高三英语阅读理解专练(七)
高中英语高考专练07 应用文体类阅读理解(解析版)---备战2021届高考英语二轮复习题型专练
【答案】1. A 2. C 3. B
【解析】
这是一篇应用文。本文是一篇诗歌大赛的征稿启事。文章就参赛作品的内容、奖项、参赛规则等做了介绍。
1.细节理解题。根据Prizes部分中第一段中的”Trip to Washington, D.C. for each of three winners, a parent and one other person of the winner's choice”可知，每位获奖者都可以带一名家长和另一名由获奖者选择的人员。因此，每位获奖者可以带两个人。故选A。
3 Grand Prizes:Trip to Washington, D.C. for each of three winners, a parent and one other person of the winner’s choice. Trip udes round-trip air tickets, hotel stay for two nights, and tours of the National Air and Space Museum and the office of National Geographic World.
应用文是在日常工作和生活中使用的文体，通常以实用性为目的、以真实性为基础、以时效性为根本、以规范性为准则。该文体一般可分为两大类：一类是说明性应用文，包括广告、启事、海报、守则、公告、指南、个人简历、备忘录、摘要等；另一类是叙述性应用文，如书信、日记、便条、报告、请帖等。目的都是向读者传输信息。高考试题主要涉及宣传广告、公告类应用文，偶尔也会有书信类文章出现。从近三年高考全国卷阅读理解中应用文的话题分布情况可知，前一类是应用文命题的首选题材，其中包括广告、海报和指南等。
高三上学期英语阅读理解专项练习小卷7
中学英语阅读理解专练小卷（七）Barber poles are one of those symbols that everyone recognizes. The red and white stripes (条) around a pole outside a shop let everyone know that this is a good place to get a haircut.While most everyone recognizes this symbol immediately, you might not know what it actually means. As it turns out, the meanings behind the barber pole and its colors have a rather gruesome history that may just surprise you.Back in the Middle Ages, barbers did more than haircuts and shaves.Barbers also offered certain medical services, like bloodletting. Bloodletting was used to treat many diseases from the simple, like throat pain, to more dangerous illnesses like infectious disease.Surgeons often wouldn’t do “simple” tasks like bloodletting as they considered it too ordinary. So barbers took over the task, along with other procedures like tooth extraction, and treatment for wounds and broken bones. In fact, barbers became known as “barber-surgeons” because of the broad range of services they offered. This continued until the mid to late 18th century, when treatments like bloodletting began to fall out of fashion.At first, barber-surgeons advertised their services to a largely illiterate (文盲的) public by placing a bowl of blood in their windows. However, later a law banned this practice, which meant that barbers needed to find another way. Then the red-and-white striped pole rapidly became the symbol of barber-surgeons afterward.According to historians, the red was meant to represent blood, while the white symbolized the bandages. The colors are wrapped around a stick because this represents the sticks that patients would hold in order to make the veins (血管) of their arms stand out. When the procedure was finished, barber-surgeons would wash the bandages, wrap them around the sticks, and place them outside to dry. In Europe, barber poles are red and white, so the blue stripe is a United States addition to represent the color of veins.So next time you’re heading to the barber, remember the history behind thecolors of the pole.85．What does the underlined word “gruesome” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A．Embarrassing.B．Horrible.C．Glorious.D．Unforgettable. 86．What was included in barbers’ services in the 17th century?A．Selling beauty products.B．Treating a toothache.C．Performing big operations.D．Providing physical examination.87．What can we know about the blue stripes around the barber pole?A．They were used to stop bleeding.B．They were designed to calm patients.C．They stood for the color of veins.D．They can be found in Europe.88．What can be the best title for the passage?A．What Is the Story behind Haircuts?B．Why Barber Poles Become Popular?C．What Is the History of Barber’s Shop?D．Why Are Barber Poles Red, White and Blue?Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) recently announced that they have figured out how to engineer a biofilm (生物膜) that harvests the energy in evaporation (蒸发) and changes it to electricity. This biofilm, which was announced in Nature Communications, has the potential to revolutionize the world of wearable electronics, powering everything from personal medical sensors to personal electronics.“This is a very exciting technology,” says Liu Xiaomeng, graduate student in electrical and computer engineering in UMass Amherst’s College of Engineering and the paper’s lead author. “It generates real green energy, and unlike other so-called ‘green-energy’ sources, its production is totally green.”That’s because this biofilm-which is a sheet of bacterial cells and as thin as a sheet of paper-is produced naturally by an, engineered version of the bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens (硫还原地杆菌). G. sulfurreducens is known to produce electricity and has been used previously in “microbial batteries” to power electrical equipment. But such batteries require that G. sulfurreducens be properly cared for and fed a constant diet. By contrast, this new biofilm, which can supply as much energy as a comparably sized battery, works continuously, because it is dead. And because it’s dead, it doesn’t need to be fed.The secret behind this new biofilm is that it makes energy from the moisture (水分) on your skin. Though we daily read stories about solar power, at least 50% of the solar energy reaching the earth goes toward evaporating water. “This is a huge, undiscovered source of energy,” says Yao Jun, professor of electrical and computer engineering at UMass Amherst, and the paper’s one senior author. Since the surface of our skin is constantly moist with sweat, the biofilm can “plug into” it and change the energy locked in evaporation into enough energy to power small equipment. “Our next step is to increase the size of our film to power more intelligent wearable electronics,” says Yao, and Liu points out that one of the goals is to power entire electronic systems, rather than single equipment.89．What function is the biofilm expected to achieve?A．Updating wearable electronics.B．Acquiring power from evaporation.C．Changing the way of getting electricity.D．Supplying energy to “microbial batteries”. 90．What is the advantage of the biofilm compared with “microbial batteries”?A．It’s thinner in thickness.B．It’s environmentally friendly.C．It reduces the cost in usage.D．It employs a rare energy source.91．How does the biofilm power small devices?A．By interacting with solar power.B．By gaining energy from electronic systems.C．By using water to generate electricity.D．By producing continuous electricity from sweat.92．Which of the following best describes the biofilm?A．Flexible.B．Controversial.C．Promising.D．Delicate.AntarcticaWeatherAntarctica lies in the most southern part of the world. It is the coldest area on Earth. There isn’t much rain, but there is a lot of snow and wind. The lowest temperature was on 21 July in 1983 at -89.2℃!PopulationNobody lives in Antarctica all the time! The first people to stay there for a while were fishermen in 1786. Now there are about 5,000 scientists and researchers there in the summer. History of exploration (探险)During 1907-1909, British explorer Earnest Shackleton explored Antarctica on foot. In 1911, two explorers — a British man named Scott and a Norwegian named Amundsen — raced 1,400kilometers to the South Pole (南极). Amundsen arrived first.Animals and birdsThere aren’t any large animals in Antarctica. Polar bears live at the North Pole. But there are a lot of penguins and seabirds. Every spring there are over 100 million seabirds in Antarctica. 93．When did the lowest temperature appear in Antarctica?A．In 1786.B．In 1907.C．In 1911.D．In 1983.94．Who first stayed in Antarctica for some time?A．Fishermen.B．Scientists.C．Researchers.D．Explorers. 95．Where is Earnest Shackleton from?A．Britain.B．Norway.C．The South Pole.D．The North Pole.A machine can now not only beat you at chess, it can also outperform you in debate. Last week, in a public debate in San Francisco, a software program called Project Debater beat its human competitors, including Noa Ovadia, Israel’s former national debating champion.Brilliant though it is, Project Debater has some weaknesses. It takes sentences from its library of documents and prebuilt arguments and strings them together. This can lead to the kinds of mistakes no human would make. Such mistakes will no doubt be ironed out, yet they also point to a vital problem. As Kristian Hammond, professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Northwestern University, put it: “There’s never a stage at which the system knows what it’s talking about.”What Hammond is referring to is the question of meaning, and meaning is central to what makes the least intelligent of humans different from the most intelligent of machines. A computer works with symbols. Its program specifies (明确规定) a set of rules to transform one string of symbols onto another. But it does not specify what those symbols mean. Indeed, to a computer, meaning is irrelevant. Humans, in thinking, talking, reading and writing, also work with symbols. But for humans, meaning is everything. When we communicate, we communicate meaning. What matters is not just the outside of a string of symbols, but the inside too, not just how they are arranged but what they mean.Meaning becomes known through a process of social interaction (相互作用), not of computation, interaction that shapes the content of the symbols in our heads. The rules that decide meaning lie not just inside our heads, but also outside, in society, in social memory, social customs and social relations. It is this that tells humans and machines apart. And that’s why, however shocking Project Debater may seem, the tradition that began with Socrates and Confucius will not end with artificial intelligence.96．Why does the author mention Noa Ovadia in the first paragraph?A．To explain the use of a software program.B．To show the cleverness of Project Debater.C．To introduce the designer of Project Debater.D．To emphasize the fairness of the competition.97．What is Project Debater unable to do according to Hammond?A．Create rules.B．Talk fluently.C．Understand meaning.D．Identify difficult words.98．What can be inferred about the future of human tradition?A．It will go against AI.B．It will be passed down.C．It will definitely disappear.D．It will be written into programs.99．What can we learn from the last paragraph?A．Social interaction is key to understanding symbols.B．Artificial intelligence ensures humans a bright future.C．Ancient philosophers set good examples for debaters.D．The human brain has more to be developed.Sitting in the classroom I felt confused, for I couldn’t read the blackboard. Then Mum took me to the hospital. Within a few days, I was diagnosed (诊断) with a severe visual impairment (视力障碍). In fact, I was practically blind. Amazingly, I’d managed to reach the age of 13 without anyone realizing, not even me! “It all makes sense now,” Mum said. As a kid living on a farm, I was forever falling over things. I was known as the clumsy (笨拙) one to my parents and four sisters. But now, I was being told that I saw the world differently — I could only make out the outlines of things. I was given reading glasses but they didn’t help much.Refusing to let my diagnosis hold me back, I continued doing everything I loved. As long as everything was in its place, I could feel my way around.Later I got married to Lance and had amazing kids. I could change nappies (尿布) and dress the kids fine — it just took a little longer as I relied on touch to work out where things were. Cooking, on the other hand, was not my forte. I was terrible — always mixing up sugar and salt!Nowadays, my grandkids have all been brought up not to leave toys on the floor or move chairs away from the table. “We don’t want Grandma tripping,” Lance will say.Over the year, I’ve enjoyed lovely family holidays, but sometimes felt like Lance or the kids were too protective of me. So I was thrilled when I booked myself on a trip to the Gold Coast with people who were just like me in a travel company. I’m not missing out — my life is beautiful. I’m so lucky to have a wonderful family and lots of experiences.Life is precious — you don’t need to “see” that.120．What can we know from the first paragraph?A．The reading glasses got the problem fixed.B．She always tripped because she was awkward.C．She got severe visual impairment at the age of 13.D．Nobody realized her sight was poor until she was 13.121．What does the underlined word “forte” in Paragraph 3 mean?A．Weakness.B．Favourite.C．Strength.D．Business. 122．What can we know about the author?A．She is able to see things clearly now.B．She led a lonely and hopeless life.C．She could help care for the kids.D．She went to the Gold Coast all by herself.123．What can we learn from the author’s story?A．We need to go to travel frequently on our own.B．We should always turn to the family for help.C．Everyone should pay special attention to the blind people.D．Everyone can enjoy the beauty of life with a positive mind.Scientists in the Netherlands have trained bees to identify COVID-19 through their sense of smell, according to a press release from Wageningen University. The research was conducted on more than 150 bees in Wageningen University’s research lab.The scientists trained the bees by giving them a treat — a sugar-water solution — every time they were exposed (暴露于) to the smell of samples (样本) infected with COVID-19. Each time the bees were exposed to a non-infected sample, they wouldn’t get a reward. Eventually, the bees could identify an infected sample within a few seconds — and would then stick out their tongues like clockwork to collect the sugar water.Bees aren’t the first animals to detect COVID-19 by smell. Researchers have also trained dogs to tell the difference between positive and negative COVID-19 samples from human saliva (唾液) or sweat with fairly high levels of accuracy. A German study found that dogs could identify positive COVID-19 samples 94% of the time. That’s because the coronavirus (冠状病毒) makes an infected person’s body smell slightly different from those of a non-infected person. But researchers still aren’t sure whether animals are the best bet for smelling out COVID-19 cases outside the lab.“No one is saying they can replace a PCR machine, but they could be very promising,” Holger Volk, a neurologist, told Nature. PCR machines are what lab technicians use to process standard COVID-19 tests. At the very least, certain animals could be useful for identifying COVID-19 in places or countries in which high-tech lab equipment is not enough or inaccessible.Wageningen scientists are working on a machine that can train bees at once. Then bees can use their skills to test for coronavirus aerosols (气溶胶) in the surrounding environment. 124．How did the researchers teach the bees to identify COVID-19?A．By offering bees some rewards.B．By infecting bees with the virus.C．By raising bees with sugar water.D．By exposing bees to infected humans. 125．Why are dogs able to find out positive COVID-19 samples?A．They can watch for the hidden virus.B．They have a sharp sense of smell.C．They can feel samples’ inner changes.D．They react more quickly than bees.126．What is the follow-up task of Wageningen scientists?A．To keep track of more bees.B．To detect coronavirus aerosols.C．To help underdeveloped countries.D．To develop a new type of machine. 127．What is a suitable title for the text?A．Dogs: Well-trained PCR machinesB．Bees: Promising COVID-19 detectorsC．Holger Volk: A fighter against COVID-19D．Wageningen University: A leader in keeping bees答案：85．B 86．B 87．C 88．D【来源】河南省湘豫名校2023-2024学年高三上学期9月月考英语试题【导语】本文是一篇说明文。
2022高考英语大一轮复习高考提能练(七)必修3 Unit7 TheseaWord版含解析
高考提能练(七)必修3Unit 7The sea第一部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分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(2021·江西省重点高中盟校第一次联考) Tuna Tossing(掷金枪鱼)This sport began in South Australia in a fishing community called Port Lincoln.It was inspired by the local fishermen who used to toss fish onto their petitors will throw a 10kg fish and the winner is the person who throws the farthest.Hot Dog Eating ContestCompetitive eating has become popular in the past years and its participants try to eat as many hot dogs as they can in ten minutes.The sport began in the US city fairs and has gained recognition due to Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest，held annually on the 4th of July.This sport has turned into a huge industry and is now popular in the US，Canada，and Japan.Wife CarryingIt's a sport in which male competitors race while carrying a female teammate through a special track in the shortest time.This game has its origins in Finland.It developed into a worldwide game later and had the first foreign champion from Australia.The North American Wife Carrying Championship began in 1999.Now the World Wife-Carrying Championship has teams competing from Australia，Germany，Great Britain，Ireland and the United States.Palm Tree Climbing(爬棕榈树)Independence Day in Indonesia is on August，17th.This day is celebrated by various competitions.Climbing the palm trunk is the most difficult one.To climb up an absolutely smooth，oiled trunk is a problem.At the top of the trunk there are prizes—from towels，clothes or something to mountain bicycles and cash certificates.Many countries have similar tree climbing events now.语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文。
2020年高考英语重难点专练七 7选5(附答案解析)
重难点07 7选5【命题趋势】阅读理解七选五要求从短文后的七个选项中（均为完整的句子）选出五个能填入文章空处的最佳选项，主要考查考生对文章的整体内容和结构以及上下文逻辑意义的理解和掌握。
其命题形式深受英语四六级和考研阅读多项选择题的影响，体现了《新课标》＂用英语获取、处理和运用信息的能力；逐步获取用英语思维的能力。
＂的阅读学习和教学理念。
该题型命题形式仍然具有客观题的特点，又与完形填空具有异曲同工之妙，只是选项少，以句子形式出现，考查目的和侧重点不完全相同而已。
从《考试说明》对该题型命题目的的表述＂主要考查考生对文章的整体内容和结构以及上下文逻辑意义的理解和掌握。
＂可以得出以下判断：该题备选项可分为主旨概括句（文章整体内容）、过渡性句子（文章结构）和注释性句子（上下文逻辑意义）三类。
其多余的两个干扰项也往往从这三方面进行设置，例如主旨概括句或过于宽泛或以偏概全或偏离主题，过渡性句子不能反映文章的行文结构，注释性句子与上文脱节等。
文章体裁以说明文为主，语篇模式较为固定：提出问题——提供解决方案。
文章题材较为固定：与学生的日常生活学习紧密相关。
【满分技巧】【解题步骤1】在高考的现场如果考生用大量的时间来彻底读懂文章的意思其实是不现实的，也是没有必要的，我们可以尝试以下四步走。
1.先读文章的开始部分，明确文章的基本话题，然后仔细阅读五个空各自的前后句寻找并画出关键词。
【巧学妙记】（一名(名词)袋（代词）鼠（数次）很特殊（特殊疑问词），连（连词）蹦（动词）带跳很彪（标点/标题）悍。
）2.要对文章中出现的衔接手段保持敏感度。
衔接手段分为三种：词汇衔接、逻辑衔接、结构衔接。
可按这几个原则判断原文的空与选项是否匹配。
3.一旦确定一个选项，就要在该选项上做出标记（例如可以删掉），以避免干扰和分散注意力。
4.将选项代入到文章中重读，依据行文逻辑，再次确定选项。
答题技巧细节类题型解题技巧(词汇的衔接或逻辑的衔接)1.词汇的衔接包括：（1)词汇复现复现，是保证文章前后衔接而经常使用的一种写作手段，即作者在文章上下文不同的位置对同一个概念进行重复描述。
高考英语阅读理解长难句精读与概要写作专练7
