1、组合练(三)阅读理解阅读七选五.阅读理解A(2021济南模拟)If you want to learn why everything is usually cheaper, and what items are the best deals at your local or chain dollar or discount store, store employees have a lot of useful information. They tend to know what shoppers wanteven before shoppers know themselves.Everyon
2、e buys unnecessary things.Whether you shop at a chain dollar store such as Dollar Tree, Family Dollar or your local 99 cents store, not everything thats on sale is necessarily worth purchasing. Bryan Waring, a former Dollar Tree employee, says that youre not alone in buying more than necessary from
3、these stores. “It seems basic, but everyone falls for this trap，” he says. “You go into a store where everything is cheap, and you walk out with things you dont need.” He suggests going into a storeyes, even the dollar storewith a checklist of things you truly need.Everything is cheaper after the ho
4、liday season.Patricia, a seasonal worker at a Dollar Tree, says that the postNew Year season means even more deals on everything from decorations to sweets. “After New Year, all the gift wrap paper went to 50 cents, and all New Year items were half price，” she says. “Even candy bars are 89 cents ver
5、sus $1.”Products are less expensive because of their size.In order for dollar stores to keep their prices low, product sizes are usually smaller than normal, according to Cheapism. Dollar stores arent the only ones guilty of this trick. Cheapism also reports Walmart is guilty of doing the same thing
6、 to attract customers.语篇解读本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了在一些折价商店或一元商店购物的特点和商品便宜的原因。1What is Bryans advice against buying unnecessary things?AMaking a purchase alone.BWriting a tobuy list ahead.CShopping at your local store.DBuying basic things separately.解析：细节理解题。由第二段最后一句“He suggests going into a storeyes, even the
7、dollar storewith a checklist of things you truly need.”可知，正确答案为B项，即提前写出要买的物品的清单可以避免不必要的购物。答案：B2Which of the following is a better time for shopping according to Patricia?AIn the New Year sales.BAt a particular discount.CAfter the New Year season.DDuring some holiday seasons.解析：细节理解题。根据第二个标题以及“After
8、New Year, all the gift wrap paper went to 50 cents, and all New Year items were half price”“Even candy bars are 89 cents versus $1.”可知，新年后购物很便宜。故正确答案为C项。答案：C3How do stores make their products cheaper?ABy reducing product sizes.BBy lowering product costs.CBy adopting discount strategies.DBy attractin
9、g more customers.解析：细节理解题。根据题干中的cheaper定位到第三个标题，根据“In order for dollar stores to keep their prices low，product sizes are usually smaller than normal.”可知，很多商店通过缩小产品尺寸来降低价格。答案：AB(2021菏泽临考强化训练)Daphne Soares，a biologist, makes an amazing discovery about alligators (短吻鳄)The first time she got really clos
10、e to an alligator was when she was helping to hold down an eightfoot American alligator.It was then that she noticed its face was covered with little black spots.This led to the discovery of the little black dots. She started her study of the black dots. When she read the books and the scientific jo
11、urnals, she learned that people had noticed the dots, but no one really knew what the dots were for.To find out the secret, she placed electrodes (电极) on nerves coming from some of the dots. When the nerves fired, they sent a message to the brain and created a tiny electric current. Just then she he
12、ard a small sound over a loudspeaker. She tried to see if the dots acted like eyes and temperature sensors, but nothing worked.One day she was careless with dropping a tool into an alligators tank. When she put her hand in the tank to get the tool out, she made small waves in the water. When they re
13、ached the alligators face, she heard a noise over the speaker. She then realized that the dots must be sensitive to the changes in pressure when hit by waves of water.After that, she is now studying blind cavefish. She is trying to learn whether they are blind from birth or lose their sight as they
14、grow up. She is also doing more research on crocodilians. She wants to find out how the genes of alligators with pressure sensors only on their faces differ from the genes of crocodilians that have pressure sensors all over their body.语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了生物学家达芙妮索雷斯(Daphne Soares)偶然发现短吻鳄脸上小黑点的作用的故事，以及她
15、在其他方面的研究工作。4Why did Daphne Soares first get close to the alligator?ATo observe its black dots.BTo find the secret of its dots.CTo help others to hold it up.DTo prevent it from moving.解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知，达芙妮索雷斯第一次近距离接触短吻鳄是因为要帮忙按住它，故选D项。答案：D5What happened when Daphne Soares first put electrodes on the
16、 nerves of some black dots?AA little noise was sent out.BAn electric current created a message.CThe nerves were on fire suddenly.DThe nerves sensed temperature changes.解析：细节理解题。根据第二段倒数第二、三句可知，通电之后通过扬声器她听到了细小的声音，故选A项。答案：A6How did Daphne Soares first find the function of alligators black dots?ABy expe
17、riment.BBy reference.CBy accident. DBy comparison.解析：推理判断题。根据第三段描述的达芙妮索雷斯发现短吻鳄脸上斑点作用的过程可推知，她是通过一次小意外发现的(她不小心把一个工具掉进了短吻鳄所在的水池里，她伸手进去拿工具的时候引起了涟漪，涟漪碰到短吻鳄的脸，然后她听到扬声器发出了声音)，故选C。答案：C7What can be inferred from the last paragraph?ACavefish lose sight as they grow up.BDaphne Soares devotes her energy to rese
18、arch work.CAlligators genes are the same as crocodilians.DDaphne Soares discovered a new species of alligator. 解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知，达芙妮索雷斯除了研究短吻鳄，还在研究洞穴鱼，并对鳄目动物进行更多的研究工作，由此可知，达芙妮索雷斯把自己的精力投入到研究工作中。故选B项。答案：BC(2021开封检测)Like clockwork, nearly every fourth February includes one extra day. February 29th, o
19、therwise known as Leap Day, isnt exactly a holiday.Instead, its there to keep your calendar consistent with the earths rotation (旋转) around the sun. According to H, Roman emperor Julius Caesar is the “father” of Leap Year. Until he came along, people had used a 355day calendar, which was 10.25 days
20、shorter than the solar year.Roman officials were supposed to add an extra month every now and then to keep the seasons exactly where they should be. But that didnt work out all that well. When special occasions started shifting into different seasons around 45 BCE, Caesar consulted with astronomers
21、and decreed (下令) that the empire should use a 12month, 365day calendar, which he named after himself. Caesars Julian calendar included a Leap Day every four years.Though Leap Day keeps your calendar in line with the earths rotation around the sun, it causes a different kind of problem for Leapsters.
