1、【篇章导读】本文是说明文。文章介绍了谷歌地图新发明的地图功能,该功能可为残障人士提供导航服务。1.Whats Google Maps new invention?A.New means of transport.B.Street View cameras.C.A new map function.D.A new photos app.答案C解析细节理解题。根据第一段中的“It announced that its public transportation navigation option.for users in wheelchairs and with other physical di
2、sabilities”可知,谷歌地图发明了新的功能,该功能可为残障人士提供导航服务。2.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?A.How to access the new option.B.The features of Google Maps.C.What wheelchair users should know.D.The details of options in Google Maps.答案A解析段落大意题。根据第二段中的“its very easy to program Google Maps to show you accessible routes”
3、和click可知,该段介绍了如何使用这项新功能。3.What does Transport for All think of the invention?A.It should be tested before coming into service.B.It fails to guide disabled people.C.It needs improvement.D.It is a success.解析推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“This is a big step forward.But the success of this new option will depend on acc
4、urate information to prevent disabled people from coming across broken lifts or inaccessible routes”可知,该机构认为该项发明有待提高。4.How might Zach Anner feel about routes planned by Google Maps?A.Time-saving. B.Blocked.C.Clear. D.Busy.答案B根据末段中的“he often couldnt navigate his wheelchair around subway stations that
5、 were said to be accessible”可知,Zach Anner认为谷歌建议的路线并不通畅。BIf you could design your own school and study whatever you wanted,what would you choose to learn?This isnt an unlikely question for students at Monument Mountain Regional High School,who are taking part in an activity called the Independent Pro
6、ject.The program is a special school within the Massachusetts public high school thats completely run by studentsno teachers,parents,or adults are allowedand theyre in charge of deciding their whole curriculum.These teens homework and what they study in the classroom are all totally up to them.Charl
7、es Tsai,a journalist,made a 15-minute film about the project that shows the wide variety of activities different students join.Students arent taking this lightly instead of reacting irresponsibly to the freedom to design their own studies,theyre dealing with their own interests by writing poetry col
8、lections,learning instruments and taking flight lessons.The program is this:On Mondays students come up with questions in relation to one of their school subjects,and then they spend the rest of the week researching and coming up with possible conclusions to these questions.On Fridays,they present t
9、his information to their classmates.“I think the more choices we have in our school,the more students we will help develop into the kind of citizens that we need,” Principal (校长) Marianne Young explains in the film.In the video,teens express their satisfaction with the program because it holds diffe
10、rent kinds of learners,even those who dont always succeed in a traditional study situation.“I have difficulty in reading and writing.School has always been a big problem for me,” one student named Sergio explains in the video.“If it were not for this program,I dont know if Id be graduating I dont kn
11、ow where Id be right now.I think this has really been my savior (救星) and got me through the last two years of high school.”文章介绍了一所高中的独立项目,该项目完全由学生负责,他们可以根据自己的兴趣、爱好和特长制定自己的学习内容。5.What is the Independent Project about?A.Various activities for students.B.Student-centered curricula.C.A self-designed sch
12、ool.D.Teacher-free classes.根据第一段中的“If you could design your own school”和第二段中的“The program is a special pletely run by students”可知,该项目是关于一个由学生自己设计的学校。6.How does the program work?A.Teachers work out a curriculum for students.B.Students research topics they put forward.C.Teachers work together with stu
13、dents.D.Students serve as teachers in turn.根据第五段中的“On Mondays students come up with questions.researching and coming up with possible conclusions to these questions”可知,学生们提出问题并对其进行研究。7.Whats Marianne Youngs attitude towards the project?A.Curious. B.Doubtful.C.Uncertain. D.Optimistic.答案D根据倒数第三段中的“I t
14、hink the more choices we have in our school,the more students we will help develop into the kind of citizens that we need”可知,校长赞成这个项目,对其持乐观的态度。8.What do we know about Sergio?A.He finds it hard to graduate.B.He has bitter memories of high school.C.He feels grateful to the Independent Project.D.He per
15、forms badly in the Independent Project.根据末段中的“I think this has really been my savior”可知,Sergio认为该项目是他的救星,由此可推断,他很感激这个项目。二、完形填空Chess is called the game of kings.It has been 1for a long time.People have been playing it for over 500 years.The chess we play today is from Europe.Chess is a two-player gam
16、e.One 2uses the white pieces.The other uses the black pieces.Each piece 3in a special way.One piece is called the king.Each player has one.The players take turns moving their 4.If a player lands on a piece,he or she takes it.A player 5when his or her king cannot move without being taken.There are a
17、few more rules,6those are the basics.Some people think that chess is more than a7.They think that it makes the mind stronger.Good chess players use their 8.They take their time.They think about what will 9next.These skills are 10in life and in chess.Chess is kind of like a(n) 11for the mind.You dont
18、 always have lots of12to think when playing chess.There is a type of chess with short time limits.Its called speed chess.Each player gets ten minutes to 13for the whole game.Your clock runs during your 14.You hit the time clock after your move.This stops your clock.It also 15the other players clock.
