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高中英语学习材料***鼎尚图文理制作***第二模块测评(时间:100分钟满分:120分)第Ⅰ卷第一部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。ATwobillionchildreninthedevelopingworldcan’treceivegoodeducation—thekeytohumandevelopment.However,technologyoffersananswerwhichallowsthepoorindevelopingcountriestolearn.Itisatoolwhichholdstheabilitytochangethelivesofthepoor,asitprovidesameansoflearningandcommunicating.Educationalprogrammesmustbreakawayfromoldsystems.NewcompaniessuchasOneLaptop(笔记本电脑)PerChild(OLPC),anorganisationfoundedbyMITProfessorNicholasNegropontehavebeenactiveinsolvingtheworld’seducationproblem.TheInternethaschangedtheworld,allowingeducationalservicestohelpwiththeglobalfightagainstpoverty.KhanAcademyisonesuchservice.LikeOLPC,itisanorganisationfoundedbyHarvardBusinessSchoolgraduateSalmanKhanwiththetaskof“providingaworld-classeducationtoanyone,anywhere”.Theeducationofferedincludesalargenumberofmath-relatedtopics.TheGMATPillReviewisanothercompanythattrainsMBAcandidates(应考人)worldwidetopreparefortheGMATexamonboththeQuantandVerbalsection.FoundedbyStanfordgraduateZekeLee,thecompanyoffersserviceswhicharepricedatabout75%lessthanothersimilarprogrammes.Itallowsstudentsfromdevelopingcountrieswhomightnotbeabletoaffordsimilarcoursestohaveaccesstotheseservices.Whetherpaidorfreetheseservicesprovideeducationalopportunitiestothosewhowouldneverhavehadthechanceinthepast.Asaresultofthetechnologyrevolution(革新),businessschoolsmayseemorestudentsfromdifferentcornersoftheworld.BecauseoftheInternet,peopleindevelopingnationshaveaccesstobetterandmoreaffordableeducationalopportunities.Moreandmorepeoplewilltrytoimprovetheirlivesthrougheducationalopportunitiesoutsideoftheirhomeland—anideausuallyuncommonindevelopingcountries.1.Accordingtothetext,technologycan.A.improvepeople’sreadingabilityB.solvetheproblemsfacingthewholeworldC.helpthepoortoreducepovertyD.causepovertyindevelopingcountries答案C解析细节理解题。根据第一段的“Itisatoolwhichholdstheabilitytochangethelivesofthepoor,asitprovidesameansoflearningandcommunicating.”可知,由于科技提供学习和交流的方法,所以它是能够改变穷人命运的工具。2.WecanlearnfromthetextthatKhanAcademyaimsto.A.helpthepoorpayforgoodcoursesB.provideeverychildwithacomputerC.helptrainMBAcandidatesD.makeeveryonereceivegoodeducation答案D解析推理判断题。根据第三段的“KhanAcademyisonesuchservice.LikeOLPC,itisanorganisationfoundedbyHarvardBusinessSchoolgraduateSalmanKhanwiththetaskof‘providingaworld-classeducationtoanyone,anywhere’.”可知,该组织的目的是使每一个人都得到世界一流的教育。3.Inthepast,peopleindevelopingcountries.A.hadnoeducationalopportunitiesintheirhomelandB.seldomthoughtofreceivingforeigneducationtochangethemselvesC.alwaysbelievededucationwasofgreatimportanceD.wouldn’tleavetheirhomelandtoreducepoverty答案B解析推理判断题。由最后一段的“Moreandmorepeoplewilltrytoimprovetheirlivesthrougheducationalopportunitiesoutsideoftheirhomeland—anideausuallyuncommonindevelopingcountries.”可知,现在越来越多的人通过本国之外的教育机会来改善他们的生活,这一点在过去的发展中国家是不常见的。由此可以推断出,过去发展中国家的人们很少想到通过接受国外的教育来改变自己的命运。4.Whydidtheauthorwritethetext?A.Tointroducesomeorganisationsindevelopedcountriestohelpdevelopingcountriesbytechnology.B.Toexplainwhyeducationandtechnologyrevolutionareveryimportanttodevelopingcountries.C.Todescriberelationshipsbetweendevelopedcountriesanddevelopingcountries.D.Toshowhoweducationalprogrammesindevelopedcountriesarestarted.答案A解析写作目的题。该文主要介绍了发达国家通过科技手段帮助发展中国家的人们接受教育的几个组织,故A项作为写作目的最合适。BAsmoreandmorepeoplespeakthegloballanguagesofEnglish,Chinese,Spanish,andArabic,otherlanguagesarerapidlydisappearing.Infact,halfofthe6,000—7,000languagesspokenaroundtheworldtodaywilllikelydieoutbythenextcentury,accordingtotheUnitedNationsEducational,Scientific,andCulturalOrganization(UNESCO).Inanefforttopreventlanguageloss,scholarsfromanumberoforganizations—UNESCOandNationalGeographicamongthem—haveformanyyearsbeendocumentingdyinglanguagesandtheculturestheyreflect.MarkTurin,ascientistattheMacmillanCenter,YaleUniversity,whospecializesinthelanguagesandoraltraditionsoftheHimalayas,isfollowinginthattradition.Hisrecentlypublishedbook,AGrammarofThangmiwithanEthnolinguisticIntroductiontotheSpeakersandTheirCulture,growsoutofhisexperienceliving,working,andraisingafamilyinavillageinNepal.DocumentingtheThangmilanguageandcultureisjustastartingpointforTurin,whoseekstoincludeotherlanguagesandoraltraditionsacrosstheHimalayanreachesofIndia,Nepal,Bhutan,andChina.Butheisnotcontenttosimplyrecordthesevoicesbeforetheydisappearwithoutrecord.AttheUniversityofCambridgeTurindiscoveredawealthofimportantmaterials—includingphotographs,films,taperecordings,andfieldnotes—whichhadremainedunstudiedandwerebadlyinneedofcareandprotection.Now,throughthetwoorganizationsthathehasfounded—theDigitalHimalayaProjectandtheWorldOralLiteratureProject—Turinhasstartedacampaigntomakesuchdocuments,foundinlibrariesandstoresaroundtheworld,availablenotjusttoscholarsbuttotheyoungergenerationsofcommunitiesfromwhomthematerialswereoriginallycollected.ThankstodigitaltechnologyandthewidelyavailableInternet,Turinnotes,theendangeredlanguagescanbesavedandreconnectedwithspeechcommunities.5.Manyscholarsaremakingeffortsto.A.promotegloballanguagesB