2024四川青神縣高考英語閱讀理解二輪選練（4）

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　　You can't always predict a heavy rain or remember your umbrella. But designer Mikhail Belyaev doesn't think that forgetting to check the weather forecast before heading out should result in you getting wet. That's why he created Lampbrella, a lamp post with its own rain－sensing umbrella.

　　The designer says he came up with the idea after watching people get wet on streets in Russia. “Once, I was driving on a central Saint Petersburg street and saw the street lamps lighting up people trying to hide from the rain. I thought it would be appropriate to have a canopy(傘篷)built into a street lamp，” he said.

　　The Lampbrella is a standard－looking street lamp fitted with an umbrella canopy. It has a built－in electric motor which can open or close the umbrella on demand. Sensors(傳感器)then ensure that the umbrella offers pedestrians shelter whenever it starts raining.

　　In addition to the rain sensor, there's also a 360° motion sensor on the fiberglass street lamp which detects whether anyone is using the Lampbrella.After three minutes of not being used the canopy is closed.

　　According to the designer, the Lampbrella would move at a relatively low speed, so as not to cause harm to the pedestrians. Besides, it would be grounded to protect from possible lightning strike. Each Lampbrella would offer enough shelter for several people. Being installed(安裝) at 2 meters off the ground, it would only be a danger for the tallest of pedestrians.

　　While there are no plans to take the Lampbrella into production, Belyaev says he recently introduced his creation to one Moscow Department, and insists his creation could be installed on any street where a lot of people walk but there are no canopies to provide shelter.

　　66. For what purpose did Belyaev create the Lampbrella?

　　A. To predict a heavy rain.

　　B. To check the weather forecast.

　　C. To protect people from the rain.

　　D. To remind people to take an umbrella.

　　67．What do we know from Belyaev's words in Paragraph 2?

　　A. His creation was inspired by an experience.

　　B. It rains a lot in the city of Saint Petersburg.

　　C. Street lamps are protected by canopies.

　　D. He enjoyed taking walks in the rain.

　　68．Which of the following shows how the Lampbrella works?

　　A. motor→canopy→sensors

　　B. sensors→motor→canopy

　　C. motor→sensors→canopy

　　D. canopy→motor→sensors

　　69．What does Paragraph 5 mainly tell us about the Lampbrella?

　　A. Its moving speed.

　　B. Its appearance.

　　C. Its installation.

　　D. Its safety.

　　70．What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

　　A. The designer will open a company to promote his product.

　　B. The Lampbrella could be put into immediate production.

　　C. The designer is confident that his creation is practical.

　　D. The Lampbrella would be put on show in Moscow.

　　【要點綜述】 這是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹設計師Mikhail Belyaev設計的Lampbrella，它能給街道上的人們遮雨。雖然這一設計還沒有實施，但是Mikhail Belyaev卻對自己的設計很自信。

　　66．C　考查細節理解。從第一段的“But designer Mikhail Belyaev doesn't think that forgetting to check the weather forecast before heading out should result in you getting wet. That's why he created Lampbrella…”可知Mikhail Belyaev設計Lampbrella是為了給街道上的人們遮雨的。

　　67．A　考查推理判斷。從Mikhail Belyaev 說的話“I was driving…and saw the street lamps lighting up people trying to hide from the rain. I thought it would be appropriate to have a canopy built into a street lamp.”可知，他的創意靈感來自他的一次生活體驗。故選A。

　　68．B　考查細節理解。從第三段的內容可找到答案，Lampbrella工作的過程是先通過傳感器(sensors)，傳到發動機(motor)，再到傘篷(canopy)打開。故選B。

　　69．D　考查主旨大意。從本段的“so as not to cause harm to the pedestrians”和“Being installed at 2 meters off the ground, it would only be a danger for the tallest of pedestrians”可知該段是講Lampbrella的安全性。

　　70．C　考查推理判斷。從本段Mikhail Belyaev說的話看出他對自己的設計很自信。故選C。

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　　[2024·模擬題]

　　Fear may be felt in the heart as well as in the head，according to a study that has found a link between the cycles of a beating heart and the chance of someone feeling fear.

　　Tests on healthy volunteers found that they were more likely to feel a sense of fear at the moment when their hearts are contracting(收縮)and pumping blood around their bodies，compared with the point when the heartbeat is relaxed.Scientists say the results suggest that the heart is able to influence how the brain responds to a fearful event，depending on which point it is at in its regular cycle of contraction and relaxation.

