1、高考英语外刊阅读模拟强化训练 阅读理解专题二【题源 The Guardian (9 January, 2023)】AGreat era of going out to the movies is dying, says Mendes. Sam Mendes has said the “great era” of going to the cinema is dying, and he thinks his most famous movies would go to streaming services if they were made now.The British film direct
2、or, known for his James Bond movies and critically acclaimed hits such as American Beauty and 1917, said: “The 20th century, the great era of movies, the great entertainment form -which was going out to the movies -that is dying.Speaking on the BBCs Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Mendes sai
3、d “middle-budget movies” were no longer made for cinemas, and most often went straight to streaming services, such as Netflix or Amazon Prime, instead. He said filmmakers now had to “accept and embrace the ambition of a big screen” or “accept that theyre going to be seen by millions of people on str
4、eaming, which is no bad thing”.His latest film, Empire of Light, is a romantic drama set around an old cinema in an English seaside town in the early 1980s. Mendes previously told the Guardian the film was a love letter to cinema: “If you are broken, movies can help put you back together again. Im a
5、 romantic. I do believe that. Its about the magic of movies,” he said.It is the directors first film directed from his own screenplay, and was inspired by his childhood growing up around someone who suffered from vestmental illness. He said his film “dramatizes” the effect of what it is to live thro
6、ugh bipolar and manic depression, “rather than to explain it”.The film is in cinemas from today.1. Why does Sam Mendes comment that the great era of movies is dying?A. The 20th century witnessed little well-produced filmsB. Films are no longer the great entertainment formC. Streaming services remain
7、 competitive with traditional cinemas D. More and more are unwilling to go to the cinema for a movie 2. What does Sam Mendes want to convey in BBC programme?A. He will stick to the big screen B. Middle-budget movies are more suitable to be seen with streaming services C. Every Filmmaker should have
8、an ambition of a big screenD. Streaming services about movies are acceptable3. Which of the following statements about Empire of Light is true?A. The theater the movie was released lay in a coastal town B. Through this movie Mendes expresses his love to cinema C. The film is a romantic one originate
9、d from Mendess illness D. The film explains bipolar and manic depressionBMillions of Britons are trapped in transport poverty because of a lack of alternatives to car ownership, with some spending nearly a fifth of their pre-tax income keeping a car on the road, a study has found.Those who own a car
10、 spend on average 13% of their gross income on it, above the 10% generally seen as the indicator of transport poverty. For those paying for their car with a finance or loan deal this proportion rises to 19%.The report by the cycle industry campaign group Bike Is Best found that about three-quarters
11、of drivers think they will always own a car, while just under half, 47%, believe they have no alternative.Previous studies have found that while significant numbers of people say they would happily cycle for shorter trips, a lack of safe local infrastructure for cycling puts them off.In recent years
12、 electric-assist bikes, or e-bikes, have become increasingly popular. But these can be expensive, with some models costing about 4,000, and finance deals are harder to find than for cars. The study found that while 34% of drivers said they would cycle if they could pick a mode that was not driving o
13、r public transport, almost half could not afford to buy a bike. Scott Purchas from Bike Is Best said: “As the UK endures the cost of living crisis, theres no escaping the fact that our entrenched car culture is locking people in to spending significant portions of their income ontransport.”Keir Gall
14、agher of Cycling UK said the study showed a lack of options meant the chance for people to move away from car use “is being squandered”. He said: “The solution is simple - building networks of safe, separated cycle routes in towns and cities across the UK would turn cycling into a genuine option for
15、 millions of people. ”1. What does “transport poverty” refer to in paragraph 1?A. People have no access to any kinds of car ownershipB. People spend above the 10% of their gross income on transport C. People are trapped in poor transport conditions D. People pay for their car with a finance or loan2
16、. What can be concluded from the report by Bike Is Best?A. Three-fifths of drivers think they will possess a car all the timeB. Lots of people disapproved of cycling for shorter tripsC. Local infrastructure for cycling was not safe enough D. More than half of the drivers believe they have no alterna
17、tive to car ownership.3. What can you learn from Scott Purchas words?A. E-bikes are increasingly popular among young people B. Finance deals for cars are harder to find than for E-bikesC. The cost of living in UK is under controlled nowD. The car culture in UK is hard to remove 4. Whats the meaning
18、of the underlined word “squander” in the last paragraph?A. delayed B. wasted C. minimized D. won CUniversity undergraduates are being trained to tutor disadvantaged pupils who have fallen behind as a result of the Covid pandemic, in a pilot set up to boost education recovery efforts in Englands scho