Passage 7The Importance of Vaccination1 Measles, which once killed 450 children each year and disabled even more, was nearlywiped out in the United States 14 years ago by the universal use of the MMR vaccine. 2 Butthe disease is making a comeback, caused by a growing anti-vaccine movement andmisinformation that is spreading quickly. 3 Already this year, 115 measles cases have beenreported in the USA, compared with 189 for all of last year.4 The numbers might sound small, but they are the leading edge of a dangerous trend.5 When vaccination rates are very high, as they still are in the nation as a whole, everyone is protected. 6This is called “herd immunity”, which protects the people who get hurt easily, including those who can’t be vaccin ated for medical reasons, babies too young to get vaccinated and people on whom the vaccine doesn’t work.7 But herd immunity works only when nearly the whole herd joins in. 8 When some refuse vaccination and seek a free ride, immunity breaks down and everyone is in even bigger danger.9 That’s exactly what is happening in small neighborhoods around the country from Orange County, California, where 22 measles cases were reported this month, to Brooklyn, N.Y., where a 17-year-old caused an outbreak last year.10 The resistance to vaccine has continued for decades, and it is driven by a real but very small risk. 11 Those who refuse to take that risk selfishly make others suffer.12 Making things worse are state laws that make it too easy to opt out of what are supposed to be required vaccines for all children entering kindergarten. 13 Seventeen states allow parents to get an exemption, sometimes just by signing a paper saying they personally object to a vaccine.14 Now, several states are moving to tighten laws by adding new regulations for opting out. 15 But no one does enough to limit exemptions.16 Parents ought to be able to opt out only for limited medical or religious reasons. 17 But personal opinions? Not good enough.18 Everyone enjoys the life-saving benefits vaccines provide, but they’ll exist only as long as everyone shares in the risks.一．单词和短语Words and expressions* measles /ˈmiːzlz/ n. <医>麻疹;* vaccine /ˈvæksiːn/ n. 疫苗make a comeback 卷土重来* anti-vaccine movement 反疫苗运动misinformation /ˌmɪsɪnfəˈmeʃn/ n. 错误信息* the leading edge 前缘；领先地位* herd immunity /hɜːd/ /ɪˈmjuːnɪtɪ/群体免疫a free ride免费搭车；占便宜；坐享其成selfishly /ˈselfɪʃlɪ/ adv.自私地；* opt /ɒpt/ vi. 选择* opt out 决定退出* exemption /ɪɡˈzempʃn/ n.免除二．参考译文Translation1通过广泛接种麻疹疫苗，麻疹于14年前几乎在美国绝迹（麻疹曾经致使每年平均有450名儿童丧命，更多的人残疾）。
高考英语 热门考点强化专练 阅读理解(七)(含解析)
2013高考英语热门考点强化专练：阅读理解（七）（含解析）（1）Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California’s Santa Ana Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn’t reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I figured I’d just head east.A bus pulled up, and I asked the driver how far she was going. “Four more lights,” she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night.She dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number above its windshield(挡风玻璃). It was out of service. But the door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the same driver.“I just can’t leave you here,” she said. “This isn’t the nicest place. I’ll give you a ride home.”“You’ll drive me home in the bus?” I asked, perplexed(困惑).“No, I’ll take you in my car,” she said.“It’s a long way,” I protested.“Come on, ” she said. “I have nothing else to do.”As we drove from the station in her car, she began telling me a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good Samaritan picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I’m just passing the favor along, ” she said.When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn’t hear of it. “That wouldn’t make it a favor, ” she said. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.”1. Why did the writer say that he would have a long night?A. He wondered how long he had to wait for the next bus.B. No driver wouldgive him a ride.C. He didn’t know the routes.D. He perhaps would have to take a taxi.2. Judging from its context, the place where the writer waited for the second bus was _______.A. very quiet and peacefulB. dark without street lightsC. neither clean nor beautifulD. a little unsafe3. Why did the writer change his mind after waiting for 30 minutes at the end of the route?A. No bus would come at the time.B. A taxi ride would be more comfortable.C. He became impatient and a bit worried.D. He knew the driver would never return.4. The bus driver drove the writer home later because ________.A. she happened to go in the same directionB. she wanted to do something good for other peopleC. her brother told her to do soD. she wanted to earn more money5. The bus driver hoped that the writer ________.A. would do as she didB. would keep her in memoryC. would give the money to othersD. would do her a favor（2）Who are these people rushing by you in the street? More than 215 million people now call America “home”, but most of them can trace their families back to other parts of the world. If you look at the names on shop windows, you will see that Americans come from many different lands. The idea that these people, who once were strangers to the United States, have lost the customs and cultures of their original countries and have become “American” is really not true. In fact, what exists in America is more o ften a kind of “side-by-side” living in which groups of people from other countries often have kept many of their customs and habits. They join the generalAmerican society only in certain areas of their lives—such as in schools, business, and sports—but they keep many of their own native customs and manners socially and at home. This living “side-by-side” has both advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes it may cause disagreements to develop between groups whose ways of life are very different from one another. However, there are also great advantages that come from the variety of cultures brought by settlers from other lands. There is great freedom of choice among ideas and dress, food, and social customs in America. Everyone can find some part of his or her familiar world in the United States, in churches, music, food, national groups, or newspapers.6. More than 215 million people call America “home” because_______.A. they buy their houses thereB. they settle there nowC. they get married thereD. they were born there7. “Side-by-side” living style means _______.A. making friends with native peopleB. keeping their own customs while sharing American ones in certain areasC. the groups of people who live nearbyD. that they get closer to American society8. According to the passage, people in the USA ________.A. share American customs and cultureB. live in a kind of “side-by-side” societyC. keep their own customs and habits firmlyD. make no choice to accept American customs9. Which of the following statements is true?A. They always stick to their own customs and habits.B. “Side-by-side” living style is not suitable.C. They face the society they are not familiar with.D. The advantages coming from the variety of cultures make life in America colorful.10. Which title of the following can best take the place of “Different Cultures in America”?A. Advantages and Disadvantages.B. Different Customs and Habits.C. Home for the People.D. “Side-by-side” Living Style in A merica.（3）Probably you have seen photos of the Grand Canyon（峡谷）, the great valley in the desert country of Arizona. But you must go there yourself to feel its true size and beauty. The Grand Canyon is one of the greatest natural wonders of the world The Colorado River formed the Grand Canyon over millions of years. Slowly, the river cut down through hard rock. At the same time, the land was rising. Today the canyon is 1.5 kilometers and 445 kilometers long. The oldest rocks at the bottom of the canyon are more than 1 billion years old. The width varies from about 200 meters to 29 kilometers across. The rim or top of the canyon is about 2,300 meters above sea level on the South Rim, and about 3,000 meters on the other side. As a result, there are different kinds of plants and animals on opposite sides of the canyon. The South Rim is dry desert country. The North Rim has tall forests.The canyon looks different at different times of day, and in different seasons and weather. At sunrise and sunset the red, gold, brown and orange colors of the rocks are especially clear and bright. In winter, the canyon is partly covered with snow.The view from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is the best. Most visitors come here and stay in campgrounds or hotels. Every point along th e canyon’s edge offers a different view.The North rim of the Canyon is quieter. It takes all day to drive there from the South Rim because there is only one bridge across the Colorado River. On the way, you go through Navado Indian lands, and a colorful p ink desert called “The Painted Desert”.11. The best way to feel the true beauty of the Grand Canyon is to________.A. see its photographsB. listen to the report about itC. watch its introduction on TVD. go there yourself and visit it12. According to the second paragraph, ________.A.the Grand Canyon has a short historyB. its size never changed in the historyC. the Grand Canyon was formed by the earthquakeD. You can enjoy different scenery on different sides of the canyon13. The scene the canyon is ________.A.various depending on different time and placesB.the sameC.various depending on different timeD.various depending on different places14. If you want to visit the North Rim from the South Rim, you________.A.can go there in many directionsB.won’t spend much time on the wayC.can visit The painted Desert on the wayD.needn’t go across any bridges15. If you want to have a visit to the Grand Canyon, you’d better go to _______.A. the North RimB. the South RimC. the bottomD. Navado Indian Lands【答案与解析】(1)1. A。
2021届高三英语考前小题专练7--阅读理解+七选五
2021高三英语考前小题专练7--阅读理解+七选五（重庆市巴蜀中学2020届高考英语第八次适应性月考)THE MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIES OF 2020Welcome to the year when your patience finally pays off. The movies of 2020 have us almost hyperventilating — mostly because it feels like we’ve been waiting forever for many of them to land in theaters.The GrudgeDirected by: Nicolas PesceOpening on: January 3,2020A remake of the American remake of the Japanese horror favorite, The Grudge once again focuses on a vengeful ghost with a long memory. Critical darling Andrea Riseborough stars, and director Nicolas Pesce has some form: critics called his The Eyes of My Mother a haunting slasher.Weathering with YouDirected by：Makoto ShinkaiOpening on: January 17,2020The latest animated adventure from Makoto Shinkai, the acclaimed director of Your Name, centers on a pair of teens, one of whom can control the weather, who meet and form a bond with each other, before one of them reveals a secret that will change both of them forever.The GentlemenDirected by: Guy RitchieOpening on: January 24,2020After a bit of a departure with 2019’s live-action Aladdin remake, Guy Ritchie returns to his roots with this British gangster tale about an American expat (Matthew McConaughey) with a weed empire in London whose imminent retirement from the business spawns a criminal free-for-all for his territory. Fans of Ritchie’s early work are excited to see him at the helm of another crime caper, and it’s hard to beat the sight of a slimy-looking Hugh Grant playing against type.The Rhythm SectionDirected by: Reed MoranoOpening on: January 31, 2020Blake Lively stars in the latest troubled female assassin movie, based on the eponymous novel by Mark Burnell. She plays Stephanie Patrick, a plane crash survivor who wants to get to the bottom of the disaster that killed her family and discovers it was no accident, which sets her on a path of revenge.1. Who is a horror movie director?A. Nicolas Pesce.B. Makoto Shinkai.C. Guy Ritchie.D. Reed Morano.2. Which movie is adapted from a novel?A. The Grudge.B. Weathering with You.C. The Gentlemen.D. The Rhythm Section.3. What can we infer from the text?A. The Grudge is the first remake of a Japanese movie.B. Weathering with You may appeal to children.C. The Gentlemen is based on a real story.D. Blake Lively’s parents were murdered.【答案】1-3 ADB2He really did look like a tourist, with a camera around his neck and a bottle of sunscreen sticking out of his tote bag.The portly man sat on the terrace, sipping lemonade and pretending to look at a glossy cruise brochure.His sunglasses masked his eyes, but I knew he wasn’t looking at the brochure: he hadn’t turned a page for the last ten minutes.As I brought him his clam chowder(蛤肉菜汤), he coughed up a “thank you” and looked at me briefly.I tried not to stare at the tiny scar across his left eyebrow.I walked back inside with my empty tray, shaking my head. He looked familiar, but I couldn’t quite place him. Then it hit me. The car accident. The mysterious(神秘的) stranger who helped meout of my smashed car, just before it exploded. I rushed back to his table. He was gone.I moved his saucer and found his tip, along with a card: I am deeply indebted to you. The night of your car accident, I was on my way to rob a jewelry store. Saving your life brought things back in perspective(观点). I now live an honest life, thanks to you. God bless you! Mr. D.I trembled. The night of my car accident, I was heading for an interview in a shady dance club. Seeing human kindness through his heroic gesture turned my life around and brought faith back into my life.I unfolded the tip he left. Among the singles was a grand with a pen mark underlining “In God We Trust.” I said a silent prayer for him and got back to work, smiling.4. Why did the man come to this restaurant?A. To get travel tips from the brochures.B. To have delicious clam chowder.C. To spy on the waitress.D. To say thanks.5. What can best describe the man?A. Brave.B. Honest.C. Generous.D. Transformed.6. What does the waitress probably want the man to know the most?A. He is grateful to her.B. He changed her perspective on life.C. She could have died in a car accident.D. She remembers who he is.7. What is the best title for the text?A. A Happy AccidentB. Two Sorrowful PeopleC. A Mysterious StrangerD. Never Too Late to Say “Thank You”【答案】4-7 DDBC3.You feel especially smart and funny when talking to a particular person, only to feel hopelessly unintelligent and tongue-tied in the presence of another.Experiments show when people report feeling comfortable with a conversational partner, they are judged by those partners and by observers as actually being more witty(机智的).It’s just one example of the powerful influence that social factors can have on intelligence. As parents, teachers and students settle into the school year, this work should encourage us to think about intelligence not as a “lump of something that’s in our heads”, as the psychologist JoshuaAronson puts it, but as “a transaction among people.”Mr. Aronson, an associate professor at New York University, has been a leader in investigating the effects of social forces on academic achievement. Along with the psychologist Claude Steele, he identified the phenomenon known as “stereotype(刻板印象) threat”. Members of groups believed not to be academically good score much lower on tests when reminded in advance of their race or gender.The pair’s experiments in the 1990s concluded that the performance of these students suffered because they were worried about confirming negative stereotypes about their group.Minorities aren’t the only ones easily hurt by stereotype threat. We all are. A group of people especially confident about their mathematical abilities did worse on a math test when told that the experiment was intended to investigate “why Asians appear to perform better than other students on tests of math ability”.And in a study published earlier this year in the journal Learning and Individual Differences, high school students did worse on a test of spatial(空间的) skills when told that males are better at solving spatial pro blems because of genetic differences between males and females. The girls were anxious about confirming assumptions about their gender, while the boys were anxious about living up to them.The evolving literature on stereotype threat shows that performance is always social in nature. Even alone in an exam room, we hear a chorus of voices assessing, evaluating, passing judgment. And as social creatures, humans are strongly affected by what these voices say.8. What does the underlined word “transaction” in paragraph 3 refer to?A. Spatial reasoning skills.B. The ability to remember information.C. Interaction between us and the environment.D. Passing on knowledge from teachers to students.9. After being told males typically perform better than females in math, males are most likely to perform A. better than females B. the same as femalesC. worse than usualD. worse than females10. Which of the following “voices” in our head may influence performance on an exam?A. “I am as prepared as I can be.”B. “I am supposed to do well on this.”C. “The testing room is different from my classroom.”D. “I am solving the problems faster than the one sitting in front of me.”11. How do stereotypes threaten our academic achievement?A. Making us unintelligent.B. Reminding us of our weaknesses.C. Limiting our spatial reasoning skills.D. Raising our anxiety level.【答案】8-11 CCBD（安徽省砀山县第二中学2021届高三英语10月月考)Morris, a well-known English violinist, had been exhausted from a day of recording at Abbey Road Studios when he exited the Southeastern Railway from London late last month. He was so tired that he didn’t even realize that he had left his beloved violin on the train until the following morning.The violin is one of the few surviving instruments made by Roman craftsman David Tecchler in 1709. Not only is the violin worth $320,000, but Morris has also been playing the instrument for 15 years.Feeling panic, Morris contacted the British Transport Police to see if it had been returned; unfortunately, officers checked the footage(录像) and saw that the violin had been picked up by another train passenger. Morris then created social media accounts to beg for the return of his instrument. The footage was shown in the news, and the person responsible for taking the violin was treated as a suspect.Several days later, Morris received a phone call from someone who recognized the man on the train. Morris was then put in contact with the man who took the violin —and he had apparently been very eager to return the instrument. After promising the man that he wouldn’t be arrested, Morris met him in a parking lot so he could reunite with his beloved instrument.The man apologized sincerely, saying he wanted to hand it to Morris in person. Morris found the instrument and the contents of its case were still in consummate condition. To his surprise, it was even still in tune(音调准确). Morris was excited and deeply grateful for its return.“I’m still getting over the shock of its coming back,”Morris admitted in an interview afterwards. Then he played a breathtaking piece of music Amazing Grace on his 310-year-old violin in front of the reporters.12. What can we learn about the lost violin?A. It’s valuable and important.B. It’s a gift from David Tecchler.C. It’s the only violin Morris owns.D. It’s the oldest violin in the world.13. What did Morris do first after he found his violin missing?A. He spoke to reporters about it.B. He turned to the police for help.C. He described his situation online.D. He returned to the train to look for it.14. What do we know about the man who took the violin away?A. He knew the violin was unique.B. He got in touch with Morris directly.C. He was unwilling to return the violin.D. He felt afraid to be punished for his act.15. What does the underlined word “consummate” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?A. Unusual.B. Poor.C. Perfect.D. General. 【答案】12-15 ABDC（重庆市巴蜀中学2020届高考英语第八次适应性月考)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。
