新高考高三英语阅读强化训练(含答案解析)

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新高考高中英语阅读强化训练黄金组合卷(含答案解析)（一）Ⅰ阅读理解Everyone has seen some young kids with music playing through their earbuds(耳塞), or girls rapidly writing messages on their phone. The youth of today are often addicted(沉迷于) to technological advancement whether through cell phones, gaming systems, or iPads. But are these technological advancements a good thing?Technology has a negative influence on us because it separates(把……隔开) individuals from reality. The iPod is one example. “For some people, the main attraction of the iPod is that it catches you so that you do not have to deal with the uncontrollable factors of everyday life，”writes Krystle Song on her website, a student from the University of California.The ability for people to surround themselves with the familiar by using their iPod is attractive because it rarely provides the listener with something unexpected or unknown. However, it can be argued that this is a bad thing. If we do not have to face reality by experiencing new things, making personal relationships, and solving problems, we will never be able to function as adults.Some argue that the Internet has a positive effect on social communication because it allows us to develop friendships online. However, the ability to meet people through chat rooms and other services is actually negative. There are dangerous people on the Internet who are a threat to young people. While some people think that the Internet can build openness，selfconfidence，and a great sense of comfort, it can also provide opportunities for those who are too depressed to lead a social life in the real world. It is extremely unhealthy to make and keep all of your social communication online. We won’t be positively influenced by communicating through a computer screen if we already do not have the selfconfidence to socially communicate in reality.I believe the advancement of technology has negatively affected our social communication because it separates us from what is happening around us, prevents communication, and spreads the concept of immediate satisfaction. Society must be able to use technology while not allowing it to prevent social communication, particularly for those who are easily influenced during teenage years.【解题导语】科技在给我们带来便利的同时，也阻碍了人与人之间最基本的交流。

新高考新课标高三英语阅读专题强化组合训练(含答案解析)

新高考新课标高三英语阅读专题强化组合训练(含答案解析)(一)Ⅰ阅读理解Camberwell College Swimming PoolsCamberwell College of Arts has one 50 m (Olympic sized) pool with a depth of 2 m throughout, and one 25 m pool with a 1 m shallow(浅的) end and a 4 m deep end. Both pools may be used by the general public at certain times.50 m PoolThe pool is often used for classes, but the general public may use two lanes(泳道) for lane swimming at the following times：Monday：06：30－11：30 and 19：00－21：00Tuesday: 06：30－11：30 and 18：00－21：00Wednesday: 06：30－13：30 and 17：30－21：30Thursday: 06：30－13：30Friday: 06：30－13：30Weekends: 09：00－17：00Children under the age of 14 must be accompanied by an adult.Please note that during College holidays, these times will be different. Call 04837 393560 for uptodate information.25 m PoolThe 25 m pool is available for recreational (nonlane) swimming from 07：00－09：00 and 12：30－13：30 on weekdays, and 10：00－16：00 on Saturdays.Children aged 12 and under must be accompanied.We regret that the 25 m pool will be closed for redecoration between 21st July and 18th August. The men’s changing rooms will be closed for the week beginning 19th August, and the women’s changing rooms will be closed the following week.Alternative(可选用的) changing rooms will be made available. We’re sorry for this.【解题导语】本文是一篇应用文。

新高考英语阅读强化训练（二）（含答案解析）

新高考英语阅读强化训练（二）（含答案解析）阅读强化训练(二)(建议用时：25分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解Sweetest Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in October as a day to make someone happy. It is an occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember not only the sick, the aged, and children who have lost their parents, but also friends, workmates, relatives and neighbors whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed.Over 60 years ago, when a Cleveland man noticed that some people, such as children who lost their parents and patients who lay in bed, too often felt forgotten and neglected(忽视), he developed in his mind the idea of showing them that they were remembered. He did this by giving them small gifts. With the help of his friends and neighbors, he gave those people small gifts on a Saturday in October. During the years that followed, other Clevelanders began to take part in the celebration, which came to be called “Sweetest Day”. Over time, the Sweetest Day idea of spreading cheer to the poor, the sick and children who had lost their parents was broadened to include everyone, and became an occasion for remembering others with a kind act or a small gift. Soon the idea spreaded to other cities all over the USA.Sweetest Day is not based on any single group’s religious beliefs or on a family relationship. It is a reminder that a thoughtful word or deed enriches life and gives it meaning.Because for many people remembering takes the form of gift giving, Sweetest Day offers us the opportunity to show others that we care, in a positive(积极的) way.【解题导语】文章介绍了美国的一个特别的节日(Sweetest Day)的由来，鼓励人们向周围的人展示自己的爱心。

