版權(quán)說明:本文檔由用戶提供并上傳,收益歸屬內(nèi)容提供方,若內(nèi)容存在侵權(quán),請(qǐng)進(jìn)行舉報(bào)或認(rèn)領(lǐng)
文檔簡介
2021屆高考英語二輪復(fù)習(xí)專題強(qiáng)化雙擊訓(xùn)練
專題十三閱讀理解B卷
A
BestWalkingToursinNYC
ManhattantoBrooklynNYCWalkingTour
StartinfrontoftheTweedCourthouseinManhattanbeforemakingthejourneyacrossthe
well-knownBrooklynBridge,catchingviewsoflandmarksliketheEmpireStateBuildingand
StatueofLibertyalongtheway.Onceontheotherside,you'llexploretheneighborhoodknown
asDumbo.
TheSuperheroWalkingTourofNYC
Whetheryou'reafanofBatman,SpidermanortheFantasticFour;discovertheinspiration
behindthosecomicswithstopsattheEmpireStateBuilding,apopularlocationincountless
superheroadventures;theFlatironBuilding,whichservedasPeterParker'sworkplacetheDaily
Bugle;andtheChryslerBuilding,whereSpider-manwouldfrequenttolookoutforthebadguys.
SmallGroupPhotographyWalkingTourofNYC
Duringthisgrouptour,aprofessionalphotographyinstructorwilltakeyoutoaunique
destinationofyourchoosing——optionsincludeCentralPark,theBrooklynBridgeandTimes
Squareatnight——andprovidehands-oninstructionsonhowtobestcapturelastingmemoriesof
yourtrip.
ChinatownFoodTburandHistoricDowntownWalkingTour
It'satourofexplorationofNewYork'sdiverseculture.StartinChinatown,whichishometo
plentyofChineserestaurants,aswellasVietnamese,ThaiandMalaysianrestaurants.Fromthere,
headdowntowardstheFinancialDistrict,whereyourtourguidewillwalkthegroupthrough
NewYork'sDutchhistoricsites,allthewaybacktothedayswhenWallStreetwasanactualwall.
l.WhichtourwillyoutakeifyouareafanofSpider-man?
A.ManhattantoBrooklynNYCWalkingTour.
B.TheSuperheroWalkingTourofNewYork.
C.SmallGroupPhotographyWalkingTourofNYC.
D.ChinatownFoodTourandHistoricDowntownWalkingTour.
2.WhichofthefollowingdoesSmallGroupPhotographyWalkingTourprovide?
A.Comicbooks.B.Shootingskills.
C.Delicatesouvenirs.D.Languagetraining.
3.WhatwillyoudoonChinatownFoodTourandHistoricDowntownWalkingTour?
A.WatchChinesefilms.B.Takeafinancialcourse.
C.ExperienceDutchculture.D.EnjoytraditionalAmericanfood.
B
GeorgiaO'Keeffealwaysthoughtofherselfasanartist.By1928,therestoftheworlddid,too.
Attheageof41,shewaslivinginNewYorkCityandbecomingawell-knownpainter.Still,
O'Keeffewasn'thappy.NewYorkhadbeenagoodsourceofideasforalmosttenyears.Now
thoseideasweredryingup.O'Keeffefeltlikesheneededachange.ShehadvisitedNewMexico
in1917withhersister.Thewideopenspacehadthrilledher."MaybeIshouldgoback"she
thought.InApril1929,O'Keeffepackedherbags.
ThewideopenspaceofNewMexicodrewO'Keeffein.Shespenthoursjustwatchingthesky
change.Becausethelightwassoclear;shefeltlikeshewasseeingitforthefirsttime.Thebeauty
ofthelandrenewedher.Shecouldn'twaittostartpainting.Cows'andhorses'skullsanddesert
flowersfilledhercanvases(畫布).ThecolorsofthedesertinspiredO'Keeffe.Asaresult,shemade
newchoicesinherartwork."Thecolorupthereisdifferent"sheexplained.Shelovedthedusty
bluesandgreens.
ThatAugust,O'KeeffewenthometoNewYork.Itwasthestartofapattern.Eachspring,she
traveledtoNewMexicotopaint.Thesetripsrestoredherspirit.Then,inthefall,shewould
returntoNewYork.There,sheshowedherwork.EachtimeO'KeeffevisitedNewMexico,she
exploredalittlemore.
