1、 a huge drawing with an eagle landing successfully on an American national flag. Meeting Mr. FrogMeeting Mr. Frog was created in Salamanca, Spain, and is about a realistic-looking frog sitting on a Lily pad.Swimming pool in the high streetMy personal favorite is Swimming pool in the high street from
2、 Brussels, which is about a woman relaxing in a swimming pool-a swimming pool sunk into the middle of the street, that is!Along with an introduction about his background, Beever includes a description of the techniques he used and the challenges he overcame with every drawing. He shares information
3、about his time at home in the UK. and abroad; there is a fun story to back up each piece of art.Beevers artwork is truly jaw dropping. Youre sure to spend ages turning the leaves back and forth, surprised at how one man can create what looks like a three-dimensional design on a flat surface with jus
4、t a bit of chalk. From animals to superheroes to famous buildings, the paintings are a wonder to lay eyes on.Payment chalk artist: The three-dimensional drawings of Julian Beever is surely worth a look. And another look. This 112-page hardcover book is available now from Firefly Books at a list pric
5、e of $ 29.95(1)What do we know about the book mentioned in the text? A.It has a paper cover.B.It hasnt been published.C.It includes some drawing techniques.D.Its a biography of Julian Beever.(2)What does the underlined part jaw dropping most probably mean?Romantic.Amazing.FrighteningDepressing.(3)We
6、 can infer that the text is _. a book reviewa description of street artan advertisement for a new bookan introduction to an artist【答案】 (1)C(2)B(3)C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇应用文,Julian Beever是一个国际知名的粉笔艺术家,他的三维绘画作品已经出现在伦敦,布宜诺斯艾利斯,巴黎,纽约,和世界各地的无数城市的街头。而在他的新书中这位艺术家也和读者分享了一些他最迷人的和幽默的作品。 (1)考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“in his book,
7、 Pavement chalk artist: The three-dimensional drawings of Julian Beever, the artist shares some of his most fascinating and humorous pieces”, 可知J ulian Beever以绘画而闻名,而他的书中也涵盖了一些他的作品,选C。 (2)考查词义猜测。根据倒数第二段中的“Youre sure to spend ages turning the leaves back and forth, surprised at how one man can create
8、 what looks like a three-dimensional design on a flat surface with just a bit of chalk”可知读者会惊讶于逼真的三维设计,会反复地翻看,由此判断选B。 (3)考查推理判断。文章开头介绍了著名的画家,然后通篇介绍他的新书内容,而且文章最后还介绍了书的价格以及去哪里可以购买到此书,由此判断该文是一篇介绍书的广告,选C。 【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解,词义猜测和推理判断三个题型的考查,是一篇广告类阅读,考生需要准确捕捉细节信息,并根据上下文的逻辑关系,进行分析,推理,从而选出正确答案。2(2019江苏)请认真阅读下列
9、短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 Who cares if people think wrongly that the Internet has had more important influences than the washing machine? Why does it matter that people are more impressed by the most recent changes? It would not matter if these misjudgments were just a matter of peoples opini
10、ons. However, they have real impacts, as they result in misguided use of scarce resources. The fascination with the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) revolution, represented by the Internet, has made some rich countries wrongly conclude that making things is so yesterday that they shoul
11、d try to live on ideas. This belief in post-industrial society has led those countries to neglect their manufacturing sector (制造业) with negative consequences for their economies. Even more worryingly, the fascination with the Internet by people in rich countries has moved the international community
12、 to worry about the digital divide between the rich countries and the poor countries. This has led companies and individuals to donate money to developing countries to buy computer equipment and Internet facilities. The question, however, is whether this is what the developing countries need the mos
13、t. Perhaps giving money for those less fashionable things such as digging wells, extending electricity networks and making more affordable washing machines would have improved peoples lives more than giving every child a laptop computer or setting up Internet centres in rural villages, I am not sayi
14、ng that those things are necessarily more important, but many donators have rushed into fancy programmes without carefully assessing the relative long-term costs and benefits of alternative uses of their money. In yet another example, a fascination with the new has led people to believe that the rec
