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届高考考前热身专练日常生活科普环保类阅读2

2015届高考考前热身专练：

日常生活、科普环保类阅读

1.（2014届安徽省合肥市高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷）

Snapshots,thenewfashionforanartisticportrait（肖像）photo:

Takeitunderwater.ZhangXiaomei,a20somethingShanghainativewhoworksinthemediaindustry,trieditouttwice.

"Itwasacompletelydifferentexperience,"saysZhangofherfirstsuchexperiencelastMay."Yougetthefeelingthatyou'recutofffromtherestoftheworld.Butalsoitsromanticandlikeafairytale."

Shethensuccessfullyconvincedherhusbandtobetohavetheirweddingphotostakenunderwateracoupleofmonthsafterherfirsttry."Canyouimaginea1.87-meter-tallmantryingoutsomethinglikeafishtailunderthewater?

"Zhangsays,laughing.

Acommercialunderwaterphotoportraitisperfectforpost80andpost90generationswhoadoretakingsnapshots,butarelookingfornewwaystobeartistic,saysAiCheng,ownerandphotographerofNo.55UnderwaterPhotographyinShanghai.

AiopenedastudioinShanghai'ssuburbofSongjiangtwoyearsago,buildinga5-meter-deep,fan-shapedpoolequippedwithheatingfacilitiestostartupthebusiness.A30-minutetrainingonhowtosmileunderthewatersothatyouwon'tdrinktoomuchwaterandhowtoopenyoureyesunderwaterisofferedinhisstudioforthosewhodon'tknowhowtoswim.

Aisaysmostofhiscustomersarefemale—halfofthemcomingforanartisticportraitphotoandtherestforweddingpictures."Someofthemdragtheirboyfriendsorhusband-to-be,whoareunwillingtogodowntothewater,toshootaswell,"hesays.

42．Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthetext?

A.TheBestSmilesMayBeAllWet.

B.TheSweetestSmileintheWorld.

C.Smiling,aUniversalLanguage.

D.ANewChallenge,aNewTrend.

43．WhatdoesZhangXiaomeithinkofunderwatersnapshot?

A.Funny.B.Dangerous.C.Fantastic.D.Strange.

44．Whoaremostlikelytotakephotosunderwater?

A.Youngpeopleeagertobespecial.

B.Seniorpeopletorecalltheirolddays.

C.Couplestocelebratetheiranniversary.

D.Artiststocreatenewstyles.

45．Itcanbeinferredfromthelasttwoparagraphsthat______.

A.youngpeopleareinforthisfashion

B.fewermenwouldshowinterestinthisfashion

C.menaremoreromanticthanwomen

D.womenwouldliketotakemoreadventures

2.（2014届陕西省五校联盟高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷）

Spaceiswhereourfutureis—tripstotheMoon,Marsandbeyond.Mostpeoplewouldthinkthatasidefromcomets（彗星）andstars,thereislittleelseoutthere.But,sinceourspacejourneystartedwehaveleftsomuchtrash（垃圾）therethatscientistsarenowconcernedthatifwedon'tcleanitup,wemayallbeinmortal（致命的）danger.

Thefirstpieceofspacejunkwascreatedin1964,whentheAmericansatelliteVanguardIstoppedoperatingandlostitsconnectionwiththegroundcenter.However,sinceitkeptorbitingaroundtheEarthwithoutanyconsequences,scientistsbecameincreasinglycomfortableabandoning（抛弃）thingsthatnolongerservedanyusefulpurposeinspace.

Itisestimated（估计）thattherearenowover500,000piecesofman-madetrashorbitingtheEarthatspeedsofupto17,500milesperhour.Thejunkvariesfromtinypiecesofpaintchippedoffrocketstocameras,hugefueltanks,andevenodditemslikethemillion-dollartoolkitthatastronautHeidemarieStefanyshynPiperlostduringaspacewalk.

Themajorproblemwiththespacetrashisthatitmayhitworkingsatellitesanddamagetravelingspacecraft（飞船）.Moreover,piecesofjunkmaycollide（碰撞）witheachotherandbreakintopieceswhichfallbacktotheEarth.Toavoidthis,scientistshaveinventedseveralwaysforclearingthesky.Groundstationshavebeenbuilttomonitorlargerpiecesofspacetrashtopreventthemfromcrashingintoworkingsatellitesorspaceshuttles.Futureplansincludeacooperativeeffortamongmanynationstostoplitteringinspaceandtocleanupthetrashalreadythere.

46．Whatwasthefirstpieceofman-madespacetrash?

A.Acamera.B.Atoolkit.

C.Afueltank.D.Abrokensatellite.

47．WhywerescientistsNOTconcernedaboutspacetrashinthebeginning?

A.Itnolongerservedanyusefulpurpose.

B.ItwasmillionsofmilesawayfromtheEarth.

C.Itdidnotcauseanyproblems.

D.Itwasregardedassimilartocometsandstars.

48．Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaboutspacejunk?

A.Itishuge,heavymachines.

B.Itneverchangesposition.

C.ItfloatsslowlyaroundtheEarth.

D.Itmaycauseproblemsforspaceshuttles.

49．Whathasbeendoneaboutthespacetrashproblem?

A,Scientistshavecleanedupmostofthetrash.

B.Largepiecesofspacetrasharebeingcloselywatched.

C.Manynationshaveworkedtogethertostoppollutingspace.

D.Groundstationsarebuilttohelpstorethetrashproperlyinspace.

