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1、最新高考英语 阅读提速练三阅读提速练(三)时间：40分钟阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)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。A(2018安徽合肥高三第二次教学质量检测)Sales RepresentativeImmediate HiringDo you like meeting new people? Do you enjoy closing deals every day? Are you looking for a dynamic and high energy industry? THIS COULD BE TH

2、E CAREER(职业)FOR YOU!Fast Growing and Very Successful Credit Card Processor is looking for a dynamic outside salesperson to sell credit products and check processing services in the local area.What we need you to do：Attend 35 appointments dailySell into smallsized to middlesized businesses.Work close

3、ly with the sales manager in Dallas TX(by phone)Have the ability to manage paperworkWe offer：Medical benefits eligibility(资格)after 90 daysOne of the strongest compensation programs in the industryMonthly bonusesA jump start bonus of up to $750Successful applicants often have experience in customer s

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6、 sales representative the company is looking for should _.Asell into big businessesBbe able to manage paperworkCmeet over 5 customers each dayDsee the sales manager in Dallas TX frequently2If hired，you can _.Areceive a monthly salary of $750Bget a special customerfacing positionCenjoy a strong compe

7、nsation programDgain medical benefits eligibility within 90 days3Which of the following can help you apply successfully?AThe experience in shopping.BThe experience in management.CThe experience of using a credit card.DThe experience of talking with a sales manager.【解题导语】本文是一篇招聘广告，招聘销售代表。文章详细介绍了工作内容、

8、工作待遇、应聘者所需条件等。1B考查细节理解。根据文中的“Have the ability to manage paperwork”可知，该职位需要销售代表有处理文书工作的能力，故B项正确。A项与文中的“Sell into smallsized to middlesized businesses”相悖；根据文中的“Attend 35 appointments daily”可知，每天要接触3到5名客户，而不是超过5名，故C项错误；根据文中的“Work closely with the sales manager”可知，D项错误。2C考查细节理解。根据文中的“One of the stronges

9、t compensation programs in the industry”可知，该职位可以享受业内非常强大的补偿金项目，故C项正确。根据文章内容可知，启动奖金最高是750美元，而不是月薪750美元，故A项错误；根据文中的“Successful applicants often.customerfacing positions”可知，B项错误；D项错在90天以内，与文中的“Medical benefits eligibility(资格)after 90 days”的表述不符。3B考查细节理解。根据文中的“Successful applicants often have experience

10、 in customer services，inside sales，outside sales，sales support，management roles，or other customerfacing positions”可知，该岗位需要管理经验，故B项正确。B(2018福建省普通高中毕业班质量检查)After four silent years，the 27yearold British singer Adele Adkins has finally introduced herself to the world again with Hello，the opening song fr

11、om her third album 25，which will come out on Nov.20.Although Adele is a very successful singer now，music_wasnt_always_what_she_saw_herself_doing.At age 10，when she saw her grandmothers pain over the death of Adeles grandfather，she pictured herself as a heart surgeon.“I wanted to fix peoples hearts，”

12、 she told the UK music website iD，remembering the childhood interest shed had in biology classes until she found out that her real talent was for singing.Adele didnt go to medical school，but many would agree that she still has healing(治愈) powers.“Her songs find the kind of memory every listener hold

13、s somewhere in their heart.This kind of feeling is what people have always liked in Adele，” said The Telegraph.“She writes a pop diary，sharing the simple secrets of her heart.”Most successful pop stars make albums at a fast pace，but not Adele.After her second album 21 won the 2012 Grammy Award for A

14、lbum of the Year，she made it clear with her label that she would spend “four or five years” making her next album.She told Vogue magazine，“I wont come out with new music until its better than 21.”Instead of seeking fame，Adele remained silent and moved to the countryside.In her free time，she loved to

15、 watch TV series Teen Mom，American Horror Story，and The Walking Dead.Living life as normally as possible is important to the singers art.“Nobody wants to listen to a record from someone whos not living in the real world，” Adele told iD.“So I live a lowkey life for my fans.”4What does the text mainly

16、 tell us?AThe popularity of Adeles album 25.BThe healing powers of Adeles music.CThe secrets of Adeles success in music.DThe reason for Adeles becoming a singer.5What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 probably mean?AAdele wasnt interested in music.BAdele wasnt good at music at first.CMusic

17、 wasnt very important in Adeles life.DMusic wasnt all Adele wanted to be devoted to.6Why doesnt Adele want to make albums at a fast pace?ATo live a lowkey life.BTo win the Grammy Award.CTo guarantee the quality of her music.DTo share the secrets of her heart as a musician.7What can we know about Ade

