2016湖北孝感市高考英语语法填空和阅读理解暑假练习(7)及答案

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

Without most people realizing it, there has been a revolution in office work over the last ten years. Before that time, large computers were only used by large, rich companies that could afford the investment. With the advancement of technology, small computers have come onto the market, which are capable of doing the work that used to be done by much larger and expensive computers, so now most smaller companies can use them.

The main development in small computers has been in the field of word processors (处理器) ,

or WPS as they are often called. 40% of British offices are now estimated to have a word processor and this percentage is growing fast.

There are many advantages in using a word processor for both secretary and manager. The

secretary is freed from a lot of daily work, such as re-typing letters and storing papers. He or she can use this time to do other more interesting work for the boss. From a manager’s point of view, secretarial time is being made better use of and money can be saved by doing daily jobs automatically outside office hours.

But is it all good? If a lot of daily secretarial work can be done automatically, surely this will

mean that fewer secretaries will be needed. Another worry is the increasing medical problems related to work with visual display units (显示器). The case of a slow loss of sight among people using word processors seems to have risen greatly. It is also feared that if a woman works at a VDU for long hours, the unborn child in her body might be killed. Safety screens to put over a VDU have

been invented but few companies in England bother to buy them.

Whatever the arguments for and against word processor are, they are a key feature (特征) of

this revolution in office practice.

1. Ten years ago, smaller companies did not use large computers because_________.

A. these companies had not enough money to buy such expensive computers

B. these computers could not do the work that small computers can do today C. these computers did not come onto the market

D. these companies did not need to use this new technology

2. According to the writer, the main feature of the revolution in office work over the last ten years is

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__________.

A. the saving of time and money

B. the use of computers in small companies

C. the wide use of word processors D. the decreasing number of secretaries

3. It is implied but not directly stated in the passage that with the use of word processors _________. A. some secretaries will lose their jobs

B. daily jobs can be done automatically outside office hours

C. medical problems related to work with a VDU have increased greatly D. the British companies will make less money 4. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. There are both advantages and disadvantages in using a word processor.

B. The British companies care much for the health of the people using word processors. C. The technology in the field of computers has been greatly advanced over the last ten years. D. Using word processors, secretaries can get more time to do more interesting work for their bosses.

5. It can be concluded from the passage that ________. A. safety screens are of poor quality

B. working at a VDU for a long time is good for one’s health C. more and more British offices will use word processors D. British companies will need fewer and fewer managers 【参考答案】1—5、ACABC

故事记叙型阅读理解 专题导读

故事类阅读理解选材来源于日常生活，给人以似曾相识的感觉。体裁一般是记叙文，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。写作手法多采用时间、空间或逻辑

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线索贯穿文章始终。命题以细节为主，推理为辅。应特别注意对人物的外貌、语言、动作和思想的描写，从而把握人物性格特点和作者的情感态度。若是叙述性的文章，要读懂起因、经过、结果。若是故事性文章应读懂故事的发生、发展、高潮、结局。阅读时应特别注意：(1)一般故事性文章，应读懂故事的发生、发展、高潮和结局；(2) 哲理故事，要理解故事所蕴含的哲理意义；(3)逸闻趣事，应体会对话的风趣性，进而才能感受幽默的精髓。 真题典例

【2011·江西卷】The garden city was largely the invention of Ebenezer Howard (1850－1928)．After immigrating from England to the USA, and an unsuccessful attempt to make a living as a farmer, he moved to Chicago, where he saw the reconstruction of the city after the disastrous fire of 1871.In those days, it was nicknamed “the Garden City，” almost certainly the source of Howard’s name for his later building plan of towns.Returning to London, Howard developed his design in the 1880s and 1890s, drawing_on ideas that were popular at the time, but creating a unique combination of designs.

The nineteenth-century poor city was in many ways a terrible place, dirty and crowded; but it offered economic and social opportunities.At the same time, the British

countryside was in fact equally unattractive：though it promised fresh air and nature, it suffered from agricultural depression (萧条) and it offered neither enough work and wages, nor much social life.Howard’s idea was to combine the best of town and country in a new kind of settlement, the garden city.Howard’s idea was that a group of people should set up a company, borrowing money to establish a garden city in the depressed countryside, far enough from existing cities to make sure that the land was bought at the bottom price.

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Garden cities would provide a central public open space, radial avenues and connecting industries.They would be surrounded by a much larger area of green belt, also owned by the company, containing not merely farms but also some industrial institutions.As more and more people moved in, the garden city would reach its planned limit—Howard suggested 32,000 people; then, another would be started a short distance away.Thus, over time, there would develop a vast planned house collection, extending almost without limit; within it, each garden city would offer a wide range of jobs and services, but each would also be connected to the others by a rapid transportation system, thus giving all the economic and social opportunities of a big city.

( )1.How did Howard get the name for his building plan of garden cities? A．Through his observation of the country life. B．Through the combination of different ideas. C．By taking other people’s advice.

D．By using the nickname of the reconstructed Chicago.

( )2.The underlined phrase “drawing on” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________. A．making use of B．making comments on C．giving an explanation of D．giving a description of

( )3.According to Howard, garden cities should be built ________. A．as far as possible from existing cities B．in the countryside where the land was cheap C．in the countryside where agriculture was developed

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