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组合练(三) 阅读理解＋阅读七选五
Ⅰ.阅读理解
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(2021·某某模拟)If you want to learn why everything is usually cheaper, and what items
are the best deals at your local or chain dollar or discount store, store employees
have a lot of useful information. They tend to know what shoppers want — even
before shoppers know themselves.
Everyone buys unnecessary things.
Whether you shop at a chain dollar store such as Dollar Tree, Family Dollar or your
local 99 cents store, not everything that's on sale is necessarily worth purchasing.
Bryan Waring, a former Dollar Tree employee, says that you're not alone in buying
more than necessary from these stores. “It seems basic, but everyone falls for this
trap，” he says. “You go into a store where everything is cheap, and you walk out
with things you don't need.” He suggests going into a store—yes, even the dollar
store—with a checklist of things you truly need.
Everything is cheaper after the holiday season.
Patricia, a seasonal worker at a Dollar Tree, says that the post － New Year season
means even more deals on everything from decorations to sweets. “After New Year,
all the gift wrap paper went to 50 cents, and all New Year items were half price，”
she says. “Even candy bars are 89 cents versus $1.”
Products are less expensive because of their size.
In order for dollar stores to keep their prices low, product sizes are usually smaller
than normal, according to Cheapism. Dollar stores aren't the only ones guilty of this
trick. Cheapism also reports Walmart is guilty of doing the same thing to attract
customers.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍了在一些折价商店或一元商店购物的特点和商品便
宜的原因。
1．What is Bryan's advice against buying unnecessary things?
A．Making a purchase alone.
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B．Writing a to－buy list ahead.
C．Shopping at your local store.
D．Buying basic things separately.
解析：细节理解题。由第二段最后一句“He suggests going into a store—yes, even the
dollar store—with a checklist of things you truly need.”可知，正确答案为 B 项，即提
前写出要买的物品的清单可以避免不必要的购物。
答案：B
2．Which of the following is a better time for shopping according to Patricia?
A．In the New Year sales.
B．At a particular discount.
C．After the New Year season.
D．During some holiday seasons.
解析：细节理解题。根据第二个标题以及“After New Year, all the gift wrap paper went
to 50 cents, and all New Year items were half price”“Even candy bars are 89 cents
versus $1.”可知，新年后购物很便宜。故正确答案为 C 项。
答案：C
3．How do stores make their products cheaper?
A．By reducing product sizes.
B．By lowering product costs.
C．By adopting discount strategies.
D．By attracting more customers.
解析：细节理解题。根据题干中的 cheaper 定位到第三个标题，根据“In order for dollar
stores to keep their prices low，product sizes are usually smaller than normal...”可知，
很多商店通过缩小产品尺寸来降低价格。
答案：A
B
(2021·某某临考强化训练)Daphne Soares，a biologist, makes an amazing discovery
about alligators (短吻鳄)．The first time she got really close to an alligator was when
she was helping to hold down an eight－foot American alligator.It was then that she
noticed its face was covered with little black spots.This led to the discovery of the
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little black dots.
She started her study of the black dots. When she read the books and the scientific
journals, she learned that people had noticed the dots, but no one really knew what
the dots were for.To find out the secret, she placed electrodes (电极) on nerves ing
from some of the dots. When the nerves fired, they sent a message to the brain and
created a tiny electric current. Just then she heard a small sound over a loudspeaker.
She tried to see if the dots acted like eyes and temperature sensors, but nothing
worked.
One day she was careless with dropping a tool into an alligator's tank. When she put
her hand in the tank to get the tool out, she made small waves in the water. When
they reached the alligator's face, she heard a noise over the speaker. She then realized
that the dots must be sensitive to the changes in pressure when hit by waves of water.
After that, she is now studying blind cavefish. She is trying to learn whether they are
blind from birth or lose their sight as they grow up. She is also doing more research
on crocodilians. She wants to find out how the genes of alligators with pressure
sensors only on their faces differ from the genes of crocodilians that have pressure
sensors all over their body.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了生物学家达芙妮·索雷斯(Daphne Soares)偶然发
现短吻鳄脸上小黑点的作用的故事，以及她在其他方面的研究工作。
4．Why did Daphne Soares first get close to the alligator?
