1、襄阳市高考英语任务型阅读训练经典题目含答案襄阳市高考英语任务型阅读训练经典题目(含答案)一、高中英语任务型阅读1任务型阅读 “Urgent action required”, “Do you still want to hear from us?”, “Weve updated our privacy policy”, “Should we stop sending you updates? If not, act now!” Many of us will have received emails like this during the past few weeks. Triggering
2、 this flood of emails is something called GDPR that comes into effect in just under two weeks time. Often the emails warn that if you dont respond, you will be removed from the companys database, which raises a lot of questions. What action, if any, do you need to take? Could it affect you financial
3、ly? GDPR, which stands for General Data Protection Regulation, has been described as the biggest overhaul(彻底检查)of online privacy since the birth of the internet. It is designed to give all EU citizens the right to know what data is stored on them and to have it deleted, plus protect them from privac
4、y breaches(破坏). It comes into effect on 25 May. The new rules encourage the requirement for explicit and informed consent before data is processed. As a result, companies and organizations around the world are contacting users to check they are happy to carry on receiving their emails. However, many
5、 of us seem to be going down with “GDPR fatigue(厌倦)”: one article last week claimed that the “reconfirmation rate” - the proportion of people saying they want to continue receiving a companys emails - at UK micro-businesses was averaging just 10%, which meant “they could lose 90% of their subscriber
6、s - the life-blood for their business”. So its no wonder some firms have adopted policies such as offering to enter people into a prize draw in return for them going in and updating their communication preferences. The average adult is said to have about 100 “data relationships” companies and organi
7、zations that hold our personal data. Meanwhile, the reason why the company that occasionally emails you newsletters is now asking for your consent is perhaps because you never explicitly gave it permission to send you stuff. Maybe you only get its emails because you went to an event it organized age
8、s ago or you once downloaded something from its website. Under the new regime, that almost certainly wouldnt count as explicit and informed consent, hence its getting in touch now. The bottom line is that if it is a company or organization that you want to continue hearing from, you should probably
9、click the button or log in to ensure you keep getting its emails. If it doesnt hear from you, it may decide to take you off its database.Passage outlineSupporting detailsThe influences ofjunk mails They flood into our lives. They_to remove us from certain databases. They cause receivers to be_about
10、the possible risks.The_of GDPR It will guarantee all EU citizens the_to accept or refuse. It will require privacy _from companies.The _from most receivers and the policies adopted by some firms Most receivers are_to continue receiving such emails. Some firms hold activities so that people may win a
11、_if they go in. Some firms offer to update peoples communication preferences.The reason and bottom line for companies sending such emails Companies hope to obtain explicit_from their users. The information you left _doesnt mean you allow them to send you stuff. Without your reply, companies may take
12、 you off their databases.【答案】threaten;concerned/worried/anxious;goals/aims/purposes/functions;right;protection/respect;response(s)/reaction(s);unwilling/reluctant;prize/bonus;consent/permission/approval/agreement;unintentionally/unpurposely/indeliberately/undesignedly/unconsciously 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇新闻报道
13、,介绍了人们对GDPR邮件的反应以及公司会采用的一些对应措施。(1)考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“Often the emails warn that if you dont respond, you will be removed from the companys database”,根据该句可知,垃圾邮件威胁要将我们从公司数据库中删除。故该空填动词“威胁”:threaten。threaten to do固定短语,“威胁要做某事”,故填threaten。(2)考查推理判断,根据第二段中的“What action, if any, do you need to take? Could it
14、affect you financially?”可知,垃圾邮件引发了收件人的一些担心。该空在系动词之后,应填形容词“担心的”作表语,故填concerned/worried/anxious。(3)考查推理判断。根据第三段中的“It is designed to”可知,该段介绍的是GDPR的目的,该空位于定冠词the之后,故该空应填名词“目的”,因此答案为goals/aims/purposes/functions。(4)考查细节理解。根据第三段中的“It is designed to give all EU citizens the right to know what data is store
15、d on them and to have it deleted”可知,GDPR的目的之一就是给所有欧盟公民了解哪些数据可以储存,哪些数据可以删除的权利,故该空填right。(5)考查信息归纳。根据第三段中的“protect them from privacy breaches”可知,GDPR可以保护欧盟公民不受侵犯隐私的伤害。该空做require的宾语,故应填名词,答案为protection(保护)/respect(尊重)。(6)考查信息归纳。第五段主要介绍了收到此类邮件的人们的反应以及一些公司采取的相应政策。该空在定冠词the之后,故填名词,答案为response(s)(回应)/react
16、ion(s)(反应)。(7)考查推理判断。根据第五段中的“the proportion of people saying they want to continue receiving a companys emails - at UK micro-businesses was averaging just 10%, which meant they could lose 90% of their subscribers - the life-blood for their business”可知,大部分人都不愿意收到这样的邮件,该空做are的表语,故应填形容词,答案为unwilling/re
