老高考英语二轮复习40分阅读+七选五限时满分练五.docx

1、老高考英语二轮复习40分阅读+七选五限时满分练五40分阅读+七选五限时满分练（五）I .阅读理解A（2021江西赣州一模）Ultimate Ears HYPERBOOM SpeakerWith its long battery life,and incredible sound quality,this is currently my favorite Bluetoothspeaker.The HYPERBOOM also boasts a 24-hour battery life.I use this speaker in place of a home stereo（立体声音响）for m

2、usic.lt, s loud enough to fill a large room and mobile enough to take from room toroom.The app allows you to switch sources,adjust the volume （音量）,and even power the speaker on or offwithout having to get up!Urbanista Brisbane Wireless SpeakerI love the way this portable Bluetooth speaker looks in o

3、ur kitchen.The sound quality isincredible.One function allows you to pair two Urbanistas in stereo,doubling the volume capability anddelivering a surround sound.Unfortunately,you have to repair the speakers together each time you use themin stereo.This is a smart,stylish Bluetooth speaker that 11 lo

4、ok and sound great on your shelf.Audio Pro Addon CIO SpeakerWith its easy set-up and incredible sound quality,this is one of the best WiFi enabled speakers on themarket.lt has nearly every possible connection port,allowing you to broadcast to other WiFi-enabledspeakers in your house.Naim Mu-so 2 Wir

5、eless SpeakerThis beautiful WiFi-connected sound system is perfect for music.The stylish design will fit neatly inany living room and fill the space with impressively loud sound.One unique feature is that you can set yourfavorite Internet radio station and turn it on with a single button.1.What can

6、we learn about the HYPERBOOM?A.It resists oil and water.B.It can be controlled by an app.C.It needs charging frequently.D.It s not suitable for a large room.2.What is less than satisfactory about Urbanista speakers?A.It s immovable.B.It breaks easily.C.It s not easy to use.D.It s not loud enough.3.W

7、hich is a wise choice if you often listen to Internet radio?A.Ultimate Ears HYPERBOOM Speaker.B .Urbanista Brisbane Wireless Speaker.4mental suffering精神痛苦5the bottom line 底线6none of your business不关你的事写作佳句7If other people s opinions cause you to worry,chances are that you have a tendency to bepleased

8、.如果别人的观点让你担心,你很有可能有一种被取悦的倾向。C.Audio Pro Addon CIO Speaker.D.Naim Mu-so 2 Wireless Speaker.（2021江苏苏州八校三模）Two words can sum up the life of Dr.Catana Starks etermination and achievement.Now the storyof one of her many accomplishments一she, s the first African-American woman in history to coach amale col

9、lege sports teamis a movie!The story is about Starks,who was the golf coach at her alma mater Tennessee State University,atraditionally Black College in Nashville.Starks distinctive coaching style and her achievements in theface of many challenges in her position and in life is what will leave audie

10、nces inspired.She had to drivethe team bus,wash her players golf clothes,and had to constantly find places for her team topractice.Starks credits her strength to one woman in her life一her mother.A native of Mobile,Alabama,Starks was diagnosed with severe asthma（哮口制）.Doctors told her mothershe could

11、never participate in sports/My mother had an almost mystical belief of not being limited bycircumstances,5says Starks/So I grew up with a basketball goal in the backyard. Asthma wasn t theonly challenge;she grew up in the segregated（被隔离的）South of the 1940s.I learned to swim.I had towalk four miles i

12、n Mobile to get to a Black pool.”After getting the men s golf coach job,Starks couldn t find golfers.None of the males on campuswould play.Tnitially that didn t work out because I was female,” said Starks.She had to innovate byrecruiting internationally,via telephone.The calls attracted players from

13、 Sweden to South Africa.Duringnearly twenty years in her charge her former players have distinguished themselves throughout the worldincluding:Sam Puryear,the former Michigan State University golf coach一the first African American in itshistory,and Robert Dinwiddie,an All-American golfer at TSU and a

14、 current member of the European Tourhaving achieved three consecutive Top-10 finishes in South Africa.Starks determination really paid offwhen the T-State Tigers won the National Minority Golf Championship in 2005.And another distinctionfor her career,ninety percent of the players graduated!4.Which

15、of the following is NOT a challenge Starks faced in her career?A.Being the team bus driver.B.Doing the laundry for her players.C.Walking to the Black swimming pool.D.Finding venues for team practice.5.What did Starks learn from her mother?A.An optimistic attitude towards life.B.A strong will to over

