2019高考英語(衡水市)考前沖刺精選：閱讀理解(8)及解析.doc

.2019高考英語（衡水市）考前沖刺精選：閱讀理解（8）及解析BBritain has laws to make sure that women have the same chances as men in education, jobs and training. But its still unusual to find women doing dirty or heavy jobs. Nikki Henriques is a car maintenance engineer in London. She used to be a secretary. Barty Philips, a journalist with “The Observer”, a Sunday newspaper, asked her why she wanted to work with cars. “My first reason was independence(獨立),” she said. “I also wanted to use my hands, and I like learning about how things work. Many people prefer to have a woman repair their cars, too.” Nikki didnt find it easy to become a car maintenance engineer. She went to a Government Skill Centrea special sort of college where people can learn a new job for twenty weeks. “For ten weeks I was the only woman among four hundred men, and some of them were rude to me. It was also very tiringfrom 8 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon, with only 30 minutes for lunch.” Now Nikki works free-lance, that is, shes self-employed, working for herself and not for a garage or a company. Barty Phillips also spoke to Rose, who works as a general builder in Sheffield, an industrial town in the north of England. Like Nikki, Rose used to be a secretary. “I didnt enjoy it at all.” she said. “I wanted to do more practical work, and I wanted to be self-employed.” Rose joined a womens building co-operative, and she learnt her job from other people and from experience. However, many of the women in her group have been specially trained. Most of the jobs they do are improvements to buildings and general repairs. “People often say, Oh, women arent strong enough, but I dont think strength is important.” said Rose, “The important thing is to get used to doing a different sort of work.” Rose would like more women to come into the building industry. “Everything built at the moment is a product of mans world. If women become builders, they will be able to understand the production of their house and their towns.” 59. There are laws in Britain to help women _. A. get higher pay than men B. enjoy more freedom than men C. do whatever they like to do D. have equal chances with men in education and work 60. The job of a car maintenance engineer is to _. A. make cars B. sell cars C. repair cars D. keep cars for others 61. According to Rose, a woman wishing to be a general builder _. A. must be specially trained B. should be strong enough C. can learn her job either from others or by experience D. must get used to doing a different sort of work 62. The best title for this passage might be _. A. Nikki Henriques, a car maintenance engineer B. Rose, a General Builder in Shefield C. Women at Work D. British Women 參考答案 5962 DCDC *結(jié)束CThings you need to know about studying thereStudy style Since the 1950s, the Netherlands has had courses in English especially for foreign students. Students are expected to be critical of what they read and hear, and to be able of working independently. Foreign students will soon notice that at Dutch institutions for higher learning people are expected to do a lot of talking. The most common form of teaching is the seminar or working group, where a small group of students work under a teachers supervision to analyze（分析）a certain problem. On exams, they have to show that they know the material, and that they have formed well-founded opinions on the subject.Accommodations（住宿） If you are in an exchange programme or an international course, it is quite possible that a room will be arranged for you. Accept it immediately, or you will regret it later. Thats because finding a place to live in a country as crowded as the Netherlands is not easy. Before you leave China, ask your host institution whether or not housing will indeed be arranged in advance. If you are in the Netherlands and still looking for a place, ask the international relations office or the student dean for advice. ExpencesTuition: （學(xué)費）Bachelors degree：about 2,500 euros a year Masters degree: 5,000-12,000 euros a yearLiving expenses:Experience has shown that a year in the Netherlands costs a ChineseStudent about 450-700 euros a month.Here is a breakdown of average prices of supermarket goods:Litre of milk:0.50.8 euroKilo of apples:1.5 eurosShampoo, 400ml:4 eurosTube of toothpaste:1 euroBed sheet:20 eurosOther expenses:Haircut:15 eurosAir ticket to China:600-800 eurosMobile phone call(one minute):0.1-0.3 euro Phone call to China (with IP card):7 euros(one minute)Postage stamp in the Netherlands:0.39 euroStamp for China:0.78 euro(1 euro-about 10 yuan) TransportationTrains, buses and trams run throughout the country. If you really want to sample Dutch life, and get around quickly and easily, buy yourself a bicycle. Most students buy second-hand bicycles. A reasonable one will cost you 70-120 euros.You can find them at second-hand bicycle shops or at