1、阅读理解阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。Passage 1(2019湖北黄冈八模,A)Chinese Language and Culture Summer Camp in ChinaShanghai is the city which will present you how modernization meets tradition, and how western culture dances with eastern civilization. So it offers a best place for you to participate in Ch
2、inese language and culture summer camp.Interactive Chinese LessonsOur Chinese courses focus on developing speaking, listening, reading and writing skills in a well-balanced way, while each has its own focus. The teaching materials we use, offering 12 levels of classes, are written specially for our
3、program. For beginners, speaking and listening abilities will be stressed while for advanced level students, the course will develop in depth their skills in Chinese character recognition, long paragraph reading and writing, as well as fluent conversation.Small Size ClassesOur students come from all
4、 over the world, mostly between 11 and 17 years old, having different Chinese levels. They will accept level assessment on the first day of camp, and be placed into different groups according to their language fluency. In a small-class setting each student can receive individual attention from teach
5、ers and achieve best studying result.Traditional Culture CoursesWe provide various culture courses to help students to develop interest in traditional Chinese culture, which will benefit their language learning. The culture courses include:calligraphy, traditional brush painting, Chinese kung fu, ta
6、i chi, paper-cutting.Day CampDay camp is designed for participants who have a host family in Shanghai. Day camp runs from Monday to Sunday, between 8:30 and 17:00.The day camp package includes:Chinese classes in the morningsLunchCulture courses, field trips and sports activities in the afternoonsOth
7、ers:textbooks, studying materials, a camp life souvenirThe day camp package NOT includes:AccommodationDaily pick up and drop offBreakfast, dinnerField trips are optional.1.What is one of the summer camps features?A.Its teaching materials are regular and common textbooks.B.Every participant in the ca
8、mp has to finish 12 levels of classes.C.Beginners attend the class stressing character recognition.D.Students are placed into groups that meet their language fluency. 2.The summer camps traditional culture courses dont include.A.traditional brush paintingB.Chinese kung fuC.traditional Chinese cookin
9、gD.paper-cutting3.Which of the following descriptions about the day camp is TRUE?A.Everyone who attends day camp will receive a camp life souvenir.B.Participants in day camp can have breakfast, lunch and supper there.C.Field trips are an activity that everyone is supposed to participate in.D.Day cam
10、p is designed for participants who live in the summer camp.答案语篇解读本文为应用文。文章主要介绍了有关中国语言和文化的夏令营活动。1.D细节理解题。根据文中的and be placed into different groups according to their language fluency可知这次夏令营的特征之一是根据学生的语言流畅程度分组,故选D项。2.C细节理解题。根据文中的The culture courses include:calligraphy, traditional brush painting, Chine
11、se kung fu, tai chi, paper-cutting.可知这次夏令营的传统文化课程不包括传统的中国式烹饪,故选C项。3.A推理判断题。根据文中的Others:textbooks, studying materials, a camp life souvenir可知参加日间夏令营的每个人都可以得到一份夏令营生活纪念品,故选A项。Passage 2My wife and I owned two dogs that we had owned before we met and brought into the marriage. Her dog was a pit bull name
12、d Zack, and he hated me. When our daughter was born, I was worried that the pit bull would be dangerous to be around our young daughter. I warned my wife that the dog would have to go at the first sign of trouble. I said,“If he nips(啃咬)at the baby, hed go.” We brought our daughter home in a car seat
13、, and both dogs sniffed(嗅) and licked her, tails wagging. I had to pull Zack away from her because he wouldnt stop licking her. Zack immediately became my daughters protector, and when she was lying on a blanket on the floor, he always had to have one foot on the blanket. Zack loved my daughter extr
14、emely, and when she became a little older he always walked her to bed, and then slept on the bed with her. He somehow knew whenever it was time to go upstairs, and he would wait at the bottom of the stairs for her, and then follow her up to bed.Zack was poisoned by some neighbor kids, and we had one
15、 of the worst days of our lives. Watching my daughter say goodbye to him as he lay still on the kitchen floor, my wife and I were both sobbing.At 8:00 that night, my daughter walked to the stairs to go to bed. At that moment, all three of us realized what was about to happen. My daughter looked at h
16、er mother and me with a look of horror and panic. It was at that moment that my dog, Sam, which loved my daughter dearly, stood up, walked over to her, and nudged her with his head. He put his foot on the stairs, and looked up at her. They walked up to bed, with my daughter holding his neck tightly.
