1、组合练(十五)阅读理解阅读七选五.阅读理解ALooking for work?Tutors Wanted: Math/Science/Humanities Test PreparationJob Posted: 2 days agoWage: $2730 per hourJob Type: ParttimeSchedule: Afternoons, evenings, weekdays, weekendsJob description：Were looking for tutors to join us before the next school year starts.Our suitab
2、le candidate will be able to assist middle and high school students with test preparation and academic work in Math, Science and/or Humanities.Well pay for your training before this fall and can also offer flexible summer tutoring chances, including teaching group classes.Once our fall semester star
3、ts on August 21, well have even higher demand for tutoring sessions on Sundays from 1 pm.to 8 pm.as well as from 3 pm. to 9 pm. MondayThursday.What we offer：Flexible scheduling. Tutors work from 15 to 30 hours per week depending on availability and student demand.Free Sunday dinners during the acade
4、mic year.Fun staff gatherings.Health insurance reimbursement (补偿) for staff working over 30 hours per week.We are 5 minutes walking distance from the Menlo Park Caltrain Station.Applicants must：Have a good command of the subjects they tutor.Be willing to tutor students through the full academic year
5、.Application instructions：Email us your resume (简历)Tell us why you want to join Academic Trainers and describe your experience of tutoring students if you have any.Let us know your scheduling preferences and potential start date.Tell us which of the subjects you are able to tutorMath, Science and/or
6、 Humanities.语篇解读本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了一则招聘家庭教师的广告，其中包括招聘的要求、待遇等信息。1Which period of time needs the most tutors during the academic year?ASaturday and Sunday mornings.BFriday afternoons and evenings.CMonday and Thursday mornings.DSunday afternoons and evenings.解析：细节理解题。根据Job description中的“Once our fall semest
7、er starts on August 21, well have even higher demand for tutoring sessions on Sundays from 1 pm. to 8 pm. as well as from 3 pm. to 9 pm. MondayThursday.”可知，学年中对家庭教师需求量最大的时间段是在星期天下午和晚上。故选D。答案：D2What can a tutor enjoy who works more than 30 hours per week?AComfortable accommodation.BFree job training
8、every month. CHealth insurance reimbursement.DFree meals during the academic year.解析：细节理解题。根据What we offer中的“Health insurance reimbursement for staff working over 30 hours per week.”可知，每周工作30个小时的家庭教师可以享受健康保险补偿。故选C。答案：C3What qualification should a suitable candidate have?AHe/She must tutor all the su
9、bjects parttime.BHe/She must be good at the subjects they tutor.CHe/She must have a previous tutoring experience.DHe/She must work every evening through the academic year. 解析：细节理解题。根据Applicants must中的“Have a good command of the subjects they tutor.”可知，一个合适的候选人必须擅长他/她们所教的科目。故选B。答案：BB(2021泰安全真模拟题)Alic
10、e is a senior at Sunset High School (SHS) in America. The kids in her school are looking forward to senior graduation and summer vacation. And they still desire to live a significant life: doing something worthwhile and making a difference. Alice, senior class president, decides to take action by or
11、ganizing a food drive.She also decides to reach out to the community in the neighborhood for support.She wrote, “Hi! My name is Alice and Im a senior at Sunset! The SHS student government is hosting a drive and collecting the canned and boxed food for needy families. I know many students in the slum
12、 (贫民窟) are not able to access regular meals without school. One hundred percent of everything donated will go to families in need. So it would be amazing if anybody could donate any extra food and lay it around the house. I would be so happy to come by and pick up any extra food that anyone has and
13、just let me know！”So far, the community has made some 400 donations, and Alice has picked up each one. Theyre left in brown paper bags around their houses, and she handles them with the latest gloves. Its all packaged food, and the packaging is cleaned with disinfected wipes. Along with the rest of
