高三英语 完形填空阅读题限时对口练习十四.docx

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高三英语完形填空阅读题限时对口练习十四

高三英语限时练习十四

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MrSmithwasawealthyindustrialist,buthewasnotsatisfiedwithlife.Hedidnotsleepwellandhisfooddidnot21withhim.Thesituationlastedforsometime.Finally,aftera22ofsleeplessnights,hedecidedtoconsulthisdoctor.Thedoctoradvisedachangeof23.“Goabroad,”hesaid,“ButI’mnotgoodatforeignlanguages,”saidMrSmith.“Itdoesn’tmatter,”saidthedoctor.“Itwon’t24youtotalkalittleless.Goonavoyage.Takeplentyofexercise.Trytoreduceyourweight,25richfood.”

MrSmithwenttoSwitzerland.HedidnotknowFrenchorGerman,andhadtocommunicatethroughgestures.Heattendedaphysicaltrainingcourse.Theinstructormadehimbendhisknees,swinghisarms,stretchhisneckandshakehisheadrapidly.Hehadtolieonthegroundandraisehisrightandleftlegs26.Afteratimehismusclesgrewhardandfirm.Thelifesuitedhim;healmostputasidehisfinancial27andnearlyforgottheimportanceofmakingmoremoney.Heevenbeganto28individualtreesandindividualbirds.Heateandsleptwell.Finallyhereturnedhome.Butunfortunatelyhisimprovementwastemporary.Soonhewasa29businessmanagain,worriedabouthisproperty,hisprofits,hissavings,hissuccessina30society,andthingsingeneral.

21.A.agreeB.tasteC.suitD.fit

22.A.seriesB.courseC.numberD.few

23.A.situationsB.surroundingsC.weatherD.life

24.A.stopB.hurtC.helpD.prevent

25.A.eatB.prepareC.avoidD.try

26.A.highlyB.widelyC.alternatelyD.regularly

27.A.hardshipB.debtsC.worriesD.success

28.A.seeB.noticeC.glanceD.consider

29.A.richB.happyC.normalD.successful

30.A.struggleB.businessC.miserableD.competitive

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ArecentstudyconductedbythePineStreetFoundationshowedthatadog’snosemayhavetheabilitytodetectcancer.Adog’snose,31wasthe“medicaldevice”usedaspartoftheresearch,32（believe）tobeamongtheworld’s33powerfulolfactory（嗅觉的）sensors.Thestudywasconductedwith169subjects,55ofwhichhadbeendiagnosedashavinglungcancer,31havebreastcancerand83controlsubjects—people34cancer.Duringthestudy,five35（profession）trainedscentdogswereusedtodistinguishbetweenthebreathsamplesofcancerpatientsandthosewhowerehealthy.With36averageof90%accuracy,theresearchwasconsideredasuccess.

ThePineStreetFoundationconducteditsresearchonthebelief37cancercellsgiveoffadifferenttypeofmetabolic（新陈代谢）wasteproduct.Accordingtothestudy,thedifferenceis38greatthat39canbedetectedbyadog’ssenseofsmell,40（include）bothearlyandlatestagesofthedisease.

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A

Withoutmostpeoplerealizingit,therehasbeenarevolutioninofficeworkoverthelasttenyears.Beforethattime,largecomputerswereonlyusedbylarge,richcompaniesthatcouldaffordtheinvestment.Withtheadvancementoftechnology,smallcomputershavecomeontothemarket,whicharecapableofdoingtheworkthatusedtobedonebymuchlargerandexpensivecomputers,sonowmostsmallercompaniescanusethem.

Themaindevelopmentinsmallcomputershasbeeninthefieldofwordprocessors（处理器）,orWPSastheyareoftencalled.40%ofBritishofficesarenowestimatedtohaveawordprocessorandthispercentageisgrowingfast.

Therearemanyadvantagesinusingawordprocessorforbothsecretaryandmanager.Thesecretaryisfreedfromalotofdailywork,suchasre-typinglettersandstoringpapers.Heorshecanusethistimetodoothermoreinterestingworkfortheboss.Fromamanager’spointofview,secretarialtimeisbeingmadebetteruseofandmoneycanbesavedbydoingdailyjobsautomaticallyoutsideofficehours.

Butisitallgood?

Ifalotofdailysecretarialworkcanbedoneautomatically,surelythiswillmeanthatfewersecretarieswillbeneeded.Anotherworryistheincreasingmedicalproblemsrelatedtoworkwithvisualdisplayunits（显示器）.Thecaseofaslowlossofsightamongpeopleusingwordprocessorsseemstohaverisengreatly.ItisalsofearedthatifawomanworksataVDUforlonghours,theunbornchildinherbodymightbekilled.SafetyscreenstoputoveraVDUhavebeeninventedbutfewcompaniesinEnglandbothertobuythem.

Whatevertheargumentsforandagainstwordprocessorare,theyareakeyfeature（特征）ofthisrevolutioninofficepractice.

41.Tenyearsago,smallercompaniesdidnotuselargecomputersbecause_________.

A.thesecompanieshadnotenoughmoneytobuysuchexpensivecomputers

B.thesecomputerscouldnotdotheworkthatsmallcomputerscandotoday

C.thesecomputersdidnotcomeontothemarket

D.thesecompaniesdidnotneedtousethisnewtechnology

42.Accordingtothewriter,themainfeatureoftherevolutioninofficeworkoverthelast tenyearsis__________.

