1、50分阅读理解提分练(三)阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A2020深圳市高三第二次检测Foods of the FutureWe asked young scientists to write an advertisement that answers this question: How will food options, food availability, and individuals food choices change in the future? A sele
2、ction of their suggested marketing campaigns are presented below. Read previous NextGen Voices survey results at https：/science.sciencemag.org/collection/nextgenvoices.Jennifer SillsPersonalized Meal PlansSend us your DNA, and we will predict your food preference! Receive your personalized food bask
3、et, with a daily diet program. We will send you full meals and personalized smoothies (奶昔) based on your genetic taste tendency.Ada Gabriela BlidnerTwitter：adagbbFresh FruitIf you miss fresh and sweet fruits, welcome to our Moon Farm. Our fruit trees are planted in hybrid soil and artificial air tha
4、t reproduce the Earths environment from 5,000 years ago. Pick fruits with your family or choose to have them shipped to your doorstep with MoonEx. Freshness is guaranteed.Yongsheng JiEmail：jiyongshengkeyhotmail. comMeatOur steaks are sourced from natural grasslands, where cattle now fill the ecologi
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6、mail：falko.buschke1Which of the following needs you to provide the information of your genes?AMeat. BFresh Fruit.CNextGen Voices. DPersonalized Meal Plans.2Who should you contact if you want to have fun with your family?AJennifer Sills. BYongsheng Ji.CFalko Buschke. DAda Gabriela Blidner.3Which of t
7、he following best describes the steaks in Meat?AFresh. BGreen.CExpensive. DPersonalized.B2020郑州市高中毕业年级第二次质量预测Every morning I walk outside and bring the morning newspaper in. There was a time when every house on both sides of the street had a newspaper in the driveway. There was also a time when ever
8、y house had a landline telephone, but not anymore. Not for a long time.My husband is less willing to accept the downward trend of printed newspapers, as he has worked in newspapers since the age of 16. Even before that, he was what you would call an “independent publisher”Recently, we were at a Chic
9、ago park with our grandchildren. My husband had a newspaper folded under his arm. He sat down and put the paper on the bench beside him. A young girl walked over, looked at the newspaper, picked it up and asked, “Whats this？”I thought he was going to fall over. The color faded from his face. His eye
10、s rolled back in his head and his_legs_were_giving_out. I rolled up his paper and waved it under his nose. The smells from the ink woke him up.Some people simply love papersthe feel, the portability, and the pleasure of piling them higher and higher until their wife cries, “Enough！” My husband was h
11、appy when he spent time with our youngest daughter and her husband. When they lived with us, they raced to pull the crossword puzzle from the paper every day. But its hard to do a crossword online.Now my husband will be very excited that I have found further proof that there may still be hope for th
12、e survival of printed newspapers. I was chatting with a young mother who subscribes to the daily newspaper. I asked why she did something so conservative. She looked shocked. “Because its printed！” she said. “I love the printed! When the paper didnt come one day, would you believe I called to let th
13、em know and the lady said, Why dont you just subscribe to the online version？” She shook her head in disbelief.My husband will be so thrilled that he might write this young woman into his will. I say we leave her all our piles of old newspapers.4How did the authors husband feel when a girl asked a q
14、uestion in the park?AShocked. BThrilled.CDisappointed. DConfused.5What does the author probably mean by saying “his legs were giving out”？AHe was feeling tired and needed a rest.BHe was very old and unable to stand long.CHe almost lost his balance and became unconscious.DHe was annoyed with the girl
