2024高考英語(yǔ)二輪閱讀理解一百六十集選練（105）及（解析）答案

　　閱讀下列四篇短文，從每小題后所給的A,B,C或D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　More than half of rich Americans have not shown their full wealth to their children，a new survey showed last Tuesday.

　　The survey，published by the Bank of America, studied the rich with $3 million or more in assets.It found that “surprisingly few of those surveyed have well－developed plans to preserve and pass on their assets to their children”．

　　The majority of the 457 people surveyed are selfmade，first－generation rich.Fifty－two percent of parents have chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they are，and 15 percent have given away nothing about the family wealth.One in three parents said they had never thought to do it.

　　They are worried that their children would become lazy，spend money freely，make bad decisions and even become a target for gold diggers.

　　Only 34 percent strongly agreed that their children would be able to handle any inheritance(遺產(chǎn))they plan to leave them.

　　“There is an expectation about the wealthy parents that they have a responsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation，”said Sallie Krawcheck，president of the Global Wealth and Investment Management of the Bank of America.“Our research，however，uncovered changing views of what one generation owes the next.”

　　The trend is led by the world's richest man Bill Gates，who promised in 2008 that he would leave his $58 billion fortune to the charity started by him and his wife，the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation(基金會(huì))，and not to his children.

　　“We want to give it back to society in the way that it will have the most positive impact，”he said.

　　Of his plans for his children，Gates said：“I will give the kids some money but not a meaningful percentage...they will need to work but they will feel reasonably taken care of.”

　　【語(yǔ)篇解讀】 調(diào)查表明，大部分美國(guó)富人不愿向孩子炫富，甚至不打算將豐厚的資產(chǎn)傳給后代。

　　．We can learn from the passage that ________.

　　A．rich parents may not know how to manage their inheritance

　　B．rich parents don't equal rich kids，at least in the US

　　C．American children don't get to inherit their parents' wealth

　　D．poor children don't expect themselves to be as rich as their parents

　　解析　推理判斷題。第二段的后半部分提到在被調(diào)查的美國(guó)富人中，幾乎沒(méi)有人計(jì)劃為他們的孩子保留資產(chǎn)或者將資產(chǎn)傳給孩子，由此可推斷在美國(guó)，父母富有并不意味著孩子富有。

　　答案　B

　　．According to the survey，most rich Americans ________.

　　A．think they owe their children nothing

　　B．think it best to give their money back to society

　　C．doubt their children's ability to handle wealth

　　D. are confident of their children's ability to handle wealth

　　解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段內(nèi)容可推知，大部分美國(guó)富人懷疑他們的孩子處理財(cái)富的能力。

　　答案　C

　　．The underlined word“they”in Paragraph 6 refers to ________.

　　A．responsible children

　　B．Bill Gates and his wife

　　C．first－generation rich

　　D．rich parents

　　解析　詞義猜測(cè)題。富裕的父母?jìng)兿Ｍ阉麄兊呢?cái)富傳給

　　下一代，此處they指代的是畫(huà)線(xiàn)詞前面的“the

　　wealthy parents”，即“rich parents”。

　　答案　D

　　．From the last paragraph，we can see that Bill Gates wants to show ________.

　　A．the trend of leaving no inheritance to children

　　B．the positive impact of charity on society

　　C．the way of giving back to society

　　D．the importance of independence for children

　　解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)本段中比爾·蓋茨所說(shuō)的話(huà)可推知，他更強(qiáng)調(diào)孩子的個(gè)人奮斗，認(rèn)為培養(yǎng)孩子的自立很重要。

　　答案　DA,B,C或D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　The multi－million pound new Library of Birmingham (LoB)will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization(數(shù)字化)of everyday life.

　　Set to open in 2024，the￡188m LoB is already beginning to take shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre，with which it will share some equipment.

　　As digital media(媒介)is important to its_idea，the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.

　　Brian Gambles，the LoB project director，says it is about giving people the right tools for learning：“The aim is to mix the physical with the digital，providing 24－h(huán)our services which can be used through many different ways.It is important to enable us to reach more people，more effectively.”

