閱讀理解。

　　The pound new Library of Birmingham（LoB）will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization（數(shù)字化）of everyday life.

　　Set to open in 2024, the ￡188 m LoB is already beginning to tale shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.

　　As digital media（媒介）is important to its idea. the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.

　　Brian Gambles, the LoB project director, says it is about giving people the right tools for learning, “The aim is to mix the physical with the digital. Providing 24-hour services which can be used through many different ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.”

　　The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.

　　Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual（虛擬的）LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists. Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.

　　Two other small Birmingham-based digital companies are working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls “enlarge reality” project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development is an online library of figures of the city being built by a digital content company in Cahoots, in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.

　　Gambles says: “Technology will enable us to make the library’s content and services open to citizens as sever before.”

　　(

　　) 1. The underline part “its idea” in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of____.

　　A. the equipment

　　B. the project

　　C. the digital media

　　D.

　　the physical library

　　(

　　) 2. While visiting the Virtual LoB, the public can_____.

　　A. get a general idea of the LoB

　　B. meet many world-famous experts

　　C. learn how to put up a library building

　　D. understand how the specialists work on the project

　　(

　　) 3. Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?

　　a. It offers better learning tools

　　b. It reaches users in different ways

　　c. It provides users with smart phone

　　d. It allows users to enrich its material

　　e. It gives non-stop physical and digital services

　　A. a, b, d

　　B. a, c, e

　　C. b, c, d

　　D. b, d, e

　　(

　　) 4. This text is most probably taken from

　　.

　　A. a put book

　　B. a library guide

　　C. a handbook

　　D. a newspaper report

　　【答案與解析】

　　【要點(diǎn)綜述】本篇文章為資訊報(bào)道類文體。文章報(bào)道了Library of Birmingham（伯明翰圖書館）將會(huì)投巨資改建成一個(gè)全新的數(shù)字化圖書館的事情。

　　1．B詞義推斷題。通過分析單詞所在的這個(gè)句子，可知its（它的）指代的是主句中的主語“這個(gè)工程的”，its idea便是指the idea of the project。

　　2．A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第6段第2句“Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.”可知答案為A。B、C、D說法均有誤。

　　3．A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第4段“it is about giving people the right tools for learning”， “which can be used through many different ways”及第7段“in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material”可知。

　　4．D推理判斷題。文章首段便簡(jiǎn)明地概括了文章主題，全文體現(xiàn)較明顯的及時(shí)性，這是資訊類文體的典型特征，據(jù)此可判斷文章應(yīng)來源于一篇資訊報(bào)道。

　　閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A.B.C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways — education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the aging of America has made us a very different society — one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.

　　A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/ her social position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.

　　Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age.” No one says “Act your age” any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

　　1. It can be learned from the text that the aging of the population in America ________.

　　A. has made people feel younger

　　B. has changed people’s social position

　　C. has changed people’s understanding of age

　　D. has slowed down the country’s social development

　　2. The underlined word “one” refers to ________.

　　A. a society

　　B. America

　　C. a place

　　D. population

　　3. “Act your age” means people should ________.

　　A. be active when they are old

　　B. do the right thing at the right age

　　C. show respect to their parents young or old

　　D. take more physical exercises suitable to their age

　　4. If a’ 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _________.

　　A. normal

　　B. wonderful?

　　C. unbelievable

　　D. unreasonable

　　1. C 主旨題。根據(jù)第一、二段的最后一句及第三段可判斷。

　　2. A 細(xì)節(jié)題。one是a society的同位語且后面跟了一個(gè)定語從句，可以通過分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)得出正確答案。

　　3. B 細(xì)節(jié)題。全文最后一句話給出了提示。

　　4. A 推理題。可仔細(xì)閱讀第二段中倒數(shù)第二句話。

　　2024高考訓(xùn)練題。閱讀理解閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　If you didn't look at them, they weren't there, right? On seeing those in rags on the corner, I only wanted the light to turn green fast enough so that I wouldn't have to keep pretending not to see them.

　　Then, one day, as I was holding the hand of my best friend Jane who was young but dying of breast cancer, she told me that she made every moment count by slowing down and by seeing everything . I held her hand for five years and then she passed away. She did teach me something. It took a while for her words to really sink in. I can be a slow learner.

　　I started by seeing everything, and focused on their presence. One day I saw a Vietnam veteran(老兵). I asked him what would make his day.

　　"A hot cup of coffee," he told me.

　　I bought him a cup of coffee, a stack of pancakes, some eggs, and so on. After our meal together, I asked him if there was anything else that would make his life a bit easier.

　　"A new pair of socks, "he said.

