高中一輪復(fù)習(xí)英語(yǔ)話題閱讀集訓(xùn)（七）文娛與體育

話題閱讀集訓(xùn)（七）文娛與體育Ⅰ.閱讀理解ARobertoClementewasborninPuertoRico.Whenhewaseightyearsold,hestartedworkingonasugarfarm.Clementeworkedmanyhours.Buthealwaysfoundtimetoplaybaseball.Evenwhentherewerenogames,Clementewouldthrowwhateverhecouldfind—abottletoporanoldshoe.YearsofpracticemadeClementeaskilledplayer.Whenhewas18yearsold,hebecameaprofessionalbaseballplayer.In1954,thePittsburghPiratesaskedClementetoplayfortheirteam.However,playingforthePirateswasnoteasyatfirst.ManyoftheotherplayerstreatedClementepoorly.Mostoftheplayerswerewhite,andClementewasablack.Buthisattitudeandskillhelpedhimbeetheleaderoftheteam.In1971,Clemente'steampetedinthefinalgameoftheBaseballWorldSeries.Bythistime,Clementewasoneoftheoldestplayersontheteam.However,hewasalsostilloneofthebest.Clementehadbeenhurtallseason.Buthebelievedinhisskillandinhisteam.Hepromisedhisteamthattheywouldwin.ClementekepthispromiseandthePirateswontheWorldSeries.AftertheWorldSeries,Clementebecamefamousformorethanjusthisbaseballskills.OnDecember23,1972,therewasabigearthquakeinNicaragua.ClementedecidedtogotoNicaraguahimselfandgivesuppliestopeoplethere.ButClementeneverhadachancetodoso.OnDecember31,1972,hisairplanecrashedovertheocean.Clementewasonly38yearsold.Inhislife,RobertoClementecaredaboutmanythings.Helovedbaseball.Helovedhiscountry.Andhelovedhelpingotherpeople.Clementegavehislifeservingothers.Hediedasahero.Oneofhisfriendssaid,“Ifhehaddiedasabaseballplayer,onlypeoplewholovesportswouldrememberhim.Buthediedhelpingotherpeople.Andnowpeoplewillrememberhimassomeonewhousedhislifetohelpothers.”語(yǔ)篇解讀：本文是一篇記敘文。文章主要介紹了來自波多黎各的著名棒球運(yùn)動(dòng)員羅伯托·克萊門特，他不僅球藝精湛還救困扶危。1．ClementewasbadlytreatedinthePiratesbecauseof________.A．hisage B．hisraceC．hispoorskills D．hisbadattitude解析：選B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中的“Mostoftheplayerswerewhite,andClementewasablack.”可以推測(cè)，由于羅伯托·克萊門特是黑人，所以一開始在匹茲堡海盜隊(duì)時(shí)受到不好的對(duì)待。2．DuringthefinalgameoftheWorldSeries,Clemente________.A．wasingoodhealthB．lethisteammembersdownC．wastheoldestplayeronhisteamD．wassureofwinningthepetition解析：選D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的“Buthebelievedinhisskillandinhisteam.Hepromisedhisteamthattheywouldwin.”可知，在世界大賽的決賽時(shí)期，羅伯托·克萊門特對(duì)自己的球隊(duì)信心滿滿。3．WhiletryingtohelppeopleinNicaragua,Clemente________.A．losthislifeB．diedinanearthquakeC．gaveupplayingbaseballD．gavesuppliesdirectlytothem解析：選A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的描述可知，羅伯托·克萊門特想要親自將賑災(zāi)物資送到災(zāi)區(qū)，然而卻在途中意外墜機(jī)身亡，故選A項(xiàng)。4．Theauthorwritesthetexttotellusthat________.A．ClementelovedbaseballmorethanhislifeB．ClementewasmuchmorethanagreatbaseballplayerC．thehonorofClementewasnoteasilywonD．thestoryofClementewasnotjustaboutapromise解析：選B寫作意圖題。作者在最后一段描述羅伯托·克萊門特不僅熱愛棒球還熱心助人，最后因助人而獻(xiàn)身，并引用羅伯托·克萊門特朋友的話：“如果羅伯托·克萊門特僅僅是一名棒球運(yùn)動(dòng)員，那么只有熱愛運(yùn)動(dòng)的人會(huì)記得他，但羅伯托·克萊門特舍己為人，全世界的人都將他銘記在心”。因此，作者旨在告訴我們：羅伯托·克萊門特不僅僅是一名出色的棒球運(yùn)動(dòng)員。