【英語】英語閱讀理解模擬試題

【英語】英語閱讀理解模擬試題一、高中英語閱讀理解.閱讀理解Moneyistherootofallevil（邪惡）andnewstudyclaimstheremaybesometruthbehindthesaying.ScientistsattheUniversityofCaliforniaBerkeley,US,announcedonFebruary27thatrichpeoplearemorelikelytodoimmoralthings,suchaslieorcheat,thanpoorerpeople.Thescientistsdidaseriesofeightexperiments.TheypublishedtheirfindingsonlineintheProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofSciences（PNA《美國國家科學(xué)院院刊》）.TheycarriedoutthefirsttwoexperimentsfromthesidewalknearBerkeley.Theynotedthatdriversofnewerandmoreexpensivecarsweremorelikelytocutoffothercarsandpedestriansatcrosswalks.Nearly45percentofpeopledrivingexpensiveearsignoredapedestriancomparedwithonly30percentofpeopledrivingmowmodestcars.Inanotherexperiment,agroupofcollegestudentswasaskediftheywoulddoimmoralthingsinvariouseverydaysituations.Examplesincludedtakingprinterpaperfromworkandnottellingasalespersonwhenheorshegavebackmorechange.Studentsfromhigher—classfamiliesweremorelikelytoactdishonestly.Accordingtothescientists,richpeopleoftenthinkmoneycangetthemoutoftrouble.Thismakesthemlessafraidtotakerisks.Italsomeanstheycarelessaboutotherpeople'sfeelings.Finally,itjustmakesthemgreedier.“Higherwealthstatusseemstomakeyouwantevenmore,andthatincreasedwantleadsyoutobendtherulesorbreaktherulestoserveyourself-interest,“saidPaulPiff,leadscientistofthestudy.Piffpointedoutthatthefindingsdon'tmeanthatallrichpeopleareuntrustworthyorallpoorpeoplehonest.Hesaidtheexperimentsweretoshowhowpeoplelivingindifferentsocialsituationsexpresstheirinstincts（本能）andvaluesindifferentways.Bysaying“moneyistherootofallevil”,theauthorwantsto .A.linkwealthwithbadbehavior B.drawreaders'attentiontotheresearchC.showhowthesayingprovesthefindingsD.defendrichpeoplewhodoimmoralthings（2）Accordingtothescientists,whichisNOTthefactorthatmakesrichpeopleimmoral?A.Theywelcomerisks. B.Theyhavemoredesires.C.Theybelievemoneytalks. D.Theybecomemoreselfish.（3）Whydidthescientistsdotheexperiments?A.Toshowhowsocialstatusaffectspeople'smorality.B.Toshowpeople'sinstinctsandvaluesindifferentways.C.Totestwhetherthesaying“moneyistherootofallevil”istrue.D.Toshowthedifferencebetweenhigher-classpeopleandlower-classpeople.（4）Whatdoesthepassagereallywanttoshowus?A.Thepoorarerespectable. B.Moneyistherootofallevil.C.Allrichpeopleareuntrustworthy. D.Thericharemorelikelytoactbadly.【答案】（1）B（2）A(3)A(4)D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，作者主要通過展示幾個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)的結(jié)果，旨在證明“金錢是一切罪惡的根源"這一說法可能是有一定道理的。⑴考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段中的"newstudyclaimstheremaybesometruthbehindthesaying...thatrichpeoplearemorelikelytodoimmoralthings,suchaslieorcheat,thanpoorerpeople.〃可知，用這個(gè)俗語“金錢是萬惡之源〃來引出本文的話題一一富人們是否比窮人們更加有可能做不道德的事情，通過一些實(shí)驗(yàn)來證實(shí)，讓讀者們看到這一研究，目的是吸引讀者對(duì)這個(gè)研究的注意，故選B。⑵考查推理判斷。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的"Accordingtothescientists,richpeopleoftenthinkmoneycangetthemoutoftrouble.Thismakesthemlessafraidtotakerisks.Italsomeanstheycarelessaboutotherpeople'sfeelings.”按照科學(xué)家的研究，富人們通常認(rèn)為錢可以解決一切麻煩，所以他們更不害怕冒險(xiǎn)，也意味著他們更少在乎其他人的感受，可知，他們喜歡冒險(xiǎn)并不是讓他們不道德的因素，而且從常識(shí)來說，并不是所有喜歡冒險(xiǎn)的人就是富人，而且喜歡冒險(xiǎn)也不代表不道德，故選A。⑶考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的"Hesaidtheexperimentsweretoshowhowpeoplelivingindifferentsocialsituationsexpresstheirinstincts(本能)andvaluesindifferentways.”