2016届高考英语二轮阅读理解九十天强化训练：44

　　高考英语二轮九十天强化训练：阅读理解44

　　Haikou: A shark was killed after being dragged to shore at Ya-long Berth beach in Sanya, South China's Hainan Province, on Sunday afternoon.

　　It was the first time a shark had been caught in the beach area, a popular tourist site in Hainan.

　　Local fishermen said they caught the 3-meter-long, 1-tonshark by chance when they were fishing in sea water 1,000 me- tres deep near the beach.

　　Police temporarily (暂时的) protected the shark while oceanographers decided whether it was a species belonging to State protection.

　　Fishermen later killed and sold the shark after oceanographers confirmed that it was a whale shark and therefore not under State protection.

　　The shark was believed to have drifted into the area from the deep sea due to strong waves caused last week by Typhoon Imbudo. It had no open injuries but experts said they believed it suffered from internal (内部的) bleeding.

　　Local police officer Fu Chenggeng said beachgoers should not feel threatened by sharks because the fish never attack human beings on their own initiative. Fu said he had never heard of any shark attacks at the Sanya beach since he first started work there eight years ago.

　　However, police said they will improve the security system to safeguard tourists' safety on the beach. 1. The underlined word "confirmed "probably means ________.

　　A. said

　　B. believed

　　C. thought

　　D. made sure

　　答案:答案:Engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality (理性)，but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool. In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of course, any reasonable student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, many famous professors and lots of good labs and research equipment. But that's not what I did.

　　I chose to study engineering in a small liberal-arts (文科）university that doesn't even offer a major in electrical engineering. Obviously, this was not a practical choice; I came here for more noble reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility and a value system to guide me in my job. I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision by communicating with people who weren't studying science or engineering. My parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a wise choice. They told me I was wise and grown-up beyond my 18 years, and I believed them.

　　I headed off to the college and sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering "factories" where they didn't care if you had values or were flexible. I was going to be a complete engineer: technical expert and excellent humanist all in one.

　　Now I'm not so sure. Somewhere along the way my noble ideas crashed into reality, as all noble ideas finally do. After three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal-arts courses, I have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile engineering with liberal-arts courses in college.

　　The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply don't mix as easily as I supposed in high school. Individually they shape a person in very different ways. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.

　　文章大意：本文作者以自身的经历说明很难做到文理兼顾，共同发展。因而自己当初想要成为通晓人文科学的杰出工程师，是不切实际的。

　　36. At present, the writer is studying _____.

　　A. Engineering at a college with a large engineering department.

　　B. Engineering in a small liberal-arts university.

　　C. Literature in a liberal-arts university.

　　D. Communicating and technology.

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据I chose to study engineering in a small liberal-arts (文科）university

　　37. Why did the writer choose his major in a different way from ordinary students?

　　A. because he wanted to be an electrical engineer in high school.

　　B. Because he didn't like studying in labs.

　　C. Because he intended to turn out a technical expert.

　　D. Because he expected to get improved more iii humanities.

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据I was going to be a complete engineer: technical genius and sensitive humanist (人文学者) all in one.”，

　　38. What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4?

　　A. No noble idea can be out of touch with reality eventually.

　　B. The writer's noble ideas are practical.

　　C. Noble ideas have nothing to do with reality.

　　D. The writer considered his noble ideas as valuable as others.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】推理判断题。根据这句话

　　39. What problem has the writer found in his study at college?

　　A. He can't get used to the engineer factory.

　　B. Math, physics and engineering courses are too difficult to learn.

　　C. It's hard to combine engineering with the literal arts.

　　D. He has made no progress in the literal arts.

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.40. How has the writer felt about his choice?

　　A. He felt proud at the beginning but a bit doubtful at present.

　　B. He has been feeling positive all the time.

　　C. He has decided to give up.

　　D. He shares the same opinion with his parents and teachers.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据I am an idealist The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.作者起初感觉很骄傲但是目前感觉有点怀疑，故选A。

　　阅读理解猜测词义1Passage ****************

　　Bond had walked for only a few minutes when it suddenlyoccurred to him that he was being followed. There was no evidence for it except a slight headache and a little knowing the people near him but believed in his sixth sense and he at once stopped in front of the shop window he was passing and looked occasionally back along 46th street. Nothing but a lot of miscellaneous people moving slowly on the sidewalks, mostly on

　　the same side as himself, the side that was back from the sun.