14、the student union, which brainstormed the idea last week, Alice is setting up distribution centers to dispense the food in the city so families can get what they need.“In the community, Ive seen so many people offering their help, and Ive picked up so many donations from community residents，” Alice
15、said. “Its nice to see people supporting each other. I think its really good that were being more cautious, especially within the community.” Every individual is aware of how to take care of themselves, their family and others around them. They join hands to make a big difference indeed. With everyo
16、nes efforts, the donation work goes on easily and smoothly and many poor families have got help.语篇解读本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述的是Alice和她的同学号召社区的人捐赠食物以帮助有需要的人。4What do we know about the students at SHS in the text?ATheyre eager for a meaningful life.BTheyve helped to build a community.CTheyve graduated from seni
17、or high school.DTheyre forced to do something worthwhile.解析：细节理解题。根据第一段的“And they still desire to live a significant life: doing something worthwhile and making a difference.”可知，他们渴望有意义的生活，故选A项。答案：A5Why did Alice organize the food drive?ATo gain greater popularity.BTo get food for families in need.C
18、To set up the SHS student union.DTo donate food to the students in her school.解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的“My name is Alice and Im a senior at Sunset！The SHS student government is hosting a drive and collecting the canned and boxed food for needy families.”可知，Alice组织食品运动是为了帮助贫困的家庭，使他们得到食物。答案：B6What does the unde
19、rlined word “dispense” in paragraph 4 probably mean? ARecycle.BHand out.CGain. DChew up.解析：词义猜测题。结合语境以及画线词所在句中的“Alice is setting up distribution centers”“so families can get what they need”可知，Alice建立分发中心是为了分发食物，这样许多家庭就可以得到他们需要的东西，画线词与hand out“分发”意思相近，故选B项。答案：B7What can be concluded from the last par
20、agraph?AEast or west, home is best.BIts good to learn at another mans cost.CActions speak louder than words.DMany hands make light work.解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段的“They join hands to make a big difference indeed. With everyones efforts，the donation work goes on easily and smoothly and many poor families have g
21、ot help.”可知，在大家的共同努力下，捐赠工作进行得轻松顺利，许多贫困家庭得到了帮助，即大家一起努力使事情变得容易，故选D项“众人拾柴火焰高”。答案：DC(2021临沂枣庄两市统考模拟) As for child vaccinations (疫苗接种), parents usually get paperwork lost, or forget whether their child is up to date. Now a group of MIT researchers has developed a new way to address this problem: insertin
22、g the record directly into the skin. Along with the vaccine, a child would be injected with a bit of dye that is invisible to the naked eye but easily seen with an app that shines special light onto the skin. The dye would be expected to last up to five years.The system would provide quick and easy
23、access to vaccination history, and add little to the cost or risk of the procedure. “In developing countries where medical records may not be as complete or as accessible, there can be value in having medical information directly associated with a person，” says Ana Jaklenec, lead author of the study
24、.Delivering the dye required the researchers to find something that was safe and would last long enough to be useful. “Thats really the biggest challenge we overcame in the project，” says Jaklenec, adding that the team tested a number of dyes but could not find any that lasted when exposed to sunlig
25、ht. The team ended up using a technology called quantum dots, which were originally developed to label cells during research. The dye has been shown to be safe in humans.“When people were still getting vaccinated against smallpox (天花), they got a visible scar on their arm that made it easy to identi
26、fy who had been vaccinated and who had not. But obviously, we didnt want to give people a scar，” Jaklenec says, noting that her team was looking for something that couldnt be seen. The researchers also wanted to avoid technologies that would raise even more privacy concerns, such as databases with n
