day 14-2021年高二英语暑假天天练之阅读理解专练

1、Day 14A Poem ContestPublic Poetry is making this contest FREE. All our activities are focused on creating new opportunities for poets and poetry. While we withdraw from social life in the face of the pandemic （全球流行病）， we can also be productive, allowing ourselves to reflect and start things in a fre

2、sh state of mind-all good stuff for writing poetry inspired by these times were in now. Normally, our contests come with cash awards,a print anthology （诗选）and book launch. This time, we need your help to accomplish this. What you give is what well give. 100% of the donations will go towards prizes,

3、readers and judges fees, and anthology publication costs.GUIDELINESAnyone can submit, including outside the USA.Only new, original poems accepted.ONE entry per person non-members; up to TWO entries for all Public Poetry Members.-40 lines maximum per poem （The title and blank lines do not count）.Your

4、 name and other identifying information CAN NOT appear anywhere in the submission itself.YOUTH poems will be judged in 3 categories:? and under; 8-12 years old; 13-18 years old.All submissions should include the date you wrote the poem at the top right corner above the title.Submissions may not be m

5、odified （修稿）in any way after entry.Failure to follow any contest guidelines may result in your submission disqualification（取消 资格）.Winners will be informed on our website and from a link in our free e-newsletter. Were aiming to notify you in October.1. What do we know about Public Poetry?A. It holds

6、poetry competition* B. It charges applicants fbr entry.C. It provides a free trip to USA.D. It enables competitors to be creative.2. Whats the purpose of the second paragraph?A. lb make a comparison. B. lb tell about Public Poetrys history.C. To encourage donations. D. To show special features.3. Wh

7、ich of the following will result in disqualification?A. A Chinese submitting an entry.B. The writers name on the submission itself.C. A submission covering 30 lines.D. The date of poem written at the top right corner.【答案解析】LA 2.D 3. B本文为篇应用文，介绍了一次诗歌比赛的相关事宜QIl题详解】细节理解题。根据第一段、Public Poetry is making t

8、his contest FREE. All our activities are focused on creating new opportunities for poets and poetry. ”（“公共诗歌”让这个比赛免费进行。 我们所有的活动都专注于为诗人和诗歌创造新的机会。）可知，“公共诗歌”举办了诗歌比赛。 故选A项。【2题详解】推理判断题,根据第二段的标题“GUIDELINES“（指导方针）及以下具体内容可知，本 段是为了展示该诗歌比赛的特色。故选D项。【3题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段最后一条“Failure to follow any contest guidelines

9、 may result in your submission disqualification.M （不遵守任何竞赛指南可能导致您的提交被取消资格。）可 知，应该选择不符合指南的一项。再根据Your name and other identifying infbnnation CAN NOT appear anywhere in the submission itself.（您的姓名和其他识别信息不能出现在提交材 料本身的任何地方。）可知，B项“The writers name on the submission itself.”（提交材料上的 作者名字。）会导致提交资格被取消。故选B项。BN

10、ext week, Pushpa Nagaraj will appear for her 720th exam. But she wont be taking the exam for herself. Since 2007, she has helped hundreds of visually challenged students take exams by acting as their scribe （抄写员），reading them the questions and then writing down the answers they give.When Ms. Nagaraj

11、 was growing up in Bangalore, the IT capital of India, her father lost his job after a back injury. The family suddenly found itself struggling. She thought shed have to drop out of school. Luckily, her mother managed to raise enough money to educate her through high school. Today, shes a project co

12、ordinator for an IT firm.One day, as she was helping a few visually damaged children cross the road, it struck her how difficult even everyday tasks could be for them, let alone finishing their education. Ms. Nagaraj wanted to help those children.In India, most children with sight challenges do not

13、have access to specialized schooling. Even for those who attend mainstream classes, timed exams key for Indian educational institutions, where scores are especially important - present additional difficulties. Many of them balk at the thought of writing exams and drop out,“ says Ms. Sundararaman, a

14、local education expert. 4*And so, their education comes to a sudden stop, midway. Having a scribe can be the difference between passing and failing.Over the past 12 years, word about Ms. Nagarajs work has spread so much that she now gets requests from people from all over India. She has also set up

15、a network of volunteers that posts requests through a WhatsApp group.Ms. Nagaraj is keenly aware of ongoing challenges, chief of which is that, every once in a while, she has to refuse requests from students to give them the answers during exams. Another challenge is to expand the circle of scribes.