高考英语-阅读理解Ⅳ：篇章结构题(测)-专题练习(七)有答案
高考英语专题练习（七）阅读理解Ⅳ:篇章结构题（测）There are many places to go on safari（观赏野生动物）in Africa, but riding a horse through the flooded waters of Botswana’s Okavango Delta must rank as one of the world’s most exciting wildlife journeys.Several safari camps operate as the base for this adventure, providing unique rides twice a day to explore deep into the delta. The camps have excellent horses, professional guides and lots of support workers. They have a reputation for providing a great riding experience.The morning ride, when the guides take you to beautiful, shallow lakes full of water lilies, tends to be more active. It is unlike any other riding experience. With rainbows forming in the splashing water around you and the sound of huge drops of water bouncing off your body and face, it is truly exciting. You are very likely to come across large wild animals, too. On horseback it is possible to get quite close to elephants, giraffes and many other animals. The sense of excitement and tension levels rise suddenly though, as does your heart rate, as you move closer to them.In the evening, rides are usually at a more relaxed and unhurried pace, with golden light streaming across the grassy delta and the animals coming out to eat and drink. Sedate though they are, rides at this time of day are still very impress ive. As the sun’s rays pass through the dust kicked up by the horses, the romance of Africa comes to life.Back at the camp you can kick off your boots and enjoy excellent food and wine. Looking back on your day, you will find it hard to deny that a horseback safari is as close as you will ever come to answering the call of the wild.2．The author introduces the riding experience in the Okavango Delta mainly by________.A．following space orderB．following time orderC．making classificationsD．giving examples3．Technological change is everywhere and affects every aspect of life, mostly for the better. However, social changes are brought about by new technology are often mistaken for a change in attitudes.An example at hand is the involvement of parents in the lives of their children who are attending college. Surveys （调查）on this topic suggests that parents today continue to be “very” or “somewhat” overly-protective even after their children move into college dormitories. The same surveys also indicate that the rate of parental involvement is greater today than it was a generation ago. This is usually interpreted as a sign that today’s parents are trying to manage their children’s lives past the point where this behavior is appropriate.However, greater parental involvement does not necessarily indicate that parents are failing to let go of their “adult” children.In the context（背景）of this discussion, it seems valuable to first find out the cause of change in the case of parents’ involvement with their grown children. If parents of earlier generations had wanted to be in touch with their college-age children frequently, would this have been possible? Probably not. On the other hand, does thepossibility of f requent communication today mean that the urge to do so wasn’t present a generation ago? Many studies show that older parents —today’s grandparents — would have called their children more often if the means and cost of doing so had not been a barrier.Furthermore, studies show that finances are the most frequent subject of communication between parents and their college children. The fact that college students are financially dependent on their parents is nothing new; nor are requests for more money to be sent from home. This phenomenon is neither good nor bad; it is a fact of college life, today and in the past.Thanks to the advanced technology, we live in an age of bettered communication. This has many implications well beyond the role that parents seem to play in the lives of their children who have left for college. But it is useful to bear in mind that all such changes come from the technology and not some imagined desire by parents to keep their children under their wings.3．Which of the following shows the development of ideas in this passage?（）4．【贵州省遵义航天高级中学高三第四次模拟】When should people be made to retire? 55? 65? Should there be a compulsory age limit?Many old people work well into their 70s and 80s, running families, countries or corporations. Other people, however, despite being fit and highly talented, are forced to retire in their fifties or even earlier because of the regulations of a company or the nation. This essay will examine whether people should be allowed to continue working as long as they want or whether they should be encouraged to retire at a particular stage.Some people think there are several arguments for allowing older people to continue working as long as they are able. First of all, older employees have an immense amount of knowledge and experience which can be lost to abusiness or organization if they are made to retire. A second point is that older employees are often extremely loyal employees and are more willing to carry out company policies than younger less committed staff. However, a more important point is regarding the attitudes in society to old people. To force someone to resign or retire at 60 indicates that the society does not value the input of these people and that effectively their useful life is over. Age is irrelevant to a working life, surely if older employees are told they cannot work after 60, this is age discrimination. That they become old does not necessarily mean they are going to be sick. Old people could be more aware, experienced and committed than some youngsters.Others, however, think that allowing older people to work indefinitely is not a good policy. Age alone is no guarantee of ability. Old people are only ambitious workaholics who are too selfish and self-centered to believe that a younger person could do better. Actually, many younger employees have more experience or skills than older staff, who may have been stuck in one area or unit for most of their working lives. Having compulsory retirement allows new ideas in an organization. In addition, without age limits, however, many people would continue to work purely because they did not have any other plans or roles. A third point of view is that older people should be rewarded by society for their life’s labor by being given generous pensi ons and the freedom to enjoy their leisure. We now have youngsters who can’t find jobs because old people are choosing not to retire. Old people are not retiring because this new generation of “old people” think they will never die due to modern advances i n medicine.With many young people unemployed or frustrated in low-level positions, there are often calls to compulsorily retire older workers. However, this can affect the older individual’s freedom and right to work and can deprive（剥夺）society of valuable experience and insights. I feel that giving workers more flexibility and choice over their retirement age will benefit society and the individual.4．The passage is arranged as follows ________5．【陕西省咸阳市武功县高三上学期摸底考试】Salvador Dali （1904-1989）was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is also L’Enigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artist’s showman qualities.The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition follows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities（无限）. “From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroque of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras,” explains the Pompidou Centre.The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration（合作）with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg.5．How are the exhibits arranged at the World of Dali? ________A．By popularityB．By time and subject.C．By size and shapeD．By importance.阅读理解Ⅳ:篇章结构题（测）答案1~5 ABBAB阅读理解Ⅳ:篇章结构题（测）解析1．【文章大意】随着现代科技的发展，树荫下种植的咖啡产量越来越少，取而代之的是受到阳光暴晒的考费。
高考英语阅读理解专练复习题7
高三英语阅读理解专练（7）AOn October 12, 1989, some Chinese scientists were working at the computers to look for information they needed. Suddenly they saw a lot of very bright spots crossing the computers’s screens. At the same time the computers were working much slower. To find out what was happening they stopped their work to check some parts of the computers. To their horror, they found out that most of their stored information was got rid of by computer viruses （病毒）! Obviously all these computers had been infected by computer viruses.It is said that the computer viruses were made by a group of young men fond of playing tricks. They all had excellent education. They created the viruses just to show their intelligence （才智）. These kinds of computer viruses are named Jerusalem（耶路撒冷）Viruses. These viruses can stay in computers for a long time. When the time comes they will attack the computers by lowering the functions （功能）, damaging their normal programs or even getting rid of all the information.We now come to know that Jerusalem Viruses often attack computers on Fridays and that they are spreading to a lot of computers. Among the countries that suffered computer viruseslast year are Britain, Australia, Switzerland and the U.S. But fill now , how to get rid of the terrible viruses remains a problem.1．The group of young men created the viruse to________.A. damage the computersB. test their abilityC. tell the world that they were intelligentD. play a trick on operators of the computers2．According to the passage, computer viruses seem to________.A. have been in nature for yearsB. exist in any computersC. be difficult to get rid of at presentD. be able to be got rid of in the near future3．The most serious damage caused by the viruses is that________.A. the computer’s functions are loweredB. the normal programs are damagedC. all the information stored in the computers is goneD. the computers infected by the viruses can no longer be used4．According to the passage, which of the following is true?A. Last year four countries found their computers were infectedby viruses.B. The viruses will come to a new computer after staying in the old one for some time.C. Scientists are trying to find a way to get rid of the viruses.D. The Jerusalem Viruses are a great harm to human health.BBaths and bathing have long been considered of medical importance to man. In Greece there are the ruins of a bathtub and water system built over 3, 000 years ago. The Romans had warm public baths. In some as many as 3, 000 persons could bathe at the same time.Treating disease by bathing has been popular for centuries. Moden medical bathing or hydrotherapy, first became popular in Europe and by the late 1700’s also became popular in the United States.For many years frequent bathing was believed to be bad for one’s health. Ordinary bathing just to be clean was avoided and perfune（香水）was often used to cover up body smells ！By the 1770’s doctors began to say that soap and water were good for health. They believed that it was good for people to be cleaned. Slowly people began to bathe more frequently. During the Victorian Age of the late 19th century, taking a bath on Saturdaynight became common.In the United States ordinary bathing was slow to become popular. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, many Americans were known as “The Great Unwashed!” In one American city, for example, a person could only take a bath every thirty days !That was a law!Frequency of bathing today is partly a matter of habit. People know that bathing for cleanness is important to health. Doctors know that dirty bodies increase the chance of diseases. Consequently, in the United States, people generally bathe often. Some people bathe once a day at least. They consider a daily bath essential to good health.5．In Greece________ .A. there were some public baths large enough to hold 3, 000 persons.B. people used to treat disease by bathingC. people began to bathe thousands of years agoD. people didn’t like f requent bathing6．The Americans used to be known as “The Great Unwashed” because________.A. the modem medical bathing first became popular in the U. S.B. they didn’t bath frequentlyC. the Americans were very clean.D. soap was first produced in the U. S.7．Apparently the word“ hydrotherapy” in the second paragraph means________.A. medical bathingB. a water systemC. bathing frequencyD. terrible body smell8．During the Victorian Age________.A. the Americans ever took a bath every thirty daysB. frequent bathing was avoidedC. people used perfume to cover up body smells after bathingD. the British people generally took a bath once a week.CHumans are social animals. They live in groups all over the world. As these groups of people live apart from other groups, over the years and centuries they develop their own habits and ideas, which form different cultures. One important particular side of every culture is how its people deal with time.Time is not very important in non industrial societies.The Nuer people of East Africa, for example, do not even have a word TIME that is in agreement with the abstract thing we call time. The daily lives of the people of such non industrial societies are likely tobe patterned around their physical needs and natural events rather than around a time schedule（时间表）based on the clock. They cook and eat when they are hungry and sleep when the sun goes down. They plant crops during the growing seasons and harvest them when the crops are ripe. They measure time not by a clock or calendar（日历）, but by saying that an event takes place before or after some other event. Frequently such a society measures day in terms of “sleeps ”or longer periods in terms of “moons”.Some cultures, such as the Eakinos of Greenland measure seasons according to the migration of certain animals.Some cultures which do not have a written language or keep written records have developed interesting ways of “telling time”.For example, when several Australian a borigines want to plan an event for a future time, one of them places a stone on a cliff or in a tree. Each day the angle of the sun changes slightly. In a few days, the rays of the sun strike the stone in a certain way. When this happens, the people see that the agreed - upon time has arrived and the event can take place.In contrast （成对比）, exactly correct measurement of time is very important in modern, in detribalized societies. This is because industrialized societies require the helpful efforts of many people in order to work. For a factory to work efficiently （well, quickly andwithout waste）, for example , all of the workers must work at the same time, Therefore, they must know what time to start work in the morning and what time they may go home in the afternoon. Passengers must know the exact time that an airplane will arrive or depart. Students and teachers need to know when a class starts and ends. Stores must open on time in order to serve their customers. Complicated （复杂的）societies need clocks and calendars. Thus, we can see that if each person worked according to his or her own schedule, a complicated society could hardly work at all.9．By saying “Humans are social animals”, the author means________.A. they live all over the world．B. they are different from other animalsC. they live in one place, district or country, considered as a wholeD. they are divided into many groups10．Time is not very important in non industrial societies. This is because people in those societies________.A. don’t have the word TIME in their languagesB. don’t get used to using clocks and other timepiecesC. don’t measure time in their daily livesD. don’t need to plan their daily lives around an exact time schedule11．The Australian aborigines’ way of “telling time” is based on________.A. the change of the sun raysB. the movement of the earth in relation to the sunC. the position of the stoneD. the position of the tree or the cliff12．Which of the following night be the best title for this passage?A. Time and CultureB. The Measurement of TimeC. Time schedule and Daily LifeD. Clock, Calendar and SocietyDA person, like a commodity （商品）, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration, however, does no harm when it shows the person’s unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal attractiveness in a casual and natural way, it is important for one to have a clear knowledge of oneself. A skilled packager knows how to add art to nature without any signs of embellishment（装饰）, so that the person so packagedis not a commodity but a human being, lively and lovely.A young person, especially a female, shining with beauty and full of life, has all the favor granted by God. Any attempt to make up would be self - defeating. Youth, however, comes and goes in a flash. Packaging for the middle - aged is primarily to hide the marks made by years. If you still enjoy life enough to keep self - confidence and work at pioneering work you are unique in through plains mountains and jungles, running its course as it should. You have really lived your life, which now arrives at a self - satisfied stage of quietness and calmness with no interest in fame or wealth . There is no need to make us of hair dyeing. The snow - capped mountain is itself a beautiful scene of fairyland. Let your looks change from young to old in step with the natural ageing process so as to keep in harmony （和谐）with nature, for harmony itself is beauty, while the other way round will only end in unpleasantness. To be in the elder’s company is like reading a thick book of deluxe （better quality）edition that attracts one so much as to be unwilling to part with.As long as one find where on stands, one knows how to package oneself, just as a commodity sets up its brand by the right packaging.13．