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阅读理解+七选五限时组合练4(限时35分钟).阅读理解AA good book is indeed the best friend of a person.The same goes for high-profile CEOs of world recognized companies as well.Lets have a look at the favorite books of some of the world-famous CEOs.AppleCEOTimCook,CompetingagainstTimebyGeorgeStalkJr.andThomasM.HoutThis book is based on 10 years of valuable research done by the authors.It talks about how new concepts of managing time in new product development,production and sales provide companies with the advantages to succeed in this highlycompetitive world.MicrosoftCEO(Former)BillGates,TheCatcherintheRyebyJ.D.SalingerA few themes explored in the novel are rebellion(叛逆),anxiety and confusion.It tells that young people are a little confused,but can be smart about things and see things that adults dont really see.Gates said,“I didnt actually read TheCatcherintheRye until I was 13,and ever since then Ive said thats my favorite book.”OracleCEOLarryEllison,NapoleonbyVincentCroninThis book is considered by far the best biography ever written on Napoleon Bonaparte.Ellison said,“Its interesting to read about him for a couple of reasons:to see what an ordinary man can do with his life and to see how history can distort(歪曲) the truth entirely.”OWECEOOprahWinfrey,ToKillaMockingbirdbyHarperLeeThis book talks about how a little girl observes the people around her.Winfrey said,“I read it in eighth or ninth grade,and I was trying to recommend the book to other kids.So it makes sense to me that now I have a book club,because I have been doing that probably since I read this book.”1.What is the theme of CompetingAgainstTime?A.How to increase production.B.How to improve efficiency.C.How to enrich experience.D.How to save energy.2.Which book may be chosen by parents to learn about rebellious kids?A.CompetingagainstTime.B.TheCatcherintheRye.C.Napoleon.D.ToKillaMockingbird.3.What can be inferred from Winfreys words?A.She loved reading when young.B.She read the book with other kids.C.The book has an influence on her career.D.The book is about a girls thoughts.BIt can be a real struggle trying to learn a new language.I had always enjoyed learning languages in school,but only recently did I start learning German.I found that I could understand and learn individual words easily,but when it came to literature,I really struggled.That was when my tutor at university suggested reading some childrens books printed in the target language.At first,I felt a bit silly goingonahuntfor a book designed for someone half my age,but then I realised that everyone had to start somewhere.As children,we are given these basic texts to familiarise our brains with certain vocabulary and writing structures,and from there,we can learn and develop.I started with books which are taught to us as children in the UK.I managed to find OliverTwist by Charles Dickens and JamesandtheGiantPeach by Roald Dahl.The beauty of reading books that were introduced to you as a child is that you are already familiar with the plot.As a result,you can work out some of the definitions of words with your prior knowledge of the story.At first,I used to read with the book in one hand and a dictionary in the other,but this method did not work well for me.The method I would recommend is to read a chapter of your chosen childrens book and at the end of that chapter,highlight the words you do not know and then look up the definitions.If you can wait a bit before you use a dictionary,you may be surprised what you can get merely from the context of the sentence in the story.Additionally,a lot of childrens books have pictures which may give you a clue as to what or to whom the passage is referring.4.Why was the author advised to read childrens books?A.Because she was weak in reading great works.B.Because she was slow to learn a language.C.Because she liked childrens literature.D.Because she couldnt remember any words.5.What can kids get from childrens books according to the passage?A.Vocabulary and listening skills.B.Learning methods.C.Words and structures.D.Designing skills.6.What causes the author to feel surprised while reading childrens books?A.Grasping the context from the pictures.B.Looking up the definitions of words from a dictionary.C.Getting familiar with the plots of the story.D.Understanding the words simply from the context.7.What can be the best title of the passage?A.Reading Childrens BooksB.The Way of Learning LanguagesC.The Method of Using a DictionaryD.My Good Reading HabitsCRichasaKingWilliam ,who conquered England some 950 years ago,had wealth,power and an army.Yet although William was very rich bythestandardsof his time,he had nothing like a flush toilet,paper towels,or a riding lawn mower(割草机).How did he get by?History