高考英语阅读冲刺 阅读理解13.docx

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高考英语阅读冲刺阅读理解13

2019-2020年高考英语阅读冲刺阅读理解13

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MysonandIweretryingtosellthehousewehadrepairedbutinthebarn（谷仓）therewerebats（蝙蝠）andtheywouldnotleave.Thebarnwastheirhome.Theytoldussointheirownway.Theyhungthereinthebarnandseemeddeterminedtostayfortheseason.Don'tworryaboutit,Dad,"Patricksaid.Theykeepdownthemosquitoes（蚊子）.”

Unfortunatelytheyalsokeptthebuyersaway.whenwehadaskedapersontosell　thehouseforushehadrefusedtoshowitbecauseofthebats.Batsarepopular,"Patrickfortedme.They'reecological（生态学的）."Isn'tthereamachineyoucanbuythatproduceshighfrequencysoundstokeepbatsaway?

”Idon'tknow,”saidPatrick.ButIlikebats,andwhoeverbuysthishousewillprobablylikethemtoo."”Probably?

"Ihatedthatword.Howmanybatsare　there,anyway?

"Icountedabout90lastnight,"saidPatrick.Theyweredroppingoutfromundertheedgeoftheroof."Youmeantherearemore—outside?

"They'reeverywhere,Dad.Butlookatitthisway.Whenthecoldweatheres,they’llbeofftoMexico.Maybeinthespringwecankeepthemout.Don'tworryaboutit,”hesaidforthehundredthtime.It'snotaproblem."

ThebatexpertIcalledwasevenmoreactivethanPatrick.Ithinkyou'vegotalargenumberthere,”hesaidinwonder,I’vebeentryingtoattractbatstoourhousefor25yearsAsinglebateatsuphisweightinmosquitoesandblackfliesthreetimeseverynight.You'reaveryluckyman.”Iofferedtosharemyluckwithhim.Hecouldtakethemaway.Batshavearemarkablehominginstinct（本能）,"hesaid.They'dflystraight

backevenifItransportedthem100miles.Oncetheyhavesettled,youcan'tstopthemfromingback."Iwassilent.

Finallywemanagedtorent“（出租）thehousetoayoungfamily,whowerealsointerestedinbuyingit.Whataboutthebats?

"IsaidtoPatrick.

Oh,theylovethebats,”hesaid.Nomosquitoes.Noblackflies.It'soneofthethingsthatattractedthem."Doyouthinktheywillreallybuythebouse?

"Probably."Probably?

Well,iftheydo,IsupposeI'llhavetoadmitthatIwaswrong."Youmeanyou'regoingtoeatyourwords?

"

Yes,Iam."

56Whatwastheproblemtheauthorhadwithhishouse?

ABatswerelivinginthebarnandwouldn'tgoaway.

BTheauthorandhissoncouldn'tsleepwellbecauseofthebats.

CTheauthorandhissonmightbeabletostayfortheseason.

DThehousewasstillbadlyinneedofrepair.

57WhatdidPatricksuggesttheauthorshoulddotostopthebatslivinginthebarn?

AHeshouldbuyahighfrequencymachine.

BHeshouldmovethemonehundredmilesaway.

CHeshouldreducethenumberofmosquitoes.

DHeshouldclosethebarninthespring.

58Whydidtheauthorfallsilentwhenhetalkedwiththebatspecialist?

AHefeltsureaboutthesituation.

BHefoundoutthatitwouldbeimpossibletoremovethebats.

CHelearnedthathewouldbeabletosharehisluckwiththeexpert.

DHelikedtheadvicegivenbytheexpert.

59Whathappenedregardingthehouseintheend?

ASomepeopleagreedtorentthehouse.

BTheauthorfailedtofindanybodywhowantedtoliveinthehouse.

CThebatexpertmadethedecisiontobuythehouse.

DThebatsleftthehouseforMexicointhespring.

60Whydidtheauthorthinkhemighthaveto“eathiswords”?

AHefeltsorryforthebats.

BHemightbemistakenaboutbeingunabletosellthehouse.

CHerealizedhemightbewrongaboutthebats'actions.

DHewashappyaboutsellingthehouse.

B

Howmanycoinshaveyougotinyourpocketrightnow?

Three?

Two?

Orone?

Whatdoyoudowithit?

Gotoatelephoneboxmarked“Phonecard”.Putinyourcard,makeyourcallandwhenyou'vefinished,ascreentellsyouhowmuchisleftonyourcard.Itcostsnoextraforthecards,andthecallscost10pperunit,thesameasanyotherpayphonecall.Youcanbuytheminunitsof10,20,40,100or200.Nowappearinginashopnearyou

NeareachCardphoneplaceyou'llfindashopwhereyoucanbuyone.Theyareatbus,trainandcitytube（地铁）stations.Atmanyuniversities,hospitalsandclubs,restaurantsandgasstationsonthehighwayandshoppingcenters.Atairportsandseaports.

NomorebrokenpayphonesMostbrokenpayphonesarelikethatbecausethey'vebeenvandalized（破坏）.TherearenocoinsinCardphonetoexcitethieves'interestinit.Soyou'renotprobablytofindavandalizedone.

Getaphonecardyourselfandtryitout.Orgetabiggerwallet.

61Thepassageismostprobably

AawarningBanoticeCanadvertisementDanannouncement

62Therearethreesections（部分）inthepassage.Whichonedoyouthinkisaboutwhyphonecardsaregood?

ASection1.BSection2.CSection3.DNone.

63Accordingtotheinformationyougetfromthepassage,howmuchdoesacardwith40unitscost?

A4pounds.B40pounds.C400pounds.D100pounds.

