2022届高考英语阅读理解专项训练（五）

2022届高考英语阅读理解专项训练（五）A阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案.InthethirdcenturyBC,thefullstop,orperiod,wasintroducedbyGreekliterarycriticAristophanesofByzantium.Thispunctuationmark（标点符号）isusedtoshowtheendofasentence.However,thefullstophasadifferentmeaningtoteenagersandthoseintheirearly20s,whointerpretthispunctuationmarkassignofanger.Andthereisareasonforthat.Theyoungergenerationhasgrownupusingthetextsastheirprimarymeansofcommunication.Whensendingmessages,theytendtobreakuptheirthoughtsbysendingeachoneasaseparatemessage,insteadofusingafullstop.Somehavesaidthefullstopisredundantwhenusedintextingbecausethemessageisendedjustbysendingit.AccordingtotheTelegraph,linguist（语言学家）LaurenFonteynofLeidenUniversityintheNetherlands,tweeted（发推特）:“Ifyousendatextmessagewithoutafullstop,it'salreadyobvious（显然的）thatyou'veconcludedthemessage.”"Soifyouaddthatadditionalmarkerforcompletion,theywillreadsomethingintoitandittendstobeafallingintonation（语调）ornegativetone（语气）DavidCrystal,oneoftheworld'sleadinglanguageexperts,arguesthattheusageoffullstopsisbeing"revised（修改）inareallyfundamental（基本的）way”.InhisbookMakingaPoint,hesaysthatthepunctuationmarkhasbecomean"emotionmarker^^thatremindstherecipient（接受者）thatthesenderisangryorannoyed.Thoughthefullstophastakenonadifferentmeaningtotheyoungergeneration,expertsnotedthatitisimportanttotakecontext（语境）intoaccount.Forexample,usingfullstopsinanemailisperfectlyacceptableandisnotconsideredrude.Indeed,thereisnofastorslow-thereisonlyyourownterms,andyourownpace.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“redundant“probablymean?A.Clear.B.Unacceptable.C.Unnecessary.D.Old-fashioned.WhatcanwelearnfromFonteyn'swords?Usingthefullstopimprovescommunication.Theusageofthefullstopischangingfortheworse.Atextmessageisquitedifferentfromspokenlanguage.Thefullstopintextmessagescanshowsenders'emotions.Whatdolanguageexpertssuggestpeopledowhenusingthefullstop?A.Considerdifferentsituations.B.Checkwhotherecipientis.C.Takeitasan"emotionmarker”.D.Followthecultureoftheyounggeneration.Whatdoesthearticlemainlytalkabout?

Thehistoryofpunctuationmarks.Anewmeaningtothefullstop.Correctwaystousethefullstop.Differentviewsonpunctuationmarks.阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案Theinternetplaysanimportantpartinmanypeople'sdailylives.However,noteveryonecangetaccesstoit,especiallythoseinpoororremoteareas.SpaceX,aUSaerospace（航空航天）manufacturerfoundedin2002byElonMusk,isaimingtobringhighspeedinternettopeopleineverycorneroftheworldwiththeStarlinkproject.Starlinkplanstosendnearly42,000satellitesintoloworbitaroundEarth.Recently,the12thbatch（批）of60Starlinksatelliteswaslaunched,bringingthetotalnumberofStarlinksatellitesinorbittomorethan700.Duringthelaunch,SpaceXofficialsgavedetailsabouttheproject'sabilities.Thesatelliteshaveshown"superlowlatency（延迟）anddownloadspeedsgreaterthan100megabytespersecond（mbps）”,theVergereported.Itsdownloadspeedismuchfasterthanbroadband（宽带）currentlyusedinmosthomes,whichcanreachabout20mbpsto30mbps.WhatmakesStarlink9sdownloadspeedsoquick?Ratherthansendinginternetsignalsthroughelectriccables（电缆），whichmustbephysicallylaiddowntoreachdistantplaces,satelliteinternetworksbysendinginformationthroughthevacuum（真空）ofspace,whereittravels47percentfasterthaninfiber-optic（光纤）cable.“Thelatencyislowenoughtoplaythefastestonlinevideogamesandourdownloadspeedsarefastenoughtostream（播放）multiple（多个）HDmoviesatonce,“KateTice,anengineeratSpaceX,saidduringthelaunchbroadcast.ThoughtheStarlinkproject,ifsuccessful,couldexpandpeople'saccesstotheinternet,someareconcerned.Forastronomers,thelightgivenoffbymoresatellitesinorbitcouldhinder（阻碍）theirview.Also,thereareabout1,500activesatellitesand3,000deadsatellitescurrentlyorbitingEarth.IftoomanyStarlinksatellitesaresentintoorbit,theriskofcollision（树上撞）couldincrease.However,iftheStarlinkprojectsucceeds,itcould"foreveralter（改变）thelandscapeofthetelecomindustry"，CNNreported.WhatistheaimoftheStarlinkproject?Todrawpeople'sattentiontopoorareas.Tospreadtheaccesstotheinternet.Toshowpeopletheimportanceoftheinternet.TotellpeopletheroleSpaccXplaysinspacetechnology.TheauthortellsreaderstheadvantagesofStarlinkmainlyby?tellingapersonalexperience.listingnumbers.analyzingsomecases.quotingexperts.HowdoesStarlinksendinternetsignals?Throughelectriccables.Byusingsignaltowers.Throughthevacuumofspace.Byusingfiber-opticcables.WhatdidCNNthinkoftheStarlinkproject?Itisnotworththecost.Itwillachieveitsgoalsoon.Itmightdomoreharmthangood.Itcanbehelpfultothetelecomindustry.C阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案Somepeoplelivetoclimbthehighestmountains.Somepeopleonlythinkaboutitwhileothersavoideverclimbingatall.Butonethingiscertain-allpeoplecomeacrossmountainsintheirlife.WhenIwasalittlegirl,myparentsmovedustothetinyvillageofOtongo,Hidalgo,Mexico.Thistownwasbuiltatthebottomofabigmountain.Onedayafterschool,whileexploringthegreenwoodsofthismountain,Icameuponasetofstairs.Whatcouldthesestepsleadto?Couldthisbethewaytothetop?Curiositygotthebestofme,soIstartedclimbingupthosemysterioussteps.Iclimbedandclimbed,butstilltherewasnothinginsight.Itwasgettingrealdark,andIwasn'tevenclosetothetop.Thevoiceofreason（理智）toldmetohurrybackhomeandtryagainthenextday.Iranbackhomeinthedarkwhiletryingnottogettooscared.Ididn'ttellanyoneaboutwhatIfoundthatnight.IwenttobeddreamingaboutwhatIwouldfindatthetopofthismagicalmountainwelivedon.Couldtherebeahandsomeprince,treasureormonstersupthere?Ah...suchchildhoodfantasies!Thosewerethedayswhenwedaredtodream.Wedaredtodocrazythings.Webelieved!I'mallgrownupnow,andlifehasshownmeabeatingattimes.Ididliveonamountaininatownasdescribed,butIcreatedthischildhoodfantasytomakemydayssomuchmorefunasakid.Thisstoryisagoodmetaphorforlifetoday.Youmightask,"Whatwasatthetopofthatmountain?^^Iaskyou,"Whatwouldyouhavewantedtofind?"Dreamaboutwhat'satthetopofyourmountain.Whatdoyouwantoutoflife?Tomorrowisanotherday,andstill,youmustclimb.Whateveryoudo,neverevergiveuponyourdream!Neverletanyonetellyou,"Youcan't."Whichwordbestdescribestheauthorasachildaccordingtothearticle?Honest.Outgoing.Humorous.Imaginative.Whatdoparagraphs2-7mainlytalkabout?Howtheauthorreachedthetopofamountain.Achildhoodstorymadeupbytheauthor.Advicetheauthorgaveonclimbingamountain.D.Whattheauthor'sfavoritemountainwaslike.Whatdoestheauthorcomparemountainsinreallifeto?A.Dreams.B.Treasures.C.Difficulties.D.Fantasies.Whatistheauthor'spurposeinwritingthisarticle?Toencouragepeopletofollowtheirdreams.Toshareherchildhoodmemorieswithreaders.Toexplaintheadvantagesofclimbingmountains.Toshowhowadultsthinkdifferentlyfromchildren.D阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。WendyWang,18,arecentgraduateofCentralHighSchoolinPhiladelphia,US,thumbed（用拇指翻书）throughthepagesofRalphEllison's1952novelInvisibleMan（《隐形人》）beforestoppingataparticularpage.ShewasreadingoutloudtoaboutadozenhighschoolstudentsonaZoomcallduringacreativeartworkshop（研讨会）.ItwasheldbyNewYork'sartisticstudioKOS（KidsofSurvival）.Intheworkshop,oneyoungartistreadameaningfultext,andothersrespondedbydrawingorpaintingonpapers.TheZoomcallwasapartofaweeklongvirtualworkshopforhighschoolstudents.“When'sthelasttimeyouwerereadto?”askedAngelAbreu,amemberofKOSandaninstructorfortheprogram."There'sapowerinlisteningtoeveryone'svoiceandseeingeveryoneconnecttothetext."AfterreadingandlisteningtosectionsfromtheInvisibleMan,studentsmadetheirowndesignsaboutthebook,whichwerethendigitallyaddedtothefinalpage.RossSamirRoss,17,asenioratFranklinHighSchool,wasinspiredbythecolorsoftheSouthAfricanflagfbrhisdesign."Ididn'tknowwhatcolorsIwasgoingtouseatfirst,butIthought,whynotgobacktomyracialorigins（种族起源）?”MaryemBouatlaoui,16,ajunioratCentralHighSchool,saidshecreatedaboutfiveimages.Butshewasmostproudofherdesignthatlookedlikesteelbars（铁栏杆）.“Themeaningbehinditwastoshowthatbeingaminority（少数族裔）islikebeingbehindbarsinreallife^Bouatlaouisaid."Ithinkweshouldbeabletogetoutofthosebarsanddemandsocialjusticeandracialequality.“Theworkshopwaseye-opening^saidRoss.Helearnedthatartcouldbefoundinmanyplaces,notonlyinthemuseumofart.Thestudentssaidtheylearnednotonlyaboutlessonsfromhistoryandimportanttexts,butalsoaboutthemselves.ForWang,ithelpedhertogainadeeperunderstandingofthepowerofherownvoice."Youcanuseyourvoicetocreateartandchangethestatusquo（现状）Rosssaidhe“gainedanewrespectfbrthelittlethings^^andlearnedhowtovaluetheconnectionsinhislife.Thestudents9digitalartworkwi