19、ols.Student volunteers are given training and then assigned to a school where they teach groups of up to three children once a week to try to plug learning gaps. The trial, currently focused on boosting literacy, was set up by the University of Exeter and is still in its early stages, but the team h
20、opes it will be replicated at other universities and rolled out across the country.The project is independent of the National Tutoring Programme(NTP), the governments key education recovery policy, which offers subsidized(有津贴的) tutoring to children struggling to catch up after the disruption of Covi
21、d . The NTP delivered 2m tutoring courses last year, but fell short of its target to reach disadvantaged pupils more severely affected by the Covid disruption.The attainment gap between wealthier pupils and their poorer classmates has widened since the pandemic and more needs to be done to help disa
22、dvantaged young people catch up, according to Lee Elliot Major, professor of social mobility at Exeter, who has helped develop the undergraduate tutoring programme.Sophie Errington, studying Spanish at Exeter, has just completed a term of tutoring, and enjoyed it so much she is considering training
23、to be a teacher. “Its been a really, really rewarding experience. Its been so good to interact with these kids. Seeing them grow in confidence.” The minister for skills, apprenticeships and higher education, Robert Halfon , said: “This is a fantastic initiative, and I am hugely grateful to the Unive
24、rsity of Exeter.”1. Whats the meaning of the underlined word “pilot”?A. flyerB. trial C. captain D. sample 2. Which one is true about the National Tutoring Programme?A. It was set up by the University of ExeterB. It offers training to student volunteers and assigns them to schoolsC. It offers free t
25、utoring to children struggling to catch up after the disruption of CovidD. The NTP failed to fulfill its target last year3. Whats the function of paragraph 4?A. To further explain the necessity of the tutoring project B. To prove Lee Elliot Majors word is reasonable C. To argue whether the tutoring
26、project should be continued or not D. To indicate the problems of the disadvantaged families.4. What are Sophie and Roberts attitude towards the tutoring project?A. approval B. indifferent C. carefree D. neutralDWe have all experienced the frustration of trying to hold a conversation in a loud pub o
27、r restaurant. Now researchers have shown that dolphins may face a similar issue, showing that they “shout” to each other when there is background noise.The findings revealed that a noisy environment makes it harder for dolphins to communicate and cooperate on tasks, adding to concern about the impac
28、t of human noise pollution on marine life.Dolphins are social, intelligent animals, relying on clicks and whistles to communicate and using echo location to hunt and navigate. So noise generated from human activity such as drilling and shipping has a potentially harmful impact on the health of marin
29、e populations.The latest study involved a pair of dolphins, Delta and Reese. The dolphins were required to work together to both press their own underwater button placed at either end of a lake within one second of each other. The dolphins had to rely solely on vocal communication to coordinate the
30、button press.When increasing levels of noise were played from an underwater speaker, both dolphins compensated by changing the volume and length of their calls to coordinate the button press. The dolphins also changed their body language, re-orienting themselves to face each other more at higher noi
31、se levels and swimming across the lagoon to be closer.Sound travels 4.5 times faster through water than through the air, meaning many marine organisms have evolved to rely on sounds to help them navigate, forage for food, avoid predators and communicate. The increase in background noise has been lin
32、ked to strandings, decompression sickness and behavioural changes.1. What did the latest research find about the dolphins?A. They shout to each other to communicate B. It is easier for them to communicate in a noisy environmentC. Human noise pollution may have a negative effect on dolphinsD. All dol
33、phins may face a similar issue undersea2.Which of the following statements about dolphins is wrong? A. Noise from human activity definitely harm dolphin populationsB. Dolphins rely on echo location to navigateC. Dolphins work together to search for food D. Dolphins click and whistle to communicate3.
34、How was the research conducted according to paragraph four?A. Delta and Reese were required to press the same underwater button B. Delta and Reese relied mainly on vocal communication to coordinate C. Delta and Reese were free to change the volume and length of their calls D. Delta and Reese change
35、the direction to face each other more at higher noise levels4. What will the author continue to discuss in the following paragraphs?A. Data or researches showing how other marine lives were affected by human noiseB. The symptoms of marine decompression sickness resulting from human noiseC. The ways of reducing human noise by the government D. The words cited from the leading scientist who conducted the human noise research 答案A: DDBB: BCDBC: BDAAD: CADA
