2023高考阅读理解考前热身（Day5）

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2023高考阅读理解考前热身 （Day5）A（应用文）Whether you’re attending potting workshops at Navy Pier or admiring artfully arranged orchids(兰科植物) at the Chicago Botanic Garden, you’re bound to take home plenty of inspiration for your home garden as you enjoy the best blooms in town. Here are some of the Chicago flower and garden shows that you won’t want to miss this spring. Macy’s Flower Show The store will be filled with deep-sea flowers and amazing marine life, including coral reefs and mythical sea creatures, all fashioned from flowers. A wonderful array of free workshops, culinary (烹饪的) classes, floral and gardening demos and other related events round out the flowery fun. When: March 22-April 5   Tickets: FreeOrchid Show at Chicago Botanic Garden The annual Orchid Show at Chicago Botanic Garden features more than10, 000 flowers from all over the world, instantly transporting you to the tropics. The event also includes orchid classes, evening events with tastings of local spirits and specialty cocktails(鸡尾酒), a morning music series, special photography events, and even a plant marketplace where you can buy a potted(盆栽的) orchid to bring home. When: Feb 14-March 22Tickets: $14 for adults;$ll for seniors, ages 62+;$11 for children, ages 3- 12 Lincoln Park Conservatory Spring Flower Show Journey back in time to the Renaissance era as you wander the Lincoln Park Conservatory’s Spring Flower Show, where plants and flowers are artfully arranged in a way that replicates(复制) the still life paintings produced during the 15th- 16th centuries. When: Feb 14-May 10      Tickets: FreeGarfield Park Conservatory Spring Flower ShowThis year’s Spring Flower Show, themed Golden Hour, will celebrate the golden light of dawn and dusk with colorful displays of azalea, hydrangea, and calibrachoa. Two new displays will be unveiled at this year’s show: a series of immense hanging baskets overflowing with spring flowers, and two rope-art displays depicting(描绘) the rays of the sun. When: Feb 14-May 10     Tickets: Free1．What may be the theme of the Macy’s Flower Show?A．Golden Hour. B．Voyage to the Ocean.C．Springtime in Paris. D．A Trip to the Renaissance era.2．What can visitors do at the Chicago Botanic Garden Orchid Show?A．Attend cooking classes. B．Learn to draw potted orchids.C．Taste cocktails in the evening D．Enjoy rope-art displays.3．Which flower show is suitable for still life painting lovers?A．Macy’s Flower Show.B．Orchid Show at Chicago Botanic Garden.C．Lincoln Park Conservatory Spring Flower Show.D．Garfield Park Conservatory Spring Flower Show. B（夹叙夹议）Jenifer Mauer has needed more willpower than the typical college student to pursue her goal of earning a nursing degree. That willpower bore fruit when Jennifer graduated from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and became the first in her large family to earn a bachelor's degree.Mauer, of Edgar, Wisconsin, grew up on a farm in a family of 10 children. Her dad worked at a job away from the farm, and her mother ran the farm with the kids. After high school, Jennifer attended a local technical college, working to pay her tuition(学费), because there was no extra money set aside for a college education. After graduation, she worked to help her sisters and brothers pay for their schooling.Jennifer now is married and has three children of her own. She decided to go back to college to advance her career and to be able to better support her family while doing something she loves: nursing. She chose the UW-Eau Claire program at Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield because she was able to pursue her four-year degree close to home. She could drive to class and be home in the evening to help with her kids. Jenifer received great support from her family as she worked to earn her degree: Her husband worked two jobs to cover the bills, and her 68-year-old mother helped take care of the children at times.Through it all, she remained in good academic standing and graduated with honors. Jennifer sacrificed(牺牲)to achieve her goal, giving up many nights with her kids and missing important events to study. ''Some nights my heart was breaking to have to pick between my kids and studying for exams or papers,'' she says. However, her children have learned an important lesson witnessing their mother earn her degree. Jennifer is a first-generation graduate and an inspiration to her family-and that's pretty powerful.4．What did Jennifer do after high school?A．She helped her dad with his work.B．She ran the family farm on her own.C．She supported herself through college.D．She taught her sisters and brothers at home.5．Why did Jennifer choose the program at Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield?A．To take care of her kids easily. B．To learn from the best nurses.C．To save money for her parents. D．To find a well-paid job there.6．What did Jennifer sacrifice to achieve her goal?A．Her health. B．Her time with family.C．Her reputation. D．Her chance of promotion.7．What can we learn from Jenifer's story?A．Time is money. B．Love breaks down barriers.C．Hard work pays off. D．