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Unit 1 Festivals around the world.阅读理解AThanksgiving is a time to give thanks to family，health, and life in general. However, Black Friday has turned it into business.Traditionally，the true value of Thanksgiving lies at home not the shopping centers. However, Black Friday has nowadays allowed society to ignore this as individuals long for something that they do not need or even truly want. Shopping on Black Friday becomes a sign of a shift into a culture that values material wealth over spending time with loved ones. People are willing to force their way through the crowds in their desperate search for markeddown sweaters and necklaces.In recent years，Thanksgiving has become a preBlack Friday holiday for many families. They are devoted to mapping out shopping routes and making organized schedules for which stores to hit first. By drawing individuals out to shopping centers with “matchless savings”， businesses encourage this behavior of ignoring Thanksgiving. Many families take their homecooked meals while camping out at the door of shopping centers.With each new year, Thanksgiving is becoming victim to overcommercializationswitching from a meaningful time for family to a day dedicated to products and profit.Black Friday has shown that with current common standards，people cannot even set aside a single day to appreciate what they already have without immediately buying more. Families have lost sight of what is truly important in life，and have found reasons in debating between a lowcost HD television and appreciation for what they already have. Remember that Thanksgiving should be a day on which people are grateful for all that they have.1What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 probably refer to?AThe sign of a shift.BThe material wealth.CThe shopping crowd.DThe true value of Thanksgiving.2In recent years，what will many families do when Thanksgiving comes?ATheyll make full preparations for the Black Friday shopping.BTheyll choose a big store for their first visit.CTheyll visit some newlyopened shopping centers.DTheyll go camping at the gate of shopping centers for a good deal.3In the last paragraph the author mainly intends to tell us that we should _.Aset aside a single day to buy moreBstay with our families as long as we canCtry to spend less to get lowcost productsDappreciate what weve possessed4The author is _ about the present ways people celebrate Thanksgiving.ApuzzledBworriedCsupportive D. unconcerned【语篇导读】感恩节在传统意义上是感恩家人、感恩健康、感恩生活的节日，但是如今黑色星期五却把它变成了做生意的良机，让人们忘却了感恩节本来的意义。1解析：选D。词义猜测题。由第二段中的“Traditionally，the true value of Thanksgiving lies at home not the shopping centers.”可知，在传统意义上，感恩节的真正价值是在家里陪伴家人，而不是购物，但是现在这些都被忽视了。由此推测this指的是感恩节的真正价值。故选D。2解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第三段中的“In recent years，Thanksgiving has become a preBlack Friday holiday for many families.They are devoted to mapping out shopping routes and making organized schedules for which stores to hit first.”可知，最近几年，在感恩节来临之际，大部分家庭会为黑色星期五购物做好充分准备。故选A。3解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章最后一段最后一句“Remember that Thanksgiving should be a day on which people are grateful for all that they have.”可知，作者想告诉我们的是，我们应该感激我们拥有的一切。故选D。4解析：选B。推理判断题。根据第三段中最后一句“With each new year，Thanksgiving is becoming victim to overcommercializationswitching from a meaningful time of thanks and family to a day dedicated to products and profit.”可知，作者对现在人们庆祝感恩节的方式是担心的。故选B。