高考英语阅读理解 七选五课堂小题过关练七 (1).docx

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1、高中英语阅读理解+七选五课堂小题过关练七PART A（1）Grebet is a 22-year-old design student in Ivory Coast. Everywhere he looks, he sees signs of Western influence - from the shopping malls lining the streets in his home city to the way his classmates speak and dress. "We are living like we are Western people," h

2、e says. "It's like we are not proud of our own culture, " So he created emojis (表情符号) that show what he thinks is missing from global keyboard culture: symbols of history and daily life in Ivory Coast and neighboring countries.In 2018, he released a free group of over 360 emojis in a m

3、obile app called Zouzoukwa, which means "image" in the local language. Available on Android and iPhone, it now has over 120,000 downloads. It's more impressive than other emoji apps. The emojis show life and culture in Ivory Coast and the surrounding regions(地区), including traditional

4、masks, African instruments and people dressed in a variety of prints and clothing that show regional heritageSome of his favorite designs are a series of facial expressions commonly used in his region, but not available as a standard emoji. "They are expressions we often use in real life, but t

5、hey were not represented on our phones," Grebet says. "The next step is to try and get some of my designs into the official emoji set, where they'd reach more than 2 billion people worldwide, as standardized symbols on smartphones everywhere,"Grebet plans to keep traveling and exp

6、anding his experiences and his emojii pack. His designs so far are drawn from his experiences and research into a few African countries.1. What does Grebet think of their local culture at the beginning?A. It's full of inspirational symbols.B. It's influential in local people's lifeC. It&

7、#39;s quite similar to Western cultureD. It's absent in many parts of their life.2. What is Zouzoukwa's advantage over other emoji apps?A. It provides a better source of signs.B. It is designed based on daily items.C. It is related to the local life and culture.D. It downloads emojis on Andr

8、oid and iPhone3. What is Grebet most likely to do in the future?A. Create an official emoji set.B. Standardize some of his emojis.C. Research into African countries.D. Take a tour to popularize his designs（2）Allison Guallpa concentrates on following the video directions for an unusual painting at ho

9、me the eighth-grader must draw a face using fruits or vegetables. She chooses peaches for rosy cheeks and a banana for the mouth.Thats just one project Guallpa and other children are participating in during a 10-week, free, virtual art education series led by Marie Saint-Cyr, owner of Saint-Cyr Art

10、Studio. Other challenges have included drawing a black-and-white still life of bottles, creating a watercolor landscape (风景) and copying works of artists like Van Gogh.Saint-Cyr began the program during the summer of 2020 to give children an opportunity to express themselves and their feelings durin

11、g dramatic changes in their lives because of COVID-19. Saint-Cyr, 25, moved to Long Island at 8. The programs she attended after her arrival were free and influenced her so much that she wanted to create something alike for the next generation.Parents first contact Saint-Cyr through her website, S.

12、Saint-Cyr works with program supporters who pay her and provide the supplies for the children, which parents can pick up or have delivered. Saint-Cyr then provides 30-minute videos through Google Classroom that walk students through creating their artwork projects. At 4 p.m. meetups Mondays through

13、Thursdays, whoever can make it attends a Zoom meeting where children show off their works in progress, give each other feedback (反馈) and ask questions. They also do 5-to 10-minute small exercises to improve their skills. It might be “Find an object and draw it without lifting the pencil off the pape

14、r”. At the conclusion of the series, Saint-Cyr displays students work in the “walk-through” virtual gallery online. It looks as if viewers are really walking through a museum display with all the kids professional artwork hanging on the walls.Instead of being bored, the students participating in the

15、 program have got something to do create things, see all the students works and get ideas. Saint-Cyr is considering bringing the program to nearby schools as an optional after-school activity.4 How does Guallpa learn to create the unusual painting?A. Through TV programs.B. Through picture books.C. T

16、hrough school courses.D. Through video instructions.5. Why did Saint-Cyr start the program?A. To strengthen teacher-student relationship.B. To help kids express emotions artistically.C. To provide parents with painting supplies.D. To sharpen kids organizational skills.6. Whats paragraph 4 mainly abo

17、ut?A. How the art program works.B. How parents react to the art program.C. What kids do at the regular meetings.D. What viewers think of kids creations.7. Whats the authors attitude towards the program?A. Doubtful. B. Positive. C. Uncaring. D. Opposed.（3）More than 11,000 scientists are warning that

18、the Earth is facing a climate emergency. They represent several fields of study and come from 150 countries around the world. They approved a report that appeared in the publication Bioscience. It warns that the world will face "untold human suffering" if people do not make lasting changes

19、 in human activities that influence climate change. The new report is called "the World Scientists' Warning of a Climate Emergency". Three leaders of the study from the United States worked on the study with scientists from universities in South Africa and Australia. This is the first

20、time a large group of scientists have jointly used the word "emergency" when talking about climate change."In spite of 40 years of global climate negotiations (谈判) , we have generally conducted business as usual and have largely failed to deal with this difficult situation," the

21、study said. "Climate change has arrived and is speeding up faster than many scientists expected."The report referred to 6 areas that the world needs to deal with immediately. The scientists appealed to nations to use energy more efficiently and cut their use of fossil fuels. They suggested

22、 that lawmakers approve taxes on the burning of carbon-based fuels, such as coal, oil and natural gas.The scientists expressed support for women's rights and making family planning services reach all people. They said this would help to reduce unexpected changes in the size of the human populati

23、on. The report urges (敦促) people to move toward more of a plant-based diet. Other areas of concern include preventing permanent loss of some plant and animal species in the forest. The report notes that the public should take strong action to move politicians (政治家) to approve lasting policy changes.

