1、Commuters love them because they are the perfect time-fillersOne “app”, called iShoot, is a game that features tanksAnother one, Tube Exits, tells passengers where to sit on the train to be closest to the exit of their destinationiSteam clouds the iPhone screen when you breathe into the microphoneYo
2、u can then write in the “steam” on your phone screenFor those without an iPhone, another Apple product, the iPod, may be the distraction(消遣)of choiceIts not just teenagers who “plug in” to their musiciPods are a popular way to pass the time for all agesAnd if games, e-books and music arent enough to
3、 keep you occupied, then perhaps you would prefer a film? The development of palm DVD technology means many commuters watch their favorite TV shows or films on the way to workWith all these distractions, its amazing that people still remember to get off the train1Those who want to save time to reach
4、 where they go can download _ to their iPhonesAiShoot BTube Exits CiSteam DiPod2People in London do not make eye contact on the subway because _Athey are going to work and have no time to communicate with each otherBthey love reading books and do not want to be disturbedCthey feel sleepy because of
5、getting up earlyDthey are busy playing games, reading e-books, listening to music or watching films3The underlined word “apps” in the fourth paragraph means _Acomputers Bprograms downloaded for the iPhoneCcomputer companies Dfortune from London commuters4.The main idea of the passage is that _ALondo
6、n commuters are unfriendly to strangersBApple has earned a lot of money from selling 40,000 appsCtechnology is changing how London commuters spend their traveling timeDriding a London subway is a must when visiting London1.B细节理解题。根据Another one, Tube Exits, tells passengers where to sit on the train
7、to be closest to the exit of their destination故选B。2.D细节理解题。根据最后一段可知人们在地铁里没空看别人,是因为大家都忙于玩游戏读电子书听音乐或看电影,故选D。3.B词义猜测题。根据have been designed可知它是电脑里已经设计好的程序,故选B。4.C主旨大意题。整篇短文叙述了伦敦的人们是怎样打发他们在做地铁的时间的,故选C。【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷(三)】CTechnology has been an encouragement of historical change.It acted as such a force
8、in England beginning in the eighteenth century,and across the entire Western World in the nineteenth.Rapid advances were made in the use of scientific findings in the manufacture(制造) of goods,which has changed ideas about work.One of the first changes was that other forms of energy have taken the pl
9、ace of human power.Along with this came the increased use of machines to manufacture products in less time.People also developed machines that could produce the same parts for a product:each nail was exactly like every other nail,meaning that each nail could be changed for every other nail.This mean
10、s that goods could be mass production,although mass production required breaking production down into smaller and smaller tasks.Once this was done,workers no longer started on the product and laboured to complete it.Instead,they might work only one thousandth of it,other workers completing their own
11、 parts in certain order.There is nothing strange about this manufacturing work by todays standards.Highly skilled workers were unable to compare with the new production techniques,as mass production allowed goods of high standard to be produced in greater number than could ever be done by hand.But t
12、he skilled worker wasnt the only loser,the common workers lost too.Similar changes forced farmers away.The increased mechanization(机械化) of agriculture freed masses of workers from ploughing the land and harvesting its crops.They had little choice but to stream toward the rapidly developing industria
13、l centers.Increasingly,standards were set by machines.Workers no longer owned their own tools,their skill was no longer valued,and pride in their work was no longer possible.Workers fed,looked after and repaired the machines that could work faster than humans at greatly reduced cost.36In this passag
14、e,which of the following is NOT considered as a change caused by the use of scientific findings in the production of goods?AOther forms of energy have taken the place of human power.BThe increased exploitation of workers in the 19th century.CThe increased use of machines to make products in less tim
15、e.DThe use of machines producing parts of the same standard.37The underlined word “this” in the first paragraph refers to_.Athe use of scientific findingsBthe practice of producing the same parts for a productCthe human power being replaced by other forms of energyDthe technology becoming the encour
16、agement of historical change38The underlined word “this” in the second paragraph refers to the change that_.Aeach nail could be taken the place of by every other nailBeach nail was exactly like every other nailCproducing tasks became smaller and smallerDgoods could be mass produced39According to the
17、 writer,highly skilled workers_.Acompletely disappeared with the coming of the factory systemBwere dismissed by the bossCwere unable to produce goods of high standardDwere unable to produce fine goods at that same speed as machines40According to the passage,what did the farmers have to do with the c
18、oming of mechanization of agriculture?AMany of them had to leave their farmland for industrial centers.BThey stuck to their farm work.CThey refused to use machines. DThey did their best to learn how to use the machines.36B原文中并未说对工人剥削的增加,故选项B为正确答案。37C倒置的一个主要目的就是使句子间连接紧密,因此单词this指上一句的内容。38D在条件句中,this
19、指上文的内容:货物批量生产。39D可从第二段第四句知道D项为正确答案。40A可根据第二段第六句及第八句判断A项为正确答案。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。【2013界广东省三模】-ADutch treat is a late-nineteenth-century term, and it originally refers to a dinner where everyone is expected to pay for his own share of the food and drink. If people go “Dutch treat”, or
20、simply “go Dutch”, it means that they will share the expenses of a social engagement. There are many other “Dutch” expressions in English, many of which were invented in Britain in the seventeenth century, when the Dutch and the English were commercial and military rivals. The British used “Dutch” t
21、o refer to something bad, cheap and shameful. A “Dutch bargain” at that time was an uneven, one-sided deal; “Dutch reckoning” was an unitemized account; and “Dutch widow” was slang for prostitute. Later centuries brought in “Dutch courage”, for bravery induced by drink; “Dutch concert”, for discorda
22、nt music; “Dutch nightingale”, meaning a frog; and “double Dutch”, for incomprehensible language, or unintelligible talk. Some of the expressions are still in use today, but some are not. In fact, in American English, some “Dutch” expressions have nothing to do with the Dutch, but something with the
23、 German. It was probably because of the similar spelling and pronunciation that people made a mistake in distinguishing between “Dutch” and “Deutsch” (the German word for German), when German immigrants came to America in the 1700s. For instance, “the Pennsylvania Dutch” refers to the German descend
24、ants, instead of the Dutch descendants, living in Pennsylvania. 56. Many of the “Dutch” expressions were invented with derogatory (贬义) sense, because . A. The Dutch were underdeveloped people. B .Britain and Holland were competitors at that time. C. The Dutch had many bad habits. D. The British were
25、 superior to the Dutch. 【答案】B【解析】细节理解题。根据when the Dutch and the English were commercial and military rivals. 英国和荷兰进行商业和军事竞争,故选B。57. With the information you get from Paragraph 2, make a guess at the meaning of the sentence “You are in Dutch”. It probably means .A.You are in Holland. B. You are welco
26、me. C. You are in trouble. D. You are lucky.【答案】C【解析】句意猜测题。根据The British used “Dutch” to refer to something bad and shameful.因为Dutch指的是不好可耻的事情,所以这句应该理解为“你有麻烦了”,故选C。58. According to the passage, some native American “Dutch” expressions were related to the German instead of the Dutch, simply because .
27、A. People hated the German as much as the Dutch. B.People made a mistake at the beginning. C.People made a joke about the German.D.The German immigrants proclaimed that they were Dutch. 根据It was probably because of the similar spelling and pronunciation that people made a mistake in distinguishing b
28、etween “Dutch” and “Deutsch” (the German word for German),是因为人们在开始时出现了错误,故选B。【广东省2012届高三考前冲刺卷(三)】D“If there is one thing Im sure about,it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers.It is not that newspapers are a necessity.Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio.Many buy a paper only on Saturdays or Sunda
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