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1、贵阳市 2015 高考英语（四月）阅读理解、完形填空课外练（10）答案阅读理解【2014山东省泰安市高三第一轮复习质量检测】The World Bank estimates there are about 650 million mobile phone users in African countries south of the Sahara Desert.That is greater than the number of users in the United States and European Union.Samia Melhem works for the World Bank
2、 to increase information technologies in Africa.She says mobile phones are the fastest growing technology on the continent.“Faster than TV，and definitely faster than electricity.More people have access to mobile phones and therefore communication.More people have Internet access today in Africa than
3、 they have access to water，clean water，or even sanitation (卫生设备)So we can say that this has been the most significant revolution in terms of changing the African landscape and how people live their daily life.”CNN television recently named seven ways of life that have been revolutionized because of
4、mobile phones.They include political activism，education，entertainment，disaster management，agriculture and health.Another area is banking.Reports say half or more of the adults in Gabon，Kenya and Sudan use mobile money.Rene Mendy sells goods in the streets of Dakar，Senegal.But he never had enough mon
5、ey to open a bank account.Now he uses a mobile phone banking service called Orange Money.With his telephone，he can add or take out as little as one dollar.He can make payments and send money to family members who live far away.Orange Money says it serves four million customers in ten countries.The W
6、orld Banks Samia Melhem notes that the French company is facing competition from other mobile banking services.“The mobile banking is a huge trend.And people in the West dont understand it，because most people have bank accounts and credit cards.Itmobile bankingis the instant possession of cash at a
7、much lower cost.The cost is the cost of sending a message，which is almost nothing compared to what traditional transfer agents，like Western Union，would charge 10 dollars or more for a particular money transfer.”1Which country or area has the most mobile phone users according to the text?AThe USA. BE
8、uropean Union.CAfrican countries. DFrance.2The most significant revolution refers to_.Aseven ways of life revolutionized because of mobile phonesBmore people having access to clean waterCmobile phones being the fastest growing technology in AfricaDthe fast development of electricity in Africa3Using
9、Orange Money，people can_.Aadd or take out as little as 10 dollarsBpay for what they want to buyConly send money to family membersDdeal with any financial problems4Most people in the West dont use mobile banking because_.Athey have bank accounts and credit cardsBthey all have much moneyCmobile bankin
10、g costs few dollarsDmobile banking is hard to understand5The text is mainly about_.Ahow people live their life in AfricaBmobile phones have changed lives in AfricaCmobile phones are the fastest growing technologyDthe mobile banking is a huge trend语篇解读 本文主要讲述了手机改变了非洲人的生活。1解析： 考查推理判断。根据文章第一段的内容可知，非洲国家
11、使用手机的数量超过美国和欧盟，由此可知 C 项正确。答案： C2解析： 考查推理判断。根据文章第二段的第二句“She says mobile phones are the fastest growing technology on the continent.”以及第三段的内容可知，手机成为非洲大陆上发展最迅速的科技是(改变非洲前景)最重要的变革，故选 C。答案： C3解析： 考查细节理解。根据第六段的第二、三两句“With his telephone，he can add or take out as little as one dollar.He can make payments and
12、 send money to family members who live far away.”可知，使用 Orange Money 人们可以支付他们想买的东西，故 B 项正确。答案： B4解析： 考查细节理解。根据最后一段的第二句“And people in the West dont understand it，because most people have bank accounts and credit cards.”可知，大多数西方人不用手机银行的原因是他们有银行账户和信用卡，故 A 项正确。答案： A5解析： 考查主旨大意。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述了手机改变了非洲人的生活，故
13、 B 项正确。答案： B。阅读理解。Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York-he was in computers, she was in special education. “Teaching means everything to us,“ Tim would say. In April 1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to
14、 some serious thinking about lifes purpose.Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singers home town of Sevier, Tennessee. “I thought,
15、maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire,“ Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk, “as a reminder.“Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take
16、advantage of book and postage discounts.The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didnt want to give the children rubbish,” says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keatss The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdneys Lla
