“阅读理解＋阅读七选五”板块提速练(一)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
If asked if space exploration should continue, most Americans would give an immediate response either in favor of continuing or in favor of ending space exploration. A common response would be that space exploration is a waste of money. An average American, uneducated on the subject, might believe that the government is wasting billions of dollars on the research that has no value. Someone strange to the subject might say that a space shuttle goes up once in a while and that is about all that happens. Research is ongoing and continues when there are no shuttles being launched.
This also costs the government money.
Does the extreme cost of space exploration make sense?
One argument is that the government is wasting money on the research not being used on Earth. Actually, the money goes to workers and scientists that support National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) missions, and goes to major companies that play important roles in major sectors of the US economy. Boeing is a partner of NASA for aircraft, the same company that makes commercial aircraft for the airline industry.
Another benefit to continuing space exploration is the many technologies it provides. The artificial (人造的) heart resulted from experiments on the space shuttle. The handheld Jaws of Life used to save victims from car accidents resulted from the system used to separate the space shuttle from its booster rockets. Insulation (隔热板) in homes that keeps them warm and energy efficient is based on the technology used to insulate the space shuttle.
There are direct benefits to the economy provided by NASA missions as well as those technologies. These advances are found in food, building materials, medical procedures and the vehicles we drive. While it can be proven that billions of dollars that could be used elsewhere is being spent on space exploration, the benefits it provides outweigh the terrible aspects. As a matter of fact, the money spent helps to improve the quality of our lives.
1．How is Paragraph 2 mainly developed?
A．By offering analyses.
B．By making comparisons.
C．By giving some examples.
D．By presenting research findings.
2．The function of Jaws of Life is to ________.
A．save people from traffic accidents
B．do experiments on the space shuttle
C．keep houses warm and energy efficient
D．separate the space shuttle from its booster rockets
3．In the author's opinion, space exploration ________.
A．has changed our life completely
B．costs too much of our time
C．benefits us in many ways
D．has nothing to do with us
4．What would be the best title for the text?
A．Benefits of space exploration
B．Is space exploration worth the cost?
C．How to make space exploration affordable
D．Missions of the NASA space shuttle program
B
It is a live celebration of the lasting power of letter writing!
Letters Live, which started in December 2016, was held at the Freemasons' Hall in London from March 10 to 15. The show invited various great performers who read remarkable letters that had been written around the world over the centuries.
“Bringing letters alive through outstanding performances is one of the most powerful ways in which the joy and pain and humor and tragedy of being human can be shared，” Jamie Byng, managing director of Canongate Books publishing firm, told the Nowness video channel.
British actor Benedict Cumberbatch agreed. “Letters are windows into the love, beauty, pain and humor of their creators and receivers，” he told The Guardian. “Letters Live makes us stop and imagine the lives behind the letters read and where they came from. It's a privilege to read this most ancient of communications live to an audience.”
This year, the movie Sherlock star treated the audience by playing the part of a 17year Tom Hanks. He put on the young actor's voice when he read his letter to the Hollywood director George Roy Hill, a letter that urged Hill to “discover” him. The letter revealed that twotime Oscar winner Hanks' teenage dream was not to “be a bigtime Hollywood superstar” but to one day own a Porsche car and call his favorite US actor Robert Redford his nickname “Bob”．
Other famous faces at the event included Carey Mulligan, who played a fictional laundry worker, a female activist fighting for women's rights in the 2015 movie Suffragette. The British actress once again played the role of a suffragette, when she read a very enthusiastic letter demanding the vote for women.
The suffragette sent a precious 1913 note to The Daily Telegraph newspaper.
“Everyone seems to agree upon the necessity of putting a stop to Suffragist anger, but no one seems certain how to do so，” Mulligan read out. “There are two, and only two, ways in which this can be done. Both will be effectual. One, kill every woman in the UK. Two, give women the vote.”
5．What was Cumberbatch's attitude towards Jamie Byng's opinion?
A．Doubtful. B．Positive.
C．Optimistic.
D．Cautious.
6．Which of the following was a dream of Tom Hanks as a child?
A．To become an actor.
B．To call himself “Bob”．
C．To win Oscar Awards.
D．To have a famous car.
7．A “suffragette” is a woman who ________.
A．sends a valuable note to newspaper
B．reads out a letter to the audience
C．advocates women's right to vote
D．plays a famous role in a movie
8．What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．Famous People Gathering
B．Letters of Great Performers
C．Letters Brought to Life
D．Rights Given to Women
C
(2017·山东潍坊高三统一考试)“There's a mother in PICU (儿童重症监护病房) who wants to talk about a kit she received，” the nurse told me. “Something about it made her cry.”
I've been a childlife specialist at the Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital since 2000.
I help families understand diagnoses and treatment plans and manage the ups and downs that come with caring for a sick child. Tough talks with parents are part of the job, which still makes me feel nervous.
