1、河北徐水縣2016高考英語二輪閱讀理解摸底篇（3）閱讀理解-（A）Sports shoes that out whether their owner has enough exercise to warrant time in front of the television have been devised in the UK. The shoesnamed Square Eyescontain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has take

2、n in a day. A wireless transmitter passes the information to a receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves, based on the days efforts. The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teena

3、gers, says Gillian Swan, who developed Square Eyes as a final year design project at Brunel University to London, UK. “We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out,” she says. “And I wanted to tackle that with my design.” Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained

4、 through exercise, the television automatically switches off. And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps. Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily amounts of both. Health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps

5、 each day and watch no more than two hours of television. So, every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes equals precisely one minute of TV time. Existing pedometers （計步器） normally clip onto a belt or slip into a pocket and keep count of steps by measuring sudden movement. Swan says these can

6、be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking. But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat. “It is possible, but it would be a lot of effort,” she says. “That was one of my main design considerations.” ( ) 1. According to Swan, the purpose of her design project is t

7、o _. A. keep a record of the steps of the wearer B. deal with overweight among teenagers C. enable children to resist the temptation of TV D. prevent children from being tricked by TV programs ( ) 2. Which of the following is true of Square Eyes shoes? A. They regulate a childs evening TV viewing ti

8、me. B. They determine a childs daily pocket money. C. They have raised the hot issue of overweight. D. They contain information of the receiver. ( ) 3. What is stressed by health experts in their suggestion? A. The exact number of steps to be taken. B. The precise number of hours spent on TV. C. The

9、 proper amount of daily exercise and TV time. D. The way of changing steps into TV watching time. ( ) 4. Compared with other similar products, the new design _. A. makes it difficult for lazy teenagers to cheat B. counts the wearers steps through shaking C. records the sudden movement of the wearer

10、D. sends teenagers health data to the receiver ( ) 5. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A. Smart Shoes Decide on Television Time B. Smart Shoes Guarantee More Exercise C. Smart Shoes Measure Time of Exercise D. Smart Shoes Stop Childhood Overweight71. B 這是一道推斷題。根據第三段“We lo

11、oked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out,she says,And I want to tackle that with my design .”可以推斷出這個設計是為了解決孩子超重的問題。72. A 這是一道推斷題。根據第四段“Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off. And further time in front

12、of the TV can only be earned through more steps.”可知這種鞋利用走路的步數來控制孩子看電視的時間。73. C 這是一道推斷題。根據第五段“Health experts suggest that a child take 12 000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television.”可以推斷出健康專家給出了每天合適的運動量和看電視時間。74. A 這是一道推斷題。根據最后一段“Swan says these can be easily tricked into recor

13、ding steps through shaking. But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat.”可以推斷出類似產品可以用晃動來作弊,但是她設計的鞋使得懶惰的青少年很難作弊。75. A 這是一道主旨題。本文主要介紹了一款智能運動鞋,利用孩子們每天的走步數來決定看電視的時間,起到控制體重的作用。閱讀理解-（B）Pacing and Pausing Sara tried to befriend her old friend Steve's new wife, but Betty never s

14、eemed to have anything to say. While Sara felt Betty didn't hold up her end of the conversation, Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk. The problem had to do with expectations about pacing and pausing. /gaokao/beijing Conversation is a turn-taking game. When our hab

15、its are similar, there's no problem. But if our habits are different, you may start to talk before I'm finished or fail to take your turn when I'm finished. That's what was happening with Betty and Sara. It may not be coincidental that Betty, who expected relatively longer pauses bet

16、ween turns, is British, and Sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is American. Betty often felt interrupted by Sara. But Betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from Finland. And Sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers f

17、rom Latin America or Israel. /gaokao/beijing The general phenomenon, then, is that the small conversation techniques, like pacing and pausing, lead people to draw conclusions not about conversational style but about personality and abilities. These habitual differences are often the basis for danger

