avena四川省广安市高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解九月选练(6)

2021年1月12日发(作者：邬毅敏)
阅读理解九月选练（6）
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。
The traditional tent cities at festivals such as Glastonbury may never be the same
again. In a victory of green business that is certain to appeal to
environmentally-aware music-lovers, a design student is to receive financial support
to produceeco-friendly tentsmade of cardboard that can be recycled after the bands
and the crowds have gone home.
Major festivals such as Glastonbury throw away some 10,000 abandoned tents at the
end of events each year. For his final year project at the University of the West
of England, James Dunlop came up with a material that can be recycled. And to cope
with the British summer, the cardboard has been made waterproof.
Taking inspiration from a Japanese architect, who has used cardboard to make big
buildings including churches, Mr Dunlop used cardboard material for his tents, which
he called Myhabs.
The design won an award at the annual New Designers Exhibition after Mr Dunlop
graduated from his product design degree and he decided to try to turn it into a
business.
To raise money for the idea, he toured the City’s private companies which fund new
businesses and found a supporter in the finance group Mint. He introduced his idea
to four of Mint’s directors and won their support. Mint has committed around￡500,000
to MyHab and taken a share of 30 per cent in Mr Dunlop’s business. The first Myhabs
should be tested at festivals this summer, before being marketed fully next year.
Mr Dunlop said that the design, which accommodates two people, could have other uses,
such as for disaster relief and housing for the London Olympics. For music events,
the cardboard houses will be ordered online and put up at the sites by the Myhab team
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before the festival-goers arrive and removed by the company afterwards. They can be
personalized and the company will offer reductions on the expense if people agree
to sell exterior(外部的) advertising space.
The biggest festivals attract tens of thousands of participants, with Glastonbury
having some 150,000 each year. Altogether there are around 100 annual music festivals
where people camp in the UK. The events are becoming increasingly environmentally
conscious.
1. “Eco- friendly tents” in paragraph 1 refer to tents .
A. economically desirable B. favorable to the environment
C. for holding music performances D. designed for disaster relief
2. Mr Dunlop established his business .
A. independently with an interest-free loan from Mint
B. with the approval of the City’s administration
C. in partnership with a finance group
D. with the help of a Japanese architect
3. It is implied in the passage that .
A. the weather in the UK is changeable in summer
B. most performances at British festivals are given in the open air
C. the cardboard tents produced by Mr Dunlop can be user- tailored
D. cardboard tents can be easily put up and removed by users
4. The passage is mainly concerned with .
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A. an attempt at developing recyclable tents
B. some efforts at making full use of cardboards
C. an unusual success of a graduation project
D. the effects of using cardboard tents on music festivals
【参考答案】1-4 BCCA
2016高考英语二轮：阅读理解九月选练（6）及答案
A
If you didn't look at them, they weren't there, right? On seeing those in rags
on the corner, I only wanted the light to turn green fast enough so that I wouldn't
have to keep pretending not to see them.
Then, one day, as I was holding the hand of my best friend Jane who was young
but dying of breast cancer, she told me that she made every moment count by slowing
down and by seeing everything . I held her hand for five years and then she passed
away. She did teach me something. It took a while for her words to really sink in.
I can be a slow learner.
I started by seeing everything, and focused on their presence. One day I saw
a Vietnam veteran(老兵). I asked him what would make his day.

I bought him a cup of coffee, a stack of pancakes, some eggs, and so on. After
our meal together, I asked him if there was anything else that would make his life
a bit easier.

Socks, really? I actually happened to be wearing a nice pair of wool hiking socks
at that very moment. I told him that I wanted to give him the pair I was wearing if
he would accept it. Finally he agreed. We sat down on a bench, and he started to first
take off his boots, and then remove the black socks that had once been white off his
feet. I think a layer or two of skin might have come off with them. Taking his new
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pair of socks, he held the socks up to his cheeks and said they were warm and smelled
as good as me, pools of tears in his eyes.
Such a simple luxury (奢侈品) I used to take for granted. Now I always have an
extra pair with me in my car. They are always my best pair, just waiting to be given
away.
1. On seeing the homeless, the author used to_______.
A. act as if they were not there B. show mercy to them
C. hide in the corner D. make fun of them
2. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 2?
A. He was slow in learning things.
B. His best friend was once a teacher.
C. He was sad that his friend was dying.
D. He didn't understand Jane's words at first.
3. Why does the author always have an extra pair of socks in his car?
A. To decorate his car. B. To sell it to others.
C. To keep it for a change. D. To donate it to a needy person.
4. What does the author want to convey to us?
A. All men are born equal.
B. Don't miss doing any good thing.
C. A beggar's purse is bottomless.
D. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
参考答案1-4 ADDB



B
''If you can see the magic in a fairytale童话）, you can face the future”-- Danielle
Steel
Who have not read fairytales? We all have had the experience of taking great delight
in the beauty and innocence of fairytales．May it be Cinderella or Sleeping
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