河北省栾城县2021高考英语阅读明白得暑假学生自练（5）(1)

2021河北省栾城县高考英语阅读明白得暑假学生自练（5）及答案
阅读以下短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最正确选项。

STREAMWOOD, Ill．—For years, attendance was small at Tefft Middle School’s yearly parent-teacher conferences, but the principal did not blame families for their poor resonse．Instead, she blamed the poor way the conferences were conducted．
“Five years ago, the most important person—the student—was left out of the parent-teacher conference,” Tefft’s principal, Lavonne Smiley, said．“The old conferences were such a negative thing, so we turned it around,” allowing students not only to attend but also to lead the gatherings instead of anxiously awaiting their parents’ return home with the teacher’s opinion on their classroom performance．
Recently, 525 parents attended parent-teacher-student conferences, Ms．Smiley said, compared with 75 parents in 2003．No appointments were needed, and everyone was welcome at the conferences this year, spread over two days that school offici als called a Celebration of Learning．“I think we’re learning that every s chool has its own DNA, and there is not a prescription for conferences that works for every school,” Ms．Kinney said．“There is such an increasingly diverse population at our nation’s schools, the one-size-fits-all model conference just doesn’t work anymore．”
At some schools, not only are students on hand for conferences, but their siblings are also welcome, as are grandparents, aunts and uncles, even family friends．
When Mark Heller accepted a job as an assistant principal at the middle school in his hometown of Plano, Il l．, he discovered that the community had changed a lot in the eight years he had been a teacher in Iowa．The population had nearly doubled to 10,000 residents, and 37 percent of the students at Plano Middle School were now from low-income families．
The traditional parent-teacher conferences without a student present are always available by
appointment, and sometimes necessary, for example, to discuss a private matter concerning a non-custodial （无监护权的）parent, a family crisis the child is unaware of or a special education diagnosis．
Still, Mr．Heller is convinced that a true dialogue concerning a student’s academic progress is impossible without both the child and the parent engaged and present, and with the teacher on hand to share impressions and answer any questions the parents have about homework, standardized test scores, behavior and other issues．
“At the student-led conferences, our children are learning to be organized and capable adults someday,” Ms．Issa said．“When I was growing up, my p arents went to my conference, and I waited at home, scared they would come back with some concerns．With this new kind of conference, there are no secrets．My daughter is learning that she is responsible for her own success．”
17．What is mainly talked about in this text?
A．The change of population in Mr．Heller’s hometown．
B．The way the parent-teacher conferences are conducted．
C．The people who take part in parent-teacher conferences．
D．The percentage of attendants to parent-teacher conferences．
18．What was the population in Plano, Ill．when Mr．Heller became a teacher in Iowa eight years before?
A．3,700 B．20,000 C．10,000 D．5,000
19．The number of parents who attended parent-teacher-student conferences recently was ______ times more than that in 2003．
A．five B．six C．seven D．eight
20．What does Ms．Kinney mean by saying “every school has its own DNA’?
A．Every school is unique and different．
B．One model fits all school conferences．
C．All prescriptions do not work well．
D．The population at schools is diverse．
参考答案17-20 BDBA
【2021浙江省宁波市八校联考】C
For generations of st udents, writing term papers has been a major source of nerves and frustration. But for those with Internet access, relative resources are just a few links away. All one has to do is to go to the appropriate Web site, where online papers can either be purchased, ordered, or dow nloaded for free.
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Some sites, such as Term Paper Emporium and Absolutely Free: Online Essays offer course papers for free. Simply press the button and download — if you find the paper you want, that is.
Students are, of course, fully aware of these web site resources, and some people worry that the Internet, once reg arded as a best learning tool, co uld become the best aid yet for cheating.
F or teachers, the problem is figuring out whether a student’s authorsh ip is authentic. But, as teaching assistant Jane Morrison explained, the task ma y not be too difficult for a careful teacher.
"Students who have gotten it off the Internet don’t look at me but look at their feet. And students who wrote every bit of it can talk about the paper very intelligently and look me in the eye," Morrison said.
Copying term papers is nothing new, but the appearance of the Internet raises the issue: Is this new technology making cheating more widespread?
A senior official Gary Handman at Berkeley doubts it. "Students who tend to cheat are going to cheat regardless of the technology.
This view was backed by Berkeley graduate student Arianne Chernock, who says that, after all,
students have to decide what’s best for themselves. "It’s a question of honesty. We’re here to learn, so we’ve got to make the most of it ourselves."
And inventive teachers can make their assignments almost cheat-proof.
"If you structure the assignment in a creative way, and if students, for instance, have to transform the information into a handout, or do a drama, or write an account in first person narrative, then you may stop cheating," said library media teacher Leslie Farmer.
