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1、2013年高考第二轮复习英语陕西版专题升级训练十八信息匹配（一）（一）AThe magical power of computersBHave faith in the futureCOn deathDHave pride in your productEBe devoted to your working lifeFDont sit stillSteven Paul Jobs（ February 24,1955October 5,2011）was an American businessman and inventor widely recognized as a charismatic p
2、ioneer of the personal computer revolution.He was the cofounder，chairman and CEO of Apple Inc.Here are some most memorable quotes from Steven Paul Jobs，you can learn something from these quotes.1“You cant connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.So you have to tr
3、ust that dots somehow connect in your future.You have to trust in somethingyour gut（内心），destiny，life，karma（缘分），whatever.This method has never let me down，and it has made all the difference in my life.”2“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good，then you should go do something else won
4、derful，not focus on it for too long.Just figure out whats next.”3It takes these very simpleminded instructions.Go fetch a number，add it to this number，put the result there，perceive if its greater than this other number，but executes（ 执行）them at a rate of，lets say,1,000,000 per second.At 1,000,000 per
5、 second，the results appear to be magic.4“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life，and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.If you havent found it yet，keep looking.Dont settle.As with all matter
6、s of the heart，youll know when you find it.And，like any great relationship，it just gets better and better as the years roll on.So keep looking until you find it.Dont settle.5“No one wants to die.Even people who want to go to heaven dont want to die to get there.And yet death is the destination we al
7、l share.No one has ever escaped it.And that is as it should be，because death is very likely the single best invention of life.It is lifes change agent.It clears out the old to make way for the new.Right now the new is you，but someday not too long from now，you will gradually become the old and be cle
8、ared away.Sorry to be dramatic，but it is quite true.”（二）AIndependence leading to family breakupBWomens easy and convenient life in USACNo marriage for many people nowadaysDAverage American families getting smallEFull freedom for young womenFDivorcea social problem in USA1Marriage，like other social i
9、nstructions，is showing the strains of modern life.While more Americans are getting married today than ever before，the divorce rate is also disturbingly on the rise（one divorce for every three marriages last year）Why should this be so，and what，if anything，can we do to reverse this trend?2For most peo
10、ple，life is easier and more comfortable than ever before.Convenience foods from the supermarket simplify shopping and cooking.Household appliances like the vacuum cleaner and the washing machine have made housework much easier to do.Released from these household chores，many wives have found jobs out
11、side the home.Women are achieving economic independence.3Families，too，are simpler today.In America，it is not customary for parents to live with their married children.With our greater mobility，relatives have scattered，the parents retiring to Florida or Arizona and the young people，after they marry，g
12、oing wherever their jobs or their interests take them.4Young adult women have new freedom，too.While attending college，they often live away from home，sometimes far from their parents or their relatives.After college，they move to the city，find a job，and set up “bachelor” apartment.This is the era of w
13、omens liberation.5But all this freedom and affluence（富裕）have had an unforeseen and in some respects a devastating effect on marriage.Men and women，no longer dependent on each other for food and maintenance，find it harder to accept the responsibilities and restraints or endure the misunderstandings o
14、f married life.When happiness becomes misery，many couples decide to terminate their marriage through divorce.On the other hand，there is a growing trend today for couples in trouble to try to save their marriage by consulting a professional counselor.He listens patiently while they talk，knowing that
15、only through selfunderstanding can they solve their problems.（三）AWhat does the Olympic Motto mean?BResearch on individual styles improves performance.CResearch holds the key to success.DPersonalized programs will help.ENew equipment has made a difference.FIs there a limit to recordbreaking?1A world
16、record is every athletes dream，but the hardwon records of a few years ago are mostly just todays qualifying times.Roger Bannisters famous fourminute mile of 1956 has been beaten by nearly 15 seconds，while almost an hour and twenty minutes has been taken off the womens marathon since 1953.Faster，high
17、er，stronger，is the Olympic motto，and todays competitors continue to push back the boundaries of what the body can achieve.But one wonders if this can continue.2The last forty years have seen many important technological advances.For example，since the introduction of strong flexible，fiberglass poles，
18、over a meter has been added to the pole vault record.There have also been important developments in the design of the running shoes.And while shoes wont actually make someone run faster，modern shoes do mean many more miles of comfortable，injuryfree training.3Pushing back the limits now depends more
19、on science，technology and medicine than anything else.Athletic technique，training programmes and diets are all being studied to find ways of taking a few more seconds off or adding a few more centimetres to that elusive（躲避的）world record.It seems that natural ability and hard work are no longer enoug
