贵州天柱县中学高考英语阅读理解一轮题及答案 含Word文档格式.docx

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Manycitieshavesubwaysandundergroundpublictransportationtotakelocalsandtouristsalikerapidlyaroundthecity．However,there’ssomethingdifferentaboutridingaLondonsubway．Itmaynotlookdifferent,butthehistoricalvalueofoneofEngland’smostpopularformsoftransportationisenoughtomakeridingthesubwayamustwhenvisitingLondon．Withalittleunder100differentstations,thesubwaycantakeyoualmostanywhereyouneedtogo．

RidingaLondonsubway,apersonfromothercountrieswillnoticeonemajordifference:

inLondon,peopledonotlookateachother．Infact,eyecontactisavoidedatalltimes．That’snotrudeness―peoplearejusttoobusytobotherlooking．

Busydoingwhat,youask?

Well,they’recertainlynotusingthetimeforamomentofquietthinking．Noraretheyreadingabook．Newtechnologyhasreplacedquiethabits．TodaytheonlyacceptableformofbookontheLondonundergroundisane-book．

ApplemustearnafortunefromLondoncommuters（使用月票上下班者）．SincethelaunchoftheiPhonein2007,over40,000―yes,that’s40,000“apps”havebeendesigned．

Commuterslovethembecausetheyaretheperfecttime-fillers．One“app”,callediShoot,isagamethatfeaturestanks．Anotherone,TubeExits,tellspassengerswheretositonthetraintobeclosesttotheexitoftheirdestination．iSteamcloudstheiPhonescreenwhenyoubreatheintothemicrophone．Youcanthenwriteinthe“steam”onyourphonescreen．

ForthosewithoutaniPhone,anotherAppleproduct,theiPod,maybethedistraction（消遣）ofchoice．It’snotjustteenagerswho“plugin”totheirmusic－iPodsareapopularwaytopassthetimeforallages．

Andifgames,e-booksandmusicaren’tenoughtokeepyouoccupied,thenperhapsyouwouldpreferafilm?

ThedevelopmentofpalmDVDtechnologymeansmanycommuterswatchtheirfavoriteTVshowsorfilmsonthewaytowork．Withallthesedistractions,it’samazingthatpeoplestillremembertogetoffthetrain．

1．Thosewhowanttosavetimetoreachwheretheygocandownload______totheiriPhones．

A．iShootB．TubeExitsC．iSteamD．iPod

2．PeopleinLondondonotmakeeyecontactonthesubwaybecause______．

A．theyaregoingtoworkandhavenotimetocommunicatewitheachother

B．theylovereadingbooksanddonotwanttobedisturbed

C．theyfeelsleepybecauseofgettingupearly

D．theyarebusyplayinggames,readinge-books,listeningtomusicorwatchingfilms

3．Theunderlinedword“apps”inthefourthparagraphmeans______．

A．computersB．programsdownloadedfortheiPhone

C．computercompaniesD．fortunefromLondoncommuters

4.．Themainideaofthepassageisthat______．

A．Londoncommutersareunfriendlytostrangers

B．Applehasearnedalotofmoneyfromselling40,000apps

C．technologyischanginghowLondoncommutersspendtheirtravelingtime

D．ridingaLondonsubwayisamustwhenvisitingLondon

1.B细节理解题。

根据Anotherone,TubeExits,tellspassengerswheretositonthetraintobeclosesttotheexitoftheirdestination．故选B。

2.D细节理解题。

根据最后一段可知人们在地铁里没空看别人，是因为大家都忙于玩游戏读电子书听音乐或看电影，故选D。

3..B词义猜测题。

根据havebeendesigned可知它是电脑里已经设计好的程序，故选B。

4..C主旨大意题。

整篇短文叙述了伦敦的人们是怎样打发他们在做地铁的时间的，故选C。

【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷（三）】C

Technologyhasbeenanencouragementofhistoricalchange.ItactedassuchaforceinEnglandbeginningintheeighteenthcentury，andacrosstheentireWesternWorldinthenineteenth.Rapidadvancesweremadeintheuseofscientificfindingsinthemanufacture（制造）ofgoods，whichhaschangedideasaboutwork.Oneofthefirstchangeswasthatotherformsofenergyhavetakentheplaceofhumanpower.Alongwiththiscametheincreaseduseofmachinestomanufactureproductsinlesstime.Peoplealsodevelopedmachinesthatcouldproducethesamepartsforaproduct：

eachnailwasexactlylikeeveryothernail，meaningthateachnailcouldbechangedforeveryothernail.Thismeansthatgoodscouldbemassproduction，althoughmassproductionrequiredbreakingproductiondownintosmallerandsmallertasks.

Oncethiswasdone，workersnolongerstartedontheproductandlabouredtocompleteit.Instead，theymightworkonlyonethousandthofit，otherworkerscompletingtheirownpartsincertainorder.Thereisnothingstrangeaboutthismanufacturingworkbytoday’sstandards.Highlyskilledworkerswereunabletocomparewiththenewproductiontechniques，asmassproductionallowedgoodsofhighstandardtobeproducedingreaternumberthancouldeverbedonebyhand.Buttheskilledworkerwasn’ttheonlyloser，thecommonworkerslosttoo.Similarchangesforcedfarmersaway.Theincreasedmechanization（机械化）ofagriculturefreedmassesofworkersfromploughingthelandandharvestingitscrops.Theyhadlittlechoicebuttostreamtowardtherapidlydevelopingindustrialcenters.Increasingly，standardsweresetbymachines.Workersno