山西省2017高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（2）

　　山西省2017高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（2）

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　A

　　Despite their name, the Want Family don’t want much. They want enough money for a nice house and a holiday every year. But they don’t want to be millionaires. They want to do well at their jobs. But they don’t want to be the big boss. They do want to spend time improving their garden, visiting their families and taking their two kids, Nicolas and Leuan, to McDonald’s for lunch. But they don’t want to be famous.

　　The Wants just want to be normal. That’s why they are famous. They have been selected as the most normal family in Britain. After a six-month search for the most ordinary family in Britain, the Wants were selected from hundreds of applicants.

　　John Want works in marketing for a food company. Claire has a part-time job renting out children’s play equipment. John doesn’t understand why they were chosen to represent ordinary English families. How are they normal?

　　That is not a bad question. Nearly everyone does some of the things that the Wants do. But very few people do all of them. There have been great changes in the social structure of British life. It is becoming more common for people to have children when they are older than the Wants, and to have one child instead of two. A household with two children may be headed by a single parent, usually the mother. Or perhaps dad and mum are still together, but not married. Or maybe dad and mum are married. Dad goes out to work and mum stays at home and looks after the kids. They have traditional values. Every weekend the whole family goes to church.

　　“What we have here is not an average family, but a traditional family,” says Cary Cooper, professor of philosophy at Lancaster University. “There is no such thing as a normal family anymore, in the way there was 20 or 30 years ago. Of course the Wants exist, but for what do we need to celebrate them?” Perhaps because we think normal families are an endangered species. Examples of them have to be preserved to show future generations.

　　1. The Wants were selected as the most normal family in Britain because________.

　　A. they represent traditional English families

　　B. they don’t want much

　　C. they don’t want to be famous

　　D. they want to be normal

　　2. The following statements describe the great changes in British life EXCEPT _________.

　　A. people have kids later than 20 or 30 years ago

　　B. some children are brought up by a single parent

　　C. it’s more common for families to have only one kid

　　D. most families go to church every weekend

　　3. We may infer from the passage that __________.

　　A. most of British families hold traditional values

　　B. future generations are eager to learn from traditional families

　　C. traditional families are becoming fewer and fewer

　　D. traditional families no longer exist in Britain

　　4. What might be the most suitable title for this passage?

　　A. An Ordinary Family

　　B. A Normal But Special Family

　　C. Celebration of a Family Competition

　　D. Families of Future Generations

　　B

　　General Electric has found robots far more productive in some work than human workers. In one case, a robot saved enough to pay for itself in ten months. At Ford Motor Company, about fifty small robots are deftly fitting light bulbs into dashboards and speakers into car radios.

　　The next phase of the computer revolution may well turn out to be the robot revolution. Robots have been fixtures in comedy and science fiction for a long time, but the first industrial robot wasn’t used in the United States until 1961. Industrial robots scarcely resemble the stereotyped humanoid with flashing eyes and a combinations chest. They’re basically just combinations of a computer with very deft and efficient producing machines. What’s really new, of course, is the extent to which these electronic wonders are transforming the way people work and the composition of the work force, especially in Japan. There are about 36,000 robots working in Japan and approximately 6,500 in the United States. In early 1982, Raymond Donovan, U.S. Secretary of Labor, predicted that by 1990 half the workers in U.S. factories would be specialists trained to service and repair robots.

　　It’s easy to see why these “steel-collar workers” can be preferable to their human counterparts. They cause fewer personnel problems: they're never absent, and they never ask for more holidays, take vacations, or file grievances. They also give more consistent attention to quality control, are more efficient and effective performers, and are definitely cheaper to keep. Robots, which cost about $30,000 to $150,000 each, usually work two shifts a gay. The displaced workers would draw salaries and benefits of about $790,000 a year. However, robots still cannot replace all facets of the human worker. The automated factory is feasible, but when it comes to reason and informed decisions, robots are still in the same league with machines, at least for now.

　　5. The details given in the underlined sentences in Paragraph 2 __________.

　　A. illustrate the technical superiority of Japanese technology over American technology

　　B. warn against the possibility that robot workers will replace human workers

　　C. show the growth in acceptance of robot workers worldwide

　　D. prove the need to catch up with Japanese technology

　　6. In Line 3 Paragraph 1, the word “deftly” means ___________.

　　A. clumsily

　　B. expensively

　　C. lightly

　　D. skillfully

　　7. In this passage, the author shows preference in favor of ________.

　　A. General Electric

　　B. steel-collar workers

　　C. more factory personnel

　　D. Ford Motor

　　8. The writer of this passage probably __________.

　　A. sees a role for both robot and human factory workers

　　B. wants to see more robots employed in factories

　　C. feels threatened by robots

　　D. believes robots make manufacturing much easier

　　C

　　A study involving 8,500 teenagers from all social backgrounds found that most of them are ignorant when it comes to money. The findings, the first in a series of reports from NatWesl that has started a five-year research project into teenagers and money, are particularly worrying as this generation of young people is likely to be burdened with greater debts than any before.

