2017届高考英语二轮专题复习精品之The next generation telephone is called Superphone or personal Communication Network (PCN). Your superphone goes wherever you go, in your pocket. You can use it in the street, in an aeroplane, a boat, or a taxi; you can call from anywhere on the globe to anywhere else. Calls travel at the speed of light, via satellites using ultraviolet, high-frequency wave bands and each communication is automatically billed to your account.
This new phone is the size and shape of a billfold(皮夹). You unfold it to use it., making it long enough to reach from your ear to your mouth. There is a miniaturized touch pad, on which to enter the number you are calling. There is also a tiny liquid crystal screen on which you can read weather, news or financial reports. These news items are constantly updated by the company that sells the service. Letter keys on the touch pad also allow you to use this electronic marvel as a computer or word processor. You can plug it into your large home or office computer in order to transfer any data that you feed in during a business trip. The PCN also stores any useful information of your own that you might need as you travel, such as the names, addresses and phone numbers of several hundred people, important meetings, flight details and so on. When you need information, you simply call it up on the screen. You can even use your PCN to activate electronically controlled equipment at home. For example, you could switch your oven on or off, start the sprinkler system in your garden during a dry spell, get your video recorder to record a show on television, turn off the central heating, and so on. All of this from thousands of miles away, perhaps from the back of a camel in the desert. Prototypes are already being trialed. In spite of the complex technology, they will be cheap because of the enormous sales that will be made.
57.The Superphone system ______________.
has a very wide coverage of signals.
deducts fees directly from users’ bank account.
offers a nearly free communicating service
requires people to speak quickly
58.The next generation telephone doesn’t own the function of ______
A. a computer
B. a billfold
C. a word processor
D. a communication device
59. The author’s intention in mentioning “from the back…the desert” is to _________
A. show the great impact of the new phone on the world
B. emphasize the strong remote control function of the new phone
C. demonstrate how to operate the new phone in such places
D. show travelers’ affection for the new phone
60. The author may agree that ________
A. the new phone’s technology is too complex to be generalized
B. the new phone is still commercially unappetizing.
C. the new phone has been put into volume production
D. the new phone has excellent prospects in market.
完形填空（共20题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I climbed the stairs slowly, carrying a big suitcase, my father following with two more. By the time I got to the third floor, I was
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and at the same time feeling lonely. Worse still, Dad
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a step and fell, sending my new suitcases
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down the stairs. “Damn” he screamed, his face turning red. I knew
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was ahead. Whenever Dad’s face turns red, look out!
How could I ever
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him to finish unloading the car
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screaming at me and making a scene in front of the other girls, girls I would have to spend the
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of the year with? Doors were opening and faces peering out(探出), as Dad walked
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close behind. I felt it in my bones that my college life was getting off to a(n)
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start.
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the room, quickly,” I thought. “Get him into a chair and calm down.” But then again, would there be a chair in Room 316? Or would it be a(n)
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room?
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I turned the key in the lock and
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the door open, with Dad
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complaining about a hurting knee or something. I put my head in and to my
50 , the room wasn’t empty at all! It had furniture, curtains, a TV, and seven paintings on the walls.
And there on a well-made bed sat a neatly-dressed girl, obviously my new
51 . Greeting me with a nod, she said in a soft voice, “Hi, you must be Cori.” Then, she turned down the music and looked over at
52 , “ And of course, you’re Mr. Faber,” she said
53 . “ Would you like a glass of iced tea?” Dad’s face turned decidedly less red before he could bring out a “yes”.
I knew
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that Amy and I would be
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and my first year of college would be a success.
36. A. helpless
B. busy
C. anxious
D. tired
37. A. took
B. walked
C. missed
D. fell
38. A. rolling
B. passing
C. dropping
D. turning
39. A. suffering
B. difficulty
C. trouble
D. danger
40. A. lead
B. help
C. encourage
D. get
41. A. after
B. without
C. while
D. besides
42. A. beginning B. end C. next
D. rest
43. A. with difficulty
B. in a hurry
C. with firm steps
D. in wonder
44. A. fresh
B. easy
C. bad
D. unfair
45. A. Search
B. Find
C. Enter
D. Book
46. A. small
B. empty
C. new
D. big
47. A. Finally
B. Meanwhile C. Sooner or later D. At the moment
48. A. knocked
B. forced
C. pushed
D. drew
49. A. yet
B. only
C. even
D. still
50. A. regret
B. disappointment
C. surprise
D. sorrow
51. A. roommate
B. classmate
C. neighbor
D. companion
52. A. Dad
B. me
C. us
D. herself
53. A. questioning
B. wondering
C. smiling
D. guessing
54. A. soon
B. there
C. later
D. then
55. A. sisters
B. friends
C. students
D. fellows
任务型阅读（共10小题；每题1分，满分10分）请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的Robot revolution
The day that a robot wakes you up, cleans your room and walks your dog might still be a few decades off. But increasingly, engineers are saying that robots are going to make the leap from the factory floor to your family room.
Companies like Sony and General Electric are working on designs for small robots. Products like the Roomba, a robot that can clean floors, are flying off the shelves. On the cover of a recent issue of Scientific American magazine, Bill Gates predicted the “Dawn of the Age of Robots”.
What’s behind this new era (时代)? It’s partly a matter of technology. Devices that can recognize and respond to a human voice have been developed. There are now a few different ways for robots to move around. They can walk, crawl or ride on wheels. They are being made smaller and smaller. They are also becoming more and more energy efficient.
A bigger part of the story is on the demand side. From the day Robert Adler invented the television remote control in the 1950s, people around the world have tirelessly searched for ways to get lazier.
Also take into consideration the increasing wealth of rich people, the time appears ripe to introduce robots to ease our daily lives.
To be sure, robots that walk on two legs and talk like people are still too complex for our present engineering abilities. Today’s robot revolution is to make them for everyday use. Robots will do basic housework such as cleaning or gardening, or just help you have more fun on the basketball court.
What makes a robot different from an ordinary cleaning machine is not the presence of computer chips (芯片). Nowadays even your microwave has a computer chip. It is the ability to sense and make changes to the environment in real time.
For example, a floor-cleaning robot should be able to sense your scared cat and move out of the way. Today’s computing ability is, for the first time, able to make machines that could “think”, at least in certain limited ways.
Robot Revolution
What today’s robot can do What (75) ____________ robot may do
＊recognize and (71) ____________ to your voice ＊talk like people
＊sense and make some changes to the
(76) ____________
＊work in the (72) ____________
＊(77) ____________ your dog
＊move around, like walking or
(73) ____________ on wheels ＊(78) ____________ your floor
＊(79) ____________ you up
＊think in some limited (74) ____________
＊(80) ____________ you on the basketball court
参考答案
阅读理解
57---60
ABBD
完形填空 36-40 DCACD
41-45 BDACB
46-50 BACDC
51-55 AACDB
任务型阅读
71. respond
72. factory 73. riding
74. ways
75. future’s /tomorrow’s 76. environment 77. walk
78. clean
79. wake
80. accompany