BRockmusicinoneformoranotheristhemostpopulartypeofmusicallovertheworld.Butwherediditefrom?RockbeganintheUSAintheearly1950s.Atthattime,“rhythmandblue”musicwasverypopularwithblackAmericans.“R&B”wasamixtureofblackreligiousmusicandjazz.Ithadstrongrhythmsthatyoucoulddancetoandsimple,fastwords.NoticingthesuccessofR&Bmusic,whitemusiciansstartedtocopythesamestyle.Bythemid-1950s,thisnewwhiteR&Bmusic,calledrock'n'roll,hadbeeverypopular.SingerslikeElvisPresleyandBillHaleyattractedmillionsofteenagefans.Theirmusicwasfastandloud.Manyolderpeoplethoughtthatrock'n'rollwasverydangerous.Bytheearly1960s,evenrock'n'rollhadbeeoldfashioned.Manyofthesongshadbeguntosoundthesame.ItwasatthattimeanewgroupfromEnglandbecamepopular—theBeatles.TheBeatlesfirststartedbysingingAmericanstylesongs,buttheysoondevelopedtheirownstyle,withmoreplicatedtunes.Theyalsointroduceddifferentinstruments.GroupsliketheBeatleshadaveryimportantinfluenceonthestyleofpopularmusic.Bytheearly1970s,rock'n'rollhaddevelopedintoanewformofmusic.Electronicshadreplacedtheamplified(放大的)guitarsanddrumsofrock'n'roll.“Rock”hadarrived.Rockmusichadcontinuedtochangeanddevelop.Ithadbinedwithmusicfromdifferentpartsoftheworld.Today,therearehundredsofdifferenttypesofrockmusic,andalmosteverycountryhasitsownformofrock.eq\x(語(yǔ)篇解讀：本文主要講述了搖滾樂的發(fā)展史。)5．Whenhadrock'n'rollbeeverypopular?A．Bythemid-1950s. B．Bytheearly1960s.C．Bythemid-1960s. D．Bytheearly1970s.解析：選A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段第二句“Bythemid-1950s,thisnewwhiteR&Bmusic,calledrock'n'roll,hadbeeverypopular.”可知答案。6．WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrueabouttheBeatles?A．ThiswasnotanAmericangroup.B．Thisgrouphadtheirownstyle.C．ThisgroupmadeAmericanstylesongspopular.D．Thestyleofpopularmusichadbeeninfluencedbythisgroup.解析：選C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A、B、D三項(xiàng)所述均與文章第四、五段中的信息相符，這個(gè)樂隊(duì)形成了自己的音樂風(fēng)格，但并沒有使美國(guó)的音樂風(fēng)格流行起來，故選C項(xiàng)。7．ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatElvisPresleyandBillHaley________.A．weresingersof“R&B”B．weresingersinthemid-1950sC．weremembersoftheBeatlesD．werepopularwitholdpeople解析：選B推理判斷題。由第三段第二、三句可知，像ElvisPresley和BillHaley這樣的歌手很受美國(guó)年輕人喜愛，他們是美國(guó)20世紀(jì)50年代中期的歌手。8．What'sthebesttitleforthepassage?A．PopularMusicB．TheHistoryofRockMusicC．DifferentFormsofMusicinAmericaD．TheBeatles解析：選B標(biāo)題歸納題?？v觀全文可知，文章主要講述了搖滾樂的發(fā)展史。CBeforeJanuary2005,younggirlscouldn'tplaysoccerinKatutura,ablacktownshipinNamibia,Africa.Theyhadnosoccerballs,noplayingfield,noshoes,andnoleader.Eachday,girlsandboysgatheredattheNordkampCenterafterschool.Mostoftheboyswouldplaysoccerinanearbydirtfieldwhilethegirlsremainedatthecentertojumpropeorreadbooks.CenterdirectorMaryBethGallagherlovedsoccerandknewthatthegirlswouldloveit,too.Sosheorganizedagirls'teamwithplayersundertheageof12.Sheknewitwouldbetheyoungestgirls'soccerteaminthewholecountry.Becausetheyhadnoothergirls'teamstopetewith,MaryBetharrangedmatchesagainsttheboys'teams.Theboyswerebiggerandstronger,butthegirlsdidn'tbackdown.SoonnewsspreadabouttheNordkampgirls'team.AnAmericansoccerteamfromNewYorkheardaboutthemandimmediatelysentalltheiruniformsandshoestotheir“soccersisters”.Whenthebrightorangeuniformsarrived,theNordkampgirlsdancedhappily.