新高考英语阅读强化训练(六)(含答案解析)

阅读强化训练(六)(建议用时：25分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解Ridgewood is a small town 20 miles from Manhattan, New York. It is a quiet town, perfect for raising children away from the rapid pace of the city. However, besides hours of homework, many Ridgewood children have too many afterschool activities—from swimming to piano classes. Some kids compare their life to that of a New York general manager who has an 80hour workweek.Children’s schedules filled with homework and activities made a lot of townspeople worried, so the town decided to start a movement called “Ridgewood Family Night—Ready, Set, Relex！”The mayor(市长) made a public statement, calling for a townwide night for families to do nothing. And schools and clubs agreed to support the movement so families could relax and get together.Some parents like to talk about their childhood, one without so many scheduled afterschool activities. As kids, they just went out to play with neighborhood friends after school. However, almost all these parents take their children to their regularly scheduled activities. These fathers and mothers feel it is their duty to make sure their children are prepared to survive in today’s high-pressure work environment. They are afraid that their children can’t enter the “right”universities and won’t succeed in a more and more competitive world.However, it seems that Family Night worked, at least to a certain degree. Cars moved freely around Ridgewood’s normally busy downtown streets. Some families ate supper together for the first time in months. One family watched home movies of when the children were little, baked cookies and played games together.At first, some people were excited that they could take back their lives. But sadly, few families now believe that one night will change them. Nearly all of the townspeople are sure that they will fall back into the old habit.【解题导语】本文是一篇议论文。

山东新高考青岛高三英语限时阅读强化训练(九)(含答案解析)

阅读强化训练(九)(建议用时：15分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art. Washington, D．C.has the National Gallery of Art；Paris has the Louvre；London has the British Museum.Florida International University(FIU) in Miami also shows art for people to see.And it does so without a building，or even a wall for its drawings and paintings.FIU has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States.You don’t have to visit the university to see the art.You just need a computer linked to a telephone.You can call the telephone number of a university computer and connect your own computer to it.All of the art is stored in the school computer.It is computer art, produced electronically(电子地) by artists on their own computers.In only a few minutes, your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings.Robert Shostak is the director of the new computer museum.He says he started the museum because computer artists had no place to show their works.A computer artist could only record his pictures electronically and send the records, or floppy disks(软盘), to others to see on their computers.He could also put his pictures on paper.But to print good pictures on paper, the computer artist needed an expensive laser(激光) printer.Robert Shostak says the electronic museum is mostly for art or computer students at schools and universities.Many of the pictures in the museum are made by students.Mr.Shostak said the FIU Museum will make computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it.He says artists enjoy their works much more if they have an audience．And the great number of home computers in America could mean a huge audience for the electronic museum.【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文。

新高考英语阅读强化训练(八)(含答案解析)

阅读强化训练(八)(建议用时：25分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解One day, a patient came to see me. He worked as a waiter in a restaurant and his problem was acid reflux(胃酸倒流), a disease that influences as many as 40 percent of Americans, a marked increase in recent years. Reflux can lead to esophageal(食道的) cancer, which has increased by about 500 percent since the 1970s. The drugs we use to treat reflux don’t always work and may even increase the risk of developing cancer when used long term.What is responsible for these worrying developments? For one, our poor diet, with its huge increases in the intake of sugar, fat, soft drinks, and unhealthy foods. But another important fact has been overlooked：dinnertime. Over the past twenty years, the time of my patients’evening meals has become later and later. Dinner—already pushed back by longer work hours—is often further, delayed(推迟) by activities such as shopping and exercise.In my experience, the single most important treatment for reflux is to avoid late eating. A patient with reflux came to see me because her father and uncle died of esophageal cancer, and she was afraid of getting it too. Her nightly routine(常规) included a 9 p．m. dinner with at least two bottles of red wine. The reflux was serious, and changes were needed.She listened, then did not come back to see me for a year. “For the first two months, I just hated you，”she told me, “and for the next two months, I was having some trouble eating. I guessed I was going to die of esophageal cancer.”Then she added, “You know, we’re the reason that it’s not so easy to get 6 p．m. reservation(预约) at the good restaurants anymore.”To stop the increase in reflux disease, we have to stop eating at least three hours before bed. As for my waiter patient? I told him to eat dinner before 7 p．m. Within six weeks, his reflux was gone.【解题导语】本文是一篇议论文。

