皮夹子安徽省来安县高考英语一轮复习阅读理解九月训练(二)

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安徽来安县2017高考英语阅读理解九月训练（二）
2016高考训练题。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。
In Los Angeles, drivers spend sixty-one hours every year stuck in traffic.
These drivers know all too well how bad the traffic can be. “There're too many
cars, and you can't move around a lot.”
Professor Cyrus Shahabi also knows about traffic jams. He lives more than 65
kilometers from his office at the University of Southern California, in Los
Angeles. He is always late even with the help of a navigation (导航) system.
He decided to develop a program called ClearPath for that. He says his
program uses historical data to predict traffic conditions even before the
driver leaves the house. “What’s unique is that we use a lot of data
that’s currently become available including traffic data, weather data, and we
analyze that so that we can predict what's going to happen in front of you when
you leave home.”
Professor Shahabi says his system does more than just respond to current
traffic conditions. With ClearPath, he says, a driver can decide what time he
wants to leave, and ClearPath will give the fastest route. It looks at the
entire road network, including surface streets as well as highways, before the
driver hits the road. Professor Shahabi hopes to have ClearPath available
nationwide and overseas once they can collect traffic data from other cities.
“I always thought that Los Angeles had the worst traffic, but now I know
that Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, believe it or not, Singapore, Hong Kong
certainly are examples that can immediately use this. ”
Professor Shahabi hopes to share this new technology with companies that
already have navigation systems, such as Google and Apple.
s in Los Angeles were mentioned in order to__________.
A. show care for them B. introduce their life
C. solve traffic problems D. raise the topic
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is unique about ClearPath?
A. It can use a lot of information all over the world.
B. It can ensure that you will never be late for work.
C. It helps drivers see clearly what happens on the road.
D. It helps drivers know the road conditions ahead of time.
underlined word “hits” in the fifth paragraph probably means __________.
A. have an accident
C. turn left or right
traffic data
's Professor Shahabi’s attitude toward his invention?
A. Disappointed.
Worried.
参考答案1—4、DDBC


2016高考英语阅读理解--政治经济文化类
13、With all the wars, fighting and sadness in the world today, it's not
only necessary, but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help
us get through each and every day of our lives. Putting a smile on someone's
face when you know they are feeling down in the dumps ( 处于沮丧中), as the
saying goes, makes me feel good and warms my heart.
How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife, husband,
child, co-worker, neighbor, close friend, or even just someone that you are
standing in line with at your corner store? I am always saying things that make
others smile or laugh, even if I don't know the person I'm joking around with.
My Grandma always found humor in everything she did, even if it was the hardest
job anyone could imagine. This not only relieves stress in any situation, but
also is common courtesy (礼貌) to speak to others that are around you.
I know of a few people that don’t have a funny bone in their bodies, as
they say. Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a
B. Proud. C. Optimistic. D.








B. get to
D. collect
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great joke and they would sit there without the slightest smile on their face.
They don't get the joke that makes others laugh. I am busting a gut while they
just sit there, looking at me as if I were from outer space. How can people not
get a really funny joke?
Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control. Without
humor we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems, or on a lot
of medications to keep us from going crazy. There is too much sadness in this
present world. It drives people crazy. We all need to find a way to bypass the
sadness and bring a little light into our lives. So, I believe our best
medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing
together.
【小题1】According to the author, humor is useful in the aspect that
____________.
A．it makes people more confident
B．it can pick up people' s spirits
C．it can help rid the cruelty in the world
D．it can help people get on well with others
【小题2】The phrase “busting a gut
__________.
A．explaining carefully
C．keeping silent
B．speaking loud
D．laughing hard
【小题3】In writing the passage, the author mainly intends to __________.
A．talk about his own understanding of humor
B．encourage people to be humorous in daily life
C．introduce a practical way to get through daily life
D．convince people of the power of being optimistic about life
【小题4】What is the author' s attitude towards the present world?
A．Positive.
C．Satisfied.

B．Critical.
D．Indifferent.
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【浙江省2014高考英语模拟冲刺卷】
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，并在答题卡上
将该选项标号涂黑。
Change is everything in the case of mobile phones. Recent research indicates
that the mobile phone is changing not only our culture, but our very bodies as
well.
First, let’s talk about culture. The difference between the mobile phone
and its parent, the fixed-line phone, is that a mobile number corresponds to a
person, while a landline goes to a place. If you call my mobile, you get me. If
you call my fixed-line phone, you get whoever answers it.
This has several implications（含义）. The most common one, however, and
perhaps the thing that has changed our culture forever, is the “meeting”
influence. People no longer need to make firm plans about when and where to
meet. Twenty years ago, a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance.
You needed enough time to allow everyone to get from their place of work to the
first meeting place. Now, however, a night out can be arranged on the run. It
is no longer “see you there at 8”,but “text me around 8 and we’ll see where
we all are.”
Texting changes people as well. In their paper, “Insights into the Social
and Psychological Effects of SMS (Short Message Service) Text Messaging
British researchers distinguished between two types of mobile phone users: the
“talkers” and the “texters”－those who prefer voice to text messages and
those who prefer text to voice.
They found that the mobile phone’s individuality and privacy gave texters
the ability to express a whole new outer personality. Texters were likely to
report that their family would be surprised if they were to read their texts.
This suggests that texting allowed texters to present a self-image that
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differed from the one familiar to those who knew them well.
Another scientist wrote of the changes that mobiles have brought to body
language. There are two kinds that people use while speaking on the phone.
There is the “speakeasy”: the head is held high, in a self-confident way,
chatting away. And there is the “spacemaker”: these people focus on
themselves and keep out other people.
Who can blame them? Phone meetings get cancelled or reformed and camera-
phones intrude（侵入）on people’s privacy. So, it is understandable if your
mobile makes you nervous. But perhaps you needn’t worry so much. After all, it
is good to talk.
41. The “meeting” influence of a mobile phone refers to the fact that
________.




A. people can arrange their meeting place and time more flexibly
B. people have to make a firm plan about when and where to meet
C. people are able to meet someone at any place and any time
D. people have to attend phone meetings than ever before
42. According to the two British researchers, the Social and Psychological
Effects are most likely to be seen on ________.

the “spacemaker”
A. talkers
D. texters
B. the “speakeasy” C.
43. We can infer from the passage that the texts sent by texters a
re _________.
A. showing or making known
B. well written
C. unacceptable by others
D. shocking to others
44. According to the passage, who is afraid of being heard while talking on the
mobile?
A. talkers B. the “speakeasy” C. the “spacemaker” D.
texters
45. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A. The Influence of Short Message Service B. Changes
Caused by Mobile Phone Use
C. Changes in the Use of the Mobile D. Body Language and the Mobile
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