2020届高考英语 考前冲刺精选专题资料汇编阅读理解（六）

2020;2020届高考英语考前冲刺精选专题资料汇编阅读理解（六）AEveryone would like to be a millionaire but can you imagine having over $ 30 million and only being 20 years old? Brimey Spears from Kentwood, a small town in Louisiana, is only 20 years old; she is an international pop superstar with not only $ 30 million but also a $ 2 million house in LA. At her young age, she can look after her family financially (经济上)all her life.This year is a big year for Britney, she is currently on a 31 date tour of the US and every concert is a sell out. That means she plays in front of a crowd of around 18,000 every time. Its tiring schedule (安排表)but brings great rewards. When tou- ting, she goes to bed around 1 a. rn. and then has a lie-in until I p. m. or 2 p. rn. the next day. Her philosophy(人生观) is to take care of the body and relax but always make sure you work hard and have fan.Spears is not satisfied with only touring and selling nearly 40 million records so she decided to branch out into the movie business and try a bit of acting. She made an appearance in Austin Powers 3 this year and she is filming a teenage come- dy that will be released in March 20典型例题this movie, she has a starring role. The movie was her own concept and she picked the writer.For Britney, acting is another way to express herself and she is enthusiastic (热心) about it all. If her movies are successful, her bank account is sure to grow by another few mil-lion dollars but she has been quoted as saying she does it for the love, not the money.1. Tick ets for her concerts are_.A. cheap B. expensiveC. on sale soon D. all sold答案: D 指导：由第二段第一句“and every concert is a sell out可知，每场音乐会的票都能售空，故选D.2. Which of the following is not true according to the text?A. Though young, Britney can support her family now.B. While touring, Britney sleeps about 12 hours a day.C. The teenage comedy movie was based on Britneys own story. D. Britney will be even richer with her movies successful.答案: C 指导：由第三段最后一句The movie was her own concept”知，这部青少年电影喜战只是她的concept，而非她自己的故事。3. According to Britney Spears, she works_.A. to be a great actressB. for the enjoymentC. for moneyD. to be more famous答案: B指导：由文章最后一句“she has been quoted as saying she does it for the love，not the money知：Britney所做一切只是为快乐和喜欢，而非钱与名利。BCultural differences in business entertaining include problems such as whom one entertains and where, and how one entertains. In countries where status (地位) is important, it is not advisable to invite people of different statuses to the same dinner party. Americans will often invite people to their homes. However in some societies the home is considered too private, unworthy, or too small to serve as a proper place for business entertaining. In some countries there is ahelp your- self method of entertaining done in the home. This methoddoes not work well when entertaining people whose culture teaches them to wait to be asked three times before accepting an offer of food. In one instance, a Chinese guest went hungry all the evening without eating though he was quite hungry because he was too shy to take food after only being asked to do so once. In another case, an American woman executive (负责人) was being entertained in London. After having the tea served, the American woman helped herself to cream and sugar rather than waiting to be served. The English hostess was upset by the thought that she was not serving quickly enough.As a general rule, a small gift from your home country is OK. A gift that is tied to the particular interest of the person is especially good. Gifts for children are also well received. Be careful that the hometown gift you are bringing to Sin- gapore was not made in Hong Kong. Because many gifts carry symbolic meanings, it is always best to seek the advice of a cultural informant before selecting gifts. The giving of large gifts, or payments for special service, should only be carried out after talking with legal department in the home and host culture.1. It is no good inviting people of different social positions to the same party in the country where.A. people dont pay any attention to your positionsB. people care much about their statusesC. entertainment is importantD. entertainment is not advisable答案: B 指导：第一段第二句话。“在那些很重视社会地位的国家，最好不要把不同层次的人放到一起。”2. _is especially proper.A. A big giftB. Large payment as a giftC. A small gift from ones homeD. A gift from Singapore答案: C 指导：最后一段第一句话。