1、限时提分练(二十三)必修Unit3Lifeinthefuture.阅读理解A2021广州市综合检测二Specialboxeslieatthebottomofmylockedfilingcabinet.Depositedthereareimportantlettersandcardscollectedthroughoutmylife, frommygrandparents, schoolfriends, parents, wifeandson.Sincetheinventionofemailthough, theyvebeenfewandfarbetween.TonightisNewYearsE
2、ve2029andtheresaveryspecialboxoflettersIwanttolookat.ButfirsttheressomethingIhavetodoTheRitual (惯例)Igotomytrustedcomputerandstart.Ibegintotype: DearIleavethenameblankfornow, anticipatingthethrilloftypingitin.“IhopeyouarewellandIwonderwhatyourlifeislike.AreyoustillplanningtomovetothatvillainPortugal?
3、 DidyoursonmarryFiona? Isyourmotherstillalive？”Questionssurgeintomymind.ForthenexttwohoursIsitwritingaboutwhatIvebeendoingforthelastyear, myfailinghealth, myincreasingwealthandmysometimedifficultmarriage; thenaboutmygoalsandambitions.Willhebeinterested? DoIclimbMt.Kilimanjaro? DoIgetthatnovelpublish
4、ed? TheonethatsbeenrejectedmoretimesthanIcaretothinkabout.Finally, itsfinishedat11：30pm.Ifillintherecipientsname, printmyletter, signandaddressitandthensealitupwithtape.Ithendeletethedocumentandemptythetrashfoldertoavoidthepossibilityoftemptation.Thatcompletestheritual!Iwalkovertomy“specialbox”.Itco
5、ntainstenlong, white, thickenvelopes, allwiththesamehandwriting.IplacetheoneIhavejustwritteninatthebackandtaketheoneoutatthefront.Itsdated2019, andlabelled“tobeopenedon31stDecember, 2029”.Thecycleisfinallycomplete! Iopenit, tremblingwithanticipation.Ibegintoread, tearingupalittleasIdoso.Throughoutth
6、elasttenlong, eventfulyears, oflife, death, joyandheartbreak, ithasbeenwaitingpatientlyinthisboxforme, thoughInowhavenomemoryofeverhavingwrittenit.1.Whydoestheauthorreceivefewer“importantletters”thesedays?AHehasmovedfromhisoriginaladdress.BHeisrarelyincontactwithhisfriendsandfamily.CPeoplecommunicat
7、ewitheachotherlessoftenthanbefore.DElectroniccommunicationhaslargelyreplacedphysicalletters.2Whodoestheunderlinedword“he”inParagraph4referto?ATheauthorhimself.BTheauthorsson.CTheauthorsschoolfriend.DTheauthorsbookpublisher.3Whydoestheauthordeletethecompletedletterfromhiscomputer?ASothatnooneelsewill
8、beabletoreadit.BSothathewontreaditaheadofschedule.CBecausehedecidesatlastnottosendit.DBecausehewantstoforgetwhathashappened.4Howdoestheauthorfeelasheisabouttoopenhisspecialletter?ARelieved.BMoved.CExcited.DAfraid.B2021河北省高三六校第一次联考Anagelessquestion: Whenissomeone“old”？Whatdoes“old”reallymeanthesedays
9、? Thisisntameaninglessquestionnotonlydoesthedefinitionof“old”haveanoutsizedimpactonhowwefeelaboutourselves (nottomentionhowothersviewus), italsomatterstopolicymakersdetermininghowtoplanforagingpopulations.TheUnitedNationshistoricallyhasdefinedolderpersonsaspeople60yearsoldorover (sometimes65).Itdoes
10、ntmatterwhetheryoulivedintheUnitedStates, ChinaorSenegal, eventhoughlifeexpectancyisquitedifferentineachofthosecountries.Everyonebecomesoldat60.ResearchersSergeiScherbovandWarrenSanderson, whostudyaging, aresuggestingoverturningtheonesizefitsalldefinitionof“old”.Instead, theytalkabout“prospective_ag
