:高考英语快速阅读训练（2）

高考英语快速阅读训练（2）

(A)(Words：290；Time：5)

Picturethescene：thebatteryonyourmobilephonehasrunout。Youcantmakeanycallsforhelpandnoonecancontactyou。Youareallalone-well，notquite。Justreachintoyourpocketandtakeoutapieceofsugar。Putitintothebattery，waitaminute，andyouarebackonthephone。

ThankstoagroupofAmericanscientists，thissituationcouldbecomereal。SwadeshChaudHuriandDerekLovleyhaveinventedthebacteriabatterypoweredbybacteriathateatssugarandturnsitintoelectricity。

Thisisaspecialorganism，Lovleysaid。Youcanharvestenoughelectricitytopoweracellphonebatteryforaboutfourhoursfromaspoonfulofsugar。

Inthepast，bacteriabatterieshavebeenexpensiveandlong-lasting。Butthisbatteryusesamoreefficientbacteriathatcanturn80percentofsugarintoelectricalenergy。Thisis30percentmorethansimilarbatteriescanmanage。

Thebacteriabatterycouldbecomeassmallasahouseholdbattery。Itsalsocheapandstable，assugarcanbetakenfromwasteandcrops。

Butthesugartoelectricityprocessisslow。Itcouldtakeweeksforthebacteriatodigestacupofsugar。Anditproducesgreenhousegaseswhichpollutetheenvironment。

Thescientistsunderstandtheresalotmoreworktodo。Itisstillyoung，saidLovley。Wherewearenowiswheresolarpowerwas20or30yearsago。

Buthebelievethebatterycouldbeusedinscientificequipmentatthebottomoftheocean。Otherideasincludeusingsugarinthebloodtorunmedicaldevicesinthehumanbody，andtakingsugarfromanimalwastetoprovideenergytopowerhomesinruralareas。

1。Theunderlinedsentenceinthepassagemeans________。

A。thisinventionstillhasmuchtobeimproved

B。weveusedsolarpowerfor20or30years

C。solarpowerisoutofdate

D。weproduceelectricityfromsugarinthesamewayasfromsolarpower

2。Whichofthefollowingisalreadyafact?

A。Thebacteriabatteryhasbeeninvented。

B。Youmakecallswiththeelectricitymadefromsugarinaminute。

C。Thebacteriabatteryhasbeenmadeassmallasahouseholdbattery。

D。Thebacteriabatteryhasbeenusedtorunmedicaldevicesinthehumanbody。

3。Comparedwithnewbacteriabatteries，similarbatteriescanturn________percentofsugarintoelectricalenergy。

A。80B。30C。50D。100

4。Thewriterwritesthepassageto________。

A。callonpeopletoprotecttheenvironment

B。introduceanewproduct

C。makeanadforanewproduct

D。saveenergy

(B)(Words：258；Time：5)

IthasbeensaidthatallAfricansarebornwithmusicaltalent。BecausemusicissoimportantinthelivesofmanyAfricansandbecausesomuchmusicisperformedinAfrica，weprobablythinkthatallAfricansaremusicians。Theimpressionisstrengthenedwhenwelookatourselvesandfindthatwehavebecomelargelyasocietyofmusicalspectators。Musicisimportanttous，butmostofuscanbeconsideredconsumersratherthanproducersofmusic。Wehaverecorders，TV，concertsandradiotomeetmanyofourmusicalneeds。Inmostsituationswheremusicisperformedinourcultureitsnotdifficulttotellthespectatorsfromtheperformers，butsuchisoftennotthecaseinAfrica。AblanAyipaga，aKasenamusicianfromnorthernGhana，saysthatwhenhisfluteanddrumgroupisperforming，Anybodycantakepart。Thisistrue，butKasenamusiciansrecognizethatnotallpeopleareequallyabletotakepartinthemusic。Somecansingalongwiththedrummers，butfewcandrumandevenfewercanplaytheflutewiththegroup。ItsfairlycommoninAfricafortheretobeagroupofexpertmusicianssurroundedbyotherswhojoininbyclapping，singing，orsomehowaddingtothetotalityofmusicalsound。Performancesoftentakeplaceinanopenarea(thatis，notonastage)andsothelinesbetweentheperformingactorsandtheadditionalperformers，activespectatorsandpassivespectatorsmaybedifficulttodrawfromourpointofview。

5。ThedifferencebetweenusandAfricans，asfarasmusicisconcerned，isthat________。

A。mostofusareperformerswhilemostofthemareproducersofarts

B。wearemusicalperformersandtheyareexpertmusicians

C。mostofthemareactivespectatorswhilemostofusarepassivespectators

D。wearethespectatorswhiletheyarepassiveperformers

6。Theunderlinedwordsuchinthepassagereferstothefactthat________。

A。musicisperformedwithspectatorsjoiningin

B。musicisperformedwithoutspectatorsjoiningin

C。peopletrytotellthespectatorsfromtheperformers

D。peoplehaverecorders，TV，concertsandradiotomeettheirmusicalneeds

7。Thewriterwritesthepassagetotellusthat________。

A。allAfricansaremusiciansandthereforemuchmusicisperformedinAfrica

B。notallAfricansarebornwithmusicaltalentthoughmuchmusicisperformedinAfrica

C。mostAfricansareabletojoininthemusicbyplayingmusicalinstruments

D。mostAfricansperformaswellasexpertmusicians

8。WhichofthefollowingisTRUE?

A。AllAfricansarebornmusicians。

B。MostAfricansdontdoverywellinplayingthemusicalinstrumentsalongwiththeperformers。

C。Africanexpertmusiciansneverperformintheopenair。

D。ItsdifficulttotellthespectatorsfromtheperformersinAfrica。

9。Thebesttitleforthepassagewouldbe________。

A。TheImportanceofMusictoAfricans

B。DifferencesBetweenAfricanMusicandOtherMusicofOtherCountries

C。TheRelationshipBetweenAfricanMusicandOtherMusicofOtherCountries

D。DifferencesBetweenAfricanMusicalPerformancesandOurs

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