1、2017 届专题卷英语 08测试范围：阅读理解应用类、科技类阅读理解（本专题共 5 组阅读理解试题，阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项 A、B、C、D 中， 选出最佳选项。）（一）Tia and Tamera Mowry starred in the situation comedy Sister in the 1990s. More recently, theyve acted in the Disney movies Twitches and Twitches Too, and appeared on reality television shows. The twin sisters f
2、irst of four planned books, Twintuition: Double Vision, went on sale on April 21.The book is about twin sisters Caitlyn and Cassie Waters, who move to a small town. As new kids, trying to fit in is hard. Its even harder when they both start having visionsand what they see actuallyhappens in real lif
3、e. This “twintuition” power is mysterious and sometimes embarrassing, but the girls have to figure out how to use it when trouble begins to happen. The Mowrys talked to TFK Kid Reporter Dahlia Suiter about the book, the power of sisters, and the tie they share.TFK: What was your inspiration for this
4、 book?TAMERA MOWRY: Were actually moms now. Being moms and reading to our toddlers（学步的儿童）we try to read to them every single nightwe realized the importance of reading to our kids. We realized, “Why not do that for ourselves?” A lot of our fans are now parents, and we wanted to extend that part of o
5、urselves that we think is really important to our fans. This is a perfect way of doing it. We have young fans now too, and we want to do some things for them as well.TIA MOWRY: I was around your age when I fell in love with reading. I remember finally being excitedabout going to the library and pick
6、ing up books. If we could come out with a book that could inspire girls your age, or people your age, to read, then I feel like were doing our job.1What can we learn about the sisters Tia and Tamera?AThey are twin sisters and speakers. BThey are moms and sports editors. CThey are television stars an
7、d twin sisters. DThey are writers and fashion models.2Which of the following can best describe “twintuition”?Apractical, importantBmagical, awkwardCeducational, scientificDconfusing, successful 3For what purpose did sisters write the book according to the text?AIt tells the importance of reading to
8、children. BIt can help young girls realize their dreams. CIt is about the tie they share.DIt tells how the girls develop in the future. 4According to the sisters, reading.Aprovides themselves some experiences at home Bis really important way of keeping their fans Cis the only important thing moms ca
9、n do for kidsDcontributes greatly to childrens learning and growing（二）In the past few decades, the fortunate among us have recognized the dangers of living with obesity and have started to change our diets. But most of us do not yet understand that news is to the mind what sugar isto the body. The m
10、edia provide us small bites of common matters, tidbits（花边新闻）that dont reallyconcern our lives and dont require thinking. Today, we have reached the same point in relation to information that we faced 20 years ago in regard to food. We are beginning to recognize how dangerous news can be.News mislead
11、s. Take the following event for example. A Benz drives over a bridge, and the bridge collapses. What does the news media focus on? The car? The person in the car? Or where he planned to go?How he survived if experienced the crash. But that is not connected. Whats relevant? Maybe the structural stabi
12、lity（稳定性）of the bridge. Thats the underlying（潜在的）risk that the report has been hiding. Butthe car is a luxury, its dramatic; its a person; and its news, which is cheap to produce. News leads us to walk around with a completely wrong risk map in our heads.News is irrelevant. Out of about 10,000 news
13、stories you have read in the last 12 months, name one that because you consumed it allowed you to make a better decision about a serious matter affectingyour life, your career or your business. The point is: the consumption of news is not connected with youInreality, news consumption is a competitiv
14、e disadvantage. The less news you consume, the bigger the advantage you have.News makes us passive. News stories are completely about things you cannot influence. The daily repetition of news about things we cant act upon makes us passive. It harries（折磨）us until we adopt aworldview that is pessimist
15、ic. The scientific term is “learned helplessness”. Its a bit of a stretch, but I would not be surprised if news consumption, at least partially contributes to the widespread disease of depression.I have now gone without news for four years, so I can see, feel and report the effects of this freedom f
