新的高中英語教學大綱明確規定："側重提高閱讀能力"。縱觀近幾年的大學聯考英語試題，我們不難看出，閱讀理解能力是大學聯考考查的重點，自始至終佔著主導地位，並且有逐年增加的趨勢。可以毫不誇張地說，做好閱讀理解題，是獲得大學聯考英語高分的關鍵!
第一篇：
Since the 1970s, scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.
Recently, two researchers, Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne, Switzerland, demonstrated (展示) a small robotic wheelchair directed by a person's thoughts.
In the laboratory, Tavella operated the wheelchair just by thinking about moving his left or right hand. He could even talk as he watched the vehicle and guided it with his thoughts.
“Our brain has billions of nerve cells. These send signals through the spinal cord (脊髓) to the muscles to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can prevent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles.” Tavella says. “Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices.”
The researchers designed a special cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp (頭皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain.
Prof. Millan, the team leader, says scientists keep improving the computer software that interprets brain signals and turns them into simple commands. “The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped in two categories: communication, and controlling devices. One example is this wheelchair.”
He says his team has set two goals. One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technology over long periods of time.
is a technology that can ________.
A. help to update computer systems
B. link the human brain with computers
C. help the disabled to recover
D. control a person's thoughts
did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory?
A. By controlling his muscles.
B. By talking to the machine.
C. By moving his hand.
D. By using his mind.
h of the following shows the path of the signals described in Paragraph 5?
A. scalp→computer→cap→wheelchair
B. computer→cap→scalp→wheelchair
C. scalp→cap→computer→wheelchair
D. cap→computer→scalp→wheelchair
team will test with real patients to ________.
A. make profits from them
B. prove the technology useful to them
C. make them live longer
D. learn about their physical condition
h of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. Switzerland, the BCI Research Center
B. New Findings About How the Human Brain Works
C. BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled
D. Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries
第二篇：
Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation and s will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.
Accommodation Zones
Homestays are located in London mainly in Zones 2, 3 and 4 of the transport hosts do not live in the town centre as much of central London is commercial and not residential(居住的) s 3 and 4 often offer larger accommodation in a less crowded is very convenient to travel in London by Underground.
Meal Plans Available
◇ Continental Breakfast
◇ Breakfast and Dinner
◇ Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner
It's important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice，cereal (穀物類食品), bread and tea or se, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in ers usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by dessert, fruit and coffee.
Friends
If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your host's have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.
SelfCatering Accommodation in Private Homes
Accommodation on a room-only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long-stay ver, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practise English at home quite as much.
passage is probably written for ________.
s willing to receive foreign students
igners hoping to build British culture
ellers planning to visit families in London
ish learners applying to live in English homes
h of the following will the host provide?
cleaning.
cal care.
transport.
ical training.
can be inferred from Paragraph 3?
4 is more crowded than Zone 2.
business centre of London is in Zone 1.
s dislike travelling to the city centre.
mmodation in the city centre is not provided.
rding to the passage, what does Continental Breakfast include?
ert and coffee.
t and vegetables.
d and fruit juice.
al and cold meat.
do some people choose self-catering accommodation?
experience a warmer family atmosphere.
enrich their knowledge of English.
entertain friends as they like.
enjoy much more freedom.
>>>>>>答案與解析<<<<<<
第一篇：
1.B 細節理解題。根據第一段可知，自20世紀70年代以來，科學家一直尋找途徑能將人腦與電腦相連。BCI技術能幫助殘疾人向機器傳送指令。故此處B項正確。而C項只是部分正確，雖然能幫助殘疾人，但卻不能幫他們康復。
2.D 細節理解題。根據第三段可知Tavella只是思考動他的左右手就能操作這個輪椅。甚至當他觀察這臺機器時就能進行交流，也能用他的思想指導機器人工作。因此機器人是在人腦的思想支配下進行工作的。故D項正確。
3.C 細節理解題。根據第五段可知，首先研究人員為使用者設計一種特殊的帽子，它會捕捉頭皮發出的訊號並將其傳給電腦。電腦將這些訊號進行分析翻譯，給監控下的機器人輪椅發出指令。機器人輪椅裝有兩部攝像頭能識別訊號路徑中的物體，從而幫助電腦對人腦的'指令作出反應。故此處C項正確。
4.B 推理判斷題。根據最後一段第二句“One is testing with real patients, so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from”可知，在患者身上進行實驗是他們團隊工作的一個目標，旨在證明這項技術對他們有益。故正確答案選B項。
5.C 主旨大意題。本文為科技說明文，開篇點題。介紹科學家研究的這項新技術BCI，對殘疾人大有裨益。故正確答案為C項。
第二篇：
1.D 主旨大意題。由第一段第一句可知，Homestay為學習英語的學生提供在課堂外說英語的機會和成為英國家庭成員的體驗。再結合文章的內容可推知這篇文章不是為願意接受英國學生的主人寫的，也不是為那些希望建設英國文化的外國人以及計劃參觀倫敦家庭的參觀者寫的。大概是為那些申請在英國人家中居住的英語學習者寫的。
2.A 細節理解題。由第二段第二句可知A項的敘述符合題意。主人能夠提供的東西主要在第二段進行論述，該段並沒有告訴讀者主人將為入住者提供醫療護理、免費交通和身體訓練。
3.B 推理判斷題。由第三段倒數第二句可知Zone 3和Zone 4不像Zone 2那麼擁擠，由此排除A項;第二句只說明人們不喜歡居住在市中心，並沒有說人們不去市中心，由此排除C項;本段只是提到市中心擁擠，並沒有說到居住在市中心的家庭不為學生提供食宿，由此排除D項。
4.C 細節理解題。由第四段中的Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice，cereal，bread and tea or coffee可知，A項、B項和D項的敘述是錯誤，只有C項中的Bread and fruit juice是裡面的內容。故選C項。
5.D 細節理解題。由最後一段第二句中的This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle可知Self-Catering Accommodation 能夠為住宿者提供更多的自由，這與D項的敘述一致。A項、B項和C項的內容均沒有在最後一段提及，故排除。
