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2014高考英语阅读理解精英系列训练题（14）及答案【2013河南开封市四模】cthe winners club is a bank account specially designed for teenagersit has been made to help you better manage your moneythe winners club is a transaction account （交易账户） where you receive a key-card so you can get to your money 24/7 thats 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!its a club with impressive features for teenagers:no account keeping fees!youre no millionaire so we dont expect you to pay large feesin fact, there are no accounts keeping or transaction fees!excellent interest rates!you want your money to growthe winners club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits （储蓄） without taking them out in a monthconvenientteenagers are busy we get thatyou may never need to come to a bank at allwith the winners club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the internetyou can have money directly deposited into your winners club accountthis could be your pocket money or your pay from your part-time job!mega magazine includedalong with your regular report, you will receive a free magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your moneythere are also fantastic offers and competitions only for winners club membersthe winners club is a great choice for teenagersand it is so easy to joinsimply fill in an application formyou will have to get permission from your parent or guardian （so we can organize that cool key-card） but it is easywe cant wait to hear from youits the best way to choose to be a winner!64which of the following is true about the winners club?aspecial gifts are ready for parentsbthe bank opens only on work dayscservices are convenient for its membersdfees are necessary for the account keeping65the winners club provides magazines which _aencourage spending bare free to all teenagerscare full of adventure stories dhelp to make more of your money 66what is the purpose of this passage?ato set up a club bto provided part-time jobscto organize key-cards dto introduce a new banking service 【参考答案】6466、cdd 第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项。nowadays women appear to have a positive image of themselves as safer drivers than men. in a survey done by insurer metlife, 51% of women said they drive more safely. the evidence is on their side: men are 3. 4 times more likely than women to get a ticket for careless driving and 3.1 times as likely to be punished for drunk driving. “women are on average less aggressive and more law abiding (守法的) drivers, which leads to fewer accidents, ” the report says. however, not all male drivers share the same opinion. of the men surveyed by metlife, 39% claimed male drivers were safer. the findings did back them up on one point: automotive knowledge. the report showed that more men are familiar with current safety equipment such as electronic stability control, which helps prevent rollover accidents. auto safety unavoidably matters to money. insurance companies focus on what classes of drivers have the lowest dollar amounts of claims, and for now, that mainly includes women. in general, women pay about 9% less for auto insurance than men. a study by the website insweb also showed that auto insurance rates are lower for women in most states. among individual states, women get the greatest advantage in wyoming (where they pay 20% less), south dakota and washington d. c. , where their insurance costs are 16% lower. “more than 11, 900 male drivers died in u. s. traffic accidents in 2009, compared with just under 4, 900 women drivers, ” according to the study. “based on miles traveled, men died at a rate of 2. 5 deaths per 100 million miles traveled, vs 1. 7 deaths for women. ”16. according to the study, female drivers _. a. are more aggressive while drivingb. are more interested in auto knowledgec. are more likely to stick to driving lawsd. are more familiar with safety equipment17. insurance companies focus on female driver clients probably because they _. a. cause more accidents on the roadb. pay more money to the insurance companiesc. take the most part of the insurance clientsd. have the lowest amount of money on insurance claims18. we can infer from the passage that _. a. men are 3. 1 times more likely to get tickets than womenb. all women in the usa pay the same for their auto insurancec. more female drivers die every year than male driversd. women are generally safer drivers than the opposite gender19. the writer mainly develops paragraphs by _. a. giving examplesb. making comparisonsc. drawing a conclusiond. presenting an argument【文章大意】调查表明，开车时女性要比男性更遵守交通规则，事故率更低, 开车更安全。16.【解析】选c。细节理解题。从文章第二段中的“women are on average less aggressive and more law abiding drivers及the findings did back them up on one point: automotive knowledge和more men are familiar with current safety equipment可知，女性驾驶员更可能去遵守交通规则，其他三项均为男性驾驶员所具备的特点。 17.【解析】选d。细节理解题。从文章第三段中的insurance companies focus on what classes of drivers have the lowest dollar amounts of claims, and for now, that mainly includes women. in general, women pay about 9% less for auto insurance than men. 可知，保险公司之所以关注女性客户是因为她们在索赔时付出的保费要比男性低。 18.【解析】选d。推理判断题。从文章最后一段所提供的数据比较来看，女性驾驶员的事故率与死亡率远低于男性，因此可推断与男性驾驶员相比较，她们是更安全的驾驶员。19.【解析】选b。篇章结构题。本文作者从文章第二段开始就以比较的方法对女性驾驶员在安全方面的优势与男性驾驶员进行比较，通过保险公司的调查以及最后一段的数据比较，说明女性驾驶员比男性驾驶员在道路安全方面更具优势。故选b。 第二节 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。should good sportsmanship be taught in school?almost everyone feels that it is important for young people to win fairly and show respect toward others. should good sportsmanship, then, be taught in school? critics do not think so. 20 presented here are the most important benefits of teaching sportsmanship. teaching good sportsmanship and having a positive attitude in activities like sports, class elections, and science fair competitions are critical to success in school. 