湖南省长沙市2020高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解训练（73）

湖南长沙市2020高考英语（二轮）阅读理解训练（73）阅读理解。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。Youve probably heard about sports coaches, fitness coaches, voice and music teachers, career counselors, psychiatrists(精神病医师) and other specialists who teach skills and help us cope with daily life.But theres a rapidly growing kind of professional who does a little bit of everything. She or he is called a “ life coach ”. People who are at crossroads in their lives, and corporations that want to give certain employees a career boost, are turning to them for help.The idea that one persons success story can change other peoples lives for the better goes back at least to the 1930s. Dale Carnegies famous self-improvement program “How to Win Friends and Influence People” came along soon thereafter.But this new style of life coaches includes more than enthusiastic speakers or writers. They use their own experiences in business, sports, military service, or psychotherapy (心理疗法)to help others make critical life decisions.They often give their approach a slogan, such as “energy coaching” or “fearless living” or “working yourself happy”.Dave Lakhani in Boise, Idaho, for instance, works with salespeople to develop what he calls a “road map”. He says an ongoing relationship with a coach is like having a personal fitness trainer for ones career and life outside work.Lakhanis Bold Approach coaching firm also donates some of its time to help people who are anything but successful-including battered women and struggling single mothers.But others in the so-called “helping professions” are not thrilled about the life-coaching movement. They say that anyone, trained or untrained, can call himself or herself a life coach, and that slick(华而不实的) promoters who mess with peoples lives can do more harm than good.1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Working Yourself Happy.B. Life Coaches Help with Tough Decisions.C. How to Cope with Daily Life with Life Coaches.D. The Life-Coaching Movement.2. The underlined phrase “life coach” in Paragraph 2 means“_”.A. The career counselor who teaches skillsB. The psychiatrist who helps us cope with daily lifeC. The fitness coach who teaches us lessonsD. The specialist who helps us make important life decisions3.The last paragraph is mainly about_.A. the introductions of life coach B. the disagreements of life coachC. the effects of life coach D. the experiences of life coach4.What is the authors attitude towards life coaches?A. Cautious B. Approving C. Casual D. Disapproving参考答案14、BDBA阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。【2020高考训练】2020 TFK Poetry ContestCalling all poets! TIME For Kids has a challenge for you：Write a funny, rhyming poem. It must be an original poem that does not copy another poets work. Enter it in the TIME For Kids Poetry Contest. As fewer and fewer children are interested in writing poetry of their own, TIME For Kids decides to organize and sponsor such a contest to change the situation.Contest Rules1. How to enter: This contest begins 12:01 am on March 6, 2020 and ends 11:59 pm on July 24, 2020. To enter, mail the following information to 1271 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10020: (a) an original and previously unpublished poem that is humorous and has a rhyme scheme(韵律); (b) Entrants first name only and a parents mail address. Limit one entry per person. By entering, Entrant promises that the entry (1) is original, (2) has not been published in any medium and (3) has not won an award.2. Judging: All entries will be judged by poet Kenn Nesbitt, based on the following criteria: creativity and originality (50), use of language and rhyme (25) and appropriateness to the theme of the contest (25). The length of the entry will not be taken into consideration.3. Prizes: Our judge will select four semifinalists(半决赛选手)from which one grand-prize winner and three finalists will be chosen. The one grand-prize winner will receive an online class visit from Childrens Poet Kenn Nesbitt and a signed copy of his newest book of poetry, The Armpit of Doom：Funny Poems for Kids, approximately value: $275. The three finalists will each get a signed copy of Nesbitts newest book of poetry，The Armpit of Doom: Funny Poems for Kids，and both their poems and that of the grand-prize winner will be published at .4. Eligibility(参赛资格)：Open to legal citizens of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are primary school students and are 8 to 13 years old at time of entry5. Winners list：For names of the winner and finalists，visit (after August 1, 2020, available for a period of 10 days)1. The purpose of the contest is to_.A. encourage children to learn from other poetsB. help children realize the dream of poetry writingC. encourage childrens interest in poetry writingD. encourage children to read more original poems2. Which of the following characteristics of a poem is valued most in judging?A. Being creative and originalB. Using a proper number of wordsC. Using proper language and rhymeD. Being appropriate to the contest theme3. What can be known about the finalists of the contest?A. They will get a great deal of money.B. Their poems can be read at .C. They will receive an online class visit from NesbittD. Their poems will appear in Nesbitts newest book of poetry.4. According to the contest rules,_.A. poems can be sent to the organizers by e-mailB. all children have the right to take part in the contestC. the number of poems to enter the contest is not limitedD. the result of the contest will be unknown before August, 2020参考答案1-4、CABD阅读理解。