第36課時閱讀理解真題實戰(zhàn)

第36閱讀理(一[2016·金華]HuwThomasfellinlovewithMegan.Butthenanaccidentchangedhislife，andhehadtomovetoCanada.Meganpromisedtowritetohim.ButHuwneverheardfromher…untilonedayaletterarrived.Hesawthelettercamefromwhereheandhisfatherhadlivedintheirearlyyears.Whowaswritingtohim？Heturnedtheenvelope(信封)overinhishandsseveraltimes.Thenhetookouttheletterandread：DearIdon'tknowifthisletterwillreachyou，andIdon'treallyknowwhyI'mwritingtoyouafteralltheseyears，but…HuwturnedtotheendoftheletterandBestwishesHecouldn'tbelieveit.HeturnedbacktothefirstwordsoftheletterandthiswasthefirsttimeI'dreadthemandtheymademecry，evenafter50years.Ifoundtheminaboxofmyfather'spapers.Theywereneveropened.Huw，Ineverknewthatyou'dwrittentome.IthoughtyournewlifeinCanadahadmadeyouforgetme.NowIrealizethatmyfatherkeptyourletters.Icanstillaskinghimiftherewasanyletterforme，andhealwayssaid“ ，mytoldyouhewasnogood.”Finally，afteraboutayear，IbelievedButwhydidhekeeptheletters？Doyouthinkhewantedmetofindthemwhenitwastoolate？Anyway，he'sdeadnow，soIcan'taskhim.AllIcansayisI'msorry.Sorryforwhatmyfatherdid，sorrythatyouneverheardfrommeandsorryfor…Ihopethatatleastthisletterreachesyou.Ofcourse，I'llunderstandifyoudon'ttowritebacktome，butifyoudo，IamstillMeganJenkins，andIstillliveatthesameaddress.BestHuwreadtheletteragain.EverythingwithMegancamebacktohim.Hehadneverforgottenher.Hecouldn't.Everydayhelookedatherfaceonthewall.Hehadadrawingofher.Ithadtravelledeverywherewithhim.Buttohearfromheragain…“Areyouallright，Dad？”askedMike，comingintothe(AdaptedfromTwoLivesbyHelen )1.WhydidHuwturntotheendoftheletterbeforehefinishedtherestofBecausehewasnotinterestedinthebeginn-Becausehedidn'tliketoreadlettersfromBecausehewantedtofinishreadingitinashortBecausehewantedtoknowwhomtheletterwas )2.MeganfailedtoreadHuw'sletters herfatherkepttheywerelostontheshemovedtoanotherhedidn'tpostthemat )3.Whichofthefollowingsentencescanbeputin Sorry，it'smyLookupNo，hehasforgottenYes，herearetheonesfromhim )4.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?HuwhadnevergotmarriedalltheseMeganwasstilllivingwithherfatherinMeganwassurethatHuwwouldreceiveherMeganstilllovedHuwandfeltsorryforwhathad(二[2016·鎮(zhèn)江模擬]Astudyfoundmostpeopleusetheirsmartphonesforanhourand52minutesaday.Mostofthistimeistakenupwithtexting，sandsurfingtheweb，butonlyaround20minutesisspentmakingthreecalls.calendarsandcameraswerealsoseenasparticularlyimportantfunctions.Navigationapps(導(dǎo)航應(yīng)用)suchasMapswerepopulartoo—withoneinsixpeopleadmittingtheywouldfeelunabletotravelaroundanunfamiliarcitywithoutstudyalsofoundcheckingandtakingpicturesofothersarecarriedoutmorefrequentlythanmakingcalls.Alsoonthelistwerethecalendartorememberappointmentsandbirthdays，bankingandthenewsareappsthatmakeday--daylifealittleTomBarrsaid“Thefunctionsonaphonehavedevelopedandimproveddrastically(劇烈地)overthepast10years.Withsomanywaystokeepintouchnowadays，peopleareusingthefunctionsthatareconvenientforthem.Aswegetlessandlesstimetoourselves，weneedmoreconvenienceinourlivesandlessdifficulty.Whilecallingcanbemore al，itdoesn'talwayssaveyourtime.”ScientistsatRiceUniversitywantedtoseeifthelatesttechnologywouldbeusedbythestudentstoimprovetheirlearning.Butayearlater，theresearchersconcludedthatit'snotenoughtogivestudentstherighttechnology，butsaidtheyneedguidanceabouthowtouseit.