高考英语 阅读理解基础练习精品题(8)

68. Judging from the context, the underlined word “row” in the third paragraph most probably means______. A. a noisy quarrel

B. a very loud noise

D. a journey in a boat

C. a neat line of things side by side

69. Which of the following is not mentioned as a way to reduce our stress? A. Changing our jobs.

B. Changing our attitude about little things that make us unhappy. C. Speaking out about our frustrations. D. Reading the Bible.

70. “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath” probably means “______”. A. Don’t let your anger last long.

B. Don’t get angry while the sun is going down. C. Don’t get angry easily about little things. D. Don’t watch the sun set while you are angry.

C3 [2013·四川卷] C

LONDON—A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake(假冒的) bomb detectors (探测器) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadn't cared about potentially deadly consequences.

It is believed that James McCormick got about $77. 8 million from the sales of his detectors—which were based on a kind of golf ball finder—to countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.

McCormick, 57, was convicted(判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.

“Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially

contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people，” Judge Richard Hone told McCormick.“You have neither regret，nor shame，nor any sense of guilt.”

The detectors，sold for up to $42，000 each，were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. But in fact they “lacked any grounding in science” and were of no use.

McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong，the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.

“I never had any bad results from customers，”he said. 39．Why was McCormick sentenced to prison? A. He sold bombs.

B. He caused death of people. C. He made detectors. D．He cheated in business.

40．According to the judge, what McCormick had done ________. A. increased the cost of safeguarding B. lowered people's guard against danger C. changed people's idea of social security D. caused innocent people to commit crimes

41．Which of the following is true of the detectors? A. They have not been sold to Africa. B. They have caused many serious problems. C. They can find dangerous objects in water. D. They don't function on the basis of science.

42．It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick ________． A. sold the equipment at a low price B. was well－known in most countries C. did not think he had committed the crime

D. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text

【要点综述】 这是一篇新闻报道。文章叙述了英国法官审判了一位商人，他有出售假冒炸弹探测器的犯罪行为。但这名犯罪嫌疑人根本没意识到他的行为给社会带来的危害。

39．D 细节理解题。根据第一段“A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake bomb detectors to 10 years in prison…”以及“McCormick, 57, was convicted of cheats last month…”可知，McCormick被判处欺诈罪。故可以判断选D。

40．B 推理判断题。根据第四段“Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people”可知选B。

41．D 细节理解题。根据倒数第三段“But in fact they ‘lacked any grounding in science’ and were of no use.”可知，事实上它们“在科学上没有任何根据”，是没有用的。可以判断选D。

42．C 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段“McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya, the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.”及最后一段可知，麦考密克曾在法庭上说，他出售自己的探测器给肯尼亚警察、香港监狱、埃及的军队和泰国的边境管制处， 而且他从来没有从客户那里听到任何不好的结果。故可以推断出他根本没认识到他的罪行。故选C。

If English means endless new words，difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?

According to a new study by a British university，learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.

The study also found the effect is greater when the younger people learn a second language.

A team led by Dr.Andrea Mechelli，from University College London，took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five，as well as a number of later learners.

Scans showed that grey matter density (密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals

than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language，the smaller the difference is.

“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language，” said the scientists.

It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.

Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales，has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows in the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的)，” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”

The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of 2 and 34.Reading，writing，and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn，the better they will do it. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world，”explained the scientists.

65．The main subject talked about in this passage is________. A．science on learning a second language B．man’s ability of learning a second language C．language can help brain power D．language learning and maths study

66．We may know from the scientific findings that________.

A. the earlier you start to learn a second language, the greater the grey matter

density is

B．there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who

doesn’t know a second language

C．the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people’s brain D．the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time 67．In the last two paragraphs，the author wants to tell us that________. A．learning a second language is the same as studying maths

B. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in studying other subjects

C．Italian is the best choice for you as a second language

D．you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language

参考答案---------65—67 CAB