高二英语：阅读专题训练（8）（）

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精高二英语:阅读专题训练(8）（新人教版必修3)ABritain’soldestmanmadehisfirstvisittoLondonyesterdayattheageof101.Mr.JohnEvanshadneverfoundthetimeormoneytomakethetripfromhishomeinForestFach，nearSwansea。But,whenBritishRailofferedhimanall-expenses-paidbirthdaytriptothecapitalhejustcouldnotrefuse.HearrivedatPaddingtonStationandsmartlyturnedoutinhisbestsuit，favoritePanamahatandaredroseinhisbuttonhole.“It’sveryexciting.There’snodoubtaboutit，”hesaid。Untilyesterdayhehadneverbeenfarfromhome,exceptforonetriptoAberdeen。“ButI’vebeenontheseastothatfarawaylandcalledIlfracombe21milesfromhome,”hejoked。MrEvans,whospent60yearsworkingasaminerinSouthWales,almostmadethejourneytoLondononcebefore，attheturnofthecentury.“TherewasatriptotheWhiteCitybutitwastenshillingsreturnfromSwansea-toomuchIthought。Allmymoneywenttothefamilythen，”hesaid。DuringthenexttwodaysMr.EvanswillbetakenonashorttourofLondontoseethesights.TopofhislistisavisittotheHouseofParliamentorganizedbyhisMP，Mr。GarethWardell.Theonlyarrangementhedoesnotcareforisthewheelchairprovidedforhimifhegetstired。“Idon’tlikethechair—peoplewillthinkIamgettingold.”hesaid.Hissecretforalongandhealthylifehasbeenwellpublicized-nowine,notobaccoandnoanger。BeforesettingofffromSwanseawithhis76—year-oldson,Amwell，hesaidjokingly,“I’mgladtoseethey’vegivenmeareturnticket.”1。TheveryreasonthatMr.Evansdidn’tgotoseetheworldisthat_________.A.hehadalreadybeenontheseastoIlfracombeB。hewastoobusytogotoofarawayfromhomeC。hecouldn’taffordboththetimeandthemoneyD.hebelieved“Eastorwest，homeisbest”2。MrEvansdidn'tlikethewheelchairsimplybecause_________.A.hewasnotusedtotravelinginitB。thewheelchairwasofpoorqualityandnoteasytooperateC。heactuallypreferredwalkingtosittinginitathomeD。hethoughthewasstillyoungenoughtomanagethetrip3．WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage？A.Mr.Evanshadtoworkhardtoraisehisfamilywhenyoung.B。ThetriptoLondonexcitedMr。Evansverymuch。C。Mr.Evanscouldnotreallyenjoythetripbecauseofhisage.D.HumorwasoneofMr。Evans’characters.4．TheprobableexplanationtoMr。Evans’longlifeliesin_________。A.hisgoodlivinghabits

B.hishardworkingforthefamilyC。hisstickingtohishometown

D.hislivingconditionsneartheSwanseaBTheQueen'sEnglishisnowsoundinglessupper—class,ascientificstudyoftheQueen’sChristmasbroadcastshadfound。ResearchershavestudiedeachofhermessagestotheCommonwealthcountriessince1952tofindoutthechangeinherpronunciationfromthenobleUpperReceivedtotheStandardReceived.JonathanHarrington，aprofessoratGermany'sUniversityofMunich，wantedtodiscoverwhetheraccent（口音）changersrecordedoverthepasthalfcenturywouldtakeplacewithinoneperson.“AsfarasIknow,therejustisnobodyelseforwhomthereisthissortofbroadcastrecords,”hesaid.Hesaidthenoblewayofpronouncingvowels(元音)hadgraduallylostgroundasthenobleupper-classaccentoverthepastyears.“Heraccentsoundsslightlylessnoblethanitdid50yearsago。Butthesearevery，verysmallandslowchangesthatwedon’tnoticefromyeartoyear."“Wemaybeabletorelateittochangesinthesocialclasses,”hetoldTheDailyTelegraph,aBritishnewspaper.“In1952shewouldhavebeenheardsaying‘thetmeninthebleckhet'。Nowitwouldbe‘thatmanintheblackhat’。And‘hame’ratherthan‘home’.Inthe1950sshewouldhavebeen‘lorst’,butbythe1970s‘lost’.”TheQueen’sbroadcastisapersonalmessagetotheCommonwealthcountries。EachChristmas，the10-minutebroadcastisputonTVat3pminBritainasmanyfamiliesarerecoveringfromtheirtraditionalturkeylunch。（传统火鸡午餐）.Theresultswerepublished（发表)intheJournalofPhonetics。5.TheQueen’sbroadcastswerechosenforthestudymainlybecause______.

