河北省平山县2015高考英语一轮练习（6）及答案.doc

1、河北省平山县2015高考英语一轮练习（6）及答案【浙江省宁波市2014高考英语十校联考试题】 Imagine youre in a dark room, running your fingers over a smooth surface in search of a single dot the size of this period, How high do you think the dot must be for your finger to feel it? Scientists have determined that the human finger is so sensitiv

2、e it can detect a surface bump just one micron（l06m）high The human eye, by contrast, cant tell anything much smaller than100 micronsNo wonder we rely on touch rather than eyesight when faced with a new roll of toilet paperBiologically, touch is the mother of all sensory（感觉的） systemsIt is an ancient

3、sense in evolution: even the simplest single-celled living things can feel when something brushes up against them and will respond by moving closer or pulling away It is the first sense aroused during a babys development and the last to weaken at lifes peak Patients in a deep coma （昏迷）who seem other

4、wise lost to the world will show skin reaction when touched by a nurse “Touch ,is so central to what we are that we almost cannot imagine ourselves without it,” said Chris Dijkerman“Its not like eyesight, where you close your eyes and you dont see anything You cant do that with touchIts always there

5、 Long ignored in favor of the sensory heavyweights of eyesight and hearing, the study of touch lately: has been gaining new concern among scientistsTheyre exploring the effects of recently reported false touch impressions, of people being made to feel as though they had three arms, for example, with

6、 the hope of gaining the true understanding of how the mind worksOthers are turning to touch for more practical purposes: to build better touch screen instruments and robot hands, a more well-rounded virtual life。“Theres a fair amount of research into new ways of offloading information onto our sens

7、e of touch, said Lynette Jones To have your cell phone buzzing （making a low sound） as opposed to ringing turned out to have a lot of advantages insome situations Touch is our most active sense, our means of seizing the world and experiencing it first hand DrSusan Lederman pointed out that while we

8、can become aware of something by seeing or hear,ing7;-from a distance and without really trying, if we want to learn about something by means of touch, we must make a moveWe must rub the cloth, or pet the cat Touching is a two-way street, and thats not true for seeing or hearing If you have a soft o

9、bject and you squeeze it, you change its shape The physical world reacts back Our hands are smart and can do many tasks automatically - button a shirt, fit a key in a lock, play the; piano for othersDrLederman and her colleagues have shown that blindfolded subjects can easily recognize a wide range

10、of common -objects placedin their handsBut on some feeling tasks, touch is all thumbs （very clumsy） When people are given a raised line drawing of a common object, theyre puzzled“If all weve got is outline information; DrLederman said,“no weight, no texture, no temperature information, well, were ve

11、ry, very bad with that Touch also turns out to be easy to fool, Among the sensory tricks now being investigated is something called the Pinocchio illusion Researchers have found that if they shake the band of the biceps（二头肌）, many people report feeling that their forearm is getting longer, their han

12、d floating ever further from their elbow（肘） And if they are told to touch the forefinger of the shaken arm to the tip of their nose, they feel as though their nose was lengthening, too 50Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A Our eyes are more sensitive than our finger

13、s B Our fingers are more sensitive than our eyes C Our eyes are more sensitive than our ears D Our noses are less sensitive than our ears51The sense that is firstly awaked during a childs development is the sense of A sight B taste C hearing D touch52The underlined sentence “You cant do that with to

14、uch” here means “You cant ” A close your skin B close your eyes C touch anything D see anything53Scientists are lately getting interested in the following except A living a well-rounded virtual life B understanding how the mind worksC favoring eyesight and hearing D building better touch screen obje

15、cts54In the view of , movement is needed when we want to know something by touching A the author B Chris DijkermanC Lynette JonesD Susan Lederman【参考答案】5054、BDACD 社会生活类A childs visit to the dentist can be scary; especially if it is their first time. Lets face it, this can even scare an adult, too. In

16、 order to make it a good experience for the child, there are some things that can prepare them for that visit to the dental office. Children should usually start going to the dentist around age three to have their teeth examined and make sure there are no cavities (龋齿). Before they start going, you

