1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 23 Conflict 高考试卷分块专练 练 一 阅读理解提速练 限时 35分钟 第一节 (共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分 ) A (2018 江西省红色七校联考 )Signing up for a digital TV service provides you with access to over 200 channels from all over the globe.However, television today is dominated by adult language, making it hard for concern
2、ed families to find channels suitable for young eyes.Therefore, most movie channels are automatically removed from the list of TV channels for an entire family.The following are some good ones based on popularity on a global scale. Discovery Channel Discovery and its many channels can be considered
3、as the founding father of informative channels on television.What National Geographic does in a scholastic (学术的 ) manner, Discovery tries to do in an entertaining manner educating the masses about everything. Fox Family Finding a movie channel that broadcasts pictures suitable for teenagers and kids
4、 alike is very difficult unless your service operator offers you Fox family movies.This channel screens most movies before it broadcasts them, ensuring that no movie shows unacceptable material for young eyes. Nickelodeon A channel very similar to Cartoon Network, it mostly shows U S. programs.Howev
5、er, their shows are sometimes a bit more mature for younger kids and better suited to kids aged 5 and up. ABC Family ABC started the ABC family channel in an attempt to introduce familycentered shows and serials to the public in the U S.A. The need for this channel was felt after ABC observed the la
6、ck of proper family type U S. channels. Living If traveling is a family hobby and better living is the motto then there is no better channel than Living.Kids can see neverseenbefore sights, learning about new places while adults can practice their cooking and learn amazing things about 【 精品教育资源文库 】
7、 motorbikes. 语篇解读：注册数字电视服务能够提供全球范围内 200 多个频道，但很多频道不适合全家人一起观看。本文根据节目的受欢迎度为读者介绍了五个适合带孩子观看的电视频道。 21 According to the text, most channels offered by a digital TV service _. A can keep people away from TV violence B are welcomed by families with small children C are concerned about the proper use of lang
8、uage D are unsuitable for the whole family to watch together 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据文章第一段第二句 “. making it hard for concerned families to find channels suitable for young eyes.” 可知，数字电视服务提供的大多数频道不太适合全家人一起观看。故 选 D 项。 22 Which of the following can best describe Discovery Channel? A Relaxing. B Touching. C Comm
9、ercial. D Professional. 解析：选 A 推理判断题。根据文章 Discovery Channel 部分的 “.Discovery tries to do in an entertaining manner educating the masses about everything.” 可知，探索频道寓教于乐，由此可推知，该频道应是令人放松的。故选 A 项。 23 If people want to know about what a traditional family is like, they can choose _. A Fox Family B Nickelod
10、eon C ABC Family D Living 解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据文章 ABC Family 部分的最后一句 “The need for this channel was felt after ABC observed the lack of proper family type U S. channels.”可知，该频道是在缺乏合适的美国家庭类频道的情况下设立的，因此，如果人们想要了解传统家庭是什么样子的就可以选择 ABC Family 频道。故选 C 项。 B 【 精品教育资源文库 】 The ideal relationship between brothers and
11、 sisters is obviously different from the realistic relationships that exist between brothers and sisters. Anyone who has had either a brother, a sister or both will know a little bit about sibling_rivalry. Sibling rivalry does not necessarily stem from (源于 ) the desire to be the “favorite” among one
12、s parents. In fact, sibling riva lry can also be attributed to a sort of natural competition that arises between people, especially those living close to one another. Already, childhood describes and shapes the development of the relationships between siblings. So that type of hostile relationship m
13、ay not continue throughout the siblings lives. This observation is apparent in many sibling relationships, even my own. Yet, what can explain the change that happens? Perhaps, it has something to do with maturity (成熟 ). Maturity focuses on ones relationships, even those between siblings. Whether or
14、not maturity helps create friendly terms between siblings is not entirely clear, but it is apparent that maturity helps to explain why siblings take focus away from creating antagonism (对立 ). If the old saying, “Blood is thicker than water” ， is applied to sibling relationships, we find that genetic
15、 relationships can enhance social relationships. So, even if we want sibling relationships to be peaceful and loving, we cannot expect those friendly terms to exist always. What is important in this type of relationship is the concept of forgiveness.Forgiveness can heal any wound, and in the case of
16、 sibling relationships, it can be the path to a life of togetherness and solidarity (团结 ) Therefore, it is entirely true that we cannot pick and choose who is in our family. But, we can learn to live together peaceably despite our differences. This not only applies to sibling relationships, but to a
17、ll relationships in general. 语篇解读：手足之争不一定是源于希望得到父母更多的爱，还可能是出于一种人与人之间 的自然竞争。本文作者对这一现象产生的原因及其发展和影响进行了分析和解读。 24 What does the underlined phrase “sibling rivalry” in Paragraph 1 mean? A Siblings competing for more love from their parents. B Parents hardly treating their children equally. C People liking
18、 to live close to one another. D Students working hard together at their lessons. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 解析：选 A 词义猜测题。根据上下文 (第一段第一句到第三句 )的意思可知， sibling rivalry 在此处指 “ 手足之争 ” ，即兄弟姐妹们争相得到父母更多的爱。 25 According to the author, the relationships between siblings will become _. A more difficult to deal with B more a
19、nd more important C worse and worse D better and better 解析：选 D 细节理解题。根据第二段第二、三句可知，兄弟姐妹之间的敌意不会持续下去，他们之间的关系会变得越来越好。由下文的论述也可得知答案。 26 Which of the following can lead to a peaceful and solid life? A The concept of determination. B The quality of forgiveness. C The friendly relationships. D The spirit of
20、bravery. 解析：选 B 细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句可知，原谅对稳固家庭关系很有帮助，有利于促进家庭的和睦与团结。 27 What should we do if we want to build good relationships? A Try our best to choose outgoing siblings. B Be always ready to help each other. C Accept all the different personalities. D Try to be quite different from others. 解析：选 C 细节理解
21、题。根据最后一段第二句可知，接受各自的不同个性是建立良好关系的关键。 C (2018 重庆市适应性测试 )The idea of progress started to flower in the 17th century. At that time, many wise thinkers believed that man liberated by reason would rise to ever greater heights of achievement.The many expressions of human nature would be the engines of progr
22、ess： language, business, science, and moral sensibility (情操 ). Unfortunately, most of those engines have failed to bring the desired human progress. The modern age has belonged to material progress and its main source has been science.Science gives huge power to change the world.But can people be tr
23、usted to 【 精品教育资源文库 】 use it always for good？ Think of biotechnology and information technology.And it is not just that scientific progress does not deliver the emotional goods.People also fear that mankind is failing to manage science properly.The forests are disappearing; the ice is melting; privacy is leaking; life is becoming a depressing march in an ugly world. The point is not that science is harmful, but that scientific progress nee
