1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 5 Rhythm 高考试卷分块专练 练 一 阅读理解提速练 限时 35分钟 第一节 (共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分 ) A Heres a look at Bob Dylans life through his legendary music. Song to Woody (1962) It was released on his debut album Bob Dylan in 1962. Dylan expressed his respect for the legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie in
2、 this early classic. The Times They Are AChangin (1963) It was released as the title track of his third album of the same name, which launched him as a major voice in the new folk scene and marked the beginning of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Critic Michael Gray called it “the archetypica
3、l protest song” Ballad in Plain D (1964) Dylan details his fractious relationship with Suze Rotolo in this long track from his fourth album, Another Side of Bob Dylan. Dylan scholar Clinton Heylin called it “an exercise of painful autobiography” Like a Rolling Stone (1965) Chosen by Rolling Stone as
4、 number one on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, it was from the Highway 61 Revisited album and transformed Dylans image from a folk singer to a rock star. He wrote it after returning from an exhausting tour of England. He was thinking about quitting the music business, but he worked o
5、ut his frustrations about the publics demanding expectations of him through this song. All Along the Watchtower (1968) After a nearfatal motorcycle accident in 1966, Dylan went into seclusion for almost a year. He emerged with one of his greatest artistic achievements with this track from the John W
6、esley Harding album. Many critics have seen this song as a summingup of Dylans life and career. Gotta Serve Somebody (1979) In the late 1970s, Dylan underwent a conversion to bornagain Christianity, taking five months off touring to attend Bible school. This yearning plea for meaning 【 精品教育资源文库 】 e
7、xpressed his new religion. It was part of his Slow Train Coming rockgospel album. Things Have Changed (2000) Written for the film Wonder Boys, this strange portrait of an aging star shuffling through show business won Dylan a Golden Globe and an Oscar. 语篇解读：本文是应用文。让我们通过这些传奇音乐来寻觅 Bob Dylan的人生故事吧！ 21
8、Which of the following reflects a more politicized Dylan? A Ballad in Plain D. B Things Have Changed. C All Along the Watchtower. D The Times They Are AChangin. 解析：选 D 推理判断题。根据 The Times They Are AChangin (1963)部分中的“marked the beginning of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Critic Michael Gray
9、called it the archetypical protest song ” 可知选 D 项。 22 Which includes a song that shows Dylans relationship with Suze Rotolo? A Bob Dylan. B Slow Train Coming. C John Wesley Harding. D Another Side of Bob Dylan. 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据 Ballad in Plain D (1964)部分中的 “Dylan details his fractious relationship wi
10、th Suze Rotolo in this long track from his fourth album, Another Side of Bob Dylan” 可知选 D 项。 23 When did Dylan release a song that expresses his new religion? A In 1965. B In 1968. C In 1979. D In 2000. 解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据 Gotta Serve Somebody (1979)部分中的 “This yearning plea for meaning expressed his new
11、 religion” 可知选 C 项。 B (2018 湖北省鄂西北联考 )Robotic surgery is one thing, but sending a robot inside the body to carry out an operation is quite another, which has long been a goal of some researchers to produce tiny robotic devices being capable of traveling through the body to deliver drugs or to make r
12、epairs without the need for a single cut, the possibility of which has just got a bit closer. However, unlike the plot of one film which featured a microscopic crew and 【 精品教育资源文库 】 submarine traveling through a scientists bloodstream this device could not be inserted into blood vessels (管 ) becaus
13、e it is too big. While other types of miniature swallowable robots have been developed in the past, their role has mostly been limited to capturing images inside the body. In a presentation this week to the International Conference, Daniela Rus and Shuhei Miyashita of the Massachusetts Institute of
14、Technology described a robot they have developed that can be swallowed and used to collect dangerous objects accidentally taken in. To test their latest version, Dr Rus and Dr Miyashita designed a robot as a battery hunter, which might seem to be an odd task, but more than 3,500 people in America al
15、one, most of them children, swallow the tiny button cells used in small electronic devices by accident every year. To start with, the researchers created an artificial esophagus (食道 ) and stomach made out of silicone (硅胶 ). It was closely modeled on that found in a pig and filled with medical liquid
16、; the robot itself is made from several layers of different materials, including pig intestine (肠 ), and contains a little magnet. This is folded up and encased in a 10mm27mm capsule of ice. Once this reaches the stomach the ice melts and the robot unfolds which is moved and guided with the use of a
17、 magnetic field outside the body. In their tests, the robot was able to touch a button battery and draw it with its own magnet, and during dragging it along, the robot could then be directed towards the intestines where it would eventually be gotten rid of through the anus (肛门 ). After it, the resea
18、rchers sent in another robot loaded with medication to deliver it to the site of the battery burn to speed up healing. The artificial stomach being transparent on one side, the researchers were able to see the batteries and visually control the robots. If not, that will require help with the help fr
19、om imaging system, which will be a bit more of a challenge, but Dr Rus and Dr Miyashita are determined to succeed. 语篇解读：长期以来，研究人员都在尝试创造一种微型机器设备，能够游走于人体内，在不切割身体表面的情况下传送药物或者修补伤口。现在这种可能性已变得更为接近现实。麻省理工学院的丹妮拉 鲁斯和宫下修平研制的机器人可以被人吞咽，并可收集人们 不慎摄入的有害异物。 24 According to the passage, the robot operation will prob
20、ably be able to _. A travel through a scientists bloodstream 【 精品教育资源文库 】 B photograph the body to convey to the doctor C enter the body to deliver drugs or make repairs D operate on a person outside the body completely 解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据第一段可知，未来机器人手术可能能够将机器人植入体内传送药物或者修补伤口。故选项 C 符合题意。 25 We learn from
21、 Paragraph 3 that _. A the researchers did the experiment on a chosen animal B the robot took necessary drugs besides a little magnet C digesting the swallowed batteries is difficult for children D the actual size of the robot may be larger than the capsule of ice 解析：选 D 推理判断题。根据第三段第四、五句可知，机器人被折叠起来包
22、裹进 10毫米宽、 27 毫米长的冰胶囊内。一旦进入胃部，冰层便会融化，机器人也会打开。显然，机器人真实的尺寸要比冰胶囊大。故选项 D 正确。 26 What may the experiment mean to the medical world? A The surgeries will cost patients much money. B Patients will suffer less because of some surgeries. C Fewer children will swallow the button cells. D A robot will be invent
23、ed travelling blood vessels. 解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据第一段和第三段第六、七句可知，将机器人植 入体内实施手术是为了在不切割身体表面的情况下传送药物或者修补伤口，这样能够加速治愈过程。显然，这种实验对于医学界的意义在于病人将少遭受手术痛苦。故选项 B 符合题意。 27 Which can be the most suitable title for the passage? A An Experiment on Robot B Tiny Robot, Significant Role C The Fantastic Robotic Voyage D The Exploration of Robot Technology 解析：选 C 标题归纳题。根据第二段最后一句可知，麻省理工学院的丹妮拉 鲁斯和宫下修平研制的机器人可以被人吞咽，并可取出人们不慎摄入的有害物体。这对于被送入体内捕获异物的微型机器
