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1、高中英语真题 :2014 届高考英语二轮专题复习阅读理解极限突破测试卷 (20)Forget Twitter and Facebook, Google and the Kindle. Television is still the most influential medium around. Indeed ,for many of the poorest regions( 地区)of the world, it remains the next big thingfinally becomes globally available. And that is a good thing, bec
2、ause the TV revolution is changing lives for the better.Across the developing world, around 45% of families had a TV in 1995; by 2005 the number had climbed above 60%. That is some way behind the , where are more TVs than people, and where people now easily get access to the Internet. Five million m
3、ore families in sub-Saharan Africa will get a TV over the next five years. In 2005 , after the fall of the Taliban（塔利班）,which had outlawed TV, 1 in 5 Afghans had one. The global total is another 150 million by 2013pushing the numbers to well beyond two thirds of families.Televisions most powerful ef
4、fect will be on the lives of women. In , researchers Robert Jensen and Emily Oster found that when TVs reached villages, women were more likely to go to the market without their husbands approval and less likely to want a boy rather than a girl. They were more likely to make decisions over child hea
5、lth care. TV is also a powerful medium for adult education. In the Indian state of Gujarat, Chitrageet is a popular show that plays Bollywood songs with words in Gujarati on the screen. Within six months, viewers had made a small but significant(有意义的 ) improvement in their reading skills.Too much TV
6、 has been associated with violence, overweight and loneliness. However, TV is having a positive influence on the lives of billions worldwide. ( ) 1. The underlined word “outlawed ” in paragraph 2 probably means “”.A. allowed B. banned C. offered D. refused( ) 2.Which of the following is TRUE accordi
7、ng to the passage?A. Americans used to get access to the Internet easily.B. The world s TV sets will total 150 million by 2013.C.45% of families in the developing countries had a TV in 2005.D. Over two thirds of families in the world will have a TV by 2013.( ) 3. The author intends to .A. stress the
8、 advantages of TV to people s lives B. persuade women to become more independent C. encourage people to improve their reading skills D. introduce the readers some websites such as Google ( ) 4. What would be the best title for the passage? A.TV Will Rule the World B.TV Will Disturb the WorldC.TV Wil
9、l Better the World D.TV Will Remain in World【语篇解读】本篇文章为议论文。本文围绕着电视仍然是世界上最有影响力的媒体说起，并用事实进一步证明了电视的存在会让我们的生活越来越好60.答案 B。【解析】词义猜测题。由本句中the Taliban 及1 in 5 Afghans had one可以猜测出，塔利班在政期间是对电视持反对态度，因此是禁止的。故选项B 符合题意。61.答案 D。【解析】细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句中“pushing the numbers to well beyond two thirds of families”可知，到 20
10、13 年，世界上三分之二的家庭都将会有一台电视。因此选 D 项。62.答案 A。【解析】推理判断题。根据最后一段第二句“However, TV is having a positive influence on the lives of billions worldwide ”可以推断出，作者主要强调电视对人类生活积极的方面。故选 A 项63.答案 C。【解析】主旨大意题。由第一段第二句“Television is still the most influential medium ”及第三段第一句“Televisions most powerful effect will be on the
11、 lives of women ”及文章最后一段第二句“However, TV is having a positive influence on the lives of billions worldwide.”可知，本文主要讲的是电视将会让人们生活越来越好。由此可知应选C 项。阅读理解 -ADiana Jacobs thought her family had a workable plan to pay for college for her 21-year-old twin sons: a combination of savings, income, scholarships, an
12、d a modest amount of borrowing. Then her husband lost his job, and the plan fell apart.“I have two kids in college, and I want to say come home, but at the same time I want to provide them with a good education,” says Jacobs.The Jacobs family did work out a solution: They asked and received more aid
13、 form the schools, and each son increased his borrowing to the maximum amount through the federal loan (贷款) program. They will each graduate with $20,000 of debt, but at least they will be able to finish school. With unemployment rising, financial aid administrators expect to hear more families like
14、 the Jacobs. More students are applying for aid, and more families expect to need student loans. College administrators are concerned that they will not have enough aid money to go around. At the same time, tuition（学费）continues to rise. A report from the for Public Policy and Higher Education found
15、that college tuition and fees increased 439% from 1982 to 2007, while average family income rose just 147%. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade,“If we go on this way for another 25years, we wont have an affordable system of higher education,” says Patrick M. Callan, president
16、of the center. “The middle class families have been financing it through debt. They will send kids to college whatever it takes, even if that means a huge amount of debt. ” Financial aid administrators have been having a hard time as many companies decide that student loans are not profitable enough and have stopped making them. The good news, however, is that federal loans account for about three quarters of student borrowing, and the government says that money will flow uninterrupted.66. Accor