可知，實(shí)驗(yàn)的目的是展示生活在不同的社會(huì)狀況下的人們?nèi)绾我圆煌姆绞絹肀磉_(dá)他們的本能和價(jià)值觀。故選A。⑷考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的"Piffpointedoutthatthefindingsdon'tmeanthatallrichpeopleareuntrustworthyorallpoorpeoplehonest.'可知，并不是所有的富人都是不值得信任的，也并不是所有的窮人都是誠實(shí)的，故A，C都錯(cuò)誤；B項(xiàng)“金錢是萬惡之源〃這只是一個(gè)引子，并不是文章要告訴我們的；根據(jù)文章第一段科學(xué)家發(fā)表的聲明可知，富人們更加有可能不道德，也就是行為上更糟糕，惡劣。故選D?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，要求考生根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，選出正確答案。2.閱讀理解Learning,FastandDeepOverthepastfiveyearsresearchersinartificialintelligencehavebecometherockstarsofthetechnologyworld.AbranchofAIknownasdeeplearning,whichusesneural?申經(jīng)的）networkstoscanthroughlargevolumesofdatalookingforpatterns,hasprovensousefulthatskilledpractitionerscancommandhighsix-figuresalariestobuildsoftwareforAmazon,Apple,FacebookandGoogle.ThestandardrouteintothesejobshasbeenaPhDincomputersciencefromoneofAmerica'stopuniversities.Earningonetakesyearsandrequiresapersonalitysuitedtoacademia,whichisrareamongmorenormalfolk.Thatischanging.Lastmonthfast.ai,anon-profiteducationorganizationbasedinSanFrancisco,kickedoffthethirdyearofitscourseindeeplearning.Sinceitsfoundationithasattractedmorethan100,000studentsaroundtheglobefromIndiatoNigeria.Thecourseandotherslikeit,comewithasimpleidea:thereisnoneedtospendyearsobtainingaPhDinordertopractisedeeplearning.Creatingsoftwarethatlearnscanbetaughtasacraft,notasahighintellectualpursuittobeundertakenonlyinanivorytower.Fast.ai'scoursecanbecompletedinjustsevenweeks.TomakeitaccessibletoanyonewhowantstolearnhowtobuildAIsoftwareistheaimofJeremyHoward,whofoundedfast.aiwithRachelThomas,amathematician.Hesaysschoolmathematicsissufficient."No.Greek.Letters,"Mr.Howardintones,poundingthetablewithhisfistforpunctuation.SomeexpertsworrythatthiswillserveonlytocreateafloodofunreliableAIsystemswhichwillbeuselessatbestanddangerousatworst.IntheearliestdaysoftheInternet,onlyaselectfewnerds,namelycomputerholieswithspecificskills,couldbuildapplications.Notmanypeopleusedthem.ThentheinventionoftheWorldWideWebledtoanexplosionofwebpages,bothgoodandbad.ButitwasonlybyopeninguptoallthattheInternetgavebirthtoonlineshopping,instantglobalcommunicationsandsearch.IfMr.Howardandothershavetheirway,makingthedevelopmentofAIsoftwareeasierwillbringforthanewcropoffruitofadifferentkind.Whatcanwelearnaboutdeeplearning?A.Itreplacesartificialintelligence. B.Itattractsrockstarstopractice.C.Itscanspatternsforlargecompanies. D.Ithelpstechnicianstocreatesoftware.Fast.aiisanorganizationthat.A.ensuresonetoobtainaPhD B.teachescraftinivorytowerC.offersacourseindeeplearning D.requiresweekstoapplyTheunderlinedwords"No.Greek.Letters"inParagraph5meansdoingfast.aicourseis_.A.easy B.difficult C.interesting D.boringItcanbeinferredfromthelastparagraphthat—.itisquitereliableforanyonetograspartificialintelligencetheInternethasbroughtforthafloodofuselessAIsystemsopeninguptoallleadstoinstantglobalsearchandonlineshoppingsimplifyingsoftwaredevelopmentmayresultinunexpectedoutcomes【答案】(1)DCAD【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，人工智能的深度學(xué)習(xí)被證明很有用，霍華德和數(shù)學(xué)家托馬斯一起創(chuàng)辦的非營利性教育機(jī)構(gòu)致力于讓深度學(xué)習(xí)變得簡(jiǎn)單。