届高考英语阅读理解限时训练题48.docx

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届高考英语阅读理解限时训练题48

高三英语阅读理解限时训练（48）

A

Inthepasttenyears,America'sNationalBasketballAssociation（NBA）hasgrown

increasinglydependentontherestoftheworldtosupplyplayers.

WhenMichaelJordanandLarryBirdwongoldinBarcelonain1992,theAmericanswerepraisedforteachingtheworldhowtoplaybasketball.Thisseason,however;20percentofNBArosters（花名册）willbefilledbynon-Americans.NBAcommissionerDavidStemhappily

embracesthetrend.OnavisittoParisinOctober,Sternoutlinedhisvisionforthefuture;whichis

likelytoseeEuropehostingNBAgamesby2010.

TheNBAisnowplanningtotakeChinabystorm

"Ourexperienceinchinahasbeenthatitisgoingtobeexplosiveinitsgrowth,"saidStern.

Thestrategy（战略，策略）inChinaistelevision."We’vemade14dealsinChinawithlocaland

nationalnetworksoncableandsatellite."ThesuccessofChinesecentreYaoMinghaspavedthe

wayfortheNBAmarketingblitzinChina.TheNBA,whichisbroadcastedinmorethan200

countriesin42languages;willputthattothetestinOctober2004whentheHoustonRocketsplay

twopre-seasongamesagainsttheSacramentoKingsinBeijngandShanghai.TheNBAknows

thatitneedsaglobalmarkettocompensatefortoughtimesonhomesoil.

"Itdoesn'tmatterwheretheplayerscomefrom,alltheNBAteamsnowknowthattheyhave

toscout（寻找，觅得）internationally,"saidTerryLyons,theNBA'svice-presidentofinternational

publicrelations."Ithasincreasedthelevelofcompetitionhere."AsFrenchmanTonyParkerand

ArgentineEmanuelGinobilishowedinwinningchampionshipringswiththeSanAntonioSpurs

lastseason,manypeoplecanearnthe'respect,oftheirAmericanpeers.Others,suchasthe

HoustonRockets'ChinesecentreYaoMing一numberonedraftpickin2002一andtheDetroit

Pistons'18-year-oldSerbDarkoMilicic一numbertwooverallinthisyear'sdraft一areicons

（偶像）in-waiting.Itistheultimate（最后的，根本的）revolution一therestoftheworld

teachingtheUShowtoplaybasketball·

41．Accordingtothereport,_________.

A.MichaelJordanisstillplayingaveryimportantroleinNBA

B.thepartplayedbytheforeignplayersinNBAwillbegreat

C.YaoMingistoplaytwopre-seasongamesinNBA

D.Europeancountrieswillhostthe2004NBAgames

B考查细节理解。

根据Thisseason,however;20percentofNBArosters（花名册）willbefilledbynon-Americans.可知B正确。

42.Theunderlinedphrase"takeChinabystorm"hasthemeaningof_______.

A.there’llbeabigstormwhenNBAcomestoChinatoplayagainsttheSacramento

Kings

B.NBAisplanningtosetupsometrainingcentersinChina

C.NBAintendstomakeChinaits"marketingcenter"

D.theNBA'slivebasketgameswillbebroadcastedonalltheTVsinChina

C考查词意猜测。

根据willputthattothetestinOctober2004whentheHoustonRocketsplay

twopre-seasongamesagainsttheSacramentoKingsinBeijngandShanghai.TheNBAknows

thatitneedsaglobalmarkettocompensatefortoughtimesonhomesoil.可知选C。

43.WhatseemstobethebiggestchangethatishappeningtoNBA?

A.TheNBAwillstopteachingtheworldhowtoplaybasketball．

B.China'srapiddevelopmentinsportsaffectsNBA．

C.YaoMinghastakentheplaceofMichaelJordan.

D.NBAisexpectingmoreforeignplayerstojointheleague.

D考查判断、推理。

根据第二段和最后一段Itistheultimate（最后的，根本的）revolution一therestoftheworldteachingtheUShowtoplaybasketball.可知选D。

44．Whenthewritertalkedof"homesoil",hewasreferringto________.

A.theUSAB.nativeAmericans

C.theNBAtrainingcenterD.farmsintheStates

A考查猜测词义。

根据文意此处指“美国本土”。

B

Twoyearsago,WendyHasnip,47,experiencedabraininjurythatleftherspeechlessfortwo

weeks.Whenshefinallyrecovered,shefoundherselftalkingwithwhatseemedtobeaFrench

accent:

"Iphonedafriendtheotherday,andshespentthefirsttenminuteslaughing,"Hasnipsaid

atthetime."WhileIhavenothingagainsttheFrench.”

Hasnipsufferedfromforeignaccentsyndrome（外国口音综合症）,arareconditioninwhich

peoplefindthemselvesspeakingtheirownlanguageLikesomeonefromaforeigncountry.The

conditionusuallyoccursinpeoplewhohaveexperiencedaheadinjuryorastroke（中风）一a

suddenlossofconsciousness,sensation,ormovementcausedbyablockedorbrokenbloodvessel

（血管）inthebrain.

TheconditionwasfirstidentifiedduringtheSecondWorldWarinaNorwegianwoman

whoseheadwasinjuredduringanattackbytheGermanmilitary.Thewomanrecoveredbutwas

leftwithaGerman-soundingaccent,tothehorroroffellowvillagerswhoavoidedherafterthat.

Researchershavediscoveredthatthecombinedeffectofthedamagetoseveralpartsofthe

brainmakesvictimslengthencertainsyllables,mispronouncesounds,andchange，thenormal

pitch（高音）oftheirvoice.Thosechangesinspeechadduptowhatsoundslikeaforeignaccent.

