1、选修六 Unit 2 高考拆组训练阅读理解组块专练练速度(限时：35分钟).阅读理解A(2018湖北八校高三联考)Here is a list of some of the best museums for children in America.Please Touch Childrens MuseumThis museum lies in Philadelphia. It offers Alice in Wonderland exhibits where young children can play with giant flowers and have tea parties. Kid
2、s can also play on musical instruments and babies can crawl on lily pads, which make musical sounds.The Childrens Museum of IndianapolisThis museum lies in Indiana. It holds a fair share of dinosaur fossils (化石)There are many fossils like the TRex, Bucky and many others in an 8,000squarefoot area. A
3、round 10,000 manmade objects, including a 55ton steam engine and a 33foot tall water clock, are there in the 365,000squarefoot area. It also offers activities like dinosaur building, camps and classes featuring space themes and other educational programs.Boston Childrens MuseumThis museum lies in Ma
4、ssachusetts. The exhibits here are of health, art, science, culture and environment. In this museum, children also learn about Japanese culture. Activities like Play Lab, New Balance Climb and The Recycle Shop bring out the creativity in children.National Museum of PlayThis museum, which lies in Roc
5、hester area of New York, has a wide collection of dolls, games, toys and other home crafts dating back to the 19th century. Here, educational tours include stories of machines and other toys. Kids can walk in Sesame Street exhibit and cook food at play or TV studios.Childrens Museum of HoustonThis m
6、useum lies in Texas. Termed as the best playground for mind, this museum offers scores of activities for kids of every age. It even offers free family adventure events where families with their kids are encouraged to work on math activities and games. Children also learn about broadcasting activitie
7、s and preserving ecosystems.语篇解读：本文是一篇广告类应用文，介绍了美国五家最适合孩子们参观的博物馆，包括这些博物馆的地址、特色、活动安排等。1One who has interest in environmental protection can choose to visit _.ANational Museum of Play or Childrens Museum of HoustonBBoston Childrens Museum or Childrens Museum of HoustonCPlease Touch Childrens Museum or
8、 Boston Childrens MuseumDThe Childrens Museum of Indianapolis or National Museum of Play解析：选B细节理解题。根据Boston Childrens Museum部分第二句“The exhibits here are of health, art, science, culture and environment.”和Childrens Museum of Houston部分最后一句“Children also learn about broadcasting activities and preservin
9、g ecosystems.”可知，Boston Childrens Museum和Childrens Museum of Houston 所安排的展览与活动都跟环保有关。故B项正确。2While visiting National Museum of Play, you can take part in _.Adinosaur buildingBNew Balance ClimbCplaying with giant flowersDcooking food at play or TV studios解析：选D细节理解题。根据National Museum of Play部分最后一句“Kids
10、 can walk in Sesame Street exhibit and cook food at play or TV studios.”可知，在参观National Museum of Play时，可以走进芝麻街节目展，在戏剧或电视摄影棚中做饭。故D项正确。3If a couple with kids of different ages want to do activities together, they should go to _.ATexasBIndianaCNew York DMassachusetts解析：选A细节理解题。根据Childrens Museum of Hou
11、ston部分第一句和第三句并结合该部分第二句中的“activities for kids of every age”可知，他们应当去位于德克萨斯州的Childrens Museum of Houston。故A项正确。4Who might be most interested in this passage?AParents. BStudents.CTeachers. DResearchers.解析：选A推理判断题。通读全文可知，第一段点明了本文的主题。本文主要介绍了五家最适合孩子们参观的博物馆，旨在吸引家长带孩子们去参观，故父母们应该对本文最感兴趣。故A项正确。B(2018福建莆田高三二模)G
12、wendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Literature. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She had more than 20 books published. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding about black culture in America.Her poem
13、s described conditions among the poor, racial inequality and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women. But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She was an expert at the language of poetry. She combined traditional
14、 European poetry styles with the African American experience.In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago. The South Side of Chicago is where many black people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was “A Street in Bronzeville” that gained the at
15、tention of literary experts in 1945. Critics praised her poetic skill and her powerful descriptions about the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literatu
16、re. She won the prize for her second book of poems called “Annie Allen”. “Annie Allen” is a collection of poetry about the life of a Bronzeville girl as a daughter, a wife and mother. She experiences loneliness, loss, death and being poor. Ms. Brooks said that winning the prize changed her life.Her
17、next work was a novel written in 1953 called “Maud Martha”. “Maud Martha” received little notice when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult life of many women are popular among female writers today.In some of her poems,
