（整理版高中英语）龙泉高中高三考前英语阅读日日练（十三）.doc

龙泉高中高三考前英语阅读日日练十三 第1篇 Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be. Places of business that used to keep daytime“ business hours are now open late into the night. And on the Internet, the hour of the day and the day of the week have become irrelevant(不相关的). A half century ago in the United States, most people experienced strong and precise dividing lines between days of rest and days of work，school time and summer time. Today the boundaries still exist, but they seem not clear.The law in almost all states used to require stores to close on Sunday; in most, it no longer does. It used to keep the schools open in all seasons except summer; in most, it still does. And whether the work week should strengthen its legal limits，or whether it should become more“ flexible， is often debated. How should we, as a society，organize our time? Should we go even further in relaxing the boundaries of time until we live in a world in which every minute is much like every other?These are not easy questions even to ask. Part of the difficulty is that we rarely recognize the“law of time even when we meet it face to face. We know as children that we have to attend school a certain number of hours, a certain number of days, a certain number of yearsbut unless we meet the truant officer(学监), we may well think that we should go to school due to social custom and parents demand rather than to the law. As adults we are familiar with“extra pay for overtime working， but less familiar with the fact that what constitutes(构成) “overtime is a matter of legal definition. When we turn the clock forward to start daylightsaving time, have we ever thought to ourselves：“ Here is the law in action？ As we shall see, there is a lot of law that has great influence on how we organize and use time: compulsory education law, overtime law, and daylightsaving lawas well as law about Sunday closing, holidays, being late to work ，time zones, and so on. Once we begin to look for it, we will have no trouble finding a law of time to examine and assess.语篇解读文章通过开头句(Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be.和过去相比，现在星期天倒更像星期一。)说明了我们的生活由时间规律来支配。1By saying “Sunday is more like Monday that it used to be，the writer means that_.A. work time is equal to rest timeB. many people have a day off on MondayC. it is hard for people to decide when to restD. the line between work time and rest time is unclear解析推理判断题。第一段首句Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be.是提纲挈领式的句子，后面紧接着举例论证了这一观点尤其是根据第一段最后一句可知我们上班时间和休息时间这两个界限的模糊性。从而推断此题选择D。答案D2The author raises the questions in Paragraph 2 to introduce the fact that people_.A. fail to make full use of their timeB. enjoy working overtime for extra payC. are unaware of the law of timeD. welcome flexible working hours解析推理判断题。第二段主要论述时间规律问题，比方过去要求所有的商场星期天关门休业；过去除了夏季外，要求所有的所有季节全部开放，在很大程度上，今天商场不是关门休息，而是继续营业，继续上课，从而说明了人们没有意识到时间的自然规律问题。因此答案选择C。答案C3According to the passage, most children tend to believe that they go to school because they_.A. need to acquire knowledgeB. have to obey their parentsC. need to find companionsD. have to observe the law解析事实细节题。根据第三段We know as children that we have to attend school a certain number of hours，a certain number of days，a certain number of yearsbut unless we meet the truant officer，we may well think we should go to school due to social custom and parents demand rather than the law.这句信息句分析得知，这里大局部的孩子认为他们必须上学的原因应该是服从父母而非遵守法律。应选择B。答案B4What is the main idea of the passage?A. Our life is governed by the law of time.B. How to organize time is not worth debating.C. New ways of using time change our society.D. Our time schedule is decided by social customs.解析主旨大意题。从头到尾，文章论述的是时间掌控我们的生活。最后一句就是点睛之笔。答案A 第2篇Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson, Arizona. He moved there a few years ago，and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends.My earliest memories of my father are of a tall，handsome，successful man devoted to his work and family，but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him；as a school girl and young adult (成年人) I feared him and felt bitter about him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight As and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as “successful as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard.On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my fathers friends for lunch at an outdoor cafe. We walked along that afternoon，did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my sons funny facial expressions. Gone was my fathers critical (挑剔的) air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father，who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back before?The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, Im at last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, Im delighted with my_new_friend. My dad, in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.5. Why did the author feel bitter about her father as a young adult?A. He was silent most of the time.B. He was too proud of himself.C. He did not love his children.D. He expected too much of her.解析细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight As and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as successfulas he was. 可知，作者小时候怀恨爸爸是因为爸爸对她要求很严厉、很苛刻。答案D6. When the author went out with her father on weekends, she would feel_.A. nervousB. sorryC. tired D. safe解析推理判断题。根据第二段中“Whenever I went out with him on weekends，I used to struggle to think up things to say，feeling on guard.可知每次和父亲一起外出度周末，她都非常紧张。on guard为固定短语，意为“警戒。