2020版高考英语二轮复习限时规范训练十八阅读板块--练速度

限时规范训练(十八)　阅读板块——练速度
(满分40分，限时35分钟)
对应学生用书(单独成册)第142页
Ⅰ.阅读理解(30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A
Casting Call for TV Role
Gender: Female
Location: Hollywood, California
Genre: TV Serials
Producer: Cooper & Cole Productions
Full details
Who we are looking for：
Are you a woman between the ages of 20 and 30? Have you had at least two years of experience as a professional actress? Would you like to appear on a TV show watched by hundreds of thousands of viewers? If you answered yes to all of these questions, this could be a great opportunity.
About the role：
Cooper & Cole Productions is looking for someone to
play a role in the popular series, The Mystery of
Glastonbury Grove. After two successful seasons, the show
is about to start production of the third season. The new
season will introduce a number of new characters to the
show. The role we are currently seeking to fill is a main
character's distant relative. The character will appear
in three episodes(剧集) out of the eight in the new
season. This is a silent role.
How to apply：
If you think you meet the requirements and are
interested in working with us, please submit the
following information to coopandcole@ no later
than October 12.
Name： Email：
Phone: Age：
Height: Weight：
Your work(s): (Please attach the VIDEO/LINK.)
**Attach several recent photos of yourself.
Auditions (试镜) will be held at our Hollywood office at 8：00 a．m.on Saturday, October 21. If you are selected for an audition, we will contact you by October 16.
[语篇解读]　本文是一篇应用文。

文章是一家电视制作公司发出的招聘女演员的广告。

1．Who might be an ideal applicant for the TV role?
A．A schoolgirl having a gift for performing.
B．An experienced actor proud of what he did.
C．A famous person eager for a role in movies.
D．A 29­year­old actress acting in many films.
解析：细节理解题。

根据文中Who we are looking for部分中对申请者的要求可知，该公司需要一位年龄在20到30岁之间，有至少两年表演经验的女演员，且根据Genre: TV Serials可知，这是一个电视剧中的角色，故正确答案为D。

答案：D
2．What can we learn about the new role?
A．It will not have any dialogue.
B．It will exist in the second season.
C．It will appear in at least 8 episodes.
D．It will be the wife of a main character.
解析：细节理解题。

根据About the role中的“This is a silent role.”可知，该角色没有台词，不会有对话。

答案：A
3．What should applicants submit?
A．The address.
B．Previous works.
C．Recent family photos.
D．A recommendation letter.
解析：细节理解题。

根据How to apply中的Your work(s)：(Please attach the VIDEO/LINK.)可知，提交的申请信息中应该附有参演过的作品视频或者链接。

答案：B
B
I was privileged to be on vacation for the last two weeks with my husband and two of our children. We stayed in two different hotels and had two very different experiences.
In the first hotel, the staff went about their duties in a perfunctory (敷衍的) fashion; they did exactly what they had to, no more and no less. They weren't rude but neither were they friendly. When asked about good walking trails (小路) in the area, they immediately said they didn't know. Yet it turned out that following the main road from the hotel's front driveway took us straight onto a very popular and beautiful trail!
Our second experience could not have been more different. The staff not only offered advice about best sites, best means of transportation and even where to get gas, but behaved very friendly as well. We were greeted like long­lost friends when we walked back in at the end of a long day. I felt the obvious difference that concern could make, especially when we were away from home in unfamiliar surroundings. The first made us feel alienated,_the second comfortable.
We can be like the staff in the first hotel—doing what's necessary to get by, doing things without sincerity and fulfilling the letter of our responsibilities. We'll still get rewarded but we will be missing goodness. If we can be like the staff in the second hotel, we will get the pleasure of performing kindness, and that joy will deepen our relationship with the others who recognize our genuine care and concern. Putting in the effort of doing our best, we get a much greater experience in this world.
It was a wonderful vacation. Each location offered different opportunities for appreciating the beauty of nature. We enjoyed the lakes, mountains and historic cities. But we learned something beyond dates, facts and figures. We witnessed first­hand the difference between doing the bare minimum and investing (投入) your all in everything you do. It helped shape our perspective (看法) and our actions for the upcoming year.
[语篇解读]　本文是一篇记叙文。