It can be concluded from the text that________.A. people should be packed at all agesB. people should be packed in a special wayC. elderly people also care about packingD. proper packing makes people attractive14．For the middle - aged, attractiveness________ .A. hardly existsB. is the strongestC. comes from the insideD. comes from the appearance15．The underlined sentence means that elderly people ________.A. are usually packed like a finely - made bookB. experience a lot and have rich knowledge of lifeC. do a lot of traveling and can give you much informationD. enjoy reading thick books of beautiful nature and fairylandsEThere seems never to have been a civilization without toys, but when and how they developed is unknown. They probably came about just to give children something to do.In the ancient world, as is today, most boys played with some kinds of toys and most girls with another. In societies where social roles are rigidly determined, boys pattern their play after theactivities of their fathers and girls are being prepared, even in play, to step into the roles and responsibilities of the adult world.What is remarkable about the history of toys is not so much how they changed over the centuries but how much they have remained the same.The changes have been mostly in terms of craftsmanship, mechanics, and technology. It is the universality of toys with regard to their development in all parts of the word and their persistence to the present that is amazing. In Egypt, America, China, Japan and among the Arctic （北极的）people, generally the same kinds of toys appeared. Varations depended on local customs and way of life because toys imitate their surrounding. Nearly every civilization had dolls, little weapons, toy soldiers, tiny animals and vehicles.Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of art form, they have not been subject to technological leaps that characterize inventions for adult use. The progress from the wheel to the cart to the automobile is a direct line of ascent （进步）. The progress from a rattle （拨浪鼓）used by a baby in 3000BC to one used by an infant today, however, is not characterized by inventiveness. Each rattle is the product of the artistic tastes of the times and subject to the limitations of available materials.16．The reason why the toys most boys play with are differentfrom those that girls play with is that________.A. they like challenging activities.B. their social roles are rigidly determinedC. most boys would like to follow their fathers professions.D. boys like to play with their fathers while girl with their mothers17．One aspect of “the universality of toys” lies in the fact that________.A. the basic characteristics of toys are the same all over the world.B. technological advances have greatly improved the durability of toysC. the exploration of the universe has led to the creation of new kinds of toysD. the improvement of craftsmanship in making toys depends on the efforts of universities18．Which of the following is the author’s view on the historical development of toys?A. Toys are playing an increasingly important role in shaping a child’s character.B. The toy industry has witnessed great leaps in technology in recent years.C. The craftsmanship in toy - making has remained essentially unchanged.D. Toys have remained basically the same all through the centuries19．Regarded as a kind of art form, toys________.A. reflect the pace of social progressB. are not characterized by technological progressC. follow a direct line of ascentD. also appeal greatly to adults20．The author uses the example of a rattle to show that________.A. it often takes a long time to introduce new technology into toy - makingB. even the simplest toys can reflect the progress of technologyC. even a simple toy can mirror the artistic tastes of the timeD. in toy - making there is a continuity in the use of materials参考答案1．C提示：第二自然段第三句话“They created the viruses just to show their intelligence”暗示了答案。
高考二轮复习英语试题(老高考旧教材)阅读理解文体分类练7新闻报道
文体分类练(七)新闻报道(限时:25分钟)Passage1(2023四川成都三诊)Jeff Jensen,the business and Boy Scout leader,was in a dilemma and had painful damage in his leg and foot.He needed surgery,but he doubted whether he could afford it,even with insurance.“There’s nothing more depressing than seeing a bill for 24,000 dollars and going.How much of this will my insurance cover and how much is mine to cover?” Jensen told WWAY-TV.Luckily for Jensen,his doctor is Demetrio Aguila.The nerve specialist gives patients the option to pay for surgery through volunteer work.He founded an organization called M25 Program.“We can’t ignore the people in our own backyard,” Aguila told CBS.“We want to be able to offer hope to patients who have lost hope medically.”Using an algorithm (算法),the clinic calculates community service hours based on the price of the surgery.In Jensen’s case,the $12,000 operation equaled 560 hours of helping out at one of the local charitable organizations registered with the M25 Program.Like 10 percent of Aguila’s pa tients,Jensen chose the community service.And because hundreds of hours of community service can seem difficult,Aguila,50,not only lets others participate,he encourages it.“I had this hope that we would reawaken in our neighbors and in ourselves a sense of volunteerism,” he told CNN.Jensen,whose surgery was completed in February 2020,was helped by more than 100 friends and strangers who volunteered at Orphan Grain Train,which donates food,clothing,and medicine nationally and globally.Dave Harvey,founder of the homeless aid organization Least of My Brethren,is counted as one who is inspired by Aguila.“He is making things easier by sending volunteers our way!”he told KMTV in Omaha.“What a cool thing!”1.What can a patient do if he can’t afford surgery accor ding to the text?A.Seek aid from social media.B.Raise money in the hospital.C.Join in the voluntary service.D.Turn to the insurance company.2.What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 refer to?A.People’s help.B.The M25 Program.munity service.D.Medical assistance.3.What’s Harvey’s attitude to Aguila?A.Cautious.B.Concerned.C.Grateful.D.Doubtful.4.Where is the text probably taken from?A.A local newspaper.B.A medical journal.C.A clinic advertisement.D.An insurance brochure.Passage2(2023山东青岛一模)A six-year-old longing to keep a unicorn in her backyard figured she’d get the hard part out of the way first.Last November,Madeline wrote a letter to the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control with a straightforward request.“Dear LA County,I would like your approval if I can have a unicorn in my backyard if I can find one.Please send me a letter in response.”Director Mayeda replied two weeks later.The department does in fact license unicorns,she said,under certain conditions.Those include polishing the unicorn’s horn at least once a month with a soft cloth,feeding it watermelon at least once a week,covering it with only nontoxic and biodegradable sparkles and giving it regular access to sunlight,moonbeams and rainbows.And,because unicorns are indeed very rare to find,the department is also giving Madeline a toy unicorn to keep her company during her search,as a token of appreciation.“It is always rewarding to hear from young people who thoughtfully consider the requirements of providing a loving home for animals,”Mayeda wrote in the letter.“I like your sense of responsible pet ownership to seek permission in advance to keep a unicorn in Los Angeles County.”Mayeda told The Washington Post that this is the first time the department has received a request for a license for a unicorn or any mythical creature.They were impressed with the first-grader for wanting to ask permission in the first place,and doing her research to work out how to go about that.She and her colleagues deal with a lot of “life-and-death”issues on the job,whether that’s seeing cases of animal abuseor animals hurting people or making decisions about having to put down dangerous or sick animals.So Madeline’s letter has co nsiderably brightened their spirits,and she is due to visit the department this week to discuss her unicorn license application.Safe to say,she’s in for a magical surprise.5.Why did Madeline write the letter?A.To apply to visit a unicorn.B.To learn to provide animal care.C.To ask permission to keep a pet.D.To figure out how to find a unicorn.6.What can we learn from paragraph 3?A.Her application was disapproved.B.Requirements should be met for the license.C.She was presented with a live unicorn.D.Guidance was given for her search.7.Which of the following best describes Mayeda?A.Imaginative.B.Sensitive.C.Flexible.D.Convincing.8.Why does the department think the letter “has brightened their spirits”?A.Because it is the first application letter for a pet.B.Because animal protection is a life-and-death issue.C.Because they are worn out with their daily work.D.Because they are touched with the girl’s deeds.Passage3(2023广东茂名二模)Holding the large and heavy “brick”cellphone he’s credited with inventing 50 years ago,Martin Cooper talks about the future.Little did he know when he made the first call on a New York City street from a heavy Motorola prototype(原型)that our world would come to be encapsulated on a sleek glass sheath where we search,connect,like and buy.Cooper says he is an optimist.He believes that advances in mobile technology will continue to transform lives but he is worried about risks smartphones pose to privacy and young people.“My most negative opinion is that we don’t have any privacy anymore because everything about us is now recorded someplace and accessible to somebody who has enough intense desire to get it,” the 94-year-old said in an interview in Barcelona at MWC,the Mobile World Congress,the world’s biggest wirel ess trade show,where he was getting a lifetime award.Cooper sees a dark side to the advances,including the risk to children.One idea,he said,is to have“various Internets intended for different audiences”.Cooper made the first public call from a handheld portable telephone on a Manhattan street on April 3,1973,using a prototype device his team at Motorola had started designing just five months earlier.Cooper used the DynaTAC phone to famously call his opponent at Bell Labs,owned by AT&T.It was literally t he world’s first brick phone,weighing 2.5 pounds and measuring 11 inches.Cooper spent the best part of the next decade working to bring a commercial version of the device to market.The call helped kick-start the cellphone revolution.Cooper said he’s “not crazy” about the shape of modern smartphones.He thinks they will develop so that they’ll be “distributed on your body”,possibly as sensors “measuring your health at all times”.Batteries,he said,might be replaced by human energy.The body makes energy from food,he argues,so it could possibly also power a phone.Instead of holding the phone in the hand,for example,the device could be placed under the skin.9.What does the underlined part “a sleek glass sheath” in paragraph 2 refer to?A.A smartphone.B.A Motorola prototype.C.A “brick” cellphone.D.An original cellphone.10.What is Cooper’s attitude about the future of the mobile phone?A.Most negative.B.Very subjective.C.Doubtful and disapproving.D.Optimistic but also concerned.11.What can be inferred about children from paragraph 5?A.They should be provided with a different Internet from adults.B.They should have easy access to various Internets.C.They should be introduced to different audiences.D.They should use various Internets for learning materials.12.According to Cooper,how might smartphones be powered in the future?A.By body sensors.B.By human body.C.By solar energy.D.By advanced batteries.答案：Passage1[语篇解读]本文是一篇新闻报道,主要讲的是Jeff Jensen在医生Demetrio Aguila成立的M25 Program 的帮助下,通过参加社区服务来支付了手术费用的故事。
江苏2020届高三英语阅读冲刺第7练
江苏高考冲刺系列：阅读第7练（完+阅+任）限时：60分钟完成完形填空The first time Mercado thought seriously about becoming a professional model, she surfed the Internet for someone with a physical disability in the modeling world. That was six years ago, when disabled models were 36 . Thus, her search came up empty.“ I didn't think there was a 37 . ” she talks of the career she'd imagined "Not because I wasn't worthy of it, but because I didn't see anyone else like me out there. It was just not a thing.” However, Mercado has helped 38 that reality because of her not giving up. Last year, Mercadosigned with IMG Models, the powerhouse agency which 39 top supermodels.During a shoot, there are certain movements and 40 that are simply not an option for her. But her team has always found a way to work around these 41 , and she's never been cut from a campaign because of concerns about her disability."There’s 42 been a problem with the team not getting what they need to get from me as a model. There's never been an excuse where it's like—‘she has a disability, this is not going to work because the 43 won't look nice.’ "She says, "If I'm a model, a clothing company wants to showcase their 44 on me, that's great, "she says. "That's all it should be. "Her small body has more than a dozen surgical 45 and she fell both nervous and excited when she decided last year to 46 them for a shoot for a lingerie(女式贴身内衣) company. " 47 I'm very outspoken with what I believe in, I'm very much of a 48 person still at heart. But I wanted to 49 a challenge. "Mercado liked 50 people that everyone can and should feel attractive in their own skin: "You shouldn't be ashamed of your own 51 .”In the meantime, she's focused on her work and using her blog to encourage those who want to follow her 52 . When the next generation of disabled models searches the Web for 53 , they’ll find her.Mercado 54 her success to confidence, faith and never 55 ,"I'm an example that you can do what you want, because.. "she pauses. "Just because! That's it. You just can. "36. A popular B. invisible C. scarce D enough37. A responsibility B failure C. challenge D. possibility38. A. avoid B. change C. escape D. realize39. A. rejects B. complains C. praises D. represents40. A. poses B. entertainment C. campaigns D. situations41.A. events B. issues C. questions D. methods42. A. never B. just C. ever D. even43. A. faces B. photos C. clothes D. magazines44. A. stripe B. style C. stuff D. scarf45.A. injuries B. wounds C. hurts D. scars46.A. show B. cover C. hide D. bare47. A. In case B. Even though C. As though D. Now that48. A. shy B. quiet C. eager D. active49. A draw on B. count on C. put on D. take on50. A. managing B. informing C. reminding D. urging51. A. body B. figure C. appearance D. disability52. A. example B. spirit C. mood D. dream53. A. amusement B. pleasure C. inspiration D. cooperation54.A. gives B. gets C. takes D. owes55.A. blowing up B. giving up C. calling off D. putting off阅读理解ABangkok has become the world’s top tourist destination, with 15.98 million visitors projected to visit Thailand’s capital city this year, according to the third annual Global Destination Cities Index released by MasterCard on Monday. Based on data MasterCard collected from governments, central banks, related public agencies and airlines so far this year, the projection for the entire year says Bangkok is surpassing (超过) London, the previous holder of the top place, by a very narrow margin.Monday’s report marked the first time an Asian city has been projected to be the top-ranked tourist destination. London came in second, with 15.96 million visitors expected in 2013, and Paris, third, with 13.92 million visitors. MasterCard looked at 132 cities.Other Asian cities that made it to the Top-20 Global Destination Cities in 2013 include Singapore at number four, with 11.75 million visitors; Kuala Lumpur at number eight, with 9.2 million visitors; Hong Kong at number nine, with 8.72 million visitors; Seoul at number 11, with 8.19 million visitors; Shanghai at number 14, with 6.5 million visitors, Tokyo at number 16, with 5.8 million visitors, and Taipei, with 5.19 million visitors.The study found that Bangkok is experiencing a large increase in its number of tourists in 2013, up 9.8% from 2009. That compares to New York’s increase at 5.0% and London’s at 3.8%. Paris, meanwhile, saw a small dip in its number of tourists (negative 0.7%).Caroline Lledo, who was visiting Bangkok from France, said Thailand has many offerings. “We like culture and the people are so nice. We also love shopping here,” Ms. Lledo said. MasterCard Worldwide’s global economic adviser Yuwa Hedrick-Wong cited (引用) overall value for money spent for why Bangkok is attractive. That is true for Thailand overall as well.12．From the passage we can know that___________.A.Bangkok defeated London by a wide marginB.there are 15.96 million visitors visiting London in 2013C.Paris is experiencing an increase in its number of touristsD.London topped List of World’s Tourist Destinations in 201213．How many Asian cities have made it to the Top-20 Global Destination Cities in 2013?A.Seven.B.Eight.C.Nine.D.Ten.14．What attracts visitors to Thailand?A.People and buildings.B.Shopping and environment.C.Culture, people and shopping.D.Culture and natural scenery.15．What can we know about MasterCard?A.MasterCard surveyed 131 cities.B.Caroline Lledo was MasterCard’s adviser.C.MasterCard collected data from private agencies.D.It is the third time that MasterCard has released the Index.任务型阅读Robert F. Kennedy once said that a country’s GDP measures "everything except that which makes life worthwhile. "With Britain voting to leave the European Union, and GDP already predicted to slow as a result, it is now a timely moment to assess what he was referring to.The question of GDP and its usefulness has annoyed policymakers for over half a century.Many argue that it is a flawed(有缺陷的) concept. It measures things that do not matter and misses things that do. By most recent measures, the UK's GDP has been the envy of the Western world, with record low unemployment and high growth figures. If everything was going so well, then why did over 17 million people vote for Brexit, despite the warnings about what it could do to their country’s economic prospects.A recent annual study of countries and their ability to convert growth into well-being sheds some light on that question. Across the 163 countries measured, the UK is one of the poorest performers in ensuring that economic growth is translated into meaningful improvements for its citizens. Rather than just focusing on GDP, over 40 different sets of criteria from health, education and civil society engagement have been measured to get a more rounded assessment of how countries are performing.While all of these countries face their own challenges, there are a number of consistent themes. Yes, there has been a budding economic recovery since the 2008 global crash, but in key indicators in areas such as health and education, major economies have continued to decline. Yet this isn't the case with all countries. Some relatively poor European countries have seen huge improvements across measures including civil society, income equality and the environment.This is a lesson that rich countries can learn: When GDP is no longer regarded as the sole measure of a country's success, the world looks very different.So, what Kennedy was referring to was that while GDP has been the most common method formeasuring the economic activity of nations, as a measure, it is no longer enough. It does not includeimportant factors such as environmental quality or education outcomes all things that contribute to a person’s sense of well-being.The sharp hit to growth predicted around the world and in the UK could lead to a decline in the everyday services we depend on for our well-being and for growth. But policymakers whorefocus efforts on improving well-being instead of simply worrying about GDP figures could avoid the forecasted doom and may even see progress.参考答案完形填空36—40 CDBDA 41—45 BABCD 46—50 DBADC 51—55 AACDB阅读理解A1．推理判断题。