　　The digital library will，he says，be as important as the physical one，allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.

　　Even before the LoB is complete，the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual(虛擬的)LoB，designed by Baden，the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists.Not only have the public been able to learn about the LoB，but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.

　　Two other small Birmingham－based digital companies are also working on the LoB projects.Substrat，a digital design company，is developing what it calls an example of an “enlarged reality” project.It is about the use of an exciting smart phone，an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development.And The People's Archive is an online library of historical figures of the city being built up by a digital content company in Cahoots，in

　　which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on

　　the material.

　　Gambles says：“Technology will enable us to make the library's content and services open to citizens as never before”

　　【語(yǔ)篇解讀】 本文是一則資訊報(bào)道。即將落成的Library of Birmingham(LoB)將是伯明翰市接受日常生活數(shù)字化的標(biāo)志。

　　1．The underlined part“its idea”in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of ________.

　　A．the equipment

　　B．the project

　　C．the digital media

　　D．the physical library

　　解析　詞義猜測(cè)題。第三段中的“the project”指的是文章中出現(xiàn)的“the LoB project”，結(jié)合畫(huà)線(xiàn)部分的上下文語(yǔ)境可知此處講的是數(shù)字媒體對(duì)這個(gè)項(xiàng)目很重要，所以B項(xiàng)正確。

　　答案　B

　　．While visiting the Virtual LoB，the public can ________.

　　A．get a general idea of the LoB

　　B．meet many world－famous experts

　　C．learn how to put up a library building

　　D．understand how the specialists work on the project

　　解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六段中的“Not only have the public been able to learn about the LoB...”可知，公眾訪(fǎng)問(wèn)虛擬LoB可了解LoB的大體情況。

　　答案　A

　　．Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?

　　A．a(chǎn)，b，d

　　B．a(chǎn)，c，e

　　C．b，c，d

　　D．b，d，e

　　解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段內(nèi)容可知a、b兩項(xiàng)正確，e項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的第二、三句可知c項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；由倒數(shù)第二段的最后一句可知d項(xiàng)正確。故選A項(xiàng)。

　　答案　A

　　．The text is most probably taken from ________.

　　A．a(chǎn) computer book

　　B．a(chǎn) library guide

　　C．a(chǎn) project handbook

　　D．a(chǎn) newspaper report

　　解析　推理判斷題。文章主要介紹了即將落成的Library of Birmingham(LoB)的相關(guān)情況，最有可能是一則資訊報(bào)道。

　　答案　D閱讀理解閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。Most people are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B.C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population is left-handed.

　　Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person’s two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain. The right side of the brain, which makes a person’s hands and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.

　　No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged when they are born. However, this doesn’t happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因) for right-handedness, he / she may become either right-handed or left-handed according to the chance and the people they work or live with.

　　Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don’t have to.

　　1. What is the hand for most people used to do?

　　A. It’s used to find or hold things.

　　B. It’s used to work with things.

　　C. It’s used to make a person’s eyes work together.

　　D. It’s the centre for thinking and doing problems.

　　2. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.

　　B. Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.

　　C. Today children are not made to use their right hands only.

　　D. Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.

　　3. The best title for this passage is _______.

　　A. Scientists’ New Inventions

　　B. Left-handed People

　　C. Which Hand

　　D. Different Brains, Different Hands

　　參考答案1—3、ABC

　　【閱讀理解】科普知識(shí)類(lèi)

　　閱讀下列四篇短文，從每小題后所給的A,B,C或D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　Which are you more likely to have with you at any given moment—your cellphone or your wallet? Soon you may be able to throw your wallet away and pay for things with a quick wave of your smart phone over an electronic scanner.

　　In January, Starbucks announced that customers could start using their phones to buy coffee in 6, 800 of its stores. This is the first pay-by-phone practice in the U. S. , but we’re likely to see more wireless payment alternatives as something called near field communication(NFC) gets into America’s consumer electronics. Last December, some new smart phones which contain an NFC chip were introduced to the public.

