高三英语辅导材料8.docx

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高三英语辅导材料8

2016年高三英语辅导材料8

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

WhileotherstudentsweretakingpartinworkshopsorplanningbathsfortheirpetsonatypicalThursdaymorning，Ispentminedoinganinternship（实习）atWesternMassachusettsLaborAction，anon-profitorganizationthathelpslow-incomemembersofsociety．

Uponarrivingthere，Ididn’tknowwhattoexpect．Dopeoplejustcomeinandaskforfood?

Istheremorepaperworkorin-the-fieldaction?

Thisopportunity,however，helpedmetoanswermyquestions．

Onemorning，whilemypartnerandIweredoingtheofficework，oursupervisor（主管）calledusintohisofficetolistentoaconversationonthephone．

Ontheotherendoftheline，a65-year-oldmanlivinginanearbytownsaiddesperatelythattheirelectricitycompanywasshuttingoffhisheatduetohisdebtissues．“Youaremylasthope．Otherwise，myfamilyandIwillhaveaveryhardtimesurvivingthecoldwinter,”themansaid，hisvoicelosingcontro1．Hearingthisterriblenews，mysupervisorfrowned，buttoldhim，“Don’tworry．I’11doeverythingIcantohelpyou．”Thenhequicklycalledtheelectricitycompany．

Afteralongnegotiation，mysupervisormanagedtogivethe65-year-oldmanadebtrepayment（偿付）system，whichmeantthathecouldpayoffhisdebtalittlebitpermonth．Hewascallingtotellthemanthegoodnewswhenthemansuddenlyshoutedthathewashavingaheartattack．MypartnerandIjustlookedateachotherandkeptsilent．Aftersecondsthatfeltlikehours，themantoldusthatitwasafalsealarmandthathewasallright．

Iwasamazedatthismanandhisfamily’ssituation，butwasevenmoreimpressedthatmysupervisorhadsavedthemfromahardshiplikeawholewinterwithoutheat．Mysupervisorwasasuperhero!

Fromthatmomenton，IhavehadgreatrespectforallformsofcommunityserviceandfeltthankfulthatIcouldbeapartofit-givingbackwhatIhavetothecommunityandhelpingothersachievehappiness．

21．The65-year-oldmanwasmostworriedthat______．

A．hecouldn’tpayoffhisdebts

B．heandhisfamilycouldn’tlivethroughthewinter

C．hisheatwouldbeshutoffbytheelectricitycompany

D．hesufferedfromaseriousheartattack

22．Howdoyouunderstandthesentence“mysupervisorfrowned”inthe4thparagraph?

A．Mysupervisorthoughtitaneasything．

B．Mysupervisorthoughtitaninterestingthing．

C．Mysupervisorthoughtitadifficultthing．

D．Mysupervisorthoughtitastrangething．

23．Howdidthesupervisorhelptheoldman?

A．Heofferedtopayofftheoldman’sdebts．

B．Hemanagedtogettheoldmantopayoffhisdebtsalittlepermonth．

C．Hehelpedtofindacurefortheoldman’sheartattack．

D．Hethoughtofsweetwordstocomforttheoldman．

24．Fromhisinternshipexperience，theauthorlearnstoknowhowto_________．

A．beagoodsupervisorB．getalongwellwithhissupervisor

C．helptheelderlypeopleD．givebackandhelpothersgethappiness

B

Whenwasthelasttimeyouwrotealetter?

Ifyouransweris“notrecently”，youcancountyourselfamongthemanyteenagerswhodon’toftenwriteletters．

Arecentsurveyof1,000teenagersaroundtheworlddonebytheFrenchstationery（文具）companyBICfoundthatathirdoftoday’steenagershadneverwrittenaletter，halfhadnotwrittenathank-youletter,around83percenthadneverwrittenaloveletter,andaquarterhadnotevenwrittenabirthdayorChristmascard．Infact，58percentofteenagerscomplainedthathandwritingwas“tooslow”and17percentbelieveditwas“outdated”．

Theseresultshavecausedworriesthattheartofhandwritingmayonedaydieout，eventhoughmanypeoplestillthinkitisakeyskill．

“Handwritingisoneofthemostcreativeartformswehaveandshouldbegiventhesameimportanceasotherartformssuchassketching（素描），painting，orphotography，”JonathanSkyrme，generalmanagerofBICUK&Ireland，toldtheDailyMail．

TheNewYorkTimesexplainedthatahandwrittenlettersendsamessageinawaythatonlinemessagescanneverdo．“Whenyougetane—mail，youcanneverbesurethatyouaretheonlypersontohavereceivedit—oreventhatitwaswrittenbythepersonwhosentit，”saidthenewspaper．

AsUSauthorSimonGarfieldoncewrote，“E-mailsareapoke（蜻蜒点水），butlettersarealovingtouch．”

Soimaginethepowerfulmessageyouwouldsendifyouactuallywroteoutyourthoughtsforanotherpersonbyhand，boughtastamp，tookyournotetoamailboxandwaiteddaysforyourspecialsomeonetoreceiveit．Theirsmileatyourthoughtfulnesswouldsayita11．

25．WhatcanwelearnfromParagraph2？

A．300teenagersoftoday’shadneverwrittenaletter．

B．250teenagersoftoday’shadnotevenwrittenabirthdayorChristmascard．

C．Mostteenagershadn’twrittenaloveletter．

D．Overhalfteenagersthoughthandwritingwasoutofdate．

26．TheNewYorkTimesandtheauthorSimonGarfieldmaybothagreethat_______．

A．1ettersandE-mailshavetheirownadvantages

B．1ettersarebetterthanE-mails

C．1ettersandE-mailssendamessageinthesameway

D．whengettingaletteroranE-mail，you’retheonlypersontoreceiveit

27．Whichistrueaccordingtothelastparagraph?

