吉林舒蘭市2024高考英語閱讀理解一輪訓練1

　　【2024高考訓練】閱讀理解—詞義猜測題、觀點態度題。

　　Summer school is something a kid will never forget. For some, it's a way to advance past their classmates. For most, summer school is a requirement in order to graduate with their classmates. I can remember being forced into taking a summer school course. It was not the school that forced me into this awkward situation; it was my mother.

　　I was a 16-year-old kid in a new school. My school did not offer summer courses so I had to take my course at an alternative school in the city. It was an experience I will never at an alternative school in the city. It was an experience I will never forget. I was not concerned with making friends, I was there to get credit(學分) for a course that I should have received credit for the previous semester. It was my doing that landed me in the situation and it was important that I understood this.

　　The fees were lowest but the experience was amazing. I enjoyed. I didn't miss the day. The course was from Monday to Friday for an entire month. I passed the course with an A. I was thrown into an awkward situation and actually enjoyed it. My friends didn't even know I took the course, most of them were still sleeping by the time my course ended each day.

　　Awkward situations are so important for personal growth. This situation made me feel more independent. I made friends. I finally understood what sacrifice and hard work were all about. While attending college, I remembered how much I enjoyed summer school and I chose to take summer school in my first three years of college. Some kids get pushed too much but some don't get pushed enough. I was never pushed enough.

　　Enable your children to struggle for success. If your child needs summer school you explain to them why it's important. Some parents are surprised by the situation and may want to be more involved in their children's education. Follow through and follow up.

　　What made the author go to summer school for the first time?

　　What he had done.

　　B. His mother's wish.

　　C. His own requirement.

　　D. Study competition

　　2. Which of the following was NOT the benefit got by the author through attending summer school?

　　A. It helped him get rid of bad habits.

　　B. It helped him make new friends.

　　C. It helped him understand what sacrifice and hard work were.

　　D. It increased his independence.

　　3. From the last paragraph we can learn that the author

　　.

　　A. does not like summer school at all even though it is useful

　　B. thinks summer school is unnecessary for children

　　C. encourages parents to make their children attend summer school

　　D, is against forcing children to attend summer school

　　What does the author think of summer school?

　　He thinks it is awkward.

　　He thinks it is significant.

　　He thinks it is significant.

　　Is against forcing children to attend summer school

　　語篇解讀

　　本文是一篇夾敘議文。作者通過講述自己被迫參加暑假班的親身經歷告訴我們暑假班的重要作用，希望大家能積極參與學習。

　　B 細節理解題。根據第一段最后一句可知我去參加暑假班是我媽媽的要求和希望。故答案選B。

　　A 細節理解題。根據第四段第二至四句可知B、C、D三項都是暑假班的好處。A項文章沒有提及。

　　C 推理判斷題。根據文章最后一段可知作者認為父母應該鼓勵孩子參加暑假班。故答案選C。

　　B 觀點態度題。根據文章倒數第二段前四句可知暑假班對孩子的發展有很多好處，所以他認為是非常重要的。故答案選B。

　　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。

　　【2024高考訓練】 A

　　American LaMar Baylor spends most of his time in New York City, working as a performer in the Broadway musical —The Lion King. But since 2011, he has also spent weeks in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. There, he teaches dance to boys who live on the street. His teaching is part of an effort by the Rebecca Davis Dance Company. The project helps young people learn more about dance and learn how to behave in a classroom environment.

　　LaMar Baylor describes his students as genocide (種族屠殺) survivors. They have lost all of their families, some even have been in prison. “They have been through things that no one should ever have to go through,” said Baylor. Dance classes provide the children with structured learning and self-expression that they’ve never had before. They can also take classes in information and technology after they have learned to attend classes and follow directions.

　　Boys who have done best in the classes win scholarships, and are sent to the Sunrise Boarding School. About 30 boys have won this kind of financial aid. All the students are male, because few girls in Rwanda live freely on the street.

　　The Rwanda program is the largest one set up by the Rebecca Davis Dance Company, founded and directed by Rebecca Davis. Ms. Davis has also set up dance programs in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Guinea. About 2,000 children in the three countries have taken part in the project since it was launched in 2010.

　　As for LaMar Baylor, he knows from his own experience how dance can lead to a better life. He is from Camden, New Jersey. Camden has sometimes been called America’s poorest and most dangerous city. Mr. Baylor says that growing up in Camden, it took a long time for him to find out what he wanted to do. He now thanks dancing saved his life.

　　What do we know about LaMar Baylor according to the text?

　　He spends most of his time in Rwanda.

　　He is director of the musical The Lion King.

　　He himself grew up in a poor environment.

　　He started the Rwanda Program on his own.

　　It can be learned from the text that the children in Rwanda

　　.

　　have gone through tough times

　　have committed violent crimes

　　worked hard to win scholarship

　　forced mainly on dancing

　　In how many countries are the dance programs launched?

　　Two

　　B. Three

　　C. Four

　　D. Five

　　Which of the following is true of the dance project?

　　Most children participating in it were boys.

　　The project could date back to the year 2010.

　　In is aimed to improve the kid’s dancing skills.

　　It has gained much support from the world.

　　What can be the main idea of the text?

　　Dance offers street children path to education.

　　The largest dance project was set up in Guinea.

　　Education is important to street children.

　　Where you grow up decides what you are.

　　【參考答案】41—45 CABBA

　　【2024高考訓練】

　　Boredom and Creativity

　　Most of us think of being bored at work as a negative experience, but a new study suggests it can have positive results including an increase in creativity because it gives us time to daydream.

