2023名校版高考英语阅读理解精读含答案25

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Inmyfirstcollegepoetryclass,weweresupposedtowrite

poems.Myeffortssatisfiedneithermenortheprofessor.!recall

onepoemabouttherushingsoundsofcarsinrain.

Afterthelastterm,Ipickedupmyworkattheprofessor's

officeandasked,mykneesshaking,"D。Ihaveanytalent?"I'd

earneda"B"—eventhoughIdideverytaskandmissedno

classes.Hewasakindperson."Probablynot,"hesaidsoftly,

lookingdown."Thankyou."Isaid,andwalkedbacktomydorm.I

feltlikeagrafted（嫁接的）appletree:partofmedisappointed;

anotherpartdefiant.

Thedefiantpartledmetoanotherpoetryclassthefollowing

year.Thistime,studentsdrovethediscussionandweread

contemporarypoems.Iearnedan"A".Manyyearslater,the

professortoldmethateverystudentwhodidtheworkearned

an"A".Hisapproachwasasencouragingasthefirstinstructor's

wasdiscouraging,butfromthatdiscouragement,Ilearnedthat

teachersdon'tholdthekeystotheirstudents'talent.

Ibelievethateveryhumanbeingisbornwithtalentfor

makingart:visual,literaryormusical.Someluckysoulsareborn

withmanytalents.Butnoonecanpredictiforwhentalentmight

developintoartthatothersrecognizeasgood.Artistsmusthave

enoughego（自信）tomakeartandenoughmodestytoimprove

it.Theymustbeopentochange.Theymustbetheirown

toughestcritics（批评者）,andbeabletoabsorbthecriticism.

I'vebeenteachingcreativewritingformorethan30years

now.Studentssometimesaskme,“DoIhavetalent?"Itell

themmystory,andIrepeatedJoyceCarolOates'words,"There

isonlythework."AndthenIsay,“Ofcourseyouhavetalent,but

youmustnotneedpraise.Makeartregardlessofwhether

anyoneapproves—orevennotices.”

5.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"defiant"meaninParagraph

2?

A.Showingsorrow.

B.Showingsatisfaction.

C.Showingdesperation.

D.Showingdisagreement.

6.WhatdoestheauthorwanttotellusinParagraph4?

A.Discouragementpushesartiststoimprove.

B.Hardworkleadsartiststosuccess.

C.Agoodartistneedsmorethantalent.

D.Senseyourvalueandkeepmodest.

7.Whatistheauthor'ssuggestiontoherstudents?

A.Sparenoefforttofindyourspecialtalent.

B.Tryyourbesttoproveyourtalenttoothers.

C.Practisemoretoimproveyourcreativewriting.

D.Developyourtalentevenifothersdisapprove.

8.Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthetext?

A.Everyonehastalent

B.Whatmakesagoodteacher?

C.Noonecanpredictyourfuture

D.Learntoacceptothers'criticism

DDDA

AsChristmasapproached,thepriceofturkeywentwild.Itdidn,

trocket,assomemightsuggest.Nordiditcrash.Itjuststarted

waving.Weliveintheageofthevariableprices.Intheeyesof

sellers,therightprice—theonethatwilldrawthemostprofit

fromconsumers/wallets—hasbecomethefocusofhuge

experiments.Thesesortsofpriceexperimentshavebecomea

routinepartoffindingthatrightprice.

Itmaycomeasasurprisethat,inbuyingapie,youmightbe

participatinginacarefullydesignedsocial-scienceexperiment.

Butthisiswhatonlinecomparisonshoppinghasbrought.Simply

put,theconveniencetoknowthepriceofanything,anytime,

anywhere,hasgivenus,theconsumers,somuchpowerthat

sellers—inadesperateefforttoregaintheupperhand,orat

leastavoidextinction—arenowstaringbackthroughthescreen.

Theyaretryingto"comparisonshopping"us.

Theyhaveenoughmeanstodoso:thehugedatatracksyou

leavebehindwheneveryouplacesomethinginyouronline

shoppingcartwithtopdatascientistscapableofturningthe

informationintousefulpricestrategies,andwhatonetech

economistcalls"theabilitytoexperimentonascalethat*s

unimaginableinthehistoryofeconomics/1

Inresult,notcoincidentally,normalpricingpractices—an

advertiseddiscountoffthe"listprice,Htwoforthepriceofone,

orsimply"everydaylowprices"aregivingwaytofarmore

crazystrategies.

"IntheInternetera,Idon,tthinkanyonecouldhave

predictedhowcomplicatedthesestrategieshavebecome,says

RobertDolan,aprofessoratHarvard.Thepriceofacanofsoda

inavendingmachinecannowvarywiththetemperatureoutside.

Thepriceoftheheadphonesmaydependonhow

budget-consciousyourwebhistoryshowsyoutobe.Theprice

mayevenbeaffectedbythepriceofthemobilephoneyouuse

foritemsearch.Forshoppers,thatmeansprice—nottheone

offeredtoyourightnow,buttheoneofferedtoyou20minutes

fromnow,ortheoneofferedtome,ortoyourneighbor-may

becomeanincreasinglyunknowablething."Thereusedtobe

onepriceforsomething,z,Dolannotes.Nowthetruepriceof

pumpkin-piespiceissubjecttoalevelofuncertainty.

43.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothe

passage?

A.Whenholidayscome,pricesareusuallyincreased.

B.Therightpricetosellersistheonetobringbiggestprofits.

C.Therightpriceisfixedalthoughitshardtofindit.

D.Tobuyapie,customershavetobecomeanexpertin

economy.

44.Sellersstarebackthroughthescreeninorderto.

A.reflectontheeffectoftheInternet

B.analyzecustomers'onlinebuyinghistoryforpricestrategy

C.doublechecktheexistenceofthepurchase

D.findoutonlinewherethelowes