“一般说来，从祖国带来的小礼物就非常合适”。CIf you have been joining in chat room conversations, or trading e-mail with web pals (网友), you have become one of the millions who write in a peculiarly short form of English.And youve got a sense of humor about short forms like SOHF ( = sense of humor failure) to describe Intemet newcomers who dont understand you.Across the globe, every night teenagers and their elders are talking online, many of them all talking at the same time.Its fast: try talking to six people at once. Its brief: three Or four words per exchange. It takes wit, concentration, and quick fingers.And it requires tremendous linguistic economy (语言省略). Theres neither time nor space for explanations. Why con- sume precious key-strokes (键盘主敲击) telling six friends you have to leave for a moment to take care of your little brother when BRB ( = be right back) will do? Want to enter a conversation? Just type PMFJI (= pardon me for jumping in).Interested in whom you are talking to? Type A/S/I., thenearly universal request to know your pals age, sex and loca- tion. You may get 15/M/NY as a response from your pal.If something makes you laugh, say you are OTF (=on the floor), or LOL ( = laughing out loud), or combing the two into ROTFL (= rolling on the floor laughing).And when it is time to get back to work or go to bed, you type GTG (=got to go) or TTYL (=talk to you later).People want to write as fast as possible, and they want to get their ideas across as quickly as they can. Capital letters are left in the dust, except when expressing emotion, as it takes, more time to hold down the shift key and capitals. Punctuation (标点) is going, too.1. Many people talk on the Intemet_.A. by sending short e-mailsB. by using a particular short form of English C. by using peculiar English words and expressionD. in a funny way答案: B 指导：第一段最后一句。“你已经成为数百万个用特别简短的英语形式在网上聊天的人士之一”。2. In order to talk to several people at the same time on the Intemet_.A. you have to speak fast and fluentlyB. you should speak with wit and humorC. you have to express your ideas in a brief wayD. one should pay much attention to the accuracy of words答案: C 指导：从第四段可得知，同时和几个人聊天需要快速，简捷，聪慧，注意力集中和敏捷的手指。A项中的fluently，B项中的humor，D项中的accuracy都不符合题意。3. If you get 17/F/NY as an answer to your A/S/L, it rneansA. the person on the other end is 17 from New York and he is fineB. you are talking to a girl who is 17 and lives in New YorkC. you are talking to 17 girls who are from New YorkD. the person who you are talking to is a 17-foot tall New York girl答案: B 指导：从第七段可得知，ASL分别表示：年龄(age)，性别(sex)，地区(location)。DThe following notice is posted in a bus terminal(终点站). Time Table:-Buses leave the Railway Station, New York City, from 7:00 a. m, and every half an hour thereafter (此后), untii 11: 30 p. m, (7 days a week)-Buses leave the Brennan Station 20 minutes before and after every hour from 6:20 a.m. to 10:40 p. m (7 days a week) -Evening rush hours ( 5: 00 p. m, to 7: 00 p. m, ): Buses leave the Railway Station, New York City, every 15 minutes. (MondayFriday)-Holidays: Buses leave every hour, each direction. (Trip time. 30 minutes eachway) -All tickets must be bought at Window 12, the Railway Station, New York City, or at the Brennan Station Window BEFORE boarding buses.1. At which of the following time does a bus leave New York for Brennan on Thursday?A. 8: 30a. m.B. 10: 15 a.m.C. 3 : 15 p.m.D. 11 : 45 p.m.答案: A 指导：由发车时刻表第一部分可知，公共汽车离开New York开往Brennan的时间是上午七点到夜里十一点半之间，且每隔半小时一班。2. Which is the latest bus you could take from Brennan if you had to meet a friend in New York at 10: 20 a. rn. on a Friday?A. The 8:00 a. m, bus.B. The 9 : 40 a. m, bus.C. The 8 : 40 a. m, bus.D. The 9 : 20 a.m. bus.答案: B 指导：由发车时刻表第二部分可知，公共汽车离开Brennan开往New York的时间是上午6:20到夜间10:40之间，且每小时正点的前后20分钟各有一班。根据题意，最迟一班为上午9:403. If you want to take a bus in evening rush hours, you should take the bus at the Railway Station, New York City on Monday?A. 6 : 20 p.m.B. 5: 45 p.m.C. 8: 00 p.m.D. 7 : 15 p.m.答案: B 指导：公共汽车在晚上交通高峰期每15分钟一班，从下午5点到晚上7点。