2024届高考英语二轮阅读理解和短文改错选练（4）（新人教版）
2024高考英语阅读理解和短文改错选练（4）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A Mountain of Green Beans
Another envelope in the mail. There’s my name, Alexander Spencer, typed on the front. I throw it under the bed. The piles of envelopes are growing.
The envelopes were applications to all the colleges I was supposed to attend. I did open the first envelope. Then I saw the application, all those blank spaces I was supposed to fill with my own writing, spaces for my name and birth date and grade average and … statement of purpose. I looked at them for a long time. I could write for hours and not fill all those spaces. So I put the application back in the envelope. I would fill it out the next day, when I had time. But another envelope arrived. And then the pile began.
The pile scares me — it is really like a monster. All the while, I feel the weight of a million envelopes raining down on my head until my grandmother calls me and wants to know how I am.
“I am overcome by too many tasks,” I say.
“Honey, you just take it bit by bit,” she says, and she reminds me about the green beans.
When I was a little kid I hated green beans. But my mom said I couldn’t leave the table until I ate ten green beans. All alone at the table, I stared at the green beans for what seemed like hours. It was a mountain of green beans. I couldn’t do it.
My grandma came to me and asked if I could eat one green bean.
“But Grandma, I have to eat ten!”
She said all I had to do was to eat one green bean. One tiny little green bean. So I ate one. It was bad, but not as bad as I’d thought it would be. Then she asked me again if I could eat one. So I ate one green bean nine more times.
My grandma doesn’t know about the envelopes, but she tells me anyone can do one thing every day.
Back in my room, I lay down on the bed. Just like I used to do when I was a little kid, I hang my head down to look at the pile of envelopes. There it is. But instead of a monster, I see a pile of green beans. Who’s afraid of green beans?
1. Envelopes are piling up because the author _______.
doesn’t know how to reply
feels bored of the paper work
doesn’t want to attend college
has been too busy to open them
2. What does the author learn from the story of the green beans?
A. A good start is half done.
B. Actions speak louder than words.
C. A long journey begins with a single step.
D. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
3. What do you think the author will do next?
A. He will fill out the applications one after another.
B. He will go to the college that he dreams of.
C. He will throw away all the envelopes.
D. He will eat up the green beans.
【参考答案】1—3、B C A
阅读理解。
3D cinema has been around since the early 20th century, but Hollywood brought the technology back in 2007. Many thought it was just a trick to make more money. But then came Avatar, the first mustsee movie in 3D.
But since Avatar, 3D cinema has struggled. In_2010,_several_3D_movies_bombed_at_the_box_office. And by late 2010, some people said the technology was dead. Of course, that wasn't the first time Hollywood had struggled with new technology. Although sound was added to movies in the late 1920s, it took audiences time to get used to the new technology. But in the end, sound and colour became the standard. James Cameron, director of Avatar, thinks we're going through the same process with 3D.
Some say cinemas are charging too much for 3D movies. In the US, seeing a 3D movie can cost up to $7.5 more than seeing it in 2D.Also, a recent study at California State University finds audiences don't actually enjoy movies in 3D any more than in 2D.Walter Murch, a famous movie editor, wrote in 2011 that human beings have no ability to process 3D images. Watching a 3D movie confuses our brain and this is why some people get headaches.
But James Cameron disagrees. In fact, he recently predicted that in five years all movies will be in 3D.And there are signs that 3D is fighting back. More 3D movies were put on the market in 2024 than ever before. The Lion King 3D recently made over US $150 million at the box office, and Cameron's Titanic 3D made even more.
Who knows what the future holds for 3D? Steven Spielberg recently said, “I'm hoping 3D gets to a point where people notice it. Because then it just becomes another tool and helps tell a story.”
1．The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 probably means that in 2010, 3D movies________．
A．were not successful
B．became popular
C．developed quickly
D．were of poor quality
2．The example of sound and colour is used mainly to show that________．
A．Hollywood tends to absorb what is new
B．3D technology takes time to be accepted
C．Hollywood struggles with new technology
D．high technology helps to make better movies
3．In Walter Murch's opinion, 3D movies________．
A．bring moviemakers great profits
B．are more expensive than 2D movies
C．do great harm to people's health
D．are unsuitable for people to watch
4．What can we learn from the text?
A．Avatar was the first 3D movie.
B．3D cinema has existed for years.
C．Titanic 3D has made the most money.
D．2024 witnessed the coming of 3D's time.
【要点综述】自从《阿凡达》采用3D影像技术获得巨大成功之后，全世界范围内掀起了一股波涛汹涌的3D热潮。本文就3D时代是否到来展开了讨论。
1．A 推理判断题。由本段中关键词struggled、dead和bombed可判断该句意为“票房失利”。故选A项。
2．B 推理判断题。根据第二段的“…that wasn't the first time Hollywood had struggled with new technology.”可知，作者用有声电影和彩色电影如何发展成为行业标准的例子来说明3D电影技术目前遭遇的尴尬境遇，指出其要被大众接受还需要时间。故选B项。
3．D 细节理解题。根据第三段“…that human beings have no ability to process 3D images. Watching a 3D movie confuses our brain and this is why some people get headaches.”可以判断出，在Walter Murch看来，3D影像画面不适合人们观看。故选D项。
4．B 推理判断题。3D技术自从20世纪初出现以来，一直处于尴尬的境地。多年来，人们一直讨论3D电影技术的发展前景。文章首句是解题关键。故选B项。
阅读理解。阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
One evening in February 2007. A student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote in Wales. She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path . That's when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train. Her Renault Clio parked across a railway line. Second later, she watched the train drag her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks.
