江西省2020届高三英语二轮专项训练 阅读理解（47）

江西省2020届高三英语二轮专项训练：阅读理解（47）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AWHAT happens to a teenage kid when the world he thought he knew suddenly changes? Find out in Little Brother by American author Cory DoctorowIt is a fascinating book for a new generation of sci-fi readersMarcus Yallow, 17, from San Francisco is much more comfortable in front of a computer than obeying the rules of societySmart, fast and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting （骗过） his high schools monitoring systemThis way he and his friends get to head off to play a popular online game in real lifeWhile they are playing, a bomb explodes on the Bay BridgeMarcus stops a military vehicle to get help for his injured friend, but this simple act throws him into a Department of Homeland Security （DHS） secret prisonThere he is treated as a possible terroristHe is eventually let go after four days, but his injured friend disappearsWhen he returns, Marcus discovers that there are many security measures in place and that now all citizens are treated like potential terroristsWhile some consider this government action necessary for public safety, Marcus sees this as a complete destruction of the rights he is supposed to have as a citizenHe knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him with only one thing to do: to take down the DHS himselfHe helps organize a large network called Xnet to spread the truth, anonymously （匿名地）The book presents a young man who is irresponsible, but learns about himself, and grows, in the course of the storyAs part of this learning and growing he becomes aware of very serious issues about his society1What kind of article does this passage belong to?AA fascinating story BA book reviewCA News report DA TV programme2The underlined word “destruction” in the passage means Adamage Breward CruinDprotection3Marcus Yallow was sent to prison because Ahe killed his friendBhe bombed a military vehicleChe did something that a possible terrorist could doDhis injured friend disappeared4From the second paragraph we can infer that AMarcus Yallow is much more comfortable obeying the rules of societyBMarcus Yallow is smart, fast and wise in real lifeCMarcus Yallow always plays online games in real lifeDMarcus Yallow is expert at the network world5At the end of the book, Marcus Yallow Ais supposed to be more irresponsibleBbecomes aware of very serious issues about his societyCpresents a young man who is irresponsibleDplays a popular online game in real lifeBWhat makes a house a home?Not size, of courseIve been in some of the grandest houses in America, and its readily apparent no one lives thereEarlier this year, I had dinner in a mud hut in Ethiopia, where we sat on chairs next to the hostess bed - a home that had more warmth than any house Ive been in sinceNow John Edwards is exploring what makes a house a home in his just-released Home: The Blueprints of Our LivesThere Edwards writes, This is a book about homes, the values they rest on, the dreams they are filled with, and the people they have shapedThe houses and circumstances are different, but much of what you find inside will be familiarWhether youre sitting in an airport right now, waiting to fly to your childhood home for Thanksgiving, or in your own home waiting for the relatives to arrive, you know what hes talking aboutWeve lived in our townhouse for 21 yearsThe loose windows that make noise in the windThe fireplace so shallow it holds only one logThe kitchen window that offers a view of the world passing byIts where friends sit on the kitchen counter drinking wine while dinner is being fixedI lived there for only 18, but it will always be my true homeEven the lamp in the west living room window, which I could see far down the road when driving home late at night, still shinesWhile all this talk about childhood memories can be warm and comforting, home is whom youre with, not where you areAs Edwards writes, Home is familyHome is safetyHome is faithHappy homecoming6What would be the best title for the text?AHome Means Everything BWhats Inside Makes Us Feel at HomeCHome: The Blueprints of Our Lives DThe Importance of the Home7The purpose of the second paragraph is to _Amean the author likes living in grandest housesBprove the author got along well with the hostessCmean the feeling of home isnt related to the sizeDshow the authors different feelings about houses8About the book Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives, we know that _Ait was the description of Edwards housesBit is mainly about housesCit helps us understand the concept of homeDit was written by the author of the text9What did the author mainly mean when he mentioned the loose windows and the shallow fireplace ?AHis house was too old to live inBHe missed the feelings of homeCHe hated living thereDHe missed his old friends too much10It can be inferred according to the text that _Athe authors family were very rich Bevery happy home is the sameCthe author has been living a hard life Dthe author and Edwards hold similar ideasCA growing number of health, hunger, and sustainable （可持续的）agriculture groups today announced plans for Food Day-a nationwide campaign to change the way Americans eat and think about foodFood Day will encourage people around the country to sponsor or participate in activities that encourage Americans to “eat real” and support healthy, affordable food grown in a sustainable, humane wayOrganizers hope Food Day will inspire Americans to hold thousands of events in schools, college campuses, houses of worship and even in private homes aimed at fixing Americas food systemA Food Day event could be as small as a parent organizing a vegetable identification contest at a kindergarten class-or as massive as a rally（集会）in a city park, with entertainment and healthy foodHealth departments, city councils and other policy makers could use Food Day to launch campaigns, hold hearings, or otherwise address communities food problemsThe campaign will advocate progress toward five central goals:Reducing diet-related disease by promoting healthy foodsThe American diet is too low in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains and too high in fatty meat, soft drinks and salty packaged and restaurant foods-contributing to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each yearSupporting sustainable farms and stopping subsidies to agribusinessBillions of federaldollars a year would be better spent helping environmentally conscious family farmers thanhugeagribusiness operationsExpanding access to food and alleviating hungerFar too many Americans dont know where their next meal is coming from, or have access to fresh produce in their neighborhoodReforming factory farms to protect animals and the environmentFarming of animals can and should be done without cruelty, and without degrading the quality of lifeCurbing junk-food marketing to kidsFood companies should not be targeting children with foods that promote tooth decay, obesity and other health problems11What is the best title of the text?AFood Day Campaign BEat Real and Keep fitCHow to Observe Food Day DFood Problems in the USA12What can we learn from Paragraph 2?AFood problems are not easy to deal withBFood Day events should be held in public placesCKindergarten kids are unable to identify vegetablesDPeople are invited to create their own Food Day events13One of the aims of Food Day is to _Atarget children with junk food Boperate more agribusinessCincrease access to food Dcancel a series of events14The underlined word curbing in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to “ ”Acontrolling Benlarging Cevaluating Dproviding15We can infer from the text that _AFood Day will not help preserve natural resourcesBFood Day can be an opportunity to solve food problemsCFood Day has so far achieved all the central goalsDthere are different ideas and views about Food DayDThe Weekly Telegraph is Britains global newspaper, the home-grown quality newspaper that delivers the best of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph to the British around the world and adds its special articles, features and reports designed to be of real value to foreign 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