2020届高考英语一轮阅读理解热门话题针对训练-社会现象类(1)

社会现象类
1、Are you familiar with the greeting, "Can I add you on WeChat?” It seems like every time we meet new friends or colleagues nowadays, the first thing that springs to mind is adding each other on the app. Nevertheless, more than 80 percent of WeChat users report feeling stressed or anxious when they receive a large number of messages, according to a study done recently by the app's developer Tencent. In other words, WeChat can overwhelm(使应接小暇) us,while also breaking down the boundaries between our work and private lives.
Just think how easy it is now for bosses to hand out assignments during the holiday, so long as they have your WeChat contact. When you're at the cinema enjoying a romantic movie or having a barbecue in the backyard, you can never cut yourself off from the outside world unless you switch off your phone. Not to post something in WeChat Moments before replying to your boss first!
Apart from interrupting your leisure time, WeChat can also reduce your productivity at work. For many office workers, logging in to WeChat on their computers at the start of the day has become routine. But what if browsing the Moments distracts us from doing the work? The app steals our time without us even noticing it, making us have the false belief that we are busy all the time.
And as if that weren’t bad enough,there’re the “one-off” friends who take up space on our WeChat friend list. A handy way to check how many one-off friends you have is to take a look at your chat history with them. Sometimes, you only sent the initial friend requests so you could invite them to a WeChat group or inform them of something for your boss. Yet still, as your friend count(好友数量) ever goes up, it can make you feel the need to post selfies and share details of your life in your Moments, just so you can stay up to date.
With WeChat , all our spare time is swallowed up by the constant torrent of messages and our attention keeps getting diverted by Moments and pop-up ads. So it’s time that we should do something to nip this problem in the bud.
1.What is most of WeChat users' reaction when receiving a mass of messages?
A.They are quite upset.
B.They think it’s unavoidable.
C.They break down.
D.They complain about Tencent.
2.Which of the following may make your boss angry according to Paragraph 2?
A.Enjoying a movie at the weekend.
B.Posting something in WeChat Moments.
C.Having a barbecue on vacation.
D.Ignoring the assignment he handed out when seeing it.
3.How can we decide who is the one-off friend on our WeChat friend list?
A.By checking if you sent the initial friend request.
B.By seeing if your boss asked you to inform him of something.
C.By having a look at your chat record.
D.By counting the number of your friends on the list.
4.What can be a suitable title for this text?
A.Is WeChat becoming a necessity in our life?
B.Are We What friend requests ruining your life?
C.Does your boss want to be your WeChat friend?
D.Is it better to have more WeChat friends?
2、Russian police have started a new attempt to get drivers to slow down at zebra crossings by having painted horses as zebras walk across on the busiest streets in some of the big cities in an attempt to improve road safety and raise awareness among Russia’s notoriously (臭名昭著地) careless drivers.
The light grey horses, painted with black stripes, carried signs on their backs reading: “Careful, children are on their way to school.” The police sent the “zebras” to several different locations in the Russian capital, where officials in orange vests walked them over zebra crossings and handed out leaflets (传单) to passing drivers.
Some held up rainbow-coloured umbrellas over the painted animals to protect them from the rain. Russian roads are notoriously dangerous and drivers still rarely take the initiative (主动采取措施) to avoid pedestrians. Nearly half of all traffic accidents in the country’s big cities are caused by cars hitting pedestrians, and a third of those occur on crossings, according to traffic police figures published last month.
In the first six months of this year, 378 people were killed and more than 6, 600 injured on pedestrian crossings in Russia, according to police. In Moscow alone, 43 people were killed, including two children.
Though police officials said that only safe paint would be used on the animals, animal rights activists still disagreed with the idea, accusing the police of “treating animals like garbage”.
“Children understand that paints are bad for animals,” the Interfax news agency quoted president of Vita animal rights group Irina Novozhilova as saying.
Let’s hope this part of the campaign is over and animals are left out of future attempts to raise pedestrians’ awareness.
1.Why do Moscow police have “zebras” walk across on the busiest streets?
A.To make a call on protecting animals.
B.To remind people zebras are in danger of extinction.
C.To tell people it is dangerous to cross streets.
D.To raise drivers’ awareness of road safety.
2.What does the underlined word “them” in paragraph 2 refer to?
A.The zebras.
B.The horses.