(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的"AbranchofAIknownasdeeplearning,whichusesneuralnetworkstoscanthroughlargevolumesofdatalookingforpatterns...buildsoftwareforAmazon,Apple,FacebookandGoogle."可知AI技術(shù)的一個(gè)分支、運(yùn)用神經(jīng)網(wǎng)絡(luò)處理大量數(shù)據(jù)并從中尋找模式的“深度學(xué)習(xí)”被證明非常有用，亞馬遜、蘋果、Facebook和谷歌愿意開出六位數(shù)高薪，聘請(qǐng)熟練的專業(yè)人員編寫軟件。這說明深度學(xué)習(xí)能幫助編寫軟件，故選D。(2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的"Lastmonthfast.ai,anon-profiteducationorganizationbasedinSanFrancisco,kickedoffthethirdyearofitscourseindeeplearning.“可知。上月，位于舊金山的非營利性教育機(jī)構(gòu)fast.ai進(jìn)入了它開辦深度學(xué)習(xí)課程的第三年。也就是說fast.ai是一個(gè)提供深度學(xué)習(xí)課程的組織，故選C。(3)考查句義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)五段中的"Tomakeitaccessibletoanyonewhowantstolearn...Hesaysschoolmathematicsissufficient."可知讓深度學(xué)習(xí)不再神秘是杰里米?霍華德的目標(biāo)，為此，他和數(shù)學(xué)家雷切爾?托馬斯一起創(chuàng)立了fast.ai，讓任何想學(xué)習(xí)編寫AI軟件的人都能學(xué)習(xí)這門技術(shù)?；羧A德說有中學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)知識(shí)就足夠了。這說明fast.ai的課程很簡(jiǎn)單，僅需要中學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)知識(shí)。因此霍華德說"No.Greek.Letters〃沒有，希臘，字母”是想說fast,ai的深度學(xué)習(xí)課程很簡(jiǎn)單。故選A。(4)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的〃IfMrHowardandothershavetheirway,makingthedevelopmentofAIsoftwareeasierwillbringforthanewcropoffruitofadifferentkind.“如果霍華德和其他人如愿以償，那么讓AI軟件開發(fā)變得更容易將會(huì)催生出一批新的不同的果實(shí)。由此推斷簡(jiǎn)化軟件開發(fā)可能會(huì)導(dǎo)致意料之外的結(jié)果。故選D?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，句義猜測(cè)和推理判斷三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，要求考生準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，同時(shí)根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，從而選出正確答案。3.閱讀理解WhenAndrewKaplanrecalls,hisstoriesleavetheimpressionthathehasmanagedtopackmultiplelivesintoasingleexistence:Awarreporterinhis20s.anarmymember,asuccessfulbusinessmanand-later.theauthorofnumerousspynovelsandHollywoodscripts.Nowthesilverhaired78-yearoldhasrealizedhewouldlikehislovedonestohaveaccesstothosestories,evenwhenheisnolongeralivetosharethem.Kaplanhasagreedtobecome"AndyBot"avirtualpersonwhowillbe:immortalized(TF5)inthecloudforhundreds,perhapsthousandsofyearsIfallgoesaccordingtoplanfuturegenerationswillbeabletointeractwithhimusingvoicecomputingplatformsofmobiledevices,askinghimquestions,lettinghimtellstoriesanddrawinguponalifetime'sworthofadvicelongafterhisphysicalbodyisgone.Someday,Kaplan,whoplayfullyreferstohimselfasapig,mayberememberedasoneoftheworld'sfirstdigitalhumans.Fordecades,SiliconValleyfuturistshavesoughttofreehumanityfromthelifecycle.Today,anewgenerationofcompaniesissellingsomeapproximation(近似)ofvirtualimmortality,whichgivespeopletheopportunitytopreserveone'slegacy遺產(chǎn))onlineforever.Kaplaniseagertobecomeoneoftheworld'sfirstvirtualresidents,partlybecauseheconsiderstheeffortawaytoextendclosedfamilybondsovermultiplegenerations.Iftechnologysucceedsincreatingemotionallyintelligentdigitalhumans,expertssay,itmayforeverchangethewaylivingpeoplecooperatewithcomputersandexperienceloss."AndyBot"maybecomeoneoftheworld'sfirst:meaningfulexamples,raisingcomplexphilosophicalquestionsaboutthenatureofimmortalityandthepurposeofexistenceitself.Whatisthepurposeofthefirstparagraph?A.TohighlightKaplan'sachievements.B.Tointroducethetopic--AndyBot.C.ToarousereadersinterestinKaplan.D.TointroduceKaplan'slife.WhydidAndrewKaplanagreetobecomeAndyBot?A.Hewantedtosharehislifeexperienceaslongaspossible.B.Hewantedtomakehislovedonerememberhim.C.Hebelievedthisactionwillhelpwithhisnovels.D.Hecouldliveinthecloudtocontinuehislife.WhatmighttheAndyBotdoforfuturegenerations?A.Hemayusevoicecomputingplatforms.B.Hemayuseanewbodytogoonliving.C.Hemayoffersomeguidance.D.Hemayaskthemquestions.Whatcanweinferfromthelastparagraph?A.Philosophicalproblemscanbeworkedoutbymodernscience.B.Peoplecantalkwiththeirlatefamilymembersfreely.C.Scientistshavemadegreatprogressincomputerscience.D.Thereisstillalongwayfordigitalhumanstogo.【答案】(1)B(2)A(3)C(4)D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了科技新動(dòng)態(tài)數(shù)字人。(1)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段可知，當(dāng)安德魯?卡普蘭回憶往昔的時(shí)候，他的故事讓人感覺他活出了各種各樣的人生：20多歲的時(shí)候是戰(zhàn)地記者，還是一名軍人，一位成功的商人，隨后又是很多間諜小說和好萊塢劇本的作者。主要介紹安德魯?卡普蘭豐富多彩的人生；在根據(jù)第二段中的"Nowthesilverhaired78-yearoldhasrealizedhewouldlikehislovedonestohaveaccesstothosestories,evenwhenheisnolongeralivetosharethem.Kaplanhasagreedtobecome"AndyBot”avirtualpersonwhowillbe”現(xiàn)在這位花白頭發(fā)的78歲的老人想要他愛的人知道這些故事，甚至當(dāng)他去世之后還可以分享這些故事。Kaplan同意變成數(shù)字人，可知，第一段的內(nèi)容主要是引出下文中文章的話題數(shù)字人。故選B。（2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“Nowthesilverhaired78-yearoldhasrealizedhewouldlikehislovedonestohaveaccesstothosestories,evenwhenheisnolongeralivetosharethem.Kaplanhasagreedtobecome‘AndyBot’...avirtualpersonwhowillbe”現(xiàn)在這位花白頭發(fā)的78歲的老人想要他愛的人知道這些故事，甚至當(dāng)他去世之后還可以分享這些故事。Kaplan同意變成數(shù)字人，可知，卡普蘭同意變成數(shù)字人是為了能更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的分享自己的這些故事。故選A。（3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“Ifallgoesaccordingtoplan.futuregenerationswillbeabletointeractwithhimusingvoicecomputingplatformsofmobiledevices,askinghimquestions,lettinghimtellstoriesanddrawinguponalifetime'sworthofadvicelongafterhisphysicalbodyisgone.〃如果一切按計(jì)劃進(jìn)行，后代可以通過移動(dòng)端的語音平臺(tái)和他交流，即使他的肉體不存在后，還可以問他問題，讓他講故事以及咨詢他一生經(jīng)驗(yàn)的寶貴建議?？芍ㄆ仗m成為“數(shù)字人〃后，他的后代仍能得到他一生經(jīng)驗(yàn)的寶貴建議。故選C。（4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Iftechnologysucceedsincreatingemotionallyintelligentdigitalhumans,expertssay,itmayforeverchangethewaylivingpeoplecooperatewithcomputersandexperienceloss.”可知，專家們說，如果科技成功地創(chuàng)造出高情商的數(shù)字人類，它可能會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)改變?nèi)祟惻c電腦交互的方式，以及處理失去親人創(chuàng)傷的方式，即目前的數(shù)字人類還無法擁有高情商，還是不夠完美的，因此數(shù)字人技術(shù)還有很長(zhǎng)的路要走。故選D?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科技類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。4.閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。Manypeoplehavelongdreamedofbeingabletoflyaroundassimplyasridingabicycle.Yetthesafetyandstrengthofaflyingbikewasalwaysabigproblem.Overthepast10years,developmentsintechnologyhavemovedthedreamofpersonalflyingvehiclesclosertoreality.Now,twogroupsofinventorssaysuchvehiclesmaybeavailablesoon.TheBritishcompanyMalloyAeronauticshasdevelopedaprototype（原型）ofitsflyingbicycle.GrantStapleton,marketingsalesdirectorofMalloyAeronautics,saystheHoverbikeisabletogetinandoutofsmallspacesveryquickly."Itcanbemovedacrosscontinentsveryquicklybecauseitcanbefoldedandpacked,"headds.Mr.Stapletonsayssafetywasthecompany'smainconcern.Hesaysthedesignerssolvedthesafetyissuebyusingoverlappingrotorstopowerthevehicle.Thecompanyistestingafull-sizeprototypeoftheHoverbike,whichwillmostlikelybeusedfirstbythepoliceandemergencyrescueteams.InNewZealand,MartinAircraftCompanyisalsotestingafull-sizeprototypeofitspersonalflyingdevice,calledtheJetpack.Itcanflyformorethan30minutes,upto1,000metershighandreachaspeedof74kilometersperhour.PeterCokeristheCEOofMartinAircraftCompany.HesaidtheJetpack"isbuiltaroundsafetyfromthestart".Inhiswords,"Reliabilityisthemostimportantelementofit.Wehavesafetybuiltintotheactualstructureitself,verysimilartoaFormulaOneracingcar.TheJetpackusesagasoline-poweredenginethatproducestwopowerfuljetstreams.Mr.Cokersaysitalsohasaparachutethatwouldbeused,ifthereshouldbeanemergency."Itstartstoworkatverylowaltitudeandactuallysavesboththeaircraftandthepilot,"headds.Mr.CokersaystheJetpackwillbereadyforsalesoon.WecanlearnfromthepassagethattheHoverbike.canhardlygetinandoutofsmallspacesquicklycanflyforover30minutes,upto1,000metershighhasbeenusedbythepoliceandemergencyrescueteamscanbetransportedquicklyafterbeingfoldedandpackedPeterCokerusestheexampleofFormulaOneracingcartoshowthat.theJetpackisverysafeandreliabletheengineoftheJetpackispowerfultheactualstructureoftheJetpackisuniquetheJetpackcanreachagreatspeedandheightTheunderlinedword"It"inthelastparagraphrefersto.A.thejetstream B.theengine C.theJetpack D.theparachuteWhatistheauthor'smainpurposeofwritingthepassage?Todescribetheproblemsofinventingflyingvehicles.Tointroducethelatestdevelopmentofflyingvehicles.Toshowthedifferencesbetweentwoflyingvehicles.Toadvertisethetwopersonalflyingvehicles.【答案】(1)DADB【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，講述一種個(gè)人飛行工具很快就會(huì)應(yīng)用于現(xiàn)實(shí)，然而安全性和強(qiáng)度一直是個(gè)大問題，文中介紹了兩家研發(fā)飛行器的公司的最新的產(chǎn)品，新產(chǎn)品把安全放在首位，并對(duì)產(chǎn)品進(jìn)行了改進(jìn)。(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的"theHoverbikeisabletogetinandoutofsmallspacesveryquickly.Itcanbemovedacrosscontinentsveryquicklybecauseitcanbefoldedandpacked.”可知，Hoverbike能夠很快地進(jìn)出小空間。它可快速地在大陸上移動(dòng)，因?yàn)樗梢哉郫B和包裝?？芍xD。(2)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第六段PeterCoker說Jetpack從一開始就圍繞安全進(jìn)行的，安全可靠性是最重要的因素。我們?cè)谲嚨默F(xiàn)行結(jié)構(gòu)中植入了安全性，非常類似于FormulaOne賽車。，故選A。(3)考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Mr.Cokersaysitalsohasaparachute(降落傘)thatcanbeusedshouldtherebeanemergency."Itstartstoworkatverylowaltitude,“Coker先生說Jetpack上也有降落傘，可以在緊急情況下使用?！霸诤０畏浅５偷那闆r下開始用它…〃?？芍?，Jetpack上的降落傘(它)是在海拔低時(shí)才用。由此可知it指的是parachute(降落傘)。故選D。(4)考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段可知，許多人一直夢(mèng)想能像騎自行車一樣簡(jiǎn)單的飛來飛去，科技的發(fā)展讓這個(gè)夢(mèng)想很快實(shí)現(xiàn)。然而飛行自行車的安全性和強(qiáng)度一直是個(gè)大問題。接著下面敘述了兩家研發(fā)飛行器的公司的最新的產(chǎn)品，新產(chǎn)品把安全放在首位。故選B。【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。5.