精品高考英语二轮题海特训营10阅读理解词义猜测二.docx

1、精品高考英语二轮题海特训营10阅读理解词义猜测二阅读理解-词义猜测二1、 Supportive text messages can double the chance of someone successfully quitting smoking, according to UK researchers. The study, published in The Lancet, called for texts to be included in services to help people kick the habit. Other scientists said a text servi

2、ce could be offered globally. According to government statistics two-thirds of UK smokers say they want to stop. This study looked at 5,800 of them. Supportive texts were sent to 2,915 of the smokers for six months. The rest received only messages thanking them for taking part. They were sent five t

3、exts a day for the first five weeks and then three a week for the next 26 weeks. Participants could also text back for specific advice when they had strong desire or had begun to smoke again. Saliva tests for cotinine,which is made when nicotine is broken down by the body,were taken to determine if

4、people had really given up. After six months,10.7% of those receiving texts had quitdouble the proportion among those doing it on their own. Dr Caroline Free, who led the txt2stop trial at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,said: Text messages are a very convenient way for smokers to

5、 receive support to quit. People described txt2stop as being like having a friend encouraging them or an angel on their shoulder.” It helped people resist the temptation to smoke. The World Health Organization says nearly sixmillion die each year because of smoking, mostly in low-and middle-income c

6、ountries. “The lessons learned from the txt2stop trial could not only provide a new approach to stop in high-income and middle-income countries, but could also provide a useful starting point for implementing behavioural change in resource-poor settings. It has also been suggested similar text messa

7、ges could be used to help people modify other behaviour.1.What can be the best title of the passage?A.Text Messages Help Smokers QuitB.How to Quit Smoking EffectivelyC.Smoking Is Very Harmful to HealthD.The Function of Text Messages2.How did the researchers judge if a participant had really given up

8、?A.By sending text messages to the participant.B.By making saliva tests for cotinine.C.By observing the participant for five weeks.D.By making a questionnaire.3.The underlined “It” in the passage refers to _.A.a friendB.txt2stopC.an angelD.quitting smoking4.In which part of a website may the passage

9、 appear?A.Entertainment.B.Advertisement.C.Education.D.Health.2、 The Internet has led to a huge increase in credit card(信用卡) fraud. Your card information could even be for sale in an illegal website(非法网站). Websites offering cheap goods and services should be regarded with care. On-line shoppers who e

10、nter their credit card information may never receive the goods they thought they bought. The thieves then go shopping with your card numberor sell the information over the Internet. Computer hackers(黑客) have broken down security (安全)systems,raising questions about the safety of cardholder informatio

11、n. Several months ago,25, 000 customers of CD Universe, an on-line music retailer(零售商), were not lucky. Their names,addresses and credit card numbers were posted on a website after the retailer refused to pay US $157, 828 to get back the information. Credit card firms are now fighting against on-lin

12、e fraud. Mastercard is working on plans for Web-only credit card, with a lower credit limit. The card could be used only for shopping on-line. However, there are a few simple steps you can take to keep from being cheated (欺骗). Ask about your credit card firms on-line rules: Under British lawt cardho

13、lders have to pay the first US $ 78 of any fraudulent(欺骗性的) spending. And shop only at secure sites; send your credit card information only if the website offers advanced secure system. If the security is in place, a letter will appear in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. The website addr

14、ess may also start https: /the extra “s” stands for secure. If in doubt, give your credit card information over the telephone. Keep your password(密码) safe: Most on-line sites require a user name and password before placing an order. Treat your password with care.1.What do most people worry about the

15、 Internet according to this passage?A.A lot of stolen credit cards were sold on the Internet.B.Fraud on the Internet.C.Many websites are destroyed.D.Many illegal websites are on the Internet.2.What is the meaning of “fraud”?A.Cheating.B.Sale.C.Payment.D.Safety.3.How many pieces of advice does the pa

