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阅读提速练(五)
(建议用时：40分钟)
阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
(2017·云南第一次高中毕业生复习统一检测)
It’s not what you look at that matters；it’s what you see.
—Henry David Thoreau
Slow Art Day is a global event with a simple mission: help more people discover for themselves the joy of looking at and loving art.
Why slow?
When people look slowly at a piece of art, they make discoveries.The most important discovery they make is that they can see and experience art without an expert.And that’s an exciting discovery.It unlocks passion and creativity and helps to create more art lovers.
How does it work?
One day each year, people all over the world visit local museums and galleries to look at art slowly.Participants look at five works of art for 10 minutes each and then meet together over lunch to talk about their experience.That’s it.Simple by design, the goal is to focus on the art.In fact, Slow Art Day works quite well this way.
By the numbers
Over 1，200 individual Slow Art Day events have taken place since its official launch in 2010.Slow Art Day events have taken place on all seven continents.
700 venues(museums, galleries, artist studios, sculpture parks, public art sites, etc.)have hosted Slow Art Day events.
Participants love Slow Art Day
Feedback on this simple event has been overwhelmingly positive.Here’s a sample：
“I loved taking the time to just‘be’ with the works, particularly pieces I might otherwise walk by.It’s a much better way of visiting the art museum than the usual idle ramble.Discussion afterwards was fun, interesting, informative and eyeopening.I look forward to doing it again.”
Slow Art Day 2018 is Saturday, April 14, in museums and galleries worldwide.Join us and experience art differently.
1．The author quotes Thoreau’s words at the beginning to ________．
A．arouse readers’ interest in art
B．introduce the topic of the text
C．stress the importance of looking
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D．illustrate the joy of art appreciation
2．A typical slow art activity________．
A．lasts about fifty minutes when people look at art works critically
B．encourages people to see art for themselves and discuss with experts
C．organizes people to look at art on their own and talk about their experience
D．inspires people to make discoveries about art works and create their own works
3．What can we learn about Slow Art Day from the text?
A．The eighth Slow Art Day was held in 2017.
B．It happens once a year in all museums and galleries worldwide.
C．It has become an art festival celebrated on all seven continents.
D．Slow Art Day events have been held in over 1，200 different places.
4．According to the text, the author________．
A．has conducted a survey on Slow Art Day
B．strongly recommends Slow Art Day events
C．sees the good and bad sides of Slow Art Day
D．is frequently involved in Slow Art Day events
B
(2017·黄岗检测)
About six months ago, I was working in a job where I sat at a computer in an office for 50 or so hours each week. My best friend, Dusty，also sat in an office at a computer all day. We often talked about what a waste it seemed to be, spending our time inside in front of a computer all day long. I ended up leaving my job, and so did Dusty. Neither one of us are sitting in an office all day. Last week, Dusty came to my home and declared，“I’m going to travel.”
Of course, traveling is exciting. It’s getting to experience new things, getting to be a slightly different version of ourselves, but I think the point is more about the mindset (心态) that it allows for than the actual reality that comes with it. Waking up every day with a sense of excitement for the unknown. Approaching each interaction during the day with a sense of wonder. Not thinking about yesterday or tomorrow, and just about whatever’s right in front of you.
However, the thing is, we don’t need to be in__transit to be able to approach our days this way. It is possible for me to be living my normal life and be excited for the unknown of the day. I meet new people and do new things every day. Yes, they might be in Santa Monica, a few
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blocks from my apartment, but what’s the difference between a new person here and a new person in Australia?
I read an Alan Watts quote recently, and it goes as follows：
“If I ask you what you did, saw, heard, smelled, touched and tasted yesterday, I am likely to get nothing more than the thin, sketchy outline of the few things that you noticed, and of those only what you thought worth remembering... But suppose you could answer，‘It would take me forever to tell you, and I am much too interested in what’s happening now.’”
Our generation seems to be eager to expand our horizons(视野). But I agree with Alan Watts. There is a lot of opportunity for horizonexpansion wherever we happen to be. I think I’ll wake up tomorrow, walk down the street, and put on my adventurer’s cap.
5．According to the text, the author quit his job mainly because ________．
A．it didn’t pay very well
B．Dusty advised him to do so
C．he wanted to spend some time traveling
D．he didn’t want to stay inside all day long
6．What’s the second paragraph mainly about?