18、ous stereotyping (思維定式). And these social phenomena can have very personal consequences. For example, a woman from the southwestern part of the US went to live in an eastern city to take up a job in personnel. When the Personnel Department got together for meetings, she kept searching for the right

19、time to break in-and never found it. Although back home she was considered outgoing and confident, in Washington she was viewed as shy and retiring. When she was evaluated at the end of the year, she was told to take a training course because of her inability to speak up. That's why slight diffe

20、rences in conversational style-tiny little things like microseconds of pause-can have a great effect on one's life. The result in this case was a judgment of psychological problems-even in the mind of the woman herself, who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness

21、 training.( ) 1. What did Sara think of Betty when talking with her? A. Betty was talkative. B. Betty was an interrupter. C. Betty did not take her turn. /gaokao/beijing D. Betty paid no attention to Sara.( ) 2. According to the passage, who are likely to expect the shortest pauses between turns? A.

22、 Americans. B. Israelis. C. The British. D. The Finns.( ) 3. We can learn from the passage that _ A. communication breakdown results from short pauses and fast pacingB. women are unfavorably stereotyped in eastern cities of the US C. one's inability to speak up is culturally determined sometimes

23、D. one should receive training to build up one's confidence( ) 4. The underlined word "assertiveness" in the last paragraph probably means _ A. being willing to speak one's mindB. being able to increase one's powerC. being ready to make one's own judgment /gaokao/beijing D.

24、 being quick to express one's ideas confidently64.C細節題，難題。難在弄不清誰是S誰是B，耐心讀，動筆劃，從第一段得出正確答案并不難：Sara felt Betty didn't hold up her end of the conversation65.B細節排序題，難題。還是耐心讀，動筆劃。S代表美國人，B代表英國人（加起來？），S比B期待談話間隙時間更短，又在以色列人(Israelis)說話時插不上嘴，故答案選說話嗒嗒嗒嗒的以色列人。66.C變態細節題，較難題。A不符原文，B無中生有，D無中生有，C關鍵要理解cultura

25、lly determined，由文化決定或者受文化影響。67.A詞義猜測題，較難。難點在于A選項的干擾作用。原文說那位MM的inability to speak up注意別人認為她沒能力，不是說她不愿意。所以D比A好，此處用反義對比方法。閱讀理解。For ten years Jo Eddings felt that she had been banging her head against a brick wall. “I cant describe my frustration. I felt so helpless,” she says. “What I wanted was the he

26、lp with my very bright daughter who had a problem with language.” She was slow to learn to talk and at 9 her reading and writing were still poor.“We took her to psychologists and all sorts of experts, but for years nobody seemed to be able to give us a proper diagnosis or know what to do.” But that

27、changed this month when she heard a radio program about an exhibition called Genes Talking at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London. It was about a research project to discover a gene lined with a condition known as specific language impairment. “As soon as I heard it I knew that this w

28、as what Id been looking for,” she says. “I wasnt alone; I wasnt mad. There was someone who understood my daughter.”SLI covers speech and grammar problems suffered by children, the most familiar of which is dyslexia (誦讀困難). About 8 percent of children are recognized as dyslexic. But a similar number

29、may be suffering from other forms of SLI and are not recognized. The condition is the failure of different parts of the brain to deal with speech and language, and different failures manifest (表明) themselves in different ways.The scientist involved in the ICA project was Professor Heather van der Le

30、iy, the director of the Centre for Developmental Language Disorders and Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, and a leading expert on SLI. “If we can find a genetic link, it will provide the kind of hard evidence that this is a genuine problem, which is needed if we are to cure the di

31、sease,” she says.1. The underlined part in the first paragraph probably means Jo Eddings couldnt _. A. understand her daughter and was very sad B. help her daughter out of trouble and felt helpless C. afford to treat her daughters disease and felt sad D. find where to treat her daughters disease and