Ceely's
near miss
made the news because she blamed it on her GPS device(导航仪).She had never driven the route before .It was dark and raining heavily. Ceely was relying on her GPS. But it made no mention of the crossing. "I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a speeding train," she told the BBC.
W ho is to blame here? Rick Stevenson, who tells Ceely's story in his book When Machines Fail US, finger at the limitations of technology. We put our faith in digital devices, he says,
But our digital helpers are too often not up to the job. They are filled with small problems. And it’s not just GPS devices: Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving everything from mobile phones to wireless key boards.
The problem with his argument in the book is that it’s
not clear why he only focuses digital technology, while
there may be a number of other possible
causes. A map-maker might have left the crossing off a paper map. Maybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention. Perhaps the railway authorities are at fault for poor signaling system. Or maybe someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out that there really is something specific wrong with the CPS equipment. But Stevenson doesn’t say.
It’s a problem that runs through the book. In a section on cars, Stevenson gives an account of the advanced techniques that criminals use to defeat computer-based locking systems for cars. He offers two independent sets of figures on car theft; both show a small rise in some parts of the country. He says that once once again not all new locks have proved reliable. Perhaps, but maybe it’s also due to the shortage of policemen on the streets. Or changing social circumstances. Or some combination of these factors.
The game between humans and their smart devices is complex. It is shaped by economics and psychology and the cultures we live in. Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be way a wiser use of technology.
If there is such a way, it should involve more than just an awareness of the shortcomings of our machines. After all, we have lived with them for thousands of years. They have probably been fooling us for just as long.
(
) 1 .What did Paula Ceely think was the cause of her accident?
A. She was not familiar with the road.
B. It was dark and raining heavily then.
C. The railway works failed to give the signal.
D. Her GPS device didn’t tell her about the crossing
(
) 2. The phrase “near miss” (paragraph 2) can best be replaced by _______.
A. close bit B. heavy loss C. narrow escape D. big mistake
(
) 3. Which of the following would Rick Stevenson most probably agree with?
A. Modern technology is what we can’t live without.
B. Digital technology often falls short of out expectation.
C. Digital devices are more reliable than they used to be.
D. GPS error is not the only cause for Celery’s accident.
(
) 4. In the writer’s opinion, Stevenson’s argument is________.
A. one-sided
B. reasonable
C. puzzling
D. well-based
(
) 5.What is the real concern of the writer of this article?
A. The major causes of traffic accidents and car thefts.
B. The relationship between humans and technology
C. The shortcomings of digital devices we use.
D. The human unawareness of technical problems.
【参考答案】1---5、DCBAB
短文改错
One Sunday morning, there were much people in the park. In a shop, a woman was buying an ice-cream while a young man behind her took his handbag away. She shouted, “Stop thief! He’s robbed me from my bag!” Hearing this, a few people began to run after him. There was an old man sit quietly on a bench nearby, reading a newspaper. As the robber was running passed him, the old man quickly picked up his umbrella and put between the robber’s legs. The young man fell down on the ground hardly. Soon two policeman came in a police car and arrested him. The woman thanked for the old man, and the people around praised the old man for his cleverness.
【参考答案】4.
1. much—many
2. while—when
3. his—her
4. from—of
5. sit—sitting
6. passed—past
7. put后加it
8. hardly—hard
9. policeman—policemen
10. thanked后的for去掉
5.假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误， 要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不记分。
Today I was having a PE lessons when I fell down and hurt my foot. I was in greatly pain at
that moment, but I tried to act as if nothing has happened until the class was over. Though I had
difficulty walk back to my classroom, I still didn’t tell anyone but even refused the offer of help
of my classmates. As result, the hurt in my foot became bad. Now I know I’m wrong. We
can tell others our need for help and accept his help. Some day we can not help others in
return. In this way, we can get along to each other happily and peacefully.
【参考答案】5.
Today I was having a PE lessons when I fell down and hurt my foot. I was in greatly pain at that
lesson
great
moment, but I tried to act as if nothing has happened until the class was over. Though I had
had
difficulty walk back to my classroom, I still didn’t tell anyone but even refused the offer of help
walking
and
of my classmates. As∧ result, the hurt in my foot became bad. Now I know I’m wrong. We
a
worse
can tell others our need for help and accept his help. Some day we can not help others in
their
return. In this way,
we can get along to each other happily and peacefully.
With
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
This morning on my way to school I was deep moved by what I saw outside a bank. An old man was counting his money in the front of the bank. Suddenly a young man came running and knocked him down. To make things bad, his money was lying in all direction. At once the people around rush to pick the money up, while the old man stood there, not know what to do. Surprisingly, everyone gave back the money they had just picked. The old man counted the money again and found that not a single bill was missed. To my great joy, there are now a lot of nice people in your life. It’s true what honesty is more important than money!
【参考答案】6.
1. deep—deeply,
2. the 去掉
3. bad---worse
4. direction---directions或者前面all----any
5. rush----rushed
6. knowing----knowing
7. pick后加up
8.
missed---missing / lost
9. your----our
10. what---that
