湖北省 襄阳市 2014届高考英语二轮阅读理解精品强化 (26) WORD版含答案.doc

1、AIve been reporting on extraordinary people for 25 years as a television journalist, but this small Oregon town and the man at its center, Woody Davis, stand alone in my memory.When I read a newspaper clip about the communitys reaction to Woodys declining health, I knew that this would be a special

2、story for my CBS Evening News series, On the Road (the transcript of which is below). On the Road: Giving thanks to the community angelOn a high ridge above the Columbia River, just down from heaven, youll find an angel here in this small town.Woody Davis, 69, is kind of a jack-of-all-trades. And al

3、though hes never made much money at it, be all accounts, he has earned his wings. Here is some of what people in town have said of him:“You have to chase him down to pay him sometimes.”“Hes uncommon, hes special, hes a gift that this community has had all these years.”That is why folks in this small

4、 town east of Portland are now going out of their way to thank Woody for the thousands of good deeds hes done for them over the past 50 years. He helped plow cars out of snow, chopped wood, repaired farm equipment, and more. Recently, they all got together to cut and stack his firewood for winter. A

5、 couple of guys fixed up his old pickup. Someone even built him a beautiful wooden box and invited the whole town to sign it.Clint Woodyson, said all the work his dad did for people has been repaid tenfold. “Bill Gates could not come to Corbett and buy this. You cant buy the love that people have po

6、ured out for Dad.”A few months ago, Woody was diagnosed with ALSLou Gehrigs disease. Doctors tell him he has about six months. The disease, which attacks the nervous system, is already making it hard for him to lift much of anything or even talk. But his attitude remains unaffected.CBS News correspo

7、ndent Steve Hartman has won nearly two dozen Emmy See the original story on Woody Daviswith videoat .51People in the Oregon town did all the things for Woody Davis except .Achopping wood.Brepairing the truck.Cmending farm equipment.Dbuilding a wooden box52Woody Davis story tries to convey the messag

8、e that .Ahealth is happinessBdying is as natral as livingCall that ends well is wellDhe lives beat who lives for others53We can learn from the passage that .AWoody Davis did not care much about his diseaseBBill Gates once came to the town to see Woody DavisCClint took it for granted what the neighbo

9、rs had done for his dadDHartman brings viewers moving stories in his daily feature “On the Road”54In writing style this passage can be classified as .Aa seine fictionBa feature storyCan essayDan antobiographyBElephants have four distinct personalities that help their hard survive in the African bush

10、, scientists have found.With their grey skin, mournful eyes and slow plodding gait, you could be forgiven for thinking elephants are uniformly melancholy（忧郁的） creatures. But scientists have now discovered the largest living land animals have personalities to match their size. In a new study of Afric

11、an elephants, researchers have identified four distinct characters that are prevalent with a herd the leaders, the gentle giants, the playful rogues and the reliable plodders.（辛勤工作的人） Each of the types has developed to help the giant mammals survive in their harsh environment and are almost unique i

12、n the animal kingdom, according to the scientists. Professor Lee and her colleague Cynthia Moss studied a herd of elephants in the Amboseli National Park in Kenya known as the EB family famous for their matriarch（女家长） Echo before she died in 2009. Using data collected over 38 years of watching this

13、group, the researchers analysed them for 26 types of behaviour and found four personality traits tended to come to the fore. The strongest personality to emerge was that of the leader unlike other animals, where leadership tends to be won by the most dominant and aggressive individual, the elephants

14、 instead respected intelligence and problem solving in their leader. The playful elephants tended to be younger but were more curious and active. Eudora, a 40-year-old female in the herd, seemed to be the most playful, consistently showing this trait through out her life while playfulness in some of

15、 the other elephants declined with age. Gentle elephants, which included two 27-year-old females Eleanor and Eliot, caressed and rubbed against others more than the others. Those that were reliable tended to be those that were most consistent at making good decisions, helped to care for infants in t

16、he herd and were calm when faced with threats. Echo and her youngest daughter Ebony seemed to be the most reliable. Professor Lee said that elephants with these traits tended to be the most socially integrated in the group while those who tended to be less reliable and pushy were more likely to spli

17、t from the herd. 55From the passage we get to know that . Athe researchers reached their conclusion by analyzing the date.Bthe research cantered on the 26 types of behavior of the matriarchCthe scientists conducted the research by comparing elephants with other animalsDProfessor Phyllis Lee and her