2020版高考英语阅读理解一轮练题(7)(含解析)
2019版高考英语阅读理解一轮练题（7）李仕才AHe was there every morning, sitting motionless on the front steps of his house. In the morning light, I could see the shadows that were etched(蚀刻)deep within the lines surrounding his eyes.Each morning I walked this route with my daughter to her kindergarten class. We were new to the neighborhood so that I didn’t know many of my neighbors. On one beautiful autumn morning, as we passed his house, my daughter called out to him, “Hi, Mr. Man!” Always the outgoing child, I wasn’t sur prised at her enthusiasm. But her cheerfulness soon faded when the man didn’t look at her and say “Hi” back.As we continued on our walk to school, my daughter asked why the man didn’t want to say hi to her. Because I didn’t have an answer, I said simply, “Maybe he is having a bad day.” later I knew that Bob lost his wife in a car accident.A few days later, as we approached Bob’s house on our way to school, my daughter called out “Hi Mr. Man!” and as usual, he didn’t respond. But then she ran onto his front lawn and picked up a beautiful red autumn leaf. She continued up one step and handed it to him. I held my breath.As she skipped back to me, she said, “See you tomorrow, Mr. Man!” This time, he acknowledged her. In a soft gentle voice, he thanked her and said, “See you tomorrow.”From then on, Bob and my daughter exchanged greeting each morning. Our friendship with Bob continued for many years. But, the sweetest day is when Bob attended my daughter’s high school graduation. Bob gave my daughter a gift---a book on identifying various plants and trees. There, tucked in the pages that described an oak tree, was the leaf my daughter had given to Mr. Man when they first met. He had dried and pressed it and kept it all those years.1.What puzzled the girl?A. Th e cause of the man’s sadnessB. The shadows in the man’s eyesC. The man’s sitting still on the stepsD. The man’s not answering her greeting2.How did the author feel when his daughter gave the red leaf to the man?A. ProudB. NervousC. EmbarrassedD. Comfortable3.Why did Bob keep that little red leaf?A. It was a care from a girlB. It was a symbol of enthusiasmC. It was a reminder of his painful daysD. It represented the knowledge of trees4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A.A Simple Red LeafB.A Strange NeighborC. An Unusual FriendD.A Greeting From A girl【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。
高考英语-阅读理解Ⅳ：篇章结构题(练)-专题练习(七)(含答案与解析)
高考英语专题练习（七）阅读理解Ⅳ:篇章结构题（练）一、阅读理解Why college is not homeThe college years are supposed to be a time for important growth in autonomy(自主性) and the development of adult identity. However, now they are becoming an extended period of adolescence, during which many of today's students are not shouldered with adult responsibilities.For previous generations, college was a decisive break from parental control; guidance and support needed to come from people of the same age and from within. In the past two decades, however, continued connection with and dependence on family, thanks to cellphones, e-mail and social media, have increased significantly. Some parents go so far as to help with coursework. Instead of promoting the idea of college as a passage from the shelter of the family to autonomy and adult responsibility, universities have given in to the idea that they should provide the same environment as that of the home.To prepare for increased autonomy and responsibility, college needs to be a time of exploration and experimentation. This process involves “trying on” new ways of thinking about oneself both intellectually(在思维方面) and personally. While we should provide “safe spaces” within colleges, we must also make it safe to express opinions and challenge majority views. Intellectual growth and flexibility are fostered by strict debate and questioning.Learning to deal with the social world is equally important. Because a college community(群体) differs from the family, many students will struggle to find a sense of belonging. If students rely on administrators to regulate their social behaviour and thinking pattern, they are not facing the challenge of finding an identity within a larger and complex community.Moreover, the tendency for universities to monitor and shape student behaviour runs up against another characteristic of young adults: the response to being controlled by their elders. If acceptable social behaviour is too strictly defined(规定)and controlled, the insensitive or aggressive behaviour that administrators are seeking to minimize may actually be encouraged.It is not surprising that young people are likely to burst out, particularly when there are reasons to do so. Our generation once joined hands and stood firm at times of national emergency. What is lacking today is the conflict between adolescents’ desire for autonomy and their understanding of an unsafe world. Therefore, there is the desire for their dorms to be replacement homes and not places to experience intellectual growth.Every college discussion about community values, social climate and behaviour should include recognition of the developmental importance of student autonomy and self-regulation, of the necessary tension between safety and self-discovery.1．Which of the following shows the development of ideas in the passage?（）2．Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?CP:Central Point P:Point Sp:Sub-point(次要点)C:Conclusion 3．【2011陕西卷,D】Ever since they were first put on the market in the early 1990s, genetically modified(GM,转基因) foods have been increasingly developed and marketed in many countries in the world, mainly on the basis of their promise to end the worldwide food crisis. But can GM technology solve world hunger problems? Even if it would, is it the best solution?Despite what it promises, GM technology actually has not increased the production potential of any corp. In fact, studies show that the most crown GM crop. GM soybeans, has suffered reduced productivity. For instance, a report than analyzed nearly two decades of research on major GM food crops shows that GM engineering has failed to significantly increase US crop production.Something else, however, has been on the rise, While GM seeds are expensive, GM companies tell farmers that they will make good profits by saving money on pesticides(杀虫剂). On the contrary, US government data show that GM crops in the US have produced an overall increase in pesticide use compared to traditional crops. “The promise was that you could use less chemicals and boost production. But neither is true,”said Bill Christenson, President of the US National Farm Coalition.At the same time, the authors of the book World Hunger: Twelve Myths argue that there actually is more than enough food in the world and that the hunger crisis is not caused by production, but by problems in food distribution and politics. These indeed deserve our efforts and money. Meanwhile, the rise in food prices results from the increased use of crops for fuel rather than food, according to a 2008 World Bank report.As a matter of fact, scientists see better ways to feed the world. Another World Bank report concluded that GM crops have little to offer to the challenges of worldwide poverty and hunger, because better ways out are available, among which “green” farming is supposed to be the first choice.3．The author develops the second paragraph mainly（）A．By classification B．by comparisonC．by example D．by process4．【2010重庆卷C】It is hardly surprising that clothing manufacturers(生产商)follow certain uniform standards for various features(特征) of clothes. What seems strange, however, is that the standard adopted for women is the opposite of the one for men. Take a look at the way your clothes button. Men’s clothes tend to button from the right, and women’s from the left. Considering most of the world’s population — men and women — are right-handed, the men’s standard would appear to make more sense for women. So why do women’s clothes button from the left?History really seems to matter here. Buttons first appeared only on the clothes of the rich in the 17th century, when rich women were dressed by servants. For the mostly righthanded servants, having women’s shirts button from the left would be easier. On the other hand, having men’s shi rts button from the right made sense, too. Most men dressed themselves, and a sword drawn from the left with the right hand would be less likely to get caught in the shirt.Today women are seldom dressed by servants, but buttoning from the left is still the standard for them. Is it interesting? Actually, a standard, once set, resists change. At a time when all women’s shirts buttoned from the left, it would have been risky for any single manufacture to offer women’s shirts that buttoned from the right. Aft er all, women had grown so used to shirts which buttoned from the left and would have to develop new habits and skills to switch. Besides, some women might have found it socially awkward to appear in public wearing shirts that buttoned from the right, sinc e anyone who noticed that would believe they were wearing men’s shirts.4．The passage is mainly developed by（）A．analyzing causesB．making comparisonsC．examining differencesD．following the time order5．【2010湖北卷B】For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner. Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’complete unreasonableness. And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. Both feel trapped.In this article, I’ll describe three nowin situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap. The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things. Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. Second, blaming. The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. Third, needing to be right.It doesn’t matter what the topic is — politics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg — the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority — someone who actually knows something — and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.It doesn’t matter what the topic is — politics, the laws of physics, or the proper way to break an egg — the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority — someone who actually knows something — and therefore to command respect. Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.5．What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?（）A．Causes for the parent-teen conflicts.B．Examples of the parent-teen war.C．Solutions for the parent-teen problems.D．Future of the parent-teen relationship.6．【2010江西卷C】Kong Zi, also called Confucius(551~479 B．C．), and Socrates (469~399 B．C．) lived only a hundred years apart, and during their lifetimes there was no contact between China and Greece, but it is interesting to look at how the world that each of these great philosophers came from shaped their ideas, and how these ideas in turn, shaped their societies.Neither philosopher lived in times of peace, though there were more wars in Greece than in China. The Chinese states were very large and feudal, while the Greek city-states were small and urban. The urban environment in which Socrates lived allowed him to be more radical(激进的) than Confucius. Unlike Confucius, Socrates was not asked by rulers how to govern effectively. Thus Socrates was able to be more idealistic, focusing on issues like freedom, and knowledge for its own sake. Confucius, on the other hand, advised those in government service, and many of his students went on to government service.Confucius suggested the Golden Rule as a principle for the conduct of life:“ Do not do to others what you would not want others to do to you.” He assumed that all men were equal at birth, though some had more potential than others, and that it was knowledge that set men apart. Socrates focused on the individual, and thought that the greatest purpose of man was to seek wisdom. He believed that some had more potential to develop their reason than others did. Like Confucius, he believed that the superior class should rule the inferior(下层的) classes.For Socrates, the family was of no importance, and the community of little concern. For Confucius, however, the family was the centre of society, with family relations considered much more important than political relations.Both men are respected much more today than they were in their lifetimes.6．This passage is organized in the pattern of（）A．time and eventsB．comparison and contrastC．cause and effectD．definition and classification高考英语专题练习（七）阅读理解Ⅳ:篇章结构题（练）答案1~5 CDCAC6．B高考英语专题练习（七）阅读理解Ⅳ:篇章结构题（练）解析1．文章结构题.第一段提出论点：大学阶段应该是自我能力和个性发展的重要成长时期，然而现在成了青春期的延伸期，在此期间,很多大学生没有承担起成年人的责任，第二段分析其原因:目前这一代人，大学阶段本来应该是独立阶段，但是父母包办过多.第三、四段从学校、个人两方面谈到如何培养责任感和社交能力；第五、六段是第三、四段观点的延伸，最后一段呼吁大学应该意识到培养学生自我发展和自我规范的重要性。
高三英语(主题阅读训练七--Hobbies and entertainment )
教师辅导讲义1.The important point about hobbies is that they.A. must be interestingB. are constructiveC. provide recreation and leisureD. have to be useful2.Even when regular work is interesting, it is different from a hobby as the former is doneA. for a livingB. for money onlyC. at a rapid paceD. with routine and regularity3.The basic contrast between work and hobby is that a hobby.A. satisfies man's desire to createB. is neglected by most peopleC. is something beautifulD. has a definite purpose4.Modern industry is too complicated to allow people _____________ .A. to see their product finishedB. to see the result of their work as a wholeC. to have anything to do with workD. to work by oneself(B)Have you ever collected stamps? And are you interested in stamps of various countries? If you have recently started collecting stamps, or you are thinking about starting, you may be wondering if the hobby is expensive.Actually the answer is an absolute positive one: you can enjoy it even if you only have little money. Not all collections consist mainly of unused stamps that you buy in the post office. Used stamps are worth saving, too. They have value and they may cost you nothing. In fact, many stamp collectors save only used stamps!The first place to search for stamps, then, is your own mailbox. You can ask people who write to you to use commemorative (纪念性的) stamps on their mail. Also, if you write away for offers that require a self-addressed stamped envelope, you can put commemoratives on your return envelopes, knowing that they will come back to you later.Neighbors, friends, and relatives are another good source of stamps. A majority of people are only too happy to save the stamps on their mail for someone who will appreciate them. You may even know someone who works in an office that gets a lot of mail. Many businesses get a lot of foreign mails and regularly throw away stamps that may have interest or value to a collector. And don't forget to ask parents if they have any old letters which may still have stamps on the envelopes.Now that you have stamps on paper, what do you do with them? The most common way to get stamps off paper is to soak them in water, and then dry them on paper. To understand more about soaking stamps, it is best to find a handbook on stamp collecting at the library.Stamp clubs are another place to get stamps. A club may offer stamps as prizes, or have inexpensive stamps you can offer to buy. If you don't have a stamp club around you, try to start one with a few others. All it takes are four or five other stamp collectors who are interested in getting together to learn about and trade stamps and ideas.Obtaining a pen pal (笔友)in another country is a good way to get stamps from that country. His or her extra stamps may seem really common in that country, but over here they are much scarcer.5. Which of the following is true?A. Collecting stamps is most people's hobby.B.Collecting stamps is a hobby for rich people only.ed stamps are all worth collecting.D.Collecting used stamps can save your money.6.The writer suggests that you should ____________ .A.ask your friends to send stamps to you as often as possibleB.ask your parents to buy some old stamps for youC.tell your pen pals to write to you as often as possibleD.get used stamps from all kinds of people you know7.To soak used stamps in water is the best way to________________ .A. get rid of the printB. make the stamps cleanPlaying is very important for humans from birth to death. Playing is not meant just for children. It is a form of freedom and connection that can tap into your creativity, and can allow you the chance to find your inner child, and the inner child of others. I have collected the top five benefits of playing here.2.Playing can stimulate you to think differently. It can go against all the rules and change the same old boring way of doing things. Walt Disney was devoted to playing, and his willingness to oppose the common wisdom changed the world of entertainment. The next time you're stuck in a fixed and boring way of life, pull out a box of colored pencils, modeling clay, glue and scissors, and invite your inner child out, and break free. You'll be amazed that the way you're thinking shifts to new worlds of discovery3.Playing can bring greater joy into your life. What do you think the world would be like if every human spends time each day in playing? I bet just asking you this question has brought a smile toyour face.4.Playing creates laughter, joy, entertainment and a feeling of inner peace. Starting today, try to get 30 minutes each day to engage in some form of playing, and watch your joy factor rise. Playing is known to reduce stress. Studies show that as humans, playing is part of our nature. We have the need to play because it is instinctive and basic to human existence. With regular playing, our problem solving and adaptive abilities will be in much better shape to handle this complex world. And we're much more likely to choose healthy answers to challenging situations as they arise. It creates laughter and freedom that can instantly reduce stress, and add a feeling of relaxation to our daily life.5.Playing can stimulate imagination, curiosity and creativity. Research shows that playing is both a hands-on and minds-on learning process. It produces a deeper, more meaningful understanding of the world and its possibilities. We begin giving meaning to life through story-making and playing out various possible situations.**************************************************************************************************** Keys:C. 1 -4 CAAB 5-8 DDCDD. 1. television and computer technologies2.Sight from a distance.3. A means of expression and a tool for communication.4.the passive viewerE.1-5 EBAFDSection D: Translation1.暑假期间，男孩们常常忙于玩电子游戏。
