2024高考英語閱讀理解和短文改錯選練（4）

　　閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。

　　A Mountain of Green Beans

　　Another envelope in the mail. There’s my name, Alexander Spencer, typed on the front. I throw it under the bed. The piles of envelopes are growing.

　　The envelopes were applications to all the colleges I was supposed to attend. I did open the first envelope. Then I saw the application, all those blank spaces I was supposed to fill with my own writing, spaces for my name and birth date and grade average and … statement of purpose. I looked at them for a long time. I could write for hours and not fill all those spaces. So I put the application back in the envelope. I would fill it out the next day, when I had time. But another envelope arrived. And then the pile began.

　　The pile scares me — it is really like a monster. All the while, I feel the weight of a million envelopes raining down on my head until my grandmother calls me and wants to know how I am.

　　“I am overcome by too many tasks,” I say.

　　“Honey, you just take it bit by bit,” she says, and she reminds me about the green beans.

　　When I was a little kid I hated green beans. But my mom said I couldn’t leave the table until I ate ten green beans. All alone at the table, I stared at the green beans for what seemed like hours. It was a mountain of green beans. I couldn’t do it.

　　My grandma came to me and asked if I could eat one green bean.

　　“But Grandma, I have to eat ten!”

　　She said all I had to do was to eat one green bean. One tiny little green bean. So I ate one. It was bad, but not as bad as I’d thought it would be. Then she asked me again if I could eat one. So I ate one green bean nine more times.

　　My grandma doesn’t know about the envelopes, but she tells me anyone can do one thing every day.

　　Back in my room, I lay down on the bed. Just like I used to do when I was a little kid, I hang my head down to look at the pile of envelopes. There it is. But instead of a monster, I see a pile of green beans. Who’s afraid of green beans?

　　1. Envelopes are piling up because the author _______.

　　doesn’t know how to reply

　　feels bored of the paper work

　　doesn’t want to attend college

　　has been too busy to open them

　　2. What does the author learn from the story of the green beans?

　　A. A good start is half done.

　　B. Actions speak louder than words.

　　C. A long journey begins with a single step.

　　D. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

　　3. What do you think the author will do next?

　　A. He will fill out the applications one after another.

　　B. He will go to the college that he dreams of.

　　C. He will throw away all the envelopes.

　　D. He will eat up the green beans.

　　【參考答案】1—3、B C A

　　閱讀理解。

　　3D cinema has been around since the early 20th century, but Hollywood brought the technology back in 2007. Many thought it was just a trick to make more money. But then came Avatar, the first mustsee movie in 3D.

　　But since Avatar, 3D cinema has struggled. In_2010,_several_3D_movies_bombed_at_the_box_office. And by late 2010, some people said the technology was dead. Of course, that wasn't the first time Hollywood had struggled with new technology. Although sound was added to movies in the late 1920s, it took audiences time to get used to the new technology. But in the end, sound and colour became the standard. James Cameron, director of Avatar, thinks we're going through the same process with 3D.

　　Some say cinemas are charging too much for 3D movies. In the US, seeing a 3D movie can cost up to $7.5 more than seeing it in 2D.Also, a recent study at California State University finds audiences don't actually enjoy movies in 3D any more than in 2D.Walter Murch, a famous movie editor, wrote in 2011 that human beings have no ability to process 3D images. Watching a 3D movie confuses our brain and this is why some people get headaches.

　　But James Cameron disagrees. In fact, he recently predicted that in five years all movies will be in 3D.And there are signs that 3D is fighting back. More 3D movies were put on the market in 2024 than ever before. The Lion King 3D recently made over US $150 million at the box office, and Cameron's Titanic 3D made even more.

　　Who knows what the future holds for 3D? Steven Spielberg recently said, “I'm hoping 3D gets to a point where people notice it. Because then it just becomes another tool and helps tell a story.”

