1、第十六组(建议用时：20分钟).阅读理解I went to a New York Mets fantasy camp in 1995, an incredible experience. I was fortunate to be on a team whose pitching coach was Mel Stottlemyre, the former Yankees star pitcher(投手) and Mets and Yankees coach. I was upset when Mel died of cancer on Jan. 13, 2018, at the age of
2、77.He was warm, friendly and treated us as if we were major leagues. He asked me whether I would like to pitch and showed me how to throw a “twoseamer”， a fastball that tends to sink, as well as a straight fourseam fastball. I knew that pitching was not for me. At age 45, my experience in organizing
3、 baseball was limited to a couple of years in Little League in the Bronx, and softball games as an adult. Mel eventually left the Mets and became the pitching coach for the Yankees. I followed his career and knew about his diagnosis(诊断) of multiple myeloma, a blood cancer, in April 2000, and a stemc
4、ell transplant.In the summer of 2002, I was diagnosed as multiple myeloma and was told that I needed a stemcell transplant by the same group of doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center that had treated Mel.This shocked me, and frankly, I became quite depressed. I vowed that somehow I would
5、try to speak to Mel. One day, my phone rang. Mel was calling from the Yankees locker room. I asked him to tell me everything about his treatment. He spent 30 minutes generously explaining all the details. I hung on every word. He told me how well he was feeling and ended the conversation by giving m
6、e his home phone number! “I feel great, and Im not retiring，” he told me.This incredible experience lifted my spirits. Every time I saw Mel during games on TV as I awaited my transplant, I repeated to myself, “Look at Mel. If he can do it, so can I”1Why did the author say he was lucky in paragraph 1
7、?AHe joined a famous team.BHe met an unusual coach.CHe was successfully cured.DHe was chosen as a pitcher.2What do we know about the author?AHe was not skilled in pitching.BHe was a good baseball player.CHe called Mel for his treatment.DHe forgot what Mel had told him.3How old was Mel when he was di
8、agnosed as multiple myeloma?A23.B45.C59. D61.4What would be a suitable title for the text?AThe Skills Taught by My Former CoachBThe Transplant Given by the Same DoctorsCMy Baseball Team Helping Me OutDMy Coachs Spirits Shining on Me.任务型阅读Age has its privileges in America, and one of the most importa
9、nt of them is the senior citizen discount.Anyone who has reached a certain agein some cases as low as 55is automatically entitled to a dazzling array of price reductions at nearly every level of commercial life.Eligibility(资格) is determined not by ones need but by the date on ones birth certificate.
10、Practically unheard of a generation ago, the discounts have become a routine part of many businessesas common as color televisions in motel rooms and free coffee on airliners.People with gray hair often are given the discounts without even asking for them; yet, millions of Americans above age 60 are
11、 healthy and solvent(有支付能力的)Businesses that would never dare offer discounts to college students or anyone under 30 freely offer them to older Americans.The practice is acceptable because of the widespread belief that “elderly” and “needy” are synonymous(同义的)Perhaps that once was true, but today eld
12、erly Americans as a group have a lower poverty rate than the rest of the population.To be sure, there is economic diversity within the elderly, and many older Americans are poor.But most of them arent.It is impossible to determine the impact of the discounts on individual companies.For many firms, t
13、hey are a stimulus to revenue.But in other cases the discounts are given at the expense, directly or indirectly, of younger Americans.Moreover, they are a direct irritant(刺激物) in what some politicians and scholars see as a coming conflict between the generations.Generational tensions are being fuele
14、d by continuing debate over Social Security benefits, which mostly involve a transfer of resources from the young to the old.Employment is another sore point.Supported by laws and court decisions, more and more older Americans are declining the retirement dinner in favor of staying on the jobthereby
15、 lessening employment and promotion opportunities for younger workers.Far from a kind of charity they once were, senior citizen discounts have become a formidable economic privilege to a group with millions of members who dont need them.It no longer makes sense to treat the elderly as a single group
16、 whose economic needs deserve priority over those of others.Senior citizen discounts only enhance the myth that older people cant take care of themselves and need special treatment; and they threaten the creation of a new myth, that the elderly are ungrateful and taking for themselves at the expense
17、 of children and other age groups.Senior citizen discounts are the essence of the very thing older Americans are fighting againstdiscrimination by age.OutlineDetailsIntroductionAge determines whether an American can be given a discount, which is a common 1._ in American business life today.Origin of
18、 senior citizen discountSince the senior citizens are often treated as people who are in 2._， they are given such priority.3._situationThe situation has changed a lot where the majority of the elderly were poor.Younger Americans were a(n) 4._ directly or indirectly due to the discounts given to the
19、elderly, thus leading to conflicts between generations.The number of older Americans 5._ to work rather than retire is on the increase, which means 6._ opportunities for young workers.It is no longer a kind of charity because millions of senior citizens dont need the priority 7._ now.ConclusionIts u
20、nwise to offer discount priority to the elderly.It will mislead people to think they are unable to 8._ to themselves.People may think that they are ungrateful and theyre hurting the 9._ of other age groups.Actually senior citizen discounts, to some extent, 10._ against their age.第十六组.阅读理解【解题导语】文章叙述了
21、作者在参加度假营时遇到了投球教练Mel，作者之后不幸患上癌症，需要进行干细胞移植。此时，曾经也患过癌症的Mel给了作者无穷的信心和力量。1B解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第二句“I was fortunate to be on a team whose pitching coach was Mel Stottlemyre, the former Yankees star pitcher(投手) and Mets and Yankees coach.”和第二段中的“He was warm, friendly”以及最后一段内容可知，作者认为自己遇到了一个难得的好教练，为此感到很幸运，故选B项。2A解
22、析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“I knew that pitching was not for me.”可知，作者不擅长投球，故选A项。根据倒数第二段中的“One day, my phone rang. Mel was calling.”可知，是教练打电话给作者，排除C项；根据倒数第二段中的“I hung on every word.”可知，作者一字不漏地聆听教练的话，每句话都记在心里，排除D项。3C解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“I was upset when. on Jan. 13, 2018, at the age of 77.”和第二段最后一句“I followed his ca
23、reer and knew about his diagnosis(诊断) of multiple myeloma，.in April 2000.”可知，教练2018年是77岁，被诊断出多发性骨髓瘤时是2000年，也就是59岁时被诊断出了病情，故选C项。4D解析：标题归纳题。根据最后一段可知，教练的经历振奋了作者的情绪，每一次他等待移植手术时，在电视比赛中看到教练，他都会跟自己说“如果他能做到，我也能做到”，所以是教练的精神鼓励着作者，故选D项。.任务型阅读1practice2.need/poverty3.Current/Present4disadvantage5.preferring6.fewer7.economically8tend/attend9.benefit(s)/interest(s)10.discriminate