C

Martinisamanofalltradesandofmanyexperiences.Heneverstaysatonejobformorethansixmonthsandneverleavesthejobofhisownwill.Heisnotactuallylazyorunfitandhisemployers（雇主）cannotbesaidtobeunreasonable.Heisonly,accordingtooneofhisformeremployers,tooeagerfortheworkthathisemployerhasn'ttheintention（打算）tolethimdo.OnefactaboutMartinisthatheneverwaitslongtofindanewjob.Lastmonth,hewasfiredagain.Mr.King,theownerofasmallshophiredhimtopainthisnewhouse.Hereadilyacceptedthejobwithoutaword.WhenlaterMr.Kingwenttoseehowthingsweregoingonthere,hecouldn'tfindMartin.Insteadhesawfourworkmencarefullypaintingthewall.“What'sthematter?

”hewondered.

“Hi,Mr.King!

”heheardMartin'svoicecallingfrombehind.“Theyareworkinghard,aren'tthey?

”Mr.Kingturnedback.HesawMartinsmilingathim.”What’shappened,Martin?

Andwhyaretheseworkershere?

”Mr.Kingasked.“I'vehiredthemat8dollarsforeachman.”Martintoldhimhappily.“ButIwillonlypay30dollarsforthewholework.”Mr.Kingcouldn'tunderstand.“Iknow,Mr.King.Butjustthink.Ionlyneedtopayanothertwodollarsandthencanenjoythehappyfeelingofbeingaboss.Isn'titworththemoney?

”

64WhyisMartinoftenfired?

Becausehe.

AistoolazyBhasfewexperiencesCtriestobeabossDoftenactsagainsthisemployers'will

65Martinseemstobea.

AnarrowmindedfellowBlightheartedman

CmanwhoisatlooseendsDpersonfulloffears

66Mr.Kingwaswhenhesawfourworkerspaintinghishouse.

AhappyBangryCsatisfiedDsurprised

67Thebesttitleforthepassageshouldbe.

AMartinandMr.King

BPaintingaNewHouse

CIt'sWorththeMoney

DReasonableorNot

D

Thefollowingtableshowssomeresultsofasurvey（调查）inwhich800Japaneseschoolpupilswereaskedtogivetheirimpressions（印象）oftheir

classroomteachers.Thepupils'impressionswerefoundtodifferdependingonwhethertheteacherwasnew（withlessthanthreeyears'experience）,middlestanding（tentotwentyyears）,oraveteran（有经验的人）（twentytothirtyyears）.Thenumbersinthetableshowthepercentageofthepupilswhoanswered“verysatisfied”or“extremelysatisfied”foreachquestionitem（项目）.

QuestionItems[]New[]MidddleStanding[]Veteran

1Showsasenseofhumorinclass

2Explainsclearly

3Teachesinarelaxed（轻松）manner

4Writesneatlyontheblackboard

5Letspupilsaskquestionsinclass

6Makeschecksandmentsinnotebooks

7Speaksloudlyandclearly

8Treatsallpupilsequally

9Caresaboutpupilsopinions

10Spendstimewithpupilsbetweenclasses

[]4233309182245434725

[]56584643303085584310

[]7068655647435442176

68AsforQuestionItems,pupils'evaluations（评价）canbesaidtoriseatasteadyrate（比率）astheirteachers'experienceincreases.

A1and4

B3and5

C6and8

D9and10

69Incontrast（对比）tothenewteachers,themiddlestandingandveteranteachersseemtohavemadearemarkable（明显）improvementintheirabilityto.

Abefairtoanypupil

Bevaluatepupils'progress

Cpresentmaterialsclearly

Dunderstandandplaywithpupils

70Pupilsseemtoregardthenewandthemiddlestandingteachersasbeingmorethantheveterans.

Arelaxedinclass

Binterestedinpupils'ideas

Cneatinappearance

Dskillfulatexplaining

71Accordingtothetable,whichofthefollowingisright?

AInthenewteachers'classes,pupilsseemtoaskquestionsmorefreely.

BPupilsseemtobequitesatisfiedwiththeamount（量）oftimetheirteachersspendwiththembetweenchasses.

CTheevaluationofthemiddlestandingteachersislowerthanthatoftheveteransinsevenitems.

DThoughveteransdonotplaygameswithpupilsduringbreaks,theirteachingisratedhighly.

E

Doyoufindgettingupinthemorningsodifficultthatit'spainful?

Thismightbecalledlaziness,butDr.Kleitmanhasanewexplanation.Hehasprovedthateveryonehasadailyenergycycle.

Duringthehourswhenyoulabourthroughyourworkyoumaysaythatyou're“hot”.That'strue.Thetimeofdaywhenyoufeelmostenergeticiswhenyourcycleofbodytemperatureisatitspeak（顶峰）.Forsomepeoplethepeakesduringtheforenoon.Forothersitesintheafternoonorevening.Noonehasdiscoveredwhythisisso,butitleadstosuchfamiliarwordsas:

“Getup,John!

You'llbelateforworkagain!

”ThepossibleexplanationtothetroubleisthatJohnisathistemperatureandenergypeakintheevening.Muchfamilyquarrellingendswhenhusbandsandwivesrealizewhattheseenergycyclesmean,andwhichcycleeachmemberofthefamilyhas.

Youcan'tchangeyourenergycycle,butyoucanlearntomakeyourlifefititbetter.Habitcanhelp,Dr.Kleitmanbelieves.Maybeyou'resleepyintheeveningbutfeelyoumuststayuplateanyway.Counteract（对抗）yourcyclebystayinguplaterthanyouwantto.Ifyourenergyislowinthemorningbutyouhaveanimportantjo