专题 16 阅读理解 新闻报道及其它 -学易金卷：十年（2014-2023）高考真题英语分类汇编（全国通用）含解析.pdf
专题 16 阅读理解新闻报道及其它2023 年阅读理解新闻报道Passage 1【2023 年全国甲卷】I was about 13 when an uncle gave me a copy of Jostein Gaarders Sophies World.It was full of ideas that were new to me,so I spent the summer with my head in and out of that book.It spoke to me and brought me into a world of philosophy(哲学).That love for philosophy lasted until I got to college.Nothing kills the love for philosophy faster than people who think they understand Foucault,Baudrillard,or Confucius better than you and then try to explain them.Eric Weiners The Socrates Express:In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers reawakened my love for philosophy.It is not an explanation,but an invitation to think and experience philosophy.Weiner starts each chapter with a scene on a train ride between cities and then frames each philosophers work in the context(背景)of one thing they can help us do better.The end result is a read in which we learn to wonder like Socrates,see like Thoreau,listen like Schopenhauer,and have no regrets like Nietzsche.This,more than a book about understanding philosophy,is a book abour learning to use philosophy to improve a life.He makes philosophical thought an appealing exercise that improves the quality of our experiences,and he does so with plenty of humor.Weiner enters into conversation with some of the most important philosophers in history,and he becomes part of that crowd in the process by decoding(解 读)their messages and adding his own interpretation.The Socrates Express is a fun,sharp book that draws readers in with its apparent simplicity and gradually pulls them in deeper thoughts on desire,loneliness,and aging.The invitation is clear:Weiner wants you to pick up a coffee or tea and sit down with this book.I encourage you to take his offer.Its worth your time,even if time is something we dont have a lot of.28.Who opened the door to philosophy for the author?A.Foucault.B.Eric Weiner.C.Jostein Gaarder.D.A college teacher.29.Why does the author list great philosophers in paragraph 4?A.To compare Weiner with them.B.To give examples of great works.专题 16 阅读理解 新闻报道及其它-学易金卷：十年（2014-2023）高考真题英语分类汇编（全国通用）C.To praise their writing skills.D.To help readers understand Weiners book.30.What does the author like about The Socrates Express?A.Its views on history are well-presented.B.Its ideas can be applied to daily life.C.It includes comments from readers.D.It leaves an open ending.31.What does the author think of Weiners book?A.Objective and plain.B.Daring and ambitious.C.Serious and hard to follow.D.Humorous and straightforward.D.Humorous and straightforward.2022 年阅读理解新闻报道Passage1【2022 年全国乙卷】In 1916,two girls of wealthy families,best friends from Auburn,N.Y.Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwoodtraveled to a settlement in the Rocky Mountains to teach in a one-room schoolhouse.The girls had gone to Smith College.They wore expensive clothes.So for them to move to Elkhead,Colo.to instruct the children whose shoes were held together with string was a surprise.Their stay in Elkhead is the subject of Nothing Daunted:The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden,who is a magazine editor and Dorothy Woodruffs granddaughter.Why did they go then?Well,they wanted to do something useful.Soon,however,they realized what they had undertaken.They moved in with a local family,the Harrisons,and,like them,had little privacy,rare baths,and a blanket of snow on their quilt when they woke up in the morning.Some mornings,Rosamond and Dorothy would arrive at the schoolhouse to find the children weeping from the cold.In spring,the snow was replaced by mud over ice.In Wickendens book,she expanded on the history of the West and also on feminism,which of course influenced the girls decision to go to Elkhead.which entailed(牵涉)drilling through the Rockies,often in blinding snowstorms.The book ends with Rosamond and Dorothys return to Auburn.Wickenden is a very good storyteller.The sweep of the land and the stoicism(坚忍)of the people move her to some beautiful writing.Here is a picture of Dorothy Woodruff,on her horse,looking down from a hill top:“When the sun slipped behind the mountains,it shed a rosy glow all around them.Then a full moon rose.The snow was marked only by small animals:foxes,coyotes,mice,and varying hares,which turned white in the winter.”4.Why did Dorothy and Rosamond go to the Rocky Mountains?A.To teach in a school.B.To study American history.C.To write a book.D.To do sightseeing.5.What can we learn about the girls from paragraph 3?A.They enjoyed much respect.B.They had a room with a bathtub.C They lived with the local kids.D.They suffered severe hardships.6.Which part of Wickendens writing is hair-raising?A.The extreme climate of Auburn.B.The living conditions in Elkhead.C.The railroad building in the Rockies.D.The natural beauty of the West.7.What is the text?A.A news report.B.A book review.C.A childrens story.D.A diary entry.2020 年阅读理解新闻报道Passage1【2020 