1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 2 Heroes 课时练 (一 ) 阅读理解提速练 练速度 (限时： 35 分钟 ) . 阅读理解 A (2018 东北三省四市教研联合体高考模拟试卷 ) Graduate Developer Who you are Youre a creative person whos brilliant at making smart decisions and even better at communicating them. You are passionate about software and not only like to learn about i
2、t at university, but you like to get involved in your own projects at home too. You eat code for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and youre always looking to learn and improve. You love working with likeminded peers and aspire to work with the best software developers in the industry. What you study You
3、 are a finalyear/Honours/Master/PHD student or a recent graduate (past two years) with a Distinction/High Distinction in Computer Science, Computing or Software Engineering. What you will do Youll develop reliable and highly flexible systems in the market. The kind of software that ensures we buy an
4、d sell faster and more efficiently than anyone else. You will have full responsibility for designing and improving our systems, both technically and functionally to improve our trading success. At Optive we have no shortage of interesting and important work to do, so rest assured that youll be worki
5、ng on something that will add real value to the business. Qualifications You are an Australian or New Zealand citizen or permanent resident of Australia. Salary $75,000 plus super plus performance driven profit share. 【语篇解读】 本文是一则招聘广告，介绍了对求职者的要求和工资等相关信息。 1 You will be wellaccepted if you are _. A cr
6、eative and devoted to Software Engineering B loving working with people from different majors C communicative and passionate in your university life D enjoying eating code instead of delicious family dinner 解析： A 细节理解题。根据第一段中的 “Youre a creative person whos brilliant at making smart decisions and eve
7、n better at communicating them. You are passionate about software and not only like to learn about it at university, but you like to get involved in your own projects at home too.” 可知，具有创造性并且热爱软件工程的人会很好地被接受。 2 The Graduate Developer will probably be wanted as _. A an Australian finalyear Computing E
8、ngineering student B a masterdegree graduate majoring in trading C a PHD student as a permanent resident in Australia D a recent graduate with honours in Computer Science 解析： A 细节理解题。根据第二段 “You are a finalyear. Computing or Software Engineering.” 可知， A 项符合招聘的要求。 3 You are not required to _ in the fu
9、ture job. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 A design Optive systems B ensure trade success C work on something valuable D develop the flexible market system 解析： C 细节理解题。根据第三段的 “. so r est assured that youll be working on something that will add real value to the business.” 可知，文中没有提及工作有无价值，只是说工作会给公司带来价值。 B (2018 湖北武汉武昌区
10、高三年级调研考试 ) I felt like I had clicked my heels three times and come to a country away from home every morning as I walked through the doors at the Embassy of Australia in Washington. Musical Aussie accents and Aboriginal art exhibits made me wonder if I had entered without a visa. In fact I was a tem
11、porary employee， a public affairs unpaid intern(实习生 )for three months during the summer in order to engage myself in the culture of the country where I planned to study the next spring. During the summer I read the Australian news every day. Working at the embassy allowed me to escape the US for six
12、 hours per day and learn about what was going on across the planet. After reading the daily Australian and US news I usually helped prepare a PowerPoint presentation for school kids who visited the embassy as part of a school activity. Depending on whether an embassy event was going on， I would atte
13、nd weekly meetings to listen to planning and see what I could do to help. Usually there were smaller tasks to be done such as creating visitors guides. The most fantastic event in which I participated was the visit of the Australian Prime Minister. As the only American among countless Australian med
14、ia and staff， I felt comfortable and was kept busy taking pictures and recording doorstop interviews at famous sites such as the Capitol. As an intern， you will not be exposed to topsecret information， but you are on the inside when it comes to special events. Government work is a useful addition to
15、 ones experience. As an embassy employee you will gain invaluable knowledge while spending your summer in a culturally diverse workplace. 【语篇解读】 本文是一篇 记叙文，讲述了作者为了要到澳大利亚学习提前在位于华盛顿的澳大利亚驻美国大使馆实习的经历。 4 What is the author talking about? A Her embassy internship. B Her trouble in finding a job. C Her fore
16、ign culture experience. D Her preparation for future employment. 解析： A 主旨大意题。根据全文大意可知，作者主要讲述了她在位于华盛顿的澳大 利亚驻美国大使馆实习的经历。 5 Why was the author in the Embassy of Australia for three months? A To apply for a visa. B To prepare to study in Australia. C To record musical Aussie accents. D To appreciate Abo
17、riginal art exhibits. 解析： B 细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句中的 “. in ord er to engage myself in the culture of the country where I planned to study the next spring.” 可知，作者实习的原因是让自己融入澳大利亚的文化中，因为明年春天她要去那里学习，故答案为 B。 6 What was the author forbidden to do when the Australian Prime Minister visited America? 【 精品教育资源文库 】
18、A Record doorstop interviews. B Know topsecret information. C Take pictures of special events. D Stand among the Australian staff. 解析： B 细节理解题。根据倒数第二段最后一句中的 “you will not be exposed to topsecret information” 可知，实习生不会接触到绝密信息。 7 What can we infer about the authors daily routine at the Embassy? A It is
19、 tiring. B It is boring. C It is exciting. D It is relaxing. 解析： C 推理判断题。根据第三段第一句中的 “The most fantastic event” 以及最后一段中的 “a useful addition” 和 “gain invaluable knowledge” 可知，作者对这次经历的描述是非常积极和正面的，因此可以推断出，在大使馆工作是令作者兴奋的。 C (2018 河北石家庄高三复习教学质量检测 ) Despite being used by 1.34 billion people each year, trave
20、ling on the Tube in London can actually be quite lonely. One citizen, however, is trying to change this. “You get on the Tube and its completely silent and its weird， ” says Jo nathan Dunne, who has started a worldwide dialogue after giving out badges (徽章 ) with the words “Tube chat ？ ” last month,
21、encouraging passengers in London to get talking to one another. “I handed out 500 badges during rush hour in a city of 8 million, expecting most of them to be thrown away, but after about 24 hours it completely snowballed， ” he says. Dunne and his “Tube chat” campaign have since been reported by med
22、ia across the world, seeing TV interviews in Sweden, Brazil and the UK, as well as countless website, newspaper and magazine appearances. Although Dunne says hes received mostly positive feedback, not everyone agrees with his idea. Londoner Brian Wilson responded with a campaign of his own, handing
23、out 500 badges with the words “Dont even think about it” on them. Michael Robinson, 24, a student from London, agrees. “Being on the Tube is the only peace and quiet some people get on their journeys to and from work. It doesnt need to be spoiled by people coming up and chatting to you， ” he says. “Peo ple assume that I just walk up and talk to strangers, which I dont, but its been a great way to meet people you would never have normally spoken to， ” Dunne says. So if yo
