高考阅读理解训练资讯专题（二）

　　高考阅读理解训练资讯专题（二）

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　　Reading to dogs is an unusual way to help children improve their literacy skills(读写能力).With their shining brown eyes,wagging tails,and unconditional love,dogs can provide the nonjudgemental listeners needed for a beginning reader to gain confidence(自信心)，according to Intermountain Therapy Animals(ITA)in Salt Lake City .The group says it is the first program in the country to use dogs to help develop literacy in children,with the introduction of Reading Education Assistance Dog(READ).

　　?The Salt Lake City Public Library is sold on the idea.“Literacy specialists admit that children who read below the level of their fellow pupils are often afraid of reading aloud in a group,often have lower self-respect,and regard reading as a headache,”said Lisa Myron,manager of the children’s department.

　　??Last November the two groups started “Dog Day Afternoon” in the children’s department of the main library.About 25 children attended each of the four Saturday-afternoon classes,reading for half an hour.Those who attended three of the four classes received a “pawgraphed” book at the last class.

　　??The program was so successful that the library plans to repeat it in April,according to Dana Thumpowsky,public relations manager.

　　1.What is mainly discussed in the text?

　　A.Children’s reading difficulties.

　　B.Advantages of raising dogs.

　　C.Service in a public library.

　　D.A special reading program.

　　2.Specialists use dogs to listen to children reading because they think　.

　　A.dogs are young children’s best friends

　　B.children can play with dogs while reading

　　C.dogs can provide encouragement for shy children

　　D.children and dogs understand each other

　　3.By saying “The Salt Lake City Public Library is sold on the idea”,the writer means the library　.

　　A.uses dogs to attract children

　　B.accepts the idea put forward by ITA

　　C.has opened a children’s department

　　D.has decided to train some dogs

　　.A “pawgraphed” book is most probably　.

　　A.a book used in Saturday classes

　　B.a book written by the children

　　C.a prize for the children

　　D.a gift from parents

　　A newspaper is Helsinki,Finland,recently published a cartoon of a baby with a mobile phone,telling his parents that his diaper（尿布）needed changing.But it’s hardly a joke.Helsinki is home to Nokia,the mobile-phone maker.It’s one of the most “mobile” cities in the world:About 92 percent of its households have at least one mobile phone.And the kids start young.

　　?“A relatively normal age to get a mobile phone is now 7,”says Jan Virkki,marketing manager for a mobile-phone company.Among the second graders at the Kulosaari Elementary School,the most popular object of desire this year is not a Barbie or a Gameboy.It is a Nokia mobile phone with a picture of their own choice on the screen.

　　“One of the first things we discuss when school starts is the rules for mobile phones,”says Tiia Korppi,a teacher.Among the rules:You have to put it away out of sight.You cannot turn it on.You cannot send text messages to your friends,or playamusingtunes（令人发笑的曲调）in class,or call your parents or call for a pizza during history.

　　1.The author uses the newspaper cartoon to show that______.

　　A.he is good at telling jokes

　　B.he cares much for children

　　C.mobile phones are toys for new-born babies

　　D.mobile phones are widely used in Finland

　　2.The passage is mainly about______.

　　A.different uses of mobile phones

　　B.a successful mobile-phone maker

　　C.effects of mobile phones on children

　　D.school rules for the use of mobile phones

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　　At one time,computers were expected largely to remove the need for paper copies of documents（文件）because they could be stored electronically.But for all the texts that are written,stored and sent electronically,a lot of them are still ending up on paper. It is difficult to measure the quantity of paper used as a result of use of Internet-connected computers,although just about anyone who works in an office can tell you that when e-mail is introduced,the printers start working overtime.“I feel in my bones this revolution is causing more trees to be cut down,”says Ted Smith of the Earth Village Organisation.

　　Perhaps the best sign of how computer and Internet use pushes up demand for paper comes from the high-tech industry itself,which sees printing as one of its most promising new markets.Several Internet companies have been set up to help small businesses print quality documents from a computer.Earlier this week Hewlett-Packard Co.announced a plan to develop new technologies that will enable people to print even more so they can get a hard copy of a business document,a medical record or just a one-line e-mail,even if they are nowhere near a computer.As the company sees it,the more use of the Internet the greater demand for printers.

　　??Does all this mean environmental concerns（环境问题）have been forgotten?Some activists suggest people have been led to believe that a lot of dangers to the environment have gone away.“I guess people believe that the problem is taken care of,because of recycling（回收利用）,”said Kelly Quirke,director of the Rainforest Action Network in San Francisco.Yet Quirke is hopeful that high-tech may also prove helpful.He says printers that print on both sides are growing in popularity.The action group has also found acceptable paper made from materials other than wood,such as agricultural waste.

　　1.The growing demand for paper in recent years is largely due to　.

　　A.the rapid development of small businesses

　　B.the opening up of new markets

　　C.the printing of high quality copies

　　D.the increased use of the Internet

　　2.Environmentalists believe one possible way of dealing with the paper situation is　.

