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3、rther information,click here.【语篇解读】本文是介绍了两则广告的具体信息。1With help from a Mr.H,you can .Astop using batteriesBget your room tidied on your way homeCremember your teachers instructionsDfinish your homework on time【解析】细节理解题。根据第一则广告第二段Mr.H can be programmed to organize your homework.可知机器人可以帮助我们管理我们的家庭作业。也就是
4、说可以帮助我们准时完成作业。故D正确。【答案】D2If you buy a PENGO WATCH CONTROL now,you can save .A$99 B$100C$200 D$199根据第二则广告中Originally sold for $199 Now only $99可知可节省$199$99100$,故B正确。【答案】B3Where would you be most likely to find the two texts?AOn a notice boardBIn a company brochure.COn a teenage websiteDIn a college n
5、ewspaper.【解析】推理判断题。根据文章最后一句For further information,click here.“想知道更多信息,请点击这里”。根据click可知本文是网页。故C正确。【答案】CBThe contention that the spirit of adventure no longer has any scope for its enterprises seems,at first glance,depressingly true.The highest mountains have been scaled;the deepest seas plumbed.Maps
6、 today no longer contain huge blanks marked“Unknown Territory”,more do they make random guesses at the shapes of distant landmasses.All major journeys of exploration to determine the true shape and nature of the globe have been made in the past.It was left to us to fill in the details with expeditio
7、ns which once would have been considered impossible.The gaps have been filled.What next?The obvious answer,of course,is that now looking upwards into space.Discoveries are being made at such a tremendous rate that even authors of sciencefiction are finding it difficult to keep up with them and have
8、to tax their imagination to invent bigger and better spacecraft.Satellites sending signals as they swing round our globe have become commonplace.Astronauts have successfully landed on the moon and its entire surface has been photographed.The information that satellites may provide fueling stations f
9、or manned rockets into outer space in the hope of receiving an answer,or that radiotelescopes should “listen into” the skies for possible signals from other worlds,he would have been regarded as either irresponsible or mad.Now,anything seems feasible.From dream like these,we return to earth with a b
10、ump.Trips into space are all very well,but they are not for us:we must be content with our own,muchtraveled world.The earth itself is the trainingground for adventurous spirits.For “adventure”need not mean the seeking out of something new.A person can be called adventurous when he finds out somethin
11、g for himself;and it does not matter how many times the discovery has been made before.No one would say that men who set out now to cross the forbidding Antarctic are less enterprising than their predecessors who tried to do the same thing.The little boy who climbs the small hill that overlooks his
12、own,or even he who tries to climb and fails,has precisely the same spirit that led Hillary to climb Everest.For the bold spirit and inquiring mind,there are inexhaustible possibilities.So long as there are people willing to rediscover places that are wellknown,there will be those who will,one day,se
13、t foot on remote and trackless shores.【语篇解读】本篇文章主题是“冒险精神”,虽然在目前发达科技的帮助下,人们的探险已经走出地球走向太空,但是真正的冒险精神指的不仅仅是探索未知领域,更是某人自己通过努力达到了以前从未达到的高度。4What does the underlined word “they” in the first paragraph refer to?AThe highest mountains.BThe deepest seas.CMaps.DLandmasses.【解析】代词指代题。首先定位they所在的句子是首段的Maps today
14、no longer contain huge blanks marked“Unknown Territory”,more do they make random guesses at the shapes of distant landmasses.很容易看出前半句主语是maps,后半句用they指代前面已经出现过的主语,所以答案是C。5What can man do now since there was no“Unknown Territory” on earth.AFill the gaps in the details with expeditions.BExplore space.C
15、Look upwards into space.DDetermine the true shape of the globe.关键词是Unknown Territory,定位在第一段第三句Maps today no longer contain huge blanks marked “Unknown Territory”紧接着就是对我们接下来该做些什么的阐述。学生们容易误选A,因为原文说It was left to us to fill in the details with expeditions,但需注意的是后面一句The gaps have been filled.What next?既
16、然前面所提的fill in the details已做完,接下来应该做什么呢?直接过渡至第二段所提的looking upwards into space,但这只是比喻的用法,第二段整段都在讲人们是如何探索太空的,所以最佳选择是B。6Which of the following statement is TRUE?AThe spacecrafts that the writers of science fiction have invented are exactly the same size as our modern ones.BYears ago,a scientist who had
17、expected to receive an answer from the satellites we sent into outer space would be regarded as a mad person.CMen who set out now to cross the forbidding Antarctic are less enterprising than their predecessors who did the same thing.DIts quite common to find satellites sending signals to the earth a
18、s they swing around.D对应的是原文第二段Satellites sending signals as they swing round our globe have become commonplace,选项D用it is common代替了原文的commonplace,同义替换,所以答案选D。7According to the writer,how can man cultivate“adventurous spirits”?ABy making trips to outer space.BBy inventing bigger and better spacecraft.
