江苏省2014届高三英语一轮复习 阅读理解攻略训练（7）

　　江苏省2014届高三英语一轮复习 阅读理解攻略训练（7）

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　　A Lesson from the Elder

　　Grandfather was an elder Cherokee Native American who had a wrinkled, nut brown face and kind dark eyes．His grandson often came in the evening to sit on his knee and ask the many questions that children ask．

　　One day the grandson came to his grandfather with a look of anger on his face and the following story．"Father and I went to the store today and because I helped him, he bought me a presenta jack-knife．I went outside to wait for father and to admire my new knife in the sunlight．Some town boys came by and saw me．They surrounded me and started saying bad things．They called me dirty and stupid and said that I should not have such a fine knife．The largest of these boys pushed me back and I fell over one of the other boys．I dropped my knife and one of them picked it up and they all ran away laughing．I hate them．I hate them all．

　　The elder Cherokee, with eyes that have seen too much, lifted his grandson's face so his eyes looked into the boy's face．Grandfather said, " Let me tell you a story．I, too, at times, have felt a great hate for those who have taken so much with no sorrow for what they do．But hate wears you down and does not hurt your enemy．It is like drinking poison and wishing your enemy would die．I have struggled with these feelings many times．It is as if two wolves are inside me．．．

　　It is a terrible fight．

　　One wolf is good and does no harm．He lives in harmony with all around him and does not take offense when no offense was intended．It will only fight when it is right to do so and in the right way．This wolf stands for joy, peace, love, hope, sharing, modesty, kindness, friendship, sympathy, generosity, truth, and faith．

　　The other wolf is full of anger．The littlest thing will set off his fiercest temper．He fights everyone, all the time, for no reason．He cannot think because his anger and hate are so much．

　　It is helpless anger, for his anger will change nothing．This wolf represents fear, envy, greed, self-pity, guilt, lies, false pride and superiority．

　　Sometimes, it is hard to live with these two wolves inside me for both of them try to control my spirit．This same fight is going on inside you and inside every other person too．"

　　The boy looked into his grandfather's eyes and asked, "Which wolf will win?" The old Cherokee simply replied ．．．

　　"The one you feed．"

　　The boy was angry because ____．

　　Ahe was not satisfied with his present

　　B. his back was badly injured in a fight

　　C. he had waited for his father for too long

　　D. his jack-knife had been taken away by some boys

　　57. The angry wolf would probably be described as ____．

　　Aaggressive

　　B. sympathetic

　　C. modest

　　D. unsuccessful

　　58. We can learn from the third paragraph that ____．

　　A"hate" is healthy

　　B. "hate" hurts oneself

　　C. "hate" is complicated

　　D. "hate" harms one's enemies

　　59. What did Grandfather mean by saying "The one you feed" in the last paragraph?

　　A. We should feed the two wolves equally．

　　BLiving in harmony with others is important．

　　COur feelings should be expressed at the right time．

　　DThe choices we make determine who we will become．

　　Cell Phones Are the New Cigarettes

　　When you get in your car, you reach for it．When you're at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it．When you get into a lift, you play with it．

　　Cigarettes? Cup of coffee? No, it's the third most addictive thing in modern life, the cell

　　phone．And experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people to curb their longing to hug

　　it more tightly than most of their personal relationships．

　　With its shiny surface, its smooth and satisfying touch, its air of complexity, the cell phone

　　connects us to the world even as it disconnects us from people three feet away．In just the past

　　couple of years, the cell phone has challenged individuals, employers, phone makers and

　　counselors （顾问） in ways its inventors in the late 1940s never imagined．

　　The costs are becoming even more evident, and I don't mean just the monthly bill．Dr．Chris

　　Knippers, a counselor at the Betty Ford Center in Southern California, reports that the overuse of

　　cell phones has become a social problem not much different from other harmful addictions: a barrier

　　to one-on-one personal contact, and an escape from reality．

　　Sounds extreme, but we've all witnessed the evidence: The person at a restaurant who talks on the phone through an entire meal, ignoring his kids around the table; the woman who talks on the phone in the car, ignoring her husband; the teen who texts messages all the way home from school, avoiding contact with kids all around him．

　　Is it just rude, or is it a kind of unhealthiness? And pardon me, but how is this improving the quality of life?

　　Jim Williams, an industrial sociologist based in Massachusetts, notes that cell-phone addiction is part of a set of symptoms in a widening gulf of personal separation．He points to a study by Duke University researchers that found one-quarter of Americans say they have no one to discuss their most important personal business with．Despite the growing use of phones, e-mail and instant messaging, in other words, Williams says studies show that we don't have as many friends as our parents．"Just as more information has led to less wisdom, more acquaintances via the Internet and cell phones have produced fewer friends," he says．

　　If the cell phone has truly had these effects, it's because it has become very widespread．Consider that in 1987, there were only 1 million cell phones in use．Today, something like 300 million Americans carry them．They far outnumber wired phones in the United States．

　　Which of the following best explains the title of the passage?

