2013高考英语（遵义市）阅读理解（20）（答案）
文化教育类 [2012·湖北卷]
It was a simple letter asking for a place to study at Scotland's oldest university which helped start a revolution in higher education. A 140-year-old letter written by a lady calling for her to be allowed to study medicine at St Andrews University has been discovered by researchers. Written by Sophia Jex-Blake in 1873, the seven-page document, which urged the university to allow women to study medicine at the institution, was released yesterday on International Women's Day.
The document was discovered buried in the university archives (档案)by part-time history student Lis Smith, who is completing her PhD at St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research. She said: “We knew that Sophia Jex-Blake and her supporters, in their effort to open up university medical education for women, had written to the Senates Academicus (校评议委员会)at St Andrews in an attempt to gain permission to attend classes there, but we didn't know documentary evidence existed. While searching the archives for information about the university's higher certificate for women, I was astonished to come across what must be the very letter Jex-Blake wrote. ”
In the letter, Sophia and her supporters offered to hire teachers or build suitable buildings for a medical school and to arrange for lectures to be delivered in the subjects not already covered at St Andrews. Although her letter was not successful, it eventually led to the establishment of the Ladies Literate in Arts at St Andrews, a distance-learning degree for women. The qualification, which ran from 1877 until the 1930s, gave women access to university education in the days before they were admitted as students. It was so popular that it survived long after women were admitted as full students to St Andrews in 1892.
Ms Jex-Blake went on to help establish the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874. She was accepted by the University of Berne, where she was awarded a medical degree in January 1877. Eventually, she moved back to Edinburgh and opened her own practice.
59．Sophia wrote a letter to St Andrews University because she wanted ________.
A．to carry out a research project there
B．to set up a medical institute there
C．to study medicine there
D．to deliver lectures there
60．Lis Smith found Sophia's letter to St Andrews University ________.
A．by pure chance
B．in the school office
C．with her supporters' help
D．while reading history books
61．Sophia's letter resulted in the establishment of ________.
A．the London School of Medicine for Women
B．a degree programme for women
C．a system of medical education
D．the University of Berne
62. When did St Andrews University begin to take full-time women students?
A. In 1873. B. In 1874.
C. In 1877. D. In 1892.
【要点综述】此篇讲述了一封女子求学的信件引发了英国高等教育的改革，允许女子接受高等教育。
59．C 信息理解题。根据第一段…which urged the university to allow women to study medicine at the institution可知C为正确选项。
60．A 信息理解题。根据第二段中but we didn't know documentary evidence existed…I was astonished to come across what must be the very letter Jex-Blake wrote.可知A(纯粹偶然的机会)为正确选项。
61．B 信息理解题。由倒数第二段…letter was not successful, it eventually led to the establishment of the Ladies Literate in Arts at St Andrews…可推断B为正确选项。
62．D 信息理解题。由倒数第二段最后一句可知答案为D，此事发生在1892年。
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(二)
Schools are almost all connected to the Internet. But some have more technology, and use it more, than others. For example, some schools use computers for activities like video conferencing, to bring the world into the classroom.
And some classrooms are equipped with things like a Smart Board, a kind of interactive whiteboard. Interactive whiteboards are large displays for presentations. They connect to a computer and can operate by touch. They can be used for documents or writing or to project video.
Some teachers are trying creative new ways to teach with devices like iPods and mobile phones. But educators say the most important thing, as always, is the content.
Yet technology can have special importance in some cases. Cosmobot is a therapy robot. It stands about half a meter tall and has a blue body and a friendly face with big eyes.
One child who works with it is six-year-old Kevin Fitzgerald. Kevin has developmental dyspraxia;_he has difficulty moving his mouth and tongue.
He works with Carole Semango-Sprouse as he interacts with the Cosmobot during therapy for his condition. Here, he uses a set of buttons attached to a computer to make the silent robot move forward, backward or around in circles.
Kevin’s mother thinks the robot has had a calming influence, helping her son get along better with his friends.
Cosmobot was developed by Anthro Tronix. Corinna Lathan started the company ten years ago to work with children with cerebral palsy, Down’s syndrome, autism and other developmental disabilities.
Children become friends with the robot, she says. That can have a big effect on their behavior, helping them work harder and longer in therapy sessions.
Corinna Lathan is currently working with a British company to develop other socially helpful robots. She says they are still considered research tools in the United States, and not used as much as in places like Britain and Japan. But she hopes to change that.
( )11.It’s known from the text that ________.
A．schools have easy access to the Internet today
B．new technology is seldom applied to teaching
C．the Internet is of equal importance in schools
D．using computers for activities is labor-saving
( )12.Which of the following is NOT right about Smart Board?
A．It’s a kind of teaching facility. B．It can be used to project video.
C．It’s a display for presentation. D．It’s not easy to be connected to computers.
( )13.What’s “dyspraxia” according to the text?
A．Speech barrier. B．Movement disorder.
C．Visual impairment. D．Loss of memory.
( )14.Which of the following is RIGHT according to the text?
A．Cosmobot is designed to play with.
B．Cosmobot is costly and not user-friendly.
C．Cosmobot can be controlled by a computer.
D．Anthro Tronix is a designer of a certain company.
( )15.What can we learn from Corinna Lathan?
A．She’s employed by a British company.
B．Cosmobot is popular around the world.
C．She wants to make previous products widespread.
D．IPods and mobile phones are valued in class.
(二)
文中报道科学技术的广泛运用。Smart Board, iPods and mobile phones等用于学校课堂；Cosmobot用于治病等。
11．A 细节理解题。文中第一段第一句讲到Schools are almost all connected to the Internet.几乎所有的学校都与互联网相连接。所以选A。
12．D 细节理解题。从第二段可知Smart Boards是一种教学设备，能用于投影及教学展示，但没谈到它不容易与计算机连接。
13．B 词义猜测题。第五段信息he has difficulty moving his mouth and tongue.表明dyspraxia是一种运动方面的障碍。
14．C 推理判断题。第六段谈到信息…attached to a computer to make the silent robot move forward, backward or around in circles.这表明“Cosmobot”能受计算机控制。
15．C 推理判断题。最后一段信息讲到…research tools in the United States, and not used as much as in places like Britain and Japan. But she hopes to change that.可知选C。
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