1、温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。题型综合练(六)(限时65分钟). 阅读理解AElephant, horse and cow wastes could be sustainable sources for a key element needed to manufacture paper. It is good news for some nations where trees are scarce while animal wastes come in especially handy. The id
2、ea for the unusual use of elephant, horse and cow wastes first came to mind when researcher Dr Alexander Bismarck noticed something strange about goat wastes while vacationing in Greece. He observed some goats eating summer-dry grass and came to an interesting conclusion about what they digest. Dr B
3、ismarck said, “I realized what comes out in the end is partially digested plant matter so there must be cellulose(纤维素) there”. Animals eat dry grass containing cellulose, chew it and digest it in their stomach and then produce wastes. Up to 40 percent of that wastes are cellulose, which is easily ac
4、cessible. Therefore, making paper from the partially digested material would take much less energy than using raw wood. Additionally, it would require fewer chemical treatments. This supply of raw material is plenty: parks in Africa that are home to hundreds of elephants produce tons of wastes every
5、 day, and enormous cattle farms in the US and Europe yield mountains of wastes. In order to make paper, the material must be processed with special method. But it requires little because there is no need to break it down into small parts for use in paper, in contrast to conventional methods which ne
6、ed a lot of energy to break down wood. Using wastes, we can reduce the number of steps needed in papermaking, simply because the animal already chewed the plant and attacked it with acid in their stomachs. You inexpensively produce a paper staff that has the same or even better properties than that
7、from wood, with lower energy and chemical consumption. 【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文, 研究者发现, 大象、马、牛等的排泄物里含有大量纤维素, 可以用来造纸, 比用木头造纸更经济, 而且原料充足。1. Why can animal wastes be used to make paper? A. They will never run out. B. They are easy to access. C. They are partly digested. D. They contain much cellulose. 【解析】选D。细节理
8、解题。根据第一段第一句以及第三段可知, 纤维素是造纸必需的元素, 而动物粪便里含有40% 的纤维素, 由此判断, D选项符合题意。2. What is the advantage of making paper from animal wastes? A. It is more profitable. B. It is energy-saving. C. It needs less material. D. It fits all parts of the world. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第三段中“Therefore, making paper from the partially
9、 digested material would take much less energy than using raw wood. ”可知, 用动物的排泄物造纸可以比用木头造纸节省能源。故选B。3. What is the probable explanation of the underlined word “attack”? A. Treat. B. Mix. C. Clean. D. Protect. 【解析】选A。词义猜测题。根据最后一段第一句可知, 用动物排泄物造纸省却了用木头造纸必需的一些过程; 再根据上段第二句可知, 省却的这个过程就是将原料粉碎的过程, 也就是动物胃里的食物
10、是经过咀嚼和用胃酸浸泡和腐蚀过的。由此推知画线部分的意义接近“处理”, 故选A。【知识拓展】长难句分析But it requires little because there is no need to break it down into small parts for use in paper, in contrast to conventional methods which need a lot of energy to break down wood. 分析: because至句子结尾为原因状语从句; 其中in contrast to至结尾为介词短语作状语; which引导定语从句,
11、 修饰conventional methods。译文: 但它(用动物粪便造纸)的要求很少, 因为不再需要把动物粪便分解成小的部分用于造纸, 而传统的方法则需要大量的能量来分解木材。BThe 47, 000 Inuit who live in Canadas Arctic speak five dialects of Inuktut and use nine writing systems. The dialects are similar enough that an Inuk from one group can puzzle out what a speaker from another
12、is saying. The writing systems, invented by Christian missionaries(传教士) starting in the 18th century, are bigger barriers to comprehension. Three use syllabics-characters to represent syllables(音节)rather than the Roman alphabet. Both systems can be added with diacritical marks(变音符) that change pronu
13、nciation and meaning. Communication is difficult and translating textbooks and government documents expensive. Partly because of these difficulties, Inuktut, a group of languages spoken by 39, 000 Inuit, is giving ground to English. In Nunavut, the northernmost Canadian territory, where most Inuit l
