2017届湖北省黄冈市高考英语阅读理解二轮精练：9（含解析）

　　湖北黄冈市2017高考英语阅读理解精练（9）及（解析）答案

　　阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　For five days, Edmonton’s Downtown Park is transformed into one huge stage where artists are able to share their talents, and where people are able to celebrate and enjoy themselves. Since its beginning in 1980, the Edmonton Folk Music Festival has been commemorating (纪念) the true feeling of what folk music is all about and that’s the traditional togetherness (友爱) that is felt when people gather to share stories and feelings through song.

　　This year will be the sixth year when volunteer Riedel will be offering up her time to the festival. “People coming off a busy spring and summer have a moment of relaxation,” Riedel said. “It’s really easy to relax, and it’s great seeing family and friends have fun together.” These families and friends come from all different kinds of musical tastes. People who take pleasure in Blues are there, so are people who love Bluegrass. This festival does its best to develop everyone’s musical interests.

　　With so many years of experience, the festival has become a well-oiled machine, and does whatever it can to make attendees feel as comfortable as possible. There are free water stations throughout the venue (举办地) for people to fill up their travel cups. When people buy food, reusable dishes are given a $2 plate fee, but that is returned when the plate is brought back.

　　The festival has completely sold out of tickets, and in record time. But with big names such as Van Morrison and Jakob Dylan, it’s easy to see how that was going to happen. There is no parking area during the festival, so using the Park & Ride system or Edmonton Transit is highly recommended. A bike lock-up area is provided and will be available Thursday until Sunday one hour before the gates open until 45 minutes after the gates close.

　　The Edmonton Folk Music Festival begins on Wednesday, Aug. 4 with Van Morrison playing the special donation fund (基金) concert, and will finish up on Sunday, Aug. 8.

　　1. The Edmonton Folk Music Festival is held mainly to　.　

　　A. gather people with different musical tastes

　　B. remind people of the real sense of folk music

　　C. exhibit the good voices of great talents in folk music

　　D. collect old stories of folk music

　　2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A. Riedel has volunteered for the festival for at least 5 years.

　　B. It’s hard for people to appreciate Blues.

　　C. It costs people a little to fill up their cups from water stations.

　　D. People have to pay $2 for a plate of food.

　　3. We can learn from the passage that　.　

　　A. people can get tickets easily for the festival

　　B. the Edmonton Folk Music Festival is well organized

　　C. driving one’s own car to the festival is highly recommended

　　D. bikes are available at the festival from Wednesday to Sunday

　　4. What would be the best title for this passage?

　　A. Folk Music of Blues　B. One Festival for All

　　C. Festival for Family Gathering　D. Edmonton’s Downtown Park

　　【参考答案】1-4 BABB

　　阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain-computer interface(BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.

　　Recently, two researchers, Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated(展示) a small robotic wheelchair directed by a person’s thoughts.

　　In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.

　　“Our brain has billions of nerve cells. These send signals through the spinal cord(脊髓) to the muscles to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles,” Tavella says. “Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices.”

　　The researchers designed a special cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp(头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain.

　　Prof. Millan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands. “The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories:　communication, and controlling devices. One example is this wheelchair.”

　　He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time.

　　1. BCI is a technology that can　.　

　　A. help to update computer systems

　　B. link the human brain with computers

　　C. help the disabled to recover

　　D. control a person’s thoughts

　　2. How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory?

　　A. By controlling his muscles.

　　B. By talking to the machine.

　　C. By moving his hand.D. By using his mind.

　　3. Which of the following shows the path of the signals described in Paragraph 5?

　　A. scalp→computer→cap→wheelchair

　　B. computer→cap→scalp→wheelchair

　　C. scalp→cap→computer→wheelchair

　　D. cap→computer→scalp→wheelchair

　　4. The team will test with real patients to　.　

　　A. make profits from them

　　B. prove the technology useful to them

　　C. make them live longer

　　D. learn about their physical condition

　　5. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

　　A. Switzerland, the BCI Research Center

　　B. New Findings About How the Human Brain Works

　　C. BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled

　　D. Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries

　　【参考答案】1--5 、BDCBC

　　2016高考模拟题。阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Most people are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B.C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population is left-handed.

