2020届高考英语二轮复习阅读理解部分之限时训练(十四)

1、2020;2020 届高考英语二轮专题复习精品阅读理解部分之限时训练（十四）阅读理解Five years ago, David Smith wore an expensive suit to work every day "I was a clothes addict, "he jokes " I used to carry a fresh suit to work with me so I could change if my clothes got wrinkled " Today David wears casualclothes - khaki

2、pants and sports shirt - to the office . He hardly ever wears a necktie "I'm working harder than ever," David says, "and I need to feel comfortable "More and more companies are allowing their office workers to wear casual clothes to work In the United States, the change from

3、formal to casual office wear has been gradual In the early 1990s, many companies allowed their employees to wear casual clothes on Friday, but only on Friday This became known as "dress-down Friday" or "casual Friday " "What started out as an extra one-day-a-week benefit for

4、 employees has really become an everyday thing " said business consultant Maisly Jones Why have so many companies started allowing their employees to wear casual clothes? Onereason is that it's easier for a companyto attract new employees if it has a casual dress code "A lot of young p

5、eople don't want to dress up for work," says the owner of a software company, "so it's hard to hire people if you have a conservative dress code " Another reason is that people seemhappier and more productive whenthey are wearing comfortable clothes In a study conducted by Lev

6、i Strauss and Company, 85 percent of employers said that they believe that casual dress improves employee morale （士气） Only 4 percent of employers said that casual dress has a negative effect onproductivity Supporters of casual office wear also argue that a casual dress code helps them save money &qu

7、ot;Suits are expensive, if you have to wear one every day," one person said "For the same amount of money, you can buy a lot more casual clothes "66 David Smith refers to himself as having been "a clothes addict," becauseA he often wore khaki pants and a sports shirtB he cou

8、ldn't stand a clean appearanceC he wanted his clothes to look neat all the timeD he didn't want to spend much money on clothes67 David Smith wears casual clothes now, becauseA they make him feel at ease when workingB he cannot afford to buy expensive clothesC he looks handsome in casual clot

9、hesD he no longer works for any company68 According to this passage, which of the following statements is FALSE?A Many employees don't like a conservative dress code B Comfortable clothes make employees more productive C A casual clothes code is welcomed by young employees D All the employers in

10、 the U S are for casual office wear 69 According to this passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?A Company workers started to dress down about twenty years ago 70 Dress-down has become an everyday phenomenon since the early 1990sC "Dress-down Friday" was first given as a favor f

11、rom employersD Many workers want to wear casual clothes to impress people70 In this passage, the following advantages of casual office wear arementioned exceptA saving employees' moneyB making employees more attractiveC improving employees' motivationD making employees happier完型填空（共20 小题；每小题

12、 1 分，满分 20 分）Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussion soloist（打击乐器独奏演员 ） in spite of her disability.“ Early on I decided not to allow the 36 of others to stop me frombecoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northea

13、st Scotland and began 37 piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion（酷爱 ）for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my 38 . Doctorsconcluded that the nerve damage was the 39 and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never 40 me.”“ My 41 was to b

14、ecome a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I 42 to hear music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can 43 the pitch of a note（音调高低 ） bythe vibrations（ 振动 ） I feel through mybody and through my 44 . My entire sound world exists by making use o

15、f almost every 45 that I have.”“I was 46 to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and Iapplied to the famous Royal Academyof Music in London. No other deaf student had 47 this before and some teachers 48 my admission. Based on my performance, I was 49 admitted and went on to 50 with the

16、 academy s highest honours. ”“After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist.I 51 and arranged a lot of musical compositions since 52 had been written specially for solo percussionists.”“ I have been a soloist for over ten years. 53 the doctor thought I wastotally deaf, i

17、t didn t 54 that my passion couldn t be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be 55 by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart. They will lead you to the place you want to go. ”36. A. conditions recommendations37. A. enjoying38. A. sight39. A. evidence40. A. left41. A.

18、 purpose42. A. turned43. A. tell44. A. carefulness experience45. A. sense46. A. dissatisfiedB. opinionsB. choosingB. hearing CB. resultB. excitedB. decisionB. learned C8. see9. movementB. effortB. astonishedC. actionsC. taking touchC. excuseC. accompaniedC. promise usedD.C. hearC. imaginationC. feel

19、ingC. determinedD.D. givingD. tasteD. causeD. disappointedD. goaloughtD. smellD.D. ideaD.discouraged47. A. doneB. accepted C. advised D. admitted48. A. supported49. A. usually50. A. study51. A. wrote52. A. enough53. A. However54. A. meanB. followedB. finallyB. researchB. translatedB. someB. Although

20、B. seemC. requiredC. possiblyC. graduateC. copiedC. manyC. WhenC. concludeD. opposedD. hopefullyD. progressD. readD. fewD. SinceD. say55. A. directedB. guidedC. taughtD. limited任务型阅读(共10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空 1 个单词。A new set of brain images shows why : Reading

21、 the Romanalphabets and Chinese characters uses different parts of the brain.The results also suggest that Chinese schoolchildren have reading problems in a different part of the brain used in reading alphabet-based languages.This shows that the learning disorder dyslexia ( inability to read properl

22、y) is not the samein very culture and does not have a universal biological cause. Scientists described the results as“ very important and revolutionary ” .While dyslexia has certain commonroots, they said, they now have someproof that this kind of functional problem works differently according to th

23、e different demands that Western and Eastern languages place on the brain.Dyslexia is a common developmental disorder in which people of normal intelligence have difficulty learning to read, spell and master other language skills.The results suggest that treating dyslexia around the world probably w

24、ill require different treatments.“ Reading is complex, ” said Guinevere Eden, Georgetown University professor.“ This shows we need to be more open-minded about diverse treatment approaches. ”Its origins are complex. There appears to be a genetic aspect to the illness.It also may result from brain in

25、jury before birth that changes visual and hearing pathways in the brain.Earlier brain scans show that English-reading dyslexics don t functionproperly in a left part of the brain associated with the awareness of 44 sounds from the English alphabet. However, according to the new study, readingChinese uses some different parts of the brain located in the left-front of the brain. It is associated with symbol interpretation. Unlike alphabet letters, Chinese characters represent entire thoughts an