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2010·
安徽高考
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生态环保类
The need to feed a
growing population is putting much pressure on the
world's supply of water. With 97% of the
world's water too salty to be drunk or
used in agriculture, the worldwide supply of water
needs careful management,
especially in
agriculture. Although the idea of a water
shortage(
短缺
)seems strange to
someone fortunate enough to
live in a
high rainfall country, many of the world's
agricultural industries experience constant water
shortages.
Although
dams
can
be
built
to
store
water
for
agricultural
use
in
dry
areas
and
dry
seasons,
the
costs
of
water
redistribution(
重新分配
)are
very
high.
Not
only
is
there
the
cost
of
the
engineering
itself,
but
there
is
also
an
environmental cost to be considered.
Where valleys(
山谷
)are flooded
to create dams, houses are lost and wildlife
homes destroyed. Besides, water may
flow easily through pipes to fields, but it cannot
be transported from one side
of
the
world
to
the
other.
Each
country
must
therefore
rely
on
the
management
of
its
own
water
to
supply
its
farming requirements.
This is particularly troubling for
countries with agricultural industries in areas
dependent on irrigation
(
灌溉
). In
Texas,
farmers' overuse of irrigation water has resulted
in a 25% reduction of the water stores. In the
Central Valley
area of southwestern
USA, a huge water engineering project provided
water for farming in dry valleys, but much of
the water use has been poorly
managed.
Saudi Arabia's
attempts to grow wheat in desert areas have seen
the pumping of huge quantities of irrigation water
from underground reserves. Because
there is no rainfall in these areas, such reserves
can only decrease, and it is
believed
that fifty years of pumping will see them run
dry.
1. From the first two
paragraphs we learn that________.
A.
much of the world's water is available for
use
B. people in high
rainfall countries feel lucky
C. the costs of water redistribution
should be considered
D. water can be
easily carried through pipes across the world
2. Which of the following is
TRUE?
A. The water stores in
Texas have been reduced by 75%.
B. Most
industries in the world suffer from water
shortages.
C. The underground water in
Saudi Arabia might run out in 50 years.
D. Good management of water use
resulted from the project in the Central Valley.
3. What is most likely to be discussed
in the paragraph that follows?
A. Steps to improving water use
management.
B. Ways to reduce the costs
of building dams.
C. Measures to deal
with worldwide water shortages.
D.
Approaches to handling the pressure on water
supply.
4. The text is mainly
about________.
A. water
supply and increasing population
B.
water use management and agriculture
C.
water redistribution and wildlife protection
D. water shortages and environmental
protection
时文报道类
Third-generation mobile phones, known
as 3G, are the next big step for the telecom
industry. Data speed in 3G
networks is
much quicker than present technology. This means
users can have high-speed Internet access and
enjoy
video and CD-quality music on
their phones.
“Mobile data is not a
dream; it's not an option but a requirement.” said
Len Lauer, head of a US communications
company
，
Sprint
PCS
，
at a 3G conference in
Bangkok earlier this month.
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With
3G,
you
can
forget
about
text
messages
telling
you
yesterday's
news;
a
3G phone
can
receive
video
news
programs, updated four
times a day. Internet access will also be much
quicker, making it easier to surf the Web on
your phone than on your computer at
home.
Face to face video calls
And don't worry about getting lost. 3G
phones offer map services so you can find a new
restaurant just by pressing
a few keys
on your handset.
However, the most
impressive part of 3G technology is video calling.
With live two-day video communication, you
can have face-to-face talks with
friends and family on your mobile phone.
Many European countries have already
launched the service. In May 2000 the US
Government issued five licenses
to run
3G wireless services, while the first 3G phones
arrived in Italy in March this year.
International
telecom
companies
can't
wait
to
sell
3G
in
China,
the
world's
largest
mobile
telecommunications
market.
But they will have to be patient. At the moment,
China is busy testing its 3G-based technologies,
networks
and services. This will be
followed by a trial period before the phones can
finally hit the shops.
“We
need
to
create
a
pool
of
3G
customers
before
the
largescale
commercial
launch
of
the
service.”
said
Fan
Yunjun, marketing
manager for Beijing Mobile. “We expect that the 3G
licenses will be issued late next year.
”
1. With 3G, you can do the
following EXCEPT ________.
A. find your way easily
B.
learn what's going on in the world
C.
make your computer run faster
D. make
face-to-face video telephone calls
2.
