1、第 1 页 共 46 页 2022 年高考英语一轮复习：阅读理解+七选五 组合练习题 1 （1） Call for entries: young women writers competition Guardian Weekendmagazine launching a writing competition for UK women aged16-2l on the theme of conversations. How to enter All you have to do is submit a 700-word personal essay thatshows off your tal
2、ents-on the theme of conversations. Did you have an unforgettableconversation with your grandmother about her youth that changed how you viewed her? Do you find having certainconversations really hard, andif so. why? Is there a conversationyou regret, or one youregret you never had? Were keen to hea
3、r about your personal experiences. All entries must be sent to weekendthe by midnighton 9 March. The Prizes There will be one winner and two runners-up. The three winnerswill each receive250. The winners will be notified (通知）by email or telephone on orbefore 30 March2021 and given details of howto c
4、laim their prizes. As part of the ending process,thethreewinnerswillparticipateinavideocallwithaGuardian Weekendeditor to discuss and edit their essay for publication. The one overall winner will also receive a 1-1work shop with aGuardianeditor. Rules 第 2 页 共 46 页 Follow all rules carefully topreven
5、t disqualification. Only one entry is permitted per person. Entries on behalf of another person will notbe accepted and joint submission are not allowed. The Competition opens at 09:00 on 22 February 2021 and closes at 23:59 on 9March 2021. Entries received outside this time period will not be consi
6、dered. Your entry must not be copied,and must not contain any third-party materials orcontent that you do not have permission to use. You must include your name, age and contact details, includingyour email addressand phone number. 1. Whats the theme of the writing competition? A. Regrets.B. Convers
7、ations.C. Grandmothers youth.D. Personal experiences. 2. What extra prize will the overall winner receive? A. An additional250.B.A video of the competition C. A prior notification of theD.A1-1 workshop with aneditor. 3. Which of the following will result in disqualification? A. Co-authoring an entry
8、.B. Including contact details. C.Mailing your entry on 1 March.D. Using others content with permission. （2） San Francisco chef Cecilia Chiang, who was a pioneer of Chinesecuisine in the United States,died Wednesday.She was 100.Chiang was the owner,chef and mastermindbehindthegame-changingSanFrancisc
9、orestaurant,the Mandarin.She is widely credited with bringing real Chinese food to America and was a celebrity chef before celebrity chefs were popularized. 第 3 页 共 46 页 Chiang,who was born near Shanghai,came from an upper-class Chinese family.Although she wasnt shy about acknowledging her good fort
10、une, she faced other difficulties.Convincing the dining public that Chinese food didnt have to be Thursdays cheap take-out option,Chiang had her work cut out for her. “Most Americans;including American-born Chinese,they didnt know about Chinese food,” Chiang explained in an interview with CNN Travel
11、 in 2018.Never having been to China,they needed to be educated on the difference.The year was 1961, and Chiang insisted on showing diners the delicate side of Chinese food. The restaurants wine list,filledwithChineseculturalelements,waspartofher strategy.Chiang said she wanted to upgrade the Chinese
12、 dining experience. To do this, she also needed to be fully aware of aesthetics(美学） 。 The Mandarin,which would later occupy a much larger space in Ghirardelli Square,wasnt like other Chinese restaurants. “Is this a Chinese restaurant?”Chiang said people asked her all the time.The Mandarin did not se
13、rve chop suey or chow mein, two standard dishes on every Chinese restaurant in the US at the time.But this is exactly what Chiang wanted to avoid.In fact, her early brushes with Chinese food in America had left her unimpressed and determined to show San Francisco what Chinese food was really like. N
14、ot only was Chiang a woman trying to run a restaurant in a male-controlled industry, but she was also attempting to educate diners. Changing peoples minds was complicated. And, Chiang,who had been retired some 20 years when she died, at one point remarked that not a single existing restaurant could
15、compare to the Mandarin. 4. What does the underlined part mean in the second paragraph? A. Chiang had to give up her job. B.Chiang refused to be involved. C.Chiang faced a challenging task. D.Chiang achieved her aim with ease. 5.What strategy did Chiang take to upgrade the Mandarin? 第 4 页 共 46 页 A.
