2020届高考英语 实战演练专题阅读理解（56-60）

2020;2020届高考英语实战演练专题阅读理解（56-60）附详析 (第56篇)Ms Tan, you ve referred to your new novel as your eighth book.Thats because it took me six or seven attempts at a second novel before I started and completed this one.Why do you think you had so many false starts?I would say that my reasons were wrong: I was trying to prove that I wasnt just a mother-daughter storyteller, or I was trying to prove that I didn t just have to write about things that were strictly Chinese or Chinese-American. Those were never the right reasons for writing those early stories. And I could never come up with other, better reasons for continuing them.What kept you going on this book?This book was different because it was based on my mother s real life. The reason for writing it became more personal and emotional. After The Joy Luck Club came out, my mother was always explaining to people that she wasn t any of the mothers in that book. And at one point she said to me, “Next book tells my true story.” And then she started telling me things I never knew before. She also told me many, many stories，because my mother doesn t generalize. The book really grew out of that.Have you ever visited China?Yes. I ve been there twice: about three years ago and then again last November, both times with my mother and my husband.Was it difficult to capture the Chinese-American dialect without sounding like a parody(拙劣的模仿)?No, because it s the language I ve heard all my life from my mother. She speaks English as it s direct translation from Chinese. But its more than that: Her language also has more imagery than English.Can you think of an example?Somebody might say to me, “Dont work so hard. Youll kill yourself.” My mother will say to me，“Why do you press all your brains out on this page for someone else？” So it s very vivid. That s the way she talks.Have many readers told you that the Chinese mother in your book reminded them of the typical Jewish (有癖好的) mother?Many people have told me that. I think the mother-daughter relationship is very intense in both cases. Culturally there is an acceptance that mothers have the power to tell their children, especially their daughters, how to conduct their lives not simply up until the time they are 18, but for the rest of their lives. However, when children grow up in a different culture from their parents， they tend to keep more secrets from their parents. The children think, “They just wouldn t understand that I had to do this.” And that can really create a gap, and it can grow as the number of secrets grows.语篇解读这是一篇人物访谈纪实。通读这篇访谈录，我们可以了解华裔美国作家Ms Tan创作第二部作品的经历。1Based on the questions in this interview, what do you think Ms Tan s profession is?A. A journalist. B. A storywriter.C. An interviewer. D. An interviewee.解析推理判断题。根据文中的“your new novel，a second novel”等关键词及访谈内容可知，Ms Tan是一名小说家。C、D两项有一定的干扰性，注意题干中问的是“profession(职业)”。答案B2What s TRUE about Tan s second book?A. It s about her real life in America.B. The name of the book is The Joy Luck Club.C. It is the result of many times of careful thought.D. It includes many works of her mother.解析细节判断题。根据文中的“it took me six or seven attempts at a second novel before I started and completed this one”可知，Tan在完成这部书的写作之前曾经历过六、七次尝试，说明这本书是她经过多次深思熟虑的产物。答案C3Which question is NOT answered in the interview?A. How does she think of her mother s language?B. How many books does she plan to write?C. When did she visit China?D. How is generation gap created?解析细节理解题。“她计划写几本书？”这个问题在文中找不到答案，其他三项文中均有涉及。答案B4We can infer that_.A. Tan s mother is a good storytellerB. Tan plans to write another book about her motherC. Tan plans to return to ChinaD. Tan s mother is hard to communicate with because of personality解析推理判断题。根据文中的“She also told me many，many stories，because my mother doesnt generalize”和“So its very vivid. Thats the way she talks”可知，Tan的母亲是一位善于讲故事的人。答案A5The last paragraph mainly talks about_.A. how to keep secrets from parentsB. how to deal with the mother-daughter relationshipC. how to conduct the livesD. how the generation gap comes about解析段落主旨题。此段大意是：传统地认为母亲有教育孩子们一生如何生活的权力，而孩子们随着年龄的增长，他们不愿将自己的秘密告诉父母，从而产生了代沟。因此本段主要阐述的是代沟是如何产生的。