16、irst-hand: less despair, less anxiety, deeper thinking, more time, and more insights. Its not easy, but itsworth it.1What may the underlined phrase “the same point” in Paragraph 1 refer to?AThat we recognize sugar is bad for our health. BThat we know obesity has become dangerous. CThat we are aware
17、of the danger of news. DThat we realize the importance of news.2The example of the bridge accident in Paragraph 2 is used to.Ashow us what is good newsBexpose the problem of news Cexplain the function of newsDprovide advice on reading news3In Paragraph 3, the author suggests that we should.Aread abo
18、ut 10,000 news storiesBfind a competitive advantage Cmake a better decisionDread less news if possible4According to the author, giving up reading news.Ais difficult but worthwhileBmay cause us to think less Csaves us lots of moneyDis healthy but useless（三）Do you like visiting castles? If you do, her
19、e are some amazing American castles that you shouldnt miss.Belvedere Castle in New York City, New YorkSurrounded by the rich, the Belvedere in Central Park is the only castle of its kind on the island of Manhattan. Constructed by Central Park landscape gardener（园林设计师）Frederick Law Olmstead andCalver
20、t Vaux, the park is now a visitor center overlooking the Great Lawn.Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North CarolinaDownton Abbeyfans would surely want to visit the fascinating country home of George Vanderbilt. The castle provides a turn-of-the-century window into the lives of its rich inhabitants and
21、their servants who tended to their every need. A visit to Asheville isnt complete without a tour of the home and gardens.Boldt Castle in Heart Island, New YorkTiny Heart Island, part of an island chain along the St. Lawrence River, houses this fairy-tale castle. The castle was planned by Waldorf-Ast
22、oria GM George Boldt as a present to his wife. Daily tours are available; the home can be reached by boat.Castello di Amorosa in Napa Valley, CaliforniaThis Napa Valley winery（酿酒厂）was created in the style of a 13th century Tuscan castle. It is open all year round for wine tastings and tours. The cas
23、tle was built by vintner（葡萄酒商）Dario Sattui whoseSonoma County winery V. Sattui is among our very favorites.Gillette Castle in East Haddam, ConnecticutThis stone castle was built by stage actor William Gillette and has built-in couches, wood carvings and hidden mirrors. Gillette, best known for playi
24、ng Sherlock Holmes 1,300 times on stage, died in 1937 and the home is now part of Gillette Castle State Park. Its open seasonally.1According to the passage, we know Belvedere Castle.Ais the only castle in ManhattanBwas built by two people Cis in the Great LawnDis owned by rich people2Biltmore Estate
25、 would most probably attract those who want to.Aoverlook the Great LawnBget a free version of Downton Abbey Cknow how the rich in the country lived Dknow about the culture of New York City3Why did Waldorf-Astoria GM George Boldt build Boldt Castle?ATo remember his wife.BTo live a fairy-tale life.CTo
26、 give it to his wife as a gift.DTo meet his parents requirements. 4If youre crazy about wine, youd go to.ABoldt CastleBBiltmore EstateCBelvedere CastleDCastello di Amorosa 5Where can you visit the stone castle once owned by William Gillette?AIn East Haddam.BIn Heart Island.CIn Napa ValleyDIn Ashevil
27、le.（四）Would the promise of an $800 payout make you quit smoking? And if so, whats the most effective way to offer that reward? Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania sought to answer those questions, with the help from more than 2,500 smokers.One of their goals was to compare simple rewards
28、 with more sophisticated （复杂的 ） programs thatrequired would-be quitters to put into some of their own money. Researchers in the field have shown that people care more about avoiding losses than they do about receiving a windfall-style gain. The researchersmixed and matched these features to create t
29、heir four incentive（激励）systems. Smokers in the individualreward programs were able to earn $200 if they were smoke-free two weeks after their quit date. They could earn another $200 for remaining smoke-free for 30 days and $400 for throwing away cigarettes for six months. Those who were testing the
30、value of putting into their own money had to contribute $150 of this reward money.People who had their own skin in the game（风险共担）may have the greatest possibility of success.Among those who were willing to make a $150 deposit that they could earn back by remaining smoke-free, the quit rate at six mo
