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2019_2020学年高中英语阅读强化训练(十六)牛津译林版选修8

阅读强化训练(十六)(建议用时：25分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解Don Quixote，the classic by Spanish Renaissance writer Cervantes，has inspired literary movements from the 18thcentury picaresque novels to the most special works of the 21stcentury postmodernism and has pr ovided the power for critical works by everyone from Thackeray to Ortegay Gasset.Shakespeare paid Cervantes(his contemporary) the rare compliment of using Quixote as source material for one of his later plays，Cardenio.The concept of the novel is simple：Alonso Quijano，a landowner from La Mancha，is attracted by the books about knights(骑士)．Driven mad by the special plots，characters and philosophy in these 17thcentury novels，Quijano decides to bring dignity back to the lost profession of knight under the name Don Quixote.He carries a sword，a suit of armor(盔甲) and a horse，and sets out into Spain.The first few scenes involve Quixote alone against the world，meeting various people，but before a hundred pages Cervantes introduced Sancho Panza，Quixote’s talkative squire(侍从)．In the endless discussions，Quixote’s crazy conception of the world is brought crashing to earth by Sanc ho’s practical ideas.The reader faces，at the same moment，an ideal view of the world and the cruel facts of the actual world.Quixote’s insistenc e on his own reality in the face of arguments to the contrary makes him an interesting character because we know that Quixote is just wrong.Yet，despite all of the pain he suffers in pursuit of that wrong，he continues to believe that he’s right.So we read on page after page，waiting to see how much more the man who considers himself a knight is able to take before he gives in.Just as Quixote builds his castles from criminal campfires，we build our understanding of Cervantes’ Spain，which was so cruelly real and so dreamlike.We，like Don Quixote，are driven to hallucinate(产生幻觉) by what might be，in the end，just a very good story.【解题导语】本文主要介绍了西班牙文艺复兴代表作家塞万提斯的著作《堂吉诃德》。

高中英语阅读强化训练(一)牛津译林版选修8

阅读强化训练(一）（建议用时：15分钟）错误!阅读理解Prince Henry was born on June 28th in Greenwich。

Unlikehis sickly older brother Arthur，Henry was a healthy andathletic boy。

He loved to play sports and ride horses。

However,it was Arthur who，as the oldest son,was beingraised to be king。

Henry was being raised to enter the church。

He received an excellent education and learned how to speak Latin，French,Spanish，and Greek。

When Henry was ten years old,his life was greatly changed。

His older brother Arthur died and Henry was named the crown prince(皇储）．He would be the next king of England。

In 1509，when Henry was seventeen years old,his father Henry Ⅶ died。

Henry decided at that point to marry his brother's former wife,Catherine.They quickly married and then were crowned king and queen of England。

Catherine only gave birth to one healthy baby，Princess Mary.Henry became worried that he would never have a male heir（继承人）．Later，he fell in love with another woman，Anne Boleyn。

