2021年高考英语新课标版一轮专题复习之阅读理解10Word版含答案.docx

阅读理解专题卷10Manners nowadays in metropolitan cities like London are practically non-existence, its nothing for a big, strong schoolboy to elbow an elderly woman aside in the dash for the last remaining seat on the tube or bus, much less stand up and offer his seat to her.This question of giving up seats in public transport is much argued by young men, who say that, since women have claimed equality, they no longer deserve to be treated with courtesy 礼貌、谦让) and that those who go out to work should take their turn in the rat race like anyone else. Women have never claimed to be physically as strong as men. Even if it is not agreed, however, that young men should stand up for younger women, the fact remains that courtesy should be shown to the old, the sick and the burdened. Are we really so lost to all ideals of unselfishness that we can sit there indifferently reading the paper or a book, saying to ourselves “First come, first severed”, while a grey-haired woman, a mother with a young child stands? Yet this is all too often seen.Older people, tired and quick-tempered from a days work, are not angels, either-far from it. Many a brisk argument or an insulting quarrel breaks out as the weary queues push and shove each other to get on buses and tubes. One cannot commend this, of course, but on does feel there is just a little more excuse.If cities are to remain pleasant places to live in at all, however, it seems imperative（迫切的）, not only that communications in transport should be improved, but also that communication between human beings should be kept smooth and polite. All over cities, it seems that people are too tired and too rushed to be polite. Shop assistants wont bother to assist, taxi drivers growl at each other as they dash dangerously round corners, bus conductors pull the bell before their desperate passengers have had time to get on or off the bus, and so on and so on. It seems to us that it is up to the young and strong to do their small part to stop such deterioration（恶化）. 1What is the writers opinion concerning courteous manners towards women?A. Since women have claimed equality, they no longer need to be treated differently from men.B. It is generally considered old-fashioned for young men to give up their seats to young women.C. Lady First should be universally practiced.D. Special consideration ought to be shown to them.2According to the passage communication between human beings would not be smoother unless _.Apeople were more considerate towards each otherB. people were not so tired and quick-temperedC. women were treated with more courtesyD. public transport could be improved.3The author probably does NOT agree that in big cities _.A. Life will be even worse if no change is madeB. transport conditions are rather poorC. its not uncommon to see people quarrel in public placesD. its unreasonable to require the tired people to be polite4The main purpose of the author is to _.A. call on people in big cities to pay more attention to politenessB. blame the schoolboys rude behavior towards elderly women on the tube or busC. criticize the fast pace of city lifeD. tell young men to give their seats to elderly people5How could you describe the tone of this passage?A. acceptableB. opponentC. negativeD. encouragingThat summer an army of crickets(蟋蟀) started a war with my father. Dad didnt care for insects much more than Mamma, but he could tolerate a few living in the basement. Mamma was a city girl and she said a cricket was just too noisy. Then to support her point she wouldnt go to bed. She drank coffee and smoked my fathers cigarettes and paced between the sofa and the TV. Next morning she threatened to pack up and leave, so Dad drove to the store and hurried back. He sprayed poison from a jug. When he was finished he told us that was the end of it. For a couple of weeks we went back to find dead crickets in the laundry. He suggested that wed all be better off to hide as many as we could from Mamma. I fed a few dozen to the cat who I didnt like because he scratched for no reason. However, soon live crickets started showing up in the kitchen and bathroom. Mamma was upset because she thought they were the dead crickets coming back, but Dad said these were certainly new ones. He fetched his jug of poison and sprayed all over until the whole house smelled of poison, and then he sprayed the basement again. A couple of weeks later, when both live and dead crickets kept turning up, Dad emptied the basement of junk. Then he burned a lot of old newspapers and magazines which he said the crickets had turned into nests. While we ate supper that evening, the wind lifted some flames onto the wood pile. The only gasoline was in the lawn mowers(割草机) fuel tank but that was enough to create an explosion big enough to reach the house. Once the roof caught, there wasnt much anyone could do. After the fire trucks left, Mamma took the others to Aunt Gails. I helped Dad and Uncle Burt carry things out of the house and pile them by the road. We worked into the night and we didnt talk much, while all around the noise of crickets broke our silence. 6What do we know about the authors mother?A. She didnt like insects at all. B. She liked insects more than his father. C. She cared for insects very much. D. She could only tolerate a few insects. 7The authors father drove to the store to buy _. A. cigarettes for himselfB. some poisonC. more coffee for his wifeD. some gasoline8The authors father burned the old newspapers and magazines because he thought _. A. they were no longer usefulB. the crickets were afraid of firesC. they became the home of cricketsD. the dead crickets came back to life9We learn from the last paragraph that _. A. the authors family lost their battle against the cricketsB. the authors parents learned to put up with insectsC. the authors family didnt suffer much in the fireD. the authors parents got divorcedThe booking notes of the play “ the Age of Innocence” .Price: $ 10BOOKING:There are four ways to book seats for performance :-In personThe Box Office is open from Monday to Saturday , 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.-By telephone _ Ring 01324976 to reserve your tickets or to pay by credit card (Visa , MasterCard and Amex accepted )-By postSimply complete the booking form and return it to Global Theatre Box Office .