2020年高三英语高考阅读理解和任务型阅读课堂综合练习三（附解析） 牛津版

2020;2020年高考英语阅读理解和任务型阅读课堂综合练习三一阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AAs a solo artist, Brightman has sold 26 million albums and two million DVDs in 34 countries. Her musical styles put opera, pop and jazz together. She is popular in the States but not here(Britain) the image of her and her second husband, Andrew Lloyd Webber (he much older, she his muse) seems for ever frozen.The 47-year-old singer talks about the new album Symphony that came out of a “very dark time”, including her decision to give up trying to have children. “People have suggested I could adopt,” Brightman says. “But work is central to my life now. And so I am going to put it to one side. After a while not having children becomes the norm and perhaps that might sound alarming, to parents especially, but I have never known anything different. Im not hurt by not having children. My life and career are incredibly rich.”Talking about growing up in a large family in Berkhamsted (father a property developer who later committed suicide), she says: “I was gifted as a child, and very musical. I seemed to be good at anything to do with the arts. At 5 I understood the music I was dancing to and had an eye for costume.” She first appeared in a West End musical at 11 and hated boarding school. w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.mBrightman led the saucy dance troupe（辣妹三人舞） Hot Gossip and had her first hit with I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper in 1978. At 18 she married a music manager called Andrew Graham Stewart. “I was probably in love but I cant remember. Girls change such a lot between 18 and 22. It didnt really work out.” In 1981 she was spotted by Lloyd Webber. She became his leading lady in Song and Dance, Requiem and Phantom of the Opera. They married in 1984.Brightman says she felt hostility(敌意) “from the beginning. I havent tried to understand it. Ive done very well everywhere else, especially the US, where I now live, I just accept it for what it is. The more you are away from Britain, the more you appreciate it. But I dont miss it, although I miss my family. Our profession can be uncomfortable but I enjoy what I do. I get on with it.”1. The first paragraph tells us that _.A. Brightman is very popular around the world except in AmericaB. Brightmans musical style is a mixture of opera, pop and jazzC. the British people dont like her for her style of musicD. Brightman is much older than Andrew Lloyd Webber2. Brightman decided to give up having children because _.A. she could adopt one B. her life and career were unbelievably rich without childrenC. she felt it normal not to have children D. she was too busy3. The following statements are true except _.A. Brightman first appeared in a West End musical at 5B. Brightman disliked life on the campusC. Brightman was very gifted when she was young w.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.mD.The saucy dance troupe made Brightman famous4. The underlined word in the fourth paragraph probably means _.A. located B. admired C. followed D. found5. What does the author try to say in the last paragraph by quoting Brightmans words?A. Brightman has to accept the fact that she is liked in BritainB. Brightman lives in America but she loves her own countryC. The British coldness towards Brightman led to her hatred to her homelandD. Brightman was at a loss why she was not welcome in BritainBThe common cold is the worlds most widespread illness， which is plagues（疫病） that flesh receives. The most widespread fallacy（谬误） of all is that colds caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact， directly or indirectly， with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds， it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes. During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches（战壕）， cold and wet， showed no increased tendency to catch colds. In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp（奥斯维辛集中营）， naked and starving， were astonished to find that they seldom had colds. At the Common Cold Research Unit in England， volunteers took part in Experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths， they put on bathing suits， allowed themselves to be with cold water， and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose. If， then， cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds， why are they more frequent in the winter？Despite the most pains-taking research， no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times， and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on. No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain suppressors（止痛片） such as aspirin， but all they do is relieve the symptoms。6. The writer offered _ examples to support his argument.A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 37. Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage？A. The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time.B. Colds are not caused by cold.C. People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.D. A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one.8. Arctic explorers may catch colds when _.A. they are working in the isolated arctic regionsB. they are writing reports in terribly cold weatherC. they are free from work in the isolated arctic regionsD. they are coming into touch again with the outside world9. Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit _.A. suffered a lot B. never caught colds C. often caught colds D. became very strong10. The passage mainly discusses _.A. the experiments on the common cold B. the fallacy about the common coldC. the reason and the way people catch colds D. the continued spread of common coldsCTODAY, Friday, November 12JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at The Derby Arms. Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen.DISCO Satin Sounds Disco. Free at The Lord Napier, Mort lake High St., from 8a. m. to 8p. m. Tel: 6821158.SATURDAY, November 13JAZZ Lysis at The Bulls Head, Barnes. Admission 60p.MUSICAL HALL at The Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company. Good food and entertainment fair price. Tel: 7896749.FAMILY night out? Join the sing-along at The Black Horse. Sheen Road, Richmond.JAZZ The John Bennett Big Band at The Bulls Head, Barnes. Admission 80p.THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion(手风琴). Tel: 7894536SUNDAY, November 14DISCO Satin Sounds Disco, free at The Lord Napier, Mort Lake High Street, from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m.FOLK MUSIC at The Derby Arms. The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio. Non-remembers 70p. Tel: 6884626.HEAVY MUSIC with Tony Simon at The Bull, Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen.THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion.11. Where and when can you hear the Norman Chop Trio?A. At the Bulls Head on Sunday. B. At the Derby Arms on Sunday.C. At the Bull on Saturday. D. At the Black Horse on Saturday.12. Where and when can you hear the Mike Thomas Jazz Band?A. At the Derby Arms on Friday. B. At the Black Horse on Friday.C. At the Star and Garter on Saturday. D. At the Derby Arms on Sunday.13. You want to enjoy the electric accordion on Saturday. Which telephone number do you have to ring to find out what time it starts?A. 7896749. B. 7894536. C. 6821158. D. 6884626.14. You want to spend the Saturday by joining the entertainment with your family. Where should you go?A. Disco at The Lord Napier. B. The sing-along at The Black Horse.C. The electric accordion at The Derby Arms. D. Jazz at The Bulls Head.15. You want to spend the same day at two different places and dont want to cross any street. Which of the following is your best choice?A. The sing-along at the Black Horse and Jazz at The Bulls Head.B. The sing-along at The Black Horse and Folk Music at The Derby Arms.C. Folk Music at The Derby Arms and Heavy Music with Tony Simon at The Bull.D. Musical Hal lat The Star Garter and Disco at The Lord Napier.DLanguage learning begins with listening. Children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and later starters are often long listeners. Most children will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word “obey” is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises. Any attempt to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves as particularly expressive as delight, pain, friendliness, and so on. But since these cant be said to show the babys intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new words to their store. This self-imitation（模仿）leads on to deliberate（有意的）imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech. It is a problem we need to get out. The meaning of a word depends on what a particular person means by it in a particular situation and it is clear that what a child means by a word will change as he gains more experience of the world .Thus the use at seven months of “mama” as a greeting for his mother cannot be dismissed as a meaningless sound simply because he also uses it at other times for his father, his dog, or anything else he likes. Playful and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself, I doubt, however whether anything is gained when parents take advantage of this ability in an attempt to teach new sounds.16. Before children start speaking，what is greatly different?_.A. the amount of listening B. a number of listeningC. the sound of listening D. the meaning of listening17. starters are often long listeners, the sentence means one can _.A. be hard to speak fluently B. begin to speak quicklyC. start with listening D. often take a long time in learning to listen properly18. these can not be said to show a babys intention to speak, these refer to _.A. pain B. happiness C. Kindness D. above of all19. according to the writer, we can draw a conclusion that _.A. children are fond of imitatingB. these imitation can be considered as speechC. children get more experience of the worldD. childrens use of words are often meaningless20. When a child is six months, he can _.A. call his mama B. imitate many languagesC. store new words D. play with sounds二. 任务型阅读认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。The Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Some parents send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the US or Australia, regardless of how much this costs. Many also want their children to take extra-curriculum activities where they either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is, so parents often spend unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples buy a computer for their son or daughter.However, what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their childrens skills vary; they will usually be skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that todays children lack self-respect and self-confidence.The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study effectively. They are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.Parents can help achieve this by teaching their children practical skills like cooking, sewing and other housework.Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. The result, a well-cooked dinner, will give a child a lot of satisfaction and confidence.An old machine such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child as a toy may make him curious and arouse his interest. If he will spend hours looking at it, and try to mend it; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. Such activities do more than teach a child to read a book; but rather they teach them to think, and to use their minds. This is much more important than learning by reading a book.TitleHow Chinese Parents Should (1) _ Their ChildrenCommon practicel Being (2) _ with money when it comes to education.l Sending them to the best schools or (3) _l Taking extra-curriculum activities so as to (4) _ a head start in life.l Spending more money than they can (5) _ on education.Bad resultsChildrens lacking in self-respect and self-confidenceSuggested (6) _l Teaching their children practical skills, which are of the greatest(7) _l Cooking.l Sewing.l Other housework.l (8) _ a broken radio or TV.(9) _ resultsl To make the children hardworking and confident.l To enable them to (10) _ and to use their minds.一阅读理解A【阅读提示】莎拉布莱曼与刘欢的我和你使她在中国家喻户晓。布莱曼在美国和世界其他国家也很有名气，她的专辑和DVD唱片一度火爆。但她在自己的国家英国却并不受欢迎，这让布莱曼深感困惑。1. B 细节理解题。从第一段我们可以了解到，莎拉布莱曼的音乐特色是歌剧，流行音乐，和爵士乐的相互交融的综合产物。2. C 细节理解题。第二段说After a while not having children becomes the norm and perhaps that might sound alarming, to parents especially, but I have never known anything different，布莱曼并没有觉得没有孩子有什么不正常的。3. A 细节理解题。布莱曼从小就是一个有音乐天赋的孩子，她第一次登台演出是在11岁，演出剧目西头音乐剧。因此A项的叙述是不正确的。4. D 词义理解题。spot意为“认出，发现”。1981年布莱曼被Webber发现，遇到了“伯乐”。5. A 作者意图推断题。文章最后一段援引了布莱曼的话，充满了无奈。布莱曼并没有说自己因为英国人不喜欢她而痛恨英国，但她也坦言她并不想念自己的家乡，虽然只是惦念父母和家人。I just accept it for what it is说明布莱曼只有接受现实而已。B答案解析本文通过大量事例证明感冒不是由寒冷引起的， 而是由病毒感染引起的。6. B.细节题。根据由第 2 段的两个例子、第 3 段的 1 个例子和第 4 段的两个例子可知 B 为正确选项。7. C.细节题。 根据 One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other ti