According to the text, which function of the
following makes 3G technology most
extraordinary?
A. It can
provide video news programs, updated four times a
day.
B. Users can have face-to-face
talks with friends and family on their mobile
phones.
C. Users can enjoy video and
CD-quality music on their phones.
D.
It'll be easier for users to surf the Web on their
phone than on their computers at home.
3. Which of the following is true
according to the passage?
A.
3G mobile phones were first used in America.
B. Foreign telecom companies won't
enter China.
C. 3G technology is now at
the commercial stage in China.
D. Users
in China won't probably use 3G mobile phones until
late next year.
4. What does Len Lauer
want to inform the readers?
A. Realizing the dream of mobile data
based on the application of 3G is a must.
B. There is no need to send messages
since 3G can receive video news programs.
C. 3G is supposed to own all the
functions that a computer has.
D. It is
a choice to carry mobile data with 3G
phones.
2010·
辽宁高考
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生态环保类
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It was a village in India. The
people were poor. However, they were not unhappy.
After all, their forefathers had
lived
in the same way for centuries.
Then one
day, some visitors from the city arrived. They
told the villagers there were some people
elsewhere who
liked to eat frog's legs.
However, they did not have enough frogs of their
own
，
and so they wanted to
buy frogs
from other places.
This seemed like money for nothing.
There were millions of frogs in the fields
around
，
and they were no use
to the
villagers. All they had to do
was catch them. Agreement was
reached
，
and the children
were sent into the fields to
catch
frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the
catch and hand over the money. For the first time,
the people
were able to dream of a
better future. But the dream didn't last long.
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The change was
hardly noticed at first, but it seemed as if the
crops were not doing so well. More worrying was
that
the children fell ill more often,
and, there seemed to be more insects around
lately.
The villagers decided that they
couldn't just wait to see the crops failing and
the children getting weak. They would
have to use the money earned to buy
pesticides (
杀虫剂
) and
medicines. Soon there was no money left.
Then the people realized what was
happening. It was the frog. They hadn't been
useless. They had been doing an
important
job
—
eating insects. Now with
so many frogs killed, the insects were increasing
more rapidly. They were
damaging the
crops and spreading diseases.
Now
，
the people
are still poor. But in the evenings they sit in
the village square and listen to sounds of insects
and
frogs. These sounds of the night
now have a much deeper meaning.
1. From
Paragraph 1
，
we learn that
the villagers________.
A.
worked very hard for centuries
B.
dreamed of having a better life
C. were
poor but somewhat content
D. lived a
different life from their forefathers
2. Why did the villagers agree to sell
frogs?
A. The frogs were
easy money.
B. They needed money to buy
medicine.
C. They wanted to please the
visitors.
D. The frogs made too much
noise.
3. What might be the cause of
the children's sickness?
A.
The crops didn't do well.
B. There were
too many insects.
C. The visitors
brought in diseases.
D. The pesticides
were overused.
4. What can we infer
from the last sentence of the text?
A. Happiness comes from peaceful life
in the country.
B. Health is more
important than money.
C. The harmony
between man and nature is important.
D.
Good old days will never be forgotten.
2011·
课标全国
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社会文化类
When milk
arrived on the doorstep
When I was a
boy growing up in New Jersey in the 1960s, we had
a milkman delivering milk to our doorstep. His
name was Mr. Basille. He wore a white
cap and drove a white truck. As a 5-year-old boy,
I couldn't take my eyes
off the coin
changer fixed to his belt. He noticed this one day
during a delivery and gave me a quarter out of his
coin changer.
Of course, he
delivered more than milk. There was cheese, eggs
and so on. If we needed to change our order, my
mother would pen a note
－
“Please add a bottle of
buttermilk next
delivery”
－
and place it in
the box along with
the empty bottles.
And then, the buttermilk would magically appear.
All of this was about more than
convenience. There existed a close relationship
between families and their milkmen.
Mr.
Basille even had a key to our house, for those
times when it was so cold outside that we put the
box indoors, so
that the milk wouldn't
freeze. And I remember e from time to time taking
a break at our kitchen table,
having a
cup of tea and telling stories about his delivery.
There is sadly no home milk delivery
today. Big companies allowed the production of
cheaper milk, thus making it
difficult
for milkmen to compete. Besides, milk is for sale
everywhere, and it may just not have been
practical to
have a delivery service.
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