1、阅读理解组合练(三)(限时30分钟)A(2019南通模拟)Travelling with skiing or snowboarding equipment can be a bit of an effort, particularly if youre swapping between buses, trains and planes. Take a simpler, more direct route to the four Alpine options on the Eurostar at London St Pancras International or Ashford. La Ros
2、ire Great ski conditions arent a oneoff here, thanks to the resorts high altitude and its mostly southfacing and therefore sunny slopes. Its a family friendly resort and kids will enjoy skiing through the trees and tunnels on the adventure trail.Sainte FoyThe slopes are quiet, the lift queues are no
3、nexistent, and snowy forests and breathtaking mountain views dominate (控制) your eyeline. This resort is not a place to come if you like to party, but its a great choice for those who want to progress on wide, empty pistes.MotiersIt is a good resort for firsttime skiers. Those new to the sport can bo
4、ok a holiday safe in the knowledge that theyre not stuck up a snowy mountain if the sport isnt for them. The town itself has a Museum of Popular Traditions. TignesIt may not be the prettiest resort in the French Alps, but what it lacks in cuteness, it more than makes up for in convenience, taking th
5、e concept of skiin skiout to a whole new level. Its highquality snow conditions are all but guaranteed.Need to knowYou can take one pair of skis or one snowboard on board with you in addition to your standard adult luggage allowance. For safety reasons, skis and snowboards have to be kept in a prote
6、ctive case that covers the whole item.Theres a travel class to suit every budget and style. Though the seats are roomy and comfortable, its worth nothing because there are no sleeper bunk beds. With free WiFi for all, you can stay connected all the way.语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文，主要介绍了阿尔卑斯山的四处滑雪胜地及注意事项。1If one is
7、 looking for a peaceful and crowdfree ski resort, he will probably choose _.ALa Rosire.BSainte Foy.CMotiers. DTignes.解析：选B细节理解题。根据Sainte Foy部分中的“This resort is not a place to come if you like to party, but its a great choice for those who want to progress on wide, empty pistes.”可知，该景点符合题干中a peaceful
8、 and crowdfree ski resort的要求，故选B。2. From the passage, we can know that _.Athe Eurostar offers easy access to popular Alpine ski resortsBthere is no restriction on wellprotected equipment on boardCtravellers can have a good sleep on comfortable bunk beds on boardDfree WiFi is provided on board for tr
9、avellers who upgrade their travel class解析：选A细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Take a simpler, more direct route to the four Alpine options on the Eurostar at London St Pancras International or Ashford.”可知，欧洲之星为人们提供了通往阿尔卑斯山滑雪胜地的便捷途径。故选A。B(2019盐城模拟)There is a 1930sold restaurant in my hometown that has done little to upd
10、ate itself over the past 80 years. This is part of its charm, as is the wooden phone booth that sits neglected in the age of the cellphone.Ah, the phone booth. We need it now more than ever.For me it symbolizes that phone calls were once private affairs, even if the information being shared was not
11、sensitive in any way. It was simply assumed that a phone conversation was meant for two people, and two people only. In public places this meant turning to the phone booth a private chamber where one could converse in peace without being overheard.Even at home, phone calls used to be regarded as pri
12、vate. Growing up in the 1960s, we had one phone in the house fixed to the kitchen wall.As a kid, I didnt get or make many calls. I do, however, remember answering the phone, asking for the identity of the caller, and then handing the phone to my mom. Shed take it, say “Hello, Mrs Flaubert，”and then,
13、“one moment please，”as she placed her hand over the receiver, turned to me, and directed,“This is for me. Why dont you go outside and play？”Flashforward to what cellphones have done to this idyll. Within the space of very few years, private conversations have become public declaration, and being ove
14、rheard seems to be the point. A large part of the problem, of course, is that we now carry our phones with us, and the reflex (反射) to answer the device as soon as it rings is a response, Pavlov would have appreciated.But the information is revealed! Not long ago I was sitting in Bostons South Statio
