2017西安市高考英语三轮冲刺选练2 阅读理解 English as a Foreign Language Who taught you to speak English? Your parents, while you were a young child? Your teachers at school? Perhaps even the BBC as a grown-up. Whoever it was, somehow you have developed an understanding of what is rapidly becoming a truly global language. There are now about 376 million people who speak English as their first language, and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue. There are said to be one billion people learning English now and about 80% of the information on the Internet is in English. Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate, using a common language, across countries and cultures? Or should we worry about the dangers of“mono-culturalism”, a world in which we all speak the same language, eat the same food and listen to the same music? Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same language? On the contrary, I would have thought-although I have never accepted the argument that if only we all understood each other better, there would be fewer wars. Ask the people of India(where many of them speak at least some English)and Pakistan(the same situation with India). . . If we all speak English, will we then all start eating McDonald’s burgers? Surely not. If English becomes more dominant(占主导地位的), will it kill other languages? I doubt it. When I travel in Africa or Asia, I am always surprised by how many people can speak not only their own language but often one or more other related languages, as well as English and perhaps some French or German as well. When we discussed this on Talking Point a couple of years ago, we received a wonderfully poetic email from a listener in Ireland. “The English language is a beautiful language. Maybe it’s like a rose, ”he said. “But who would ever want their garden just full of rose? ” Well, I love roses, and I think they make a beautiful addition to any garden. But the way I see it, just by planting a few roses, you don’t necessarily need to pull out everything else. If more and more people want to plant English roses, that’s fine by me. 【文章大意】作者以独特的视角分析了英语的发展前景和人们的种种顾虑。越来越多的人会讲英语是好事吗? 战乱会因此而减少吗? 将来人们会只讲一种语言, 吃同样的食物, 听同样的音乐吗? 作者借用一位爱尔兰听众的邮件说: 英语好比玫瑰花, 它很漂亮, 但是我们不能因为它漂亮就把花园全种上玫瑰花, 也不能把其他花草都拔掉。 1. How many people learn English as their second language? A. About 80%. B. About 376 million. C. About one million. D. We don’t know. 【解析】选B。细节理解题。从第二段第一句话可知, 把英语当作第二语言的人的数量是about 376 million。故选B。 2. What does“garden”in the last two paragraphs stand for? A. Language. B. Family. C. The world. D. The Earth. 【解析】选C。词义猜测题。因为这两段中rose用来指代English, 所以garden自然是指代the world。故选C。 3. The author would probably agree that . A. it’s very hard to plant many kinds of flowers in a garden B. it’s good for people from other countries to learn English C. more and more people like to plant roses in their gardens D. English is easier to learn than other languages 【解析】选B。作者意图题。根据全文内容, 尤其最后一句If more and more people want to plant English roses, that’s fine by me. 可以了解作者的态度倾向。故选B。 4. This passage is mainly about . A. why English has become a global language B. how many people in the world speak English C. how people in the world learn English as a foreign language D. whether we need to worry about English being a world language 【解析】选D。主旨大意题。通过理解全文内容以及作者的观点, 我们可以知道人们大可不必顾虑英语作为世界语言的前景问题。故选D。 The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play a significant role in the process of recovery from illness. As part of a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the galleries and into public place, some of the country’s most talented artists have been called in to transform older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2,500 National Health Service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have significant collections of contemporary art in corridors, waiting areas and treatment rooms. These recent initiatives owe a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester Hospital in Northeastern England during the early 1970s. He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience. A typical hospital waiting room might have as many as 5,000 visitors each week. What a better place to hold regular exhibitions of art and paintings, in the outpatients waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospital in 1975. Believed to be Britain’s first hospital artist, Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduations. The effect is striking. Now in the corridors and waiting rooms, the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors, playful images and restful courtyard. The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expense when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto a garden needed half the number of strong painkillers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at. 9. What does the author mean by using the phrase “to soften the hard edge of modern buildings”, in the second paragraph? A. To hold exhibitions of art and paintings in hospitals. B. To tear down the old hospital and build a new one. C. To decorate hospitals with art collection. D. To paint the walls of hospitals in soft colors. 10. What is true about Peter Senior? A. A famous doctor in Manchester Hospital and a talented artist. B. Britain’s first hospital artist and a patient in Manchester Royal Hospital. C. One of the six young art school graduations. D. A talented artist and a pioneer introducing art into hospitals. 