18、colleague spent neasry 38 years tracking the herd56The leader of an elephant herd is not necessarily . AaggressiveBreliableCintelligentDexperienced57According to the new findings of the scientists .Aplayfulness of an elephant will always decline with ageBthose elephants which are caring and wise are

19、 most reliableCeach elephant can be matched with only one of the four personalitiesDonce becoming a member of a herd, an elephant will never split from it58In the EB family Echo and Eudora are .Amother and daughterBthe two oldest femaleCthe most gentle onesDleader and memberCIs the world going to en

20、d right in the middle of the upcoming holiday season? While that wouldnt be good for retail sales, many people feel that Dec. 21, 2012 is a date that will linger in our minds foreverThe ancient Mayan civilization calendar is believed to end this year on Dec. 21. And somehow, through word-of-mouth, m

21、ovies, books, the Internet, etc., a cult-like（有邪教色彩的） belief system has sprung up in our culture suggesting any number of awful things will take place on that date.But where did all of these rumors actually start? Many believe it goes back thousands of years to the ancient Sumerian culture who repor

22、tedly discovered a twelfth planet they called Nibiru - aka Planet X - which was predicted to have a close encounter with Earth in 2003.When that didnt happen, a new Doomsday was moved to December 2012.On the other hand, there are some who believe the December date heralds not doom and gloom, but a m

23、ore positive transformative experience for Earth and its inhabitants. It all sound rather sletchy, especially to a scientist.Its all a hoax, and its based on absolutely no factual information. None of the things that are supposed to happen are real, and so its kind of hard to even have a scientific

24、discussion about what theyre worried about because theres no science there, said David Morrison, a leading space scientist and director of the Carl Sagan Center for Study of Life in the Universe at the SETI Institute in California.SETI scientists are involved with the ongoing search for extraterrest

25、rial intelligence, they also want to quiet any fears the public has about the alleged Doomsday. To that end, Morrison created a special Doomsday 2012 Fact Sheet in September thats posted on both SETI and NASA websites. When Morrison was researching information for his Doomsday fact sheet, he didnt f

26、ind anything that confirmed that the Mayans left us any dire predictions.The Maya scholars Ive talked to say flat out they did not make any such predictions. The question then is does their calendar end? Well, thats not true, either, because there are written references to dates that are hundreds of

27、 years in the future, which indicates the calendar must keep going, he said. So, this is not a Maya thing - they dont think anything bad is going to happen.”59Why does the date Dec, 21, 2012 linger in many peoples minds forever? AIt is promoted by businesses as a retell sales festival.BIt is proved

28、by the scientists to be the end of the earth.CIt is regarded by many people as a doomsday.DIt is recorded by historians as the end of the Mayan civilization.60According to many people, the rumors of the doomsday came from .AMayan cultureBSumerian cultureCa discovery of a twelfth starDan ancient lege

29、nd about summer61The underlined word “sketchy” in the sixth paragraph is closest in meaning to .AincompleteBthoroughCconvincingDflexible62According to the Doomsday 2012 Fact Sheet created by Morrison, .AFew people worry about whether they will survive December 21BMayans predictions are meaningful if

30、 you are a pessimistCthe Maya calendar will carry on even If something bad happensDno faithful predictions were given by the MayansDTeens who play mature-rated risk-glorifying（崇尚冒险的）video games may be more likely than those who dont to become reckless drivers who experience increases in automobile a

31、ccidents, police stops and willingness to drink and drive, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association. Most parents would probably be disturbed to learn that we observed that this type of game play was more strongly associated with teen drivers being pulled over by

32、 the police than their parenting practices, said study lead author Jay G. Hull, PhD, of Dartmouth College. With motor vehicle accidents the No. 1 cause of adolescent deaths, popular games that increase reckless driving may constitute even more of a public health issue than the widely touted associat

33、ion of video games and aggression. Researchers conducted a longitudinal study involving more than 5,000 U.S. teenagers who answered a series of questions over four years in four waves of telephone interviews. The findings were published online in APAs journal Psychology of Popular Media Culture.Fift

34、y percent of the teens reported in the first interview that their parents allowed them to play mature-rated games and among those, 32 percent said they had played Spiderman II, 12 percent had played Manhunt and 58 percent had played Grand Theft Auto III. Playing video games such as Grand Theft Auto