14、ive, not all schools offer classes in Inuktut even though the territory has mandated bilingual education by 2020. Most phones and keyboards need extra software to handle syllabics, so young Inuit text and email mainly in English, says Crystal Martin-Lapenskie of the National Inuit Youth Council. On
15、September 26th Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national Inuit organization, decided to relieve these difficulties by adopting a unified writing system. Inuktut Qaliujaaqpait, the new writing system, will use combinations of roman letters to represent the sounds in all five dialects. It is a writing sys
16、tem created by Inuit for Inuit, says Natan Obed, the groups president. Getting to this point was not easy, for the Inuit aim for consistence. A committee took eight years to achieve it. Elders who grew up with syllabics worry that the shift to roman letters would erase part of their culture. Linguis
17、ts had to come up with ways to distinguish between sounds, like different ways of pronouncing “r”, without using diacritics, which add an extra step in typing. Every sound had to be represented. There could be “no dialect left behind”, says Michael Cook, a linguist who worked on the project. The Nun
18、atsiaq News, a newspaper that circulates in the eastern Arctic, will continue to use syllabics in its Inuktut text, says its editor, Jim Bell. The governments of Nunavut and of Canada, the newspapers biggest advertisers, still want advertisements set in syllabics and in the roman orthography(拼写法) no
19、w used for Inuinnaqtun, an official language in the territory. Mr Bell “can foresee a long transition period”. In the north, change can come at a glacial pace. 【文章大意】因纽特人是美洲原住民之一, 他们分布于北极圈周围, 包括格陵兰、阿拉斯加以及加拿大的努纳武特地区等。加拿大的北极地区生活有4万7千多名因纽特人, 他们说因纽特语, 但是有5种方言, 9种书写系统, 这造成了沟通的困难。为了解决这一问题, 因纽特社区决定推行一套统一的书
20、写系统, 但新系统的实施仍然需要经历很长一段时间。4. What contributes to the difficulty in communication for Inuit? A. Long distance. B. Various accents. C. Different writing systems. D. Severe geographic situation. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第一段前两句话 “The 47, 000 Inuit who live in Canadas Arctic speak five dialects of Inuktut and use n
21、ine writing systems. The dialects are similar enough that an Inuk from one group can puzzle out what a speaker from another is saying. 居住在加拿大北极地区的47 000名因纽特人讲5种因纽特语方言, 并使用9种书写系统, 这些方言足够相似, 以至于一名来自某个族群的因纽特人苦苦思索才能琢磨出另一名来自其他族群的人在说什么”。可知是因纽特语中多种方言和不同的书写系统导致因纽特人的沟通困难, 故答案为C项。5. How does Paragraph 4 devel
22、op? A. By listing figures. B. By giving examples. C. By making comparison. D. By drawing conclusions. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。第四段介绍了新的书写体系在实施过程中遇到的困难, 其中列举了从小习惯使用音节符号的老年人和语言学家们的例子, 前者担心转向罗马字母会使他们一部分文化消失, 后者不得不设计出各种区分声音的方法, 故答案为B项。6. What can we know from the passage? A. Young people prefer English to Inuit whe
23、n texting messages. B. The new writing system is created by Christian missionaries. C. In the north the shift to the new writing system can be very smooth. D. The new writing system is well accepted and promoted by The Nunatsiaq News. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第二段“Most phones and keyboards need extra software
24、to handle syllabics, so young Inuit text and email mainly in English大多数手机和键盘都需要额外的软件来处理因纽特语音节, 因此因纽特年轻人主要使用英语来发短信和邮件”可知A项正确; 第三段 “It is a writing system created by Inuit for Inuit这是一套由因纽特人为因纽特人创造的书写系统”可知B项不正确; 根据最后一段 “The Nunatsiaq News, a newspaper that circulates in the eastern Arctic, will contin
25、ue to use syllabics in its Inuktut text. . . In the north, change can come at a glacial pace努纳特西亚新闻是一份在北极东部地区发行的报纸, 报纸将继续在因纽特语版本中使用音节符号在北方, 变化可以以极其缓慢的速度进行”可知C、D项不正确。CRic is a retired CPA, who previously worked in the nonprofit industry. He was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2013. He decided right
26、then and there on the course of treatment. He says, “I didnt want a second opinion, because I didnt want to waste any time! ” Soon after, he began a course of chemotherapy, followed by surgery. For many cancer survivors, the effects of a cancer diagnosis dont entirely disappear after treatment ends.
