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1、高考英语热门考点强化专练：阅读理解十九含解析(一)BDU chinadaily. corn. cn / bdu CHINA DAILY LANGUAGEBDUBUSINESS DAILY UPDATEWant to keep well informed about the dynamic (充满活力的) pulse of Chinas economy?Get a glimpse of the most important business activities taking place here every day through Business Daily Update, a servic

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3、 also available upon request.For more information, please contact Business Daily Update:Fax:+86-10-64941125E-mail: bdu chinadaily. corn. enUrl: :/ chinadaily. corn. cn/bdu1. If you get into BDU, you can _.A. know everything in China B. get all kinds of information in the worldC. get the information

4、in China Daily D. get all the information out of China2. This ad will be very important to _.A. foreign business people B. foreign magazinesC. Chinese teachers D. China Daily reporters3. To get the information from BDU every day, you must_.A. understand newspapers B. recognize the mouseC. know how t

5、o operate a computer D. buy a fax machine(二)British scientists are breeding a new generation of rice plants that will be able to grow. in soil containing salt water. Their work may enable abandoned farms to become productive farms once more.Tim Flowers and Tony Yeo, from Sussex Universitys School of

6、 Biological Sciences,. have spent several years researching how crops, such as rice, could be made to grow in water that has become salty. The pairs have recently begun a three-year programme, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, to establish which genes enable some

7、plants to survive salty conditions. The aim is to breed this capability into crops, starting with rice.It is estimated that each year more than 10 million hectares (公顷) of agricultural land are lost because salt gets into the soil and stunts(防碍生长) plants. The problem is caused by several factors. In

8、 the tropics, mangroves that create swamps (沼泽) and traditionally formed barriers to sea water have been cut down. In the Mediterranean, a series of droughts have caused the water table to drop, allowing sea water to seep (渗透) in. In Latin America, irrigation often causes problems when water is evap

9、orated by the heat, leaving, salt deposits behind.Excess salt then enters the plants and prevents them functioning normally. Heavy concentrations of minerals in the plants stop them drawing up the water they need to survive.To overcome these problems. Flowers and Yeo decided to breed rice plants tha

10、t take in very little salt and store what they do absorb in cells that do not affect the plants growth. They have started to breed these characteristics into a new rice crop, but it will take about eight harvests before the resulting seeds are ready to be considered for commercial use.Once the chara

11、cteristics for surviving salty soil are known, Flowers and Yeo will try to breed the appropriate genes into all manners of crops and plants. Land that has been abandoned to nature will then be able to bloom again, providing much needed food for the poorer countries of the world.4. Which of the follo

12、wing statements about Flowers and Yeo is true?A. They are students at Sussex University. B. They are rice breeders.5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a cause of the problem discussed in the passage?A. Natural barriers to sea water have been destroyed.B. The water table has gone down after

13、 droughts.C. Sea level has been continuously rising.D. Evaporation of water leaves salt behind.6. The word affect in Paragraph 5 could be best replaced by_.A. influence B. effect C. stop D. present7. The attitude of the author towards the research project is_.A. positive B. negative C. suspicious D.

14、 indifferent三A Chilean(智利) soap-opera star, a beauty from Ancient Pompeii and a freckled (雀斑的)boyish girl hardly make an average beauty show line-up. The first world-wide digital beauty contest to the surprise of many online fans was won by a woman who is virtually(虚拟) real flesh and bones. “Virtual

15、 models are not the anti-real, they are a different representation of reality, said Franz Cerami, the organiser of Miss Digital World (数字世界小姐). Each of the contestants had to provide the charming photo of high degrees, with date of birth and body measurements. Chilean Rodolfo Perez Ayala decided tha

16、t no figure of his imagination could beat the beauty of his wife, Katty Kowaleczko, so he hired artist Flavio Parra to recreate her. Kowaleczko, who plays Paula Sandoval in the popular Latin American soap opera Tentacion, was transformed into Katty-ko and won the digital contest with more than 17,00

17、0 online votes. “Im so happy Katty-ko won. I think her strength is her similarity to a real woman-not too luxurious or exposed, Kowaleczko, 40, told reporters. “Her beauty is in her simplicity. Kowaleczko was not afraid of being replaced by her 3D clone in movies or theatres, but hoped she would bec

