定额市鞍钢阳光实验学校2014高考英语阅读理解练习（8）及答案万马齐喑究可哀
【2014综合测试】
A dog-lover has invented a high-tech way of feeding his pet by Twitter（推特，流行社交网络）. Computer expert Nat Morris, 30, has designed a system to give his pet a “tweet treat” by nding him a Twitter message.
His dog Toby gets some delicious dog biscuits from a computer-controlled food machine whenever Nat nds a message to “@feedtoby”.
Nat often works away from home and isn’t always able to feed Toby by hand. But his new invention allows Nat to feed his dog from anywhere in the world.
Nat said, “Toby absolutely loves it. At first he didn’t know what was going on. Now he sits underneath the machine, wagging his tail and waiting for the treats to drop.”
Nat fills the food machine with small pieces of dog biscuits, but not too many in ca four-y
ear-old Toby gets too many messages. And Nat has even equipped his hou with an online camera so he can e Toby enjoying the food at his home.
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But one problem is that friends and family have been so amazed with the “Tweet treat” machine that. they have starting to nd tweets to Toby too. So Nat has had to restrict feeding time to make sure Toby doesn’t turn into Tubby。
“People have been nding him food at all hours of the day, so I had to limit it to between and I’m thinking of doing an updated one which measures his weight before he is fed, just to make sure he’s not putting on too much puppy fat,” explained Nat.
How Nat’s Twitter Feeder Works:
When a message is nt to @feedtoby it is received by a mini-computer that is linked to the food machine.
When the mini-computer receives the message, a bell rings and Toby comes running over and sits in front of the feeding machine. Next the machine’s motor pulls open a trap
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The doggy biscuits then drops into Toby's food bowl. Finally a digital camera takes a photo of him and nds it back to Nat on Twitter - so he knows Toby has been fed.
31. Nat has invented a high-tech way to feed his dog becau he __________.
A. wants his friends to feed Tody
B. has very strong computing skills
C. is often too busy to feed his dog
D. doesn’t like to feed Tody by hand
32. Why has Nat decided to limit the feeding machine’s opening time?
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A. He doesn’t want Toby to get too fat.
B. He fears the machine will run out of food.
C. He wants hid friends to stop feeding Toby.
D. He doesn’t want Toby to be woken up at night.
33. It can be learned from the passage that Toby _______.
A. sits beneath his feeder all day long
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C. doesn’t know what happens to the feeder
D. no longer receives tweets from Nat’s friends
34. Which of the following shows the correct order of how the Twitter Feeder works?
a. The bell goes off.
b. A message is nt to @feedtoby.
c. The mini-computer gets the message.
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e. The motor starts to work and opens the door to relea dog food.
A. a, b, c, e, d B. b, c, e, a, d C. b, c, a, e, d D. c, b, a, d, e
35. In which ction of the newspaper would you most probably find this passage?
A. Technology B. Health C. Environment D. Style
【参考答案】31-35 CABCA
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Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place.Around 1870，it was experiencing an economic(经济的)boom，and the capital，Buenos Aires，attracted many people.Farmers，as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy，came to Buenos Aires eking jobs.The jobs didn't pay well，and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the city.As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in t
he poor parts of the city，the dance known as the tango(探戈舞) came into being.
At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower class.It was danced in the bars and streets.At that time there were many fewer women than men，so if a man didn't want to be left out，his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women.Gradually，the dance spread into the upper class of Argentinean society and became more respectable.
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In Europe at this time，strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning. The interest in international dance was especially evident in Paris.Every kind of dance from ballet(芭蕾舞) to belly dancing could be found on the stages of the Paris theaters. After tango dancers from Argentina arrived in Europe，they began to draw the interest of the public as they performed their exciting dance in cafes. Though not everyone approved of the new dance，saying it was a little too shocking，the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.