EMeteorite (陨石) ALH840典型例题 studied by a research team led by scientists at NASA and Stanford University.Using high-powered microscopes and other laboratory tests, the researchers found clues that they think were left by living things.One clue is a collection of flat, hard orange globe of carbon lining the insides of the cracks in the rock. These depos- its look like the carbon globules made by some kinds of bacteria (细菌). They might have been left by tiny life forms, or they might have been made by hot vapors carrying carbon dioxide.With these carbon globules is another piece of evidence, a group of chemicals called PAHS. These chemicals can be formed in space or when living things die and change into fossils (化石) So the PAHs in the meteorite might have come from ancient Martian life.Rings of tiny crystals around the carbon globules make up the third mineral clue. These crystals are made of iron and sul- phur (硫)joined together in compounds that are like chemicals in some of Earths bacteria. But similar crystals can also be made by chemical reactions that can happen without life forms to carry them out.A fourth sign of life is a series of microscopic rounded shapes that look like fossils of bacteria. But to some scientists, these shapes may be too small to be the remains of living things.The NASA team does not say these clues are proof of life on Mars. Any.of these clues might have been placed in the rock without the help of living creatures.But they claim the idea of Martian life is the simplest way to explain them, They say it would take a lot of coincidences (巧合) to place all of these dues together in the Martian rock. These scientists have challenged others to help them search for more evidence to prove that their ideas are either right or wrong.And research that might help answer this question is already under way. NASA has planned ten new missions to Mars over the next ten years and launched two of them last fall. They are called Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Pathfinder.Several of the experiments on these spacecraft will search for clues to answer one of the greatest questions of our time. Are we alone in the universe?1. ALH840典型例题rom_.A. MarsB. the Milky WayC. an unknown small planetD. the solar system答案: A 指导：由倒数第二段NASA has planned ten new missions to Mars可知。2. Which of the following statements is true?A. Mars Pathfinder was launched in the spring of 1997.B. The evidence inside was not destroyed after ALH840典型例题 traveled a long way.C. The clues the scientists have found are:smal! drops of liquid of carbon crystal ring NASA fossils of bacteria.D. Scientists wished they had asked for help to prove their ideas.答案: B 指导：由第四段The sechemicals can be formed in space or when living things die and change into fossils”可知ALH840典型例题行了很长的路后，里面的迹象不被破坏而形成了化石。3. Put the following sentences into correct time order. Scientists discovered the meteorite. They named itALH840典型例题Allan Hills, 1984,number I.A small planet hit Mars, sending pieces of the outside covering into space. One of them is ALH840典型例题After wandenng for a long time, the rock rushed into theice in the Allan Hills area of Antarctica.In a watery environment underground, microscopic life grew deep in the cracks. These creatures died, but they left signs.A. - B. - C. - D. -答案: B 指导：由全文描述可知。FA Shanghai boy, Chen Yinhua, is going to take part in theGlobal Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D. C. and New York from July 4-15. It is organized by the Congressional Youth Leadership Council (CYLG).Im very lucky to get this opportunity to make friendswith so many excellent students. said Chen, who attends Shanghai Nanyang Model High School. It is a once-in-a-life-time experience.The 18-year-old will join 350 secondary school students from across the world, all of whom have shown leadership po- tential and academic ability.As well as trying out simulations (模拟) designed to develop leadership and decision-making skills, the students will communicate with influential figures in politics, finance, culture and the diplomatic (外交的) world.Chen knew nothing about CYLC until last March, when the organization invited him to take part in the conference. It was his SAT application form that caught CYLCs eye at the end of last year. I was totally surprised but felt very honored after I learned about it from the Intemet, he recalled.As monitor of his class, he was involved in a wide range of school affairs. His many activities included debating, basketball, robot research and producing his class newsletter.Although these things took up plenty of time, I enjoyed the feeling of making decisions. And I still worked very hard in the classroom as well as at home,Cben said proudly. Besides passing SAT1 and SAT2, he scored 663 in the TOEFL exam while only in Senior 1.Chen will continue his studies at Fudan,a University. After that, he hopes to build on his interest in international relations, working for an organization like the United Nations.1. Whats the purpose of the Global Young Leaders Conference?A. To discuss some important matters in the world.B. To develop young people s leadership skills.C. To compete and decide who will be the best to be leaders.D. To offer chances for young people to communicate with each other.