22、 When should these February 29th babies celebrate their birthdays during the other threequarters of their lives? Some party on February 28th, while others prefer a twoday celebration that spans the last day of February and the first day of March. Leap Day can be a nuisance in the legal system. In 20
23、06, a court in Massachusetts was deciding whether criminal John Melo could be released a day early since his 10year sentence included a Leap Day. In the case, the judge decided that since the man was sentenced to prison for years, not days, Leap Day didnt make a bit of difference.Though a few timeke
24、epers have pushed for calendars that dont include Leap Day, almost all astronomers and societies agree that Leap Day is the best method to keep the calendar on track. 语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙性说明文。文章介绍了闰日的来历以及所带来的一些生活中的趣事。8Why was Leap Day created?ATo celebrate special occasions.BTo honor Emperor Julius Caesar.C
25、To keep pace with the solar year.DTo keep track of all the seasons.解析：细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句和第三段中的“Though Leap Day keeps your calendar in line with the earths rotation around the sun.”可知，闰日的产生是为了让你的日历与太阳的自转保持一致。由此可知，设闰日是为了与太阳年保持同步。答案：C9What is the problem with the birthday celebration of February 29th babi
26、es?AIt is sometimes delayed.BIt lasts at least two days.CIt has to be held every other year.DIt may take place on different dates.解析：细节理解题。根据第三段最后两句可知，在2月29日出生的人，有的是在2月28日庆祝生日，也有一些人会在二月的最后一天和三月的第一天进行一个为期两天的庆祝生日的活动。由此可知，在这一天出生的人可能会在不同的日期庆祝生日。答案：D10What does the underlined word “nuisance” in paragraph
27、 4 mean?AJoke.BTopic.CTrouble. DMistake.解析：词义猜测题。根据下文所列举的例子可知，在法律体系中闰日的出现可能会带来一些麻烦。答案：C11What is the attitude of most astronomers towards Leap Day?ACritical. BSupportive.CDoubtful. DCautious.解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“.almost all astronomers and societies agree that Leap Day is the best method to keep the ca
28、lendar on track.”可知，大多数天文学家是支持闰日的。答案：BD(2021天津和平区模拟)Exploration is about how we experience the geography. A geography education without actively learning how to explore places is as frustrating as teaching music lessons without sound.Besides that, exploration has the potential to be one of the most
29、enjoyable and rewarding things we humans will ever do. It can be good for developing problemsolving, teamwork, social and other vital skills. Therefore, we should be given the opportunities to learn properly how to do it.The sad reality is that millions of children are socially and geographically de
30、prived (剥夺) of the opportunities. Their learning environments lack the diversity of places and experiencebased opportunities that they need to develop well and as a result, they will not reach their full potential. There is plenty of research showing that many children have little time and space to
31、explore, play and learn outdoors. Perhaps most shockingly, Dirt is Good conducted a survey which found that threequarters of UK children spend less time outside than prisoners, that the amount of time children spend playing in natural places has decreased and that a fifth of children do not play out
32、side on an average day. There are a large number of good and complex reasons why parents do not let their children play outdoors and not overcome these barriers coming with its own risks. Changing the parenting cultures that are overly limiting many childrens freedom will potentially need efforts of
33、 generation after generation.Partially as a response to this situation, an increasing number of doctors are providing social prescriptions (处方)Instead of being offered medicine for mental or physical illness, young patients are being prescribed time with nature, volunteering, doing sports or some ot
34、her activities instead.Teachers are, in many ways, in a better position to provide time and space for children to benefit from experiences that help them not only to learn, but also to be well. Teachers can spare both formal and informal time and space for exploration that helps not only children wh
