2025年高考英语解密之阅读理解.docx

2025 年高考英语解密之阅读理解
一．阅读理解（共 25 小题）
1 ．（2024•宁乡市模拟）LastPass
In this day and age ，we need a password for everything — to access our computer ，our phone ，our bank account ， all of our favorite websites and email...the list goes on.Sometimes ， it can be troublesome just to remember them all or keep track of them securely.
Luckily ，there's LastPass!As the name implies ，LastPass is the last password manager app you will ever need.Through the app ，all you need is one password to have secure access to all of your passwords and private information.By using the LastPass Authenticator，you can use biometrics（生物识别技术）to log on with your face or fingerprint.It's that easy!
Calm
Calm is packed with dozens of features and hundreds of recordings designed to improve your mindfulness ， reduce stress and improve sleep.The free version includes select features such as daily meditations （冥想）， breathing exercises ， a mood tracker ， as well as demo sleep stories ， relaxation music tracks and guided meditations.Through a paid subscription ，the app tailors itself to your needs.
Pocket
When browsing the web ，we often come across interesting articles that we'd love to read through more ，but just don't have the time right there and then.But later when we have free time ，we completely forget about the articles we wanted to read!
This is where Pocket can help.The main appeal of Pocket is to add a handy save function to your favorite browser ready to click whenever you want to save something for later.
Mint
With digital payment methods，it is easy to get overwhelmed（不堪重负的）when one keeps financial records due to how fast and convenient it is to make purchases on a variety of platforms.
Thankfully ，Mint is here to help!This free app can automatically track and organize all of the purchases you make，whether it is through digital payment ，cash ，credit or debit cards.You can also link and keep track of your debit and savings accounts ，investments and properties ，and even your digital subscriptions so you'll know if there's been a cost increase.

（1）If people want to better manage their budgets ，they can turn to .
A.LastPass

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B.Calm
C.Pocket
D.Mint
（2）Which of the following statements is true？
A.LastPass is the newest password manager app in the market.
B.Calm meets all kind of requirements from every user.
C.Most users can choose Pocket to save something they want to read later.
D.Mint doesn't charge but it only keeps financial records through digital payment.
（3）Which of the following words can be used to describe the four apps？
A.Energy - saving.
B.Money - consuming.
C.Mind - blowing.
D.Peace - keeping.
2．（2024•青羊区校级模拟） Ms.McIntyre，38，worked as a publisher.She suffered brain cancer and her health got worse despite some medical treatment.But she realized that in a way ， she was luckier than some other people.She had insurance to help pay for her medical care.But Ms.McIntyre and her husband ，Mr.Gregory knew that many people with cancer face tough decisions because of the costs of medical care and wind up owing far more than they can pay.
Though her health was failing ，Ms.McIntyre decided to help pay off the medical debts of as many people as she possibly could.The couple began donating money to a group called RIP Medical Debt ，which is committed to working to pay off the unpaid medical debts of others.The group can pay off medical bills for about 100 times less money than they cost.In other words，for every 100 donated，the group can pay off 10，000 in unpaid medical bills.
Unfortunately ，Ms.McIntyre passed away before long.Mr.Gregory posted a message for Ms.McIntyre on her social media accounts. "If you're reading this，I have passed away，" the post began.Then the post explained ， "To celebrate my life ，I've arranged to buy up others' medical debts and then destroy the debts."
The couple had set up a page on a website to raise money for this purpose.They had hoped to raise about $20，000.Nevertheless，Ms.McIntyre's last post attracted a lot of attention.The donations on her web page quickly passed the total goal.In less than a week ，the site had raised 10 times more than expected and the donations are still coming in.By November 22 ，2023 ，Ms.McIntyre's web page had raised over＄627 ，000 ，or enough money to pay off about ＄60 million in medical debts.
Mr.Gregory planned a special event in December to celebrate Ms.McIntyre's life and to announce how many

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millions of dollars of medical debts her efforts had paid for.