15、n, waiting for my train. After purchasing a sandwich, I sat down at a table near a man who was on his cellphone.Let me paraphrase what the man had to say: “Yes, thats right. The red and yellow roses. That will be a Visa.” Then he proceeded to recite his card number and expiration date before signing
16、 off.I stared unbelievably at the fellow. He glanced at me and asked, “What？”My response was immediate: I recited his card number back to him, along with the expiration date.There is no more privacy, no longer a sense of personal borders or limits and the cellphone has become a loudspeaker.To return
17、 to phone booths: Why did they disappear? And should you think a phone booth has no value today, I saw one on eBay going for D|S4,750.语篇解读：本文主要阐述了电话亭这个过时的设备在当今社会仍然有它的好处，至少它能给使用电话的人提供一个私密的空间，确保他们谈话的内容不被窃听。随着手机的普及，人们随时随地都可以使用手机进行交流，但是有时候却忽视了保护自己的隐私。3Why do private conversations turn into public declar
18、ation according to the passage?APhone booths have died out in modern life. BPeople lack a sense of personal borders or limits. CThe content of phone calls is not that sensitive. DIt is convenient for people to reach for cellphones.解析：选D推理判断题。根据文章第六段的内容可知，在短短几年的时间里，私人对话已经成为公开声明。其主要原因是我们现在随身携带手机，一旦手机响
19、了，第一反应就是去接，不注意隐私。4By describing what happened in Bostons South Station, the author indicates that _. Aits ridiculous to answer cellphones in public placesBits impolite to overhear others answering cellphonesCits necessary to keep a safe distance from others when answering phonesDits inappropriate to
20、 touch on personal information in cellphone conversations解析：选C推理判断题。在波士顿南站作者听到一个人在电话里面把他的信用卡号和有效期大声说出来了，作者听得清清楚楚，甚至可以一字不差地背出来。这个故事说明接听电话的时候要注意保护自己的隐私，与他人要保持一定的距离，防止说话的内容被窃听。5What can we conclude from the passage?APavlov is in favor of answering cellphones instantly. BSomething seemingly oldfashioned
21、 holds its charm today. CPhone booths are very popular with consumers on the Internet. DPeople used to lack a sense of trust and security in the 1960s. 解析：选B推理判断题。根据第一至三段的内容，特别是第三段最后一句“In public places this meant turning to the phone booth a private chamber where one could converse in peace without
22、being overheard.”可知，电话亭虽然过时了，但是它却能为使用电话的人提供一个私密的空间，确保他们谈话的内容不被窃听，所以电话亭在当代社会也还是有它的价值所在的。所以说如今似乎有些过时的东西还是很有魅力的。C(2019扬州模拟)Cooperation at work is generally seen as a good thing. The latest survey by the Financial Times of what employers want from MBA graduates found that the ability to work with a wide
23、 variety of people was what managers wanted most. But managers always have to balance the benefits of teamwork, which help ensure that everyone is working towards the same goal, with the dangers of “groupthink” when critics are reluctant to point out a plans drawbacks for fear of being kept out of t
24、he group. The disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 was a classic case of groupthink. Skeptics were reluctant to challenge John F. Kennedy, the newly elected American president.Modern communication methods mean that cooperation is more frequent. Workers are constantly in touch with each ot
25、her via email messaging groups or mobile calls. But does that improve, or lower performance? A new study by three American academics, tried to answer this question. They set a logical problem (designing the shortest route for a travelling salesman visiting various cities). Three groups were involved
26、: one where subjects acted independently; another where they saw the solutions posted by team members at every stage; and a third where they were kept informed of each others views only intermittently.The survey found that members of the individualist group reached the premier solution more often th
27、an the constant cooperators but had a poorer average result. The intermittent_cooperators found the right result as often as the individualists, and got a better average solution. When it comes to ideal generation, giving people a bit of space to a solution seems to be a good idea. Occasional cooper
28、ation can be a big help: most people have benefited from a colleagues brainwave or (just as often) wise advice to avoid a particular course of action.Further clues come from a book, Superminds, by Thomas Malone of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He says that three factors determine the co