The kits the nurse was talking about were something I had recently
introduced
to
the
hospital:
Comfort
Kits
from Guideposts. They were supposed to make a child's experience here easier, not upsetting.
When I came across the kits at a conference, I fell in love with them. A treasure box of items designed not only to entertain kids,
but to comfort and inspire them. There's a coloring book, a stress ball, a CD of relaxing music, a hairy star named Sparkle, a journal and much more.
I really believed these kits would help kids. I wished I hadn't been mistaken.
At the patient's room in PICU I saw a little girl, sleeping soundly surrounded by tubes and machines. My eyes met her mother's. The kit was open on her lap and tears were running down her cheeks.
“I'm Shannon. I manage the Child Life Department，” I said. “I'm sorry if the kit upset you. It's a new item ...”
The mother shook her head. “This has been one of the worst days of my life. I felt so scared and alone. Then I was handed this box. I know it's for my daughter, but it's just the comfort I needed. I wanted to say thankyou.”
With that I knew Comfort Kits belonged here. We've been using them for almost three years now. Each child who's admitted to the hospital receives one. Every day I see kids coloring, journaling, playing with Sparkle.
But as this mom showed me Comfort Kits aren't just for kids. The hope they bring, which_can_be_in_short_supply_in_hospitals_sometimes,_is felt by the whole family.
9．The author introduced Comfort Kits to the hospital to ________.
A．relax nurses
B．benefit sick kids
C．comfort parents
D．cure kids of diseases
10．Why was the girl's mother crying?
A．She was moved to tears.
B．She felt alone and scared.
C．She couldn't wake her kid.
D．She worried about her kid's illness.
11．The closest meaning to “which can be in short supply in hospitals sometimes” is ________.
A．kits are in great need in hospitals
B．there may be lack of hope in hospitals
C．parents are often in low spirits in hospitals
D．medical supplies are not enough in hospitals
12．What's the author's attitude towards Comfort Kits?
A．Disappointed.
B．Excited.
C．Nervous.
D．Confident.
D
(2016·湖北七市州教科研协作体高三联合考试)
Modern humans have a hard time controlling their desire to eat. Often you eat not because you are hungry, but because you are affected by many other things. How much
you eat is strongly affected by how much those around you eat. People eating alone eat least. People eating with one other person eat 35 percent more than they do at home. People dining in a party of four eat 75 percent more. Eating with overweight friends? You'll eat more. Is your waitress overweight? You'll eat more. A wide variety of food? You'll eat more.
Plates can decide how sweet dessert tastes. If people ate it off a paper plate, they'd say, “This is good.” If they ate it off a fancy silver plate, they would say, “This is the greatest cake I've eaten in my entire life.”
Your knowledge about what makes food good or bad also affects how much you eat. You tend to eat more when you think the food is good, and less when you think it is bad. So Grandma's cookies always taste better than other cookies. “Good food” even has a “health halo (光环) effect”. If we're eating something healthy, we feel that everything in that meal is healthy. Due to this, people often believe that a cheese cake with a salad has fewer calories (卡路里) than the cheese cake alone. That's perhaps also why eating organic (有机的) food might turn you into an annoying guy.
Your brain may use anything that makes you feel good about your own morality to excuse your immoral behaviour.
Food and hunger affect your judgment too. Hungry judges give more serious sentences.
Kids who don't eat breakfast behave worse than kids who eat their breakfast. People who have low blood sugar are more likely than the average person to have trouble concentrating and controlling their unpleasant emotions.
13．What is mentioned as a cause of overeating?
A．Suffering from great loneliness.
B．Being served by a helpful waitress.
C．Being treated to high quality food.
D．Eating with many friends.
14．According to the passage, an annoying person may be one who ________.
A．finds any excuse for eating more
B．is crazy about the quality of plates
C．competes with others in making cookies
D．teaches people to stick to morality
15．What would be the best title for the passage?
A．When Can't We Go on a Diet?
B．What Affects Eating?
C．How to Make Good Food
D．Where to Find Safe Food
Ⅱ.阅读七选五
(2016·广东省五校协作体高三第一次联考)
Everybody in this world is different from one another. But do you know that understanding differences can help you better manage your money?
As we grow up, we gradually develop a set of our own values or beliefs. These are influenced by society, our family, the education we receive and so on. __16__
Financial experts say that everyone also has their own beliefs of how to manage their finances. This is part of our value system and it has a great impact on the way we look after our money.
__17__ They are: the ant, the cricket and the snail.
The ant — works first
__18__ They work very hard and save money they earn so that they can enjoy life when they get old and retire. Ants love to save but they could make more out of their money if they were willing to invest in some funds and stocks with low risk.
The cricket — enjoys first
The cricket wants to enjoy everything now and doesn't think too much about the future.
They even borrow money when they really want something. __19__
These people have little savings. When they get old, they might have problems. They should learn to save and buy insurance.
