2013年高考英语二轮专题训练：阅读理解60天8
阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项答题卡上将该项涂
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The iPhone, the iPad, the iPod, each of apple's products sounds cool and has become a pad (一时的风尚). Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter “i”，-- and many other brands are following suit. The BBC’s iPlayer —which allows Web urs to watch TV programs on the internet—adopted the title in 2008. A lovely bear—popular in the US and UK—that plays music and video is called “iTeddy”.A slimmed-down version of London’s Independent newspaper，was launched last week under the name “i”.
夜晚的英文In general，single-letter prefix have been popular since the 1990s，when terms such as e-mail and e-commerce first came into u.
Most “i”products are targeted at young people and considering the major readers of the Independent’s “i”，it’s no surpri that they’ve lected this fashionable name.
But it’s hard to e what’s so special about the letter “i”.Why not u “a”，“b”or “c”instead？According to Tony Thorne，head of Language Center at King’s College，London，“i”works becau its meaning has become ambiguous .When Apple us “i”，no one knows whether it means internet，information，individual or interactive，
Thorne told BBC magazines “even when Apple created the iPod，it ems it didn’t have one clear definition，”he says.
“However，thanks to Apple，the term is now associated with portability （轻便），”adds Thorne.
Clearly the letter “i”also agrees with the idea that the Western
World is centered on the individual. Each person believes they have their own needs，and we love personalized products for this reason.
Along with “Google”and “blog”，readers of BBC magazines
voted “i”as one of the top 20 words that have come to define the last decade.
But as history shows，people grow tired of fads. From the 1900s to the 1990s，products with “2000”
in their names became fashionable as the year was associated with all things advanced and modern. However，as we entered the new century，the trend inevitably
disappeared.
56. We can infer that the Independent’s “i”is aimed at _______.
A. young readers
B. old readers
C. fashionable women
D. engineers
57. The underlined word “ambiguous”means“______”.
A. popular
B. uncertain
C. definite
D. unique
58. Nowadays，the “i” term often reminds people of the products
which are _______.
A. portable
B. environmentally friendly
C. advanced
D. recyclable
59. The writer suggests that _______.
A. “i”products are often of a high quality
B. the popularity of “i”products may not last long
C. the letter “b” re place letter “i”to name the products
长颈鹿英文D. iTeddy is a live bear
B
How many people have I met who have told me about the book they have been planning to write but have never yet found the time ? Far too many.
This is Life, all right, but we do treat it like a rehearsal小学课本剧
(排演) and, unhappily, we do miss so many of its best moments.
We take jobs to stay alive and provide homes for our families always making ourlves believe that this style of life is merely a temporary state of affairs along the road to what we really want to do. Then, at 60 or 65, we are suddenly prented with a clock and veral grandchildren and we look back and realize that all tho years waiting for Real Life to come along were in fact real life.
In America they have a saying much laughed at by the
English：“Have a nice day” they speak slowly and riously in
their shops, hotels and sandwich bars. I think it is a wonderful phra, reminding us, in effect, to enjoy the moment: to value this very day.
How often do we say to ourlves, "I'll take up hor-riding (or golf, or sailing) as soon as I get a higher position," only to do none of tho things when I do get the higher position.
When I first became a reporter I knew a man who gave up a very well paid respectable job at the Daily Telegraph to go and edit a small weekly newspaper. At the time I was astonished by what
appeared to me to be his completely abnormal (反常的) mental state. How could anyone turn his back on Fleet Street in central London for a small local area？I wanted to know.
Now I am a little older and possibly wir, I e the n in it. In Fleet Street the man was under continual pressure. He lived in an unattractive London suburb and he spent much of his life
sitting on Southern Region trains.
60. The first paragraph of the passage tells us that .
A. we always try to find some time to write a book
B. we always make plans but ldom fulfill them
C. we always enjoy many of life's best moments
形容亲密的成语D. we always do what we really want to do
61. The underlined phra "turn his back on" (paragraph 6) most probably means .
A. leave for
白头翁草
B. return to
C. give up
和爸爸D. rely on
62. The man ( paragraph 6) left his first job partly becau he
was .
A. in an abnormal mental state
B. under too much pressure
C. not well paid
D. not respected
63. What is probably the best title for the passage?
A. Provide Homes For Our Family
B. Take Up Hor-
riding
C. Value This Very Day
D. Stay Alive
C
Seattle International Film Festival ：Future Wave Shorts Program
Seattle Washington
May/June annually
Deadline：March
A prentation of original short films created by youth aged 18 and under. Entries must be no longer than 10 minutes（including end titles）.The juried Future Wave winner receives a $500 each prize！
Contact：Dustin Kasper 【**********************】
Entry fee：$20
University if Toronto Film and Video Festival
Toronto
February
Deadline：January
Annual Festival accepting all lengths and genres（流派），with an emphasis on student work.Submission （提交）form on festival website. Contact: Steven Hoffner 【】
Entry fee：$15 (early) $20（final）
Young Cuts Film Festival
Toronto Ontario
August 23th-27th
Deadline：April 30th
The Young Cuts Film Festival is one of the world’s most important film festivals for film makers under the age of 25 and is for student film makers and non-student film makers alike. It’s important becau we not only evaluate young film makers’ short
films for our own Festival competition，but we can also evaluate
your film with an eye to establishing its market potential. For more information plea go to our website at or email us at
Contact：Peter Bailey 【】
Entry fee：$60.00—$90.00
Scene First Student Film Festival
Wilmington North California
June 14th-16th
Deadline：May
The 3-day national film competition provides student film makers
with an opportunity to show their short films， network with
industry professionals， and learn from academic and industry leadership ——all in a relaxed social environment.
Contact： Sam Connelly 【】
Entry fee：$12
64. If you want to enter Seattle International Film Festival，you
have to ______.
A. be above 18 years of age
B. apply before May
C. make a film no more than 10 minutes in length
D. make a film with end titles
65. Tho who enter Young Cuts Film Festival can _______.
A. win some prize money
B. have their films sold at the film market
C. meet very professional film makers
D. know whether it is possible for their films to go into market
水瓶座幸运数字66. If a student film maker want to ask famous film makers for
文字国历险记advice，he should go to ________.