(B)1.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtotheMostpeoplespendnearlytwohourstextingaMostpeoplespendabout20minutesmakingthreecallsaMostpeoplespendmosttimeofadaymakingphoneMosttimeofadayistakenupbysurfingtheweb. )2.Whydon'tmostpeoplemakealotofcalls?Becausecallingcanbe Becauseitdoesn'talwayssaveyourBecausesocialmediaappsareimportantBecausecallingismore )3.Whatdoestheunderlinedwordoneinthesecondparagraphreferto(指代A．AsocialmediaB．AnavigationC．AD．Aparticularlyimportant )4.Thewritermainlywantsto lus A．navigationappssuchasMapswerepopularB．checkingiscarriedoutmore thanmakingC．thefunctionsonaphonehavedevelopedandimprovedD．studentsneedguidanceabouthowtouse(三[2015·湖州]BooksforFleabagandtheRing'sEndBethWebbMorestoriesofFleabag，thecat—starofthiswonderfulsetof3Ages8～13，208pages，TheLittleWhiteHouseElizabethGoudgeAfairytaleandwinneroftheCarnegieAges8～12，240pages,StarofWonderPatAlexanderAwonderfulcollectionofstoriesandpoems.Fulloflivelypagestoreadandenjoy.Ages7～12，224MyVeryFirstChristmasBookLoisRockandAlecAyliffeAbig，brightbook，whichpresentsstorysimplyanddelightfullyforveryyoungchildren.Ages0～3，12pages,FirstFestival:ChristmasLoisRockAnall-in-onebooktohelpgrown-upsandchildrenpreparetheirChristmascelebrationtogether.Presents,activitiesandcustoms.Ages5～8，48pages，TheNot-So-WiseAlanMacDonaldandAndrewWeallknowaboutthe3wisementravelledtoBethlehemanddiscoveredthebabyJesusChrist.Thisisthetaleofanotherone，whoalwaysmissedtheAges5～9，32pages， )1.IfyouwanttomakeaChristmasntogetherwithyourchildren，whichbookdoyouprefer?A．StarofB．FirstFestival:C．TheNot-So-WiseD．MyVeryFirstChristmas )2.Whichnumberwouldyoudialifyouwanttoorderabookforyour2-year-oldchild? )3.Ifyourchildwantstoreadstoriesofanimals，whosebookwillyouA．BethB．LoisC．PatAlexander's.D．ElizabethGoudge's.(四[2016·連云港]AmaninPakistanisnowworkingtohelpchildrengetaneducation.Whenhewasachild，hedidnotgotoschoolbecausehewastoopoor.ItisreportedthatPakistanhas25millionchildrenwhodonotgotoschool.Thatisthesecond-highestnumberintheworld.OnlyNigeriahasmore.ManyPakistanichildrenmustworktosupporttheirfamilies.mmadAyubwasonceoneofthosechildren.Heisnowafirefighter.Healsomanagesasmallschool.VOArecentlyvisitedtheschoolinthecapitalIslamabad.Ayubstartedwithjustonestudentin1982.Hesawaboycleaningcarsfordays.Heaskedhim“Whydon'tyougotoschool？”Theboyansweredthathisparentsweredeadandhehadtoworktohelpsupporthisfivebrothersandthreesisters.andthreesisters.Hesaid“Whenmyfatherdied，everyonewhocametothefuneralsaidtheyweresorry，butnoonehelped.”Hesoldnewspapersanddidotherworktoearnenoughmoneytopayschoolfeesforhisbrothersandsisters.Ayubwantedtohelptheyoungboywhowashedcars，buthedidnothaveenoughmoneytopaytheboy'sschoolfees.ＫToday，Ayubteachesmanychildrenathisschoolinapublicpark.Someofthechildrenattendotherschoolsinthemorning，butcometoAyubintheafternoontogethelpwiththeir.Ayubhashelpedalargenumberofpoorchildrensincehebeganteaching.Manysaid“Iwhoworked‘Whyareyouwashingsomeone'sdishesortheirclothes？