2017届广西来宾市高考英语一轮复习阅读理解专项练习：40（含解析）

　　广西来宾市2017高考英语一轮阅读理解专练（40）含答案

　　阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

　　(2017·苏锡常镇四市二调，C)

　　Global Positioning Systems are now a part of everyday driving in many countries. These

　　satellitebased systems provide turnbyturn directions to help people get to where they want to

　　go. But they can also cause a lot of problems, sending you to the wrong place or leave you

　　completely lost. Many times, the driver is to blame. Sometimes a GPS error is responsible. Most

　　often, says Barry Brown, it is a combination of the two.

　　Barry Brown is with the Mobile Life Centre in Stockholm, Sweden. The center studies

　　humancomputer interaction, or HCI, especially communications involving wireless devices. We

　　spoke to Mr Brown by Skype. He told us about an incident involving a friend who had flown to

　　an airport in the eastern United States. There he borrowed a GPSequipped car to use during his

　　stay.

　　Barry Brown：“And they just plugged in an address and then set off to their destination.”

　　And, then it wasn't until they were driving for thirty minutes that they realized they had put in a

　　destination back on the West Coast where they lived. They actually put their home address in. So

　　again, the_GPS_is_kind_of_“garbage_in_garbage_out”．

　　Mr Brown says this is a common human error. But, he says, what makes the problem worse

　　has to do with some of the shortcomings, or failures, of GPS equipment.

　　Barry Brown：“One problem with many GPS units is they have a very small screen and they

　　just tell you the next turn. Because they just give you the next turn, sometimes that means that it

　　is not really giving you the overview that you would need to know that it's going to the wrong

　　place.”

　　Barry Brown formerly served as a professor with the University of California, San Diego.

　　While there, he worked on a project with Eric Laurier from the University of Edinburgh. The

　　two men studied the effects of GPS devices on driving by placing cameras in people's cars. They

　　wrote a paper based on their research. It is called “The Normal, Natural Troubles of Driving

　　with GPS.”

　　Barry Brown: “One of the things that struck us, perhaps the most important thing was that you have to know what you're doing when you use a GPS. There are these new skills that people have developed. There are these new competencies that you need to have to be able to use a GPS because they sometimes go wrong.”

　　Barry Brown says this goes against a common belief that GPS systems are for passive drivers who lack navigational (导航) skills.

　　“The Normal, Natural Troubles of Driving with GPS” lists several areas where GPS systems can cause confusion for drivers. These include maps that are outdated, incorrect or difficult to understand. They also include timing issues related to when GPS commands are given.

　　Barry Brown says to make GPS systems better we need a better understanding of how drivers, passengers and GPS systems work together.

　　文章大意：本文是一篇说明文。GPS全球定位系统可以帮助人们找到想去的地方，但GPS也会带来许多问题，所以使用GPS全球定位系统是否可靠变得不确定。

　　1．What is the best title for this passage?

　　A．Is GPS system reliable to use?

　　B．What is the use of GPS?

　　C．How to make the most of GPS?

　　D．Blame! GPS or Passengers?

　　答案：A　标题概括题。文章第一段是全文的主旨段。根据第一段可知，GPS全球定位系统可以帮助人们找到想去的地方，但GPS也会导致许多问题，所以使用GPS全球定位系统是否可靠变得不确定。所以A项最适合做文章的标题，故答案选A。

　　2．What is the implication of the underlined part?

　　A．GPS is just a garbage device.

　　B．GPS will not correct human errors.

　　C．GPS adjusts your wrong destination.

　　D．GPS is just as smart as human beings.

　　答案：B　句意理解题。根据画线句子后面一句“Mr Brown says this is a common human error.”并结合上下文可知，画线句子所包含的意思是：GPS不能纠正人类的错误。故答案选B。

　　3．Which is NOT mentioned as a GPS shortcoming in the passage?

　　A．Small screen.

　　B．Timing of commands.

　　C．Outdated maps.

　　D．Dear cameras GPS uses.

　　答案：D　细节理解题。根据文章第五段第一句可知，A项是GPS的缺点；根据文章倒数第二段可知，B、C两项均是GPS的缺点。所以只有D项不是GPS的缺点。故答案选D。

　　4．According to the passage, people commonly believe that ________.

　　A．you have to know where to go when using GPS

　　B．you need to have new competencies to use GPS well

　　C．GPS is proper for drivers with little sense of direction

　　D．GPS is fit for people having good understanding of maps

　　答案：C　推理判断题。通读全文可知，人们普遍认为，GPS全球定位系统适合方向感差的人。C项符合文义，故答案选C。

　　阅读理解2017·皖南八校联考International Book Club

　　Have you ever thought of joining a book club and buying new books through the post？Here at the International Book Club，we already have many members buying books from us by mail.

