贵州省遵义市2017高考英语一轮阅读理解统练六
【由广东省广州市201阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。Stage fright or performance anxiety is the anxiety, or fear which may occur in an individual by the requirement to perform in front of an audience. It is most commonly seen in school situations, like stand-up projects and class speeches. It has numerous forms: heart beating fast, trembling hands and legs, sweaty hands, dry mouth etc.
In fact, most of the fear occurs before you step on stage. Once you’re up there, it usually goes away. Thus, it is a phenomenon that you must learn to control. Try to think of stage fright in a positive way. It heightens your energy, adds color to your cheeks. With these good side effects you will actually look healthier and more physically attractive.
Many of the top performers in the world get stage fright so you are in good company. Stage fright may come and go or decrease, but it usually does not disappear permanently. You must concentrate on getting the feeling out and present what you have prepared calmly.
Remember “Nobody” ever died from stage fright. But, according to surveys, many people would rather die than give a speech. If that applies to you, and you are an unlucky guy who is with stage fright the whole time, try out some of the strategies(策略) as follows to help get yourself under control. Realize that you may never overcome stage fright, but you can learn to control it, and use it to your advantage.
Strategies are as follows when the program begins:
1) If legs are trembling, lean on table or shift legs or move.
2) Don’t hold notes. The audience can see them shake. Use three-by-five cards instead.
3) Use eye contact. Look at the friendliest faces in the audience.
Remember nervousness doesn’t show one-tenth as much as it feels. Before each presentation, make a short list of the items you think will make you feel better. Don’t be afraid to experiment with different combinations. You never know which ones will work best until you try. Use these steps to control stage fright so it doesn’t control you. Once you are used to stage fright, you will find you on the road to a great speech-maker.
1. Someone may be most likely to suffer from stage fright when he/she is ______.
A. attending an English class
B. standing in a classroom
C. watching a performance
D. talking in front of people
2. By thinking of stage fright in a positive way, one could ______.
A. learn to control stage fright
B. get rid of stage fright
C. calm down before stepping on stage
D. become more physically attractive
3. Which of the following is true?
A. Top performers usually suffer from stage fright.
B. Stage fright may stay with a person for a life time.
C. Nobody would rather die than give a speech.
D. No one can overcome or control stage fright.
4. The author advises people with stage fright to ______.
A. show one-tenth of their nervousness
B. experiment with different kinds of stage fright
C. refer to the strategies whenever they feel the need
D. use one of the strategies each time
5. The passage mainly talks about ______.
A. how to deal with stage fright
B. what stage fright is like
C. when stage fright occurs
D. why people have stage fright
【参考答案】1. D
2. A 3. B
4. C
5. A
【湖南省长沙市长郡中学2016届高三下学期第六次月考】
Tayka Hotel de Sal
Where: Tahua, Bolivia
How much: About $ 95 a night
Why it's cool: You've stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? That's something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt-including the beds (though you'll sleep on regular mattresses and blankets). The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, a prehistoric dried-up lake which is the world's biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633-square-mile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste (糊) of wet salt that hardens when it dries. When rain starts to dissolve the hotel, the owners just mix up more salt paste to
strengthen the bricks.
Green Magic Nature Resort
Where: Vythiri, India
How much: About $ 240 a night
Why it's cool:
Taking a pulley(滑轮)-operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As you look out of your open window-there is no glass!
-you watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy(罩篷). Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You don't even have to come down for breakfast-the hotel will send it up on the pulley-drawn “elevator" .
Dog Bark Park Inn B&B
Where: Cottonwood, Idaho
How much: $ 92 a night
Why it's cool: This doghouse isn't just for the family pet. Sweet Willy is a 30-foot-tall dog with guest rooms in his belly. Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side. You can relax in the main bedroom, go up a few steps of the loft(阁楼) in Willy's head, or hang out inside his nose.Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12-foot-tall fire hydrant(消防栓)
outside.
Gamirasu Cave Hotel
Where: Ayvali, Turkey
How much: Between $ 130 and $ 450 a night
Why it's cool: This is caveman cool! Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago, when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash. But your stay will be much more modern. Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and the white volcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms cool in summer. (Don't worry-there is heat in winter. )
24. What do we know about Tayka Hotel de Sal?
A. It is located on a prehistoric lake.
B. It should be protected against the rain.
C.
Everything in the hotel is made of salt.
D. You have to cross a rope bridge to the hotel.
25. How are the hotels similar?
A. Expensive.
B. Comfortable.
C. Natural.
D. Unique.
26. What do the underlined words “Sweet Willy" refer to?
A. The name of the hotel.
B. The name of the hotel owner.
C. The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.
D. The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner.
27. Which of the hotels gives you a feeling of living in the far past?
A. Tayka Hotel de Sal.
B. Green Magic Nature Resort.
C. Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.
