新课标2016年高二英语寒假作业6
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第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Phonetics Professor Henry Higgins first meets Eliza Doolittle, a flower girl, near the Royal Opera House, late on a cold March night. Eliza is selling flowers. Higgins is out on his endless search for new dialects of London’s speech. Higgins makes a bet with Colonel Pickering that he can turn the cockney(伦敦腔)flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, into a lady within three months. To do so, he must change her thick London accent, teach her to speak proper English and teach her manners.
Higgins looks upon her not as a person but as raw material for his experiment. He trains Eliza for weeks. When no progress is made, Eliza, loses her courage, Higgins loses his temper, and even Pickering’s patience wears thin.
At last she improves. In order to test Eliza, he decides to introduce her to his mother’s guests at the Ascot Race Meeting. Eliza proves to be a success. Pickering and Higgins are very proud, and neither of them takes into account Eliza’s personal accomplishments in the matter. Eliza has absorbed the sophistication(世故) and the courage to see the unfairness of this, and she blows up, demanding recognition. The Professor is astonished. It is as though a statue has come to life and spoken. Eliza rushes out of the house angrily.
Higgins discovers that he is hurt because Eliza leaves him. He meets her at his mother’s flat where she has gone for advice. They argue violently and she storms out. It is only a moment after her departure that Higgins finally wakes up to the fact that Eliza has become an entirely independent and admirable human being. He realizes that he will have a difficult time getting on without her.
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25. From the passage we can see that ___________. A. Eliza has made rapid progress during the first week B. turning Eliza into a \C. Higgins gives up when no progress is made D. Pickering often loses his temper when teaching Eliza
26. What does the underlined phrase \A. To become very excited. B. To be very disappointed. C. To become very angry. D. To be very interested. 27. Why is Higgins astonished when Eliza demands recognition? A. Because he thought Eliza was only a statue.
B. Because his mother’s friends don’t like Eliza at all. C. Because he thinks highly of Eliza’s personal achievements.
D. Because he didn’t realize that Eliza had become an independent person.
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A recent trend in Californian restaurants shows new eating habits among those out to have an interesting dining experience. Appetizers (开胃品) seem to be the name of the games as diners turn away from the more traditional three-course meal in favor of smaller snacks sampled in various types of restaurants, bars and cafes. In this way, in the course of an evening out, you might go to a restaurant for a tasty dish to eat at one end of town, to a bar with some live music at the other end, then for a coffee, and finally back to the restaurant for a further appetizer. Reasons for this trend are the fact that so many different types of restaurants have been set up recently, each with their own particular type of food and special atmosphere, combined with the increased sophistication in the type of snacks being offered. Gone are the cheese sticks of the old days, when appetizers were not really taken seriously. Some favorite snacks of the moment are slices of hot pizza, creamy fish-based dishes and crispy cakes and so on.
Prices for appetizers are not equal to a full meal; however, their new popularity has meant that they are by no means as cheap as they used to be. Certainly, for that special occasion, a meal in a nice restaurant, complete with the piano performance,
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is hard to beat. However, if we see that this trend for \eating\moving around several different places in one evening -- continues, then all the traditional style restaurants may well have to provide their own appetizer bars as well! 29. How are Californian people's eating habits changing? A. People are dining out less.
B. Californian restaurants are becoming less popular. C. A full restaurant meal is losing popularity. D. Most people eat less than they used to.
30. If you go out for an evening of appetizers, you are likely to__________. A. be bored with some kinds of snacks B. need a car or a bus or other transport C. spend more time for a full meal than you would D. eat too much meat
31. What does the underlined words \sophistication\in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Serving a bigger share. B. Offering better quality and variety. C. Charging more for food. D. Using healthier mixture. 32. Appetizers used to be seen as____________. A. cheap meal B. relatively important C. a full meal D. an expensive meal
C
Ask anyone what is the most difficult part of changing their lifestyle habits and they are most likely to say, \motivated．\But a 36-year-old professor from Carnegie Mellon University claims it may have the answer in the form of robot weight loss coach that dishes out daily health advice and encouragement． Autom is the work of Intuitive Automata, a company based in Sha Tin which claims to be a pioneer in commercial socially-interactive robots．
The robot, which stands around 38 centimeters tall, has a head that swivels (旋转), blue eyes, and a touch screen which allows the user to input information daily about exercise and diet Its creators say Autom will have a daily conversation with its user lasting up to five minutes, giving feedback and encouragement．Over time,
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it will interact more with the user as it gathers more information about them． Cory Krdd, a research team manager with the Federal Emergency Management Agency claims research has shown that people find robots a more reliable source of information than on-screen-based character．
In a controlled study in Pittsburgh City Council, 15 dieters were given Autom for six weeks．Another 15 received a touch-screen computer with identical software and 15 were given a paper log．The study found, people using the robot are more likely to stick with their diets longer, in fact twice as long as those using just a paper log．
\not one person among the computer or paper groups continued past six weeks, most who had Autom did not want to give her back at the conclusion of the study,\he said．
The bottom line is that a robot creates a more powerful and long-lasting relationship with the user than a character on the screen．
Autom is expected to go on sale later this year in the United States for around $500．A robot which speaks and understands Cantonese and Mandarin in addition to English according to the demands is also being developed． 32．What's the passage mainly about?
A．The development of Autom． B．The automated way to motivation． C．The working principle of robots． D．The way to change the lifestyle habits． 33．What can we know about the controlled study? A．The study was led by Cory Kidd． B．The subjects were divided by two．
C．Every person with Autom continued past six weeks． D．People using Autom gain more benefits than other people． 34．Which is true about Autom according to the passage? A．The price of this robot is very high． B．It can communicate with people freely． C．Autom can act as a coach to help lose weight． D．These robots called Autom have been used widely．
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