1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 4 Sharing . 阅读理解 A (2018 福州市高三毕业班适应性练习 ) Known as “The Man with the Golden Arm” ， nearly every week for the past 60 years, James Harrison has donated blood plasma (血浆 ) from his right arm. The reasons can date back to a serious medical procedure. “Whe n I was 14, I had a chest ope
2、ration， ” recalls Harrison, who is now aged 80. “My father said I had received 13 units of blood and my life had been saved by unknown people. So I said when Im old enough, Ill become a blood donor.” Soon after Harrison became a donor, doctors called him in. His blood, they said, could be the answer
3、 to a deadly problem. “In Australia, up until about 1967, there were about thousands of babies dying each year because of the rhesus disease(恒河猴溶血病 )， ” explains Jemma Falkenmire, of the Australian Red Cross Blood Service. Harrison was discovered to have an unusual antibody (抗体 ) in his blood and in
4、 the 1960s he worked with doctors to use the antibodies to develop an injection(注射 ) called AntiD which can prevent this disease. Harrisons blood is precious. Every batch of AntiD that has ever been made in Australia has come from Harrisons blood. He and AntiD are credited with saving the lives of m
5、ore than 2 million babies, according to the Australian Red Cross Blood Service: Thats about 2 million lives saved by one mans blood. Harrison is considered a national hero, and has won numerous awards. He has now donated his plasma more than 1,000 times, but no matter how many times hes given blood
6、theres one thing that will never change: “I look at the ceiling or the nurses, maybe talk to them a bit, but never once have I watched the needle go in my arm. I cant stand the sight of blood, and I cant stand pain， ” he says. 【文章大意】 本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了 James Harrison 用自己的血液挽救了超过两百万名婴儿生命的故事。 1. What was
7、the main reason for Harrisons becoming a blood donor? A He has a golden arm. B He has precious blood plasma. C His father encouraged him to help others. D Donated blood once made him survive. 答案与解析： D考查细节理解。根据第二段的 “My father said I had received 13 units of blood and my life had been saved by unknown
8、 people. So I said when Im old enough, Ill become a blood donor.” 可知， Harrison 知道他的生命是被不相识的人救的，所以长大要做一个献血者。故 D 项正确。 2. Why is James blood precious? A James has the AntiD in his blood. B His blood is more useful in treating the rhesus disease. C James blood is the main source of AntiD in Australia. D
9、 James has donated more plasma than other donators. 答案与解析： C考查细节理解。根据第六段第一、二句 “Harrisons blood is precious.Every batch of AntiD that has ever been made in Australia has come from Harrisons blood.” 可知， Harrison 的血液宝贵的原因是他的血液是澳大利亚 AntiD 的主要来源，故 C 项正确。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 3. How does Harrison feel when donat
10、ing his plasma? A Nervous. B Relaxed. C Anxious D Excited. 答案与解析： A考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的 “I look at the ceiling or the nurses, maybe talk to them a bit, but never once have I watched the needle go in my arm.” 可知，在献血时他看着天花板或者护士，也许跟护士聊一聊，但从来不看针扎进手臂。据此可以判断，他在献血时很紧张，故 A 项正确。 B (2018 石家庄市高中毕业班第二次模拟 ) Too Good
11、To Go is a smartphone app which allows restaurants to sell food that would otherwise be thrown away at discount prices from as little as 2 to a maximum of 3.80, even if the meals are sold from the very finest restaurants in the country. Originally created in Denmark and launched in Brighton and Leed
12、s in June, the service has recently been introduced into the United Kingdom by a couple of young entrepreneurs(企业家 ) Millions of tons of foods are thrown in the trash every year, with restaurants accounting for a large part, so ecoentrepreneurs Chris Wilson and Jamie Crummie came up with the good id
13、ea to stop food waste. Using Too Good To Go not only helps restaurants save expense, but gives people in need the chance to order fancy dishes at low prices. Too Good To Go is very convenient for users. Restaurants make food available on the Too Good To Go app and website. People can look through th
14、e available dishes on the smartphones, pay for them using a credit card and pick them up at a set time, an hour before closing time. Although Too Good To Go does take a fee from restaurants for each sale, its creators say the end goal is to use it for restaurants to solve their waste management prob
15、lem, rather than making a profit. Wilson claims, “The idea is that restaurants stop producing the extra food so they dont need to throw it away in the trash, and we really want to put ourselves out of business by stopping food waste.” Birmingham has become the latest city where restaurants can reduc
16、e food waste to the lowest limit by working with the Too Good To Go social enterprise app. 【文章大意】 本文是一篇说明文，主 要介绍了 Too Good To Go 这款手机软件，它可以帮助饭店以较低的价格处理要扔掉的食物，这样既避免了浪费，又给那些需要的人提供了可口的食物。 【难句分析】 Too Good To Go is a smartphone app which allows restaurants to sell food that would otherwise be thrown away
17、 at discount prices from as little as 2 to a maximum of 3.80, even if the meals are sold from the very finest restaurants in the country. 分析：这是一个复合句。 which引导定语从句，在从句中充当主语，先行词为 a smartphone app; that 也引导定语从句，在从句中充当主语，先行词为 food； even if 引导让步状语从句。 译文： Too Good To Go 是一款智能手机软件， (通过这款软件 )饭店可以出售本来要扔掉的食物。即
18、使这些食物来自本国最好的饭店，价位也控制在 2 英镑至 3.8 英镑 之间。 4. Where was Too Good To Go originally launched? A In Denmark. B In Brighton. C In Birmingham. D In the US. 答案与解析： B 考查细节理解。根据第一段中的 “Originally created in Denmark and launched in Brighton and Leeds” 可知，这款软件最初是在 Denmark 创造出来，在 Brighton和 Leeds 发起的，故选 B 项。 【 精品教育
19、资源文库 】 5. Whats the app intended to do? A Make a profit by selling food on the website. B Allow restaurants to sell food at low prices. C Help restaurants to deal with leftover food. D Call on restaurants to save food and money. 答案与解析： C 考查推理判断。根据文章第二段中的 “. so e coentrepreneurs Chris Wilson and Jami
20、e Crummie came up with the good idea to stop food waste. Using Too Good To Go not only helps restaurants save expense, but gives people in need the chance to order fancy dishes at low prices.” 可知，这款软件的目的是阻止食物浪费，不仅帮助饭店节省 费用，而且给那些需要的人提供一个低价品尝好菜的机会，故选 C项，帮助饭店处理剩余食物。 6. How did the creators of the app m
21、ake profits? A By selling copies of the app. B By taking a fee from buyers. C By charging restaurants for each sale. D By getting donations from entrepreneurs. 答案与解析： C 考查细节理解。根 据文章第四段中的 “Although Too Good To Go does take a fee from restaurants for each sale” 可知，该软件的创造者是通过向饭店的每一单生意收费来赚钱的，因此选 C 项。 7.
22、 What can we infer from the text? A People can pay less money for a rich meal. B The app is mainly designed to help the poor. C Dishes can be sold to make a lot of profits. D People can get their ordered food at home. 答案与解析： A 考查推理判断。根据第一段中的 “Too Good To Go is a smartphone app which allow restaurants to sell food that would otherwise be thrown away at discount prices from as little as 2 to a maximum of 3.80, ever if the meals are sold from the very finest restaurants in the country.” 和第二段中的 “Using Too Good To Go not only helps restaurants save expense, but gives people in nee
