贵州省贵阳市2014高考英语（新人教版）一轮阅读训练（39）附答案

　　贵阳市2014高考英语（新人教版）一轮阅读训练（39）附答案

　　课时作业(三十九)　[选修8　Unit 4 Pygmalion](限时：35分钟)阅读理解

        Do you wish you could invent something new? Here we look at a few British inventions of recent times.

　　Adaptive glasses

　　Do you wear glasses? If so，can you imagine life without them? In 1985，Joshua Silver，a professor at Oxford University，asked himself，“Can I invent a pair of glasses that could be changed by the wearer？”He designed two plastic lenses(透镜) that are filled with a special liquid.Using syringes(注射器) you change the liquid between the lenses until you can see clearly.The glasses are not beautiful but they are easy to use and cheap to make.，think about all those people without electricity.Thinking about this，Trevor Baylis came up with the idea of designing a radio that could be powered by hand.In common with Joshua Silver he wanted his invention to be cheap and easy to use.He wanted even the poorest people in developing countries，who don't have electricity and cannot afford batteries，to use it.The radio has a generator(发电机) which is powered by turning a handle.In 1996 it won the BBC Design Award for Best Product and Best Design.(真空) cleanerich uses something called “cyclonic，separation” to separate the dirt.You do not need a bag for your cleaner and it does not get blocked so it is very practical.The idea came to Sir James Dyson after he kept having problems with his vacuum cleaner.He decided he could design a better one and in 1993 he opened his own factory.The Dyson is now one of the bestselling cleaners in the UK and Dyson is believed to have earned over a billion pounds.

　　The Zapata Flyboard

　　Have you ever dreamed of zooming through the water and leaping in the air like a dolphin? Now you can thanks to a flyboard，built by water sports enthusiast Frank Zapata.With it you can dive back in the water and out again.It's possible to jump to incredible heights out of the water—over 30 feet.The basic flyboard model comes in at ￡4，200.c Glasses

　　D．Beautiful Minds________．

　　A．helping people use cleaners more easily

　　B．making Dyson a rich businessman

　　C．keeping the house cleaner than before

　　D．taking the place of human cleaners

　　B

　　Commuters(上下班往返的人) who drive to work will face a parking charge of up to￡350 a year.Ministers are backing a workplace parking charge which will come into force in Nottingham in 2016 and is likely to be adopted across the country.The scheme will see firms with more than ten parking places for staff charged ￡ 350 a year for each space in two years.－meaning it would effectively be a tax on driving to work.The scheme aims to reduce traffic by preventing unnecessary car journeys and raise funds to improve public transport，but critics say it is just an excuse for councils to fill their coffers(金库)．，and the British Chambers of Commerce says the new charge could total ￡ 3.4 billion a year if rolled out nationwide.，where 40，000 commuters use their cars to get to work.A spokesman said the scheme was nothing more than a tax on jobs.“It is very unfair to discriminate against those employers who have parking spaces，which get vehicles off the streets，” he said.“And these charges apply around the clock，which is especially unfair on shift workers who rely on their cars because public transport is not available.This is more ，Transport Minister Sadiq Khan gave the plan an official approval during a visit to Nottingham.The council says the tax will raise as much as ￡100 million over ten years—one fifth of the cost of a new transport system for the city. of the Campaign for Better Transport said the tax would raise money to invest in better transport.“We put forward the idea of workplace parking taxes as a fairer way to raise money to invest in the future local transport services.We are pleased that the people of Nottingham will be the first to benefit.”

　　20．Supporters argue that the scheme ________．

　　A．can help improve the parking conditions for the staff

　　B．should be applied to all commuters driving to work

　　C．is certain to be carried out despite the objections

　　D．will relieve traffic pressure and improve public transport

　　21．According to the objectors，the scheme is unfair for ________ith parking lots

　　B．the workforce without cars

　　C．the employees parking their cars on the streets

　　D．the staff driving to work in the daytime

　　22．Which word can best describe Theresa Villiers's attitude towards the scheme?

　　A．Neutral.

　　B．Negative.

　　C．Understanding.

　　D．Positive.

　　23．It can he inferred from the passage that ________．

　　A．many firms are willing to pay the charges for their staff

　　B．the public transport in Nottingham is in great need of improvement

　　C．the author believes Britons will benefit from the scheme

　　D．those firms with more commuters will leave Nottingham

　　Ⅲ.短文填词nowadays it's rough for college graduates to find a satisfactory job because 24.________ the global crisis and severe competition. 25.________， you can't wait until the chance falls on you. So some graduates are ________ paid to gain working experience, while some companies think that it 28.g________ against the labor law.

　　I think “working without pay” is an 29.________ (积极) way to develop one's ability. Though in this way one can't ________ money, he can get much experience, which can enrich 31.________ mind and help develop skills that will bring him much 32.________ (财富) in the future. Meanwhile, I think the government should take effective ________ to promote the employment of graduates.