A．To observe its black dots.
B．To find the secret of its dots.
C．To help others to hold it up.
D．To prevent it from moving.
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第二句可知，达芙妮·索雷斯第一次近距离接触短吻鳄是因为
要帮忙按住它，故选 D 项。
答案：D
5．What happened when Daphne Soares first put electrodes on the nerves of some
black dots?
A．A little noise was sent out.
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B．An electric current created a message.
C．The nerves were on fire suddenly.
D．The nerves sensed temperature changes.
解析：细节理解题。根据第二段倒数第二、三句可知，通电之后通过扬声器她听到了细小的
声音，故选 A 项。
答案：A
6．How did Daphne Soares first find the function of alligators' black dots?
A．By experiment. B．By reference.
C．By accident. D．By parison.
解析：推理判断题。根据第三段描述的达芙妮·索雷斯发现短吻鳄脸上斑点作用的过程可推知，
她是通过一次小意外发现的(她不小心把一个工具掉进了短吻鳄所在的水池里，她伸手进去拿
工具的时候引起了涟漪，涟漪碰到短吻鳄的脸，然后她听到扬声器发出了声音)，故选 C。
答案：C
7．What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A．Cavefish lose sight as they grow up.
B．Daphne Soares devotes her energy to research work.
C．Alligators' genes are the same as crocodilians'.
D．Daphne Soares discovered a new species of alligator.
解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知，达芙妮·索雷斯除了研究短吻鳄，还在研究洞穴
鱼，并对鳄目动物进行更多的研究工作，由此可知，达芙妮·索雷斯把自己的精力投入到研究
工作中。故选 B 项。
答案：B
C
(2021·某某检测)Like clockwork, nearly every fourth February includes one extra day.
February 29th, otherwise known as Leap Day, isn't exactly a holiday.Instead, it's there
to keep your calendar consistent with the earth's rotation (旋转) around the sun.
According to History., Roman emperor Julius Caesar is the “father” of Leap Year.
Until he came along, people had used a 355－day calendar, which was 10.25 days
shorter than the solar year.Roman officials were supposed to add an extra month
every now and then to keep the seasons exactly where they should be. But that didn't
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work out all that well. When special occasions started shifting into different seasons
around 45 BCE, Caesar consulted with astronomers and decreed ( 下 令 ) that the
empire should use a 12－month, 365－day calendar, which he named after himself.
Caesar's Julian calendar included a Leap Day every four years.
Though Leap Day keeps your calendar in line with the earth's rotation around the sun,
it causes a different kind of problem for Leapsters. When should these February 29th
babies celebrate their birthdays during the other three－quarters of their lives? Some
party on February 28th, while others prefer a two－day celebration that spans the last
day of February and the first day of March.
Leap Day can be a nuisance in the legal system. In 2006, a court in
Massachusetts was deciding whether criminal John Melo could be released a day
early since his 10－year sentence included a Leap Day. In the case, the judge decided
that since the man was sentenced to prison for years, not days, Leap Day didn't make
a bit of difference.
Though a few timekeepers have pushed for calendars that don't include Leap Day,
almost all astronomers and societies agree that Leap Day is the best method to keep
the calendar on track.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇记叙性说明文。文章介绍了闰日的来历以及所带来的一些生活中的
趣事。
8．Why was Leap Day created?
A．To celebrate special occasions.
B．To honor Emperor Julius Caesar.
C．To keep pace with the solar year.
D．To keep track of all the seasons.
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句和第三段中的“Though Leap Day keeps your
calendar in line with the earth's rotation around the sun...”可知，闰日的产生是为了让
你的日历与太阳的自转保持一致。由此可知，设闰日是为了与太阳年保持同步。
答案：C
9．What is the problem with the birthday celebration of February 29th babies?