3.（2014届北京市顺义区高三3月统一测试英语试卷）

Afterrecordincreaseinover40countries,UniversalRobots’lightweightroboticarmsarenowmakingtheirUSdebut（首次露面）atthisyear’sInternationalManufacturingTradeShow（IMTS）inChicago.

TheUR5roboticarmmadebyUniversalRobotshasbeenannouncedofficially“Theworld’smostinnovative（创新的）robot”byTheInternationalFederationofRoboticsandIEEE（InstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers）RoboticsandAutomationSociety.TheUSaudiencewillnowseetheaward-winningrobot—alongwithitsbigbrotherUR10—forthefirsttime.

TheUR5andUR10roboticarmsareaimedatsmall-sizedcompaniesthatthoughtrobotsweretooexpensiveandhardtooperateinexistingproduction.Theroboticarmsareeasilymovedaroundtheproductionareaandpresentasimpleuserinterface（界面）whichletsworkersquicklyoperatethem.

EsbenOstergaard,founderandCTO（ChiefTechnicalOfficer）atUniversalRobots,explainshowtherobotsweredesignedtobeasuser⁃friendlyaspossible:

“Wedecidedtomakeprogrammingeasybydevelopingauserinterfaceworkedtogetherwitha“teachingfunction”allowingtheusertosimplytookholdoftherobotarmandshowithowamovementshouldbedone.Therobotcanworkinanyproductionprocessveryquickly.Ourexperienceshowsthisisgenerallydoneinafewhours.”

Therobotsweighaslittleas40pounds,makingitpossibleforthemtobemovedaroundtheproductionareatododifferenttasks.TheUR5canhandlealoadofupto5kilos（11pounds）,theUR10,10kilos（22pounds）.Assoonasaworkertouchestherobotarmandusesaforceofatleast150Newton,therobotarmwillautomaticallystopoperating.

50．Accordingtothetext,theUR5roboticarm_____.

A.wasdesignedbyIEEE

B.isaimedatsmallcompanies

C.haswonanumberofawards

D.madeitsappearancein40countries

51．Theunderlinedword“it”inParagraph4refersto_____.

A.theprogrammeB.theuserinterface

C.therobotarmD.the“teachingfunction”

52．What’sthetextmainlyabout?

A.AnintroductiontoUniversalRobots’newrobots.

B.ThedifferencebetweentheUR5andtheUR10.

C.WhytheUR5andtheUR10wereinvented.

D.HowtooperatetheUR5andtheUR10.

5.（2014届浙江省宁波市十校高三3月联考英语试卷）

Imagineyou’reinadarkroom,runningyourfingersoverasmoothsurfaceinsearchofasingledotthesizeofthisperiod,Howhighdoyouthinkthedotmustbeforyourfingertofeelit?

Scientistshavedeterminedthatthehumanfingerissosensitiveitcandetectasurfacebumpjustonemicron（l0－6m）"high．Thehumaneye,bycontrast,can'ttellanythingmuchsmallerthan100microns．Nowonderwerelyontouchratherthaneyesightwhenfacedwithanewrolloftoiletpaper．

Biologically,touchisthemotherofallsensory（感觉的）systems．Itisanancientsenseinevolution:

eventhesimplestsingle-celledlivingthingscanfeelwhensomethingbrushesupagainstthemandwillrespondbymovingcloserorpullingaway．Itisthefirstsensearousedduringababy’sdevelopmentandthelasttoweakenatlife'speak．Patientsinadeepcoma（昏迷）whoseemotherwiselosttotheworldwillshowskinreactionwhentouchedbyanurse．

“Touch,issocentraltowhatwearethatwealmostcannotimagineourselveswithoutit,”saidChrisDijkerman．“It's'notlikeeyesight,whereyoucloseyoureyesandyoudon'tseeanything．Youcan'tdothatwithtouch．It'salwaysthere．"

Longignoredinfavorofthesensoryheavyweightsofeyesightandhearing,thestudyoftouchlately:

:

hasbeengainingnewconcernamongscientists．They'reexploringtheeffectsofrecentlyreportedfalsetouchimpressions,ofpeoplebeingmadetofeelasthoughtheyhadthreearms,forexample,withthehopeofgainingthetrueunderstandingofhowthemindworks．

Othersareturningtotouchformorepracticalpurposes:

tobuildbettertouchscreeninstrumentsandrobothands,amorewell-roundedvirtuallife．。

“There'safairamountofresearchintonewwaysofoffloadinginformationontooursenseoftouch,"saidLynetteJones．"Tohaveyourcellphonebuzzing（makingalowsound）asopposedtoringingturnedouttohavealotofadvantagesin．somesituations．"

Touchisourmostactivesense,ourmeansofseizingtheworldandexperiencingit'firsthand．Dr．SusanLedermanpointedoutthatwhilewecanbecomeawareofsomethingbyseeingorhear,ing7;-．fromadistanceandwithoutreallytrying,ifwewanttolearnaboutsomethingbymeansoftouch,wemustmakeamove．Wemustrubthecloth,orpetthecat．Touchingisatwo-waystreet,andthat'snottrueforseeingorhearing．Ifyouhaveasoftobjectandyousqueezeit,youchangeitsshape．Thephysicalworldreactsback．"

Ourhandsaresmartandcandomanytasksautomatically-buttonashirt,fitakeyinalock,playthe;pianoforothers．Dr．Ledermanandhercolleagueshaveshownthatblindfoldedsubjectscaneasilyrecognizeawiderangeofcommon-objectsplaced．intheirhands．Butonsomefeelingtasks,touchisallthumb