專題能力訓練十三　閱讀理解(四)

　　　能力升級訓練第39頁　?

　　A

　　(2024·北京東城第二學期綜合練習)

　　It was a dangerous period for Nancy where her own fortunes were concerned.She had to rely on freelance(自由撰稿) work for six months after Quality Weekly Magazine folded.The regular salary cheque had always seemed very small,but now it was like lost riches.She sent many articles to other magazines.Sometimes she struck it lucky and got a task.She once wrote a short article of a politician who appreciated her fair-minded approach and gave her some secret information.Her article was noticed by an editor in search of something sharp and fresh.And Nancy was getting a name for sharp comment.In this trade,she saw,you didn’t need so much to be up to date with things as ahead of them,lying in wait for circumstance,ready to jump.

　　Then one day she walked into the offices of National Daily.It had taken her article and its editor had looked kindly upon her.Having handed over a piece on the latest educational theories she’d written,she fell into conversation with a woman she had known before.She learned that one of the paper’s regular columnists(專欄作家) had quitted the job.So Nancy made the necessary phone call to apply for the job.

　　And then,the phone call came.She’d have a weekly column with her photograph next to it.There’d be a salary cheque,and perhaps fame and success to follow that.She realized that the job presented her with a wonderful opportunity.

　　Later,when she was alone,Nancy thought that her appointment had probably been a piece of good fortune.However,she refused to allow the word “l(fā)uck”.She must have got the job because she was good and experienced.What she never knew was that in fact the editor had been at the point of offering the column to another writer,Alex.When he was about to pick up the phone to call Alex,the colleague he most disliked walked into his office,and spoke with satisfaction of the possibility of closer association with this old friend of his.As soon as the colleague was out of the room,he reached for the phone,and rang Nancy.

　　【語篇導讀】本文是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述了National Daily的專欄作家南希的職場經歷。南希原來工作的Quality Weekly Magazine雜志社倒閉后,南希一直靠自由撰稿工作來維持生計,失業(yè)后她意識到機會的重要性。在一次偶然中,她得到了National Daily的專欄作家離職的消息,隨即抓住了這一時機,求職成功。

　　1.Why did Nancy spend a dangerous period?

　　A.Because freelance work was difficult to do.

　　B.Because she reported some secret information.

　　C.Because her regular salary cheque was too small.

　　D.Because she lost the job in Quality Weekly Magazine.

　　答案:D

　　解析:細節(jié)理解題。根據第一段第二、三句 “She had to rely on freelance(自由撰稿) work...but now it was like lost riches.” 可知,由于南希所在的Quality Weekly Magazine倒閉了,她不得不靠自由撰稿工作來維持生計。她因此生活拮據,度過了一段危險時光。故D項正確。

　　2.Nancy thought the secret of success as a journalist was to 　.?

　　A.make positive comments

　　B.wait and grasp the chance

　　C.get along well with editors

　　D.keep up with the latest information

　　答案:B

　　解析:細節(jié)理解題。根據第一段最后一句 “...she saw,you didn’t need so much to be up to date with things as ahead of them,lying in wait for circumstance,ready to jump.” 可知,南希認為,等待和抓住機會是成功的關鍵。故B項正確。

　　3.In the last paragraph,the underlined part “this old friend of his” refers to 　.?

　　A.the colleague B.the editor

　　C.Alex D.Nancy

　　答案:C

　　解析:詞義猜測題。根據最后一段可知,雜志主編原本想打電話給艾力克斯,但他最討厭的一個同事可能和艾力克斯聯系密切,所以他打給了南希。由此可推知,畫線部分指艾力克斯。故C項正確。

　　4.What can we infer from the passage?

　　A.The new job presented Nancy with pressure.

　　B.Nancy got the job in National Daily by chance.

　　C.Regular columnists are better than freelance writers.

　　D.Working hard is the key to gaining popularity for a writer.

　　答案:B

　　解析:推理判斷題。根據第二段最后兩句 “She learned that one of the paper’s regular columnists(專欄作家) had quitted the job.So Nancy made the necessary phone call to apply for the job.” 以及第三段最后一句 “She realized that the job presented her with a wonderful opportunity.” 可知,一次偶然的機會南希得知National Daily的一名專欄作家離職,她隨即抓住了這一機會求職;根據最后一段可知,主編本想用艾力克斯,但因其同事的原因才用了南希。由此可判斷,南希是偶然得到機會在National Daily工作的。故B項正確。

　　B

　　(2024·鄭州第二次質量預測)

　　Facebook(臉譜網) friends cannot replace the real thing,say psychologists.

　　People are happier and laugh 50% more when they talk face to face with friends or via webcam(web camera) than when they use social networking sites,a study has found.

　　Dr.Roberts,a famous lecturer at the University of Chester,said such websites don’t appear to help people make true friendships.Based on two questionnaires(調查表),he found there was no link between Facebook use and people with larger groups of friends.

