高二英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 208.docx

1、高二英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 208高二英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 208Passage 1It should be very clear that we live in a most fantastic time. Its a time when information is of primary importance. Its a time when new information technologies are fundamentally transforming the world in every aspect. Among the changes, which ha

2、ve come upon modern society, the ones in education are probably the most obvious and influential. New information technologies are accelerating changes in education, at the same time presenting revolutionary tools with the potential to make education more efficient and more effective than ever. The

3、application of new information technologies has remarkably promoted the process of education. Online learning is probably the best case. As is often the case with technology, online learning may appear to be horrible; it can sound like alphabet soup sometimes. Now lets see whether you can understand

4、 all this. You can participate in CBT at a CLC via the convenience of IDL. What does it all mean? Let me translate: CBTComputer-Based Training; CLCComputer Learning Centre; IDLInteractive Distance Learning. Sound complicated? Not really. Online learning is much less complicated than it seems. Studen

5、ts can learn at any time, anywhere, at any speed. They can make their own learning schedules and follow their own paths to suit their lifestyles. In my university, every semester therere several online courses available, which need no class meetings or paper materials. The only thing I have to do is

6、 just get online regularly as I wish, and download necessary learning materials. Then everything I need to know about the course is only a click. But online learning is not perfect; its like the microwave oven: it does some things better, but it is not a complete replacement for the traditional mode

7、l. The traditional classroom model for education and learning is hard to leave behind. Because humans are social creatures, there are times when we need to see each other face-to-face for interactive learning. A social and personal connection often builds effective teams, solves problems, and inspir

8、es confidence. So one possible solution is to combine online learning with the old traditional classroom learning, which not only makes the learning process faster and cheaper, but also highlights the interactions between teachers and students. The bottom line: the Internet is the most important edu

9、cational tool in the information age and online learning will become a main part of every individuals learning experience in the future. Thats exactly how we will move knowledge from the ones who have it to the ones who need it faster and cheaper, and thats how were going to survive in the informati

10、on age. 1. The most suitable title for the passage should be _ . A. Education in the Information AgeB. Advantages and Disadvantages of Online LearningC. Online Learning vs Classroom LearningD. How to Survive in the Information Age2. In Paragraph 3 the microwave oven is mentioned as an example to ind

11、icate that _ . A. online learning needs improvingB. online learning doesnt suit everyoneC. online learning will exist alongside the traditional modelD. online learning is more advanced than the traditional model3. Which of the following descriptions about online learning is NOT true according to the

12、 passage?_A. It stresses interactions between teachers and students. B. It is convenient to both teachers and students. C. It is more efficient and effective. D. It isnt as complex as it seems. 4. It can be inferred from the passage that _ . A. not all the people are in favor of online learningB. it

13、 is not easy to combine online learning with classroom learningC. in the future all the courses will be available onlineD. in a sense our survival in the world depends on online learningPassage 2We are interested in the preservation of the biodiversity on Earth. What Ive been working on are rats. Ju

14、st looking at rats, you can understand continental drift and climate change. Weve actually rediscovered rats that were thought to be extinct. Darwin was the last one to document them on the Galapagos Islands. People have gone there for hundreds of years and not seen one. In 1997, I went there with m

15、y mentor(导师) and another graduate student. Everyone thought I was crazy, why look for something that doesnt exist? They wouldnt even give us permits. Our plan was to stop on a beach for a day and then hike up to the top of an extinct volcano where very few people had been: We were on a picturesque,

16、isolated beach. We set out the traps just to see what we might find. The next morning, I checked my traps! I immediately ran back to my mentor. When he looked in the mental trapI will never forget his faceIt looked like hed seen a ghost. I certainly understand the argument: Who cares about an extinc

17、t rat? But you have no idea what role that rat plays in that functioning ecosystem. People can appreciate beauty, so thats why people love pandas and want to keep them around. You never hear, What good is panda? Ecologically, these rats are much more important to their ecosystem than those pandasnot

18、 that I dont love pandas but we have to look beyond the big and beautiful. I teach conservation biology and evolution. In both you have to appeal to people asking Why is this important to me? Some scientists refuse to do that. Thats my entire approach. Ill ask How many of you had a family member who

19、 was in a tornado, hurricane or flood?. And almost every hand goes up. Climate change is suddenly very personal, and now they want to hear what you are saying. You are not looking for sympathy for the rats but for a greater understanding of the system. 1. When the author went to the Galapagos Island

20、 with his team in 1997, _ . A. they were led to an extinct volcanoB. they were driven away from the islandsC. they couldnt be understood by other peopleD. they were offered some useful information2. Seeing the rat in the trap, the authors mentor felt _ . A. delighted B. satisfied C. frightened D. as

21、tonished3. The author mentions pandas in Paragraph 2 to show _ . A. its important to research on ratsB. it is no use protecting pandasC. its time we cared about ecosystemsD. its worthwhile to bring extinct rats back to life4. How does the author make his students focus on his lectures?_ . A. By info

22、rming them of the harm of climate change. B. By letting them know the courses are closely related to them. C. By telling them the influence of natural disasters. D. By making them feel sorry for the rats. Passage 3The Web has brought the benefit of allowing us to move information online. Several sta

23、tes in America are applying the Web in a meaningful way. Some states are putting up listings of jobsnot just state government jobs, but all the jobs available in the state. Electronic commerce(电子商务) comes through month-by-month too. According to a research carried out by the Pew Research Center, nea

24、rly one in four Americans made money over the last 12 months by selling things and providing services with the help of their personal computers or other devices connected to the Web. If existing buyers and sellers simply move paper-based trades to the Web, that is not new business. It has just impro

25、ved the efficiency of an existing process. However, the biggest impact has occurred where electronic commerce matches buyers and sellers who would not have found each other before. When you go to a book site and find an obscure(无名气的) book that you never would have found in a physical bookstore, that

26、 is a new type of commerce. Interaction with the Web also will improve, making it much easier for people to be involved. Today the keywords we use to search the Web often return to too many articles to clarify, many of them out of context. If you want to learn about the fastest computer chip availab

27、le, you might end up getting responses instead about potato chips being delivered in fast trucks. In the future, if you ask about the speed of chips, the result will be about computers, not potatoes. Today, about half of all PCs are still not connected to the Web. Getting communications costs down a

28、nd making all the software simpler will bring in those people. To predict that it will take over ten years for these changes to happen is probably pessimistic. We usually overestimate what we can do in two years and underestimate what we can do in ten. It will not be too long before the Web becomes

29、as much a way of life as the car. 1. Electronic commerce becomes a new type of commerce when_A. paper-based trades are moved on to the Web. B. the efficiency of the existing process is improved by Internet. C. new buyers and sellers find each other on the Internet. D. a book site offers the books se

30、veral bookstores have altogether. 2. Why is the example of potato chips used in the passage?_A. to tell the shortcoming of computers at present. B. to explain the similarity between a computer chip and a potato chip. C. to show the richness of information on the web. D. to explain the unrelated resp

31、onses the web sometimes offers. 3. What is the passage trying to tell us?_A. the web is becoming a way of conveying information. B. the web will bring about a new way of life. C. electronic commerce develops with the internet. D. interaction with the Web will become easier. 4. What is the authors ov

32、erall attitude towards the Web?_A. Neutral B. positiveC. pessimistic D. doubtfulPassage 4Despite being used by 1. 34 billion people each year, traveling on the Tube (地铁) in London can actually be quite lonely. One citizens, however, is trying to change this. “You get on the Tube here and its completely silent and its weird（不可思议）, says Jonathan Dunne, who has started a worldwide dialogue after