27、ames and identifiable data.The researchers hope to add more detailed information to the dots, such as the date of vaccination. Along with them, the team eventually wants to inject sensors that could also potentially be used to track aspects of health such as insulin (胰岛素) levels in diabetics (糖尿病人)语
28、篇解读本文是一篇说明文。疫苗接种的跟踪是一个难题，麻省理工学院的研究人员找到了一种记录疫苗接种历史的新方法：将接种记录直接嵌入皮肤。8What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?AA new system has been developed to track the history of vaccination.BThe cost of updating vaccination history is high.CThe dye injected into children can be seen with naked eyes easily
29、.DCarrying around ones medical record is convenient.解析：细节理解题。根据第一段的“Now a group of MIT researchers has developed a new way to address this problem: inserting the record directly into the skin.”和第二段的“The system would provide quick and easy access to vaccination history.”可知，麻省理工学院的研究人员找到一种记录疫苗接种历史的新方法
30、。答案：A9What was the biggest challenge for the researchers?ALabeling cells.BDelivering a number of dyes.CFinding the safe and longlasting media.DInventing a technology called quantum dots.解析：细节理解题。根据第三段的“Delivering the dye required the researchers to find something that was safe and would last long en
31、ough.the biggest challenge we overcame in the project”可知， 对研究人员来说，最大的挑战是找到安全持久的媒介。答案：C10It can be learned from the text that the researchers Aare trying to find a vaccination against diabetesBhave injected sensors to track aspects of healthCare sure to leave no scars on those who are vaccinatedDhope
32、 to add more detailed information to the dots while maintaining privacy解析：细节理解题。根据最后两段中的“The researchers also wanted to avoid technologies that would raise even more privacy concerns, such as databases with names and identifiable data.”“The researchers hope to add more detailed information to the do
33、ts.”可知，研究人员希望能在量子点中植入更多信息，同时保护人们的隐私。答案：D11How does the author feel about the project?ADisappointed.BEnthusiastic.CIndifferent. DUncertain.解析：推理判断题。作者在文中主要介绍了一种通过使用量子点把疫苗接种历史记录嵌入皮肤的方法以及它的益处，结合这一内容可知，作者对这一项目是充满兴趣的。答案：BD(2021日照重点中学高三联考)More than a billion people around the world have smartphones, almos
34、t all of which come with some kind of navigation (导航) app such as Apple Maps or Amap. This raises the ageold question we meet with any technology: What abilities is our brain losing to these apps? But also, importantly: What abilities are we gaining? Talking with people who are good at finding their
35、 way around or good at using paper maps, I often hear a lot of annoyance with digital maps. North/South direction gets messed up, and you can see only a small section at a time. I can really understand that it may be quite disturbing for the already skilled to be limited to a small phone screen.But
36、consider what digital navigation aids have meant for someone like me. Although being a frequent traveler, Im so terrible at finding my way that I still use Apple Maps almost every day in the small town where I have lived for many years.In many developed nations, street names and house numbers can be
37、 meaningful, and instructions such as “go north for three blocks andthen west” make sense to those familiar with these rules. In Istanbul, however, where I grew up, none of those hold true. For one thing, the locals seldom use street names. Besides, the city is full of winding and ancient alleys tha
38、t cross with newer avenues at many angles. In such places, youd better turn to the locals. In the American countryside, however, there is often nobody outside to ask. In fact, along came Apple Maps, like a fairy grandmother whispering directions in my ear. Since then, I travel with a lot more confid
39、ence, and my world has opened up. Which brings me back to my original question: While we often lose some skills after depending on new technology, this new equipment may also allow us to gain new abilities. Maybe when technology closes a door, we should also look for the doors it opens. 语篇解读本文是一篇议论文
40、。随着智能手机的发展，导航应用发展迅速，那么导航应用到底是让我们变得更好还是更糟糕呢？作者对此提出了自己的观点。12Why do people skilled at reading paper maps feel upset?AThey like reading paper maps.BThey are confused by digital maps direction.CThey dont know how to use navigation apps.DThey are limited to a single smartphone app.解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段的“North/
