阅读下面短文,回答下列五道题。
据美国《时代周刊》报道:美国施乐公司和3M公司签署了一项协议将产生像纸一样薄的显示器。纸张一直是用来显示信息的最好手段,它易于阅读、易于携带、易于储藏和不易破损,似乎同显示器毫无关系。而现在几十年前科幻小说中描述的梦想将要实现,科研人员将纸张的优点同我们每日接触的显示器结合起来,生产出“电子纸张” 。施乐公司同3M公司签署这项协议,准备将“电子纸张”生产商业化。
“电子纸张”的确切意思是什么?正如你能想象到的:这片“纸”不仅可显示文章和图片,而且还可以像计算机显示器一样,对文章和图像进行任意刷新。如果电子纸张真的问世,报纸便可以实现自动刷新新闻、股票行情和体育成绩。
施乐的“电子纸张”是一张薄的、几乎透明的“纸张”,包含有几百万颗只有在显微镜下才可看清的珠子。珠子一面为白色,另一面为黑色,每颗珠子都浮在各自的充满油的小匣中,它可以任意旋转。一个充电器用来控制珠子的显示颜色——白色或黑色,既不像显示器的显示像素一样发光发热:也不像液晶显示屏一样,受观看角度的限制,它可以从任一角度看清。
“电子纸张”日前虽然还不能显示彩色并且还有诸多不尽如人意处,但研究人员正在努力工作力争提高“电子纸张”的解像度,同传统显示器进行竞争。从长远角度看, “电子纸张”的优点是不可否认的。
“电子纸张”的确切意思是什么?解释完全正确的一项是()。
A.可以显示和刷新文章和图像的新型纸张。
B.可以显示和刷新文章和图像的新型显示器。
C.它是有显示器作用的纸张,包含几百万颗只有在显微镜下才可看清的黑白两色的珠子,在充电器控制下通过珠子颜色的组合就构造出文字和图片。
D.它是像纸一样薄的显示器,几百万颗一面黑一面白的微小珠子浮在各自的小匣中,在充电器控制下通过珠子间颜色的组合构造出文字和图片。
阅读下列短文,然后根据短文的内容从 55~57 小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项。
B
Scientists have searched for many years for a method to tell whether a volcano(火山)explosion will be small or large. Now,four scientists say they have discovered something in lava(熔岩)that will help do this. They did the research on Mount Unzen on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu.
Mount Unzen exploded in November,1990. Since then,more explosions have killed 43 people and destroyed the homes of more than 2,000 others. The volcano is still active today.
The scientists say the lava of the volcano contains high level of an element(成份),which is a sign of the presence of the lava from deep in the earth,not from the surface. They say it shows that the lava coming directly from inside the earth is connected with huge explosions instead of smaller ones.
The scientists examined the lava from 18 explosions of Mount Unzen that took place during many thousands of years. They also studied the lava from other volcanoes in the area that are older than Mount Unzen. The lava studied came from both large and small explosions. The scientists found that large explosions contained more of the element than small ones. The scientists say if they had known this two years earlier,they could have warned the people living in the area near Mount Unzen and saved many lives.
第 55 题 From the passage we learn that Mount Unzen is the name of ______.
A.a huge volcano explosion
B.a Japanese island
C.an active volcano
D.a kind of lava
阅读下面一段短文,然后回答下列 36~38 小题。
第 36 题 概括本片段的大意。作者的观点是什么?
阅读下列短文,然后根据短文的内容从 58~61 小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项。
C
Have you ever argued with your loved ones over simple misunderstandings(误解)?Little wonder. We often believe we're more skillful in getting our point across than we actually are,according to Boza Keysar,a professor at the University of Chicago. In his recent study,speakers tried to express their meanings using unclear sentences. Speakers who thought listeners understood were wrong nearly half the time. Here‘s some good advice to reduce misunderstanding:
(1)Don't trust what you see from the listener. Listeners often nod,look at you or say“uhhuh”to be polite or move the conversation along. But it‘s easy to consider these as signs of understanding.
(2)Train the editor(编辑)in your head. If you say,“Beth discusses her problems with her husband,”it's not clear whether she‘s talking to her husband or about him. Try instead,“Beth talks to her husband about her problems.”or“Beth talks to others about the problems with her husband.”
(3)Ask listeners to repeat your message. Introduce your request by saying“I want to be sure I said that right.”Questions like“How does that sound?”or“Does that make sense?”may also work.
(4)Listen well. When on the receiving end,ask questions to be sure you're on the same page. After all,it isn‘t just the speaker's job to make his speech understood.
第 58 题 Why does the writer give us the advice?
A.We're not skillful enough to make clear sentences.
B.Misunderstanding is damaging our normal lives.
C.Misunderstanding occurs now and then.
D.It's impolite to say NO to others.
A.时间
B.地理
C.从远到近
D.从近到远
认真阅读“给定资料8”,简要回答下列两个问题。
1.请从政治经济角度,对L市主要领导所面临的“两难困境”做简要
分析。要求:分析思考条理清楚,观点明确,字数不超过200字。
2.从实践出发,简要论述如何破解类似该市“两难困境”的难题。
要求:分析思考条理清楚,措施得当,字数不超过200字。
阅读下列短文,然后根据短文的内容从 62~65 小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项。
D
While acting may run in the family,it wasn't Angelina Jolie's only choice when thinking about her future. Although Jolie has studied her craft(技艺)since childhood,at one point the 26-year-old,who stars this month in Tomb Raider with her father,actor John Voight,wanted to be a funeral(殡葬)director.“I thought that the crossing over could be a beautiful thing and a time of comfort when people could reach out to each other.”
Tradition(传统)is always attractive and interesting to Jolie,who moved with her mother,Marcheline Bertand,and brother after her parents separated when she was two.“I never had one home. I never had an attic(阁楼)that had old things in it. We always moved,so I was never rooted anywhere. And I always dreamed of having that attic of things that I could go back and have a look. I'm very drawn to some things that are tradition,that are roots,and I think that may be why I paid such special attention to funerals.”
Finally,she chose acting.“Following in my father's footsteps,”she says,“is an interesting thing,because I think we speak to each other through our work. You don't really know your parents in a certain way,and they don't really know you. So he can watch a film and see how I am as a woman,the way I’m dealing with a husband who's been hurt,or the way I'm crying alone.”
“And it's the same for me:I can watch films of his and just see who he is. I've learned to understand him as a person.”
第 62 题 The passage is about a woman who _______.
A.was once a funeral director
B.is the leading actress in Tomb Raider
C.wants an attic to live in
D.was hurt by her husband
阅读理解:阅读下面的短文,根据文章内容从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Imagine this situationA、you have bought a faulty item from a shop and you take {A. themB、B. itB、C. him} back to complain. You go directly to the shop assistant and tell them your problem. They say they cannot help you, {A. whichB、B. itB、C. that}makes you angrier, to the point perhaps where you start insulting the poor shop assistant. RESULTA、This will do you no {A. commentsB、B. interestsB、C. favours}, like getting any compensation, or even a refund. If you go directly to the first person you see within the organization you are complaining about, you may be wasting your time {A. asB、B. ifB、C. when} they may be powerless to take any action or provide you {A. toB、B. withB、C. for} a solution. So the important lesson to be learnt is to make sure firstly that you are speaking to the relevant person, the one who has the authority to make decisions.