1、高考英语黄金押题第三卷高考英语黄金押题原卷版2019黄金押题三第二部分阅读理解(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A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AExperience about food is about the place,the time and the people,and “the best meal” can be found in a fine dining restaurant or a crowded street market.How can you recreate that special moment
2、influenced by place and time?Travel is becoming the most popular reason to visit many places around the world.Here are the places that consistently excite the senses.South of FranceMarkets with fresh fruits and vegetables and butcher shops are abundant.Regional(地区的) wines are excellent.And freshly b
3、aked French bread with French butter is what memories are made of.Take a chair in an ancient walled city for a meal with a view that you will never forget.BarcelonaThis bustling city filled with unique buildings is a city for lovers of history,architecture,and food.Kiosko Universal,a counter restaur
4、ant at one corner of the market,prepares some of the simplest and best food weve ever had.Give yourself a week to explore and see everything the city offers.The city is not to be missed.ItalyIts hard to choose one place or city to visit.Some of our favorite places include the coastal regions on the
5、Adriatic and Tuscany.Friuli stole our hearts last year with its many unique wines,small artisan food producers,and influences from neighboring countries like Austria and Germany.Mexico CityFrom unbelievable food markets and casual street stands,Mexico City has become the place to travel for food lov
6、ers.If you want to eat locally,order a Hurache,a street food specialty.All you need is the local microbrew or Mezcal(梅斯卡尔酒) to wash it down.21Where can you taste delicious food while enjoying beautiful scenery?ASouth of France. BBarcelona.CItaly. DMexico City.22What is Kiosko Universal?AA market. BA
7、 butcher shop.CA restaurant. DA street stand.23What do you need to help swallow Hurache when eating it?ABread. BAlcohol.CJuice. DFruit.24What do the four places have in common?AThey are famous for wines.BThey have ancient buildings.CThey lie in Europe.DThey are noted for tasty food.BDear Alcohol,You
8、ve been around forever.I can remember all the pain youve caused me.Do you remember the night when you almost took my fathers life?I do.He loves you.Sometimes I think he loves you more than he loves me.Hes addicted to you and to the way you promise to rid him of his problems only to cause more of the
9、m.You just sat back and laughed as his car went turning through the street,crashing into two other cars.He wasnt the only one badly hurt by you that night.Do you remember the night of my first high school party?My friends were intrigued by you.They treated you as if they were never going to see you
10、again,drinking all of you that they could.I spent two hours that night helping my friends who had fallen head over heels for you.“Im so embarrassed,” they said as I held their hair back so that they could throw up.“Im sorry,” they said when I called taxis for them,walking them out and paying the dri
11、ver in advance.“This wont happen again,”they said as they were sent to the hospital to have their stomachs pumped.Two 15yearold girls slept in hospital beds that night due to you.Do you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17yearold neighbor who had to drive to pick up his sister from he
12、r dance lessons?Do you know how we all felt when he hit another car headon and killed two people in the other car?He died the next morning too.His sister walked home from her dance lesson,and passed police cars and a crowd of people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studi
13、o.She didnt realize her brother was among them at all.She never saw him again.And it was all your fault.I wish youd walk out of my life forever.I dont want anything to do with you.Look at all the pain youve caused.Sure,youve made people happy too from time to time.But the damage youve caused in the
14、lives of millions is not excusable.Stop attracting the people I love!Stop hurting me,please.Sincerely,Me语篇解读这篇文章是一封书信。作者用拟人化的手法,给酒写信,痛斥它给人们带来的伤害,以此劝诫人们远离酒。25What did Alcohol do to the authors father that night?AIt made him drunken and took his life away.BIt made him kill two other people when drivin
15、g.CIt got him into a car accident and badly injured.DIt got him into trouble and got his stomach pumped.26What does the underlined phrase “were intrigued by” probably mean in the letter?AWere interested in.BWere satisfied with.CWere familiar with.DWere disappointed by.27What is the authors purpose i
16、n writing this letter?ATo warn people not to drive after drinking.BTo persuade people to get away from alcohol.CTo tell people three sad stories about alcohol.DTo warn people against the pain caused by alcohol.28How was the author feeling while writing his letter?AShocked. BResponsible.CDisappointed
