1、高考题型抢分练(七)阅读理解提能练(限时35分钟). 阅读理解AFour Free Mobile Apps to Help You Learn English FasterHave you realized that you can put your smartphone to really good use for learning English? Here are 4 free mobile apps that will help you do just that. Hello EnglishIt covers all the aspects of language learning,
2、including vocabulary, translation, grammar, spellings, spoken and reading skills. It uses interactive games to teach different English lessons and offers new audiobooks, latest news, and books. However, you should already understand basic English structures and alphabets, for the app cant help you l
3、earn English from scratch(从零开始). DuolingoIf you want to learn English from scratch, then this is the app you are looking for. Duolingo uses interactive games to help you learn English. For beginners, the app focuses on helping you learn verbs, phrases and sentences. LingbeIf you are ready to practic
4、e your spoken skills in the real world, youll need Lingbe. Its a community-based app where people help each other and share their native languages. It connects you with real people on call who are native English speakers. HelloTalkHelloTalk is similar to Lingbe as it connects you with native speaker
5、s to help improve your language skills. However, it adds a few extra functions that might interest you. You can view the information about users to find a match that interests you. Additionally, you can also send text and audio messages, and even do video calls with other people. If you are a beginn
6、er, start from Duolingo and then use Hello English to take full command over the language. For fluent spoken English learners, you can try out Lingbe or HelloTalk. 【文章大意】本文为说明文, 文章主要介绍了四款免费的有利于英语学习的App。1. What should you already understand to use Hello English?A. Good reading and writing skills. B.
7、Basic listening and speaking tips. C. Different English lessons and books. D. English letters and basic structures. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第二段However, you should already understand basic English structures and alphabets, for the app cant help you learn English from scratch. 可知, 要想使用Hello English需要理解基本的英语结构和
8、英语字母, 所以D正确。2. Which app is the best choice for an English beginner at first?A. Hello English. B. Duolingo. C. Lingbe. D. HelloTalk. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第三段第一句If you want to learn English from scratch, then this is the app you are looking for. 以及最后一句For beginners, the app focuses on helping you learn ver
9、bs, phrases and sentences. 和最后一段If you are a beginner, start from Duolingo可知如果是从零起学英语应该选Duolingo, 它适合初学者, 所以B正确。3. What can you do on Lingbe?A. Read the latest news. B. Enjoy the interactive games. C. Practice your spoken English. D. Talk with native speakers in the flesh. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第四段If you a
10、re ready to practice your spoken skills in the real world, youll need Lingbe. 可知在Lingbe上可以练习口语, 所以C正确。BWhen I was 5 years old, I started losing weight. My parents noticed I was pale and always thirsty. They had me tested to see if my blood sugar was high because they thought that might be causing my
11、 symptoms. My blood sugar was five times higher than normal. That can be deadly. My parents rushed me to the hospital. Thats when my whole life changed. The doctors said I had Type 1 Diabetes (糖尿病). That means my body cant make insulin (胰岛素). Theres no cure. My parents had to give me insulin shots e
12、very day and I had to get over my fear of needles quickly. Sometimes I had 10 band-aids on my fingers at once. Now that Im older, I check my own blood sugar and give myself shots. About four years ago, my mom started traveling to rural Guatemala. She goes twice a year to help people in need. I have
13、been a Girl Scout since kindergarten. For a Girl Scout project, I put together a team to go to Guatemala to test people there for diabetes. We went for four days last July. We tested 378 children and 100 adults. We found three adults with a different kind of diabetes, called Type 2. We also found on
14、e little girl with dangerously low blood sugar. She cried when we told her. She had been feeling dizzy and didnt know why. It was like replaying what happened to me when I was little. I talked through a translator, but everyone understood hugs. I gave more hugs than Ive ever given. Having Type 1 dia