B(2017山东德州模拟)Next Thursday is the World Book Daya celebration of all things wonderful about books for all ages, with author events，school fancydress parades and a 1 book token (优惠券) given to all schoolchildren under 18.Sometimes, reading a modern novel can be tough (Booker Prize winner The Luminaries ran to 832 pages！), especially if you lack confidence in your literacy skills. In fact, one in six people in the UK. never pick up a book because theyve experienced difficulties or are out of the habit of reading for pleasure.But the Galaxy Quick Reads series are designed to introduce reluctant readers to bestselling short funny novels, which bring the joy of reading without demanding hours of concentrated time. They cover a range of subjects, from romance to comedy.You can read Jojo Moyess Paris for One, a romantic adventure in which 26yearold Nell books a weekend away to Paris with her lazy，neglectful boyfriend. When he fails to turn up，she is alone in the city. That is until she meets Fabien, who shows her the charms of the French capitalin more ways than one.Meanwhile, Adele Gerass moving story Out in the Dark was set in World War I, in which young Rob came back from the battlefields.Determined to find the officers widow to return the photo of her and their daughter that the captain kept with him, he traveled several thousand miles but never gave up.Dead Man Talking is a fantastic tale of Pat，who had a terrible fight with his best friend, Joe，ten years agobut now hears that Joe is dead，and he must attend his funeral. But Joe is not going quietly that good nighthes lying in his coffin being very chatty indeed.5What will happen on the World Book Day according to the poster?ASchoolchildren will be given fine clothes as gifts.BThe authors of books will attend some events.CExperts will encourage people to write their novels.DTheres a range of books that are priced at just 1.6If you are interested in a horror story, you may choose _.AGalaxy Quick ReadsBParis for OneCDead Man TalkingDOut in the Dark7The passage is mainly about _.Arecommendation of good books to readersBthe history of the World Book DayCadvice on how to get cheap booksDa plan to develop the habit of reading among adults【语篇导读】本文是一篇公告。下周四是世界图书日，届时会举办一些与图书日有关的活动。另外还介绍了几本畅销短篇小说，以供那些不想读晦涩难懂的书的读者们阅读。5解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段关键信息.with author events，school fancydress parades and a 1 book token .可知，活动期间有作者参与活动，有盛装游行和一英磅的优惠券。故选B项。6解析：选C。细节理解题。根据Dead Man Talking这本书的介绍中的But Joe is not going quietly that good nighthes lying in his coffin being very chatty indeed.可知这是一部惊悚小说。故选C项。7解析：选A。主旨大意题。文章第一段提出了世界图书日的概念，以及一些活动安排，下文中又重点介绍了几本图书，由此可知，本文主要是在向读者推荐几本好书。故选A项。C(2017湖南郴州质检)Both of my parents worked fulltime when I was a little girl，so my grandmother would stay at our house during the day. We would watch game shows in the living room. Our favorite was The Price is Right. We would call out our answers along with the contestants.When I got older and started going to school, we couldnt watch our game shows regularly. That was okay with me, though，because the one thing I liked better than watching game shows with my grandmother was helping her bake (烘烤) cakes. Watching her in the kitchen was amazing: she never seemed to need the recipes but everything she made tasted delicious.At first I would just sit in the kitchen and watch, even though I didnt understand what she was doing. As I got older, she let me help with the easy parts, such as measuring the sugar. The day she let me separate the eggs, I felt like I had found complete pleasure.At last, my parents decided that I could take care of myself，and my grandmother stopped coming over every day. The love of baking, however, stayed with me. I started baking by myself, and even if the cookies ended up burnt sometimes, more often they turned out pretty well. I tried out new recipes, and whenever I got to a thorny part, I would call my grandmother for advice. Sometimes I would call her just to talk, too. I felt like I could talk to her about anything.My grandmother passed away ten years ago, but I still think of her every day. Last week, I found a recipe book she made for me. It included her recipes for brownies, cookies, and my favorite, lemon pie. As I looked through the pages, I thought I could hear her voice. She was the one who taught me not just about baking, but about life.8The passage is mainly developed by _.Aanalyzing causesBmaking comparisonsCexamining differencesDfollowing the time order9While helping her grandmother bake, the author _.Aturned out to be a troublemakerBfound it interesting and appealingChoped to make a living by bakingDregretted missing the game shows10What does the underlined word ”thorny” in Paragraph 4 most probably mean?ABasic.BCommon.CDifficult.DSpecial.11Whats the authors purpose in writing this passage?ATo remember her grandmother.BTo show her good baking skills.CTo talk about her happy family life.DTo describe her childhood memories.