　　参考答案

　　课时作业(三十九)本文通过向大家介绍近期英国的几项发明来鼓励大家积极思考，发明新事物。　主旨大意题。根据文章内容可知，作者意在通过介绍英国最近的几项发明来鼓励人们创新思维并进行发明创造，故D项作为本文的标题最合适。　细节理解题。根据“Adaptive glasses”介绍中的最后The glasses are not beautiful…”可知，这种眼镜并不美观。　细节理解题。根据“The wind­up radio”介绍中的最后一句“In 1996 it won the BBC Design Award for Best Product and Best Design.”可知答案为B项。　推理判断题。根据“The Dyson vacuum (真空) cleaner”介绍中的“The idea came to Sir James Dyson after he kept having problems with his vacuum cleaner.”可推知，发明者Dyson之所以有这样的创意是由于以前他自己在使用真空吸尘器时感到很不方便，故答案为A项。B

　　本文主要讲述了Nottingham将出台政策对在工作场所停车收费及由此引发的激烈讨论。　细节理解题。根据第二段中的“The scheme aims to reduce traffic by preventing unnecessary car journeys and raise funds to improve public transport…”可知，支持者认为这个方案能够缓解交通压力，改善公共交通。A　细节理解题。根据第四段的第三句可知A项正确。　态度推断题。根据第六段内容可知，Theresa Villiers对　推理判断题。根据倒数第三段中的“The council says the tax will raise as much as ￡100 million over ten years—one fifth

　　transport system for the city.”以及最后一段内容可推知，Nottingham的公共交通急需改善。25.However　26.willing　27.being　28.goes　30.earn　31.his　32.wealth　33.measures

　　课后阅读A day to remember  难忘的一天

　　 We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. What invariably happens is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at precisely the same moment. It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table, smashing half your best crockery and cutting himself in the process. You hang up hurriedly and attend to baby, crockery, etc. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.

　　Things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney. During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue. The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her brake hard. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road. Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry–driver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden. The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road. This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the lorry driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days!

　　我们大家都有过事事不顺心的日子。一天开始时，可能还不错，但突然间似乎一切都失去了控制。情况经常是这样的，许许多多的事情都偏偏赶在同一时刻出问题，好像是一件无关紧要的小事引起了一连串的连锁反应。假设你在做饭，同时又在照看孩子。这时电话铃响了，它预示着一连串意想不到的灾难的来临。就在你接电话时，孩子把桌布从桌子上扯了下来，将家中最好的陶瓷餐具半数摔碎，同时也弄伤了他自己。你急急忙忙挂上电话，赶去照看孩子和餐具。这时，饭又烧糊了。好像这一切还不足以使你急得掉泪，你的丈夫接着回来了，事先没打招呼就带来3个客人吃饭。

　　就像许多人最近在悉尼郊区帕拉马塔所发现的那样，有时乱子会闹得很大。一天傍晚交通最拥挤时，一辆汽车撞上前面一辆汽车，两个司机争吵起来。紧跟其后的一辆车上的司机碰巧是个初学者，她一惊之下突然把车停了下来。她这一停使得跟在后头的司机也来了个急刹车。司机的妻子正坐在他身边，手里托着块大蛋糕。她往前一冲，蛋糕从挡风玻璃飞了出去掉在马路上。此时，一辆卡车正好从后边开到那辆汽车边上，司机看见一块蛋糕从天而降，紧急刹车。卡车上装着空啤酒瓶，成百只瓶子顺势从卡车后面滑出车外落在马路上。这又引起了一场唇枪舌剑的争吵。与此同时，后面的车辆排成了长龙，警察花了将近一个小时才使车辆又开起来。在这段时间里，卡车司机不得不清扫那几百只破瓶子。只有两只野狗从这一片混乱中得到了好处，它们贪婪地吃掉了剩下的蛋糕。这就是事事不顺心的那么一天！

　　阅读理解

　　A few days ago，I went to school with lots of books，hoping to get a locker (锁柜)．Suddenly，it started raining heavily.I hurried to pay for my locker，but I was disappointed when they informed me they only accepted cash.I was $7.00 short，which meant I had to carry the books back home.It would be an exhausting (令人筋疲力尽的) two­hour journey back home with all those books.

　　An elderly gentleman nearby noticed my problem.He asked how much cash I needed.When I told him I was $7 short，he quickly took out the money from his wallet.“You don’t have to pay me back，”he said.I was speechless；I didn’t know whether to take the money or come back with the books the next day.A young student who was working there noticed my hesitation.“He’s really nice，”said the student.“I was starving this morning and he bought breakfast for me.He always helps people in different ways.”

　　The next day，I went to him and thanked him for trusting me and lending me the money.He said he forgot about it and didn’t expect I would give it back.“I’m very happy，”he said，“not because I’m getting my money back，but because this is the right way to go—whatever you get from this world，give it back as much as you possibly can.Spread kindness around the world with the smallest things you can do.”

　　Later，I found out he wasn’t involved with any charity organizations.He has been performing these types of acts for years.Earlier，someone had done something incredibly kind for him and he has been spreading the kindness ever since.

　　He taught me a very important lesson in life—we come to this world with nothing and we will leave with nothing.Whatever we own，it will become somebody else’s and whatever we leave，it will become somebody else’s.

　　36．Why did the writer need a locker in the school?

　　A．To store his large quantity of books.

　　B．To help him get away from the sudden rain.

　　C．To carry it back home with his books inside.

　　D．To make it easier for him to go on a trip.

　　37．When the old gentleman offered the money，the writer was________.

　　A．touchedB．hesitantC．amazedD．embarrassed

　　38．From Paragraph 3 we learn that________.

　　A．the gentleman worked in the school

　　B．the gentleman was kind but forgetful

　　C．the gentleman refused to take back the money

　　D．the gentleman thought it right to give back to society

　　39．Why had the gentleman been doing acts of kindness?

　　A．He wanted to join the charity organizations.

　　B．He managed a lot of other people’s money.

　　C．He had received help from others before.

　　D．He thought money was of little importance.

　　40．From the passage we can conclude that________.

　　A．the writer often takes many books to school

　　B．the writer lived not far from the school

　　C．there was only $7 in the writer’s wallet

　　D．people shouldn’t focus too much on moneyA

　　37.B

　　38.D

　　39.C

　　40.D