C.The policemen.
D.The drivers.
3.From the text we can learn that ________.
A.most Russian drivers have realized the seriousness of the problem
B.Russian drivers often ignore traffic lights
C.Russian drivers seldom give way to pedestrians
D.the driving skills of Russian drivers are bad
4.What do animal rights activists think of the new attempt?
A.Drivers must slow down at pedestrian crossings.
B.These animals are ill-treated by the police.
C.The paints used on the horses are safe.
D.Road safety should be improved.
5.Wh ich word can best describe the author’s attitude towards the campaign?
A.Critical.
B.Reserved.
C.Doubtful.
D.Positive.
3、The United States is observing Labor Day，a day set aside to honor U. S. workers and their contributions to the country's economy.
In the 1880’s，there was a push to recognize the U. S. worker，who back then was likely to be working at least 12 hours a day, six days a week, with a paltry salary. Even children as young as five were often part of a factory’s dingy landscape. Health care benefits were unheard of.
One by one, states drafted and passed legislation that set aside a day to honor the contributions of the common worker. On June 28，1884，Congress passed an act designating the first Monday in September of each year as Labor Day，making it a national holiday.
In recent years, labor unions have seen their membership dwindle with the growth of technology and the globalization of the world economy. However，the workers’ benefits unions fought for decades ago are now customary (习惯的）in most U. S. workplaces，including the eight-hour work day，five-day work weeks, health care insurance and vacations paid for by employers.
In keeping with the original intent of the holiday, some U. S. cities continue to stage parades honoring trade and labor unions，and hold festivities for the recreation and amusement of the workers and their families.
However, most workers in the U. S. have the day off and spend time with their families? gathering for backyard cookouts or trips to parks and beaches.
Labor Day has become known as the unofficial end of summer since schools usually reopened from summer vacation after Labor Day. But now，more and more schools are reopening in August.
1.In 1880’s，the U. S. workers might _________.
A.have improved their living condition a lot
B.not receive their rewards they deserved
C.be basically adults who were over 18 years old
D.have had well-organized health care benefits
2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word in Paragraph 4?
A.Increase.
B.Unite.
C.Rise.
D.Reduce.
3.Which of the following is NOT the benefits the benefit unions fight for the workers?
A.Eight-hour work day.
B.Five-day work weeks.
C.Unpaid vacations.
D.Health care insurance.
4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.In recent years, the workers’ benefits unions still work hard for workers.
B.The number of the labor unions has decreased a lot.
C.There are varieties of celebrations for workers in the cities of U. S.
D.Most of the workers love joining in the festival when they are available.
4、While many countries love their tea,UKcitizens are particularly proud of being “tea people”. The averageUKcitizen consumes nearly 2 kilograms of tea each year.
Tea only made its way toEnglandin large quantities in the first years of the 17th century. Tea fromChinaand a few other Asian countries was being sold more widely inEnglandat that time. Then tea was getting more and more popular among different social classes.
There are many varieties of tea. Black tea mixtures are still the most common type drunk in theUK. Black tea is dark in colour, because the leaves have been allowed to oxidize (氧化) before drying. This is why we usually serve it with milk, although it is not uncommon to drink it black or with lemon. You may still find tea made with loose tea leaves, served up in a pot, and poured into the best china cups with saucers (茶托) for visitors.
Tea is still a large part of daily life in theUKtoday, but it seems to be on the decrease. The amount of tea sold in the UK fell by more than 10% in the five years leading up to 2002, and has been dropping ever since. Tea sales fell by 6% in 2014 alone, and most restaurants report selling more than twice as many cups of coffee as they do tea. More than ￡1 billion was spent on coffee in high street stores in 2013, more than twice what was spent on tea bags.
Still, what goes around comes around; it’s sure to become fashionable again.
1.Which of the following is true according to the first three paragraphs?
A.Tea made its way to England in the early years of the 16th century.
B.The UK usually serves black tea with lemon.
C.Tea from China was being sold more widely in England now.
citizens take pride in being “tea people”.
2.What can we infer from the fourth paragraph?
A.Tea sales fell by 6% in 2014 alone.
B.Since 2002, the sales of tea has been on the decrease
C.In 2013, the money spent on tea was ￡3 billion
D.Most restaurant like selling tea than coffee.
3.What does the underlined sentence mean in the last paragraph?
A.It can never succeed again
