高中英語(yǔ)閱讀專項(xiàng)-練習(xí)四

1、高中英語(yǔ)閱讀專項(xiàng)練習(xí)四Jacobs Pillow Dance FestivalWhere: Becket, MassachusettsWhen: Jun. 15Aug.24Each summer, this influential dance center presents a number of classes and performances by more than 50 companies from around the world. Highlights （最精彩的部分）in this season include the Dance Theater of Harlems produ

2、ction of Alvin Aileys The Lark Ascending, which opens the festival.Many events are free. Ticketed performances start at $22. J.Moab Music FestivalWhere: Moab. UtahWhen: Aug.29Sept.9This area is better known for mountain biking than for music. But since 1992, it has hosted a private festival that bri

3、ngs classical, jazz, Latin and other types of music to the land. This year there will be 16 concerts, including three Grotto Concerts, where guests take a 45-minute boat ride down the Colorado River to performances.Events start at $25. .Cheyenne Frontier DaysWhere: Cheyenne, WyomingWhen: July 1928Th

4、ere is something for everyone at this 117-ycar-old festival, from an Indian village and Old West museum to country concerts. But the competition is still the main attraction, with cowboys and cowgirls competing for major money in the worlds largest outdoor stage.Competition tickets start at $18, and

5、 concert tickets at $23. .The Glimmerglass FestivalWhere: Cooperstown, New YorkWhen: July6Aug.24Each summer, opera lovers from around the country travel to upstate New York to watch productions that include stars like Nathan Gunn and Ginger Costa-Jackson. This years performances include Wagners The

6、Flying Dutchman and Verdis King for a Day, in honor of the 200th birthdays of both composers（作曲家）.Tickets start at $26. .If you are interested in dance performance, which date suits you best?A. June 6.B. June 28.C. August 29.D. September 9.Where can you watch a competition and enjoy concerts?A. Beck

7、et Massachusetts.B. Moab, Utah.C. Cheyenne, Wyoming.D. Cooperstown, New York.If you are a big fan of Wagner, which one should you choose?A. Jacobs Pillow Dance FestivalB. The Glimmerglass FestivalC. Cheyenne Frontier DaysD. Moab Music FestivalBAt thirteen, I was diagnosed （診斷）with a kind of attentio

8、n disorder. It made school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on （asks, I could not.In my first literature class, Mrs. Smilh asked us to read a slory and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said, Mrs. Smith, you see, the doctor said I

9、have attention problems. I might not be able to do it.She glanced down at me through her glasses, You are not different from your classmates, young man, I tried, but I didnt finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became cic

10、ar to me. It was about a blind person, Lous Brailc. He lived in a time when the blind couldnt get much education. But Louis didnt give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots （點(diǎn)）,which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.Wasnt I the blind in my class, being made to

11、 learn like the sighted students? My thoughts, spilled out and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was not different from others; I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problem, why should I ever give up?I didnt expect anything wh

12、en I handed in my paper to Mrs. Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day-with an A on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words, See what you can do when you keep trying? Why didnt （he author finish the reading in class?A. Because he didnt like the teacher.Because

13、 he was not fond of literature.Because the class room was too noisy.Because he got a kind of attention disorder.What can we learn about Louis Braille from the passage?He couldnt see and read for the whole life.He got a good education at school.He made an invention which helps the blind.D He managed

14、to cure his blindness.Whats Mrs. Smiths attitude to the author in （he classroom?A. She encouraged him.B. She looked down on him.C. She sympathized（同情）him.D. She was angry with him.What can we learn from the passage?Keep trying, and you can do it.Ways to overcome attention disorder.How to be a great

15、teacher.What should you do as a blind.CWhac is an accent （口 音）？ An accent is a flavoring to you that influences the sounds of words and sentences. In Birmingham you might hear lake sounding close to like, and in Ireland you might hear this sounding close to diss.Accents are related to social group.

16、Everyone has an accent, and for evei-y accent there are groups of people who react badly to it. These reactions are the result of prejudice （偏見(jiàn)）-an unreasoned jumping to conclusions.Everybody has prejudices about accents. I certainly do. I have held prejudices about other peoples accents. But over t

17、he years, my experience of working with people from all kinds of backgrounds has led me to give up these prejudices. However, I still have prejudices that I find difficult to control.Studies tell us that no accent is better than any other. But the reality is that many people judge others according t

18、o accents.Jacob, Member of Parliament （議會(huì)），remembers when he first stood unsuccessfully for election in Fife, Scotland, I gradually realized that whatever I happened to be speaking about, the number of voters in my favor dropped as soon as I opened my mouth. HAnd some people change their accents to