（1）Why did Ms.McIntyre feel luckier than some other people？
A ．The doctors eventually cured her.
B ．Her disease didn't become worse.
C ．She had a decent job before being ill.
D ．She had security about medical care.
（2）How did Ms.McIntyre and her husband help others？
A ．By paying for their daily debts.
B ．By giving away money to them.
C ．By ridding them of debts from treatments.
D ．By purchasing medical insurance for them.
（3）What is paragraph 4 mainly about？
A ．The public involvement.
B ．The couple's commitment.
C ．The operation of a website.
D ．The increase of medical debts.
（4）Which of the following words can best describe Ms.McIntyre？
A ．Humorous and elegant.
B ．Influential and understanding.
C ．Cautious and promising.
D ．Enthusiastic and adaptable.
3．（2024•苏州三模） The South Bronx is one of the poorest and most polluted places in America，with smog ﹣choked freeways and smelly wastewater treatment plants.
"We're a dumping ground ，" Omar explains."All the garbage from the rest of New York City ends up here."
But Omar started looking at garbage in a different way ，" f ot of what people throw away is perfectly."good， "he says."Just look at that stuff from construction sites ﹣doors，Sinks，toilets.People will buy those things.It's only called garbage because somebody threw it away."Omar was just out of college and working for an environmental group called Sustainable South Bronx when he started considering how to get this "good garbage" to people who could use it.Instead of destroying old things ，why not clean them up and resell them ？Why not hire people in the community to do the work？Better yet，why not make this business a "cooperative ，"which means the people

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working in the business own it and share the profits？
Out of tis，Omar started the fist cooperative in the country dedicated to reusing construction waste To start his business ，Omar put up flyers along the truck﹣jammed ，trash ﹣filled neighborhood streets looking for people to work with him.He soon found four other dedicated workers.They rented a warehouse and started looking for donations of used materials.
In April 2008 ，Omar's cooperative ，ReBuilders Source ，opened its business and began selling construction supplies﹣ at reasonable prices 一 to neighborhood builders and home owners.With the help of city officials ，he also began panning a new training program to help local residents learn the skills to get good jobs that help the environment and even start their own cooperatives.Workers were trained to carefully take buildings apart so that things like doors and windows can be reused instead of being smashed and sent off to a landfill.Deconstructing buildings this way could be a huge industry with many good jobs for people who need them.
"If you have a use for something ，"Omar says ，"it's no longer waste."

（1）Why is the South Bronx mentioned in the first paragraph？
A.To arouse readers' interest.
B.To serve as the background information.
C.To contrast with the other districts.
D.To introduce a famous place.
（2）Which was Not the reason for Omar's creating a cooperative business？
A.To provide jobs for local people.
B.To deal with dumped rubbish.
C.To increase cooperation among neighbors.
D.To make money from garbage.
（3）Which of the following words best describe Omar？
A.Idealistic and business﹣minded.
B.Creative and action﹣oriented.
C.Practical and self﹣focused.
D.Devoted and iron﹣hearted.
（4）Which saying might interpret Omar's action？
A.Knowledge starts with practice.
B.One good turn deserves another.

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C.Four eyes see more than two.
D.Kill two birds with one stone.
4．（2024•宁波二模） The rate of childhood obesity in the U.S.has tripled over the past 50 years.The American Academy of Pediatrics （AAP） made waves this year by recommending that doctors put obese kids as young as two years old on intensive ， family ﹣ oriented lifestyle and behavior plans.It also suggested prescribing weight ﹣ loss drugs to children 12 and older and surgery to teens 13 and older.This advice reflects the organization's adoption of a more active position on childhood obesity.
Yet the lifestyle programs the AAP recommends are expensive ，inaccessible to most children and hard to maintain.Few weight ﹣loss drugs have been approved for children.And surgery has potential risks and few long﹣ term safety data.Furthermore ，it's not clear whether interventions in youngsters help to improve health or merely add to the psychological burden overweight kids face from the society.
Rather than paying close attention to numbers on a scale ，the U.S.and countries with similar trends should focus on an underlying truth：we need to invest in more and safer places for children to play where they can move and run around ，climb and jump ，ride and skate.
Why is it so hard to get kids moving？ Experts blame the problem on the privatization of sports—as public investment in school﹣based athletics dwindles，expensive private leagues have grown，leaving many kids out.In addition to fewer opportunities at school ，researchers cite increased screen time and a lack of safe places for them to play outside the home.New York City ，for example ，had 2 ，067 public playgrounds as of2019—a very small amount for its large population.In Los Angeles in 2015，only 33 percent of youths lived within walking distance of a park.
Kids everywhere need more places to play.Public funding to build and keep up these areas is crucial ，but other options such as shared﹣use agreements can make unused spaces available to the public.These opportunities aren't primarily about changing children's waistlines—they're how we keep childhood healthy and fun.