-On line Complete the on-line booking form at www.SDISCOUNTS:Saver : $ 2 of any seat booked any time in advance for performances from Monday to Thursday . Savers are available for children who are below the age of 16 years old , over 60s and full-time students.Supersaver: half-price seats are available for people with disabilities and one companion . It is advisable to book in advance . There is a maximum of eight wheelchair spaces available and one wheelchair space will be held until an hour before the show .Standby: best available seats are on sale for $ 6 from one hour before the performance for people eligible (suitable ) for Saver and Supersaver discounts and thirty minutes before for all other customers .Group Bookings : there is a ten percent discount for parties of twelve or more .School : school parties of ten or more can book $ 6 standby tickets in advance and will get every tenth ticket free .Please note : we are unable to exchange tickets or refund (退还) money unless a performance is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances .10If you want to book a ticket , you CANNOT _.A. use the InternetB. go to the Box Office on SundaysC. ring the booking number and pay for the tickets by credit cardD. complete a booking form and post it to the Box Office11According to the notes , who can get $ 2 off ?A. A 55-year-old womanB. An 18-year-old teenagerC. A 20-year-old full-time college studentD. The people who book the tickets on Fridays12If you make a group booking for a group of 16 adults , how much should you pay ?A. $ 120 B. $ 126 C. $ 144 D. $ 15013From the passage we can know all the following are true EXCEPT that _.A. there are only 8 wheelchair spaces in the theatreB. a group of 12 persons can get 10 percent discountC. the audience cant refund money if the performance is on showD. a school party of 15 students should pay $ 90 for the standby ticketsTim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New Yorkhe in computers, she in special education.“Teaching means everything to us，” Tim would say. In April 1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about lifes purpose.Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Partons foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singers home town of Sevier, Tennessee. “I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire，”Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk，“as a reminder.”Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a looksee. “We didnt want to give the children rubbish，” says Linda. The books reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members included classics such as Ezra Jack Keatss The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdneys Llama Llama series.Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books Ive never heard of .”The Richters spend about $400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die，” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”14What let Tim think seriously about the meaning of life?AHis health problem. BHis love for teaching.CThe influence of his wife. DThe news from the Web.15What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?AGive out brochures. BDo something similar.CWrite books for children. DRetire from being a teacher.16According to the text，Dolly Parton is_.Aa wellknown surgeon Ba mother of a fouryearoldCa singer born in Tennessee Da computer programmer17Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?A. To avoid signing up online.B. To meet Dollywood board members.C. To make sure the books were the newest.D. To see if the books were of good quality.Please excuse me if Im a little sad today. Mark is leaving, and Im feeling kind of sad.You probably dont know Mark, but you might be lucky enough to know someone just like him. Hes been the heart and soul of the office for a couple of years combining great professional skills with a sweet nature. He just wants to do his job, and to do it superbly well. And now hes moving on to an exciting new professional opportunity. It sounds like it could be the chance of a lifetime, and were genuinely, sincerely pleased for him. But that doesnt make it any easier to say goodbye to a dear friend and trusted colleague.Life has a way of throwing these curve balls at us. Just when we start to get comfortable with a person, a place or a situation. A terrific neighbor moves away. Someone in the family graduates. A child finds new love and loyalties through marriage. The familys principle bread-winner is laid off.But how do we do that? A friend of mine who works for the government once told me that the answer to lifes problems can be summed up in four words: Go with the flow.Its like surfing, Chris explained. You cant organize the ocean. Waves just happen. You ride them where they take you, then you paddle back out there and catch the next one. Sure, youre always hoping for the perfect wave where you can get. But mostly you just take them the way they come.Im not exactly sure, but I think Chris was saying that life is a series of eventsboth good and bad. There will always be life-influencing factors over which you have no control. That doesnt mean you dont keep trying to make all your dreams come true. It just means that when things come up that arent exactly in your plan, you work around themand then you move on. Of course, some bumps along the road of life are easier to take than others. A rained-out picnic, for example, is easier to cope with than the sudden death of a loved one. But the principle is the same.Were going to miss Mark, just like youll miss that graduate, that neighbor or that newlywed. But rather than drown ourselves in the sadness of our parting, well focus on our hopes for a brighter futurefor him, and for us. And then well go out and do everything we can to make that future happen.18The passage is mainly about _.A. how to change yourself successfullyB. how to do if your colleague (同事) leavesC. how to deal with unhappy things in lifeD. how to deal with unexpected things in life19In Paragraph 1 , the writer tells the story about Mike to _.A. let us know his colleague B. praise his colleagueC. introduce a topic D. describe his life 20The leaving of Mike makes the writer feel _.A. really unpleasant B. very angryC. both happy and sad D. a little disappointed21Which is not an unexpected thing in life mentioned in the passage?A. A rained-out picnic. B. A terrific neighbors apology.C. The sudden death of a loved. D. The graduation of a family member.22In the writers opinion, one should _ when unexpected things come up.A. accept them and hope for a better futureB. do as plannedC. overcome difficulties and let them in controlD. never give up until he succeedsResearchers at San Diego Zoo have been studying what has been described as the “secret language” of elephants. They have been monitoring（监测） communications between animals that cannot be heard by human ears.The elephants call will be familiar to most people, but the animals also give out growls (低吼). Their growls, however, are only partly audible (听得见的); two-thirds of the call is at frequencies that are too low to be picked up by our hearing. To learn more about the inaudible part of the growl, the team attached (附在上面) a microphone sensitive to these low frequencies and a GP