閱讀理解Shouldweallowmodernbuildingstobebuiltnexttoolderbuildingsinahistoricareaofacity?Inordertoanswerthisquestion,wemustfirstexaminewhetherpeoplereallywanttopreservethehistoricfeelofanarea.Notallhistoricalbuildingsareattractive.However,theremaybeotherreasons—forexample,economicreasons—whytheyshouldbepreserved.So,letusassumethathistoricalbuildingsarebothattractiveandimportanttothemajorityofpeople.Whatshouldwedothenifanewbuildingisneeded?Inmyview,newarchitecturalstylescanexistperfectlywellalongsideanolderstyle.Indeed,therearemanyexamplesinmyownhometownofTourswheremoderndesignshavebeenplacedverysuccessfullynexttooldbuildings.Aslongasthebuildinginquestionispleasinganddoesnotdominate(影響)itssurroundingstoomuch,itoftenimprovestheattractivenessofthearea.Itistruethatthereareexamplesofnewbuildingswhichhavespoilt(破壞)theareatheyarein,butthesamecanbesaidofsomeoldbuildingstoo.Yetpeoplestillspeakagainstnewbuildingsinhistoricareas.Ithinkthisissimplybecausepeoplearenaturallyconservativeanddonotlikechange.Althoughwehavetorespectpeople'sfeelingsasfellowusersofthebuildings,Ibelievethatitisthedutyofthearchitectandplannertomovethingsforward.Ifwealwaysreproducedwhatwastherebefore,wewouldallstillbelivingincaves.Thus,Iwouldargueagainstcopyingpreviousarchitecturalstylesandchoosesomethingfreshanddifferent,eventhoughthatmightbethemoreriskychoice.Whatdoestheauthorsayabouthistoricalbuildingsinthefirstparagraph?A.Someofthemarenotattractive. B.Mostofthemaretooexpensivetopreserve.C.Theyaremorepleasingthanmodernbuildings.D.Theyhavenothingtodowiththehistoricfeelofanarea.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtotheauthor?A.Weshouldreproducethesameoldbuildings.B.Buildingsshouldnotdominatetheirsurroundings.C.Someoldbuildingshavespoilttheareatheyarein.D.Nooneunderstandswhypeoplespeakagainstnewbuildings.By“movethingsforward”inthelastparagraph,theauthorprobablymeans“”.A.destroyoldbuildings B.putthingsinadifferentplaceC.choosenewarchitecturalstyle D.respectpeople'sfeelingsforhistoricalbuildingsWhatisthemainpurposeofthepassage?A.Toexplainwhypeopledislikechange.B.Toarguethatmodernbuildingscanbebuiltinhistoricareas.C.Towarnthatwecouldenduplivingincaves.D.Toadmithownewbuildingshaveruinedtheirsurroundings.【答案】(1)ACCB【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文。文章是對(duì)于現(xiàn)在人們經(jīng)常討論的問題一一是否現(xiàn)代建筑應(yīng)該和古老的歷史建筑在一起一一進(jìn)行了闡述，在作者看來歷史建筑應(yīng)該保存，但是我們的建筑風(fēng)格也應(yīng)該改變，不能因?yàn)闅v史建筑破壞我們的生活。⑴細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中notallhistoricalbuildingsareattractive.可知，一些歷史建筑不夠有吸引力，故選A。⑵細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段首句Itistruethatthereareexamplesofnewbuildingswhichhavespoilt(破壞)theareatheyarein,butthesamecanbesaidofsomeoldbuildingstoo.可知，一些新建筑破壞了所在的區(qū)域，但古建筑也有這種情況，故作者認(rèn)為一些歷史建筑破壞了他們生活的地方，故選C。⑶推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第四段中Ifwealwaysreproducedwhatwastherebefore,wewouldallstillbelivingincaves.(如果建筑師不改變建筑風(fēng)格，我們現(xiàn)在還住在山洞里面)可推知，"movingthingsforwad^“選擇新的建筑風(fēng)格”，故選C。⑷推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段首句Shouldweallowmodernbuildingstobebuiltnexttoolderbuildingsinahistoricareaofacity?可知，這篇文章是討論現(xiàn)代建筑是否可以建在歷史遺跡的地方，故選B?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】英語閱讀理解議論文解題技巧：英語議論文通常為三段式，即“論點(diǎn)、論據(jù)、結(jié)論〃三部份組成。首先借助某一現(xiàn)象引出論點(diǎn)，然后通過一定論據(jù)從各個(gè)層面上加以推理論證，最后得出結(jié)論。議論文體主要考查學(xué)生對(duì)論點(diǎn)及論據(jù)的把握。因此，遇到議論文體時(shí)，應(yīng)采取抓主題句的方法來把握文章主旨，弄清作者的觀點(diǎn)2017高考英語閱讀理解類型及答題技巧2017高考英語閱讀理解類型及答題技巧。一般來說，作者的論點(diǎn)通常在文章首段被引出，接著是對(duì)這一論點(diǎn)的邏輯推理和論證，最后為結(jié)論。還應(yīng)注意的是：在對(duì)論點(diǎn)論證的過程中，每一段的首句都是該段的主題句。把握全文論點(diǎn)、弄清論證各段的主題句、理解文章層次、找出中心論點(diǎn)的位置是理解議論文的關(guān)鍵。6.