16、Taking full advantage of her family background. B.Combining dining experience with Chinese culture. C.Including two standard Chinese dishes on the menu. D. Expanding the Mandarin business in different areas. 6.What is the authors main purpose in writing the text? A.To remember Cecilia Chiang and her
17、 contributions. B. To introduce the Mandarin started by Cecilia Chiang. C.To promote Chinese cuisine culture in the USA. D. To change peoples minds toward Chinese restaurants. 7. Which words can best describe Cecilia Chiang? A. Daring and generous. B.Capable and artistic. C.Ambitious and grateful. D
18、.Noble and caring. （3） An afternoon nap(午睡) is one of the joys of life, although too much napping couldsignal all 1s not well. In some cultures, people will have a daily nap-this is fine. Thewarning comes when people start sleeping during the daytime, whenthey did not before.There is certainly a goo
19、d reasonto believe that daytime sleepiness -as in the Alzheimers study-can be a marker of an underlying condition. For most people, napping during the day is mainly a sign thatyou are not gettingenough sleep at night, says Dr Neil Stanley, a sleep expert.If you feel sleepy during theday, you should
20、think about taking a nap. That is what the body needs-it doesnt need tobe kept awake with caffeine, it needs sleep. The feeling 第 5 页 共 46 页 to notice is “sleepiness,he says, not tiredness”,which could bemore psychological and linked to stress. So how do you nap well? The key thing, says Stanley, is
21、 howlong your nap lasts.Choose either a 20-or 90-mintute nap. “ When you fall asleep, youll quickly go throughthe lighter stages of sleep into your first period of deep sleep. You dont want to wake updid before because thats when you wake and feel worse than you did before.” Nappingfor 20 minutes me
22、ans you willwake up before you go into deep sleep;napping for 90minutes means youll complete a sleep cycle. Once you factor in the timeit takes to fall asleep-some peopleare better at nappingthan others but, says Stanley, “a healthy adult will fall asleep in between 5 and 12 minutes”-you can set an
23、alarm, allowinga30- to 40-minute period for ashort nap, and up to twohours for a longer one. A good time to nap is during the bodys natural dip in the afternoon,between 2 pmand 4 pm.“You dont reallywant to be napping much past that because then you aregoing to be eating into your night-time sleep, S
24、tanley says. The point, he stresses, is toget good night-time sleep, which would ensure you probably dont need to nap at all. 8. What does an afternoon napindicate for most people? A.Caffeineaddiction.B.Psychologicalstress.C.Insufficientnightsleep.D. Potential physical illness. 9. What is the key to
25、 a good nap? A. Duration.B.Surroundings.C. Health.D.Stages. 10.What does the underlined word“that”in the last paragraph refer to? A.A 30- to 40-minute period. B. Between 2 pm and 4 pm C. Between 5 and 12 minutes.D.A 20- to 90-minute period. 11.Which of the following can be the best title for the tex
26、t? A. Why to phase a napB. When to take a good nap 第 6 页 共 46 页 C. What to learn from a nap.D.How to have a successful nap （4） The vaccine(疫苗） news continues to seem very encouraging. Britain started its mass vaccination effort and the U.S.isnt far behind. But there is still one dark cloud hanging o
27、ver the vaccines that many people dont yet understand. The vaccines will be much less effective at preventing death and illness in 2021 if they are introduced into a population where the coronavirus is still severe - as is now the case in the U.S. A vaccine is like a fire hose(消防龙头） A vaccine thats
28、95 percent effective,as Modernas and Pfizers versions appear to be,is a powerful fire hose.But the size of a fire is still a bigger determinant of how much destruction occurs. At the current level of infection in the U.S.(about 200,000 confirmed new infections per day),a vaccine that is 95 percent e
29、ffective-distributed at the expected pace-would sill leave a terrible toll(伤亡人数） in the six months after it was introduced.Almost 10 million or so Americans would catch the virus, and more than 160,000 would die. This is far worse than the toll in a different situation where the vaccine was only 50
30、percent effective but the U.S. had reduced the infection rate to its level in early September (about 35,000 new daily cases).In that case,the death toll in the next six months would be kept to about 60,000. Its worth pausing for a moment on this comparison.If the U.S.had maintained its infection rat
31、e from September and Moderna and Pfizer had announced this fall that their vaccines were only 50 percent effective, a lot of people would have panicked. But the reality we have is actually worse. How could this be? No vaccine can get rid of a pandemic immediately,just 第 7 页 共 46 页 as.no fire hose ca
32、n put out a forest fire. While the vaccine is being distributed, the virus continues to do damage. There is one positive way to look at this: Measures that reduce the viruss spread - like mask-wearing, social distancing and rapid-result testing-can still have great consequences. They can save more t
33、han 100,000 lives in coming months. 12.How does the author mainly present his argument? A.By giving definitions. B.By categorizing facts. C.By drawing comparisons. D.By appealing to emotions. 13.Which does the author think is a better way to save lives? A.Improving the effectiveness of the vaccines.
