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1、高中英语外刊阅读天天练阅读理解模拟训练一Hanifa Guermiti cried as she surveyed the charred remains of the public library that for years had provided books fbr the children on the housing estates of Bomy, one of Frances most deprived neighbourhoods. With damage estimated at around 12m ( 10.3m), the burning to the ground

2、of the state-of-the-art library was one of the biggest attacks on French state infrastructure in the five nights of rioting (暴舌L) across the country.The police shooting of Nahel M, a 17-year-old boy of Algerian and Moroccan background, at a traffic stop outside Paris last week has led to sustained u

3、nrest nationwide. Beyond Borny, across to the former mining towns along the German border, cars were torched, bins were set alight and youths clashed with police.Borny, which has a population of 17,000, above-average unemployment and more than half of its residents living below the poverty line, is

4、symbolic of many of the neighbourhoods that have erupted into car-burning and clashes with police in recent nights.Many residents said teenagers of black or north African descent felt shut off from state services, racially profiled in police identity checks, and discriminated against for jobs and in

5、 the education system - and that a simmering anger had been ready to erupt over racial injustice and the latest police shooting.The government is particularly concerned about the unrest in places such as Bomy because Borny has had millions of euros of public investment in urban renewal in recent yea

6、rs. Yet the demolition and reconstruction of certain tower blocks hasnt stemmed the long-running social problems or the deep-rooted sense of injustice.“Since 2005, things have actually got considerably worse and nothing has changed,“ said Guermiti, who has lived on the estate fbr 31 years. Teenagers

7、 of colour are still dying. Racism has got worse and is centre stage in politics. Discrimination is rife, equal opportunities are not happening. The same cliches are still applied to people from here. There is no hope, that is the problem. People have no hope of ever escaping being stigmatised for w

8、here they live and their skin colour.”The inequalities of the French education system are seen to underpin teenagers, sense of segregation and abandonment. A child bom and schooled in a deprived area in France has less chance of escaping their socio-economic background than in most other developed n

9、ations. France remains one of the most unequal school systems in the developed world.The government has focused on the young age of the youths hurling fireworks at police. Macron, who argued that some teenagers relive in the streets the video games that have intoxicated them，said parents must keep t

10、heir children home.The Guardian(July 3, 2023) J1. Why does the author cite Hanifa9s suffering in paragraph 1?A. to emphasize how poor her community isB. to display his sympathy to a devoted librarianC. to show the severe damage the French state infrastructure experiencedD. to introduce the importanc

11、e of the public library2. which of the following factors is not involved in the French rioting?A. overpopulated regionB. high unemploymentC. serious povertyD. racial discrimination3. What can we infer from Guermitis words in paragraph 6?A. its common for people of different colors to be treated fair

12、ly in BornyB. the government is concerned about the development of BornyC. the situation of social problems and injustice never be settled by the governmentD. circumstances have completely turned to bright sides since 20054. according to Macron, what caused the teenagers attacks on police?A. their s

13、ense of separation and abandonmentB. the violent video gamesC. public investment in educationD. inequalities of the infrastructure systemTHE EMAIL had a businesslike tone. From a client recruitment director*; it was reaching out to offer The Economist services. In the next sentence, the word leverag

14、e was used as a verb, relating to a “perspective”. It concluded with a question: Would you be able to hop on a 15-minute call? Yet it stood out from the guff that clutters journalists* inboxes for one reason: it came not from an established firm but from an undergraduate economics student at Yale Un

15、iversity. The perspective to be leveraged was that of Gen z, a marketing term for people now aged from roughly 11 to 26. The offer was made on behalf of the Yale Undergraduate Consulting Group, a student club with around 60 members.Postgraduate students have long provided paid services to corporate

16、clients. But over the past decade or so, undergraduate nconsulting clubs* have proliferated. The idea is to band together and offer to do work for firms for a fraction of the cost of hiring regular consultants, and in the process learn a lot about business. Like real consultants, they pitch for clie

17、nts, cold-calling or emailing.Students quickly adopt the jargon of the industry they are aping, appointing themselves project managersn, gathering information from subject-matter experts1 and, at the end, producing deliverables for clients: typically in the form of slide presentations. Work is carri

18、ed out under legally enforceable non-disclosure agreements. All this is done alongside normal studies.It consumes plenty of time. Alexandra Koullick, a 21-year-old member of a 180DC-affliated club in Berkeley that was founded in 2016, says she puts in up to ten hours a week of unpaid work for her cl

19、ients. Practical skills, like managing spreadsheets, are passed down by bigs”, as in big brothers11, to new members.Why devote a chunk of precious undergraduate years to this? The students defend it creditably. Ms Koullick joined as a way to make friends at a time when a normal university experience