ThebleachedanimalbonesandskullsthatO'Keeffefoundexcitedherbecauseshecouldsee
theirspecialbeauty.Thebonesdidn'tmeandeathtoO'Keeffe.Toher;theyshowedthelasting
beautyofthedesert.Thelandscapes,clearlight,andbrightcolorsalsospoketoher.Sheoften
paintedclose-upsoftherocksandmountains.Later,shebegantotravelmoreinsearchofnew
ideas.However,shealwayscamebacktoNewMexico.
AsO'Keeffegrewolder;hereyesightbegantofail.Still,O'Keeffewasn'treadytogiveup.Her
friendJuanHamiltonhelpedherworkwithwatercolors.Healsotaughthertosculpt.Asaresult,
shemadeartintoher90s.Whenshediedattheageof98,Hamiltonsprinkledherashesoverthe
desert.Herbodybecamepartofthelandthathadtouchedherartandherlife.
l.WhywasO'KeeffeunhappyinNewYorkin1928?
A.Shewaslackofthecreativeideas.
B.Shefeltdisappointedaboutherjob.
C.Shewasnotsuccessfulasanartist.
D.Shefeltboredwithlifeinabigcity.
2.WhatcanweknowaboutO'KeeffeafterhertripstoNewMexico?
A.Shereceivedgreatreputationthere.
B.Shediscoveredthemeaningofherlife.
C.Shechosetosettledowninthatcity.
D.Shegotnewthoughtsfromthescenery.
3.WhatcanweknowaboutO'Keeffefromthepassage?
A.Shewasneverafraidoffailureanddeath.
B.Shewaspassionateaboutart.
C.Shewaspatientwiththecomingchances.
D.Shewascuriousaboutthenatureofpeople.
4.Whichofthefollowingcouldbethebesttitleforthisarticle?
A.LifestyleintheDesert
B.SpecialLoveforArt
C.InspirationfromtheDesert
D.ModernWomenArtists
C
Pinocchiomaybejustachildren'sfairytale,butSpanishscientistsattheUniversityof
Granadarecentlyinvestigatedtheso-called“Pinocchioeffect“andfoundthatournosesdon't
growwhenwetellalie,butactuallyshrinkabit.
Dr.EmilioGomezMilanandhisteamdevelopedaliedetectortestthatusedthermography
totellifpeoplewerelying,andfoundthatwheneverparticipantsintheirresearchwerebeing
untruthful,thetemperatureofthetipsoftheirnosesdroppedupto1.2℃,whilethe
temperatureoftheirforeheadincreasedupto1.5℃.Scientistsalsofoundthatdropin
temperatureatnoselevelactuallycausedittoslightlyshrink,althoughthedifferenceis
undetectedbythehumaneye.
"Onehastothinkinordertolie,whichrisesthetemperatureoftheforehead/Dr.Gomez
Milanexplainedthefindings./zAtthesametimewefeelanxious,whichlowersthetemperatureof
thenose.”
Forthisstudy,researchersaskedanumberof60studentstoperformvarioustaskswhile
beingscannedbythermalimagingtechnology.Oneofthesetasksinvolvedcallinga3to4
minutescalltotheirparents,partnerorafriendandtellingasignificantlie.Participantshadto
devisetheliebythemselvesduringthecall,andthethermalcameraspickedupthis“reverse
Pinocchioeffect"causedbythefluctuation(起伏)intemperatureinthenoseandforehead.
Interestingly,thethermalliedoctorpickedupthetemperaturedifferencein80percentof
testsubjects,whichisabetterrateofsuccessthanthatofanymodernliedoctor.
“Withthismethodwehaveachievedtoincreaseaccuracyandreducetheoccurrenceof
'falsepositives',somethingthatisfrequentlywithothermethodssuchasthepolygraph(測謊
儀)"saidDr.EmilioGomezMilan,whoaddedthatlawenforcementinterviewerscouldoneday
combineotherliedetectiontechnologywiththermalimagingtoachievebetterresults.
Thethermalliedoctorhasbeenthemostreliableintheworld,10%morethanthepopular
polygraph.
l.Whydoestheauthormention"Pinocchio“atthebeginning?
A.TotellafairystoryB.Towarnusnottolie.
C.Tointroducearesearch.D.Toinspireustodoubtoldbeliefs.
2.Accordingtotheresearch,whatmighthappenifyoutellalie?