35、III, Manhunt and Spiderman II was associated with increases in sensation seeking, rebelliousness and self-reported risky driving, the study said. Higher rankings in sensation seeking(追求感官刺激) rebelliousness（叛逆性） were directly linked to risky driving habits, automobile accidents, being stopped by poli

36、ce and a willingness to drink and drive, according to the analysis.Between the second and third interviews, teens who said they had been pulled over by the police increased from 11 percent to 21 percent; those who said they had a car accident went from 8 percent to 14 percent. In the third interview

37、, when the teens were about 16 years old, 25 percent said yes when asked if they engaged in any unsafe driving habits. In the final interview when the teens were about 18, 90 percent said yes to at least one of the same risky driving habits: 78 percent admitted to speeding; 26 percent to tailgating;

38、 23 percent to failure to yield; 25 percent to weaving in and out of traffic; 20 percent to running red lights; 19 percent to ignoring stop signs; 13 percent to crossing a double line; 71 percent to speeding through yellow lights; and 27 percent to not using a seatbelt.63We can learn from the words

39、of the lead author Jay G. Hull that . Ateenagers careless driving has become a public health issueBmotor vehicle accidents have caused the most adolescent deathsCteen drivers are more likely to be pulled over by the police than their parentsDthe public mainly focus on the aggressive behaviors of tee

40、ns brought about by games64The researchers conducted the study involving more than 5,000 teenagers by .Atelephoning the teen interviews during four yearsBhanding out and collecting questionnaires among themCorganizing four online interviews among the teenagersDsending out volunteers to interview the

41、 teenagers face to face65Game such as Grand Theft Auto III affect the teens in the way that they may .Acause the teenagers to tend to be heavy drinkersBteach the teenagers some driving skills which are not practical in realityCarouse rebelliousness of teenagers so that they will have friction with t

42、heir parentsDencourage sensation seeking which will push teens to develop risky driving habits66Compared with the third interview, in the fourth interview the number of teens who admitted engaging in unsafe driving habits increased by .A6%B10%C25%D65%EWhether MSN will retreat from the Chinese market

43、 has been a hot topic among remaining MSN users these days, though Microsoft has made it clear through different public statements that its global MSN service will be replaced by Skype by the first quarter of next year, except in the Chinese mainland. But this doesnt abate local peoples anxiety towa

44、rd the upcoming changes. Even if the service will continue in this market, will it still work effectively in connecting people in other regions where MSN is no longer in service?I. Success of yesterdayMSN officially started its business in China in July 2004, and the Chinese version was released in

45、May the following year. When MSN first set foot in china, it was highly acclaimed by local young people, especially while-collar workers. Compared with QQ, MSN was believed more formal. MSN did win many peoples hearts thanks to its various advanced user experiences. It is the earliest IM (instant me

46、ssaging) software, and its interface looks faddish and friendly, said Wang, Guanxiong, an IT manager. “besides, its other functions like expressive icons, voice-enabled chatting, and video conferences were very innovative and catered to the market.II Now seven years after MSN entered the Chinese mar

47、ket, its influence cannot be compared with the success it had then. Fading out of MSN and turning to others like QQ, facebook and Weibo is becoming a trend. Many of my friends dont actually log into MSN anymore, said Lu, their account hasnt been updated for a long time.With an ever-increasing choice

48、 of IM providers on the Internet today, the worsening experience on MSN is the main reason users are leaving. Virus website links, junk ads, and unstable logging are really annoying, said Lu, adding that she now preferred QQ and Weibo. QQ improved its customer products all along, while MSN remained

49、comparatively static.（静止的） For example, the commonly-used functions like offline document transmitting and sectional drawing in QQ are still not available on MSN. III. Nostalgia （怀旧）? Its only naturalWith the news that MSN will be faded out, netizens poured out their nostalgic feelings online.67The

50、underlined word “abate” in the first paragraph means .AdisguiseBreduceCexpressDincrease68According to the text, MSN used to be the first choice of the local young people because of its advanced user experiences, including .a. stylish interfaceb. sectional drawing c. expressive iconsd. video conferen

51、cese. offine document transmittingAa, b, cBb, d, cCa, c, dDb, c, e69Which of the following phrases can summarize the main point of Par II?ADecreasing influenceBDiveres selectionCHealthy competitionDEndless challenge70The authors attitude towards the issue of “MSNs retreat from the Chinese market” is . AsorrowfulBsubjectiveCregretfulDneutral 5154 BADD 5558 CADB 5962 CBAC 6366 ACDC 6770 BDAC