books are filled with wealthy people who were poor compared to me.I have stormwindows,but Croesus did not.Entire nations trembled before Alexander the Great,but he couldnt buy cat food.Czar Nicholas lacked an electric saw.Given how much betteroff I am than so many famous dead people,youd think Id be content.The trouble is that,like most people,I compare my wealth with that of living persons:neighbours,school classmates,famous TV people.The greed I feel toward my friend Howards new kitchen is not reduced by the fact that no kings each had a refrigerator with glass doors.There is really no rising or falling standard of living.Over the centuries people simply find different things to feel sad about.Youd think that simply not having disease would putusinagoodmood,but nowe want a hot bath too.Of course,one way to achieve happiness would be to realize that even by todays standards the things I own are pretty nice.My house is smaller than the houses of many investment bankers,but even so it has a lot more rooms and I can keep them clean.Additionally,to people looking back at our era from a century or two in the future,these bankers fancy counter tops and my own worn Formica will seem equally shabby.I cant keep up with my neighbors right now.But just wait.8.What does the underlined phrase “get by” in the first paragraph mean?A.Succeed as a king.B.Deal with complaints.C.Live in a satisfactory way.D.Get some extra money.9.How many historical figures are mentioned to compare lives in the past and present?A.3.B.4.C.5.D.6.10.According to the passage,the author intends to .A.tell us to be content with lifeB.warn us to live in a simple wayC.teach us to learn lessons from lifeD.encourage us to struggle for wealth11.Whats the authors attitude towards life?A.Doubtful.B.Optimistic.C.Uncaring.D.Cautious.D“Acting is the least mysterious of all crafts,” Marion Brando once said.But for scientists,working out what is going on in an actors head has always been something of a puzzle.Now,researchers have said actors show different patterns of brain activity depending on whether they are in character or not.Dr.Steven Brown,from McMaster University in Canada,said,“It looks like when you are acting,you are suppressing (压制) yourself,almost like the character is possessing you.”Brown and colleagues reported how 15 actors,mainly theatre students,were trained to take on a Shakespeare roleeither Romeo or Julietin a theatre workshop.They were then invited into the laboratory,where their brains were scanned in a series of experiments.Once inside the MRI scanner,the actors were asked to answer a number of questions,such as:would they go to the party,and would they tell their parents that they had fallen in love?Each actor was asked to respondto different questions,based on two different premises (前提).In one,they were asked for their own perspective,while in the other,they were asked to respond as though they were either Romeo or Juliet.The results revealed that the brain activity differed depending on the situation being tested.The team found that when the actors were in character,they use some third-person knowledge or inferences about their character.The team said they also found additional reduction in activity in two regions of the prefrontal cortex (前额皮质) linkedto the sense of self compared with when the actors were responding as themselves.However,Philip Davis,a professor at the University of Liverpool,was unimpressed by the research,saying acting is about far more than “pretending” to be someoneit involves embodying (体现) the text and language.12.How did Dr.Browns team conduct their research?A.By scanning the brain activity of some actors.B.By doing a survey with some theatre goers.C.By interviewing some theatre teachers.D.By consulting some experienced researchers.13.What is the finding of Dr.Browns research?A.Acting is not as mysterious as people think.B.Actors brain activity differs when they are acting.C.Acting is far more than pretending to be the character.D.Actors brain activity is more active when they are in character.14.How did Philip Davis react to the research?A.He supported it.B.He doubted it.C.He explained it.D.He advocated it.15.What is the text mainly about?A.A debate of how the brain functions.B.A play written by Shakespeare.C.A research on the brain activity of actors.D.A report of the cooperation of scientists and actors.