1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 23 Conflict 课时练 1 阅读理解提速练 阅读理解 A (2018 福建高中毕业班质检 )The World Health Organization (WHO) said that processed meat may be carcinogenic(致癌的 ) Do you still dare eat cancerlinked processed meat? Here are some comments on the website. Bill (Australia) Id rather live a short, pleasant life
2、 than a long， unhappy one, denying(拒绝给予 ) myself tasty food just because some experts say its not healthy.We should all enjoy the one life we have if I had listened to every piece of health advice I would never go anywhere, eat anything or enjoy life in any way.So, I won t change my habit.I am going
3、 to have a bacon sandwich, glass of wine, burger, can of coke whenever I feel like it. Tim (America) Is meat really as bad as smoking？ I dont think so.According to the WHO 34， 000 people die worldwide per year because they eat processed meat.In 2012, 8.2 million people died of cancer worldwide.That
4、means if you eat a lot of processed meat you have a chance of being among the 0.41 percent of people dying of cancer because of processed meat.Ill take the chance. Helen (Switzerland) The WHO doesnt say that just one bite of meat causes cancer, it is rather saying that people should vary their diet.
5、People who eat more meat often have other unhealthy habits.They usually eat fewer fruits and vegetables and they also often exercise less. Van(China) Perhaps this report will make people consider becoming vegetarians(素食者 ) So for your health, the environment and future generations, it is not difficu
6、lt; it just needs a change of attitude.There is a vast variety of other delicious food available to enjoy. 【解题导语】 本文主要介绍了一些网民对于世界卫生组织公布的食用加工肉制品可能致癌的这一信息的个人看法。 1 What if Bill has to change his habit? A He ll feel unhappy. B He ll live a pleasant life. C He ll go on a diet. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 D He ll becom
7、e a vegetarian. A 解析：推理判断题。根据第二段的 “Id rather live a short, pleasant life than a long, unhappy one, denying(拒绝给予 ) myself tasty food just because some experts say its not healthy.” 可推知 ， Bill 如果改变目前的饮食习惯 ， 他会不开心的。 2 What does Tim think about eating processed meat? A Too risky. B Fairly safe. C Popula
8、r worldwide. D Very unhealthy. B 解析：推理判断题。根据第三段的 “Is meat really as bad as smoking ？ I dont think so.” 和 “That means if you eat a lot of processed meat you have a chance of being among the 0.41 percent of people dying of cancer because of processed meat.Ill take the chance.” 可知 ， Tim 认为吃加工肉制品并不是什么要命
9、的事儿 ， 还是比较安全的。 3 What may be Helen s response to WHO s warning? A Caring little about it. B Eating whatever she likes. C Varying the diet and doing exercise. D Taking a diet without meat. C 解析：细节理解题。根据第四段的 “it is rather saying that people should vary their diet.People who eat more meat often have ot
10、her unhealthy habits.They usually eat fewer fruits and vegetables and they also often exercise less.” 可知 ， Helen对 WHO 的警告的回应是应该饮食多样化并多锻炼身 体。 B (2018 安徽百所重点高中模拟 )I had the honour of being elected chief of my tribe(部落 ) With the title came great responsibility. It was my job to make peace with the Mao
11、ri Tamaki tribe, whose village we visited. Their soldiers jumped from a canoe and faced us down with fierce crying, sticking eyes and much noise of sticks. They laid a palm leaf on the ground and, as head, I was forced to accept this peace offering by picking it up, then touching noses with their ch
12、ief. “ Kia ora，” he said, welcoming us into the woodland home of his people. My “ tribe” was my New Zealand coach tour group, who had forced me into being their leader. We had been warned that the ceremony was a serious occasion and that to laugh or even smile would be considered rude to the Tamaki.
13、 After that it was 【 精品教育资源文库 】 nonstop fun as they demonstrated their ancient customs and I received instruction in performing the haka, the war dance immortalized(使不朽 ) by the All Blacks rugby team. Then they pulled our dinner of lamb, beef and vegetables out of the ground. It had been slowcooked
14、 in the heat just below the surface in the geothermal(地热的 ) area of North Island, a Maori tradition known as a hangi that goes back an extremely long period of time. Obviously, this form of it is put on for tourists but it was hugely enjoyable. The journey back to the hotel was alone worth the effor
15、t, our elder Maori driver being deserving of his own television show. “ The wheels on the bus go round and round，” he got us singing, while he circuited a round about three times. A couple of days from the end of our trip, there was still something missing, a New Zealand icon I wanted to see to make
16、 my grand tour complete. Riding over a ridge, there it was Aotearoa. The Maori name for New Zealand translates as “ the land of the long white cloud” . Can I say “ Kia ora, Aotearoa？ ” You bet I can. 【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文 ， 作者讲述了他去新西兰旅游时接触到的毛利文化。 4 How were the visitors greeted in the tribe? A The soldier
17、s made a palm leaf road. B The soldiers touched their noses. C The soldiers shook sticks fiercely. D The soldiers made noise with shut eyes. C 解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中的 “Their soldiers.much noise of sticks. They laid a palm leaf on the ground” 可知 ， 毛利部落的勇士们从独木舟上跳下来 ， 用狂热的叫喊、瞪大的眼睛和巨大的棍棒晃动声将作者一行人镇住 了 ，他们还在地面上放
18、置一片棕榈叶。这些都是毛利人对游客表示欢迎的方式。故选 C。 5 Which refers to the Maori cooking custom? A Kia ora. B Haka. C Hangi. D Tamaki. C 解析：细节理解题。根据第三段可知 ， 在地下土炉中烹制食物是毛利饮食传统 ， 这被称为 hangi。 6 What does the author think of the driver? A He was good at singing. B He made the journey memorable. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C He was not fami
19、liar with the road. D He performed well on a TV show. B 解析：推理判断题。根据第四段可知 ， 作者一行人的回宾馆之旅让他们难忘：有表演天赋的毛利老司机让作者他们一路欢歌 ， 故选 B。 7 What is the best title for the text? A A Taste of Maori Culture B Hello, New Zealand C The Honour of Being a Tribe Chief D The Best of New Zealand A 解析：标题归纳题。作者作为赴新西兰的旅游团的队长 ， 在
20、 旅游中有幸接触毛利文化 ， 这给作者留下了深刻的印象 ， 故 A 项 “ 体验毛利文化 ” 作标题最佳。 C (2018 辽宁大连双基测试 )Whenever we see a button, we want to press it because we know that something will happen.This is true in most cases, for example, on a doorbell.But some buttons are actually fake(假的 ), like the “ close” button on a lift. Many pe
21、ople are in the habit of pressing the “close” button because they dont have the patience to wait.But lifts “close” buttons are a complete trick, at least in the U S. the doors will not close any faster no matter how hard you press. It started in the 1990s when the Americans with Disabilities Act was
22、 passed in the U S., making sure that all lifts stayed open long enough so that people with disabilities could enter safely.Only repair workers can use the buttons to speed up the door closing process if they have special keys. But to normal lift riders, the buttons aren t completely useless.Accordi
23、ng to psychologists, fake buttons can actually make you feel better by offering you a sense of control. “ A sense of control is very important.It reduces stress and increases wellbeing ，” said Ellen J Langer, a psychology professor at Harvard University.Experts also added that a lot of buttons that don t do anything exist in our lives for this same purpose. For example, pedestrian crosswalk buttons don t live up to their names either.Pressing them used to help make the traffic signals