A．What makes traveling so attractive.
B．What is most important when traveling.
C．How to find a new version of ourselves.
D．How to spend an unforgettable holiday.
7．The underlined words “in transit” in the third paragraph probably mean “________”．
A．moving around B．working hard
C．filled with curiosity D．full of enthusiasm
8．What’s the best title for the text?
A．An Exciting but Normal Life
B．Adventures in Our Own Backyard
C．Go to Travel and Expand Your Horizon
D．Get Outside and Explore for the Unknown
C
(2017·湖北八校高三第一次联考)
I was born on the 17th of November 1828, in the village of Nam Ping, which is about four miles southwest of the Portuguese Colony(殖民地) of Macao, and is located on Pedro Island lying west of Macao, from which it is separated by a channel of half a mile wide.
As early as 1834, an English lady, Mrs.Gutzlaff, wife of a missionary to China, came to
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Macao.Supported by the Ladies’ Association in London for the promotion of female education in India and the East, she immediately took up the work of starting a girls’ school for Chinese girls, which was soon followed by the opening of a boys’ school.
Mrs.Gutzlaff’s comprador(买办) happened to come from my village and was actually my father’s friend and neighbor.It was through him that my parents heard about Mrs.Gutzlaff’s school and it was doubtlessly through his influence and means that my father got me admitted into the school.It has always been a mystery to me why my parents should put me into a foreign school, instead of a traditional Confucian school, where my big brother was placed.Most certainly such a step would have been more suitable for Chinese public opinion, taste, and the wants of the country than to allow me to attend an English school.Moreover, a Chinese belief is the only avenue in China that leads to political promotion, influence, power and wealth.I can only guess that as foreign communication with China was just beginning to grow, my parents hoped that it might be worthwhile to put one of their sons to learn English.In this way he might become an interpreter and have a more advantageous position to enter the business and diplomatic world.I am wondering if that influenced my parents to put me into Mrs.Gutzlaff’s school.As to what other sequences it has eventually brought about in my later life, they were entirely left in the hands of God.
9．How was the author admitted to Mrs.Gutzlaff’s school?
A．Through his father’s request.
B．Through his father’s friend’s help.
C．Through his own efforts to exams.
D．Through Mrs.Gutzlaff’s influence.
10．Why did the author’s parents put him into an English school?
A．It met with Chinese public opinion.
B．An English school was more influential.
C．He could become a successful interpreter.
D．Foreign trade with China was developing fast.
11．What did the author think of his parents’ decision to put him into an English school?
A．It was skeptical. B．It was wonderful.
C．It was thoughtful. D．It was mysterious.
12．What does the underlined word “sequences” in the last sentence probably mean?
A．Results. B．Order.
C．Tricks. D．Progress.
D
(2017·贵州普通高等学校招生适应性考试)
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Japan is a mysterious land of technological wonders, but the latest is a relatively simple solution to an ageold problem faced by beginners and professional chefs alike.
Grocery stores across the country are about to start stocking onions that won’t make people cry.The new tearfree onion is called the Smile Ball, which is a pretty adorable name for a vegetable, and it’s an onion carefully engineered to not irritate(刺激) the eyes of people who cut into it.
Regular onions release a gas when their cells are damaged and that gas irritates people’s eyes and makes them cry.The Smile Ball onions release no such a gas, so they can be chopped easily.They are also sweet like fruit when eaten raw.
The scientific advancement of the tearless onion is not free, however.Smile Balls, developed by the Japanese producer House Foods, will cost about $ 4.30 for a pack of just two when they go on sale in supermarkets across Japan.That’s about double the cost of a normal onion, but it might be worth the extra money for those who are particularly sensitive to the traditional onion gas.Earlier test sales of the tearfree onions were held on Tokyo, with the onions selling out quickly.
13．What can we learn about the Smile Ball?
A．It never gives off a strong gas.
B．It has a pretty look.
C．It belongs to a new kind of fruit.
D．It rarely goes bad.
14．What’s mainly discussed in the last paragraph?
A．How to produce tearfree onions.
B．Tearless onions are more popular.
C．The development of House Foods.
D．People are sensitive to tearless onions.
15．What can be the suitable title of the text?