24、The scientists added, " We believe that the outlook will be positive if decision-makers and all of humanity immediately respond to this warning of a climate emergency, and act to preserve the life on the Earth, our only home."8. What will happen if climate change continues to grow worse?A.

25、 Humans will be homeless.B. Humans will suffer quite a lot.C. Plants and animals will die out.D. Forests will be destroyed forever.9. How have people reacted to climate change in the past 40 years?A. They have ignored scientists' warningB. They have talked much but done little.C. They have gradu

26、ally solved the problemD. They have controlled the difficult situation.10. Which of the following can help slow down climate change?A. Using energy in an efficient way,B. Approving taxes on renewable energyC. Stopping cutting down trees completely.D. Adopting a diet with more animal meat.11. What is

27、 the best title for the passage?A. Scientists' Hard Work of Saving the EarthB. The Important Reasons for Climate ChangeC. Scientists' Warning of a Climate EmergencyD. The Influence of Human Activities on Climate（4）A group of second-year college students have discovered hidden writing on a pa

28、ge from a book from the 1500s, using a special camera system they built.Surprisingly, finding hidden writing on very old documents isnt all that unusual. In fact, theres even a special name for documents like this: a palimpsest (再生羊皮纸卷).Long ago, writing was done on parchment thin, dried animal skin

29、s specially prepared for writing. But parchment wasnt easy to make and wasnt cheap. So it became common to erase the old writing off a parchment and then reuse it for another piece of writing. Thats what creates a palimpsest.The writing erased off the parchment cant be seen directly, but scientists

30、have learned ways to use special lighting to reveal the original writing. But its unusual for young college students to discover palimpsests.Last year, first-year students at the Rochester Institute of Technology took part in a class that brought together many students to take on a project as a grou

31、p. The project was to build a special camera system that could take pictures using different kinds of light.Over the summer, the students working on the imaging camera managed to finish it. When they were done, they borrowed several old parchments from the collection at the schools Cary Graphic Arts

32、 Collection. When they put one of the pages under their camera system with UV light, the hidden writing suddenly appeared. Under the UV light, handwriting in French could easily be seen behind the fancy writing and decorations normally visible on the page.Zoe, a student involved in the project, said

33、, “This was amazing because this document has been in the Cary Collection for almost 10 years and no one noticed it.” The students are even more excited because even though the parchment is no longer part of a book, they know where 29 other pages from the same book are. The students, who are now wor

34、king with others to locate the other parchments, hope these, too, will have hidden writing and that they can figure out what it means.12. What was parchment designed for in ancient times?A. Writing.B. Decorating.C. Imaging.D. Collecting.13. What does the underlined word “reveal” in paragraph 4 mean?

35、A. Heat up.B. Bring out.C. Adjust to.D. Clear away. 14. What are the students expecting to do according to the last paragraph?A. Make a handwriting-recognizing camera. B. Identify what the parchments are made of.C. Track the origin of the palimpsests in the Cary Collection.D. Discover hidden writing

36、 and its meaning on more parchments.15. Whats the purpose of this text?A. To tell about a new discovery. B. To recommend a special book.C. To explain a cultural phenomenon. D. To introduce an old document. PART B根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。Competition is everywhere. It teach

37、es us how to survive in a stressful world.16 How many of us have seen young boys weeping because their teams didn't win an inter-school tourmament? How many of us have seen young teenagers cheat just to win? These are the effects of unhealthy competition.17When it comes to encouraging healthy co

38、mpetition among children, the first thing is to set goals for them to stick to. 18Since children may be easily affected by wrong ideas from popular media and the Internet, it's up to you to develop the right kind of spirit in them. Team spirit will help them grow into human beings who aren't

39、 easily annoyed by small losses or too excited by victories.19 So give them examples where family members refused to cheat to win.20 When they take an exam, don't ask about how much they expect to score; instead, ask what they wrote about. If your son played a football match at school, don't

40、 ask him whether his team won or lost; ask him how many runs he sore and encourage him to score higher next time instead. When you let your children know that you're more interested in how they performed rather than whether they lost or won, they will surely try to better themselvesA. Sending yo

41、ur children the right signals is equally important.B. However, children sometimes can be hit a lot by competition.C. However, you mustn't push them too hard with too high a goalD. We should also encourage healthy competition among children.E. Thus its important to develop healthy competition among children.F. Care about children's performances instead of the results in a sports match.G. Besides, they don't want to adopt any method just to win, like cheating or lying.1-3.BDA 4-7DBAB 8-11.C BDB 12-15 ABDA 16-20.GFDAB