北京市密云区2014高考英语阅读理解系列训练(28)及答案.doc
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1、密云区2014高考英语阅读理解系列训练(28)及答案Passage *Intellectual property (IP) is a product of the mind that has commercial valueThe concept dates back to 1623,when the first patent law to protect IP rights was passedIP rights protect an artist from having his/her creative ideas copied by anotherFor example, if some
2、body generates an idea for a novel, that idea is protected by IP rightsIf someone else wishes to represent the idea or develop it further, he/she must consult the original artists, who will normally be rewarded financially for its useBack in the 17th century, IP rights were primarily carried out to
3、protect newly developed manufacturing processes against stealing, but today, intellectual property rights, are also enjoyed by those who create music, art and literatureIn recent years, IP rights have been the focus of a great deal of discussion because of a technology which looks set to weaken them
4、 altogether: the InternetMany years ago, if you wanted a recording of a song, you would have to purchase it from a music store; if a novel, from a book storeIn those days, IP rights were easily protected since it was very difficult to obtain intellectual property without paying for itHowever, a lot
5、of IP, including songs, films, books and artwork, can be downloaded today free of charge using the InternetThis practice has now taken the world by storm, dramatically affecting the way in which we view IP rights68According to the writer, in the beginning, IP rights were mainly of use to _ _Athose c
6、reating music, art and literature BnovelistsCengineers and inventors Dthose not receiving financial reward for their work69What do we know about the Internet according to the passage?AIt makes IP rights harder to protect BIt sells songs and filmsCIt does not affect the way we understand IP rights DI
7、t prevents the production of artwork70According to Paragraph 2, what has “taken the world by storm”?AIntellectual property rights BThe InternetCFree downloading DThe large number of songs, films and books71A possible title for this passage could be _ _AA History of IP Rights BWays to Protect Your IP
8、 RightsCThe Present and the Future of IP DIP Rights and Our Attitudes4. 答案 68.C 69.A 70.C 71.D*结束Passage *“Old wives tales” are beliefs passed down from one generation to another, For example, most of us remember our patents telling us to eat more of certain foods or not to do certain things. Is the
9、re any truth in these teachings? Some of them agree with present medical thinking, but others have not passed the test of time Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease calle
10、d macular degeneration Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%. Garlic(蒜)is good for you, too。It can kill the type of virus that causes colds. Unfortunately, not all of Moms advice passed the test of medical studies. For example, generations of children
11、 have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating. But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so. Do sweets cause tooth problems? Well, yes and no. sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars. Even though science can tell us
12、 that some of our traditional beliefs dont hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives tales, After all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated (积累) from thousands of our traditional beliefs dont hold water should respect this body of knowledge even as research for clear scientif
13、ic support to proven it true or false 48. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? Zxxk A, Eating garlic is good for our eyes B, Sticky sweets are damaging to our teeth 学科 C, Swimming after a meal is dangerous。 D, Carrots prevent people from catching colds 49.The author develops the thi
14、rd paragraph mainly-。 Z*xx*k A. by cause and effects B. by order in space C. by order in time D. by examples 50.The phrase “hold water” in the last paragraph most probably means“ ” A. to be believable B. to be valuable C. to be admirable D. to be stable 51 What is the authors attitude toward “old wi
15、ves tales” in the text? A. So objective B. Objective C. Dissatisfied D. Curious 2. 答案 48.B 49.D 50.A 51.B*结束There is increasing evidence that the impacts of meteorites (陨星) have had important effects on Earth, particularly in the field of biological evolution. Such impacts continue to pose a natural
16、 hazard to life on Earth. If an impact is large enough, it can disturb the environment of the entire Earth and cause an ecological catastrophe. The best-documented such impact took place 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period (白垩纪期) of geological history. This break in Earths histo
17、ry is marked by a mass extinction, when as many as half the species on the planet became extinct. While there are a dozen or more mass extinctions in the geological record, the Cretaceous mass extinction has always intrigued paleontologists (古生物学者) because it marks the end of the age of the dinosaur
18、s. For tens of millions of years, those great creatures had flourished. Then, suddenly, they disappeared. The body that impacted Earth at the end of the Cretaceous period was a meteorite with a mass of more than a trillion tons and a diameter of at least 10 kilometers. Scientists first identified th
19、is impact in 1980 from the worldwide layer of sediment (沉积物) deposited from the dust cloud that enveloped the planet after the impact. This sediment layer is enriched in the rare metal iridium (铱) and other elements that are relatively abundant in a meteorite but very rare in the crust (地壳) of Earth
20、. Even diluted (稀释) by the terrestrial (地球的) material excavated (挖掘) from the crater, this component of meteorites is easily identified. By 1990 geologists had located the impact site itself in the Yucat region of Mexico. The crater, now deeply buried in sediment, was originally about 200 kilometers
21、 in diameter. This impact released an enormous amount of energy, excavating a crater about twice as large as the lunar crater Tycho. The explosion lifted about 100 trillion tons of dust into the atmosphere. Such a quantity of material would have blocked the sunlight completely from reaching the surf
22、ace, plunging Earth into a period of cold and darkness that lasted at least several months. The explosion is also calculated to have produced vast quantities of nitric acid (硝酸) and melted rock that sprayed out over much of Earth, starting widespread fires that must have consumed most terrestrial fo
23、rests and grassland. Presumably, those environmental disasters could have been responsible for the mass extinction, including the death of the dinosaurs.Several other mass extinctions in the geological record have been tentatively identified with large impacts, but none is so dramatic as the Cretace
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