19、sound more refined （文雅的）when talking to people outside their circle of family and friends.Sky News ran a report recently in which an 18-year-old woman was trying to sound less posh （上等人的），（hat is speaking non-standard English, because she didnt like the strangers telling her that she must be rich an

20、d from a famous family.Lastly.心 worih being reminded iha【people can have an accent and still be recognized.What does the author think of accent prejudice?A. It is reasonable.B. It should be banned（禁止）.C. It is hard to avoid.D. It causes serious social issues.Why did Jacob fail in the election?A. Wha

21、t he said was unwise.He spoke with an accent.He broke the election rules.He was unable to make himself understood.What did the 18-ycar-old woman try to do according to Sky News?To keep her ways of speaking.To change her accent.To pretend to be a well-educated person.To leam the upper-class British a

22、ccent.What does the last sentence of the passage mean?The accent tells what kind of people you are.It is easy to recognize people with accent.People with accent can also be successful.It is important to recognize ones accent.DA few years ago, my sister-in-law started to feel concerned about her teen

23、age daughter. What was she doing after school? Where was she spending her time? My niece was an excellent student, and took part in all kinds of after-class activities. Even so, her mom decided to put a tracking app （星艮蹤卜M用程序）on the kids phone.At first, this made my sister-in-law feel better. Then t

24、he good situation suddenly ended. She recalled, I found out that she was someplace that she said she wasnt. I went out in the middle of the night and found her walking without shoes in the middle of the street with some friends. Things went quickly downhill for the mother and ihe daughter after that

25、.With 73% of teens having their own smartphones now, according to a 2015 Pew study, more and more of their parents are facing the question: Tb watch or not?Ana Homayoun, founder of Green Ivy Educational Consulting, has advised many parents and their kids about this. Ive found teens arc more acceptab

26、le to tracking apps when it is included as part of a family agreement to improve safety than when it is placed as a secret tool to watch them, she said.Mark Bell, a father of a teenage girl, said, We dont have tracking apps, but we have set some ground rules （hat my daughter must follow in exchange

27、fbr us providing a smart phone, he said. For example, his daughter must friend him on social media so that he can read posts, and must share all passwords.When youre trying to build trust, you need to create an environment that encourages it. So, to win their trust, you always need to be straight wi

28、th your children. Parents must let children know how and when theyll be watching them, said Doctor Paulch Wciglc. If theyre not open about it, he warns, it can greatly damage the parent and child relationship.Whats result of the authors sister-in-law using the app?She felt good with knowing her daug

29、hters after school activities.She wasnt worried about her daughter any more.She had more communication with her daughter.She had more conflicts with her daughter.What can we learn about todays teens from Homayoun?They doubt family agreements.They are worried about online safety.They dislike being wa

30、tched secretly with tracking apps.They welcome the use of tracking apps.Why are Mark Bell and his daughter mentioned in Paragraph 5?To show how to use smart phone safely.To give an example of being straight with children.To leach how to pul （racking app on phones.To lell the imporlance of being chil

31、drens friend.What should be done before using a tracking app according to Weigle?Teach the kid how to use it.B. Check the kids phone.C. Tell the kid about it.D. Advise the kid to use his phone less.七選五From old times, crows （烏鴉）have been famous for their cleverness. They use tools, work out problems,

32、 and even enjoy playing. 36To make tools, crows cut off leaves with their mouths”, shape them, and use them to look for bugs in wood or plants.37 When the leaf isnt needed for the moment, the bird stores the tool at its feet or somewhere else.To test wild crows abilities to work out problems, scient

33、ists placed food outdoors in covered bowls. They watched with interest as the birds smartly opened the bowls to get the food. Scientists also found out that crows can make use of the traffic. 3839 Young crows will carry a stick or nut into the air, drop it, and fly to catch the object as it falls.So

34、 just how smart are crows? Perhaps a crow will never do tricks as a dog will. 40A. Many people dont like crows.Just as a carpenter （木匠）carries his tools with him, a crow will carry its tool around.Crows arc cleverer than many other birds.For example, crows would drop a nut on the road and wait for a

35、 car to run over the nut to break it.Besides, crows seem to enjoy playing.Scientists have studied carefully how crows go about these activities.But scientists agree that theres a lot going on in the brain of a clever crow.完形填空I always wanted to look like the slim girls on TV even though I knew that

36、it was impossible. I worried about my41 and tried every new diet I read about online. I tried no-fat, low-fat, only bananas, no bananas-1 almost went bananas, too.Then I read an article that said42asking Am I fat? I should be asking Am I 43?” I had no44a letter could make such a 45!Once Istarted thinking about fitness rather than weight, things began to46.Instead of saying I want to lose threekilos,I would say