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1、考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至专 题 微 练第一部分大题提分练第1页考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至大题提分练4阅读理解之推理判断题(二)限时30分钟第2页考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至(提示：请利用阅读理解解题技巧 59 巧解本练习中的加黑的小题)A(2019东北三省三校二模)体裁：记叙文 主题语境：人与环境 难度：According to the International Ecotourism Society, ecotravel is“responsible travel to natural areas that protects the environment, maintai

2、ns the wellbeings andinvolveseducation”.Ecotravelisontheincrease,become conscious about their carbon footprint.asmoreandmorepeople第3页考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至ExpertfromBoundlessJourneys,MattHolmes,whoworksontravelexperiences towards conserving areas said, “As scientists and nonscientists learnmore about how

3、we human beings are impacting the planet, I think more people want to do what they can while still exploring the world. Our guests are definitely interested in that aspect of our journeys. Travelers can farm their own food in Italy, managing their use of water and using solar or wind power. They can

4、 also visit a familyrun camp that cares for retired logg ing elephants in Myanmar, know a park entry fee goes to a conservation organization in Costa Rica, employ and train members of the local community or partner with a protection group. There are lotsof options for seeking out greener holiday.”第4

5、页考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至Most people believe that ecotravel is expensive and it is true. Matt explained “Antipoaching patrols ( 巡 逻 ) need to be paid, solar energy equipment costs a lot to install, building with environmentally friendly, materials is more expensive and so on. The extra cost is necessary, as

6、 youre paying to minimize your footprint and protect the places you visit, which is exactly what ecotravel is about. The financial success and sustainability (可持续性) of an ecofocused operation doesnt come from thin air.” The industry is trying to make ecotravel affordable and make it accessible to th

7、e common people.【语篇解读】 这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲了生态旅游的意义、影响以及未来的发展方向。好词积累be conscious about 意识到； on the increase 在上升；在增加第5页考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至1What is the positive influence of ecofriendly travel?A. It enables travelers to protect the environment while traveling.B. It keeps human beings healthy and happy in a frie

8、ndly atmosphere.C. It teaches us to be responsible for the development of economy.D. It offers some valuable education about the knowledge of gardening.第6页答案与解析A 细节理解题。 由第一段 “Accordingtothe International Ecotourism Society, ecotravel isresponsible travel to natural areas that protects the environmen

9、t, maintains the wellbeings and involves education”(根据国际生态旅游协会的说法，生态旅游是“对保护环境 维护福祉、涉及教育的自然区域负责任的旅游”。)可知环保旅游的积极影响是它使旅行者在旅行时保护环境，故选 A。考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至2According to Matt Holmes, what will travelers be interested in?A. Eating delicious food in ItalyB. Visiting elephants in the zooC. Working together wit

10、h a protection groupD. Raising park entry fee in Costa Rica第7页答案与解析 C 细节理解题。答案定位在第二段 Our guests are definitely interested in that aspect of our journeys. 以及 employ and train members of the local community or partner with a protection group.可知据Matt Holmes 说，旅行者将有兴趣与一个保护组织合作，故选 C。考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至3What

11、 will probably be talked about in the next paragraph of thepassage?A. Why ecotravel is expensive.B. How we can make ecotravel less expensive.C. What material are used in ecotravel.D. Where we can go for ecotravel.第8页答案与解析 B 预测推断题。答案定位在最后一段 The industry is trying to make ecotravel affordable and make

12、 it accessible to the common people.(该行业正在努力使生态旅游变得负担得起，让普通民众也能享受 到。)由此推断出接下来一个自然段，会谈论如何降低生态旅游的成本，故 选 B。考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至B(2019皖南八校三模)体裁：说明文 主题语境：人与动物 难度Humans have always considered themselves special compared with other animals. One reason is the complexity of our languagebounded by unique rules, s

13、uch as syntax (句法), where we string words together in a specific order to create meaningful sentences.But it turns out that a bird may also vocalize (发声) with syntax rulesthe Japanese great tit, a bird thats a close relative of North Americas very own chickadee. Toshitaka Suzuki, of Japans Graduate

14、University for Advanced Studies, has been listening to the calls of the Japanese great tit for the past decade. Suzuki has recorded at least ten alarm calls used by the bird. These include one known as the ABC call, which warns other great tits of the presence of a predator, and another, the D call,

15、 which signals the birds to approach thecaller.第9页考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至Now Suzuki and his colleagues have found that the great tit uses those calls together to deliver both messages to other birds. And they found that the order of that call was vitalonly ABCD made sense to the birds. When the scientists

16、intentionally changed the order to create a DABC call, the birds did not respond. The study is in the journal Nature Communications.“I think the really interesting thing is why the order matters, and figuringthat out I think will be difficult but also potentially really, really interesting,insight .

