2016届高考英语二轮阅读理解九十天强化训练：19

　　高考英语二轮九十天强化训练：阅读理解19

　　When someone says, “Well, I guess I’ll have to go to face the music,” it does not mean he is planning to go to a concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this or that, and why you did not do this or that. Sour music, indeed, but it has to be faced.

　　The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old.

　　The first information comes from the American writer James Fenimore Cooper. He said—in 1851—that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on stage. After they got their cue(提示，暗示) to go on, they often said, “It’s time to go to face the music.” And that is exactly what they did—face the orchestra which was just below the stage.

　　An actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of the audience that might be friendly or perhaps unfriendly, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. So, “to face the music” came to mean having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.

　　The other explanation comes from the army. Men had to face inspection by their leader. The soldiers worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment clean—shiny enough to pass inspection? Still, the men had to go out, and face the music of the band, as well as the inspection. What else could they do?

　　64. According to the passage, the word “music” means_____ .

　　A. your boss’s criticism（批评）

　　B. your leader’s inspection

　　C. something unpleasant to be experienced

　　D. sour pop music

　　65. The phrase “to face the music” was first used by______.

　　A. some American actors

　　B. the American writer James Fenimore Cooper

　　C. all the Americans

　　D. the American orchestra

　　66. An actor might feel frightened or nervous when going on stage. One of the

　　reasons is that______.

　　A. his performance might not satisfy most of the audience

　　B. he might not remember what he should say on stage

　　C. he had to face the unfriendly audience

　　D. most of the audience might be his friends

　　C3 [2016?福建卷] B

　　Your glasses may someday replace your smartphone, and some New Yorkers are ready for the switch. Some in the city can't wait to try them on and use the maps and GPS that the futuristic eyewear is likely to include.

　　“I'd use it if I were hanging out with friends at 3 am and going to the bar and wanted to see what was open，” said Walter Choo, 40, of Fort Greene.

　　The smartphone－like glasses will likely come out this year and cost between $250 and $600, the Times said, possibly including a variation of augmented(增强的) reality, a technology already available on smartphones and tablets (平板电脑) that overlays information onto the screen about one's surroundings. So, for example, if you were walking down a street, indicators would pop_up showing you the nearest coffee shop or directions could be plotted out and come into view right on the sidewalk in front of you.

　　“As far as a mainstream consumer product, this just isn't something anybody needs，” said Sam Biddle, who writes for Gizmodo.com. “We're accustomed to having one thing in our pocket to do all these things，” he added, “and the average consumer isn't gonna be able to afford another device (装置) that's hundreds and hundreds of dollars.”

　　9to5Google publisher Seth Weintraub, who has been reporting on the smartphone－like glasses since late last year, said he is confident that this type of wearable device will eventually be as common as smartphones.

　　“It's just like smartphones 10 years ago，” Weintraub said. “A few people started getting emails on their phones, and people thought that was crazy. Same kind of thing. We see people bending their heads to look at their smartphones, and it's unnatural，” he said. “There's gonna be improvements to that, and this a step there.”

　　60．One of the possible functions of the smartphone－like glasses is to ________．

　　A．program the opening hours of a bar

　　B．supply you with a picture of the future

　　C．provide information about your surroundings

　　D．update the maps and GPS in your smartphones

　　61．The underlined phrase “pop up” in the third paragraph probably means “________”．

　　A. develop rapidly

　　B. get round quickly

　　C. appear immediately

　　D. go over automatically

　　62．According to Sam Biddle, the smartphone－like glasses are ________．

　　A. necessary for teenagers

　　B. attractive to New Yorkers

　　C. available to people worldwide

　　D. expensive for average consumers

　　63．We can learn from the last two paragraphs that the smartphone－like glasses ________．

　　A. may have a potential market

　　B. are as common as smartphones

　　C. are popular among young adults

　　D. will be improved by a new technology

　　【要点综述】

　　本文是一篇资讯报道， 客观报道了google 公司即将推出一款智能眼镜以及人们对它的不同看法。

　　60．C　细节理解题。根据原文第三段“…a technology…that overlays information onto the screen about one's surroundings.” 可知选项C正确。

　　61．C　词义猜测题。句意为：如果你在街上行走， 指示器将即刻显示离你距离最近的咖啡馆……，所以答案应为C。 appear immediately即刻显示。

　　62．D　细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句可知，Sam Biddle 认为一般的消费者买不起另一种价格昂贵的装置。

　　63． A　推理判断题。文章最后两段把这种智能眼镜和十年前的智能手机作比较，认为现在的智能眼镜就像十年前的手机一样， 最终是会深受欢迎的，有巨大的市场潜力。

　　Cancer is among the top killer diseases in our society today and scientists have found out that stress(紧张) helps to bring it on. We need to consider, therefore, what are the causes of stress in our life, and whether we can do anything about them.

　　Are we under-employed, or overburdened(负担过重) with too many responsibilities? Do we have a right balance of work and leisure(闲散) in our lives? Are our relationships with family, friends or fellow workers all that they should be?

