高考英语一轮复习九月阅读理解选编三11 8页

只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 1 陕西汉阴县 2017 高考英语九月阅读理解选编 阅读理解。 The pound new Library of Birmingham（LoB）will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization（数字化）of everyday life. Set to open in 2013, the £188m LoB is already beginning to tale shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment. As digital media（媒介）is important to its idea. the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies. Brian Gambles, the LoB project director, says it is about giving people the right tools for learning, “The aim is to mix the physical with the digital. Providing 24-hour services which can be used through, many different ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.” The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public. Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual（虚 拟的）LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists. Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens. Two other small Birmingham-based digital companies are working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls an example of an “enlarged reality” project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the which is the early stages of development is an online library of figures of the city being built up by a content company in Cahoots, in which users with the encouraged to add to and comment on the material. Gambles says: “Technology will enable us to make the library’s and services open to citizens as sever before.” 1.The underline part “its idea” in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of____ A. the equipment B. the project C. the digital media D. the physical library 2.While visiting the Virtual LoB, the public can_____ A. get a general idea of the LoB B. meet more world-famous experts 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 2 C. learn how to put up a library building D. understand how the specialists work on the project 3.Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens? a. It offers better learning tools b. It reaches users in different ways c. It provides users with smart phone d. It allows users to enrich its material e. It gives non-stop physical and digital services A. a, b, d B. a, c ,e C. b, c, d D. b, d, e 4.This ext more from . A. a put book B. a library guide C. a handbook D. newspaper report 【参考答案】1—4、BA AD 2016 高考英语阅读理解--健康保健类 Losing weight comes with a lot of health benefits—including making your brain sharper. There have been few studies of overweight and cognitive functioning, (认知功能) possibly because it is generally believed that it is not a primary risk cause for poor cognitive performance. Yet, it turns out that overweight may damage cognitive functions such as memory and attention. Losing weight, therefore, may help improve these mental functions, according to a new research led by John Gunstad, assistant professor of psychology at Kent State University. Growing evidence suggests that being fat is linked to cognitive deficits (缺陷). So Gunstad and his team guessed that losing weight might improve mental function. For their study, they measured memory and attention in a group of 150 overweight participants, some of whom had some kind of operation for weight loss and some did not. All of the volunteers completed mental skills tests to assess their abilities of memory and attention at the beginning of the study, and again 12 weeks later. To begin with, about 24% of the patients showed damaged learning and 23% showed 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 3 signs of poor memory when tested. At the end of the study, those who had lost weight after operation improved their scores into the average or above average range for cognitive functions. Scores for the volunteers who didn’t lose weight dropped even further. The study helped Gunstad to find out whether losing weight had any effect on mental function. Now that he’s seen the positive effect that weight loss can have on memory and attention, he says he will next study those who choose to lose weight by the traditional way—eating healthier and getting more active. He expects that losing weight in this way will have a similarly positive effect on the brain. “If we can improve the condition with operations, then we can probably produce the same change with behavioral weight loss as well,” he says. 【小题 1】There is less research on overweight and cognitive functions because researchers _____. A. believe overweight only affects our body B. have focused on ways to sharpen people’s mind C. do not consider overweight a main cause for low cognitive ability D. are clear about the relation between weight and mental functions 【小题 2】The result of Gunstad’s study shows that ______. A. losing weight has little effect on people’s memory B. losing weight can improve people’s mental functions C. overweight people are likely to have psychology problems D. overweight people’s abilities of concentration differ greatly 【小题 3】What is Gunstad planning to prove next in his research? A. Slim people are smarter than overweight people. B. Healthy diet is better than exercise in losing weight. C. Traditional ways of losing weight are better than operation. D. Overweight people will get smarter by taking more exercise. 【小题 4】Which of the following is the best title for the text? A．Body Weight and Health B．Losing Weight by Operation C．Ways to Improve Mental Functions D．