A.thesavingoftimeandmoney

B.theuseofcomputersinsmallcompanies

C.thewideuseofwordprocessors

D.thedecreasingnumberofsecretaries

43.Itisimpliedbutnotdirectlystatedinthepassagethatwiththeuseofwordprocessors_________.

A.somesecretarieswilllosetheirjobs

B.dailyjobscanbedoneautomaticallyoutsideofficehours

C.medicalproblemsrelatedtoworkwithaVDUhaveincreasedgreatly

D.theBritishcompanieswillmakelessmoney

44.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

A.Therearebothadvantagesanddisadvantagesinusingawordprocessor.

B.TheBritishcompaniescaremuchforthehealthofthepeopleusingwordprocessors.

C.Thetechnologyinthefieldofcomputershasbeengreatlyadvancedoverthelasttenyears.

D.Usingwordprocessors,secretariescangetmoretimetodomoreinterestingworkfortheirbosses.

45.Itcanbeconcludedfromthepassagethat________.

A.safetyscreensareofpoorquality

B.workingataVDUforalongtimeisgoodforone’shealth

C.moreandmoreBritishofficeswillusewordprocessors

D.Britishcompanieswillneedfewerandfewermanagers

B

AlthoughAprildidnotbringustherainsweallhopedfor,andalthoughtheCentralValleydoesn’tgenerallyexperiencethesoundandlightningthatcangowiththoserains,it’sstillimportantforparentstobeabletoanswertheyouthfulquestionsaboutthunderandlightning.

Thereasonthesetwowondersofnaturearesodifficultformanyadultstoexplaintochildrenisthattheyarenotverywellunderstoodbyadultsthemselves.Forexample,didyouknowthatthelightningweseeflashingdowntotheearthfromacloudisactuallyflashinguptoacloudfromtheearth?

Oureyestrickusintothinkingweseeadownwardmotionwhenit’sactuallytheotherwayaround.Butthen,ifwebelievedonlywhatwethinkandwesee,we’dstillinsistthatthesunrisesinthemonringandsetsatnight.

Mostlightningflashestakeplaceinsideacloud,andonlyarelativefewcanbeseenjumpingbetweentwocloudsorbetweenearthandacloud.But,withabout2,000thunderstormstakingplaceabovetheeartheveryminuteofthedayandnight,there’senoughactivitytoproduceabout100lightningstrikesoneartheverysecond.

Parentscanusethunderandlightningtohelptheirchildrenlearnmoreabouttheworldaroundthem.Whenchildrenunderstandthatthelightofthelightningflashingreachestheireyesalmostatthesamemoment,butthesoundofthethundertakesabout5secondstotraveljustonemile,theycanbegintotimetheinterval（间隔）betweentheflashandthecrashtolearnhowclosetheyweretotheactualspark（闪光）.

46.Accodringtotheauthor,intheareaoftheCentralValley____.

A.rainsusuallycomewithoutthunderandlightning.

B.itisusuallydryinApril

C.childrenpaynoattentiontothetwonaturalwonders.

D.parentsarenotinterestedinthunderanlightning.

47.Webelievethatlightningisadownwardmotionbecause_______.

A.weweretaughtsobyourparentsfromourchildhood.

B.wearetakeninbyoursenseofvision.

C.itisacommonnaturalsight.

D.itisatruthprovedbyscience.

48.WhatisTRUEaboutlightningaccordingtothepassage?

A.Onlyasmallnumberoflightningflashesoccuronearth.

B.Lightningflashesusuallyjumpfromonecloudtoanother.

C.Lightningtravels5timesfasterthanthunder.

D.Therearefarmorelightningstrikesoccurringonearththanwecanimagine.

49.Theunderlinedword“activity”ismostcloselyrelatedtotheword（s）_____.

A.cloudB.lightningstrikesC.lightningflashesD.thunderstorms

50.Itcanbeconcludedfromthepassagethat_______.

A.weshouldnotbelievewhatweseeorhear.

B.thingsmovingdownwardaremorenoticeable.

C.peoplesometimesmayhavewrongideasaboutordinaryphenomena.

D.adultsarenotasgoodaschildreninobservingcertainnaturalphenomena.

C

TOKYO,Japan（AP）–Japanisveryseriousaboutrobotics（机器人技术）.Ifthedroidsaregoingtofitin,theyprobablyneedtolearntheJapanesecustomofservingtea.Fortunately,researchersattheUniversityofTokyoareexploringjustthat.Inashowthisweek,ahumanoid（有人特点的）withcameraeyesmadebyKawadaIndustriesInc.pouredteafromabottleintoacup.Thenanotherrobotonwheelsdeliveredthecupofteainanexperimentalroomthathassensorsembeddedinthefloorandsofaaswellascamerasontheceiling,tosimulate（模仿）lifewithrobottechnology.

“Ahumanbeingmaybefaster,butyou’dhavetosay‘Thankyou,’”saidUniversityofTokyoprofessorTomomasaSato.“That’sthebestpartaboutarobot.Youdon’thavetofeelbadaboutaskingittodothings.”

SatobelievesJapan,arapidlyagingsocietywheremorethanafifthofthepopulationis65orolder,willleadtheworldindesigningrobotstocare