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湖北省咸宁市高考英语阅读理解暑假练习12

湖北省咸宁市2020高考英语阅读理解暑假练习（12）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

The400phonemessagessaiditall.Veterans（老兵）wantedtotalk,andJeffBeers,amilitaryhistorybuffandthesonofaretiredNavyman,wasreadytolisten.BeershadvolunteeredfortheVeteransHistoryProject,aprogramattheLibraryofCongressdedicatedtopreservingtheoralhistoriesofAmerican’s19millionveterans.LocalnewspaperslistedBeer’snumber,andtheresponsewastremendous.He’svideotaped

52vetseversince.

“Mostofthemaresho

ckedthatanyonewouldbeinterestedintheirsmallstory,”saysBeers,33,anassistantengineerforthecityofPoway,Calif.“Theyask,‘Whynow?

’Butithastobenow,beforeit’stoolate.”TheU.S.DepartmentofVeteransAffairsestimatesthat1,847veteransdieeachday.

BeersandtheothervolunteersarecollectingtheI-was-theredetail.OneofthemostmovingcamefromaWorldWarIIPOW（prisonerofwar）:

“Hehadtomarch500milesthroughtheBlackForestinwinter.Theyatebarksoupandsleptatlocalfarm.”

TheWWIIgenerationcomprises（包含）mosto

fthe700historiesgatheredsincetheprogrambeganin2001.But,saysdirectorEllenLovell,theywanttohearfromvetsofeverywar.“Iinterviewedmybrother-in-law,anarmysurgeoninVietnam,”shesays.“Hesaidhesharedthingswithmethathe’snevertoldanyone.”

1.Whatdoweknowfromthetextabouttheveterans?

A.Theyliveaveryhappylifeaftert

hewar.

B.Theyoftentoldtheirstoriestoothers.

C.Theywerehighlyrespectedbypeople.

D.Theyarebecomingfewerandfewer

innumbers.

答案解析：

答案为D。

本题为细节推理题。

由第二段最后一句话“TheU.S.DepartmentofVeteransAffairsestimatesthat1,847veteransdieeachday.”可知，每天有1847位老兵死去，也就意味着老兵的数目越来越少，故D选项正确。

2.Howdidtheveteransfeelwhentheywereinterviewed?

A.Happy.B.Sad.C.Surprised.D.Disappointed.

答案解析：

答案为C。

本题为细节题。

由第二段首句“Mostofthemareshocked

thatanyonewouldbeinterestedintheirsmallstory,”可知，老兵对于有人对他们的故事感兴趣感到非常吃惊，故答案为C。

3.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“it”（Paragraph1）referto?

A.Veteranswantedtotalk.B.JeffBeerswasreadytolisten.

C.Theveteranshadmanystories.D.Thereweremanyphonemessages.

答案解析：

答案为A。

本题为词义推断题。

由第一段前面的内容“The400phonemessagessaiditall.Veteranswantedtotalk,andJeffBeers,amilitaryhistorybuffandthesonofaretiredNavyman,wasreadytolisten.”可知，“it”指代的是紧跟着它后面的内容“Veteranswantedtotalk”，故答案为A。

4.WhatkindofstoriesisJeffBeersmostinterestedin?

A.HistoricalrecordsofWorldWarII.

B.Storieswrittenbynewspaperreporters.

C.Storiesmosttalkedaboutbypublic.

D.Personalexperiencesofpeopleduringdifferentwars.

答案解析：

答案为D。

本题为细节推理题。

由倒数第二段“OneofthemostmovingcamefromaWorldWarIIPOW（prisonerofwar）:

‘Hehadtomarch500milesthroughtheBlackForestinwinter.Theyatebarksoupandsleptatlocalfarm.’”可知，JeffBeers最感兴趣的是战争期间人们的个人经历，故答案为D。

【浙江省金华十校2020高考英语模拟试题】

ForyearsIfoughtwiththebird'snestthatsatontopofmyhead-myMedusa（神话中的蛇发女妖）hair．NomatterwhatIdidandhowhardItried,innowaycouldImakemyunruly（乱蓬蓬）hairtomysatisfaction．

GrowingupinaRussian-JewishhomewithparentswhothoughtNorthAmericanstylingproductsweresomethingillegalsuchasdrugs,Iwasneverallowedtoputthemin:

myhair．¨Whybuyhairgel?

