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1、版高考英语北师大版新探究大一轮复习练习Unit 13 知能演练 轻松闯关 含答案解析课时练1阅读理解提速练学生用书P293(单独成册)阅读理解A(2019赣州十四县/市联考)Some people are so rude!Who sends an email or a text message that just says “Thank you” ? Who leaves a voice mail message rather than texts you? Who asks for a fact easily found on Google? Dont these people realiz

2、e that theyre wasting your time?Maybe Im the rude one for not appreciating lifes little politeness. But many social agreed standards just dont make sense to people drowning in digital communication.In texts, you dont have to declare who you are or even say hello.Email, too, is slower than a text. Vo

3、ice mail is a now impolite way of trying to connect.My father learned this lesson after leaving me a dozen voice mail messages, none of which I listened to. Exasperated，he called my sister to express his dissatisfaction that I never returned his phone calls. “Why are you leaving him voice mail？” my

4、sister asked. “Just text him.” In the age of the smartphone, there is no reason to ask onceacceptable questions about: the weather forecast, a businesss phone number, or directions to a house, a restaurant, which can be easily found on Google Maps. But people still ask these things. And when you ans

5、wer, they respond with a thankyou email.How to handle these differing standards? Easy: Consider your audience. Some people, especially older ones, appreciate a thankyou message. Others, like me, want no reply.The anthropologist(人类学家) Margaret Mead once said that in traditional societies, the young l

6、earn from the old. But in modern societies, the old can also learn from the young. Heres hoping that politeness never goes out of fashion but that timewasting forms of communication do.【解题导语】本文是一篇议论文，主要讨论了如今在智能手机时代，人们应该选择何种方式进行沟通。1What does the underlined word “Exasperated” mean in the fifth paragra

7、ph?AWorried. BSurprised.CAnnoyed. DTired.C解析：词义猜测题。根据第五段第二句中的“he called my sister to express his dissatisfaction that I never returned his phone calls.”可知，作者的父亲对作者不给自己回电话很不满，由此可推知Exasperated意思是 “恼怒的，生气的”，故选C。2Why didnt the writer reply to his father?AHe liked text messages better.BHe enjoyed checkin

8、g his voice mail.CHe didnt receive any voice mail messages.DHe didnt want to talk with his father.A解析：推理判断题。根据第五段中的“Why are you leaving him voice mail？my sister asked.Just text him.”可推知，作者不喜欢用语音信箱，更偏爱发短信，故选A。3Which of the following does the writer agree to?APeople neednt learn from one another in tr

9、aditional societies.BDealing with voice mail should vary with each individual.CPeople neednt turn to Google for help when in trouble.DDeclaring who you are or saying hello in texts is necessary.B解析：推理判断题。根据第七段的内容可推知，标准是变化的，处理方式应该因人而异，而不是一刀切，语音信箱的使用亦是如此，故选B。4Whats the best title of this passage?ANowa

10、days：What Should We Do with Text Messages?BNowadays：Do You Like Leaving Others a Voice Message?CNowadays：What Means Should We Use in Communication?DNowadays：Do You Need a Thankyou Message?C解析：标题归纳题。根据对文章内容的整体理解可知，第三段引入本文话题，最后两段点题总结，本文主要讨论的是如今(在智能手机时代)我们应该用何种方式沟通，故选C项。B(2019石家庄高三模拟)Too Good To Go is

11、a smartphone app which allows restaurants to sell food that would otherwise be thrown away at discount prices from as little as 2 to a maximum of 3.80, even if the meals are sold from the very finest restaurants in the country. Originally created in Denmark and launched in Brighton and Leeds in June

12、, the service has recently been introduced into the United Kingdom by a couple of young entrepreneurs(企业家)Millions of tons of foods are thrown in the trash every year, with restaurants accounting for a large part, so ecoentrepreneurs Chris Wilson and Jamie Crummie came up with the good idea to stop

13、food waste. Using Too Good To Go not only helps restaurants save expense, but gives people in need the chance to order fancy dishes at low prices.Too Good To Go is very convenient for users. Restaurants make food available on the Too Good To Go app and website. People can look through the available

14、dishes on the smartphones, pay for them using a credit card and pick them up at a set time, an hour before closing time.Although Too Good To Go does take a fee from restaurants for each sale, its creators say the end goal is to use it for restaurants to solve their waste management problem, rather t

15、han making a profit. Wilson claims, “The idea is that restaurants stop producing the extra food so they dont need to throw it away in the trash, and we really want to put ourselves out of business by stopping food waste.”Birmingham has become the latest city where restaurants can reduce food waste t

16、o the lowest limit by working with the Too Good To Go social enterprise app.【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了Too Good To Go这款手机软件，它可以帮助饭店以较低的价格处理要扔掉的食物，这样既避免了浪费，又给那些需要的人提供了可口的食物。5Where was Too Good To Go originally launched?AIn Denmark. BIn Brighton.CIn Birmingham. DIn the US.B解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的“Originally created