　　Sarah Garfinkel at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School said：“Our study shows for the first time that the way in which we deal with fear is different depending on when we see fearful pictures in relation to our heart.”

　　The study tested 20 healthy volunteers on their reactions to fear as they were shown pictures of fearful faces.Dr Garfinkel said，“The study showed that fearful faces are better noticed when the heart is pumping than when it is relaxed.Thus our hearts can also affect what we see and what we don't see—and guide whether we see fear.”

　　To further understand this relationship，the scientists also used a brain scanner(掃描儀)to show how the brain influences the way the heart changes a person's feeling of fear.

　　“We have found an important mechanism by which the heart and brain ‘speak’ to each other to change our feelings and reduce fear，” Dr Garfinkel said.

　　“We hope that by increasing our understanding about how fear is dealt with and ways that it could be reduced, we may be able to develop more successful treatments for anxiety disorders，and also for those who may be suffering from serious stress disorder.”

　　47．What is the finding of the study?

　　A. One's heart affects how he feels fear.

　　B. Fear is a result of one's relaxed heartbeat.

　　C. Fear has something to do with one's health.

　　D. One's fast heartbeats are likely to cause fear.

　　48．The study was carried out by analyzing

　　________.

　　A. volunteers' heartbeats when they saw terrible pictures

　　B. the time volunteers saw fearful pictures and their health conditions

　　C. volunteers' reactions to horrible pictures and data from their brain scans

　　D. different pictures shown to volunteers and their heart－brain communication

　　49．Which of the following is closest in meaning to “mechanism” in Paragraph 6?

　　A. Order.

　　B. System.

　　C. Machine.

　　D. Treatment.

　　50．This study may contribute to

　　________．

　　A. treating anxiety and stress better

　　B. explaining the cycle of fear and anxiety

　　C. finding the key to the heart－brain communication

　　D. understanding different fears in our hearts and heads

　　【要點綜述】 本文是一篇說明文。文章說明了人的恐懼與心臟和大腦的關系。

　　47．A　細節理解題。根據第四段 “The study showed that fearful faces are better noticed when the heart is pumping than when it is relaxed.Thus our hearts can also affect what we see and what we don't see—and guide whether we see fear.” 可知一個人的心臟影響一個人的恐懼程度。故選A。

　　48．C　細節理解題。根據第四段“The study tested 20 healthy volunteers on their reactions to fear as they were shown pictures of fearful faces.”以及第五段“To further understand this relationship, the scientists also used a brain scanner(掃描儀)to show how the brain influences the way the heart changes a person's feeling of fear.”可知選C。

　　49．B　詞義猜測題。根據第六段“We have found an important mechanism by which the heart and brain ‘speak’ to each other to change our feelings and reduce fear”可知，我們已經發現了一個重要的機制，使心臟和大腦“對話”，以此來改變我們的感情和減少恐懼。故選B。

　　50．A　推理判斷題。根據最后一段“…we may be able to develop more successful treatments for anxiety disorders, and also for those who may be suffering from serious stress disorder.”可推出選A。

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　　You need to be of a certain age to understand why so many people in Hollywood are caring about the possible closing down of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (米高梅電影公司)．For the past 40 years, its output has been good, but now it is on the ropes, with debts of $ 3.7 billion and will have to sell off its most valuable assets (資產).

　　In its golden time, MGM stood for something．If Warner Brothers meant social dramas and gangster movies, and Disney meant cartoon films, then MGM was healthy fantasy．This business model found its most glorious expression in its musicals (音樂劇) of the post-war era．It also featured such many famous stars as Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly and Judy Garland.

　　But MGM had always put its hopes on the quality of stars it could attract．From the time MGM became a company in 1924, the studio and his associate proved themselves good at creating big names.

　　For 35 years, this worked well enough, but the growing power of television disturbed Hollywood．MGM continued to throw money into making gorgeous-looking musicals, but despite some big successes audiences gradually started to drift away．Throughout the sHow far MGM has fallen can be shown by its recent releases．This was a studio that for years offered a reliable supply of first-class films．Yet last year its total output was three．To make it worse, all were co-produced with other studios．And this year? Only one so far, and maybe the last.