15、ent changes in the technologies of communications and transportation are so revolutionary that now we live in a borderless world. As a result, in the last twenty years or so, many people have come to believe that whatever change is happening today is the result of great technological progress, going
16、 against which will be like trying to turn the clock back. Believing in such a world, many governments have put an end to some of the very necessary regulations on cross-border flows of capital, labour and goods, with poor results. Understanding technological trends is very important for correctly d
17、esigning economic policies, both at the national and the international levels, and for making the right career choices at the individual level. However, our fascination with the latest, and our under valuation of what has already become common, can, and has, led us in all sorts of wrong directions.(
18、1)Misjudgments on the influences of new technology can lead to _. a lack of confidence in technologya slow progress in technologya conflict of public opinionsa waste of limited resources(2)The example in Paragraph 4 suggests that donators should _. take peoples essential needs into accountmake their
19、 programmes attractive to peopleensure that each child gets financial supportprovide more affordable internet facilities(3)What has led many governments to remove necessary regulations?Neglecting the impacts of technological advances.Believing that the world has become borderless.Ignoring the power
20、of economic development.Over-emphasizing the role of international communication.(4)What can we learn from the passage?People should be encouraged to make more donations.Traditional technology still has a place nowadays.Making right career choices is crucial to personal success.Economic policies sho
21、uld follow technological trends.【答案】 (1)D(2)A(3)B(4)B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇议论文,介绍了对信息技术的过分迷恋对国家,对个人,对慈善事业都会有不利的影响。 (1)细节理解题。根据第二段中的“However, they have reak impacts, as they result in misguided use of scarce resources. ”可知,对信息技术的错误判断会导致有限资源的错误使用,也就是资源的浪费,故选D。 (2)推理判断题。根据第四段中的“Perhaps giving money for those l
22、ess fashionable things such as digging wells, extending electricity networks and making more affordable washing machines would have improved peoples lives more than giving every child a laptop computer or setting up Internet centres in rural villages, I am not saying that those things are necessaril
23、y more important, but many donators have rushed into fancy programmes without carefully assessing the relative long-term costs and benefits of alternative uses of their money.”可知,与其给那些贫困地区孩子笔记本电脑或者建网络中心,还不如给钱打井,铺电网或者生产他们买得起的洗衣机,这些东西更能改善他们的生活。作者不是说这些东西一定更重要,但是很多捐赠者没有仔细考虑捐赠的东西的长期成本,因此作者建议捐赠者要考虑接受捐赠的人的
24、实际情况,而不是一味地追求信息化,故选A。 (3)推理判断题。根据第五段“In yet another example, a fascination with the new has led people to believe that the recent changes in the technologies of communications and transportation are so revolutionary that now we live in a . 以及Believing in such a world, many governments have put an en
25、d to some of the very necessary regulations on cross-border flows of capital, labour and goods, with poor results.”可知,对新东西的迷恋让人们认为如今通讯技术和交通的变革让我们生活在一个无国界的世界。正是认为我们生活在这样一个世界,很多政府取消了关于跨国界的资本、劳动力以及商品流动的法律法规,故选B。 (4)推理判断题。根据第三段“The fascination with the ICT(Information and Communication Technology) revol
26、ution, represented by the Internet, has made some rich countries wrongly conclude that making things is so has led those countries to neglect their manufacturing sector(制造业) with negative consequences for their economies.”可知,对互联网呈现的通讯技术变革的迷恋让很多富裕国家做出一个错误的结论,制造产品已经过时了,他们应该靠创意生活,因而忽略了制造业,从而对经济造成不利影响,故
27、可知,传统的技术依然有它的地位,不能被新兴的信息技术取代,故选B。 【点评】本题考点涉及细节理解和推理判断两个题型的考查,是一篇科研类阅读,考生需要准确捕捉细节信息,并根据上下文进行逻辑推理,从而选出正确答案。3(2019全国)阅读理解 Before the 1830s, most newspapers were sold through annual subscriptions in America, usually $8 to $10 a year. Today $8 or $10 seems a small amount of money, but at that time these
28、amounts were forbidding to most citizens. Accordingly, newspapers were read almost only by rich people in politics or the trades. In addition, most newspapers had little in them that would appeal to a mass audience. They were dull and visually forbidding. But the revolution that was taking place in the 1830s would change all that. The trend, then, was toward the penny paper-a term referring to papers made widely available to the public. It meant any inexpensive newspaper; perhaps more importantly it meant newspapers that could be bought in single
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