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课时作业25Ⅰ.阅读理解(2019·湖北省黄冈市高三检测)Airbags,nowfoundinalmosteveryvehicle,havesavedcountlesslivesandlargelyreducedtheseverityofinjuriesincrashes.Similartechnologycouldgreatlyreducebrokenhips(髋部)resultingfromafall,somethingmostseniorsfear.DrRobertBuckmanandhisstartupcompany,ActiveProtectiveinAllentown,Pennsylvania,hasdevelopedapromisingsolution,awearableairbagthatcanprotecthipbonesintheeventofafall.TheideawastheresultofDrBuckman'syearsasadoctoratTempleUniversity.Henoticedhowmanyelderlypeoplewerebeingbroughtintohospitalswithbrokenhipduetofalls,andhowtheyoftennevercompletelyrecoveredfromtheinjuries.Hestartedtoaskwhathecoulddoforthesepeople,andthatwaswhenhestartedtryingtofigureoutwhethertherewasawayofhelpingpeoplewhowereatthehighestriskoffallingandsufferingthesekindsofinjuries.Thedeviceiswornmuchlikearegularbelt,butontheoutsideoftheclothing,anditincludessensorsthatmonitorthemovementofhips.Ifthedevicedetectsthattheperson,isfalling,anairbagopensbeforethepersonhitstheground,cushioningthefall.Whenthewearerhitstheground,thebagreducestheforcetothehipbonesby90percent,enoughtoavoidthemajorityofhipinjuries.Withoneoutofeverythreepeopleaged65andoldersufferingseriousfallseachyear,ActiveProtectivehasabigmarketforitswearabledevice.Italsohasthepotentialtosizablyreducehiprelatedhealthcareexpenses:HipinjuriesamongtheelderlycosttheUShealthcaresystemin2012$30billion,whichdoesn'tincludethelongtermcareexpensesassociatedwiththehighpercentageofpatientsthatcannolongerliveindependently.本文是一篇说明文。讲述一个从医多年的医生为了降低老人跌倒的严重程度，专门研发了一款可穿戴的气囊。该气囊内置监测器，当检测到老人跌倒时，气囊会自动打开，避免老人髋骨受伤。1．WhatisthepurposeoftheActiveProtective'sairbag?A．Toavoidhipinjuriesamongseniors.B．Toprotectseniorsfromcaraccidents.C．Tohelpseniorswiththeirdailynursing.D．Tohelpdoctorsdealwithseriousinjuries.答案：A解析：推理判断题。根据第二段DrRobertBuckmanandhisstartupcompany,ActiveProtectiveinAllentown,Pennsylvania,hasdevelopedapromisingsolution,awearableairbagthatcanprotecthipbonesintheeventofafall.可知，该公司研发了一款可穿戴的气囊，为了在老人跌倒时保护老人的髋骨，故选A。2．WhatinspiredDrRobertBuckmantomakethedevice?A．Areportonseniors'health.B．Aseriousfallheexperienced.C．Hisworkexperiencesasadoctor.D．SuggestionsofseniorsatTempleUniversity.答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据第二段TheideawastheresultofDrBuckman'syearsasadoctoratTempleUniversity.可知，该医生研发气囊是源于自己多年从医经历所发现的情况，故选C。3．Howdoesthedevicemainlywork?A．Bypredictingroadconditions.B．Byspeedingupbonerecovery.C．Byreducingtheeffectsoffalling.D．Bypreventingpeoplefromfailing.答案：C解析：细节理解题。根据第三段Whenthewearerhitstheground,thebagreducestheforcetothehipbonesby90percent,enoughtoavoidthemajorityofhipinjuries.可知，当穿戴者着地时，气囊会减少地面对髋骨90%的冲击，让老人免受伤害，故选C。4．WhatdoestheauthorthinkoftheActiveProtective'sairbag?A．Itstillneedsimproving.B．Ithasapromisingfuture.C．Itmayencourageseniorstodoexercise.D．ItmayincreaseAmerica'sspendonseniors.答案：B解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段Withoneoutofeverythreepeopleaged65andoldersufferingseriousfallseachyear,ActiveProtectivehasabigmarketforitswearabledevice.可知，老人跌倒受伤情况很普遍，因而这个气囊很有市场，故选B。Ⅱ.完形填空(2019·霸州一中高三模拟)“Whocaneverhaveimaginedsomeonelikemewouldmakeitthisfar？”askedChadWoodlastweekduringhishighschoolgraduationspeechasthebeststudent.Chadoffered__1__tohisfellowclassmatestonevergiveup—andthewords__2__muchmoretohimself.That'sbecauseChadisdeaf,andhetoldthestoryoftheserioustroubleshe__3__tograduatefirstinhisclassatHarrisonHighSchoolinKennesaw,Georgia.Chaddidn'tstartto__4__untilhewas5,accordingtohismother,PamWood.Althoughhersonwasata(an)__5__，shewasdeterminednottotreathim__6__.“I'veexpectedhimtodoeverythingeveryotherkiddoes,andIsawno__7__whyhecouldn't，”shetoldABCNews.“Andifhe__8__thefirsttime,wejusttriedagain.”Chad,17,workedhardthroughoutschool,__9__nospecialtreatmentbutsittingatthefrontoftheclassandusingaspecialaudiosystemsohecouldheartheteacher.Allhishardwork__10__.HereceivedfullschoolfaretoVanderbiltUniversity.“Deafnesshadtaughtmealessontonever__11__，”hesaidinthespeech.“Notwhentheexpertstellyouitcannotbedone.Notwhenyouhave__12__sofarbehindthatescapingseemstheonlyway__13__.Notwhenachievingyourdreamsseemsanentire__14__.”Chadspokeforaboutfourminutes,afterwhichhereceivedastandingapplausefromtheclassand__15__messagesfromfamily,friendsandstrangers.“They'vebeensendingmemessagesonFacebook,email,they'vebeentalkingtomeinpersontellingmehowithada__16__ontheirlivesandhowthey'rereally__17__byit，”ChadtoldABCNews.“Itfeels__18__.Seeingthatmywords__19__haveapoweronsomeoneandthattheywanttoworkharderbecauseofmywordsmakesmefeel__20__.”本文是一篇记叙文。Chad在他的高中毕业演讲中被问到他是最好的学生时说道“谁能想象到像我这样的人会走这么远？”他建议他的同学们，不要放弃——这句话对他自己来说意义重大。这是因为Chad是聋的。他得到了全班同学的起立鼓掌和来自家人、朋友和陌生人的支持。因为他的话对某人有一种力量，并且他们想要更努力地工作，这使Chad感觉很好。1．A.descriptionB．adviceC．warningD．information答案：B解析：考查名词。A.description描述；B.advice建议；C.warning警告；D.information信息。根据Chadoffered__1__tohisfellowclassmatestonevergiveup—andthewords__2__muchmoretohimself.可知，Chad给他的同学们建议，不要放弃——这句话对他自己来说意义更重大。故选B。2．A.meantB．recognizedC．analysedD．described答案：A解析：考查动词。A．meant意味着，打算；B.recognized认出；C.analysed分析；D.described描述。根据Chadoffered__1__tohisfellowclassmatestonevergiveup—andthewords__2__muchmoretohimself.可知，Chad给他的同学们建议，不要放弃——