　　Socks, really? I actually happened to be wearing a nice pair of wool hiking socks at that very moment. I told him that I wanted to give him the pair I was wearing if he would accept it. Finally he agreed. We sat down on a bench, and he started to first take off his boots, and then remove the black socks that had once been white off his feet. I think a layer or two of skin might have come off with them. Taking his new pair of socks, he held the socks up to his cheeks and said they were warm and smelled as good as me, pools of tears in his eyes.

　　Such a simple luxury (奢侈品) I used to take for granted. Now I always have an extra pair with me in my car. They are always my best pair, just waiting to be given away.

　　1. On seeing the homeless, the author used to_______.

　　A. act as if they were not there

　　B. show mercy to them

　　C. hide in the corner

　　D. make fun of them

　　2. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 2?

　　A. He was slow in learning things.

　　B. His best friend was once a teacher.

　　C. He was sad that his friend was dying.

　　D. He didn't understand Jane's words at first.

　　3. Why does the author always have an extra pair of socks in his car?

　　A. To decorate his car.

　　B. To sell it to others.

　　C. To keep it for a change.

　　D. To donate it to a needy person.

　　4. What does the author want to convey to us?

　　A. All men are born equal.

　　B. Don't miss doing any good thing.

　　C. A beggar's purse is bottomless.

　　D. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

　　參考答案1-4 ADDB

　　閱讀理解。閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　I grew up in a house where the TV was seldom turned on and with one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with bookshelves, most of my childhood was spent on books I could get hold of. In fact, I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing and books unbelievably powerful in shaping perspectives (觀點(diǎn)) by creating worlds we could step into, take part. in. and live in.

　　With this unshakable belief, I, at. fourteen, decided to become a writer. Here too, reading became useful. Every writer starts off knowing that he has something to say, but being unable to find the right ways to say it. He has to find his own voice by reading widely and discovering which parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with, or agrees with so strongly that it reshapes his own world. He cannot write without loving to read, because only through reading other people’s writing can one discover what works, what doesn’t and, in the end, together with lots of practice, what voice he has.

　　Now I am in college, and have come to realize how important it is to read fiction (文學(xué)作品)．As a. law student, my reading is in fact limited to subject matter—the volume (量) of what I have to read for classes every week means there is little time to read anything else. Such reading made it all the clearer to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called life. Reading fiction reminds me that there is life beyond my own. It allows me to travel across the high seas and along the Silk Road, all from the comfort of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand, exciting experiences that I wouldn't necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.

　　(

　　) 1. What can be inferred about the author as a child?

　　A.

　　He never watched TV.

　　B.

　　He read what he had to.

　　C.

　　He found reading unbelievable.

　　D.

　　He considered reading part of his life.

　　(

　　) 2. The underlined word "voice" in the second paragraph most probably means “

　　”.

　　A. an idea

　　B. a sound quality

　　C. a way of writing

　　D. a world to write about

　　(

　　) 3. What effect does reading have on the author?

　　A. It helps him to realize his dream.

　　B. It opens up a wider world for him.

　　C. It makes his college life more interesting.

　　D. It increases his interest in worldwide travel.

　　(

　　) 4. Which of the following can be the best title of this text?

　　A. Why do I read?

　　B. How do I read?

　　C. What do I read?

　　D. When do I read?

　　語篇解讀：本篇文章是記敘文。作者通過自己的親身體驗(yàn)，講述讀書使人形成自己的獨(dú)立觀點(diǎn)，讀書使人開擴(kuò)視野的重要作用。

　　1. 答案：D

　　考點(diǎn)：細(xì)節(jié)理解題

　　解析：根據(jù)首段第一二句， “I grew up in a house… with one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with bookshelves….I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing”可知作者是在一個(gè)以書為伴的環(huán)境中長大的，讀書像呼吸那樣已經(jīng)成為生活必需。

　　2. 答案：C

　　考點(diǎn)：詞義推測(cè)題。

　　解析：根據(jù)文中 “...but being unable to find the right ways to say it. He has to find his own …”可以推斷出voice所表達(dá)的意思是“寫作方式”。

　　3. 答案B

　　考點(diǎn)：細(xì)節(jié)理解題

　　解析：由文章的最后一句：“It allows me to travel across the high seas and along the Silk Road, all from the comfort of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand, exciting experiences that I wouldn't necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.”可得出答案

　　4. 答案：A

　　考點(diǎn)：主旨大意題。

　　解析：文章作者主要以自己的親身體驗(yàn)講述讀書的重要性。因此Why do I read?“我為什么讀書？”作題目最佳。

　　閱讀理解。

　　The pound new Library of Birmingham（LoB）will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization（數(shù)字化）of everyday life.

