1、2014高考英语信息匹配、任务型阅读基础训练题（19）及答案【2014黑龙江哈尔滨第六中学四模】（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。I live in Japan, where electronic items are a way of life, so it is no surprise that many students carry these little electronic dictionaries. E-dictionaries may be lighter and compacter(简洁的) t
2、han any paper dictionary. 71 However, to me, these are pretty much the limits to their advantages. I think e-dictionaries should be limited in their use in classrooms. 72 E-dictionaries are much more expensive. In Japan, they cost as little as 10,000 yen (US $100) or as much as 40,000 yen, depending
3、 on how many functions you want and depending on how fashionable you are. My trusty Random House paper dictionaries is copyrighted in 1995, cost me a mere US $12.95 plus tax.E-dictionaries are more fragile. Drop your paper dictionary. Go ahead. Hold it above your 【参考答案】7175、BGDCA【2014界黑龙江省哈三中高三上第三次验
4、收考试】(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 As we get older, most of us worry about grey hair, wrinkles and maintaining a youthful body. 71 Here, Mr. Rubin, a voice expert, reveals how to keep your voice youthful. Drink more fluid and avoid spicy food You need water for the voca
5、l cords(声带) to vibrate well. The body must keep absorbing enough water to make the vocal cords operate well. Drinking 1.5 liters of water a day at intervals of 15 minutes is very important. 72 Rest the throat and talk regularly The vocal cords can be scarred if you use your voice during a bad cough.
6、 If you have a case of laryngitis(喉炎) with a cold, you should rest your voice for a day or two, and seek medical advice. Simply staying sociable and using your voice is very important. “As older people have less mobile, they can become socially isolated and speak less,” says Mr. Rubin. “The elderly
7、need to communicate with people more. 73 ” 74 Good posture is essential to keeping the voice young, so wed better stand properly. Exercise helps you take deeper breaths as it means there is better airflow through the voice box, producing a stronger tone. Sing in the shower This is one of the best wa
8、ys to preserve your voice, as it keeps the larynx muscles strong while the steam lubricates the voice box. “ 75 ” says Mr. Rubin. Joining a choir is one of the best ways to preserve a youthful tone. A. Improve your posture B. By using the vocal cords, they enable the ageing process to slow down.C. B
9、ut people often dont realize the voice needs looking after.D. The Voice of Young Science programme encourages early career researchers to play an active role in public debates about science.E. Singing is to the voice what gymnastics are to human beings. F. Using the vocal cords regularly will defini
10、tely age our voice more quickly. G. Mr. Rubin advises avoiding foods with an annoying effect on the stomach, such as onions, chili, fizzy drinks and chocolate.【参考答案】七选五：71-75 CGBAE阅读理解之信息匹配(一)-D阅读下列记者采访加拿大运动鞋设计专家Benno Nigg时的问题及Nigg的回答，然后匹配相关的问题和答案。注意：选项中有一项是多余选项。AWhat should people look out for when
11、 buying a new pair of sports shoes?BWhat kind of technology might we see in sports shoes of the future?CWill a more expensive shoe make me run faster or jump higher, as the ads suggest?DWhen you say that expensive shoes are no better at preventing injury than cheap ones, is it true?ESome people say
12、we should run just as well without shoes. Whats your opinion of that?FYou helped develop the unstable Masai MBT shoes. Does this design actually work?1_Niggs Answer: That is a little bit overstated. But the relative frequency of running injuries doesnt seem to have changed much in the past 30 years,
13、 in spite of all the developments in sports shoe design. The literature shows that shoes are a minor player in injury development. If you take a group of people and want to injure them, send them out every day for a 20kilometre run. A lot of them will be injured in three weeks. The major factors are
14、 the distance run, the intensity and recovery time, not the shoes.2_Niggs Answer: The problem is that if you go to a store and want to find your best shoes, you dont know what to do. Things that are sometimes done, like video analysis of your rear foot movement, may not help. The only way to assess
15、whether a shoe is right for you is how it feels. If you feel comfortable in a shoe, its likely to be good for you. We did a study with soldiers where we gave them six different inserts, and they chose the one they liked best. In four months, those with inserts had 53 per cent fewer injuries than tho
16、se without.3_Niggs Answer: A shoe may act as a training device, making some muscles function more effectively for a majority of users. Or it may use materials that last longer. That may have something to do with its price. However, for the average runner, it is difficult to distinguish between actua
17、l functional designs and unnecessary features. Generally, the more a shoe controls movement, the more it acts like a cast, which means you have some muscles that dont work any more. This may mean that you lose some muscle strength, and your feet are more likely to be injured.4_Niggs Answer：There are
