安徽省巢湖市春晖中学2012届高考英语 考前冲刺精品讲义阅读理解类内容题材阅读理解3.rar

-2-用心爱心专心安徽省巢湖市春晖中学2012届高考英语考前冲刺精品讲义阅读理解类内容题材高考阅读理解文章的材料一般都出自英美国家阅读材料原文或适当修改，体现原汁原味。文章更加注重语言材料的真实性。阅读理解试题体裁广泛，一般有记叙文，议论文，说明文和应用文。题材涉及内容广，在选材方面，突出生态环保、人物传记、名人轶事、社会风俗文化、大众科普、广告、文学作品、社会热点、时文报道等，这些题材能使考生扩大对异域文化的接触。•记叙文TheengineerCamilloOlivettiwas40yearsoldwhenhestartedthecompanyin1908.AthisfactoryinIvrea,hedesignedandproducedthefirstItaliantypewriter,Todaythecompany’sheadofficeisstillinIvrea,nearTurin,butthecompanyismuchlargerthanitwasinthosedaysandthereareofficesallaroundtheworld.By1930therewasastaffof700andthecompanyturnedout13,000machinesayear.SomewenttocustomersinItaly,butOlivettiexportedmoretypewriterstoothercountries.Camillo’sson,Adriano,startedworkingforthecompanyin1924andlaterhebecametheboss.Heintroducedastandardspeedfortheproductionlineandheemployedtechnologyanddesignspecialists.Thecompanydevelopednewandbettertypewritersandthencalculators(计算机).In1959itproducedtheELEAcomputersystem.Thiswasthefirstmainframe(主机)computerdesignedandmadeinItaly.AfterAdrianodiedin1960,thecompanyhadaperiodoffinancialproblems.Othercompanies,especiallytheJapanese,madefasterprogressinelectronictechnologythantheItaliancompany.In1978,CarlodeBenedettibecamethenewboss.Olivettiincreaseditsmarketingandservicenetworksandmadeagreementswithothercompaniestodesignandproducemoreadvancedofficeequipment.Soonitbecameoneoftheworld’sleadingcompaniesininformationtechnologyandcommunications.TherearenowfiveindependentcompaniesintheOlivettigroup—oneforpersonalcomputers,oneforotherofficeequipment,oneforsystemsandservices,andtwofortelecommunications.(2010·安徽卷)1．Fromthetextwelearnthat________.A．by1930Olivettiproduced13,000typewritersayearB．Olivettiearnedmoreinthe1960sthaninthe1950sC．someofOlivetti’s700staffregularlyvisitedcustomersinItalyD．Olivettisetupofficesinothercountriesfromtheverybeginning解析：事实理解题。根据第二段第一句可知Olivetti公司到1930年时每年可生产13,000台打字机。故选A。由第四段第一句中的thecompanyhadaperiodoffinancialproblems可知公司在20世纪60年代出现了经济问题，故排除B；由第二段第二句可知C中的regularly错误，故排除C；由第一段第二句可知D中的fromtheverybeginning错误。答案：A2．Whatwasprobablythedi