1、四川南充市高中高考英语暑假阅读类训练及答案6阅读下列四篇短文,从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain-computer interface(BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines. Recently, two researchers, Jose Millan and Mic
2、hele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated(展示) a small robotic wheelchair directed by a persons thoughts. In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle
3、 and guided it with his thoughts. “Our brain has billions of nerve cells. These send signals through the spinal cord(脊髓) to the muscles to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles,” Tavella says. “Ou
4、r system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices.”The researchers designed a special cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp(头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wh
5、eelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain. Prof. Millan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands. “The practi
6、cal possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories:communication, and controlling devices. One example is this wheelchair.”He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit fr
7、om. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time. 1. BCI is a technology that can.A. help to update computer systems B. link the human brain with computersC. help the disabled to recover D. control a persons thoughts2. How did Tavella operate the wheelchai
8、r in the laboratory? A. By controlling his muscles. B. By talking to the machine.C. By moving his hand.D. By using his mind.3. Which of the following shows the path of the signals described in Paragraph 5? A. scalpcomputercapwheelchair B. computercapscalpwheelchairC. scalpcapcomputerwheelchair D. ca
9、pcomputerscalpwheelchair4. The team will test with real patients to.A. make profits from them B. prove the technology useful to themC. make them live longer D. learn about their physical condition5. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A. Switzerland, the BCI Research CenterB
10、. New Findings About How the Human Brain WorksC. BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the DisabledD. Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries【参考答案】1-5 、BDCBC社会生活类-阅读理解。The Diet Zone:A Dangerous PlaceDiet Coke,diet Pepsi,diet pills,no-fat diet,vegetable diet. . . We are surrounded by the word “d
11、iet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically(身体上).Diet products significantly weaken us
12、 psychologically. On one level,we are not allowing our brains to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight,but in controlling the consumption of fatty,high-calorie,unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale(秤)inste
13、ad. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.On another level,diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink,we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we dont have to work to get results. Diet products make peopl
14、e believe thatgain comes without pain,and that life can be without resistance and struggle.The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us,but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of
15、 healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients(营养成分). Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional,and the chemicals that go into diet products
16、 are potentially dangerous.Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us,it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds,not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this,we will be much better able to resist diet products,and therefor
17、e prevent the psychological and physical harm that comes from using them.1. From Paragraph 1,we learn that.A. diet products fail to bring out peoples potentialB. people have difficulty in choosing diet productsC. diet products are misleading peopleD. people are fed up with diet products2. One psycho
18、logical effect of diet products is that people tend to.A. try out a variety of diet foodsB. hesitate before they enjoy diet foodsC. pay attention to their own eating habitsD. watch their weight rather than their diet3. In Paragraph 3,“gain comes without pain” probably means.A. losing weight is effor
19、tlessB. it costs a lot to lose weightC. diet products bring no painD. diet products are free from calories4. Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products.A. are over-consumedB. lack basic nutrientsC. are short of chemicals D. provide too much energy5. Which of the following
20、shows the structure of the passage?CP:Central PointP:PointSp:Sub-point(次要点)C:Conclusion【参考答案】53.1-5 CDABB社会生活类-阅读理解。When it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate(照亮) me and trai
21、n me up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share. When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and“too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little a
22、t school, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say:“Lets start with a train whistle today. “ We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of th
23、at school year, we, too, were changed into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped. When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend. He was in despair(失望) and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this
24、 great city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other. For almost four years I have had a remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We
25、write long letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the others dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think:“Yes, I must tell. . . “ We have never m
26、et. It is such comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist(心理学家), who will only fill up the healing(愈合的)silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend. 1. In the eight
27、h grade, what the author did before developing proper social behavior was to.A. become serious about her studyB. go to her friends house regularlyC. learn from her classmates at schoolD. share poems and stories with her friend2. In Paragraph 3, “We gave London to each other” probably means.A. our ex
28、ploration of London was a memorable gift to both of usB. we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from LondonC. our unpleasant feelings about London disappearedD. we parted with each other in London3. According to Paragraph 4, the author and her friend.A. call each other regularlyB. have similar per
29、sonalitiesC. enjoy writing to each otherD. dream of meeting each other4. In the darkest moments, the author would prefer to.A. seek professional help B. be left aloneC. stay with her best friendD. break the silence5. What is the best title for the passage? A. Unforgettable Experiences. B. Remarkable
30、 Imagination.C. Lifelong Friendship.D. Noble Companions.【参考答案】54.1-5 DACBD 【2015高考复习】完形填空Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room,holding Bretts jeans and shirt full of burnt holes.Tired and defeated,I_16_to the floor.The clothes were just one more thing Brett had_17_.He often got almost
31、 everything in the house out of_18_.Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking_19_to steal money when he chose to live on the street.Yet none of this could compare to the_20_damage Brett had done to our once quiet home.Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old.During the n
32、ext few years I had dealt with Brett as_21_as possible,but inside I was shouting.“I dont want him in my house another day,Lord!I just cant_22_him!”Having wiped my tears,I continued_23_him as before.When Brett was nearly 18,he landed again in Juvenile Hall(少管所)After that,my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helpi