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练习 58 短文改错＋阅读理解
Ⅰ.短文改错
2022·包头四中月考 ★★★☆☆
I began diving since I was about 12. I actual learned to dive in my hometown when I was in
holiday. My parents went there explore the underground lakes. My brother and I are sitting around
on the beach, getting bored, so we took a diving course. Then we did our first dive in the “easy”
lakes while my parent were exploring the dangerous places. It wasn't deeply underground and the
sun was being shining in through an opening in the roof of the cave. It was really calm but
beautiful. I felt like staying here all day!
Ⅱ.阅读理解
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2021·浙江卷1月 议论文 300词 ★★★★☆
At the start of the 20th century, an American engineer named John Elfreth Watkins made
predictions about life today. His predictions about slowing population growth, mobile phones and
increasing height were close to the mark. But he was wrong in one prediction : that everybody
would walk 10 miles a day.
Today, in Australia, most children on average fall 2，000 steps short of the physical activity
they need to avoid being overweight. In the early 1970s, 40 per cent of children walked to school,
while in 2010, it was as low as 15 per cent.
The decline is not because we have all become lazy. Families are pressed for time, many with
both parents working to pay for their house, often working hours not of their choosing, living in
cardependent neighborhoods with limited public transport.
The other side of the coin is equally a deprivation: for health and wellbeing, as well as lost
opportunities (机会) for children to get to know their local surroundings. And for parents there are
lost opportunities to walk and talk with their young scholar about their day.
Most parents will have eagerly asked their child about their day, only to meet with a
“good”， quickly followed by “I'm hungry”. This is also my experience as a mother. But
somewhere over the daily walk more about my son's day comes out. I hear him making sense of
friendship and its limits. This is the unexpected and rare parental opportunity to hear more.
Many primary schools support walking schoolbusroutes (路线), with days of regular, parent-
accompanied walks. Doing just one of these a few times a week is better than nothing. It can be
tough to begin and takes a little planning — running shoes by the front door, lunches made the
night before, umbrellas on rainy days and hats on hot ones — but it's certainly worth trying.
1．Why does the author mention Watkins' predictions in the first paragraph?
A．To make comparisons.
B．To introduce the topic.
C．To support her argument.
D．To provide examples.
2．What has caused the decrease in Australian children's physical activity?
A．Plain laziness.
B．Health problems.
C．Lack of time.
D．Security concerns.3．Why does the author find walking with her son worthwhile?
A.She can get relaxed after work.
B．She can keep physically fit.
C．She can help with her son's study.
D. She can know her son better.
B
全国卷Ⅰ 说明文 307词 ★★★★☆
As data and identity theft becomes more and more common, the market is growing for
biometric (生物测量) technologies—like fingerprint scans—to keep others out of private espaces.
At present, these technologies are still expensive, though.
Researchers from Georgia Tech say that they have come up with a lowcost device (装置) that
gets around this problem: a smart keyboard. This smart keyboard precisely measures the cadence
(节奏) with which one types and the pressure fingers apply to each key. The keyboard could offer
a strong layer of security by analyzing things like the force of a user's typing and the time between
key presses. These patterns are unique to each person. Thus, the keyboard can determine people's
identities, and by extension, whether they should be given access to the computer it's connected to
—regardless of whether someone gets the password right.
It also doesn't require a new type of technology that people aren't already familiar with.
Everybody uses a keyboard and everybody types differently.
In a study describing the technology, the researchers had 100 volunteers type the
word“touch”four times using the smart keyboard. Data collected from the device could be used to
recognize different participants based on how they typed, with very low error rates. The
researchers say that the keyboard should be pretty straightforward to commercialize and is mostly
made of inexpensive, plasticlike parts. The team hopes to make it to market in the near future.
4．Why do the researchers develop the smart keyboard?
A.To reduce pressure on keys.
B．To improve accuracy in typing
C．To replace the password system.
D．To cut the cost of espace protection.
5．What makes the invention of the smart keyboard possible?
A．Computers are much easier to operate.
B．Fingerprint scanning techniques develop fast.
C．Typing patterns vary from person to person.
D．Data security measures are guaranteed.
6．What do the researchers expect of the smart keyboard?
A．It'll be environmentfriendly.
B．It'll reach consumers soon.
C．It'll be made of plastics.
D．It'll help speed up typing.
7．Where is this text most likely from?
A．A diary. B．A guidebook.
C．A novel. D．A magazine.
答题策略
短文改错——词语辨析常见词语辨析错误
① many修饰或代替可数名词复数；much修饰或代替不可数名词
② “时间段＋ago”相对现在多久以前；“时间段＋before”相对过去多久以前
③ some用于肯定句；any用于疑问句和否定句
④ so与very均可修饰形容词或副词的原级，much多修饰比较级，very much修饰动词
⑤ ever“从来，在任何时候，曾经”；never“从来不”
latest为形容词，意为“最新的”；later作副词表示“较晚地；后来”，与表示时间的
⑥
词连用，表示“……之后”
⑦ beside为介词，表示“在……旁边”；besides为副词，表示“除此以外”
⑧ used to do sth.“过去常常做某事”；be used to doing sth.“习惯做某事”
⑨ no相当于not a或not any；not否定动词