Anotherresearcher,aphonetician（语音学者），saysvictimsofthesyndromedon'tacquirea

trueforeignaccent.Theirstrangelychangedspeechonlyresemblestheforeign:

accentwithwhich

ithasafewsoundsincommon.

WhenanEnglishwomannamedAnnierecentlydevelopedforeignaccentsyndromeaftera

stroke,shespokewithwhatseemedtobeaScottishaccent.

However,Annie'sScottishcoworkerssaidshedidn'tsoundatalllikeaScot.

45．Accordingtothepassage;people_______mayhaveforeignaccentsyndrome.

A.whoseparenthasexperiencedaheadinjury

B.whohavelivedinaforeigncountryforalongtime

C.whohavelosttheirconsciousnessowingtoastroke

D.whohavelearnedforeignlanguagefromtheircoworkers

C考查细节理解。

根据第二段Theconditionusuallyoccursinpeoplewhohaveexperiencedaheadinjuryorastroke（中风）一asuddenlossofconsciousness,sensation,ormovementcausedbyablockedorbrokenbloodvessel（血管）inthebrain.可知C正确。

46.Allofthefollowingarethecausesofleadingtowhatsoundslikeaforeignaccent

EXCEPT________.

A.asoftervoiceB.changeinlengthofsyllables.

C.mispronouncedsounds．D.changedpitchofvoice

A考查细节理解。

根据Researchershavediscoveredthatthecombinedeffectofthedamagetoseveralpartsofthebrainmakesvictimslengthencertainsyllables,mispronouncesounds,andchange，thenormalpitch（高音）oftheirvoice.可知选A。

47.Ifapersonsuffersforeignaccentsyndrome________.

A.hiscoworkerswillbeafraidofhimandavoidcontactingwithhim

B.hehasmorechanceofsufferingstrokeagain

C.hewillspeakafluentforeignlanguagelikenativespeakers’

D.hisspeechonlyhasafewsoundsincommonwiththeforeignaccent

D考查判断、推理。

根据victimsofthesyndromedon'tacquirea

trueforeignaccent.Theirstrangelychangedspeechonlyresemblestheforeign:

accentwithwhich

ithasafewsoundsincommon.可推知。

48.Writingthispassage,thewriter'smainpurposeisto_______.

A.introduceforeignaccentsyndromeandsomerelatedinformation

B.warnpeoplenottobeattheriskofexperiencingastroke

C.makeitclearthatforeignaccentsyndromecanbecured

D.tellastoryofaninjuredwomandiningtheSecondWorldWar

A考查作者的写作意图。

本文是一篇说明文，其介绍了外国口音综合症及其相关信息。

C

Atthemiddleschoollevel,therearemanyacademicclubsinwhichstudentscanparticipate.

Studentscanchooseclubsthatfocusonanareaofinterest.

MathcountsClub

Mathcountstriestoincreaseexcitementtowardsmathematicachievement.Ithopesto

providestudentswiththefoundationforsuccessinscience,technology;engineeringand

mathematicscareers.Schoolsselectindividualsandteamstoparticipateincompetitions.Local

competitionsareheldinFebruarywithwinnersprogressingtostatecompetitionsandthenonto

thenationallevel.Mathcountsworkstochallengestudentmathskills,developself-confidence

andgiverewardsfortheirachievements.

Envirothon．

TheEnvrothonprogramfocusesonnaturalresourcesknowledgeandexposesstudentsto

diverseenvironmentalissues,andecosystems（生态学）．Theecologyfieldcompetitionfor

five-membermiddleschoolteamsofferscompetitionsinwildlife,soils,forestry,current

environmentalissuesandaquatics.StudentsWorkandlearninmiddleschoolclubsandcan

competeatthelocalandstatelevel．

FutureProblemSolvers

FutureProblemSalversisanacademicclubthatusesasix-stepprocesstosolveproblems

thatmayhappeninthefuture.Studentswhoareinthetalentedandgiftedprogram,wholiketo

"thinkoutofthebox,”orwhoenjoythinkingaboutfuturisticproblemsmaxlikethisclub.Teams,

comprisedoffourstudentsreadfuturescenesandwriteupsolutionsin:

abookletusingthe

six-stepprocess.Teamsthatscorehighenoughcangotothe.statecompetitionand，thentothe

internationalcompetition.

BuildersClub

BuildersClubisopentoanymiddleschoolstudentwhowishestoperformcommunity

service.EachBuildersClubisco-sponsored（共同捐助）byaKiwanisclub.andthemiddleschool.Thememberslearnbydoing,andtheylearnorganization;teamwork，andleadership.BuildersClubscansponsora"Teacheroftheyear"program,providearecyclingcollectionpoint,organizecannedfoodandclothingdrivestosupportlocalshelters,adopt（领养）aresidentatalocalseniorcitizenshome;adoptahighway;tutor,etc.

Middleschoolacademicclubsofferstudentsaplacetoexploreinterestsortalents:

Theclubs

theyjoininmiddleschoolcanhelpguidechoicesinhighschoolandbeyond.

49.StudentschooseMathcountsClubinorderto______.

A.besuccessfulinsciencecareersB.enjoysolvingfutureproblems

C.performcommunityserviceD.studywildlifeandsoils

A考查细节理解。

根据Ithopestoprovidestudentswiththefoundationforsuccessinscience,technology;engineeringandmathematicscareers.可知选A。

50．Ifyouenjoythinkingaboutfuturisticproblems_______isagoodchoiceforyou.

A.MathcountsClubB.BuildersClub