21 acting calmly under pressure helps young adults succeed not only in sports but also in life. 22 a person cannot play by the rules if he or she does not understand what the rules are. knowing the rules also applies to other activities. if students enter a science fair competition, for example, they must follow the guidelines. those who know the rules are much more likely to succeed. when students learn sportsmanship, they discover, how knowing the rules relate to achievement. good players become skilled at handling responsibility. when people accept responsibility, they achieve their best. positive thinkers, moreover, influence others, especially those who are struggling with a problem. a gifted basketball player, for example, might teach skills to a less-talented player. helping others raise the performance of the entire team. the team, consequently, could reach new heights and set new records. 23 those who do not practice sportsmanship pass off responsibility. for them, if an opportunity is lost, it is someone elses fault. when students participate in a team, they benefit by learning to accept responsibility, encourage others and own up to mistakes. sportsmanship is a winning idea. it must be taught in school. students need direction to become good sportsmen. students will be responsible for their own actions and will have a positive influence on others. as students enter the workforce, businesses benefit. the community also benefits because these students will someday become leaders. 24 a. we need to educate students about how sportsmanship pays off for everyone. b. however, the stronger argument favors teaching good sportsmanship. c. sports help young adults learn how to team up with others. d. good sportsmanship also means admitting mistakes. e. activities involving winning or losing can be tense. f. it is natural that players should be eager to win. g. good team players know the rules of the game. 答案解析 2024. begdathe human brain contains 10 thousand million cells and each of these may have a thousand connections. such enormous numbers used to discourage us and ease us to dismiss the possibility of making a machine with human-like ability, but now that we have grown used to moving forward at such a pace we can be less sure. quite soon, in only l0 or 20 years, perhaps, we will be able to assemble a machine as complex as the human brain, and if we can we will. it may then take us a long time to render it intelligent by loading in the right software or by altering the architecture but that too will happen.i think it certain that in decades, not centuries, machines of silicon(硅) will arise first to rival and then exceed（超越） their human ancestors. once they exceed us they will be capable of their own design in a real sense they will be able to reproduce themselves. silicon will have ended carbons long control. and we will no longer be able to claim ourselves to be the finest intelligence in the known universe.as the intelligence of robots increases to match that of humans and as their cost declines through economies of scale we may use them to expand our frontiers, first on earth through their ability to withstand environments, harmful to ourselves. thus, deserts may bloom and the ocean be mined. further ahead, by a combination of the great wealth this new age will bring and the technology it will provide, the construction of a vast, man-created world in space, home to thousands or millions of people, will be within our power.46. in what way can we make a machine intelligent?a. by making it work in such environments as deserts, oceans or space.b. by working hard for 10 or 20 years.c. by either properly programming it or changing its structure.d. by reproducing it.47. what does the writer think about machines with human-like ability?a. he believes they will be useful to human beings.b. he believes that they will control us in the future.c. he is not quite sure in what way they may influence usd. he doesnt consider the construction of such machines possible.48. the underlined word“carbon”in para. 2 stands for .a. intelligent robots b. a chemical element c. an organic substance d. human beings49. a robot can be used to expand our frontiers when .a. its intelligence and cost are beyond questionb. it is able to bear the rough environmentc. it is made as complex as the human braind. its architecture is different from that of the present ones50. it can be inferred from the passage that .a. after the installation of a great number of cells and connections, robots will be capable of self-reproduction.b. with the rapid development of technology, people have come to realize the possibility of making a machine with human-like abilityc. once we make a machine as complex as the human brain. it will possess intelligenced. robots will have control of the vast, man-made world in space参考答案 46-50. c a dab【2013河南开封市四模】dhow often do you travel by plane? how much electricity do you use? these days everyone is worried about the size of their carbon footprintin order to reduce global warming, we need to make our carbon footprints smallerbut how much co2 are we responsible for? a new book by mike berners lee （a leading expert in carbon footprint） might be able to help usthe carbon footprint of everything looks at the different things we do and buy, and calculates the amount of co2 all of the following created; the ingredients, the electricity used in the brewery, the equipment, the travel and commuting of the beer, and the packagingits amazing how many different things need to be included in each calculationand its frightening how much carbon dioxide everything produces but all of this can help us decide which beer to drinkfrom berners lees calculations, its clear that a pint（568ml） of locally-brewed beer has a smaller carbon footprint than a bottle of imported beerthis is because the imported beer has been transported from far away, and it uses more packagingthe local beer only produces 300g of co2, but the imported beer produces 900g! so, one pint of local beer is better for the environment than three cans of cheap foreign lager from the supermarket berners lee has even calculated the carbon footprint of cycling to worknothing is more environmentally-friendly than riding a bike, surely? well, it depends on what youve had to eat beforeto ride a bike we need energy and for energy we need foodso if we eat a banana and then ride a kilometer and a half, our footprint is 65g of