A．Say Goodbye to Regular Onions
B．Tearfree Onions vs Regular Onions
C．Onions That Don’t Make You Cry
D．The Future of Tearfree Onions
第二节 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，
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从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
(2017·海口调研)
Language Learning Beyond Words
Did you know that about 55% of communication is nonverbal？16.________I find that the key to a successful conversation in a foreign language (in any language I should say) is to speak to people not only in their spoken language but also with the body language they know best.
17．________“Personal space” is very important to us.In a formal context we would often greet each other with a handshake.Informally, but less frequently, my British friends and I would greet with a hug.18.________Here in the south of Italy, and in many different parts of the world, people of both sexes greet with two kisses on the cheek, use a lot of hand gestures and are very tactile.19.________
Having studied Italian at university, I have learnt to successfully communicate in spoken Italian and living in Vibo Valentia I have started picking up the locals’ body language.20.________However, what I do know for sure is that keeping my personal space intact would be denying myself the opportunity to appreciate Italian body language and fully immerse myself in the culture.
A．I just figure out how to find the real meaning.
B．But hardly ever would we greet with a kiss on the check.
C．In fact, our bodies are actually saying more than our words.
D．In other words, little personal space is left between people when interacting.
E． Britain, along with much of Northern Europe, is classed as a “noncontact” culture.
F．Sometimes, I find myself not knowing what hand gestures to use when expressing myself.
G．If one person can not understand body language, he can not communicate with foreigners smoothly.
阅读提速练(五)
第一节
【解题导语】 本文是一篇说明文，介绍了慢艺术日(Slow Art Day)的一些情况。
1．B 解析：推理判断题。根据“Why slow？”中的“The most important...see and experience art without an expert.”并结合全文大意可知，本文介绍慢艺术日的情况，因此文章开头引用梭罗的话是为了引入主题。
2．C 解析：细节理解题。根据“How does it work？”部分中的“Participants look at five works of art for 10 minutes each and then meet together over lunch to talk about their experience.”可知，在这项活动中，参加的人先自己观看艺术作品，然后聚在一起谈论他们的体验，故选C项。
3．A 解析：推理判断题。根据“How does it work？”部分中的“One day each
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year”可知，该活动每年举办一次；再结合“By the numbers”部分中的“since its official launch in 2010”可知，该活动首次举办于2010年。故可推知2017年为第八届。因此A项正确。
4．B 解析：推理判断题。本文作者介绍了慢艺术日，结合最后一部分最后一句“Join us and experience art differently.”可知，作者推荐此活动并希望更多的人参与，故选B项。
【解题导语】 旅行之所以吸引人是因为它可以让人们探索未知，但是并不一定非要去旅行才可以达到这个目的。正如阿兰·沃茨建议的，我们应该关注当下，因为我们看似平淡的日常生活同样可以很精彩。
5．D 解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的．.. what a waste it seemed to be, spending our time inside in front of a computer all day long. I ended up leaving my job... in an office all day.可知，作者和朋友都不喜欢每天待在室内，坐在电脑前，所以他们辞掉了工作。故选D项。
6．A 解析：段落大意题。由．..traveling is exciting. It’s getting to experience new things, getting to be a slightly different version of ourselves...a sense of wonder.可知，本段主要讲述是什么原因让旅游如此吸引人。故选A项。
7．A 解析：词义猜测题。第二段内容讲述旅游的魅力所在，第三段首句使用单词 However(然而)表转折，表明本段表述的内容与第二段内容不同，即我们不需要到处逛，也可以使我们的生活一样精彩，moving around 意为“走来走去”符合句意，故选A项。
8．B 解析：标题归纳题。文章第三段表明了作者的观点，我们不一定非要去旅行才能探索未知，发现新的自我，下文引用了阿兰·沃茨的话，表明我们应该活在当下，因为我们看似平淡的日常生活同样可以很精彩。故选 B 项。
9－12.BCDA
【解题导语】 本文是一篇科普说明文，介绍了日本发明的一种新型洋葱。
13．A 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段的第二句可知，这种新型洋葱不释放让人流泪的气体，故A项正确。
14．B 解析：段落大意题。通读该段可知，该段主要说明新型洋葱在日本深受欢迎，故B项正确。
15．C 解析：标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文介绍了一种新型洋葱并重点介绍了这种洋葱的特点：它不像普通洋葱那样释放让人流泪的气体，故C项“不让你流泪的洋葱”最适合作本篇文章的标题。
第二节
16－20.CEBDF
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