2016高考英语二轮阅读理解一百六十集选练(132)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(AB、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Imagine having an idea, drawing it on paper, bringing it to a store and seeing it turned into a physical object.This is now possible with the help of 3D printers.Such machines were once used just by universities and big compaes.But now, stores with 3D printing services are appearing around the United States.
Bryan Jayox and his wife opened The Build ShopLLC in Los Angeles two years ago.The store is filled with tools like a laser cutter, an industal sewing machine and 3D printers.Bryan Jaycox requires $ 15 an hour to print an object.He also charges a fee depending on the size of the object and up to $ 50 an hour for design and labor services.
The Jaycoxs also offer 3D printing classes for anyone who is interested.One of the students in a recent class was Ki Chong Tran.He plans to open a 3D printing business in Cbodia."The demand has been amazing.It's been much more than I would have imagined," said Ki Chong Tran.
"I think 3D printing is going to be huge. It's going to make a huge impact on society as a whole," he added.
Mr Jaycox predicts that within five years, 3D printing technology could become more consumer friendly.
But Ki Chong Tran says even current technology can make a ifference m a developing country like Cambodia."With 3D printing you can give them tools, and you put it in their hands so they are responsible more for their own development. They learn skills beyond just leaing English and becoming a tour guide or something like that or working at a bank.You can actually create things that give value to the world," said Ki Chong Tran.
He says it's not just Cambodia but anywhere where there is a 3D printer, it can tu a good idea into reality.
1.We lea from Paragraph l that3D printing
A.is now available to ordinary people
B.first appeared in the United States
C.can tu your every dream into reality
D.is now only used by uersities
2.Bryan Jaycox opened The Build ShopLLC to.
A.sell 3D printers and different kinds of tools
B.produce all types of printing machines
C.offer 3D printing classes and services
D.design different types of 3D printers
3.According to Ki Chong Tran, 3D printing. A.is now widely used in Cambodia
B.will change our daily life completely
C.has a huge market potential in Cambodia
D.is useless for developing countries
4.In Mr Jaycox's opinion, within five years 3D printing will.
A.make it easier to do business
B.be accessible to all consumers
C.change the way of social contact(交往)
D.bring about more proits to the sellers
5.How will 3D printing technology benefit developing countries according to the text?
A.It helps the people work efficiently at a bank.
B.It will promote the learning of English
C.It will accelerate the development of tourism.
D.It offers them a new way of development.—5、ACCBD
较难题目特训:介绍说明类
阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Below is a page adapted from an English dictionary.
Important words to learn: ●EEssential ●I Improver ●A Advanced
pump/pʌmp/
▶noun[c]DEVICE 1a piece of equipment which is used to cause liquid, air or gas to move from one place to another: a water/bicycle/fuel pump ○ a UK petrol/US gas pump SHOE2[USUALLY PLURAL]US(UK court shoe)a type of plain shoe with a raised HEEL and no way of fastening it to the foot which is worn by women 3[USUALLY PLURAL]a type of flat shoe, like a BALLET dancer’s shoe, which is worn by women 4[USUALLY PLURAL]UK a flat shoe made of heavy cloth, which is worn by children for doing sports
▶verb LIQUID/GAS1[T USUALLY*ADV/PREP]to force liquid or gas to move somewhere: Our latest machine can pump a hundred gallons a minute. ○The new wine is pumped into storage tanks. ○The heart pumps blood through the arteries/round the body.INFORMATION2[T]INFORMAL to keep asking someone for information, especially in a way that is not direct: She was pumping me for details of the new project.
▶idioms pump sb’s hand to SHAKE someone’s hand (=hold their hand and move it up and down, especially in order to greet them)·pump Iron INFORMAL to lift heavy weights for exercise: These days both men and women pump iron for fitness.
▶phrasalverbs pump sth into sth to spend a lot of money trying to make something operate successfully: They had been pumping money into the business for some years without seeing any results.
pump sth out[M]REMOVE1 to remove water or other liquid from something using a pump: We took turns pumping out the boat. PRODUCE2 INFORMAL DISAPPROVING to produce words or loud music in a way that is repeated, forceful and continuous: The government keeps pumping out the same old propaganda. ○The car radio was pumping out music with a heavy beat.
pump out sth If someone’s stomach is pumped out, a poisonous substance is removed from it by being sucked through a tube: She had to go to hospital to have her stomach pumped out.
pump sb up[M]INFORMAL to make someone feel more confident or excited: He was offering them advice and trying to pump them up. ○[R]The players were pumping themselves up by singing the national anthem before the game.
pump sth up[M]1 to fill something with air using a pump: Have you pumped up the balloons yet? ○I must pump the tyres up on my bike. 2INFORMAL to increase something by a large amount: The US was able to pump up exports. ○Let’s pump up the volume a bit!