作者一家外出旅游，住过两家旅馆，但这两家旅馆的
员工服务态度大不相同。

作者对此有所感悟。

4．What was the attitude of the staff in the first hotel?
A．They were nice and considerate.
B．They were careless and rude.
C．They were kind and friendly.
D．They were cold and distant.
解析：细节理解题。

根据第二段的内容可知，第一家旅馆的员工工作态度很敷衍，他们完成自己的工作，不多做也不少做，不粗鲁但也不友好，非常冷漠。

答案：D
5．Which of the following can replace the underlined word “alienated” in paragraph 3?
A．bored B．alone
C．nervous D．dissatisfied
解析：词义猜测题。

根据第二段和第三段的内容可知，两家旅馆的工作人员在态度上大有不同。

第一家的员工冷漠，即使是一件小事，也不愿意提供帮助，而第二家旅馆的员工像对待朋友一样关心他们，作者说他们的关心能带来很不一样的感觉，尤其当他们远离家，来到一个陌生的地方时。

所以，第一家旅馆的员工让人觉得被疏远、孤立，而第二家旅馆的员工让人感到很舒服。

答案：B
6．What does the author advise us to do?
A．Figure out our duties.
B．Do what's necessary to get by.
C．Put in our wholehearted effort.
D．Communicate with others to get joy.
解析：细节理解题。

根据第四段中的“we will get the pleasure of performing kindness, and that joy will deepen our relationship with the others who recognize our genuine care and concern. Putting in the effort of doing our best, we get a much greater experience in this world”以及最后一段中的“We witnessed first­hand the difference between doing the bare minimum and investing your all in everything you do.”可知，作者认为我们应像第二家旅馆的员工一样，全身心投入，真诚对待他人。

答案：C
7．What's the true meaning of their journey according to the author?
A．Changing herself for the better.
B．Experiencing different hotels.
C．Appreciating beautiful scenery.
D．Getting chances to make friends.
解析：细节理解题。

根据最后一段中的“It helped shape our perspective and our actions for the upcoming year.”可知，旅行中作者不仅欣赏了美景，而且懂得了只做最少和全情投入之间的差别，这让她形成了新的观点并约束她的行为，这才是这次旅行真正的收获。

答案：A
C
Back in 1988, Red Delicious made up 70 to 80 percent of the domestic apple market. Over the years, farmers sold a lot of them because they looked great. But they had a floury texture (口感), and people want an apple that's firm, crisp and juicy. I started searching for the one. By 1994, threatened by varieties from Japan and New Zealand, the U．S. apple industry and Washington State University agreed that we had to grow our own.
First，we cross­pollinated (为异花授粉) existing apples: Collect pollen from one flower, put it on the tip of a pencil eraser, and rub it into another. We crossed dozens of crisp, tasty varieties such as Gala, Fuji, and Pink Lady. But the best breed came out of Honeycrisp and Enterprise parents. The crossbred seeds grew into 5­foot trees, and we grafted those onto rootstocks (根茎) to make them start producing quickly, and planted them in evaluation gardens. A few years later, they fruited—and we began tasting.
So I would walk down long rows of hundreds and thousands of trees, and when I found an attractive fruit, I'd bite, chew, and spit it out. Most were terrible, but when I found one with good texture and taste, I'd pick 10 or 20 or them. Then I put them in cold storage to see how they would hold up after a few months. After that, three or four researchers sat down and tasted every apple. We checked acidity and sugar levels, which can change over time, and tested firmness and crispness using instruments that measure pressure and cell breakdown.
When we found exactly what we wanted，we planted and tested them all over again. Eventually, we ended up with Cosmic Crisp. It can spend nine to twelve months in storage, and stay crisp, firm, juicy and sweet.
[语篇解读]　本文是一篇说明文。

主要介绍了美国最新研制的苹果品种“宇宙脆”的研
究开发过程，并介绍了这种苹果的特色。

8．What does the author mainly tell us?
A．Why Red Delicious sells best.
B．How apples with a good texture are grown.
C．Why apples cross­pollinated taste nice.
D．How a new variety of apple comes into being.
解析：主旨大意题。

通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了美国最新研制的苹果品种“宇宙脆”的研究开发的过程，故D项最能概括文意。