32、 felt ashamed 答案解析：答案為B。本題為句意推測題。從劃線部分后文 “I cant describe my frustration. I felt so helpless,” she says. “What I wanted was the help with my very bright daughter who had a problem with language.”可知，Jo Eddings 對于女兒的疾病感到沮喪、無助，他非常需要幫助。故答案為B。由第二段首句 “We took her to psychologists and all sorts of experts”

33、可推測，他們帶著女兒看了許多心理醫生和各種專家，應該有能力支付治療費用，故C選項錯誤。A選項和D選項的 “felt ashamed” 與文意不符。2. Jo Eddings was pleased when she _. A. visited and exhibition called Genes Talking B. heard a radio program about an exhibition C. discovered a gene linked with her daughters problem D. was given a proper diagnosis of her dau

34、ghters illness.答案解析：答案為B。本題為細節題。由第二段 “But that changed this month when she heard a radio program” 可知，答案為B。3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ? A. Jo Eddings daughter was lonely and mad. B. Dyslexia is an unknown problem among the public. C. “SLI” stands for Specific Language

35、Impairment. D. Jo Eddings daughters illness was cured at last.答案解析：答案為C。本題為推理題。由第二段 “It was about a research project to discover a gene lined with a condition known as specific language impairment.” 和第三段首句 “SLI covers speech and grammar problems suffered by children, the most familiar of which is dy

36、slexia.”可以推斷，C選項正確。 由第二段倒數第二句話 “I wasnt alone; I wasnt mad.” 可知，選項A錯誤。由第三段 “About 8 percent of children are recognized as dyslexic.” 可知，B選項錯誤。D選項未提及。4. On which column can we read the above passage in a newspaper? A. Education News. B. Health News. C. Business News. D. Economy News. 答案解析：答案為B。本題為推理題

37、。結合全文和最后一段研究SLI的專家描述 “If we can find a genetic link, it will provide the kind of hard evidence that this is a genuine problem, which is needed if we are to cure the disease,” 可推斷，Jo Eddings的女兒的疾病屬于基因問題，和健康有關，故答案為B。閱讀理解。When I was younger, bedtime was always my favourite part of the day. Wearing soft

38、 pajamas and with Ian, my stuffed monkey, in my arms, I felt no pressure at all.I named Ian after my uncle when I compared Ians long arms and legs to his. One night I ran up to Uncle Ian at a family party and told him I had named my monkey after him. His eyebrows wrinkled in confusion, then a chuckl

39、e（哈哈笑）escaped his lips. I guess he didnt understand how important it was to me.Even if Uncle Ian didnt think my monkey was special, I certainly did. I dressed him in a white baby nightgown. My mother thought that Ian was the best-dressed stuffed animal in the world. Yes, he was certainly a fashionab

40、le creature. The strong cologne（科隆香水）I used on him years ago makes him still smell “pretty”.For a long time, Ian went everywhere with me. He was my best friend, and I told him everything. But when I turned twelve, I realized I was too old for stuffed animals. I thought people would think I was babyi

41、sh, so I put him in the cupboard with the rest of my teddy bears and dolls. I begged him to understand why I was doing this, but at the same time I longed to talk to him again.It took me several years to realize that it was OK to miss Ian. I know now that maturity（成熟）doesnt only mean growing up and

42、taking on more responsibility. It also means holding on to your childhood and acting young sometimes.Ian has been with me since I was six years old holding him in my arms connects me to my past and my present as I continue to grow and understand myself.1. Which of the following is NOT true according

43、 to the text?ABedtime used to be the writers favourite part of the day because of the stuffed monkey.B. Uncle Ian liked the stuffed monkey as much as the writer.C. The writer used to carry the monkey with her wherever she went.D. Years later the writer realized that it was not wrong to miss Monkey Ian.答案解析：答案為B。本題為細節推理題。由第一段 “bedtime was always my favourite part of the day. .my stuffed monkey, in my arms, I felt no pressure at all