19、16you run out of time,you lose.Chess is not just for17.Computers have been playing chess since the 1970s.At first they did not play 18.They made mistakes.As time went on they grew 19.In 1997,a computer beat the best player in the world for the first time.It was a computer called Deep Blue.Deep Blue
20、was 20.It took up a whole room.文章介绍了国际象棋的规则、类型及发展。1.A.around B.awayC.back D.here解析根据下文中的“People have been playing it for over 500 years.”可知,国际象棋的存在已经有很长一段时间了。故填around,be around意为“在某一领域或行业中活跃而突出”。2.A.student B.playerC.winner D.trainer解析根据文中的“Chess is a two-player game.The other uses the black pieces.
21、”可知,国际象棋是两人对局的,一名“玩家(player)”使用白棋,另一名玩家使用黑棋。3.A.changes B.dropsC.breaks D.moves解析下文中的“The players take turns moving”是提示,每个棋子都有特别的“移动(moves)”方式。4.A.balls B.pieces C.kings D.seats解析根据语境及上文中的“One.The other uses the black pieces”可知,玩家们轮流移动他们的“棋子(pieces)”。5.A.loses B.findsC.chooses D.passes解析根据下文中的“canno
22、t move without being taken”可知,当一名玩家的王被对方将死,则判定这名玩家“输掉(loses)”了比赛。6.A.or B.becauseC.but D.so解析上文中的“There are a few more rules”与下文中的“those are the basics”形成转折关系,故用but。7.A.game B.competition C.test D.skill解析根据语境及下文中的“They think that it makes the mind stronger.”可知,有些人认为国际象棋不只是一个“游戏(game)”,它还可以让你的大脑变得更强大
23、。8.A.brains B.advantages C.power D.belief解析根据语境及文中的“They take their time.They think about what will.next.”可知,优秀的国际象棋选手会动“脑(brains)”。9.A.offer B.comeC.appear D.happen解析他们从容不迫并会考虑好接下来会“发生(happen)”的事。10.A.new B.unusualC.helpful D.interesting解析这些技巧在生活中和国际象棋中都很“有用(helpful)”。11.A.adventure B.exerciseC.tas
24、k D.trouble解析根据上文中的“They think that it makes the mind stronger.”可知,国际象棋是一种“锻炼(exercise)”思维的活动。12.A.things B.waysC.time D.courage解析根据下文中的“There is a type of chess with short time limits.”可知,有一种国际象棋让你在玩的时候没有太多的“时间(time)”思考。13.A.use B.waitC.discuss D.rest解析根据文中的“Its called speed chess.for the whole game”可知,国际象棋中有一种叫“快棋”,在每一场比赛中每一方只能“消耗(use)”十分钟的时间。14.A.search B.turnC.stay D.visit解析根据文中的“Your clock runs during your.the other players clock”可知,“轮到(t
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