“Youlooklikepumpkins，”MaryBethsaid.Agirl'svoicecalledout,“Ifwearepumpkins,we'rebeautifulpumpkins.”WiththeirnewnamethePumpkins,theexperiencedteamwasreadyforabigmatch.OnDecember1,2006,thePumpkinsgatheredandwalkedinabigorangelinetoafieldneartheNordkampCenter.Theirfirstopposingteamlaughedattheyoungplayers,buttheydidn'tlaughforlong.TheyquicklyfoundoutjusthowgoodthePumpkinswere.ThePumpkinsbeatthatfirstteamandthenthenext.Thesegirlsbecamefamous,andtheirstorywasalsoencouragingtoothersinNamibia.eq\x(語(yǔ)篇解讀：本文是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述了來自納米比亞的一支女子足球隊(duì)的故事。)9．BeforeJanuary2005,inKatutura________.A．kidspreferredjumpingropetosoccerB．therewasnogirls'soccerteamC．boyshadnoplacetoplaysoccerD．girlsoftenplayedsoccerwithboys解析：選B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段中的“BeforeJanuary2005,younggirlscouldn'tplaysoccer...Theyhadnosoccerballs,noplayingfield,noshoes,andnoleader.”和第二段中的“Sosheorganizedagirls'team”可知，B項(xiàng)正確。10．Asfortheideaofgirlsplayingsoccer,MaryBethmight________.A．thinklittleofit B．bedoubtfulofitC．feelhopefulaboutit D．beuncertainaboutit解析：選C推理判斷題。由第二段中的“MaryBethGallagherlovedsoccerandknewthatthegirlswouldloveit,too”可知，對(duì)于女孩子踢足球這件事情MaryBeth是滿懷希望的，故選C項(xiàng)。11．WhywastheNordkampgirls'teamcalledthePumpkins?A．Becauseofthecolorofitsuniforms.B．Becauseoftheheightsofitsplayers.C．Pumpkinsareitsplayers'favoritefood.D．Pumpkinsalwaysbringpeoplegoodluck.解析：選A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段的“thebrightorangeuniforms”和第四段的“Youlooklikepumpkins”可知，由于她們隊(duì)服的顏色看起來和南瓜的顏色一樣，所以就被叫作南瓜隊(duì)(thePumpkins)了，故選A項(xiàng)。12．Whatcanwelearnfromthegirls'story?A．Alltimeisnotimewhenitispast.B．Afriendinneedisafriendindeed.C．Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.D．Self-trustisthefirstsecretofsuccess.解析：選C推理判斷題。由第二段中的“Theboyswerebiggerandstronger,butthegirlsdidn'tbackdown.”和最后一段中的“ThePumpkinsbeatthatfirstteamandthenthenext.”可知，這些女孩不屈不撓，勇往直前，終于踢出了一片屬于自己的天空，故選C項(xiàng)。DHomelessnessisabigproblemacrosstheworld.Manypeopleandorganizationsareworkingtosolveit.MelYoungfromScotlandandHaraldSchmiedfromAustriaaretwosuchpeople.In2001,thetwomenattendedaninternationalconferenceabouttheproblemofhomelessness.Later,theybegantowonderiffootballcouldhelpsolvetheproblem.In2003,theydecidedtostarttheHomelessWorldCuporganization.Itchoosesandtrainslocalhomelesspeoplefortheyearlyfootballpetition.Today,about500peoplefromalmost50countriesplayintheHomelessWorldCup.Andtheprogramischanginglives.DamienisfromIreland.Formanyyears,hestruggledwithdrugaddiction.Butin2006,heplayedforIreland'sHomelessWorldCupteam,andsincethen,hehasbeendrugfree!ManyoftheHomelessWordCupplayers,likeDamien,havestruggledwithdrugaddiction.However,someplayersarehomelessbecauseofpoverty.Alexisoneofthem.Hesays,“IwasborninMathare,thebiggest,worstslum(貧民窟)inKenya.Icouldnotfindanythingtoeat.Alsoschoolingwasaproblem.MylifestartedwhenIstartedplayingfootball.”FootballgaveAlexjoy.Ittaughthimtoworkhardandhelpedhimbelievethathecouldachievesomething.Footballcanevenhelppeoplewhohaveexperiencedextremetragedy.Najib,ayoungmanfromAfghanistan,haslivedthroughmuchwar.Manyofhisfamilymembershavedied.Butfootballhashelpedhimsurvive.“ItisonlyduringthegamesthatIdonotthinkaboutmysituation.I'mnotinterestedinanythingotherthanfootballandit'stheonlythingIdesire，”Najibexplains.Drugs,povertyandwararemoncausesofhomelessness.Playinginafootballpetitionmaynotdirectlytreatdrugaddiction,solvepovertyorendwar.Butitcangivepeopleemotionalstrengthandhelpthemlearnimportantlifeskills.語(yǔ)篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了無家可歸者世界杯的舉辦目的以及它是如何改變無家可歸者的生活等內(nèi)容。13．WhatdoweknowabouttheHomelessWorldCup?A．Itisheldeveryyear.B．Itfirsttookplacein2001.C．Itistheideaoftwotroubledfootballlovers.D．Itwasintroducedataninternationalconference.解析：選A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的“theyearlyfootballpetition”可知，無家可歸者世界杯每年舉辦一次。14．AfterplayingintheHomelessWorldCup,Alex______.A．gaveuptakingdrugsB．begantolivearichlifeC．gotagoodschooleducationD．becameconfidentaboutthefuture解析：選D推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中亞歷克斯所說的“MylifestartedwhenIstartedplayingfootball.”以及“helpedhimbelievethathecouldachievesomething”可以推測(cè)，通過參加無家可歸者世界杯比賽，亞歷克斯對(duì)自己的未來充滿了信心。15．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“desire”inParagraph4probablymean?A．Remember. B．Watch.C．Want. D．Create.解析：選C詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)畫線詞前的“I'mnotinterestedinanythingotherthanfootball”以及足球?qū)ajib的影響可知，他現(xiàn)在只想踢足球，別的事一概不想。故desire意為“渴望，想要”。16．Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthistext?A．FootballforeveryoneB．LasthopeforthehomelessC．EndhomelessnessfromnowonD．Beathomelessnessthroughfootball解析：選D標(biāo)題歸納題。文章首段提到無家可歸者世界杯在幫助人們改善他們的生活，接下來的主體部分通過三個(gè)不同的事例說明了這一點(diǎn)，末段又再次提到踢足球可以使人們變得更堅(jiān)強(qiáng)。因此，D項(xiàng)內(nèi)容概括了文章主旨，點(diǎn)出了文章的主題，即：通過足球比賽來應(yīng)對(duì)并解決無家可歸這一難題。Ⅱ.完形填空Travislaughedashetoreatthewrappingpaperonhisbirthdaypresent.Hewasso__1__！Finally,hewouldhavethecoolestpairofname-brandbasketballshoes.Alltheguysonhisteamwerewearingthename-brandshoesofapopularbasketball__2__，ChuckHart.__3__Hartwascriticizedforhispoorsportsmanshipandinfamous__4__，hewasagreatplayer.Infact,Traviswasn'tthinkingaboutHart'sbehavior;hehadonlyexpectedtoseeHart's__5__onthesideofthebox.Thefirstindicationthatsomethingwas__6__cameashetoreawaythelastpieceofpaper.NotHart's.Thenewshoeswerethename-brandofanotherplayer,RobertRyann,whowas__7__forhisamazingworkinthemunity.Travis'shands__8__；hisheartstopped.Itwasn'tthattheRyannshoesweren'tnice,butwhatwouldhisfriendsthink?TheywerethewrongshoesandTraviswouldbe__9__bytheotherplayers.Whenhelookedupintohisdad'seyes,however,Travis__10__hewouldnottellhim.