16、 Despite these, she is very grateful lor having the opportunity to help others. have no complaints. Actually, I feel very blessed,“ she says.4. What do we know about Ms. Nagaraj from paragraph 2?A. She suffered from a back injury. B. She struggled to finish her high school.C. She raised enough money

17、 from an IT firm. D. She had to work to help support her family.5. What does the underlined word balk in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Become hesitant. B. Feel unsatisfied.C. Are hopeful. D. Are surprised.6. What challenge does Ms. Nagaraj have to overcome?A. The limited number of scribes. B. The lar

18、ge quantity of exams to take.C. The request to copy answers in the exam. D. The building of a network ofvolunteers.7. Whafs the text mainly about?A. An Indian woman breaking the record in taking exams.B. The importance of setting up an organization for scribes.C. The problems of students dropping ou

19、t of school in India.D. An Indian woman helping disabled children by being a scribe.【答案解析】4. B 5. A 6. A 7. D【分析】本文为一篇记叙文。主要讲述了印度妇女Nagaraj女士致力于做志愿抄写员， 帮助视觉有障碍的学生在考场上读题和记录答案，使他们得以继续接受教育的故事.【4题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段中“She thought shed have to drop out of school. Luckily, her mother managed to raise enough mone

20、y to educate her through high school.（她以为她得退学 f。 幸运的是，她的母亲设法等到了足够的钱供她读完高中可知，Nagaraj艰难地完成了高中 学业,故选Bo【5题详解】词义猜测题。根据画线词上文“In India, most children with sight challenges do not have access to specialized schooling. Even for those who attend mainstream classes, timed exams key for Indian educational insti

21、tutions, where scores are especially important - present additional difficulties.（在印度，大多数有视力障碍的儿童没有机会接受专业教育。即使是那些参加主流 课程的学生，计时考试也会带来额外的困难。计时考试是印度教育机构的关键，分数尤其币: 要）“以及后文And so, their education comes to a sudden stop, midway.（就这样,他们的教育突 然中途就中断了）”可知，对于视觉有障碍的学生来说，考试中如果没有抄写员的帮助，很难 完成考试，尤其在考试分数对教育机构很重要的情况卜

22、，因此他们对参加笔试就会变得很犹 豫，进而辍学。故画线词意思为“变得犹豫”。故选A。【6题详解】推理判断题。根据最后-一段中“Another challenge is to expand the circle of scribes.（另一个 挑战是扩大抄写员的圈了厂可推知，Nagaraj女士必须克服的挑战是抄写员的数量有限。故 选Ao【7题详解】主旨大意题,根据第一段“Next week, Pushpa Nagaraj will appear for her 720th exam. But she wont be taking the exam for herself. Since 2007,

23、 she has helped hundreds of visually challenged students take exams by acting as their scribe （抄写员），reading them the questions and then writing down the answers they give.（下周,Pushpa Nagaraj 将参加她的第 720 次考试。但 她不是自己参加考试自2007年以来，她己经帮助数百名视力有缺陷的学生参加考试，充 当他们的抄写员，为他们朗读问题，然后写下他们给出的答案）“结合文章主要讲述了印度妇 女Nagaraj女士

24、致力于做志愿抄写员，帮助视觉有障碍的学生在考场上读题和记录答案，使 他们得以继续接受教育的故事。可知，文章主要内容是一个印度妇女当抄写员帮助残疾儿童。 故选D。CMy family and I belonged to a country club located across the street from the Long Island Sound. Each summer, the big attraction for us was the pool. I learned how to swim and joined the swimming team but was never real

