高考英语阅读理解考前热身（Day31）.docx

高考阅读理解考前热身（Day31）A（应用文）With the new semester about to start, our school is welcoming a group of new international students. We have some apps here that will make your life easier. We hope you will have a wonderful life here. WeChatWeChat is now the most popular social media app in China. Almost everyone is using WeChat. You can send both text and voice messages on WeChat. You can also make voice and video calls. You can also post texts, pictures and video clips. If your friends in your home country have this app, you can also chat with them through voice or video. WeChat is also widely used now as a form of payment which can be used in stores, online, and in other shopping apps. AlipayAlipay is a similar app to PayPal. It was first used on Taobao and now people can still use it as a mobile payment option. You can even use mobile payment at street vendors, so if you have this app, you can leave your wallet at home. DidiNow Didi seems to be the smartest way to travel around. With one tap, a car comes directly to you. Didi is a Chinese car-hailing service app. It has a function called “ride sharing”, which saves a lot of money for passengers. But it does not have an English version, so if you want to use it, you will have to learn some Chinese. PlecoThis is one of the top Chinese/English dictionary apps and it covers 130, 000 Chinese words and includes 20, 000 example sentences with pinyin. It is perfect for those who want to learn Chinese, and also for tourists who need to translate words or phrases from English to Chinese.1Who are the intended readers for this text?AChinese learners.BInternational teachers in China.CForeign students studying in China.DStudents furthering their studies.2The following statements about the apps are TRUE except .APeople can hail a car with Didi in English.BPeople can use WeChat to post, call and pay.CPleco is useful for tourists who know little Chinese.DAlipay was originally used to make payments on Taobao.3Which app is helpful in learning Chinese?AWeChat.BAlipay.CDidi.DPleco.B（记叙文） If someone had told me five years ago that I would be living happily ever after on a small farm in western Oklahoma, I would have immediately denied the possibility. Back then, I was a confirmed city girl. I enjoyed the city life.Then one day, while we were checking my mothers farm for her, I looked around, liked what I saw and asked my husband, “Why dont we build a house here on the farm?”To my surprise, he said, “Yes!”And so we began a new and very different chapter in our life story. My husband and I set out to deal with the land. We took down dead trees, knocked down the outbuildings and planted vegetable and flower gardens. We learned new skills as we worked and provided the locals with humorous moments as they answered our questions. We built a home to welcome family and friends, to share the beauty and bounty of the land.We soon realized the land had played a joke on us: it had changed and transformed us in our efforts to change it. We lost weight and gained muscles.Weve learned to recognize and honor natures cycles and timing instead of clocks, calendars, schedules and to-do lists. With only two clocks in the house, we enjoy the flow of days into nights. Our timeless life allows us to appreciate sunrises and sunsets each a unique event that camera and words only partially capture.Living a simple life in the country has led us back to common sense. Weve learned to be resourceful in solving problems and can think of many unique ways. I become better at handling a situation with fewer resources and conveniences.In the quietness of the land, we hear and appreciate natures music. We also listen to the silence. Walking through the grasses, gazing at the century-old trees and wondering about all the changes and history they have witnessed are relaxing pastimes. I have to be truthful: caring for the land is a joyful job.；4How did her husband react to the authors proposal?AOpposed.BApproving.CSurprised.DConcerned.；5How did the author benefit from the country life?AShe enjoyed better health.BShe made much money by working.CShe regained the respect from the farmers.DShe improved her relationship with her family.；6What is the authors feeling when living in the country?AShe becomes more creative.BShe becomes more humorous.CShe becomes more honest with others.DShe becomes more interested in travelling.；7What message does the author want to convey?ASimple life is the most important.BCountry life is better than city life.CGetting close to nature can be joyful.DLiving in the country is everyones dream.C（新鲜科技类-说明文） With the help of a new mobile application called Farm Assistant, developed by Wu Zeyin, farmers in Botswana can make their work much easier.Wu, an 11-year-old pupil from Hubei province, moved to Botswana with his family seven years ago. During the past years living in the country, he found that the quantity of fruit and vegetables sold at local supermarkets was very limited, and the quality was poor. Some vegetables werent ripe, such as small carrots and green tomatoes, and they were quite expensive.Tropical savanna(草原)and desert climates are typical in most parts of the country, making it difficult to grow common crops. Drought-tolerant species of corn, sorghum and beans are also uncommon. For a long time, Botswana had to import many grains, fruits and vegetables from neighbouring countries, such as South Africa, to meet the needs of its people.Botswana has made a series of cooperative arrangements with China to get rid of food shortages. In July last year, a pilot project to grow Chinas water-saving and drought-tolerant rice was successfully undertaken in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, which brought Wu some new ideas on local agriculture.