20、h.4The research to find more efficient ways of moving goes on.Analysis of an athletes style is particularly useful for events like jumping and throwing.Studies show that long jumpers need to concentrate not on the speed of approach，as once thought，but on the angle their bodies make with the ground a
21、s they take off.However，the rules governing each sport limit advances were achieved by new styles.For instance only onefooted takeoffs are allowed in the high jump.5In the future，it should be possible to develop a more individual approach to training programmes.Athletes will keep detailed diaries an
22、d collect data to help predict the point when training becomes overtraining，the cause of many injuries.If athletes feed all their information into a database，it may then be possible to predict patterns and to advise them individually when they should cut.（四）AMeans of ewaste recyclingBHow ewaste come
23、s into beingCThe benefit of ewaste recyclingDThe technologies of ewaste recyclingEThe importance of the electronic waste recycleFModern technology brings convenience and ewaste1Modern technology does bring us many conveniences，from WiFi（无线网络）enabled cell phones and eversmaller laptop computers that
24、make entire lives easy to energyefficient washers that use half the power and time to complete their tasks.However，these new toys and equipment finally become electronic waste（ewaste）once they are out of use.2Ewaste includes everything from empty printer ink containers to broken refrigerators.As peo
25、ple buy new items to replace aging electronics or make upgrades，more electronic waste comes into being.In some cases，such as 2009s switch from analog（模拟）to digital television broadcasting in the United States，changes in technology are so great that old equipment may not even work at all with new sys
26、tems.3There are many reasons why it is important to recycle electronic waste.Much of the material used to construct electronics，including metal and plastic parts，can be recycled into new items at a discount of the cost and energy use needed to create things from new raw materials.Additionally，many e
27、lectronics contain poisonous substances that are harmful to the environment and could be deadly if they go into an areas groundwater.When properly recycled，they can be reused and will not do harm to the environment.Because of these environmental concerns，many areas require by law that electronic was
28、te be properly recycled.4The availability of ewaste recycling programs varies from place to place.In some areas，annual collections are held once or twice a year as a means of dealing with ewaste as well as used engine oil or other waste that is harmful to the environment.There are also some good alt
29、ernatives to recycling your ewaste.Any items that are in working condition can be given to friends or donated to charities（慈善机构）like Goodwill or the Salvation Army，who rely heavily on donations.Freecycling，or passing on your unwanted items to those in need of them，is also a means of finding new home
30、s for used items.5Ewaste recycling helps protect the environment by reducing the amount of poisonous materials placed in landfills（垃圾场）and saving recyclable parts to save energy and other resources.Recycling is a way of life.Stick to that choice every single day and recycling will become second natu
31、re to us.参考答案 （一） 答案与解析：1答案：B解析：根据“You cant connect the dots looking forward；you can only connect them looking backwards.So you have to trust that dots somehow connect in your future.”可知B项为正确选项。2答案：F解析：根据“.you should go do something else wonderful，not focus on it for too long.Just figure out whats n
32、ext.”可知选F项。3答案：A解析：根据本段最后一句“At 1,000,000 per second，the results appear to be magic.”当实现了每秒百万的速度，呈现出来的结果就非常神奇。可知答案选A项。4答案：E解析：本段主要谈论工作，根据前两句可知选E项。5答案：C解析：根据首句“No one wants to die.”可知本段谈论death。（二）答案与解析：1答案：F解析：根据本段“While more Americans are getting married today than ever before，the divorce rate is als
33、o disturbingly on the rise（one divorce for every three marriages last year）”尽管如今更多的美国人结婚，但是离婚率的上升也很令人不安。2答案：B解析：本段主要讲一些现代设施使得家务变得容易。因此妇女的生活也变得方便。故选B项。3答案：D解析：根据本段“Families，too，are simpler today.In America，it is not customary for parents to live with their married children.”家庭变得简单。在美国，父母不再习惯和已婚子女生活。4
34、答案：E解析：根据首句“Young adult women have new freedom，too.”可知E项为正确答案。5答案：A解析：根据首句“But all this freedom and affluence have had an unforeseen and in some respects a devastating effect on marriage.” 但这一切自由和富裕，在某方面对婚姻有不可预见的破坏性的影响。可知A项正确。（三） 答案与解析：1答案：F解析：根据本段最后一句“But one wonders if this can continue.”人们不禁会问不断打
35、破纪录的状况是否会继续。可知F项正确。2答案：E解析：根据本段第一句“The last forty years have seen many important technological advances.”过去的四十年中取得了很多重要的技术进步。3答案：C解析：根据首句“Pushing back the limits now depends more on science，technology and medicine than anything else.”可知科技、医药已经成为成功的关键。4答案：B解析：根据本段“Analysis of an athletes style is par
36、ticularly useful for events like jumping and throwing.” 分析运动员的风格对于一些项目特别有用，可知B项正确。5答案：D解析：根据首句“In the future，it should be possible to develop a more individual approach to training programmes.”可知D项正确。（四）答案与解析：1答案：F解析：根据本段第一句“Modern technology does bring us many conveniences.”和最后一句“However，these new
37、toys and equipment finally become electronic waste（ewaste）once they are out of use.”可知F项正确。2答案：B解析：根据本段第二句“As people buy new items to replace aging electronics or make upgrades，more electronic waste comes into being.”可知B项正确。3答案：E解析：根据本段第一句“There are many reasons why it is important to recycle electronic waste.”可知E项正确。4答案：A解析：根据本段第一句“The availability of ewaste recycling programs varies from place to place.”可知A项正确。5答案：C解析：根据本段第一句“Ewaste recycling helps protect the environment by reducing.”可知本段主要讲电子垃圾回收的种种好处，故C项正确。- 6 -