密云区2014高考英语阅读理解系列训练（24）及答案

阅读理解、专题训练()、如何推断文章出处

◆ 技巧点拨

推断文章出处题型的设题方式：

1．The passage is most likely to be taken from ________.

2．Where would this passage most probably appear?

3．The passage is most likely to be part of ________.

如何解题？一般可从文章的内容和结构来判断文章的出处。

1．报纸：前面有日期、地点或通讯社名称。

2．科学杂志：一般涉及科学发现、科学研究等方面的最新成就。

3．广告：广告有特殊的用词和格式。

4．产品说明：包含产品名称、特点、操作方法、生产日期、使用期限；如果是药品介绍，还会有服用剂量、时间和次数等内容。

◆ 活学活用

阅读下列短文，按要求完成读写任务

U．S.airlines are seeing a major interruption because of hundreds of flights canceled due to the ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano，but European flight companies will face the biggest losses.

The airline business has been tough：The decline dramatically slowed traffic；February heavy snow forced U．S.airlines to cancel thousands of flights；and now the ashes from the volcano stopped all traffic in and out of northern Europe for days.

“For U．S.flight companies，it'll be a relatively short-term hit，” said Michael Boyd，president of Boyd Group International，an aviation (航空学) consulting firm.“We think right now they're down about $ 80 million in terms of lost income，and they're down domestically about 80,000 passengers that would have been flying domestically but aren't because they can't get here.”

Delta announced that volcano-related interruption grounded about 400 flights until Monday at a cost of $ 20 million in lost revenues(收入)．But by comparison，the airline canceled 7,000 flights and lost $ 65 million in revenue due to the recent snowstorms.

The disruption has created uncertainty for customers，but analysts say U．S.airlines won't face as many costs as you might think.They are not flying in extra planes to handle the passengers in trouble because companies simply don't have them.“Airlines run a very lean operation now，” Mann said.“So，since there are no spare aircraft or crews，the airlines will attempt to maximize loads on every one of their aircraft that do fly.But it may take days，or in some cases a week or so，to get some of these customers to where they want to go.”

Ⅰ.以约30词概括文章大意

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Ⅱ.根据短文内容选择最佳答案

1．Which negative consequences mentioned in the passage did the disasters cause?

A．coldness，pollution and airlines' losses

B．airport damage，pollution and slow traffic

C．passenger delay，coldness and airport damage

D．passenger delay，airlines' losses and slow traffic

2．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．The fewest airplanes will fly the trapped passengers to their destinations.

B．All the customers are sure to be sent to their destinations in time.

C．The U．S.and U．K.airlines suffered the same losses in the natural disasters.

D．The volcano eruption reduced the traffic to and from northern Europe.

3．What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A．the troubles that the airlines will face after the ash cloud disappears.

B．the measures that the airlines will take to maximize their profit.

C．the present situation of the airlines and their plan to deliver the passengers.

D．the reasons why the airlines run a fine operation.

4．Why will it take a long time for airlines to send the passengers to their different destinations?

A．Because the passengers enjoy staying in airports to talk with one another.

B．Because the airlines don't have spare planes or employees to serve.

C．Because the airlines don't have enough financial support after the disaster.

D．Because the passengers are asking for full refund from the airlines.

5．The passage is most probably from________.

A．a novel　　　　　B．a news report

C．a magazine D．a thesis

参考答案

Ⅰ

The text tells us about the serious effect of the ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano on airline business and how flight companies will handle the problems caused by the disaster.(31words)

Ⅱ

1．解析：文中没有提到污染、机场损毁等问题， 只讲了航班延误、乘客滞留、运营缓慢、航空公司受损，所以D为正确答案。

答案：D

2.解析：从最后一段的They are not flying in extra planes to handle the passengers in trouble和 the airlines will attempt to maximize loads on every one of their aircraft that do fly, 可知A为正确答案。

答案：A

3.解析：最后一段告诉我们每个飞行的航班会最大限度的搭载乘客，所以选C。

答案：C

4.解析：从They are not flying in extra planes to handle the passengers in trouble because companies simply don't have them可以推知答案。

答案：B

5.解析：全文讲述冰岛火山灰对航空业的影响， 应该选自新闻报道。

答案：B

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（201*·四川卷）

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.”

49.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

50.While visiting the Virtual LoB, the public can_____

A. get a general idea of the LoB

B. meet more world-famous experts

C. learn how to put up a library building

D. understand how the specialists work on the project

51.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

52.This ext more from .

A. a put book B. a library guide

C. a handbook D. newspaper report

【答案】BA AD

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Have you ever picked a job based on the fact that you were good at it but later found it made you feel very uncomfortable over time? When you select your career, there's a whole lot more to it than assessing your skills and matching them with a particular position. If you ignore your personality, it will hurt you long-term regardless of your skills or the job's pay. There are several areas of your personality that you need to consider to help you find a good job. Here are a few of those main areas;

1) Do you prefer working alone or with other people?

There are isolating（使孤立）jobs that will drive an outgoing person crazy and also interactive jobs that will make a shy person uneasy. Most people are not extremes in either direction but do have a tendency that they prefer. There are also positions that are sometimes a combination of the two, which may be best for someone in the middle who adapts easily to either situation.

2) How do you handle change?

Most jobs these days have some elements of change to them, but some are more than others. If you need stability in your life, you may need a job where the changes don't happen so often. Other people would be bored of the same daily routine.

3) Do you enjoy working with computers？

I do see this as a kind of personality characteristic. There are people who are happy to spend more than 40 hours a week on a computer, while there are others who need a lot of human interaction throughout the day. Again, these are extremes and you'll likely find a lot of positions somewhere in the middle as well.

4) What type of work environment do you enjoy？

This can range from being in a large building with a lot of people you won't know immediately to a smaller setting where you'll get to know almost all the people there fairly quickly.

5) How do you like to get paid?

Some people are motivated by the pay they get, while others feel too stressed to be like that. The variety of payment designs in the sales industry is a typical example for this.

Anyway, these are a great starting point for you. I've seen it over and over again with people that they make more money over time when they do something they love. It may take you a little longer, but making a move to do what you have a passion for can change the course of your life for the better.

6. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Isolating jobs usually drive people mad.

B. Interactive jobs make people shy easily.

C. Extreme people tend to work with others.

D. Almost everyone has a tendency in jobs.

7. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph one mean?

A. Before you select your job, you should assess your skills and match them with your position

B. There are more important things than assessing skills and match them with the position when you select job.

C. Nothing is impo