16、come tough situations.C.A willingness to push the limits of her body.D.Her distinctive coaching style.6.Starks had a rough start as a golf coach because of .A.racial discriminationB.her genderC.her physical conditionD.her lack of experience7.The achievements of Starks players are mentioned to illust

17、rate .A.like teacher like studentB.education is the key to successC.practice makes perfectD.equality is greater than divisionC（2021辽宁大连一模）Video calls are a common occurrence,but have you imagined being able to touch the person on theother end of the line?Scientists are making this a reality.Research

18、ers at the University of New South Wales,Australia,have invented a soft skin stretch device（SSD）,a haptic（命虫觉的）device that can recreate the sense of touch.Haptic technology can mimic theexperience of touch by stimulating localized areas of the skin in ways that are similar to what is felt in thereal

19、 world,through force,vibration or motion.Vibration is the most common haptic technology today and has been built into many electronicdevices,such as one attached to the back of a trackpad in laptops.However,haptic feedback with vibrationbecomes less sensitive when used continuously.The existing tech

20、nology also has great difficulty recreatingthe sense of touch with objects in virtual environments or located remotely.The new technology overcomes issues with existing haptic devices.The research team introduced anovel method to recreate the sense of touch through soft,artificial “muscles”.It works

21、 like this:imagine you call a friend in Australia.You wear a haptic glove with the SSDs andyour friend also wears a glove with 3D force sensors.If your friend picks up an object,it will physicallypress against your friend s fingers.And the glove with 3D force sensors will measure theseinteractions.T

22、he force signals can be sent to your glove so your device will generate the same 3Dforces,making you experience the same sense of touch as your friend.The haptic devices could be used in various fields,allowing users to feel objects inside a virtual worldor at a distance.This could be used in medica

23、l practices.Doctors can feel a patient s organ tissues withouttouching them.8.What does the underlined word mimic” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A.RecalL B.Strengthen.C.Copy. D.Repeat.9.What does the author focus on in the third paragraph?A.Limitations of the haptic technology.B.Application of haptic

24、 devices.C.Common use of continuous vibration.D.Haptic feedback with vibration.10.In which of the following situations can SSD be used according to the author?A.Tasting a dish on the video.B.Feeling a dress being sold online.C.Giving a telephone interview.D.Receiving on-site medical treatment.11.Whi

25、ch word can best describe SSD according to the text?A.Unrealistic. B.Conventional.C.Innovative. D.Adjustable.D（2021山东泰安二模）The future of space exploration may depend on an art form from the past:origami （折纸艺术）,theancient art of paper folding.Researchers from Washington State University （WSU）,US,have

26、used origami to possibly solve theproblem of storing and moving fuel to rocket engines,a key challenge in space travel,according toNewswise.They9 ve developed a foldable plastic fuel bladder （囊状物 y resistant to sup er coldtemperatures,which could be used to store and pump fuel in spacecrafts of the

27、future.Their findings haverecently been published in the journal Cryogenics.Folks have been trying to make bags for rocket fuel for a long time,” said Jake Leachman,one of thelead researchers.We currently don t do large,long-duration trips because we can t store fuel longenough in space.”Meanwhile,N

28、ASA is also looking to paper folding to help observe distant planets.The agency iscurrently developing Starshade,a foldable,sunflower-shaped piece of hardware that would help blockstarlight and enable telescopes to view distant objects more clearly in space.A huge part of my job is looking at someth

29、ing on paper and asking, Can we fly this? MananArya,a technologist in California,said/Once I realized this is how you fold spacecraft structures,! becameinterested in origami.I realized I was good at it and enjoyed it.NowJ fold constantly.”Using origami for space purposes isn t new,however.Solar arr

30、ays （太阳能阵歹0）,experimental wingsfor space shuttle programs and an inflatable （可充气的）satellite were also inspired by origami in both pastand present space projects.“With most origami,the magic comes from the folding, Robert Salazar,who helped design theStarshade and now works on the Transformers projec

31、t,said in a statement.There are so many patterns tostill be explored.12.Which can be the suitable title for the text?A.Folding into SpaceB.The Art of Paper FoldingC.Space ExplorationD.The Origami-inspired Projects13.How could the “bladder” help in future missions?A.To protect spacecrafts from extrem

32、e weather.B.To be used to store and supply fuel in spacecrafts.C.To help rocket engines cut energy consumption.D.To be used to improve energy efficiency.14.What can we know about NASA s Starshade?A.It can be used to get telescopes closer to stars.B.It can enlarge the view of telescopes in space.C.It can absorb a star s light befo