答案D (第57篇)“Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity，” said the American talk show host Oprah Winfrey. I ve never watched her show, but when a self-made billionaire gives life advice it s probably worth listening to.Her point is that blind luck is very rare. You may have to be lucky to find a good job these days but that does not mean you should sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you. If you re a Chinese，you may already be familiar with the tale of a farmer waiting by a tree stump (树桩) for a rabbit to run out and break its neck.A book by the UK psychologist Richard Wiseman, called The Luck Factor, argues we can all make ourselves luckier. It s not about going to a temple to burn some incense (香) in hopes that the gods will give you good fortune; it s practical advice you can follow each day.Wiseman conducted an experiment as part of his studies. First he divided volunteers into two groups：those who said they were lucky in life and those who said they were not. He gave everyone a newspaper and asked them to look through it to count how many photographs it had inside. On average, the unlucky people took about two minutes to count the photographs while the lucky people took just seconds. Why? On the second page of the newspaper, a command, “Stop counting. There are 43 photographs in this newspaper，” was written in big letters. The unlucky people mostly did not spot the message.Its easy to compare this situation to a young person looking for jobs in a local paper. They might search so hard for one type of position that they miss an even better opportunity. People who are “lucky”， in fact, keep an open mind and dont go through the same routine every day.I first came to China in 2002 when it was considered a rather strange thing to do. Like many foreigners，my plan was to teach English for one year. Seven years later, and still here, I ve had many great opportunities such as writing for newspapers and magazines. I did not dream these would have been possible. I ve also never been sick, had an accident, got into a fight or had problems with the police. Coincidence? After reading about Professor Wiseman s studies I think not.As Wiseman advises, I usually trust my own judgment. Your friends and parents may give you advice based on rational thinking, but its important to consider how you feel about each choice you make. Your feeling acts as a warning for a potential problem.Finally, try to turn bad luck into good. Even if you do fall down and break a leg, the time spent at home can be used wisely to study English.语篇解读本文为议论文。作者认为命运只垂青那些有所准备的人。身处逆境，不要怨天尤人，要想方设法化厄运为好运。每个人都可以做自己命运的主人。1Which of the following proverbs most agrees with the writer s point?A. Make the best of a bad job.B. Rome was not built in a day.C. All is not gold that glitters.D. A good heart conquers ill fortune.解析推理判断题。Make the best of a bad job意为“身处山穷水尽，力争柳暗花明”，与最后一段作者的观点“try to turn bad luck into good(把厄运变好运)”最为接近。故答案为A。Rome was not built in a day意为“伟业非一日可成”；All is not gold that glitters意为“闪光的东西并不都是金子”；A good heart conquers ill fortune意为“善心克厄运”。答案A2What do you know about Oprah Winfrey?A. She became famous through her family background.B. She was very lucky and seldom suffered setbacks in her life.C. She is a British talk show host.D. She became successful by her own effort.解析细节理解题。根据第一段中的a self-made billionaire可知美国talk show主持人oprah Winfrey是从白手起家，通过自我奋斗而成名的。答案D3The writer quoted the Chinese tale of a farmer in order to show_.A. luck is in your own handB. bad luck can turn into goodC. you should not sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to youD. man can conquer nature解析推理判断题。根据第二段内容可以判断，作者引用中国“守株待兔”的故事是为了说明“人们不应该待在家里等待机会的降临”的观点。答案C4From the experiment Wiseman drew the conclusion that_.A. lucky people are quick-mindedB. unlucky people are slow to readC. lucky people often have an open mindD. unlucky people are more creative解析细节理解题。根据第四、五段内容，尤其是第五段最后一句可知，Wiseman通过试验得出结论：“幸运的人”具有开放的心态，做事不墨守成规。答案C5The underlined word “spot” is the closest in meaning to“_”A. recognize B. markC. locate D. receive解析词义猜测题。根据上文语境及The unlucky people mostly did not spot the message可知spot在句中用作及物动词，是“发现，识别”之意。答案A长难句解读You may have to be lucky to find a good job these days but that does not mean you should sit at home waiting for the opportunity to come to you.but前后为两个并列分句。在第一个分句中不定式短语to find a good job用作结果状语。第二个分句含有一个宾语从句，现在分词短语waiting for the opportunity to come to you作伴随状语。 (第58篇)Can you believe your eyes? A recent experiment suggests that the answer to that question may depend on your age.Martin Doherty, a psychologist at the University of Stirling in Scotland, led the team of scientists. In this experiment, Doherty and his team tested the perception(观察力) of some people, using pictures of some orange circles. The researchers showed the same pictures to two groups of people. The first group included 151 children aged 4 to 10, and the second group included 24 adults aged 18 to 25.The first group of pictures showed two circles alone on a white background. One of the circles was larger than the other, and these people were asked to identify the larger one. Four-year-olds identified the correct circle 79 percent of the time. Adults identified the correct circle 95 percent of the time.Next, both groups were shown a picture where the orange circles, again of different sizes, were surrounded by gray circles. Heres where the trick lies in. In some of the pictures, the smaller orange circle was surrounded by even smaller gray circles making the orange circle appear larger than the other orange circle, which was the real larger one. And the larger orange circle was surrounded by even bigger gray circles so it appeared to be smaller than the real smaller orange circle.When young children aged 4 to 6 looked at these tricky pictures, they werent fooledthey were still able to find the bigger circle with roughly the same accuracy as before. Older children and adults, on the other hand, did not do as well. Older children often identified the smaller circle as the larger one, and adults got it wrong most of the time.As children get older, Doherty said, their brains may develop the ability to identify visual context. In other words, they will begin to process the whole picture at once: the tricky gray circles, as well as the orange circle in the middle. As a result, theyre more likely to fall for this kind of visual trick.1. Doherty and his team of scientists did an experiment to evaluate_.A. childrens and adults eye-sightB. peoples ability to see accuratelyC. childrens and adults brainsD. the influence of peoples age解析考查细节理解能力。第二段第二行可以得出结论。答案B2. When asked to find the larger circle，_.A. children at 6 got it wrong 79 % of the time with no gray ones aroundB. only adults over 18 got it right 95% of the time with gray ones aroundC. children at 4 got it right about 79 % of the time with gray ones aroundD. adults got it right most of the time with gray ones around解析考查细节理解能力。第三段清晰地说明了辨别圆圈的比例。答案C3. According to the passage, we can know that_.A. a smaller orange circle appears bigger on a white backgroundB. an orange circle appears bigger than a gray one of the same sizeC. a circle surrounded by other circles looks bigger than its real sizeD. a circle surrounded by bigger ones looks smaller than its real size解析考查细节理解能力，对第四段整体的理解和第五段最后一句可以得出答案。答案D4. Visual context may work when children get older than_.A. 4 B. 6C. 10 D. 18解析考查推理判断能力。从第五段和第六段第一句判断得出答案。答案B5. Why are younger children not fooled?A. Because they are smarter than older children and adults.B. Because older people are influenced by their experience.C. Because peoples eyes become weaker as they grow older.D. Because their brain can hardly notice related things together.解析考查推理判断能力。第四、五、六段提及到46岁小孩和6岁以上小孩的区别是判断的依据。答案D (第59篇)Bill Fulton doesn t remember losing his wallet, but its return helped him remember the past. The leather stayed smooth and the cowboy design unblemished (完美无缺的). And when he looked inside, the contents brought back memories from 1946, when he apparently dropped the wallet behind the balcony bleachers (露天看台) in the Baker Middle School gym.Fulton s Social Security Card and bicycle license, bearing the address where he lived during his teenage years, were positioned in their respective compartments, apparently untouched since the year after World War Il ended.Worker Nathan Osborne found the wallet along with old homework, lost library books and a 1964 talent show program while removing the bleachers for renovations on June 17. It was brought to Fulton s door the following day by Melanie Trindle, the Baker Middle School secretary.Middle School Principal Mindi Vaughan said the brown pine bleachers were connected to the gym balcony s brick wall and had remained in the same place since