北京市2015高考英语 阅读和信息匹配四月自练7

1、北京市2015高考英语 阅读和信息匹配四月自练7【2015高考复习】阅读理解 Parents are creating an “I want it now” generation by indulging childrens every demand at Christmas，say experts.Youngsters are becoming increasingly selfish，claim the education analysts.Consumer­savvy children are forcing their families into racking up hug

2、e debts and risk becoming spoilt and dissatisfied in the future.Behavioural consultant Chris Calland said，“Parents are desperate to make Christmas into a magical fairy tale for their kids.Theres nothing wrong with that as such.The problem arises when it means always giving into all our childrens dem

3、andseven if they are beyond our price range or not age­appropriate.”Ms Calland，who runs “Santa Says No” style sessions with colleague Nicky Hutchinson，added，“Many of us go into so much debt providing the gifts our children want that we spend the rest of the year paying off the bills.Yet so ofte

4、n the parcels weve carefully wrapped，once opened，are just pushed away because the very thing our little boy or girl was once so desperate for，they have now lost interest in.” Ms Calland and Ms Hutchinson have drawn up a list of guidelines to help parents manage their offsprings Christmas lists this

5、year.They say that adults can actually improve their relationships with their children by resisting “pester (纠缠) power”Ms Calland said，“All too often we say yes because we want an easier life when the fact is that were only building up problems for the future.We are helping create a generation of yo

6、ungsters who are blind to the needs of others and the necessity of hard work.” “Children learn fastif we sometimes change our mind，they quickly realise it might be worth lying on the floor and screaming for it.Make sure you and your partner are working together on this.Be consistent.And try not to g

7、et caught up in competition with other families or friends.”【语篇解读】本文是时文阅读。由于父母对孩子圣诞节的要求无限制地满足，产生了“I want it now”一代。5What is the main problem with the “I want it now” generation?AThey are quite self­centered.BThey like to live in fairy tales.CThey waste a lot of money on gifts. DThey cant keep t

8、heir interest in gifts.解析细节理解题。从第一段最后一句中的“Youngsters are becoming increasingly selfish”以及倒数第二段中的“a generation of youngsters who are blind to the needs of others”可知“ I want it now”一代很自私、以自我为中心。答案A6What is probably the aim of “Santa Says No” style sessions?ATo advise on how to wrap gifts properly.BTo

9、keep childrens interest in the gifts.CTo tell parents how to say no to childrens demands.DTo advise parents on what gifts to buy for children.解析推理判断题。根据第四、五段内容可知，“Santa Says No” style sessions的目的是教父母如何对孩子的无限制的要求说不。答案C 7According to the passage，we can infer that Ms Calland intends to_.Aanalyze childr

10、ens behaviorBgive advice to parentsCintroduce a new generation Dgive her support to parents解析推理判断题。综合分析Mr Calland的话可知，Ms Calland在本文中为父母提出了不要满足孩子的一切要求的建议。答案B8Ms Calland would agree that parents should_.Abuy nothing for children at ChristmasBchoose gifts carefully for childrenClet children choose thei

11、r own giftsDavoid competing with others 解析细节理解题。从最后一段最后一句“And try not to get caught up in competition with other families or friends”可知答案为D。答案D阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。Humpback whalesHumpback whales are sometimes called performers of the ocean. This is because they can make impressive mo

12、vements when they dive. The name “humpback”, which is the common name for this whale, refers to the typical curve shape the whales back forms as it dives.Sometimes the humpback will dive with a fantastic movement known as a breach. During breaching the whale uses its powerful tail flukes to lift nea

13、rly two-thirds of its body not of the water in a giant leap. A breach might also include a sideways twist with fins stretched out like wings, as the whale reaches the height of the breach.A humpback whale breathes air at the surface of the water through two blowholes which are located near the top o

14、f head. It blows a double stream of water that can rise up to 4 meters above the water.The humpback has a small dorsal fin located towards the tail flukes about two-thirds of the way down its back. Other distinguishing features include large pectoral fins, which may be up to a third of the body leng

15、th, and unique black and white spots on the underside of the tail flukes. These markings are like fingerprints:no two are the same.Humpback whales live in large groups. They communicate with each other through complex “songs”.Quick FactsSize:14m18m in length;3050 tons in weightLivingenvironment:Open

16、 ocean and shallow coastline watersMigration:From warm tropical(热带的)waters, where they breed, to cold polar waters, where they eatDiet:Shellfish, plants and fish of small sizeHunting:Sometimes in groups, in which several whales form a circle under the water, blowing bubbles that form a “net” around

17、a school of fish. The fish are then forced up to the surface in a concentrated mass.Currentstate:Endangered:it is estimated that there are about 50007500 humpback whales worldwide.1. According to Quick Facts, a humpback whale.A. cannot survive in waters near the shore B. doesnt live in the same wate

18、rs all the timeC. lives mainly on underwater plants D. prefers to work alone when hunting food2. To make a breach, a humpback whale must.A. use its tail flukes to leap out of the water B. twist its body sideways to jump highC. blow two streams of water D. communicate with a group of humpbacks3. From

