（整理版高中英语）龙泉高中高三考前英语阅读日日练（十九）

1、龙泉高中高三考前英语阅读日日练十九第1篇 despite the fact that it has never been seen, almost everyone is familiar with the legendary unicorn (独角兽)descriptions of unicorns have been found dating from ancient times. the great philosopher aristotle theorized that there were two types of unicornthe socalled indian ass and

2、 the oryx，a kind of antelope. unicorns are often used in the logo of a noble family, town council or university as their special sign. even scotland is represented by a unicorn.according to the legend, anyone attempting to catch a unicorn had to be extremely cautious as it has a reputation for being

3、 very fierce. a clever trick suggested by unicorntrappers，in order to catch this magnificent beast without being hurt by its horn，was for the hunter to stand in front of a tree and then to move quickly behind it as the unicorn charged. hopefully，the creature could then be captured when its horn was

4、stuck in the tree.when hollowed out and used as a drinkingcup, the unicorns horn was said to have the power to offer protection against poison. it was believed that nobody could be harmed by drinking the contents of a unicorns horn. right up until the french revolution in 1789, the french court was

5、said to have used cups made of “unicorn horn in order to protect the king.in addition, the horn was said to have medicinal value, so much so that it could be sold for more than ten times the price of the same weight of gold. what, then, was “unicorn horn? we know at times the rhino (犀牛) was confused

6、 with this legendary creature. a drinkingcup supposedly made of “unicorn horn was discovered to be made of the horn of a rhino.4. which of the following is true of the unicorn?a. it was not historically recorded.b. its horn was first used in france.c. it was similar to the indian ass and the oryx.d.

7、 it could be the symbol of a university.解析判断正误题。由第一段“unicorns are often used in the logo of a noble family，town council or university as their special sign.可知，独角兽是贵族家庭、城镇理事会或大学的一个特殊标志。答案d5. to catch a unicorn, the unicorntrappers had to try all of the following except_.a. tempting the unicorn to att

8、ackb. making use of the tree as a protectionc. hiding quickly behind the unicornd. having the unicorn horn stuck in the tree解析细节理解题。由文中第二段可知，选项c在该段中没被提到。答案c6. the last paragraph is mainly about_.a. the properties of the unicorn hornb. the users of the unicorn hornc. the price of the unicorn hornd. t

9、he comparison between the unicorn horn and the rhino horn解析主旨大意题。由文中最后一段的首句“.the unicorns horn was said to have the power to offer protection against poison.可知，该段都是围绕着独角兽的角展开表达的，说明独角兽的角是重要的财产。答案a7. in the last paragraph, the word “unicorn is in quotation marks(引号) because_.a. the cup is designed onl

10、y for a royal familyb. the unicorn does not exist in realityc. the unicorn is the rarest animal in the worldd. the medicinal value of the horn is appreciated解析推理判断题。最后一段的最后两句可知，犀牛角的产品是真实存在的，而独角兽并不真正存在。 第2篇western new bridge library announcementshortened library hours for spring breaklibrary hours ha

11、ve been shortened to 7 hours a day (900 a. m. 400 p. m. ) for spring break from march 24 to march 30.coming eventson monday, march 24, at 1030 a. m. , scott sutton, a childrens writer, will tell stories to kids over seven. sutton s attractive style will surely inspire everyone present ！at 200 p. m.

12、, on march 25, a lecture will be delivered in room 201, which focuses on the development of writing skill. famous tutors from the district won t disappoint you.at 100 p. m. ，on march 26, the georgetown musicians will present an irish folk concert, which will be entertaining for the entire family. co

13、me for the music and stay to check out some relevant books for the rest of the week！on thursday, march 27, at 200 p. m. , the annual children s gathering will take place in room 201, the second floor. pick up an invitation in the children s room and return your rsvp (回复)to reserve your seat at the t

14、able by 300 p. m. on tuesday, march 25. only children are allowed in the gathering.at 1030 am. on friday, march 28, enzo monfre of the hit kids science show, enzoology, will bring fossils live! surely enzo will take the audience back in time, deep beneath the surface of the earth, to uncover the mys

15、teries of killer dinosaurs, and more. enzo recently appeared on the ellen degeneres show come and see him at the library！please note: in case of emergency, please call the help desk at 926 3736 and follow the procedures outlined on the voice message. the calldown service is staffed 24 hours a day, 7

16、 days a week for emergencies. the help desk supplies service to you all the year round! for questions about all these, please contact_hld_wnbl._corg.come for the great fun; stay for the relevant books！语篇解读本文是一那么通知，属于应用文。文章主要介绍了寒假期间图书馆作息时间的变化及将要举行的一系列活动。1tim wants to polish his writing, it is best fo

17、r him to attend the related activity on_.a. mondayb. tuesdayc. thursday d. friday解析推理判断题。根据coming events中的第一、二两条信息判断，提高写作技能的活动是在march 25举行的，而由第一条信息可知march 24是星期一，所以选b。答案b2which of the following descriptions about the annual children s gathering is true?a. tickets are a must in order to attend it.b.

18、only those who have received an invitation are admitted in the gathering.c. you have to make a reply to the invitation to make sure you get a seat.d. you d better apply in advance because there are not enough seats for everyone.解析细节判断题。根据第四条信息可知，要想参加该活动，需要在儿童室取请帖并回复以预订座位，因此c项正确。答案c3which of the foll

19、owing is not true according to the announcement?a. the children who are interested in the mysteries of killer dinosaurs can attend the ellen degeneres show on friday.b. children can t attend all the activities with their parents.c. children can choose more than one of the activities.d. children can

20、borrow some relevant books for the activities.解析细节判断题。根据第五条信息的最后一句可知a选项中的the ellen degeneres show并非在假期所举办的活动。答案a4if there is an emergency, you should_.a. call the help deskb. contact hld wnbl. corgc. stay in the library and waitd. ring 926 3637解析细节理解题。由考前须知中的第一句话可知答案。答案a5the announcement is mainly i

21、ntended for_.a. staff members of the libraryb. parents of the school childrenc. the school childrend. volunteers of the activities解析推理判断题。根据通知内容可知，活动是为学生举办的，这那么通知主要是让他们了解活动的时间、地点及相关内容。答案c 第3篇ms tan, you ve referred to your new novel as your eighth book.thats because it took me six or seven attempts

22、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 stri

23、ctly 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 writin

24、g 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

25、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 dial

26、ect 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, “do

27、nt 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 peop

28、le 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 the

29、ir 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

30、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

31、)。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

32、 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屡次深思熟虑的产物。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。“她方案写几本书？这个问题在文中找不到答案

33、，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 genera

34、lize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

35、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4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 l

36、uck 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

37、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 ex

38、periment 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

39、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 situ

40、ation 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 when it was considered a

41、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, g

42、ot 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 eac

43、h 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