Losing Weight to Sharpen Your Mind 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 4 【四川省宜宾市李庄中学 2014 高考英语仿真模拟试题】E In business, there’s a speed difference: It's the difference between how important a firms leaders say speed is to their competitive (竞争的) strategy（策略）and how fast the company actually moves. The difference is important regardless of industry and company size. Companies fearful or losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to pick up the speed. In our study of 343 businesses, the companies that chose to go, go, go to try to gain an edge ended with lower sales and operating incomes than those that paused at key moments to make sure they were on the right track, What’s more, the firms that “slowed down to speed up “improved their top and bottom lines ,averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating incomes over a three-years period. How did they disobey the laws of business physics, taking more time than competitors yet performing better ? They thought differently about what “slower “and “faster” mean. Firms sometimes fail to understand the difference between operation speed (moving quickly ) and strategic speed (reducing the time it takes to deliver value ). Simply increasing the speed of production, for example , may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference . But that often leads to reduced value over time, in the form of lower-quality products and services. In our study, high performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary . They became more open to idea and discussion. They encouraged new ways of thinking. And they allowed time to look and learn. By contrast (相比而言). Performance suffered at firms that moved falt all the among their employer , and had little time thinking about changes. Strategic speed serves as a kind of leadership . Teams that regularly take time to get things right , rather than plough ahead full bore , are more successful in meeting their business goals . That kind of strategy must come from the top. 47 . What does the underlined part “gain an edge ” in Paragraph 2 mean ? A. Increase the speed. B. Get an advantage. 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 5 C. Reach the limit. D. Set a goal 48. The underlined part “the laws of business physics” in Paragraph 3 means ___________. A. spending more time and performing worse. B. spending more time and performing better C. spending less time and performing worse D. spending less time and performing better 49. What can we learn from the text? A. how fast a firm moves depends on how big it is. B. how competitive a firm is depends on what it produces. C. Firms guided by strategic speed take time to make necessary changes. D. Firms guided by operational speed take time to develop necessary team spirit. 50. Where could be the last title for the text? A. Improve quality? Serve better. B. Deliver value? Plough ahead. C. Reduce time? Move faster. D. Need speed? Slow down. 【参考答案】47-50 BDCD 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 【安徽省蚌埠市三县联谊校 2014 高考二模】A For almost two months Dominic York, a 23-year-old hairdresser, wandered about hospitals all night, wearing a white coat and pretending he was a doctor. Yesterday he proudly claimed in court that despite his complete lack of medical experience or qualifications, he had saved several people’ s lives. He had even been allowed to assist a surgeon during an emergency operation on a patient who was about to die on something she had swallowed. “I watched one of those TV dramas about a hospital and suddenly I felt like playing one of the roles myself. So I put on a white jacket and a stethoscope(听诊器)and walked around one of the biggest hospital in London. At first I just watched. Once you learn how doctors talk to patients, nurses and others doctors, it’s easy to take people in,” he said. One of the patients he treated was Laura Kennan. She had been knocked down by a car and fainted. When she came to the hospital, York was standing over her. 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 6 “He looked very professional. He told me his name was Doctor Simon. Then he gave me some sort of injection,” she said. And then he suddenly cleared off when a nurse asked who he was. She didn’t think there was anything wrong. “I would never have realized he was a fake if a policewoman hadn’t showed me his photograph a week later. When the policewoman told me who he really was, I could hardly believe my ears.” Judge Raymond Adams told York that he was“ shocked and horrified” that he got away with his deceiving for so long, and then sentenced him to eighteen months in a special prison for criminal with mental disorders. “I can only hope that this will not lead to further problems. After all, you will have considerable opportunity to study the behaviour of the psychiatrists(精神科医生)who will look after you while you are there. If you try to persuade people that you yourself are a psychiatrist after you are set free, I shall make sure that you are given a much longer sentence.” Judge Adams warned York. 56. York was proud of the fact that ___________. A. people thought he could become a real doctor B. a surgeon let him watch an operation. C. he had cheated doctors for so long D. he could perform some duties of a doctor 57. York learned how to behave like a doctor by __________. A. observing doctors while he was a patient B. watching other doctors work. C. getting some training and experience. D.talking to doctors and nurses 【参考答案】56—59、DBCB 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 7 2016 高考英语阅读理解--健康保健类 “We need carbohydrates, protein and fat — they are like the wood in the fireplace. The vitamins and minerals are like the match, the spark, for the fuel,” she explains. “We need them all, but in a very different proportions. And if the fuel isn’t there, the spark is useless.” 【小题 1】From the first paragraph we know that working women . A．think cooking is especially complicated B．do not share the same views with registered dietitians C．are busy and not interested in cooking D．are likely to eat healthfully 【小题 2】Orange juice is different from orange drink in that . A．it contains only a small percentage of real juice B．it is natural, nutritious and prepared from real oranges C．it is largely orange-colored sugar water D．it produces nothing but calories 【小题 3】In Paragraph 4, “a fruitless search” means . A．an effort with no results B．a search for a diet without fruits C．a research on fruitless diet D．a diet serving as medicine 只有比别人更早、更勤奋地努力，才能尝到成功的滋味。 8