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2021年1月19日发(作者：寿志高)
高考英语阅读理解训练二十五

Passage 1



The morning she left for Camp Kanawa, Maria awoke with an ache in her stomach.
She had gone on plenty of parties. She'd even spent a whole weekend at Aunt Jolie and
Uncle Ed's. So what happened to her?



No breakfast today, she thought, imagining the ache turning into throwing up and
a horrible road trip after a full meal. As usual, Maria felt hungry as soon as the room
smelled of French toast. On the other hand, maybe a good breakfast was exactly what
she needed.




pieces of French toast on a plate and powdered sugar snowing down.
it.'' At the meanwhile, Maria was already in position, armed with knife, fork, napkin
and full glass of milk.




shave. Don't want the bear-I mean, the bushy black beard.




ordered.




耸肩
).




糖楽
).




when he wanted to look like a cool surfer man but looked more like an Egyptian robot.
In fact, I was the most popular kid at my camp.




straight in the eyes.
the people who like you for you-that ' s what matters.




a napkin.

1. What probably led to Maria's hesitation to eat breakfast?

A. The lack of adequate nutrition.


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B. The concern about feeling sick.

C. The inviting smell of Frenchtoast.

D. The worry about getting overweight.

2. What is Maria's attitude towards her father's beard?

A. Favorable.

C. Concerned.

B. Disapproving.

D. Uncaring.

3. Why did Maria's mother remind her that her father went to a science camp?

A. To advise Maria not to focus on popularity.

B. To share her similar experience with Maria.

C. To emphasize the importance of science to Maria.

D. To persuade Maria not to discuss subjects except science.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A. Father's beard.

B. A wonderful breakfast.

C. Family talk about a camp.

D. Maria's dream to be a big camper.


Passage 2



Alarming headlines suggest one in four teenage girls in the UK are self-harming,
motivated by sex discrimination and pressures to look good in a selfie (
自拍
) society.
These stories come from a report by UK charity The Children' Society, based on an
ongoing survey of 11,000 children aged 14. Among the girls, 22 per cent said they had
self-harmed while boys 9 per cent.



But while the term self- harm improves images of teenagers cutting themselves,
that may, thankfully, be only the most extreme end of a broader range. In this survey,
participants were merely asked if they had



Some
could
have
answered
yes
for
things
like
punching
(
击
拳
)
a
wall
in
dissatisfaction or deliberately getting falling-down drunk. Others could have thought
the question included mental hurt. Such self- destructive behaviour would naturally be

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of concern to parents, but wouldn't be that unusual for teenagers. Max Davie, a health
promotion officer, does believe that self-harm among teens is somewhat on the rise
—
but
thinks
the
question
in
this
survey
was
not
specific
enough
to
reveal
its
real
universality.



The latest headlines join an ongoing account about a mental health crisis in today's
youth. Some blame cutbacks in social services, while others point to a loosening of
sexual standards putting teens at risk. For those cautious of new technologies, it is social
media or the latest popular computer games.



But such reports also deserve some skepticism. Claims of high rates of depression
are usually based on surveys with very loose, non-medical criteria. Thankfully, clinical
depression is still rare in this age group.



In fact, a different and regularly repeated survey has found no change in 11-to-15-
year-olds'
happiness
with
life
as
a
whole
between
1995
and
2016.
Nor
did
their
satisfaction with their appearance change, which makes it strange to blame the selfie
culture for the apparent self-harm increase. This survey, called Understanding Society,
even found improvement in happiness with family and schoolwork over that period.
These more optimistic findings were also in the latest Children's Society report but were
buried at the bottom of their press release.



Davie thinks the rise in self-harm may not be due to a rise in unhappiness, but
simply that this age group now sees self-harm as a more culturally acceptable way to
express extreme sufferings.
something you could do. If people are talking about something and normalizing it, it's
probably more likely that their peers will do it



If
that
is
the
case,
it
is
all
the
more
reason
not
to
make
self-harm
seem
more
common than it really is.