A．It’sawasteoftimetowritealetter．

B．Peoplewouldbegladtoreceivealetter．

C．Itisridiculoustopostaletter．

D．It’sboringtowaitforaletter．

C

MarieKondoisanexpertonorganizingandcleaning．Sheisconsideredallexpertonclearingawayunusedorunnecessarythings，betterknownasclutter．Actually，shedidwriteabookontheissue，whichiscalled“TheLife-ChangingMagicofTidyingUp”．Herbookisabest-selleraroundtheworld．Ithassoldmorethan2millioncopies．

MarieKondosayspeoplecanimprovetheirlivesbychangingthewaytheythinkaboutalltheirstuff—everythingfrombooks，documentsandphotographstoclothingandpersonalmementoes．“Herbookisabest-selleraroundtheworld”Andthisisprettygood．”Ms．Kondowrites．

Thisisnotthefirsttimeanorganizingexperthaswrittenabookonclutter．Otherbookssuggestwonderfulthingswillhappenwhenyouorganizeyourhome．Onebooksaysthatifyouthrowout50thingsfromyourhome，youwillactuallyfindyourlife．Anotherbooksaysthatifyoumakeclutterdisappear，youwillalsoloseweight．Andstillotherspromiseabetterjob，moremoneyandaperfectfamilyifyousimplyorganizethethingsthatfinyourlife．MarieKondomakessomeofthesameclaims．ShetoldtheBusinessInsiderwebsitethatsomeofherclientshavelostweight．“Yourself-perceptionisimprovedbylivinginacleanandneatroom,”shesaid．“Thiscanchangelifestylesand，inturn，appearances．”

MarieKondoteachesamethodoforganizingshecallsKonMari．Itismoreofaneventorceremony．Thisisthepartthatfollowerssaymakesitmorelasting．Ms．KondosaysKonMaricreatesadifferentrelationshipbetweenyouandyourpossessions．Iftheobjectmeantsomethingtoyouorservedyouwell，youthankitforitsservicebeforethrowingorgivingitaway．Inherbook，Ms．Kondosuggeststhatyoutouchtheitemandaskonesimplequestion：

“Doesitbringmejoy?

”Ifitdoesn’t，yougiveitawaysothatitmaygivejoytosomeoneelse．

28．Whatdoestheword“clutter”inthefirstparagraphreferto?

A．expertonorganizingandcleaningB．unusedorunnecessarythings

C．MarieKondoD．thebest-seller

29.Thetextisespeciallyusefulforthosewhocareabout_______.

A．theirbodyshapeB．theirhealthydiet

C．theirhomebuyingD．theirhomeenvironment

30．Accordingtothepassageanorganizedhomecanhelppeople______．

A．makemorefriendsB．educatekids

C．improveself-perceptionD．eatless

31．Whatcanbeasuitabletitleforthetext?

A．Howcanyouliveabetterlife?

B．Couldorganizingyourhomechangeyourlife?

C．Apopularandusefulbookforyou

D．Waystofindyourlife

D

WhenyouthinkofthebooksthatarereadandtaughtinhighschoolsacrosstheUS，whatarethefirsttitlesthatcometomind?

TheGreatGasby,LordoftheFlies．TheCatcherintheRyeandofOfMiceandMenprobablyfloodyourmemory．Theauthorsofthesebookshavesomethingincommon：

Theywereallwhitemen．

Thetruthis，manyreadinglistsareshortonfemaleandminorityauthors．Andsomearguethatteachingtheliterarycanon（文学经典）tostudentswhonolongerfindrelevance（相关性）intheissuespresentedwillfailtointerestteensandultimatelyrumthemawayfromreading．

“Whenwethinkaboutsummerreadingbooksoraddinganewbooktoacourse，we’reoftenlookingforwomenorpeopleofcolor，”saidScottCampbell，anEnglishteacheratNewTrierHighSchool，whoadmiredthere’sagapinthecurriculumwhereminoritywritersshouldbe．

“Womenahundredorsoyearsagowerenotencouragedorexpectedthattheymightwrite，thisisjustoneoftheafter-effectsofmaledomination”，Campbellexplained．

“Ithinkbooklistsinschoolsaresexist（性别歧视的），butIdon’tthinkit’stheschools’fault，”saidJonesfromahighschoo1．“Ithinkit’sbecausewestillthinkgoodliteratureisonlywrittenbywhitemales，whichsimplyisn’ttrue.Idosee，though，thatteachersaretryingtochangemat．”

TeachersatHancockHighSchoolaredoingthesimilarjob．Hancockcurriculaincludebooksandconceptsteachersbelievetobemoreculturallyrelevanttotheirstudents．

HancockjuniorSandraRodriguezsaidshelikesherschool’sselectionsthathavereplacedsometothetraditionalhighschoolreads．

32．Whydoesthewritermentionsomebooksinthefirstparagraph?

A．Toshowthesebooksarcmostlywrittenbywhitemen．

B．Toadvisestudentstoreadthesebooks．

C．T0commentontheauthors．

D．Toshowthesebooksareclassic．

33．WhydoesScottCampbellchoosebookswrittenbywomenorpeopleofcolor?

A．Thesebooksarebetterincontent．

B．Therearefewofsuchbooksinthecurriculum．

C