　　Set to open in 2024, the ￡188 m LoB is already beginning to tale shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.

　　As digital media（媒介）is important to its idea. the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.

　　Brian Gambles, the LoB project director, says it is about giving people the right tools for learning, “The aim is to mix the physical with the digital. Providing 24-hour services which can be used through many different ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.”

　　The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.

　　Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual（虛擬的）LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists. Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.

　　Two other small Birmingham-based digital companies are working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls “enlarge reality” project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development is an online library of figures of the city being built by a digital content company in Cahoots, in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.

　　Gambles says: “Technology will enable us to make the library’s content and services open to citizens as sever before.”

　　(

　　) 1. The underline part “its idea” in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of____.

　　A. the equipment

　　B. the project

　　C. the digital media

　　D.

　　the physical library

　　(

　　) 2. While visiting the Virtual LoB, the public can_____.

　　A. get a general idea of the LoB

　　B. meet many world-famous experts

　　C. learn how to put up a library building

　　D. understand how the specialists work on the project

　　(

　　) 3. Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?

　　a. It offers better learning tools

　　b. It reaches users in different ways

　　c. It provides users with smart phone

　　d. It allows users to enrich its material

　　e. It gives non-stop physical and digital services

　　A. a, b, d

　　B. a, c, e

　　C. b, c, d

　　D. b, d, e

　　(

　　) 4. This text is most probably taken from

　　.

　　A. a put book

　　B. a library guide

　　C. a handbook

　　D. a newspaper report

　　【答案與解析】

　　【要點(diǎn)綜述】本篇文章為資訊報(bào)道類文體。文章報(bào)道了Library of Birmingham（伯明翰圖書館）將會(huì)投巨資改建成一個(gè)全新的數(shù)字化圖書館的事情。

　　1．B詞義推斷題。通過分析單詞所在的這個(gè)句子，可知its（它的）指代的是主句中的主語“這個(gè)工程的”，its idea便是指the idea of the project。

　　2．A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第6段第2句“Not only have the public been able to learn about LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.”可知答案為A。B、C、D說法均有誤。

　　3．A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第4段“it is about giving people the right tools for learning”， “which can be used through many different ways”及第7段“in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material”可知。

　　4．D推理判斷題。文章首段便簡(jiǎn)明地概括了文章主題，全文體現(xiàn)較明顯的及時(shí)性，這是資訊類文體的典型特征，據(jù)此可判斷文章應(yīng)來源于一篇資訊報(bào)道。

　　閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A.B.C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　America is growing older. Fifty years ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways — education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the aging of America has made us a very different society — one in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.

　　A person’s age no longer tells you anything about his/ her social position, marriage or health. There’s no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isn’t as strong as it used to be. It doesn’t surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first time. Public ideas are changing.

　　Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age.” No one says “Act your age” any more. We’ve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.

　　1. It can be learned from the text that the aging of the population in America ________.

　　A. has made people feel younger

　　B. has changed people’s social position

　　C. has changed people’s understanding of age

　　D. has slowed down the country’s social development

　　2. The underlined word “one” refers to ________.

　　A. a society

　　B. America

　　C. a place

　　D. population

　　3. “Act your age” means people should ________.

　　A. be active when they are old

　　B. do the right thing at the right age

　　C. show respect to their parents young or old

　　D. take more physical exercises suitable to their age

　　4. If a’ 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _________.

　　A. normal

　　B. wonderful?

　　C. unbelievable

　　D. unreasonable

　　1. C 主旨題。根據(jù)第一、二段的最后一句及第三段可判斷。

　　2. A 細(xì)節(jié)題。one是a society的同位語且后面跟了一個(gè)定語從句，可以通過分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)得出正確答案。

　　3. B 細(xì)節(jié)題。全文最后一句話給出了提示。

　　4. A 推理題。可仔細(xì)閱讀第二段中倒數(shù)第二句話。

　　2024高考訓(xùn)練題。閱讀理解閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　If you didn't look at them, they weren't there, right? On seeing those in rags on the corner, I only wanted the light to turn green fast enough so that I wouldn't have to keep pretending not to see them.

　　Then, one day, as I was holding the hand of my best friend Jane who was young but dying of breast cancer, she told me that she made every moment count by slowing down and by seeing everything . I held her hand for five years and then she passed away. She did teach me something. It took a while for her words to really sink in. I can be a slow learner.

　　I started by seeing everything, and focused on their presence. One day I saw a Vietnam veteran(老兵). I asked him what would make his day.

　　"A hot cup of coffee," he told me.

　　I bought him a cup of coffee, a stack of pancakes, some eggs, and so on. After our meal together, I asked him if there was anything else that would make his life a bit easier.

