1、第 1 页 共 4 页2012 年全国高考英语试题阅读理解分类汇编之新闻报道类【2012 全国 II】(D)ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia One of the worlds most famous fossils (化石) the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton (骨骼) unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 will go on an exhibition tour abroad for the first time in the United States, officials said Tuesday.Even t
2、he Ethiopian public has only seen Lucy twice. The Lucy on exhibition at the Ethiopian National Museum in the capital, Addis Ababa, is a replica while the real remains are usually locked in a secret storeroom. A team from the Museum of National Science in Houston, Texas, spent four years discussing w
3、ith the Ethiopians for the U.S. tour, which will start in Houston next September.“Ethiopias rich culture of both the past and today, is one of the best kept secrets in the world,” said Joel Bartsch, director of the Houston museum.The six-year tour will also go to Washington, New York, Denver and Chi
4、cago. Officials said six other U.S. cities may be on the tour. But they said plans had not been worked out.Travelling with Lucy will be 190 other fossils.Lucy, her name taken from a Beatles song that played in a camp the night of her discovery, is part of the skeleton of what was once a 3 -foot-tall
5、 ape-man (猿人).12【文章大意】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章讲述了埃塞尔比亚的古老化石去美国展出的事件安排。53. The author writes this text mainly to _ .A. introduce a few U.S. museumsB. describe some research workC. discuss the value of an ape-manD. report a coming event【答案】D【解析】这是一篇新闻报道，作者写这篇报道的目的就是：报道埃塞尔比亚的古老化石去美国展出的事件。故选 D。【考点定位】考查作者的写作意图。第 2 页
6、 共 4 页54. What does the words “a replica” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. A painting of the skeleton. B. A photograph of LucyC. A copy of the skeleton. D. A written record of Lucy.【答案】C【解析】根据文章内容可知：the Lucy is a replica，而 the Lucy 又是 skeleton，所以 a replica的意思是：A copy of the skeleton。【考点定位】考查猜测词义。55. How m
7、any cities has Lucys U.S. tour plan already included?A. Four. B. Five. C. Six. D. Eleven.【答案】B【解析】根据文章中的“the tour will start in Houston next September.和 The six-year tour will also go to Washington, New York, Denver and Chicago.”可知是 5 个城市。【考点定位】考查细节理解。56. What was the skeleton named after?A. An ape-
8、man. B. A song. C. A singer. D. A camp.【答案】B【解析】根据文章中的“Lucy, her name taken from a Beatles song that played in a camp the night of her discovery,”可知 B 正确。【考点定位】考查细节理解。【2012 四川卷】DIn a recent announcement, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology（MIT）said that they have joined forces to o
9、ffer free online courses in an effort to attract millions of online learners worldwide.Beginning this fall, a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60 million program, known as edX. “Anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world
10、 can use our online courses,” Harvard President Drew Faust said 第 3 页 共 4 页during a meeting to announce the plan.MIT has offered a program called OpenCourseWare for ten years that makes materials from more than 2,000 classes free online. It has been used by more than 100 million people. In December,
11、 the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as MITx, for people who complete certain online courses. Harvard has long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program.The MITx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform.MIT President
12、Susan Hockfield said more than 120,000 people signed up for the first MITx course. She said Harvard and MIT hope other universities will join them in offering courses on the open-source edX platform.“Fasten your seatbelts,” Hockfield said.Other universities, including Stanford, Yale and Carnegie-Mel
13、lon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online.The Harvard-MIT program will be monitored by a not-for-profit（非盈利的）organization based in Cambridge, to be owned equally by the two universities. Both MIT and Harvard have provided $30 million to start the program. They also pla
14、n to use the edX platform to research how students learn and which teaching methods and tools are most successful.53. According to this text, edX is _.A. a part of the free MIT OpenCourseWareB. a free computer program by MIT and HarvardC. a Harvard-MIT platform of free online coursesD. a free progra
15、m online for universities worldwide54. What is said about online education in the text?A. Universities have been trying online courses.B. About 2,000 online courses have been offered.C. Over 100 million people have finished courses online.D. Stanford and Yale together have courses similar to edX.55.
16、 The underlined part in the text probably means “ ”.A. Get ready for the difficultiesB. Get ready for this educational change第 4 页 共 4 页C. Get prepared to complete the online coursesD. Get prepared to make materials for the edX courses56. What can be said about MITx according to the text?A. It is fi
17、rst offered as part of the edX learning program.B. It is another free MIT-Harvard online learning program.C. It is a standard to recognize online learners achievement.D. It is a new kind of free online course of Harvard and MIT.【本文要点】本文为新闻报道类文体。文章报道了 Harvard 和 MIT 联手向全球免费提供网上课程的事情。53. C 细节理解题。根据第一段话
18、说 Harvard 和 MIT 联手向全球免费提供网上课程及第二段话“a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60 million program, known as edX”可知 edX 是这两所大学联手打造的一个网上免费授课的平台。故答案选 C。54. A 细节判断题。B 项应是 2,000 classes；C 项，应是 100 多万人使用，而不是完成了课程；D 项文中没有谈到它们的课程是否相似。根据倒数第二段话“Other un
19、iversities, including Stanford, Yale and Carnegie-Mellon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global population online”可知答案选 A。55. B 词义推断题。此句的字面意思为“系好安全带” 。结合文章的意思便是为这些大学在网上开设免费课程这一教育的变革做好准备。故答案为 B。56. C 细节理解题。根据第三段“In December, the school announced it also would begin offering a special certificate, known as MITx, for people who complete certain online courses”可知 MITx 是承认修完课程的证书。故答案选 C。