17、 For the next six years, until he died, Sam waited for her by the stairs each night.1.Why did the author pull Zack away from his daughter? A.Because Zack kept licking his daughter.B.Because Zack hated his daughter.C.Because his daughter was sensitive to dogs.D.Because his daughter was afraid of dogs
18、.2.After the death of the dog Zack, the daughter.A.felt very horrified and sadB.wanted to buy another dogC.asked her parents to sleep with herD.asked to stay with the other dog3.The underlined word “nudged” in Paragraph 5 can be replaced by “”.A.liftedB.lickedC.pushedD.pulled4.Whats the main idea of
19、 the passage?A.Dogs can be mans best friends.B.Its a natural thing that children like dogs.C.Parents should protect their children from dogs.D.Dogs sometimes may cause trouble for their owners.答案语篇解读这篇文章主要讲了作者的女儿在两只狗的呵护下长大,两只狗保护作者的女儿直到生命的最后一刻。1.A细节理解题。由第二段中的I had to pull Zack away from her because h
20、e wouldnt stop licking her.可知作者把Zack从他女儿身边拉开是因为Zack一直舔他的女儿,故选A项。2.A细节理解题。由倒数第二段中的My daughter looked at her mother and me with a look of horror and panic. 可知在Zack死后,作者的女儿感到恐慌和悲伤。故选A项。3.C词义猜测题。由倒数第二段中的He put his foot on the stairs, and looked up at her.可知Sam用它的头推她,所以“nudged”的意思是“推”,故选C。4.A主旨大意题。这篇文章主要
21、讲了作者的女儿在两只狗的呵护下长大,两只狗保护作者的女儿直到生命的最后一刻,所以这篇文章的主题思想是狗是人类最好的朋友。故选A项。Passage 3Half an hour into a cooking competition at Green Street Academy, Tyana Givens, 15, dipped a plastic spoon into a pot with tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, garlic and mushrooms over a burner in a science classroom. She and two o
22、ther students, Kalimah Ball and Maya Smith, were making meat sauce.The girls had spent the past five weeks learning how to grow their own produce using food computerstabletop greenhouses controlled by computer programsat Green Street Academy, a charter school in Baltimore. The course, which weaved l
23、essons together on programming, food systems and agriculture, ended with an “Iron Chef-style” cooking contest.With the help of instructor Melanie Shimano, the girls finished their contest successfully using the food they planted in the tabletop greenhouses. The tabletop greenhouses can control tempe
24、rature, light and water inside using the computer code that the students wrote by themselves. Shimano, a 26-year-old entrepreneur, piloted(试行)the course as part of Green Street Academys junior biotechnology class in the spring and will expand the program to other schools in the fall.“Technology is n
25、ot something that a lot of teachers have a lot of resources for all the time, but its something thats not difficult to do with a relatively low amount of funding,” Shimano said. “Baltimore is a center for start-ups and food, so kind of fostering that culture of being into technology and design and s
26、eeing all the pieces fit together is really cool.”While her course is unique to Baltimore, its part of a broader program born at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Media Lab called the Open Agriculture Initiative, or OpenAg, which aims to create inventive, sustainable food systems through op
27、en-source technology. In addition to 10 full-time staff and researchers, OpenAg is primarily an online community of about 1,400 educators, growers, chefs and retailers in 47 countries, according to Hildreth England, OpenAgs assistant director.“The interest level across the board generally comes from
28、 folks who are concerned about food systems and concerned about the environment, and its usually a combination of the two,” England said.1.Whats special about the course taken by Tyana Givens?A.Its a cooking course.B.It involves several subjects.C.It is intended for a contest.D.It is controlled by t
29、abletop greenhouses.2.Why did the students have to write computer codes to grow food?A.To win a cooking contest.B.To finish their homework.C.To create a greenhouse.D.To control the growing conditions.3.Whats Shimanos opinion about technology education?A.It calls of teachers with many resources.B.It
30、calls for a lot of money.C.It is supposed to combine skills together.D.It can only be carried out in big cities.4.What can be learned about the Open Agriculture Initiative?A.It is participated by full-time MIT researchers as well as people from different walks of life.B.It will help create a better
31、education system.C.It only covers the USA.D.It focuses on food and catering industry.答案语篇解读本文介绍了一门把多种学科混合在一起的课程。1.B推理判断题。根据第二段中The course, which weaved lessons together on programming, food systems and agriculture, ended with an “Iron Chef-style” cooking contest.可知,Tyana Givens上的课程的特别之处在于它涉及好几个科目。故选
32、B项。2.D细节理解题。根据第三段中The tabletop greenhouses can control temperature, light and water inside using the computer code that the students wrote by themselves.可知学生们编写计算机代码是为了控制温室的条件。故选D项。3.C细节理解题。根据倒数第三段中“Baltimore is a center for start-ups and food, so kind of fostering that culture of being into technol
33、ogy and design and seeing all the pieces fit together is really cool.”可知对于技术教育,Shimano期待多种技术被融合在一起。故选C项。4.A细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中In addition to 10 full-time staff and researchers, OpenAg is primarily an online community of about 1,400 educators, growers, chefs and retailers in 47 countries, according to Hil