　　Immediate benefits：

　　•As a special offer，you may choose any reduced­price books from our new members’ book list，to the value of $6 in total (plus postage and packing)．By doing this，you will save pounds on the publishers’ prices.

　　•Tick the box on your form to order a free watch.

　　•If you reply within seven days，we will send you another free gift carefully chosen from our book list by our staff

　　•Order a DVD from the many on offer in our list，at half the recommended retail price.

　　When you’ve joined：

　　As a member，you’ll enjoy savings of between 30% and 50% off the publisher’s price on every book you buy，and what’s more，they’ll come straight to your door.Your free club magazine arrives once a month，to keep you up to date with the latest best­sellers.This means that every year we offer over 1,000 books to choose from.On the Internet，you can find all our titles for the year on our exclusive members’ website.

　　Being a member：

　　All we are asking you to do while you are a member is to choose four books during your first year.After that，you can decide on the number of books you wish to take.

　　In each of our monthly club magazines，our experienced staff choose a Club Choice book—a work of fiction or a reference title which they feel is particularly worth buying，and which is offered at an extra­special price.However，if you do not want this book，just say so in the space provided on the form.We will always send the book if we do not receive this.

　　So，return your application form today，but hurry—it’s not every day we can make you an offer like this.To apply to become a member，all you need to do is simply fill in the enclosed form and return it in the postage­paid envelope supplied.

　　Before you know it，your books will be with you.Please don’t send any money now，as we will send you your bill with the books.And remember，you have up to a fortnight to decide if you wish to keep the books you have ordered.You should then either return the books or send your payment.

　　1．Which of the following doesn’t belong to the benefits of being a club member?

　　A．Get four books for free in the first year.

　　B．Order a free watch.

　　C．Get a gift for nothing.

　　D．Order a DVD at a low price.

　　2．Every month the club provides a free club magazine in order to________.

　　A．let readers know the number of books to be sold

　　B．keep readers well informed of recent best­selling books

　　C．make readers know the club’s development

　　D．attract more and more readers to join the club

　　3．If a book is worth $100，how much will a member probably save if he buys one?

　　A．$20.B．$40.

　　C．$60.D．$70.

　　4．What should you do if you want to join the book club?

　　A．Just fill in a form with personal information and send the club an email.

　　B．Ask other club members to recommend you to the club.

　　C．Fill in an application form with needed information and return it to the club.

　　D．Apply for a membership card.

　　5．After you get your books，you should________.

　　A．decide whether to keep them or not within a certain period of time

　　B．choose whether to keep them or not after you read them carefully

　　C．express your idea in the space provided in the book

　　D．send money to the club at once

　　语篇解读　本文是一则图书俱乐部的会员加入说明。

　　1．解析：　考查细节理解。根据Being a member部分中的第一段内容可知，成为会员后，第一年要选购四本书，这些书并不是免费的，因此A项不是成为会员的好处。根据Immediate benefits部分的内部可知，B、C、D三项都是成为会员后可以享受到的好处。

　　答案：　A

　　2．解析：　考查细节理解。根据When you’ve joined部分中的“to keep you up to date with the latest best­sellers”可知，每月给会员一本免费的会员杂志是为了告知会员最近的畅销书，因此答案为B。

　　答案：　B

　　3．解析：　考查细节理解。根据When you’ve joined部分中的第一句话可知，会员购书可以打七到五折，因此一本100美元的图书，会员将节省30至50美元，故B项正确。

　　答案：　B

　　4．解析：　考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段中的“To apply to become a member，all you need to do is simply fill in the enclosed form and return it in the postage­paid envelope supplied.”可知，本题答案为C。

　　答案：　C

　　5．解析：　考查细节理解。根据最后一段的内容可知，收到你的书后，你不需要立即汇款，你有14天的时间来决定是否愿意要这些书，因此答案为A。

　　答案：　A

　　2017·江西省九江市高三年级模拟考试Many people think of the brain as a mystery.They don’t know much about intelligence and how it works.When they do think about what intelligence is，many people believe that a person is born smart，average，or dumb—and stays that way in the whole life.But new research shows that the brain is more like a muscle—it changes and gets stronger when you use it.And scientists have been able to show just how the brain grows and gets stronger when you learn.

　　Everyone knows that when you lift weights，your muscles get bigger and you get stronger.A person who can’t lift 20 pounds when he/she starts exercising can get strong enough to lift 100 pounds after working out for a long time.That’s because the muscles become larger and stronger with exercise.And when you stop exercising，the muscles shrink and you get weaker.That’s why people say “Use it or lose it！”

　　But most people don’t know that when they practice and learn new things，parts of their brain change and get larger a lot like muscles do when they exercise.Inside the cortex (皮层)

　　of the brain are billions of tiny nerve cells，called neurons.The nerve cells have branches connecting them to other cells in a complicated network.Communication between these brain cells is what allows us to think and solve problems.When you learn new things，these tiny connections in the brain actually multiply and get stronger.The more you challenge your mind to learn，the more your brain cells grow.Then，things that you once found very hard or even impossible to do—like speaking a foreign language or doing algebra (代数)—seem to become easy after learning them for a period of time.The result is a stronger，smarter brain.