18、 claims that there are fewer injuries when you run barefoot, but there is not yet enough evidence, or enough research, to prove that. If you look at performance, most papers suggest an advantage of 3 to 4 per cent. With a few exceptionsAbebe Bikila in 1960 and Zola Budd in the 1980speople dont run b
19、arefoot, so it may be that its not an advantage, or it may be that were just not used to it.5_Niggs Answer: Yes, for about 80 per cent of people. The major benefits are training the small muscles crossing the ankle joint, and a reduction of knee and lower back pain. However, some claims for these un
20、stable shoes are overstated, such as the general muscle strengthening that they are claimed to produce.【参考答案】D-15DACEF(一)-(2013江苏)Quiet Virtue: The ConscientiousThe everyday signs of conscientiousness (认真尽责)being punctual, careful in doing work, selfdisciplined, and scrupulous (一丝不苟的) in attending t
21、o responsibilitiesare typical characteristics of the model organizational citizen, the people who keep things running as they should. They follow the rules, help out, and are concerned about the people they work with. Its the conscientious worker who helps newcomers or updates people who return afte
22、r an absence, who gets to work on time and never abuses stick leaves, who always gets things done on deadline.Conscientiousness is a key to success in any field. In studies of job performance, outstanding effectiveness for almost all jobs，from semiskilled labor to sales and management, depends on co
23、nscientiousness. It is particularly important for outstanding performance in jobs at the lower levels of an organization: the secretary whose message taking is perfect, the delivery truck driver who is always on time.Among sales representatives for a large American car manufacture, those who were mo
24、st conscientious had the largest volume of sales. Conscientiousness also offers a buffer (缓冲) against the threat of job loss in todays constantly changing market, because employees with this quality are among the most valued. For the sales representatives, their level of conscientiousness mattered a
25、lmost as much as their sales in determining who stayed on.There is an air around highly conscientious people that makes them seem even better than they actually are. Their reputation for dependability influences managers evaluations of their work, giving them higher evaluations than objective measur
26、es of their performance would predict.But conscientiousness in the absence of social skills can lead to problems. Since conscientious people demand so much of themselves, they can hold other people to their own standards, and so be overly judgmental when others dont show the same high levels of mode
27、l behavior. Factory workers in Great Britain and the United States who were extremely conscientious, for example, tended to criticize coworkers even about failures that seemed unimportant to those they criticized, which damaged their relationships.When conscientiousness takes the form of living up t
28、o expectations, it can discourage creativity. In creative professions like art or advertising, openness to wild ideas and spontaneity (自发性) are scarce and in demand. Success in such occupations calls for a balance, however, without enough conscientiousness to follow through, people become mere dream
29、ers, with nothing to show for their imaginativeness.答案：1strict2helpful/good3Functions/Roles/Importance/Significance4running/working/going/operating/functioning5performance(s)6fired/dismissed/jobless7problems/troubles8higher/subjective/unfair/prejudiced9tense/damaged/poor/bad10discourage/affect/damag
30、e(二)-(2012安徽)Traveling to all corners of the world gets easier and easier. We live in a global village，but this doesnt mean that we all behave in the same way.How should you behave when you meet someone for the first time? An American shakes your hand firmly while looking you straight in the eye. In
31、 many parts of Asia, there is no physical contact (接触)at all. In Japan, you should bow, and the more respect you want to show, the deeper you should bow. In Thailand, people greet each other by pressing both hands together at the chest. In both countries, eye contact is avoided as a sign of respect.
32、Many countries have rules about what you should and shouldnt wear. In Muslim countries, you shouldnt reveal (显露)the body, especially women, who should wear long blouses and skirts.In Korea, you should take off your shoes when entering a house. Remember to place them neatly together where you came in
33、.In Spain, lunch is often the biggest meal of the day, and can last two or three hours. For this reason many people eat a light breakfast and a late dinner. In Mexico, lunch is the time to relax，and many people prefer not to discuss business as they eat. In Britain, its not unusual to have a busines
34、s meeting over breakfast.In most countries, an exchange of business cards is necessary for all introductions. You should include your company name and your position. If you are going to a country where your language is not widely spoken, you can get the back side of your card printed in the local language. In China，you may present your card with the writing facing the person you are giving it to.答案：1. behavior 2. Greeting 3. Bowing4. Muslim/Moslem 5. door/entrance6. lunch 7. Britain/England/UK8. introducing 9. with10. abroad/about/around/worldwide