　　What now? MGM will probably be sold, though recent buyers have been cautious about a price thought to be around $ 2 billion.

　　1. MGM is becoming the focus in Hollywood because it _______．

　　Aas more supporters

　　B. has produced good films

　　C. might be closed down

　　D. has lost all its assets

　　2. What can we learn about MGM from the text?

　　A. It has been sold out for around $ 2 billion.

　　B. The Internet was a factor causing its decline.

　　C. It only produced three films by itself last year.

　　D. It made a wrong decision for its development.

　　3. What's the main idea of the text?

　　A. The past glories of MGM．

　　B. The musicals made by MGM.

　　C. The decline of MGM．

　　D. A historical decision by MGM.

　　【參考答案】1—3、CDC

　　1—4、CDDA

　　1—4、BDCD

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　　As the new semester begins, millions of college students across the country are trying hard to remember how best to write a paper or, more likely, how best to delay that paper.

　　Procrastination is the thief of time and a lot of students suffer from it. They can spend whole days in the library doing nothing but staring into space, eating snacks, surfing the Internet, watching videos and looking at other students sitting around them, who, most likely, are doing nothing either.

　　Paralyzed by their habit to procrastinate, they write micro blogs about their fears, asking their online friends if they sometimes have the same issue. But this does nothing to break the spell(魔咒).

　　According to a recent report, 95 percent of us procrastinate at some point and 20 percent of the world’s population are always procrastinating. The figures are disappointing. Procrastinators are less wealthy, less healthy and less happy than those who don’t delay. Procrastinators like to find excuses " to justify their behavior, but BBC columnist Rowan Pelling says they are all wrong.

　　Many procrastinators tell themselves they are perfectionists who work best under pressure. Pelling says this is nonsense, as work done at the last minute is more likely to have mistakes than work done on time. The behavior of procrastinators often makes them feel ashamed, inconveniences others and annoys loved ones.

　　Pelling also points out that procrastination feels particularly delinquent(過失的）in a society that thinks of swift action as admirable, and, at times, even as a moral good.

　　Fortunately, social scientists have thrown their weight behind efforts to understand this behavioral mistake and offer strategies to control it. Piers Steel, a Canadian social scientist and author of The Procrastination Equation, believes human is “designed” to procrastinate. Nevertheless, he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand.

　　41. From the first two paragraphs we can learn that _____.

　　A. procrastination is beneficial to many students

　　B. many students are under great pressure in their study

　　C. lots of college students are working hard to write good articles on time

　　D. many students are getting into the habit of delaying finishing their tasks

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】Procrastination is the thief of time and a lot of students suffer from it.可知許多學生都有拖延完成任務的時間的習慣，故選D。

　　42. According to the passage, procrastination probably refers to _____.

　　A. a bad habit B. a serious illness C. a difficult task D. a form of entertainment

　　【答案】【解析】Procrastination is the thief of time and a lot of students suffer from it.Paralyzed by their habit to procrastinate,可知拖延是一種壞的習慣，故選A。

　　43. Which of the following statements is WRONG?

　　A. Procrastination makes people waste their time.

　　B. Procrastinators usually complete their tasks perfectly.

　　C. Swift action is considered as a moral standard in the society.

　　D. Procrastination is common among people.

　　【答案】【解析】Many procrastinators tell themselves they are perfectionists who work best under pressure. Pelling says this is nonsense, as work done at the last minute is more likely to have mistakes than work done on time.拖延時間完成作業有可能因為時間緊，會出現更多的錯誤，選項B敘述的是拖延時間有可能完成 工作更好，這與原文不符，故選B。

　　44. Which behavior belongs to procrastination?

　　A. Never dream away the time.

　　B. Always complete the tasks ahead of time.

　　C. Never put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

　　D. Always wait to work until the “good mood” or “good time”.

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】Procrastination is the thief of time拖延時間就是開始有任務時不做，等到自己感覺有好心情了，有好時機了在做，故選D。

　　45. What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?

　　A. Measures to deal with procrastination.

　　B. Approaches to handling the study pressures.

　　C. More examples to illustrate procrastination.

　　D. Introduction to the book The Procrastination Equation.

　　【答案】【解析】Nevertheless, he suggests a couple of good ways to get through the task at hand.既然存在拖延時間的壞習慣，那么就應該采取措施處理這種壞習慣，故選A。