1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Uint 11 The Media 课时练 1 阅读理解提速练 阅读理解 A (2018 云南高三检测一 )My doorbell rings at 11 a m. On the step, I find an elderly Chinese lady. She is small and slight. She holds a paper carrier bag in her hands. I know this lady. It is by no means her first visit. Her daughter, Nicole, bought the hou
2、se next door last October.Nicole, who is currently in Shanghai, has apparently told her mother that I am having heart surgery shortly, and the result is that her mother has decided I need to be supplied with meals. I know what is inside the paper carrier bag a stainless steel container with a meal o
3、f rice, vegetables and either chicken, meat or shrimp. This has become an almostdaily occurrence. Communication between my benefactor(恩人 ) and me is somewhat handicapped by the fact that she doesnt speak English and all I can say in Mandarin is “ hello”. Once, she brought an iPad and pointed to the
4、screen, which displayed a message from Nicole telling me that her mother wanted to know if the food was all right. “ Your mother just can t be bringing me meals like this all the time，” I protested. “ I can hardly reciprocate by cooking something from my native land, like roast beef or Yorkshire pud
5、ding for her, ” I said. “ Oh, no，” Nicole said. “ Don t worry about that. She has to cook for the family anyway, and she wants to do it for you. You can call her Wing, which is her surname.” The tenant in my basement suite is a university student who speaks Mandarin quite well, so with her help, I h
6、ave found out that Wing is 68 13 years younger than I am. For my part, I was raised in wartime Britain. So here we are, two grandmothers a world away from where we were raised, neither of us able to speak the other s language. But the doorbell keeps ringing and there is the familiar paper carrier ba
7、g, handed smilingly to me by Wing. Right now I am working on some more Mandarin words it s the least I can do after such a display of kindness. “ Thank you” is, of course, the first one, which somehow seems inadequate. 【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者与邻居之间的 故事 ， 邻居是一位来自中国的老太太 ， 对作者非常关照。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 1. The
8、author and Wing got to know each other_ A as next door neighbors B when exchanging meals C by sharing similar experiences D after using an iPad to communicate A 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的前三句 “I know this lady.Her daughter ，Nicole， bought the house next door last October.” 可知 ， 作者与这位老太太是邻居。所以 A 项正确。 2 The under
9、lined word “ reciprocate” in Paragraph 5 probably means “ _” A do as well B offer generously C give in return D accept with pleasure C 解析：词义猜测题。根据第五段第一句中的 “Your mother just cant be bringing me meals like this all the time” 可知作者认为老太太一直对自己那么好 ， 而自己只是做一些本国的食物 ， 是几乎不能回报她的。 C 项意为 “ 回报 ” ， 故选 C。 3 The aut
10、hor s effort to learn Mandarin shows her_ A great satisfaction B real kindness C heartfelt thanks D sincere friendship C 解析：细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的 “its the least I can do after such a display of kindness” 可知作者认为学习中文是为了感谢老太太对自己的好。 A 项意为“ 极大的满意 ” ； B 项意为 “ 真正 的友善”； C 项意为 “ 衷心的感谢 ” ； D 项意为 “ 真诚的友谊 ” 。 B (2018
11、 甘肃重点中学协作体高三第一次联考 )In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh(法老 ) treated the message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off. Shades of that spirit spread over today
12、s conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked lightheartedly out of the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at 【 精品教育资源文库 】 the sky and said, “ Oh boy, a bad day for a picnic. The weatherman says it s going to rain
13、.” I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, but for his smile. Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile, “ Oh, tha
14、t bus left five minutes ago.” Dreams of headcutting! It s not the news that makes someone angry. It s the unsympathetic attitude with which its delivered( 传递 ). Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and big winners do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising his patient that she needs
15、 an operation does it in a caring way. A boss informing an employee he fails to get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver. Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When you re tired from a long flig
16、ht, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isnt ready yet? When you had your heart set on the toasted beef, has your waiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as a traveler or diner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces. Had my neighbor to
17、ld me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warning. Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, “ Oh， that s all right. I ll catch the next one.” Big winners, when they bear bad news, deliver bomb
18、s with the emotion the bombarded(被轰炸的 ) person is sure to have. 【解题导语】 本文主要讲述当我们要告诉别人不好的消息的时候 ， 要注意说话的方式和语气 ， 还要带有同情心。 4 From “ Dreams of headcutting ！ ”(Paragraph 3), we learn that the writer_ A was reminded of the cruel pharaoh B was mad at the sales agent C wished that the sales agent would have
19、bad dreams D dreamed of cutting the sales agent s head that night B 解析：推理判断题。根据第三段的描述可知 ，“ 我 ” 对售票员的态度很恼火。 5 Which of the following is true? A The author really appreciated the neighbor s warning. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 B From the passage we know that it is the bad news that makes someone angry. C If the run
20、ner brought to the pharaoh unhappy news, he would be treated like a prince. D When we want to deliver any bad news, we should share the feeling of the receiver. D 解析：推理判断题。根据第四段中的 “Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.” 可知 ， 当告诉别人不好的消息的时候 ， 应该
21、带有同情心 ， 应该分担消息接收者不好的感觉。 6 What is the main idea of the text? A Receiving bad news requires great courage. B Helping others sincerely is the key to business success. C Delivering bad news with sympathy is important in communication. D Learning ancient traditions can be useful. C 解析：主旨大意题。本文主要告诉我们当我们告
22、诉别人不好的消息的时 候 ，要注意讲话的方式和态度，应该带有同情心，分担别人的忧愁。 7 In the writer s opinion, his neighbor was_ A not helpful B not considerate C friendly D warmhearted B 解析：推理判断题 。第二段中的 “As we walked lightheartedly out of the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said.I wanted to strike
23、him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches.” 以及最后一段中的 “Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainst orm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warning.” 可知 ，“ 我 ” 认为邻居没有同情心 ， 不能为别人考虑。故选 B项。 C (2018 山西太原高三模拟 ) At 39 weeks pregnant most women would only be thinking of racing to hospital.But not Amber Miller, who set off to run the Chicago Marathon while expecting her second child any day. As she neared t