牛津译林版高中英语选修八《M8Test7》练习题.docx

高中英语学习材料***鼎尚图文理制作***For many people，toilets are not a pleasant topic.__1__ for Singaporean businessman Jack Sim.He __2__ the World Toilet Organization to __3__ the health problems that poor sanitation(卫生) is __4__ in many parts of the world.Toilets are Jack Sim’s __5__.The 50－year－old Singaporean __6__ his job in the construction business six years ago to found the World Toilet Organization.It may __7__ like a joke，but the organization __8__ serious issues.Sim says more than 40 per cent of the world’s population lacks __9__ to proper toilets.The goal of his organization is to make clean，safe and affordable sanitation __10__ to everyone.Sim says the first step in __11__ change is to talk openly about toilets—a taboo subject for many people.“__12__，toilets do not improve because people do not want to talk about it，and the reason they don’t talk about it is that __13__ they are children，their parents taught them that if they want to be __14__ for the rest of their life，don’t ever admit that they have a(n)__15__ with the toilet—and that is really wrong，” he says.The organization __16__ a World Toilet College in Singapore.Students from different __17__ such as architects or development workers，can choose among courses __18__ from toilet design to sanitation.Sim says one of the organization’s most important tasks is to train people in rural areas to build toilets themselves.He says he __19__ the use of toilets by making them into a status __20__.Sim says his organization will soon open a second toilet college，in the Indonesian province of Aceh.1．A.What if B．The sameC．No wonder D．Not so2．A.joined B．devotedC．founded D．observed3．A.draw attention to B．take interest inC．make notes of D．get an itch for4．A.leading B．causingC．contributing D．attracting5．A.passion B．professionC．adventure D．dream6．A.devoted to B．appealed toC．took over D．gave up7．A.prove B．soundC．consider D．behave8．A.insists on B．refers toC．deals with D．concerns about9．A.improvement B．meansC．access D．attraction10．A.available B．importantC．necessary D．unique11．A.adapting to B．dealing withC．keeping up D．bringing about12．A.Interestingly B．BasicallyC．Confusingly D．Jokingly13．A.when B．onceC．though D．shortly after14．A.disrespected B．regardedC．trusted D．respected15．A.interest B．relationshipC．aim D．communication16．A.accounts B．takesC．runs D．removes17．A.fields B．countriesC．cultures D．characters18．A.telling B．rangingC．coming D．communicating19．A.designs B．providesC．promotes D．stops20．A.sight B．informationC．direction D．symbolAs any homemaker who has tried to keep order at the dinner table knows，there is far more to a family meal than food.Sociologist Michael Lewis has been studying 50 families to find out just how much more.Lewis and his co－workers carried out their study by videotaping the families while they had ordinary meals in their own homes.They found that parents with small families talk actively with each other and their children.But as the number of children gets larger，conversation gives way to the parents’ efforts to control the loud noise they make.That can have an important effect on the children.“In general the more question－asking the parents do，the higher the children’s IQ scores，”Lewis says.“And the more children there are，the less question－asking there is.”The study also provides an explanation for why middle children often seem to have a harder time in life than their siblings(兄弟姐妹)．Lewis found that in families with three or four children，dinner conversation is likely to center on the oldest child，who has the most to talk about，and the youngest，who needs the most attention.“Middle_children_are_invisible，”says Lewis.“When you see someone get up from the table and walk around during dinner，chances are it’s the middle child.”There is，however，one thing that stops all conversation and prevents anyone fromhaving attention.“When the TV is on，”Lewis says，“dinner is a non－event.”1．The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to ________.A．show the relationship between parents and childrenB．teach parents ways to keep order at the dinner tableC．report on the findings of a studyD．give information about family problems2．Parents with large families ask fewer questions at dinner because ________.A．they are busy serving food to their childrenB．they are busy keeping order at the dinner tableC．they have to pay more attention to younger childrenD．they are tired out having prepared food for the whole family3．By saying “Middle children are invisible” in Paragraph 3，Lewis means that middle children ________.A．have to help their parents to serve dinnerB．get the least attention from the familyC．are often kept away from the dinner tableD．find it hard to keep up with other children4．Lewis’ research provides an answer to the question ________.A．why TV is important in family lifeB．why parents should keep good orderC．why children in small families seem to be quieterD．why middle children seem to have more difficulties in life5．Which of the following statements would the writer agree to?A．It is important to have the right food for children.B．It is a good idea to have the TV on during dinner.C．Parents should talk to each of their children frequently.D．Elder children should help the younger ones at dinner.1．...，and the reason they don’t talk about it is that when they are children，their parents taught them that if they want to be respected for the rest of your life，don’t ever admit that they have a relationship with the toilet—and that is really wrong.(完形填空第四段)……他们为什么不谈论它的理由是当他们是小孩时，父母就教育他们说如果他们想在以后受人尊敬，决不能承认他们跟厕所有关系——那真是大错特错。

