1、第五周练(一)阅读理解提速练(限时35分钟)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)A(2017泉州市质检)With the click of a mouse consumers can purchase the goods and service they need at online shops.What they have to do is waiting for the goods sent to their homes.We shall all be grateful to the pioneers of online shopping for bringing us such
2、convenience.Michael Aldrich (the UK.)Online shopping was invented and pioneered by Michael Aldrich in the UK.In 1979 he connected a television via a telephone line to a realtime multiuser transaction (交易) processing computer.He sold mainly BusinesstoBusiness systems.There were a number of significan
3、t world firsts with new applications in several business fields.Jeff Bezos (the US.A.)Jeff Bezos defined online shopping and rewrote the rules of commerce.Tim BernersLee invented the World Wide Web server and browser (浏览器) in 1990.In 1994, Jeff Bezos read an article about how the World Wide Web was
4、growing by 2,300% a year.He knew he had to tap into such a great potential for commerce.On July 6, 1995, Bezos launched A, which operated out of the garage of his twobedroom home in suburban Seattle, Washington.With almost no publicity, sales took off immediately.The company has now expanded into do
5、zens of product categories, forcing the worlds biggest retailer (零售商) to rethink their business models, and finally changing the way people shop.Jack Ma (China)As a child, Jack Ma was bad at math but fascinated by English.He traveled to the United States in 1995 as a translator to help a Chinese fir
6、m recover payment.The attempt failed.But a friend in Seattle showed Ma the Internet, and an idea began brewing.In 1999, Mr.Ma gathered 17 friends and founded Alibaba in his apartment in Hangzhou.Alibabas model was simple: allow small and mediumsized Chinese companies to find global buyers they would
7、 otherwise only be able to meet at trade shows.It works brilliantly.Alibabas sales are now more than those of eBay and Amazon combined.语篇解读：本文主要介绍了对网上购物有深远影响的三位人物以及他们对电子商务的促进作用。21What made A a success?ABusinesstoBusiness systems.BThe World Wide Web server and browser.CCommercial publicity.DHelp from
8、 retailers.解析：选B细节理解题。根据文章第二个小标题下的“Tim BernersLee invented the World Wide Web server and browser (浏览器)”及“With almost no publicity, sales took off immediately.”可知，亚马逊公司依托互联网发展迅猛。故选B项。22How did Jack Ma have the idea of founding Alibaba?AA translator helped him.BA Chinese firm inspired him.CHe was intr
9、oduced to the Internet.DHe was funded by some companies.解析：选C细节理解题。根据文章第三个小标题下的第一段最后一句“But a friend in Seattle showed Ma the Internet, and an idea began brewing.”可知，当朋友把互联网介绍给马云时，他开始有了想法。故选C项。23What do the pioneers have in common?AThey have improved computers.BThey have sold goods worldwide.CThey ha
10、ve enlarged product categories.DThey have contributed to online shopping.解析：选D推理判断题。根据文章介绍的人物可知，他们都在互联网背景下从事商业贸易活动，因此他们都对网上购物起到了推动作用。故选D项。B(2017安庆市二模)As a child, I was generally happy, singing and dancing to my favorite songs, smiling and laughing with my friends and family.But as far back as second
11、 grade, I noticed a “darkness” about me.I didnt enjoy participating in many things.In middle school, things in my life began to get even worse.I began withdrawing from everything I once enjoyed.I was always tired.Everything was horrible.Finally, midway through eighth grade, I was told I had a chemic
12、al imbalance, diagnosed (诊断) with clinical depression, and had to take medicine.It took months for me to feel the effects of the medicine.When I began to feel happy again is when I realized that I had to take the responsibility for getting better myself, rather than relying on medicine.Aristotle sai
13、d, “To live happily is an inward power of the soul，” and I believe that this quote describes what I had to do to achieve happiness.Happiness is a journey.Everyone seems to need different things to be happy.“The essentials (要素) to happiness are something to love, something to do, and something to hop
14、e for，” a quote from William Blake sums up what I believe people need to realize to be truly happy in life.People need love.I feel they need their family and their friends more than anything else in the world.People need work to do, something to make them feel they are making a difference in the wor
15、ld.People need to know that more good is to come in the future, so they continue to live for “now” instead of constantly worrying about the bad that could come.Love and hope are happiness.24What do we know about the author in Paragraph 2?AHe hated going to sleep because he couldnt sleep well.BHe spe
16、nt months recovering from the clinical depression.CHe was diagnosed with clinical depression in Grade Seven.DHe suffered a great deal from clinical depression.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第二段中的“I began withdrawing from everything .had to take medicine.”可知，在中学时，作者受到临床抑郁症的折磨。故选D项。25Who helped the author to be happy a
