2010届高三英语阅读理解冲刺精练系列29(含解析)

2010届高三英语阅读理解冲刺精练系列29（含解析）AIt'snotanewphenomenon,buthaveyounoticedhowmanynounsarebeingusedasverbs?Weallusethem,oftenwithoutnoticingwhatwe'redoing.Iwasarrangingtomeetsomeonefordinnerlastweek,andIsaid“I’llpencilitinmydiary”,andmyfriendsaid“Youcaninkitin”,meaningthatitwasafirmarrangementnotatentativeone!Manyofthesenewverbsarelinkedtonewtechnology.Anobviousexampleisthewordfax,whichisashorteningoffacsimileoriginally,anexactcopyofabookordocument.Weallgotusedtosendingandreceivingfaxes,andthensoonstartedtalkingaboutfaxingsomethingandpromisingwe'dfaxitimmediately.So,nounsturnintoverbsintwoeasystages.Thenalongcameemail,andweweresoonallemailingeachothermadly.Howdidwedowithoutit?Icanhardlyimaginelifewithoutmydailyemails.Emailremindsme,ofcourse，ofmycomputeranditssoftware,whichhasproducedanothercoupleofnewverbs.OnmycomputerIcanbookmarkthosepagesfromtheWorldWideWebthatIthinkI'llwanttolookatagain,thussavingalltheeffortofrememberingtheiraddressesandcallingthemupfromscratch.IcandothesamethingonmyPC,butthereIdon'tbookmark;Ifavorite—comingfrom“favoritepages”,sotheverbisderivedfromanadjectivenotanoun．Iwasn’treallysurewhetherpeoplesaidthis，butsomeonetoldmerecentlythattheyhadfavoritedasiteIwaslookingforandsotheycouldeasilygivemeitsaddress.Inthelate1980sInoticedthatlotsofmyfriendshadacquiredpagers,andkeptsayingthingslike“I’llpageyouassoonasIknowwhattimewe’remeeting”.Theycouldn'tsayittome,though;1refusedtohaveone．Somychildrenboughtmeamobilephone,nowknownsimplyasamobileandIhadtolearnyetmorenewverbs.Icanmessagesomeone,thatis,Icanleaveamessage（eitherspokenorwritten）forthemontheirphone．OrIcantextthem,writeafewwordssuggestingwhenandwheretomeet,forexample.HowlongwillitbebeforeIcanmobilethem,thatis,phonethemusingmymobile?Ihaven’theardthatverbyet,butI’msureIwillsoon.PerhapsI’llstartusingitmyself!1.“I’llpencilitinmydiary”inthesecondparagraphprobablymeans.A.itwasafirmarrangementB.itwasanuncertainarrangementC.thearrangementshouldbewrittenasadiaryD.heprefersapenciltoapen2.Awebsiteaddresscanbeeasilyfoundifithasbeen＿____.A.emailedB.messagedC.favoritedD.texted3.Whichofthefollowinghasnotbeenusedasaverb,yet?A.messageB.pageC.emailD.mobile4.Thebesttitleforthispassageis____．A.NewVerbsfromOldNounsB.TheDevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguageC.NewTechnologyandNewwordsD.TechnologyandLanguage.BTomanyweb-buildingspiders,mostofwhomarenearlyblind,thewebistheiressentialwindowontheworld:theirmeansofcommunicating,capturingprey（猎物）,meetingmatesandprotectingthemselves.Aweb-buildingspiderwithoutitswebislikeamencastawayonanislandofsolidrock，totallyoutoftouchanddestinedtostarvetodeath.Soimportantisthewebtoanorb-webspider'ssurvivalthattheanimalwillcontinuetoconstructnewwebsdailyevenifitisbeingstarved.For16daysthestarvingspiderbuildscompletelynormalwebs.Then,astheanimalgetsscrawnier（憔悴的），itconstructsawider-meshedwebusingfewerstrands（线）.Suchwebswouldonlytraplargerprey,whichismoreeconomicalfromtheperspectiveofastarvingspider.Thespiderstoresenergybyrecyclingwebprotein.Itsimplyeatsitsownwebeacheveningandreusesittoproducenewsilk.Instudieswithradioactively，labeledmaterials,itwasfoundthat95percentofwebproteinreappearsinthenextday'web.Mostoftheenergyneededforweb-buildingisusedinwalkingoverthestrandsastheyarelaiddown．Scientistsareimpressedbytheadaptabilityofthespider'shighlypreprogrammedbrain,whichislargerforitssizethanthebrainofanyotherinvertebrate（无脊推动物）．Ifweb-buildingisinterrupted,orifsomeoftheexistingstrandsaredestroyed，thespidersimplygoesbacktoseewherethewebisleftoffandthenfinishesbuildinganormalweb.Onespiderwillfinishbuildingtheincompletewebofanother.5.Whichofthefollowingbestexpressesthemainideasofthepassage?A.SecretsofSpiders'AdaptabilityB.ImportanceofWebstoSpidersC.SecretsoftheSpiders'LifeD.Spiders'HighlyPreprogrammedBrain6.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?A.Mostspiderswillstopconductingwebswhenhungry.B.OneWeb-buildingspiderusuallyconductsoneweb.C.Web-buildingspiderswillprobablydiewithouttheirwebs．D.Web-buildingspidershavegoodeyesight.7.Aspiderconductsawider-meshedwebwhen____________.A.itis16daysoldB.itisgettingweakerC.ithasfewerwendsD.ithuntsforfood8.Aspider'sabilitytofinishanincompletewebprovesthat___________.A.ithasahighlypreprogrammedbrainB.itreusesitswebproteintoreproducenewsilkC.thewebiseverythingforaspiderD.itisabletorebuildadestroyedweb1.B从第二段中作者对他朋友说的话“Youcaninkitin.”的解释和“I’llpencilitinmydiary”与其意义相反。所以B项正确。2.C从第四段最后一句可知答案。3.D从最后一段可知page、message、email都用作动词，唯有mobile这一词还没有内人们用作动词。4.A文章第一段用问句提出论点，即人们发现用许多名词用作动词这一新的语言现象。5.B从文章第一段以及第二段句首可知B项最佳。6.C从第一段可知。7.B从第二段第三句可知。8.A文章最后一段第一句为主题句，所以蜘蛛织完未完的网是它的本能，因为它有一颗有较高预排程序的大脑来适应环境。