pump-action/ˈpʌmp. æk. ʃn/ adjective [BEFORE NOUN]describes a device which operates by forcing something, especially air, in or out of a closed space or container: a pump-action shotgun ○a pump-action toilet
ˈpumpˌ priming noun[U]SPECIALIZED the activity of helping a business, programme, economy, etc. to develop by giving it money: The government is awarding small, pump-priming grants to single mothers who are starting their own businesses.
pun/pʌn/
▶noun[C]a humorous use of a word or phrase which has several meanings or which sounds like another word: She made a couple of dreadful puns. ○This is a well-known joke based on a pun: “What’s black and white and red(=read)all over? “ “A newspaper. “
▶verb[I](-nn-)to make a pun
punch/pʌntʃ/
▶noun HIT1[C]a forceful hit with a FIST(=closed hand): She gave him a punch UK on/US in the nose. EFFECT2[U]the power to be interesting and have a strong effect on people: I felt the performance/speech/presentation lacked punch. DRINK3[C OR U]a cold or hot drink made by mixing fruit juices, pieces of fruit and often wine or other alcoholic drinks TOOL4[C]a piece of equipment which cuts holes in a material by pushing a piece of metal through it: a ticket punch ○Have you seen the hole punch anywhere?
▶verb[T]HIT1to hit someone or something with your FIST(=closed hand): He punched him in the stomach. 2 MAINLY US to hit with your fingers the buttons on a telephone or the keys on a keyboard USE TOOL3 to make a hole in something with a special piece of equipment: I was just punching holes in some sheets of paper. ○This belt’s too big—I’ll have to punch an extra hole in it.
▶idioms punch sb’s lights out INFORMAL to hit someone repeatedly very hard·punch the clock US to put a card into a special machine to record the times your arrive at and leave work: After 17 years of punching the clock, he just disappeared one morning and was never heard from again.
1. What does the word “pump” mean in “He ran in every five minutes to pump me about the case” ?
A. Talk with.B. Ask for information.
C. Listen to.D. Provide with evidence.
2. When Sally says “The TV program kept pumping out commercials”, she may be .
A. excitedB. interestedC. annoyedD. worried
3. What will the government most probably provide if it is engaged in a pump-priming program?
A. Sums of money. B. Raw materials. C. Human resources. D. Media support.
4. When Sylvia says “His speech was OK but it had no real punch”, she thinks it was not .
A. fluent and impressiveB. logical and moving
C. informative and significantD. interesting and powerful
【参考答案】1-4 BCAD
【阅读理解】人物故事类
阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was one of the most private women in the world, yet when she went to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed(展现) herself as she did nowhere else.
After the death of her second husband, Greek shipping magnate(巨头) Aristotle Onassis, Jacqueline’s close friend and former White House social secretary Letitia Baldrige made a suggestion that she consider a career(职业) in publishing. After consideration, Jacqueline accepted it. Perhaps she hoped to find there some ideas about how to live her own life. She became not less but more interested in reading. For the last 20 years of her life, Jacqueline worked as a publisher’s editor, first at Viking, then at Doubleday, pursuing(追求) a late-life career longer than her two marriages combined. During her time in publishing, she was responsible for managing and editing more than 100 successfully marketed books. Among the first books were In the Russian Style and Inventive Paris Clothes. She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell to transform their popular television conversations into a book, The Power of Myth. The book went on to become an international best-seller. She dealt, too, with Michael Jackson as he prepared his autobiography(自传), Moonwalk.
Jacqueline may have been hired for her name and for her social relations, but she soon proved her worth. Her choices, suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing firms and to Jacqueline herself. In the books she selected for publication, she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind. Her books are the autobiography she never wrote.Her role as First Lady, in the end, was overshadowed by her performance as an editor. However, few knew that she had achieved so much.
1. We can learn from the passage that Jacqueline .
A. became fond of reading after working as an editor
B. was in charge of publishing 100 books
C. promoted her books through social relations
D. gained a lot from her career as an editor
2. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that .
A. Jacqueline ended up as an editor rather than as First Lady
B. Jacqueline’s life as First Lady was more colorful than as an editor
C. Jacqueline was more successful as an editor than as First Lady
D. Jacqueline’s role as First Lady was more brilliant than as an editor
3. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Jacqueline’s two marriages lasted more than 20 years.
B. Jacqueline’s own publishing firm was set up eventually.
C. Jacqueline’s views and beliefs were reflected in the books she edited.
D. Jacqueline’s achievements were widely known.
4. The passage is mainly .
A. an introduction of Jacqueline’s life both as First Lady and as an editor
B. a brief description of Jacqueline’s lifelong experiences
C. a brief account of Jacqueline’s career as an editor in her last 20 years
D. an analysis of Jacqueline’s social relations in publishing
【参考答案】1--4 、DCCC
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