　　That is the finding of Dr. Sandi Mann from the University of Central Lancashire. Dr. Mann conducted two studies. In the first experiment, 40 people were asked to carry out a boring task. They were told to copy numbers out of a telephone directory for 15 minutes. After that they were asked to complete another task. A pair of cups were given to each of them. Everyone tried to come up with different uses of the cups, and was given a chance to display their creativity. Meanwhile, another group of 40 people were just asked to come up with uses for the cups without doing any boring tasks before. It turned out that the 40 people who had first copied out the telephone numbers were more creative than the control group(對照組).

　　To see if daydreaming was a factor in this effect, a second boring task was introduced that allowed even more daydreaming than the boring writing task. This second study saw 30 people copying out the numbers as before, but also included a second group of 30 reading rather than writing them.

　　Again the researchers found that the people in the control group were least creative, but the people who had just read the names were more creative than those who had to write them out. This suggests that more passive boring activities, like reading or perhaps attending meetings, can lead to more creativity. Compared with reading, writing reduced the scope（范圍） for daydreaming. As a result, it reduces the

　　effects of boredom on creativity.

　　Dr. Mann says: “Boredom at work has always been seen as something to be avoided, but perhaps we should accept it in order to promote our creativity. What we want to do next is to see what the practical implications of this finding are. Do people who are bored at work become more creative in other areas of their work -- or do they go home and write novels?”

　　67. Who proved to be the most creative in the two studies?

　　The people who attended meetings.

　　The people who did the reading task.

　　The people who invented uses for cups.

　　The people who copied telephone numbers.

　　68. The studies conducted by Dr. Mann indicate that creativity results from _______.

　　creative tasks

　　controlled activities

　　the range of daydreaming

　　reading and writing ability

　　69. What is Dr. Mann’s attitude towards boredom at work?

　　Positive.

　　Skeptical.

　　Subjective.

　　Disapproving.

　　70. What will Dr. Mann probably continue to research in their study?

　　The real causes of creativity.

　　The actual use of boredom.

　　The practical reasons of boredom.

　　The writing ability improved by boredom.

　　【參考答案】67．B

　　68．C

　　69．A

　　70．B

　　閱讀理解。閱讀下列短文, 從給的四個選項 (A、B、C和D) 中, 選出最佳選項。

　　Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York—he in computers, she in special education. “Teaching means everything to us，” Tim would say. In April 1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose.

　　Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton' s foundation (基金會) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennessee.“I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire，” Tim recalls.

　　He placed the brochure on his desk, “as a reminder.”

　　Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library.com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.

　　The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didn't want to give the children rubbish，” says Linda. The books—reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists, and Dollywood board members—included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats's The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney's Llama Llama series.

　　Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I've never heard of .”

　　The Richters spend about $400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die，” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”

　　本文講述了Tim心臟手術后，對人生的目標有嚴肅認真的思考，術后，參加Dolly Parton的基金會，并與妻子Linda成立了Richter家庭基金會，每月花400美元給學齡前兒童買書。

　　4．What led Tim to think seriously about the meaning of life?

　　A．His health problem. B．His love for teaching.

　　C．The influence of his wife.D．The news from the Web.

　　答案：A。細節理解題。根據短文第一段第二句話“In April...leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose”可知A項正確。

　　5．What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?

　　A．Give out brochures.B．Do something similar.

　　C．Write books for children.D．Retire from being a teacher.

　　答案：B。細節理解題。根據短文第二段第二句話“I thought，maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire”可知B項正確。

　　6．According to the text, Dolly Parton is

　　________.

　　A. a well-known surgeonB. a mother of a four-year-old

　　C. a singer born in Tennessee

　　D. a computer programmer

　　答案：C。細節理解題。根據短文第二段第一句話“...a program started by Dolly Parton's foundation that mailed a book to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of sevier，Tenneasea”中的singer可知C項正確。

　　7．Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?

　　A. To avoid signing up online.

　　B. To meet Dollywood board members.

　　C. To make sure the books were the newest.

　　D. To see if the books were of good quality.

　　答案：D。細節理解題。根據短文倒數第三段第一、二句話可知，書的質量是Richter夫婦關心的問題。因此他們沒有在網上報名，而是親自去多莉塢看看。因此可知D項正確。

　　8．What can we learn from Tim's words in the last paragraph?

　　A. He needs more money to help the children.

　　B. He wonders why some people are so busy.

　　C. He tries to save those waiting to die.

　　D. He considers his efforts worthwhile.

　　答案：D。推理判斷題。Tim最后說：有些人坐著等死，而另一些人在剩余的時間內盡可能的忙碌。由上文可知，Richter夫婦對自己所做的事情很滿意，并且其他人也非常感激，由此可推出D項正確。

　　Going on a road trip? The St. Louis Arch, Statue of Liberty and Golden Gate Bridge are great tourist sites. But if you prefer offbeat destinations(目的地), check out the following roadside attractions.

　　World's Largest Ball of Paint

　　Alexandria, Ind.

　　In 1977, Michael Carmichael set out to create the biggest ball of paint anywhere. Starting with a baseball as center, he painted layer after layer of paint day after day, year after year. The ball weighs more than 1,300 pounds, with more than 20,000 coats of paint,” which is recognized by Guinness World Records. Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history.

　　The Museum of Dirt

　　Boston, Mass.

　　The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson. Labeled(貼有標簽的) glass bottles contain such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China, as well as sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France. Best of all, the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap: It's free.

　　Mount Horeb Mustard Museum

　　Mount Horeb, Wis.

　　It's heaven for hotdog lovers! This museum claims to have the world's largest collection of prepared mustard (芥末). Its more than 4,100 bottles of spices come from 60 nations, including Turkey and China. Visitors learn the history of mustard, from how it's made to how it's advertised and sold. The museum's creator, Barry Levenson, loves mustard so much that he even puts it on ice cream!