19、CBy seeking out something new.DBy finding something out for himself.关键词是adventurous spirits,定位在尾段第三句。答案可在尾段第四行找到,原文是A person can be called adventurous when he finds out something for himself;and it does not matter how many times the discovery has been made before.这与原文的主题也是一致的,冒险并不只是指探索全人类都未知的领域,而是通过
20、个人之力发现一些自己不知道的领域,不管这个领域是否已被前人多次发掘过。所以答案是D。C北京高考)Surviving Hurricane Sandy (飓风桑迪)Natalie Doan, 14 ,has always felt lucky to live in Rockaway,New York.Living just a few blocks from the beach, Natalie can see the ocean and hear the waves from her house.“Its the ocean that makes Rockaway so special,” sh
21、e says.On October 29, 2012, that ocean turned fierce.That night, Hurricane Sandy attacked the East Coast, and Rockaway was hit especially hard.Fortunately, Natalies family escaped to Brooklyn shortly before the citys bridges closed.When they returned to Rockaway the next day, they found their neighb
22、orhood in ruins.Many of Natalies friends had lost their homes and were living far away.All around her, people were suffering, especially the elderly.Natalies school was so damaged that she had to temporarily attend a school in Brooklyn.In the following few days, the men and women helping Rockaway re
23、cover inspired Natalie.Volunteers came with carloads of donated clothing and toys.Neighbors devoted their spare time to helping others rebuild.Teenagers climbed dozens of flights of stairs to deliver water and food to elderly people trapped in powerless highrise buildings.“My mom tells me that I can
24、t control what happens to me,” Natalie says,“but I can always choose how I deal with it.”Natalies choice was to help.She created a website page, matching survivors in need with donors who wanted to help.Natalie posted information about a boy named Patrick, who lost his baseball card collection when
25、his house burned down.Within days,Patricks collection was replaced.In the coming months, her website page helped lots of kids:Christopher, who received a new basketball; Charlie,who got a new keyboard.Natalie also worked with other organizations to bring muchneeded supplies to Rockaway.Her efforts m
26、ade her a famous person.Last April, she was invited to the White House and honored as a Hurricane Sandy Champion of Change.Today, the scars(创痕) of destruction are still seen in Rockaway,but hope is in the air.The streets are clear,and many homes have been rebuilt.“I cant imagine living anywhere but
27、Rockaway,” Natalie declares.“My neighborhood will be back,even stronger than before.”【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。2012年10月29日,飓风桑迪袭击了美国东海岸。14岁的娜塔莉主动参与到家乡的重建工作中去,她创建了信息分享平台,帮助了那些需要帮助的幸存者。由此可见,小人物也可以发挥大作用,这充分说明了只要人人都献出一点儿爱,世界将变成美好的人间。8When Natalie returned to Rockaway after the hurricane, she found .Asome friends h
28、ad lost their livesBher neighborhood was destroyedCher school had moved to BrooklynDthe elderly were free from suffering根据第三段可知,飓风过后,娜塔莉发现她所在的街区成为废墟(found their neighborhood in ruins),她的很多朋友失去家园(had lost their homes),周围的人,尤其是老年人生活艰难,并且她的学校受损严重,所以,她只好暂时去Brooklyn的一所学校就读,通过这些信息可以排除A、C、D三项,故选B项。9Accordi
29、ng to Paragraph 4 ,who inspired Natalie most?AThe people helping Rockaway rebuild.BThe people trapped in highrise buildings.CThe volunteers donating money to survivors.DLocal teenagers bringing clothing to elderly people.根据第四段第一句中的the men and women helping Rockaway recover inspired Natalie可知,是帮助Rock
30、away恢复重建的那些人激励了娜塔莉,故选A项。【答案】A10How did Natalie help the survivors?AShe gave her toys to other kids.BShe took care of younger children.CShe called on the White House to help.DShe built an information sharing platform.根据第七段内容可知,娜塔莉创建了一个网页,让捐助者与处于困境中的幸存者通过这个网页建立联系,以此帮助了那些幸存者,故选D项。11What does the story
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