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1、2015 西安市高考英语西安市高考英语【四月四月】阅读理解、完形填空选练（阅读理解、完形填空选练（4）答案）答案阅读理解阅读理解Batteries are included, but the chargers not. The Nokia E-Cu concept phone doesnt need to plug in; it charges from any heat source. Designer Patrick Hyland says it can even work off the warmth of your pocket. The first time“it would tak
2、e approximately seven hours to reach full charge, then after that its continuously charging by keeping the phone in areas between 86 degrees and 104 degrees Fahrenheit. ”Thats one hot pocket. Hes put a thermo generator(热偶发电器)inside the phone that transforms heat into electric potential energy. To be
3、tter conduct the heat to that little power plant in your pocket, the E-Cu(E for energy, Cu for copper)is coated by copper backing with heat sinks like those normally used to keep electronics from overheating. Nokia doesnt have current plans to build the phone, so for now it remains a concept. But Hy
4、land says hes open to anyone who wants to cooperate. For Americans this technology would certainly be convenient. It would also save a bit on energy bills and waste. “Annually, unwanted phone chargers produce 51, 000 tons of waste in addition to the greenhouse gases created by the production of the
5、electricity needed to charge them, ”Hyland says. So a charger-free phone is also a green phone. Though adapting our plug-in habits would help a group of people, most cell phone related energy use comes from leaving your charger plugged in all day unnecessarily. The real potential for charger-free ce
6、ll phone technology is what it could enable places where plugging in isnt an option, like rural areas in the developing world. Cell phones are spreading faster than power lines and bringing with them countless opportunities, aid and health advances. A phone like the E-Cu, if it ever comes to be, wou
7、ld enable all manner of expanded aid and development by phone projects. Lets hope Patrick finds a partner. 【文章大意】本文介绍的是一种不用插入电源、在口袋里即可获得电能的手机。1. What do we know about the E-Cu phone? A. It doesnt have a battery or a charger. B. It is properly marketed and sells well. C. Its continuously charging fro
8、m any area. D. It has a highly conductive copper cover. 【解析】选 D。细节理解题。根据第二段“. . . the E-Cu(E for energy, Cu for copper)is coated by copper backing with heat sinks like those normally used to keep electronics from overheating. ”可知, 这种手机有一个铜制的后盖, 可以防止电器过热, 所以有一个导热性很强的盖子。2. Whats the function of the un
9、derlined part“heat sinks”in Paragraph 2? A. To give off heat. B. To measure heat. C. To turn up heat. D. To supply heat. 【解析】选 A。推理判断题。画线部分后面“. . . like those normally used to keep electronics from overheating. ”作出了解释, 说明是用来散热的。3. From the last two paragraphs we can know that . A. Patrick is not rea
10、dy to cooperate with othersB. power lines spread every corner of the worldC. phone projects may help solve the energy crisisD. phones like the E-Cu have huge potential benefits【解析】选 D。推理判断题。从后两段看出, 即使在没有电源的地方也可以使用这种手机, 结合“countless opportunities, aid and health advances”判断, 这种手机潜力无限、前景广阔。4. What is
11、the best title of the text? A. Designer Patrick HylandB. Nokia Concept Phone on SaleC. Charging Your Phone from PocketsD. Benefiting from Phone Technology【解析】选 C。主旨大意题。全文介绍了这种没有电源也可以使用的手机。所以选 C。阅读理解。Rae Armantrout, who has been a poetry professor at the University of California San Diego(UCSD) for t
12、wo decades, has won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for her most recent book, “Versed”.“Im delighted and amazed at how much media recognition that the Pulitzer brings, as compared to even the National Book Critics Award, which I was also surprised and delighted to win,” said Armantrou
13、t.“For a long time, my writing has been just below the media radar, and to have this kind of attention, suddenly, with my 10th book, is really surprising.”Armantrout, a native Californian, received her bachelors degree at UC Berkeley, where she studied with noted poet Denise Levertov, and her master
14、s in creative writing from San Francisco State University. She is a founding member of Language Poets, a group in American poetry that analyzes the way language is used and raises questions to make the reader think. In March, she won the National Book Critics Circle Award for “Versed.” “This book ha
15、s gotten more attention,” Armantrout said, “but I dont feel as if its better.”The first half of “Versed” focuses on the dark forces taking hold of the United States as it fought the war against Iraq. The second half looks at the dark forces casting a shadow over her own life after Armantrout was dia
16、gnosed with cancer in 2006.Armantrout was shocked to learn she had won the Pulitzer but many of her colleagues were not. “Rae Armantrout is a unique voice in American poetry,” said Seth Lerer, head of Arts and Humanities at UCSD. “Versed”, published by the Wesleyan University Press, did appear in a larger printing than her earlier works, which is about 2,700 copies. The new edition is scheduled to appear in May.11. According to Rae Armantrout, _.A. her 10th book i
