专题03 社会文化类模拟训练备战高考英语阅读理Word文件下载.docx

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sbeginningsintheNewWorld.Now,forthefirsttime,thepassengersrecordsoftheshipsthatlandedsome22millionimmigrants,crewmembersandotherpassengersatthePortofNewYorkandEllisIslandfrom1892to1924havebeencomputerized,makingiteasierthanevertodiscoveryourownfamilyhistory.

Fiveyearsinthemaking,thecenterwasdevelopedandfundedbytheStatueoftheLibertyEllisIslandFoundation,Inc.,whichwasresponsiblefortherestorationandpreservationoftheStatueoftheLibertyandEllisIsland,andthecreationoftheImmigrationMuseum.

ForvisitorstotheMuseum,theexcitementbeginsatawelcomingkioskwhereyoucanenterancestors'

namesandseeiftheirarrivalrecordsareincludedinthedatabaseandareavailableintheHistoryCenterintheMuseum'

sWestWing.OnceinsidetheCenteritself,intheveryplacewhereyourancestors（grandgrandparents）mayhaveendedtheirlongjourney,youandyourfamilycanlogontheoneof41computers,typeinname,and,withinseconds,setinmotionyourownspecialjourneyofdiscovery.

Imaginetheexcitementyou'

llsharewithyourfamilyasyouusethelatesttechnologytosortthroughavastcomputerizedarchive（档案馆）withmillionsofrecords,andseeyourfamily'

sownpersonalstoryinAmericacometolifebeforeyoureyes.

Millionsofhourswerespentcreatingthisvastdatabaseand,ifyoufindyourancestors'

names,you'

lldiscoveranswerstoquestionsyou'

vealwayswonderedabout...Whatshipdidmyfamilymemberstake?

Whendidtheyarrive?

Howoldwerethey?

Weretheymarried?

Then,takethesevaluablerecordsandcreateyourownFamilyHistoryScrapbook,preservingforeverthestoryofthepastwhilekeepingthelegacyofyourfamilyalive.

1.WhyisiteasierforvisitorstofindtheirfamilyhistoriesintheHistoryCenter?

A.Moreclerksareemployedthere.

B.Allofitsdocumentsarecomputerized.

C.Facilitiesofthemuseumarerestored.

D.Workersaremorecreativethanbefore.

2.WhosponsorstherestorationoftheAmericanFamilyImmigrationHistoryCenter?

A.Familieswhosefamilyhistoriesarekepthere.

B.NationalParkServiceintheUnitedStates.

C.LocalgovernmentandvisitorstotheMuseum.

D.TheStatueofLibertyEllisIslandFoundation,Inc.

3.Theword“kiosk”inthepassageismostprobably______.

A.amuseumassistantB.anadvertisement

C.aself¬

servicedeviceD.areceptionist

4.Inwhichpartofanewspaperwouldthispassagemostprobablybefound?

A.Science.B.Entertainment.

C.Life.D.Travel.

【话题解读】本文主要介绍了美国家庭移民历史中心，数以亿计的美国人可以在这里找到他们的家庭。

1.B【解析】细节理解题。

根据第一段中的“…havebeencomputerized,makingiteasierthanevertodiscoveryourownfamilyhistory.”可知，参观者容易找到家庭历史是因为所有的档案都是电脑化的。

3.C【解析】词义猜测题。

根据画线词后的“whereyoucanenterancestors'

sWestWing.”可知，画线词指的是一种供参观者查看数据库中家庭历史信息的自助服务设备。

4.D【解析】推理判断题。

本文主要介绍了美国家庭移民历史中心，数以亿计的美国人可以在这里找到他们的家庭，是关于移民话题的，因此最有可能出现在报纸的旅行版面中。

Passage2（2018届安徽省江淮十校高三第二次联考）

ThelastthingCaitlinHippwouldhaveexpectedasshepreparedtoturn28yearsoldwastobelivingathomewithherparents.Allshe’severwantedtodoistobecomeanelementaryschoolteacher.However,Hipphasrackedup（累计）$100,000（about0.67millionyuan）instudentloandebtandisn’tabletoearnenoughthroughworkingasapart-timeskatinginstructorandrestaurantservertoliveanywhereotherthanhome.

Tosomedegree,multigenerationalhouseholdshavealwaysbeenapartofAmericanlife.However,thenumberofadultswhohavebeenmovingbackinwiththeirparentsorneverleavinghomeinthefirstplacehasbeengrowingsteadily.

ThePewResearchCenterrecentlyreportedthat2016wasamilestoneintheevolvinglivingarrangementsofyoungadultsintheUS.Until2016,themostcommonlivingarrangementforyoungadultswastobelivingintheirownpropertyaspartofacouple.UBSFinancialServices,aSwissglobalfinancialservicescompany,releasedareportthatevensuggestsonereasonforthegrowingnumberofyoungadultsstilllivingathomecouldbethattheirfamilydoesn’twantthemtoleave.Thereportshowsthat74percentofmillennials（千禧一代）getsomekindoffinancialsupportfromtheirparentsaftercollege.Millennialsseetheirparentsaspeers,friendsandmentors（导师）.Inreturn,theirparentshappilyprovidefinancialsupportwellintoadulthood,helpingfundeverythingforthem.StuartHoffman,chiefeconomistforthePNCFinancialGroupintheUS,said“Althoughjobgrowthformillennialssince2014hasimproved,thatdoesn’