1、2015年高考阅读表达专项训练（十六）阅读下面的短文并用英语回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意问题后的字数要求）。 ASpring is coming. For students in the US, that means a vacation is on its way. In the US, students may begin their spring vacation at different times, depending on where they live. So while students from one town are on vacation, the
2、ir neighbours in the next town might have classes as usual. Spring vacation is also known as “spring break”. During this time, students have one to two weeks off from school. The break usually happens in late March or April. Spring break is a fun and relaxing time. Teachers usually dont give assignm
3、ents over the break, so students can spend their days and nights free from school-time stress. There are lots of ways to spend the time. Some families go on vacation, visiting a new state or even a new country. Others may travel to visit family members who live far away. Or students may enjoy the br
4、eak by relaxing at home, reading books and watching movies, or visiting friends houses. Sometimes teachers lead overseas trips for groups of students. On a ten-day trip, for example, students might go on a tour through Spain, France, and Italy. These trips are often expensive, but they give students
5、 an unusual chance to see other parts of the world. No matter how theyve spent the break students return to school feeling relaxed and ready to finish the school year.1. When do the students in the US have their spring vacation?（ No more than 10 words ）_ _2. Why are the students in the US freed from
6、 school-time stress?（No more than 15 words）_ _3. How do the students in the US spend their spring vacation? （No more than 20 words）_ _4. Whats the main idea of the passage?（No more than 10 words）_ _5. What does the underlined word “assignments” in the fourth paragraph mean? （No more than 5 words）_ _
7、1. The break usually happens in late March or April.细节理解题。从文章的第二大段The break usually happens in late March or April.可找出答案。2. Because their teachers usually dont give them homework during the break.细节理解题。文章第四段的Teachers usually dont give assignments over the break, so students can spend their days and
8、nights free from school-time stress.可看出选项A是正确的。3. Visiting a new state or even a new country, travelling to visit family members ,relaxing at home, reading books and watching movies, or visiting friends houses.细节理解题。从文章的倒数第三段可找到答案。4. What do the students do in US during their spring vacation?/ How d
9、o the students in the US spend their spring vocation?主旨大意题。整篇文章在介绍美国的中学生在他们的春假里所做的事情。5. Homework./A duty that you are assigned to perform.BAlmost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart（购物手推车）. They will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions man
10、y miles. But few will knowor even think to askwho it was that invented them.Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers lugging（吃力地携带） groceries around in baskets they had to carry.One day Goldman suddenly had
11、 the idea of putting baskets on wheels. The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more business.On June 4, 1937, Goldmans first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arrivin
12、g. He couldnt wait to see them using his invention.But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try.After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they werent using his carts. “Dont you think this arm is strong enough to carry a sh
13、opping basket?” one shopper replied.But Goldman wasnt beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a try. To this end, Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing this, the real custome
14、rs gradually began copying the phony（假冒的） customers.As Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers of customers to his market. But not only did more people comethose who came bought more. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater
15、number of items than before.Todays shopping carts are five times larger than Goldmans original model. Perhaps thats one reason Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did before 1937before the coming of the shopping cart.1. The underlined words “chrome-plat
16、e contraptions” in Paragraph 1 refer to _.（No more than 3 words）2. What was the purpose of Goldmans invention? （No more than 10 words）_2. It was to make shopping easier and attract more business._3. Why was Goldman disappointed at first? （No more than 10 words）_4. Why did Goldman hire people to push
17、 carts around his market? （No more than 10 words）_5. What do you think of Goldman? Please give your reasons. （No more than 20 words）_1. shopping carts词义猜测题。由上句-a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart（购物手推车）可以得出谈的是.购物手推车。2. It was to make shopping easier and attract more business.事实细节题。由二段的E
18、very day he would see shoppers lugging（吃力地携带） groceries和第三段可知他做购物手推车的目的。3.事实细节题。Because few customers used his carts.由第五段可知。4. Because he wanted to promote his shopping carts. 事实细节题。由第七段关键词-persuade people to give them a try.可知。5. He was a smart businessman. He invented the shopping cart and made it accepted by customers.Or: He was smart but he shouldnt have used tricks to attract customers.开放式问题。通读全文把握大意，本文主要介绍Goldman和他的购物手推车10