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1、高三二轮复习阅读专练十七A“Smile! ”I shouted, holding a yellow sign up on a busy street in Seattle. We are three thousand miles away from home on a Random Acts of Kindness and Volunteerism Road Trip. We had two aims. One was to try out our new “Smile! ” signs and see how much kindness and joy we could spread in

2、Pike Place Market. The other was to raise $80 by doing street performances, enough for gas to Portland and a small hotel room.We werent sure how people would react to our signs. I nervously raised up our signs and shouted, Hi, there! ” to a young couple. They looked over and felt confused. Then they

3、 read our signs and broke into a smile. Before long, some tourists wanted to take a photo with us and some strangers stopped to ask us about our signs.In fact, we paid so close attention to our Smile! ” project that we forgot the other aim. Before we knew it, the sun was setting, and we had no money

4、 for our trip to Portland. We sat down to watch a blind musician play the guitar while thinking about what to do. He was packing up when a passing crowd kicked down his change bowl. He stumbled （绊倒）into the crowd. We rushed to help him, but another man moved more quickly to help him.Once the musicia

5、n had his money safely returned, we ran over to meet the strange helper and said, We just wanted to praise you fbr your good deed. He smiled, looking at our signs. Your trip reminds me of something similar I once did when I was young, he said, Look! Id like to donate （捐赠）.We told himJNo, thanks! We

6、are fine. Weve collected plenty of money. We lied. Please let me donate. It will make me feel like Im a part of this adventure, he insisted. And then the stranger opened his wallet and pulled out four $20 bills. The money was exactly what we had intended to raise that day. We were astonished. It see

7、med as if he had known somehow.1. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. The writer raised the sign only to collect some money.B The writer wanted to invite more people to join in the trip.C. The writer got what he wanted finally.D. The writer encouraged people to take happy phot

8、os.2. How did people react to the Smile! ” signs later?B. Worried.D. Interested.A. Disappointed.C. Moved.3. According to the last paragraph, why did the strange helper want to donate money?A. Because he wanted to join in the project.B Because he felt pity for the author.C. Because he hoped to help t

9、he homeless.D. Because he felt sorry for his impoliteness.BHalloween is a holiday full of tricks and treats and all things frightening and fun. But what happens when you trade your sweets for a scare? The result is always healthier than candy.Being frightened can be good for you. Think about your fa

10、vorite scary books or movies. You are scared but you just cant resist reading or watching them. Being frightened makes your brain flood with healthy chemical substances that excite your mood and release feelings of great excitement.When youre frightened, your body also produces a chemical called oxy

11、tocin, which helps people bond with one another. So, if youre at a haunted（ I用鬼的）house with some pals, that experience can help strengthen your friendship. Watch people walking out of a haunted house, and youll see lots of smiles and high fives/ says Dr. Margee Kerr, a sociologist who studies fear.T

12、here is also some evidence that being scared can help a person manage stressful situations. Things like giving a presentation in front of your class or performing in a school play can make us fearful and anxious. But these experiences help build a sort of endurance to fear that makes us more confide

13、nt. You become more comfortable with the physical experience of fear, and so youre better able to work through it during tense situations Kerr explains.Though some haunting may be healthy, its important to remember that people experience fear in different ways. What may be fun for one person could b

14、e too scary for another. And Kerr notes that kids younger than six and or seven cant separate real and make-believe, so seeing something frightening could have lasting, negative effects. 4. Halloween is mentioned in Para 1 to.A. raise a questionB. make a suggestionC. introduce a topic.D. introduce a

15、 festival5. What does the underlined words “high fives” in Para 3 mean?A. Putting hands up to give in.B. Hitting palms together to show happiness.C. Waving hands to say goodbye.D. Folding palms together to express thanks.6. How is the text mainly developed?A. By giving examples.B. By analyzing reaso

16、ns.C. By making comparisons.D. By providing statisticsCRed pandas are native to the high forests of Asia. They are only a little bigger than a house cat and considered to be endangered. Scientists reported last month that not all red pandas belong to the same species. There are two different species

17、 of this animal, not just one, a study found.The scientists reported finding major differences in three genetic markers between Chinese red pandas and Himalayan red pandas. Scientists identified the markers after studying DNA from 65 of the creatures. DNA carries genetic information for the developm

18、ent, growth and reproduction of living things.Recording the existence of two separate species could help guide efforts for protecting red pandas, scientists added. Chinese red pandas live in northern Myanmar, as well as southeastern Tibet, Sichuan, and Yunnan provinces in China. Himalayan red pandas

19、 are native to Nepal, India, Bhutan and southern Tibet in China J the researchers said.Researchers Yibo Hu and Fuwen Wei led the study. Their findings appeared in the magazine Science Advances.Scientists had earlier suggested there were two species of red panda. But the new study was the first to pr

20、ovide the genetic information necessary to allow such a judgment. International experts guess a total population of around 10,000 red pandas in the wild. The two species differ in color and skull shape. The Himalayan red panda is the less of the two.Major threat stored pandas include deforestation a

21、nd habitat loss. While they have similar names, red pandas and giant pandas are not closely related. Giant pandas are one of the worlds eight bear species. Red pandas are sometimes called living fossils because they have no close living relatives. They are the only remaining member of their mammalia

22、n family.7. What played a key role in telling the two kinds of red pandas apart?A. Life habits.8. Body sizes.9. Living places.D. High technology.8. What do we know about the research result?A. It proved a nearly guess.B. It figured out the number of red pandas.C. It found two similar species of red

23、panda.D. It proved one species of red pandas was endangered.9. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. The red pandas habitat needs changing.B. Red pandas and pandas have little in common.C. Red pandas are one of the worlds bear species.D. Red pandas are less than pandas in number.10. What can be the best title for the text?A. Red Pandas Are Mistaken for Giant PandasB. Red Pandas Are Becoming EndangeredC. Red Pandas Have Actually Two Different SpeciesD. Red Pandas Are More Precious than Giant Pandas-+I-?!.参考合案.7-10DABC1-3CDA 4-6CBA