25、ly a good swimmer. However, swimming in my younger days was a way to keep cool, and swimming on a team gave me identity and a sense of belonging . It also became invaluable many years later.In 1973, I was married, pregnant and had a home. What made our little home even more wonderful was when 1 disc

26、overed that four blocks away was Rath Park Pool! For the next 30 years, most of our summer days were spent around that pool.Each of my five kids took swimming lessons and learned all the different swimming strokes （姿势）.They later joined the swimming team and competed in sports meets. My daughter eve

27、n became a lifeguard at the town pool. I sat back and happily took it all in!As much as I would have liked to have life stand still, it doesnt. My children outgrew their pool days and moved on. But the pool was still four blocks from my home, so I began to take up swimming again. And it was far bett

28、er than I ever could have imagined. I got so much out of it that 1 joined the local pool so 1 could swim year-round. Whenever I swam, I would always come out feeling physically and mentally refreshed. I often felt that if I looked hard enough, I would be able to see all of the worries and problems F

29、vc had in life, sitting at the bottom of the pool!What has swimming taught me? Fve learned that balance is the key to being a good swimmer. If you are balanced in the water, you have no resistance. Working on staying balanced made me realize the similarities between life in and out of the swim lane

30、（泳道）.If you work on keeping yourself balanced, you will be able to swim right through the stress and problems life throws at you!8. What can we learn about the author from paragraph 1?A. Her family taught her how to swim.B. She swam with friends more often in summer.C. Swimming brought her lifelong

31、benefits.D. She was elected to be the swim team captain.9. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 imply?A. The author loved the pool days with her kids.B. Swimming was losing its appeal to the author.C. She was proud of her kids for winning competitions.D. The author preferred to have a pe

32、aceful life.10. What did the author find after she took up swimming again?A. Sports can give you the courage to face difficulties.B. She mastered more swimming skills than expected.C. It enabled her to see how to handle problems in life.D. Swimming made her remember her younger days.11. What is the

33、best title of the article?A. Wonderful pool days with her family B. Life in the swim laneC. Balance between life and family D. Similarities between swimming and life 【答案解析】8.C 9. A 10. C 11. B这是篇记叙文。文章主要记叙了作者是如何从游泳这运动中终身受益的。作者年轻 时，在团队中游泳给了自巳身份和归属感，后来作者成家有了孩子，又享受和孩子们一起度 过的泳池时光。再到后来，作者再次开始游泳，发现游泳让自J能够

34、理解生活中遇到的烦恼 和问题。【8题详解】细节理解题。根据第一段中“However, swimming in my younger days was a way to keep cool, and swimming on a team gave me identity and a sense of belonging . It also becameinvaluable many years later.（然而，在我年轻的时候，游泳是一种保持凉爽的方式，在团队中 游泳给了我身份和归属感。许多年后，它也变得无价）”可知，游泳让作者终身受益。故选C。【9题详解】句意猜测题。根据画线句上文“Each

35、 of my five kids took swimming lessons and learned all the different swimming strokes （姿势）.They later joined the swimming team and competed in sports meets. My daughter even became a lifeguard at the town pool.”可知作者的五个孩子都上 了游泳课，学习了各种不同的游泳姿势。后来，他们加入了游泳队，参加运动会。作者的女 儿甚至成为了镇上游泳池的救生员，作者的孩子们都在游泳中体会到了乐趣，作者

36、自然也和 孩子们乐在其中。故画线句的意思是“作者很喜欢和孩子们一起度过的泳池时光故选A。【10题详解】细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中“But the pool was still four blocks from my home, so I began to take up swimming again. And it was far better than I ever could have imagined. I got so much out of it that I joined the local pool so I could swim year-round. Whenever I

37、swam, I would always come out feeling physically and mentally refreshed. I often felt that if I looked hard enough, I would be able to see all of the worries and problems Fve had in life, sitting at the bollomoflhepool!（但游泳池离我家还有四个街区，于是我又开始了游泳。这比我想象的要 好得多。我从中得到门艮多好处，于是我加入了当地的游泳池，这样我就可以常年游泳了。 每当我游泳时，