“Thanks,Dad.Iwasreallyhopingforshoes，”Travissaidashepulledtheshoesoutofthebox.Thenextmorninghisdaddrovehimtoschool.Whenthey__11__infrontofhisdestination,Travisslowlyopenedthecardoor.Justthen,hisdadstoppedhim.“Hey,Travis,waitaminute,look...”hisdadsaid__12__，“Travis,Iknowthosearen'ttheshoesyouhadhopedfor,butIsawthenamesofthetwoguysandmadea(n)__13__.Theguywhosenameisonthoseshoes，”hesaid,pointingdownatTravis'sfeet,“issomeoneI__14__.DoyouknowhowoftenRyannhasfoundhimselfin__15__？”“No，”Travissaid.“Never.He'snevertalkedbacktohiscoachorstartedafight,andhe'sateamplayer.Youcouldhaveactedlikea(n)__16__whenyoudidn'tgettheshoesyouwanted,Travis,butyouwere__17__andmadethebestofit.Youhavesuchagood__18__，liketheguywhosenameisontheseshoes.I'mhopingthatsomeday,yournamewillbeonthecoolestpairofshoesI'lleversee.”WhenTravislookeddownathisfeet,hesawtheshoes__19__.Hisdadhadusedhismindandhearttogivethesonathoughtful__20__.語(yǔ)篇解讀：特拉維斯一直希望能有一雙和隊(duì)友們一樣的印有球星查克·哈特名字的運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋，生日那天他卻發(fā)現(xiàn)父親給他買的是另一位球星代言的運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋，但是特拉維斯表現(xiàn)得很懂事。后來他父親的一番話讓他的思想發(fā)生了改變，對(duì)鞋子有了新的認(rèn)識(shí)。1．A.surprised B．a(chǎn)shamedC．excited D．worried解析：選C根據(jù)第一句中的“Travislaughed...”可知，當(dāng)特拉維斯收到生日禮物時(shí)非常激動(dòng)(excited)。故選C項(xiàng)。2．A.team B．playerC．coach D．game解析：選B根據(jù)下文“Hartwascriticized...hewasagreatplayer.”可知，哈特是一名籃球運(yùn)動(dòng)員。故選B項(xiàng)。3．A.Unless B．IfC．Because D．Although解析：選D根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，“Hartwascriticizedforhispoorsportsmanshipandinfamous__4__(他由于差勁的體育精神和聲名狼藉的行為受到人們指責(zé))”和“hewasagreatplayer(他是一名了不起的運(yùn)動(dòng)員)”之間是讓步關(guān)系，故選D項(xiàng)。although引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句。4．A.skill B．performanceC．behavior D．a(chǎn)ction解析：選C根據(jù)下文“Infact,Traviswasn'tthinkingaboutHart'sbehavior...”可知，特拉維斯不在乎哈特的行為(behavior)，只期望看到哈特的名字出現(xiàn)在盒子的側(cè)面。此處為原詞復(fù)現(xiàn)。故選C項(xiàng)。5．A.name B．photoC．sign D．model解析：選A根據(jù)下文的“Travis,Iknow...，butIsawthenamesofthetwoguys...”及倒數(shù)第二段中的“...liketheguywhosenameisontheseshoes.”可知，此處指球星的名字。故選A項(xiàng)。6．A.strange B．wrongC．true D．funny解析：選B根據(jù)上文可知，特拉維斯收到生日禮物時(shí)非常興奮，但此時(shí)看到的卻不是他想要的由哈特代言的鞋子，所以他感到事情不對(duì)頭(wrong)。故選B項(xiàng)。7．A.known B．encouragedC．a(chǎn)dopted D．influenced解析：選A根據(jù)下文父親的解釋可知，羅伯特·瑞安也是非常有名的。known意為“出名的”，符合語(yǔ)境。故選A項(xiàng)。8．A.fell B．frozeC．shook D．folded解析：選B根據(jù)空后的“hisheartstopped”可知，特拉維斯此時(shí)心情復(fù)雜，思索著如何去面對(duì)隊(duì)友們，所以手也停止了(froze)動(dòng)作。fall意為“落下；摔倒”；freeze意為“突然停??；呆??；凍結(jié)”；shake意為“搖晃”；fold意為“折疊”。根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知選B項(xiàng)。9．A.questioned B．noticedC．teased D．a(chǎn)ttacked解析：選C根據(jù)上下文可知，隊(duì)友們都穿由查克·哈特代言的運(yùn)動(dòng)鞋，而作者的鞋子卻是由羅伯特·瑞安代言的，結(jié)合上一句“...butwhatwouldhisfriendsthink？”可知，他穿錯(cuò)了鞋，隊(duì)友們