsofts current search engines are too inferior (差的) to compete. Even if combined, they still lack.1. Who is in favor of the merger of Microsoft and
7、Yahoo?A. Antonio Simmons. B. Michael Grosser. C. Scott G. D. Mark Galeassi.2. In the opinion of Scott G , _.A. the merger will contribute to MicrosoftB. Yahoo and Microsoft are lacking in innovationC. Google is getting short of management experienceD. the merger will allow Microsoft to overtake Goog
8、le3. Michael Grosser is afraid that _.A. the merger will cost Yahoos free featuresB. the merger will lead to Microsofts defeating YahooC. the increased competition will force Google out of the gameD. Internet users will have to buy Microsofts expensive software4. What is Antonio Simmons attitude tow
9、ards Google?A. Doubtful. B. Disapproval. C. Positive. D. Negative.BWork your brain!Between 2 and 3 pounds of wonder，it controls everything we say，do or think，who we are and what we care about. The way we walk or laugh or figure out things. What we like and the talents we possess. How we see and talk
10、 and run and jump and process our food.The brain uses 20 percent of our bodys oxygen and 20 percent of its blood. Somewhere within its protein，fat, 100,000 miles of blood vessels and 100 billion nerve cells，it helps us remember where we put our gym shoes. Change our temperature so we dont die becaus
11、e of the heat or cold. Speed us up or slow us down. Help us choose between orange juice or orangeflavored drinks.Its intricacies (复杂性) are stunning, far beyond anything most of us can imagine. To keep this work of art as polished (有光泽的) as possible we need to eat right, exercise and keep mentally st
12、imulated (刺激)Good nutrition helps brain cells communicate with each other. Exercise stimulates a hormone (荷尔蒙) in our brain that improves memory. Mental stimulation keeps you sharp even as you age.“Its very important that we tell people to be physically active and mentally active，” said neurologist
13、Malcolm Stewart.“People cannot stop aging，but youre able to reduce the damage；youre able to keep the function up.”Following are Dr.Stewarts advice for improving brain health：NutritionAvoid fast food. Follow the old adage (格言，谚语)：For breakfast，eat like a king；for lunch，like a queen；for supper，like a
14、beggar.ExerciseDo a combination of stretching aerobic and muscle strengthening every day.Mental gamesTry to have a sense of hope about the future. Do puzzles. Listen to music. Reach out to others to make their lives better.5. The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to _.A. give us advic
15、e on how to keep the brain healthy B. inform us how the brain worksC. tell us that the brain plays an important role in our lives D. show how special the brain is to us 6. The word “stunning” in Paragraph 5 means _.A. interesting B. strange C. worrying D. amazing 7. According to the text, more exerc
16、ise _.A. keeps our mind sharp B. helps improve our memory C. gives our brain a rest D. helps brain cells communicate with each other 8. In order to keep brain healthy, we should avoid _.A. eating a good lunch B. doing puzzles C. eating a large supper D. taking aerobic exercise CSome problems are dif
17、ficult to solve. But there are a lot of number expressions that can help. For example, if we put two and two together, we might come up with the right answer. We know that two heads are better than one. It is always better to work with another person to solve a problem. Some problems have only one s
18、olution. You cannot be of two minds over this. But with any luck, we could solve the problem in two shakes of a lambs tail. We could have our answers quickly and easily. Sometimes we can kill two birds with one stone. That is, we can complete two goals with only one effort or action. But we must rem
19、ember that two wrongs dont make a right. If someone does something bad to you, you should not do the same to him.If you are going out with your girlfriend, or boyfriend, but you dont want another friend to go along on your date. You can just say to your friend: twos company, threes a crowd.When I wa
20、s a young child in school, I had to learn the three Rs. These important skills are reading, writing and arithmetic. These three words do not all start with the letter “R”. But they have the sound of “R”. My teachers used to give three cheers when I did well in math. They gave praise and approval for
21、 a job well done.Some of my friends were confused and did not understand their schoolwork. They were at sixes and sevens. In fact, they did not care if they finished high school. But they were happy when they completed their studies and graduated from high school. They were in seventh heaven. They w
22、ere on cloud nine. Nine times out of ten students who do well in school find good jobs. Some work in an office doing the same things every day at nine-to-five jobs. You do not have to dress to the nines, or wear your best clothes, for this kind of work.9What is the best title of the passage?AHow to
23、Use Numbers.BThe Importance of Numbers.CNumber Stories.DTalk About Number Expressions.10Tom won first place in the game and we can congratulate him by using “ ”.Akill two birds with one stoneBgive three cheersCbe of two mindsDput two and two together11If you solve a problem easily and quickly, you c
24、an do it “ ”.Ain seventh heavenBdress up to the ninesCin two shakes of a lambs tailD. at sixes and sevens12Which of the following can replace the phrase “in all probability”?AKill two birds with one stone.BNine times out of ten.CAt sixes and sevens.DTwo heads are better than one.DI had an experience
