1、规范练(二十八) .阅读理解ASeattle， Washington， may be nicknamed “Rain City”， but its snow thats making it famous. On January 12， Seattle residents (居民) set the Guinness World Record for the largest snowball fight. More than 5，800 people showed up to throw snowballs at one another at the Seattle Center， a park，
2、 an arts and entertainment center that includes the citys famous Space Needle.It didnt snow in Seattle on that day， but there was snow in a small corner of the cityenough to make a lot of kids dreams come true. Trucks carried 34 loads of snow from Snoqualmie Pass to the Seattle Center. It took 162，0
3、00 pounds of the white stuff to build the winter wonderland.The goal？ To break the Guinness World Record for the largest snowball fight. The event， dubbed “Snow Day”， was also a fundraiser for the Boys & Girls Clubs of King County. Seattle businessman Neil Bergquist took three months to organize the
4、 playful battle. He wanted to raise money for kids by “remembering what it was like to feel like a kid”.Although Seattle residents arent used to snow， they succeeded in getting enough people to come out and play. About 6，000 tickets were sold online， and participants were given barcoded wristbands w
5、hen they arrived. The wristbands were scanned as eventgoers entered and left the location， so Guinness had a head count at all times. There were 130 judges for the official minuteandahalf snowball fight. Anyone not throwing snowballs was not counted in the total， Bergquist said.To raise money for th
6、e Boys & Girls Clubs of King County， companies paid for space to build their own snow forts. Some highlights included a snow slide and even a few snow toilets. A Guinness official confirmed the count of 5，834 people. Seattle beat the previous world record of about 5，400 at a snowball fight in 2010 i
7、n South Korea.语篇解读西雅图的雪球战创吉尼斯世界纪录，让我们看看怎么回事吧！1.Many kids in Seattle were happy probably because _.A.they could do what they longed toB.they found many trucks full of goodsC.they could go to the Seattle CenterD.they had a chance to help clear the snow解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“It didnt snow in Seattle on that
8、day，but there was snow in a small corner of the cityenough to make a lot of kids dreams come true”可知，孩子们很高兴是因为他们能够做他们渴望做的事情。答案：A2.Guinness counted the number of the people _.A.who entered the Seattle CenterB.who was the latest to leave SeattleC.who threw snowballs for 1.5 minutesD.who brought the wr
9、istbands with them解析：细节理解题。根据第四段中的“There were 130 judges for the official minuteandahalf snowball fight”和“Anyone not throwing snowballs was not counted in the total”可知，吉尼斯计算的是那些打雪球战一分半钟的人的数量。答案：C3.How many people didnt throw snowballs in the playful battle？A.About 166.B.About 600.C.About 5，400. D.Ab
10、out 6，000.解析：细节理解题。第四段中提到卖出约6 000张票，第五段中提到最终统计结果是5 834人，再根据第四段中的“Anyone not throwing snowballs was not counted in the total”可知，没有扔雪球的人约有166人。答案：A4.Which section of a magazine is this passage taken from？A.The rude fight. B.The local custom.C.The modern game. D.The latest news.解析：推理判断题。本文介绍了一项新的吉尼斯世界纪
11、录1月12日，在西雅图有5 834人一起打雪球战，这显然是一条最近的新闻，所以D项符合题意。答案：DBAchieving the balance between work and life is an essential question for working moms. Its not easy， but its worth trying.Finding the balance between work and life begins with learning to say no. Stop doing everything. Say no to every task that is n