　　Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person’s two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain. The right side of the brain, which makes a person’s hands and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.

　　No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged when they are born. However, this doesn’t happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因) for right-handedness, he / she may become either right-handed or left-handed according to the chance and the people they work or live with.

　　Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don’t have to.

　　1. What is the hand for most people used to do?

　　A. It’s used to find or hold things.

　　B. It’s used to work with things.

　　C. It’s used to make a person’s eyes work together.

　　D. It’s the centre for thinking and doing problems.

　　2. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.

　　B. Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.

　　C. Today children are not made to use their right hands only.

　　D. Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.

　　3. The best title for this passage is _______.

　　A. Scientists’ New Inventions

　　B. Left-handed People

　　C. Which Hand

　　D. Different Brains, Different Hands

　　参考答案1—3、ABC

　　阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Feeling blue about the world? “Cheer up,” says science writer Matt Ridley.” The world has never been a better place to live in, and it will keep on getting better both for humans and for nature.”

　　Ridley calls himself a rational optimist—rational, because he’s carefully weighed the evidence; optimistic, because that evidence shows human progress to be both unavoidable and good. And this is what he’s set out to prove from a unique point of view in his most recent book, The Rational Optimist. He views mankind as a grand enterprise that, on the whole, has done little but progress for 100,000 years. He backs his findings with hard facts gathered through years of research.

　　Here’s how he explains his views.

　　1) Shopping fuels invention

　　It is reported that there are more than ten billion different products for sale in London alone. Even allowing for the many people who still live in poverty, our own generation has access to more nutritious food, more convenient transport, bigger houses, better cars, and, of course, more pounds and dollars than any who lived before us. This will continue as long as we use these things to make other things. The more we specialize and exchange, the better off we’ll be.

　　2) Brilliant advances

　　One reason we are richer, healthier, taller, cleverer, longer-lived and freer than ever before is that the four most basic human needs—food, clothing, fuel and shelter—have grown a lot cheaper. Take one example. In 1800 a candle providing one hour’s light cost six hours’ work. In the 1880s the same light from an oil lamp took 15 minutes’ work to pay for. In 1950 it was eight seconds. Today it’s half second.

　　3) Let’s not kill ourselves for climate change

　　Mitigating(减轻) climate change could prove just as damaging to human welfare as climate change itself. A child that dies from indoor smoke in a village, where the use of fossil-fuel(化石燃烧) electricity is forbidden by well-meaning members of green political movements trying to save the world, is just as great a tragedy as a child that dies in a flood caused by climate change. If climate change proves to be mild, but cutting carbon causes real pain, we may well find that we have stopped a nose-bleed by putting a tourniquet(止血带) around our necks.

　　1. What is the theme of Ridley’s most recent book?

　　A. Weakness of human nature.

　　B. Concern about climate change.

　　C. Importance of practical thinking.

　　D. Optimism about human progress.

　　2. How does Ridley look at shopping?

　　A. It encourages the creation of things.

　　B. It results in shortage of goods.

　　C. It demands more fossil fuels.

　　D. It causes a poverty problem.

　　3. The candle and lamp example is used to show that　.　

　　A. oil lamps give off more light than candles

　　B. shortening working time brings about a happier life

　　C. advanced technology helps to produce better candles

　　D. increased production rate leads to lower cost of goods

　　4. What does the last sentence of the passage imply?

　　A. Cutting carbon is necessary in spite of the huge cost.

　　B. Overreaction to climate change may be dangerous.

　　C. People’s health is closely related to climate change.

　　D. Careless medical treatment may cause great pain.

　　【参考答案】1-4 DADB