2023新教材高考英语二轮专题复习 阅读理解题型分类练(七)主旨大意题——标题归纳类
阅读理解题型分类练(七) 主旨大意题——标题归纳类A[2022·高三湖北十一校第一次联考]As 16yearold Torri'ell Norwood drove through Florida, last February, the laughter and chatter from the four teenage girls inside her car quickly gave way to screams. As they approached an intersection, another car crashed them, sending their car sailing into the yard of a nearby home, coming to a stop only when it crashed into a tree.As smoke rose from the car, a bystander shouted, “It's about to blow up! Get out！” Shaken but OK, Norwood crawled out thr ough the window as the driver's side door couldn't be opened.Along with two of her friends，who'd also managed to free themselves, she ran for her life. But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn't with them. Norwood ran back and found Simmons unconscious in the back seat. She threw open the back door and pulled her friend out. She dragged Simmons a few feet to safety and laid her on the ground. After checking her pulse and found there was no sign of life, she started CPR.Had the accident happened a few weeks earlier, she might not have known what to do. But just the day before, Norwood, who wanted to pursue a career in medicine, had earned her CPR certificate by learning on her own. Kneeling on the lawn and looking down at her dying friend, Norwood knew she had precious little time to practice what she'd learned.She started pumping Simmons's chest with her interlocked fingers and breathing into her friend's mouth in the hope of filling her lungs with the kiss of life.After quite a while, Simmons began coughing and taking quick deep breaths for air. The CPR had worked! Soon, the ambulance arrived and rushed Simmons to the hospital. And then she heard how her best friend had saved her life. “I am not shocked，” Simmons told ot hers. “She will always help any way she can.”1．What caused the car crash?A．Another car hit Norwood's car near the intersection.B．Norwood drove the car too quickly that day.C．Norwood's car crashed into a tree in a yard.D．The girls were too excited to notice another car.2．What was Norwood's immediate reaction after hearing the bystander's warning?A．She crawled out through the window and ran without stopping.B．She dragged her friends out and performed CPR at once.C．She ran for her life but turned back to save her friend.D．She opened the driver's side door and pulled her friend out.3．Why did Norwood know how to perform CPR?A.She had learned CPR in school classes.B．She pursued a career in medicine.C．The bystander told her how to do it.D．She just earned her CPR certificate.4．What's the best title of the passage?A．The Breath of LifeB．A Frightening NightC．Power of KnowledgeD．An Admirable GirlB[2022·甘肃省第二次高考诊断考试]Going to sleep at a certain time is associated with a lower risk of developing heart disease, according to researchers. In a study published in the EuropeanHeartJournal, a team found that going to sleep between 10：00 pm and 11：00 pm was beneficial compared to earlier or later bedtime.The research included 88，026 participants in the UK.An analysis found that sleep onset time of 10：00 pm to 10：59 pm was associated with the lowest incidence of heart disease. There was a 25% higher risk of heart disease with the sleep onset at midnight or later, a 12% greater risk for 11：00 pm to 11：59 pm and a 24% higher risk for falling asleep before 10：00 pm comparedto the sleep onset from 10：00 pm to 10：59 pm.“The body has a 24hour internal clock that helps adjust physic al and mental functioning，” study author David of the University of Exeter said in a statement.“While we cannot conclude it from our study, the results suggest that early or late bedtime may be more likely to destroy the body clock.” “While the findings do not show the conclusion, sleep timing has appeared as a potential heart disease risk factor—independent of other risk factors. If our findings are proved in other studies, sleep timing and basic sleep health could be a lowcost public health target for lowering the risk of heart disease，” David added.5．Which is the best time for sleep?A．8：40 pm. B．9：50 pm.C．10：45 pm. D．11：10 pm.6．How is Paragraph 2 organized?A．By giving some data.B．By raising a question.C．By giving an example.D．By following the time order.7．What can be learned from David's words?A．Sleep too early will surely cause heart disease.B．Sleep timing is a possible heart disease risk factor.C．Sleep timing is a risk factor related to other factors.D．Sleeping before eight will not damage your body clock.8．What is the best title for the text?A．Body Clocks Make a Difference to SleepB．Sleeping Late Is Not Harmful to Heart HealthC.Sleep Timing Has an Effect on Heart DiseaseD.Earlier Bedtime Is More Beneficial than Later OneC[2022·云南省第一次高三复习统一检测]Slurp & Sip is a cheerful bistro (小餐馆) in Shanghai that specializes insouthwestern food from Yunnan Province.Niu Yun, who hails from Kunming, Yunnan Province, opened her first eatery in 2014 after studying in London.“At that time t here weren't many choices for Yunnan food, and I think the province has so much tasty food and such a diverse food culture that I could bring to Shanghai，” she said. “After meeting a few good friends who also love Yunnan cuisine, we decided to open a simple Yunnan eatery focusing on street food to start with, introducing Yunnan rice noodles and street snacks I used to buy every day after school.”Opening this new restaurant after operating Slurp for a few years is a natural step for Niu Yun and her partners. The menu of Slurp & Sip pays homage (致敬) to Niu's origins with a major focus on Dai flavors.“My mum is Dai, and I remember every time she brought me back to her hometown the food really made a strong impression. From how they cook, the ingredients they use to the presentation, all are very special to me. Dai food is all about fresh and mixed ingredients, as well as natural and original ways of cooking，” she said.“I feel local diners shouldn't only know about crossbridge rice noodles and steampot chicken when we talk about Yunnan food. We have such a diverse culture with so many different minorities, so I decided to start with the one I'm the most connected with，” she added.Dai cuisine is characterized by a combination of fresh herbs, chilis and acidic elements. It incorporates lots of great produce from the province's southernmost prefecture.Dai food is also full of barbecue items often seen in night markets, such as roasted lemongrass stuffed fish, roasted chicken and roasted pork with Dai spices, all of which grace Slurp & Sip's menu.9．What motivated Niu Yun to focus on Dai flavors?A．Her education. B．Her family.C．Her origins. D．Her friends.10．How does Niu Yun feel about Yunnan food?A．It's delicious and popular.B．It's natural and organic.C．It's fresh and nutritious.D．It's varied and diverse.11．What can be said about Slurp & Sip?A．It's influenced by night market atmosphere.B．It combines Southeastern Asian flavors.C．It offers roasted items with Dai spices.D．It represents authentic Kunming food.12．What is the best title for the text?A．Try the Ethnic Dai Food from YunnanB．An Overseas Returnee's New CareerC．Slurp & Sip Is Back Here with Its LegendD．Explore China with Food and Drinks阅读理解题型分类练(七)A语篇类型：记叙文主题语境：人与自我——做人与做事——心肺复苏术挽救了女孩的生命【语篇解读】Torri'ell Norwood开车时遭遇车祸，车里有三人顺利逃生。
2020新高考英语新题型练习07 完形填空阅读理解七选五套餐练(7)
完形填空阅读理解七选五套餐练（7）完形填空（山东省实验中学2020届高三第二次诊断性测试）“5 pm，madam．”“What? My baby can no longer wait for that! Can you please ask the crew a favor to make it 36 ?”My 3-month-old baby was already very 37 ．His stomach became larger and larger in each hour that passed by．Three days ago，we brought him to be 38 to the hospital where I worked due to several vomiting(呕吐)．I knew the danger very well because there were already 39 patients of this case that we had encountered．But it was not as simple as I 40 ．It held a bigger unknown threat that needed a(an) 41 surgery．But before the doctor could figure out the best 42 ，he ordered a CT Scan of the Whole Stomach．It was scheduled at the most famous hospital of the city 43 our own hospital didn’t have it yet．Everything about him suddenly became so 44 ．I knew that his chance of 45 became very thin．So I was afraid that he couldn’t wait for another few hours if no intervention would be given．“Madam，we’re so blessed．His 46 is moved to 3 pm．”I was 47 but another much bigger problem 48 ：I did not have the money needed．I had to send messages with my 49 to borrow money to the persons in my contact list．I only had few minutes left then．I asked for a vacant room and there I knelt down and cried while 50 a miracle to provide me with ways right then．As soon as I got up from my 51 ，my cell phone suddenly rang 52 ．“Ms．Lucero，please claim your money through…”And one after another，I 53 different messages telling me to get the money they sent for my baby．I had the money then in less than an hour! Not only for the CT Scan but for our immediate needs during our whole hospital stay!I was so awed(敬畏的)at how destiny(命运) 54 all the incidents in our lives to come up for blessings that it has prepared ahead of us! But most of all，me first 55 that he has shown me，is that my baby shall live !36．A．1ater B．1onger C．earlier D．shorter37．A．weak B．thin C．upset D．conscious38．A．1eft B．admitted C．reserved D．accustomed 39．A．selfless B．valueless C．homeless D．countless40．A．desired B．expected C．provided D．realized41．A．fast B．simple C．complete D．immediate 42．A．approach B．thing C．tool D．hospital43．A．since B．though C．unless D．while44．A．changeable B．unstable C．predictable D．incredible45．A．return B．death C．survival D．danger 46．A．departure B．result C．routine D．schedule47．A．nervous B．relieved C．anxious D．desperate48．A．rose B．raised C．arose D．aroused49．A．request B．command C．suggestion D．application50．A．meeting with B．1ooking for C．praying for D．finding out 51．A．memory B．dilemma C．feet D．knees 52．A．randomly B．surprisingly C．noisily D．continuously 53．A．accepted B．received C．wrote D．sent54．A．found B．built C．arranged D．damaged55．A．sign B．belief C．word D．1ook阅读理解（江苏省金陵中学、丹阳高级中学、无锡一中2020届高下学期初联考）ABrecon Beacons YAC has an amazing opportunity for budding(崭露头角的) archaeologists of all ages, in Sunderland in Tyne and Wear. Thanks to funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, professional archaeologists from Wardell Armstrong will be investigating an archaeological mystery and they need your help.Romans?“The site is a bit of a mystery”, Frank Giecco from Wardell Armstrong said. “There is a verynice cropmark recorded on the site that has got lots of people very excited. Geophysicists failed to find anything relating to the cropmark. There is anecdotal evidence of Roman material being found, but nothing is officially recorded. We hope to finally answer the question of what is in this field, during the two weeks on site. Is there evidence of any Roman occupation on the site? Can you help us find out?”Get involvedThis is an opportunity for both adults and children to take part in field walking and trial trenching (small hand-dug test pits for children). No experience is necessary, training will be provided by the professional archaeologists from Wardell Armstrong, and all equipment will be provided. V olunteers can attend for as few or as many days as they wish, but they do need to book a place.For more information, and to book your place, please contact Norman Kirtlan atsunderlandforgottenstones@.56．If you intend to take part in the activity, you ______.A．will be charged for using equipmentB．will be coached by experts in the fieldC．should have worked with archaeologists beforeD．should spare two weeks to stay at the site57．What’s the main purpose of the passage?A．To seek funding for archaeological research.B．To appeal for help in proving findings based on anecdotal evidence.C．To find volunteers to help solve an archaeological mystery.D．To organize volunteers to help sort our data on the Roman occupation.BListening to a radio broadcast in a foreign language is difficult for many of us. We may have studied the language for several years, and are able to read it, perhaps even write in it. But listening and understanding the spoken language require special skills. Some people have a natural ability that helps them to learn a language quickly, while others must study for a long time. Everyone, however, can improve his or her listening skills with practice.We are good listeners in our own language because we have had years of practice. We understand the grammar and the language. We know what to expect a person to say to us in almost any situation. We have been in similar situations many times, and we have heard it all before. We can understand it, even if we do not listen carefully.But this is not true with a foreign language. We must listen with our full attention. And we must try not to let the cultural style of our language affect our understanding of the foreign language. Listening to a foreign language broadcast is easier if we know something about it. There are clues that can help us. One clue is the time of a day. Morning programs usually contain many short items of news, information or entertainment. The items are short because most of us are getting ready to go to work in the morning. Often we do not have time to listen to long programs. Evening programs are different. There is time for more details about the subjects discussed.We can get a clue about the program from the music at the beginning, but we must be familiar with the music of the foreign culture. The kind of music—serious and slow, or fast and light—can tell us what kind of program to expect. The name of the program can give us good information about what it will contain.Another good clue is the broadcaster. The more we listen to the same person, the easier it will be to understand him. His speaking style will become familiar to us. Further, the broadcaster provides clues to the organization of the broadcast at the beginning of the program. The broadcaster usually gives us the highlights of the program to prepare us for the details that will follow.58．We are good listeners in our own language because ______.A．we have a natural ability of learning languageB．our own language is much easierC．we listen to our own language more carefullyD．we have practiced it for years59．If you don’t have enough time, you can listen to ______.A．evening programs B．programs with soft musicC．morning programs D．familiar programs60．You can know the information of the program according to ______.A．its name B．the broadcasterC．its music D．the time of the programCCalifornia has been facing droughts for many years, with certain areas even having to pump freshwater hundreds of miles to their distribution system. The problem is growing as the population of the state continues to expand. New research has found deep water reserves under the state which could help solve their drought crisis. Previous drilling of wells could only reach depths of 1,000 feet, but due to new pumping practices, water deeper than this can now be extracted (抽取). The team at Stanford investigated the aquifers (地下蓄水层) below this depth and found that reserves may be three times what was previously thought.It is profitable to drill to depths more than 1,000 feet for oil and gas, but only recently in California has it become profitable to pump water from this depth. The aquifers range from 1,000 to 3,000 feet below the ground, which means that pumping will be expensive and there are other concerns. The biggest concern is the gradual setting down of the land surface. As the water is pumped out, the vacant space left is pressed by the weight of the earth above.Even though pumping from these depths is expensive, it is still cheaper than desalinating (脱盐) the ocean water in the largely coastal state. Some desalination plants exist where possible, but they are costly to run and can need constant repairs. Wells are much more reliable sources of freshwater, and California is hoping that these deep wells may be the answer to their severe water shortage.One problem with these sources is that the deep water also has a higher level of salt than shallower aquifers. This means that some water may even need to be desalinated after extraction, thus increasing the cost. Research from the study of groundwater has just been published. New estimates of the water reserves now go up to 2,700 billion cubic meters of freshwater. 61．According to the text, what causes the water crisis in California?A．Previous drilling of wells.B．The messy distribution system.C．Constant droughts in the area.D．The adoption of new pumping practices.62．The research teams think it ______ to extract water from deeper aquifers.A．expensive but practical B．reliable and profitableC．cost-free but demanding D．cheap and environment-friendly63．What is mentioned as a consequence of extracting water from deep underground?A．The damage to aquifers.B．The sinking of land surface.C．The decrease in operation costs.D．The negative effects on the climate.64．What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?A．To encourage people to save water.B．