Yourhairissobeautifulnaturally,"mymotherwouldsay．Theteensatschooldidnotagree．Fromboys'notwantingtokissmewhenweplayedspinthebottleinGrade7tobeingcalledthemop,Isufferedfrommyhair．

WhenIgottouniversity,Ibelievedmyhairwasawallthatstoodbetweenmeandeverything-findingapart-timejob,gettingaboyfriend,etc．

IfonlyIcouldfindawaytomanagethecurlsandputitbehindbars,Itoldmyself,Iwouldfeelsecureandsexy．Itriedeverything:

rollers,hairspray,gelsand,atonepoint,aniron．Then,inmysecondyear,amiraclehappened．IwasaskedtobeahairmodelforJapanesehairstraightening,aprocessbywhichthemolecules（分子）ofmycurlswouldbebrokenandresetinabone-straightposition．Iwastheperfectcandidate,thehairdressertoldme．Althoughtheysaidhowhairrelaxingcoulddamagethe:

scalp（头皮）,forthenextfiveyearsIdidn'tfindthemtobetrue．Allofthehairdresser'spromiseswerefulfilled:

Withmyhairstraightandsmooth,Iwasnolongerthe¨mop"．

However,therewasextremedamagedonetomywallet．Tokeepupthestraighteningcost$700everysixmonths,andthatwasconsideredcheap．WhilesomepeoplethoughtIwascrazy,Iwaswillingtodoanythingtoneveragainfeellikethatanxious,curly-headedgirlinGrade7．ButwhenImovedout．ofmyparents"house'atage26andrentedanapartment,theupkeepofmynewimagebecametoocostly．

Icouldn'thidefrommyinnerMedusaanylonger．Itwastimetohugherandletherfly．Seekingachoice,IturnedtotheInternet,Google．Afterhoursofsearching,Ihitupona“curlyhaired"salon,aplacedesignedforgirlslikeme．Idoubtedtheseso-called“CurlAmbassadors"coulddoanything

withoutusingmachineofsomesort,andthoughIboughttheservicecalledthe“Curly-Doo,"IsuspectedI'dhavethesameunrulymopattheendoftheappointment．

IdraggedmyfeetsohardgettingtherethatIarrived45minuteslate．Isecretlyhopedtheywouldturnmeaway．Instead,mystylistsimplysaid:

‘‘Youareverylate．Letmeseeyourhair"At．thatmoment,myworldandbeliefsaboutmyselfwereturnedupsidedownalongwithmyhair．Asmyheadwasinabasinfulloffreezing-coldwater,thencoveredwithajelly-likejam,IwonderedwhatIhadgotmyselfinto．

¨Doyoureallythinkthiswillwork?

"Iaskedthestylist,Jones．“Mycurlsareadisaster．"“Nocurlyhairishopeless,"shereplied．“Theyjusthaven'tfoundawaytoworkwithit,that'sall．"

Afterthehourwasover,Joneshadcompletedherwork．Shehadstyledmyhairusingonlyherhands,waterandamixtureoforganicjam．Icouldn'tbelievewhatIwasseeinginthemirror:

anaturallycurly,Medusa-freeme．Youcouldarguethathairisjusthair．Yet,itisjustsuchphysicalfeaturesthathavesuchalargeinfluenceonhowweviewourselves．