　　Already in use in parts of Asia and Europe, NFC allows shoppers to wave their phones a few inches above a payment terminal—a contact-free system built for speed and convenience. But before NFC becomes widely adopted in the U. S. , a few problems need to be worked out, like who will get to collect the profitable transaction (交易) fees. Although some credit card providers have been experimenting with wave-and-pay systems that use NFC-enabled credit cards, cellphone service providers may try to muscle their way into the point-of-sale(POS) market. Three big cellphone service providers have formed a joint venture　(合資企業(yè)) that will go into operation over the next 15 months. Its goal is “to lead the U. S. payments industry from cards to mobile phones.”

　　The other big NFC issue, apart from how payments will be processed, is security. For instance, what’s to stop a thief from digitally pickpocketing you? “We’re still not at the point where an attacker can just brush against you in a crowd and steal all the money out of your phone,” says Jimmy Shah, a mobile-security researcher. “Users may also be able to set transaction limits, perhaps requiring a password to be entered for larger purchases.”

　　Still uneasy about this digital-wallet business? Keep in mind that if you lose your smart phone, it can be located on a map and remotely disabled. Plus, your phone can be password protected. Your wallet isn’t.

　　1. What is predicted to happen in the U. S. ?

　　A. The expansion of cellphone companies.

　　B. The boom of pay-by-phone business.

　　C. The disappearance of credit cards.

　　D. The increase of Starbucks sales.

　　2. The NFC technology can be used to　.　

　　A. ensure the safety of shoppers

　　B. collect transaction fees easily

　　C. make purchase faster and simpler

　　D. improve the quality of cellphones

　　3. Three cellphone service providers form a joint venture to　.　

　　A. strengthen their relationship

　　B. get a share in the payments industry

　　C. sell more cellphones

　　D. test the NFC technology

　　4. According to the passage, what can users do if they lose their smart phones?

　　A. Stop the functioning of their phones.

　　B. Set up a password.

　　C. Get all the money out of their phones.

　　D. Cancel large purchases.

　　【參考答案】1—4、 BCBA　

　　2024高考英語(yǔ)二輪閱讀理解一百六十集選練（105）及（解析）答案

　　閱讀下列四篇短文，從每小題后所給的A,B,C或D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　More than half of rich Americans have not shown their full wealth to their children，a new survey showed last Tuesday.

　　The survey，published by the Bank of America, studied the rich with $3 million or more in assets.It found that “surprisingly few of those surveyed have well－developed plans to preserve and pass on their assets to their children”．

　　The majority of the 457 people surveyed are selfmade，first－generation rich.Fifty－two percent of parents have chosen not to tell their children just how wealthy they are，and 15 percent have given away nothing about the family wealth.One in three parents said they had never thought to do it.

　　They are worried that their children would become lazy，spend money freely，make bad decisions and even become a target for gold diggers.

　　Only 34 percent strongly agreed that their children would be able to handle any inheritance(遺產(chǎn))they plan to leave them.

　　“There is an expectation about the wealthy parents that they have a responsibility to pass down their fortune to the next generation，”said Sallie Krawcheck，president of the Global Wealth and Investment Management of the Bank of America.“Our research，however，uncovered changing views of what one generation owes the next.”

　　The trend is led by the world's richest man Bill Gates，who promised in 2008 that he would leave his $58 billion fortune to the charity started by him and his wife，the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation(基金會(huì))，and not to his children.

　　“We want to give it back to society in the way that it will have the most positive impact，”he said.

　　Of his plans for his children，Gates said：“I will give the kids some money but not a meaningful percentage...they will need to work but they will feel reasonably taken care of.”

　　【語(yǔ)篇解讀】 調(diào)查表明，大部分美國(guó)富人不愿向孩子炫富，甚至不打算將豐厚的資產(chǎn)傳給后代。

　　．We can learn from the passage that ________.

　　A．rich parents may not know how to manage their inheritance

　　B．rich parents don't equal rich kids，at least in the US

　　C．American children don't get to inherit their parents' wealth

　　D．poor children don't expect themselves to be as rich as their parents

　　解析　推理判斷題。第二段的后半部分提到在被調(diào)查的美國(guó)富人中，幾乎沒(méi)有人計(jì)劃為他們的孩子保留資產(chǎn)或者將資產(chǎn)傳給孩子，由此可推斷在美國(guó)，父母富有并不意味著孩子富有。

　　答案　B

　　．According to the survey，most rich Americans ________.