18、 Gwendolyn Brooks described how what people see in life is affected by who they are. One example is this poem, “Corners on the Curving Sky”By the end of the 1960s, Gwendolyn Brookss poetry expanded from the everyday experiences of people in Bronzeville. She wrote about a wider world and dealt with i
19、mportant political issues. 语篇解读：本文主要介绍了非裔美国女诗人Gwendolyn Brooks在诗歌文学上的成就和贡献。5What does the text mainly talk about?AThe life of Gwendolyn Brookss.BThe poems of Gwendolyn Brookss.CThe understanding about black culture.DThe struggle of black women.解析：选B主旨大意题。根据第一段和其余各段的段首可知，本文主要讲了非裔美国女诗人Gwendolyn Brooks
20、在诗歌文学上的成就和贡献。6What can we learn about Gwendolyn Brookss from the second paragraph?AShe mainly wrote about struggles of black women.BShe was good at using the language of poetry.CHer writing skills were a little worse than her ability.DHer poems were mainly about the African experience.解析：选B细节理解题。根据第
21、二段中的“She was an expert at the language of poetry.”可知，Gwendolyn Brooks是诗歌语言的专家。7The author develops the passage mainly by _.Aproviding examples Busing statisticsCcomparing opinions Ddescribing her experiences解析：选A写作手法题。文中第三至第六段分别列举了Gwendolyn Brooks的一些作品，如诗歌“Annie Allen”“Corners on the Curving Sky”和小说
22、“Maud Martha”。故作者主要是用举例法来行文的。8In the next part, the author would most probably talk about _.AThe difficulties Gwendolyn Brookss would meetBthe poems related to political issuesCthe award Gwendolyn Brooks had gainedDthe racial inequality the black had to face解析：选B推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句可知Gwendolyn Brooks的诗歌
23、中涉及政治问题，故接下来最有可能讲的是与政治问题有关的诗歌，B项正确。CEveryone seems to be living for someone else.I had once helped a friend of mine run a watermelon stall. I noticed something interesting when people came to buy watermelons, but nobody paid any attention to it because it seemed to be a common practice: almost every
24、 buyer would lift the melon up to their ear, smartly rap it, apparently trying to listen to something. I wondered what they expected to hear. Finally I could no longer hold back my curiosity and made bold to ask a customer an elderly gentleman about this. Hearing my question, he roared with laughter
25、. Then he replied in a selfmocking tone，“Young lady, I have been doing this for more than fifty years. But all I know is that everybody would stare at you like you were a fool if you just pick up a melon and leave.”Not long after that, my watermelon stall friend sent me an invitation to her wedding,
26、 which really surprised me. I asked her, “How come youre seized by a sudden whim to get married? I even didnt know you had got a boyfriend.” She answered while counting money, “Everyone has to get married anyway. So, it is better to get married sooner than later.”Have they forgotten their own heart?
27、 It may be safer and save a lot more worries to swim_with_the_tide. The use of WE or US will give one a steady and sure sense of pride. But why do people usually feel uneasy when using “I”？I find these somewhat funny.We have got used to following others example. We feel at ease and justified simply
28、because this is a way of US, a way having been practiced by so many people. But this massive practice is still wrong though we all follow suit. And in turn, we also take it for granted that we should judge the right and wrong of others by our own standard.语篇解读：作者通过身边人的事例，发现人们在生活中往往“随大流”，盲从别人，没有跟随自己的
29、内心。9Why did the elderly gentleman rap the watermelon before buying it?ABecause he expected to hear something.BBecause he knew nothing about it.CBecause he just followed suit.DBecause he was a fool.解析：选C细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“But all I know is that everybody would stare at you like you were a fool if you ju
30、st pick up a melon and leave.”可知，老人不知道敲西瓜的确切原因，只是看到别人都在敲，如果自己不敲一下，会被人认为是一个傻子。故选C项。10Which of the following can best replace the phrase“swim with the tide” in the fourth paragraph?AFollow the crowd.BSwim against the tide.CWear other peoples clothes.DFollow your heart.解析：选A词义猜测题。根据第四段第三句“The use of WE
31、 or US will give one a steady and sure sense of pride.”可推断出本句中的tide(潮水)指的应该是“WE or US”，而swim with the tide意为“跟随人群；随大流；从众”。故选A项。11What will be most likely written about by the author in the next paragraph?ANothing.BA story about following your heart.CA funny story about how to follow your heart.DAn e
32、xample about judging others by your own standard.解析：选D推理判断题。根据最后一段末句“. we also take it for granted that we should judge the right and wrong of others by our own standard”可推断出下文可能会与“用自己的标准评价别人”有关，故选D项。12Which is right according to the passage?AThe authors attitude to “follow others example” is positi
33、ve.BThe author understood why people rapped a watermelon at last.CThe author felt unexpected when her watermelon stall friend wanted to get married.DThe practice of following suit makes people feel at ease and justified only because it is a way of America.解析：选C推理判断题。根据第三段第一句“.my watermelon stall fri