1. In response to the survey reported by The Children's Society, the author believes .

A. the survey is unscientific as it asked very specific questions

B. the self-destructive behavior for teens is worrying to parents


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C. the number of self- harming teens is alarming because of selfies

D. the images of teens' self-harm are becoming more specific

2. What does Max Davie think of self-harm among teenagers?

A. The situation is too worrying.

B. The rise is somewhat beneficial.

C. The problem is actually widespread.

D. The phenomenon is not so universal.

3. What can we know from the survey called Understanding Society?

A. Teenagers in the past lived a happier life.

B. Selfie culture is responsible for the increase of self-harm.

C. There is no connection between self-harm and selfie.

D. With selfie teenagers are more satisfied with their appearance.

4. The last two paragraphs mainly imply that .

A. self- harm results from too much pressure

B. self-harm is the result of social development

C. teens need correct guidance from the outside

D. teens should avoid following peers' examples


Passage 3

If we look around us at the things we have purchased at some point in our lives,
we would no doubt notice that not everything we own is being put to good use: the thick
woolen coat which we thought looked trendy despite the fact that we live in a tropical
country. the smartphone that got put away when we bought ourselves the newest model,
or even the guest room in our house that somehow got turned into a storeroom.

Those underutilized(
未充分使用的
) items may seem useless to some, but could
be of value to others. With the occurrence of the Internet, online communities have
figured out a way to generate profit from the sharing of those underused property, Using
websites and social media groups that facilitate the buying and selling of second-hand
goods it is now easier than ever for peer-to-peer sharing activities to take place. And

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this is known as the sharing economy.

These popular online platforms are providing a chance for people to make a quick
fortune. To give an example, busy parents previously might not have bothered with
setting up a stall at the local market to sell their children’s old equipment,
but with
online marketplaces, parents are now able to sell on those hardly worn baby clothes that
their children have outgrown so as to put some cash back into their pockets.

Businesses have also caught on to the profitability of the sharing economy and are
seeking
to
gain
from
making
use
of
those
underutilized
resources.
Companies
like
Airbnb act as a middleman for people to cash in on their unused rooms and houses and
let them out as profitable accommodation. Another example is Uber, which encourages
people to use their own personal cars as taxis to make some extra cash in their free time.

This
move towards a sharing
economy is
not
without criticisms. Unlike businesses,
unregulated individuals do not have to follow certain regulations and this can lead to
poorer
and
inconsistent
quality
of
goods
and
services
and
a
higher
risk
of
fraud.
Nevertheless, in the consumerist society we live in today, the increased opportunities
to
sell
on
our
unwanted
and
underused
goods
can
lead
to
a
lesser
impact
on
our
environment.

1. Why can people now sell things more easily?

A. People nowadays buy more things.

B. Businesses want to buy the things they don t use.

C. There are now more market stalls.

D. There are now online platforms to do business.

2. Which of these is something that we might underutilize?

A. Thick coat in a cold country.

B. Clothes our babies don' t or can't wear any more.

C. The latest smartphone.

D. The storeroom in our house.

3. It might be a problem for unregulated individuals to sell to others because _____.


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A. what they sell might be of a lower quality.

B. they have to follow certain regulations.

C. they don't have a business license.

D. they like to criticize their buyers.

4. What might be a good title for this article?

A. The consumerist society



B. Parents who need money

D. Why we buy things we don't need

C. The rise of the sharing economy


Passage 4

While the start of a new school year is always exciting, this year was even more so
for
some
elementary
school
students
in Auckland,
New
Zealand.
They
became
the
world’s
first
kids
to
be
“taught”
by
a
digital
teacher.
Before
you
start
imagining
a
human-like robot walking around the classroom, Will is just an avatar that appears on
the student’s desktop, or smartphone screen, when ordered to come.

The autonomous animation platform has been modeled after the human brain and
nervous
system,
allowing
it
to
show
human-like
behavior.
The
digital
teacher
is
assigned to teach Vector’s “Be sustainable with energy”— a free program for Auckland
elementary schools.

Just
like
the
humans
it
replaced, Will
is
able
to instantly
react
to
the
students’
responses
to
the
topic.
Thanks
to
a
webcam
and
microphone,
the
avatar
not
only
responds to questions the kids may have, but also picks up non-verbal cues. For instance,
if a student smiles at Will, he responds by smiling back. This two-way interaction not
only helps attract the students’ attention, but also allows the program’s developers to
monitor their engagement, and make changes if needed.

Nikhil Ravishankar believes that Will-like avatars could be a novel way to catch
the attention of the next generation. He says, “I have a lot of hope in this technology as
a means to deliver cost- effective, rich, educational experience in the future.”

The
program,
in
place
since August
2018,
has
been
a
great
success
thus
far.
Ravishankar says, “ What was fascinating to me was the reaction of the children to Will.

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