高考英语阅读理解强化训练Day 92.docx

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高考英语阅读理解强化训练Day92

高考英语阅读理解强化训练Day92

Passage1

Thehottestcitiesintheworld

Thelocationsbelowarethehottestandalsotraveldestinationsontheplanet.

Bangkok

Accordingtothedata,Bangkokisthehottestcityontheplanet-notbecauseofanyparticularlyimpressivehightemperatures,butbecauseitisconsistentlyhotalltheyearround.Thecityhasanaverageannualtemperatureof29℃,coupledwithhighdampnessandanaverageof128rainydaysperyear;whilethehighesttemperatureonrecordis40℃.

Timbuktu,Mali

LocatedonthesouthernedgeoftheSaharaDesert,theAfricancityofTimbuktuissimilartoeverythingremote.It'salsooneofthehottestcitiesintheworld,withahot,dryclimateofferingrecordhighsof49℃.ThroughoutApril,MayandJune,averagemaximumtemperaturesarebeyond40℃.Modern﹣dayTimbuktuisslowlybeingswallowedbythedesertandiscertainlyashadowofthetradecenterthatitoncewas.

Ahvaz,Iran

BuiltonthebankoftheKarunRiver,Ahvazisanindustrialcitywithaveragehighsofaround46℃duringJuly,itswarmestmonth.Thecity'srecordhighis54℃,makingitoneoftheworld'shottestcitiesduringthesummer.FrequentsandandduststormsandanabsenceofrainfromJulytoSeptembermixwithitssky﹣hightemperatures.

KuwaitCity

ThewealthycapitalofKuwaitisanothercompetitorforthetitleoftheworld'shottestsummertimecitywithaveragehighsofover45℃fromJunetoAugust.Nightfallbringslittlerespite（缓解）,withafter﹣darklowtemperaturesoftenover30℃duringthesummermonths.KuwaitCity'srecordhighis52℃,whileitrainsonanaverageofjust19daysperyear.

1.WhatistheBangkokfamousforinclimate？

A.Thehighesttemperature.

B.Thehotweatherallyearround.

C.Thehighestannualtemperature.

D.Thelackofrainfallallyearround.

2.WhyisTimbuktunolongeratradecenter？

A.ThesmallpopulationofMali.

B.Thewarlastingformanyyears.

C.TheinfluenceoftheSahara.

D.Itslocationofthecenterofadesert.

3.Whichcityholdstherecordofthehighesttemperature？

A.Ahvaz.B.Bangkok.C.Timbuktu.D.KuwaitCity.

Passage2

Haveyoueverfoundyourselfinthissituation:

Youhearasongyouusedtosingwhenyouwereachild—abitofnostalgia（怀旧）or“blastfromthepast,”aswesay.Butitisnotadistantchildhoodmemory.Thewordscomebacktoyouasclearlyaswhenyousangthemallthoseyearsago.

ResearchersattheUniversityofEdinburghstudiedtherelationshipbetweenmusicandrememberingaforeignlanguage.Theyfoundthatrememberingwordsinasongwasthebestwaytorememberevenoneofthemostdifficultlanguages.

Hereiswhattheydid.Researcherstook60adultsandrandomlydividedthemintothreegroupsof20.Thentheygavethegroupsthreedifferenttypesof“listen-and-repeat”learningconditions.Researchershadonegroupsimplyspeakthewords.Theyhadthesecondgroupspeakthewordstoarhythm,orbeat.Andtheyaskedthethirdgrouptosingthewords.

AllthreegroupsstudiedwordsfromtheHungarianlanguagefor15minutes.Thentheytookpartinaseriesoflanguageteststoseewhattheyremembered.

WhyHungarian,youask?

ResearcherssaidtheychoseHungarianbecausenotmanypeopleknowthelanguage.ItdoesnotshareanyrootswithGermanicorRomancelanguages,suchasItalianorSpanish.Afterthetestswereover,thesingerscameoutontop.ThepeoplewholearnedthesenewHungarianwordsbysingingthemshowedahigheroverallperformance.Theydidthebestinfouroutoffiveofthetests.Theyalsoperformedtwotimesbetterthanthosewhosimplylearnedthewordsbyspeakingthem.

Dr.KatieOverysayssingingcouldleadtonewwaystolearnaforeignlanguage.Thebrainlikestorememberthingswhentheyarecontainedinacatchyormemorabletune.

Dr.Ludkesaidthefindingscouldhelpthosewhostruggletolearnforeignlanguages.OntheUniversityofEdinburgh’swebsiteDr.Ludkewrites,“Thisstudyprovidesthefirstexperimentalevidencethatalisten-and-repeatsingingmethodcansupportforeignlanguagelearning,andopensthedoorforfutureresearchinthisarea.”

1.The“song”mentionedinthefirstparagraphisintendedto________.

A.recallthepastB.amusethereaders

C.introducethetopicD.comparethepastwiththepresent

2.Accordingtothepassagewhichlanguagedoesn’tsharethesamerootwithGermanicorRomancelanguages?

A.HungarianB.Spanish

C.ItalianD.English

3.Fromthelasttwoparagraphs,wecanconcludethat________.

A.singingisthebestwaytolearnaforeignlanguage

B.brainprobablyworksbestwhenforeignlanguagelearnerssingthewords

C.alisten-repeatmethodisveryeffectiveforanylanguagelearner

D.Dr.KatieOveryandDr.Ludkedisagreewitheachother

4.What’scorrectaboutthestudyundertakenbytheresearchersattheUniversityofEdinburgh?