15、 and played a trick on her.6What does the author intend to tell us with the example of the young mother?AMany young people follow an oldfashioned lifestyle.BIts inconvenient for the old to read online newspapers.CTherere still young people who love printed newspapers.DPrinted newspapers will be repl
16、aced by online newspapers.7What does the author mainly talk about in the passage?AThe new rise of digital newspapers.BA mans everlasting love for printed newspapers.CThe pleasure of looking through daily newspapers.DA familys memory of reading printed newspapers.C2020潍坊、淄博、东营市高三第一学期期末考试As we reflect
17、 on the evolution of fitness over the centuries, and the emergence of a wellorganized and growing “fitness” market and industry, it is well to ask ourselves: what have we lost, and what have we gained?Obviously, much good has come out of these recent developments: theres widespread awareness of the
18、importance of regular exercise, nearly every community has a gym or fitness club where people can go or pay to work out, and we understand more about how the human body works.Yet despite the many health and fitness methods, programs, and resources, the general population has never been so physically
19、 sedentary (久坐的) and outofshape. A recent World Health Organization report indicates that life expectancy (寿命) in the US. dropped for the first time since 1993. The health of modern people is declining, despite highly advanced medical technologies and the booming health and fitness industry.How coul
20、d that be? A large part of it is motivation. People are simply not as motivated to move their body and get healthy as they were in the past. We live in a society where the inability to operate ones body in a practical and effective manner is no longer an embarrassing condition. The fitness industry,
21、 no matter how good each new program claims to be, has failed to get the majority of people to value, practice, and enjoy physical exercise.So, should we expect the answer to this dilemma to come from even more varied, or more technologically advanced programs and equipment? Or will the solution com
22、e from a different mindset, a simpler approach and practice, and overall a new culture?8What does the author tell us about fitness industry in Paragraph 2?AIt provides better technology.BIt is supported by most people.CIt brings about positive effects.DIt costs people too much money.9What is the mai
23、n reason why people fail to do physical exercise?ANot enough equipment.BLack of inner drive.CMisguided instructions.DEmbarrassing living conditions.10What does the author seem to agree with?AChange attitudes to fitness.BRely on standard practice.CSeek more potential customers.DTurn to more advanced
24、programs.11What is the best title for the text?ALost in FitnessBMisunderstanding about FitnessCEvolution of FitnessDImportance of FitnessD2020成都市高三第一次诊断性检测“Ma uka, ma uka ka ua, Ma kai, ma kai ka ua.” So sing the children at a kindergarten on the Island of Hawaii. The song is much like “Rain Rain Go
25、 Away” nursery rhyme, but it has unusual power: it is one of the tools that have revived a neardead language.The decline of Hawaiian was not, as is the case with most disappearing languages, a natural death caused by migration(迁徙) and mass media. In 1896, after American business interests ended the
26、Hawaiian original political system, schools were banned from using it. By the late 20th century, apart from a couple of hundred people on one tiny island, English had replaced Hawaiian and only the old spoke it to each other.The civil rights movement brought a revival of interest among the young, ce