A.Yournosegetslonger.B.Yournosebecomessmaller.
C.Yourtemperaturegetshigher.D.Yourtemperatureremainsstable.
3.Whatcanwelearnabouttheresearch?
A.Researchersconductthestudybyinterviewing.
B.Researchersdesigndifferenceliesforparticipants.
C.Thethermalliedetectorwillproveapopularone.
D.Thethermalliedoctormayassistlawenforcement.
4.Whichmightbethebesttitleforthepassage?
A.Willliedetectorstellthetruth?B.W川lyingmakeyournoselonger?
C.Willlyingmakeyourtemperaturerise?D.Willthermalimagingtechnologybereliable?
D
London,NewYork,TokyoandParis—thesefamouscitieshaveacommandinginfluenceon
theworldeconomyandarehometomillionsofpeople,aswellasinternationallyfamousarts,
cultureandeducationalinstitutions.Buttheyarehardlyrepresentativeoftherestoftheworld's
cities.While54%oftheglobalpopulationliveincities,aroundhalfofthoseliveincitiesthathave
500,000inhabitantsorfewer.
These"ordinary"citiescanbeoverlookedbypoliticians,investors,researchersandbig
businesses.Buttheyaredynamicplaceswithmanylayersofsocial,culturalandeconomic
significance.Afterexperiencingaperiodofpost-industrialdecline,manysuchcitiesare
consideringurbanregeneration(再生)programmes.
Butthatdoesn'tmeantheyhavetofollowthesamepathasotherurbanareas.Infact,the
researchintourbandevelopmenthasfoundthatordinarycitiescanavoidsomeoftheill-effects
ofregeneration,byembracingwhatmakesthemunique.
Attheturnofthecentury,cityleadersbecameincreasinglyinterestedintheideaofthe
""creativecity”.Theideawastoencouragea"/creativeclass"oftalentedworkerstomaketheir
homesandbusinessesincities,bycreatingurbanspacesthatareopen,inclusiveanddiverse,as
wellasattractiveandtechnologicallyadvanced.
“Regeneration“becameabuzzwordassociatedwiththesetypesofstrategies,whichseekto
repurposeseeminglydisusedorrundownspacestosupportaneconomyledbycreativeand
technologicalindustries.Theapparentsuccessofcreativecitypolicieswasseeninpost-industrial
centressuchasDetroit,US,followinginvestmentsincultural,artisticandmusicalurbanrenewal.
Suchpoliciesswiftlybecamethego-tostrategyforseemingly“ordinary“post-industrial
citiesaroundtheworld,evenresultinginnewrankingsthatpitcitiesagainsteachother,basedon
criteriaincludingentrepreneurship(倉4業(yè)精神),urbanleadershipand“l(fā)iveability”.Havingplenty
offormerindustrialspacesthatcanbeadaptedfornewuses,andadesiretobenoticedonthe
nationalorglobalstage,encouragesinvestmentinurbanregenerationfrombothpublicand
privatesources.
Yetregenerationprogrammesinspiredbythecreativecityagendacancauseproblems.
Propertydevelopers什也產(chǎn)開發(fā)商)andforeigninvestorshaverecognizedtheeconomicpotential
ofrealestate(房地產(chǎn))in“creative“cities.Thishasledtorocketinglandcosts,andmany
low-incomeresidentshavefelttheeffectsofbeingdisplacedfromtheirhomes.
Yetasmorecitiesseektoemphasizetheirculturalassets(資產(chǎn)),cityleadersandpolicy
makersmustbeawareofthenegativeimpactsthatcanariseiflocalresidentsarenotcentralto
thedecision-makingprocess.Thisemphasizestheneedtoconsiderlocalcontextsand
communitiesbeforeoperatingcopycatcreativepolicies.
l.Somefamouscitiescan'trepresenttherestoftheworld'scitiesinthat.
A.theyarealwaysignoredbypoliticians,researchersandbusinessmen
B.theyaccommodatemillionsofpeoplebutdon'tcontributetotheworldeconomy
C.aboutaquarterofglobalpopulationliveinmiddle-sizedandsmallcities
D.notallfamousarts,cultureandeducationalorganizationsaredistributedthere
2.WhatmeasurewasprobablytakenbycitieslikeDetroittopromotecitydevelopment?
A.Usingcultureandartasadrivingforce.B.Forcinglow-incomeresidentstomove.
