专题三新闻报道型阅读理解时事新闻类阅读材料在近年高考中屡屡涉及。这类材料 往往语言地道、内容较新。阅读材料的组成有一个共同的特 点，即都是由标题Headlines、导语Introductions背 景但ackground、主体Main body痢结尾Ends五部劳构成。此类文章主题突出，文章的第一句话或第一段往往就是 对整篇文章的高度概括，因此读懂首句或首段至关重要。此 类阅读材料的命题在新闻背景和主体部分设题较多，有时可11能会省去一两个部分，要求考生依据五个部分之间的必然联 系去推知未知的要素。要想做好时事新闻类阅读理解题，考 生必须要善于捕捉新闻细节，根据问题善于找到相关句并能 分析理解长难句，善于根据上下文猜测单词、短语的含义，善于归纳、概括、推理、判断及简单计算。2011-四川卷改编】The multimillion pound newLibrary of Birmingham（LoB）will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization（数字化）of everyday life to take shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre,with which it will share some equipment.Set to open in 2013,the 1m LoB is already beginningAs digital media（媒介）is important to its jdea,the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.Brian Gambles,the LoB project director,says it is about giving people the right tools for learning The aim is to mix the physical with the digital,providing 24hour services which can be used through many different wayst is important to enable us to reach more people,more effectively 匚The digital library will,he says,be as important as the physical one,allowing the distant use of the services,making sure that it is never closed to the public.Even before the LoB is complete,the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual（虚拟的儿oB，designed by Baden,the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists.Not only have the public been able to learn about the LoB,but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.Two other small Birminghambased digital companies are also working on the LoB projects.Substrat,a digital design company,is developing what it calls an example of an “enlarged reality，，project.lt is about the use of an exciting smart phone,an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development.And The Peopled Archive is an online library of historical figures of the city being built up by a digital content company in Cahoots,in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.Gambles says “Technology will enable us to make the libraryJs content and services open to citizens as never before*1.The underlined part “its idea，，in Paragraph 3 refersto the idea of.A.the equipment B.the projectC the digital media D.the physical library 2.According to the passage,what makes the difference between the digital library and the physical oneA.the physical library offers a place where readers get ination about physicsB.the digital library will be used through many more effective ways on lineC.the physical library is more realistic than the digital the virtual one.D.the physical library will never make the content and services open to citizens 3.While visiting the Virtual LoB,the public canA.get a general idea of the LoBB.meet many worldfamous expertsC.learn how to put up a library buildingD.understand how the specialists work on the project 4.Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opensa.It offers better learning tools.b.It reaches users in different waysc.It provides users with smart phonesd.It allows users to enrich its material.e.It gives nonstop physical and digital servicesA.a,b,d B.a,c,eC.b,c,d D.b,d,e 5.The text is most probably taken fromA.a computer bookB.a library guideC.a project handbookD.a newspaper report【解析】本篇文章为新闻报道类文体。文章报道了Library of Birmingham（伯明翰图书馆）将会被投巨资改建 成一个全新的数字化图书馆的事情。1.B词义猜测题。通过分析第三段画线单词所在的 句子，可知its（它的）指代的是主句中的主语“这个工程的”,its idea便是指the idea of the projecto2.B 推理判断题。通过分析第四段it is aboutgiving people the right tools for learning which can be used through many different ways.得知答案为B3.A 信息理解题。根据第六段第二句aNot only have the public been able to learn about the LoB,but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens匚可知答案为A。which can be4.A 信盧理解题。根据第四段it is about giving people the right tools for learning,used through many different ways”及第七段in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material 乃戸y 矢5.D推討判断题。文章首段便简明地概括了文章主题,全文较明显地体现了及时性，这是新闻类文体的典型特征，据此可判断文章应来源于一篇新闻报道。BARCELONA Reuters“Galactic Suite J the firsthotel planned in space,expects to open for business in 2012 and would allow guests to travel around the worldin0 minutes.Its architects say the space hotel will be the most expensive in the galaxy银河系，costing 4 million for a threeday stay.During that time guests would see the sunrise 15 times a day and use Velcro suits to crawl around their pod rooms by sticking themselves to the walls like Spiderman Company director Xavier Claramunt says the three- bedroom hotePs joined up pod structure,which makes it look like a model of molecules,was dictated by the fact that each pod room had to fit inside a rocket to be taken into space“lt，s the bathrooms in zero gravity that are the biggest challenge,” says Claramunt,“Howto accommodate the more private activities of the guests is not easy匚 But they may have solved the issue of how to take a shower in weightlessnessthe guests will enter a spa room in which babbles of water will float around.When guests are not admiring the view from their portholes（舷窗），they will take part in scientific experiments on space travel.“There is fear associated with going into space,” said Claramunt.uThafs why the shuttle rocket will remain fixed to the space hotel for the duration of the guests stay,so they know they can get home again匚In an era of concern over climate change,Galaxy Suite have no plans so far to offset the pollution problems of sending a rocket to carry just six guests at a time into space.“But,” says Claramunt,uPm hopeful that the impact of seeing the earth from a distance will stimulate the guests，urge to value and protect our planet匚1 .Which of the following might be the best title forthe textA.uGalactic Suited the best hotel planned in spaceB.Fly me to the moon space hotel sees 2012 openingC.Fly to the moon a greatest dream for humans D Building a space hotel a dream or a reality 2.Which of the following is NOT what guests can do in “Galactic Suite”A.Watching the sunriseB Taking a weightless shower.C.Doing scientific experiment.D.Walking in space.3.According to the text,the last paragraph means that.A.each of us has the duty to protect our earthB.space travel helps improve peopled sense of protecting the earthC.seeing from space will have a great impact on peopled lifeD.many guests have the urge to value and protect the earth 4.Suppose we will travel to space,the following will be the problems we must solve EXCEPT.A.weightlessness B.fearC.pollutionD.money 5.The author writes the text in order toA.remind people of pollution problems on the earthB.tell us a bright dream of going to spaceC.explain some problems existing in space travelD.report a space hotel to be completed by 2012【解析】本文为新闻，主要报道了建太空旅馆的情况。1.B文章大意题。本文主要报道了建太空旅馆的情况。
这是一个事实而不是梦想，故可排除C和D。2.D 细节理解题。由第三段During that time guests would see the sunrise 15 times a day可知A项正 确； 由第六段take a shower in weightlessnessthe guests will enter a spa room in which babbles of water will float around可知B项正确；由第七段they will take part in scientific experiments on space travel可知C项正 确。D在文中没有提及。3.B段落大意题。由最后一段Claramunt所说的话可知,他主要讲了从太空看地球对保护地球环境的作用，故B项正确。4.C推理判断题。三天游花费四百万美元的确很贵，如体验太空游，当然需要先解决资金问题，其次，第六段提到 they may have solved the issue of how to take a shower in weightlessness即失重问题；第八段提到There is fear associated with going into space,即恐惧感，污染问题是 地球上的问题，由此知选项C正确。5.D推理判断题。本文是一篇新闻报道，主要报道了 太空旅馆即将在2012年建成的消息，故D正确。