41、South direction gets messed up, and you can see only a small section at a time.”可以得出，由于电子地图中的南北方向让人觉得混乱，而且一次只能看一小块，这让擅长使用纸质地图的人很烦恼，故选B。答案：B13According to the text, which is the best way to find the destination in Istanbul?ATurning to local people.BFollowing the navigation app.CGetting familiar with
42、the city rules.DLooking for street names and house numbers.解析：细节理解题。根据文章第四段可知，作者从小生活在伊斯坦布尔。街道很少有名字，蜿蜒曲折且古老的巷子与新建的大道纵横交叉，形成各种角度。在这样的地方，人们要想到达目的地最好向当地人求助。故选A。答案：A14Whats the authors attitude towards the navigation apps?ACautious.BAmbiguous.CFavorable. DCritical.解析：推理判断题。第三段中的“But consider what digital
43、 navigation aids have meant for someone like me.”以及倒数第二段中的“In fact, along came Apple Maps, like a fairy grandmother whispering directions in my ear.Since then，I travel with a lot more confidence, and my world has opened up.”等信息都表明作者对导航应用持支持的态度。答案：C15What could be the best title for the passage?ABene
44、fits of Navigation AppsBDisadvantages of Navigation AppsCMy World Opens Up by New TechnologyDHave Navigation Apps Worsened Our Brain?解析：标题归纳题。第一段作者提到“This raises the ageold question we meet with any technology：What abilities is our brain losing to these apps？But also，importantly: What abilities are
45、we gaining？”， 第二段作者简单介绍导航应用给一些人带来的烦恼。接下来作者笔锋一转，重点着墨于导航应用的积极一面，并在最后一段得出结论“While we often lose some skills after depending on new technology，this new equipment may also allow us to gain new abilities. Maybe when technology closes a door，we should also look for the doors it opens.”，即本文主要是对导航应用是否会让我们的大脑
46、丧失某些能力的探讨。故答案选D。答案：D.阅读七选五(2021济南高考模拟)Its impossible to provide an exact number of words in English, since new words are being added to the dictionary, and falling out of use constantly. 16 解析：根据下文答语“The short answer is: about a million.”可知，空处应为问句，提问数量。故A项符合语境。 答案：AThe short answer is: about a milli
47、on. Doubt you know anything even close to a million words? That number includes any number of legal, medical, scientific, and mechanical terms that most people will never meet in their daytoday lives. 17 解析：根据前句可知很多专业词汇人们在日常生活中并不会遇到。故后句继续展开陈述，即使这些词汇不常见，但是它们仍然重要。答案：EThe “million” number also includes
48、 the many, many words that have fallen out of use throughout the time. 18 Consider the word “diddle”， a slang term from the 1700s that means “gin”Many English speakers would recognize “gin”， but far fewer would recognize “diddle”解析：根据空前的“The million number.many words that have fallen out of use”可知，百
49、万单词包含很多已经不再使用的单词。又根据设空后举的例子“diddle”可知，G项“虽然它们已经从词典中删去，但仍算作英语单词”承接上文，符合语境。答案：GIf a million words is the absolute upper level, how does that compare with the general vocabulary of most English speakers? 19 Most Englishspeaking adults know between 20，000 and 30，000 words. And in addition to those many
50、thousands of words, theyre probably able to comprehend a good 20，000 more just from context clues.解析：根据设空前的句子可知，一百万个单词绝对是需要很高的水平。但是这是不能与人们常用的词汇相比较的。又根据空后的“Most Englishspeaking adults know between 20，000 and 30，000 words. just from context clues.”可知，尽管人们掌握的常用词达不到一百万那么多，但也不少，也是大家所想不到的。故选B。答案：B 20 You
51、wont find a single dictionary anywhere that includes close to the total million words. One of the reasons is that generalusage dictionaries dont include lots of technical termsboth because of how uncommon they are and, in some cases，because of length. The longest word in the English language is a te
52、rm from chemistry that is used to identify a certain kind of protein. It is 180，000 letters long. So you certainly wont see it in the dictionary.ABut whats the number?BMore than you might think!CThat doesnt amount to the whole lot, though!DThen, how many words are there in a dictionary?EWhile words
53、like these are very uncommon, they still count.FIf you recognize these uncommon words, we sadly no longer use them.GThough removed from the dictionary, they were still counted as English words.解析：根据设空后句可知，你找不到一本能收录近百万个单词的词典。故前句应为对一本词典中所包含单词的数量进行发问。故选D。答案：D语篇解读本文是一篇说明文。文章围绕英语中有多少单词展开，解释了英语中大约一百万个单词的构成及我们很难找全的原因。