11、e”，whichlookstothefuture.Everyonewiththesameprospectiveagehasthesameexpectedremainingyearsoflife.Scherbovexplainedthat“young”and“old”arerelativeconcepts, andtheircommonreferencepointislifeexpectancy.Andthat“old”wouldvarybetweennationsmakessense, especiallybetweenmoreandlessdevelopedcountries, withdi
12、fferencesineducation, deathrates, accesstohealthcareandlifeexpectancy.Butwhois“old”alsovarieswidelybetweenindividuals.Thepoint, saysScherbov, isthatpersonalageisdependentonour“characteristics”understandingabilities, disability, healthhistoryandeveneducationlevels.Thosewithmoreeducationtendnottosmoke
13、, exercisemorefrequently, havebetterdietsandhaveregularcheckupsand, therefore, livelonger, meaningthebeginningoftheiroldagecomeslater, saysScherbov.5Whatisthefirstparagraphmainlyabout?AHowwefeelaboutourselves?BThedefinitionof“old”CTheimportanceofthedefinitionof“old”DTheplanforagingpopulations.6Whatd
14、oestheunderlinedphrase“prospectiveage”inParagraph3refertoaccordingtothetext?ATheexpectedremainingyearsofoneslife.BThebeginningofonesoldage.CThedifferencesofour“characteristics”DTheagewhenonebecomesold.7WhatsimilaritydoesScherbovthink“young”and“old”have?AUnderstandingabilities.BNations.CEducation.DTh
15、ereferencepoint.8WhichofthefollowinghelpsonetolivelongeraccordingtoScherbov?ADoingasmuchexerciseaspossible.BLosingweight.CStudyinghistory.DImprovingtheeducationlevel.完形填空2021福州市高中毕业班质量检测Berry, aged7, becametheyoungestmemberofHungerFreeColorado, acharityhelpingto_1_hungerthroughoutthestate.Berryfirst
16、became_2_ofpeoplegoinghungrywhenhesawamanatastoplightholdinga_3_askingforhelp.Hewas_4_thatthemandidnthaveenoughmoneytobuyfood, soheandhismomlookedonlinefora(n) _5_.TheydiscoveredHungerFreeColorado._6_bythegroupsmission, Berrydecidedto_7_moneyforthehungry.Berryorganizedkidsclubmeetingsathishouse, _8_
17、hisfriendstohelp.Atoneoftheirfirstgatherings, Berryandhisfriendsmadepettreatjarsto_9_intheirarea.Later, theyranadoughnutandlemonade_10_thatalsoofferedcoffee, icepopsandcookies.Moreevents_11_.Theclubhostedaneighborhoodmovienight._12_theyarrangedamovienightattheirschool.Theytoldthe_13_of75childrenhowt
18、heeventwould_14_peopleinhunger.Berryrantheeventfrombeginningtoend, _15_makingsurethateverythingwascleanedupandbackto_16_afterward.Berrycontinuedtoholdmeetingsand_17_moreevents.Hesaidthe_18_tofundraisingistofindwhatmostpeoplelike.Sofar, Berrysclubhascollectedmorethan$8,000forHungerFreeColorado.Berryl
19、ikeshelpingpeopleandgettingotherkids_19_.Berryisproofthateveryonecanmakea(n) _20_bydoingwhathecantohelpothers.1A.findBendCrefuseDattach2A.fondBafraidCawareDshamed3A.letterBphotoCparcelDsign4A.upsetBdiscouragedCdisappointedDfrightened5A.purposeBsolutionCadvantageDdistribution6A.ManagedBPraisedCRespec
20、tedDInspired7A.earnBpayCsaveDraise8A.callingonBringingupCsearchingforDthinkingabout9A.buyBsellCdeliverDcollect10A.clubBofficeCstandDbase11A.developedBexistedCfollowedDentered12A.SoBThenCButDYet13A.crowdBnumberCmostDpart14A.organizeBrequireCuniteDbenefit15A.tryingBpracticingCincludingDconsidering16A.