27、 This was the case with Ric. After surgery, he joined a support group “out of desperation”, hoping that a fellow survivor could give him advice. However, no one else in the support group had had the same procedure, or knew what to do to help. A hospital social worker referred Ric to a Healthcares su
28、pport group for people with the same situation as him and he felt comfortable even at the first group meeting. He was also encouraged to get a second opinion and get in touch with a different doctor. And another surgery ended up fixing his problem. Based on his experience, Ric now urges other patien
29、ts to seek a second opinion, and to speak up if they disagree with their health care team. “Doctors are not gods. Theyre people. They make mistakes. Listen to your doctor, but dont be afraid to challenge them. ”He also strongly believes in the importance of peer support. He tells other patients: “Yo
30、ure not alone. There are people out there whove been through this before. No matter what youre facing, theres someone whos been through it already, and you need to seek those people out. Sometimes family understand but sometimes they dont. The best support is someone who has gone through it. ”Thats
31、why four years later, Ric still attends a weekly support group. He sees it as a way to help others, in the same way that others once helped him. 【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文, 讲述了一个癌症患者术后重新选择支持组, 甚至重新选择医生的经历。7. What is Rics attitude towards the treatment of his cancer? A. Active. B. Satisfied. C. Hopeless. D. Nega
32、tive. 【解析】选A。观点态度题。根据前两段内容可知, Ric 在被诊断为癌症后, 立刻进行治疗, 术后又主动参加支持组寻求帮助, 这些都说明他对自己的癌症治疗是积极的。故选A。8. What is one of Rics suggestions to people like him? A. Believe in your doctor. B. Speak in a loud voice. C. Dont be afraid of mistakes. D. Seek a second opinion if needed. 【解析】选D。 细节理解题。文章第四段和第五段都提到了Ric的建议,
33、 根据第四段中“Ric now urges other patients to seek a second opinion”可知, Ric建议病人征求别的医生的意见是他的建议之一。故选D。9. Who can give a patient the most suitable support? A. The family members. B. People of the same age. C. Those who experienced the same illness. D. Those who are expert at curing diseases. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。根据第
34、五段中“The best support is someone who has gone through it. ”可知, 能够给病人最大支持的是得过同样病的人。故选C。10. What is mainly talked about in this text? A. Different opinions of doctors. B. The experience of a cancer patient. C. Different support groups. D. Mental problems of cancer patients. 【解析】选B。主旨大意题。本文分享了一位癌症患者术后重新
35、选择支持组, 甚至重新选择医生的经历。故选B。【知识拓展】词汇串记non-构成的单词nonprofit adj. 非营利的; 不以营利为目的的non-existence n. 不存在non-essential adj. 非必需的, 不重要的non-electrical adj. 非电的non-standard adj. 不标准的, 不规范的non-smoking adj. 无烟的, 不允许吸烟的non-stop adj. 直达的; 中途不停的. 阅读填句How to teach your kids the value of moneyFor the many parents who want
36、to teach their kids economic (经济的) ideas and prepare them for their financial futures, where is the starting point? 1 Heres their advice: Make sure money isnt “invisible (看不见的)” to your kids. Chris Whitlow, CEO of Edukate, described money as “a contact sport (接触性运动). ” “Its like if you were to read
37、about football and then try to play football, ” Whitlow said. “2”Thats why its important for families to speak openly about finances to get their kids better prepared for their financial future. 3One way to teach kids about money is to simply let them have it, and cash is a great start. Gwen Tulin,
38、founder of Brain Arts Productions, suggested that parents take a few minutes to get cash from an ATM and pick one store to use that money in front of their kids. Dont be afraid of financial language. Tanya Van Court started Goalsetter, a saving and giving platform (平台) for kids. She wonders why many
