考点规范练24(选修8 Theme C)
考点规范练第48页
.阅读理解
A French Canadian design group has greatly improved the classic swing set.Created by Montreal-based group Daily Tous Les Jours,The Swings is a large set of multicolored seats that emulate(仿真) a range of musical instruments as people swing.However,there is one rule required to reach the activation(活化、活性化) of The Swings—people must cooperate.When users work together to swing in unison(一致地),they are rewarded with a perfectly pleasant tune.
“The Swings is a game where,from the start,you need to adjust to the actions of others,”Mouna Andraos,Daily Tous Les Jours founder,said.
The Swings made its first American appearance at the Green Box Arts Festival,in Green Mountain,Colorado,last summer.After being awarded a grant(经费) from the Knight Foundation,The Swings will have month-long stays in Charlotte,North Carolina;Macon,Georgia;Philadelphia;and San Jose,California,over the course of the next year.Currently,The Swings is in storage until the first city of the tour has been designated(指定).
The project began in 2011,when the Montreal entertainment district was looking for a way to attract visitors.Daily Tous Les Jours worked alongside a musical composer and a biology professor to create “the magic of collective music making”,and the end result was swinging musical chairs.The Swings generated(产生,导致) attention from other cities,which led Daily Tous Les Jours to apply for a grant to take the swing set on the road.
Daily Tous Les Jours hopes that,in addition to bringing joy to these four cities,The Swings will promote community interaction and cooperation.This could also eventually lead to positive socio-economic changes within each city.
“We want to observe how the positive interactions made by The Swings can help communities,neighborhoods and local businesses,”Andraos said.“Cooperation is at the heart of this operation.”
【语篇导读】本文是说明文。文章介绍了鼓励人们合作的成套音乐秋千。
1.What is most special about The Swings?
A.It is colorful.
B.It is very large.
C.It is a swing set.
D.It is able to play music.
答案:D
解析:细节理解题。由第一段中的“emulate a range of musical instruments as people swing”及“they are rewarded with a perfectly pleasant tune”可知,该秋千最特别之处在于它可以播放音乐。
2.The Swings mainly encourages people to .
A.keep activeB.enjoy music
C.work together D.have some fun
答案:C
解析:细节理解题。由第一段中的“there is one rule required to reach the activation of The Swings—people must cooperate”及第二段中的“you need to adjust to the actions of others”可知,该秋千主要是鼓励人们合作。
3.The Swings was originally designed to .
A.change society B.promote tourism
C.help people in need D.make people creative
答案:B
解析:推理判断题。由第四段开头的“The project began in 2011,when the Montreal entertainment district was looking for a way to attract visitors”可推断,最初设计该秋千的目的是吸引游客,推动旅游业的发展。
Ⅱ.短文改错
(2015江西八所重点中学联考)
It is reported that thirty cellphones taken away by teachers during the examination and were smashed(粉碎)in front of students and parents at a high school.As to this,we hold a heated discussion.There were two different viewpoints about them.
Some think it necessarily.Firstly,with cellphones,students would have focused their attention on studying instead of wasting their precious time reading junk message.Secondly,the examination will be fair if no one cheats by using cellphones.However,the others think it otherwise.For one thing,at the age of information,cellphones have become a necessity.For another,students can use cellphones for study.
Personally spoken,even if some students use cellphones for no good reason,we should educate them more than destroy cellphones in such an extreme way.
答案:
It is reported that thirty cellphones taken away by teachers during the examination and were smashed(粉碎) in front of students and parents at a high school.As to this,we
a heated discussion.There were two different viewpoints about .
Some think it .Firstly, cellphones,students would have focused their attention on studying instead of wasting their precious time reading junk .Secondly,the examination will be fair if no one cheats by using cellphones.However,
others think it otherwise.For one thing, the age of information,cellphones have become a necessity.For another,students can use cellphones for study.
Personally ,even if some students use cellphones for no good reason,we should educate them
than destroy cellphones in such an extreme way.