18、le?AHer album Hello will come out on Nov.20.BShe has kept a diary since childhood.CShe moved to the countryside before 2012.DHer works are based on real life.【解题导语】本文主要讲述了英国著名歌手阿黛尔在音乐上成功的秘密。【难句分析】“I wanted to fix peoples hearts，” she told the UK music website iD，remembering the childhood interest sh

19、ed had in biology classes until she found out that her real talent was for singing.分析：本句是一个复合句。shed had in biology classes是定语从句，关系词在从句中作宾语被省略，指代先行词the childhood interest；until引导时间状语从句remembering the childhood interest是现在分词短语作伴随状语。译文：记得她带着童年时的兴趣上生物课，直到后来她发现她真正的天赋在于唱歌，她告诉英国音乐网站iD：“我当时想修复人们的心。”4C考查主旨大意

20、。通读全文，尤其是最后三段可推知，本文主要讲述了阿黛尔在音乐上成功的秘密，故选C。5D考查句意猜测。根据第二段第二句“At age 10，when she saw her grandmothers pain over the death of Adeles grandfather，she pictured herself as a heart surgeon”可推知，10岁时，当阿黛尔看到祖父的去世给祖母带来的伤痛时，她想成为一名外科医生，减轻别人的痛苦。故D项正确。6C考查推理判断。根据第五段中的“She told Vogue magazine，I wont come out with ne

21、w music until its better than 21.”，并结合最后两段的整体内容可推知，阿黛尔放慢做音乐的速度是为了追求高质量的音乐，故选C。7D考查细节理解。根据最后一段最后两句“Nobody wants to listen to a record from someone whos not living in the real world，Adele told iD.So I live a lowkey life for my fans.”，可知，阿黛尔的音乐作品基于真实的生活。C(2018江西赣中南五校高三第一次联合考试)Before I studied psycholog

22、y，I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred.While I was right about that，I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke.When someone laughs at a joke，there will usually be more than one reason that makes

23、him laughand the more reasons there are，the more powerful the joke will be.I was attending a standup comedy show in Egypt，and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets，everyone laughed their heads off.The main reason why those people strongly laughed was that almost all of the

24、m felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly.The joke wasnt only funny，but it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians.That is，people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of

25、 the psychological support they got.The better a joke makes a person feel，and the more it includes other psychological factors，the more the person will like it.For example，if you envy one of your friends，and someone tells a joke that is funny and，at the same time，makes your friend seem stupid，then y

26、ou will probably laugh at it louder than if you werent jealous of him.In short，we dont laugh only when we hear something funny；we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that results from the other psychological factors involved in the joke.I strongly discourage you from making fun of a

27、nyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh.All I want to explain is that if your joke supports a persons emotions，he will certainly like it a lot.8What did the author find out after studying psychology?AOnly good jokes make people laugh.BMany factors lead to peoples laughing.CFunny thing

28、s can make people laugh.DLaughter can make people healthy.9Why did the audience laugh loud at the pedestrians?AThey played a trick on the pedestrians.BThe pedestrians behaved in a funny way.CThey could feel the pedestrians happiness.DTheir emotion was approved of by the show.10What does the underlin

29、ed word“belittling” probably mean?AAnnoy.BBlame.CLook down on. DMake up to.11Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?【解题导语】本文主要分析了人们笑的原因。【难句分析】For example，if you envy one of your friends，and someone tells a joke that is funny and，at the same time，makes your friend seem stupid，

30、then you will probably laugh at it louder than if you werent jealous of him.分析：本句是一个复合句。第一个if引导条件状语从句；that引导定语从句，在从句中作主语，修饰先行词a joke；第二个if引导虚拟条件句。译文：譬如，如果你妒忌你的一个朋友，有人讲了一个有趣同时让你朋友看起来傻乎乎的笑话，那么你有可能比你不妒忌他时笑得更大声。8B考查细节理解。根据第一段第二句“While I was right about that，I discovered there are lots of other psycholog

31、ical factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke”可知，作者在学了心理学之后发现，笑不仅仅是因为事情好笑，还有很多其他的心理因素的促成和影响，故选B。9D考查推理判断。根据第二段最后一句“That is，people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got”可推知，人们对行

32、人的行为大笑的原因是他们在心理上产生了共鸣，故选D。10C考查词义猜测。根据最后一段倒数第二句“I strongly discourage you from making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh”可推知，动词belittle和短语make fun of是近义词，结合选项可知，应选C。annoy“使恼怒”；blame“责怪”；look down on“蔑视，瞧不起”； make up to“接近、奉承、补足”。11B考查推理判断。结合全文可知，第一段导入话题；第二、三段通过具体事例进行分析；根据文章最后一