A.shehasbeenQueenformanyyears

B。shehasalessupper-classaccentnow

C。herspeechesarefamiliartomanypeople

D.herspeecheshavebeenrecordedfor50years6。WhichofthefollowingisanexampleofalessnobleaccentinEnglish?

A。“duaty”

B.“citee”

C.“hame"

D.“lorst”7。WemayinferfromthetextthattheJournalofPhoneticsisamagazineon_________.

A.speechsounds

B.Christmascustoms

C.TVbroadcasting

D.personalmessages8。Whatisthetextmainlyabout？A.Therelationshipbetweenaccentsandsocialclasses.B。TheQueen’sChristmasspeechesonTV.C.Thechangesinaperson'saccent.D.TherecentdevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.C。Somethinginchocolatecouldbeusedtostopcoughsandleadtomoreeffectivemedicines,sayUKresearchers.Theirstudyfoundthattheobromine，foundincocoa,wasnearlyathirdmoreeffectiveinstoppingcoughsthancodeine,whichwasconsideredthebestcoughmedicineatpresent。TheImperialCollegeLondonresearcherswhopublishedtheirresultsonlinesaidthediscoverycouldleadtomoreeffectivecoughtreatment.“Whilecoughingisnotnecessarilyharmful（有害的）itcanhaveamajoreffectonthequalityoflife,andthisdiscoverycouldbeahugestepforwardintreatingthisproblem,”saidProfessorPeterBarnes.Tenhealthyvolunteers(志愿者)weregiventheobromine,codeineorplacebo,apillthatcontainsnomedicine,duringtheexperiment。Neitherthevolunteersnortheresearchersknewwhoreceivedwhichpill。Theresearchersthenmeasuredlevelsofcapsaicin,whichisusedinresearchtocausecoughingandasasignofhowwellthemedicinearestoppingcoughs。Theteamfoundthat，whenthevolunteersweregiventheobromine,thecapsaicinneedtoproduceacoughwasaroundathirdhigherthanintheplacebogroup.Whentheyweregivencodeinetheyneedonlyslightlyhigherleversofcapsaicintocauseacoughcomparedwiththeplacebo.Theresearcherssaidthattheobromineworkedbykeepingdownaverveactivity(神经活动）,whichcausecoughing.Theyalsofoundthatunlikesomestandardcoughtreatments,theobrominecausednosideeffectssuchassleepiness。9。AccordingtoProfessorBarnes，theobromine______。A.cannotbeaseffectiveascodeineB.canbeharmfultopeople’shealthC.cannotbeseparatedfromchocolateD.canbeamoreeffectivecureforcoughs10.Whatwasusedintheexperimenttocausecoughing？

A.Theobromine.

B。Codeine.

C。Capsaicin.

D.Placebo.11。Welearnfromthetextthatvolunteersintheexperiment_____.

A。werepatientswithbadcoughs

B。weredividedintothethreegroups

C.receivedstandardtreatments

D.sufferedlittlesideeffects12.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthetext？A。Codeine：ANewMedicine

B.ChocolateMayCureCoughsC。CoughTreatment:AHardCase

D.TheobromineCanCauseCoughs

1.C

细节理解题。从第一段第二句话“…neverfoundthetimeormoney…"可知。2。D

细节理解题。从第六段第二句话“…peoplewillthinkIamgettingold…”可知。3．C

细节理解题.从第二段，尤其是最后一句话可知.4．A

细节理解题.从第六段最后一句话“…nowine,notobaccoandnoanger"可知.5。D。细节理解题。第二段最后一句AsfarasIknow，therejustisnobodyelseforwhomthereisthissortofbroadcastrecords可知只有女王的讲话录音完整，具有研究的价值.6。B。细节判断题。从文章第三段第一句Hesaidthenoblewayofpronouncingvowels（元音）hadgraduallylostgroundasthenobleupper—classaccentoverthepastyears。可知,研究者主要是研究女王发音的元音的变化。四个选项中只有B项中的元音没有变化,其余三个在第四段可以看出现在都有变化。7.A。推理判断题.从文章德内容得知，研究者是研究女王50年来口音的变化,属于语音类的研究，所以研究成果应刊登在语音学杂志上。由此推断JournalofPhonetics是一本有关语言方面的杂志。8C。主旨大意题.文章开头一句TheQueen’sEnglishisnowsoundinglessupper-class，ascientificstudyoftheQueen’sChristmasbroadcastshadfound.就是文章的中心句,其后内容就是