2019_2020学年高中英语阅读强化训练(六)牛津译林版选修7

阅读强化训练(六)[学生用书P162(单独成册)](建议用时：25分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解In this day and age, knowing exactly what and how muchyou’re eating is necessary. You’ve probably used caloriecalculators(计算器) on your smartphones before. Forexample, a calculator will tell you the average number ofcalories in a hamburger. However, it acts only as a guide, and it can’t tell you exactly how many calories are in the hamburger at your favorite fast food joint. Now Panasonic’s new device, CaloRieco, can actually give you accurate information on exactly what is on your plate in a few seconds.Showcased at the CEATEC 2017 tech show, CaloRieco is a high－tech device that uses light reflection technology to offer accurate and expeditious calorie information so as to determine the nutritional values of any food. All you have to do is place your plate in the box－shaped device and wait between 10 and 20 seconds for it to analyze all the food there.Once it’s done analyzing the various foods in your meal, CaloRieco displays the number of calories, as well as the nutritional content on an LED display. According to Panasonic, the device is able to recognize the vast majority of foods, except soups and similar food. CaloRieco can also connect to your smartphone via an app, and send all the data about analyzed foods to your Personal Digital Assistant, so you can access it whenever you need.Panasonic said that its invention is aimed at people going on a diet and diabetes(糖尿病) sufferers, both of whom make up a sizable market. Unfortunately, you’ll have to wait a bit longer to get your hands on your very own CaloRieco, as the device presented at CEATEC is just a model. It’s scheduled to hit the market sometime in the next few years, but the price remains a mystery.【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了一款可以快速准确提供食物热量信息的最新设备。

高中英语阅读强化训练(三)牛津译林版选修7

阅读强化训练（三)［学生用书P159（单独成册）］（建议用时：25分钟)错误!阅读理解I believe in attachment to a place。

I believe thatwatermarks fade， tears dry, and lives mend.A year after the flood，the nation is rememberingHurricane Katrina。

When I left New Orleans，I foundmyself, like thousands of displaced（转移的）residents，living on the generosity of others. People opened their homes to me。

In some ways, life was easier。

I almost forgot how tough it was to live in New Orleans。

In Chicago, I was offered jobs that paid three times more than anything I could make in New Orleans。

I thought about moving: Seattle， Anchorage， New York， Key West， Tucson。

But looking at a map，I already knew that my home is New Orleans.。

.still。

I moved back into an uptown apartment, on the third floor this time。

Life in New Orleans is not as comfortable as that in other places like Chicago. I work for the Louisiana Family Recovery Corps， and the mental health scene is not good. Depression has been on the rise since Katrina. I can feel the pulse （脉搏） still there. We live the best we can。

2019_2020学年高中英语阅读强化训练(七)牛津译林版选修7

阅读强化训练(七)[学生用书P163(单独成册)](建议用时：25分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解Shelton Murray has been playing the didgeridoo sincehe was five years old. Now 22, the musician will betravelling to the United States with the Australian ChamberOrchestra for the first time.Mr. Murray comes from an Aboriginal(土著的) community and said his love of the didgeridoo had grown out of his culture. He was taught by his father Lazarus Murray from a young age, but said he was also inspired by his grandfather Peter Apaak Jupurrula Miller. “My father learnt from David Blanasi. Then he taught me what he learnt from David，” he said.As the youngest member of a Tiwi Islander band called B2M (Bathurst to Melville) in the Northern Territory, Mr. Murray played the didgeridoo for the opening act of the Tina Arena Darwin concert in 2014. Now his didgeridoo skills have caught the attention of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, where he was invited to perform in the show The Reef Revisited, which will be touring the U．S. next week.“It’s exciting for me to be travelling over to America，” he said. Mr. Murray said there were challenges for young Aboriginal artists to break into the industry but said it is all about having the right attitude.Richard Tognetti, artistic director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra, said the team was excited to have Mr. Murray join the 25－person orchestra. “He’s bringing a really traditional approach. We respect the sound that he brings into the orche stra. We’re used to the sound of a didgeridoo but playing it in LA, New York and Richmond Virginia will be interesting for the audience，” he said.Another member of the orchestra, Aboriginal musician Steve Pigram, said he was proud of Mr. Murr ay’s achievement at such a young age. “He’s coming through that thing of performing in a reggae (popular music in the West Indies) rock band, same as what I did. But he’s got to this kind of level a little quicker. Well it’s taken me 40 years，” he said.【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。