閱讀理解BestSmartphoneGamesToPutYourBrainToTestIamafanofbloodsheddingMMORPGs.ButsometimesIplaybraingames.Herearefourgamesforyouthatwillsurelyputyourbraintotest.RealChessChesshasbeenburstingbrainsforover14centuries,andthisvirtualvariantofchessreallybringsanewtaste.It'sa3Dvirtualchessthatletsyouplaywithusersfromallaroundtheworld.Youcanchatwithopponents,playwithAI,getnewbietipsandmuchmore.Theanimationsand3Dstructuresarereallycoolaswell.JuiceCubesJuiceCubesisalightandcolorfulgamefulloffruityjuicecubesthatyouneedtoconnecttopopandclearlevels.Therearemultipletypesofchallenges,powerups,andover550+levelstokeepyouaddicted.Itmightseemeasyatthestart,butitwillburstyourbrainwhenyoureachhigherlevels.WordBrain2Areallyfunwordgamewhereyouneedtoguesswordsbasedonthenumberoflettersprovided.Eachwordpuzzlehasathemecategory,suchasfood,humanbody,color,orevenspace.Andyoucanalsousehintstosolvethelevelwhenyougetstuck.Yourvocabularyissuretobechallengedinit.PuzzleramaPuzzleramabasicallyjoinssomeofthetoppuzzlesinonesingleapp,makingitaperfectappforpuzzlelovers.Itletsyouplaypopularpuzzlegamessuchasflow,jigsaw,unblock,pipes,tangram,andmore.Therearehundredsoflevelsavailableforeachpuzzletypeandthingsgetreallytoughasyouadvance.Thegameinterfaceisalsoverycolorful,andsmoothanimationsmakethegamefuntoplay.WhatisspecialaboutRealchess?A.Itisalightandcolorfulgame.B.Itisafunnywordgame.C.Itisa3Dvirtualchessgame. D.Ithashundredsoflevels.Ifyou'regoodatguessingwords,whichgameisthebestchoice?A.RealChess. B.JuiceCubes. C.WordBrain2. D.Puzzlerama.Whichgamesarelikeytohavebrightanddifferentcolorsintheinterfacedesign?A.RealChess&WordBrain2 B.JuiceCubes&WordBrain2C.WordBrain2&Puzzlerama D.Puzzlerama&JuiceCubes【答案】(1)CCD【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了四種游戲測(cè)試你的大腦。(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)RealChess部分中的"It'sa3Dvirtualchessthatletsyouplaywithusersfromallaroundtheworld.“可知，Realchess；是^一個(gè)3D虛擬象棋游戲。故選C。(2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)WordBrain2部分中的“Areallyfunwordgamewhereyouneedtoguesswordsbasedonthenumberoflettersprovided.”可知，如果你擅長(zhǎng)猜詞，最好的選擇就是WordBrain2。故選C。(3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)JuiceCubes部分中的“JuiceCubesisalightandcolorfulgamefulloffruityjuicecubesthatyouneedtoconnecttopopandclearlevls”和Puzzlerama部分中的“Thegameinterfaceisalsoverycolorful,andsmoothanimationsmakethegamefuntoplay.”可知，Puzzlerama&JuiceCubes有鮮艷、不同的顏色。故選D?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題型的考查，是一篇介紹類閱讀，要求考生準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并結(jié)合題目要求，從而選出正確答案。7.閱讀理解Thenextgenerationofartificialintelligence（AI）maybesittingrightbeneathyou,atleastiffurnituremakerIkeahasanysayinthematter.TheSwedishfurniturecompany's“future-living”researchlabinCopenhagenisconductingasurveytounderstandwhatpeoplewantwhenitcomestosmartfurniture.AIisnowwalkingintomoreaspectsofpeople'sdailylives.Self-drivingcarsarejustaroundthecorner,andAIrobotscanplayandbeatthebestplayersofstrategygames.Assmarthometechnologieshavebecomemoreubiquitous,productsrangingfromsmartelectricaloutlets（插座）tosmartsmokealarmsarefloodingthemarket.Therefore,it'snotsurprisingthatIkeawouldbemovinginthesamedirection.Exactlywhypeoplewouldwanttheirsofaorbedframetospeaktothen,tracktheirdailymovementsorofferhelpisnotyetclear.ThoughIkea'sthenewsurveydoesn'tdirectlyanswerthatquestion,itdoesprovideahintofwhatpeoplewouldfeelcomfortablewith.Mostparticipantswantedamorehuman