C.Followingthesamepathassomebigcities.D.Encouragingindustrialinvestment
continuously.
3.Whatdoestheauthorwanttostressinthepassage?
A.Citiesshouldcopyregenerationprogrammes.
B.Citiesshouldcompetewitheachotherbasedonsomecriteria.
C.Citiesshouldseekfinancialsupportfromsourcesaroundtheworld.
D.Citiesshouldconsiderregionalfactorsbeforeusingcreativepolicies.
4.Whatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout?
A.Ordinarycitiessuccessfullyavoidill-effectsofdevelopment.
B.Ordinarycitiesdon'thavetocopytrendstoregenerate.
C.Ordinarycitiesaretryingtorecoverfrompost-industrialdecline.
0.Ordinarycitiesaredynamicplaceswithsocialimportan
七選五
Whypeoplecollectart
Manypeoplethroughouthistoryhavegonetogreatlengthstocollectart.Butwhatmotivates
thesecollectors?
Onepopularexplanationforcollectingisthattheycanhavefinancialgain.Someresellworks,
earningenormousprofit.①Immorally,some"collectors"buyartasaformofmoney
laundering(洗錢),sinceitisfareasiertomoveartthancashbetweencountrieswithout
examination.
②Forthem,artisimportantforotherreasons.Thebestwaytounderstandthe
underlyingdriveofartcollectingisasameanstocreateandstrengthensocialbonds,andasa
wayforcollectorstocommunicatewithinthesenewnetworks.
Collectorsarenotonlyinterestedincreatingsociallinks;theyarealsomotivatedbythe
messagestheycansendoncethesesocialnetworksarecreated.Weallknowartisapowerful
wayfortheartisttoexpressthoughtsandfeelings.③Displayingartcansendamessage
aboutwhothecollectorreallyis一atleastwhosheseesherselfas.
④Throughthecollections,collectorsconveymessagesnotjustaboutthemselves,but
abouttheworldasawhole.Forexample,thekidwiththeshoeboxofbirdfeathersmightshow
othershercollectionnotjusttomakefriends,butalsotoconvincethemoftheimportanceof
protectingendangeredspecies.
Peoplecollectartforvariousreasons.⑤
A.Somegainfromartworksinanillegalway.
B.Butmostcollectorsthinklittleofprofit.
C.Artworkspreservethequalitiesoftheirmakers.
D.Nodoubtartcollectionisahardaddictiontoovercome.
E.Somegetlargetaxreductionsfordonatingarttomuseums.
F.Italsoservesasaneffectivewayforcollectorstoexpressthemselves.
G.Otherartcollectorsseetheircollectionsashavingbroaderpower.
答案以及解析
答案:l.B;2.B;3.C
解析:1.推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章第二段第一句"WhetheryoiTreafanofBatman,Spidermanorthe
FantasticFour,discovertheinspirationsbehindthosecomics…無論你是蝙蝠俠、蜘蛛俠還是神
奇四俠的粉絲,你都可以在這些漫畫背后找到靈感.可知,如果你是蜘蛛俠的粉絲,那么你有可
能選擇TheSuperheroWalkingTourofNewYork.結(jié)合選項(xiàng),故選B.
2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第三段最后一句”…andprovidehandsoninstructionsonhowtobest
capturelastingmemoriesofyourtrip.并提供如何最好地捕捉旅行的持久記憶的實(shí)踐指導(dǎo).可
知LSmallGroupPhotographyWalkingTour會(huì)向游客提供攝影技巧,結(jié)合選項(xiàng),故選B.
3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題根據(jù)文章第四段最后一句"...whereyourtourguidewillwalkthegroupthrough
NewYork'sDutchhistoricsites...在這里,您的導(dǎo)游將帶領(lǐng)您的團(tuán)隊(duì)參觀紐約的荷蘭歷史遺跡.可
知,唐人街美食之旅和歷史悠久的市中心步行之旅,可以讓你體驗(yàn)到荷蘭文化,結(jié)合選項(xiàng),故選
C.
