高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day 224.docx

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高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day224

高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析Day224

Passage1

OnafarminEngland,GavinandAliceMunroaretakingsustainabilitytothenextlevel:

theyharvesttreeswhichtheygrowintochairs.

Thecouplehaveafurniture（家具）farminDerbyshirewheretheyaregrowing250chairs,100lampsand50tables.Itistheiranswertowhattheyseeastheinefficient（无效率）processofcuttingdownmaturetreestocreatefurniture.

“Insteadofforce-growingatreefor50yearsandthencuttingitdownandmakingitintosmallerandsmallerbits...theideaistogrowthetreeintotheshapethatyouwantdirectly.It’slikeakindof3Dprinting,”saidGavin.

PartoftheinspirationfortheideacamewhenGavinwasayoungboy.Hespottedanovergrownbonsaitree（盆栽）whichlookedlikeachair.

The44-year-oldbeganexperimentingin2003.In2012,GavinandAlicesetupthecompanyFullGrown.Withinseveralyears,thecoupledevelopedthemosteffectivewaytoshapeatreewithoutlimitingitsgrowth.Theyguideshoots（嫩枝）alreadyheadingintherightdirection,ratherthanforcethemthewrongwayagainsttheirnaturalgrowth.

Theaveragechairtakessixtonineyearstogrow-andanotheryeartodryout.Thelaborandtimeinvolvedinproducingtheorganicpiecesmeanstheydonotcomecheap.Chairssellfor￡10,000each,lampsfor￡900to￡2,300andtablesfor￡2,500to￡12,500.

1.Whatisspecialaboutthefarm?

A.Ituses3Dprinting.B.Itgrowsbonsaitrees.

C.Itwassetupbyacouple.D.Itgrowstreesintofurniture.

2.Howdothecoupleshapeatree?

A.Bylimitingitsgrowth.

B.Byfollowingitsnaturalgrowth.

C.Byforcingitagainstitsnaturalgrowth.

D.Byguidingitsshootsintherightdirection.

3.Howlongdoesittaketomakeanaveragechairforthecompany?

A.Over50years.B.About6to9years.

C.Atmost6years.D.About7to10years.

4.Whichcanbestdescribethefurniture?

A.Bigandeco-friendly.B.Naturalbutexpensive.

C.Hand-madeandcreative.D.Traditionalbutorganic.

5.Whatdoesthewriter'sopiniononthefarm?

A.It’sbroughtinhugemoney.B.Itgrowstreesinefficiently.

C.It’sagoodtryofsustainability.D.Itwillgainpopularitysoon.

Passage2

Anniesometimesfoundithardtounderstandherparents'relationship.Theyneverseemedtoshowmuchloveforeachother.Anniebelievedthatpeoplewhowereinlovewouldshowit.Theywouldholdhands,speaksweetwordstoeachotherandgiveeachothernicegifts.Annie'sparentsdidnoneofthesethings.So,shedoubtedwhethertheyreallylovedeachother.

Annie'sdadwasalwaysinagoodmoodwhenhewasnearhissportscar,soshedecidedtoaskhimthequestionthathadbeenbotheringher."Dad,doyouandMomreallyloveeachother?

"

"Ofcourse,"herfatherreplied."Whydoyouask?

"

"Well,youneverseemtoshowit."

Annie'sfatherwassilentforawhile,hespokeagain."Lookattheengineofthiscar."hesaid."Itisoilyandmessy,andthecarlooksmuchbetterwhenthehood（引擎罩）isdown.Don'tyouagree?

"Withoutwaitingforareply,hewenton."IfItookouttheengineandputthehoodbackdown,thecarwouldlookjustasbeautiful,right?

Butitwouldn'tbeacaranymore.Theengineisitsbeatingheart.Youdon'tusuallyseeit,butithastobethere.It'sthesamewithyourMomandme.Ourloveforeachotheristhebeatingheartofthisfamily.Don'tworryjustbecauseitisn'tonshowallthetime."

Aboutsixmonthslater,Annie'sfatherlosthisjob.Thefamilyhadtocutbackonmanythingstomakeendsmeet.Andhehadtosellhisbelovedsportscar.ButAnnienoticedanotherchange.Becausehehadmorefreetime,herfatherspentmoreofitwithhermother.Theyseemedtogrowclosertogether,andshowedtheirlovemoreoften.Theirlove,whichAnniehadbeenafraiddidnotexist,wasplaintosee.Anniewassadthatthesportscarhadgone,butatleastsheunderstoodwhatherfatherhadtoldherthatday.

1.HowdidAnniefeelaboutherparents'relationshipatfirst?

________

A.ProudB.Satisfied

C.AngryD.Confused

2.Anniebelievedthatpeopleinlovewould________

A.getmarriedeventually

B.maketheirlovecleartoeachother

C.praiseeachother

D.holdhandsallthetime

3.WhatdidAnnie'sfathercomparehisloveto?

________

A.AcarB.AjobC.AnengineD.Agift

4.WhathappenedtothelovebetweenAnnie'sparentsafterherfatherlosthisjob?

________

A.Itbecameeasiertosee.

B.Itgrewweaker.

C.Itchangedcompletely.

D.Itnolongerexisted.

Passage3

TheThree-bodyProblemcoversmultipledecadesandcharacters,butitfocusesinonYeWenjieandWangMiao,twoscientistsintheverynearfuture.Wenjieisanastrophysicist,whileMiaoisananotechengineer,andhe'sbeenattractedtoavirtual-reality,onlinevideogamecalledThreeBody.