（1）What can we learn from the first two paragraphs？
A.Childhood obesity is well under control in recent years.
B.Weight﹣loss surgery are recommended to children 12 and older.
C.AAP plays a more active role in fighting against childhood obesity.
D.Expensive as it is ，lifestyle programs are practical for most children.
（2）The underlined word "dwindle" is closest in meaning to .
A.decline

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B.quit
C.increase
D.develop
（3）In the author's opinion ，what measures should be taken to create more safe areas？
A.Prepare fitness equipment at home.
B.Live within walking distance of a park.
C.Promote investment in private athletics.
D.Open up playgrounds when school's out.
（4）What's the main idea of the text？
A.Sports play an important role in children's growth.
B.More safe areas for outdoor fun are in urgent need.
C.Family - oriented lifestyles are crucial to children's health.
D.Medical intervention is important to ease psychological burden.
5 ．（2024•南关区校级模拟） The turn of the year is the time for reviewing one's life ，and for making some resolutions about what to concentrate on in the coming year；and for many years I have taken advantage of the holiday to review my own ambition.
One thing I decide on this year is to give up writing the Grumpy （暴躁的） Old Bookman column in this magazine.It's not that I've lost interest in the book world.But Leonard Woolf，husband of American writer Virginia Wool （ 1882—1941），used to say a man should change his career every seven years.Though I would say that changing your whole career frequently is going a bit far ，I do find that it serves as a great refresher if you can occasionally try a new job within the same line of business.
It is over 15 years since our editor wrote to me and asked if I would be interested in writing a regular piece about what was，even then，a rapidly changing publishing scene.He approached me because since 2004 I had been writing a regular blog called ，Grumpy Old Bookman.
As my monthly survey of developments in both traditional and digital publishing continued，in this magazine， I began to realize that writers in this century ，of both fiction and non - fiction ，are living in something close to a paradise（天堂）.Onceyou struggled for years to find a publisher— or an agent if you wanted one—but now you can publish your own stuff，either digitally or in paperback ，without it costing you a penny piece.
After about five years of producing such columns ，it occurred to me that ，rather than let these essays fade away on the seas of time ，it might be valuable to publish my thoughts and comments in book form to potential readers.Hence，in 2014，I published the first 69 GOB columns in paperback format，using Amazon's Create Space

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facilities.Title：Writers Rejoice!A monthly diary of the dawn of the digital agewhich was my first trial.And now I sincerely wish a new 2024.

（1）Why does the author want to give up writing the column？
A ．He is fed up with the career linked to books.
B ．He is very keen on trying something new.
C ．He follows Leonard Woolf's suggestion.
D ．He's used to changing his job every seven years.
（2）According to the author ，what can be inferred from Paragraph 4？
A ．Now it is amazing to find a publisher easily.
B ．Publishing industry is a profitable business.
C ．It is rather hard to publish books nowadays.
D ．It is a blessing to live in the present times
（3）What do you think of the author？
A ．Emotional and good at controlling himself.
B ．Dedicated but easy to doubt himself.
C ．Purposeful and good at self﹣adjustment.
D ．Ambitious but unwilling to change himself.
（4）What does the author mainly want to tell us？
A ．Giving up timely is another virtue.
B ．Changing the job means a new opportunity.
C ．The beginning of a year is a new start.
D ．Reflection can drive us to push forward.
6．（2024•黑龙江二模） A Virginia family whose home was destroyed by a fire last week recently received the gift of some old﹣fashioned Christmas cheer from "Santa Claus" （圣诞老人）.
In the spirit of Christmas ，the Ferrum Volunteer Fire Department delivered presents to the family who lost their home and belongings in a house fire on Thursday.
"It was a working structure fire and unfortunately the family lost everything.We as volunteers knew that we couldn't let this mom and her three kids go through Christmas without anything ， " the fire station wrote on Facebook. "Yes ，they're OK but it's Christmas ，right？"
The fire station officials delivered Christmas gifts to the mother and her three children the following day at

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the local c