　　1．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 probably means that in 2010, 3D movies________．

　　A．were not successful

　　B．became popular

　　C．developed quickly

　　D．were of poor quality

　　2．The example of sound and colour is used mainly to show that________．

　　A．Hollywood tends to absorb what is new

　　B．3D technology takes time to be accepted

　　C．Hollywood struggles with new technology

　　D．high technology helps to make better movies

　　3．In Walter Murch's opinion, 3D movies________．

　　A．bring moviemakers great profits

　　B．are more expensive than 2D movies

　　C．do great harm to people's health

　　D．are unsuitable for people to watch

　　4．What can we learn from the text?

　　A．Avatar was the first 3D movie.

　　B．3D cinema has existed for years.

　　C．Titanic 3D has made the most money.

　　D．2024 witnessed the coming of 3D's time.

　　【要點綜述】自從《阿凡達》采用3D影像技術獲得巨大成功之后，全世界范圍內掀起了一股波濤洶涌的3D熱潮。本文就3D時代是否到來展開了討論。

　　1．A　推理判斷題。由本段中關鍵詞struggled、dead和bombed可判斷該句意為“票房失利”。故選A項。

　　2．B　推理判斷題。根據第二段的“…that wasn't the first time Hollywood had struggled with new technology.”可知，作者用有聲電影和彩色電影如何發展成為行業標準的例子來說明3D電影技術目前遭遇的尷尬境遇，指出其要被大眾接受還需要時間。故選B項。

　　3．D　細節理解題。根據第三段“…that human beings have no ability to process 3D images. Watching a 3D movie confuses our brain and this is why some people get headaches.”可以判斷出，在Walter Murch看來，3D影像畫面不適合人們觀看。故選D項。

　　4．B　推理判斷題。3D技術自從20世紀初出現以來，一直處于尷尬的境地。多年來，人們一直討論3D電影技術的發展前景。文章首句是解題關鍵。故選B項。

　　閱讀理解。閱讀下列材料，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

　　One evening in February 2007. A student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote in Wales. She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path . That's when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train. Her Renault Clio parked across a railway line. Second later, she watched the train drag her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks.

　　Ceely's

　　near miss

　　made the news because she blamed it on her GPS device(導航儀).She had never driven the route before .It was dark and raining heavily. Ceely was relying on her GPS. But it made no mention of the crossing. "I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train," she told the BBC.

　　W ho is to blame here? Rick Stevenson, who tells Ceely's story in his book When Machines Fail US, finger at the limitations of technology. We put our faith in digital devices, he says,

　　But our digital helpers are too often not up to the job. They are filled with small problems. And it’s not just GPS devices: Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving everything from mobile phones to wireless key boards.

　　The problem with his argument in the book is that it’s

　　not clear why he only focuses digital technology, while

　　there may be a number of other possible

　　causes. A map-maker might have left the crossing off a paper map. Maybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention. Perhaps the railway authorities are at fault for poor signaling system. Or maybe someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out that there really is something specific wrong with the CPS equipment. But Stevenson doesn’t say.

　　It’s a problem that runs through the book. In a section on cars, Stevenson gives an account of the advanced techniques that criminals use to defeat computer-based locking systems for cars. He offers two independent sets of figures on car theft; both show a small rise in some parts of the country. He says that once once again not all new locks have proved reliable. Perhaps, but maybe it’s also due to the shortage of policemen on the streets. Or changing social circumstances. Or some combination of these factors.

　　The game between humans and their smart devices is complex. It is shaped by economics and psychology and the cultures we live in. Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be way a wiser use of technology.

　　If there is such a way, it should involve more than just an awareness of the shortcomings of our machines. After all, we have lived with them for thousands of years. They have probably been fooling us for just as long.

　　(

　　)?1?.What?did?Paula?Ceely?think?was?the?cause?of?her?accident????????????

　　?A.?She?was?not?familiar?with?the?road.???????????

　　?B.?It?was?dark?and?raining?heavily?then.???

　　C. The railway works failed to give the signal.

　　D. Her GPS device didn’t tell her about the crossing

　　(

　　)??2. The?phrase “near?miss”?(paragraph?2)?can?best?be?replaced?by?_______.?????

　　A.?close?bit??????????B.?heavy?loss?????????????C. narrow escape?????????D.?big?mistake??????