That kind of strate gy, some experts say, will basically force students to do more than si mply download their education.
50. In the past students __________________.
A. were happy about writing term papers
B. were eager to write term papers
C. considered paper writing as a joy
D. considered paper writing as a source of stress
51. What do some people worry about according to Paragraph 4?
A. They worry that students might become lazier
B. They worry that students might lose their interest in learning
C. They worry that the Internet could become the best tool for cheating
D. They worry that the Internet could become the best learning tool.
52. According to Paragraph 6, students feel _______ copying papers from the Internet.
A. guilty about
B. excited when
C. anxious about
D. uncertain about
53. What did Gary Handman argue in Paragraph 8?
A. Students tend to cheat
B. The new technology made cheating more widespread
C. The new technology helped students in the way of cheating
D. He was doubtful whether the new technology made cheating more widespread
54. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the report?
A. A careful teacher doesn’t have too much trouble finding out whether a student’s term paper is a
copy or not
B. Copying term papers is a serious issue that makes teacher weak
C. It seems that copying term papers is unavoidable for some students who tend to cheat
D. Arranging assignments in a creative way could be a solution to the problem of copying term papers. 【参考答案】50—54、DCADB
【2021浙江省宁波市八校联考】D
"Coming to the football match this afternoon?" Bill McIntosh asked 59-year-old Royce Wedding as they drank beer at the Eureka Hotel in the Australian town of Rainbow. Royce shook his head. "I promised Mom I'd burn off the weeds on one of our fields."
Bill, looking far less than his 79 years, looked outside at the heat. A light breeze was blowing from the north, making conditions perfect for the burn. But Bill felt uneasy about Royce doing the job alone. The farmer had a bad leg and walked with great difficulty.
The pair had been best of friends for 30 years, ever since the days when they traveled together from farm to farm in search of work. Now, living alone 12 miles east of town, Bill managed a living hunting foxes and rabbits. Once a fortnight he went to town to buy supplies and meet with Royce, who helped run the Wedding family's farm. "I'll give you a hand," Bil l said.
The pair set off in Royce's car. Soon they came to the weed-choked 120-acre field. "Fire's the only way to get rid of this stuff," said Bill as they tied an old tire to the tow bar(牵引杆)with a 50-foot chain. Soaking the tire with gasoline, Bill put a match to it and jumped in the car.
Driving slowly from the southern edge of the field, they worked their way against the wind, leaving a line of burning weeds in their wake. Half way up the field, and without warning, the car was
stuck into a hidden bank of sand.
The breeze suddenly swung around to their backs and began to gather strength. The fire line suddenly burst into a wall of flame, heading directly toward them. "Let's get out of here!" Royce said.
Desperately he tried to back the car out of the sand bank. But the wheels only sunk deeper in the soft sand.
Suddenly the fire was on them. Bill pushed open his door only to find himself thrown up into the air as, with a roar, the gasoline ta nk exploded and the car leapt three feet off the ground. When it crashed back down Royce found himself pinned against the steering wheel, unable to move. The car's seats and roof were now on fire.
Bill lay where he fell, out of breath. The front of his shirt, shorts, bare arms and legs were soaked in burning gasoline. Then the sight of the car in flames brought him upright with a start. "Royce!" he cried, struggling to his feet and heading for the car.
Pulling open the door, he seized Royce's arms through the smoke. "I'm stuck," Royce said. "Get yourself away!"
The fire bit at Bill's arms, face and legs, but he caught a tight hold on Royce. "I'm not leaving you here," he said.
Now Bill dug his heels into the sand and pulled as hard as he could. Suddenly he fell backward. Royce was free and out of the car. As soon as he had dragged him away he patted out the flames on Royce's body and on his own legs and arms with his bare hands.
Royce saw a second explosion rock the car, as it was eaten up by flames.“I’d be ashes now if Bill hadn't gotten me out,”he thought. Looking down, Royce was shocked by the extent of his injuries. His stomach and left hip were covered in deep burns. Worse still, h is fingers were burned completely out of shape.
Lying on his back, Bill was in equally bad shape. Pieces of blackened flesh and skin hung from his
forearms, hands and legs.
Bill looked across at his friend. Reading the despair clouding Royce's face, Bill said, "I'll get help. You hang on." Royce nodded, but as he watched Bill set off slowly across the blackened field, he wondered how his friend was going to walk almost two miles and get over three fences.
A lifetime spent around the tough people who make their home in the Australian bush had permanently fixed into Bill's soul two principles: never give up no matter how bad the odds and never let a friend down. Now, with every step sending pain piercing through every part of his body, he drew on those twin pillars of character. If I don't make it, Royce will die out there, he told himself over and over.
"What's the matter with that dog?" said Vicky Wedding, Royce's mom, looking out of her window. Frightened by a noise behind her, she turned to see Bill leaning against the door.
"Dear God, what happened?" she exclaimed, as Bill slid down the doorframe.
