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高一英语阅读理解强化训练附解析
Day
224
Passage 1
On a farm in England, Gavin and Alice
Munro are taking sustainability to the next
level: they harvest trees which they
grow into chairs.
The
couple have a furniture(
家具
)
farm in Derbyshire where they are growing 250
chairs, 100 lamps and 50 tables. It is
their answer to what they see as the
inefficient(
无
效率
)
process of cutting down mature trees to create
furniture.
“Instead of
force-growing a tree for 50 years and then cutting
it down and making
it into smaller and
smaller bits. .. the idea is to grow the tree into
the shape that you
want directly. It’s
like a kind of 3D printing,” said Gavin.
Part of the inspiration for
the idea came when Gavin was a young boy. He
spotted
an overgrown bonsai tree
(
盆栽
) which looked like a
chair.
The 44-year-old
began experimenting in 2003. In 2012, Gavin and
Alice set up the
company Full Grown.
Within several years, the couple developed the
most effective
way
to
shape
a
tree
without
limiting
its
growth.
They
guide
shoots
(
嫩枝
)
already
heading in the right
direction, rather than force them the wrong way
against their natural
growth.
The average chair takes six
to nine years to grow - and another year to dry
out. The
labor and time involved in
producing the organic pieces means they do not
come cheap.
Chairs sell
for
￡
10,000 each, lamps for
￡
900 to
￡
2,300 and tables for
￡
2,500 to
￡
12,500.
1. What is special about the
farm?
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A. It uses 3D printing.
C. It was set up by a couple.
2. How do the couple shape
a tree?
A. By limiting its
growth.
B. By following its
natural growth.
B. It grows
bonsai trees.
D. It grows
trees into furniture.
C. By
forcing it against its natural growth.
D. By guiding its shoots in the right
direction.
3. How long does
it take to make an average chair for the
company?
A. Over 50 years.
C. At most 6 years.
4. Which can best describe
the furniture?
A. Big and
eco-friendly.
C. Hand-made
and creative.
B. Natural
but expensive.
D.
Traditional but organic.
B.
About 6 to 9 years.
D.
About 7 to 10 years.
5.
What does the writer's opinion on the
farm?
A. It’s brought in
huge money.
C. It’s a good
try of sustainability.
Passage 2
Annie
sometimes found it hard to understand her parents'
relationship. They never
seemed to show
much love for each other. Annie believed that
people who were in love
would show it.
They would hold hands, speak sweet words to each
other and give each
other nice gifts.
Annie's parents did none of these things. So, she
doubted whether they
B. It
grows trees inefficiently.
D. It will gain popularity soon.
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really loved
each other.
Annie's dad was
always in a good mood when he was near his sports
car, so
she decided to ask him the
question that had been bothering her.
really love each other?
Annie's father was silent for a while,
he spoke again.
this car.
引
擎罩
)is down.
Don't you agree?
the engine and put the
hood back down, the car would look just as
beautiful, right? But
it wouldn't be a
car anymore. The engine is its beating heart. You
don't usually see it,
but it has to be
there. It's the same with your Mom and me. Our
love for each other is
the beating
heart of this family. Don't worry just because it
isn't on show all the time.
About six months later, Annie's father
lost his job. The family had to cut back
on many things to make ends meet. And
he had to sell his beloved sports car. But Annie
noticed another change. Because he had
more free time, her father spent more of it with
her mother. They seemed to grow closer
together, and showed their love more often.
Their love, which Annie had been afraid
did not exist, was plain to see. Annie was sad
that the sports car had gone, but at
least she understood what her father had told her
that
day.
1. How
did Annie feel about her parents' relationship at
first? ________
A.
Proud
B.
Satisfied
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C. Angry
D.
Confused
2. Annie believed
that people in love would________
A. get married eventually
B. make their love clear to each
other
C. praise each
other
D. hold hands all the
time
3. What did Annie's
father compare his love to? ________
A. A car
B. A
job
C. An engine
D. A gift
4. What
happened to
the love between
Annie's parents
after her
father lost
his
job?
________
A. It became easier to see.
B. It grew weaker.
C. It changed completely.
D. It no longer existed.
Passage 3
The Three-body Problem covers multiple
decades and characters, but it focuses in
on Ye Wenjie
and Wang
Miao,
two
scientists
in
the
very
near
future.