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。After years of study，I have known there are only two types of people in this world：those who get to the airport early and those who arrive as the plane is about to take off.If there were any justice in this world，the earlyairport people would be rewarded for doing the right thing and the lateairport people would be punished.But the earlyairport people get ulcers(溃疡)，heart attacks and bite their fingernails to the bone (急得团团转)The lateairport people are hardly aware that they are flying.A guy of that kind once said，“Dont hurry.If you miss your flight，its because God didnt want you to go.”This is clearly a guy who is never going to get an ulcer.Earlyairport people suffer another“name”They are called exactly what they arewimps(懦夫)I know I am an earlyairport person for years.My luggage will get on the plane first，which makes it the last luggage they take off the plane after landing.Another strange thing：No matter how early I showed up，I was always told that someone had called two or three years ahead of me and asked for the best seat.I figured it was a trick.I figured there was someone in America who called every airline every day and said，“Is that wimp Simon flying somewhere today？If he is，give me his seat.”After a lifetime arguing with my wife over whether I really have to pack 24 hours in advance and set the alarm clock four hours ahead，I have learned another fact about earlyairport people and lateairport people：They always marry each other.1We can learn from the passage that_.Alateairport persons often get ulcers or heart attacksBearlyairport persons are always relaxed during the flightCearlyairport persons get their luggage first after landingDlateairport persons always take things easy解析：细节理解题。从第二段及第三段所举事例可知，晚到机场的人总是沉得住气，不慌不忙，故选D。从第二段第二句可知A项和B项错；从第四段最后一句可知C项错。答案：D2The fifth paragraph mainly tells us_.Asomeone always plays tricks on the writerBthe airlines usually fool passengersCearlyairport persons always cant get good seatsDthe service of airlines is very bad解析：段落大意题。从第五段可知作者通过描述自己的亲身经历得出一个结论：早到机场的人往往不能得到想要的座位，故C选项正确。A项是作者的一个玩笑。因为他总是得不到想要的座位，所以才会说I figured it was a trick；B项和D项无法从第五段推出。答案：C3The purpose of writing the passage is to_.Agive useful tips on taking a planeBoffer advice about catching a planeCexpress the writers anxiety about taking planesDshow peoples two attitudes toward catching planes解析：意图推测题。通读全文不难推断出作者写此文章主要介绍了人们对于赶飞机的两种截然不同的态度，故D选项正确。答案：D4It could be inferred that the writers wife is_.Aan earlyairport womanBa lateairport womanCa hottempered womanDa sensitive woman解析：推理判断题。根据文章可知作者属于“早到机场的人。”文章的结尾提到了作者的另一个发现：早到机场的人总是与晚到机场的人结婚。由此，可推知作者的妻子属于“晚到机场的人”，故选B。答案：B5The writing style of the passage would be best described as_.AseriousBsimpleChumorous Dironic解析：推理判断题。综观全文，作者的写作风格诙谐幽默，妙趣横生，故选C。答案：C.2020高考训练题。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。Your glasses may someday replace your smartphone, and some New Yorkers are ready for the switch. Some in the city cant wait to try them on and use the maps and GPS that the futuristic eyewear is likely to include.“Id use it if I were hanging out with friends at 3 a. m. and going to the bar and wanted to see what was open,” said Walter Choo, 40, of Fort Greene.The smartphone-like glasses will likely come out this year and cost between $250 and $600, the Times said, possibly including a variation of augmented(增强的) reality, a technology already available on smartphones and tablets (平板电脑) that overlays information onto the screen about ones surroundings. So, for example, if you were walking down a street, indicators would pop up showing you the nearest coffee shop or directions could be plotted out and come into view right on the sidewalk in front of you.“As far as a mainstream consumer product, this just isnt something anybody needs，” said Sam Biddle, who writes for G. “Were accustomed to having one thing in our pocket to do all these things,” he added, “and the average consumer isnt gonna be able to afford another device (装置) thats hundreds and hundreds of dollars.”Google publisher Seth Weintraub, who has been reporting on the smartphone-like glasses since late last year, said he is confident that this type of wearable device will eventually be as common as smartphones.“Its just like smartphones 10 years ago,” Weintraub said. “A few people started getting emails on their phones, and people thought that was crazy. Same kind of thing. We see people bending their heads to look at their smartphones, and its unnatural,” he said. “Theres gonna be improvements to that, and this is a step there. 1One of the possible functions of the smartphone-like glasses is to _.A. program the opening hours of a barB. supply you with a picture of the futureC. provide information about your surroundingsD. update the maps and GPS in your smartphones2The underlined phrase pop up in the third paragraph probably means _.A. develop rapidly B. get round quicklyC. appear immediately D. go over automatically3According to Sam