31、nths was 52%. That blew away the 17% quit rate for those didnt put up any of their own cash. But the researchers said its not clear that the skin-in-the-game approach was the best way to go. Though the results were much better, smokers were far less likely to give it a try. Only 14% of the study par
32、ticipants assigned to a deposit-based program were willing to give their money. In comparison, 90% of those who didnt have to pay a lot of money agreed to participate in their part of the experiment.When the Penn researchers considered the result, they found the success rate for the simple reward sy
33、stems beat out the success rate for the deposit systems by margin（差额）of 16% to 10%. The researchersconcluded that simply paying smokers to quit was the most “effective” way to go because people were so much more willing to give it a try.1For what purpose did the Penn researchers do the test accordin
34、g to the text?ATo see whether smokers did better on their own. BTo see whether smokers did better as part of a group.CTo see whether smokers did better with the simple reward.DTo see whether smokers did better with “usual care”.2 The underlined words “more sophisticated programs” in the second parag
35、raph probably refersto.Athe skin-in-the-game approachesBthe simple reward systems Clocal anti-smoking resourcesDthe usual care systems3What can we infer from Paragraph 3?AThe “competitive-deposit” design works best. BThe buy-in program could work better.CThe deposit-based program was the best way to
36、 go. DPeople perfer to attend the simple reward experiment.4According to the text, the most effective way of quitting smoking is.ATo offer smokers classic picture books BTo offer smokers a small payoutCTo offer smokers some entertaining games DTo offer smokers their favorite foods（五）There are countl
37、ess short videos on YouTube. Its a website for people to post videos made by themselves. Many people make a lot of money through doing so. Then, who made the most over the past year?YouTubes top-earning celebrity is a 25-year-old video-game-playing young man who shows a strong sense of humor in his
38、videos. He earned $12million over the past year. Forbes magazine says Swedens Felix Kjellberg, better known by his “PewDiePie”, tops its first list of people who have turned short online videos into huge piles of cash.YouTube stars make money mainly by getting paid to interact with（合作）products on th
39、eir channelsand sharing ad revenue（收入）with YouTube. Some also star in movies, write books, go on tours, or sellmusic. Theyre a hit with younger audiences and brands trying to reach the next generation of consumers.Two acts tied for the second place on Forbes list, both earning $8.5 million: comedy p
40、rankster（搞恶 作剧的人）duo Smosh（Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla）and the Fine Brothers（Benny and Rafi Fine）.Dancing violinist Lindsey Stirling ranked fourth with $ 6million. Tied for fifth were comedians Rhett and Link（made of Rhett McLaughlin and Charles Lincoln Neal）and video game commentator（解说员）Olajide
41、Olatunji, known as “KSI”, with $4.5 million. Make-up artist Michelle Phan was seventh at $3 million. The No.8 place was a three-way tie at $2.5 million shared by comedian Lilly Singh, or“Superwoman”, prankster（爱开玩笑的人）Roman Atwood, and chef Rosanna Pansino.Forbes is best known for its list of billion
42、aires and this list marks its first attempt at ranking YouTube stars. It says it measured earnings before management fees and taxes（税）and came up with the figuresbased on data from online sources such as Nielsen, IMDb and interviews with managers, lawyers, industry insiders and the stars themselves.
43、1How do the audience most probably find Felix Kjellberg while watching his videos?ATouchingBPuzzling.CAmusingDShocking. 2How do YouTube stars make money?ABy getting part of ad revenue.BBy selling movies.CBy showing on tours.DBy interacting with young audiences. 3Who earned the fourth most on YouTube
44、 over the past year?AMichelle PhanBRhett and Link.CLindsey StirlingDThe Fine Brothers. 4Forbes knew about the earnings of the stars by.Ainterviewing the YouTube staffBgathering data from some online sourcesCpreparing to give them a live chat online Dpromising to write their stories in the magazine 5What is the text mainly about?AFamous YouTube stars.BWorks of YouTube stars. CEarnings of YouTube stars.DWays to make money on YouTube.