17、gain?AThe authors friends.BAristotle.CThe author himself. DWilliam.解析：选C细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一句可知，作者并不是依赖药物而是靠自己克服病症，重新快乐起来。故选C项。26Which of the following about being truly happy is unnecessary in the authors opinion?ALove. BAmbition.CHope. DWork.解析：选B细节理解题。根据文章最后一段第一句可知，作者认为幸福的要素包括爱、工作和希望。故选B项。27What may b
18、e the best title for the text?AThe Essentials to HappinessBWays to Overcome ShortcomingsCEveryone Needs to Be HappyDHappiness Is Love解析：选A标题归纳题。通读文章，作者根据自己克服抑郁症的经历，总结出幸福生活的要素，文章最后一段具体阐述了要素的内容，由此可知A项契合文章主旨。C(2017湖南省十三校联考)More People Are Leaving the Rat Race for the Simple LifeTime is more precious th
19、an money for an increasing number of people who are choosing to live more with less and liking it.Kay and Charles Giddens, two lawyers, sold their home to start a B & B hotel.Four years later, the couple dished out banana pancake breakfast, cleaned toilets and served homemade chocolate chip cookies
20、to guests in a B & B hotel surrounded by trees on a hill known for colorful sunsets.“Do I miss the freeways? Do I miss the traffic? Do I miss the stress? No，” says Ms.Giddens, “This is a phenomenon thats fairly widespread.A lot of people are reevaluating their lives and figuring out what they want t
21、o do.If their base is being damaged, whats the payoff？”Simple living ranges from cutting down on weeknight activities to sharing housing, living closer to work, avoiding shopping malls, borrowing books from the library instead of buying them, and taking a cut in pay to work at a more pleasurable job
22、.Vicki Robin, a writer, lives on a budget equal to a fifth of what she used to make.“You become conscious about where your money is going and how valuable it is，” Ms.Robin says, “You tend not to use things up.You cook at home rather than eat out .”Janet Luhrs, a lawyer, quit her job after giving bir
23、th and leaving her daughter with a nanny for two weeks.“It was not the way I wanted to raise my kids，” she says, “Simplicity is not just about saving money; its about me sitting down every night with my kids to a candlelit dinner with classical music.”Mrs.Luhrs now edits a magazine, Simple Living, w
24、hich publishes tips on how to buy recycled furniture and shoes, organize potluck dinners instead of expensive receptions, and generally how to consume less.“Its not about poverty，” Mrs.Luhrs explains, “Its about conscious living and creating the life you want.The less stuff you buy, the less money g
25、oes out of the door, and the less money you have to earn.”语篇解读：越来越多的人摆脱激烈竞争的环境回归简单的生活。他们重新审视生活的价值，希望过一种自己喜欢的生活。28Kay and Charles Giddens sold their home to_.Apay off the debt Bbuy living necessitiesCcut down expenses Dstart a private hotel解析：选D细节理解题。根据第二段第一句中的“sold their home to start a B & B hotel”
26、可知，他们把房子卖掉是为了经营自己的旅馆。故选D项。29Simple living includes_.Abuilding a home libraryBsharing housing with othersCenjoying a colorful night lifeDliving in the countryside解析：选B细节理解题。根据第四段中的“Simple living ranges from cutting down on weeknight activities to sharing housing .”可知，B项中所描述的内容包含在simple living的内容中，故选B
27、项。30It can be learned from the passage that now Janet Luhrs_.Aworks as a reporter of a magazineBhelps people buy recycled clothesCspends more time with her kidsDhas an interest in pop music解析：选C推理判断题。根据文章第六段中的“Simplicity is not just about saving money; its about me sitting down every night with my k
28、ids to a candlelit dinner with classical music.”可知，Janet Luhrs辞掉工作是为了把时间花在陪伴孩子们上。故选C项。31How does the author develop the passage?ABy giving examples. BBy asking questions.CBy using figures. DBy making comparisons.解析：选A写作手法题。纵观全文不难看出，文章是用了几个人物的例子来讲述简单生活的理念。故选A项。D(2017安徽省“江南十校”联考)The new twochild polic
29、y is making job hunting more difficult for women when about 40 percent of them said they were asked whether they planned to have a second child during job interviews, according to a report in Chongqing.China dropped its decadeslong onechild policy in October and allowed each family to have two child
30、ren.The country now has about 270 million married women of childbearing age.This change has put millions of career women in a dilemma between family and career.Employers also face big challenges as more female workers will have two childbearing leaves, seven to eight months altogether.A human resour
31、ces website conducted a survey among 500 employers and 5,000 job seekers about how the twochild policy affects the job market.Though twothirds of employers said the policy would make no difference to their recruitment (招聘), the survey showed that more than 70 percent of job seekers believe that bear
32、ing a second child will make women less popular in the job market.Forty percent of employers said they will give priority to married women with two children, according to the survey.Lin Xia, 29, quit her job after giving birth to her first child.She is now preparing to return to work.After several i
33、nquiries at a job fair, she found that the employers are concerned about her future birth plans.“I thought it would be easier to find a job after giving birth，” she was quoted as saying by the website.“I had to answer whether I will have a second child before I could get a chance for a job interview