17、”because itll give a lot ofDavid Wheatcroft of Swedens UppsalaUniversity, one of the study scientists. “You wouldnt expect sort of naively( 天 真 地 ) that it would matter. Obviously it matters in human language, the order in which we say things, but its still somehow shocking when you find it in tits.

18、 So I think understanding why its the case will be really interesting in thefuture.”第10页考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至The work could help explain the evolution of the building blocks and structure of our own languages.【语篇解读】 本文是一篇科普类说明文。同其他动物相比，人类总是认为自己与众不同，其中一个原因就是因为我们语言的复杂性比如句法规则。但研究表明鸟类的就如此。好词积累complexity n.也有

19、自己的句法规则，比如日本大山雀复杂性； make sense有意义；讲得通第11页考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至4Whats the purpose of the first paragraph?A. To summarize the result of the study.B. To introduce the topic of the passage.C. To inform the complexity in human language. To tell the difference between humans and animals.第12页答案与解析 B 写作意图题。根据第一段

20、可知，人类认为自己不同于其他动物主要原因是人类语言的复杂性比如句法的独特规则，我们会 将单词按照特定的语序串在一起组成有意义的语句。由第二段可知，日本 科学家 Suzuki 和同事的研究发现鸟类的 也有句法规则。由此推知第一段的写作目的是引出文章的主题：鸟类 也存在特殊顺序。故 B 项正确考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至5What do we know from the study?A. Humans are special compared with animals.B. The Japanese tit is different from other birds.C. The ABCD c

21、all is understandable to other birds. The D call means keeping a distance from the caller.第13页答案与解析 C 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“And they found that the order of that call was vitalonly ABCD made sense to the birds. ”可知， 研究人员发现 的顺序至关重要，这些鸟能理解 ABCD 的 顺序，又结合该段第三句的说明可知当科学家将 的顺序改为 DABC 时，这些鸟却没反应，由此可知，C 项正确。考前顶层设计英语赢

22、在微点无微不至6How does David Wheatcroft feel about the study?A. Its difficult to figure out the order.B. Its interesting to discover the order.C. Its naive to expect the order matters.D. Its surprising to find the order in tits.第14页答案与解析D 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中 David Wheatcroft 的话中“Obviously it matters in human l

23、anguage, the order in which we say things but its still somehow shocking when you find it in tits.”可知，David Wheatcroft认为语序在我们人类的语言中具有非同意义，但是令人吃惊的是大山雀的 中也是如此。故 David Wheatcroft 很惊讶地发现大山雀的也存在顺序。故 D 项正确，其中 surprising 与文中的 shocking 呼应。故 D 项正确。考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至C(2019黄山三模)体裁：说明文 主题语境：文学、艺术和体育 难度：Musicians

24、are said to have better language skills and scientific studies have backed that up. But its not clear why that might be the case.Now, a study of 74 Chinese kindergarteners suggests six months of piano lessons can heighten the brains response to changes in pitch ( 声 调 ). And kidswho got piano lessons

25、 were also better at telling apart two similarsoundingMandarin (普通话)words, which contained different consonants (辅音), thanstudentswhogotextrareadingtrainingorwhowentthroughregularkindergarten.Mandarin is atonal languagethe famous example is the word “ma”whichcanmeanmotherorhorsedependingonitspitch.S

26、omightmusical_training_translate_better_to_Mandarin_ than_it_would_to_English?第15页考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至Yeah, its possible that this influenced the results, said Robert Desimone, a neuroscientist (神经科学家) at the McGovern Institute at MIT. But he says other studies do back up the fact that music lessons ben

27、efit language learners, even in countries without tonal languages. “And what our study added on top of that was some idea of the neural basis for those benefits.”And if you dont own a piano, dont despair. The reading group actually did just as well on many measures as the piano group. “Readings pret