答案A7. What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson?A. More critical. B. More talkative.C. Gentle and friendly. D. Strict and hardworking.解析推理判断题。根据文章第三段和第四段的描述可知，作者的爸爸其实也很温和、友善。从第三段结尾的几个反问句可以知道。第四段中作者感到和爸爸成了朋友。答案C8. The underlined words “my new friend in the last paragraph refer to_.A. the authors sonB. the authors fatherC. the friend of the authors fatherD. the café owner解析推理判断题。文中的new friend指的是作者的爸爸。作者以前一直以为爸爸是个严厉、苛刻的人，和他相处时，总是感到惧怕和紧张，但是在到了Tucson，和爸爸接触之后才看到爸爸友善的一面，所以作者感到她有了一个新朋友。 第3篇Celebrity(名人) has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about specific film，but now the public tends to base its consumption (消费)on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. Besides，fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they dont sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result.celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for othersproducts to developing their own.Celebrity clothing lines arent a completely new phenomenon，but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers，and limited to a few TV actresses. Today theyre started by firstclass stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands. The most successful startups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market，they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life.However，for every success story, theres a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the products origin is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in selfpromotional marketing. And once the initial (最初的) attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty (忠诚) returning to triedandtrue labels.Today, celebrities face even more severe embarrassment. The popcultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each_misstep_threatens_to_reduce_a_celebritys_shelf_life,_and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Still，the egos (自我的)potential for expansion is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition，many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashionlike celebrityhas always been temporary.5. Fashion magazines today_.A. seldom put models on the coverB. no longer put models on the coverC. need not worry about celebritiesmarket potentialD. judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly解析细节理解题。由第一段“fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover可知答案。答案A6. A change in the consumer market can be found today that_.A. price rather than brand name is more concernedB. producers prefer models to celebrities for advertisementsC. producers prefer TV actresses to film stars for advertisementsD. quality rather than the outside of products is more concerned解析推理判断题。文章第三段论述名人如果高估了自己的形象价值而无视了质量问题，人们还是最终会失去兴趣而信任质量过硬的品牌。答案D7. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will possibly_.A. decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his productsB. damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general publicC. cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show businessD. influence the price of a celebritys products解析推理判断题。联系此句上下文：流行文化圈越来越大，但失败的风险也会越来越大，依靠名人效应的品牌一旦失足，影响的不只是名人自己的形象还有企业的效益。A项最全面，其他选项片面或偏离中心。答案A8. The passage is mainly about_.A. celebrity and personal styleB. celebrity and market potentialC. celebrity and fashion designD. celebrity and clothing industry解析主旨大意题。通过对文章的分析可以看出，文章讲的是名人和市场潜能的关系，而不是和个人风格、流行设计、服装工业的关系。答案B 第4篇Having a husband means an extra seven hours of housework each week for women, according to a new study. For men, getting married saves an hour of housework a week. “Its a wellknown_pattern， said lead researcher Frank Stafford at University of Michigans Institute for Social Research. “Men usually work more outside the home, while women take on more of the housework.He points out that differences among households (家庭) exist.But in general, marriage means more housework for women and less for men. “And the situation gets worse for women when they have children. Stafford said.Overall，times are changing in the American home. In 1976，women busied themselves with 26 weekly hours of sweepinganddusting work, compared with 17 hours in . Men are taking on more housework, more than doubling their housework hours from six in 1976 to 13 in .Single women in their 20s and 30s did the least housework, about 12 weekly hours，while married women in their 60s and 70s did the mostabout 21 hours a week.Men showed a somewhat different pattern ，with older men picking up the broom more often than younger men. Single men worked the hardest around the house, more than that of all other age groups of married men.Having children increases housework even further. With more than three children, for example, wives took on more of the extra work，clocking about 28 hours a week compared with husbands 10 hours.语篇解读过去，对于女人来说，结婚意味着每周多做7个小时的家务；对于男人来说，结婚意味着每周少做1小时的家务。而如今，情况却发生了变化。1According to the“wellknown patternin Paragraph 1, a married man_.A. takes on heavier workB. does more houseworkC. is the main breadwinnerD. is the master of the house解析猜想词义题。第一段最后一句告诉我们：男人通常在外挣钱养家，而女人那么更多负责家务。答案C2How many hours of housework did men do every week in the 1970s?A. About 28. B. About 26.C. About 13. D. About 6.解析事实细节题。第三段最后一句告诉我们：男人在20世纪70年代每周做家务6小时。答案D3What kind of man is doing most housework according to the text?A. An unmarried man.B. An older married man.C. A younger married man.D. A married man with children.解析事实细节题。第五段最后一句告诉我们：单身男子做家务最多。答案A4What can we conclude from Staffords research?A. Marriage gives men more freedom.B. Marriage has effects on job choices.C. Housework sharing changes over time.D. Having children means doubled housework.解析主旨大意题。本文主要告诉我们：男女分担家务随着时间的推移发生了变化。答案C