　　Scientists started thinking that the human brain could develop and change when they studied animals’ brains.They found out that animals that lived in a challenging environment were more “perspicacious”—they were better at solving problems and learning new things.

　　1. According to the first paragraph，________.

　　A．the function of our brain is like that of the muscle

　　B．until now it’s impossible to explain the brain’s mystery

　　C．many people believe one’s intelligence is naturally determined

　　D．one’s brain grows stronger as the age increases

　　2．Training muscles is compared to________.

　　A．using the brain

　　B．connecting things in your brain

　　C．lifting weights

　　D．doing research about the brain

　　．What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

　　A．The complex structure of the brain.

　　B．How changes in the muscles affect the brain.

　　C．The importance of the brain.

　　D．How the brain becomes stronger by learning new things.

　　．What does the underlined word “perspicacious” in the last paragraph probably mean?

　　A．Strong.B．Smart.

　　C．Popular.D．Active.

　　．The following paragraph will most probably talk about________.

　　A．the differences between animals’ brains and humans’ brains

　　B．the relation between human brains and muscles

　　C．scientists’ findings about animals’ brains

　　D．how to make your brain smarter through self­development

　　语篇解读　科学研究发现，经常学习能促进大脑的发育，正如经常锻炼能使肌肉更强健一样。

　　．解析：　考查推理判断。根据第一段中的“many people believe that a person is born smart，average，or dumb—and stays that way in the whole life.”可知C项正确。

　　答案：　C

　　．解析：　考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“But new research shows that the brain is more like a muscle—it changes and gets stronger when you use it.”可知答案。

　　答案：　A

　　．解析：　考查段落大意。本段详细描述了大脑如何通过练习和学习新事物而发生变化，从而变得更敏捷。

　　答案：　 D

　　．解析：　考查词义猜测。根据破折号后面的“they were better at sloving problems and learning new things”可知，该词应为“敏锐的”之意。

　　答案：　B

　　．解析：　考查推理判断。最后一段提出科学家是从研究动物的大脑得出的结论，因此下一段最可能进一步描述这些研究成果。

　　答案：CA,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　We once had a poster competition in our fifth grade art class.

　　“You could win prizes, “ our teacher told us as she wrote the poster information on the blackboard. She passed out sheets of construction paper while continuing, “The first prize is ten dollars. You just have to make sure that the words on the blackboard appear somewhere on your poster. “

　　We studied the board critically. Some of us looked with one eye and held up certain colors against the blackboard, rocking the sheets to the right or left while weconjured up our designs. Others twisted their hair around their fingers or chewed their erasers while deep in thought. We had plans for that ten-dollar grand prize, each and every one of us. I’m going to spend mine on candies, one hopeful would announce, while another practiced looking serious, wise and rich.

　　Everyone in the class made a poster. Some of us used parts of those fancy paper napkins, while others used nothing but colored construction paper. Some of us used big designs, and some of us preferred to gather our art tidily down in one corner of our poster and let the space draw the viewer’s attention to it. Some of us would wander past the good students’ desks and then return to our own projects with a growing sense of hopelessness. It was yet another grown-up trick of the sort they seemed especially fond of, making all of us believe we had a fair chance, and then always—always—rewarding the same old winners.

　　I believe I drew a sailboat, but I can’t say that with any certainty. I made it. I admired it. I determined it to be the very best of all of the posters I had seen, and then I turned it in.

　　Minutes passed.

　　No one came along to give me the grand prize, and then someone distracted me, and I probably never would have thought about that poster again.

　　I was still sitting at my desk, thinking, What poster? when the teacher gave me an envelope with a ten-dollar bill in it and everyone in the class applauded for me.

　　1. What was the teacher’s requirement for the poster?

　　A. It must appear in time.

　　B. It must be done in class.

　　C. It must be done on a construction sheet.

　　D. It must include the words on the blackboard.

　　2. The underlined phrase in paragraph 3 most probably means　.　

　　A. formed an idea for B. made an outline for

　　C. made some space for　

　　D. chose some colors for

　　3. After the teacher’s words, all the students in the class　.　

　　A. looked very serious

　　B. thought they would be rich

　　C. began to think about their designs

　　D. began to play games

　　4. After seeing the good students’ designs, some students　.　

　　A. loved their own designs more

　　B. thought they had a fair chance

　　C. put their own designs in a corner

　　D. thought they would not win the prize

　　5. We can infer from the passage that the author　.　

　　A. enjoyed grown-up tricks very much

　　B. loved poster competitions very much

　　C. felt surprised to win the competition

　　D. became wise and rich after the competition

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