　　There was no sudden movement into a doorway, nobody wiping his face with a handkerchief to avoid recognition, nobody bending down to tie a shoelace.

　　He went on and turned into the Avenue of the Americans,

　　stopping in the-first doorway, the entrance to a woman's un-derwear store where a man in a blue hat with his back to him

　　was examining the black face paints on a particularly realistic dummy (模型)

　　And then something grasped his arm and a voice came,

　　"All right, Limey.

　　Take it easy unless you want lead for lunch. "and he felt something press into his back just above the

　　kidney. There was a tap as his fist was caught in the other man's left hand, and at the same time as the contact telegraphed to Bond's mind that there could have been no gun,

　　there came the well remembered laughter and the lazy voice

　　saying, "No good, James. The angles have got you. '

　　Bond straightened himself slowly and for a moment he could only gaze into the smiling face of Felix Leiter with bland disbelief, his built-up tension (紧张) slowly relaxing.

　　"So you were doing a front tail, you bastard? ' he finally said.

　　1. What did the man mean by saying "Take it easy unless you

　　want lead for lunch"?

　　A. Put up your hands.

　　B. Don't move or I'll shoot you.

　　C. If you want to have lunch, you must listen to me.

　　D. You go first slowly and we'll have lunch together.

　　答案:When it comes to making a good career in the business world, being honest and getting along well with colleagues gives a person a solid competitive advantage, claims a new research.

　　Dr.jon Bohlmann has found that project managers can expect better performance by far from the members of their team if treating them with honesty, kindness, and respect. According to another study , the Gross-functional product development teams, can achieve a great quality and better cost benefits from socializing and interacting with individuals who work for their suppliers.

　　The first, Dr. Bohlmann’s study analyzed cross-functional product development teams, which combine together engineers, researchers and business personnel. The point to involve people with various backgrounds was to show that there was a focus on finance, marketing, and also on a design and functionality, right from the start of the product-development process. In addition to all this, this diversity also helped to make communication more effective in order to ensure that all members of the team were socializing and cooperating, and not just working at cross-purposes.

　　As a result, it indicated that "interactional fairness awareness" indeed had an effect on a "cross-functional communication." In other words, all the team members who thought that they had been treated well and respected, showed a great increase in their commitment to the success of the project they had been working on in cooperation with other team members, and, in particular, when they realized their project manager or supervisor to be a kind, nice and honest guy.

　　According to Dr. Bohlmann, the increase in such commitment is very essential and important because it could improve performance that would result in the achievement of team goals. And if Bohlmann's study comes to the conclusion that nice and honest guys are the first to finish, the second research by Dr. Rob Handfleld shows us that cooperating and socializing well with others can give a team, and even a company an edge, when it comes to product development.

　　41. According to the passage, being a successful project manager, you should have

　　the following qualities except _____.

　　A. honesty B. kindness C. desire for power D. respect

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据Dr.jon Bohlmann has found that project managers can expect better performance by far from the members of their team if treating them with honesty, kindness, and respect.

　　42. What does the underlined word "they" refer to in Paragraph 4?

　　A. managers B. team members C. colleagues D. researchers

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据all the team members who thought that they…

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　　What effect can the commitment mentioned by Dr. Bohlmann have on our work?

　　A. ensuring great quality of product

　　B. giving a team, and even a company an edge

　　C. making communication effective

　　D. helping us perform better

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】细节理解题。根据According to Dr. Bohlmann, the increase in such commitment is very essential and important because it could improve performance that would result in the achievement of team goals.

　　44. What will the author most possibly write in the next paragraph?

　　A. Dr. Rob HandfielcTs study.

　　B. Dr. Jon Bohlmann's new findings.

　　C. The importance of cooperating and socializing.

　　D. How to cooperate with others.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】推理判断题。根据the second research by Dr. Rob Handfleld shows us that cooperating and socializing well with others can give a team, and even a company an edge, when it comes to product development.Dr. Rob Handfleld的研究，故选A。

　　45. The best title for the passage might be _____.

　　A. Team work is essential and important.

　　B. How to develop a successful business career

　　C. Honest and kind people make better business career

　　D. Socializing and cooperating

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】标题归纳题。根据短文的内容及文章的开头可知诚实和善良能够使生意做地更好，故选C。