2019-2020学年译林版英语选修七新素养同步阅读强化训练8 阅读强化训练(八) Word版含解

姓名，年级：时间：阅读强化训练（八)［学生用书P164（单独成册)](建议用时：25分钟）错误!阅读理解The most wonderful time of t he year isn’t all that wonderful for those who hate opening presents in front of other people.Imagine it’s the Christmas morning. Your large family are looking at you because it's your turn to open a present. You try to make a response that will seem both grateful and genuine。

Instead， it comes across as awkward—even when you really like the present.According to the study by Professor Stefan Hofmann and Professor Mark Leary， this is a sign of ordinary social anxiety. Let’s explain some of the reasons why opening presents in front of others can make the gift opener so anxious.Some people just don’t like being the center of attention。

“Being the focus of everyone's attention puts pressure on people to be ‘perfect’ or follow social norms(规范). Everyone is more on their guard when lots of other people are watching，”Leary said。

2019_2020学年高中英语阅读强化训练(十三)牛津译林版选修8

阅读强化训练(十三)(建议用时：15分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解The vast majority of us spend our entire lives pulleddown by gravity.Then there are astronauts.This small population of space travelers has givenresearchers a rare look at what happens to the human bodywhen it’s able to spend large amounts of time outside thedownward pull of the Earth.This week，a study on one of the largest groups of astronauts yet—34 participants—was published in The New England Journal of Medicine.In the new study，a team of international radiologists(放射科医生)supported by NASA looked at MRIs of the brains of astronauts before and after their trips to space.The scientists found that upon returning to Earth，many of the astronauts’brains had become repositioned inside their skulls，floating higher than before.In addition，the space between certain brain areas appeared to have shrunk(缩小)．The changes were more common in astronauts who took longer trips into space.The team characterized astronaut trips as short(an average of less than 14 days)or long(an average of about 165 days)．Radiologists who didn’t know each astronaut’s duration(持续时间)in space compared MRIs from before and after their trips.Of the 34 total astronauts involved in the study，18 took long trips to space —spending most of that time on the International Space Station—and of those，17 returned to Earth with smaller areas between the frontal lobe(脑前额叶) and parietal lobe(顶叶)．The same area of the brain also shrank for three of the 16 astronauts who took shorter trips with the US Space Shuttle Program.The researchers also found that 12 of the ISS astronauts and six of the spaceshuttle astronauts returned home with their brains sitting slightly higher in their skulls than before.It’s not clear what，if anything，these brain changes mean for the health of space travelers.In general，it appears the human body tolerates space travel fairly well：the time astronauts have spent in zerogravity environments so far doesn’t seem to have had any strong or longlasting effects.【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文。

2019-2020学年高中英语阅读强化训练(七)牛津译林版选修6

阅读强化训练(七)（建议用时：25分钟)错误!阅读理解As dusk was approaching, we made our way down to the beach, as did everyone else. Some people had even brought along a picnic, a family day out. As it got darker, people became quiet and talked less， keeping an eye out on the beach.Suddenly there was movement at the edge(边缘） of the surf and all heads turned as one。