17、luctant。(8)考查细节理解。根据倒数第三段中的“So its no wonder some firms have adopted policies such as offering to enter people into a prize draw in return for them going in and updating their communication preferences”可知,有一些公司会采纳一些政策,例如:如果人们进入,公司会给人们提供一个奖品。故该空应填名词prize/bonus(奖)。(9)考查信息归纳。根据倒数第二段中的“the company that
18、occasionally emails you newsletters is now asking for your consent is perhaps because you never explicitly gave it permission to send you stuff ”可知,因为你从未明确的允许某个公司给你寄送东西,所有,这个公司现在给你发电子邮件寻求你的许可。该空做receive的宾语,故应填名词,因此答案为consent/permission/approval/agreement(许可,同意)。(10)考查推理判断。根据倒数第二段中的“you never explici
19、tly gave it permission to send you stuff. Maybe you only get its emails because you went to an event it organized ages ago or you once downloaded something from its website”可知,或许,你只是数年前参加过某公司组织的活动,或者你曾经从该公司的网站上下载了某些东西,你就收到了它的邮件。但是,你从未允许它给你寄送东西。总之,你无意间留下的信息并不意味着你允许某公司给你寄送东西。该空修饰动词leave,且意为“无意地”,故应填副词
20、,答案为unintentionally / unpurposely / indeliberately / undesignedly / unconsciously。【点评】本题考点涉及推理判断,细节理解和信息归纳三个题型的考查,是一篇生活类阅读,要求考生准确掌握细节信息,根据上下文的逻辑关系,结合相关的语法知识和词汇知识,做出正确答案。2任务型阅读Pleasure and Enjoyment When considering the kind of experience that makes life better, most people first think that happiness
21、 consists in experiencing pleasure: good food, all the comforts that money can buy. We imagine the satisfaction of traveling to exciting places or being surrounded by expensive devices. If we cannot afford those goals, then we are happy to settle for a quiet evening in front of the television set wi
22、th a drink close by. Pleasure is a feeling of contentment that one achieves whenever expectations set by biological programs or by social conditioning have been met. The taste of food when we are hungry is pleasant because it reduces a physiological (生理的) imbalance. Resting in the evening while pass
23、ively absorbing information from TV, with alcohol or drugs to dull the mind overexcited by the demands of work, is pleasantly relaxing. Traveling to Acapulco is pleasant because the exciting novelty (新奇) restores our sensations (感觉) exhausted by the repetitive routines of everyday life. When people
24、think further about what makes their lives rewarding, they tend to move beyond pleasant memories and begin to remember other events, other experiences that overlap(重叠) with pleasurable ones but fall into a category that deserves a separate name: enjoyment. Enjoyable events occur when a person has no
25、t only met some expectation or satisfied a need or a desire but also gone beyond what he or she has been programmed to do and achieved something unexpected, perhaps something even unimagined before. Enjoyment is characterized by this forward movement: by a sense of novelty, of accomplishment. Playin
26、g a close game of tennis that stretches ones ability is enjoyable, as is reading a book that reveals things in a new light, as is having a conversation that leads us to express ideas we didnt know we had. Closing a contested business deal, or any piece of work well done, is enjoyable. None of these
27、experiences may be particularly pleasurable at the time they are taking place, but afterward we think back on them and say, “That really was fun” and wish they would happen again. After an enjoyable event we know that we have changed, that our self has grown: in some respect, we have become more com
28、plex as a result of it. Experiences that give pleasure can also give enjoyment, but the two sensations are quite different. For instance, everybody takes pleasure in eating. To enjoy food, however, is more difficult. A gourmet (美食家) enjoys eating, as does anyone who pays enough attention to a meal s
29、o as to discriminate the various sensations provided by it. As this example suggests, we can experience pleasure without any investment of psychic energy, whereas enjoyment happens only as a result of unusual investments of attention. A person can feel pleasure without any effort, but it is impossib
30、le to enjoy a tennis game, a book, or a conversation unless attention is fully concentrated on the activity.Pleasure and EnjoymentMain contentsDetailed informationPleasurePleasure is a feeling that one achieves what one has_on a biological or social level.Things like good food, exciting travelling a
31、nd a quiet rest can ring one pleasure because they can help restore ones physiological balance, reduce ones heavy_pressure and save one from boredom.EnjoymentEnjoyment _from the achievement of something unexpected or even unimagined before.Enjoyment _a sense of novelty and accomplishment such as a c
32、lose tennis game, a valuable book and a conversation productive of ideas._Pleasure is often related to the comforts that money can buy, while enjoyment, more linked to ones inner world, makes one feel rewarded and changed for the_.While some experiences give both pleasure and enjoyment, some enjoyable ones are not pleasurable when taking place but bring wonderful feelings_.
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