黑龙江省大庆市黑龙江省大庆市 2015 高考英语阅读理解暑假练习（高考英语阅读理解暑假练习（7）及答案）及答案【浙江省浙江省 20142014 高考英语模拟冲刺卷高考英语模拟冲刺卷】The discovery that language can be a barrier (障碍) to communication is quickly made by allwho travel, study, govern or sell. Whether the activity is tourism, research, government, policing or business, the lack of a common language can severely delay progress or can stop it altogether.Although communication problems of this kind must happen thousands of times each day, very few become public knowledge. Publicity comes only when a failure to communicate has major results, such as strikes, lost orders, legal problems or deadly accidents-even, at times, war. One reported example of communication failure took place in 1970, when several Americans ate a species of poisonous mushroom. No remedy was known, and two of the people died within days. A radio report of the case was heard by a chemist who knew of a treatment that had been successfully used in 1959 and published in 1963. Why had the American doctors not heard of it seven years later? Possibly because the report of the treatment had been published only in journals written in European languages other than English.Several comparable cases have been reported. But isolated (孤立的) examples do not give an impression of the size of the problem-something that can come only from studies of the use or avoidance of foreign-language materials and contacts in different communicative situations. In the English-speaking scientific world, for example, surveys of books and documents consulted in libraries and other information agencies have shown that very little foreign-language material is ever consulted. Library requests in the field of science and technology showed that only 13 percent were for foreign language journals.The language barrier presents itself entirely to firms who wish to market their products in other countries. British industry, in particular, has in recent decades often been criticized for its assumption (设想) that foreign buyers will be happy to communicate in English, and that awareness of other languages is not therefore a matter to be considered first. In the 1960s, over two-thirds of British firms dealing with non-English-speaking customers were using English for outgoing letters; many had their sales language only in English; and as many as 40 percent employed no one who was able to communicate in the customers languages. A similar problem was identified in other English-speaking countries, especially the USA, Australia and New Zealand. And non-English speaking countries were by no means free from the same problem-although the widespread use of English as an alternative (可替换的) language made them a bit more able to communicate with other countries.The criticism and publicity given to this problem since the 1960s seems to have greatly improved the situation. Industrial training projects have promoted an increase in language and cultural awareness. Many firms now have their own translation services. Some firms run part-time language courses in the languages of the countries with which they are most involved; some produce their own technical glossaries (词汇表), to ensure consistency (一致性) when material is being translated. It is now much more readily accepted that marketing efforts can be delayed, damaged or ruined by a failure to take the language needs of the customer into consideration. 50. Communication problems may come to the attention of the public when _.A. somebody has diedB. a serious traffic accident has happenedC. serious results have been causedD. people have trouble in travelling51. What is the probable meaning of the underlined word “remedy” in Paragraph 2?A. doctorB. mushroomC. poisonD. treatment52. What can we infer about American doctors from the case of the poisonous mushrooms?A. They probably only read reports written in English.B. They hadnt read that report of the treatment.C. They didnt know how to treat such a case.D. They were unable to get reports written in other languages.53. Firms of English-speaking countries use English only when marketing their products because _.A. English is their official languageB. they dont know their products will be sold abroadC. people in their countries dont know other languagesD. they think foreign customers will be happy when English is used54. Which of the following ways has been used by the British companies to solve the problem of language barrier since the 1960s?A. Employing foreign workers.B. Setting up their own translation services.C. Providing English training for foreign customers.D. Stopping exporting goods to foreign countries.Passage C【语篇解读】本文是一篇关于语言构成交流障碍的议论文。文章分别阐述了这种障碍所造成的后果、原因及人们采取的措施。50C 【解析】事实细节题。文中第二段有清晰说明。51D 【解析】词义推测题。根据前一个句中“食用了有毒蘑菇” ，所在句中的“死亡”及下一句中的 treatment，可推知其词义为“疗法” 。52A 【解析】推理判断题。从文中第二段的事例及最后一句可推知。53D 【解析】事实细节题。文章第四段有明确说明。54B 【解析】事实判断题。从文章最后一段可找到选择与排除的依据。社会生活类社会生活类On the last Sunday in July, 1997 my boyfriend and I decided to take my 4-year-old son