Whydon'tyoustudy？’”O(jiān)neofthechildrenheadvisedtoattendclasseswasFarhatAbbas.Ayubfoundhimworkingwithhisfriendsabout12yearsago.“Hefollowedusbackhome.Hetoldourparentshewantedtoteachusandaskedthemtosendustohisschool”Abbassaid.Today，AbbasistakingclassesatacollegeandishelManychildrenareoutofschool，andthosewhodoattendclassesoftengetapooreducation.InformationgatheredbyanorganizationshowshalfofallPakistaniinthe5thgradedonotunderstandbasicmathematicsandcannotreadastoryintheirAgroupinIslamabadreportsPakistanspendslessoneducationthananyothercountryinSouthAsia. )1.AyubdidallthefollowingthingstohelpthepoorchildrenEXCEPT managingasmallteachingthepoortakingclassesatacollegeD．visitingthechildren'sparents )2.WhichsentencecanbeputintheemptyboxintheSoheofferedtoteachSoheaskedhisparentstohelpSohegaveuphisSo dhimtogoto )3.WhichistherighttimeorderofwhathappenedintheAyubbegantoteachthepoorchildreninhisAyub'sschoolinthecapitalIslamabadwasvisitedbyAyubadvisedAbbas'sparentstosendhimtohisAyubworkedtopayschoolfeesforhisbrothersandAyubsawaboycleaningcarsfordaysanddecidedtohelphim. (B)4.Fromthepassage，whicharethebestwordstodescribehard-workingandhonestB．kind-heartedandhelpfulC．creativeandconfidentD．humorousand(五[2015·溫州]TheMostInterestingFestivalsaroundthe ·BabyCrying ·Cheese-rolling ·ColourThrowing ·FishSwallowing ·InternationalPillowFightDay·InternationalTwins ·Raincoat ·RoswellUFO ·Tomato·WaterFighting ·WifeCarrying ·WorldBodypainting

International(枕頭)FightInternationalPillowFightDayisheldeveryAprilaroundtheworld—fromAmsterdam，Budapest，toNewYork.Itbeencelebratedsince2008.Hundredsofpeoplegooutwiththeirpillowshittingeachother'sface，backandchest.Peopledressupassuperheroesandanimals,laughingandThefestivalusedtobeagamerelease(釋放)energyandstress.Nowadaysbesidesbringingfun，InternationalPillowFightDayhas eawaytoquicklycollectpillowsforthehomeless.In2014，about2，000pillowswerecollectedforthepoorinBronxandBrooklyn.Rules:Bringyourownpillowsanddon'thitanyonewithoutapilloworwithaTheGuinnessWorldRecord:latestrecordofthelargestpillowfightwassetonOctober27，2013inChicago,with4，500pillowsand3，813people. )1.TheInternationalPillowFightDaywasfirstcelebratedin )2.ThelatestGuinnessWorldRecordofthelargestpillowfightwasset D．New )3.Youmayreadabout onPageA．BabyCryingB．ColourThrowingC．WaterFightingD．WorldBodypainting(六[2016·泰州]Throwingtomatoes—Spain(西班牙Spaintakes“tomatoesfightstoawholenewlevel.Butthetomatoesarebeingthrown，noteaten.ThefestivaltakesceduringthelastWednesdayinAugust.Trucks(卡車)carrytomatoesintothesquare.Peoplerushtothetomatoesandthrowthemintothecrowd.Rollingcheese—ThisfestivaliscelebratedonthelastMondayinMay.IttakesceonCooper'sHill.Alargewheelofcheese(奶酪)isrolleddownCooper'sHill.Thefestivalisactuallyaracewherepeoplerundownthehillaftertherollingcheese.Thefirst tocrossthefinishlineatthebottomofthehillwinsthecheese.Burningman—TheUnitedTheBurningManFestivallastsaweek，itisfromtheMondaybeforeLaborDaytoLaborDay(whichfallsonthefirstMondayinSeptemberinAmerica)．