　　Dr.Roberts,whose work will be presented at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference in Harrogate,said,“The bottom line is that our relationships are not dependent on the quantity of our communication.They depend on quality,and even Skype(網絡電話) is better at increasing the quality of our communication than time spent on Facebook.”Even talking on the phone or texting does not make people feel as good as sharing a smile,the research says.The studies suggest quality,not quantity,of communication is the most important for keeping friends for life.

　　People find the most satisfying relationships come from a small number of close friends,with an outer “ring” of 10 significant others.With these people,it doesn’t matter what type of social media you use for communication.But people who want to “contact the world at large” using Facebook can be disappointed,because they spread themselves too thinly,claim researchers.

　　In a third study,Dr.Roberts asked people to communicate with friends face to face or via Skype and keep a 14-day diary.This was compared with communicating via phone,text messages or social networking sites.People communicating face to face or on Skype were 50% more likely to laugh,and they rated themselves as significantly happier.

　　【語篇導讀】這是一篇議論文。心理學家指出,社交網站并不能讓我們得到真正的友情。研究表明,人們與朋友當面交流或者使用Skype等方式比在臉譜網等社交網站上交流更快樂。

　　5.Dr.Roberts’s finding that there was no connection between Facebook use and people with many friends was 　.?

　　A.based on questionnaires B.based on conversations

　　C.through instant messages D.through social media

　　答案:A

　　解析:細節(jié)理解題。第三段中說羅伯茨博士的研究 “Based on two questionnaires(調查表)”,因此選A項。

　　6.What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?

　　A.Most people contact each other online.

　　B.Keeping a friend for life is not easy.

　　C.The quality of communication is the most important for keeping friends for life.

　　D.Skype is better at understanding us than Facebook.

　　答案:C

　　解析:句意猜測題。第四段的最后一句是該段的中心句,即交朋友最重要的是交流的質量而不是數量,因此選C項。

　　7.What does the underlined part in the fifth paragraph probably suggest?

　　A.They are too excited to express themselves.

　　B.They limit their social circle to a small range.

　　C.They spread their information at a low speed.

　　D.They lack information to introduce themselves.

　　答案:B

　　解析:推理判斷題。根據畫線部分所在句的轉折連詞 “But” 及 “disappointed” 可知,畫線部分的語境與前面的 “contact the world at large” 相反,因此其含義應是B項,他們把自己的社交圈局限在一個很小的范圍內。

　　8.What is Dr.Roberts’s attitude towards the use of Facebook?

　　A.Positive. B.Casual.

　　C.Responsible. D.Unsupportive.

　　答案:D

　　解析:推理判斷題。文章第一句就說,臉譜網上的朋友不能替代真正的朋友;再根據第三段中的 “such websites don’t appear to help people make true friendships” 可知,羅伯茨博士對使用臉譜網是不支持的,故選D項。

　　C

　　(2024·安徽安慶二模)

　　Jenny was a pretty five-year-old girl.One day when she and her mother were checking out at the grocery store,Jenny saw a plastic pearl(珍珠) necklace priced at $2.50.Her mother bought the necklace for her on condition that she had to do some housework to pay it off.Jenny agreed.She worked very hard every day,and soon Jenny paid off the necklace.Jenny loved it so much that she wore it everywhere except when she was in the shower.Her mother had told her it would turn her neck green!

　　Jenny had a very loving daddy.When Jenny went to bed,he would read Jenny her favorite story.

　　One night when he finished the story,he said,“Jenny,could you give me your necklace?”

　　“Oh!Daddy,not my necklace!” Jenny said.“But you can have Rosy,my favorite doll.Remember her?You gave her to me last year for my birthday.Okay?”

　　“Oh no,darling,that’s okay.” Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss.“Good night,little one.”

　　A week later,her father once again asked Jenny for the necklace after her favorite story.

　　“Oh,Daddy,not my necklace!But you can have Ribbons,my toy horse.Do you remember her?She’s my favorite.”

　　“No,that’s okay,”her father said and brushed her cheek again with a kiss.“God bless you,little one.Sweet dreams.”

　　Several days later,when Jenny’s father came in to read her a story,Jenny was sitting on her bed and her lip was trembling.“Here,Daddy,” she said,holding out her hand.She opened it and her beloved pearl necklace was inside.She let it slip into her father’s hand.

　　With one hand her father held the plastic pearl necklace and with the other he pulled out of his pocket a blue box.Inside the box was a real,beautiful pearl necklace.He had had it all along.He was waiting for Jenny to give up the cheap necklace so he could give her a real one.

　　【語篇導讀】本文是一篇記敘文。文章講述了關于家庭教育的一個小故事。經不住父親連續(xù)幾次的索要,小女孩終于將自己最喜愛的塑料珍珠項鏈送給了父親,孰料父親卻給了她一條真正的珍珠項鏈。

　　9.What did Jenny have to do to get the plastic pearl necklace?

　　A.She had to help her mother do some housework.

　　B.She had to listen to her father tell a story every night.

　　C.She had to ask her father to pay for the necklace.

　　D.She had to give away her favorite toys to the poor children.

　　答案:A

　　解析:細節(jié)理解題。根據第一段中的 “Her mother bought the necklace for her on condition that she had to do some housework to pay it off.” 可知選A項,女孩必須幫媽媽做家務。

　　10.From the text we know that 　.?

