高考英语阅读理解冲刺训练Day 70Word格式文档下载.docx

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doingaman’sworkismoreimpressivethandoingawoman’s.”

　　Likemanyothers,Itotallydisagreewithherpositionasascientist.Takingsciencetoage16shouldsimplybeseenaspartofobtainingawell-roundededucation.Furthermore,identifyingSTEMasaman’ssubjectleadsinparttoourseriouslackofdiversity（多样性）inthescientificworkforce.Meanwhile,manymaleauthorsandpoetsmightbesurprisedtolearnthatliteratureis“woman’swork”.

　　NovelistLucyEllmanoncewrote,“Thepurposeofartistsistoasktherightquestions,evenifwedon’tfindtheanswers,whereastheaimofscienceistoprovesomesillypoints.”Butprovingsomesillypointsmightsaveyourlife,lightyourhome,allowyoutosurftheweborvisityourrelativeslivingfaraway.Onlysomeonewhohasneverconsideredhowextensivetheoutputsofscienceareinoursocietycouldwritesucha“silly”sentence.

　　However,havingsaidthat,Iamnottryingtodenigratetheworkofthehumanities.Idonotseethisasaneither/orsituationbutit’sallpartofbeinghuman.Iadmireandappreciatethosewhotrytoexpressthingshardtobedescribedinwords,butitsimplyisn’tmystrength.Imaywholeheartedlybelievethatscienceisvitalbutthatdoesn’tmeanIthinkthehumanities（orindeedthesocialsciences）arenot.Sincesciencecostsmoretodothanartssubjects,morefundingshouldgotoscience.Thatstatementisnotequaltosayingthatthehumanitiesshouldnotbeproperlyfunded.Somehow,weareconstantlybeingputinopposition,adividethatisdamagingtobothscientistsandnon-scientists.

　　Sowhyarethehumanitiesimportanttome?

IwouldsayitisexactlybecauseIamhuman.IsitheretypinglisteningtoaSchubertpianotrio.IhavebeenreadingEPThompson’sTheMakingoftheEnglishWorkingClasstotrytounderstandhowoursocietywasandistheshapeitis.Scientistsmaybecapableofdealingwiththeethics（道德标准）oftheirwork,buttheycannotandshouldnotanswerthequestionofwhetherweshoulddothisinisolation.Answeringthemanyquestionsthatourdevelopingscientificcapabilitiesthrowuprequirestheinputofresearchersfrommanyfields.

　　Soletusenjoyourcapabilitiesonallfronts,recognizingthatweeachhavedifferentstrengthsandweaknesses.It’stimetobanthedamagingdividethatsetsonepartoftheresearchcommunityagainstanotherandcelebrateourhumanityaswellastheHumanities.

1.ThewriterquoteswordsfromCristinaOdoneandLucyEllmantoshowthat________.

A.doingaman’sworkismoreimpressivethandoingawoman’s

B.somepeoplemayhaveanarrowunderstandingofscience

C.thepurposesofartistsandscientistsaretotallydifferent

D.awell-roundededucationiscrucialtothediversityinsociety

2.Bysaying“Iamnottryingtodenigratetheworkofthehumanities”,thewriterprobablymeans________.

A.Iamnotanexpertintheworkofthehumanities

B.Idon’tthinktheworkofthehumanitiesimportant

C.Idon’twanttoplaydowntheworkofthehumanities

D.Iadmireandappreciatetheworkofthehumanities

3.WhydoesthewritermentionlisteningtomusicandreadingbooksinParagraph5?

________

A.Toexplainhowextensivetheoutputsofscienceare.

B.Tocallonscientiststounderstandthesocietyandtheshapeofit.

C.Toprovethatthehumanitiesareimportanttoscientiststoo.

D.Toadvisescientiststodealwiththeethicsoftheirwork.

4.Thepurposeofthispassageisto________.

A.revealpeople’sweaknessinexpressingcomplexthoughtsinwords

B.rejecttheideathatscienceonlyprovessomesillypoints

C.illustratethatscientistshavestrengthsandweaknesses

D.appealtostoptreatinghumanitiesandscienceasopposites

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　　WestEndtheatreisapopulartermformainstreamprofessionaltheatreinLondon,orsometimesmorespecificallyforshowsstagedinthelargetheatresofLondon’s“Theatreland”.AlongwithNewYork’sBroadwayTheatre,WestEndtheatreisusuallyconsideredtorepresentthehighestleveloftheatreintheEnglishspeakingworld.SeeingaWestEndshowisacommontouristactivityinLondon.

　　Totalattendancesbrokethe12millionin2002,andinMayandJune2005.TheTimesreportedthatthisrecordmightbebrokenin2005.Factorsbehindhighticketsalesinthefirsthalfof2005includednewhitmusicalssuchasBillyElliot,theProducersandMaryPoppinsandthehighnumberoffilmstarsappearing.Sincethelate1990sth