七选五It could happen anywhere at any time.16 Most people,atonetimeoranother,have been on the receiving end of arandomactofkindness.In a sometimes cold world where people can be so focused on what theyre doing,a random act of kindness can make all the difference.They can be relatively insignificant.Hannah Bailey from London,for example,told the Metro newspaper about how she was given her fruit and vegetable shopping for free.The seller did her a kindness when it appeared she didnt have any change to pay.17The city of Naples has long had a tradition called “caff sospeso”.When buying coffee,a person who has recently been lucky would purchase two cups but only drink one,leaving the second one anonymously(匿名),outofthegoodnessoftheirheart,for a poor person to claimforfree.18However,in some cases,these little acts can be amatteroflifeanddeath.Take,for example,the unnamed commuter,who in June 2018 fell off a station platform onto an electric railway track in Toronto,Canada.A quick-thinking,but even now unknown,bystander selflessly leapt down to pull him to safety.So,why do it?19 The people never meet again.According to UK charity The Mental Health Foundation,acts like these can “give our lives new purpose,show us other perspectives on our own problems and even make us feel content.”20 Hold open a door for someone,deliver a complimenteven give up your seat on a bus.Help someone who is in need.It takes all kinds.It neednt be anything huge.One day,whether you need it or not,someone might help you inyourhourofneed.A.So give it a try.B.Be brave to face challenges.C.Often,the acts arent paid back.D.She was happy about it all day.E.She was in low spirits the whole day.F.This tradition is now more common worldwide.G.Its often unexpected,but almost never unappreciated.【帮你拓知识】核心知识,词块记忆highlycompetitive竞争激烈的goonahuntfor.寻找familiarisev.(使)熟悉(了解)bythestandardsof.按照的标准stormwindow遮挡风雪的护窗betteroff境况更好putsb.inagoodmood使某人心情好scannern.扫描仪;扫描设备respondto.对做出反应inferencen.结论;推断belinkedto.与有联系atonetimeoranother曾经arandomactofkindness一次偶然的善举outofthegoodnessofonesheart出于某人的好意claimsth.forfree免费索取某物amatteroflifeanddeath一件生死攸关之事quick-thinkingadj.反应快的,思维敏捷的inoneshourofneed在某人需要时答案与解析阅读理解+七选五限时组合练4.【语篇导读】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了世界著名的CEO们喜欢阅读的书。1.B细节理解题。由第一本书介绍中的“Ittalksabouthownewconceptsofmanagingtimeinnewproductdevelopment,productionandsalesprovidecompanieswiththeadvantagestosucceedinthishighlycompetitiveworld.”这些信息可知:这本书的主题是如何提高效率,故选B项。2.B细节理解题。由第二本书介绍中的“Afewthemesexploredinthenovelarerebellion,anxietyandconfusion.”可知,这本书中探讨的几个主题是叛逆、焦虑和困惑,由此可知答案为B项。3.C推理判断题。由最后一段中的“Winfreysaid,Ireaditineighthorninthgrade.SoitmakessensetomethatnowIhaveabookclub,becauseIhavebeendoingthatprobablysinceIreadthisbook.”可推断:这本书对她的事业有深远的影响,故答案为C项。【语篇导读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者在学德语时,因为看不懂文学作品,开始看德语儿童书籍,结果却得到了意外的惊喜。4.A细节理解题。由第一段中“IfoundthatIcouldunderstandandlearnindividualwordseasily,butwhenitcametoliterature,Ireallystruggled.Thatwaswhenmytutoratuniversitysuggestedreadingsomechildrensbooksprintedinthetargetlanguage.”可知答案为A项。5.C细节理解题。由第二段中“Aschildren,wearegiventhesebasictextstofamiliariseourbrainswithcertainvocabularyandwritingstructures.”可知:儿童在看儿童书时可以熟悉其中的词汇和写作结构,故选C项。6.D推理判断题。由最后一段中“Ifyoucanwaitabitbeforeyouuseadictionary,youmaybesurprisedwhatyoucangetmerelyfromthecontextofthesentenceinthestory.”可知答案为D项。7.A主旨大意题。全文讲述了作者读儿童书的经历以及读儿童书的好处,故选A项。【语篇导读】本文是一篇议论文。文章主要通过与富有、有权势的古人对比启迪读者:生活没有必要攀比,应该知足常乐。8.C词义猜测题。结合对画线词所在句之前的句子的理解,可以推测:没有这些现代的便利生活设施,富有的威廉一世如何才能生活得比较满意呢?由此可知画线短语应表示“过得去”,即“生活得比较满意”,故选C项。9.B细节理解题。通读全文,作者列举了四个历史人物,他们分别是:William,Croesus,AlexandertheGreat和CzarNicholas。10.A推理判断题。根据文章标题“RichasaKing”,并结合对全文的整体理解可推知,作者通过对古今生活的对比,告诉读者要知足常乐,故答案为A项。11.B推理判断题。根据最后两段,尤其是最后一段中“Icantkeepupwithmyneighborsrightnow.Butjustwait.”这两句可推知,作者对生活持乐观的态度,故答案为B项。【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一项对于演员大脑活动的研究。研究人员发现,演员在扮演角色的时候,其大脑活动模式不同。12.A推理判断题。由第五段“OnceinsidetheMRIscanner,theactorswereaskedtoansweranumberofquestions,suchas:wouldtheygototheparty.?”,由此推断出Brown博士的团队是通过扫描演员的大脑活动进行他们的研究的,故选A项。13.B细节理解题。由倒数第三段可知,Brown博士的研究发现:演员在表演时大脑活动是不同的,故选B项。14.B推理判断题。根据最后一段“However,PhilipDavis,.wasunimpressedbytheresearch,sayingactingisaboutfarmorethanpretendingtobesomeoneitinvolvesembodyingthetextandlanguage.”可推断:PhilipDavis对这项研究持怀疑态度,故选B项。15.C主旨大意题。第二段“Now,researchershavesaidactorsshowdifferentpatternsofbrainactivitydependingonwhethertheyareincharacterornot.”是全文的主题句,通读全文内容可知文章主要介绍了一项对于演员大脑活动的研究,故选C项。.【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章说明了善举通常是意料之外的,但几乎从未被忽视过,并列举了一些世界各地人们受到他人善举的事件和传统。16.G根据空前“Itcouldhappenanywhereatanytime.”(它可以发生在任何时间任何地点)可推知这是不可预测的,故可对应到G选项中的“unexpected”,即它通常不可预测,故选G项。17.D根据空前“Thesellerdidherakindnesswhenitappearedshedidnthaveanychangetopay.”可知,当发现她没有零钱可付时,卖家帮了她一个忙。故选D项“她为这件事开心了一整天”,前后句连贯通顺。18.F本段讲述的是那不勒斯市有一个悠久的传统。下文为描述这一传统给出例子,该空位于段尾起总结作用。由段首句中“tradition”可知F项(这一传统现在在世界范围内更为普遍)符合语境。19.C由空后“Thepeoplenevermeetagain.”可知,这些人再也不会遇见,由此推断这种行为是得不到回报的,故C项(通常,这种行为是不会被回报的)符合语境。20.A空后“Holdopenadoorforsomeone,deliveracomplimentevengiveupyourseatonabus.Helpsomeonewhoisinneed.”列出一些具体的善举行为,由此可知本空应是提出建议“试一试吧”,故选A项。14
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