28、ty goodactually. We dont mean to disvalue reading instruction.”More important, he says, was to show piano wasnt actually reading for these skills . thus perhaps encouraging cashstrapped (schools to bring their music programs alive.worsethan的第16页考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至【语篇解读】 本文是一篇说明文。“钢琴课提高语言技能”。据说音乐家有更好的语言

29、技能，科学研究也证实了这一点。但目前还不清楚为什么会出现这种情况。好词积累back up支持；tend to do sth.易于做某事第17页考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至7What can we infer from the passage?A. Its obvious why musicians have better language skills.B. Musicians tend to be better language learners.C. Reading works better than a piano for language skills.D. Music lesso

30、ns are greatly valued in moneytight schools.第18页答案与解析 B 推理判断题。根据第一段第一句“Musicians are said to have better language skills and scientific studies have backed that up.”“据说音乐家有更好的语言技能，科学研究也证实了这一点。”可知，音乐家往往 是更好的语言学习者。故选 B。考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至8What does the underlined part in paragraph 3 mean?A. Musical train

31、ing makes Mandarin easier than English to understand.B. Musicians translate Mandarin better than English.C. Musical training contributes better to learning a tonal language than a nontonal one.D. Musical lessons help English learners more than Mandarin learners.第19页答案与解析 C 词义猜测题。根据第四段中“he says other

32、 studies do back up the fact that music lessons benefit language learners, even in countries without tonal languages”“他说，其他研究也证实，音乐课有利于语言学习者，即使在没有声调语言的国家也是如此。”由此可知画线部分的意思是 “与非调性语言相比，音乐训练更有助于学习调性语言。”故选 C。考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至9From what column of the magazine might the article be taken?A. Sports.C. Educati

33、on.B. Entertainment.D. Economy.第20页答案与解析 C 推理判断题。根据最后一段“More important, he says, was to show piano wasnt actually worse than reading for these skills. thus perhaps encouraging cashstrapped schools to bring their music programs alive.”“他说，更重要的是，要证明钢琴并不比阅读更糟糕。因此，这可 能会鼓励资金紧张的学校让他们的音乐项目活跃起来。”可知，这篇文章 可能来

34、自杂志的“教育”专栏。故选 C。考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至10What may be the best title of the article?A. Musicians Are SmarterB. Reading Helps Language LearningC. Benefits of Language LearningD. Piano Lessons Tune Up Language Skills第21页答案与解析 D 标题归纳题。根据最后一段“More important, he says, was to show piano wasnt actually worse than

35、reading for these skills . thus perhaps encouraging cashstrapped schools to bring their music programs alive.”“他说，更重要的是，要证明钢琴并不比阅读更糟糕。因此，这可 能会鼓励资金紧张的学校让他们的音乐项目活跃起来。”可知，本文主题 是“Piano Lessons Tune Up Language Skills”。故选 D。考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至加练阅读七选五(2019大连二模)与职业 难度：Some people think working overtime体裁：议论文

36、主题语境：工作means youre a hard worker. Youhave to sacrifice your personal time to stay at work, produce something, help 1 the company, and be a more devoted employee. But is that right?means it takes you longer to produce something than someone else.ThisA good manager knows how to encourage his employees

37、 to work to theirfull potential instead of expecting them to work late even if they dont have 2 something to do. People who stay in their office until late hate their jobs.第22页考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至Overworkingmaynegativelyinfluencethelevelofproductivityandefficiency (效率). Any company that makes their empl

38、oyees work those hours isnot being managed well. The fault lies with management, who should take a 3 goodlookatthemselves.Andthebosswouldpreferyouworkefficiently 7 hours and then go back home than 8 hours with poor efficiency. 4 The fact is the competition is so fierce that if you dont work hardsome

39、one will easily and willingly replace you, especially in the IT industry. Employees are told they need to work longer hours or they dont belong or are denied promotions. It is time to abandon the culture of overworking, to work smarter, more efficiently and have a balance with personal life.Nowadays

40、, its hard for a young person to build a good future, for pressures are on his (or her) shoulders: housing, children, parents, themselves, etc. Buteveryone must keep working hard to have ourselves on the way to the good 5 future, which is not certain.第23页考前顶层设计英语赢在微点无微不至A. No one wants to work overtime.B. The boss thinks highly of overworking.C. Working too many hours only means you are inefficient.D. And it affects their performance, as well as other aspects of their life.E. Whats