2019高考英语（衡水市）考前冲刺精选：阅读理解(8)及解析

2019高考英语（衡水市）考前冲刺精选：阅读理解（8）及解析

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Britain has laws to make sure that women have the same chances as men in education, jobs and training. But it’s 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(独立),” 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 didn’t find it easy to become a car maintenance engineer. She went to a Government Skill Centre—a 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 tiring—from 8 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon, with only 30 minutes for lunch.”

Now Nikki works free-lance, that is, she’s 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 didn’t enjoy it at all.” she said. “I wanted to do more practical work, and I wanted to be self-employed.”

Rose joined a women’s 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 aren’t strong enough,’ but I don’t 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 man’s 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

参考答案 59—62 DCDC

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Things you need to know about studying there

Study 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 teacher’s 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. That’s 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. Expences Tuition: （学费）

Bachelor’s degree：about 2,500 euros a year Master’s degree: 5,000-12,000 euros a year Living expenses:

Experience has shown that a year in the Netherlands costs a Chinese Student about 450-700 euros a month.

Here is a breakdown of average prices of supermarket goods: Litre of milk: 0.5—0.8 euro Kilo of apples: 1.5 euros Shampoo, 400ml: 4 euros Tube of toothpaste: 1 euro Bed sheet: 20 euros

Other expenses: Haircut: 15 euros Air ticket to China: 600-800 euros

Mobile 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 euro Stamp for China: 0.78 euro (1 euro-about 10 yuan)

Transportation

Trains, 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.

63．Teachers want foreign students to do much talking and analyzing in order to make them A．get higher marks B．pass exams easier C．be able to work independently D．get in close touch with each other 64．The passage implies that . A．it is easier to find a room in Netherlands B．it is difficult to find a room in Netherlands C．your host institution will surely find a room for you D．the international relations office can find a room for you 65．It costs at least a year for a Master degree. A．104,000 yuan B．104,000 euros C．174,000 yuan D．134,000 euros 66．Most students ride second-hand bicycles mainly because . A．they can ride them fast and easily B．bicycles are safe and comfortable for riding C．bicycles are convenient and easy to park D．bicycles are convenient and cheap

参考答案 63—66CBAD

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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 (潜能) 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 does C. because of a network of many computers D. because of the number of computers 61. Which of the following shows the order in which the SETI network works? A. Radio telescope→SETI website→Volunteers’ computer→SETI base B. Radio telescope→SETI base→SETI website→Volunteers’ computer C. SETI base→SETI website→Volunteers’ computers→Radio telescope D. SETI base→Radio telescope→SETI website→Volunteers’ computers 62. The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to . A. extra-terrestrial intelligence B. human intelligence C. the SETI projectD. meta-computing 63. The passage mainly tells us about .