34、end sent me an invitation to her wedding, which really surprised me”可知，朋友的婚礼出乎作者的意料，故选C项。DToddler World Nursery was delighted to employ a trainee twentytwoyearold Jonathan Brown as their first male nursery schoolteacher. He was also the only man who applied for the job, but, insists Margery Bowman,
35、head teacher of Toddler World, by far the best applicant.“Both boys and girls will benefit from the experience of having a male role model in the nursery，” says mother of two, Margery.Jonathan has always been interested in childcare. His own mother is a childminder and his father is a teacher.“Ive a
36、lways helped Mum with looking after all the children，” he says.“Im used to changing nappies, feeding babies, reading stories and playing with Lego.”But Jonathan is a rare male in a female world. Only 2% of nursery teachers are men and this hasnt changed for ten years. Roger Olsen of the National Nur
37、sery Trust said, “Men are often viewed with anxiety and suspicion (怀疑) in a childrens environment. Or they are expected to do things the way women would do them. But men bring different things into childcare and this has to be recognized.”Jonathan agrees. He is a qualified under7s football coach, an
38、d plans to introduce football lessons to the nursery for boys and girls.What do Jonathans friends think of his choice of career?“Actually, most of them are pretty cool about it now，” he says，“though they do make jokes about nappies. And Ive found that girls are actually quite impressed so thats good
39、！”语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。22岁的Jonathan Brown被一家幼儿园聘用为教师。作为这家幼儿园的第一位男教师，他的加入为清一色女教师的儿童看护工作带来了有益的影响。13Why was Jonathan employed by Toddler World Nursery?AHe was the best among all the applicants.BHe was the only man who applied for the job.CHe would be able to teach kids to play football.DHe could do things the
40、 way women would do them.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“He was also the only man who applied for the job, but, insists Margery Bowman, head teacher of Toddler World, by far the best applicant.”可知，Jonathan被雇用是因为他是所有求职者中最优秀的。故选A。14Which of the following can replace the underlined word “childminder”(Para.2)?AInst
41、ructor. BSuperior.CBabysitter. DCoach.解析：选C词义猜测题。根据第二段第三句“Ive always helped Mum with looking after all the children .”可知，Jonathan的母亲应是一名照看孩子的保姆。故选C。15What did Roger Olsen say about the job of childcare?AIt has been womenspecific.BIt requires peoples understanding.CIt takes time to make some changes.
42、DIt needs men teachers to bring something different.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第三段第五句“But men bring different things into childcare and this has to be recognized.”可推知，他认为儿童看护工作需要男老师为其带来一些不一样的东西。故选D。.阅读七选五Some people just know how to start a conversation with anyone, in any place. If youre not one of these lucky t
43、ypes, dont worry._1_Remark on the surroundings or occasions. If youre at a party, for example, you could comment on the food or the music in a positive way like this: “I love this song.” or “The food is great.”_2_ For example, “How is the wine？” or “Who do you know here？”Most people enjoy talking ab
44、out themselves so asking a question is a good way to get a conversation started._3_ For example, “I really like your purse. Can I ask where you got it？” or “Youre really doing well in this. Can you show me how to do it？”Remark on anything you have in common. People would like your saying “My daughte
45、r went to that school, too. How does your son like it？”_4_ Dont say something that obviously causes offence and avoid heavy subjects such as politics or religion. Stick to light subjects like the weather, surroundings, and anything you have in common such as movies or sports teams.Listen effectively
46、. _5_ You cant concentrate on what someones saying if youre thinking about what youre going to say next. The key to effective communication is to focus fully on the speaker and show interest in whats being said. Nod occasionally, smile at the person, and encourage the speaker to continue with “yes”
47、or “uh huh”AChoose subjects youre interested in.BUse a praise to create a good atmosphere.CKeep the conversation going with small talk.DIt is not the same as waiting for your turn to talk.EAsk specific questions that are related to the drinks.FAsk a question that requires more than just a yes or no
48、answer.GHere are some ways to have a conversation with someone new.1选G本句起到承上启下的作用，空前一句表示“如果你不是这类幸运的人，也不用担心”，紧接着下一句应该表述“这里有一些如何与陌生人交流的几点建议”，故选G项。2选F根据设空处后的“How is the wine？”和“Who do you know here？”可知，这里应是教我们怎么提出问题，与别人有效地交流，故选F项。3选B根据设空处后的“I really like your purse. Can I ask where you got it？”和“Youre really doing well in this. Can you show me how to do it？”可看出这些都是赞美的话，故选B项。4选C根据设空处后的“Stick to light subjects like the weather, surroundings .”可知，C项中的small talk与此处的light subjects相呼应，故选C项。5选D本段内容强调倾听的重要性，根据本空后一句表达“当你在思考接下来要说什么的时候，你就不会专心听别人讲话”，言外之意，我们不要等着机会去说话，而要专心去听，故选D项。