经济学人 原创英美外刊阅读训练题目十

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高考英语二轮复习英美外刊原创题训练十 题源   The Economist经济学人  (  Nov.19th ---Nov.25th , 2022) 有删减 阅读理解AAs is the fate of anyone running a hotel in Kerala these days, Bijoy George is a man with too much to do. Before pandemic-induced lockdowns began in 2020, he managed 40 employees at the Eighth Bastion Hotel in Kochi, a bustling coastal city. Now that business is back to pre-covid levels he needs the same number of staff again. But he has only 20 workers. His plight is shared with every other hotel, café and bar. It is a result of the state’s hospitality employees moving en masse to Qatar, not to watch football but to take up employment tied to the World Cup.As the start of the competition approaches on November 20th, workers are quitting at a rate Mr. George says he has never seen in his 22 years in the business. Qatar, a country with a population of under 3m, will have welcomed more than 1.5m visitors before the matches. That means finding staff to run all the new hotels that have been built along with other venues that have been pressed into service to profit from the revelry of raucous sports fans.Kerala has long been a significant source of hospitality workers for Qatar and other Middle Eastern countries. The appeal of Qatar is straightforward. Starting salaries approach $1,000 a month, more than six times the level for similar jobs in Kerala. To replace those who have left, Kerala’s employers have been casting their nets wider. Recruiters have been voracious, extending their searches to many other Indian cities, most notably Mumbai. But that means the most common word on nametags pinned to the breast pockets of workers is “trainee”(实习生).Among the many skills that need to be taught, says Mr George, is smiling at customers— the failure to do so a result of shyness among those new to the workforce. The danger is that after a week or so when confidence grows, even these employees may slip away to the Gulf. Large hotel chains operating in India have added to the flight by sending senior employees to Qatar to get new operations up and running.Most contracts run for three months, concluding at the end of December, not long after the World Cup final. Returning workers will be welcomed back with open arms. Filling the gaps is even more important as Indian tourism and weddings have resumed. In a bad year for other businesses, the share prices of the country’s local hotel companies have soared. The reunions, though, may be short-lived. The game these workers will have learned from the World Cup is how to be paid better. Thatmeans leaving India.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “plight”?A. advantageB. difficulty C. solution D. blessing2. Why do so many Indian employees take up employment in Qatar?A. They have more opportunities to become “trainees”B. Qatar’s government provides better schools C. They want to watch football from the World CupD. They can be paid better3. What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?A. Junior employees in the workforce have no way of going to the GulfB. It won’t be long before the returned workers leave India againC. The share prices of Indian local companies have all soared.D. Returning workers won’t fill the gaps for the restarting Indian tourism. BShards of pottery often tell historians useful things, but even the geekiest archaeologist would admit they are not very exciting to look at. Not so a discovery in Irulegui, in Spain’s Navarre region, last year: a life-size bronze cutout of a hand, green with age, with a small hole indicating that it was meant to hang, perhaps over a door. It was found in a village destroyed in a war of the 1st century BC. Such striking hand-shaped designs are unknown in Spanish or neighboring cultures.Still more important is the short inscription, five words in an intriguing script. Experts recognized it as a version of the writing systems used for the now-extinct Iberian and Celtiberian languages, present on the peninsula before the Roman conquest. But this language was neither of those. The researchers were stunned to find that they could make out the first word—in Basque. “Sorioneku”,meaning “good fortune”, was staring the researchers in the face. A descendant of that word, zorionak, is used in the Basque“Happy Birthday” song today.The findings are so significant because the Vascones, the predecessors of today’s Basques, who spoke an old form of their language, were not known to write. The previous oldest known writingin the language was in the Glosas Emilianenses, in which a monk translated snippets of Latin into early medieval Spanish and a couple of words of Basque. These jottings date from the 10th century;Basque writing proper does not really begin until the 16th century.Basque has long fascinated linguists and historians, as it is completely unrelated to its neighbors, speakers of the vast group of Indo-European languages that includes almost every other tonguein Europe. But Basque history has also been wrangled over, in the context of a long-running independence movement. Being able to set back the date of the written language by an entire millennium will delight fans of one of Europe’s most distinctive cultures.What’s the main purpose of writing this passage?A. To introduce the Indo-European languages used in Spain B. To introduce the development of a written language--BasqueC. To introduce an essential archeology discovery--- a hand-shaped bronzeD. To introduce the Spanish and neighboring cultures before the Roman conquest2. Why are archaeologists so excited about a discovery in Irulegui?A. It has five words in an intriguing script B. It is in a special shape C. It boasts a fairly long historyD. It is made up of valuable metal 3. Which of the following is correct according to the passage?A. The inscription is written in the now-extinct Iberian languagesB. The first inscribed word “zorionak” can be recognized by the researchersC. “Sorioneku” is still used in the Basque todayD. Celtiberian languages was present on the peninsula before the Roman conquest 4. Why are the findings so significant?A. It relates Basque to its neighborsB. It makes the obscure Basque history clearC. It proved that the written Basque language may be 1,000 years older than anyone thoughtD. It recognizes today’s Basques as part of the Indo-European languages 题源 Reader’s Digest USA (December 2022)  有删减 完形填空It was in the bleak midwinter, and a pair of beagles（比格犬） trudged through the frigid night on a rural highway outside of town, seeking shelter. Their names were Pepper and Cooper. Cooper, the male, scanned the roadside for some place where his 1    companion, Pepper, might rest safely for the night. She labored along, her way made heavier by the new life growing inside her. That December night, Gus Kiebel, a county wildlife officer, was 2    home from work when he 3    the pair in the flash of his headlights. It was snowing so hard to see, but he could tell the dogs were wearing 4    . He parked his truck and approached the animals.Gus squatted and 5_____his hands to the beagles, reading their tags by his headlights. He pulled out his phone to call the number listed, but it was 6     so hard that his screen blurred. He placed the dogs in his truck. Then he dialed the number from the dogs’ tags. A man answered and was immediately in 7     when Gus told him why he was calling. He said he would not take care of them anymore and these beagles were 8     .Gus 9     a picture of the pair and sent it to his wife, Katie Kiebel.“You cannot put them back in the snow,” she said. “Bring them home. ”The Kiebels prepared a bed for the dogs on their warm enclosed porch, and 10     food and water. The 11     animals lay together and fell asleep.The next day, Katie took the dogs to the 12___ to drop them off. Soon after Christmas, the beagles were adopted by a loving family. It’s a simple story, but it speaks to the best of our 13   . And when 14 ___and love triumph over cruelty and neglect, it can feel like the greatest 15    of all.A. struggling B. energetic C. slim D. charmingA. walking B. getting C. driving D. hurryingA. met  B. crashed C. hit  D. spottedA. tags  B. shoes C. jewelry D. signsA. stretched out B. crossed C. held  D. shook A. thundering  B. raining C. freezing D. snowingA. action  B. defense C. charge  D. responseA. senior  B. depressed C. abandoned D. sickA. memorized B. shot C. copied D. drewA. carried out  B. faded out  C. given out D. laid outA. exhausted  B. hungry C. unwell D. overwhelmedA. hospital  B. preserve  C. shelter D. zooA. experience  B. wisdom  C. nature D. lifeA. kindness  B. reflection  C. preparation  D. peaceA. fiction  B. description C. miracle D. story      答案BDBCADCACDAA DBCBD ACCAC