【语篇导读】文章讲述了作者小时候由于父母忙于工作，奶奶每天来照顾她的经历。在这个过程中，奶奶教会了她烘烤，她对此也是乐此不疲。文中写满了对奶奶的怀念。8解析：选D。推理判断题。根据文章每一段的关键词：(1)when I was a little girl；(2)When I got older and started going to school；(3)As I got older；(4)my parents decided that I could take care of myself可知，文章主要是以时间为线索来写的。故选D项。9解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句中的Watching her in the kitchen was amazing .及第三段最后一句中的I had found complete pleasure .可知，在帮助奶奶烘烤的过程中，作者觉得很有趣。10解析：选C。词义猜测题。根据画线词后一句I would call my grandmother for advice.可知，只有碰到问题才会征求建议。由此可以断定，thorny意思是“困难的”，与difficult意义相近。故选C项。basic意为“基础的”；common意为“常见的；普遍的”；special意为“特殊的；特别的”。11解析：选A。推理判断题。文章从作者小时候与奶奶相处开始描述，一直到奶奶去世，一直在回忆与奶奶相处的快乐时光，在最后一段再次提出，现在仍然天天想念奶奶。由此可知，作者写这篇文章的目的就是怀念奶奶。故选A项。长难句分析：That was okay with me，though，because the one thing I liked better than watching game shows with my grandmother was helping her bake cakes.句式分析：本句主干结构是That was okay with me。though放于主句句尾表转折；because引导原因状语从句；原因状语从句中主干结构是the one thing was helping her bake(烘烤)cakes，其中I liked better than watching game shows with my grandmother是省略关系代词的定语从句，修饰先行词thing。句意：不过，这对于我来说也挺好，因为比跟奶奶看游戏节目更有趣的一件事是帮奶奶烘烤糕点。D(2017安徽合肥模拟)Why do people feel so rushed? Part of this is a perception (认知) problem. Generally, people in rich countries have more free time than they used to. This is particularly true in Europe, but even in America free time has been inching up. Womens paid work has risen a lot over this period, but their time in unpaid work, like cooking and cleaning, has fallen even more significantly, thanks in part to dishwashers, washing machines and microwaves, and also to the fact that men shift themselves a little more around the house than they used to.The problem, then, is less how much time people have than how they see it. Ever since a clock was first used at a workplace to record labor hours in the 18th century, time has been understood in relation to money. Once hours are financially quantified (量化)，people worry more about wasting, but tend to save or use them more profitably. When economies grow and incomes rise，everyones time becomes more valuable. And the more valuable something becomes, the rarer it seems.Once seeing their time in terms of money, people often grow_stingy_with the former to maximize the latter. Workers who are paid by the hour volunteer less of their time and tend to feel more upset when they are not working.The relationship between time, money and anxiety is something Gary Becker noticed in Americas postwar boom years.“If anything, time is used more carefully today than a century ago，” he noted in 1965. He found that when people are paid more to work, they tend to work longer hours, because working becomes a more profitable use of time. So the rising value of work time puts pressure on all time. Leisure time starts to seem more stressful, as people are forced to use it wisely or not at all.12Womens time in unpaid work has fallen partly because _.Amens ability to support a family has been improvedBmens involvement in housework has increasedCwomens leisure time was taken up by heavy houseworkDwomen become more skilled at household equipment13From the second paragraph, we learn that _.Alabor hours were recorded with a clockBpeople havent realized the value of timeCmore work hours bring in more moneyDthe rise of incomes makes time less valuable14The underlined phrase “grow stingy with” can probably be replaced by _.Arefuse to delay Bintend to killCtry to accumulate D. hesitate to spend15According to Gary Becker, what causes people feel anxious about time?AThe wrong way of time being spent.BPeoples willingness to work hard.CThe increasing value of work time.DMore and more leisure time.【语篇导读】本文分析了人们生活节奏越来越快的原因：时间被赋予的价值越来越高。