34、dreth England, OpenAgs assistant director.可知Open Agriculture Initiative由全职的MIT研究员和来自各行各业的人们参与。故选A项。Passage 4The burst of barking suddenly woke me up. It was 2:30 a.m. in the early morning. Wondering why Rock was making so loud noises, I decided to go to him. By the time I made it to the bottom of th
35、e stairs, he was running up. I felt strange, for he had never come up the stairs, no matter what. I thought that was his way of telling me, “Weve got to go back up.”When I got to the top of the stairs, I turned around and saw a light on, but I didnt remember leaving one on. I walked down the stairs
36、again, and thats when I saw fire. I immediately shouted to my wife to wake up and get our three kids. I grabbed a knife and cut out the plastic that covered the window to the porch roof. I then forced open the window and kicked out the screen. I got everybody out on the roof and threw a blanket out
37、there so we wouldnt slip off. It was cold, January cold. Then I started screaming for help. But help never came.I was scared of heights, but I couldnt let my family burn up. So I just jumped off the roof and got the wind knocked out of me when I landed.I found our ladder, placed it against the house
38、, and climbed back up to the roof. I wrapped my arms around my daughter and carried my nine-month-old with my teeth, by his little sleeper. Then I climbed down the ladder. Once on the ground, I had my little girl hold her brother, and I went back up to the roof to get my other daughter. Then I went
39、back up again and got my wife. I tried to get my dog, but he just disappeared in the black smoke. I never saw Rock alive again. 1.What happened to the author on one early January morning?A.His dog was injured.B.A robbery took place.C.His house was on fire.D.His wife disappeared.2.The passage is main
40、ly developed by.A.analyzing causesB.making comparisonsC.giving examplesD.following the time order3.What is the passage mainly talking about?A.The authors devoted friend Rock.B.Some tips for surviving a fire.C.How the fire broke out.D.How the authors family survived from a fire.答案语篇解读本文为记叙文。文章主要叙述了一条
41、狗在发生大火时用自己的方式叫醒了作者,然后作者帮助他的家人在大火中逃生却没能救下那条狗的故事。1.C细节理解题。根据整个文章的内容,尤其是第二段中的When I got to the top of the stairs, I turned around and saw a light on, but I didnt remember leaving one on. I walked down the stairs again, and thats when I saw fire.可知作者的家着火了。2.D推理判断题。根据故事的叙述过程可知,作者按照发现房子着火前、抢救中以及抢救后的顺序写,所以
42、是时间顺序。3.D主旨要义题。文章第一段介绍了发现房子着火前的奇怪现象,第二、三、四段讲述了作者发现房子着火并及时抢救家人的过程,所以本文的主要内容是作者的家人如何从火中逃生的经历。Passage 5I dont mean to sound easy about the economy and the tough times people are going through. The situation is a very serious one, but, perhaps, these rough economic times can teach us all a thing or two
43、about what is really important in life.The things I have come to love and cherish, and the things which always seem to calm my spirit and soul, are the simple things in life. I would much rather take a peaceful walk at our local nature center than spend an expensive day being prepared at the place f
44、or relaxing and health improving. And my car may be seven years old, but it has never given me any problems and it gets me to the same place a brand-new Lexus would.And what makes simple and cost-effective activities much more enjoyable for me is to share them with my family. We love getting togethe
45、r just to share each others company. We dont have to go to a theme park or even to a movie to have a good time. We love watching DVDs, eating popcorn and joking around. We also love to take long walks in nature with our special glasses and our cameras capturing the beauty of Gods creation and taking
46、 goofy pictures of ourselves.I was kidding my fourteen-year-old niece the other day, asking her what she was going to get me for Christmas. Her immediate and worried response was that she did not have any money. Amanda is a wonderful poet, so I told her to “just write me a poem entitled Aunt La Vern
47、e”.Things, gifts and activities dont have to involve money. A simple poem from Amandas heart will give me warm feelings for the rest of my life, and I hope Amanda learns a lesson from our little encounter as well.I focus on what I have instead of what I dont have in life. Houses, jobs, and health wi
48、ll come and go, but the love and enjoyment of family can support me through any kind of situation, including a rough economy.1.What can these rough economic times teach us?A.One or two useful skills.B.The very serious situation.C.One or two things about life.D.All the important things in life.2.What
49、 lesson does Amanda probably learn from her encounter with her aunt?A.Her aunt is fond of presents.B.A simple poem will make a big gift.C.Her aunt likes her poem very much.D.Money is very important in life.3.The passage mainly tells us.A.how serious the economic situation isB.how to choose a presentC.what nature brings usD.whats really important in life答案语篇解读文章告诉我们生活的美丽就在日常的小事中,在和家人一起的愉悦中,不要去追求没有实际意义的浮华和时尚。1.C细节理解题。根据文章第一段的最后一句可知答案为C。2.B细节理解题。根据文章第四段的最后一句话可知选B。3.D主旨要义题。本文第一段就说明了文章的主旨。作者通过分析和举例来告诉我们生活中什么最重要。