A.Altogethertwentyadultsweretestedinthestudy.

B.Peopleinthe3rdgroupperformedaswellastheother2groups.

C.Peopleinthe2ndgroupwereaskedtospeakthewordstoabeat.

D.Inthestudy60adultsweredividedinto3groupsaccordingtoabilities.

5.Inwhichsituationcanthefindingoftheresearchbeapplied?

A.Amotherisgoingtoteachherbabyhowtospeak.

B.Achildisgoingtohavehisfirstmusiclesson.

C.AstudentisgoingtolearnanewEnglishsong.

D.AnAmericanisgoingtolearnsomeChinese.

Passage3

Ifyoucouldbeanybodyintheworld,whowoulditbe？

Yourneighbourorasuperstar？

Afewpeoplehaveexperiencedwhatitmightbeliketostepintotheskinofanotherperson,thankstoanunusualvirtualreality（虚拟现实）device.RikkeWahl,anactress,modelandartist,wasoneoftheparticipantsinabodyswappingexperimentattheBeAnotherlab,aprojectdevelopedbyagroupofartistsbasedinBarcelona.Sheswappedwithherpartner,anactor,usingamachinecalledTheMachinetoBeAnotherandtemporarilybecameaman."AsIlookeddown,Isawmywholebodyasaman,dressedinmypartner'spants,"shesaid."That'sthepictureIrememberbest."

　　Theset﹣upisrelativelysimple.Bothuserswearavirtualrealityheadsetwithacameraonthetop.Thevideofromeachcameraissenttotheotherperson,sowhatyouseeistheexactviewofyourpartner.Ifshemovesherarm,youseeit.Ifyoumoveyourarm,sheseesit.

　　Togetusedtoseeinganotherperson'sbodywithoutactuallyhavingcontrolofit,participantsstartbyraisingtheirarmsandlegsveryslowly,sothattheothercanfollowalong.Eventually,thiskindofslowsynchronised（同步的）movementbecomescomfortable,andparticipantsreallystarttofeelasthoughtheyarelivinginanotherperson'sbody.

　　Usingsuchtechnologypromisestoalterpeople'sbehaviourafterwards﹣potentiallyforthebetter.Studieshaveshownthatvirtualrealitycanbeeffectiveinfightingracism﹣thebias（偏见）thathumanshaveagainstthosewhodon'tlookorsoundlikethem.ResearchersattheUniversityofBarcelonagavepeopleaquestionnairecalledtheImplicitAssociationTest,whichmeasuresthestrengthofpeople'sassociationsbetween,forinstance,blackpeopleandadjectivessuchasgood,bad,athleticorawkward.Thentheyaskedthemtocontrolthebodyofadarkskinneddigitalcharacterusingvirtualrealityglasses,beforetakingthetestagain.Thistime,theparticipants'biasscoreswerelower.Theideaisthatonceyou've"putyourselfinanother'sshoes"you'relesslikelytothinkillofthem,becauseyourbrainhasinternalisedthefeelingofbeingthatperson.

　　ThecreatorsofTheMachinetoBeAnotherhopetoachieveasimilarresult."Attheendofbodyswapping,peoplefeellikeholdingeachotherintheirarms,"saysArthurPointeau,aprogrammerwiththeproject."It'sareallynicewaytohavethiskindofexperience.Iwouldreally,reallyrecommendittoeveryone."

1.Theword"swapping"（paragraph1）isclosestinmeaningto________.

A.buildingB.exchanging

C.controllingD.transplanting

2.WecaninferfromtheexperimentattheBeAnotherlabthat________.

A.ourfeelingsarerelatedtoourbodilyexperience

B.wecanlearntotakecontrolofotherpeople'sbodies

C.participantswilllivemorepassionatelyaftertheexperiment

D.TheMachinetoBeAnothercanhelppeoplechangetheirsexes

3.IntheImplicitAssociationTest,beforetheparticipantsusedvirtualrealityglassestocontroladarkskinneddigitalcharacter,________.

A.theyfoughtstronglyagainstracism

B.theyscoredloweronthetestforracism

C.theychangedtheirbehaviourdramatically

D.theyweremorebiasedagainstthoseunlikethem

4.Itcanbeconcludedfromthepassagethat________.

A.technologyhelpspeoplerealizetheirdreams

B.ourbiasescouldbeeliminatedthroughexperiments

C.virtualrealityhelpspromoteunderstandingamongpeople

D.ourpointsofviewaboutothersneedchangingconstantly

Passage4

　　“Twocenturiesago,LewisandClarkleftSt.LouistoexplorethenewlandsacquiredintheLouisianaPurchase,”GeorgeW.Bushsaid,announcinghisdesireforaprogramtosendmenandwomentoMars.“Theymadethatjourneyinthespiritofdiscovery.Americahasventuredforthintospaceforthesamereasons.”

　　YettherearevitaldifferencesbetweenLewisandClark’sexpeditionandaMarsmission.First,theywereheadedtoaplacewherehundredsofthousandsofpeoplewerealreadyliving.Second,theywerecertaintodiscoverplacesandthingsofimmediatevaluetothenewnation.Third,theirventurecostnexttonothingbytoday’sstandards.AMarsmissionmaybethesinglemostexpensivenon-wartimeundertakinginU.S.history.

　　AppealingasthethoughtoftraveltoMarsis,itdoesnotmeanthejourneymakessense,evenconsidering