【正文】 price. When munication bees efficient, people are able to contact one another no matter where they are and at whatever time they wish to. The click of a button allows people miles apart to talk or to see each other without even leaving their homes. With the munication gadgets, such as mobile phones and ipads, people often do not take the effort to visit one another personally. A personal visit carries with it the additional feature of having to be in the person?s presence for as long as the visit lasts. We cannot unnecessarily excuse ourselves or turn the other person off. With efficiency also es mass production. Such is the nature of factories and the success of industrialization today. Factories have improved efficiency. Unskillful tasks are left to machines and products are better made and produced with greater accuracy than any human hand could ever have done. However, with the improvements in efficiency also es the loss of the personal touch when making these products. For example, many handcrafts (手工藝品 ) are now produced in a factory. Although this means that supply is better able to increase demand, now that the supply is quick and efficient, the demand might fall because mass production lowers the quality of the handicraft and it is difficult to find unique designs on each item. Nevertheless, we must not mit the mistake of analyzing progress only from one point of view. In fact, progress has allowed tradition to keep up. It is only with progress and the invention of new technology that many old products can be brought back to their old state. New technology is required for old products to stay old. It is people?s attitude towards progress that causes the type of influence that technology has on society. Technology is flexible. There is no fixed way of making use of it. Everything depends on people?s attitude. The worst effects of progress will fall on those who are unable to rethink their attitudes and views of society. When we accept progress and adapt it to suit our needs, a new “past” is created. 70. According to Paragraph 1, progress can benefit people when they are willing to ______. 飛揚(yáng)英語之 高考 閱讀 解析精品 品味高考閱讀 提高閱讀理解能力 7 A. live a better life B. look for better methods C. change ways of living D. accept technology and advance steadily 71. The underlined word “gadgets” is closest in meaning to ______. A. tools B. messages C. barriers D. skills 72. The author explains “efficiency es with a price” by ______. A. describing a process B. using examples C. following time order D. making classification 73. Compared with homemade handicrafts, machinemade products ______. A. lack great accuracy B. lack the personal touch C. are of high value D. are quite wele 74. What can be learned about technology from Paragraph 4? A. It can destroy old traditions. B. It can lead to social progress. C. It can be used to correct mistakes. D. It can be used to preserve old products. 75. What can be concluded from the last paragraph? A. Progress can suit the needs of daily life. B. People review the past with great regret. C. Technology should be introduced in a fixed way. D. People?s attitude decides the use of technology. 【篇章導(dǎo)讀】這是一篇議論文。 【解析】猜測詞義題。 【解析】細(xì)節(jié)題。 【解析】推理題。 or that?s a tradition of school life. I just felt great pity for those children in tears or in pain. Team games at the end of sports day produced some close races, wild enthusiasm, lots of shouting — and were fun to watch. More importantly, the children who were not so fast or quick at passing the ball were hidden a little from everyone?s eyes. Some of them also had the thrill of being on the winning side. I wish that sports day could be abandoned and replaced with some other less petitive event. Perhaps an afternoon of team games, with a few races for those who want them, would be less stressful for the children and a lot more fun to watch. 57. What can we learn about the author?s son from Paragraph 1? A. He talked with some mothers. B. He forted his classmates. C. He had difficulty in sleeping. D. He suffered from stomachache. 58. Sports day is still an annul event in this school probably because ______. A. this is an independent school B. it is a tradition of the school C. it helps children lose weight D. children enjoy watching sports 59. What does the author think about team games? A. They should include more stressful races. B. They are acceptable to different children. C. They should be abandoned at primary school. D. They are less fun for those who love running. 60. What is the author?s attitude towards sports day? A. Critical. B. Neutral. C. Positive. D. Ambiguous. 【篇章導(dǎo)讀】這是一篇議論文。根據(jù)第一段中的 “That morning, my 11yearold had stomach pains, retching（干嘔） into a bowl.”可知，作者的兒子胃疼。 or that?s a tradition of school life.”可知，學(xué)校每年有“運(yùn)動日 ”的原因可能是因為它的學(xué)校的傳統(tǒng)。根據(jù)最后一段中的 “I wish that sports day could be abandoned and 飛揚(yáng)英語之 高考 閱讀 解析精品 品味高考閱讀 提高閱讀理解能力 9 replaced with some other less petitive event.”可知，作者認(rèn)為可放棄 “運(yùn)動日 ”，或用其他方式取代，所以作者對它持有批評的態(tài)度。根據(jù)第一段中的 “When faced with so many options, the lion chooses to freeze and wait instead of attacking the man holding the chair.”可知，馴獸師用 “椅子 ”迷惑獅子。根據(jù)第三段中 “This upsets me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which option is best the people who want to improve their lives are left 飛揚(yáng)英語之 高考 閱讀 解析精品 品味高考閱讀 提高閱讀理解能力 10 confused by all of the conflicting information. …stay the same when we could be improving.” 可知，由于專家的問題，本可進(jìn)步的人們卻停留在原地，所以作者對專家持有懷疑