B.The tea can become popular again
C.Coffee is more popular than tea
D.The tea is becoming less popular
4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A.To introduce tea in the UK
B.To show the author’s preference for tea
C.To introduce the functions of tea
D.To compare tea in China and UK
5、Recently a creative advertisement displaying the deep love between an overseas student and his parents has stirred up a debate on Chinese social media, with many criticizing China’s younger generation of being spoiled and too dependent.
In the ad, which was created by Chins Merchants Bank to promote its credit card for overseas students, a Chinese student named Lan overcomes the initial “fresh-off-the-boat” feeling and starts to make friends with local American students. Deciding to make some stir-fried tomatoes and eggs, a popular Chinese dish, to impress his foreign friends, Lan asks his parents in China for help. Despite the 12-hour time difference, the parents wake up at 4 am to make a how-to-video for their son.
The ad has been viewed over 1.2 million times since it was posted online on Thursday, and has received mixed reactions from Chinese netizens.
Some called it a heart-wrenching demonstration of parental love, sharing their own moving moments with their parents.
“When I studied abroad, my mother also taugh t me how to cook delicious dishes over the Internet, so that I would not starve and could enjoy my life in a foreign country, “wrote a netizen on Sina Weibo, adding that the ad brought her to tears.
Others showed a different opinion, criticizing the parents for spoiling the boy.
"Chinese parents spoil their children. I think it’s heartless and not touching to wake your parents up in the middle of the night just to satisfy your vanity to impress others. Such parental love would only destroy a child, rather than make him/her independent,” wrote a netizen.
"I think the boy is dumb to ask his parents for help, as a casual online search of the recipe can offer at least 6 million results. Spoiling your child is not love, it’s called connivance(纵容),” noted another netizen.
1.What does the creative advertisement lead to on Chinese social media?
A.A great economic interest.
B.A great increase in credit card sales.
C.A hot topic on social morality.
D.A heated debate on Chinese family education.
2.According to paragraph 2, Lan called his parent at ________ in American time.
A.8:00 am
B.20:00 pm
C.16:00 pm
D.4:00 am
3.What is the first netizen’s attitude towards the story in the ad on Sina Weibo?
A.Ambiguous.
B.Negative.
C.Neutral.
D.Sympathetic.
4.What’s the best title o f the text?
A.Controversial Ad Draws Mixed Reaction from Chinese Public.
B.How to Make a Popular Chinese Dish.
C.The Current Situation of Chinese Netizens.
D.Arguments on China’s Advertisement Business.
6、Something happens to many children when they are out of school over the summer months.It is called the“summer slide”.It is when children forget much of what they learned during the latest school year.
To fight its effects,students have to do much homework over the summer and parents may send children to camp or find other activities to keep them learning.However,experts say keeping children busy all the time is not good for them.
Lea Waters,an expert on human behavior,says slowing down actually helps children become the best they can be.“It’s a little bit l ike,if you have too many programs running on your computer,your computer starts to slow down.When you shut down those programs,your computer speeds up again.”
Machines need to be reset,while kids need to goof off.“What I mean by goofing off is really allow ing kids to have some downtime,where they’re not focused on a
specific task,they just do what they’re interested in.”She adds,“It not just decides what information to put into memory or get rid of.It’s also an essential network to develop emotional intelli gence,to improve the memory…”
Parents often mean well by wanting to keep their child busy.But the result is often a tired child with an overcrowded schedule,which means the opposite effect the parents are hoping for.“If you’re constantly on task in the end it doesn’t help to build up strength as effectively as you might think.”Lea Waters says she hopes parents will accept the fact that children don’t have to be busy all the time.
1.Who might be the intended readers of this passage?
A.Children.
B.Parents.
C.Teachers.
D.Researchers.
2.What do the underlined words“goof off”in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A.Have off hours.
B.Wander around.
C.Hold on.
D.Speed up.
3.How do students usually deal with summer slide?
A.Doing what interests them.
B.Going sightseeing for relaxation.
C.Focusing on a specific learning task.
D.Helping with housework.
4.What does Lea Waters think of parents keeping children busy over the summer?
A.It is a good way to fight summer slide effect.
B.It will help their children to focus on a specific task.
C.It develops their children’s emotional intelligence.
D.It will not work out effectively as expected.
答案
1、1.A; 2.D; 3.C; 4.B
解析：
1.细节理解题。