A．It is sometimes delayed.
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B．It lasts at least two days.
C．It has to be held every other year.
D．It may take place on different dates.
解析：细节理解题。根据第三段最后两句可知，在 2 月 29 日出生的人，有的是在 2 月 28 日
庆祝生日，也有一些人会在二月的最后一天和三月的第一天进行一个为期两天的庆祝生日的
活动。由此可知，在这一天出生的人可能会在不同的日期庆祝生日。
答案：D
10．What does the underlined word “nuisance” in paragraph 4 mean?
A．Joke. B．Topic.
C．Trouble. D．Mistake.
解析：词义猜测题。根据下文所列举的例子可知，在法律体系中闰日的出现可能会带来一些
麻烦。
答案：C
11．What is the attitude of most astronomers towards Leap Day?
A．Critical. B．Supportive.
C．Doubtful. D．Cautious.
解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“...almost all astronomers and societies agree that
Leap Day is the best method to keep the calendar on track.”可知，大多数天文学家是
支持闰日的。
答案：B
D
(2021 · 某 某 和 平 区 模 拟 )Exploration is about how we experience the geography. A
geography education without actively learning how to explore places is as frustrating
as teaching music lessons without sound.Besides that, exploration has the potential
to be one of the most enjoyable and rewarding things we humans will ever do. It can
be good for developing problem － solving, teamwork, social and other vital skills.
Therefore, we should be given the opportunities to learn properly how to do it.
The sad reality is that millions of children are socially and geographically deprived (剥
夺) of the opportunities. Their learning environments lack the diversity of places and
experience－based opportunities that they need to develop well and as a result, they
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will not reach their full potential.
There is plenty of research showing that many children have little time and space to
explore, play and learn outdoors. Perhaps most shockingly, Dirt is Good conducted a
survey which found that three－quarters of UK children spend less time outside than
prisoners, that the amount of time children spend playing in natural places has
decreased and that a fifth of children do not play outside on an average day.
There are a large number of good and plex reasons why parents do not let their
children play outdoors and not overe these barriers ing with its own risks. Changing
the parenting cultures that are overly limiting many children's freedom will potentially
need efforts of generation after generation.
Partially as a response to this situation, an increasing number of doctors are
providing social prescriptions (处方)．Instead of being offered medicine for mental or
physical illness, young patients are being prescribed time with nature, volunteering,
doing sports or some other activities instead.
Teachers are, in many ways, in a better position to provide time and space for children
to benefit from experiences that help them not only to learn, but also to be well.
Teachers can spare both formal and informal time and space for exploration that
helps not only children who are ill, but also those who are well.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文。文章阐述了户外探索的重要性，并指出令人悲哀的现实：数
以百万计的儿童都被剥夺了户外探索的机会。文章最后给出了一些解决方案。
12．What does paragraph 1 mainly talk about?
A．The way to reach full potential.
B．The methods of doing exploration.
C．The different attitudes to exploration.
D．The importance of doing exploration.
解析：段落大意题。根据文章第一段第二、三、四句可知，户外探索是地理教学的必要环节，
并且户外探索有诸多益处，可以帮助发展重要技能。综合分析可知，文章第一段是在告诉我
们户外探索的重要性。
答案：D
13．What can we learn from the survey of Dirt is Good?
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A．Prisoners in the UK are treated very well.
B．Children are badly in need of outdoor time.
C．Children are being less outgoing nowadays.
D．There aren't enough natural places in many countries.
解析：细节理解题。根据题干中的关键信息“Dirt is Good”可将答案定位至第三段，再根据
该段中的“a survey which found that three－quarters of UK children spend less time
outside than prisoners, that the amount of time children spend playing in natural
places has decreased and that a fifth of children do not play outside on an average
day”可知，四分之三的英国儿童在户外的时间少于囚犯，儿童在自然场所玩耍的时间减少了，
五分之一的儿童平常不在户外玩耍。由此可知，英国儿童在户外玩耍的时间很少，他们急需
户外活动时间。
答案：B
14．What do we know about the process of changing the parenting cultures?