35、o are ill, but also those who are well.语篇解读本文是一篇说明文。文章阐述了户外探索的重要性，并指出令人悲哀的现实：数以百万计的儿童都被剥夺了户外探索的机会。文章最后给出了一些解决方案。12What does paragraph 1 mainly talk about?AThe way to reach full potential.BThe methods of doing exploration.CThe different attitudes to exploration.DThe importance of doing exploration.解析
36、：段落大意题。根据文章第一段第二、三、四句可知，户外探索是地理教学的必要环节，并且户外探索有诸多益处，可以帮助发展重要技能。综合分析可知，文章第一段是在告诉我们户外探索的重要性。答案：D13What can we learn from the survey of Dirt is Good?APrisoners in the UK are treated very well.BChildren are badly in need of outdoor time.CChildren are becoming less outgoing nowadays.DThere arent enough na
37、tural places in many countries.解析：细节理解题。根据题干中的关键信息“Dirt is Good”可将答案定位至第三段，再根据该段中的“a survey which found that threequarters of UK children spend less time outside than prisoners, that the amount of time children spend playing in natural places has decreased and that a fifth of children do not play ou
38、tside on an average day”可知，四分之三的英国儿童在户外的时间少于囚犯，儿童在自然场所玩耍的时间减少了，五分之一的儿童平常不在户外玩耍。由此可知，英国儿童在户外玩耍的时间很少，他们急需户外活动时间。答案：B14What do we know about the process of changing the parenting cultures?AIts interesting but tiring.BIts complex and risky.CIts challenging but worthwhile.DIts troublesome and demanding.解
39、析：推理判断题。根据第四段中的“Changing the parenting cultures that are overly limiting many childrens freedom will potentially need efforts of generation after generation.”可知，改变过度限制许多孩子自由的养育文化可能需要一代又一代的努力。同时根据第二段中提及的限制孩子在户外的时间不能充分发挥孩子们的潜能可知，改变这种养育文化具有挑战性，但又很值得，有利于孩子们的成长。答案：C15What does the author want to say by m
40、entioning social prescriptions?APlaying outside can promote peoples health.BTraditional medicines may have side effects.CExperienced doctors are in short supply.DMental illness needs special treatment.解析：推理判断题。根据题干中的关键词语“social prescriptions”可将答案定位至倒数第二段。根据该段最后一句可知，医生没有为患有精神或身体疾病的病人提供药物，而是让年轻患者走进自然、
41、做志愿者、做运动以及一些其他活动。由此可以判断出作者想通过这个例子说明户外探索可以促进人们的身体健康。答案：A.阅读七选五(2021山东省第一次模考)The Hotel Wakeup Call Gets PersonalHeres a wakeup 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 give yo
42、u a good morning kiss. 16 Never mind that most travelers nowadays have smartphones with builtin alarm clocks. 17 Here are some examples. At Wolcott Hotel, if a wakeup 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 yo
43、u up with tea, coffee and breakfast bread. At Mandarin Oriental, a person rather than an automated system will call to wake you up. 18 Hotels have always taken the wakeup call seriously. 19 If you dont get your call within five minutes of the requested time, you wont have to pay for your room. Trave
44、lers, too, still want to have an option of a wakeup call. A study of 285 guests at Crowne Plaza, found that 53% considered a wakeup call very important. 20 In the late 1980s, hotels turned to automated systems. Then all youd get was a ring and silence. In the evercompetitive race for loyal customers
45、, however, many hotels are now getting creative with the wakeup call. Some hotels even have recordings of celebrity voices. And more hotels will go back to the old inperson system of wakeup calls.ABut they might bring you coffee. BIf you dont answer, youll get a wakeup knock.CCrowne Plaza, for insta
46、nce, has a wakeup call guarantee. DBut the wakeup call became less personal over the years.EThe hotel gets 15 to 30 requests for wakeup calls each day.FThe human wakeup call is a way to personalize a guests stay.GSome guests sleep through the call, while others turn their phone ringers off.语篇解读本文是一篇
47、说明文。文章介绍了酒店的叫醒服务。16解析：考查细节支撑句。根据空前的“They wont come in and give you a good morning kiss.”可知，A项“但他们可能给你带来咖啡”与上文构成转折关系，符合语境。A项中的they和空前的they指代同一类人。答案：A17解析：考查段落主旨句。根据空后所列举的例子可知，本段主要介绍了一些酒店提供个性化的叫醒服务，故F项符合语境。答案：F18解析：考查细节支撑句。根据空前的“a person rather than an automated system will call to wake you up”可知，B项“如果你没有回应，将会有人敲门叫醒你”承接上文，符合语境。答案：B19解析：考查细节支撑句。根据空前的“Hotels have always taken the wakeup call seriously.”可知，酒店总是认真地对待叫醒服务，C项列举皇冠假日酒店提供叫醒服务来佐证空前的观点，符合语境。答案：C20解析：考查细节支撑句。根据空后的“In the late 1980s，hotels turned to automated systems.”可知，D项中的less personal与automated对应，故选D。答案：D