黑龙江省大庆市喇中高中英语 阅读集练人物传记故事类.docx

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黑龙江省大庆市喇中高中英语阅读集练人物传记故事类

高中英语阅读——人物传记/故事类

1、阅读理解

Cheaterscalled“pirates”oftenusecamcorders（便携式摄像机）andcellphonestomakeillegalcopiesofblockbustersinthelocaltheater.ThesepiratesthensellthoserecordingsonthestreetorovertheInternetforverylowprices.Somesharethemforfree.

“It’sunfairforpeopletopiratemovies,”says15-year-oldHadaiaAzadEzzulddin.Moviepiracy“takesmoneyoutofthepocketsofthousandsofpeopleinthemovieindustry,”shenotes.Victimsincludefamousactorsanddirectorsaswellaslocaltheaterownersandtheiremployees.

Hadaiacameupwithanideathatcouldhelpstopmoviepiracy.Hadaia’sideausesinfrared（红外线的）light.Thisrangeoflightisinvisibletothehumaneye.Itisvisible,however,tomanytypesofcameras.Theaterownerscouldplacesmallinfraredlightsontheirmoviescreens.Thelightswouldnotdisturbpeoplewatchingthemovie.Itwould,however,distorttherecordingsmadebymanytypesofcameras.

Totestheridea,Hadaiabuiltaboxwithamoviescreeninside.Then,sheprojectedimagesonthatscreenthroughaholeinthebox.Shetookrecordingsofthoseimages,usingninedifferenttypesofcameras.Theseincludedthetypesfoundincellphonesaswellascamcorders.Duringsometests,shealsoturnedonlightemittingdiodes（发光二极管）,orLEDs.TheLEDswereembedded（植入的）inacertainplacebehindthemoviescreen.Theygaveoutinfraredlight.

Sureenough,sheshowed,apiratedmovieincludedoddstripesorspotsifithadbeenrecordedwhiletheLEDswereon.ItmightbepossibletousetheLEDstoflashthedateandtimeonthemoviescreen.Theinformationwouldthenappearintheillegalrecordings.Theaterownersorpolicemightusetheinformationtotrackdownthepirates.

Cuttingdownonpiracymightgetmorepeopleintotheaterstowatchtherealmovieinsteadofanillegalcopy.Sixoutofeverytenfilmsnowproducedaren’tprofitable.Theydon’tmakeenoughmoneytorecoverhowmuchwasspenttomakeandmarketthem.Suchapoorpaybackcandiscouragefilmmakersfromproducinganythingbutthetypesexpectedtobecomeblockbusterhits.Itmightalsokeepsmallertheatersfromshowingawidervarietyofmovietypes.

【小题1】FromwhatHadaiasaysinParagraph2,wecaninferthat_______.

A．mostpeoplespendlessmoneyonpiratesmoves

B．thepiratesdon’thavetopayforthemovietickets

C．theaterownerswillincreasethepriceofmovietickets

D．shestronglycriticizesthosewhovideomoviesinthetheater

【小题2】Infraredlightsareputonthemoviescreensto_______.

A．adjustthebrightnessofthemoviescreens

B．makesuretheimagesofmoviesaredark

C．makeillegalcopiesofmoviesunpleasanttosee

D．protecttheeyesightofviewersinthedarkness

【小题3】WhatisthecorrectorderofthestepsinHadaia’stest?

a.Sheprojectedpicturesonthescreen.

b.Sheusedcamerastorecordthepictures.

c.SheturnedontheLEDsplacedbehindthescreen.

d.Shemadeaspecialboxwithamoviescreeninside.

A．dcabB．dbac

C．bacdD．bcad

【小题4】Accordingtothelastparagraph,wecanknowthat_______.

A．fortypercentofmoviesnowareprofitable

B．smalltheatersoftenchoosetoshowlow-costmovies

C．moreandmorepeoplegototheaterstofightmoviepiracy

D．filmmakersprefertoproduceordinarymoviesthanblockbusters

2、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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Shouldweallowmodernbuildingstobebuiltnexttoolderbuildingsinahistoricareaofacity?

Inordertoanswerthisquestion,wemustfirstexaminewhetherpeoplereallywanttopreservethehistoricfeelofanarea.Notallhistoricalbuildingsareattractive.However,theremaybeotherreasons—forexample,economic（经济的）reasons—whytheyshouldbepreserved.So,letusassumethathistoricalbuildingsarebothattractiveandimportanttothemajorityofpeople.Whatshouldwedothenifanewbuildingisneeded?

Inmyview,newarchitecturalstylescanexistperfectlywellalongsideanolderstyle.Indeed,therearemanyexamplesinmyownhometownofTourswheremoderndesignshavebeenplacedverysuccessfullynexttooldbuildings.Aslongasthebuildinginquestionispleasinganddoesnotdominate（影响）itssurroundingstoomuch,itoftenimprovestheattractivenessofthearea.

Itistruethatthereareexamplesofnewbuildingswhichhavespoilt（破坏）theareatheyarein,butthesamecanbesaidofsomeoldbuildingstoo.Yetpeoplestillspeakagainstnewbuildingsinhistoricareas.Ithinkthisissimplybecausepeoplearenaturallyconservative（保守的）anddonotlikechange.

Althoughwehavetorespectpeople'sfeelingsasfellowusersofthebuildings,Ibelievethatitisthedutyofthearchitectandplannertomovethingsforward.Ifwealwaysreproducedwhatwastherebefore,wewouldallstillbelivingincaves.Thus,Iwouldargueagainstcopyingpreviousarchitecturalstylesandchoosesomethingfreshanddifferent,eventhoughthatmightbethemoreriskychoice.

