2018年高考英语二轮复习专题辅导与测试第四周练(一)阅读理解板块练-练速度

1、第四周练（一）阅读理解板块练-练速度第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A B C和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A（2017 石家庄高三复习教学质量检测二）Teens for Planet EarthThis is a social networking site for teenagers who want to get involved inprotect ing our pla net. They can connect with other gree n-m project orcreate their own. Teens for P

2、lanet Earth en courages young folks to getbusy in their own communities. They offer guidanee on localprojects with categories and education.Awards are given to active members.Meezteens can share their poems, stories, photos and artwork. The offers a huge variety of opti ons to thecurious tee ns. Thi

3、s site also has surveys and helps with jobs and schoolwork.Stude 7/严丄Stude is a resource site for tee ns and high school stude nts. Its social network has over900,000 members. Members earn points to win prizes just by browsingand they offer several multi-player games. Points are used to buy （扌白卖会）.S

4、 is filled with useful information and articles.息。21. What is Tee ns for Pla net Earth aimed at?A.Setting up a project.B.Givi ng awards to tee ns.C.Getting young folks busy.in ded tee ns, chooseasuch as habitats, ani mals, waterAt Meez, tee ns can create theiris a social community of creativeown ava

5、tars （ 头像）,rooms and virtual pets. Itpeople that combines avatars, virtualworlds andgames. Meez offerscon tests anda writers corner.chat as well as homework help, a fashionXA chat area for youn ger tee ns is available.Other areascentreandare music,geek （极客；电脑迷） cen tre, art and sports.Cyberteensanot

6、her cool site that celebrates the teenCyberteens iscan find communities,games, and news. There is a link calledyears. Here tee nagersacreativity ” wherecool links ” section语篇解读：本文主要介绍了四个与青少年相关的网站,包括网站的目的、活动内容等信items at auct ion2D.Giving advice on local projects.解析：选D 推理判断题。根据第一段的第四句They offer guida

7、nee on localprojects with categories such as habitats, ani mals, water and educati on.” 可知,“ Tee ns for Pla net Earth ”为当地的项目提供指导；据此可知，该网站旨在为当地项目提 供建议，故 D 项正确。22. Which website offers assistanee in jobs?A.Tee ns for Pla net Earth.B. Mee z.D. S.解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据第三段的最后一句“ This site also has surveys andJ

8、X 故 C 项正确。C.Cyberthelps with jobs and schoolwork.”可知，“ Cyberteens ”为青少年提供工作上的帮助,3Employees at Amsterdam desig n studio Heldergroe n wont be putt ing in much overtime. Not inthe office, at any rate. Thats because every day at 6: 00 pm, their desks, tables and other worksurfaces, with their computers

9、attached, are lifted to the ceiling by steel cables （辛钢索）normallyused to move heavy props （ 道具）intheatrical product ions. If you leave a half-eate nsan dwich on your desk, youre outof luck.“Once the chairs and other workplace paraphernaliaare cleared away, the spaceis free for everythingand weekend

10、use as a dance floor,yoga studio . or anythingelse you can think of the floor is actually yours，” director Sander Veenendaal said.In a way, the office space itself is working overtime for Heldergroen,bringing23. What makes S special among these websites?A.It has the most members.B.Teens can read art

11、icles on it.C. It offers help on schoolwork.D. Teens can make purchases on it.解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据最后一段的倒数第二句“ Pointsat auction （拍卖会）.”可知，在“ S ”网站上， 点数可以用来购买拍卖的商品, 而其他三个网站都没有这一功能，故D 项正确。are used to buy items24. What can we infer about the websites mentioned in the text?They provide game platforms.A.B. The

12、y ben efit tee ns in their social life.C. They award outsta nding teens.They offer various study guida nee.解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据第一段的第一句“ This is a social networking siteD.for tee nagers who want to get in volved in protecti ng our pla net.”以及第二段的第二句、第三段的前两句、最后一段的前两句可推知，这四个网站的共同特点是都能使青少年参与社交活动并从中受益，故B 项正确。

13、（2017 福建省普通高中毕业班质量检查）Many man agers believe that overwork ing is an evide nee of devoti on fromtheiremployees side. Still few others regard this custom as a threat to the workerswork-life bala nee, which may n egatively in flue nce the level of productivity andefficie ncy.4about lots of publicity an

14、d carrying an enlightened（开明的） message of career-lifebala nee far and wide.“ We think that doing activities like this makes it easierfor people to work here ，” says Veenendaal.“You know when it is time to relaxor do someth ing else that in spires you.”That sounds awesome. Theres just one catch. In t