"We got caught in the fire," he whispered, barely able to speak. "Get help." Vicky sat Bill down, covered him in wet towels to ease the pain of his burns, and then picked up the phone.
Throughout the hour-and-a-half ride to the hospital in Horsham, neither of the two injured men spoke of their pain. "We should've gone to the football match," Royce said, trying to keep their spirits up. Bill smiled weakly.
Not long after Bill found himself at Government House being presented with the Bravery Medal for his courageous rescue. But the real highlight for Bill came six months after the fire, when Royce, just out of hospital, walked into the Eureka Hotel and bought him a beer.
"We made it," said Royce as they raised their glasses. "Here's to the best friend a man could have."
55. Bill and Royce started to travel together looking for work when _________.
A. Bill was in his thirties
B. Bill was in his sixties
C. Royce was a teenager
D. Royce was in his twenties
56. Danger came when the wind turned from _______.
A. north to south
B. south to north
C. east to west
D. west to east
57. The explosion of the gasoline tank ______.
A. threw Royce from the car
B. brought Bill to his senses
C. blew open the car doors
D. left Royce trapped
58. Bill learned to never give up and to never let a friend down from _______.
A. religion
B. Royce
C. bushmen
D. sports
59. Bill's best reward came when he _______.
A. received a medal
B. bought his friend a drink
C. left hospital a well man
D. was praised by his friend
60. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Two old friends survived in the fire
B. Never let a friend down
C. How Bill and Royce fought the fire
D. An unforgettable experience for Bill and Royce
【参考答案】55—60、DADCDB
Why laughter matters
Although most people believe that laughter is one of the nature's great treatments for a whole range of mental and physical diseases, it is still a serious scientific subject that researchers are trying to figure out.
“Laughter above all else is a social thing，”says Baltimore neuroscientist, Robert Provine, who has studied laughter for decades. “All laughter groups laugh ‘haha ha’ basically the same way.
Whether you speak Mandarin, French or English, everyone will understand laughter. There is a pattern generator(发生器) in our brain that produces this sound.”
Laughing is our first way of communicating. Babies laugh long before they speak. No one teaches them how to laugh. They just do. People may laugh at a prank(恶作剧) on April Fools' Day. But surprisingly, only 10 to 15 percent of laughter is the result of someone making a joke. Laughter is mostly about social responses rather than to a joke. Deaf people laugh without hearing and people on cell phones laugh without seeing, showing that laughter isn't dependent on single sense but on social interactions.
And laughter is not just a thing of people. Chimps tickle(挠痒) each other and even laugh when another chimp pretends to tickle them.
Jaak Panksepp, a Bowling Green University Psychology professor, studies rats that laugh when he tickles them. It turns out rats love to b e tickled—they return again and again to the hands of researchers tickling them.
By studying rats, scientists can figure out what's going on in the brai n during laughter. Northwestern University biomedical engineering professor, Jeffrey Burgdorf has found that laughter in rats produces a chemical that acts as an antidepressant(抗抑郁药). He thinks the same thing probably happen s in humans, too. Thi s would give doctors a new chemical target to develop drugs that can fight depression.
Even so, laughter itself has not been proved to be the best medicine, experts say. Margaret Stuber, a professor at University of California, studied whether laugher helped patients. She found that distraction(分心) and mood improvement helped, but she could not find a benefit of laughte r alone.
“No study has shown that laughter produces a direct health benefit，”Provine said, largely because it's hard to separate laughter from just feeling good. But he thinks it doesn't really matter, “Isn't the fact that laughter feels good when you do it enough？”
1．The most important finding of Robert Provine's research is that ________．A．laughter makes a person feel good
B．laughter depends on different senses
C．laughter is a quality people are born with
D．laughter is a social response shared by all creatures
2．According to the passage, scientists studied rats in order to find ________．A．if they can laugh
B．if they like laughing
C．what laughter in rats produces
D．how rats react while being tickled
3．What can we learn from the passage?
A．Patients will recover if they laugh enough.
B．Laughter is a means of communication as well as a language.
C．A new medicine has been developed based on the laughter research. D．Scientists can know what is happening in a human brain when he laughs. 4．Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
CP: Central point P: Point Sp: Subpoint(次要点)
C: Conclusion
(二)
【要点综述】“笑”既是人类也是动物的一种交际行为，多数人以为“笑”是医治躯体疾病和心理疾病的有效方式之一。

“笑”是不是与健康有直接的联系，尚无科学定论，可是，“笑”能使你身心愉悦，这毕竟是一件好事。

1．A 推理判定题。

依照最后一段“Isn't the fact that laughter feels good when you do it enough？”可知A项正确。

2．C事实细节题。

依照第六段“…laughter in rats produces a chemical that acts as an antidepressant(抗抑郁药)．”可知。

故C项正确。

3．B 事实细节题。

依照第二段“All laughter groups laugh‘haha ha’ basically the same way.”和第三段“Laughing is our first way of communicating.”可知，“笑”既是一种交际方式也是一种所有物种都能明白得的语言。

故B项正确。

4．D 篇章结构题。

文章第一节第一提出话题：尽管“笑”被以为是医治躯体疾病和心理疾病的方式之一，可是它仍旧是研究者们试图想弄明白的一个严肃的科研项目；接着文章从两个方面来论述主观点：(1)“笑”是人类的行为：①Laughter above all else is a social thing②Laughing is our first way of communicating；
(2)“笑”也是动物的行为：And laughter is not just a thing of people；最后得出结论：“笑”是不是与健康有直接的联系尚无科学定论，可是，“笑”能令人身心愉悦，这毕竟是一件好事。

综上可知D项正确。