1、阅读理解阅读理解专项训练专项训练 仔细阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A The sun was rising when Daryls delivery truck reached the highway. This was the best time of day to drive, when the roads were wide open and empty. He felt sure he was going to make it to LosAngeles before midnight. It looked like it was going
2、to be a good day. Then he saw it, a large lump in the middle of the road. Daryl often passed dead animals on the roadside but he knew that this was something different. He slammed on his brakes and the truck screeched to a halt. The lump was a girl. He tried shaking her awake but she wouldnt move, s
3、o he picked her up and carried her to the side of the road.At least she wouldnt be run over there. Now she was someone elses problem. He had to make it to Los Angeles by midnight and didnt have time to be a hero. He climbed back into his truck but as he looked in his mirror and saw the girl lying st
4、ill by the side of the road, he knew he couldnt leave her. Daryl put her into his truck and drove to the next town. An hour later he pulled up at the police station. After explaining what had happened, he prepared to leave, only for the policeman to say that he needed to make a report. Daryl knew th
5、is would take several hours, but he had no choice. There was no way hed get to Los Angeles on time now. Three hours later the report was done and the girl had recovered somewhat. She explained that she had fallen on the highway, weak from hunger, but could remember nothing else. She also thanked Dar
6、yl for saving her life. Daryl told her that he had been happy to help, but as he got back into his truck he knew his boss wouldnt be. Just as he was about to pull back onto the road, his mother called. “Have you seen？” she said. “A bridge collapsed two hours ago, the one that you drive over on the w
7、ay to LosAngeles.” Daryls_blood_ran_cold. If he had been on time, he would have been on that fallen bridge about two hours ago. Daryl realized how lucky he was. () 1. What did Daryl plan to do in LosAngeles? A. Go on holiday.B. Deliver some goods. C. Visit his mum.D. Report to his boss. () 2. Why di
8、d Daryl first leave the girl by the side of the road? A. He didnt want to be late.B. He thought the girl would be fine. C. He knew that someone else would help.D. He worried the police would blame him. () 3. What does the underlined expression “Daryls blood ran cold” in the last paragraph suggest? D
9、. Daryl was now feeling more relaxed. B. Daryl thought he would be in trouble. C. Daryl was greatly shocked by the news. D. Daryl felt the sudden change in temperature. B Good Morning Britains Susanna Reid is used to grilling guests on the sofa every morning, but she is cooking up a storm in her lat
10、est roleshowing families how to prepare delicious and nutritious meals on a tight budget. In Save Money: Good Food, she visits a different home each week and with the help of chef Matt Tebbutt offers top tips on how to reduce food waste, while preparing recipes for under 5 per family a day. And the
11、Good Morning Britain presenter says shes been able to put a lot of what shes learnt into practice in her own home, preparing meals for sons, Sam, 14, Finn, 13, and Jack, 11. “We love Mexican churros, so I buy them on my phone from my local Mexican takeaway restaurant，” she explains. “I pay 5 for a p
12、ortion(一份), but Matt makes them for 26p a portion, because they are flour, water, sugar and oil. Everybody can buy takeaway food, but sometimes were not aware how cheaply we can make this food ourselves.” The eightpart series(系列节目), Save Money: Good Food, follows in the footsteps of ITVs Save Money:
13、 Good Health, which gave viewers advice on how to get value from the vast range of health products on the market. With food our biggest weekly household expense, Susanna and Matt spend time with a different family each week. In tonights Easter special they come to the aid of a family in need of some
14、 delicious inspiration on a budget. The team transforms the familys long weekend of celebration with less expensive but still tasty recipes. () 1. What do we know about Susanna Reid? A.She enjoys embarrassing her guests. B.She has started a new programme. C. She dislikes working early in the morning
15、. D. She has had a light budget for her family. () 2. How does Matt Tebbutt help Susanna? A.He buys cooking materials for her.B.He prepares food for her kids. C.He assists her in cooking matters.D.He invites guest families for her. () 3. What can be a suitable title for the passage? A.Keeping Fit by
16、 Eating SmartB.Balancing Our Daily Diet C.Making Yourself a Perfect ChefD.Cooking Well for Less C Adults understand what it feels like to be flooded with objects. Why do we often assume that more_is_more when it comes to kids and their belongings? The good news is that I can help my own kids learn e
17、arlier than I did how to live more with less. I found the preholidays a good time to encourage young children to donate lessused things, and it worked. Because of our efforts, our daughter Georgia did decide to donate a large bag of toys to a little girl whose mother was unable to pay for her holida
18、y due to illness. She chose to sell a few larger objects that were less often used when we promised to put the money into her school fund(基金)(our kindergarten daughter is serious about becoming a doctor) For weeks, Ive been thinking of bigger, deeper questions: How do we make it a habit for them? An
19、d how do we train ourselves to help them live with, need, and use less? Yesterday, I sat with my son, Shepherd, determined to test my own theory on this. I decided to play with him with only one toy for as long as it would keep his interest. I expected that one toy would keep his attention for about
20、 five minutes, ten minutes, max. I chose a red rubber ballsimple, universally available. We passed it, he tried to put it in his mouth, he tried bouncing it, rolling it, sitting on it, throwing it. It was totally, completely enough for him. Before I knew it an hour had passed and it was time to move
21、 on to lunch. We both became absorbed in the simplicity of playing together. He had my full attention and I had his. My little experiment to find joy in a single object worked for both of us. () 1. What do the words “more is more” in paragraph 1 probably mean? A.The more, the better.B.Enough is enou
22、gh. C.More money, more worries.D.Earn more and spend more. () 2. What made Georgia agree to sell some of her objects? A.Saving up for her holiday.B.Raising money for a poor girl. C.Adding the money to her fund.D.Giving the money to a sick mother. () 3. Why did the author play the ball with Shepherd?
