（广东专版 每篇5小题）
（第6套）
第一节：阅读理解（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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A（words:332&211）
Microwaves may be great at warming up food, but what about warming people?
Using microwaves to directly heat owners of a room would save much of the energy wasted by heating walls and furniture. And despite popular ideas about microwaves, this technique would be safe, according to Charles R. Burlier of the Microwave Research Center in Marlborough, New Hampshire. Low-power microwaves only penetrate (贯穿) the skin (low-power microwave penetration in a ham is about 0.2 inches, for example) and with no negative effects.
To test this idea, Buffler subjected himself to microwaves in a special room using a standard 500-watt, 2459 MHz magnetron (磁控管). He found that a person will start to feel warmth at about 20 milliwatts per square centimeter (mw. / sq. cm. ) ; a satisfactory feeling of warmth occurs between 35 and 50mw. / sq. cm. By comparison, a person standing in noonday summer sun feels the amount of 85 mw. / sq. cm. And a frozen meat pie in your microwave oven receives about 1000 mw. / sq. cm.
In houses of the future, each room could be provided with its own magnetron, says Buffler. When you stepped into the living room, for example, a motion detector (运动感应器)would turn on the magnetron, filling the room with low-power microwaves. In the same way that a microwave oven heats up a hamburger, but not the plate it’s on, you would feel warmth from the microwaves without changing the temperature of your coffee table. (You could, however, make your favorite easy chair even more comfortable by treating it with a radiation-absorbing chemical.)
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While it might be some time before homeowners are comfortable enough with the idea to set up whole-body microwave heaters in houses, Buffler says microwaves may attract livestock(家畜) farmers. Lambs that are born outdoors in winter, for example, are frequently lost to cold. Microwaves could warm the lambs safely and quickly.
41. Which of the following can tell the main idea of the passage?
A. A new heating system. B. A new microwave oven. C. A popular technique. D. The magnetron.
42. According to Paragraph 2, which of the following does not describe the characteristics of a microwave heater?
A. It directly heats people in a room. B. It heats walls and furniture in a room. C. It is safe. D. It saves energy．
43. The test conducted by Buffler shows that when a person feels comfortable warmth, he receives
about ________________. A. 20 mw. / sq. cm. B. 40 mw. / sq. cm. C. 60 mw. / sq. cm. D. 85 mw. / sq. cm.
44. According to Paragraph 4, which of the following fills the room with low-power microwaves?
A. The magnetron. B. The motion detector. C. The microwave oven.
D. The radiation-absorbing chemical.
45. Which of the following statements about microwave heaters would Buffler most probably
agree with?
A. Microwave heaters will soon be widely used by homeowners. B. Microwave heaters sometimes make people feel uncomfortable.
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C. Perhaps microwave heaters will be first used by livestock farmers, who wish to protect
their lambs in winter.
D. Microwave heaters cannot be accepted by the public because they are somewhat unsafe. 【答案与解析】 41—45 ABBAC
本文是一篇说明文，谈及微波炉可以使人暖和，人们不必浪费能量给墙壁和家具加热。微波直接进入人的皮肤使人温暖，既安全又省能源。在未来，微波炉也许还有其它的用途。 41. A。细节理解题。文章第二自然段说明微波炉可以使人暖和，不必浪费能量给墙壁和家具加热。
42. B。细节理解题。文章第二自然段说明微波直接进入人的皮肤使人温暖，既安全又省能源。
43. B。细节理解题。从“a satisfactory feeling of warmth occurs between 35 and 50mw./sq. cm.” 可知。
44. A 从第四自然段 a motion detector would turn on the magnetron…可知答案为A。 45. C。主旨大意题。最后一自然段暗示了答案。
B（words:354&207）
In Europe, people hold the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right throughout the meal, a system that is generally agreed to be more efficient than the American zigzag（曲折的）method. Americans hold both the fork and the knife in their right hands throughout the meal, so they continually change their forks to the left hand when they have to cut their meat. It seems to be funny for the Europeans to see Americans busy changing their dinner sets, making a lot of noises.
A few explanations for this American style are as follows:
(1) Americans are practical and efficient. Since most of us are right-handed, it is reasonable to keep our working tools at all times in the right hand that can use them most efficiently. (2) Americans, the master of the New World are rebels（叛逆者）.They use the zigzag method to break the rules in the Old World and in this way they are thumbing their nose at Mother England. Americans are a restless kind. They do not like to sit in one spot for very long when dining.
(3) Forced to do so, they respond by “playing” with the silver.
Whatever the reason for the practice, it is now certainly as American as apple pie. Europeans recognize this and are quick to attack it as evidence of American innocence（无知）of form.
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Arguments against the zigzag method rest not only on grounds of efficiency but also on those of tradition. In Old World dining, the knife is held in the right hand continually because it can serve as an instant defense against the uninvited intruders（入侵者）.However, such alertness（警觉） is out of place in the New World, as every American believes that this is the home of the brave. Americans juggle their silverware, perhaps, to show that they are not afraid and that one of them holding a fork is worth any number of them holding blades（刀）. 46 Americans use _______ to hold their fork to pick up the salad. A. the right hand B. the left hand
C. both hands D. either of the two hands
47. As the masters of the New World, Americans use a different cutting method from that in the Old World to _________________.