高考英语阅读强化训练附答案讲解

高考英语阅读强化训练附答案讲解Today just as technology changed the face of industry, farms have experienced an “agricultural revolution”. On the farm of today, machines provide almost all the power.One of the most important benefits will be the farm computer. A few forward-looking farmers are already using computers to help them run their farms more efficiently. The computers help themkeep more accurate records so they can make better decisions on what crops to plant, how much livestock 家畜 to buy, when to sell their products, and how much profit they can expect. Manycomputer companies have been developing special computer programs just for farmers. Programs are being written for pig producers, grain farmers, potato farmers, and dairy farmers. In thefuture, farmers will be able to purchase computer programs made to their needs. Because of the growing importance of computers on the farm, students at agricultural colleges are required totake computer classes in addition to their normal agricultural courses. There can be no doubt that farmers will rely on computers even more in the future. While the old-time farm depended onhorse power, and modern farms depend on machine power, farms of the future will depend on computer power.Another technological advance which is still in the experimental stage is the robot, a real “mechanized hired hand” that will be able to move and, in some ways, think like a human being.Agricultural engineers believe that computer-aided robots will make shocking changes in farming before the end of the century. Unlike farmers of the present, farmers of the future will findthat many day-to-day tasks will be done for them. Scientists are now developing robots that will be able to shear 修剪 sheep, drive tractors, and harvest fruit. Even complex jobs will be doneby robots. For example, in order to milk their cows, farmers must first drive them into the barn, then connect them to the milking machines, watch the machines, and disconnect them when theyare finished. In the future, this will all be done by robots. In addition, when the milking is completed, the robots will automatically check to make sure that the milk is pure. The completechange of the farm is far in the future, but engineers expect that some robots will be used before long.48. According to the passage, computers can not help farmers decide_______.A. how much money they can earn from their productsB. whether to plant a certain kind of cropC. what livestock to raiseD. when to sell their products49. Which of the following statements is true?A. Farmers in the future will depend totally on computers.B. Farmers mainly use machines on their farms at present.C. Both computers and robots have been in use on today’s farms.D. Students at agricultural colleges needn’t take their normal agricultural courses.50.What is the best title for the whole passage?A. Computer, Farmers’ Best FriendB. Farmers in The FutureC. The Agricultural RevolutionD. Computers and Robots阅读专项训练答案讲解：48.C. 细节理解题。

新高考高三英语阅读强化训练(含答案解析)

阅读强化训练(含答案解析)Ⅰ阅读理解She was sitting up at four months, walking at eight months and completing 100piece jigsaw puzzles(拼图玩具) at 15 months. So it is no surprise that Abigail Wilson, 15, from Connecticut，USA, recently made history when she became the youngest black girl ever accepted into an American university! “I’m proud of myself for getting in，but I usually find it hard to get excited. It’s pretty cool, I guess，”said Abigail.Her mother, Nancy, said that Abigail was a quiet baby, born two weeks late on Christmas Day.She didn’t speak her first words until she was 22 months old! Nancy and her husband thought something must be wrong, but when she started to talk, her speech was perfect. She already knew her colours, letters and was able to read. Her parents read her normal bedtime stories and they didn’t know she was learning all of it.Abigail has always been the youngest person in her class. At six she was in the fourth grade, at ten she took her first high school class in Maths.She has studied several languages, including Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabic and German.Abigail says that she doesn’t usually plan when she studies, she calls herself scatterbrained and she always delays(拖延) things up to the last minute. This gives her the motivation(热情) to really do something.In her free time, Abigail plays basketball, surfs the Internet, reads, cooks and hangs out with her friends: they are all 17 and 18. She has also studied music. Her mother says that Abigail’s music lessons helped her to be a normal teen. She believes that Abigail needed to be in a situation where she had to fail in order to learn. “She found playing the piano very difficult, but it made her learn better，”said Nancy. “She can’t always be successful, she won’t be able to learn anything！People always learn more from their failures than from their successes”．【解题导语】本文是一篇记叙文。

