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版新目标英语中考阅读练习及答案（
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一、阅读理解。
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The Internet, mobile
phones and Ipads are part of our lives now.
Technology is greatly affecting all
ways of our lives, from the ways we
work to the ways we play. And it even causes a
number of social
problems such as
cloning humans.
We have had lots of
technology and it has changed our lives a lot.
There is no doubt that humans
will
continue to use more and more technology. Here are
some examples of modern technology
that
will change our ideas and will affect our lives
greatly.
Global positioning system
(GPS) (
全球定位系统
)
It’s a system that uses radio signals
from satellites to show exact information. It
tells you where the
user is on the
earth in all weather conditions. It’s made up of
three parts: satellites, control
equipments on land and receivers.
Space Technology
Russian and
American scientists have worked together for the
international Space Station (ISS) for a
long time. They hope the ISS will
provide a long-lasting lab. Such a lab will bring
humans limitless
(
无限的
)
advan
tages. It’s even hoped that one
day spare technology will take humans to their new
houses in space.
Underwater
Robot
Hercules is a kind of underwater
robot with some high technology equipments. It
will be used to
search for ancient
ships which were destroyed into the deep sea
during their journey long ago.
The
world is changing so quickly that it’s hard for us
to catch up with all the new inventions because
they seem to come out every month. It’s
important for us to learn about new technology and
the
role that it plays in our lives. So
we should be willing to accept modern technology,
or we will fall
behind the times.
1. _______ can tell you where the user
is on the earth exactly.
A. Satellites
B. Receivers
C.
Global Positioning System
D. Underwater Robot
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2.
According to the passage, which is NOT true about
the ISS?
A. It has carried people to
other planets.
B.
It will provide a long-lasting lab for us.
C. Russian and American are working for
it.
D. Humans
will get a lot of advantages from it.
3. Hercules is used to _______.
A. save lives in the sea
B. take picture
in the sea
C. repair the broken ships
D. look for the ancient ships in the
sea
4. From the passage, we know that
_______.
A. the use of GPS is affected
by the weather conditions.
B. it’s very
important for us to learn about new
technology.
C. it’s easy for
us to catch up with all the new
inventions.
D. technology
brings us many advantages such as cloning humans.
5. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To help us study some new
technology.
B. To tell us technology is
changing the world.
C. To help solve
the problems that technology causes
D.
To remind us the advantages of technology are
limitless.
【参考答案】
66
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70 CADBA
B
阅读下列短
文，从每小题所给的
A
、
B
、
C
、
D
四个选项中选出
最佳选项。
About a quarter of the
world drives on the left, and the countries that
do are mostly old British
colonies(
殖民地
)
like Australia, and Ireland. But Thailand,
Indonesia and Japan
also do so.
This strange
quirk(
奇事
) puzzles the rest
of the world; however, there is a perfectly good
reason. Up to the late 1700's,
everybody travelled on the left side of the road
because it's the
sensible option for
feudal(
封建的
), violent
societies of mostly right-handed people. Soldiers
with
their swords under their right arm
naturally passed on each other's right, and if you
passed a
stranger on the road you
walked on the left to ensure that your protective
sword arm was between
yourself and him.
Revolutionary France,
however, overturned this practice as part of its
sweeping social rethink. A
change was
carried out all over continental Europe by reason
it changed under
Napoleon was because
he was left handed his armies had to march on the
right so he could keep his
sword arm
between him and any opponent. From then on, any
part colonised by the French was
right
hand.
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After the American
Revolutionary War(1775-1783), the US became
independent and decided to
make traffic
drive on the right in order to cast off all
remaining links with its British colonial
past. Once America became the center of
the car industry, if you wanted a good reliable
vehicle, you
bought American right-
hand-drive cars. From then on many countries
changed out of necessity.
Today, the EU would like Britain to
fall into line with the rest of Europe, but this
is no longer
possible. It would cost
billions of pounds to change everything round. The
last European country to
convert to
driving on the right was Sweden in 1967. While
everyone was getting used to the new
system, they paid more attention and
took more care, resulting in a reduction of the
number of
road accidents.
1. Why did people travel on the left
before the late 18
th
century?
A.
They
were required to do so.
B.
They were mostly left-handed.
C.
It was easier
to cross the street.
D.
They could feel safer from attacks.
2. What
’
s was
Napoleon
’
s attitude to
walking on the left?
A.
Support.
roval.
C. Doubt.
D. Sympathy.
3.
For American, driving on the right was a way to
show
.
A.
the connection with France was broken
B.
the US was no
longer ruled by the UK
C.
the American Revolution War had ended
D.
America was
the center of the car industry
4. What
is the main cause of the UK failing to adopt the
new system?
A.
Its high costs to change.
C.
Its influence on colonies.
参考答案及解析
1.
答案：
D
。细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句话
可知。
2.
答案：
B
。推理判断题。根据文章内容第三段内容
The
reason it changed under Napoleon was
because he was left handed his armies
had to march on the right so he could keep his
sword arm
between him and any
opponent.
可以推知。
3.
答案：
B
。
细
节推理题。
根据文章第四段内容
he US became
independent and decided to make
traffic
drive on the right in order to cast off all
remaining links with its British colonial
past
可知。
4.
答案：
A
。细节推理题。根据文章最后一段内容
but this is no longer
possible. It would cost
B. Its increasing traffic accidents.
D. Its fast-developing car industry.