The snail — lives under pressure
__20__ They take big longterm loans from the bank in order to buy things such as luxury houses. They are happy to take big loans even though they are not sure whether they can afford them.
A．Many young people now belong to this group.
B．On the other hand, many old people belong to this group.
C．According to our different values, experts put us in three categories.
D．The snail refers to people who make life difficult for themselves.
E．Once this value system is set up, it's not easy to change later in life.
F．Different from ants, crickets are those who make their life overburdened.
G．Just like ants who work heart and soul in summer in order to store food for winter, these people don't care about enjoying the moment.
“阅读理解＋阅读七选五”
板块提速练(一)
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A
语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。很多美国人对政府投入巨资用于太空研究存在质疑，那么这是否值得呢？本文作者就此问题指出了将钱投入太空研究的诸多好处，如经济航班的使用，还有太空研究所提供的许多技术，以及带来的经济利益等。
1．选A 写作手法题。通读第二段内容可知，该段主要分析了钱花在了科研人员和机构身上的事实；由此可知，第二段采取的主要写作手法是分析说明。故选A。
2．选A 细节理解题。根据第三段第三句可知，救生颚的作用是用来拯救出车祸的人。故选A。
3．选C 推理判断题。根据第三段第一句及文章最后一段叙述可知，作者认为太空探索有很多好处。故选C。
4．选B 标题归纳题。纵观全文并结合第一段最后一句以及文章最后一句可知，本文主要是在讨论用于太空探索的钱花得值不值这一问题。故B项概括了文章主旨，适合做标题。故选B。
B
语篇解读：本文是一篇资讯报道。随着通讯科技的发展，写信这种联系方式已经在人们的生活中逐渐淡去，但是信件包涵强大的寓意和情感。作者希望通过这次庆祝活动来激活人们对写信的认识。
5．选B 推理判断题。根据第四段第一、二句及第四段内容可推知，Benedict Cumberbatch对Jamie Byng的观点持支持态度。B项意为“积极的”，符合题意。
6．选D 细节理解题。根据第五段最后一句可知，Tom Hanks年少时的梦想之一是拥有一辆名车。故D项符合题意。
7．选C 推理判断题。根据第六段第一句可推知，“suffragette”是指提倡妇女参政论的人，故C项符合题意。
8．选C 标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文讲述作者支持“写信”这种联系方式，并介绍在这次庆祝活动中很多名人都把以前的信件念给听众听。C项“把信件带到生活中”适合做本文标题。故C项符合题意。
C
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作为一名儿童医护专家，作者引进了一套工具，这套工具对患者及其家属产生了很大的影响。
9．选B 细节理解题。根据第三段的最后一句可知，作者引进那套工具是为了帮助患病的孩子们在医院里好过些，而且确实让孩子们受益不少，这与文章最后两段呼应。
10．选A 推理判断题。根据倒数第三段的“I know it's for my daughter, but it's just the comfort I needed.”可推知，文中所提到的母亲之所以哭是因为她被感动了。
11．选B 推理判断题。short supply ＝ lack，表示供应不足或缺乏，再结合最后一段的最后一句可推知，此处表示医院中患者及其家庭可能缺乏希望。
12．选D 观点态度题。根据第四段的最后两句“I really believed these kits would help kids. I wished I hadn't been mistaken.”并结合最后一段的整体内容可推知，作者对Comfort Kits充满信心。
D
语篇解读：本文是一篇科普说明文，主要介绍了哪些因素会导致人们吃得更多。
13．选D 细节理解题。根据第一段第五句可知，和别人一起吃饭会比单独在家吃饭多吃35%；据此可知，和许多朋友一起吃饭是吃得多的一个原因，故D项正确。
14．选A 推理判断题。根据第一段的内容和第三段中的“That's perhaps also ...your immoral behaviour.”可知，一个让人讨厌的人可能总会找到吃多的借口，故A项正确。
15．选B 标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文的主题句是第一段的第二句，结合下文内容可知，本文主要介绍影响吃饭的因素，故B项最能概括文章大意。
Ⅱ.阅读七选五
语篇解读：本文主要介绍了不同的价值观带来的不同理财观念。
16．选E 本空是一个段落主旨句，用来总结本段的大意，起承上启下的作用。E项中的this value system指上文中的“a set of our own values or beliefs”，同时呼应下文中的“our value system”，所以选E项。
17．选C 本空主要用来引出后一句，所以选C项。
18．选G 由空后的“They work very hard and save money”“Ants love to save”可知，应选G项。G项中的like ants who work heart ...to store food for winter与之对应。
19．选A 根据空后的“These people have little savings. When they get old”可知选A项，A项起承上启下的作用。
20．选D 由本段小标题“The snail — lives under pressure”可知，应选D项。本段主要解释“蜗牛”这类人的价值观。