12、ot essential. The way you define your priorities is by saying yes to some things and no to others.That means when your daughter is anxious at bedtime because of a scary movie she saw or because she went through a bout (一阵) of separation anxiety at day care， you take an extra 15 minutes to hug her an
13、d calm her down before leaving the room. But when its your busiest time at work and youre asked to accompany someone to a field trip， you will ask yourself if you can help at school later in the year.If your boss asks you to complete a great and urgent project， ask which other tasks hed like you to
14、delay in order to get it done on time. Dont pull multiple allnighters to finish the extra work on top of your regular job.And please， lower your standards so youre not killing yourself to do whatever else is important to other people but not to you. For example， to have a perfectly clean home， lavis
15、hly planned parties or to make cookies by yourself for soccer matches. Youll never find the balance between work and life unless you let some things go.You simply cannot be everything to everybody. Its up to you to draw the line when you see its hurting your children or your own peace of mind. A goo
16、d test is to ask whether the question youre wrestling with will matter in 20 years. Generally speaking， the time you spend with family or on careerbuilding projects will pass meaningfullybut the extra three emails you answer at 11 p.m. will fail.语篇解读本文介绍了职场妈妈如何才能获得工作与生活之间的平衡。5.Whats the main idea of
17、 the passage？A.How to achieve the balance between work and life for working moms.B.How to get happiness for working moms.C.Working moms responsibility.D.Working moms careers.解析：主旨大意题。根据第一段“Achieving the balance between work and life is an essential question for working moms.Its not easy，but its wort
18、h trying”可知，文章的主题是职场妈妈如何获得工作与生活之间的平衡。答案：A6.To find the balance between work and life， working moms should first _.A.consider others B.help othersC.learn to refuse D.work hard解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的“Finding the balance between work and life begins with learning to say no”可知，要想找到工作与生活的平衡点，首先要学会说不，即学会拒绝。答案：C7.
19、In the fourth paragraph the author tells working moms _.A.to face the life happilyB.to face the task bravelyC.not to be ashamed for not finishing the demanded taskD.not to be too tired to finish the demanded task解析：推理判断题。从第四段的例子可以看出，作者建议职场妈妈别因为要完成老板让你完成的一个重要而又紧急的项目而熬很多个通宵。答案：D8.According to the last
20、 paragraph， working moms should _.A.do nothing for othersB.do something meaningful and importantC.answer the emails at midnightD.help others as possible as they can解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“Generally speaking，the time you spend with family or on careerbuilding projects will pass meaningfully”可知职场妈妈应该做有意义且重要
21、的事情。答案：B.阅读填句Despite an improving job market， more millennials are moving back home with their parents and staying longer. _1_ Yahoo Finance spoke with some 20somethings and their parents to hear what they had to say.Weighed down by student debts_2_ The most recent class graduated with the most debt
22、s in historyan average of $35，051. And once you have your college diploma in hand， you only have six months before you have to start paying them back. While all the millennials we interviewed said they were able to find a job after graduating， every one of them felt financially unprepared to live on