15、he morning, the desks reappear andeverybody has to go back to work.语篇解读：本文主要介绍了阿姆斯特丹一家公司不让员工加班的创意。25. What can we learn about the employees at Heldergroen?A.They are unwilling to work late.B.They are discouraged from working overtime.C.They are persuaded to leave the office earlier.D.They are to put

16、 away their computers after work.解析：选 B 推理判断题。根据第二段中的Employees at Amsterdam design studio Heldergroe nwont be putt ing in much overtime. Not in the office, at any rate.”并结合整段内容可推知，Heldergroen的办公场所下班后就被清场了，该公司不让员工加班，故选 Bo26.What does the underlined word “paraphernalia ”in Paragrap h 3 refer to?A.Prop

17、s.B. Food.C. Equipment.D. Cables.解析：选 C 词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句子中的Once the chairs and other workplaceparaphernalia ”可推知，此处的paraphernalia ”和椅子一样，属于办公设备，故选 COparaphernalia设备，装备”。27. What does the author think of the Heldergroens office design?C. Ordinary.D. Strange.解析：选 A 推理判断题。根据第四段的第一句以及最后一段的第一句“That sou nds

18、awesome”可推知，作者对这家公司的办公室设计很是称赞，认为它很有创造性，故选A。C（2018 届高三山西八校第一次联考）The rumor proved all too bitterly true: Parks Hardware, a downtown institutionof Or ono for over 100 years, would be clos ing. Locals cross-exam in ed, and beggedA. Creative.B. Inconvenient.5Lin, the owner of the store, but in vain. Runn

19、ing a small, local, family-ow nedhardware （ 五金制品）bus in ess was no Ion ger profit-mak ing （能赚钱的）.The tow nsCjaffectio n for Parks Hardware was just not eno ugh to allow it to compete aga instjthe gia nt warehouse stores.I was one member of the excited masses that bega n to walk through Parks as,.Jda

20、y by day, the letteri ng on the front win dow cha nged from“ 20% OFF EVERYTHINGto “30% ,“40% , and on and on, until the only things left were the light sockets（插座）and doork nobs.j WCompared with giant warehouses, a hardware store is special. I recall the timeI was explori ng in one gia nt warehouse

21、for a wireless doorbell that Parks did ntcarry. I found the thing, but did ntun dersta nd the follow ing note onthe package:“ Red light indicatescondition of the battery. ”“ Excuse me ” I said to a clerk,holding the item out,“ I、cant seem to find the red light. ” The man examined it,and said, “Neith

22、er can I .” I contrasted this experienee with one I routinelyhadat Parks. “Lin，” rd beg.“Can you . please . I dont know . do you”、） “ ”think . ? ” And quicker than one could say, “little red light ，” Lin would spring.ZrvAin to action and together wed sit dow n to find the soluti on.I could buy a sin

23、gle screw （ 螺丝钉）at Parks. At a warehouse I have no choicebut to buy a box of a hun dred screws. But I dont want a box of a hun dred screwswhen all I need is one. I just want to know the location of the little red light,and now that Parks is gon e, I realize that I n ever will.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了一家五金

24、制品店的倒闭和人们对它的怀念的一些情况。28. Why did Parks decide to stop its bus in ess?A.Because the owner in vested in other bus in ess.B.Because the owner could nt make eno ugh money.C.Because its location was not convenient for shopping.D.Because it could nt win eno ugh affect ion from the locals.解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据第一段

25、中的Running a small, local, family-owned hardware （ 五金制品）bus in ess . compete aga inst the gia nt warehouse stores.”可知，经营这样的五金制品店已经不能够赚钱了，镇上的人们对这家五金制品店的喜爱并不能使它赢得与大型仓储式商店的竞争，故选B。29. What did Parks do before closing?A.It had a closing down sale.B.It struggled for its reorganization.C.It distributed its

26、goods to regulars.D.It looked for a new owner.解析：选 A 细节理解题。根据第二段中的the letteri ngon the fro nt wi ndowchanged from 20% OFF EVERYTHING 30%， 40% ”可知，五金制品店在关门息 业之前采取了加大力度打折促销的方式，即清仓大处理。故选Ao30. What does the writers experienee in Paragraph 3 indicate?A.The ben efit of havi ng more choices.B.The pressure