16、ssage give to you?A.Four.B.Three.C.Five.D.Six.4.You are shopping on the site: http: / www. Shopping, com, and you want to buy a TV set, what does this article suggest to do?A.Order the TV set at once.B.Do not buy the TV set on this site.C.E-mail the site your credit card information.D.Tell the site

17、your password and buy the TV set for you.3、 At school, I was in the top set for maths. My teachers recommended that I study economics and statistics as my A-level subjects, but I had my mind set on a life fulfilled by the arts. In fact, I was a victim of a gender stereotype made stronger since birth

18、, that men do science and maths and women do arts or languages. Computer science, technology and physics just did not figure in my teenage world view. Nobody popular in my school chose to study those subjects. Reality struck hard when I began attending job interviews and interviewers would say: “Its

19、 great that you speak foreign languages, but what else do you do?” Nobody asked my friends who had studied science or technology those questions. A survey recently showed that three of the best-paid jobs for women arc in the technology sector. Its a sector that really can change the world. We must s

20、how girls that technology has an effect on every industry out there, from fashion to architecture to journalism. Anybody can learn to code and these days its as important as reading and writing. Ive realized that at university Id achieved the wrong kind of literacy. Not being able to code limit your

21、 impact on the world far more than an ignorance of great literature. Now I have a five-year-old daughter. I dont want her to blindly follow gender roles the way I did. I want her to know the fact that a science or technical degree will not limit her creativity but expand it and broaden her horizons

22、far more than my arts background could. Im exposing her to Minecraft and apps, which help improve analytical thinking and problem solving skills. Im hoping that my daughter will discover and accept her potentials in science and want to change the world.1.What does the underlined phrase “gender stere

23、otype” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A.Personal learning style.B.Sex characteristic.C.Conventional sex concept.D.Profession difference.2.According to the author, which may be the benefit of learning science?A.Increasing job possibility.B.Winning popularity.C.Improving language competence.D.Enriching imagi

24、nation.3.How did the author feel for her major choice?A.Satisfied.B.Active.C.Discouraged.D.Regretful.4.What may be the best title for the text?A.Art or Science, Either is OKB.Good Subjects, Good FutureC.Girls, Choose More WiselyD.Catch Chances, Change the World4、 Languages have been coming and going

25、 for thousands of years, but in recent times therehas been less coming and a lot more going. When the world was still populated byhunter-gatherers,small, tightly knit (联系)groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other.Some language experts believe that 10,000 years ago, when

26、 theworld had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them. Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, andtheir languages too became more settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialisation, the developme

27、nt of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsoryeducation,especially globalisation and better communications in the past few decades, allhave caused many languages todisappear, and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over. At present, the worl

28、d has about 6,800 languages. The distribution of these languages ishugely uneven. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages, oftenspoken by many people, while hot, wet zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers. Europehas only around 200 languages; the Americas about1,000

29、; Africa 2 400; and Asia andthe Pacific perhaps 3,200, of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800. Themedian number (中位数)of speakers is a mere 6,000, which means that half the worldslanguages are spoken by fewer people than that. Already well over 400 of the total of, 6,800 languages

30、 are close to extinction(消亡), with only a few elderly speakers left. Pick, at random, Busuu in Cameroon (eight remaining speakers),Chiapaneco in Mexico(150), Lipan Apache in the United States(two or three)or Wadjigu in Australia (one, with a question-mark): none of these seems to have much chance of

31、 survival.1.What can we infer about languages in hunter-gatherer times?A.They developed very fast.B.They were large in number.C.They had similar patterns.D.They were closely connected.2.Which of the following best explains “dominant” underlined in paragraph 2?A.Complex.B.Advanced.C.Powerful.D.Modern

32、.3.How many languages are spoken by less than 6,000 people at present?A.About 6,800B.About 3,400C.About 2,400D.About 1,2004.What is the main idea of the text?A.New languages will be created.B.Peoples lifestyles are reflected in languages.C.Human development results in fewer languages.D.Geography determines language evolution.5、With around 100 stud