　　(

　　)?3. Which?of?the?following?would?Rick?Stevenson?most?probably?agree?with????????

　　A. Modern?technology?is?what?we can’t?live?without.

　　B.?Digital?technology?often?falls short?of?out?expectation.????

　　C.?Digital?devices?are?more reliable?than?they?used?to?be.???

　　D.?GPS?error?is?not?the?only cause?for?Celery’s?accident.?

　　(

　　) 4. In the writer’s opinion, Stevenson’s argument is________.

　　A. one-sided

　　B. reasonable

　　C. puzzling

　　D. well-based

　　(

　　) 5.What is the real concern of the writer of this article?

　　A. The major causes of traffic accidents and car thefts.

　　B. The relationship between humans and technology

　　C.?The?shortcomings?of?digital devices?we?use.???????????

　　D.?The?human unawareness??of?technical?problems.

　　【參考答案】1---5、DCBAB

　　短文改錯

　　One Sunday morning, there were much people in the park. In a shop, a woman was buying an ice-cream while a young man behind her took his handbag away. She shouted, “Stop thief! He’s robbed me from my bag!” Hearing this, a few people began to run after him. There was an old man sit quietly on a bench nearby, reading a newspaper. As the robber was running passed him, the old man quickly picked up his umbrella and put between the robber’s legs. The young man fell down on the ground hardly. Soon two policeman came in a police car and arrested him. The woman thanked for the old man, and the people around praised the old man for his cleverness.

　　【參考答案】4.

　　1. much—many

　　2. while—when

　　3. his—her

　　4. from—of

　　5. sit—sitting

　　6. passed—past

　　7. put后加it

　　8. hardly—hard

　　9. policeman—policemen

　　10. thanked后的for去掉

　　5.假如英語課上老師要求同學們交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤， 要求你在錯誤的地方增加、刪除或修改某個單詞。

　　增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），在其下面寫上該加的詞。

　　刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（）劃掉。

　　修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫上修改后的詞。

　　注意：1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞。

　　2．只允許修改10處，多者（從11處起）不記分。

　　Today I was having a PE lessons when I fell down and hurt my foot. I was in greatly pain at

　　that moment, but I tried to act as if nothing has happened until the class was over. Though I had

　　difficulty walk back to my classroom, I still didn’t tell anyone but even refused the offer of help

　　of my classmates. As result, the hurt in my foot became bad. Now I know I’m wrong. We

　　can tell others our need for help and accept his help. Some day we can not help others in

　　return. In this way, we can get along to each other happily and peacefully.

　　【參考答案】5.

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　　lesson

　　great

　　moment, but I tried to act as if nothing has happened until the class was over. Though I had

　　had

　　difficulty walk back to my classroom, I still didn’t tell anyone but even refused the offer of help

　　walking

　　and

　　of my classmates. As∧ result, the hurt in my foot became bad. Now I know I’m wrong. We

　　a

　　worse

　　can tell others our need for help and accept his help. Some day we can not help others in

　　their

　　return. In this way,

　　we can get along to each other happily and peacefully.

　　With

　　下面短文中有10處語言錯誤。請在有錯誤的地方增加、刪除或修改某個單詞。

　　增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫上該加的詞。

　　刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（）劃掉。

　　修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫上修改后的詞。

　　注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

　　2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

　　This morning on my way to school I was deep moved by what I saw outside a bank. An old man was counting his money in the front of the bank. Suddenly a young man came running and knocked him down. To make things bad, his money was lying in all direction. At once the people around rush to pick the money up, while the old man stood there, not know what to do. Surprisingly, everyone gave back the money they had just picked. The old man counted the money again and found that not a single bill was missed. To my great joy, there are now a lot of nice people in your life. It’s true what honesty is more important than money!

　　【參考答案】6.

　　1. deep—deeply,

　　2. the 去掉

　　3. bad---worse

　　4. direction---directions或者前面all----any

　　5. rush----rushed

　　6. knowing----knowing

　　7. pick后加up

　　8.

　　missed---missing / lost

　　9. your----our

　　10. what---that