B
答案:1-4ADBC
解析:1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的NewYorkhadbeenagoodsourceofideasforalmostten
years.Nowthoseideasweredryingup.uf^n,1928年,喬治亞?奧基夫在紐約生活得并不開心
是因?yàn)樗狈?chuàng)造性的想法,故A項(xiàng)正確。
2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第四句Thebeautyofthelandrenewedher.及第三段第四句These
tripsrestoredherspirit.可知,新墨西哥州的景色讓她精神煥發(fā),給了她新的想法,故D項(xiàng)正
確。
3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的AsO'Keeffegrewolder,hereyesightbegantofail.Still,
O'Keeffewasn'treadytogiveup.HerfriendJuanHamiltonhelpedherworkwithwatercolors.He
alsotaughthertosculpt.Asaresult,shemadeartintoher90s.nJ^0,喬治亞?奧基夫?qū)λ囆g(shù)傾
注了畢生的熱情,故B項(xiàng)正確。
4.主旨大意題。通讀全文可知,本文主要講述了喬治亞?奧基夫每年春天都從紐約出發(fā)到
新墨西哥州的沙漠里挖掘藝術(shù)靈感的故事,所以“來自沙漠的靈感”為本文最佳標(biāo)題。故C項(xiàng)
正確。
c
答案:l.C;2.B;3.D;4.B
解析:1.推理判斷題。匹諾曹故事的作用,而非故事寓意,故在結(jié)構(gòu)作用上可知用匹諾曹為了
引出主題研究。
溫馨提示
- 1. 本站所有資源如無特殊說明,都需要本地電腦安裝OFFICE2007和PDF閱讀器。圖紙軟件為CAD,CAXA,PROE,UG,SolidWorks等.壓縮文件請(qǐng)下載最新的WinRAR軟件解壓。
- 2. 本站的文檔不包含任何第三方提供的附件圖紙等,如果需要附件,請(qǐng)聯(lián)系上傳者。文件的所有權(quán)益歸上傳用戶所有。
- 3. 本站RAR壓縮包中若帶圖紙,網(wǎng)頁內(nèi)容里面會(huì)有圖紙預(yù)覽,若沒有圖紙預(yù)覽就沒有圖紙。
- 4. 未經(jīng)權(quán)益所有人同意不得將文件中的內(nèi)容挪作商業(yè)或盈利用途。
- 5. 人人文庫網(wǎng)僅提供信息存儲(chǔ)空間,僅對(duì)用戶上傳內(nèi)容的表現(xiàn)方式做保護(hù)處理,對(duì)用戶上傳分享的文檔內(nèi)容本身不做任何修改或編輯,并不能對(duì)任何下載內(nèi)容負(fù)責(zé)。
- 6. 下載文件中如有侵權(quán)或不適當(dāng)內(nèi)容,請(qǐng)與我們聯(lián)系,我們立即糾正。
- 7. 本站不保證下載資源的準(zhǔn)確性、安全性和完整性, 同時(shí)也不承擔(dān)用戶因使用這些下載資源對(duì)自己和他人造成任何形式的傷害或損失。
最新文檔
- 物流團(tuán)隊(duì)協(xié)作技巧培訓(xùn)
- 班級(jí)傳承紅色文化的工作計(jì)劃
- 2024-2025學(xué)年五年級(jí)上冊(cè)數(shù)學(xué)期末全真模擬培優(yōu)卷(蘇教版)【A3版】-A4
- 《中國成人白內(nèi)障摘除手術(shù)指南(2023年)》解讀
- 《論文的寫作技巧》課件
- 【9物(人)期末】淮北市2023-2024學(xué)年九年級(jí)上學(xué)期1月期末物理試題
- 《俄歇電子能譜儀》課件
- 《保險(xiǎn)概念說明會(huì)》課件
- 勞動(dòng)保護(hù)培訓(xùn)課件
- 《教育儲(chǔ)蓄有修改》課件
- 生產(chǎn)現(xiàn)場定置管理規(guī)定區(qū)域劃分、標(biāo)識(shí)牌、工具擺放標(biāo)準(zhǔn)
- 接口類驗(yàn)收?qǐng)?bào)告
- 關(guān)于公寓物業(yè)管理實(shí)施方案
- 母嬰保健技術(shù)資格證考試試題及答案
- 《好天氣和壞天氣》課件
- (交通運(yùn)輸)鐵路軍事運(yùn)輸教案
- 四年級(jí)勞動(dòng)教育-種植方案(課件)
- 課件我的文化班
- 隧道支護(hù)安全技術(shù)交底書
- GB∕T 22063-2018 顯微鏡 C型接口
- 英語川教版五年級(jí)上冊(cè)-unit2 Lesson 3 Where Is the Eiffel Tower教案
評(píng)論
0/150
提交評(píng)論