根据文章第一段“more than 80 percent of WeChat users report feeling stressed or anxious when they receive a large n umber of messages” 可知,超过80%的用户收到大量信息时都感到焦虑不安,因此A选项正确,upset 与原句中表述意义相近。

2.推理判断题。

根据文章第二段“Not to post something in WeChat Moments before replying to your boss first!不要在回复老板信息之前发朋友圈! ”可老板会对无视他分配的任务这种行为感到生气,答案为D。

3.细节理解题。

由倒数第二段“A handy way to check how many one-off friends you have is take a look at your chat history with them."可知,辨别一次性好友最简单的方式就是看看和他们的聊天记录,故C选项正确。

4.主旨大意题。

本文从人们见面请求加微信开始,论述了微信给生活带来的各种不利影响。

B 项最符合文章大意,因此选B。

2、1.D; 2.B; 3.C; 4.B; 5.A
解析：
1.细节理解题。

根据第一段中的“Russia police have started a new attempt to ge t drivers to slow down at zebra crossings by having painted horses as zebras walk across on the busiest streets in some of the big cities in an attempt to improve road safety and raise awareness among Russia's notoriously careless drivers.”可知,俄罗斯警方开始了一项新的尝试,试图让司机在斑马线上放慢车速。

在一些大城市,他们让“斑
马”(被画上条纹的马)在商业街上走来走去,试图改善道路安全,提高素以粗心大意著称的俄罗斯司机的认识。

故D选项正确。

2.词义猜测题。

根据该段内容可知,浅灰色的马身上被画上黑色条纹。

警方将这些“斑马”送到俄罗斯首都不同的地方。

在这些地方,身穿橘色衣服的警官们领着它们穿过斑马线,同时给过往行人发传单。

很明显,them指的是被画上斑马条纹的马,而非真正的斑马。

故B选项正确。

3.细节理解题。

根据第三段中的“Russian roads are notorio usly dangerous and drivers still rarely take the initiative to avoid pedestrians. ”可知,俄罗斯的道路很危险,司机们仍然很少主动避让行人。

由此可知,司机们很少给行人让路。

故C选项正确。

4.细节理解题。

根据第五段中的“animal rights activists still disagreed with the idea, accusing the police of “treating animals like garbage”可知,动物权利保护主义者不同意这种做法,指责警方将动物当作垃圾来对待,即:动物们受到了虐待。

故B选项正确。

5.观点态度题。

倒数第二和第三段主要介绍了动物权利保护主义者对警方这一做法的态度。

他们认为这是在虐待动物。

根据最后一段“Let’s hope this part of the campaign is over and animals are left out of future attempts to raise pedestrians’ awareness.”可知,作者希望这部分运动已经结束,动物被排除在未来提高行人意识的努力之外。

即:作者也不赞成这种做法,希望不要用动物来提高行人意识。

故作者对此的态度是批评的。

A选项
正确。

3、1-4:BDCD
解析：
1.B推理判断题。

【关键句】 Even children as young as five were often part of a factory's dingy landscape. Health care benefits were unheard of.(第二段最后两句)
译文：甚至五岁的儿童都经常在肮脏恶劣的工厂里工作。