23、 A.To try out an idea.B.To show a parents love. C.To train his attention.D.To help him start a hobby. () 4. What can be a suitable title for the text? A.Take It or Leave ItB.ALesson from Kids C.Live More with LessD.The Pleasure of Giving D Poetry Competition Deadline 16th July 2020 Who may enter The
24、 competition is open to anyone. Description The Ledbury Poetry Festival is the biggest poetry festival in the UK. It takes place over ten days each July. If you think you know what poetry is, come along and well surprise you. There are live readings, performances, music, exhibitions, films, family e
25、vents and street events. Each year we organize a famous competition for new poetry in partnership with Ty Newydd, The National Writers Centre for Wales. It attracts entries from all over the globe. There are three groups:Adults(18), Young People(1217) and Children(under 12) All poems must be the ori
26、ginal work of the entrant and should not have been previously published, accepted for publication by a magazine, or have entered in other competitions. The length of each poem must be more than 40 lines. The Judge of the 2020 Ledbury Poetry Festival Poetry Competition is Liz Berry. Entry fees Adults
27、: 5.75 for the first poem, 3.50 for each extra poem. Children/Young People: The first poem free, 1.75 for each extra poem. Prizes Adults Prizes First Prize: 1，000 cash and a course at the National Writers Centre for Wales Second Prize: 500 cash Third Prize: 250 cash Young Peoples Prizes First Prize:
28、 100 cash Second Prize: 50 cash Third Prize: 25 cash Childrens Prizes First Prize: 25 book token(购书券) Second Prize: 15 book token Third Prize: 10 book token Website Please visit https ： /www.poetryfestival.co.uk/ledburypoetrycompetition to learn more about the competition. Adapted from the announcem
29、ents of Ledbury Poetry Festival 2020 () 1. What do we know about the poetry competition from the text? A.It is held every two months.B.It awards all winners cash prizes. C.It is open to worldwide competitors.D.It offers competitors poem lectures. () 2. Which requirement should each poem meet? A.It s
30、hould be written independently. B.It should contain at least 40 words. C.It has won a prize in other competitions. D.It has been published by some magazine. () 3. What is the entry fee for a 15yearold if he is sending 3 poems? A.12.75.B.9.25.C.7.D.3.5. E When I was a small boy, I noticed that though
31、 many of the adults around me were wealthy and educated, they were not always happy and this sometimes led them to behave in ways, which I, as a child, thought strange. As a result of that, I decided to try to understand what happiness was and how best to achieve it. It was not surprising, then, tha
32、t I decided to study psychology. On arrival at the university, I was disappointed to find that academic psychologists were trying to understand human behaviour by studying rats in a lab. I felt that there must be other more useful ways of learning how we think and feel. I decided to build my career
33、on trying to discover what made others happy. I started out by studying creative people such as musicians, artists and athletes because they were people who devoted their lives to doing what they wanted to do, rather than things that just brought them financial rewards. Later, I expanded the study b
34、y inventing a system called “the experience sampling method”. Ordinary people were asked to keep an electronic pager(传呼机) for a week which gave out a beeping sound eight times a day. Every time it did so, they wrote down where they were, what they were doing, how they felt and how much they were con
35、centrating. This system has now been used on more than 10， 000 people, and the answers are consistent: as with creative people, ordinary people are happiest when concentrating hard. I found that the most obvious cause of happiness is intense concentration. This must be the main reason why activities
36、 such as music, art, literature, sports and other forms of leisure have survived. In order to concentrate, whether youre reading a poem or building a sandcastle, what you need is a challenge that matches your ability. The way to remain continually happy, therefore, is to keep finding new opportuniti
37、es to improve your skills. This may mean learning to do your job better or faster, or doing other more difficult jobs. As you grow older, you have to find new challenges which are more appropriate to your age. () 1. What led the author to study psychology? A. His determination to become rich.B. His