17、 in Denmark and launched in Brighton and Leeds”可知，这款软件最初是在Denmark创造出来，在Brighton和Leeds发起的，故选B项。6Whats the app intended to do?AMake a profit by selling food on the website.BAllow restaurants to sell food at low prices.CHelp restaurants to deal with leftover food.DCall on restaurants to save food and m

18、oney. C解析：推理判断题。根据文章第二段中的“.so ecoentrepreneurs Chris Wilson and Jamie Crummie came up with the good idea to stop food waste. but gives people in need the chance to order fancy dishes at low prices.”可知，这款软件的目的是阻止食物浪费，不仅帮助饭店节省费用，而且给那些需要的人提供一个低价品尝好菜的机会，故选C项。7How did the creators of the app make profits

19、?ABy selling copies of the app.BBy taking a fee from buyers.CBy charging restaurants for each sale.DBy getting donations from entrepreneurs.C解析：细节理解题。根据文章第四段中的“Although Too Good To Go does take a fee from restaurants for each sale”可知，该软件的创造者是通过向饭店的每一单生意收费来赚钱的，因此选C项。8What can we infer from the text?A

20、People can pay less money for a rich meal.BThe app is mainly designed to help the poor.CDishes can be sold to make a lot of profits.DPeople can get their ordered food at home.A解析：推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Too Good To Go.in the country.”和第二段中的“Using Too Good To Go not only helps restaurants save expense, but giv

21、es people in need the chance to order fancy dishes at low prices.”可以推知，由于Too Good To Go 软件的出现，人们可以花比较少的钱吃一顿丰盛的饭，故选A项。C(2019湖南长沙高三模拟)A new study by the British government has discovered the mental health of the countrys teenage girls has become worse.The survey, which included 30，000 14yearold studen

22、ts in 2005 and 2014, showed 37 percent of girls with psychological stress, up from 34 percent in 2005.British boys stress level was actually seen to fall over the same time period，from 17 percent to 15 percent.The reports authors pointed out the “advent of the social media age” could be a major cont

23、ributing factor for increased stress among teenage British girls.“The adolescent years are a time of rapid physical，cognitive(认知的) and emotional development，” Pam Ramsden, a lecturer in psychology at the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom, wrote in a recent blog post. “Teenagers interact w

24、ith people in order to learn how to become competent(有能力的) adults.In the past，they would engage with parents，teachers and other adults in their community as well as extended family members and friends. Now we can also add social media to that list of social and emotional development.” Throughout ado

25、lescence，girls and boys develop characteristics like confidence and selfcontrol.Since teenage brains have not completely developed，teens dont have the cognitive awareness and impulse(冲动) control to keep from posting inappropriate content.Furthermore，this content can easily be spread far and wide wit

26、h disastrous influences. “Social media can also feed into girls insecurities about their appearance，” Ramsden said.These sites are often filled with images of people with body type unattainable to the normal person.However，these images and the messages tied to them gradually become societal standard

27、s.【解题导语】一项新研究发现，英国女孩的心理健康状况变得更糟；分析表明，社交媒体时代的到来可能是造成英国女孩心理压力加大的主要因素。9The statistics in the second paragraph show that_ Amore and more children in Britain have mental health problemsBfew girls in Britain suffered from psychological stress in 2005Cmore boys in Britain are suffering from mental pressure

28、 nowDmore British girls feel psychologically stressed than boys do nowD解析：推理判断题。根据第二段的第一句可知，调查显示，2014年37%的英国女孩有心理压力，而2005年只有34%；根据第二段的第二句可知，同期调查显示，英国男孩有心理压力的从2005年的17%降到2014年的15%。据此可以判断，英国女孩有心理压力的比男孩多，故D项正确。10Contrary to traditional ways of interaction, social media_Ahelps teenagers develop qualitie

29、s like confidence and selfcontrolBhas many negative effects on girls characteristic developmentCmakes teens aware of potential danger of the inappropriate contentDteaches girls to care about their appearance to meet societal standardsB解析：细节理解题。根据第五段的最后一句和最后一段第一句的“Social media can also feed into girl

30、s insecurities about their appearance” 可知，由于青少年的思想还不成熟，自控能力有限，社交媒体对英国女孩的心理健康和她们对外表美丑的判断产生了消极的影响。故B项正确。11The underlined word “advent” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by “_”Aarrival BendCdisappearance DinventionA解析：词义猜测题。结合该段内容和下文关于传统交流方式和社交媒体的比较可知，报告的作者指出，“社交媒体时代的到来”可能是造成英国女孩心理压力增加的主要因素。据此可知，画线词意为“到来”

31、，故A项正确。D(2019合肥高三调研性检测)In our everyday lives we meet situations in which we take many things for granted. We only treasure things when they are gone. This is a sad truth of human nature. One day, I found myself as a witness to a similar situation.One evening, I left work and boarded the train. After

32、 entering, I noticed something unusual. The center of the car had a few empty seats while both ends were crowded with people standing. I didnt pay much attention and sat down on one of the empty seats. I sensed a funny smell. It wasnt long before I noticed a homeless person sleeping on three seats in front of me. He was bleeding from his nos