AccordingtoJones,75percentofthepopulationhaveawaveorcurlintheirhairanddon'tknowwhattodowithit．Mencuttheirsshort．Womenflat-irontheirstodeath．WhenIreadthroughabeautymagazineortakethesubwaytowork,itmakesmesadtoseesomanypeoplerepressingtheirnaturalbeauty．

Sincethen,myworldhaschanged．Ihavealwaysbeenoutgoing,butthesedaysIseemtobemoreoutspokenandconfidentthanever．Ontopofthat,friendsandco-workerstellmeIamlookingbetterthanever,buttheydon'tknowthesourceofthechange．

Idon'tneedtotellthem*MyMedusahairspeaksforherself．

55．Whatcanwelearnaboutthewriter'shairinthefirstplace?

A．Herparentsconsidereditwasbird'snest．

B．TeensatschoollaughedatitasMedusahair．

C．Shehateditbecauseitcouldn'tbestraightened．

D．NorthAmericanstylingproductsharmedherhair．

56．Japanesehairstraighteningcausedaproblemforthewriterthat．

A．herwishtofeelsecureandsexydidn'tcometrue

B．herhairwasseriouslydamagedafterthestraightening

C．thecosttokeepherhairstraightwastoohighforher

D．shewascalled¨themop"withherhairstraightandsmooth

57．Thewriterwaswhenshewenttothe“curlyhaired"salon．

A．hesitatedB．excitedC．disappointedD．determined

58．Whatwasthereactionofthestylistinthesalonwhenshesawthewriter?

A．Shewasveryangrybecausethewriterwaslate．

B．Shethoughttotallythewriter'shairwasadisaster．

C．Shewascalmandsureofherwork．

D．Shethoughttherewasnowaytofixthewriter'shair．

59．Thewriter'sworldhaschangedbecauseshe．

A．hasremovedherinnerMedusa

B．hasremovedhercurlsonherhead

C．hasfoundawaytostraightenherhairinthestylishsalon

D．hasfoundtheadmirationforherfromherfriendsandco-workers

60．Thebesttitleofthepassagecanbe．

A．ASuccessfulStylist

C．RoadtoBeauty

B．MyMedusaHair

D．AccepttheWayWeAre

【参考答案】55、C56—60、CACAB

【浙江省2020高考英语模拟冲刺卷】

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，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。

Changeiseverythinginthecaseofmobilephones.Recentresearchindicatesthatthemobilephoneischangingnotonlyourculture,butourverybodiesaswell.

First,let’stalkaboutculture.Thedifferencebetweenthemobilephoneanditsparent,thefixed-linephone,isthatamobilenumbercorrespondstoaperson,whilealandlinegoestoaplace.Ifyoucallmymobile,yougetme.Ifyoucallmyfixed-linephone,yougetwhoeveranswersit.

Thishasseveralimplications（含义）.Themostcommonone,however,andperhapsthethingthathaschangedourcultureforever,isthe“meeting”influence.Peoplenolongerneedtomakefirmplansaboutwhenandwheretomeet.Twentyyearsago,aFridaynightwouldneedtobearrangedinadvance.Youneededenoughtimetoalloweveryonetogetfromtheirplaceofworktothefirstmeetingplace.Now,however,anightoutcanbearrangedontherun.Itisnolonger“seeyouthereat8”,but“textmearound8andwe’llseewhereweallare.”

Textingchangespeopleaswell.Intheirpaper,“InsightsintotheSocialandPsychologicalEffectsofSMS（ShortMessageService）TextMessaging",twoBritishresearchersdistinguishedbetweentwotypesofmobilephoneusers:

the“talkers”andthe“texters”－thosewhoprefervoicetotextmessagesandthosewhoprefertexttovoice.

Theyfoundthatthemobilephone’sindividualityandprivacygavetexterstheabilitytoexpressawholenewouterpersonality.Texterswerelikelytoreportthattheirfamilywouldbesurprisediftheyweretoreadtheirtexts.Thissuggeststhattextingallowedtexterstopresentaself-i