25、 once which taught me something about the ways people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I officiated (主持) at two funerals for two elderly women. Both died a natural death. At the first home, the son of the deceased (已故的) woman said, “If only I had sent my mother to Flori
26、da and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. Its my fault that she died.” At the second home, the son said, “If only I hadnt insisted on her going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride was more than she could take. Its my fault.”When things dont turn
27、 out as we would like them to, we tend to think that had we done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believed that the opposite course, for example, keepi
28、ng Mother at home, would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse?There seem to be two elements involved in our readiness to feel guilty. The first lies in our belief that the world makes sense and that there is a reason for everything that happens. The second is the
29、 thought that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happens. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood. A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and calls the rest of the w
30、orld to its tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely give up that childish thought that our wishes cause things to happen.13. What is true about the two deceased elderly women?A. T
31、hey both died of old age.B. They died from hard work.C. They werent used to the change in life.D. They died due to lack of care by family members.14. People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones because .A. they cannot find a better way to express their sorrowB. they believe that they are r
32、esponsible for what has happenedC. they dont know the natural course of eventsD. they dont know things often turn out in the opposite direction15. The underlined part “the world makes sense” in Paragraph 3 probably means that .A. everything in the world is planned in advanceB. the world can be under
33、stood in different waysC. theres an explanation for everything in the worldD. we have to be wise in order to understand the world16. People have believed since early childhood that .A. everybody must obey their demand B. life and death is an unsolved mysteryC. every story should have a happy endingD
34、. their wishes are the cause of everything that happens EThe biggest danger facing airlines nowadays may not be a terrorist with a gun, but the man with portable computer in business class. In the last 16 years, pilots have reported well over 100 incidents that could have been caused by electromagne
35、tic interference (电磁干扰). The source of this interference remains not proved, but increasingly, experts are pointing the blame at portable electronic devices such as portable computers, radio and cassette players and mobile telephones.RTCA, an organization which advises the aviation (航空) industry, ha
36、s suggested that all airlines ban such devices from being used during “critical” stages of flight, particularly take-off and landing. Some experts have gone further, calling for a total ban during all flights. Currently, rules on using these devices are left up to individual airlines. And although s
37、ome airlines prevent passengers from using such equipment during take-off and landing, most are unwilling to carry out a total ban, given that many passengers want to work during flight.The difficulty is predicting how electromagnetic fields might affect an aircrafts computers. Experts know that por
38、table devices send out radiation which affects those wavelengths which aircraft use for navigation and communication. But, because they have not been able to reproduce these effects in a laboratory, they have no way of knowing whether the interference might be dangerous or not.The fact that aircraft
39、 may be fragile to interference raises the risk that terrorists may use radio systems in order to damage navigation equipment. As worrying, though, is the passenger who cant hear the instructions to turn off his radio because the musics too loud. 17. What is said about the over 100 aircraft incident
40、s in the past 16 years?A. They may have been caused by the damage to the radio systems.B. They may have taken place during take-off and landing.C. They were proved to have been caused by the passengers portable computers.D. They were suspected to have resulted from electromagnetic interference.18. W
41、hy is it difficult to predict the possible effects of electromagnetic fields on an airplanes computers?A. Because it is extremely dangerous to conduct such research on an airplane.B. Because it remains a mystery what wavelengths are liable to be interfered with.C. Because research scientists have no
42、t been able to produce the same effects in labs.D. Because experts lack adequate equipment to do such research.19. Few airlines want to perform a total ban on their passengers using electronic devices because .A. they dont believe there is such a danger as radio interferenceB. the harmful effect of
43、electromagnetic interference is yet to be provedC. most passengers refused to take a plane which bans the use of radio and cassette playersD. they have other effective safety measures to fall back on20. The passage is mainly about . A. a new rule for all airlinesB. the disadvantages of electronic devicesC. a possible cause of aircraft incidentsD. effective safety measures for air flight120 DBAC ADBC DBCB ABCD DCBC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
