高考英語一輪復(fù)習(xí)自選訓(xùn)練 閱讀理解24

1、2019屆高考英語一輪復(fù)習(xí)自選訓(xùn)練 閱讀理解24閱讀理解-計(jì)劃愿望和節(jié)假日活動Everyone knows about straight-A students. We see them frequently in TV situation comedies and in movies like Revenge(復(fù)仇) of the Nerds. They get high grades, all right, but only by becoming dull laborers, their noses always stuck in a book. They are not goo

2、d at social communication and look clumsy when it comes to sports.How, then, do we account for Domenica Roman or Paul Melendres?Roman is on the tennis team at FairmontSenior High School. She also sings in the choral group, serves on the student council(學(xué)生會) and is a member of the mathematics society

3、. For two years she has maintained A's in every subject. Melendres, now a freshman at the University of New Mexico, was student-body president at ValleyHigh School in Albuquerque. He played soccer and basketball well, exhibited at the science fair, and meanwhile worked as a reporter on a local t

4、elevision station. Being a speech giver at the graduation ceremony, he achieved straight A's in his regular classes, plus bonus points for A's in two college-level courses.How do super-achievers like Roman and Melendres do it? Brains aren't the only answer. "Top grades don't alw

5、ays go to the brightest students," declares Herbert Walberg, professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who has conducted major studies of super-achieving students. "Knowing how to make the most of your innate(天賦的) abilities counts for more. Much more."In fact, W

6、alberg says, students with high I.Q.s sometimes don't do as well as classmates with lower I.Q.s. For them, learning comes too easily and they never find out how to get down.Hard work isn't the whole story, either. "It's not how long you sit there with the books open," said one

7、of the many A students we interviewed. "It's what you do while you're sitting." Indeed, some of these students actually put in fewer hours of homework time than their lower-scoring classmates.The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others

8、 can readily learn. 1. The “nerds” can probably be _.A. dull bookworms lacking sports and social skillsB. successful top students popular with their peersC. students with certain learning difficultiesD. born leaders crazy about social activities2. What can we conclude from the first paragraph?A. Mos

9、t TV programs and films are about straight-A students.B. People have unfavorable impression of straight-A students.C. Everyone knows about straight-A students from TV or films.D. Straight-A students are well admired by people in the society.E. Some students become super-achievers mainly because _.F.

10、 they are born cleverer than othersG. they worker longer hours on studyH. they make full use of their abilitiesI. they know the short cut to success3. What will be talked about after the last paragraph?A. The interviews with more students.B. The role I.Q. plays in learning well.C. The techniques to

11、be better learners.D. The achievements top students make.4. What can we infer from the passage?A. Students neednt work hard on study any more.B. The brightest students can never get top grades.C. Top students certainly achieve all-around developments.D. Students with average I.Q.s can become super-a

12、chievers.參考答案 15 A B C C D*結(jié)束這類試題有如下的共同特點(diǎn)：1. 計(jì)劃愿望和節(jié)假日活動的文章多以說明文為主。2. 計(jì)劃類考查的題目多是以細(xì)節(jié)為主，因此題目難度不大。3. 從國家政策到百姓日常生活的未來科技的計(jì)劃。4. 給日常的學(xué)習(xí)生活各個(gè)方面進(jìn)行有計(jì)劃的指導(dǎo)建議。5. 中國的節(jié)假日的來歷、活動。6. 國外傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日的介紹及各種活動。·鏈接高考 鏈接·1 （2019福建） Holidays are really important. Many of us will have childhood memories of summer holidays wh

13、ere we were takenaway from home to experience new environments and learn in different ways.But holidays are expensive and, for those on low wages or living on benefits, they are often unobtainable. Eventhe cheapest holidays require travel and other additional costs that are difficult for many famili

14、es to meet.For working parents, the long summer break can be a very difficult problem for childcare. When an annual leaveallowance amounts to only five weeks, there is a need to spread this across the year. Couples can find themselvestaking leave in turn in order to care for children who are on holi

15、day. For some this makes even an affordable familyholiday difficult.The schools that I visit in Nottingham are full of experienced staff committed to giving our children a caring andinspiring learning environment. The number of children receiving free school meals is quite large in Nottingham andman

16、y schools have breakfast clubs to make sure that children get a healthy start to the day. Most schools undertakeprograms of group or individual educational support. Schools also have an important role in sofeguaiding children'swelfare through the ongoing touch and support with their pupils. Duri

17、ng the long summer holidays, much of this ismissed.While teachers are holidaying in the UK, many of their pupils spend the whole six weeks on the street where theylive. The lack of free school meals for six weeks can result in pressure on a family budget and an inability to afford theinspiring exper

18、iences that help children to continue their learning.In setting out its plans for a five-term year, Nottingham City Council (委員會)is seeking to reduce the summerholiday down lo four and a half weeks, with a more balanced five terms of roughly eight weeks, each followed by atwo-week break. We believe

19、this will give real “down time" for school staff and pupils alike but will be short enoughnot to cause a real break in learning.We acknowledge that this change may be difficult for some school staff, particularly whose own children areeducated in other authorities. However, this must be weighed

20、 against the benefits for city children for whom we allhave the greatest duty of care.71.The passage is probably written by.A. an experienced teacherB. a working parentC. an inspired studentD. a city council member72.The underlined word "they" in the second paragraph refers to ".A. environmentsB. holidaysC. wagesD. benefits73.It is suggested in the passage that the summer break be reduced to. A. 2 weeksB.