答案：D
9．How do the researchers grow Cosmic Crisp?
A．By testing acidity and sugar levels.
B．By crossbreeding with good varieties.
C．By selecting fine fruits.
D．By evaluating the quality.
解析：细节理解题。

根据第二段第一、二句“First, we cross­pollinated existing apples: Collect pollen from one flower, put it on the tip of a pencil eraser, and rub it into another. We crossed dozens of crisp, tasty varieties such as Gala, Fuji, and Pink Lady.”可知，我们对现存的苹果品种进行异花授粉，然后使很多鲜脆、美味的品种杂交；结合第二段第四句“The crossbred seeds grew into 5­foot trees，and we grafted those onto rootstocks to make them start producing quickly, and planted them in evaluation gardens.”可知，人们把这些杂交种子培育成5英尺高的树，然后将其嫁接到根茎上使其迅速地开始生长，故B项正确。

答案：B
10．Which is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “grafted” in paragraph 2?
A．Applied. B．Rubbed.
C．Attached. D．Changed.
解析：词义猜测题。

根据第二段第四句“The crossbred seeds grew into 5­foot trees, and we grafted those onto rootstocks to make them start producing quickly, and planted them in evaluation gardens.”可知，人们把这些杂交种子培育成5英尺高的树，然后将它们嫁接到根茎上，让它们迅速地开始生长。

据此可知，画线词意为“嫁接”，C项“附上，固定”与其意思相近，故C项正确。

答案：C
11．What can we learn from the text?
A．The apple seeds cross­pollinated take a few years to grow.
B．Cosmic Crisp has a longer storage life and better quality.
C．Cosmic Crisp is mainly bred from Gala and Fuji.
D．The quality of apples lies in its acidity and sugar levels.
解析：推理判断题。

根据文章最后一句“It can spend nine to twelve months in storage, and stay crisp, firm, juicy and sweet.”可知，该品种的苹果可以储存9到12个月，并仍然保持酥脆、结实、多汁和味甜。

据此可推知，这种苹果的保质期更长、质量更佳，故B项正确。

答案：B
D
Imagine a life without a constant sense that you're running behind.Imagine not wishing for more hours in the day. We haven't always been this crazy with time. In fact, before the Industrial Revolution, people had jobs to do, and they did them at the natural time. However, the factories of the Industrial Revolution needed to have hundreds of people work at the same time. Businesses introduced clock time to their workforces.
Today, we don't need time discipline upon us—we do it ourselves because we're so busy. Time management, we believe, is the solution to our busyness. However, that works only in a finite (限定的) world. In our infinite world, when we complete more tasks, more take their places—send more e­mails, and get more replies. If we do more as a result of better managing our time, we just become busier.
Besides, as we seek to make full use of our time, we slice it into smaller parts. But when we spread our attention across many mini activities, we prevent ourselves from engaging deeply. We maintain a state of chaotic (混乱的) mental activity that is the opposite of the ideal psychological state, where attention is allowed to sink into an activity without distraction (分心). Think about your past few weeks. All the moments you had of real happiness came when you focused your attention on the moments.
You may still think that you'd be willing to feel busier and less happy as long as you could be effective. Actually, effectiveness comes from prioritization and achievement. When we prioritize well, we choose to do the right things. Yet strong time awareness makes us prioritize the urgent and immediate rather than the important. Time pressure also lowers our ability to
achieve. Research has shown that increased focus on time reduces our problem­solving abilities and our ability to give out imaginative solutions. It is true we will be able to do more things if we focus on managing our time, but we need more thinking, creativity and problem­solving skills.
[语篇解读]　本文是一篇议论文。

在当今社会，我们缺的不是时间，而是专注力。

12．What was needed for the workers during the Industrial Revolution?
A．Time awareness.
B．Devotion to their work.
C．Experience of managing.
D．Willingness to observe rules.
解析：细节理解题。

根据第一段中的“However, the factories of the Industrial Revolution needed to have hundreds of people work at the same time. Businesses introduced clock time to their workforces.”可知，工业革命时的工人要有时间意识，因为他们要同时开工。

答案：A
13．What leads to our busyness in the infinite world according to the text?
A．Unimportant tasks.
B．Constant distractions.
C．Desire for good results.
D．Effective time management.
解析：细节理解题。