高考英语阅读理解强化训练带答案

高考英语阅读理解强化训练带答案英语阅读理解强化训练1：History is full of cases where dreams have been a pathway to creativity and discovery. A striking example is provided by Dr. Otto Loewi, a pharmacologist (药理学家) and winner of a Nobel Prize. Loewi had spent years studying the chemical transmission of nerve impulses (脉搏). A tremendous breakthrough in his research came when he dreamed of an experiment three nights in a row. The first two nights he woke up and wrote down the experiment quickly and untidily on paper. But the next morning, he couldnt tell what the notes meant. On the third night, he got up after having the dream. This time, instead of making notes he went straight to his laboratory and performed the important experiment. Loewi later said that if the experiment had occurred to him while awake he would have rejected it.Loewis experiment gives some insight into using dreams to produce creative solutions. Nervous feelings are reduced during dreaming, which may be especially useful in solving problems that require a fresh point of view.Being able to take advantage of dreams for solving is improved if you “set” yourself before retiring. Before you go to bed, try to think intently about a problem you wish to solve. Bury yourself in the problem by stating it clearly and reviewing all relevant information. Then usethe suggestions listed in the previous section to catch your dreams. Although this method is not guaranteed to produce a novel solution or a new insight, it is certain to be an adventure. About half of a group of college students using the method for a week recalled a dream that helped them solve a personal problem.44. The main idea of this passage is that _________.A. very little is really known about the meaning of dreamsB. it is possible to “catch” ones dreams by planning before going to sleepC. dreams can be useful in producing creative solutions to ones problemsD. Loewis experiment helped in the study of transmission of nerve impulses45. The first paragraph is mainly organized by _________.A. classifying types of experimentsB. summarizing the work of one researcherC. comparing and exploring historical casesD. telling in time order about one mans research46. If Loewi had thought of the experiment while awake, he would have _________.A. asked someone else to do itB. thought it was a bad ideaC. tried it out on his ownD. thought it was a wise idea47. The author probably thinks that _________.A. nervous feelings may stop someone thinking of useful ideasB. dreaming is of very little value to most peopleC. Loewi should not have conducted his experimentD. college students should not try out dream experiments答案：44.C. 主旨大意题。