　　All these things can be a cause of stress, and it is best to face them directly, and to bring our frustrations(失意) into the open. People who have a good row and then forget it are doing their health more good than those who bottle up their feelings.

　　If our self-examination has brought any causes of stress to light, let us consider what we can do about them. It is possible to change jobs. We can make more leisure and fill it more happily, if we will accept a different living standard. We can improve our personal relationships by a different attitude. It is we who allow other people to make ourselves unhappy. Often the little things that disturb us are not worth an hour’s anger. The teaching in the Bible “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath(愤怒)” is good advice from the health point of view as well as religion.

　　67. Which of the following statements is true?

　　A. Freedom from responsibilities helps reduce stress.

　　B. Stress is the direct cause of caner.

　　C. The causes of stress are worth serious study.

　　D.Cancer is the number one killer is our society today.

　　68. Judging from the context, the underlined word “row” in the third paragraph

　　most probably means______.

　　A. a noisy quarrel

　　B. a very loud noise

　　C. a neat line of things side by side

　　D. a journey in a boat

　　69. Which of the following is not mentioned as a way to reduce our stress?

　　A. Changing our jobs.

　　B. Changing our attitude about little things that make us unhappy.

　　C. Speaking out about our frustrations.

　　D. Reading the Bible.

　　70. “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath” probably means “______”.

　　A. Don’t let your anger last long.

　　B. Don’t get angry while the sun is going down.

　　C. Don’t get angry easily about little things.

　　D. Don’t watch the sun set while you are angry.

　　C3 [2016?四川卷] C

　　LONDON—A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake(假冒的) bomb detectors (探测器) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadn't cared about potentially deadly consequences.

　　It is believed that James McCormick got about $77. 8 million from the sales of his detectors—which were based on a kind of golf ball finder—to countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.

　　McCormick, 57, was convicted(判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.

　　“Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people，” Judge Richard Hone told McCormick.“You have neither regret，nor shame，nor any sense of guilt.”

　　The detectors，sold for up to $42，000 each，were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under

　　water and from the air. But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use.

　　McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong，the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.

　　“I never had any bad results from customers，”he said.

　　39．Why was McCormick sentenced to prison?

　　A. He sold bombs.

　　B. He caused death of people.

　　C. He made detectors.

　　D．He cheated in business.

　　40．According to the judge, what McCormick had done

　　________.

　　A. increased the cost of safeguarding

　　B. lowered people's guard against danger

　　C. changed people's idea of social security

　　D. caused innocent people to commit crimes

　　41．Which of the following is true of the detectors?

　　A. They have not been sold to Africa.

　　B. They have caused many serious problems.

　　C. They can find dangerous objects in water.

　　D. They don't function on the basis of science.

　　42．It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick

　　________．

　　A. sold

　　the equipment

　　at a low price

　　B. was well－known in most countries

　　C. did not think he had committed the crime

　　D. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text

　　【要点综述】 这是一篇资讯报道。文章叙述了英国法官审判了一位商人，他有出售假冒炸弹探测器的犯罪行为。但这名犯罪嫌疑人根本没意识到他的行为给社会带来的危害。

　　39．D　细节理解题。根据第一段“A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake bomb detectors to 10 years in prison…”以及“McCormick, 57, was convicted of cheats last month…”可知，McCormick被判处欺诈罪。故可以判断选D。

　　40．B　推理判断题。根据第四段“Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people”可知选B。

　　41．D　细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“But in fact they ‘lacked any grounding in science’ and were of no use.”可知，事实上它们“在科学上没有任何根据”，是没有用的。可以判断选D。

　　42．C　推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya, the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.”及最后一段可知，麦考密克曾在法庭上说，他出售自己的探测器给肯尼亚警察、香港监狱、埃及的军队和泰国的边境管制处， 而且他从来没有从客户那里听到任何不好的结果。故可以推断出他根本没认识到他的罪行。故选C。

　　If English means endless new words，difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?

　　According to a new study by a British university，learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.

　　The study also found the effect is greater when the younger people learn a second language.

　　A team led by Dr.Andrea Mechelli，from University College London，took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five，as well as a number of later learners.

　　Scans showed that grey matter density (密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language，the smaller the difference is.

　　“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language，” said the scientists.

　　It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.

　　Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales，has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows in the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的)，” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”

　　The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of 2 and 34.Reading，writing，and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn，the better they will do it. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world，”explained the scientists.

　　65．The main subject talked about in this passage is________.

　　A．science on learning a second language

　　B．man’s ability of learning a second language

　　C．language can help brain power

　　D．language learning and maths study

　　66．We may know from the scientific findings that________.

　　A. the earlier you start to learn a second language, the greater the grey matter

　　density is

　　B．there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn’t know a second language

　　C．the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people’s brain

　　D．the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time

　　67．In the last two paragraphs，the author wants to tell us that________.

　　A．learning a second language is the same as studying maths

　　B. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in studying other subjects

　　C．Italian is the best choice for you as a second language

　　D．you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language

　　参考答案---------65—67 CAB