17、. DSorrowful.CThe end of the school year is in sightChristmas cards,candy canes and of course,endofyear reports.While most parents welcome an assessment of their kids performance,they do not expect their own input to be evaluated.But a school in the UK.is changing that.As well as assessing their stu
18、dents,they are dishing out grades to moms and dads.Parents that are really involved(参与) in their kids education are rewarded with an A,and parents that havent done their bit get a disappointing D.The school,Greasley Beauvale Primary in Nottinghamshire,uses criteria such as whether moms and dads have
19、 attended school events such as plays and parentteacher evenings to decide on the grade.The schools principal,Donna Chambers,said that the scheme(方案) had been well received.“There were some critics(批评者),but my response was well,it cant do any harmBetween 15 percent and 20 percent of parents started
20、out in the lower categories but now that has been reduced to just two percent,” she explained.Chambers hopes that the scheme will help motivate parental involvement.“The system is important because you have got to get the parents on board from day one.That onehour initial conversation saying they co
21、uld improve will pay dividends for the rest of that childs academic life,” she said.But while the scheme may be well intentioned,it is likely to be connected with parent shaming.There are lots of reasons why some moms and dads might not be involved in school activities such as work commitments,looki
22、ng after younger children or caring for elderly relatives.And of course,being involved in your kids education doesnt begin and end at school.There is a lot that goes on behind the scenes from helping with homework to keeping uniforms freshly laundered.And what about all the parents who stayed up sew
23、ing special costumes at the last minute?Surely that earns a gold star instead of a grade!语篇解读学期结束时,学校评定学生在校表现是常规安排,但是英国的一所学校有了新方案,他们会根据家长参与孩子教育的程度去评价家长,并分等级,以此来激发家长参与孩子教育的积极性。29What do schools usually do at the end of the school year?AEvaluate kids performance.BMake Christmas cards.CDivide candies.D
24、Grade parents.30What does the schools principal Chambers say about the scheme?AIt uses criteria to assess kids.BIt has gained much acceptance.CIt gives parents further education.DIt improves kids motivation for learning.31What does the underlined part “pay dividends” (Para.5) probably mean?AHold sha
25、res. BEarn profits.CSacrifice health. DProduce advantages.32What does the author think of parents being involved in kids education?AIt adds to parents burden.BIt brings shame to parents.CIt means far more than being graded.DIt increases parents commitment to education.DIn his book The Tipping Point
26、Canadian author Malcolm Gladwell explains how a trend can take many forms.It can be a general change in social behaviour,an idea or a fashion.However,why do some trends catch on and others not?What makes one particular brand of training shoe suddenly become the musthave product?How do people find ou
27、t about trends and what makes people want to buy into them?Is it simply a question of keeping up with other people?In his new work,Gladwell explores the moment when something becomes common and how products,ideas,messages and forms of behaviour spread.He looks at the reasons why trends are similar i
28、n the way they develop to outbreaks of disease,or medical epidemics(流行病)Epidemics,like trends,start in a very small way,maybe from a single person with a virus,then spread very quickly until they take over the population and appear to be everywhere.Eventually,they will slow down gradually or die out
29、 suddenly.Gladwell shows how these changes happen not gradually but at one sudden moment.Gladwell identifies three types of people who are influential in the development of these kinds of social epidemics:Connectors are people in a community who have wide social circles.They know a lot of people and
30、 like to introduce people to each other.The people they know often come from a variety of social,cultural,professional and economic circles.Mavens are people with a lot of knowledge or experts in a particular field.They wish to pass on their knowledge to others.Mavens collect and gather information
31、so are the first to pick up on new trends.Salesmen are people with charisma(魅力)They have a“soft” influence over people rather than actual power.This means they are influential because people want to imitate them.Overall,Gladwells book is a thoughtprovoking(引人深思的) read for anyone interested in the or
32、igins of trends.Whats more,he writes in a clear style so even the most difficult ideas are easy to understand.语篇解读Malcolm Gladwell在他的新书The Tipping Point中,分析了“流行”的原因及进程。总结出三类人是“流行”的传播者。33What do we know about Gladwell?AHe is a productive North American writer.BHe has written many books on the subject of trends.CHe thinks trends develop in the same way as illnesse
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