根据第二段中的“If we do more as a result of better managing our time, we just become busier.”可知，如今我们时间管理做得越好反而越忙。

答案：D
14．What's the key message of the third paragraph?
A．Those who work more will get less.
B．Mental activities limit our imagination.
C．What we need now is attention, not time.
D．Being productive means more personal time.
解析：段落大意题。

第三段内容旨在告诉我们时间管理只会让我们的心理状态混乱，我们需要的其实应该是专注。

答案：C
15．What does the underlined word “prioritization” probably mean?
A．Reaching one's full potential.
B．Feeling calm in the urgent situations.
C．Bringing a sense of accomplishment.
D．Dealing with things in order of importance.
解析：词义猜测题。

根据该词后面的“When we prioritize well, we choose to do the right things. Yet strong time awareness makes us prioritize the urgent and immediate rather than the important.”可知，prioritization指按重要程度优先处理事情。

答案：D
Ⅱ.阅读七选五(10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

If you're a gamer who's constantly glued to your phone, it could be time to ask for medical help.
On June 18, 2018, the World Health Organization(WHO) officially listed “gaming disorder” as a mental health condition. 16　
“Video games are like a non­financial kind of gambling (赌博) from a psychological point of view，” Mark Griffiths, a professor from Nottingham Trent University in the UK, told the Associated Press (AP). “Gamblers use money as a way of keeping score, while gamers use points.”
　17　“People need to understand this doesn't mean every child who spends hours in their room playing games is an addict, otherwise doctors are going to be flooded with requests for help，” Joan Harvey, a spokeswoman for the British Psychological Society, told AP.
　18　For example, a 21­year­old Chinese woman surnamed Wu in Guangdong Province went blind in one eye after playing the mobile game for a whole day. “On days when I have no work, I usually get up at 6 am, eat breakfast and play until 4 pm，” she told the South China Morning Post. “Then I'll eat something, have a nap (小睡) and play until 1 am.”
Wu isn't alone. According to a study published by China Youth Daily, about one in five young Chinese people play online video games for at least four to five hours per day. 19　In April 2018, the Ministry of Education issued a notice asking Chinese schools and parents to prevent students from becoming addicted to the Internet and games.
Other countries have also taken action. 20　Meanwhile, in Japan, some
mobile phones have a special mode for children that lets their parents control what games they can download and how long they can play.
A．This means it's now on the same list as other mental illnesses.
B．Thankfully, measures have been taken to deal with the problem.
C．We often see people around us playing games on their mobile phones.
D．In South Korea, children are forbidden to play video games after midnight.
E．WHO's main work is to improve the mental health of individuals and society.
F．But if you lose control over your gaming habits, you'll face serious problems.
G．However, it doesn't matter if you play your favorite game now and then.
[语篇解读]　世界卫生组织官方地把“游戏障碍”列为一种心理健康疾病。

许多国家采取行动来阻止孩子沉迷于网络游戏。

16．解析：空处上文是说世界卫生组织官方地把“游戏障碍”列为一种心理健康疾病。

A项“这意味着它现在和其他心理疾病在同一个清单上”衔接上文。

故选A项。

A项中的“list”也是提示。

答案：A
17．解析：空处上文界定了赌徒和游戏玩家的概念，空处下文是说这并非意味着在自己房间花几小时玩游戏的孩子是有瘾的。

故G项符合语境，衔接上下文。

答案：G
18．解析：空后举例说明了不加控制而长时间打游戏引发的问题，故F项符合语境。

答案：F
19．解析：根据空前的“...about one in five young Chinese people play online video games for at least four to five hours per day.”可知，中国五分之一的年轻人每天至少玩四到五个小时的电子游戏。

空后一句讲到教育部发布通知，要求家长和学校共同防止学生沉溺于网络和游戏。

据此可推知，针对这一问题已经采取措施了。

故选B项。

答案：B
20．解析：根据本段第一句“Other countries have also taken action.”可知，其他国家也已经采取行动了。

再结合空后一句“Meanwhile, in Japan, some mobile phones...they can play.”可推知，空处也应涉及一个国家采取的措施，故选D项。

答案：D。