There， standing by the edge of the water was the smallest penguin we had ever seen. He looked left， then right, as if he was considering crossing a busy road and then he ran quickly across to the sand and the penguin burrows（洞穴)．He must have been the scout,__because after him, there came groups of penguins： some consisted of two or three penguins and some had about ten or fifteen， but they all made that same mad dash across the sand into the burrows，as if they couldn’t get there fast enough. The crowd of penguin watchers was quiet，except for the occasional “oohs" and “ahs” from adults as well as children. The groups started to become fewer in number and finally no more penguins came from the sea。

2019_2020学年高中英语阅读强化训练(九)牛津译林版选修7

阅读强化训练(九)[学生用书P165(单独成册)](建议用时：15分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解A video of a starving wild polar bear wandering arounddry land has become well－known. He is looking for food. Inthe video, the bony(瘦削的) male polar bear walks slowlyalong dry land. He searches in a nearby rubbish bin lookingfor food. When he finds nothing, he falls down suddenly. Canadian photographer Paul Nicklen told National Geographic, “We stood there crying—filming with tears rolling down our cheeks.”“The bear most likely died within hours or days of this moment, and there was nothing we could do to save him，” Nicklen said. Feeding wild polar bears is illegal in Canada, and even if it weren’t, feeding the bear would only prolong(延长) his sufferings.Nicklen said, “My entire team was controlling their tears and emotions while documenting this dying polar bear. It’s a heart－breaking scene that still makes me hurtful, but I know we need to share both the beautiful and the heartbreaking if we are going to break down the walls of indifference(冷漠)．”“This is what starvation looks like. The muscles atrophy(萎缩). No energy. It’s a slow and painful death. When scientists say polar bears will be extinct in the next 100 years, I think of the global population of 25，000 bears dying in this manner.”“There is no quick solution. People think that we can put platforms in the ocean or we can feed the single starving bear. The simple truth is this—if the earth continues to warm, we will lose bears and entire polar ecosystems(生态系统). This large male bear was not old, and he certainly died within hours or days of this moment.”“But there are solutions. We must reduce our carbon footprint, eat the right food, stop cutting down our forests, and begin protecting the Earth—our home —first.”【解题导语】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。

2019_2020高中英语阅读强化训练(含解析)牛津译林版

阅读强化训练阅读强化训练(一)(建议用时：15分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解A British scientist whose schoolmasters told him he was toostupid to study the subject has been awarded the Nobel Prizein medicine or physiology for his pioneering work on cloning.At the age of 15, Sir John Gurdon ranked last out of the250 boys at biology, and was in the bottom set in every otherscience subject.His master，Mr.Gaddum, was in fact a museumcurator(解说员) by profession who had been hired to teach the lowestachieving pupils and was not in fact a particularly effective teacher.Though he had heard Gurdon was interested in doing science, he thought this was a completely ridiculous idea because there was no hope whatever of Gurdon doing science.After receiving the report, Sir John said he switched his attention to classics and was offered a place to study at Christ Church, Oxford, but was allowed to switch courses and read zoology instead because of a mix up in the admissions office.It was at Oxford as a postgraduate student that he published his famous research on genetics and proved for the first time that every cell in the body contains the same genes.He did so by taking a cell from an adult frog’s intestine(肠), removing its genes and implanting them into an egg cell, which grew into a clone of the adult frog.Different from the previous studies by much more senior scientists，his idea was controversial(引起争议的) at the time and it was a decade before the thengraduate student’s work became widely accepted.But it led directly to the cloning of Dolly the Sheep by Prof Ian Wilmut in ter on Prof Yamanaka found adult cel ls can be “reprogrammed” into stem cells for use in medicine.Sir John professed to be unaware of the cash prize that awaits，but said he would most likely invest it in a fund he has previously set up to support PhD students during their fourth year of study.【解题导语】获得过诺贝尔生理学或医学奖的英国科学家约翰·格登的生物课成绩曾经在250名同年龄的男生中排最后一名，在其他科学类学科中成绩也都垫底，但是他没有放弃，最后取得了杰出的成绩。