1、温馨提示： 此套题为Word版，请按住Ctrl,滑动鼠标滚轴，调节合适的观看比例，答案解析附后。关闭Word文档返回原板块。专题检测卷(二十四) 阅读理解（建议用时：25分钟）A体裁说明文题材球迷癖好词数291On the morning of Super Bowl Sunday in February, I didnt have to think about what to wear. It was smelly, shabby and too small for me, but none of that mattered it was my lucky NFL football jerse
2、y(运动衫), a black-and-gold No 36 Jerome Bettis shirt. My dad bought it for me when I was little. I would wear it every day that the Pittsburgh Steelers, my favorite NFL team, played a game. On this particular day, I couldnt dream of breaking my habit. Sports superstitions like mine are extremely commo
3、n in the United States, because being a sports fan is a bit like practicing a religion. Just as religious people perform various rituals(仪式)to send love to their gods, sports fans routines send supportive energy to their favorite teams. All sports fans stubbornly believe that this helps their teams
4、win. For years, my friends and I would watch the Steelers play football on the same TV, eating the same snacks, wearing the same clothes. Wed even do bizarre things. During crucial plays, we would each grab our left foot and be completely silent. We thought this gave our team favor with the“football
5、 gods”. That Sunday, back in 2009, the football gods smiled on us while we each held onto our left foot, Santonio Holmes caught a pass from Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers won their sixth Super Bowl. As I looked around at the fans celebrating in the Pittsburgh streets, I could see that they felt
6、 they had won the game themselves. And in a way, they hadtheir weird(奇怪的)rituals had worked. None of them asked me to change into a better-smelling shirt. 1. What is the purpose of the text? A. To describe his enthusiasm for football. B. To show why sports fans are superstitious in the US. C. To int
7、roduce some common sports superstitions in the US. D. To tell the connection between sports superstitions with religions. 2. What do the underlined words“my habit”in the first paragraph refer to? A. Watching his favorite NFL team play football. B. Performing various religious rituals. C. Wearing the
8、 same jersey to cheer for the Steelers. D. Playing football with his friends in the same clothes. 3. The underlined word“bizarre”in the fourth paragraph is closest in meaning to. A. strangeB. shamefulC. powerful D. inappropriate4. What can we conclude from the text? A. In the US, some sports fans ar
9、e as loyal and faithful as religious people. B. Several rituals sports fans do in the US are the same ones used in major religions. C. The authors smelly jersey dissatisfied his friends who watched games with him. D. It is regarded as impolite to grab ones left foot while watching football games. B体
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11、find the trip that meets your needs. For those who will be vacationing on the off-season a trip on the Native American Red River rafting is available year around or a one-day trip is available on the Colorado River from Diamond Creek to Pierce Ferry(about three hours from Las Vegas). Most of the tri
12、ps depart from Lees Ferry, Arizona(approximately 21/2 hours from the south rim of the Grand Canyon). We offer partial trips which allow you to get on or off at Phantom Ranch located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon National Park South Rim. Requiring a hike in or out, with proper planning the horse
13、ride up or down is also an option. Most trips occur between April and October. Since all rafting on the Colorado requires a permit, planning and reserving your trip requires reservations well in advance. Please let us know when you would like to go and we will contact all the river concessionaires(特
14、许权获得者)to help you find the best trip for you. For planning your trip, questions, concerns or to make your reservations, please email or call the toll free number below. Since these trips are limited we highly recommend you make your reservations months in advance. To talk to a live person call us to
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16、info raftingthegrandcanyon. com. We look forward to helping you plan your trip!5. If you dont want to take an all-distance trip, you can start at. A. Diamond CreekB. Lees FerryC. Phantom RanchD. Pierce Ferry6. On the trip on the Grand Canyon, you are not recommended to enjoy. A. oar raft rowingB. tr
17、aveling on footC. animal ridingD. swimming entertainment7. At which time of the following is an off-season trip on the Grand Canyon? A. June. B. February. C. October. D. September. 8. Rafting the Grand Canyon doesnt suggest the readers contact them in the way of. A. calling at it in personB. filling
18、 out a formC. sending an emailD. making a callC(2013洛阳模拟)体裁记叙文题材世界上最年轻的CEO词数315For the past two years, 8-year-old Harli Jordean from Stoke Newington, London, has been selling marbles(弹珠). His successful marble company, Marble King, sells all things marble-relatedfrom affordable tubs of the glass pla
19、ythings to significantly expensive items like Duke of York solitaire tablessourced, purchased and processed by the mini-CEO himself. “I like having my own company. I like being the boss, ”Harli told The Mirror. With profits now in the thousands, “the worlds youngest CEO”has had to get his mother and
20、 older brothers to help him meet the growing demand. Harli launched Marble King after swapping marbles at school led to schoolchildren consuming his marble collection. Yes, he literally“lost his marbles”. Harli and his mother, Tina, turned to the Internet to find replacements. Harli saw an empty spa
21、ce online: the marbles he wanted were hard to find. Within months, Harli had his own marble-selling websiteand orders started pouring in. Tina says her sons attachment to marbles started when he was just 6. “His attachment became so passionate that we started calling him the Marble King so when he w
22、anted to set up a website it was the natural name for it, ”she told The Sun. “I never thought it would become so popular we are struggling to cope with the number of orders at times. ”The 8-year-old boy has his sights set on expanding his business and launching his own brand of marbles. “Sometimes h
23、is ideas are so grand we have to scale them back a bit. But his dream is still to own Britains biggest marble shop and open stores around the world, ”Tina told The Daily Mail. “At the moment he is annoying me by creating his own Marble King marblesso that could well be the next step for him. ”9. Har
24、lis Marble Company became popular as soon as he launched it because. A. it was run by“the worlds youngest CEO”B. it filled the gap of online marble tradeC. Harli was fascinated with marble collectionD. Harli met the growing demand of the customers10. How many mass media are mentioned in the passage?