the bicycle parking facilities near railway stations.63Teachers want foreign students to do much talking and analyzing in order to make them Aget higher marksBpass exams easierCbe able to work independentlyDget in close touch with each other64The passage implies that .Ait is easier to find a room in NetherlandsBit is difficult to find a room in NetherlandsCyour host institution will surely find a room for youDthe international relations office can find a room for you65It costs at least a year for a Master degree.A104,000 yuanB104,000 eurosC174,000 yuanD134,000 euros66Most students ride second-hand bicycles mainly because .Athey can ride them fast and easilyBbicycles are safe and comfortable for ridingCbicycles are convenient and easy to parkDbicycles are convenient and cheap參考答案 6366CBAD*結(jié)束 Sometimes life gets a little dull. What used to be fun and different becomes boring. That is the time to look for something new. It is the time for a big idea to get your mind off everyday life. So why not search for extraterrestrial (地球外旳) intelligence? Or even better, why not get your computer to do it for you?Over two million people have joined the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence（SETI）project. Based in California, the SETI project analyzes information taken from a giant radio telescope based in South America. Its task is to look for signals from outer space that might prove that life exists on other planets.Processing this information is far too big a job for one computer. So the SETI project workers divide the work among volunteers who visit their website. Each computer gets some information to work out from the SETI network through the Internet. This process is often known as “meta-computing”.It is a wonderful thought. You are sleeping, eating a meal or going out with friends. All this time, your computer is searching the stars for signs that might show something is out there trying to get in touch. Volunteers are proud of being involved in the SETI project. It shows that they understand the potential (潛能) of computing. They know that it is more than just a way of working or playing games.Meta-computing may also be creating intelligence as well as looking for it. This idea is based on the theory that human intelligence is created by the way in which different parts of the brain communicate with each other. As the saying goes, “The whole is more than the sum of its parts.” People who join the SETI project sometimes wonder whether their computer will become part of a huge network that has learned to think for itself.60. According to the writer, meta-computing may be creating intelligence .A. because human beings are intelligent B. because a computer works as the brain doesC. because of a network of many computers D. because of the number of computers61. Which of the following shows the order in which the SETI network works?A. Radio telescopeSETI websiteVolunteers computerSETI baseB. Radio telescopeSETI baseSETI websiteVolunteers computerC. SETI baseSETI websiteVolunteers computersRadio telescopeD. SETI baseRadio telescopeSETI websiteVolunteers computers62. The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to .A. extra-terrestrial intelligence B. human intelligence C. the SETI projectD. meta-computing63. The passage mainly tells us about .A. a new way to work on the computerB. a new way to work and play gamesC. a new way to search for life outside the earth D. a new way to make life interesting and different60、C BAC *結(jié)束AThe engineer Camillo Olivetti was 40 years old when he started the company in 1908. At his factory in Ivera, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter. Today the companys head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the company is much larger than it was in those days and there are offices all around the world.By 1930 there was a staff of 700 and the company turned out 13,000 machines a year. Some went to customers in Italy, but Olivetti exported more typewriters to other countries.Camilllos son, Adriano, started working for the company in 1924 and later he became the boss. He introduced a standard speed for the production line and he employed technology and design specialists. The company developed new and better typewriters and then calculators (計算器). In 1959 it produced the ELLA computer system. This was the first mainframe (主機) computer designed and made in Italy.After Adriano died in 1960, the company had a period of financial problems. Other companies, especially the Japanese, made faster progress in electronic technology than the Italian company.In 1978, Carlo de Benedetti became the new boss. Olivetti increased its marketing and service networks and made agreements with other companies to design and produce more advanced office equipment. Soon it became one of the worlds leading companies in information technology and communications. There are now five i