ThefestivaltakesceintheBlackRockDesert.Thebestpartofthefestivalistheburningofalargesculptureofaman.Pouringwater—TheSongkranFestivalisthecelebrationoftheNewYearinThailand.Ratherthanasingleday，ThailandcelebratestheNewYearfromApril13thtoApril15th.Thaipeoplerunaftereachother，pouringwater.Songkranisoneofthemostreasonswhyforeignerstraveltothebeautiful )1.WherewillyouprobablygotoenjoyoneofthefestivalsaboveinC．TheUnitedStates. )2.WhichfestivalisheldinBlackRockA．ThrowingB．RollingC．BurningD．Pouring )3.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtotheA．ThetomatoesarethrownintothecrowdtoB．NotallthefestivalsabovefallonthesingleC．BurningalargerealmanisthebestpartoftheD．Songkranistheonlyreasonforattractinglotsoftourists. )4.Thepassageismostprobablytakenfrom A．a(chǎn)tourB．a(chǎn)scienceC．a(chǎn)storyD．a(chǎn)fashion(七[2015·金華]Deliawasayoungpianist.Herhusband，Joe，wasayoung.Eachofthemwastakinglessons:Joewithafamousartteacher，andDeliawithagreatpianistfromGermany.Theirteachersweretheverybest，solessonswereexpensive，morethantheycouldreallyafford，butwhenyouloveyourart，nothingistoomuch.Butsoonthemoneybegantorunout，andtheycouldn'taffordthelessonsanyThenonedayDeliacamebackhomeandtoldJoethatshehadmetamanwhosedaughter，Sally，wantedtolearnthepiano，andhewasgoingtopayher$50anhour.“Delia”Joesaid“I'llbemuchhappierifyoukeepupyourlessons.”Deliatostophislessons，todrawpicturesandsellAfewdayslater，Joecamehomeandproudlytook$200fromhispocket.“Imetamanfromermont”hesaid“whoboughtoneofmypictures.Andhewantstobuymore！” JoecamehomeandsawthatDelia'shandwaswrappedinabandage(繃帶)．Heaskedherwhathadhappened.“OhsaidDelia.“Mystudent，Sally，askedmetomakesomecoffeeforher.Idroppedthecoffeeandburnedmyhand.Sallywentstraighttothedrugstoreandgotthisbandageforme.”“Delia，whathaveyoubeenngthelasttwoweeks？”Joeasked.Shenottolhim，butthetearscame.“OhJoe，Icouldn'tgetanystudents，soIworkedasawaitressinarestaurant.Today，Iburnedmyhandwithhotwater.SoIcan'tworkanymore.Butwe'llstillhavemoneyfromthemaninVermont，won'twe？”Joelookedather.“There'snomaninermont”hesaid.“I'vebeenworkinginadrugstore，andtodaysomeonecameintobuybandagesforawomanwho'sburnedherhand.SowhenIsawyou，well，Iguessed.”Theyboth[AstorybyO．Henry—adapted(改編)] writerofthestoryis ofthefollowingcanbeputinthe ”inParagraphA．AbiggerncametotheirmindB．SincethenJoebecameveryfamousC．SothetwoofthemwereveryhappyD．Deliastoppedherlessonsandstayed )3.Bothofthemlaughedintheendbecause A．theywouldgoonwiththeirlessonsB．theyhadbothtoldliestomaketheotherC．theydidn'thavetoworryaboutmoneyanyD．theythoughttheyhaddonesomethingmeaningless )4.Thebesttitleforthepassagecanbe A．BlindB．ApleasantC．AserviceofloveD．Anunforgettablelesson(八[2016·西城區(qū)一模]Askids，welearnhowtowrite，maybeyamusicalinstrumentanddraw.Sowhydon'twelearntocode(編碼)computerprogrammesWhatcodinghasincommonwithwriting，yingmusicandcreatingartisthatitletsyoubringyourideastolife.Codingisallaboutcreativityandthat'swhyIloveit.CreatingwithCoderDojohelpsyoungpeoplearoundtheworldtolearncomputerprogrammingfor.WhenIwenttomyfirstCoderDojoclassinDublinCityUniversityinIreland，atagenine，Ididn'tknowanythingaboutcodingorevenwhatitwas.ButIremembermakingmyveryfirstwebpagethatfirstday，andbeingsurprisedthatIcouldcreatesuchathing.ItwasagreatfeelingthatIthinkeveryyoung