Education is the key to success.C（新闻报道）Eradajere Oleita thinks she may have a solution for two of our country’s long-standing problems: garbage and poverty. It’s called The Chip Bag Project. The 26-year-old student and environmentalist from Detroit is asking a favor of local snack lovers: Rather than throw your empty chip bags into the trash, donate them so she can turn them into sleeping bags for the homeless.Chip eaters drop off their empty bags from Lay’s at two locations in Detroit: a print shop and a clothing store, where Oleita and her volunteer helpers collect them. After they clean the chip bags in hot soapy water, they slice them open, lay them flat, and iron them together. It takes about four hours to sew a sleeping bag, and each takes around 150 to 300 chip bags, depending on whether it’s single-serve or family-size. “The result is a sleeping bag that is waterproof, lightweight, and easy to carry around.” Oleita told The Detroit News.Since its start in 2020, The Chip Bag Project has collected more than 800,000 chip bags and, as of last December, it has created 110 sleeping bags. Sure, it would be simpler to raise money to buy new sleeping bags. But that’s only half the goal for Oleita—whose family moved to the United States from Nigeria a decade ago with the hope of attaining a better life—and her fellow volunteers. “We are committed to making an impact not only socially, but also environmentally.” she said.And, of course, there’s the symbolism of salvaging bags that would otherwise be abandoned in the trash and using them to help the homeless. It’s a powerful reminder that environmental injustice and poverty often go hand in hand. As Oleita told www.hourdetroit.com, “I think it’s time to show connections between these issues.”；8．What is the purpose of The Chip Bag Project?A．To make donations for the homeless.B．To deal with garbage and sleeping bags.C．To stop pollution caused by snack lovers.D．To protect the environment and reduce poverty.；9．How does Oleita get materials for sleeping bags?A．By turning to chip eaters. B．By producing chip bags.C．By purchasing snacks. D．By cooperating with the poor.；10．What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?A．Oleita raises money by creating new sleeping bags.B．Oleita hopes to gain a better life through the project.C．Oleita and her fellow volunteers will continue pursuing their goal.D．110 sleeping bags were created by The Chip Bag Project in 2020.；11．Which of the following can best explain the underlined word “salvaging” in the last paragraph?A．Sewing. B．Recycling.C．Emptying. D．Designing.；D（研究报告）People often call music a universal language, but do certain songs really cause the same mental images in our minds? Scientists at Princeton find that while music absolutely can stimulate (激发) similar mental experiences, the results also strongly suggest culture is a major factor.A total of 622 people took part in the study. All of the volunteers came from one of three locations: two suburban college towns in the US (one in Arkansas and the other in Michigan), or the rural Chinese village of Dimen. It’s worth noting that the main language in Dimen is Dong, a tonal language unrelated to the official language of China. Locals there have little contact with Western media or culture at all. All participants listened to the exact same 32 “musical stimuli” — which were 60-second cuts of instrumental music. Half of these pieces came from Western music while the rest came from Chinese music.After hearing, researchers asked the groups about the images they saw in their heads while listening. Incredibly, people from Arkansas and Michigan often described very similar stories, even using the exact same words frequently. Dimen listeners, on the other hand, envisioned stories that were similar to each other but quite different from the American listeners. More specifically, one track led to Americans seeing a cowboy in the hot desert surveying an empty town. Meanwhile, Chinese participants imagined a man in ancient times reflecting on the loss of a loved one.“There’s something about the results that’s really surprising, especially because people encounter music in 2022 often in a solitary way, over headphones. But it turns out, it’s still a shared experience, almost like a shared dream, although not universally shared, “says Elizabeth Margulis, the study author.The results paint a more complex picture of music’s power. Music can generate remarkably similar stories in listeners’ minds, but it depends on a common set of cultural experiences. So while we imagine music can bring people together, the opposite can also be true -it can distinguish between sets of people with a different background or culture.；12．What is the probable reason for Dimen being selected for the study?A．Its relationship with China. B．Its unique cultural background.C．Its complex language system. D．Its long musical tradition.；13．What were the participants required to do after listening to music?A．Exchange their comments on the scene. B．Imagine musicians’ original inspiration.C．Recall personal music-related stories. D．Describe the picture forming in mind.；14．Which is closest in meaning to the underlined word “solitary” in paragraph 4?.A．Strange. B．Outdated. C．Individual. D．Impolite.；15．What does the study find about music?A．Culture matters when people hear music. B．Music can bring participants all together.C．Cultures determine preference for music. D．Music’s effects can go beyond cultures. 参考答案BCC CABC DACB BDCA