27、ntred in the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Larry Kimura, a professor there, thought that the language shouldnt be only a subject at college; he and his students wanted to bring it back to life. The idea for how to do that came from a Maori, who suggested “language nests”， which had successfully revi
28、ved New Zealands native language.In 1985, when educating children in Hawaiian was still banned, Kauanoe Kamana and her husband Pila Wilson, both students of Kimuras, created the first “language nest” at Hilo. Neither was a native speaker, but both were determined to bring up their children as such.
29、They gathered a small group of children, including their own son and daughter, and elderly native speakers.The movement grew: there are now 12 kindergartens and 23 schools involved. The number of children being educated in Hawaiian has risen from 1,877 in 2008 to 3,028 in 2018. Along with Japanese,
30、Hawaiian is the nonEnglish language most commonly spoken among children.12What makes the decline of Hawaiian different from other disappearing languages?AThe number of its users.BThe language features it bears.CPeoples unwillingness to use it.DThe unfair treatment it received.13What has been done to
31、 save Hawaiian?AMore schools have been set up.BMore people are persuaded to stay.CMore children are exposed to Hawaiian.DThe government promotes the use of Hawaiian.14How does the author feel about the present situation of Hawaiian?ARelieved. BCurious.CAnxious. DDoubtful.15What is the best title for
32、 the text?AThe Revival of HawaiianBThe Future of HawaiianCThe History of HawaiianDThe Development of Hawaiian第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。2020福州市高中毕业班质量检测No one has yet proved a connection between napping (小睡) and professional success, but an interesting study pu
33、blished this week claims to find a link between the daytime nap and good health. Dr.Androniki Naska and Dr.Dimitrios Trichopoulos from Harvards School of Public Health followed over 23,000 Greek patients for an average of six years. _16_The study found that the group of adults who took a 30minute na
34、p at least three times a week had a third fewer deaths from heart disease than an equivalent group who did not sleep at all during the day. _17_ It was also greater for working males than for those who had retired. However, a number of previous studies done in the Mediterranean, where naps remain co
35、mmon, have come up with conflicting results, but Dr. Naska and Dr. Trichopoulos argue that those studies have often been flawed (有缺陷的). _18_ They may have benefited more from napping than healthy individuals do.Given that all of the subjects of this new study were Greeks, could the much celebrated M
36、editerranean diet deserves credit rather than the naps? _19_ And he is in a good position to say so, for it was he who did the pioneering research that put olive oil and a plantbased diet on the scientific map in the first place. _20_ The earlier findings about the benefits of the Mediterranean diet
37、 are confirmed, he says, and napping seems to help on top of that.AThe firm answer from Dr.Trichopoulos is “No”BThe benefit was greater for men than for women.CTheir conclusion: napping just might save your life.DSome studies have shown that diet is relevant to naps.EFor example, the subjects in som
38、e had survived heart attacks.FThose with heart attacks are also less likely to take naps during the day.GHis study was controlled for diet, smoking, exercise and other relevant factors.50分阅读理解提分练(三)阅读理解第一节A语篇类型：应用文主题语境：人与社会广告未来的食物文章大意本文主要介绍了青年科学家建议的几个有关食物选择、食物供应和个人的食物选择在未来发生的变化方面的营销活动。1答案与解析：D考查细节理解
39、。根据Personalized Meal Plans部分中的第一句“Send us your DNA, and we will predict your food preference！”及最后一句“We will send you full meals and personalized smoothies(奶昔) based on your genetic taste tendency.”可知，Personalized Meal Plans需要你提供你的基因信息。故选D。2答案与解析：B考查细节理解。根据Fresh Fruit部分中的第三句“Pick fruits with your fam