15、betes is hard. But I have accepted it readily. It has helped me meet amazing people. It has made me responsible and independent. It has also shown me the power of taking action. Im going back to Guatemala this summer to test more kids. I want to help as many kids as I can. But my greatest wish is fo
16、r a cure. Type 1 diabetes changes your life. If no other child ever has to have it, that would be amazing. 【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者从小患有糖尿病, 在长大后开始致力于帮助和自己有一样病症的孩子的故事。4. Why did the authors parents have her blood sugar tested?A. They found that she was pale. B. They noticed that she was thirsty. C. They
17、 doubted if she was ill. D. They wondered if she was tired. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。由第一段“They had me tested to see if my blood sugar was high because they thought that might be causing my symptoms. ”可知父母让人检查了作者的血糖是否过高, 是因为他们怀疑作者生病了。故选C。5. What do we know about the author?A. Her Type 1 Diabetes was cured. B. Sh
18、e lost heart after the examination. C. She suffered a lot from the disease. D. She refused insulin shots for fear of pain. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。由第三段“That means my body cant make insulin. Theres no cure. ”可知检查后作者得知自己的病无法治愈后很灰心, 故选B。6. Why did the author go to Guatemala?A. Her mother requested her to. B. She
19、hoped to help people there. C. Her Girl Scout leader made a medical team. D. She wanted to start her round-the-world trip. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。由最后一段“I want to help as many kids as I can. ”可知作者想要尽可能帮助更多的孩子。故选B。7. What is the main idea of the passage?A. She lives with Type 1 Diabetes. B. She has wonderful ex
20、periences in Guatemala. C. Unexpected trip makes her more confident. D. She lives amazingly despite the diabetes. 【解析】选D。主旨大意题。由最后一段“It has helped me meet amazing people. It has made me responsible and independent. It has also shown me the power of taking action. ”可知, 虽然从小患病, 但是病症也使得作者成为一个负责任、独立的人,
21、使她更精彩地活着。故D选项符合题意。C世纪金榜导学号Is “plogging” the most 2018 fitness trend yet? They brought us hygge, lagom and fika, but now a new Scandinavian trend is coming, and it couldnt be more 2018. Hailing from Sweden, “plogging” is a fitness craze that sees participants pick up plastic litter while joggingaddin
22、g a virtuous, environmentally driven element to the sport. Plogging appears to have started around 2016, but is now going global, due to increasing awareness and fear over plastic levels in the ocean. The appeal of plogging is its simplicity, and the feeling of getting fit while supporting a good ca
23、use. By adding regular squats and carrying weight to jogging, we can assume the health benefits are increased. Running and good causes have always gone hand in handjust think of all the fundraising marathon runners do. But there couldnt be a more on-trend way of keeping fit than plogging. “Anything
24、thats getting people out in nature and connecting positively with their environment is a good thing, ” says Lizzie Carr, an environmentalist who helped set up Plastic Patrol, a nationwide campaign to rid our inland waterways of plastic pollution. “Theres been a real shift in the public mindset aroun
25、d plastics, helped by things like Blue Planet highlighting how catastrophic the crisis is, ” she says. “We need to keep momentum high and the pressure up, and empower people through initiatives like plogging and Plastic Patrol. ”The Plastic Patrol app allows users to map plastic anywhere in the worl
26、d by collecting discarded items, photographing them and uploading to the app, giving us a better knowledge of what sorts of plastic and which brands are being thrown out. “Id urge all ploggers to get involved, ” adds Carr. As we can see, plogging has become a new fashion in 2018. However, plogging i
27、snt the first fitness trend to combine running with a good cause. 【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文, 主要介绍了一种从斯堪的纳维亚半岛的瑞典兴起的一项新型的环保活动“plogging”的具体内容, 这项活动呼吁人们跑步捡垃圾, 这是一种健身方式也是一种环保的好做法。8. What does the underlined word “discarded” mean?A. Useless. B. Abandoned. C. Exposed. D. Distinct. 【解析】选B。词义猜测题。根据本句“The Plastic Patro
28、l app allows users to map plastic anywhere in the world by collecting discarded items, photographing them and uploading to the app”可知用户可以把人们扔掉的物品收集起来、拍照片并上传到这个APP上。句中的“discarded”意为“抛弃的, 丢弃的”, 故B项正确。9. Carr helped set up Plastic Patrol, a nationwide campaign, in order to _. A. raise public awareness