34、 B.Producing a greater variety of vaccines. C. Looking at the situation in a positive way. D.Wearing masks and practicing social distancing. 14.What does paragraph 6 tell us? A.The vaccines are less effective than expected. B.The US have controlled the spread of the coronavirus. C.The death toll in
35、the next six months will be about 60,000. D.Fewer people will die if the infection rate is lower. 15.What can we infer from the text? A. The vaccine is the hope of wiping out the pandemic. B.The public are optimistic about the effects of the vaccine. C.The public are concerned about the high infecti
36、on rate. 第 8 页 共 46 页 D.The distribution of vaccine will end the pandemic quickly. Part B 阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多 余选项。 Most people know how to manage, express, and cope with emotion in a healthyway.16In fact，knowing how to regulate emotions is important for everyone. Butwhat is emotio
37、n regulation,and how can you improve your emotion regulation skills? 17Many researchers view emotion regulation as the ability to enhance or reduce your emotions as needed.Others define it as a set of skills that help keep your emotionalsystem healthy and functioning.We can learn to adjust what emot
38、ion we have, how intense it is,when we have it,and how we react to it. The defining aspect of emotion regulation isthat it occurs when a goal is activated. Goals are highly individual. Theyve what we picture in our heads. Your goals can beactivated by your environment. You may regulate your emotions
39、 to influence a change in someone else,18For instance,when your boss treats you poorly at work,you act as ifit doesnt bother you because you re hoping for a job promotion. Mindfulness is the practice of being present in the moment.Mindful people learn tobe aware of the breaths they take, the tension
40、 in their muscles，and even theirpulserates.Theycanobjectivelyobservethemselvesindifficult moments,confident that even thesetimes will pass.19 In and of themselves, emotions are not good or bad, though they may be scary, especiallywhen theyre intense.20But the more you do it, the more natural it beco
41、mes.Mindfulness skills can help with this too. A.Learning how to accept your emotions takes practice. B. Being mindful can help you to deal with your emotions. 第 9 页 共 46 页 C. There is no one agreed-upon definition of emotion regulation. D.Emotion regulation goals vary strongly from situation to sit
42、uation. E. For some people,though, emotion regulation is much more difficult. F. Emotion regulation refers to the ability to control ones own emotions. G. Sometimes you may regulate your emotions to achieve another end goal. 1-3 BDA4-7 CBAB 8-11CABD12-15 CDDB16-20 ECGBA 2022 年年高考英语一轮复习高考英语一轮复习：阅读理解阅
43、读理解+七选五七选五 组合练习题组合练习题 2 PART A （1） MonthlyTalksatLondon Canal Museum Our monthly talks start at 19:30 on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission is at normal charges and you dont need to book. They end around 21:00. November 7th The CanalPioneers,by Chris Lewis. James Brindley is r
44、ecognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. Chris Lewis will explain how Brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early “civil engineers”. December 5th 第 10 页 共 46
45、页 Ice for theMetropolis, by Malcolm Tucker. Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering, Malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how Londons ice trade grew. February6th AnUpdateonth
46、e CotswordCanals, by Liz Payne. The Smoudwater Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play. March6th Eyots andAits- ThamesIslands, by Miranda Vickers. The Thames hadmany islands. Miranda has undertaken a
47、 review of all of them. She will tell us about those of greatest interest. Online bookings:www.canalmuseum.org.uk/book More into:www.canalmuseum.org.uk/whatson LondonCanal Museum 12-13 New Wharf Road, London NI 9RT www.canalmuseum.org.uk www.canalmuseum.mobi Tel:020 77130836 1.When is the talk on Ja
48、mes Brindley? A. February 6 th B. March 6 th C. December 5thD. November 7 th 2. What is the topic of the talk in February? A. The Canal Pioneers. B. Ice for the Metropolis C. An Update on the Cotsword Canals D. Eyots and Aits- Thames Islands 3. Who will give the talk on the islands in the Thames. A.
49、 Malcolm TuckerB.Miranda Vickers C. Chris LewisD. Liz Payne （2） 第 11 页 共 46 页 I often wonder how people can get so angry,so deep in their own belief that they become deaf to anything that may differ from their beliefs.I ve often been told that Im too open-minded,listening to othersviewpoints so openly that they become my own.Maybe that comes from my practice of actively listening to others.It means that I do really hear them instead of responding only out of politeness.Maybe its because I was brought up by parents who didnt necessarily speak to me about respecting others but modeled it for me