年新课标】When“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”was first shown to the public last month,a group of excited animal activists gathered on Hollywood Boulevard.But they werent there to throw red paint on fur-coat-wearing film stars.Instead,one activist,dressed in a full-body monkey suit,had arrived with a sign praising the filmmakers:“Thanks for not using real apes(猿)!”The creative team behind“Apes”used motion-capture(动作捕捉)technology to create digitalized animals,spending tens of millions of dollars on technology that records an actors performance and later processes it with computer graphics to create a final image(图像).In this case,one of a realistic-looking ape.Yet“Apes”is more exception than the rule.In fact,Hollywood has been hot on live animals lately.One nonprofit organization,which monitors the treatment of animals in filmed entertainment,is keeping tabs on more than 2,000 productions this year.Already,a number of films,including“Water for Elephants,”“The Hangover Part”and“Zookeeper,”have drawn the anger of activists who say the creatures acting in them havent been treated.properly.In some cases,its not so much the treatment of the animals on set in the studio that has activists worried;its the off-set training and living conditions that are raising concerns.And there are questions about the films made outside the States,which sometimes are not monitored as closely as productions filmed in the States.24.Why did the animal activists gather on Hollywood Boulevard?A.To see famous film stars.B.To oppose wearing fur coats.C.To raise money for animal protection.D.To express thanks to some filmmakers.25.What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about?A.The cost of making“Apes.”B.The creation of digitalized apes.C.The publicity about“Apes.”D.The performance of real apes.26.What does the underlined phrase“keeping tabs on”in paragraph 3 probably mean?A.Listing completely.B.Directing professionally.C.Promoting successfully.D.Watching carefully.27.What can we infer from the last paragraph about animal actors?A.They may be badly treated.B.They should take further training.C.They could be traded illegallyD.They would lose popularity.Passage2【2020 年新课标】With the young unable to afford to leave home and the old at risk of isolation(孤独),more families are choosing to live together.The doorway to peace and quiet,for Nick Bright at least,leads straight to his mother-in-law,she lives on the ground floor,while he lives upstairs with his wife and their two daughters.Four years ago they all moved into a three-storey Victorian house in Bristol-one of a growing number of multigenerational families in the UK living together under the same roof.They share a front door and a washing machine,but Rita Whitehead has her own kitchen,bathroom,bedroom and living room on the ground floor.“We floated the idea to my mum of sharing at a house,”says Kathryn Whitehead.Rita cuts in:“We spoke more with Nick because I think its a big thing for Nick to live with his mother-in-law.”And what does Nick think?“From my standpoint,it all seems to work very well.Would I recommend it?Yes,I think I would.”Its hard to tell exactly how many people agree with him,but research indicates that the numbers have been rising for some time.Official reports suggest that the number of households with three generations living together had risen from 325,000 in 2001to 419,000 in 2013.Other varieties of multigenerational family are more common.Some people live with their elderly parents;many more adult children are returning to the family home,if they ever left.It is said that about 20%of 25-34-year-olds live with their parents,compared with 16%in 1991.The total number of all multigenerational households in Britain is thought to be about 1.8 million.Stories like that are more common in parts of the world where multigenerational living is more firmly rooted.In India,particularly outside cities,young women are expected to move in with their husbands family when they get married.28.Who mainly uses the ground floor in the Victorian house in Bristol?A.Nick.B.Rita.C.KathrynD.The daughters.29.What is Nicks attitude towards sharing the house with his mother-in-law?A.Positive.B.Carefree.C.Tolerant.D.Unwilling.30.What is the authors statement about multigenerational family based on?A.Family traditions.B.Financial reports.C.Published statistics.D.Public opinions.31.What is the text mainly about?A.Lifestyles in different countries.B.Conflicts between generations.C.A housing problem in Britain.D.A rising trend of living in the UK.Passage 3【2020 年新高考全国 卷（山东卷）】In the mid-1990s,Tom Bissell taught English as a volunteer in Uzbekistan.He left after seven months,physically broken and having lost his mind.A few years later,still attracted to the country,he returned to Uzbekistan to write an article about the disappearance of the Aral Sea.His visit,however,ended up involving a lot more than that.Hence this book,Chasing the Sea:Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia,which talks about a road trip from Tashkent