40、ily”可知，在Fresh Fruit你可以和家人一起摘水果，并结合该部分中的“Yongsheng Ji”可知，如果你想和家人玩得开心，你应该和Yongsheng Ji联系。故选B。3答案与解析：B考查推理判断。根据Meat部分中的第一句“Our steaks are sourced from natural grasslands”及第二句中的“we enhance natural grazing(放牧) to improve animal growth effectively while minimizing methane production and water consumption.
41、”可知，该部分描述的牛排来自天然草场，并且该部分表述加强自然放牧以有效地促进动物生长，同时最大限度地减少甲烷的产生和水的消耗，由此可推知，该部分描述的牛排是环保的。故选B。green在此意为“环保的”。B语篇类型：记叙文主题语境：人与自我个人经历对纸质报的热爱文章大意本文主要讲述了作者的丈夫对于纸质报的热爱。4答案与解析：A考查推理判断。根据第四段中的“I thought he was going to fall over. The color faded from his face. His eyes rolled back in his head and his legs were giv
42、ing out.”可以推断，当作者的丈夫在公园里听到这个女孩的提问时，他感到很震惊，故选A。5答案与解析：C考查句意理解。根据第四段中的“I thought he was going to fall over. The color faded from his face. His eyes rolled back in his head”和“The smells from the ink woke him up.”可知，画线句意在说明作者的丈夫当时的感受，即震惊到几乎晕倒的状态，故C项正确。6答案与解析：C考查推理判断。根据第六段中的“Now my husband will be very e
43、xcited that I have found further proof that there may still be hope for the survival of printed newspapers.”可以推断，作者举这个年轻妈妈的例子是为了说明仍然有年轻人喜欢纸质报，故选C。7答案与解析：B考查主旨大意。通过第二段的内容可知，作者的丈夫从16岁起就开始从事报纸方面的工作；文章接着主要通过三件事(作者的丈夫对一个女孩不知道什么是纸质报感到震惊；小女儿和女婿争做纸质报上的纵横填字游戏时，丈夫很高兴；作者找到更多的证据证明纸质报仍然有生存下去的希望时，他会很兴奋)讲述了作者的丈夫对于
44、纸质报的永恒的热爱，故选B。C语篇类型：议论文主题语境：人与社会健康产业在健身中迷失文章大意文章主要介绍了健身行业发展迅速，但是人们的健康状况却在下降的现象，从而提出要改变人们的思维。8答案与解析：C考查细节理解。第二段“Obviously, much good has come out of these recent developments: theres widespread awareness of the importance of regular exercise, nearly every community has a gym or fitness club where peo
45、ple can go or pay to work out, and we understand more about how the human body works. ”句意：显然，这些最新的发展带来了很多好处：人们普遍认识到定期锻炼的重要性，几乎每个社区都有一个健身房或健身俱乐部，人们可以去那里锻炼或花钱锻炼，我们对人体的运作方式有了更多的了解。该题问的是作者在第二段告诉我们健身行业的什么。根据关键句可知，健身行业带来了积极的影响。故选C。9答案与解析：B考查细节理解。第四段第二、三句“A large part of it is motivation. People are simply
46、 not as motivated to move their body and get healthy as they were in the past.”句意：其中很大一部分是动机。人们不再像过去那样有动力去锻炼身体，获得健康。该题问的是人们不锻炼身体的主要原因是什么，根据关键句可知，人们不锻炼身体的主要原因是缺乏内在动力。故选B。10答案与解析：A考查推理判断。最后一段最后一句“Or will the solution come from a different mindset, a simpler approach and practice, and overall a new cul
47、ture？”句意：或者，解决方案是否来自不同的思维方式、更简单的方法和实践，以及全新的文化？该题问的是作者可能同意什么，根据关键句可推知，作者认为要改变对健身的态度。故选A。11答案与解析：A考查标题概括。第一段“As we reflect on the evolution of fitness over the centuries, and the emergence of a wellorganized and growing fitness market and industry, it is well to ask ourselves: what have we lost, and w
48、hat have we gained？”句意：当我们反思几个世纪以来健身运动的演变，以及一个组织良好、不断发展的“健身”市场和行业的出现时，我们应该扪心自问：我们失去了什么，又得到了什么？该题问的是文章的最佳标题是什么，根据全文内容和关键句可知，文章主要介绍了健身行业发展迅速，但是人们的健康状况却在下降的现象。A项“在健身中迷失”概括了全文主旨，是文章的最佳标题。故选A。D语篇类型：说明文主题语境：人与社会社会文化夏威夷语的复兴文章大意夏威夷语的衰退并不是像大多数语言的消失那样是由于迁徙和大众传媒造成的，而是有其他原因。一些民权运动者决心使夏威夷语重新恢复生机。经过民权运动多年的发展，接受夏威
49、夷语教育的儿童数量从2008年的1800多人已经上升到2018年的3000多人，并且夏威夷语已成为儿童最常用的非英语语种之一。12答案与解析：D考查推理判断。根据第二段的内容可知，夏威夷语的衰退并不是像大多数语言的消失那样是因为迁徙和大众传媒造成的，而是因为美国的商业利益集团结束了夏威夷原来的政治制度，学校被禁止使用夏威夷语。由此可推知，夏威夷语与其他语言消失的不同之处就在于“它受到了不公平的对待”，故选D项。13答案与解析：C考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段尾句“They gathered a small group of children.native speakers.”并结合最后一段表述的
50、接受夏威夷语教育的儿童数量的上升可知，为拯救夏威夷语，已经采取的行动是让更多的儿童接触它(学习它)，故选C项。14答案与解析：A考查推理判断。通读全文可知，夏威夷语从面临消失的状态(第二段最后一句)，逐渐发展到3000多名儿童接受夏威夷语教育，现在已成为儿童最常使用的非英语语种之一(最后一段)，由此可推知，作者对夏威夷语目前的状况应是感到宽慰的。relieved“感到宽慰的”。15答案与解析：A考查标题判断。本文主要介绍了夏威夷语从面临消失的状态发展为最常用的非英语语种之一，故A项最适合作本文标题。第二节语篇类型：说明文主题语境：人与社会科学研究白天小憩与健康之间有一定的关联文章大意一项有趣的
51、研究表明，白天小憩和良好的健康之间有一定的关联。本文介绍了该研究的相关内容。16答案与解析：C本空是段尾句，承接上文表述的一项有趣的研究称发现了白天小憩与良好的健康之间有一定的关联。故C项与此处匹配。17答案与解析：B根据空后一句“It was also greater for working males than for those who had retired”可知，选项B的结构和内容与之呼应，所以选B项。18答案与解析：E根据空前一句中的“those studies have often been flawed(有缺陷的)”，并结合空后一句“They may have benefited more from napping than healthy individuals do.”可推知，此处应是具体说明其他研究的缺陷之处，故E项符合语境，承上启下。19答案与解析：A承接空前的问句可知，空处应是对空前的问句的回答，故A项符合语境，与下文相衔接。20答案与解析：G与前一句中的“it was he who did the pioneering research”呼应可推知，该空陈述的应是其研究的相关内容，结合选项和上下文可知，选项G符合语境，所以选G项。