Wenjie
is
an
astrophysicist, while Miao is a
nanotech engineer, and he's been attracted to a
virtual-
reality, online video game
called Three Body.
Either of these plots alone would make
for a rich SF (Science Fiction) novel, but
Cixin Liu is only getting warmed up. By
the time the book hits its peak, it's uncovered
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a conspiracy
(
阴谋
) that crosses over solar
systems—one that not only threatens to alter
the
human
race,
but
the
very
building
blocks
of
physics
that
we've
evolved
to
understand.
This hard SF is full of lovingly
lengthy passages of technical explanation about
everything
from
quantum
(
量子
)
mechanics
to
artificial
intelligence.
But
Cixin
Liu
supports
all
of
that
brain
twisting
theory
with
vivid
characters
and
a
strong
action-
thriller plot.
For
all
its
universal
appeal,
The
Three-body
Problem
is
set
against
a
specific
background. one that most English-
language readers only know from a distance. Many
of its major points depend on the
knowledge of Chinese history and culture-and while
Ken Liu's translation is clear,
tasteful, and lyrical, there's a lot of
explanation to think
through.
It's
worth
every
ounce
of
effort.
The
book's
well-
earned
suspense
(
悬念
)
depends on moral conflicts that
resonate (
共鸣
) far beyond its
nationality or even its
hard, abstract
physics.
At what point
does science become belief, and what point does
that same belief
become
religion?
Cixin
Liu
doesn't
pose
that
question
so
much.
If The Three-body
Problem (and the next two books in the
series, whose translations are in the works)
helps bridge the gap between Eastern
and Western SF, it will have performed a great
duty for the literary world.
1. What is the purpose of
first paragraph? ________
A.
To casually mention the book's content.
B. To mention the
highlights of the novel.
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C. To warn the readers of
the thrilling plot.
D. To
imply Cixin Liu's attitude to the book.
2. What can we infer about
Liu Ken's translation of the book The Three-body
Problem?
________
A. The translation contains points
worthy of further consideration.
B. The translation does not include all
the details in the original.
C. Liu Ken has not put down his full
effort into the translation.
D. The translation has been suspended
thus unpublished.
3.
With
which
of
the
following
statements
would
the
author
of
the
passage
most
probably agree? ________
A. Liu makes up many of the scientific
terms in the book himself.
B. The western world does not care much
about the Three-body Problem.
C. The book is a great medium for
eastern-western literary communication.
D. The Three-body Problems
contains nothing more than some scientific
theories.
4. What is the
best title for the text? ________
A. How to Read Hard Science Fictions.
B. The Three-body Problem:
A Literary Bridge.
C. The
Gap Between Eastern and Western Literature.
D. Liu Cixin: the World
Best Science Fiction Novelist.
Passage 4
Let's say you're taking a Spanish test
when an answer just won't come to you, even
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though you saw
it on last night's practice quiz (10 sleepless
hours ago). Or maybe you
miss
every
free
throw
during
your
basketball
game—and
to
top
if
off,
you
are
not
friendly to your
teammate on the way to the locker room.
These may seem like
unrelated events, but here's the surprising truth:
Each may
be a direct consequence of
your lack of sleep time. In one study, just an
hour less of
sleep each night made six-
graders perform like fourth-graders on mental
tests. Other
research shows that sleep
loss makes you run slower and miss more shots in
sports,
while doubling your possibility
of injury.
Some experts
even argue that teens would be less likely to take
risks or suffer from
anxiety and
depression (
沮丧
) if they
could just get enough sleep.
and you
run into a stressful situation, whether it's with
your friends or something else,
you're
going to get angry and upset,
St.
Louis, Missouri.
enough sleep.
It's surprising to think
that by spending more time in bed, you could lift
your grade
point average, get
along with your loved ones, perform
better on the field, and feel
happier.
But scientists say it's true—many teens are
walking around like zombies
(
僵
尸
) without even
realizing it.
1. The first
paragraph serves as a(n) ________ .
A. explanation
C.
comment
B.
introduction
D.
background
2. What does the
underlined word
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