医疗保健福利闻所
未闻。

【解题思路】根据关键句和第二段可推知，19世纪80年代的美国工人们没有
得到他们应得的报酬。

故选B。

2.D词义猜测题。

【关键句】 However，the workers' benefits unions fought for decades ago are now customary (习惯的）（第四段第一句）
译i:然而，儿十年前工会为工人争取的福利现在已经成为惯例……
【解题思路】根据关键句可推知，画线词所在句与关键句之间是转折关系，
表示随着技术的发展和世界经济的全球化，美国工会的成员人数在减少。

dwindle应意为“减少”，与D项意思相近。

故选D。

3.C细节理解题。

【关键句】... including the eight-hour work day，five-day work weeks, health care insurance and vacations paid for by employers.(第四段最后一句）
译文：包括八小时工作口、每周工作五天、健康医疗保险以及带薪休假。

【解题思路】根据关键句吋知，美国工会为工人争取的福利是带薪休假，不
是无薪休假。

故选C。

4.D细节理解题。

【关键句】However, most workers in the U.S. have the day off and spend time with their families. .. (倒数第二段）
译文：但是，美闰的大多数工人在休假这一天与家人共度时光
【解题思路】根据关键句可知，大多数工人在休假时更愿意和家人一起度过，而不是参加节日活动，D项与原文不符。

故选D。

4、1.D; 2.B; 3.B; 4.A
解析：【1题详解】
细节理解题。

由文章第一段“While many coun tries love their tea, UK citizens are particularly proud of being “tea people”.”可知，尽管很多国家都喜欢他们自己的茶，但是英国人作为“tea people”而感到非常地自豪。

故选D。

【2题详解】
推理判断题。

由文章第四段“The amount of tea sold in the UK fell by more than 10% in the five years leading up to 2002, and has bee n dropping ever since.”可知，从2002年开始茶叶的销量已经开始逐渐下降，故选B。

【3题详解】
猜测词义题。

由文章最后一段“Still, what goes around comes around; it’s sure to become fashionable again.”可知，下划线后面是分号，分号在句子中的功能相当于同义句改写，确定的是茶叶能够再次流行起来。

故选B。

【4题详解】
推理判断题。

通过全文内容可知，尽管目前茶叶的销量不如从前，但是确定会再流行起来，故选A。

5、1.D; 2.C; 3.D; 4.A
解析：
这篇文章主要讲了一个创意性广告在中国的社交媒体引起了一场关于中国家庭教育的热烈的争论。

1. 细节理解题。

由Recently a creative advertisement displaying the deep love between an overseas student and his parents has stirred up a debate on Chinese social media,可知这个创意性广告在中国的社交媒体引起了一场关于中国家庭教育的热烈的争论,选D。

2. 计算题。

由Despite the 12-hour time difference, the parents wake up at 4 am to make a how-to-video for their son.可知他的父母凌晨四点钟醒来,美国和中国有十二个小时的时差,所以Lan给他们父母打电话的时间是美国时间下午四点,选C。

3. 推理判断题。

由“When I studied abroad, my mother also taught me how to cook delicious dishes over the Internet, so that I would not starve and could enjoy my life in a foreign country, “wrote a netizen on Sina Weibo, adding that the ad brought her to tears.可推断出第一个网民对广告中的故事持共鸣态度,选D。

4. 主旨大意题。

由Recently a creative advertisement displaying the deep love between an overseas student and his parents has stirred up a debate on Chinese social media, with many criticizing China’s younger generation of being spoiled and too dependent.可知这篇文章主要讲了一个创意性广告在中国的社交媒体引起了一场关于中国家庭教育的热烈的争论,选A。

6、1.B; 2.A; 3.C; 4.D
解析：1.根据本文最后一段可知作者借用lea waters的话希望家长们不要老让孩子们忙碌,能让孩子们在假期中放松
2.根据下文What I mean by goofing off可知,让孩子们有一些休息时间做自己喜欢的事情。

3.根据第二段第一句内容和第四段内容引语内容可知学生在暑假通常做与学习有关的具体事情
4.纵观全文可知lea waters对家长们的做法持有反对态度。

根据第二段和最后一段我们可以推断处lea waters认为家长们让孩子们忙忙碌碌的方法获取得适得其反的效果。