　　A．think they owe their children nothing

　　B．think it best to give their money back to society

　　C．doubt their children's ability to handle wealth

　　D. are confident of their children's ability to handle wealth

　　解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段內(nèi)容可推知，大部分美國(guó)富人懷疑他們的孩子處理財(cái)富的能力。

　　答案　C

　　．The underlined word“they”in Paragraph 6 refers to ________.

　　A．responsible children

　　B．Bill Gates and his wife

　　C．first－generation rich

　　D．rich parents

　　解析　詞義猜測(cè)題。富裕的父母?jìng)兿Ｍ阉麄兊呢?cái)富傳給

　　下一代，此處they指代的是畫(huà)線(xiàn)詞前面的“the

　　wealthy parents”，即“rich parents”。

　　答案　D

　　．From the last paragraph，we can see that Bill Gates wants to show ________.

　　A．the trend of leaving no inheritance to children

　　B．the positive impact of charity on society

　　C．the way of giving back to society

　　D．the importance of independence for children

　　解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)本段中比爾·蓋茨所說(shuō)的話(huà)可推知，他更強(qiáng)調(diào)孩子的個(gè)人奮斗，認(rèn)為培養(yǎng)孩子的自立很重要。

　　答案　DA,B,C或D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　The multi－million pound new Library of Birmingham (LoB)will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization(數(shù)字化)of everyday life.

　　Set to open in 2024，the￡188m LoB is already beginning to take shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre，with which it will share some equipment.

　　As digital media(媒介)is important to its_idea，the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.

　　Brian Gambles，the LoB project director，says it is about giving people the right tools for learning：“The aim is to mix the physical with the digital，providing 24－h(huán)our services which can be used through many different ways.It is important to enable us to reach more people，more effectively.”

　　The digital library will，he says，be as important as the physical one，allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.

　　Even before the LoB is complete，the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual(虛擬的)LoB，designed by Baden，the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists.Not only have the public been able to learn about the LoB，but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.

　　Two other small Birmingham－based digital companies are also working on the LoB projects.Substrat，a digital design company，is developing what it calls an example of an “enlarged reality” project.It is about the use of an exciting smart phone，an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development.And The People's Archive is an online library of historical figures of the city being built up by a digital content company in Cahoots，in

　　which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on

　　the material.

　　Gambles says：“Technology will enable us to make the library's content and services open to citizens as never before”

　　【語(yǔ)篇解讀】 本文是一則資訊報(bào)道。即將落成的Library of Birmingham(LoB)將是伯明翰市接受日常生活數(shù)字化的標(biāo)志。

　　1．The underlined part“its idea”in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of ________.

　　A．the equipment

　　B．the project

　　C．the digital media

　　D．the physical library

　　解析　詞義猜測(cè)題。第三段中的“the project”指的是文章中出現(xiàn)的“the LoB project”，結(jié)合畫(huà)線(xiàn)部分的上下文語(yǔ)境可知此處講的是數(shù)字媒體對(duì)這個(gè)項(xiàng)目很重要，所以B項(xiàng)正確。

　　答案　B

　　．While visiting the Virtual LoB，the public can ________.

　　A．get a general idea of the LoB

　　B．meet many world－famous experts

　　C．learn how to put up a library building

　　D．understand how the specialists work on the project

　　解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六段中的“Not only have the public been able to learn about the LoB...”可知，公眾訪(fǎng)問(wèn)虛擬LoB可了解LoB的大體情況。

　　答案　A

　　．Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?

　　A．a(chǎn)，b，d

　　B．a(chǎn)，c，e

　　C．b，c，d

　　D．b，d，e

　　解析　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段內(nèi)容可知a、b兩項(xiàng)正確，e項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的第二、三句可知c項(xiàng)錯(cuò)誤；由倒數(shù)第二段的最后一句可知d項(xiàng)正確。故選A項(xiàng)。

　　答案　A

　　．The text is most probably taken from ________.