27、of competition for Parks.C.The good service of Parks.D.The responsible working attitude of large stores.解析：选 C 推理判断题。根据第三段中的The manexamined it, and said, Neither can I .” 以及“ Lin would spring into action and together wed sit down to find the solutio n. ”可知，作者提及自己购买无线门铃的经历是为了说明这家大型商店和帕克的五金制品店在服务质量方面存

28、在的差别，借以突出帕克的五金制品店良好的服务，故选 Co31. Whats the writers tone in writing this passage?A.Humorous.B. Supportive.C. Critical.D. Regretful.解析：选 D 推理判断题。从文章开始到文章结束，作者在字里行间都描述了自己和其他人对镇上一家五金制品店关门的惋惜之情，故选0D（2017 石家庄市高中毕业班第一次模拟）Few people are aware that Waterloo Bridge, crossed by thousands of daily commuters （上班族

29、）and celebrated as a London Iandmark, was mainly built by a female workforce.7There are no writte n or photographic records of the wome n who builtthe bridge since the con struct ion compa ny that built it closed in the 1980sand with it went all the records. Whats left is anecdotal evidenee, keptali

30、ve by the tourist boat captains who have called it the Ladies Bridge.During the Second World War, with the majority of the active malelabor force away at the front, wome n in creas in gly took on traditi on allymale roles. By 1944, 25,000 wome nwere worki ng in the con struct ion in dustry, carry in

31、g outback-break ing tasks. These wome n were permitted to carry out this exhaust ing and dan gerous workon the basis that it would only be temporary and that their pay would be lower than-that of men. So the trend in wome n work ing in con struct ion and engin eeri ng did not con ti nue afterthe war

32、.September sees a series of events celebrati ng the unknown work of the large female workforce.Musician Claudia Molitor has created a 45-minute musical entitled“ the Si ngi ng Bridge”， which runs at Somerset House from 9 to 25 September. I nlateSeptember, the Light up the Ladies Bridge ”eve nt seest

33、he Nati onal Theatresflytower litup by large scale photographicproject ions （投影）of femalecon struct ion workers work ing in con struct ion duri ng World Warn.Lets all celebrate the wome n who have helped to build the cities in which we live.语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文，介绍了英国滑铁卢桥的历史、建造人、纪念活动等。32. Why do few people

34、know about the builders of Waterloo Bridge?A.Because the records of their work have been lost.B.Because female workers received little attention.C.Because the con struct ion took place long ago.VjX-）D.Because few people know about the bridge.解析： 选 A 细节理解题。 根据第二段的第一句There are no written or photograph

35、ic records . it went all the records.”可知，自从 20 世纪 80 年代建造该桥的建筑公司倒闭以来，就没有妇女建造该桥的文字或照片记录了，所有的记录随着公司的倒闭而丢失了，故 A 项正确。33. Why did London wome n do the con struct ion work?A.Because it was a tradition in London.B.Because they wan ted to get a steady job.C.Because the company offered them better pay.D.Beca

36、use most men had gone to the battlefield.8解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第三段的第一句During the Seco nd World War .wome n in creas in gly took on traditi on ally male roles. ”可知，由于二战期间大部分男子上前线参战，妇女便不得不充当起了男子的角色，故D 项正确。34. Whats the fourth paragraph mainly about?A. The in flue nee of the bridge on art.B. A musicians cont

37、ribution to the bridge.C. The events in honor of the bridge builders.D. Womens work during the Second World War.解析： 选 C 段落大意题。 通读第四段可知， 该段第一句September sees a series of events celebrating the unknown work of the large female workforce.”为该段主题句，该段主要介绍了在九月份举行的一系列纪念建桥者的活动，故C 项正确。35. Which can be the best

38、 title for the text?A. Female Workers on the RiseB. A Hidden Treasure in LondonC. A New London LandmarkD. The Story Behind the Ladies Bridge解析：选 D 标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了英国滑铁卢桥的历史、建造 人、纪念活动等，重点介绍了该桥被称为“女士桥”的原因和其背后的故事，故 D 项为最佳标题。第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Are you

39、 headed for college soon?36 Here are sometips every college studentshould know.1.Budget! Budget! Budget!Lear n to man age your money wisely. Know how much you can spe nd at most aheadof time with respect to money. If required,start keeping a record of all the moneyyou save and spend. Stop spending o

40、n things you dont need._37_ Try taking things from library orrent them. It will save a lot of money and effort.2.People always talk. You have to learn to ignore them!Its very important to have a social life. You create memories and go throughvarious experiences with people you meet in college. At th

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