39、 parents are frightened to even start a conversation about money with their kids. 4 To help other families do the same, Goalsetter offers an Urban Financial Dictionary that explains financial languages. 5Goalsetter offers three different ways for kids to set their financial goals: saving for the fut
40、ure, saving for things, and sharing with others. “We dont just want lessons about using your money for yourself. ” Van Court said, “but also giving back to other people in need. ”A. Dont give your kids too much money. B. Let your children have some money to work with. C. Reading about it is more imp
41、ortant than playing it. D. Reading about it and playing it are two different things. E. She made sure to introduce financial basics to her own children. F. Dont forget to explain that money can be a powerful tool to help others. G. We asked some experts to introduce the best ways to teach kids the v
42、alue of money. 【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文, 就父母怎样对孩子进行金钱价值观教育提出了几点建议。1. 【解析】选G。该句承上启下。下文中的关键词是“their”, 指“专家们的”, 对于第一段提到的问题, 我们去征求了专家的建议。故选G。2. 【解析】选D。前面说到Chris Whitlow把金钱描述为“接触性运动”, 然后以先阅读有关足球的文章然后去尝试踢足球来类比, 说明reading和playing两者是不同的, 都是必要的。故D项“阅读和玩是两回事”切题。3. 【解析】选B。根据下文“教孩子们理财的一个方法就是让他们拥有它, 而现金是一个很好的开始”。所以本段主要的建议
43、是“让你的孩子有钱去花”, 故选B。4. 【解析】选E。下文介绍了“为了帮助其他家庭也做同样的事”, 由此推断, 此处内容为她对自己孩子的做法: 她给自己的孩子介绍了一些基本的理财知识, 故E项切题。5. 【解析】选F。文章最后两句中Van Court说到“我们不想只有关于怎样为自己花钱的经验, 我们还想回馈那些需要帮助的人”与此处相呼应: 要给孩子解释钱可以成为帮助他人的强大工具。故F项切题。. 完形填空Body confidence means having a light of contentment that no one can turn off and being okay wit
44、h who you are completely. I have thatand I know that Im perfectly me. I was born with a(n)1forearm and three fingers on my right2. Once when I was younger, I got my 3done at the salon, but people there reacted4to me, so I never went back. Recently, my mom painted my nails for me, and I 5a picture of
45、 my manicure(美甲) on Facebook. I didnt think it would get that much positive attention, but it 6, and Im really happy about it. Doing new things7 my confidence. I want to be a 8, and I started a YouTube channel to 9 my comfort zone. When I was growing up, it would have been10 to see somebody like me
46、on TV, to let me know that its okay that I am the way that I am. Now I11good comments from other people12how I sing and just get positive feeling. Recently, I went to a group event13by Lucky Fin, which is devoted to body differences, and it felt 14to meet other people like me. I was so inspired by e
47、veryone, 15 Rebekah Marine. Shes a model and speaker, and she was born without a forearm. She16me that when she was young, it was17for her and it took her a while to accept18. It made me cry because I could19. Shes really inspirational, and thats 20 I want to be too. 【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。作者天生前臂短, 右手只有三根手指,
48、 把修指甲的照片发到Facebook上后, 得到许多正面的关注, 自己感到很高兴。作者也勇于尝试新事物, 参加了Lucky Fin组织的团体活动, 认识了Rebekah Marine, 了解了她的经历, 作者也想拥有她那样能够鼓舞人心的品质。1. A. normalB. artificialC. shortenedD. strong【解析】选C。 normal正常的; artificial人造的; shortened缩短的; strong强壮的。结合后文可知, 作者先天有残疾, 小臂生来就短。故选C。2. A. hand B. foot C. bodyD. ankle【解析】选A。根据上文th
49、ree fingers以及后文作者做指甲可知, 作者右手有三根手指。故选A。3. A. nails B. hairs C. eyebrowsD. fingers【解析】选A。根据后文done at the salon及painted my nails可知, 讨论的话题为“美甲”, 在美甲沙龙做过美甲, 此处为词汇复现。故选A。4. A. kindlyB. negatively C. angrilyD. politely【解析】选B。kindly亲切地; negatively消极地; angrily愤怒地; politely礼貌地。根据后文so I never went back可知, 美甲沙龙
50、里的人对作者的反应并不好, 所以作者没有再回去。故选B。5. A. drew B. removed C. downloaded D. posted【解析】选D。根据后文a picture of my manicure on Facebook可知, 是在Facebook上发了一张我修指甲的照片。故选D。6. A. existedB. faded C. did D. disappeared【解析】选C。作者没想到自己的照片会得到那么多关注, 但是这张照片确实得到关注了。此处强调上文动词get, 肯定应用did。故选C。7. A. buildsB. damages C. affects D. lim