“At that time, I was preparing for the first Youth Artificial Intelligence and Future Media Global Innovation Challenge,” he said, “When I got the news, I gave up my first plan of developing a personal time management app, and decided to develop an app for agriculture.”The app supports eight crops commonly grown locally, including tomatoes, potatoes, onions, corn, carrots, cabbage, eggplant and radishes. Farmers who use the application can click on the pare to see its watering needs, opening time, seed price, selling price and production. After planting the seeds, farmers click the timer to start, and the application reminds them what to do at each stage.When asked why he wanted to help local farmers here, Wu quotes an old saying in China: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”8Which can be the main reason for Botswanas food shortage?ALimited supplies in local markets.BUnfavourable climate conditions.CLack of advanced farming techniques.DFrequent threats from natural disasters.9What does the underlined word “undertaken” mean in Paragraph 4?ALaunched.BRemoved.CAdapted.DPromoted.10How can Wus application make farmers work easier?AIt improves local planting environment.BIt identifies the commonly grown crops.CIt teaches farmers when to plant the seeds.DIt provides basic information of the crops.11Which of the following can be the best title for the text?ABotswanas Food Problem Solved by a New AppBTechnology Is Making a Difference in BotswanaCGifted Chinese Teenager Helps Botswana FarmersDChinese Old Wisdom Promises a Brighter FutureD（研究报告） Have you ever had a food that you tasted and you immediately disliked? Maybe it was broccoli, dark chocolate, or cottage cheese. Maybe you were “encouraged” to try the food again, and then one of those times you actually liked it. Many people have had this experience. While tastes are developed at a young age, they can be changed, which depends on a persons desire to try. Researchers at the University of Birmingham released a study that showed people have a flavor window. The flavor window is open for four-to-six-month-old babies. During this time, it is easier to get babies to try a food they have not previously tasted. As they grow up, the flavor window slowly closes, leaving most of them dubious of new foods. However, the flavor window closing at a young age doesnt mean it cant be reopened. A study found that if babies are introduced to a new food 5 to 10 times, they can grow to like it. That amount goes up as children grow older. Ultimately, the study came to the conclusion that the flavor window may never be completely shut. Being willing to try a new food repeatedly is necessary to open a persons flavor window again. Each attempt will lessen the natural unwillingness of something new. Eventually, “not bad” can turn into “pretty good”. One method for inspiring courage to try new foods multiple times is testing different ingredients. Adding an ingredient-sugar or salt, perhaps-that one enjoys, might make an unappealing food more appealing. Once the person has trained him or herself to like the food, the added ingredient may not be necessary. Overcoming a dislike of a particular food requires tasting a food in different ways and at different times. In spite of strange smells, odd textures( 奇怪的纹理) or distinctive flavors, a person has the ability to acquire a true liking for even the most unique and unusual foods. So dont give up-you never know when you might surprise yourself and discover that broccoli is your new favorite food!；12What does the study find about babies?ABabies are naturally unwilling to try new foods.BBabies develop a favorite food if they eat that food many times.CBabies are more likely to accept new foods when the flavor window is open.DBabies who are not exposed to new foods will experience a narrow flavor window.；13What does the underlined word in paragraph 2 mean?AGreedy.BDoubtful.CImpatient.DBored.；14Why does the author include paragraph 4 in the text?ATo explain how adding sugar or salt improves the taste of foodsBTo highlight that there is no reason why people stop trying new foods.CTo warn that people may have difficulty preparing new foods properly.DTo suggest that people can expand their flavor preferences with time and effort.；15Which of the following can be the best title for the text?ADont give up on broccoli.BTry new foods before it is too late.CWays to reopen your flavor window.DA new study about your eating habits.参考答案CAD BAAC BADC CBDC第 4 页，共 4 页学科网（北京）股份有限公司