2024高考英語二輪閱讀理解一百六十集選練（54）

　　【閱讀理解】

　　Below is a selection about some Guinness(吉尼斯) World Records.

　　Top 6 Unusual Guinness World Records

　　◆Fastest 100 m running on all fours

　　The 2008 Guinness World Records Day was, according to GWR，their biggest day of record-breaking ever, with more than 290,000 people taking part in record attempts in 15 different countries. Kenichi Ito's record attempt was part of this special day. He is just another example of Japanese with “super powers”. His “super power” is to run with great speed on all fours. Kenichi Ito ran 100 m on all fours in 18.58 seconds. The Japanese set this record at Setagaya Kuritsu Sogo Undojyo, Tokyo, in 2008.

　　◆Most people inside a soap bubble◆Longest ears on a dog◆Most living generations

　　Did you ever wonder what is the Guinness World Record for most living generations in one family? Seven is the answer.

　　The ultimate authority on record-breaking mentions on the website that the youngest great-great-great-great grandparent of this family was Augusta Bung “aged 109 years 97 days, followed by her daughter aged 89, her granddaughter aged 70, her great grand-daughter aged 52, her great-great grand-daughter aged 33 and her great-great-great granddaughter aged 15 on the birth of her great-great-great-great grandson on January 21, 1989”．

　　◆Most T-shirts worn at once◆Heaviest pumpkin

　　1．Why is Kenichi Ito described as a man with a “super power”？

　　A．He set a good example to all Japanese.

　　B．He made record attempts in 15 different countries.

　　C．He set a new record for “Fastest 100 m running on all fours”．

　　D．He participated in the 2008 Guinness World Records Day activities.

　　2．Jeffries is the name of ________.

　　A．the owner of the dog with the longest ears

　　B．the grandfather of the dog with the longest ears

　　C．the present holder of the record for “Longest ears on a dog”

　　D．the former holder of the record for “Longest ears on a dog”

　　3．How many T-shirts had Krunoslav Budiseli put on before he felt it difficult to go on?A．68.

　　B．120.

　　C．238.

　　D．245.

　　4．According to the given information, which Guinness World Record was most recently set?

　　A．The record for “Most people inside a soap bubble”．

　　B．The record for “Most living generations”．

　　C．The record for “Most T-shirts worn at once”．

　　D．The record for “Heaviest pumpkin”．

　　【要點綜述】本文是一篇應用文，主要向讀者介紹6個不同尋常的吉尼斯世界紀錄的情況。

　　. C　細節理解題。從第一則紀錄中提到的He is just another…super powers…Kenichi Ito ran 100 m on all fours…知，Kenichi Ito創造了最新的最快的100米“四肢爬”紀錄，所以選C項。

　　. D　細節理解題。從文章第三則紀錄中Mr. Jeffries is the previous record holder of this title…可以知道，Mr. Jeffries是前紀錄保持者，所以選D項。

　　. B　細節理解題。從第五則紀錄中…The T-shirts weighed 68 kg and Budiseli said he began struggling around T-shirt No. 120…可以知道Budiseli在穿了120件T恤后感覺有點困難再穿上T恤了，所以選B項。

　　4. A　推理判斷題。從文章的紀錄中可以知道，A項是2011年4月4日創造的；B項是1989年1月21日創造的；C項是2010年5月22日創造的；D項是2010年10月9日創造的，由此知A項是最近時間創造的，所以選A項。

　　【2024高考訓練】閱讀理解—推理判斷題。

　　When most of us hear the word chocolate. the verb that comes to mind is probably ”eat”|, not “drink”, and the most proper adjective would seem to be “sweet”. But for about 90 percent of chocolate's long history, it was strictly a beverage(飲料), and sugar didn't have anything to do with it.

　　The Origin of Chocolate

　　Many modern historians have estimated that chocolate has been around for about 2,000 years, but recent research suggests that in may be even older.

　　In the book The True HISTOUY OF Chocolate, authors Sophie and Michael Coe prove that the earliest linguistic(語言學的) evidence of chocolate consumption dates back three or even four thousand years.