23、 their own because of their education debts.Welcoming parents_3_ In an effort to help them tackle their debts， parents we spoke to said they werent asking their children to help with the household bills. _4_Under their parents roof， many recent grads can save thousands of dollars each month， which w
24、ould have gone to rent and food if they lived on their own. _5_So despite the lack of privacy and having to live by their parents rules again， the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for many young workers who choose to stay at home even if theyre not kids anymore.A.Some were， however， expected to
25、 pay their own cellphone bills.B.A third of 18 to 34yearolds are living with their familiesmore than during the Great Recession， according to a recent analysis from the Pew Research Center.C.Parents are welcoming their adult kids back home with open armsfor now.D.Adult kids are welcoming their paren
26、ts to live together with them.E.Its nearly impossible to live a comfortable lifestyle when youre drowning in student loan debt.F.Some parents are using this opportunity to teach their kids to budget and save.G.It is not easy for the adult kids to pay for their debts by themselves.语篇解读这是一篇说明文，文章介绍的是年
27、轻人在外学习打拼不容易，都想回到家里跟父母一起住，父母表示欢迎，跟父母住在一起利大于弊。1.解析：由首句中的关键信息moving back home with their parents and staying longer可知B项符合语境。答案：B2.解析：上文指出被学生贷款债务拖累，下文会介绍负债的情况。E项意为“当你陷入学生贷款债务时，过舒适生活几乎是不可能的”，符合上下文语境。答案：E3.解析：设空处为本段的主旨。空格后面句子是说“为了帮助孩子摆脱债务，我们调查过的父母说他们不要求孩子们支付家庭账单”，由此可知C项符合语境。误解分析：要排除D项的干扰。文章介绍的是年轻人都想回到家里跟父
28、母一起住，父母表示欢迎，而不是年轻人欢迎父母和他们一起住。答案：C4.解析：结合设空处前面句子的关键词the household bills可知A项符合语境。答案：A5.解析：前面句子是说“跟父母住在一起，许多刚毕业的学生每月可以省下数千美元，如果他们自己住的话会花在房租和吃饭上”，F项意为“一些父母正利用这个机会教孩子预算和节约”，符合语境，故选F项。答案：F.语法填空Bian Pengfei， a driver for the D2 bus in Nanjing， saved the life of a woman who tried to commit suicide on the Ch
29、angjiang Bridge on Sunday， October 25， 2015.Bian saw a woman of about 30 years old 1._(try) to crawl over the railings when he was driving the D2 bus on the bridge. Startled， he braked 2._(sharp) and rushed over to her.When Bian 3._(reach) the woman， she was just about to fall. Her right leg was alr
30、eady out 4._ the railing. Bian gripped(抓住) 5._ tightly and held her back to the bridge.However， as Bian was holding the woman， she kept him from 6._(rescue) her.“Leave me alone， just let me go to hell，” she cried 7._ shouted. A passenger on the bus also came and helped Bian.The woman 8._(bring) back
31、 to the bridge and then onto 9._ bus. As there was nobody else with her， a passenger called the police.As the bus continued to move， 10._(passenger) began dissuading(劝阻) the woman from committing suicide again. She was picked up by police later in the downtown area.语篇解读这是一篇记叙文，叙述了2015年10月25日，一名约30岁的
32、女子跑到南京长江大桥上欲跳河轻生，就在女子一条腿已越过了大桥的栏杆，准备跳下去的千钧一发之际，正好扬子公交大厂公司D2线公交车经过此处，公交车驾驶员卞鹏飞看到这一幕后，立即停下车，开门、冲下车、拽人，拉至桥面，把这名轻生女子从死亡线上拉了回来。1.解析：考查非谓语动词。句子中所用的结构为：see sb.doing sth.看到某人正在做某事，其中的doing sth.作sb.的宾语补足语。误解分析：不要误填try，感官动词see常用的结构：see sb. doing sth.是指“看见某人正在做某事”，不是全过程，表正在进行。see sb.do sth.是指“看见某人做了某事”是看着事情发生的
33、全过程。故用trying。答案：trying2.解析：考查词性转换。此处应用副词作状语修饰动词brake，所以用sharply。答案：sharply3.解析：考查动词时态。根据空格后主句用了一般过去时态可知此处也要用一般过去时态。答案：reached4.解析：考查介词。根据前面句子的意思“当卞鹏飞抓住这个女子的时候，她正要掉下去”可知当时的险情应该是“她的右腿已经越过了栏杆”，因此用of。答案：of5.解析：考查代词。根据后面的“把她拉回到桥上”可知此处应该是“卞紧紧抓住她”，故用her。答案：her6.解析：考查动名词。因为空白处前面为介词from，故用动名词形式作介词的宾语。答案：rescuing7.解析：考查连词。空白处前后都是动词的一般过去时态，故用and连接两个并列谓语动词。答案：and8.解析：考查动词的时态和语态。the woman与动词bring之间是被动关系，并且文章叙述救人的过程，所以用一般过去时态的被动语态。答案：was brought9.解析：考查冠词。此处表特指，即卞鹏飞开的公交车。答案：the10.解析：考查名词复数。根据句意“乘客们开始劝这位女子不要再次轻生了”，故用passengers。答案：passengers