29、llective intelligence of cooperating groups: social intelligence (how good people were at rating the emotional states of others); the extent to which members took part equally in conversation (the more equal, the better); and the cooperation of women in the group(the higher, the better). Groups rank
30、ed highly in these areas cooperated far better than others.In short, cooperation may be a useful tool but it doesnt work in every situation.语篇解读：文章主要论述了什么样的团队合作是最有效的，即什么时候团队合作才有意义。6The author cites the example of The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in Paragraph 1 to _.Aprove that team players are skill
31、ed at communicationBshow that teamwork cannot always be beneficialCprove that critics are unwilling to challenge anybodyDshow the danger of groupthink is not very serious解析：选B细节理解题。根据第一段的内容可知作者引用这个例子是想说明groupthink会造成非常严重的后果，所以团队合作未必一直是有利的。7The underlined phrase “intermittent cooperators” in Paragrap
32、h 3 refers to _.Athose who do not cooperate with each otherBthose who are seldom informed of others viewsCthose who cooperate with others occasionallyDthe constant cooperators with a poor average result解析：选C词义猜测题。第二段讲了三种类型的分组，第三段对这三种类型作了对比，故根据第二段最后一句“and a third where they were kept informed of each
33、 others views only intermittently”可知，第三组是他们只间歇性地被告知彼此的观点。所以intermittent cooperators意为“偶尔与他人合作的人”。8Which of the following factors makes a team cooperate better according to the fourth paragraph?AGroup members cooperating all the time.BGroup members in a good emotional state. CEqual distribution of me
34、n and women. DEqual participation in the communication.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第四段第二句中的“social intelligence (how good people were at rating the emotional states of others); the extent to which members took part equally in conversation (the more equal, the better)”可知，成员平等参与的程度越高，团队合作的效果就越好。9Which can be the bes
35、t title of the passage?AWhen Teamwork WorksBWhat Teamwork Is AboutCWhy Teamwork OperatesDA Useful Tool: Cooperation解析：选A标题归纳题。阅读全文可知，本文主要论述了什么样的团队合作是最有效的，即什么时候团队合作才有意义。D(2019苏、锡、常、镇模拟)If you are not reading this on a screen, then you hold in your hands one of humanitys most worldchanging inventions.
36、 Yet that power has not been matched by fame; paper delights in selfmodesty, pointing you to the words on its surface, and so acting only as a stage for ideas and arguments that have changed history.Without that stage, the written and printed word would have attracted only a small audience. All the
37、alternatives to paper commonly used throughout our predigital history have been too rare, too heavy, too expensive or too inconvenient to deliver words to a wide number of people, let alone a mass readership.Paper has enabled writers to reach unprecedented (前所未有) numbers throughout history. Among th
38、em were the Buddhist missionary translators from South and Central Asia who brought their religion to China almost two thousand years ago. The paper age has its outstanding personalities: Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose collected works when combined fill more than 200
39、volumes.For many of us, it has only been the rise of digital media that_has finally opened our eyes to papers striking existence everywhere. Of course, paper has found thousands of roles for itself, writing aside. Your bedside lamp glows through a paper cover and the cups in the office coffee machin
40、e are made from paper. It can be as common and practical as a bus ticket or it can be treasured and expensive as the carrier of the worlds bestloved painting.It is clear that many predictions of papers extinction have been premature and greatly overstated. Much of the 400 million tons of paper produ
41、ced annually is absolutely necessary to our way of life. The bigger question, of course, concerns the one role paper has had that has been transformative for the world, namely as the carrier of written or printed text. Already, it is leaving much of the difficult work of words to digital media, and