20、 was impossible because of covid-19.HIt was a big family of folk to spend time with,“ she says. Mr Singh points out that the fees his group earns pay for great parties. Both extol the benefits of being able to experiment with different types of work before they commit to a career.There are potential

21、 financial rewards, too. Clubs provide a fast track to well-paid jobs later. John Paul Rollert, an academic at the Booth Business School at the University of Chicago, notes that uninhibited ambition in Americas youth is not new: These kids are going to make a fortune/ he says.【The EconomistJuly /, 2

22、023）】1. which of the following is correct concerning the email?A. it was sent from the Yale Undergraduate Consulting GroupB. it offered a 15-minute call to The EconomistC. it attracted no attention from the journalistsD. it targeted at people aged from roughly 11 to 262. the underlined word prolifer

23、ated can best be replaced by.A. establishedB. regulatedC. multipliedD. advocated3. how will you describe the studenfs services?A. logical and barely-reliableB. professional and unaffordableC. efficient and illegalD. time- consuming and well-organized4. whats the best title of the passage?A. the emai

24、l from the Undergraduate Consulting GroupB. Student entrepreneurs: Undergraduates as consultantsC. a different perspective from student consultantsD. how to make a fortune in collegeFrom the deck of a small blue-and-white boat, Bashiru Bangura leaned forward and peered into the ocean, his gaze train

25、ed on a jade-green waves. Its here!ncrowed a local fisherman. It looks black!” Bangura, who works for sierra Leones Environment Protection agency, tempered his excitement. After two unsuccessful attempts to find seagrass in this group of islands, he questioned whether the shadowy blotches were meado

26、ws of the critical underwater greenery he and other researchers have spent the past several years trying to locate along the coast of West Africa.Seagrasses are one of the worlds most productive underwater ecosystems. The meadows are vital habitats for a variety of aquatic wildlife. Sometimes descri

27、bed as “ the lungs of the sea, “ the grasses produce large amounts of oxygen essential for fish in shallow coastal waters. But, long overlooked, these critical ecosystems are vanishing. In fact, researchers dont know exactly how many exist or have been lost. One recent study estimated that since 188

28、0, about 19 percent of the world s surveyed seagrass meadows have disappeared一an area larger than Rhode Island 一partly as a result of development and fishing.But locating grasses in the worlds vast oceans is a formidable task. While some researchers are using drones and satellite imaging, in countri

29、es such as Sierra Leone, where resources are scarce, the search is painstaking and tedious. Without these efforts, though, seagrasses would probably be disappearing even faster. u What we dont know, we cant protect,said marco Vinaccia, a climate change expert.On a recent monitoring trip in February,

30、 Bagura frowned as the boat carrying the Sierra Leonean research team approached the island of Sei. A wooden fishing boat floating in the shallow bay had caught his eye. It was moored within a patch of seagrass, part of its hull（力首体）flattening the green blades. The errant vessel was another reminder

31、 of the challenge they face to protect the meadows. Without regular visits, the researchers worried the seagrass could be decimatedor worse, vanishbecause of human activities, including fishing.To help prevent more losses, there need to be better protections. Sierra Leone has developed a national ac

32、tion plan to conserve its meadows. The country is also in the process of strengthening its environmental laws to prohibit the destruction of grasses, granting the Bagura agency the authority to set and enforce rules to protect meadows. These regulations would empower the Baguras team to continue map

33、ping all of the seagrass beds in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone has also included a goal to conserve its seagrass as part of its commitments to reducing emissions under the Paris climate accord. Bagura, who says more money and resources are needed to carry out the necessary work, is hopeful that by offi

34、cially signaling their commitment, his team may be able to attract international funding. “We need more capacitysaid Bagura. It requires a lot more studies, a lot more resources.【The Washington Post(July 3, 2023)】1. what did Bagura and his colleagues try to locate?A. the shadowy blotchesB. underwate

35、r seagrassC. island meadowsD. underwater ecosystem2. what does the author mainly discuss in para 2?A. the natural quality of aquatic wildlifeB. the degradation of fishing industryC. the effective measurements to locate seagrassD. the underlying reason of Baguras research3. why was Bagura upset on a

36、monitoring trip?A. the research boat couldnt approach the watersB. the hull of their research boat was broken by seagrassC. the seagrass was damaged by human activitiesD. the errant vessel failed to protect the ecosystem4. what will Baguras agency do in the future?A. it will enforce a series of environmental lawsB. it will map all the seagrass beds in the worldC. it will set a seagrass reserve in Sierra LeoneD. it will attract more resources and funding around the worldCACBACDB BDCD