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阅读理解组合练(四)(限时30分钟)A(2017南京市高三模拟)The following ads come from UW (the University of Washington) newspaper called The Daily.CLASSIFIED ADSHelp WantedRoomsRARTTIME PIZZA DELIVERY driver, base paytips. Our vehicle. Must be over 26 for insurance purposes. Dellinos Pizzeria, University Village, 5553466.1 BLOCK TO UW Clean, quiet nonsmoking room, private refrigerator. Month to month agreement，$425 includes all utilities. 5552488.RESTAURANT SUMMER JOB in Alaska! Experienced, presentable waitresses and cooks needed for busy restaurants in Valdez, Alaska. Fax your rsum/ application to 9075442877, at: Mike.BRAND NEW BUILDING close to UW. Furnished rooms with private baths and decks. Starting at $355. 5608 15th Ave. (206)5551435.WASHINGTON ATHLETIC CLUB, a private hotel and athletic club in downtown Seattle, has openings for parttime lifeguards and swimming instructors. Please call Stuart at 2065553989.FROM $260 $280. Rooms, 1 block north of UW. Clean and quiet residence. No smoking, no musical instruments. Deposit needed. (206) 5556608. Business Opportunities The Daily makes every effort to ensure you are responding to a reputable job opportunity. REMEMBER: lawful employers do not ask for money as part of the application process. Do not send money, especially out of state, or give any credit card information. The majority of our Business Opportunities are at least in part commissionbased opportunities. A small investment may be required, and you may be asked to work from your home. If you have responded to an ad that seems deceptive, please call The Daily at 5552390.ChildcareBABYSITTER WANTED: CARING and responsible babysitter for adorable goodnatured 21monthold boy. 15 hours/week. Days/times negotiable. Experience preferred. 5551293.CHILDCARE NEEDED during summer in Wallingford for three great children. 2530 hours/week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday. $9/hour. Begins 6/28. (206) 5552375.EARN NEW COMPUTER and make money at the same time. $2,000 in your first two weeks with unlimited income potential. This offer is going fast. Call and get the fact. ParkingCOVERED PARKING CLOSE TO UW, Secure garage, $65 per month, 5608 15th Ave. NE, 2065551435.PARKING NEAR UW. 3 locations, $58/month. Secured Garage, $85/month. (206) 5552944.语篇解读：本文是一篇应用文，介绍了有关在华盛顿大学的报纸The Daily上所登的广告的内容。1If you are looking for a job only for the summer, how many choices do you have?AOne.BTwo.CThree. DFour.解析：选B细节理解题。根据Help Wanted中的“SUMMER JOB in Alaska！”和Childcare中的“CHILDCARE NEEDED during summer in .”可知，如果你只想寻找夏季的工作的话，你有两个选择。2Which of the following is TRUE according to the ads?AIf you are good at swimming, you can try a job at 2065553989.BAll the companies advertising on The Daily are trustworthy.CAs a student, you dont need to pay a deposit when renting rooms.DThe fees for parking near the University of Washington are the same.解析：选A细节理解题。根据Help Wanted中的“openings for parttime lifeguards and swimming instructors”“2065553989”可知，如果你擅长游泳的话，你可以试着拨打2065553989来找份工作。B(2017盐城市高三模拟)Weather is a famously boring conversation starter until you drop a name like Sandy, Katrina, Juno, or Irene. Even without a hurricane or “snowmageddon” on the horizon, weather reports on channels like CNN have high viewer ratings. Sometimes, the Weather Channel itself beats the rest of the competition. But why are people so fascinated by storms, even when theyre nowhere near them? When the weather turns bad, why cant we look away, even after weve gotten the information we need to get through it?We may be addicted to the danger. Humans didnt evolve to be safe, riskminimizing citizens; because our early experiences involved constantly dangerous conditions, we developed a certain baseline expectation of risk. Even if you stayed inside your camp or your cave, the world was full of unpredictable, potentially dangerous things. And actively taking risks could be rewarded; that might have been the only way to get food. In the modern environment, we arent exposed to natural risks in the same way. But the underlying neural mechanisms havent gone anywhere. Some people have a natural bent for highrisk situations. They run extreme races, BASE jump, or invest in changeable stocks. Most of us, though, enjoy a certain thrill without losing our heads. We like roller coasters. Well ski the blackdiamond trail but may not go off track. Its a phenomenon that the sociologist Stephen Lyng calls edgework. We feel like were living on the edge, but we know that theres a safety net.Edgework is precisely what extreme weather is. A winter storm or any storm, really approximates this thrill. Its powerful and even dangerous. But safely settled inside and in front of our computer screens, we dont think it will really hurt us. The power might go out, but then we would be able to share a picture of a car buried in a snowdrift. And then, soon, it will be over. You will have had the thrill, and you might have gained control over it by capturing a moment of “danger”， but in all, it seems a relatively minor risk. We satisfy our inner risk seeker without going into dangerous territory.As for the people on the West Coast who followed the winter storm Juno in 2015 as eagerly as any New Yorker or Bostonian, risk can well be experienced vicariously (代理地). We stay glued to forecasts of gloom and doom for the same reason we watch the latest X Games. They capture our attention and emotion. The media know this all too well. There is one major exception: those who suffered an extreme weather catastrophe in the past. We learn differently from description than from experience. If you were in a recordbreaking storm in the past and nothing bad happened, you will likely dismiss the current danger. But if you experienced a major loss the destruction of a house, say, or a multiweeklong loss of power you likely wont do much rubbernecking this time. Unlike everyone else, you realize the danger probably isnt worth massive media coverage. 