D. Gamirasu Cave Hotel.
【答案】
24.A
25.D
26.C
27.D
25.D细节理解题。四个旅馆都有自己的特色，都与众不同。一个是由盐所建成的宾馆、一个是通过滑轮才能上去的树顶上的酒店、一个是住在一个有30英尺高的狗的肚子里、一个是山洞里的旅馆，所以每一个都很独特，故选D。
26.C词义推断题。从倒数第2个酒店可知，Sweet Willy是一只有着30英尺高的狗。故Sweet Willy指的是The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B。故选C。
27.D细节理解题。根据Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago, when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash．But your stay will be much more modern．可知在Gamirasu Cave Hotel你将会有一种居住在5000年以前的感觉。故选D。
【名师点睛】
词义推断除了单词本身意思推断之外，还有专有名词所指代的某事物的推断，这种推断往往要借助上下文来解题。如26题，根据with guest rooms 可知Sweet Willy是building；Sweet Willy 指代的是前一句中的doghouse ，而doghouse 是描述的第一句的主语，那么很明显，它指代的是Dog Bark Park Inn B&B，也就是说Sweet Willy也是Dog Bark Park Inn B&B，即The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B。
考点：考查环境记叙文阅读
由 (2017江西抚州高三适应性测试)Trusting in the Kindness of Strangers
While driving from my home on the long way to work I noticed a car in front of me had a wobbly (摇摆的) wheel.It was clear that the wheel had been changed recently and had not been fixed correctly.On a slow road this would not present much of a problem,but I knew the route and knew a motorway (高速公路) was coming soon where the traffic would move much faster and would be very dangerous as the wheel could come off at that speed.
I was driving a large jeep at the time and the car in front was a small to mid-sized car driven by a lady on her own.So as I tried to flash my lights and wave her to pull over.I was worried that looking in her mirror she would see a lone man chase her down in a jeep waving frantically for her to pull over on this side of the road.
Thankfully she trusted more in the good nature of people and pulled over where I could explain the problem.She confirmed the wheel was changed only the night before and said she would pull in to the next garage before the motorway where they would have the tools to fix the wheel correctly.
My belief is that the act of kindness was hers and not mine.How so?Well,it was her who chose to trust in the possibility that people are good over the belief that bad things come from being waved down to the side of the road by strangers.I do preach (宣扬) caution and would have hesitated myself to pull over to the side should a stranger in a car wave me down.
I will never know,thankfully,if the wheel may have come off and caused a serious accident but it was risky and at the very least might have caused damage to her car,so for that I am glad I was able to wave her down. But I am more glad she trusted in a stranger.
18.What was the author worried about?()
A.Being late for work.
B.Being stuck in a traffic jam.
C.Being trapped in a traffic accident.
D.The bad condition of the car in front of him.
19.The author flashed his lights because .
A.it was quite dark that day
B.he was driving extremely fast
C.he wanted to call the attention of the lady
D.he wanted to catch up with the car in front of him
20.The underlined word“frantically”in the second paragraph probably means“ ”.
A.politely B.madly
C.casually D.calmly
21.The lady would have her problem solved .
A.with the author’s help immediately
B.by driving slowly
C.before entering the motorway
D.with the tools the author gave her
语篇解读:作者在一次自己驱车上班途中,发现前面的轿车的一只轮子没有装好,在行驶时轮子摇摇摆摆的。作者设法告知了前面车上的人,一次车祸得以避免,而作者认为是前面车上的女司机自己救了自己,因为她相信了一个陌生人。
答案及剖析:18.D 细节理解题。由第一段的描述可知,作者担心的是前面车子的一只车轮有些摇摆,有可能引起一场车祸,故选D项。
19.C 推理判断题。作者之所以拼命地挥手和闪自己的车灯,是为了引起前面车里女士的注意,希望她能够停下来,故选C项。
20.B 词义猜测题。作者发现前面的车有问题后,非常担心会因此出现危险情况,自然是“拼命地、疯狂地”挥手,以便让前面的司机将车停下来,故选B项。
21.C 细节理解题。由第三段...said she would pull in to the next garage before the motorway where they would have the tools to fix the wheel correctly可知,这位女士会在进入高速公路前,在下一个修理站,将车轮安装好,故选C项。
【疑难词汇解读】
1.pull over靠边停车;(把)车停在路边
The policeman signed to him to pull over.
警察示意他把车开到路边停下来。
2.caution n.&v.小心,谨慎;劝告
The work he does calls for caution and patience.
他从事的工作需要小心和耐心。
【长难句子分析】
butand
在速度慢的路上,这不会出现什么大问题,但我了解这条路,很快就会上高速路,在那儿车辆的速度会更快,如果车轮子在高速行驶中万一掉下来,那就危险了。