To promote the seawater desalination.C．To introduce a new way of extracting freshwater.D．To draw people’s attention to the droughts in California.DTo learn to think is to learn to question. Those who don't question never truly think for themselves. These are simple rules that have governed the advancement of science and human thought since the beginning of time. Advancements are made when thinkers question theories and introduce new ones. Unfortunately, it is often the great and respected thinkers who end up slowing the progress of human thought. Aristotle was a brilliant philosopher whose theories explained much of the natural world, often incorrectly. He was so esteemed by the scientific community that even 1，200 years after his death, scientists were still trying to build upon his mistakes rather than correct them!Brilliant minds can intimidate upandcoming thinkers who are not confident of their abilities. They often believe they are inferior to the minds of giants such as Aristotle, leading many to accept current paradigms instead of questioning them.I, like many thinkers of the past, once believed in my mental inferiority. I was certain that my parents, my teachers—adults in general—were always right. They were like a textbook to me; Ididn't question what was written on those pages. I respected them, and accepted whatever they told me. But that attitude soon changed. My mind's independence was first stimulated in the classroom.A stern, 65yearold elementary school science teacher once told me that light is a type of wave.I confidently went through years of school believing that light is a wave. One day，however I heard the German exchange student mention that light could be made up of particles. As the others laughed at his statement, I started to question my beliefs.Maybe the teachers and textbooks hadn't given me the whole story. I went to the library, did some research and learned of the lightasawave versus lightasaparticle debate. I read about Einstein's discovery of the dual nature of light and learned the facts of a paradox(悖论) that puzzles the world's greatest thinkers to this day. Light behaves as both a particle and a wave, it is both at once.I realized I had gone through life accepting only half of the story as the whole truth.Each new year brought more new facts, and I formulated even more questions. I found myselfin the library after school, trying to find my own answers to gain a more complete understanding of what I thought I already knew. I discovered that my parents and teachers are incredible tools in my quest for knowledge, but they are never the final word. Even textbooks can be challenged. I learned to question my sources, I learned to be a thinker. I once believed that everything I learned at home and at school was certain, but I have now discovered to reexamine when necessary.Questions are said to be the path to knowledge and truth, and I plan to continue questioning. How many things do we know for sure today that we will question in the future? At this moment, I know that our sun will burn for another five billion years, and I know nothing can escape the gravity of a black hole. This knowledge, however, may change in the next 20 years—maybe even in the next two. The one thing we can control now is our openness to discovery. Questions are the tools of open minds, and open minds are the key to intellectual advancement.65．In the first paragraph, Aristotle is taken as an example to show that ______.A．he is the greatest and respected philosopher of all timeB．huge influence of great thinkers may block human thoughtC．advancements are made when thinkers question theoriesD．great thinkers often make mistakes and then correct them66．What does the underlined word “intimidate” in Paragraph 2 mean?A．Frighten. B．Encourage. C．Strength. D．Persuade.67．The author began to question his previous beliefs because ______.A．what he learned from textbooks before turned out to be wrongB．he was inspired by the different ideas from an exchange studentC．he was laughed at by other students for his unacceptable statementD．he was not satisfied with his life and desperate to achieve success68．According to the passage, the author ______.A．looks down upon great thinkers all the timeB．never doubts what he has learned in the textbookC．always throws himself into the laboratoryD．determines to be a thinker and questioner69．We can conclude from the last paragraph that ______.A．the author is not quite sure about his futureB．we human beings don't dare to predict futureC．theory of black holes will change in two yearsD．questioning is necessary to promote advancement the70．What does the passage mainly talk about?A．Following rules.B．Challenging yourself.C．Questioning giants.D．Predicting future.七选五（山东省青岛市2019-2020学年度第一学期期末学业水平检测）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。
高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解寒假选练(7)高三全册英语试题
语鹅市安置阳光实验学校阅读理解选练（7）【题文】AHere are a few of our favorite entries so far in our "Your Life: The Reader's Digest Version" contest* After reading these, head over to Face book and sublimit your own story a-bout a special moment or lesson that shaped your life． "There's Always a John" By Darla BoydMy first year of teaching, there was a kid named John in my class. John was difficult to control and he nearly drove me crazy. While talking about him one day, an old teacher put his hand on my shoulder and said, “There will always be a John. Your job is to learn to discover what makes him different and help him succeed.” The next year, there was indeed another John. But that advice taught me that there is something to appreciate in everyone.“An Early Key Lesson” By Elaine WestBefore I began my first teaching job, my mother, a teacher of 30 years, gave me a very special gift, five simple words that have had an effect on my entire life. “Make friends with the janitor (门卫).” Her wisdom taught me the respect for all types of characters and continues to enrich my life to this day. Just five little words but what an impact they can have when you take them to heart.“Raising Mommy” By Jan DavisBeing a mother can always present challenges and rewards. Someone told me early that children will teach you everything you need to know. Being a mother is being raised. Our children become our advisers. Their dreams become our professors, as we are taking notes carefully. The sounds of their laughter and smiles are a great reward to us. Their tears remind us that it is okey to fail, and that we should wipe the tears away and try again.21．What dill t．he old teacher mean by saying "There will lava’s be a John" 9A．There are always difficult students like John．B．John will always be an ordinary student．C．It is important to change John．D．John is a very common name．22．What did Elaine West's mother advise her to do’sA．Don't treat succulents chi．fervently．B．Take care of janitors．C．Respect people from different backgrounds．D．Don't judge people by appearance．23．Which of the following would Jan Davis roust probably agree withal A．A mother should be given more care．B．A mother improves herself greatly in parenting．C．Being a mother has more challenges than rewards．D．Children should realize the dreams of their parents.24．The text is most probably a（n）A．notice inviting contributionsB．introduction to a contestC．ad for three new booksD．poster about a lecture参考答案21- 24 ACBA【题文】BMy first day of high school was like any other first day: registering? finding new classmates, meeting new teachers, and seeking new friends． During lunch, I ran into my first snag （因难） of the day． At the dining hall, as the checkout （付款处） lady asked for my money, I realized that I had forgotten my lunch money ．When I told her about it, I heard a voice behind me．I turned around and there stood a teacher telling her he would pay for my lunch．He told me his name, Mr．Pete Walker, and said, "If you get a chance, you should take my history class．" I recognized his name, and told him I was in his class later that day． Mr．Walker befriended me on the．very first clay of school at a very crucial time of the day--lunch !He always told us we should do more than we ever thought．he pushes us to clod all things better．He coached many sports, and sponsored many after-class activities．If we were interested in something, he would find a way to expose us to it by inviting speakers, taking us on field trips, or obtaining information for us．Two years later, my junior year in school was clicking along nicely when one day I was riding my motorcycle and I was hit by a car． I spent six days in hospital and was at home in bed for two weeks before returning to school．Mr．Walker stopped by the hospital each day with my work from my teachers． Once I was at home, he would bring my work too．After high school, I attended the United States Army Airborne School in Fort I3enning, Georgia．I knew my parents woolly be there the day I graduates, but they brought an unexpected guest．They came across Mr．Walker at lunch several days before and told him I was about to graduate．His visit, however, was not a surprise to me．25．At the dining hall,A．the lady didn't want to charge the author for his lunchB．the author knew Mr．Walker was right behind himC．Mr．Walker didn't know the author was his studentD．the author decided to invite Mr Walker to lunch26．The story in Paragraph 4 showed that Mr Walker wasA．caring B．strictC．skilled D．learned 27．What happened on the author's graduation day?A．His parents met Mr．Walker by chance．B．His family invited Mr．Walker to lunch．C．Mr．Walker brought an unexpected guest．D．His parents came together with Mr．Walker．28．What can we infer from the last sentence?A．The author had invited Mr．Walker to his graduation ceremony． B．The author's parents had informed him of Mr．Walker's visit． C．Mr．Walker had a very close relationship with his students． D．Mr．Walker went to visit the author frequently．参考答案25--28CADC【题文】CFour schoolchildren from Belgrade, England were out on their bikes on Wednesday evening． Unexpectedly, they saw an elderly man grasping for breath （喘息） in the street．They tried to call the police and ambulance service, but their phones were not working, due to network problems．Before the Polish man became unconscious, the children kept him calm while they flagged down （招停）a passing driver． The children used words they had picked up from their Polish classmates to translate the injured man's answers to the driver's questions．Gary, 10, and his six - year - old sister, Lily, stayed with the man while Thymus and Owen, both 11, led the ambulance to the spot where he lay． Soon the man was taken to hospital． The fantastic four children who came to the aid of the elderly man deserve the highest respect for their quick - thinking and courage in an emergency situation． They are a credit not only to themselves, but to their families and their school．And it is great to be able to hear such a positive story about young people．What is not so positive about this story is the fact that several adults apparently walked by without stopping to help．This seeming indifference to an emergency situation is a well noted phenomenon which psychologists sometimes refer to as "the bystander effect"．Research suggests that when a group of people witness an emergency, people are likely to assume that somebody else will intervene and they feel that the burden of responsibility is lifted from their shoulders．Perhaps the answer to this sort of things is to introduce a " Good Samaritan" law． This already exists in France and places a legal responsibility on people who witness an emergency situation to help out as long as they can do so．This certainly seems to remove any doubt about who bears the burden of responsibility for offeringassistance---everyone29．What can we learn about the elderly man?A．He spoke Polish with the children．B．He fell from his bike and got injured．C．He was taken to hospital by the driver．D．He recovered consciousness in the street．30．In Paragraph 3, the author mainlyA．shows his great sympathy for the manB．gives high praise to the four childrenC．offers his special thanks to the driverD．expresses his anger at several adults31．The underlined word "intervene" in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning toA．be curious B．go on C．give up D．get involved32．In France, if an emergency happens to someone,A．offering help to him is required by lawB．people have the right to leave the sceneC．others must get permission before helping himD．the witnesses will be punished if the rescue fails参考答案29—32、ABDA【题文】DA three-mile-long fishhook-shaped piece of land in the middle of Chesapeake Bay, Tangier Island has always been a community set apart from the mainland．These days, the island's 500-plus residents, who mostly use golf cars as transportation on the village's narrow roads and who don't allow the public consumption of alcohol, have managed to preserve their traditional culture．Probably the most striking example of their heritage is the islanders' unique way of speaking．David L．Shores, a linguist （话言学家） who was born on Tangier Island, has found out the reason why the speech of Tangier Island strikes outsiders as strange．According to Shores, the islanders pronounce their vowels louder and longer, which causes common words to sound different when spoken by Tangier natives．Some, scholars have said the natives of Tangier speak an old form of English that goes back to the time of Queen F．Elizabeth I．Shores doesn't buy into that theory． "It's not Eliza- bethan English by any means," he says．" I doubt if anyone could trace it to that, because the variety of English at that time were great．"Bruce Gordy, a Tangier native and a former teacher at the island's only school, has made a list of 350 strange expressions and words that he says are used and undertook only by the islanders．But Gordy clones’ think it's the strange vocabulary that puzzles outsiders most when hearing Tangier residents speak．． "I think what confuses t．hem is the fact that we are ' talking backwards a lot．," he say's．He offers an example．"If somebody's stupid, you know what I say?" Gordy says．" I'm saying he's smart, but the way I say it makes everyone know I’m emphasizing he's stupidBoth Gordy and Shores believe Tangier's isolation （孤立）has led to the islanders' unusual way of speaking．． Now, the economy of Tangier Island is moving away from its tradition of crabbing and fishing as the number of crabs and oysters in the bay declines．More residents are finding work on tugboats（掩船）or looking for jobs on the mainland．" Of course the sons and daughters went with their dad out crabbing． You don't go with your dad on the tugboat．That's not going to preserve Tangier culture, "Gordy says．33．According to the text, Tangier IslandA．has been discovered recentlyB．is a fast developing x-pillageC．is a land of golf loversD．has a small population34．In Shores' opinion, the language the islanders speakA．can't be called English in factB．is unique in its pronunciation systemC．can never be understood by outsidersD．shares some similarities with Elizabethan English35．What's Gordy's attitude towards the preservation of Tangier culture'?A．Confident． B．Satisfied C．Concerned．D．Angry．参考答案33—35、DBC。
(整理版高中英语)高考英语阅读理解三月天天练(7)及答案
高考英语阅读理解三月天天练〔7〕及答案Finding the right school for your child is a process. You will want to read about the school, talk to any friends who are involved in the school and, most important of all, visit the school.The first step in finding out about Indian Creek is to request an information packet. We will be happy to send you a packet containing a brochure(小册子), the fee structure and an application. The packet should answer most of your general questions about the school.In order to get a true sense of Indian Creek School, you should come for an A dmission Tour, which includes a personal meeting focusing on your child, a tour of the building and the classrooms, and a discussion of the curriculum(课程).This visit is no less important if the child for whom you are seeking admission is a teenager than if he or she is a three-year-old one. Every school has a different “school climate.〞 If you visit two or three schools, you will notice that each “feels〞 different. You know your child best and you will quickly develop a sense of whether a school is the right match or not.●The initial point of entry for Indian Creek Students is at the pre-kindergartenlevel for three year olds.●Children must be three years old by August 31st.●We also have major points of entry from grade six to grade nine. At each ofthese levels, we open new sections and accept students in addition to those moving up fr om our own lower grades.●There are scattered(零散的) openings available throughout the program due toattrition(学生流失). Once an opening occurs, students spend a day at ICS, part of which includes admission testing.64. You can NOT get to know about ICS by ________.A. getting an information packetB. taking an admission tourC. asking friends involved in ICSD. taking an admission test65. During the Admission Tour, you can ________.A. having a meeting with the childrenB. decide on the design of the classroomsC. talk with the school about the coursesD. choose the weather suitable for study66. Which of the following is NOT accepted for ICS when there is no attrition?A. A boy who will be 3 years old by July.B. A fifth grader originally studying in ICS.C. An eighth grader from another school.D. A fourth grader from another school.67. The text is intended for ________.A. teachersB. parentsC. kindergartenersD. school kids参考答案 64--DC DB********************************************************结束The world economy has run into a brick wall. Despite countless warnings in recent years about the need to address a potential hunger crisis in poor countries and an energy crisis worldwide, world leaders failed to think ahead. The result is a global food crisis. Wheat, c orn and rice prices have more than doubled in the past two years. And oil prices have increased more than three times since the start of . These food-price increases, combined with increasing energy costs, will slow if not stop economic growth in many parts of the world and will even affect political stability. Practical solutions to these problems do exist, but we’ll have to start thinkingahead and acting globally.Here are three steps to ease the current food crisis and avoid the potential for a global crisis. The first is to promote the dramatic success of Malawi, a country in southern Africa, which three years ago established a special fund to help its farmers get fertilizer and seeds with high productivity. Malawi’s harvest doubled after just one year. An international fund based on the Malawi model would cost a mere $10 per person annually in the rich world, or $10 billion altogether.Second, the US and Europe should abandon their policies of paying partly for the change of food into biofuels. The US government gives farmers a taxpayer-financed payment of 51 c ents per gallon of ethanol(乙醇) changed from corn. There may be a case for biofuels produced on lands that do not produce foods --- three crops, grasses and wood products --- but there’s no case for the government to pay to put the world’s dinner into the gas tank.Third, we urgently need to weather-proof the world’s crops as soon and effectively as possible. For a poor farmer, sometimes something as simple as a farm pond --- which collects rainwater to be used in dry weather --- can make the difference between a good harvest and a bad one. The world has already committed to establishing a Climate Adaptation Fund to help poor regions climate-proof vital economic activities such as food production and health care but has not yet acted upon the promise.67. An international fund based on the Malawi model would ______.A. cost each of the developed countries $10 billion per yearB. aim to double the harvest in southern African countries in a yearC. decrease the food prices as well as the energy pricesD. give po or farmers access to fertilizer and highly productive seeds68. With the second step, the author expresses the idea that ______.A. it is not wise to change food crops into gasB. it is misleading to put three crops into the gas tankC. we should get alternative forms of fuel in any wayD. biofuels should be developed on a large scale69. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. A rain-collecting pond is a simple safeguard against dry weather.B. A Climate Adaptation Fund has been established to help poor regions.C. The world has made a serious promise to build farm ponds.D. It makes a great difference whether we develop wood products or not.70. In the passage, the author calls on us to ______.A. slow down but not to stop economic growthB. develop tree crops, grasses and wood productsC. achieve economic growth and political stabilityD. act now so as to relieve the global food shortage67、DAAD**********************************************结束Fly into Lisbon a nd spend a couple ofdays exploring the capital, which is aterrific bargain. In addition to som eworthwhile and affordable dining andlodging(住宿) choices, must-see sightsinclude the Romanesque Lisbon Cathedral,which dates back to the 12th century, andthe Moorish Alfama quarter, with its markets and winding cobblestone streets. Take a taxi or bus to the Belém district, where you’ll find the Tower of Belém and the Jerónimos Monastery. After Lisbon, you can take a day trip, by train, to Sintra, a beautiful town nestled(依偎) against the hills about 20 miles west of Lisbon; its castle and palaces, like the Sintra National Palace and the Pena National Palace, are well worth a visit.To see the countryside, rent a car and drive southeast about 90 minutes to the Alente jo region. Base yourself in Évora, an architectural precious stone. By foot, explore its winding cobblestone streets, fountains and whitewashed houses.Attractions include the Roman Temple of Évora. And make sure to hear some fado, the traditional music of Portugal(葡萄牙).Alternatively, head north from Lisbon to Oporto, about three hours, and then east to the winemaking region of the Douro River Valley. In his article Portugal Old, New and Undiscovered, Frank Bruni wrote: “All around us mountains undulated(波动) into the distance. The slopes〔斜坡〕in the foreground were an amazing patchwork of greens, reds, browns and grays, as if some grand hand had fashioned it into a picture on all that nature and agriculture can do.〞68. You can NOT enjoy the beauty of ________ in Lisbon.A. the Sintra National PalaceB. the Moorish Alfama quarterC. the Tower of BelémD. Romanesque Lisbon Cathedral69. In Alentejo region, a tourist can ________.A. walk by the sea bare feetB. appreciate traditional musicC. enjoy a good view of the cityD. buy some precious stones cheap70. Frank Bruni’s words help the readers to get a better picture of ________.A. Douro River ValleyB. LisbonC. OportoD. Portugal71. The text is meant to ________.A. advise on travelling in PortugalB. describe the beauty of PortugalC. introduce the attractions in LisbonD. compare the city with the countryside参考答案 68—ABAA**********************************************************结束。
(整理版高中英语)市高考英语阅读理解三月天天练(7)及答案
市高考英语阅读理解三月天天练〔7〕及答案主城八区高三学业调研抽测试卷第三局部: 阅读理解(共20小题; 每题2分, 总分值40分)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，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
ASuddenly all the lights on that crowded underground train went out. Then it stopped in that dark tunnel(隧道).We waited. We expected the lights to come on again soon. But nothing happened. Then I began to smell something. Yes, I could smell smoke. So I asked myself, “Is this train on fire?〞People around me then began to cry out in fear. “The train is on fire!〞 they cried.Then the woman standing next to me suddenly fell on the floor. I realized she was overcome by the smoke. Then I saw flames appearing. “If something does not happen soon,〞I said to myself, “I will be burnt alive!〞But as I stood there in the dark in that crowded burning train, I could see no way to escape. I thought, “No one can save me from certain death but God. Only God can make a way for any of us to escape death in this train.〞Before the flames reached me, I found the open door and I climbed out of the train into the dark tunnel. Then as quickly as I could, I ran from the burning train down the tunnel. Now as I ran I could hear hundreds of people that were locked in that burning train, crying out for help. I knew I could do nothing to help them, so I ran on.Then for two hours I kept walking in that dark train tunnel. At last I saw a light in the distance. I asked myself “Why did God enable me to escape death?〞 I decided, “God must have a purpose for saving my life. He must want me to help other people experience what He could do for them.〞56. What caused the woman next to me to fall?A. The fire.B. Fear.C. The smoke.D. Anxiety.57. The passengers failed to escape because ________.A. they didn’t find the way outB. they were too frightened to moveC. the fire and smoke were too muchD. too many people were in their way58. What would the author most possibly do after he saw the exit from the tunnel?A. Going home.B. Blaming himself.C. Calling reporters.D. Returning to help.59. Between which two paragraphs can the following paragraph be put?I cried, “God, if it is not my time to die, please help me!〞 Then I heard a noise. It was like a door opening. It was on my right hand side. So in the dark, I at once began to push my way forward to where that noise came from.A. Between Paragraph 2 and 3.B. Between Paragraph 3 and 4.C. Between Paragraph 4 and 5.D. Between Paragraph 5 and 6.参考答案 56—-59、 CADC*****************************************************结束Every person leaves a footprint．That’s what I learnt when I started to work as a private investigator 10 years ago．People pay restaurant bills with their bank cards，check into hotels or travel around. In every case，they leave a trace．Andbecause of this，I’m able to track them down even when they don’t want to be found． The first thing I do when I want to find out where someone is staying is to go to the neighborhood where he used to live。
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高三英语阅读理解专练（七）制卷人：施浩杰2008/11/17AHis own way to express loveYesterday was our three-year anniversary. We didn’t do anything romantic: we just walked hand in hand and talked about our past and future. This was pretty much what I had expected.Andy is unromantic guy: no sweet words or roses. Smart as he is, he is a little bit shy expressing his love. In contrast, I am an outspoken girl who likes to show her feelings directly. So needless to say, I often feel that is insensitive. I envy other girls who are surrounded by sweet words.I was in this sullen mood until I heard a beautiful sentence one day: “If someone does not love you in the way you like, it does not mean that he does not love you.”this simple but sensible sentence made me think about our happy days and recall his deep concern for me.One cold winter night, I got a high fever. He hurried to my dorm and took me to the hospital. He was in such a hurry that he even forgot to wear socks. Upon arrival, he ran through the hospital handling all the formalities(手续). When I was put on a drip（输液）, he told me interesting stories to make me happy. Being held in his warm arms and listening to his tender voice, I had never felt so safe and comfortable. Gradually, I felt asleep. When I woke up 15 minutes later, he was still whispering to me. He explained that if he had stopped talking I would have waken up. At that moment, I found love in his sparkling eyes.Another time, I had a bad quarrel with my best friend. Although I knew it was my fault, I refused to admit it. I was angry when he insisted I apologize to her. He said that it was difficult to admit a mistake, but this was what everyone should do. The next morning, I apologized to my friend and asked for her forgiveness.My unromantic boyfriend cares about my health like my father, understand me like my mother and helps me like my elder brother. (344 words)1. Why does the author envy other girls of her age?A. Their boyfriends look more handsome.B. Their boyfriends express love directly.C. They win a lot of praise from colleagues.D. They often receive roses from their boyfriends.2. The author mentioned her experience in hospital to show Andy .A. loves her greatlyB. is always carelessC. sometimes appears shyD. is good at telling stories3. Which word can describe Andy’s personality?A. Insensitive.B. Generous.C. Talkative.D. Thoughtful.4. The writer writes the passage to tell us that .A. Andy is indeed a very lever boyB. Andy is a perfect husbandC. Andy has his own way to express loveD. Andy cares more about others5. The word sullen in paragraph 3 could be best replaced byA. cheerfulB. calmC. painfulD. badBMILAN, Italy - Can't get to Milan to see Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece "The Last Supper?" All you need is an Internet connection. Officials put online an image of "The Last Supper" at 16billion pixels（像素）— 1,600 times stronger than the images taken with the typical 10 million pixel digital camera.The high resolution（清晰度）allows experts to examine details of the 15th century wall painting that they otherwise could not — including traces of drawings Leonardo put down before painting. The high-resolution allows viewers to look at details as though they were inches from the artwork. "You can see how Leonardo made the cups transparent, something you can't ordinarily see," said curator (馆长) Artioli. "You can also note the state of degradation（退化）the painting is in."The work, in Milan's Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, was restored in a painstaking effort that ended up in 1999 — a project aimed at removing half a millennium of damage to the famed artwork."Over the years it has been subjected to bombardments(轰炸); it was used as a stall(马厩) by Napoleon," Artioli said.The restoration removed 500 years of dirt while also removing previous restoration works that masked Leonardo's own work.Even those who get to Milan have a hard time gaining admission to see the "Last Supper." Visits have been made more difficult by measures to protect it. Twenty-five visitors are admitted every 15 minutes to see the painting, a total of about 320,000 visitors a year. Visitors must pass through a filtration (过滤)system to help reduce the work's exposure to dust and pollutants."The demand is three or four times higher, but we can't accommodate(容纳) it because of efforts to preserve the painting," Artioli said.6. When an expert views “The last Supper” online, he can do all of the following EXCEPT .A. examine its detailsB. save time and moneyC. know its stateD. learn how to make cups7. The underlined part “been subjected to” (in paragraph 4) can probably be replaced by “”.A. stayed withB. suffered fromC. depended onD. been related to8. The last paragraph mainly talks about ..A. the measures to protect the paintingB. the beautiful scenery of MilanC. the system to help reduce air pollutionD. the number of people in Milan9. What would be the best title for the passage?A. A mysterious painting.B. “The Last Supper” goes online.C. The world masterpieceD. How to enjoy “The Last Supper”CSuperCampThe success of SuperCamp in the US has encouraged a worldwide demand for international summer camps and academic programs based on our Quantum Learning methods. Supercamp's the first international summer camp was held in Moscow in 1990. A week after the Moscow in 1990, the camp was held in Singapore. Then came camps in Canada, Thailand, England, Malaysia, Mexico, and Switzerland. More recently, new programs have been held in Korea and Indonesia. To date, SuperCamp has been held in 16 countries and has hosted students from over 80 countries.Supercamps lays the foundations for students to be more creative and achieve more than they ever thought possible through the mastery of academic and life skills. Using innovative (创新的) Quantum Learning methods , the program provides students with concrete study strategies whileinstilling (逐步培养) them with the confidence and motivation they need to succeed. SuperCamp is an action-packed learning experience of non-stop work and play, learning and growing, classes and outdoor challenges. A the end of each day, students feel a genuine sense of accomplishment.Outlined below is an overview of planned international summer camps and academic programs for 2008:●SingaporeJune 2008, December 2008For more information call 9863-0033 or go to:www.supercamp.sg●MalaysiaJune 2008, December 2008To visit the SuperCamp in Malaysia website go to+.my●ThailandJuly 2008 (Junior Forum)July 2008 (Senior Forum)For more information please call 888-3740146.●ChinaJuly 20-27 (Senior Forum)August 10-17 (Senior Forum)For more information on SuperCamp programs in China please contact: , or call: 886-3-3474760●SwitzerlandJune/July 2008Learn more by calling 800-285-3276 or click here.10. We learn from the passage that SuperCamp .A. was first started in SingaporeB. has been held in 80 countriesC. has a history as long as 18 yearsD. has never been held in Europe11. SuperCamp is aimed at .A. studentsB. doctorsC. businessmenD. teachers12. SuperCamp does NOT intend to .A. help students to became more creativeB. equip campers with academic and life skillsC. provide students with new learning methodsD. help students learn to work and play non-stop13. Which number should a student in Switzerland interested in the camp dial for further information?A. 886-3-3474760B. 888-3740146C. 9863-0033D. 800-285-3276DJoyce Sipes and Mary Ellen DodgeWhen Joyce Sipes was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999, she shared the news immediately with her sister Mary Ellen Dodge. Mary Ellen was there for her--helping her through the terror, andthe fear, and the questions that are inevitably a part of hearing the word “cancer”.Fortunately, a friend at work who had had a similar diagnosis highly recommended Alonzo Walker, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin surgical oncologist(外科肿瘤学家)and director of the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Breast Cancer Program. Joyce made an appointment. At an initial consultation, Dr. Walker spent two hours with Joyce and her husband. Joyce was so reassured; she cancelled her appointment to get a second opinion elsewhere.Ultimately, Joyce’s cancer required a mastectomy(乳房切除术).Reconstructive surgery took place right away. She c ame to think of Dr. Walker as her partner, “not just my doctor.” And the Froedtert nurses, she says, were “very unusual and impressive.”As it turned out, Joyce would soon have the chance to do something important for her sister Mary Ellen. During her own cancer treatment, Joyce suggested that Mary Ellen should get herself checked through the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin Breast Cancer Program. In addition to its opportunities for examination and screening, the hospital had established a program especially for women in families at high risk for cancer. Sure enough, it turned our that Mary Ellen had some cysts(囊肿),one of which was dangerous enough that it needed to be surgically removed. She’s fine now-thanks to Joyce’s suggestion.Both sisters experienced firsthand how Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin offers more than leading-edge technology and the unmatched experience of physicians in an academic medical center .It offers a comprehensive team approach-of consultation, collaboration, and care-all focused on the individual patient. That’s why Joyce came to think of Froedtert, throughout the process of her treatment, as being her “security blanket”.Joyce Sipes has been cancer-free five years now-an important milestone(里程碑)for breast cancer survivors. Joyce and Mary Ellen are together once again in their workshop in Joyce’s home, making the beautiful market baskets, bread baskets, muffin(松饼)baskets, and Nantucket baskets that they-and their customers-love.14. What did Mary Ellen do for her cancer-stricken sister?A. She recommended Dr. Walket.B. She kept her from being disturbed.C. She asked her a lot of questions.D. She comforted her as much as she could.15. After talking with Dr. Walker, Joyce decided .A. to get a second opinion elsewhere.B. not to see any other doctors.C. to give up treatment.D. not to trust him.16. Thanks to Joyce’s suggestion, Mary Ellen got.A. an opportunity to work as a nurse.B. an opportunity to do a surgical operation.C. a timely check and treatment for her disease.D. a chance to work for the Breast Cancer Program.17. Which is NOT true of Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin?A. It does not care much about the individual patient.B. It offers more than leading-edge technology.C. Its physicians have unique experience.D. It adopts a comprehensive team approach.18. It can be seen from the last paragraph that the two sisters .A. are leading a sad and lonely life.B. are still at high risk of breast cancer.C. are learning to make various kinds of baskets.D. enjoy their present life and work. very much高三英语阅读理解专练（七）Keys: 1-5 BADCD 6-9 DBAB 10-13CADD 14-18 DBCAD。