17、may want them to come with you to your dental appointments so that they can see that you are not afraid of having someone look at your teeth with sharp objects. This way, they will know the office personnel and, of course, the dental specialist. The dental professional will be able to explain what i

18、s done during the exam by checking their teeth and cleaning them. This should help the child settle down before their actual scheduled appointment. As a parent, you can talk about your positive experiences at the dental office and letting them know how important it is to keep your teeth healthy so t

19、hat you can have a big beautiful smile. There are also books and even DVDs available to prepare them for the big day as well. Most books will show what to expect during their exam which may include what the dentist will do. This can be a great way to calm their nerves so that they are not so stresse

20、d and worried about going to their exam. Just remember, keep talking about the subject while keeping it a very positive thing. With doing some of these things, it should be a positive experience for your child. Take the time to prepare them and even the night before the appointment, make sure they g

21、et a good nights rest and a nutritious meal beforehand so that they are not moody before the visit to help make it a little easier for everyone. Every childs visit to the dentist should be a good experience with these tips that are mentioned. 1. Whats the aim for the author to write this passage? A.

22、 To provide some advice on how to calm down before a dentist. B. To tell parents how to deal with their childs tooth problem. C. To show how parents and their child communicate their experience. D. To state how important it is to keep teeth healthy. 2. Why do children start going to the dentist arou

23、nd age three? A. Because they are asked to be of such an experience. B. Because they need to make their teeth beautiful. C. Because their parents want to make sure their teeth healthy. D. Because their parents must remove their childs fear of dentists. 3. Which is NOT the tip the author stated in th

24、e passage? A. Offer the concerned books and DVDs. B. Parents talking about their own experience. C. Going to the dentist with their child. D. Making an appointment with the dentist for their child. 4. What should parents keep talking about going to the dentist for? A. Conveying their love to their c

25、hild. B. Making their child relaxed. C. Pretending its a relaxed atmosphere. D. Telling the dentist to be careful. 5. In what part of the newspaper can you find this passage? A. Education.B. Health.C. Story.D. Family. 【参考答案】9.ACDBB 【浙江省宁波市2014高考英语十校联考试题】DOscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine, who rose

26、 to fame during Hollywoods golden age as the star of several Alfred Hitchcock classics, died from natural causes at her home in Carmel, northern California on December 16, 2013 aged 96, US media reports said Born in Japan to British parents, Fontaine moved in 1919 to California, where she and her el

27、der sister screen idol Olivia de Havillandwere to shape successful movie careersFontaine and de Havilland remain the only sisters to have won lead actress honours at the Academy AwardsYet the two sisters also had an uneasy relationship, with Fontaine recording a bitter competition in her own account

28、 No Bed of Roses Fontaine began her acting career in her late teens with Largely less important roles on the stage and later in mostly B-movies in the 1930s It was not before famous British film director Hitchcock spotted her a decade later that her career took off Greatly surprised by her expressiv

29、e looks, the suspense (悬念） master cast Fontaine in his first US film, a 1940 adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel Rebecca She received an Academy Award nomination（提名） for her performance as a troubled wife A year later, Fontaine finally won the long-sought golden figure, for her role as leading

30、 lady in Suspicion opposite Cary Grant, becoming the first and only actress to earn the title for a Hitchock film Although her sister, Olivia de Havilland, preceded her in gaining Hollywood fame, Fontaine was the first of the sisters to win an Oscar, beating Olivias nomination as best actress in Mit

31、chell Leisens Hold Back the Dawn The dislike ,between the sisters was felt at the Oscars ceremonyI froze I stared across the table, where Olivia was sittingGet up there! she whispered commandingly, Fontaine saidAll the dislike wed felt toward each other as childrenall came rushing back in quickly ch

32、anging picturesI felt Olivia would spring across the table and seize me by the hair Olivia did not win her first Oscar until 1946, for her role as the lover of a World War I pilot in Leisens To Each His Own Fontaine later made it known that her sister had slighted her as she attempted to offer congr

33、atulations“She took one look at me, ignored my hand, seized her Oscar and wheeled away,” she said The sisters were also reportedly competitors in love Howard Hughes, a strange businessman who dated the elder de Havilland for a time, offered marriage to Fontaine several timesI married first, won the