0likeformofvirtual（虛擬的）assistants,asopposedtoonethatismorerobotic.Intermsoftheidealgender（性別）oftheassistants,themostpopularchoicewasneithermalenorfemale.FewwantedareligiousformofAI.Justaswithhumanfriends,mostwantedAIfriendsthatwerelikethem,affirmingtheirownworldview.TheywantedanAIassistantthatwasreasonablyintelligent-thatcouldcollectdatatopredictwhatapersonwantedbeforeheorsheasked,andthatcouldpreventsomeonefrommakingmistakes.ThisisnotthefirsttimethatIkeahassetfootinthefieldorfuturistictechnologies.Inadditiontowirelesschargingtablesandchainlessbikesthatneverrust（生銹）,thefurnituregianthasalsopicturedsmartkitchensthatcancookthebestmeal.Todecideonhowintelligentyouwantyournextsofaorbookshelftobe,youcantakeIkea'ssurveyonline.（1）Whatdoestheunderlinedword"ubiquitous"inParagraph2mean?A.Beautiful. B.Common. C.Normal. D.Environment.（2）WhatdoesParagraph3mainlytalkabout?A.Thedifferencesbetweenrobot-likeandhuman-likeassistants.B.WhatformofAIassistantspeoplewant.C.Whatkindoffriendspeoplewant.D.Thepopularrobotsonthemarket.（3）MostpeoplewhoreceivedthesurveywantedanAIassistantthatcould.A.helpthembecamesmarter B.communicatewiththemwithouttroublesC.haveitsownworldview D.dealwiththeirproblemsinadvance（4）WhichofthefollowingproductsarefromIkea?A.Smartsofasthatcanspeaktoyou.B.Smartbedsthancantrackyourdailymovements.C.Wirelesschargingcars. D.Rustlessbikeswithoutchains.【答案】（1）B（4）D【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了瑞典的一家家具公司做了一項(xiàng)研究，調(diào)查人們想要什么樣的智能家居。（1）考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第二段中的"AIisnowwalkingintomoreaspectsofpeople'sdailylives/可猜測(cè)出Assmarthometechnologieshavebecomemoreubiquitous,這句話的意思是智能家居技術(shù)變得越來越普遍，故選B。（2）考查段落大意。根據(jù)第三段中的"MostparticipantswantedamorehumanOlikeformofvirtual（虛擬的）assistants,asopposedtoonethatismorerobotic.Intermsoftheidealgender（性別）oftheassistants,themostpopularchoicewasneithermalenorfemale.FewwantedareligiousformofAI.”可知第三段主要講了人們想要什么樣的人工智能助手，故選B。（3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的"TheywantedanAIassistantthatwasreasonablyintelligent-thatcouldcollectdatatopredictwhatapersonwantedbeforeheorsheasked,andthatcouldpreventsomeonefrommakingmistakes.”可知收到調(diào)查的大多數(shù)人都想要一款可以提前解決問題的人工智能助手，故選D。（4）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段中的"Inadditiontowirelesschargingtablesandchainlessbikesthatneverrust（生銹）,thefurnituregianthasalsopicturedsmartkitchensthatcancookthebestmeal.”可知沒有鏈條的不生銹自行車是來自于Ikea的產(chǎn)品，故案選D?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)，推理判斷和段落大意四個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇社會(huì)類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。8.閱讀理解Findingtruelovecanbepreytoughforalotofpeople,butaladyfromafairlywell-knownSanFranciscoadvertisingagencyseemstothinkmoneyhelps.Sheisoffering$10,000toanyofherfriendswhocanintroducehertoherMr.Right.Shewantstofindherfuturehusbandthroughthisway.Theunnamedhusbandseekerwhosentouttheemailhadjustfinishedreadingthebest-sellingbooknamedLeanIn.Itwas11p.m.onaSundaynightandsherealizedthiswasthesecondselfhelpbookshehadreadinthemonth.Shewasstillsingle.Thingswerenotlookingfine,buttherewashopeforherstill.Ifthebookhadtaughtheranything,itwasthatsheneededtotakeamorepositiveroleinfindinglove.Afterall,ifshewantedtogetabetterjob,shewouldn'tjustsitoutsideanemployer'sbuildingandwai