　　A.Jenny’s mother paid a lot for the plastic pearl necklace

　　B.Jenny wore the necklace everywhere even in the shower

　　C.Jenny didn’t like Rosy and Ribbons any longer

　　D.Jenny got a real pearl necklace from her father

　　答案:D

　　解析:細節(jié)理解題。最后一段說,爸爸一手接過女兒遞過來的塑料珍珠項鏈,另外一只手拿出一個裝著真正的珍珠項鏈的盒子送給女兒,因此選D項。

　　11.Jenny’s father asked for her plastic pearl necklace repeatedly in order to 　.?

　　A.get it for himself B.donate it

　　C.train her character D.put it away

　　答案:C

　　解析:推理判斷題。從這個故事的寓意看,父親向女兒要她的項鏈是為了讓她懂得世界上有一種比任何珠寶都珍貴的禮物,那就是愛,因此選C項,是為了培養(yǎng)她的性格。

　　12.What can be the best title for the text?

　　A.A Lovely Girl B.Father and Daughter

　　C.A Pearl Necklace D.An Unforgettable Childhood

　　答案:C

　　解析:主旨大意題。故事圍繞珍妮的塑料珍珠項鏈展開敘述,因此C項最適合作文章的標題。

　　D

　　(2024·安徽馬鞍山第二次質檢)

　　AUGUSTA,Maine—Repair crews from Maine to Michigan and into Canada worked to restore power to more than half a million homes that were left in the dark by last weekend’s ice storm,which has been linked to 27 deaths.

　　In the United States,the storm caused at least 17 deaths on Christmas day,from traffic accidents and carbon monoxide (一氧化碳) poisoning.

　　In Canada,10 people were reported dead,including seven who were reported dead from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.Police said five people in Ontario died after using gas to heat their home northeast of Toronto and two in Quebec in a wooden house.Earlier,three people were killed in eastern Canada in highway crashes blamed on severe weather conditions.

　　The ice storm last weekend was one of the worst to hit during a Christmas week,and repair crews were working around the clock to restore service.

　　As temperatures decreased sharply in Toronto,authorities reported a sudden jump in calls for help for suspected carbon monoxide poisoning,responding to 110 calls in a 24-hour period.Officials said they typically see 20 such calls a day.Fire officials warned people not to use anything that burns inside a home,and even cautioned against using a lot of candles.

　　“I understand they want to keep warm,but you cannot do this.This is deadly,” Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said Tuesday.

　　In Toronto,about 72,000 customers remained without power Christmas morning.Elsewhere in Ontario,about 30,000 customers were still in the dark.Tens of thousands of homes were still without power on Wednesday in Michigan,down from more than 500,000 at the storm’s peak (頂峰).Maine had about 60,000 without power.

　　Canadian officials warned that some customers could be without power until Saturday.

　　13.What is the main cause of the death in Canada?

　　A.Their houses’ burning down.

　　B.Traffic accidents on highways.

　　C.Carbon monoxide poisoning.

　　D.Using lots of candles at home.

　　答案:C

　　解析:推理判斷題。根據前三段內容“在27個死亡的人當中有10人死于一氧化碳中毒,”再結合第五段內容可知,一氧化碳中毒是造成這些死亡的主要原因。

　　14.Why were there a jump in calls for help?

　　A.Because there was a sudden drop in temperature.

　　B.Because many crashes happened on the highway.

　　C.Because a lot of people wanted to order candles.

　　D.Because people couldn’t get out to pay their bills.

　　答案:A

　　解析:推理判斷題。根據第五段可知,氣溫急劇下降,許多人打電話求助。

　　15.What can we infer from the text?

　　A.The repair work hasn’t been finished.

　　B.The ice storm last weekend was the worst.

　　C.Fire officials didn’t give people warning.

　　D.The ice storm is at its peak at the moment.

　　答案:A

　　解析:推理判斷題。根據文章最后一句可知,停電將持續(xù)到周六,由此推斷電力維修尚未完成。

　　16.What’s the best title for the passage?

　　A.Cold Christmas comes without power

　　B.Ice storm leaves many without power

　　C.Ice storm causes many deaths on road

　　D.The worst disaster happens in Canada

　　答案:B

　　解析:標題概括題。這是一則資訊,文章第一段是資訊內容的概括,由此得出答案。

　　E

　　Three-quarters of a million tourists flock to the white beaches every year,but this booming industry has come at a price.Poisonous smoke rising from open fires,rubbish made up of plastic bottles,packets...it’s a far cry from the white sands,clear waters and palm trees that we associate with the Maldives(馬爾代夫),the paradise island holiday destination set in the Indian Ocean.

　　Of its 200 inhabited islands,which are spread across an area of 35,000 square miles,99 are good resorts(度假勝地).So many tourists come every year,more than double the local population.Of these tourists,over 100,000 travel from the UK.The capital,Malé,is four times more densely populated than London.Given these facts,it’s hardly surprising that the Maldives has a waste disposal problem.