　　University tuition fees (学费) are currently capped at £3,000 annually, but this will be reviewed next year and the Government is under enormous pressure to raise the ceiling.

　　In the research, the teenagers were presented with the terms of four different loans but 76 per cent failed to identify the cheapest. The young people also predicted that they would be earning on average £ 31,000 by the age of 25, although the average salary for those aged 22 to 29 is just £ 17,815. The teenagers expected to be in debt when they finished university or training, although half said that they assumed the debts would be less than £ 10,000. Average debts for graduates are £ 12, 363.

　　Stephen Moir, head of community investment at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group which owns NatWest, said, “The more exposed young people are to financial issues, and the younger they become aware of them, the more likely they are to become responsible, forward-planning adults who manage their finances confidently and effectively."

　　Ministers are deeply concerned about the financial pressures on teenagers and young people because of student loans and rising housing costs. They have just introduced new lessons in how to manage debts. Nikki Fairweathcr, aged 15, from St Helens, said that she had benefited from lessons on personal finance, but admitted that she still had a lot to learn about money.

　　9. Which of the following can be found from the five-year research project?

　　A. Students understand personal finances differently.

　　B. University tuition fees in England have been rising.

　　C. Teenagers tend to overestimate their future earnings.

　　D. The students’ payback ability has become a major issue.

　　10. The phrase “to raise the ceiling” in paragraph 2 probably means "______".

　　A. to raise the student loans

　　B. to improve the school facilities

　　C. to lift the school building roofs

　　D. to increase the upper limit of the tuition

　　11. According to Stephen Moir, students_______.

　　A. should learn to manage their finances well

　　B. are too young to be exposed to financial issues

　　C. should maintain a positive attitude when facing loans

　　D. benefit a lot from lessons on personal finance

　　12. What can we learn from the passage?

　　A. Teenagers in Britain are heavily burdened with debts.

　　B. Many British teenagers do not know money matters well.

　　C. Financial planning is a required course at college.

　　D. Young people should become responsible adults.

　　D

　　Holidays

　　Holiday News

　　Vacancies(空位) now and in the school holidays at a country hotel in Devon. This comfortable, friendly home-from-home lies near the beautiful quiet countryside, but just a drive away from the sea. The food is simple but good. Children and pets are welcome. Reduced prices for low season.

　　The Snowdonia Centre

　　The Snowdonia Centre for young mountain climbers has a mountain climbing lesson. The beginners’ costs are ￡57 for a week, including food and rooms. Equipment is included except walking shoes, which can be hired at a low cost.

　　You must be in good health and prepared to go through a period of body exercises. This could be the beginning of a lifetime of mountain climbing adventure.

　　The World Sea Trip of a Lifetime

　　Our World Sea Trip of 2008 will be unlike any holiday you have ever been on before. Instead of one hotel after another, with all its packing and unpacking, waiting and travelling, you just go to bed in one country and wake up in another.

　　On board the ship, you will be well taken care of. Every meal will be first-class and every cabin like your home.

　　During the trip, you can rest on deck, enjoy yourself in the games rooms and in the evening dance to our musical team and watch our wonderful play.

　　You will visit all the places most people only dream about--from Acapulco and Hawaii to Tokyo and Hong Kong.

　　For a few thousand pounds, all you’ve ever hoped for can be yours.

　　13. What can you do if you like to go on holidays with pets?

　　A. Choose the holiday in Devon.

　　B. Go to the Snowdonia Centre.

　　C. Join the World Sea Trip of 2008.

　　D. Visit Acapulco and Hawaii.

　　14. In what way is the Snowdonia Centre different from the other two holidays?

　　A. It provides chances of family gatherings.

　　B. It provides customers with good food.

　　C. It offers a sports lesson.

　　D. It offers comfortable rooms.

　　15. What is special about the World Sea Trip of 2008?

　　A. You can have free meals on deck every day.

　　B. You can sleep on a ship and tour many places.

　　C. You will have chances to watch and act in a play.

　　D. You have to do your own packing and unpacking.

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