shouldexperience!BygoingtoCoderDojoeveryweek，Ilearnedhowtomakewebsites，appsandgames.OneofmyappsiscalledAuto-Journalist.Itcanhelpjournalists()andintervieweesdointerviewseveniftheyarebothreallybusyorliveindifferentzones.Itisstillindevelopment,andIhaveshoweditataneventcalledCoolest,whereyoungpeoplegettoshowthepublicwhattheyhavecreatedwithcode.It'ssomuchfuntoshareone'screations，andtoseewhateveryoneelsehasmadeLearningForthepastthreeyearsIhavealsobeenheltoteachotheryoungpeopleatCoderDojoDCU.InrecentyearsIhavealsonoticedmanymoregirlsattendingCoderDojoDCUtotryoutcoding.ThishasalottodowiththeCoderDojogirls'classes—girlsandyoungwomentakepartinitwiththeirfriends，anditdoesn'tthingItwaytolearnmoreabouttechnology.StartOneofthemainthingsIhavelearnedinthelastfewyearsisthatcodingisnotonlyforadults，codingisforyoungpeople，too.Andwhenyouareachilditisagreattimetostartcoding，becauseyourimaginationisthelimitforwhatyoucancreate!Wanttolearnmore？FindoutifthereisaCoderDojonearyouatorsetoneupyourself！AlsocheckoutCwhichhaslotsoffundrag-and-dropcodinggames.(B)1.Inthewriter'sfirstcoding A．madeappsandB．createdawebC．wroteforD．didsome )2.WhydomoregirlsbegintolearnA．Therearecodingclassesforgirls.B．Girlswanttolearna“boything．C．TherearemoregirlsinSTEM.D．Girlscanmeetcoolboysthere. )3.WhatdoesthewriterthinkofA．ItisbetterthanyingB．Itlimitschildren'sC．ItstopspeoplefromlearningD．Ithelpschildrenwiththeir )4.WhatisprobablythebesttitleforthisA．StartCodingasEarlyasB．ComeforFuninCoderDojoC．KidsShouldHaveChancestoLearntoCodeD．STEMIsCallingforMoreGirlsand(九[2016·福州改編]Pollutioninsidehomesandotherbuildingskillsmorethanmillionpeopleeachyear.Manypeopledieasaresultofbreathingsmokeorfromcookingoverwood-poweredofcoal-poweredstoves.Onewaytoreducethenumberofdeathsisthroughcookingequipmentpoweredbythesun.CrosbyMenzies，asolarpowerexpertinaSouthAfrican describedhislatestsolarcookercalledthe“Sol-4“Itisfoursquaremetresofmirrors，sixtoeightmetresinlength.Itisquitealargecooler.”The“Sol-4”worksbyreflecting(反射)lightfromthesunofflargemirrors.Themirrorsdirect(把……對準(zhǔn))thelightatacookingpan.Thenthelightheatsthepanwithsolarenergy.Withintwominutes，thepanishotenoughtocooksausagesandonions.Injustfourminutes，watercanbeboiled.ThatisasfastascookingwithnaturalgasorThecookerisalsomuch“friendlier”thanothermodelsbecausepeopledonothavetostandinthesuntouseit.Andpeoplecanpreparemealswithouthavingtocollectfirewoodorspendmoneyoncoal.Suchindividualswouldbelesslikelytohavebreathingillnessesfromharmfulsmoke.Atpresent，thecookeronlyworkswhenthesunisshining.Butengineersareworkingonawaytomakeitworkwithoutsunlight.Eachcookercostsabout$2，000，whichisalargeamountofmoneyformostAfricans.Tosolvethatproblem，CrosbyMenzieshascreatedanon-ernmentalorganizationcalledSolarCookersforAfrica.Itnstoraisemoneythroughdonationstoprovidepoorpeoplewithsolarcookingequipment. )1.Thispassageismainly A．solarB．smokeC．solarpowerexpertsD．breathingillnesses “Sol-4”ismainlyused A．shortenthetimeofB．reducethecostofmakingC．raisemoneythroughdonationstohelpAfricanD．reducethenumberofdeathscausedbyharmful )3.Theunderlinedword“individuals”mostprobablymeans“ )4.Whichofthefollowingaboutthe“Sol-4”isA．It