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1、湖北省2012高考英语二轮复习专题训练：阅读理解（11）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。(A)In the case of mobile phones, change is everything. Recent research indicates that the mobile phone is changing not only our culture, but our very bodies as well.This has several implications. The most common one, however, and perhaps
2、 the thing that has changed our culture forever, is the “meeting” influence. People no longer need to make firm plans about when and where to meet. Twenty years ago, a Friday night would need to be arranged in advance. You needed enough time to allow everyone to get from their place of work to the f
3、irst meeting place. Now, however, a night out can be arranged on the run. It is no longer “see you there at 8”, but “text me around 8 and well see where we all are.”Texting changes people as well. In their paper, “Insights into the Social and Psychological Effects of SMS Text Messaging”, two British
4、 researchers distinguished between two types of mobile phone users: the “talkers” and the “texters”those who prefer voice to text messages and those who prefer text to voice.They found that the mobile phones individuality and privacy gave texters the ability to express a whole new outer personality.
5、 Texters were likely to report that their family would be surprised if they were to read their texts. This suggests that texting allowed texters to present a self-image that differed from the one familiar to those who knew them well.Another scientist wrote of the changes that mobiles have brought to
6、 body language. There are two kinds that people use while speaking on the phone. There is the “speakeasy”: the head is held high, in a self-confident way, chatting away. And there is the “spacemaker”: these people focus on themselves and keep out other people.1. When people plan to meet nowadays, th
7、ey . A. arrange the meeting place beforehandB. postphone fixing the place till the last minuteC. seldom care about when and where to meetD. still love to work out detailed meeting plans2. According to the two British researchers, the social and psychological effects are mostly likely to be seen on .
8、A. talkersB. the “speakeasy”C. the “spacemaker”D. texters3. We can infer from the passage that the texts sent by texters are .A. quite revealingB. well writtenC. unacceptable by othersD. shocking to others4. According to the passage, who is afraid of being heard while talking on the mobile?A. Talker
9、s.B. The “speakeasy”.C. The “spacemaker”.D. Texters.(B)I revisited Beichuan on Mid-Autumn Festival. As the car drove into the ruined city, tears streamed down my cheeks. Giant rocks from the mountain destroyed the road and houses collapsed, breaking into bricks and pieces of cement. Beichuan Middle
10、School, which was once filled with vigor(活力) and laughter, now so unrecognizable, so empty, so quiet, so still, was a death valley.I couldnt really imagine at that split second, how much pain they had suffered or how desperate they felt as they waited to be rescued. Those unfortunate ones watched th
11、e devil of death march over them, taking them away. I cant really imagine how heartbroken their parents or beloved ones were.As I wandered in the ruins, I was lost in deep thoughts.The day before, we were sitting in the brightly lit classroom, heatedly debating the importance of shapes, colors and s
12、tyles in architecture, comparing ancient time housing to the modern ones. Their similarities, their differences, their pros and consNow, facing the terrible scene, I realized how childlike we were and how easily we forgot the most important element of architect is SAFETY, it is how housing is suppos
13、ed to be: to shield us from burning sun and pouring rain, to provide us with a cozy warm place to sleep and relax. Undeniably, the style and shape do play important roles in architecture. But when a natural disaster such as this earthquake came upon us without warning, will beauty stay over anybodys
14、 life? From this trip, we can no doubt give the clear and loud answer: NO!Words after such scale of disaster could appear nothing but empty and pointless. So many peoples lives were taken, so much damage was done and a whole city was wiped out. Beichuan has become a history. Nevertheless, I still ke
15、ep on dreaming and still long for a better future: to make our homes prettier yet safer.May victims rest in peace. May survivors live to be stronger. 5. The underlined world “shield” means _.A. rescueB. depriveC. preventD. shelter6. As is inferred from the passage, the author _.A. must be a native o
16、f BeichuanB. may be specializing in architectureC. must be a rescue helperD. may be a teacher of Beichuan Middle School7. Which of the following remarks goes with the authors view?A. Had more emphasis been put on the safety of the architect, no building would have collapsed. B. The victims waited too long to get rescued when the earthquake happened.C. When a disaster h