　　Valuable and Fashionable Chocolate Beverage

　　It's hard to discover exactly when chocolate was born, but it's clear that in was cherished from the start. For several centuries in pre-modern Latin America, cacao beans were considered valuable enough to use as currency. 100 beans could purchase a good turkey hen, according to a 16th-century Aztec document.

　　Sweetened chocolate didn't appear until Europeans discovered the Americas and sampled(品嘗) the native cuisine . Chocolate didn't suit the foreigners' taste at first—one described it in his writings as “a bitter drink for pigs” —but once mixed with honey or cane sugar, it quickly became popular throughout Spain. By the 17th century, chocolate was a fashionable drink throughout Europe, believed to have nutritious, medicinal functions. But it remained largely a privilege of the rich until the invention of the steam engine made mass production possible in the late 1700s.

　　The Birth of Solid chocolate

　　In 1828, a Dutch chemist found a way to make powdered chocolate. His product became known as “Dutch cocoa”, and it soon led to the creation of solid chocolate. In 1847, Joseph Fry created the first modern chocolate bar. By 1868, a little company called Cadbury was marketing boxes of chocolate candies in England. Milk chocolate hit the marked a few years later.

　　Prosperous Chocolate Industry

　　In America, chocolate was so valued during the Revolutionary War that it was used instead of wages . Even now, statistics show that the humble cacao bean is still a powerful economic fore. Chocolate manufacturing is a more than 4-billion-dollar industry in the United States, and the average American eats at least half a pound of the stuff per month.

　　The earliest chocolate was most probably

　　.

　　A dish

　　B. a drink

　　C. a bar

　　D. a candy

　　It can be inferred from the passage that

　　.

　　The history of chocolate is at most 4,000 years.

　　People around the world could buy things with chocolate

　　Chocolate was well paid attention to since it was born

　　An American at least eats a pound of chocolate per month

　　Why did chocolate suit the Spanish's taste so quickly?

　　Because chocolate was so tasty and bitter.

　　Because chocolate was believed to be a source of nutrition.

　　Because chocolate was sweetened with honey of cane sugar.

　　Because chocolate became a fashionable beverage.

　　Which one shows the correct order according to the time of their appearing?

　　Chocolate beverage→chocolate bar → chocolate candies→ milk chocolate

　　Chocolate bar→ chocolate beverage→ chocolate candies→ milk chocolate

　　Chocolate bar→ chocolate candies→ milk chocolate → chocolate beverage

　　Chocolate beverage→ chocolate candies→ chocolate bar → milk chocolate

　　語篇解讀

　　本文是說明文，講述了巧克力的簡單歷史。

　　B 細節理解題。根據首段可知，人們普遍認為巧克力是用來吃的，而且是很甜的，然而巧克力在發展史上大部分的時間是一種苦澀的飲料。故選B

　　C 推理判斷題。 根據第四段中的首句“… but it's clear that it was cherished from the start.”可知巧克力從誕生起就受到人們的珍愛。故選C

　　C 推理判斷題。由第五段的第二句“… but once mixed with honey or cane sugar, it quickly became popular throughout Spain.” 可知巧克力飲料被混合蜂蜜或蔗糖變甜以后，就迅速愛到西班牙人的歡迎。故選C。

　　A

　　推理判斷題。由文章敘述巧克力歷史的過程可知巧克力飲料是最早的形式再根據倒數第二段中三個事件發生的順序和首段一句可知A項是按時間順序敘述巧克力的演變史。

　　閱讀理解

　　More surprising,perhaps,than the current difficulties of traditional marriage is the fact that marriage itself is alive and increasing.As Skolnick notes,Americans are a marrying people:relative to Europeans,more of us marry at younger age.Moreover,after falling in the early 1970s,the rate of marriage in the United States is now increasing.Even the divorce rates need to be taken in this pro-marriage context:some 80 percent of divorced individuals remarry.Thus,marriage remains,by far,the preferred way of life for the vast majority of people in our society.

　　What has changed more than marriage is the nuclear family.Twenty-five years ago,the typical American family consisted of a husband,a wife,and two or three children.Now,there are many marriages in which couples have decided not to have any children.And there are many marriages where at least some of the children are from the wife's previous marriage,or the husband's,or both,sometimes these children spend all of their time with one parent from the former marriage;sometimes they are shared between two former spouses.