A．It's interesting but tiring.
B．It's plex and risky.
C．It's challenging but worthwhile.
D．It's troublesome and demanding.
解析：推理判断题。根据第四段中的“Changing the parenting cultures that are overly
limiting many children's freedom will potentially need efforts of generation after
generation.”可知，改变过度限制许多孩子自由的养育文化可能需要一代又一代的努力。同
时根据第二段中提及的限制孩子在户外的时间不能充分发挥孩子们的潜能可知，改变这种养
育文化具有挑战性，但又很值得，有利于孩子们的成长。
答案：C
15．What does the author want to say by mentioning social prescriptions?
A．Playing outside can promote people's health.
B．Traditional medicines may have side effects.
C．Experienced doctors are in short supply.
D．Mental illness needs special treatment.
解析：推理判断题。根据题干中的关键词语“social prescriptions”可将答案定位至倒数第
二段。根据该段最后一句可知，医生没有为患有精神或身体疾病的病人提供药物，而是让年
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轻患者走进自然、做志愿者、做运动以及一些其他活动。由此可以判断出作者想通过这个例
子说明户外探索可以促进人们的身体健康。
答案：A
Ⅱ.阅读七选五
(2021·某某省第一次模考)
The Hotel Wake－up Call Gets Personal
Here's a wake － up call: The hotel front desk will do one better than ringing your
phone in the morning. They'll send an actual human being to your room. Don't worry.
They won't e in and give you a good morning kiss. 16
Never mind that most travelers nowadays have smartphones with built － in alarm
clocks. 17Here are some examples. At Wolcott Hotel, if a wake－up call is unanswered,
they will send an employee to your door. At Las Ventanas al Paraiso, an employee
shows up at your room to wake you up with tea, coffee and breakfast bread. At
Mandarin Oriental, a person rather than an automated system will call to wake you up.
18
Hotels have always taken the wake－up call seriously.19 If you don't get your call
within five minutes of the requested time, you won't have to pay for your room.
Travelers, too, still want to have an option of a wake－up call. A study of 285 guests at
Crowne Plaza, found that 53% considered a wake－up call very important.
20 In the late 1980s, hotels turned to automated systems. Then all you'd get was a
ring and silence. In the ever－petitive race for loyal customers, however, many hotels
are now getting creative with the wake－up call. Some hotels even have recordings of
celebrity voices. And more hotels will go back to the old in－person system of wake
－up calls.
A．But they might bring you coffee.
B．If you don't answer, you'll get a wake－up knock.
C．Crowne Plaza, for instance, has a wake－up call guarantee.
D．But the wake－up call became less personal over the years.
E．The hotel gets 15 to 30 requests for wake－up calls each day.
F．The human wake－up call is a way to personalize a guest's stay.
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G．Some guests sleep through the call, while others turn their phone ringers off.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了酒店的叫醒服务。
16．解析：考查细节支撑句。根据空前的“They won't e in and give you a good morning
kiss.”可知，A 项“但他们可能给你带来咖啡”与上文构成转折关系，符合语境。A 项中的 they
和空前的 they 指代同一类人。
答案：A
17．解析：考查段落主旨句。根据空后所列举的例子可知，本段主要介绍了一些酒店提供个
性化的叫醒服务，故 F 项符合语境。
答案：F
18．解析：考查细节支撑句。根据空前的“a person rather than an automated system will
call to wake you up”可知，B 项“如果你没有回应，将会有人敲门叫醒你”承接上文，符
合语境。
答案：B
19．解析：考查细节支撑句。根据空前的“Hotels have always taken the wake－up call
seriously.”可知，酒店总是认真地对待叫醒服务，C 项列举皇冠假日酒店提供叫醒服务来佐
证空前的观点，符合语境。
答案：C
20．解析：考查细节支撑句。根据空后的“In the late 1980s，hotels turned to automated
systems.”可知，D 项中的 less personal 与 automated 对应，故选 D。
答案：D
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