29、of pollutionB. shift the public mindset around plasticsC. connect positively with their environmentD. make our inland waterways free of plastic pollution【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第六段“. . . Lizzie Carr, an environmentalist who helped set up Plastic Patrol, a nationwide campaign to rid our inland waterways of pl
30、astic pollution. ”可知Lizzie Carr发起这项活动主要是为了清理内陆河流里的塑料垃圾。故D项正确。10. What is the passage mainly about?A. Plogging is the best way to keep fit. B. 2018 sees an environmentally friendly way of fitness. C. Running with good causes can make a great difference. D. The Plastic Patrol app is an effective way t
31、o help you run. 【解析】选B。主旨大意题。本文是一篇说明文, 主要介绍了一种从斯堪的纳维亚半岛的瑞典兴起的一项新型的环保活动“plogging”的具体内容, 这项活动呼吁人们跑步捡垃圾, 这是一种健身方式也是一种环保的好做法。故B项正确。11. What will the author continue to write?A. Other new fashions in 2018. B. The first healthy trends in sports. C. Other fitness ways of running with a good cause. D. The f
32、irst healthy running trend with a good cause. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。根据文章最后一句“However, plogging isnt the first fitness trend to combine running with a good cause. ”可知“plogging”并不是第一个把健康和环保结合在一起的活动。文章接下来最可能继续介绍第一个把健康和环保相结合的好做法。故D项正确。【知识拓展】长难句分析The Plastic Patrol app allows users to map plastic anywhere in the
33、world by collecting discarded items, photographing them and uploading to the app, giving us a better knowledge of what sorts of plastic and which brands are being thrown out. 分析: 本句是一个复合句。本句的主干是: The Plastic Patrol app allows users to map plastic anywhere in the world;by collecting discarded items,
34、photographing them and uploading to the app, 为介词短语作方式状语;giving us a better knowledge of为伴随状语;what sorts of plastic and which brands are being thrown out分别为what和which引导的宾语从句。翻译: 应用程序“塑料侦查”能让全球的用户把收集的废弃塑料标注在地图上。用户可以拍照上传, 让我们更清楚地了解到哪种塑料以及哪个品牌正在被扔掉。 DThe Notre Dame fire has been put out, but its spire a
35、nd a large portion of its wooden roof have been damaged. The terrible destruction causes a sudden sharp pain to people around the world. On Chinese social media network WeChat a common comment on the disaster is: “What a pity that we cannot see the damaged parts of the wonder anymore. ”But the good
36、news is that there is at least one way of seeing them, namely via a video game called Assassins Creed: Unity. In this game, the player can travel to one city after another and enter the buildings exactly like what they are in reality, and see Notre Dame as it was before the fire. Further, with virtu
37、al reality technology, which is already quite mature, one can even look around the undamaged Notre Dame as if it is still there. Maybe digital technology could help to better protect architectural cultural heritage. The idea of digitizing ancient buildings, making digital models of them so their dat
38、a can be saved, dates back to the 1990s and the necessary technology has continued to advance since then. By scanning the ancient buildings with lasers, building 3D models with multiple images, as well as measuring everything precisely, engineers can make a copy as accurate as the real one. As compu
39、ters and smartphones are hugely popular, the digital replica(复制品)has great use value. First, it allows tourists to feel the cultural relics without touching them, which helps protect them. The virtual tour of Dunhuang Grottoes in Gansu Province is a good example of this as tourists can view the pain
40、tings without standing near them. Furthermore, it can make the digitized cultural relics more famous by spreading awareness about them via the Internet. In 2000, a virtual tour of the Great Wall became very popular at the Hannover World Expo, which increased the number of foreign tourists visiting t
41、he site in the following years. Above all, it preserves all the information of the cultural relics. Even if the original ones are damaged one day, people can still know what they were like and can build a replica if desired. Of course, however precise a model is, it is not the original. Time is the
42、biggest threat to a countrys architectural heritage, which will always become ruins with the passing of time. Maybe we will have better technologies in the future, but the digital technology offers a practical way to preserve architectural cultural heritage at the moment. 【文章大意】本文介绍了现代技术的发展衍生了保护建筑文化
43、遗迹的一种的新的手段数字副本, 并讨论了这种技术的优点, 及作者对其的态度。12. What can we see about Notre Dame in the game?A. The damaged parts. B. Its wooden shape. C. Its original look. D. The big fire. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第二段的In this game, the player can travel to one city after another and enter the buildings exactly like what they are
