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2011届佛山市顺德区热身试题


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发布时间:2011-06-03 08:06:00
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内容提要:这是2011年佛山顺德5月的考前热身题


  II 阅读理解 (共两节,满分50分)
  第一节  阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
  阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
  A
  Caught Twittering of on Facebook at work? It’ll make you a better employee. An Australian study shows that surfing the internet for fun during office hours increases productivity.
  The University of Melbourne study showed that people who use the internet for personal reasons at work are about 9 percent more productive than those who do not. the study author Brent Coker, from the department of management and marketing, said “workplace Internet leisure browsing(工作时的网络休闲)”, or WILB, helped to sharpen workers’ concentration. “People need to zone out for a bit to get back their concentration,” Coker said on the university’s website (www. unimelb.edu.au/). “Short breaks, such as quick surf of the Internet, enable the mind to rest itself, leading to a higher total net concentration for a day’s work, and as a result, increase productivity,” he said.
  According to the study of 300 workers, 70 percent of people who use the Internet at work engage in WILB. Among the most popular WILB activities are searching for information about products, reading online news, playing online games and watching videos on YouTube.
  “Many firms spend millions on software t o block their employees from watching videos, using networking sites or shopping online under the pretence that it costs millions in lost productivity,” said Coker. “That’s not always the case.”
  However, Coker said the study looked at people who browsed in moderation (适度), or were on the Internet for less than 20 percent of their total time in the office. “Those who behave with Internet addiction tendencies will have a lower productivity than those without,” he said.
  26. What does the passage mainly tell us?
  A. What we should do with our leisure time?
  B. How to surf the internet for fun during office hours.
  C. Why we should surf the internet for fun during office time.
  D. Moderately surfing the Internet for fun during work can improve working efficiency.
  27. Why can surfing the internet for fun during office hours increase productivity?
  A. Workers are tired of work and want to rest.
  B. Workers can learn some work skills on the Internet.
  C. It makes people relax and regain concentration on work.
  D. It contributes to improving the relationship between bosses and workers.
  28. All the following statements are true EXCEPT ________.
  A. The research was made by the University of Melbourne.
  B. Most firms allow their employees to use the Internet for fun.
  C. Most people in the research surf the Internet for fun during work.
  D. Popular WILB activities are watching videos, shopping online and so on.
  29. From the passage we can know that _________.
  A. The workers engaged in WILB aren’t fit for their work.
  B. Brent Coker is a successful boss who can accept the research results.
  C. Surfing the Internet long hours for fun won’t increase productivity.
  D. Many firms’ preventing employees’ WILB contributes to high productivity.
  30. Which section of a newspaper do you think the passage is taken from?
  A. Work and life   B. Health and diet   C. Advertisements    D. Science and technology
  B
  Modern science suggests that a healthy lifestyle matters much to how long you can live and how well you live. Here are some tips for you to form a healthy lifestyle.
  Keep a scientific diet. Keep in mind that sugar can be removed from our diet completely. Over intake of sugar is one of the main reasons for getting fat. Over intake of protein or fat and low intake of fiber can also lead to getting fat. We need only a few grams of protein every day to keep our body in order. Like rain to crops, not the more the better.
  Be always in a good mood. There is a relationship between the mood and health. A good mood keeps you in high spirits. Thanks to the internet, we can enjoy and learn much without going out. Take a look at some online shops and pick up some bargains, enjoy music and movies and chat with some good friends. Just keep happy.
  Enough sleep. Two studies show the reasons why teens and adults don’t have enough sleep. With teens, a major reason is mobile phone use; with adults, it’s work. Meanwhile, a third study of young children shows that a lack of sleep in early life may lead to serious problems in future. Everyone needs at least 8-hour sleep to recover from tiredness and the hurt caused by hard work in the daytime.
  Proper exercise. Do exercise to keep away from fatness. Because of the quick pace of modern life, you don’t have time to do exercise every day, but at least three times a week and 45 minutes each time.
  31. The author wrote the passage to _______.
  A. tell the readers how to take proper exercise every day
  B. provide some advice on how to form a healthy lifestyle
  C. ask people to care about their health rather than their work
  D. make some surveys among those who have health problems
  32. Which of the following can lead to getting fat according to the passage?
  A. low intake of protein.
  B. low intake of fat.
  C. over intake of fiber.
  D. over intake of sugar.
  33. The main reason why teenagers don’t have enough sleep is that they _______.
  A. use mobile phones too much
  B. have too much homework
  C. eat too much sugar every day
  D. don’t have enough exercise
  34. How many minutes do you need to do exercise at least every week?
  A. 45 minutes.     B. 90 minutes.      C. 115 minutes.       D. 135 minutes.
  35. What can we conclude from the passage?
  A. We must take in much sugar for our body’s functioning well.
  B. The Internet leads to more health problems.
  C. The least sleep time needed for adults is less that that of teens.
  D. We need to do many things to form a healthy lifestyle.
  C
  Judging from recent surveys, most experts in sleep behavior agree that there is virtually an epidemic(流行病) of sleepiness in the nation. “I can’t think of a single study that has n’t found Americans getting less sleep than they ought to,” says Dr David. Even people who think they are sleeping enough would probably be better off with more rest.