51、its【解析】选A。根据后文my confidence可知, 尝试新事物可以建立作者的信心。故选A。8. A. photographer B. singer C. painterD. reporter【解析】选B。根据后文how I sing可知作者想要成为一名歌手。故选B。9. A. try outB. slide into C. get out of D. put up with【解析】选C。try out试验; slide into滑入; get out of摆脱, 逃避; put up with忍受。结合后文my comfort zone可知, 作者想要成为歌手, 因此在YouTube
52、开设频道, 是为了摆脱自己的舒适区。故选C。10. A. strange B. nice C. funnyD. tough【解析】选B。根据后文可知, 作者觉得如果能在电视上看到像自己这样的人, 就可以认识到自己这样也很好。故选B。11. A. ignoreB. reject C. deleteD. hear【解析】选D。根据后文good comments from other people可知作者听到了别人好的评价。故选D。12. A. inB. onC. atD. by【解析】选B。comment on“对评价”为固定搭配。故选B。13. A. celebratedB. designed
53、C. attendedD. organized【解析】选D。句意: 最近, 我参加了一个由Lucky Fin组织的团体活动。根据上文a group event可知是指由Lucky Fin组织的团体活动。故选D。14. A. greatB. upset C. embarrassed D. depressed【解析】选A。根据后文I was so inspired by everyone可知, 作者觉得能认识跟自己一样有身体残疾的人感觉很好。故选A。15. A. actually B. obviously C. possiblyD. especially【解析】选D。后文特别提到了Rebekah
54、Marine的经历, 可知Rebekah Marine特别让作者感到受鼓舞。此处使用especially可表示强调。故选D。16. A. warned B. told C. reminded D. promised【解析】选B。她告诉我, 小时候她过得不容易, 很难接受自己, 花了一段时间才做到。Rebekah Marine向作者讲述自己的经历。故选B。17. A. hard B. easy C. valuable D. unusual【解析】选A。Rebekah Marine生来就没有前臂, 根据常识推断, 小时候肯定过得很艰难。故选A。18. A. itselfB. themselves
55、C. herselfD. ourselves【解析】选C。结合上文it took her a while to accept可知Rebekah Marine生来就没有前臂, 因此她花了一段时间才能接受自己。故选C。19. A. remember B. stand C. relateD. dream【解析】选C。作者也和Rebekah Marine有一样的身体残疾问题, 因此能认同理解她的感受。relate “认同理解”, 故选C。20. A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something【解析】选D。Rebekah Marine很能鼓舞人心, 这
56、也是作者想要拥有的某种品质。故选D。. 语法填空Many of us believe that having children is the key 1. _ happiness and a perfect family life. 2. _(natural), this idealistic image is true for some, but researchers say that in reality, children make us happiest when they 3. _(grow) up and left home. Researchers in Germany loo
57、ked at data from a survey of 55, 000 over 50-year-olds 4. (live)in Europe. Most parents were happier with life after their children had left home 5. _(start) making their own way in life. Researchers say this could be so because raising children creates financial worry, stress, tiredness and anxiety
58、. The researcher Christoph Becker concluded that a big reason for parents being happiest when their children leave home is 6. _ the children provide more support to their parents. He said parents whose children no longer live with them suffer from 7. _(few) symptoms of depression and have a more pos
59、itive outlook on life. Mr Becker said, “Childrens roles as caregivers, providers of financial support or simply as 8. means of social contact might outweigh the negative 9. _(respect) of parenthood. ” He added that maintaining family relationships may put off 10. _(lonely) in aging parents. 【文章大意】文章
60、讲述了一项新的研究表明, 父母在育儿方面最大的幸福感可能来自孩子长大离家之后。1. 【解析】to。考查介词。the key to的关键, 故填to。2. 【解析】Naturally。考查副词。修饰整句话用副词“自然地”, 故填Naturally。3. 【解析】have grown。考查动词。when引导的时间状语从句缺少谓语动词, 根据前面的make可知, 此处表示现在的客观情况, 所以用和现在有关的时态。然后根据空后面的left可知, 此处用现在完成时, left前面省略了have。故填have grown。4. 【解析】living。考查非谓语动词。50-year-olds与live是主动
61、关系, 使用现在分词作后置定语, 故填living。5. 【解析】 to start。考查非谓语动词。to do作目的状语, 故填to start。6. 【解析】that。考查连词。引导表语从句, 从句中不缺成分, 但是不能省略, 故填that。7. 【解析】 fewer。考查比较级。根据more可知使用比较级, 更少的抑郁症状, 故填fewer。8. 【解析】 a。考查冠词。表示泛指, 一种社交手段, 故填a。9. 【解析】respects。考查名词。消极的方面, 不仅仅一处, 使用名词复数, 故填respects。10. 【解析】loneliness。考查名词。可能会推迟年迈父母的孤独感, 名词作宾语, 故填loneliness。【知识拓展】熟词生义Mr Becker said, “Childrens roles as caregivers, providers of financial support or simply as a means of social contact might outweigh the negative respects of parenthood. ”respect n. 熟义: 尊敬; 生义: 方面(文中含义)关闭Word文档返回原板块