　　A. Cell phone users smoke less than they used to．

　　BMore people use cell phones than smoke cigarettes．

　　CCell phones have become as addictive as cigarettes．

　　DUsing cell phone is just as cool as smoking cigarettes．

　　The underlined word "curb" in Paragraph 2 means ____．

　　Acontrol

　　B. ignore

　　C. develop

　　D. rescue

　　62. The example of a woman talking on the phone in the car supports the idea that

　　．

　　Awomen use cell phones more often than men

　　B. talking on the phone while driving is dangerous

　　C. cell phones make one-on-one personal contact easy

　　D. cell phones do not necessarily bring people together

　　C

　　Reading to oneself is a modern activity which was almost unknown to the learned in the early days of the history, while during the fifteenth century the term "reading" undoubtedly meant reading aloud . Only during the nineteenth century did silent reading become popular.

　　One should be careful, however, of supposing that silent reading came about simply because reading aloud is distraction to others. Examination of reasons connected with the historical development of silent reading shows that it became the usual mode of reading for most adult reading tasks mainly because the tasks themselves changed in character.

　　The last century saw a gradual increase in literacy (读写能力) and thus in the number of readers. As readers increased, so the number of listeners dropped, and thus there was some reduction in the need to read aloud. As reading for the benefit of listeners grew less common, so came the popularity of reading as a private activity in such public places as libraries, trains and offices, where reading aloud would disturb other readers in a way.

　　Towards the end of the century there was still heated argument over whether books should be used for information or treated respectfully, and over whether the reading of material such as newspapers was in some way mentally weakening. Indeed this argument remains with us still in education. However, whatever its ad vantages, the old shared literacy culture had gone and was replaced by the printed mass media on the one hand and by books and magazines for a specialized readership on the other.

　　By the end of the century students were being advised to have some new ideas of books and to use skills in reading them which were not proper, if not impossible, for the oral reader. The social，cultural, and technological developments in the century had greatly changed what the term "reading" referred to.

　　63.Why was reading aloud common before the nineteenth century?

　　　A. Because silent reading had not been discovered.

　　　B. Because there were few places for private reading.

　　　C. Because few people could read for themselves.

　　　D. Because people depended on reading for enjoyment.

　　64 The development of silent reading during the nineteenth century showed __________ .

　　　A. a change in the position of literate people 　B. a change in the nature of reading

　　　C. an increase in the number of books

　　　D. an increase in the average age of readers

　　Educationalists are still arguing about ___________ .

　　　A. the importance of silent reading

　　　B. the amount of information provided by books and newspapers

　　　C. the effects of reading on health

　　　D. the value of different types of reading material

　　What is the writer of this passage attempting to do? ____________.

　　　A. To explain how present day reading habits developed.

　　　B. To change people s way to read.

　　　C. To show how reading methods have improved.

　　　D. To encourage the growth of reading.

　　You never see him, but they’re with you every time you fly. They record where you are going, how fast you’re traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally. Their ability to withstand(反抗、抵挡) almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book. They’re known as the black box.

　　When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros Islands in the India ocean June 30, 2009, the black box is the best bet for identifying what went wrong. So when a French submarine (潜水艇) detected the device’s homing signal five days later, the discovery marked a huge step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which 152 passengers were killed.

　　In 1958, Australian scientist David Warren developed a flight-memory recorder that would track basic information like altitude and direction. That was the first mode for a black box, which became a requirement on all U.S. commercial flights by 1960. Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane – the area least subject to impact – from its original position in the landing wells (起落架舱). The same year, the Federal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black, be painted orange or yellow to aid visibility.

　　Modern airplanes have two black boxes: a voice recorder, which tracks pilots’ conversations,and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine noises and other operating functions that help investigators reconstruct the aircraft’s final moments. Placed in an isolated (隔绝的) case and surrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of stainless steel, the boxes can withstand massive force and temperatures up to 2,000. When submerged, they’re also able to emit signals from depths of 20,000 ft. Experts believe the boxes from Air France Flight 447, which crashed near Brazil on June 1, 2009, are in water nearly that deep, but statistics say they’re still likely to turn up. In the approximately 20 deep-sea crashes over the past 30 years, only one plane’s black boxes were never recovered.

　　67. What does the author say about the black box?

　　A. The idea for its design comes from a comic book. Its ability to ward off (抗御) disasters is unbelievable.

　　　 It is an indispensable device on an airplane.

　　D. It ensures the normal functioning of an airplane.

　　68. What information could be found from the black box on the Yemeni airliner? 　A The total number of passengers on board.

　　B. The scene of the crash and extent of the damage.

　　C. Data for analyzing the cause of the crash.

　　D. Homing signals sent by the pilot before the crash.

　　69. What do you think was the reason why the black box was redesigned in 1965?

　　A. The early models didn’t provide the needed data.

　　B. The early models often got damaged in the crash.

　　C. Too much space was needed for its installation.

　　D. New materials became available by that time.

　　70. What do we know about the black boxes from Air France Flight 447?

　　A. They were destroyed somewhere near Brazil. 　 B. There is an urgent need for them to be reconstructed.C. They have stopped sending homing signals.

　　D. There is still a good chance of their being recovered.

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