18、ome “a sort of ambassador(使者) of Chilean beauty. Cerami said Latin American interest in Miss Digital World had greatly increased since Katty-ko joined the contest, which attracted about 3600 entries from countries from Iran to Australia and even from the ancient Roman empire. “Pompea was the digital

19、 reconstruction of a young woman killed by the outbreak of Vesuvius in 79 AD. “She was a slave, but also a rich mans lover. When her body was discovered, many jewels and a bangle(手镯) with the writing from the master to his servant girl were found said Genny Tortora, a professor at the University of

20、Salerno who led Pompeas creative team. Other contestants included Kaya, the most realistic model with digital freckles, pouty (噘起的) lips and upturned nose. Now, Ceramis dream is to manage a form of virtual beauties, introducing them for calendars, games, ads, and movies. One is even reported to be h

21、eading for Playboys front page.8.The winner in the first Miss Digital World contest was _.A. a star who performed in some soap operas B. a beauty who came from ChileanC. a beauty who was from the ancient Roman empireD. a made-up beauty based on a real woman.9. Which group of the following are the na

22、mes for the digital beauties mentioned in the passage?A. Katty-ko, Pompea, Kaya. B. Katty Kowaleczko, Pompea, Playboy.C. Flavio Parra, Genny Tortora, Franz Cerami.D. Rodolfo Perez Ayala, Pompea, Franz Cerami10. The digital beauty “Pompea was created by _.A. Genny Tortora B. a group of people C. by a

23、 young woman D. a rich man11. What the organiser of Miss Digital World wants to do next is _.A. sell pictures of beauties for calendars B. hold another contestC. put the digital beauties into practical use. D. start an ads company【答案与解析】1. C 细节题。第一段和第二段的第一句话说明了通过BDU我们可以了解中国经济的开展信息和每天在中国发生的有关经济的活动。应选

24、C。2. A 推断题。由第一段及第二段可知BDU是发布business information的，由此推断对外国商人非常重要。3. C 推断题。商业信息是通过the World Wide Web发布的，所以要会用电脑。4. D 推断题。从第二段中的Tim Flowers and Tony Yeo，from Sussex Universitys School of Biological Sciences，have spent several Years researching how cropsA项和C项；B项的意思更不正确。5. C 细节题。A项内容与文章中的traditionally for

25、med barriers to sea water have been cut down一致，B项内容与文章中的a series of droughts have caused the water table to drop一致，D项 内容与文章中的when water is evaporated by the heat一致，而C项内容在文章中根本没有谈到。6. A 词义题。我们可以根据句子的意思作出推断。7. A 推断题。从文章最后一段可以看出，作者对这种实验是“肯定的。主要表现在Land that has been abandoned to nature will then be able

26、 to. bloom again，providing much needed food for the poorer countries of the world，作者认为如果该实验成功的话，废弃的土地又会肥沃起来。8. D 事实细节题。根据第二段“was won by a woman who is virtually real flesh and bones可知：首届“数字世界小姐 最后的赢家是一位以真人为原型的虚拟美女。9. A 事实归纳题。短文中提到的三位“数字美女，根据第四段“以凯蒂科瓦列兹为原型塑造的“凯蒂在网上投票中以万票赢得此次数字小姐大赛的冠军一句，可知她的名字是“凯蒂；倒数第

27、三段和倒数第二段分别提到：“庞贝尔是利用数字技术“复活的一名公元79年在维苏威火山爆发中死去的年轻女子；其他参赛者还包括最具现实主义风格的虚拟美女“凯亚，由此可判断出另外两个名字是“庞贝尔和“凯亚。10. B 推断题。短文倒数第三段Genny Tortora, a professor at the University of Salerno who led Pompeas creative team的意义是：热尼托尔托拉，萨勒诺大学的教授，他是“庞贝尔设计小组的领导人。根据此句意义可推测“庞贝尔是由集体成员创作的。11. C 细节理解题。短文最后一段的意义是：赛拉米现在的梦想是成立一个虚拟美女公司，将她们“推销给挂历、游戏、广告和电影等产业。据报道，已经有一位美女登上了花花公子的头版。由此可概括为practical use。