　　A.to encourage printing more quality documents

　　B.to develop new printers using recycled paper

　　C.to find new materials for making paper

　　D.to plant more fast-growing trees

　　3.Hewlett-Packard Co.has decided to develop new technologies because　.

　　A.people are concerned about the environment

　　B.printers in many offices are working overtime

　　C.small companies need more hard copies

　　D.they see a growing market for printers

　　.What would be the best title for the text?

　　A.Computers and Printers

　　B.E-mail and the Business World

　　C.Internet Revolution and Environment

　　D.Modern Technology and New Markets

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　　There is one foreign product the Japanese are buying faster than others,and its popularity has caused an uneasy feeling among many Japanese.

　　?That product is foreign words.

　　?Gairaigo—words that come from outside—have been part of the Japanese language for centuries.Mostly borrowed from English and Chinese,these terms are often changed into forms no longer understood by native speakers.

　　But in the last few years the trickle（涓涓细流）of foreign words has become a flood,and people fear the increasing use of foreign words is making it hard for the Janpanese to understand each other and could lead to many people forgetting the good qualities of traditional（传统的）Japanese.

　　?“The popularity of foreign words is part of the Japanese interest in anything new,”says university lecturer and writer Takashi Saito.“By using a foreign word you can make a subject seem new,which makes it easier for the media（媒体）to pick up.”

　　“Experts（专家）often study abroad and use English terms when they speak with people in their own fields.Those terms are then included in government white papers,”said Muturo Kai,president of the National Language Research Institute.“Foreign words find their way easily into announcements made to the general public,when they should really be explained in Japanese.”

　　??Against the flow of new words,many Japanese are turning back to the study of their own language.Saito’s Japanese to Be Read Aloud is one of many language books that are now flying off booksellers’ shelves.

　　?“We were expecting to sell the books to young people,”said the writer,“but it turns out they are more popular with the older generation,who seem uneasy about the future of Japanese.”

　　1.What advantages do foreign words have over traditional Japanese terms?

　　A.The ideas expressed in foreign words sound new.

　　B.Foreign words are best suited for announcements.

　　C.Foreign words make new subjects easier to understand.

　　D.The use of foreign words makes the media more popular.

　　2.In the opinion of Takashi Saito,Japanese people　.

　　A.are good at learning foreign languages

　　B.are willing to learn about new things

　　C.trust the mediaD.respect experts

　　3.Which of the following plays an important part in the spread of foreign words?

　　A.The media and government papers.

　　B.Best-selling Japanese textbooks.

　　C.The interest of young Japanese.

　　D.Foreign products and experts.

　　4.The book Japanese to Be Read Aloud　.

　　A.sells very well in Japan

　　B.is supported by the government

　　C.is questioned by the old generation

　　D.causes misunderstanding among the readers

　　SYDNEY：As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999，Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well,chatting about sport,life and“anything else that came up.”

　　?Yet in Sydney next month,they will meet again by the pool,and for a short time the friends will race against each other in the 50-meter butterfly（蝶泳）in the Australian championships at Homebush Bay.

　　Gould,now a 47-year-old mother of four,has announced she will be making a return to elite competition（顶级赛事）to swim the one event,having set a qualifying（合格的）time of 30.32 seconds in winning gold at last year’s United States Masters championships.Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics.

　　??Schipper,now a 17-year-old from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her first Olympics,yesterday recalled（回忆）her time with Gould five years ago.

　　?“I was at a national youth camp on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to??us and watch us train,”Schipper explained.“It seemed as if we had long been good friends.I don’t know why.We just started talking and it went from there.”

　　“She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp.She told us stories about what it was like at big meets like the Olympics and what it’s like to be on an Australian team.It was really interesting.”

　　??Next time,things will be more serious.“ I will still be swimming in the 50m butterfly at the nationals,so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould,”said Schipper,who burst onto the scene at last year’s national championships with second places in the 100m and 200m butterfly.

　　1.What is the passage mainly about?

　　A.Stories happening in swimming competitions.

　　B.Two women swimmers winning Olympic golds.

　　C.Lessons learned from international swimming championships.

　　D.Friendship and competition between two swimmers.

　　2.Gould and Schipper are going to______.

　　A.talk about sport and life

　　B.go back to elite competition

　　C.set a qualifying time and win gold

　　D.take part in the same sports event

　　3.Gould won her three Olympic golds when she was______.

　　A.15???????B.17???????C.22??????????D.30

　　62.The underlined word“it”in the fifth paragraph probably refers to______.

　　A.the Olympics???????? B.the youth camp

　　C.the friendship????????D.the Australian team

　　4.What Schipper said showed that she______.

　　A.was no longer Gould’s friend

　　B.had learned a lot from Gould

　　C.was not interested in Gould’s stories

　　D.would not like to compete against Gould

　　参考答案

　　1、

　　1.D　

　　2.C　

　　3.B　

　　4.C

　　2、

　　1.D?????

　　2.C??????

　　3.

　　1.D　

　　2.C　

　　3.D　

　　4.C

　　4、

　　1.A

　　2.B　

　　3.A　

　　4.A

　　5、

　　1.D

　　2.D

　　3.A

　　4.C