34、.”Liang Siqi, 23, a college graduate, said although employers did not ask her the child question yet, she will not plan to have two children.“It (having two children) will definitely affect my career and personal life, so I will have only one，” she said.Zhou Jiansong, who is in charge of human resou
35、rces at a large private hightech group in Chongqing, said the company will discuss birth issues with interviewees in order to make better work plans.“We fully respect a womans right to bear a child or two，” he said.“But you dont want them to go on a childbearing leave soon after they join your compa
36、ny.” The experts expect more labor dispute cases concerning childbearing leave rights when bearing a second child in future.32As for the influence of the new policy on working women, which of the following is TRUE?AThey will find it more difficult to ask for a leave in a company.BMost of them will b
37、e forced to choose to have two children.CMany of them will stay at home instead of working outside.DThose who have two children may find it easier to get a job.解析：选D推理判断题。根据文章第五段最后一句“Forty percent of employers said they will give priority to married women with two children .”可知，已婚育有两个孩子的女性会更容易找到工作。故
38、选D项。33In the opinion of Zhou Jiansong, what will employers probably do when interviewing women interviewees?AThey will pay no attention to womens right to have a child or two.BThey will let women interviewees make a future plan.CThey may hope to know more about women interviewees childbearing plan.D
39、They may expect more labor dispute cases about interviewees secondchild plan.解析：选C推理判断题。根据文章最后一段第一句可知，公司为了更好地制订工作计划，可能会了解面试者的生育计划。故选C项。34What can we infer from the report in the passage?AAll the women surveyed in the passage are married.BThe women bearing a second child get the same chance as before
40、 to get a job.CAbout 70 percent of the women were asked whether they planned to have a second child.DBearing a second child affects the womens career to some degree.解析：选D推理判断题。根据文章第五段第一句及下文受访者的回答可知，二胎政策的放开让职场女性在一定程度上受到影响。故选D项。35What is the writers attitude toward the new twochild policy?APositive. B
41、Neutral.CIndifferent. DCritical.解析：选B作者态度题。本文作者只是陈述二胎政策的放开对职业女性的影响，并没有表达自己的观点。所以，作者是中立的态度。故选B项。第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)(2017山西省实验中学模拟)Personalized ExerciseAs the start of every year, many of us promise ourselves that a certain number of times a week we will go to the gym or attend an exercise class.But
42、 finally many of us just struggle to fit exercise into our lives, or start off well and then give up.Why do we have a good plan at the beginning and fail to achieve it in the end? How can we deal with the problem？_36_It is important to determine your motivation first.Are you mainly interested in des
43、tressing or in getting fitter? If your goal is relaxation, then ask yourself if you want to do it energetically._37_ If you have a calmer style, you can do something quite different.You could choose solitary exercise, such as walking the dog or doing some gardening._38_ There are quite a lot of them
44、, such as walking and running groups, dance classes, etc.On your own, you could go horse riding or swimming, or just download fitness exercise programs and do it at home._39_ If you have free time at the weekend, you could book some time with a personal trainer, who can come to your house, or you co
45、uld meet him at the gym.If your life is not as regular, you could choose the next couple of minutes you have to try an exercise DVD, or put your running shoes on and run for any length of time.As you see, everything counts when you are doing exercise.Whatever your lifestyle is, you will be able to h
46、ave something that suits you._40_ Just sit down with a cup of tea, read this article again, and have a think about your options.Then finish the tea, get up, get going, and dont stop.AGood exercise is necessary for physical health.BThe key could be to find the right type of exercise.CIf it is fitness
47、 you are after, group activities will be suitable.DYoud better create a personalized plan to get you into shape.EIn this case, a type of exercise based on boxing may be right for you.FIn other words, you can always find personalized exercise by yourself.GFor people who are extremely busy, it is easi
48、er to fit exercise into daily lives.语篇解读：本文为说明文。文章介绍了如何能够制订美好的锻炼计划而不中途放弃的建议。36选B本句为过渡句，根据上文“But finally many of us just struggle to fit exercise into our lives, or start off well and then give up.”及“How can we deal with the problem？”和下文的建议可知，如果要处理这些问题，关键是找到合适的锻炼形式。故选B项。37选E根据上文“If your goal is relax
49、ation, then ask yourself if you want to do it energetically.”可知，如果你的目标是放松，那么问问自己是否想做高强度运动，在这种情况下，拳击可能是适合你的。故选E项。38选C根据下文“There are quite a lot of them, such as walking and running groups, dance classes, etc.”中列举的运动形式可知，C项(如果你的目标是健身，团体活动很合适)符合语境。39选G根据下文“If you have free time at the weekend, you could book some time .”可知，如果你在周末有时间的话，可以约私人教练来家里，或约在体育馆里，这都是针对繁忙的人提出的关于锻炼的建议，故选G项。40选F根据上文“Whatever your lifestyle is, you will be able to have something that suits you.”可知，无论你的生活方式是什么样子的，你都能找到适合你的锻炼方式，即你会找到个性化的锻炼方式，故选F项。