to Karakalpakstan,where millions of lives have been destroyed by the slow drying up of the sea.It is the story of an American travelling to a strange land,and of the people he meets on his way:Rustam,his translator,a lovely 24-year-old who picked up his colorful English in California,Oleg and Natasha,his hosts in Tashkent,and a string of foreign aid workers.This is a quick look at life in Uzbekistan,made of friendliness and warmth,but also its darker side of society.In Samarkand,Mr Bissell admires the architectural wonders,while on his way to Bukhara he gets a taste of police methods when suspected of drug dealing.In Ferghana,he attends a mountain funeral(葬礼)followed by a strange drinking party.And in Karakalpakstan,he is saddened by the dust storms,diseases and fishing boats stuck miles from the sea.Mr Bissell skillfully organizes historical insights and cultural references,making his tale a well-rounded picture of Uzbekistan,seen from Western eyes.His judgment and references are decidedly American,as well as his delicate stomach.As the author explains,this is neither a travel nor a history book,or even a piece of reportage.Whatever it is,the result is a fine and vivid description of the purest of Central Asian traditions.8.What made Mr Bissell return to Uzbekistan?A.His friends invitation.B.His interest in the country.C.His love for teaching.D.His desire to regain health.9.What does the underlined word“that”in paragraph 2 refer to?A.Developing a serious mental disease.B.Taking a guided tour in Central Asia.C.Working as a volunteer in Uzbekistan.D.Writing an article about the Aral Sea.10.Which of the following best describes Mr Bissells road trip in Uzbekistan?A.Romantic.B.Eventful.C.Pleasant.D.Dangerous.11.What is the purpose of this text?A.To introduce a book.B.To explain a cultural phenomenon.C.To remember a writer.D.To recommend a travel destination.Passage 4【2020 年新高考全国 卷（海南卷）】In May 1987 the Golden Gate Bridge had a 50th birthday party.The bridge was closed to motor traffic so people could enjoy a walk across it.Organizers expected perhaps 50,000 people to show up.Instead,as many as 800,000 crowded the roads to the bridge.By the time 250,000 were on the bridge,engineers noticed something terrible：the roadway was flattening under what turned out to be the heaviest load it had ever been asked to carry.Worse,it was beginning to sway（晃动）.The authorities closed access to the bridge and tens of thousands of people made their way back to land.A disaster was avoided.The story is one of scores in To Forgive Design：Understanding Failure,a book that is at once a love letter to engineering and a paean（赞歌）to its breakdowns.Its author,Dr.Henry Petroski,has long been writing about disasters.In this book,he includes the loss of the space shuttles（航天飞机）Challenger and Columbia,and the sinking of the Titanic.Though he acknowledges that engineering works can fail because the person who thought them up or engineered them simply got things wrong,in this book Dr.Petroski widens his view to consider the larger context in which such failures occur.Sometimes devices fail because a good design is constructed with low quality materials incompetently applied.Or perhaps a design works so well it is adopted elsewhere again and again,with seemingly harmless improvements,until,suddenly,it does not work at all anymore.Readers will encounter not only stories they have heard before,but some new stories and a moving discussion of the responsibility of the engineer to the public and the ways young engineers can be helped to grasp them.Success is success but that is all that it is,Dr.Petroski writes.It is failure that brings improvement.8.What happened to the Golden Gate Bridge on its 50th birthday?A.It carried more weight than it could.B.It swayed violently in a strong windC.Its roadway was damaged by vehiclesD.Its access was blocked by many people.9.Which of the following is Dr Petroskis idea according to paragraph 3?A.No design is well received everywhereB.Construction is more important than design.C.Not all disasters are caused by engineering designD.Improvements on engineering works are necessary.10.What does the last paragraph suggest?.A.Failure can lead to progress.B.Success results in overconfidenceC.Failure should be avoided.D.Success comes from joint efforts.11.What is the text?A.A news reportB.A short story.C.A book reviewD.A research article.2019 年阅读理解新闻报道Passage1【2019 年浙江卷 6 月】Money with no strings attached.Its not something you see every day.But at Union Station in Los Angeles last month,a board went up with dollar bills attached to it with pins and a sign that read,Give What You Can,Take What You Need.People quickly caught on.And while many took dollars,many others pinned their own cash to the board.“People of all ages,races,and socio-economic(社会经济的)backgrounds gave and took,”said Tyler Bridges of The Toolbox,which created the project.We even had a bride in her wedding dress come up to the board and take a few dollars.Most of the bills on the board were singles,bu