　　Thus,one can find every type of family arrangement.There are marriages without children;marriages with children for only the present marriage;marriages with“full-time”children from both the present and former marriages;marriages with“full-time”children from the present marriage and“part-time”children from former marriages.There are stepfathers,stepmothers,half-brothers,and half-sisters.It is not all that unusual for a child to have four parents and eight grandparents!These are enormous changes from the traditional nuclear family.But even so,even in the midst of all this,there remains one constant:most Americans spend most of their adult lives married.

　　1.By calling Americans marrying people the author means that__________.

　　　A.Americans are more traditional than Europeans

　　　B.Americans expect more out of marriage than Europeans

　　　C.there are more married couples in the USA than in Europe

　　　D.more of Americans as compared with Europeans,prefer marriage and they accept it at a younger age

　　2.Which of the following can be presented as the picture of today's American families?

　　　 A.A typical American family consists of only a husband and a wife.

　　　 B.Many types of family arrangements have become socially acceptable.

　　　 C.Americans prefer to have more kids than before.

　　　 D.There are no nuclear families any more.

　　.The“nuclear family”refers to___________.

　　A.families formed up by men or women working for nuclear power stations

　　B.married couples who are closely matched

　　C.family consists of married couples who do not want to have any child

　　D.family with small number of members

　　4.“Part-time”children________]

　　A.spend some of their time with their half-brothers and some of their time with their half-sisters

　　B.spend all of their time with one parent from the previous marriage

　　C.are shared between the two former spouses

　　D.cannot stay with“full-time”children

　　【參考答案】1—4、DBCC

　　2024高考訓練題。閱讀理解閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。Camp Jano India

　　Celebrate Indian culture, languages, arts, festivals and literature. Weekly themes are brought to life through related arts, games, projects, stories and theatre in a very unique, exciting, creative, interactive (互動的) and structured style. A very unique and memorable (難忘的) experience that kids will want to repeat! Mornings are spent with the Hindi language at the child’s level. Afternoons provide the cultural elements taught in an interactive style with special emphasis (重點) on drama.

　　Bay Language Academy

　　We invite campers (4-12 years old) to travel and open up doors to explore past and recent civilizations through daily field trips. Cultures will be shown through customs and cooking. Lectures (6/10-8/30) will introduce/reinforce French, Spanish or Chinese and the cultures they convey. Our language summer-camp is infused (灌輸) with cultural activities and taught by a team of bilingual (通曉雙語的) instructors.

　　Petits Confettis

　　Want your 3- to 5-year-old kids to experience a French camp? Come and join us for 6 weeks of French camps!

　　Kids will be totally happy to learn French and French culture while they

　　take part in team projects like building a tipi or making French bread. Weekly themes include cooking, arts, drama, outdoor activities, board games, music, yoga, rhymes and story time.

　　Chinese Immersion Summer Camp

　　This is our 11th Chinese language and culture summer camp.

　　We take children from 6th grade. This year we continue the weekly fun themes like art, science, cooking and sports in the morning. In the afternoon, we have abacus, reading and Chinese culture lessons taught in Chinese. Our teachers are all native speakers with a lot of experience. Our weekly field trips go to different places like SF zoo, tech museums, fire stations etc.

　　1. Camp Jano India can give children a memorable experience probably because ______.

　　A. it has quite experienced teachers

　　B. it teaches Indian languages at different levels

　　C. the activities are arranged for the whole day

　　D. the activities are carried on in an interesting style

　　2. Bay Language Academy and Chinese Immersion Summer Camp are similar in that ______.

　　A. they both provide field trips

　　B. they both have bilingual teachers

　　C. they both provide sports programs in the morning

　　D. they are both intended for kids of 4-12 years old

　　3. A girl who likes yoga will go to ______.

　　A. Camp Jano India

　　B. Bay Language Academy

　　C. Petits Confettis

　　D. Chinese Immersion Summer Camp

　　4. What is the common theme of the four camps?

　　A. Fun and sports.

　　B. Travel and adventure.

　　C. Language and culture.

　　D. Art and music.

　　參考答案1—4、DACC