11. What can we conclude from the fact that six young art school graduates joined Peter? A. Artists should take an active part in social activities. B. The role of hospital environment is being recognized. C. Artists are more important to patients in hospitals. D. Hospitals need more young art school graduates to attend the patients. 12. What does the last paragraph suggest? A. The improvement of hospital environment may help the patients recover from illness. B. The improvement of hospital environment may cost the patients more than before. C. The patients needed no painkillers when they had a view of a painting. D. The patients had no pain at all after the improvement of hospital environment. 【答案与解析】 9. C 句意理解题。根据下文almost 100 now have significant collections of contemporary art in corridors, waiting areas and treatment rooms一句的意义“将近有一百家医院在走廊，候诊区和治疗室里挂有当代重要的艺术品”，可判断出其意义为“用艺术品装饰医院”。 10. D 细节归纳题。根据第二段中的some of the country’s most talented artists have been called in和第四段中的Believed to be Britain’s first hospital artist可得知：Peter Senior是一个有才能的艺术家和最先将艺术引入医院的人 11. B 逻辑推理题。根据“Senior was so much in demand”一句可知，医院很需要Senior这样的艺术家。说明人们逐渐认识到了医院环境对治疗的作用。 12. A 段落主旨题。根据段落中的信息词语reduce the need for expense和patients who had a view onto a garden needed half the number of strong painkillers可知本段的主题是“医院治疗环境的改善有助于病人的康复”。 阅读理解。 Dear Michelle: Why can't my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back. He consumes every waking, minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well. His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited. I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help! A worried mother Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl: Hmmmmm. What's the matter with kids today? Remember that song from "Bye Bye Birdie"? Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills.Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, not should it be. Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experiene, there would be tittle of it. Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies with intelligence and you have given her good Values. When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visit the ones that were specifically desigened for student the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influenee. It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, them might be some adoldscent wisdom in her behavior after all. Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her. Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection. Michelle 11. From the mother's letter we can learn that her daughter A. is being fooled by the boy B. has fallen behind in her studies C. doesn't talk much with her mother D. has chosen which college to attend 12. According to Michelle; 17-year-teenagers . A. are too young to manage their life B. are old enough to live their own life C. should have managemnent before experience D. have reached the age of an adult 13. The underlined word"puppy-love"refer to A. false love B. foolish love C. pure love D. adolescent love 14. Michelle seems to believe that the daughter will finally A. come up with the right decision B. follow her boyfriend's advice C. worry her parents for unconscious reasons D. influence her boyfriend's behavior 15. The best title for the passage would be A. College of kids' own choice B. How can I help my girl? C. How to manage teenagers' life? D. A 17-year-old girl and her mother 【参考答案】11—15、CADAB （2017广东卷）第一节 基础习作你接受一项写作任务，要为当地英语晚报写一篇报道。［写作内容］请根据以下信息写一篇英文报道，内容包括：人物：英国人查理德·阿维斯（Richard Avis）出生日期：1974年12月1日时间：2011年开始在世界各地寻找同年同月同日生的人目的：理解不同文化中成功人生的含义相关信息：借助当地媒体寻找迄今找到32名，其中男性17名，女性15名，来自13个国家职业包括政府官员、运动员、司机、教师、艺术家等计划40岁生日前找到40位同年同月同日生的人打算根据此经历写一本书 同年同月同日生的人：time twin ［写作要求］ 只能用5个句子表达全部内容［评分标准］ 句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。【考点】考察提纲类短文【写作指导】本文属于提纲类短文，叙述寻找同年同月同日生的人的Richard Avis所做事情的具体信息。使用第三人称和一般现在时为主（在叙述过去发生的事情时使用一般过去时）。要点：人物：英国人查理德·阿维斯（Richard Avis）出生日期：1974年12月1日；时间：2011年开始在世界各地寻找同年同月同日生的人；目的：理解不同文化中成功人生的含义：借助当地媒体寻找；迄今找到32名，其中男性17名，女性15名，来自13个国家；职业包括政府官员、运动员、司机、教师、艺术家等；计划40岁生日前找到40位同年同月同日生的人；打算根据此经历写一本书提纲类书面表达主要特点是：要点明确，范围具体，贴近生活，易于动笔。此类试题中有较多的文字说明，实际上规定了考生表述的思路，对考生的写作范围作了较为明确的限定，试题中规定的要点一个也不能回避。考生极易受中文提纲的制约，将书面表达变成了翻译，造成语法结构和语汇上的单调，因此平时要多练习，活用语言，使文章流畅。【一句多译】借助当地媒体寻找；迄今找到32名，其中男性17名，女性15名，来自13个国家；职业包括政府官员、运动员、司机、教师、艺术家等；（1）With the help of the local media, he has already found 32 time twins from 13 countries, of whom there are 17 males and 15 females. Their positions include government officials, athletes, drivers, teachers, artists and so on. （2）With the help of the local media, he has already found 32 time twins from 13 countries, of whom there are 17 males and 15 females, including government officials, athletes, drivers, teachers, artists and so on. 【参考范文】 Richard Avis, a British, was born on December 1st, 1974. In order to understand the meaning of successful life in different cultures, Richard, from 2011, began to seek time twins around the world. With the help of the local media, he has already found 32 time twins from 13 countries, of whom there are 17 males and 15 females. Their positions include government officials, athletes, drivers, teachers, artists and so on. Richard intends to find 40 time twins before his birthday and he is going to write a book based on this experience.