EitheroftheseplotsalonewouldmakeforarichSF（ScienceFiction）novel,butCixinLiuisonlygettingwarmedup.Bythetimethebookhitsitspeak,it'suncoveredaconspiracy（阴谋）thatcrossesoversolarsystems—onethatnotonlythreatenstoalterthehumanrace,buttheverybuildingblocksofphysicsthatwe'veevolvedtounderstand.

ThishardSFisfulloflovinglylengthypassagesoftechnicalexplanationabouteverythingfromquantum（量子）mechanicstoartificialintelligence.ButCixinLiusupportsallofthatbraintwistingtheorywithvividcharactersandastrongaction-thrillerplot.

Forallitsuniversalappeal,TheThree-bodyProblemissetagainstaspecificbackground.onethatmostEnglish-languagereadersonlyknowfromadistance.ManyofitsmajorpointsdependontheknowledgeofChinesehistoryandculture-andwhileKenLiu'stranslationisclear,tasteful,andlyrical,there'salotofexplanationtothinkthrough.It'swortheveryounceofeffort.Thebook'swell-earnedsuspense（悬念）dependsonmoralconflictsthatresonate（共鸣）farbeyonditsnationalityorevenitshard,abstractphysics.

Atwhatpointdoessciencebecomebelief,andwhatpointdoesthatsamebeliefbecomereligion?

CixinLiudoesn'tposethatquestionsomuch.IfTheThree-bodyProblem（andthenexttwobooksintheseries,whosetranslationsareintheworks）helpsbridgethegapbetweenEasternandWesternSF,itwillhaveperformedagreatdutyfortheliteraryworld.

1.Whatisthepurposeoffirstparagraph?

________

A.Tocasuallymentionthebook'scontent.

B.Tomentionthehighlightsofthenovel.

C.Towarnthereadersofthethrillingplot.

D.ToimplyCixinLiu'sattitudetothebook.

2.WhatcanweinferaboutLiuKen'stranslationofthebookTheThree-bodyProblem?

________

A.Thetranslationcontainspointsworthyoffurtherconsideration.

B.Thetranslationdoesnotincludeallthedetailsintheoriginal.

C.LiuKenhasnotputdownhisfulleffortintothetranslation.

D.Thetranslationhasbeensuspendedthusunpublished.

3.Withwhichofthefollowingstatementswouldtheauthorofthepassagemostprobablyagree?

________

A.Liumakesupmanyofthescientifictermsinthebookhimself.

B.ThewesternworlddoesnotcaremuchabouttheThree-bodyProblem.

C.Thebookisagreatmediumforeastern-westernliterarycommunication.

D.TheThree-bodyProblemscontainsnothingmorethansomescientifictheories.

4.Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?

________

A.HowtoReadHardScienceFictions.

B.TheThree-bodyProblem:

ALiteraryBridge.

C.TheGapBetweenEasternandWesternLiterature.

D.LiuCixin:

theWorldBestScienceFictionNovelist.

Passage4

Let'ssayyou'retakingaSpanishtestwhenananswerjustwon'tcometoyou,eventhoughyousawitonlastnight'spracticequiz（10sleeplesshoursago）.Ormaybeyoumisseveryfreethrowduringyourbasketballgame—andtotopifoff,youarenotfriendlytoyourteammateonthewaytothelockerroom.

Thesemayseemlikeunrelatedevents,buthere'sthesurprisingtruth:

Eachmaybeadirectconsequenceofyourlackofsleeptime.Inonestudy,justanhourlessofsleepeachnightmadesix-gradersperformlikefourth-gradersonmentaltests.Otherresearchshowsthatsleeplossmakesyourunslowerandmissmoreshotsinsports,whiledoublingyourpossibilityofinjury.

Someexpertsevenarguethatteenswouldbelesslikelytotakerisksorsufferfromanxietyanddepression（沮丧）iftheycouldjustgetenoughsleep."Whenyoulacksleepandyourunintoastressfulsituation,whetherit'swithyourfriendsorsomethingelse,you'regoingtogetangryandupset,"explainsDr.KathleenBerchelmann,adoctorinSt.Louis,Missouri."Iseealotofdepressionandanxietyinteenswhoaren'tgettingenoughsleep."

It'ssurprisingtothinkthatbyspendingmoretimeinbed,youcouldliftyourgradepointaverage,getalongwithyourlovedones,performbetteronthefield,andfeelhappier.Butscientistssayit'strue—manyteensarewalkingaroundlikezombies（僵尸）withoutevenrealizingit.

1.Thefirstparagraphservesasa（n）________.

A.explanationB.introduction

C.commentD.background

2.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"consequence"inparagraph2mean?

________

A.EvidenceB.ProblemC.ResultD.Experience

3.Accordingtothetext,ifateenagerlackssleep,hemay________.

A.havepoorperformanceinsports

B.beabsentfromclassthenextday

C.loseinterestineverything

D.feellonelyanddisappointed

4.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?

________

A.Children'ssleepinghabits.

B.Teenagers'sleep-relateddiseases.

C.Learningproblemsandlackofsleep.

D.Badresultsofteens'sleeploss.

Passage5

Asleepover（过夜）program,whichisdesignedtomakekidsbelievethattheirfavoritetoysenjoyreading,canhelpencouragechildrentopickupmorebooks,anewstudysugg