高考英语阅读强化训练带参考答案

高考英语阅读强化训练带参考答案高考英语阅读专项训练1：Vacations are a chance to take a break from work, see the world and enjoy time with family. But do they make you happier?Researchers from the Netherlands set out to measure the effect that vacations have on overall happiness and how long it lasts. They studied happiness levels among 1,530 Dutch adults, 974 of whom took a vacation during the 32-week study period. The study showed that the largest lift in happiness comes from the simple act of planning a vacation. In the study, the effect of vacation anticipation lifted happiness for eight weeks.After the vacation, happiness quickly dropped back to baseline levels for most people. How much stress or relaxation a traveler experienced on the trip appeared to influence post-vacation happiness. There was no post-trip happiness benefit for travelers who said the vacation was “neutral” or stressful.”Surprisingly, even those travelers who described the trip as “relaxing” showed no additional jump in happiness after the trip. “They were no happier than people who had not been on holiday,” said the lead author, Jeroen Nawijn, tourism research lecturer at Breda University. The only vacationers who experienced an increase in happiness after the trip were those who reported feeling “very relaxed” on their vacation. Amongthose people, the vacation happiness effect lasted for just two weeks after the trip before returning to baseline levels.One reason vacations dont increase happiness after the trip may have to do with the stress of returning to work. And for some travelers, the holiday itself was stressful. “In comments from people, the thing they mentioned most referred to disagreements with a travel partner or being ill,” Mr. Nawijn said.The study didnt find any relationship between the length of the vacation and overall happiness. Since most of the happiness boost comes from planning and anticipating a vacation, the study suggests that people may get more out of several small trips a year than one big vacation, Mr. Nawijn said.51. Whats the best title for this passage?A. Post-vacation happinessB. Pre-vacation planningC. Influence to vacationsD. Research on vacations52. The study implies that _________.A. The longer the vacation is, the happier the travelers will be.B. The better you get your vacation planned, the more happiness you will get.C. It will make you happier if you divide a big vacation into small ones.D. None of the travelers were happier than those who had not been on holiday,53. Which of the statements is not mentioned in the passage?A. People never have additional jump in happiness after the trip.B. For most people, happiness quickly dropped back to baseline levels after the vacation.C. The largest lift in happiness comes from the simple act of planning a vacation.D. Vacations are a chance to get relaxed from work.54. Which of the following is NOT the reason for not increasing happiness after a trip?A. You got different ideas with your partners on holiday.B. You caught a bad cold during the trip.C. The worry about whether could return to work or not.D. The holiday itself could get you stressed.55. During the 32-week study period _______of the people involved tooka vacation.A. about one secondsB. about two thirdsC. more than one thirdD. less than three fifth阅读专项训练参考答案：51-55 ACACB高考英语阅读专项训练2：Dieters are often advised to stop drinking alcohol to avoid the extra calories lurking in a glass of wine or a favorite cocktail. But new research suggests that women who regularly consume moderate amounts of alcohol are less likely to gain weight than nondrinkers and are at lower risk for obesity (fatness).The findings, reported this week in the Archives of Internal Medicine, are based on a study of 19,220 United States women aged 30 to 40 who fall into the “normal weight” based on their body mass index. Researchers at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston tracked the womens drinking habits over 13 years. About 60 percent of the women were light or regular drinkers, while about 40 percent reported drinking no alcohol.Over the course of the study, 41 percent of the women became overweight. Although alcohol is packed with calories, the nondrinkers in the study actually gained more weight over time: nine pounds, on average, compared with an average gain of about three pounds among regular moderate drinkers. The risk of becoming overweight was almost 30 percent lower for women who consumed one or two alcohol drinks a day, compared with nondrinkers.The findings are certain to be confusing for women who continue to receive conflicting messages about the health benefits and risks of alcohol. Although moderate drinking is associated with better heart health, regular drinking also increases breast cancer risk.The trend toward less weight gain among drinkers doesnt appear to hold true for men. A 2003 study of British men showed that regular drinkers gained more weight than nondrinkers. Studies suggest that drinking alcohol has different effects on eating habits among men and women. Men typically add alcohol to their daily caloric intake, whereas women aremore likely to substitute(替代)alcohol for food. In addition, there may be differences in how men and women metabolize(代谢)alcohol. Metabolic studies show that after men drink alcohol, they experience little if any metabolic change. But alcohol appears to slightly speed up a womans metabolism.The findings dont mean women should rush to drink alcohol to lose weight. Other research shows that once a person is already overweight, her alcohol metabolism is more efficient, and so an overweight woman may gain more weight from alcohol than a lean woman. The data do, however, suggest that for many women facing weight problems, the extra calories are probably not coming from alcoholic drinks.41. According to the study, which of the following regular drinker is less likely to gain weight than nondrinkers?A B C D42. That men regular drinkers gained more weight than women regular drinkers is due to the following except ______.A. Women are more likely to substitute alcohol for food.B. Men drink alcohol much faster than women.C. Men and women metabolize alcohol differently.D. Men have different effects on eating habits with women.43. The underlined word whereas may probably mean _______.A. so thatB. in order thatC. butD. and then44. What do the findings really mean in this passage?A. Women should try to drink alcohol to lose weight.B. To advise to stop drinking alcohol to avoid the extra caloriesC. The extra calories may not come from alcoholic drinks for many women..D. There may be differences in how men and women metabolize.45. What can a dieter probably do before reading this passage?A. Rush to drink alcohol to lose weightB. Add alcohol to his or her daily caloric intake.C. Face the weight problems alone.D. Try to stop drinking any alcohol or wine.阅读专项训练参考答案：41-45 ABCCD。

