1、Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%. Garlic(蒜)is good
2、 for you, too。It can kill the type of virus that causes colds. Unfortunately, not all of Moms advice passed the test of medical studies. For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating. But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so. Do s
3、weets cause tooth problems? Well, yes and no. sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars. Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs dont hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives tales, After all, much of
4、 this knowledge has been accumulated (积累) from thousands of our traditional beliefs dont hold water should respect this body of knowledge even as research for clear scientific support to proven it true or false 1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A, Eating garlic is good for our
5、 eyes B, Sticky sweets are damaging to our teeth C, Swimming after a meal is dangerous。D, Carrots prevent people from catching colds 2.The author develops the third paragraph mainly-。A. by cause and effects B. by order in space C. by order in time D. by examples 3.The phrase “hold water” in the last
6、 paragraph most probably means“ ” A. to be believable B. to be valuable C. to be admirable D. to be stable 4 What is the authors attitude toward “old wives tales” in the text?A. So objective B. Objective C. Dissatisfied D. Curious 【参考答案】14、B D A B【2015高考复习】阅读理解One of the founding fathers of the Inte
7、rnet has predicted the end of traditional television.Vint Cerf,who helped to build the Internet while working as a researcher in America,said that the television was approaching its “iPod moment”In the same way that people now download their favorite music onto their iPod,he said that viewers would
8、soon be downloading most favorite programs onto their computers.“85% of all videos we watch are prerecorded,so you can set your system to download them all the time,” said Mr Cerf,who is now the vice president of Google,the worlds largest search engine.“Youre still going to need live television for
9、certain thingslike news,sporting events and emergenciesbut increasingly it is going to be almost like the iPod.”Although television on demand has not yet become a mainstream activity in the UK,the BBC,ITV and Channel 4 have all spent vast sums of money on technology which enables viewers to watch th
10、eir favorite shows on their computers.But some critics (批评人士),including some Internet service providers,have warned that the Internet will collapse with millions of people downloading programs at the same time.Over the next four years,it is thought that the number of videos watched over the Internet
11、 will be four times as big as that.Broadband companies claim that the service will cause “traffic jams”,which will cost millions of pounds to get it to normal.But Mr Cerf dismissed the warnings as “scare thoughts”,saying that critics had predicted 20 years ago that the Net would collapse when people
12、 all around the world started to use it all together.“In the past 30 years its increased a million times.Were far from reaching the capacity,” he said,“Its an understandable worry when they see huge amounts of information being moved around online.”【语篇解读】随着网络技术的发展,传统的电视将有可能退出历史的舞台。1What would happen
13、 to television according to Vint Cerf?ATelevision would come to an end.BTelevision would be replaced by the computer.CViewers would prefer watching TV programs downloaded on their computers.DMost people would prefer the Internet to television.解析细节理解题。根据第二段第一句中的“viewers would soon be downloading most
14、 favorite programs onto their computers.”可知,人们喜欢将最喜欢的节目下载到电脑上进行观看,因此选C。答案C2“iPod moment” refers to the time when_.Apeople can enjoy the live broadcast of televisionBpeople can download content to look at laterCall programs are recorded with careful planDthe computer and television are closely combined解析推理判断题。根据第二段叙述可知,像把音乐下载到iPod一样,人们能将最喜欢的电视节目下载到电脑上,稍后观看,故B项正确。答案B3According to the last paragraph,Mr Cerf held the idea that_.Athe Internet will collapse with many people downloading programs at the same timeBthe Net will collapse when people all around the wor
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