25、 A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. 11. The underlined expression“scale them back”is closest in meaning to“”. A. hold them downB. carry them outC. set them asideD. clear them away12. What message do the last two paragraphs carry? A. Conflicts often occur between Harli Jordean and his family. B. Harl
26、is mother and brothers are worried about Marble Kings future. C. Marble King marbles will surely attract more fans around the world. D. The“Marble King”has great ambition for his Marble King company. 【拓展训练】1. 阅读A篇文章, 回答下列问题。(1)Why doesnt the author like to change a better smelling shirt when watchin
27、g his favorite team playing? (2)What is the best title of the passage? (no more than 10 words) 2. 阅读C篇文章, 回答下列问题。(1)Whats the main idea of Paragraphs 3 and 4? (2)What does the boy plan to do in the future? (no more than 10 words) 答案解析【文章大意】文章讲述了体坛怪癖: 球迷为祈求球队胜利, 每逢比赛必吃同样的零食。1. 【解析】选B。主旨大意题。本文作者主要通过自己
28、的经历来说明在美国为什么球迷会有一点迷信, 在为自己支持的球队呐喊助威时会有一些特别的习惯, 所以答案为B。C项是个干扰项, 作者列举了自己和朋友的一些习惯, 是为了说明为什么sports fans are superstitious, 而不是为了介绍在美国普遍存在的体育迷信, 这些行为本身也不是普遍行为, 所以C项不对。2. 【解析】选C。词义猜测题。由第一段倒数第二句话可知C项为正确答案。3. 【解析】选A。词义猜测题。bizarre对应倒数第二段的“And in a way, they hadtheir weird rituals had worked. ”所以可以判断它表示“奇怪的”。
29、4. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。由第二段可以推知在美国一些球迷就如同一些教徒一样虔诚, 保持一些特别的习惯, 为自己支持的球队加油, 故A正确。【文章大意】这是一则广告, 介绍到大峡谷漂流的相关信息。5. 【解析】选C。细节理解题。由第三段中的“We offer partial trips which allow you to get on or off at Phantom Ranch. . . ”可知, 如果你不想从头到尾地参加这次旅行, 你也可以在Phantom Ranch这个地方加入或离开, 只参加部分旅行。6. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。本题可用排除法, A项与文中的“. . . g
30、o on an oar raft or motorized trip. . . ”一致, B项与文中的“Requiring a hike in or out . . . ”一致, C项与文中的“. . . the horse ride up or down is also an option”吻合, 只有D项swimming entertainment文中没有提到。7. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Most trips occur between April and October. ”可知, B项February是旅游淡季。8. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据文章后半部分可知,
31、 只有A项calling at it in person文中没有提及。【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文。英国一个8岁的小男孩在玩弹珠的同时, 开办了自己的网站, 在网上销售弹珠, 收益可观。这个世界上最年轻的CEO梦想着自己的事业能更大、更强。9. 【解析】选B。推理判断题。第三、四段说, 在学校交换弹珠, 这把他收藏的弹珠都用完了, 于是他就和妈妈一起转向网络寻找替代品, 在网上他看到一个缺口, 于是在几个月之内, 他建立了自己的销售弹珠的网站, 订单纷至沓来。由此推断, 他销售弹珠的网站受欢迎的原因是B项, 它填补了网上弹珠交易的空白。注意, D项是他开办网站的原因而不是网站受欢迎的原因。10.
32、 【解析】选C。细节理解题。文章提到The Mirror(英国镜报)、The Sun(太阳报)、The Daily Mail(每日邮报), 因此选C项。11. 【解析】选A。词义猜测题。倒数第二段提到, 有时候他的想法太宏伟了, 我们只好把这些宏伟的想法缩减(scale back), 但他的梦想仍是拥有英国最大的弹珠商店, 在世界各地开店。由此判断, 该短语的含义是A项, hold down“限制, 压制”。12. 【解析】选D。推理判断题。最后两段谈到哈里宏伟的梦想: 要拥有英国最大的弹珠商店, 在世界各地开店, 当前的想法是要创立自己的“弹珠王”这个品牌。由此推断选D项, 对于他的弹珠公司
33、, 他有着极大的雄心。【拓展训练】1. (1) Because he always thinks the shirt will give his team luck/make his team win. (2) Sports Superstitions Strange Habits for Blessing/Helping Their Team to Win. 2. (1) The reason why Harli set up his marble-selling website. (2) To expand his business and launch his brand of marbles. 关闭Word文档返回原板块