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高考提能练(四十五) Module 3 Foreign FoodⅠ.阅读理解A[2019·福州市质量检测]Steve Brosnihan is the “resident cartoonist” at the Children's Hospital, who wanders from room to room drawing and chatting and doing whatever else he can think of to cheer up the sick children. During one visit, he was saying good night to a teenage patient when he had a bright idea.Steve told the teenager to look out of the window after he left. Outside, Steve flickered (闪烁) his bike light up toward the hospital. To his surprise, the teen responded, flickering his own room lights right back.Every night after that, Steve flickered his light, and more and more kids flickered back. When he mentioned it to a friend working at a restaurant, the owner said he wanted in too. He started to flicker the restaurant sign for one minute every night at 8：30. Soon enough, the customers started joining in with flashlights and cell phones. Almost by accident, a simple action was changing into a powerful connection between local people and sick children.Now more than 20 groups are on board for the 8：30 p．m. flicker. Every Wednesday night, police officers line up their cars and flash them. Even boats on the river join in to give their bright good­n ight wave to kids who are going through frightening situations and sleeping in a strange place.“It is all I look forward to basically all day，” says Abigail Waldron, aged ten. “It just shows you that somebody is helping you through your whole experience i n the hospital.”“It would be very hard not to do this，” says Steve，“once you start.” The most powerful of all, he adds, comes from the families of children who have died. They continue to return to the hospital to flicker a light outside in support of children who are still patients.体裁：记叙文题材：帮助他人主题：在医院外闪烁车灯使病中的孩子振作【解题导语】本文主要讲述了Steve Brosnihan在儿童医院外向医院闪烁车灯使生病的孩子振作起来的故事，后来更多的人参与到闪烁灯光的活动中。

【难句分析】Steve Brosnihan is the“resident cartoonist”at the Children's Hospital，who wanders from room to room drawing and chatting and doing whatever else he can think of to cheer up the sick children.分析：这是一个复合句。

who引导非限制性定语从句，指代Steve Brosnihan并在从句中充当主语；drawing and chatting and doing whatever else he can think of to cheer up the sick children为伴随状语；whatever引导宾语从句；to cheer up the sick children 为目的状语。

译文：Steve Brosnihan是儿童医院里的“住院漫画家”，为了使生病的孩子高兴起来，他从一个房间走到另一个房间，画画、聊天，竭尽所能帮助孩子们振作。

1．Why did Steve Brosnihan flicker his bike light?A．To get light for the hospital.B．To comfort a teenage patient.C．To inform the patients of his leaving.D．To expect a response from a teenager.答案与解析：B 考查推理判断。

根据第一段中的“Steve Brosnihan is the‘resident cartoonist’at the Children's Hospital，who wanders from room to room drawing and chatting and doing whatever else he can think of to cheer up the sick childr en”和最后一段中的“They continue to return to the hospital to flicker a light outsidein support of children who are still patients”可以推知，Steve Brosnihan在医院外闪烁车灯是为了使生病的孩子高兴起来，是为了安慰生病的孩子，故选B项。

2．What does the last sentence in Para. 3 mean?A．A small action can make a difference.B．Actions speak louder than words.C．Love makes the world go round.D．Great minds think alike.答案与解析：A 考查句意理解。

句子的字面意思是：几乎是偶然间，一个简单的动作正在变为当地人和生病的孩子们之间的强有力的纽带。

再根据本段中提到的Steve Brosnihan 把自己所做的事告诉朋友后带来的影响可以推出A选项(一个小小的动作可以产生影响)符合文意。

3．What can we learn from Waldron's words?A．He likes to flicker lights.B．He is frightened of treatment.C．He gets warmth from the lights.D．He likes the boat light.答案与解析：C 考查推理判断。

Waldron所说的话的意思是基本上来讲这是“我”一整天所期待的，那表明有人正在帮你度过你在医院那段难熬的时间；根据上下文可知，闪烁灯光这件事是为了使生病而住院的孩子们高兴起来，Waldron表达的意思是闪烁灯光这件事对生病的他来说，是有所期待的，使自己感到受了帮助，得到了温暖，故答案为C选项。

4．Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A．Treatment for Sick ChildrenB．A Warmhearted CartoonistC．The Powerful LightsD．Lights Flickering in the Hospital答案与解析：C 考查标题判断。

纵观整篇文章可知，Steve Brosnihan偶然有一个在医院外向医院闪烁车灯以使生病的孩子高兴起来的想法，之后在实施该想法的过程中，得到越来越多生病的孩子的回应，并且后来，更多的人参与到该活动中；再根据最后两段内容可知，这个行为影响很大，C选项能够突出主题，故选C。

B[2019·湖南长郡中学检测]We talk about people being “colour­blind” but very few of us are. Even those who describe themselves as colour­blind are normally just colour deficient. A strongly colour­blind person will still be able to tell 20 different colours, compared to the 100 or so that normal­sighted people see.Pingelap, a tiny island in the Pacific, is a beautiful spot but one that has a genetic trouble. It is known as Colour­blind Island because so many people who live on this remote island can only see in black and white.Not being able to see in colour is bad enough. But one islander, Herrol, who's a fisherman, also struggles in ful l sunlight because all he sees is a painful burnt­out image. “I find it difficult to go outside in the sun，” he says，“because when it's sunny I cannot see to do my work.”But if being truly colour­blind is rare, why is it that around 10% of the population of Pingelap live in a totally black and white world?Well, we know that in 1780 the population of Pingelap was all but wiped out by a tsunami (海啸). As few as 20 people survived, one of whom was the king. It's believed that he had a genetic fault that cause s colour­blindness and he passed this fault on to his many generations.There is one advantage. Herrol can see well, really well, in the dark. So when it gets dark, Herrol and his friends get in their boats and hunt flying fish. They hang up flaming torche s and the flying fish are attracted to the flames. “This type of fishing is fun，” Herrol says, “especially if we catch plenty. So even thoughit's hard work we enjoy it.”体裁：说明文题材：奇闻趣事主题：色盲岛【语篇解读】本文主要介绍了色盲岛——Pingelap岛，以及该岛上居民色盲的原因、情况等。