答案：B 指导：细节理解题。从文中第三、四自然段可知，这次会议的中心目的在于培养和发展学生的领导能力。A不符合事实，C、D是中心目的的附带活动。2. By saying Its a once-in-a-lifetime experience Chen Yinhua means_A. this is the first time for him to have such experienceB. he will value this chance to perform excellentlyC. this kind of chance is seldom given to a school studentD. he is the only one to get such an opportunity答案：B 指导：细节理解题。once-in-a-hfetxme“一生中只有一次的”，ChenYinhua如是说，说明他对此机会的重视和珍惜。其他意义都不合乎此种环境的心理。3. Chen Yinhua was invited to the conference because_.A. he is a rather famous person among the students invitedB. he has special skills of leadership in his schoolC. he did quite well in his SAT application form sore influential people take much interest in him答案：C 指导：细节推理题。根据第五段第二句可知。4. Form the last three paragraphs we know Chen Yinhua _.A. does well only in public activitiesB. has no interest in schoolC. studies English the best of all his lessonsD. has the nature of being a leader答案：D 指导：推断题。A、B,C与原文意思不符。可推知。是后一段最后一句。GThere is one foreign product the Japanese are buying fasterthan others, and its popularity has caused an uneasy feeling among many Japanese.That product is foreign words.Gairaigo-words that come from outside-have been part of the Japanese language for centuries. Mostly borrowed from English and Chinese, these terms are often changed into forms no longer understood by native speakers.But in the last few years the tfi. ckle (涓涓细流) of foreign words has become a flood, and people fear the increasing use of foreign words is making it hard for the Japanese to understand each other and could lead to many people forgetting the good qualities of traditional (传统的) Japanese.The popularity of foreign words is part of the Japanese interest in anything new, Days university lecturer and writer Takashi .%alto. By using a foreign word you can make a subject seem new, which makes it easier for the media (媒体) to pick up. Experts (专家) often study abroad and use English terms when they speak with people in their own fields. Those terms are then included in government white papers,said Muturo Kal, president of the National Language Research Institute.Foreign words find their way easily into announcements made to the general public, when they should really be explained in Japanese.”Against the flow of new words. many Japanese turning back to the stud)rd their own language Saitos Japanese to Be Read Aloud is one of many language books that ate now flying off booksellersshelves.We were expecting to sell the books to young people, said the writer, but it turns out they are more popular wii the older generation, who seem uneasy about the future of Jal anese.1. What advantages do foreign words have over traditional Jal nese terms?A. The ideas expressed in foreign words sound new.B. Foreign words are best suited for announcements.C. Foreign words make new subjects easier to understand.D. The use of foreign words makes the media more popular.答案：A 指导：第5段末提到原因，“用外来词语你可以让一个话题看上去很新鲜，而这样一来媒体更容易感兴趣。”2. In the opinion of Takastii Saito, Japanese people _.A. are good at learning foreign languagesB. are willing to learn about new thingsC. trust the mediaD. respect experts答案：B 指导：还是第5段，“外来词语受欢迎部分原因是日本人对任何新东西都感兴趣”，因此选B.3. Which of the following plays an important part in the spreace of foreign words?A. The media and government papers.B. Best-selling Japanese textbooks.C. The interest of young Japanese.D. Foreign products and experts.答案：A 指导：第6段谈到这些词语的来历，出现在政府公文、广播中，即A。4. The book Japanese to Be Read Aloud _.A. sells very well in JapanB. is supported by the governmentC. is questioned by the old generationD. causes misunderstanding among the readers答案： A 指导：关于这本书。作者说“are now flying off booksellerss he lves”，因此选A.HOn May 13,1787, a fleet of Eng