44、 in reality, and see Notre Dame as it was before the fire. 在这个游戏中, 玩家可以从一个城市到另一个城市, 进入与现实中的建筑一模一样的建筑中, 看到火灾前的圣母院。由此可知, 在游戏中我们可以看到巴黎圣母院原来的样子, 故选C。13. What will engineers do to create a digital replica of the ancient buildings?A. Improve the technology needed. B. Scan the photos of the buildingsC. Bui
45、ld 3D models of full size. D. Measure all the parts exactly. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第三段的By scanning the ancient buildings with lasers, building 3D models with multiple images, as well as measuring everything precisely, engineers can make a copy as accurate as the real one. 通过扫描激光的古代建筑, 与多个图像建立三维模型, 以及测量精确,
46、工程师可以复制得和真实的一样准确。由此可知, 工程师会准确测量所有古代建筑的零部件来创造该古代建筑的数字副本, 故选D。14. How does the author prove the digital copy has vital practical importance?A. By comparison. B. By giving examples. C. By classificationD. By listing data. 【解析】选B。写作方法题。根据第四段的The virtual tour of Dunhuang Grottoes in Gansu Province is a g
47、ood example of this as tourists can view the paintings without standing near them. . . . In 2000, a virtual tour of the Great Wall became very popular at the Hannover World Expo, 由此可知, 在论证数字副本作用的每一个分论点之后, 举出了敦煌莫高窟和长城两个例子, 故可知作者通过举例子证明数字副本的重要意义, 故选B。15. What is the authors attitude towards the applic
48、ation of digital technology?A. Doubtful. B. Delighted. C. Supportive. D. Conservative. 【解析】选C。观点态度题。根据最后一段, 作者认为时间是一个国家的建筑遗产的最大威胁, 随着时间的流逝可能会成为废墟, 但数字技术可能会提供了一个可行的方法来保护文化遗产。由此可知, 作者对数字技术的应用程序持支持的态度。Doubtful疑惑的;Delighted高兴的;Supportive支持的;Conservative保守的。故选C。. 阅读填句世纪金榜导学号阅读下面短文, 从短文后的选择中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
49、。选项中有两项为多余选项。(2020年山东新高考模拟)The Hotel Wake-up Call Gets PersonalHeres a wake-up call: The hotel front desk will do one better than ringing your phone in the morning. Theyll send an actual human being to your room. Dont worry. They wont come in and kiss you good morning. 1Never mind that most traveler
50、s nowadays have smart phones with built-in alarm clocks. 2Here are some examples. At the Wolcott Hotel, if a wake-up call is unanswered, they will send an employee to your door. At Las Ventanas al Paraiso, an employee shows up at your room to wake you up with tea, coffee and breakfast bread. At the
51、Mandarin Oriental, a person rather than an automated system will call to wake you up. 3Hotels have always taken the wake-up call seriously. 4If you dont get your call within five minutes of the requested time, you wont have to pay for your room. Travelers, too, still want to have an option of a wake
52、-up call. A study of 285 guests at Crown Plaza found that 53% considered a wake-up call very important. 5In the late 1980s, hotels turned to automated systems. Then all youd get was a ring and silence. In the ever-competitive race for loyal customers, however, many hotels are now getting creative wi
53、th the wake-up call. Some hotels even have recordings of celebrity voices. And more hotels will go back to the old in-person system of wake-up calls. A. But they might bring you coffee. B. If you dont answer, youll get a wake-up knock. C. Crown Plaza, for instance, has a wake-up call guarantee. D. B
54、ut the wake-up call became less personal over the years. E. The hotel gets 15 to 30 requests for wake-up calls each day. F. The human wake-up call is a way to personalize a guests stay. G. Some guests sleep through the call, while others turn their phone ringers off. 【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文, 主要介绍了人性化的酒店叫醒电话。
55、1. 【解析】选A。前文“Theyll send an actual human being to your room. Dont worry. They wont come in and kiss you good morning. ”(他们会派一个人去你的房间。别担心。他们不会进来吻你来祝你早安)和A项(但他们可能会给你带来咖啡)切题。故选A。2. 【解析】选F。前文Never mind that most travelers nowadays have smart phones with built-in alarm clocks. (大多数旅行的人都有手机闹铃, 那也没关系), 后文举
56、例说明各个酒店的个性人工叫醒服务, 故而该空应是过渡句, F项The human wake-up call is a way to personalize a guests stay. (人工叫醒是一种个性化客人入住的方式)符合题意。故选F。3. 【解析】选B。前文以文华东方酒店为例, 提到酒店不使用自动化的电话叫醒, 而是人工, 后句应选B项If you dont answer, youll get a wake-up knock. (如果你不接电话, 那么就有人来敲门)与之衔接, 进一步印证酒店人工叫醒的人性化。4. 【解析】选C。前文Hotels have always taken the wake-up call seriously. (酒店对叫醒这件事是非常认真的)是本段主题句, 而后文介绍了皇冠假日酒店有措施确保叫醒服务得以实施。故选C项Crown Plaza, for instance, has a wake-up call guarantee. (例如, 皇冠假日酒店就有叫醒服务保证)。5. 【解析】选D。后文提到在20世纪80年代末, 酒店转向自动化系统。故D项But the wake-up call became less personal over the years. (但随着时间的推移, 叫醒电话变得不那么私人了)切题。