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1、组合练(二)阅读理解阅读七选五短文改错.阅读理解ALong, relaxing bathroom breaks that allow people to read news or visit social media may be coming to an end due to a new toilet seat design that is supposed to make sitting on the toilet for more than seven minutes become uncomfortable. Called the Standard Toilet, the new de
2、sign thought up by English consulting engineer Mahabir Gill slopes (倾斜) at a downward angle of 13 degrees, forcing the person sitting on it to use his leg muscles in order to keep from sliding off.According to its creator, the longest time someone can comfortably sit on such a toilet seat is for 5 t
3、o 7 minutes.Gill said the angle is enough to cause some feelings of strain (绷紧) in the users legs, making them want to get up faster than they would from a horizontal (水平的) toilet seat, but not enough to cause serious health problems.Gill also added that the Standard Toilet would be great for busine
4、sses wanting to maximize employees working hours.The Standard Toilet has already received the backing of the British Toilet Association (BTA), but has come under fire on social media, where people either joked about ways to “defeat” the design or called it a shame.Gill told Wired Magazine that as a
5、consulting engineer he sometimes discovered workers asleep on the toilet, and he also became increasingly annoyed by queues for public toilets.The final straw came one morning, after a heavy night of drinking, when in desperate need of a toilet, he only found locked cubicles (小隔间)He started working
6、on a solution, and the Standard Toilet was born.While the sloped toilet apparently offers some health benefits to users, like improving posture and lowering the risk of developing some health problems，Mr.Gill admits that the main purpose of the Standard Toilet is to reduce the financial loss of busi
7、nesses.语篇解读本文是一篇说明文。在很多上班族眼中，为数不多的福利之一就是自由的如厕时间。这是一个在高压工作环境下享受自我时光的好机会。不过，随着“标准厕所”的诞生，这一切可能很快就会结束。1Why is the Standard Toilet designed at a downward angle of 13 degrees?ATo exercise its users leg muscles.BTo shorten its users bathroom breaks.CTo deal with its users health problems.DTo guarantee its
8、users great comfort.解析：推理判断题。根据第二段的最后两句可知，“标准厕所”的设计者说，这个角度足以让使用者的腿部肌肉有绷紧感，使他们想要比从水平马桶座上更快地起来。由此可以推断，“标准厕所”的马桶座位被设计成向下倾斜13度是为了缩短使用者的如厕时间。答案：B2What do we know about the Standard Toilet?AIts a controversial subject.BIt has been widely used in companies.CIt has brought huge profits to businesses.DIt wil
9、l not be available when people use it for over 7 minutes.解析：推理判断题。根据第三段可知，“标准厕所”已经得到了英国厕所协会的支持，但是却在社交媒体上受到了抨击，人们要么开玩笑说如何“击败”这个设计，要么称之为耻辱。由此可以推断，“标准厕所”颇受争议。答案：A3What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?AWhat makes workers less productive in companies.BThe most common problem of using public toilets.CT
10、he biggest advantage of the Standard Toilet.DWhy Gill designed the Standard Toilet.解析：段落大意题。本段主要是介绍了Gill为什么要设计“标准厕所”。答案：D4What can we infer from the text?AGill used to fall asleep on the toilet.BGill used to be heavily addicted to drinking.CGills design is likely to be well received by employers.DGi
11、ll thinks toilet time reflects a persons health conditions.解析：推理判断题。根据第二段的最后一句和最后一段可知，“标准厕所”对于那些想最大化员工的工作时间的公司来说是再好不过了，并且Gill也承认“标准厕所”的主要目的是减少企业的财务损失。由此可以推断，他的设计可能会深受雇主的欢迎。答案：CBIs your kid attracted by video games and hanging out with questionable friends? These are common features for involvement i
12、n cybercrime (网络犯罪) among other bad behaviors.New research from Michigan State University identified characteristics and genderspecific (针对不同性别的) behaviors in kids that could lead them to become young hackers (电脑黑客) “We know much about the threat of hacking, but the problem is that we dont know exac
13、tly when and how hacking behavior starts，” said Thomas Holt，lead author and MSU cybercrime expert in the School of Criminal Justice.“There is a general understanding that hacking starts in the early teens, but until now we werent clear on background factors, such as behavioral issues，the impact of s
14、ocial connections or personality features.Our findings pointed us in the direction of thinking that there are gendered pathways to hacking.”Holt analyzed responses from 50,000 teens from around the world to determine predictors of hacking.The findings, published in Crime & Delinquency，are the first
15、to dig into gendered differences from a global data set. “We found that predictors of bad behaviors, like low selfcontrolnot having the ability to hold back when opportunity presents itself, are big factors for computer hacking for both boys and girls，” Holt said.“But for girls, peer associations ma
16、ttered more.If she has friends who shoplift or engage in petty forms of crime，shes more likely to be influenced to hack as well.For boys, we found that time spent watching TV or playing computer games was associated with hacking.” Holt explained that the differences between boys and girls were quite clear.For boys and girls, simply having opportunities to hack was sign
