1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 题组层级快练 18 Unit 3 A taste of English humor . 阅读理解 (2017 哈尔滨 )A survey has shown that what you do on a plane can be determined by which nationality is listed on your passport. According to the results of an international passenger survey, Australians are the biggest drinkers on board wit
2、h 36 percent choosing to down the hatch, compared to 35 percent of Americans and 33 percent of Brits. The Airline Passenger Experience Association(APEX) spoke to around 1， 500 people, aged 18 and older, who have travelled by plane at least once during the last three months and were living in the Uni
3、ted States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, China, Singapore, Australia and Brazil. The results found Chinese travelers are most likely to nod off once the seat belt sign switches off. They are also the first to take out their credit card for some in flight shopping and the biggest fans of gaming. A
4、mericans on the other hand like to use their time in the air more productively when not drinking choosing to work while flying at 35， 000 feet. Meanwhile, Brits and Germans are the best at making chat with random strangers spending 50 percent more time than any other nationality. Comparatively, Braz
5、ilians conduct their conversations online via email, messaging apps or social media. Despite plane food having a bad reputation, seven out of ten interviewees said they were happy to eat up on the selection of in flight snacks and meals. Inflight magazines were also popular with four out of five pas
6、sengers. The international flyers did, however, express their desire for better inflight entertainment. “The industry has greatly improved the comfort, entertainment and on board service, and passengers are accepting those improvements” said Russell Lemieux, APEX executive director. “ At the same ti
7、me, passengers are demanding more from their air travel experiences which will drive more improvements touching all aspects of the journey.” he added. 1. What can you probably see in the flight according to the passage? 【 精品教育资源文库 】 A. Brazilians choose to drink. B. Americans do in flight shopping.
8、 C. Germans chat to kill the time. D. The Chinese switch off the seat belt sign. 2. When on board the plane, _ A. passengers from one nation have little in common B. most passengers like to read in flight magazines C. more than half of the passengers dont enjoy plane food D. most people tend to use
9、in flight time to have a good sleep 3. What can we learn from the last paragraph? A. Flyers care little about entertainment. B. Flyers are not satisfied with the improvements. C. Flyers are expecting better flight experiences. D. Flyers have more and more demands from airlines. 4. Whats the purpose
10、of the passage? A. To entertain readers with interesting stories. B. To encourage people to behave well in public. C. To criticize impolite behaviors on the plane. D. To inform readers of the results of a survey. 答案与解析 【文章大意】 文章讲了各国乘客在飞机上的表现。 1. 答案 C 解析 推理判断题。根据第五段排除 A 项；根据第四段 “Americans on the othe
11、r hand like to use their time in the air more productively when not drinking choosing to work while flying at 35， 000 feet.” 排除 B 项；根据第四段 “Chinese travelers are most likely to nod off once the seat belt sign switches off.” 排除 D 项。 C 项根据第五段 “Brits and Germans are the best at making chat with random s
12、trangers spending 50 percent more time than any other nationality.” 可知德国人聊天消磨时光。 2. 答案 B 解析 根据第六段最后一句话 “In flight magazines were also popular with four out of five passengers.” 可知 ， 大多数乘客喜欢看飞行杂志。 3. 答案 C 解析 根据最后一段 “The international flyers did, however, express their desire for 【 精品教育资源文库 】 better
13、in flight entertainment.” ， express their desire for 跟 expect 意思相同。 4. 答案 D 解析 根据第一段 “A survey has shown .” 可知文章是一篇调查报告 ， 是要告诉大家调查结果。 (2017 福建厦门 )Why do we read poetry? First obvious one: because we enjoy it. The only other reason is for academic purposes, and thats not why this is here. Many of us
14、read poetry simply because we often feel depressed and hopelessly lost, and in poetry we see how beautiful and strange everything is. So in that way poetry calms our anxiety. There are many different kinds of poems. They are not all calming. Some poems make me anxious, angry, scared, and sad, which
15、is why I value them. As a reader, I want a full meal, not just dessert. I want the sweet and the bitter. Often, I read poetrywhen Im already relaxed. In fact, I read more when Im not stressed out. Here are the main reasons I respond to poetry, as far as I can tell. Metrical(格律的 ) poems are about set
16、ting up rules and then bending them. Usually, this is done by setting up a rhythm and then violating it or almost violating it. And then returning to it again. This satisfies my desire for order and also my desire for testing boundaries： Poetry plays with language and often slams words together in s
17、urprising ways, which is thrilling the way food can be when the chef has paired ingredients you never thought would taste good together but somehow do. Many poems are dense. Words mean two or three things at once and lots of suggestions are packed between the lines. This is intellectually inspiring
18、and it allows me to read the same poem over and over always finding new things in it And, of course, theres the subject matter. It interests me just as it would if the same subject was explored in a story or essay. Not all poems interest me in this way, but then not all stories and essays do, either
19、. 5. What kind of poems does the author probably enjoy reading? A. Academic poems. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 B. Valuable poems. C. Poems that calm readers down. D. Poems that arouse feelings. 6. What does the underlined word “ it” in Paragraph 4 refer to? A. Setting up a rhythm. B. Poetry. C. Violating rules. D
20、. Rhythm. 7. Why does poetry appeal to the author? A. It plays with words. B. It sounds surprising. C. It is rich in meaning. D. It is filled with new ideas. 8. What can we infer from the text? A. The author doesnt like all the essays. B. Reading poems requires patience. C. The subject counts a lot
21、to the author. D. Writing poems is similar to cooking. 答案与解析 【文章大意】 本文主要介绍 了作者喜欢能够唤起人们感情的诗以及原因。 5. 答案 D 解析 细节理解题。根据第二段中的 “As a reader, I want a full meal, not just dessert. I want the sweet and the bitter.” 可知 ， 作者喜欢读那些能够唤起感情的诗 ， 无论它们是甜蜜的还是苦涩的。 6. 答案 D 解析 代词指代题。根据划线词前的 “Usually. this is done by sett
22、ing up a rhythm and then violating it or almost violating it.” 可知 ， 通常设置一个韵律 ， 然后违背它 ，最后再回到韵律身上 ， 由此可知 ， it 指代的就是前面的韵律。故 D 项正确。 7. 答案 C 解析 根据倒数第二段中的 “Words mean two or th ree things at once and lots of suggestions are packed between the lines. This is intellectually inspiring and it allows me to rea
23、d the same poem over and over always finding new things in it”可知 ， 诗句中词语有丰富的含义 ， 这吸引作者一遍一遍地读 ， 去发现新的东西。 8. 答案 C 解析 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的 “And , of course, theres the subject matter. It interests me just as it would if the same subject was explored in a story or essay. Not all poems interest me in this way,
24、 but then not all stories and essays do, either.”【 精品教育资源文库 】 可知 ， 诗的主题也很重要 ， 并不是所有的诗以同样的方式吸引作者 ， 故 C 项正确。 . 七 选五 (2017 百校联盟 )Suffering from chronic fatigue(慢性疲劳 )? Read on to know how to deal with it. Let your brain waves relax before sleep. If you want to feel energized in the morning, you need to change your evenin