38、observation of adults. C. His unhappy childhood.D. His interest in strangers. () 2. Who were the authors study subjects at the start of his career? A. People having deep affection for their career. B. People very aware of their personal life. C. People successful in acquiring wealth. D. People with
39、more freedom. () 3. The author used his system to show that _ A. peoples happiness depends on who they are with B. people are happier when they focus on an activity C. creative people are happier than ordinary people D. ordinary people find it hard to concentrate () 4.According to the text, people c
40、oncentrate more when they are doing _ A. something strange and enjoyableB. something difficult but possible C. things appropriate to their agesD. many things at the same time 答案答案 A13 BAC B13 BCD C14 ACAC D13 CAD E14 BABB 详解详解 A 【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。Daryl 在送货途中看到一位晕倒的女孩，为了帮助她 而耽误了不少时间。因为不能按时交货，他担心老板会生气，而此
41、时母亲打电话过来，告诉 他他要经过的一座桥在两小时前塌方了，他因为帮助别人而逃过一劫。 1. B解析：细节理解题。根据第一段第一句中的“Daryls delivery truck”可知，他是去 洛杉矶送货物的。故选 B。 2. A解析：细节理解题。根据第四段中的“He had to make it to LosAngeles by midnight and didnt have time to be a hero.”可知，他需要在午夜之前赶到洛杉矶，怕因救女孩而迟到， 所以最初他把那位女孩留在路边。故选 A。 3. C解析：句意理解题。根据上下文可知，Daryl 出了警察局后，接到妈妈的电话说
42、 前方路上的桥塌方了，而他由于救助了那个女孩而幸免于难，所以这里表示 Daryl 对这个消 息感到极度震惊。故选 C。 B 【文章大意】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一档英国系列电视节目，给观众介绍如何 减少食物浪费以及如何以较少的预算做出美味佳肴。 1. B解析：细节理解题。根据第一段“Good Morning Britains Susanna Reid is used to grilling guests on the sofa every morning, but she is cooking up a storm in her latest roleshowing families ho
43、w to prepare delicious and nutritious meals on a tight budget.”可知， Susanna Reid 开辟了一个新的节目。故选 B。 2. C解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“In Save Money: Good Food, she visits a different home each week and with the help of chef Matt Tebbutt offers top tips on how to reduce food waste, while preparing recipes for under 5
44、 per family a day.”可知，Susanna 在 Matt Tebbutt 的帮助下，提供如何减少食物浪费的好建议，同时给每个家庭准备低于 5 英镑的食 谱。可见 Matt Tebbutt 是协助做烹饪的事情。故选 C。 3. D解析：标题归纳题。根据文章的整体内容可知，文章作者一直在讲如何用较少的 钱做出好的食物。根据文章中“prepare delicious and nutritious meals on a tight budget”，“how to reduce food waste, while preparing recipes for under 5 per fam
45、ily a day”， “how cheaply we can make this food ourselves”及“less expensive but still tasty recipes”可知，本文主要讲述如何 用较少的钱做出好的食物，“Cooking Well for Less”符合文意，适合做标题。故选 D。 C 【文章大意】本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。文章讲述作者引导孩子主动捐献玩具，并从玩简 单玩具中获得快乐的做法。 1. A解析：词义猜测题。根据第一段中“The good news is thatI can help my own kids learn earlier than I
46、 did how to live more with less.”可知，人们通常认为越多越好。故选 A。 2. C解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中“She chose to sell a few larger objects that were less often used when we promised to put the money into her school fund(基金)”可知，当我们 承诺给她把卖玩具的钱放到她的教育基金里时，她同意卖玩具。故选 C。 3. A解析：细节理解题。根据最后一段中“My little experiment to find joy in a sin
47、gle object worked for both of us.”可知，作者跟 Shepherd 玩球是为了测试自己的一种想法是否可 行。故选 A。 4. C解析： 标题归纳题。 根据文章第一段可知， 作者想要教会孩子“how to live more with less”，而第二、三段是作者的尝试，所以“Live More with Less”适合做标题。故选 C。 D 【文章大意】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了 Ledbury Poetry Festival 的基本情况 和参赛注意事项。 1. C解析：细节理解题。根据 Who may enter 部分中的“The competitio
48、n is open to anyone.”及 Description 部分中的“It attracts entries from all over the globe.”可知，全世界任何 感兴趣的人都可以参加该诗歌比赛。故选 C。 2. A解析： 细节理解题。 根据 Description 部分中的“All poems must be the original work of the entrant”可知，所有诗歌必须由参赛者原创。故选 A。 3. D解析：细节理解题。根据 Entry fees 部分中的“Children/Young People: The first poem free,
49、1.75 for each extra poem.”可知，15 岁参赛者的第一篇诗歌免费参赛，另外两 篇需付的参赛费共计 3.5 英镑。故选 D。 E 【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文。 文章讲述了经研究发现人的幸福感来源于做事情的专 注度。 1. B解析：推理判断题。第一段提到作者小时候看到周围富有且受过教育的成年人并 不总是快乐的，因而决定找到使人们获得快乐的途径，由此可推断：他对成年人的观察促使 他学习心理学。故选 B。 2. A解析： 推理判断题。 根据第二段中的“I started out by studying who devoted their lives to doing wha
50、t they wanted to do”可知， 作者一开始选择的研究对象是热爱自己事业的人。 故选 A。 3. B解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的“as with creative people, ordinary people are happiest when concentrating hard”可知，作者采取经验取样法研究发现：普通人和有创造性的 人一样，他们在集中注意力做事情的时候最快乐。故选 B。 4. B解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“intense concentration”及“challenge that matches your ability”等可知，人们在做具有一