34、Oscar before Olivia did, and if I die first, shell undoubtedly be extremely angry because I beat her to it! Fontaine once joked As her film career fruited in the 1950s, Fontaine turned to television and dinner theatre, and also appeared in several Broadway productions, including the Lion in Winter A

35、nything but the ordinary lady, Fontaine was also a licensed pilot, a champion balloonist, an accomplished golfer, a licensed .decoration designer and a first-class cook55When she moved to California, Joan Fontaine was years oldA two B twelve C twentyD twenty -two56Fontaine did not become successful

36、or popular until the _ A 1930s B 1940s C 1950s D 1960s57Fontaine won her Oscar for her role in the film of “ ” A Rebecca B SuspicionCTo Each His Own D Hold Back the Dawn58Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A Olivia preceded Fontaine in getting married B Olivia gamed

37、Hollywood fame after Fontaine C Fontaine won an Oscar before her sister Olivia, D Fontaine wanted to meet her death before Olivia59The dislike between Fontaine and Olivia began when they Acompeted for an Oscar Bcompeted for a husbandCwere small children D were successful actresses60As can- be seen f

38、rom the passage, Fontaine was a person who was A disliked by her family B always a troubled wife C able to do few jobs D gifted in many ways【参考答案】5560、ABBCCD较难题目特训：科普知识类Plants cant communicate by moving or making sounds, as most animals do. Instead, plants produce volatile compounds, chemicals that

39、easily change from a liquid to a gas. A flowers sweet smell, for example, comes from volatile compounds that the plant produces to attract insects such as bugs and bees. Plants can also detect volatile compounds produced by other plants. A tree under attack by hungry insects, for instance, may give

40、off volatile compounds that let other trees know about the attack. In response, the other trees may send off chemicals to keep the bugs awayor even chemicals that attract the bugs natural enemies. Now scientists have created a quick way to understand what plants are saying:a chemical sensor(传感器) cal

41、led an electronic nose. The“e-nose” can tell compounds that crop plants make when theyre attacked. Scientists say the e-nose could help quickly detect whether plants are being eaten by insects. But today the only way to detect such insects is to visually inspect individual plants. This is a challeng

42、ing task for managers of greenhouses, enclosed gardens that can house thousands of plants. The research team worked with an e-nose that recognizes volatile compounds. Inside the device, 13 sensors chemically react with volatile compounds. Based on these interactions, the e-nose gives off electronic

43、signals that the scientists analyze using computer software. To test the nose, the team presented it with healthy leaves from cucumber, pepper and tomato plants, all common greenhouse crops. Then the scientists collected samples of air around damaged leaves from each type of crop. These plants had b

44、een damaged by insects, or by scientists who made holes in the leaves with a hole punch(打孔器). The e-nose, it turns out, could identify healthy cucumber, peper and tomato plants based on the volatile compounds they produce. It could also identify tomato leaves that had been damaged. But even more imp

45、ressive, the device could tell which type of damageby insects or with a hole punchhad been done to the tomato leaves. With some fine-tuning, a device like the e-nose could one day be used in greenhouses to quickly spot harmful bugs, the researchers say. A device like this could also be used to ident

46、ify fruits that are perfectly ripe and ready to pick and eat, says Natalia Dudareva, a biochemist at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. who studies smells of flowers and plants. Hopefully, scientists believe, the device could bring large benefits to greenhouse managers in the near future. 1.

47、We learn from the text that plants communicate with each other by.A. making some soundsB. waving their leavesC. producing some chemicalsD. sending out electronic signals2. What did the scientists do to find out if the e-nose worked? A. They presented it with all common crops.B. They fixed 13 sensors

48、 inside the device.C. They collected different damaged leaves.D. They made tests on damaged and healthy leaves.3. According to the writer, the most amazing thing about the e-nose is that it can.A. pick out ripe fruitsB. spot the insects quicklyC. distinguish different damages to the leavesD. recognize unhealthy tomato leaves4. We can infer from the last paragraph that the e-nose.A. is unable to tell the smell of flowersB. is not yet used in greenhousesC. is designed by scientists at PurdueD. is helpful in killing harmful insects【参考答案】25.1-4 CDCB