2021年新高考高三英语考前冲刺阅读强化限时集训 (五套,含答案解析,新高考省份专用)

2021年新高考高三英语考前冲刺阅读强化限时集训（五套，含答案解析，新高考省份专用）阅读强化训练(一)(建议用时：15分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解A British scientist whose schoolmasters told him he was too stupid to study the subject has been awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology for his pioneering work on cloning.At the age of 15, Sir John Gurdon ranked last out of the 250 boys at biology, and was in the bottom set in every other science subject.His master，Mr.Gaddum, was in fact a museum curator(解说员) by profession who had been hired to teach the lowestachieving pupils and was not in fact a particularly effective teacher.Though he had heard Gurdon was interested in doing science, he thought this was a completely ridiculous idea because there was no hope whatever of Gurdon doing science.After receiving the report, Sir John said he switched his attention to classics and was offered a place to study at Christ Church, Oxford, but was allowed to switch courses and read zoology instead because of a mix up in the admissions office.It was at Oxford as a postgraduate student that he published his famous research on genetics and proved for the first time that every cell in the body contains the same genes.He did so by taking a cell from an adult frog’s intestine(肠), removing its genes and implanting them into an egg cell, which grew into a clone of the adult frog.Different from the previous studies by much more senior scientists，his idea was controversial(引起争议的) at the time and it was a decade before the thengraduate student’s work became widely accepted.But it led directly to the cloning of Dolly the Sheep by Prof Ian Wilmut in ter on Prof Yamanaka found adult cells can be “reprogrammed”into stem cells for use in medicine.Sir John professed to be unaware of the cash prize that awaits，but said he would most likely invest it in a fund he has previously set up to support PhD students during their fourth year of study.【解题导语】获得过诺贝尔生理学或医学奖的英国科学家约翰·格登的生物课成绩曾经在250名同年龄的男生中排最后一名，在其他科学类学科中成绩也都垫底，但是他没有放弃，最后取得了杰出的成绩。

新高考英语阅读强化组合练(含答案解析)

新高考英语阅读强化组合练（含答案解析）阅读强化训练(十三)(建议用时：15分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解“It could kill him. It must be removed immediately，”the doctor said. This was the news the doctor told to my parents before I was one year old. My parents thought I was a baby who happened to cry a lot. When they noticed me rubbing my right ear, they brought me to the doctor, expecting him to give me some medicine. But to their surprise, he explained that I had a tumor(肿瘤) in my right ear. After the operation, everything was fine. I just needed to go to the doctor every six months to get my ear cleaned out. Every day my ear produced a liquid(液体). It didn’t smell good. To avoid being made fun of in school, I kept a cotton ball in my ear all the time.On the first day of my third grade, I almost missed the bus, so I forgot to bring a cotton ball. At school, my ear began to produce the liquid. Because I was so excited about my new school, I didn’t notice that the other kids had begun to notice the smell. I was very embarrassed at that time. Since then, I didn’t have even a single friend at school. I had always thought that my brother’s friends in my neighborhood, who were a year older than me, were also my friends, but I was wrong. They also disliked me because of my ear.I wasn’t sure if I was ready to have close friends in fear of getting hurt. The real test was when I would need another operation. I was out of school for a week and a half, and I was nervous when I returned. Everywhere I went, kids wanted to know why my ear was different. When I finally got to my favorite class, I was comforted(安慰) by my friends who told me that things hadn’t been the same without me, and no one mentioned anything about my ear. This was the test that proved they were my true friends.【解题导语】作者讲述了自己小时候右耳做手术后，怕其他学生嘲笑的心路历程。

新高考英语阅读强化训练(二)(含答案解析)