the school, known as the Helen M. Stack Building, opened in 1936.Fulton, 78, said he probably lost the wallet while cheering for the Baker High basketball team with a group of friends. Fulton said the bicycle ID was needed because he delivered medicine for Rodamar Drug.He was surprised, however, that his bicycle ID wasnt inside. He said he always kept it there.But rather than focus on what was inside the wallet, Fulton said the recovery has led him to reflect on his life one that took him to the Korean War and Berlin before the return to Baker City. He worked at Ellingson Lumber Company for 30 years, from March 1964 to April 1994.Since his retirement, Fulton has enjoyed spending time with his 11yearold black dog, Smokey. The two often hike the nearby mountains.Trindle s knock on the door, wallet in hand, induced a slight ripple in his life, prompting him to consider the times he hadnt thought about in many years. “Where did all the times go？” Fulton said with a deep sigh. “It s hard to believe that the times have gone so fast.”语篇解读本文是记叙文。一个丢失了几十年的钱包居然被找到，而且还给了失主。钱包勾起了失主对过去岁月的回忆。1When the wallet was found, it_.A. was still in good conditionB. was a little damagedC. had just lost colorD. was just repaired解析细节理解题。从文章第一段第二句可知，钱包的皮还很光滑，上面的图案也保持完好，因此A项正确。答案A2The wallet was important to Fulton because _.A. he could get his bicycle ID backB. it called up his memories of the pastC. it could help him to find his student IDD. it made him think of his school days解析推理判断题。综合全文尤其是第一段和最后一段的信息可知，钱包勾起了Fulton对往昔岁月的回忆。答案B3Fulton lost the wallet when_.A. he was doing his homework on the balcony bleachersB. he was doing some exercise in the Baker Middle School gymC. he was removing the bleachers for renovations on June 17D. he was watching a basketball match with his friends解析细节理解题。从文章第五段可知，Fulton和朋友们在一起看篮球赛，在为一支篮球队助威时他丢失了钱包。答案D4After he retired, Fulton_.A. lived a peaceful and pleasant lifeB. often regretted losing his walletC. lived a hard life by raising dogs in the mountainsD. quite missed his past life解析推理判断题。分析文章倒数第二段可知，Fulton退休以后经常牵着狗到山里散步，可见生活非常惬意。答案A5Which of the following best describes Fulton s feeling when the wallet was returned?A. Thankful.B. Overjoyed.C. Surprised. D. Doubtful.解析推理判断题。文章虽然没有明确说明Fulton接到钱包时的反应，但丢了那么多年的钱包失而复得，他应该感到吃惊。答案C长难句解读And when he looked inside，the contents brought back memories from 1946，when he apparently dropped the wallet behind the balcony bleachers(露天看台)in the Baker Middle School gym.语意：当他看钱包里面时，里面的东西把他的记忆带回到了1946年，当时他显然是把钱包丢在了贝克中学体育场的露天看台上。本句是一个复合句。第一个when引导时间状语从句，第二个when引导非限制性定语从句，修饰1946。 (第60篇)Pop stars today enjoy what once only belonged to the royalty (皇室). Wherever they go, people turn out in their thousands to greet them. The crowds go wild trying to catch a brief glimpse of their smiling, colorfully dressed idols. The stars are transported in their chauffeur driven RollsRoyces, private helicopters or executive aeroplanes. They are surrounded by a permanent entourage(随从) of managers, press agents and bodyguards. Photographs of them appear regularly in the press and all their comings and goings are reported，for, like royalty, pop stars are news. If they enjoy many of the privileges of royalty, they certainly share many of the inconveniences as well. It is dangerous for them to make unscheduled appearances in public.They must be constantly shielded from the adoring crowds who idolize them. They are no longer private individuals, but public property. The financial rewards they receive for this sacrifice cannot be calculated, for their rates of pay are great.And why not? Society has always rewarded its top entertainers lavishly. The great days of Hollywood have become legendary: famous stars enjoyed fame, wealth and adulation (奉承) on an alltime scale. By today s standards, the excesses of Hollywood do not seem quite so spectacular. A single gramophone record nowadays may earn much more in royalties than the films of the past ever did. The competition for the title “Top of the Pops” is fierce, but the rewards are truly huge.It is only right that the stars should be paid in this way. Dont the top men in industry earn enormous salaries for the service they perform to their companies and their countries? Pop stars earn vast sums in foreign currency often more than large industrial companies and the taxman