19、 the passage we can learn that a humpback whale.A. has its unique markings on its tail flukes B. has black and white fingerprintsC. gets its name from the way it hunts D. is a great performer due to its songs【参考答案】1-3 BAA【2015高考复习】任务型阅读A man from Korea was telling a friend about his trip to the Unit

20、ed States. The man had visited major businesses and investment companies in New York City and Chicago.“I studied English before I left home，”he said. “But I still was not sure that people were speaking English”His problem is easy to understand. Americans in business are like people who are in busine

21、ss anywhere. They have a language of their own. Some of the business words and expressions deal with the special areas of their work. Other expressions are borrowed from different kinds of work such as the theater and movie industry.One such saying is “Get your act together”When things go wrong in a

22、 business, an employer may get angry. He may shout, “Stop making mistakes. Get your act together.”Or, if the employer is calmer, he may say, “Let us get our act together.” Either way, the meaning is the same. Getting your act together is getting organized. In business, it usually means to develop a

23、calm and orderly plan of action.It is difficult to tell exactly where the saying began. But it is probable that it was in the theater or movie industry. Perhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a lot of mistakes. The director may have said, “Calm down, now. Get your act together.”Word expert J

24、ames Rogers says the expression was common by the late 1970s. Mister Rogers says the Manchester Guardian newspaper used it in 1978. The newspaper said a reform policy required that the British government get its act together.Now, this expression is heard often when officials of a company meet. One c

25、ompany even called its yearly report “Getting Our Act Together”The Korean visitor was confused by another expression used by American business people. It is “Cut to the chase”He heard that expression when he attended an important meeting of one company. One official was giving a very long report. It

26、 was not very interesting. In fact, some people at the meeting were falling asleep.Finally, the president of the company said, “Cut to the chase”Cut to the chase means to stop spending so much time on details or unimportant material, hurry and get to the good part.Naturally, this saying was started

27、by people who make movies. Hollywood movie producers believe that most Americans want to see action movies. Many of their movies show scenes in which the actors chase each other in cars, or in airplanes or on foot.Cut is the director's word for stop. The director means to stop filming, leave out

28、 some material, and get to the chase scene now.So, if your employer tells you to cut to the chase, be sure to get to the main point of your story quickly.Business expressions often _36_in the USAPassage outlineSupporting detailsA(n)_37_of a KoreanHe couldn't _38_others while in the USA, though h

29、e had learned English.Where do the business words come from？·Some _39_with the specific areas of the work.·Some are borrowed from other work.Get your act together·At the very beginning, it's used for the director to ask the _40_actor who made mistakes to act well.·People used

30、 it _41_ in the late 1970s.·It means to _42_ yourself well.Cut to the chase·It now means to stop wasting time on details or unimportant material and get to the _43_ point.·It was started by people _44_ movies.·The director used it to stop to film the chase _45_right now.【语篇解读】 不同

31、领域有各自的一套说话习惯，你只有了解相关的表达方式才能游刃有余。36used/said根据全文可知，在美国“Get your act together”和“Cut to the chase”这两个习语常被生意人使用。37experience根据右栏内容可知是一个韩国人出差到美国的经历。38understand由第二段中的“But I still was not sure that people were speaking English.”可知答案。39deal根据文中的“Some of the business words and expressions deal with the spec

32、ial areas of their work.”可知答案。deal with是“涉及”的意思。40nervous根据第七段中的“Perhaps one of the actors was nervous and made a lot of mistakes.”可知答案。41commonly根据“Word expert James Rogers says the expression was common by the late 1970s.”中的common可知答案。42organize根据第六段中的“Getting your act together is getting organize

33、d.”中的organized可转换得出答案。43main由倒数第四段的内容可知，“Cut to the chase”如今的意思是“不要浪费时间在细节或不重要的东西上，说重点吧”。44making根据倒数第三段中的“Naturally, this saying was started by people who make movies.”中的make可知答案。45scenes根据倒数第二段中的第二句话可知答案。【上海市闵行区2014质量调研考试】任务型阅读 Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or c

34、omplete the statements in the fewest possible words. By almost any measure, there is a boom in Internet-based instruction. In just a few years, 34 percent of American universities have begun offering some form of distance learning (DL), and among the larger schools, its close to 90 percent. If you d

35、oubt the popularity of the trend, you probably havent heard of the University of Phoenix. It grants degrees entirely on the basis of online instruction. It enrolls 90,000 students, a statistic used to support its claim to be the largest private university in the country.While the kinds of instructio

36、n offered in these programs will differ, DL usually indicates a course in which the instructors post syllabi (课程大纲), reading assignment, and schedules on websites, and students send in their assignments by e-mail. Generally speaking, face-to-face communication with an instructor is minimized or elim

37、inated altogether.The attraction for students might at first seem obvious. Primarily, theres the convenience promised by courses on the Net: you can do the work, as they say, in your pajamas. But figures indicate that the reduced effort results in a reduced enthusiasm to the course. While dropout ra

38、te for all freshmen at American universities is around 20 percent, the rate for online students is 35 percent. Students themselves seem to understand the weaknesses internal in the setup. In a survey conducted for Cornell, the DL division of Cornell University, less than a third of the respondents expected the quality of the online course to be as good as the classroom course.Cl