阅读强化训练(二)(建议用时：25分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解Sweetest Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in October as a day to make someone happy. It is an occasion which offers all of us an opportunity to remember not only the sick, the aged, and children who have lost their parents, but also friends, workmates, relatives and neighbors whose helpfulness and kindness we have enjoyed.Over 60 years ago, when a Cleveland man noticed that some people, such as children who lost their parents and patients who lay in bed, too often felt forgotten and neglected(忽视), he developed in his mind the idea of showing them that they were remembered. He did this by giving them small gifts. With the help of his friends and neighbors, he gave those people small gifts on a Saturday in October. During the years that followed, other Clevelanders began to take part in the celebration, which came to be called “Sweetest Day”. Over time, the Sweetest Day idea of spreading cheer to the poor, the sick and children who had lost their parents was broadened to include everyone, and became an occasion for remembering others with a kind act or a small gift. Soon the idea spreaded to other cities all over the USA.Sweetest Day is not based on any single group’s religious beliefs or on a family relationship. It is a reminder that a thoughtful word or deed enriches life and gives it meaning.Because for many people remembering takes the form of gift giving, Sweetest Day offers us the opportunity to show others that we care, in a positive(积极的) way.【解题导语】文章介绍了美国的一个特别的节日(Sweetest Day)的由来，鼓励人们向周围的人展示自己的爱心。

新高考高中英语高考题型阅读强化组合训练(含答案解析)

新高考高中英语高考题型阅读强化组合训练阅读强化训练(一)(建议用时：15分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解Holiday in Sydney is a good choice for people trying to get awayfrom cold winter days. You can spend Christmas, New Year, and ChineseNew Year in Sydney. All hotels in Sydney are also prepared for businessactivities. The Christmas spirit is more wonderful when evening falls.Nightlife in Sydney is full of energy, but during holidays it owns a special taste.White sandy beaches are located only within a short walk from hotels. You will find beach barbecues(烧烤), surfing, and diving under the sea very enjoyable. There are also public street festivals such as Chinese New Year between January and February. You need to book hotels in advance because they are often filled fast.Running from Christmas to the New Year, numerous musical events are held in different places, from hotel restaurants to the Royal Botanical Gardens. Christmas carol(欢歌) performances are free for visitors to enjoy when the Sydney Youth Orchestra plays at the Royal Botanical Gardens.Chinese New Year is one of Sydney’s annual(每年的) attractions. 500，000 people will gather in the city, so if you are traveling to Sydney, this is a reason to extend your vacations. Hotels near Belmore Park offer food events during Chinese New Year, and Darling Harbor runs traditional Dragon Boat Races. Others offer tours to the Sze Yup Temple, a Taoist(道教) Church located in Evergreen.Seasonal food is also offered at the restaurants, cafes, and room service. In addition, New Year brings the opportunity to celebrate dining with other guests at your hotel.【解题导语】文章主要讲的是在悉尼度假以及节日里的各种活动。

新高考英语阅读强化训练(四)(含答案解析)

阅读强化训练(四)(建议用时：25分钟)Ⅰ阅读理解It’s important to have difficult conversations, so why do we avoid them? We avoid difficult conversations for many reasons—we don’t want to make matters worse, we fear we’ll be attacked back, we don’t want to be mean, and so on.It’s natural to dread difficult conversations. However, the truth is that when we treat each other with respect, the conversations are rarely as difficult as we expect. When we avoid difficult conversations, the problem never has a chance to be solved. Plus, as we play the stories over and over in our mind, they get louder and the people in the stories become bigger and bigger bad guys.When we take part in difficult conversations, we have an opportunity to build trust and respect. We also learn we can challenge each other without fear, which means our relationships with other people and organizations improve greatly. When we take part in difficult conversations, we show we care enough to bother and respect creativity and other people’s opinions/experiences/education. We realize we might have missed something if we had not discussed it with someone else—(two minds are better than one). This can build confidence in ourselves and our relationships, and create trust and respect.So how to prepare for and have difficult conversations? Overall, stay positive, listen carefully, be kind (don’t attack), and do not be defensive(自卫的). Difficult conversations are rarely bad situations unless we make them that way. Get clear on your purpose—make sure your purpose is not about teaching others a lesson. If you get emotional(情绪激动的), heated and off topic, then it’s likely that they will also get emotional.Having difficult conversations is important to healthy relationships. So don’t avoid having difficult conversations. And finally, be comfortable being uncomfortable. Yes, difficult conversations will be uncomfortable. But your purposes are good and you are willing to be uncomfortable for the benefit of the person, the relationship and / or the company.【解题导语】我们倾向于避免艰难对话，但是进行艰难对话有很多好处，我们不应该逃避。