21、orderBnormalCnatureDbalance17A.planBattendCdiscoverDintroduce18A.attitudeBcommitmentCdevotionDkey19A.involvedBconcernedCsettledDimpressed20A.judgmentBdecisionCdifferenceDevidence限时提分练(二十三).阅读理解A语篇类型：记叙文主题语境：人与自我生活写给未来的自己的信【语篇解读】在2029年的除夕，在阅读自己2019年写给自己的信之前，“我”必须给未来的自己再写一封信。在信中，“我”写到了健康、财富、婚姻等，写完后，“我
22、”阅读了2019年写给自己的信1答案与解析：D考查细节理解。根据第一段尾句“Sincetheinventionofemailthough，theyvebeenfewandfarbetween”可知，由于电子邮件的发明，作者收到的信件少了，故D项正确。2答案与解析：A考查代词指代。根据全文内容尤其是最后一段中的“thoughInowhavenomemoryofeverhavingwrittenit”可推知，作者是在给未来的自己写信，该句中的he指作者自己，故A项正确。3答案与解析：B考查推理判断。根据第五段第三句“Ithendeletethedocumentandemptythetrashfol
23、dertoavoidthepossibilityoftemptation”可知，作者删除了文件并清空了垃圾文件夹以避免可能的诱惑；结合下文中作者阅读2019年写给自己的信可以推断，作者删除文件是为了防止自己禁不住诱惑提前阅读信件，故B项正确。4答案与解析：C考查推理判断。根据最后一段第二句“Iopenit，tremblingwithanticipation”可知，作者在打开信时，因为期待而颤抖。由此可推知，作者在打开信时内心很激动，故C项正确。B语篇类型：说明文主题语境：人与社会健康何为“老”【语篇解读】“一个人什么时候变老”是个永恒的问题，本文就此介绍了相关的研究情况。5答案与解析：C考查主
24、旨大意。根据第一段第二句中的“notonlydoesthedefinitionofold.foragingpopulations”可知，本段主要讲的是对“老”的定义的重要性。故选C。6答案与解析：A考查细节理解。根据第三段最后一句“Everyonewiththesameprospectiveagehasthesameexpectedremainingyearsoflife”并结合语境可推知，prospectiveage即Theexpectedremainingyearsofoneslife。故选A。7答案与解析：D考查细节理解。根据第四段第一句中的“theircommonreferencepo
25、intislifeexpectancy”可知，“年轻”和“年老”的共同参照标准是预期寿命。故选D。8答案与解析：D考查推理判断。根据最后一段最后一句中的“Thosewithmoreeducationtendnottosmoke, exercisemorefrequently, havebetterdietsandhaveregularcheckupsand, therefore, livelonger”可知，受教育更多的人活得更长。由此可推知，提高受教育水平有助于一个人活得更长。故选D。.完形填空语篇类型：记叙文主题语境：人与社会帮助他人为饥饿的人筹款【语篇解读】七岁的Berry成了一个旨在消
26、除饥饿的慈善机构的最小的成员，他在自己家里组织了儿童俱乐部会议，号召他的朋友们去提供帮助，并通过经营摊位和组织活动等已成功地为该机构筹集了8000多美元。1答案与解析：B根据空前的“HungerFreeColorado”并结合下文内容可推知，这个慈善机构旨在帮助结束本州的饥饿状况。故选B。D项意为“把附(在上)”。2答案与解析：CBerry看到一个饥饿的人举着牌子(sign)寻求帮助时，他第一次意识到了有人食不果腹的状况。3答案与解析：D参见上题解析。4答案与解析：A根据下文Berry努力为饥饿的人筹款并结合常识可知，Berry看到那个人没有足够多的钱去买吃的，他很难过。upset“难过”。5
27、答案与解析：B根据语境并结合上题解析可知，Berry和妈妈就开始在网上寻求(饥饿问题的)解决办法，与下句“TheydiscoveredHungerFreeColorado”相呼应。solution“解决办法”；distribution“分发，分配，分布”。6答案与解析：D根据该句中的“Berrydecidedto_7_moneyforthehungry”可知，Berry被这个慈善机构的使命所激励，决定去为那些饥饿的人们筹钱。7答案与解析：D参见上题解析。此处与下文中的“fundraising”“hascollectedmorethan$8,000forHungerFreeColorado”相呼
28、应。raise“筹募”。8答案与解析：ABerry在自己家里组织了儿童俱乐部会议，号召他的朋友们去提供帮助。callon“号召”；ringup“打电话”。9答案与解析：B根据上文讲述的Berry决定为饥饿的人筹钱并结合下一句可知，他们后来还经营了一个卖甜甜圈和柠檬汽水的摊位，并提供咖啡、冰棒和曲奇饼干。由此可推知，此处表示Berry和他的朋友们把自己做的东西拿去售卖以筹钱。10答案与解析：C参见上题解析。stand“货摊”。11答案与解析：C根据下文可知，Berry组织的俱乐部还做了许多其他的事情。follow“在后发生”符合语境。12答案与解析：B空前一句表述该俱乐部举办了社区电影夜，空后表
29、述他们在学校也安排了电影夜活动。由此可知，上下句表示逻辑上的顺承关系。then“然后，接着”符合语境。13答案与解析：A75个儿童属于一个群体，因此选A。crowd“人群”。14答案与解析：D根据上文“Berrydecidedto_7_moneyforthehungry”和“Berryorganizedkidsclubmeetingsathishouse, _8_hisfriendstohelp”可推知，Berry所做的事情是为了给那些饥饿的人提供帮助，使他们受益。故选D。C项意为“联结，联合”。15答案与解析：C根据该句中的“Berryrantheeventfrombeginningtoen
30、d”可知，Berry从头到尾管理这一事项，且空后介绍了其中的一个细节。由此可推知，此处表示包括的含义。16答案与解析：B此处表示“恢复常态”，与空后的“afterward”和空前的“everythingwascleanedup”相呼应。17答案与解析：A根据上文中的“Berryorganizedkidsclubmeetingsathishouse”可推知，Berry是活动的组织人和策划人，此处表示Berry继续组织会议并策划更多的活动。18答案与解析：D根据该句中的“findwhatmostpeoplelike”并结合语境和选项可推知，此处表示筹钱的关键所在。commitment“承诺，奉献”；devotion“奉献”；key“关键”。19答案与解析：A根据上文中的“Berryorganizedkidsclubmeetingsathishouse, _8_hisfriendstohelp”可推知，此处表示Berry想让其他的孩子也参与其中，帮助他人。20答案与解析：C根据上文内容可知，Berry就是一个很好的例子，证明了每一个人都可以做其力所能及之事来帮助他人，从而有所影响。makeadifference“有影响”。