【小题1】Whatdoestheauthorsayabouthistoricalbuildingsinthefirstparagraph?

A．Someofthemarenotattractive.

B．Mostofthemaretooexpensivetopreserve.

C．Theyaremorepleasingthanmodernbuildings.

D．Theyhavenothingtodowiththehistoricfeelofanarea.

【小题2】WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtotheauthor?

A．Weshouldreproducethesameoldbuildings.

B．Buildingsshouldnotdominatetheirsurroundings.

C．Nooneunderstandswhypeoplespeakagainstnewbuildings.

D．Someoldbuildingshavespoilttheareatheyarein.

【小题3】By“movethingsforward”inthelastparagraph,theauthorprobablymeans“_________”．

A．destroyoldbuildings

B．choosenewarchitecturalstyle

C．putthingsinadifferentplace

D．respectpeople'sfeelingsforhistoricalbuildings

【小题4】Whatisthemainpurposeofthepassage?

A．Toexplainwhypeopledislikechange.

B．Towarnthatwecouldenduplivingincaves.

C．Toarguethatmodernbuildingscanbebuiltinhistoricareas.

D．Toadmithownewbuildingshaveruinedtheirsurroundings.

3、Oneofthelatesttrends（趋势）inAmericanChildcareisChineseaupairs．AuPairinStamford,Conn,forexample,hasgotincreasingnumbersofrequestforChineseaupairsfromaerotoaround4,000since2004．Andthat’strueallacrossthecountry．

“IthoughtitwouldbeusefulforhimtolearnChineseatanearlyage”JosephStocke,themanagingdirectorofacompany,saysofhis2-yearoldson．“Iwouldatleastliketo givehimthechancetousethelanguageinthefuture,”Afteronlysixmonthsofbeingcaredby25-year-oldwomanfromChina,theboycanalreadyunderstandbasicChinesedailyexpressions,hisdadsays．

LiDrake,aChinesenativeraisingtwochildreninMinnesotawithanAmericanhusband,hadanotherreasonforlookingforanaupairfromChina．Shedidn’twantherchildrentomissoutontheirroots．”BecauseIamChinese,myhusbandandIwantedthechildrentokeepexposedto（接触）thelanguageandculture．”shesays．

“Stayingwithanativespeakerisbetterforchildrenthansimplysittinginaclassroom,”saysSuzanneFlynn,aprofessorinlanguageeducationofChildren．”Butparentsmustunderstandthatjustoneyearwithaupairisunlikelytoproducewonders．Completemasterydemandscontinuedlearninguntiltheageof10or12．”

ThepopularityifaupairsfromchinahasbeenstrengthenedbytheincreasingnumbersofAmericanparentswhowanttheirchildrenwhowanttheirchildrentolearnChinese．ItisexpectedthatAmericandemandforaupairswillcontinuetoriseinthenextfewyears．

【小题1】Whatdoesthe term”aupair”inthetextmean?

A．Amotherraisingherchildrenonherown

B．Achildlearningaforeignlanguageathome

C．Aprofessorinlanguageeducationofchildren

D．Ayoungforeignwomantakingcareofchildren．

【小题2】LiDrakehasherchildrenstudyChinesebecauseshewantsthem______．

A．toliveinChinasomeday

B．tospeakthelanguageathome

C．tocatchupwitotherchildren

D．tolearnabouttheChineseculture

【小题3】Whatcanweinferfromthetext?

A．LearningChineseisbecomingpopularInAmerica,

B．Educatedwomandobetterinlookingafterchildren

C．ChineseaupairsneedtoimprovetheirEnglishSkills．

D．Childrencanlearnaforeignlanguagewellinsixmonths．

4、ResearchersfromFranceandItalydiscoveredthatCanadianparentsarelessstrictwiththeirchildrenthanmothersandfathersinFranceandItaly.

“OurmostimportantfindingwasthedifferencebetweenCanadiansandtheothers，”saidProfessorMichelClaes，theleadauthorofthestudy.“Canadiansfocusonindependenceandnegotiation．Ontheotherhand，Italians，forexample，exercisemorecontrol．WefoundCanadiansseemtofocusonnegotiationincaseofaconflict.”

ClaessaidCanada，FranceandItalywereselectedforthestudybecausetheyshareimportantculturalandsocialfactors.“WechoseFrenchCanadiansbecausetheysharethesamelanguageasFrance，andoriginallycamefromFranceandsharecertainvalues．Italywasincludedbecauseitwasconsideredtohavesimilar，strongandimportantfamilyvalues，”heexplained.

Theresearchersexaminedtheemotionaltiesbetweenparentsandtheirchildrenbyquestioning1,256studentsaged11to19yearsold.

Canadianstudentsreportedlesscontrolandmorefreeactions，accordingtothestudy．ItalianparentswerestricterandFrenchparentsweresomewhereinthemiddle.

ClaesexplainsthatthedifferenceslieineducationinCanada，FranceandItaly.

“NorthAmericahasitsowneducationalvalues，whichpromoteindividualization．Toleranceandcomprehensionareencouraged．Italy，ontheotherhand，promotesrespectofauthority，control，andtheneedforpermission.”hesaid.

Childrenfromallthreecountriesdescribedtheirmothersaswarmandcommunicative．ItalianandCanadianchildrenhadsimilarfee