38、我总是会感到身心都焕然一新。我觉得，如果我仔细观察，就能理解我生活 中所有的烦恼和问题，就像坐在池底一样！广可知，作者重新开始游泳后发现这使她明白了 如何处理生活中的问题。故选C。【11题详解】主旨大意题。根据最后一段“What has swimming taught me? Ive learned that balance is the key to being a good swimmer. If you are balanced in the water, you have no resistance. Working on staying balanced made me realiz

39、e the similarities between life in and out of the swim lane （泳 道）.If you work on keeping yourself balanced, you will be able to swim right through the stress and problems life throws at you!（游泳教会了我什么？我明白了平衡是成为一名优秀游泳运 动员的关键。如果你在水中保持平衡，你就没有阻力了。努力保持平衡让我意识到泳道内外 生活的相似之处。如果你努力保持自己的平衡，你就能游刃有余地度过生活抛给你的压力和 问

40、题！）结合文章主要记叙了作者是如何从游泳这一运动中终身受益的。作者年轻时，在团 队中游泳给了自己身份和D I属感,后来作者成家有了孩子，又和孩子们一起度过的泳池时光。再到后来，作者再次开始游泳，发现游泳让自己能够理解生活中遇到的烦恼和问题。可知， B选项“泳道里的生活”最符合文章标题。故选以DThis year, the Paris museum that looks like a jumble （杂舌L的 堆）of giant, coloured pipes turns 40. The museum-the Pompidou Centre-has a secure place in the

41、heart of Paris and in Parisians, hearts. But it isnt always the case.“When it was first built, the reaction was one of disbelief/ said Serge Lasvignes, president of the Pompidou Centre. fctLe Monde newspaper wrote the museums construction brought shame on Paris, and city politicians thought their mo

42、ney had been totally wasted/* said Lasvignes. Critics said it looked like an oil refinery （炼油厂）.Frances first museum entirely devoted to contemporary art saw the light of day thanks to the determination of one man-Georges Pompidou, an art-lover who served as Frances president from 1969 to 1974.In 19

43、71, he started an international competition to build the museum, originally known as the Centre Beaubourg. The winning team, which included three young architects from Britain and Italy, was completely unknown at the time. Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, the two architects who saw the project throug

44、h, made the plan a reality.“They didnt think they had a chance to win. So they thought they might as well do exactly what they wanted, Lasvignes said.“The design took everyone by surprise and it was completely different from any other museum. Someone said to Piano, fcYour thing is terrible -with the

45、 escalator （自动扶梯）on the outside, it looks like a supermarket! Lasvignes added.Forty years later, the museum still tries to make culture available to everyone, Lasvignes said. He calls the Pompidou Centre a museum like no other.44We are not only a museum,he said. We have concerts, debates, performanc

46、es, a library.and everything flows together. Pompidou felt putting up walls between different forms of art was harmful. fc4So we are a house of culture where people return again and again J Lasvignes said.The Pompidou Centre is Europes biggest modem art museum; New Yorks Museum ofModern Art （MoMA） i

47、s the biggest in the world. But the two museums have totally different strategies （策略）Lasvignes said. The MoMAs strategy is to collect masterpieces, and we try to represent an entire epoch （时代）12. What was peoples attitude to the Pompidou Centre at first?A. They disliked it.B. They respected it.C. T

48、hey were curious about it.D. They paid little attention to it.13. Who completed the construction of the Paris museum?A. President of the Centre Beaubourg.B. Three unknown French architects.C. Georges Pompidou.D. Piano and Rogers.14. What was the Pompidou Centre like in Lasvignes* eyes?A. Very solid.

49、B. Quite traditional.C. Entirely original.D. Extremely simple.15. Which is a notable feature of the Pompidou Centre?A. It collects great masterpieces.B. It holds various cultural events.C. It is the worlds biggest art museum.D. It is particularly attractive to foreigners.【答案解析】12. A 13. D 14. C 15. B【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了法国蓬皮