　　"A new pair of socks, "he said.

　　Socks, really? I actually happened to be wearing a nice pair of wool hiking socks at that very moment. I told him that I wanted to give him the pair I was wearing if he would accept it. Finally he agreed. We sat down on a bench, and he started to first take off his boots, and then remove the black socks that had once been white off his feet. I think a layer or two of skin might have come off with them. Taking his new pair of socks, he held the socks up to his cheeks and said they were warm and smelled as good as me, pools of tears in his eyes.

　　Such a simple luxury (奢侈品) I used to take for granted. Now I always have an extra pair with me in my car. They are always my best pair, just waiting to be given away.

　　1. On seeing the homeless, the author used to_______.

　　A. act as if they were not there

　　B. show mercy to them

　　C. hide in the corner

　　D. make fun of them

　　2. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 2?

　　A. He was slow in learning things.

　　B. His best friend was once a teacher.

　　C. He was sad that his friend was dying.

　　D. He didn't understand Jane's words at first.

　　3. Why does the author always have an extra pair of socks in his car?

　　A. To decorate his car.

　　B. To sell it to others.

　　C. To keep it for a change.

　　D. To donate it to a needy person.

　　4. What does the author want to convey to us?

　　A. All men are born equal.

　　B. Don't miss doing any good thing.

　　C. A beggar's purse is bottomless.

　　D. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.

　　參考答案1-4 ADDB

　　閱讀理解。閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)(A、B、C和D)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　I grew up in a house where the TV was seldom turned on and with one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with bookshelves, most of my childhood was spent on books I could get hold of. In fact, I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing and books unbelievably powerful in shaping perspectives (觀點(diǎn)) by creating worlds we could step into, take part. in. and live in.

　　With this unshakable belief, I, at. fourteen, decided to become a writer. Here too, reading became useful. Every writer starts off knowing that he has something to say, but being unable to find the right ways to say it. He has to find his own voice by reading widely and discovering which parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with, or agrees with so strongly that it reshapes his own world. He cannot write without loving to read, because only through reading other people’s writing can one discover what works, what doesn’t and, in the end, together with lots of practice, what voice he has.

　　Now I am in college, and have come to realize how important it is to read fiction (文學(xué)作品)．As a. law student, my reading is in fact limited to subject matter—the volume (量) of what I have to read for classes every week means there is little time to read anything else. Such reading made it all the clearer to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called life. Reading fiction reminds me that there is life beyond my own. It allows me to travel across the high seas and along the Silk Road, all from the comfort of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand, exciting experiences that I wouldn't necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.

　　(

　　) 1. What can be inferred about the author as a child?

　　A.

　　He never watched TV.

　　B.

　　He read what he had to.

　　C.

　　He found reading unbelievable.

　　D.

　　He considered reading part of his life.

　　(

　　) 2. The underlined word "voice" in the second paragraph most probably means “

　　”.

　　A. an idea

　　B. a sound quality

　　C. a way of writing

　　D. a world to write about

　　(

　　) 3. What effect does reading have on the author?

　　A. It helps him to realize his dream.

　　B. It opens up a wider world for him.

　　C. It makes his college life more interesting.

　　D. It increases his interest in worldwide travel.

　　(

　　) 4. Which of the following can be the best title of this text?

　　A. Why do I read?

　　B. How do I read?

　　C. What do I read?

　　D. When do I read?

　　語篇解讀：本篇文章是記敘文。作者通過自己的親身體驗(yàn)，講述讀書使人形成自己的獨(dú)立觀點(diǎn)，讀書使人開擴(kuò)視野的重要作用。

　　1. 答案：D

　　考點(diǎn)：細(xì)節(jié)理解題

　　解析：根據(jù)首段第一二句， “I grew up in a house… with one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with bookshelves….I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing”可知作者是在一個(gè)以書為伴的環(huán)境中長大的，讀書像呼吸那樣已經(jīng)成為生活必需。

　　2. 答案：C

　　考點(diǎn)：詞義推測(cè)題。

　　解析：根據(jù)文中 “...but being unable to find the right ways to say it. He has to find his own …”可以推斷出voice所表達(dá)的意思是“寫作方式”。

　　3. 答案B

　　考點(diǎn)：細(xì)節(jié)理解題

　　解析：由文章的最后一句：“It allows me to travel across the high seas and along the Silk Road, all from the comfort of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand, exciting experiences that I wouldn't necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.”可得出答案

　　4. 答案：A

　　考點(diǎn)：主旨大意題。

　　解析：文章作者主要以自己的親身體驗(yàn)講述讀書的重要性。因此Why do I read?“我為什么讀書？”作題目最佳。