  The beginning of our sleep-deficit crisis can be traced back to the invention of the light bulb a century age. From diary entries and our personal accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries, sleep scientists have reached the conclusion that the average person used to sleep about 9.5 hours a night. “The best sleep habits once were forced on us, when we h ad nothing to do in the evening down on the farm, and it was dark.” By the 1950s and 1960s, the sleep schedule had been reduced dramatically, to between 7.5 and 8 hours, and most people had to wake to an alarm clock. “People cheat in their sleep, and they don’t even realize they’re doing it,” says Dr David. “They think they’re okay because they can get by on 6.5 hours, when they really need 7.5, 8 or even more to feel ideally energetic.”
  Perhaps the most merciless robber of sleep, researchers say, is the complexity of the day. Whenever pressures from work, family, friends and community increase, many people consider sleep the least expensive item on their programme. “In our society, you’re considered dynamic if you say you need only 5.5 hours’ sleep. If you’ve got to get 8.5 hours, people think you lack drive and ambition.”
  To determine the consequences of sleep-deficit, researchers have put subjects through a set of psychological and performance tests requiring them, for instance, to add columns of numbers or recall a passage read to them only minutes earlier. “We’ve found that if you’re in sleep-deficit, performance suffers,” says Dr David. “Short-term memory is weakened, as are abilities to make decisions and to concentrate.”
  36. What is the main topic of the passage?
  A. Research on the causes and consequences of sleep-deficit.
  B. The epidemic of sleepiness in the modern times.
  C. The history of people’s sleeping patterns.
  D. The minimum of our sleeping hours.
  37. Which of the following is Di David’s opinion?
  A. People who think they are sleeping enough are better off than those who don’t.
  B. Some people can remain energetic with only 6.5 hours’ sleep a night.
  C. If they get 8.5 hours’ sleep, people will be full of drive and ambition.
  D. People’s mental power suffers if they are lacking in sleep.
  38. People in the 18th and 19th centuries slept about 9.5 hours a night because ________.
  A. they were forced by their parents to do so
  B. they knew what was best for their health
  C. they had no electricity
  D. they were not so dynamic and ambitious as modern people are
  39. The major cause of sleep-deficit of modern people is ______.
  A. the endless TV programmes in the evenings and the Internet
  B. the pressures of the day
  C. the sufficient energy modern people usually have
  D. loud noises in modern cities
  40. What does the word “subjects” in the last paragraph mean?
  A. Persons or things being discussed or described.
  B. Branched of knowledge studied in a school.
  C. Persons or things being treated in a certain way or being experimented on.
  D. Any member of a state apart from the supreme ruler.
  D
  LOS ANGELES (Reuters)--- Onions make you cry, add flavor to food and are talked about a lot for their medicinal benefits. Now the vegetable has another use --- powering up green energy.
  A new system debuts on Friday that changes onion juice into electricity at Gills Onions, the largest fresh onion processor (加工机) in the United States.
  The Oxnard, California-based company expects its new onion-fueled pow er to reduce its electric bill by $700, 000 a year and cut its annual greenhouse gas releasing by up to 30,000 tons. The happy ending to this green energy tale, however, generated another question: how to get rid of onion waste. “When we peel an onion, 35 to 40 percent of the onion comes off before we have a usable onion. That’s the top, tail and skins around the onion before you get to the meat,” said Steven Gill, co-owner of the 25-year-old company.
  They used to take the waste to the fields for composting (堆肥) but that became a problem as it cost too much. Ten years ago, Gill started looking at technology for a solution. “We ended up destroying the skins as they c ome out of the plant and extracting all the juice, which is very high in sugars, and bacteria love it,” Gill said.
  In the new system, bacteria produce methane gas(沼气) from the juice. The gas then goes to two 300 kilowatt fuel cells, creating enough power for 460 homes. The company expects to get 35 to 40 percent of its electricity from this new system.
  The company invested $9.5 million in the project and will receive $2.7 million from Southern California Gas Co., a regulated subsidiary of Sempra Energy, as part of a state program to encourage self-contained generation by businesses. In addition to cutting its electric bill, the company will save $400,000 in costs of taking the waste to the fields and expects pay-back in six years.
  The onion grower now has a new goal: to be a zero-waste facility by 2013.
  “We wanted to follow it all the way through and make the full circle,” Gill said.
  41. What would be the best title for this passage?
  A. Onions are made use of in America now
  B. US company finds a new way to reduce costs
  C. Onions are widely used to produce electricity now
  D. US company turns onion juice into electricity
  42. According to the passage, we can learn that in the past _______.
  A. onion waste was a problem for most people
  B. a big part of an onion was wasted
  C. onions were mainly used as medicine
  D. onions were not liked by most people
  43. In the new system, onions can be used to produce electricity mainly because ______.
  A. the skins of onions can be destroyed easily
  B. the onion waste is taken to the fields
  C. a lot of bacteria are put into onions
  D. bacteria can produce methane gas from onion juice
  44. It is implied in the passage that ______.
  A. every family can use onions to produce electricity
  B. this new technology is not well received by some people
  C. onions have played the most important role in producing power
  D. using onions to produce electricity will help reduce pollution
  45. In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?
  A. Science    B. Education   C. Health   D. Agriculture
  

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