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定额市鞍钢阳光实验学校2014高考英语阅读理解冲

刺全程训练（14）及答案

阅读理解

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳

选项。

A

We know the famous ones—the Thomas Edison and the Alexander Graham

Bells —but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people

who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper(雨刮器)？

Shouldn’t we know who they are?

Joan Mclean thinks so. In fact, Mclean, a professor of physics at

Mountain University in Range, feels so strongly about this matter that

she’s developed a course on the topic. In addition to learning “who”

invented “what”, however, Mclean also likes her students to learn the

answers to the “why” and ”how” questions. According to Mclean,” When

students learn the answers to these questions, they are better prepared

to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give

inventing a try.”

So, just what is the story behind the windshield wiper? Well, Mary

Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to New York City.

The day was cold and stormy, but Anderson still wanted to see the sights,

so she jumped aboard a streetcar. Noticing that the driver was struggling

to see through the snow covering the windshield, she found herself

wondering why there couldn’t be a built-in device for cleaning the

window. Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham,

Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions. One of her ideas, a

lever(操作杆)on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the

outside, became the first windshield wiper.

Today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations，It’s

hard to imagine driving without Garrett A Morgan’s traffic light. It’s

equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J. Blodgett’s

innovation that makes glass invisible, Can you picture life without clear

windows and eyeglasses?

( ) 1. By mentioning “traffic light” and “windshield wiper”, the

author indicates that countless inventions are .

A. beneficial, because their inventors are famous

B. beneficial, though their inventors are less famous

C. not useful, because their inventors are less famous

D. not useful, though their inventors are famous

( ) 2. Professor Joan McLean’s course aims to_____.

A. add color and variety to students’ campus life

B. inform students of the windshield wiper’s invention

C. carry out the requirements by Mountain University

D. prepare students to try their own invention

( ) 3. Tommy Lee’s invention of the unbreakable umbrella was _________.

58.细节题。根据题干中的人物Tommy lee可以定位到原文第三段，引号当

A. not eventually accepted by the umbrella producer

B. inspired by the story behind the windshield wiper

C. due to his dream of being caught in a rainstorm

D. not related to Professor Joan McLean’s lectures

( ) 4. Which 0f the following can best serve as the title of this passage?

A How to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to Producers?

B How to Design a Built-in Device for Cleaning the Window?

C Shouldn’t We Know Who Invented the Windshield Wiper?

D Shouldn’t We Develop Invention Courses in Universities?

A篇

第一篇文章是关于生活中离不开小发明，鼓励年轻人要善于把握发明的契

机，推动社会的进步。

56.观点态度题，根据第一段but 处：but what about the less famous

inventers? What about….windshield wiper? 可以得出结论。这些人的发明

不是很有名，确实非常有用的。答案为B。

57. 细节题。根据题干可以定位到原文第二段，However处正是考点出题

处，引号当中的内容正是证明了Mclean的观点：when students learn the

answers to these questions,….prepared to recognize…inventing a try.

由此可以看出选项D正是原文的同义替换。

中正是他的观点：If I had not heard the story of the windshield wiper’s

invention…..i never would have….，可以判断出答案B正确。

59.主旨题。文章一开头就点出文章主旨：shouldn’t we know who they are?

并且用了疑问句加强语气，可见C选项正确。其他三个选项都相对片面。

Passage Four (Examinations Exert a Pernicious Influence on Education)

We might marvel at the progress made in every field of study,

but the methods of testing a person’s knowledge and ability remain as

primitive as ever they were. It really is extraordinary that after all

these years, educationists have still failed to device anything more

efficient and reliable than examinations. For all the pious claim that

examinations text what you know, it is common knowledge that they more

often do the exact opposite. They may be a good means of testing memory,

or the knack of working rapidly under extreme pressure, but they can tell

you nothing about a person’s true ability and aptitude.

As anxiety-makers, examinations are second to none. That is

because so much depends on them. They are the mark of success of failure

in our society. Your whole future may be decided in one fateful day. It

doesn’t matter that you weren’t feeling very well, or that your mother

died. Little things like that don’t count: the exam goes on. No one can

give of his best when he is in mortal terror, or after a sleepless night,