42、many of its centuries old roles have already been largely transferred to the screen. There is also a sense in which paper has itself become a subject, rather than simply a medium. This began to become clear in art several decades ago, as paper became not simply the backdrop (背景) for art but, in a fe
43、w cases, the stuff of the art itself.This doesnt mean that papers uses as a vehicle for words will end, but it does signal a slowing down. More than that, it signals that papers greatest virtues are no longer good enough. Those virtues enabled unprecedented periods of cultural expansiveness, just as
44、 they encouraged knowledge, beliefs and ideas to move further down the socioeconomic ladder. Yet such transformative qualities are shared by papers digital opponent (对手), and paper can no longer compete on speed of delivery, scale of information immediately available, or ease of access.Papers histor
45、ic dynamism (活力) has received its first great challenge and, in many aspects, it appears to be losing. Nostalgia (怀旧) simply dismisses paper to a museum piece. But there are reasons to think that the dynamism that paper has exhibited over some 20 centuries will not be transferred totally to digital
46、media. There are a few practical reasons. Electric power is always needed for digital media, of course. More importantly, anything online can, potentially, be hacked into. Your own reading choices can be viewed from the other side of the world. Even what you write can be viewed and changed or delete
47、d. But it is the ownership of knowledge that matters most. As Amazon recently reminded a Kindle reader who had lost the text of a book he was reading, you do not “own” your books on Kindle, as you own a physical book. You simply have the right to access them.The digital revolution certainly provides
48、 unprecedented access to knowledge. But it is access only. Text that you can hold, shelve and own, due to paper, will always have a magic all its own.语篇解读：本文主要阐述了在数字时代，纸在交付速度、即时可用的信息规模或访问方便性等方面不再具有竞争力。但是纸质文档和书籍你可以拥有，可以存放在书架上，而电子文档和书籍却只能阅读，并不真正属于你。10Why does paper not have welldeserved fame?AMuch inf
49、ormation is available on a screen.BIt takes great delight in being modest.COnly a small crowd enjoys the benefits of it.DIt always guides readers to focus more on itself.解析：选B细节理解题。由第一段第二句“Yet that power has not been matched by fame; paper delights in selfmodesty .”可知，纸之所以没得到应有的赞誉，是因为它很谦虚，它让我们更多关注的是
50、纸上的内容。原文中的“paper delights in selfmodesty”与选项B中的“great delight in being modest”为同义替换。11The underlined part in Paragraph 4 implies that the digital media _.Aignores the existence of paperBpromotes the wide use of paperCreplaces the functions of paperDhelps us realize the roles of paper解析：选D细节理解题。画线部分所
51、在句是强调句型，去掉it has only been和that 之后，原句就变成了：the rise of digital media has finally opened our eyes to papers striking existence everywhere，所以说数字媒体的兴起终于让我们看到了纸存在的价值。12One reason why paper wont come to an end is that _.Ait is being massproducedBit is more than a mediumCit has a centuriesold roleDit is a
52、wellknown invention解析：选B细节理解题。由第五段倒数第二句“There is also a sense in which paper has itself become a subject, rather than simply a medium.”可知，在某种意义上，纸本身已经成为一个主题，而不仅仅是一种媒介。13Whats the purpose of mentioning the best virtues of paper in Paragraph 6?ATo show its fast development.BTo prove its unchanged stre
53、ngth.CTo indicate its loss of competitiveness.DTo bring back its past brilliance.解析：选C推理判断题。根据第六段最后一句“Yet such transformative qualities are shared by papers digital opponent (对手), and paper can no longer compete on speed of delivery, scale of information immediately available, or ease of access.”可知，
54、纸的这些优秀品质被它们的数码对手所共享，但是纸在交付速度、即时可用的信息规模或访问便利性等方面不再具有竞争力。所以在这一段中提到纸的最好的属性，就是为了说明在数码时代纸已经失去了它的竞争力。14What is the biggest problem the digital media face?AIt depends on electric power.BPersonal privacy is easy to leak.CUsers only have the right to use.DThe joy of reading is hard to feel.解析：选C细节理解题。根据倒数第二段
55、最后两句“. you do not own your books on Kindle, as you own a physical book. You simply have the right to access them.”可知，读者并不真正拥有电子书，仅仅只有获得阅读文章的权利。15What is the best title for the passage?AThe History of PaperBThe Power of PaperCThe Development of PaperDThe Application of Paper解析：选B标题归纳题。本文讲述了纸的非凡意义，虽然竞争力下降，但仍有它不可替代的一面。不难看出作者对于纸的态度是肯定的。因此作者最想强调的还是纸的力量。