语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。人们聊天时往往从天气开始，电视上天气预报节目有着很高的收视率，且人们对和风暴有关的恶劣天气着迷。这是为什么呢？3Which of the following is TRUE about edgework mentioned in the passage?APeople wont take any risk without consideration.BTaking risks has been a type of lifestyle in peoples life.CPeople tend to expect the arrival of extreme weather.DFacing danger can satisfy peoples inner desire for risk.解析：选A推理判断题。根据第二段的最后一句可知，我们喜欢危险的事物，但我们也知道自己是安全的，接着第三段对此进行进一步的论证。故选A项。4What can be inferred from the passage?AEvolution of human beings weakens peoples awareness of taking risks.BPeople who once suffered from storms show less curiosity about them.CThe contents from the media lead to people being addicted to the danger.DPeople on the West Coast with New Yorkers went through the winter storm Juno.解析：选B推理判断题。根据最后一段的“There is one major exception: those who suffered an extreme weather . But if you experienced a major loss . you likely wont do much rubbernecking this time.”可知，那些真正经历过恶劣天气并遭受损失的人是不太会再关注这样的天气的。故B项正确。5What is the best title for the passage?AWhy we love superstormsBHow extreme weather influences our lifeCWhy people like taking risksDHow we deal with weather forecasts解析：选A标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文作者主要分析了人们喜欢关注与风暴有关的恶劣天气的原因。故选A项。C(2017江苏省高三六校联考)One hundred years ago, “Colored” was the typical way of referring to Americans of African descent. Twenty years later, it was purposefully dropped to make way for “Negro”. By the late 1960s, that term was overtaken by “Black”. And then, at a press conference in Chicago in 1988, Jesse Jackson declared that “African American” was the term to welcome. This one was chosen because it echoed the labels of groups, such as “Italian Americans” and “Irish Americans”， that had already been freed of widespread discrimination.A centurys worth of calculated name changes point to the fact that naming any group is a politically freighted exercise. A 2001 study cataloged all the ways in which the term “Black” carried connotations (含义) that were more negative than those of “African American”But if it was known that “Black” people were viewed differently from “African Americans”， researchers, until now, hadnt identified what that gap in perception was derived from. A recent study, conducted by Emory Universitys Erika Hall, found that “Black” people are viewed more negatively than “African Americans” because of a perceived difference in socioeconomic status. As a result, “Black” people are thought of as less competent and as having colder personalities.The studys most striking findings shed light on the racial discrimination permeating the professional world. Even seemingly harmless details on a CV, it appears, can tap into recruiters (招聘人员的) discrimination. A job application might mention affiliations (关系) with groups such as the “Wisconsin Association of AfricanAmerican Lawyers” or the “National Black Employees Association”， the names of which apparently have consequences, and are also beyond their members control. In one of the studys experiments, subjects were given a brief description of a man from Chicago with the last name Williams. To one group, he was identified as “AfricanAmerican”， and another was told he was “Black”. With little else to go on, they were asked to estimate Mr. Williams salary, professional standing, and educational background.The “AfricanAmerican” group estimated that he earned about $37,000 a year and had a twoyear college degree. The “Black” group, on the other hand, put his salary at about $29,000, and guessed that he had only “some” college experience. Nearly threequarters of the first group guessed that Mr. Williams worked at a managerial level, while only 38.5 percent of the second group thought so. Halls findings suggest theres an argument to be made for electing to use “African American”， though one cant help but get the sense that its a decision that papers over the urgency of continued progress. Perhaps a new phrase is needed, one that can bring everyone one big step closer to realizing Du Bois original, idealistic hope: “Its not the name its_the_Thing_that_counts.”语篇解读：本文探讨了非洲血统的美国人被称为“黑人”和“非裔美国人”时人们的不同态度。6We can conclude from Erika Halls findings that_.Aracial discrimination is widespread in the professional worldBmany applicants dont attend to details on their CVsCjob seekers should all be careful about their affiliationsDmost recruiters are unable to control their racial bias解析：选A细节理解题。根据第四段中的“The studys most striking findings shed light on the racial discrimination permeating the professional world.”可知，Erika Hall的研究发现，种族歧视在职场是很普遍的，因此选择A。7Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?AJesse Jackson embraced the term “African American” because it is free from discrimination.BThe naming of any ethnic (种族) group is political sensitive.CBefore the study conducted by Erika Hall, researchers had identified the causes of the gap in perception of racial discrimination.DA man identified as “African American” is thought of as more capable than he is identified as “Black”解析：选C细节理解题。根据第三段中的“But if it was known that Black people . gap in perception was derived from.”可知，在Erika Hall进行研究之前，研究人员并没有弄清楚对种族歧视的感知差异来源于何处。C项表述与原文信息相悖，故选择C。8Erika Halls experiment about a man with the last name Williams indicates that _.AAfrican Americans fare better than many other ethnic groupsBblack peoples socioeconomic status in America remains lowCpeoples conception of a person has much to do with the way he or she is labeledDones professional standing and income are related to their educational background解析：选C推理判断题。根据第五段和第六段中提到的两个小组对不同称谓的Williams的不同看法可知，人们对于一个人的认知与他或她被贴的标签有很大关系，因此选择C。9From the underlined sentence in the last paragraph, we can know that Dr. Du Bois hope is _.Aall Americans enjoy equal rightsBa person is judged by their worthCa new term is created to address African AmericansDall ethnic groups share the nations continued progress解析：选B句意理解题。根据文章最后两句可以看出，我们或许需要一个新的词组，一个能使每个人进一步实现Du Bois最初的、理想化的希望：重要的不是名字而是“事物”本身的词组。也就是说，人们应根据一个人的价值，而不是其名字来评判他/她。故选择B。D(2017南京市、盐城市高三模拟)Dad and I loved baseball and hated sleep. One midsummer dawn when I was nine, we drove to the local park with our baseballs, gloves, and Yankees caps.“If you thought night baseball was a thrill, just wait，” Dad told me. “Morning air carries the ball like youve never seen.”He was right. Our fastballs charged faster and landed more lightly. The echoes of our catches popped as the sun rose over the dewsprinkled fields.The park was all ours for about two hours. Then a young mother pushed her stroller toward us. When she neared, Dad politely leaned over the stroller, waved, and gave the baby his best smile.The mother stared at him for a second, and then rushed away. Dad covered his mouth with his hand and walked to the car. “Lets go, bud，” he said. “Im not feeling well.”A month earlier, Bells palsy (贝尔氏神经麻痹) had struck Dad, paralyzing the right side of his face. It left him slurring words and with a droopy eyelid. He could hardly drink from a cup without spilling onto his shirt. And his smile, which once eased the pain of playground cuts and burst forth at the mention of Mick Jagger, Woody Allen, or his very own Yankees, was gone.As I slumped in the car, I began suspecting that our sunrise park visit wasnt about watching daylight lift around us. This was his effort to avoid stares.It was a solemn drive home.After that day, Dad spent more time indoors. He left the shopping, driving, and Little League games to Mom. A freelance editor, he turned our dining room into his office and buried himself in manuscripts. He no longer wanted to play catch.At physical therapy, Dad obeyed the doctor: “Now smile as wide as you can. Now lift your right cheek with your hand. Now try to whistle.”Only the sound of blowing air came out. My earliest memories were of Dad whistling to Frank Sinatra or Bobby McFerrin. He always whistled. He had taught me to whistle too. Of the roughly 40,000 Americans suffering from Bells palsy every year, most recover in several weeks. Other cases take a few months to heal. But after nine weeks of therapy, the doctor confessed she couldnt help Dad.“Ive never seen anything like this，” she told him after his final session. Then she handed him the bill.Dad coped through humor. He occasionally grabbed erasable markers and drew an evensided wide smile across his face. Other times, he practiced his Elvis impersonation, joking that his curled lips allowed him to perfect his performance of “Hound Dog”By the time I entered fourth grade that September, Dad could blink his right eye and speak clearly again. But his smile still hadnt returned. So I made a secret vow: I would abstain from smiles of any kind.Nothing about fourth grade made this easy. Classmates were both old enough to laugh about pop culture and young enough to appreciate fart jokes. Kids called me Frowny the Dwarf. (I was three foot ten. ) Teachers accompanied me into hallways, asking what was wrong. Breaking the promise I had made myself was tempting, but I couldnt let Dad not smile alone.When I asked my PE coach, “ Whats so great about smiling？” he made me do pushups while the rest of the class played Wiffle ball. Then he called Dad.I never learned what they discussed. But when I got off the school bus that afternoon, I saw Dad waiting for me, holding our gloves and ball. For the first time in months, we got in the family car and went to the park for a catch.“Its been too long，” he said.Roughly a halfdozen fathers and sons lined the field with gloved arms in the air. Dad couldnt smile, but he beamed, and so did I. Sundown came quickly. The fields white lights glowed, and everyone else left. But Dad and I threw everything from curve balls to folly floaters into the night. We had catching up to do.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。贝尔氏神经麻痹夺走了作者父亲的微笑，作者秘密发誓放弃微笑陪着父亲一起，直至父亲“重获微笑”。10Why did Father choose to play baseball one summer dawn?ABecause they c