题目内容
1.When a magazine for high school students asked its readers what life would be like in twenty years,they said:Machines would be run by solar power.Buildings would rotate(旋转)so they could follow the sun to take maximum advantage of its light and heat.Walls would"give light"and"change color with the push of a button."Food would be replaced by pills.School would be taught by electrical impulse(电脉冲)while we sleep.Cars would have radar(雷达).Does this sound like the year 2000?Actually,this article was written in 1958and the question was,"what will life be like in 1978?The future is much too important to simply guess about,the way the high school students did,so experts are regularly asked to predict accuately.By carefully studying the present,skilled businessmen,scientists,and politicians are supposedly able to figure out in advance what will happen.But can they?One expert on Cities wrote:Cities of the future would not be crowded,but would have space for farms and fields.People would travel to work in"airbuses",large all-weather helicopters carrying up to 200passengers.When a person left the airbus station he could drive a coin-operated car equipped with radar.The radar equipment of cars would make traffic accidents"almost unheard of".Does that sound familiar?If the expert had been accurate it would,because he was writing in 1957.His subject was"The city of 1982".
If the professionals sometimes sound like high school students,it's probably because future study is still a new field.But economic forecasting,or predicting what the economy will do,has been around for a long time.It should be accuate,and generally it is.But there have been some big mistakes in the field,too.In early 1929,most forecasters saw an excellent future for the stock market.In October of that year,the stock market had its worst losses ever,ruining thousands of investors who had put their faith in financial foreseers.
One forecaster knew that predictions about the future would always be subject to significant error.In 1957,H.J.Rand of the Rad corporation was asked about the year 2000,"Only one thing is certain,"he answered."Children born today will have reached the age of 43."
36.How many examples does the author offer to describe the future lifeB?
A.Three
B.Four
C.Five
D.Six
37.The high school students'answers to"What would life be like in 1978?"soundB.
A.accurate
B.imaginative
C.correct
D.foolish
38.In the second paragraph,the writer gives examples to showD.
A.predicting about the future can be done in a humorous way
B.no predictions are based on careful research
C.experts are always better than others in figuring out what the future will be like
D.forecasting the future is not an easy job even for experts in this field
39.From the third paragraph we can learn thatC.
A.economy forecasting is rather a new field
B.experts began economy forecasting in 1929
C.the predictions about economic situation caused the investors to lose lots of money
D.good,accurate forecasting helped the stock market overcome the difficulties
40.H.J.Rand's prediction about the year 2000shows thatB.
A.it is easy to figure out in advance what will happen
B.it is difficult to figure out in advance what will happen
C.only professionals can figure out in advance what will happen
D.very few professionals figure out in advance what will happen.
分析 文章介绍一些学生预测未来的生活是非常不准确的,但是,即使是这方面的专家,也很难做出准确的预测.
解答 36-40 BBDCB
36.答案 B 细节理解题:从第一段的句子:When a magazine for high school students asked its readers what life would be like in twenty years,they said:Machines would be run by solar power.Buildings would rotate(旋转)so they could follow the sun to take maximum advantage of its light and heat.Walls would"give light"and"change color with the push of a button."可知作者提到4种未来的生活,选B.
37.答案 B 推理判断题:从第一段的句子:Does this sound like the year 2000?Actually,this article was written in 1958 and the question was,"what will life be like in 1978?学生们描述的未来生活更象2000年的生活,而不是1978年,所以他们的想法是愚蠢的,选B.
39.答案 D 细节理解题:从第二段的句子:If the expert had been accurate it would,because he was writing in 1957.His subject was"The city of 1982".可知作者在这段举例是想说明甚至对于这个领域的专家来说,预测未来都不是一件容易的事情,选D.
40.答案 C 细节理解题:从第三段的句子:In October of that year,the stock market had its worst losses ever,ruining thousands of investors who had put their faith in financial foreseers.可知关于经济形势的预测导致投资者失去了很多钱,选C
41 答案 B 细节理解题:从第四段的句子:"Only one thing is certain,"he answered."Children born today will have reached the age of 43."可知H.J.Rand 对于未来的预测表示很难预测未来会发生什么,选B
点评 做阅读时经常犯错的主要原因是,仅凭读过文章后残留在脑海中的一丝印象来勾选答案,这样便很容易掉入出题人故意设布下的题目陷阱.所谓阅读理解,对于题目的理解一定要忠实于原文,因此,每一道题都应该与原文作全面的对比与核查,再得出答案.也就是说,阅读理解的每一道题目,在原文都应该有明确的出处,我们把这一出处叫做原文相关句,(1)排除与原文相关句主题不一致的选项(2)排除与原文相关句态度相反的选项 (3)排除用于过于极端或负面的选项(4)注意结合文章主旨和主题去排除.
The story was of a boy-now in his sixties-ad his quest to find an American soldier who had(3)Da kindness to him by(4)Bsome food.It might seem(5)C,but to this child,who had seen nothing but(6)Dand inhumanity for as long as he could remember,it was a(7)Cthat marked a turning point in his life,for he had lost hope.When he was liberated by the American forces,he was dying.He,(8)D needed food.As he was staggering along the road a young soldier(9)B down from his tank and gave him some of his supplies.With this one act of generosity,a kind American had aroused the(10)Dagain that there really was some good in the world.And the boy never(11)A it.The boy later went to America,raised a family,became successful and worked hard to repay the(12)C he had received with his own.
Actually there were so many similar acts of generosity that it would be almost impossible to know for sure who the soldier was.
Weall have a choice:to create more light in the world.As Confucius(13)B it over 2500years ago,"It is better to light one small candle than to(14)A the darkness."
As the story above so nicely (15)C small gestures can often generate huge blessings.If we're constantly looking for and doing kind acts,we will no doubt bring more joy into the world around us as well as into our own world!
1.A.Stationed | B.Placed | C.Distributed | D.treated |
2.A.Horror | B.Embarrassment | C.Relief | D.annoyance |
3.A.held on | B.agreed on | C.focused on | D.passed on |
4.A.Guaranteeing | B.Offering | C.Presenting | D.contributing |
5.A.Unbelievable | B.Troublesome | C.Insignificant | D.convenient |
6.A.Difficulty | B.Curiosity | C.Sympathy | D.cruelty |
7.A.Wave | B.Fate | C.Gesture | D.duty |
8.A.Highly | B.Mostly | C.Hopefully | D.badly |
9.A.Moved | B.Jumped | C.Turned | D.dashed |
10.A.honesty | B.Loyalty | C.Trust | D.belief |
11.A.forgot | B.Remembered | C.Delivered | D.reflected |
12.A.food | B.Mercy | C.Kindness | D.credit |
13.A.made | B.put | C.Took | D.got |
14.A.curse | B.Pray | C.Swear | D.appreciate |
15.A.declares | B.Argues | C.Illustrates | D.expands |
A. | everything | B. | anything | C. | nothing | D. | something |
- .They are both expensive and of little use.( )
A. | Both | B. | Neither | C. | None | D. | No one |
-Yes,but ______ satisfaction,he required me to make a lot of corrections.( )
A. | far from | B. | apart from | C. | instead of | D. | regardless of |
A. | that | B. | since | C. | before | D. | until |