人们工作的时间越长，得到的报酬越多，因此人们的生活越来越忙碌，休闲时间都变得很紧张。12解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句Womens paid work has risen .and also to the fact that men shift themselves a little more around the house than they used to.可知，女性在家务中花费的时间变少的一个原因是：与以前相比，男性更多地承担了家务。故选B项。13解析：选C。推理判断题。根据文章第二段最后两句When economies grow and incomes rise，everyones time becomes more valuable.And the more valuable something becomes，the rarer it seems.可知，人们工作的时间越长，报酬就会越高。故选C项。14解析：选D。词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句的后面一句可知，按时计酬的工人志愿活动花的时间越来越少。故选D项。15解析：选C。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的最后两句So the rising value of work time puts pressure on all time.Leisure time starts to seem more stressful，as people are forced to use it wisely or not at all.可推断，他认为工作时间的价值提升使得人们变得焦虑。故选C项。.七选五(2017山东潍坊一中高三过程性检测)Unique New Year Traditions from Around the WorldHow do you celebrate New Years Day? If I had to take a guess，you probably celebrate it surrounded by family and friends，enjoying drinks of your choice and watching the ball drop with Dick Clark._1_Listed below are four of the top ten “Unique New Year Traditions from Around the World”1. Breaking Dishes on a Neighbors DoorA strange Danish New Year tradition，depending on how you look at it, is throwing dishes at a neighbors door._2_The family with the tallest pile of broken plates，glasses，cups and other crockery is considered to be the luckiest, because it symbolizes their large number of loyal friends.2Talking to SpiritsTalking to spirits is a part of Mexican beliefs. Mexicans strongly believe that they can communicate with the souls of their dead loved ones._3_And this is not done at home on an individual basis, but is a legal Mexican practice. Taos Inn, in New Mexico, for example, offers 15 minutes session of spiritualism and meditation for $15.6. Not a bad price for some helpful guidance!3. Wearing Polka DotsImagine streets full of people wearing polka dots and dining room tables full of roundshaped food and fruits on one single day of the year._4_Philippines believe that this will bring them prosperity by associating the round dots to coins and wealth.4. Burning Scarecrow DummiesEcuador has a unique custom of crafting scarecrows and then burning them at midnight. They adorn them and fill the scarecrows with newspapers and pieces of wood. As midnight approaches, everyone gathers outside their home and each family burns their own scarecrows._5_The scarecrow also scares away bad luck，which in turn, fills their new year with luck and happiness.ANew Years Eve is considered the best time to communicate with dead spirits to convey a message or ask for guidance.BIt is also believed in the Irish culture that this act will help them get rid of bad luck.CHave you ever imagined what New Years Day would look like in another country?DThis all actually happens in the Philippines on New Years Eve every year.EStrangely，this makes them happy instead of annoying them.FWe all want to start a new，fresh year with renewed enthusiasm and hope.GThe tradition says that this destroys all the bad things that took place in the past months.【解题导语】本文主要向我们介绍了世界各地不同的迎新年习俗。1解析：选C。下文four of the top ten“Unique New Year Traditions from Around the World”与C项中的what New Years Day would look like in another country相对应。故选C。2解析：选E。根据前句中的throwing dishes at a neighbors door和下文的“The family with the tallest pile of broken plates，glasses，cups and other crockery is considered to be the luckiest”可知，扔盘子不但不会使主人生气，还会令他们感到高兴。 故选E。3解析：选A。空前的“Mexicans strongly believe that they can communicate with the souls of their dead loved ones.”与A项中的communicate with dead spirits to convey a message or ask for guidance相对应。故选A。4解析：选D。根据后句“Philippines believe that this will bring them prosperity by associating the round dots to coins and wealth”中的Philippines可知应选D。5解析：选G。下文“The scarecrow also scares away bad luck，which in turn，fills their new year with luck and happiness”与G项“.this destroys all the bad things that took place in the past months”一致。故选G。
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