　　A．a(chǎn) computer book

　　B．a(chǎn) library guide

　　C．a(chǎn) project handbook

　　D．a(chǎn) newspaper report

　　解析　推理判斷題。文章主要介紹了即將落成的Library of Birmingham(LoB)的相關(guān)情況，最有可能是一則資訊報(bào)道。

　　答案　D閱讀理解閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。Most people are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works of art made at different times from 1,500 B.C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world’s population is left-handed.

　　Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person’s two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain. The right side of the brain, which makes a person’s hands and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists as among people in other jobs.

　　No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged when they are born. However, this doesn’t happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene(基因) for right-handedness, he / she may become either right-handed or left-handed according to the chance and the people they work or live with.

　　Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don’t have to.

　　1. What is the hand for most people used to do?

　　A. It’s used to find or hold things.

　　B. It’s used to work with things.

　　C. It’s used to make a person’s eyes work together.

　　D. It’s the centre for thinking and doing problems.

　　2. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

　　A. No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.

　　B. Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.

　　C. Today children are not made to use their right hands only.

　　D. Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.

　　3. The best title for this passage is _______.

　　A. Scientists’ New Inventions

　　B. Left-handed People

　　C. Which Hand

　　D. Different Brains, Different Hands

　　參考答案1—3、ABC

　　【閱讀理解】科普知識(shí)類(lèi)

　　閱讀下列四篇短文，從每小題后所給的A,B,C或D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

　　Which are you more likely to have with you at any given moment—your cellphone or your wallet? Soon you may be able to throw your wallet away and pay for things with a quick wave of your smart phone over an electronic scanner.

　　In January, Starbucks announced that customers could start using their phones to buy coffee in 6, 800 of its stores. This is the first pay-by-phone practice in the U. S. , but we’re likely to see more wireless payment alternatives as something called near field communication(NFC) gets into America’s consumer electronics. Last December, some new smart phones which contain an NFC chip were introduced to the public.

　　Already in use in parts of Asia and Europe, NFC allows shoppers to wave their phones a few inches above a payment terminal—a contact-free system built for speed and convenience. But before NFC becomes widely adopted in the U. S. , a few problems need to be worked out, like who will get to collect the profitable transaction (交易) fees. Although some credit card providers have been experimenting with wave-and-pay systems that use NFC-enabled credit cards, cellphone service providers may try to muscle their way into the point-of-sale(POS) market. Three big cellphone service providers have formed a joint venture　(合資企業(yè)) that will go into operation over the next 15 months. Its goal is “to lead the U. S. payments industry from cards to mobile phones.”

　　The other big NFC issue, apart from how payments will be processed, is security. For instance, what’s to stop a thief from digitally pickpocketing you? “We’re still not at the point where an attacker can just brush against you in a crowd and steal all the money out of your phone,” says Jimmy Shah, a mobile-security researcher. “Users may also be able to set transaction limits, perhaps requiring a password to be entered for larger purchases.”

　　Still uneasy about this digital-wallet business? Keep in mind that if you lose your smart phone, it can be located on a map and remotely disabled. Plus, your phone can be password protected. Your wallet isn’t.

　　1. What is predicted to happen in the U. S. ?

　　A. The expansion of cellphone companies.

　　B. The boom of pay-by-phone business.

　　C. The disappearance of credit cards.

　　D. The increase of Starbucks sales.

　　2. The NFC technology can be used to　.　

　　A. ensure the safety of shoppers

　　B. collect transaction fees easily

　　C. make purchase faster and simpler

　　D. improve the quality of cellphones

　　3. Three cellphone service providers form a joint venture to　.　

　　A. strengthen their relationship

　　B. get a share in the payments industry

　　C. sell more cellphones

　　D. test the NFC technology

　　4. According to the passage, what can users do if they lose their smart phones?

　　A. Stop the functioning of their phones.

　　B. Set up a password.

　　C. Get all the money out of their phones.

　　D. Cancel large purchases.

　　【參考答案】1—4、 BCBA