A. show their independence of Mother England B. show their disrespect to Mother England C. add a new tradition to those in Mother England D. show off their creativeness to Mother England
48.In the sentence, the word “juggle” probably means ____________. A. hold B. play with C. pick up
D. lay down
49.Also in the last sentence, the two “them” refer to ____________. A. Americans B. Europeans
C. Americans and Europeans separately D. Europeans and Americans separately
50. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. European people hold the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right hand. B. The zigzag eating method is related to American characteristics.
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C. The zigzag eating method has become an American feature.
D. European people will use the American method because of its efficiency. 【答案与解析】 46—50 ABBCD
美国人和英国人都使用刀叉，他们各自使用方式不同。美国人是把刀叉都放在右手使用的,因此他们不得不不断地把叉换到左手使用；右手只拿刀的是英国人，这些又能说明什么问题呢？
46.A。推理判断题。根据第一自然段“Americans hold both the fork and the knife in their right hands throughout the meal”可知。
47.B。细节理解题。根据文章中的三个解释中的第二条“They use the zigzag method to break the rules in the Old World and in this way they are thumbing their nose at Mother England.”可知。thumb one's nose at是“嘲笑、轻视某人”的意思。
48.B。意义猜测题。根据上文可知,美国人是把刀叉都放在右手使用的,因此他们不得不不断地把叉换到左手使用,这样像耍把戏一样,由此可推断出正确的词义。
49.C。推理判断题。根据上文可知,用右手拿叉的是美国人,而右手只拿刀的是英国人,因而这两个them前一个是美国人,而后一个是英国人。这句话的意思是:他们像耍把戏一样玩着银质的刀叉是为了表示他们勇敢,而且他们一个持叉的人就可以敌得过任何一个拿刀的人。 50.D。推理判断题。根据最后一段“Europeans recognize this and are quick to attack it as evidence of American innocence（无知）of form.”可知英国人是极力反对美国人的这个做法的,并把它作为一个证据来证明美国人的无知,所以它们是不会使用美国的这个做法的。
C（words:359&222）
The name “cowboy” conjures up many different images from movies, songs and TV. These imagined cowboys range from white-hat-wearing heroes to gun-shooting hooligans(流氓).But, cowboys are actually real people from US history.
When the US Civil War ended, many soldiers had no place to call home. So, they began to drift to the country’s rural West. Ranchers(农场主) hired these men to take care of the cattle and work around the ranch. When the ranch owner wanted to sell the cattle, the cowboys would round up the herd from the open prairie(牧场) and drive the cattle miles to the market.
With the invention of barbed wire(铁丝网),the cowboy era(1865-1890) began to come to an end. But people in the East had always been curious about their lifestyle. Many country/western
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songs during this time tried to capture the true cowboy spirit. Newspapers published cowboy tales in serial form and adventure novels followed. The bigger the fiction, the better the sales. These novels often portrayed cowboys as cruel and violent men. Cowboys carried the bad reputation for many years afterwards.
When movies began to be popular in the 1920s, the cowboy image changed again. Now, a cowboy became the great white knight(骑士) that loved his horse more than the beautiful ladies he rescued. As the cowboy of the “Old West” spent more time with his horse than the ladies, this era's image was not entirely false.
Then, in the 50s,Hollywood began producing so-called “spaghetti westerns(意大利西部片)”.They earned the nickname because Italian companies financed the films and TV shows. This started the decade’s “Cowboy Craze”. While this didn’t last long, it made modern country / western music, fashion and dance extremely popular.
In recent years, with the help of musicians, radio stations and bars, cowboy nostalgia(怀旧情绪) has returned. Even though his image is still changing — somewhere between ballad singing country boy and bar room fighter — there’s one thing for sure, you can’t keep the cowboy down.. 51. The purpose of this story is to _____________. A. introduce cowboy movies and novels
B. introduce various productions associated with cowboys C. show the cowboy's everlasting charm D. inform us about the cowboy’s spirit
52. Before they became cowboys, they ______________. A. served in the army B. worked as bar-room fighters C. owned ranches D. were adventurous explorers
53. During “the cowboy era” mentioned in the story, ______________. A. the cowboy often came to the rescue of ladies in newspaper tales B. the distant Wild West appealed to people in the East
C. cowboys were shown as cruel and violent men on the silver screen D. country music started the cowboy craze which swept the whole country
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54. By saying “you can’t keep the cowboy down”, the writer means that ______________. A. cowboys are real people in history B. cowboys still fascinate people C. you can't make cowboys unhappy D. you can’t grasp the cowboy spirit
55. Which of the following statements would the writer agree to? A. The cowboy has been presented in different lights in different eras. B. Cowboys are gun-shooting hooligans, without doubt. C. Cowboys have always been a passing phenomenon. D. Cowboys enjoy Italian foods, for example, spaghetti. 【答案与解析】 51—55 DABBA
文章的主要介绍在不同时期人们对cowboy的不同理解。 51.D。主旨大意题。根据全篇文章来理解，可推测出答案。 52.A。细节理解题。在第二自然段中可找到答案。
53.B。推理判断题。根据文章第三自然段中“But people in the East had always been curious about their lifestyle.”可得出答案。
54.B。推理判断题。根据这句话之前的语境可推测出答案。
55.A。主旨大意题。通读短文可知文章的主旨为介绍在不同时期人们对cowboy的不同理解。
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