2024北京高考冲刺英语大刷题之常考短文部分（二）

这是一份2024北京高考冲刺英语大刷题之常考短文部分（二），共29页。

(2023高二上·东莞月考) 阅读理解
Immersive Van Ggh
Frm the creatrs f the blckbuster shw in Paris seen by ver tw millin visitrs and still wwing crwds in Trnt, the west cast premiere (首场) f the Immersive Van Ggh Exhibit will bring the art f Vincent t life in Ls Angeles.
Immersive art is nt just a technical way t represent vide and audi in huge spaces. The wrd immersive indicates a deep cmmitment f intentins which cnnect images and sunds in a way that the audience is able t experience a different way f the art.
True t its name, this exhibitin transfrms the icnic (偶像的) paintings f Vincent van Ggh int mving, wall-filling prjectins. "Immersive Van Ggh" prmises half-a-millin cubic feet f prjectins that pull frm sme f the pst-impressinist's mst recgnizable pieces, including The Bedrm, Sunflwers and, yes, The Starry Night.
Yu will experience art like never befre—lse yurself in entrancing, mving images that highlight brushstrkes, detail, and clr—truly illuminating (照亮) the mind f the genius.
LOCATION
The Immersive Van Ggh Exhibit is lcated at a secret place situated in the heart f Ls Angeles. T be annunced befre the exhibit pens, existing ticket hlders will receive an email with the place name and lcatin nce it is made public.
TICKET PRICES
Tickets are available nline at
GIFT SHOP
Stp by ur Exhibit Gift Shp t take the magic f Van Ggh hme with yu! Frm clthing and jewelry t hme décr, children's bks, and s much mre, yu will find unique and thughtful suvenirs at the Immersive Van Ggh Exhibit. Als be sure t check ut at ur nline stre!
Experience the rganic landscapes f Van Ggh's imaginatin, and jurney thrugh his brilliance and madness in a cmpletely new and unfrgettable way.
（1） Accrding t the passage, the Immersive Van Ggh Exhibit ________.
（2） Frm where can peple find infrmatin abut the exact lcatin f the exhibit?
（3） Hw much shuld a cuple with a 5-year-ld child wh wuld like t wn a Van Ggh cushin at least pay fr the visit?
(2)
(2023高二下·青龙开学考) 阅读理解
William had wrked hard t pass the exams t enter high schl. When the term began, hwever, his father tld him that there was n mney t pay fr his schl fees because f the summer drught. Still, William wanted t learn.
He made the village library his schl. One day, he fund a bk called Using Energy. On the bk's cver was a picture f windmills, tall steel twers with blades (叶片) spinning like giant fans. He learned that wind—smething f which his hmetwn had plenty—culd prduce electricity.
He culdn't help picturing his wn windmill in mind, but cllecting the parts and tls he needed wuld take mnths. In a junkyard, he dug thrugh piles f used metal, ld cars, and wrn-ut tractrs, searching fr anything that might help him cnstruct his machine. He made fur-ft-lng blades frm plastic pipe, which he melted ver a fire, flattened ut, and hardened with bamb ples.
Earning sme mney, he paid a blacksmith t attach the pistn (活塞) t the pedal sprcket (踏板链轮) f an ld bicycle frame. This wuld be the axle (轮轴) f the windmill. When the wind blew, the spinning blades wuld turn the bicycle wheel and spin a small dynam (发电机), dnated by his friend.
When he had cllected all the parts, William began putting them tgether. He fixed the blades t the tractr fan he fund, using washers (垫圈) he'd made frm bttle caps. Next he pushed the fan nt the pistn jint t the bicycle frame. With the help f his tw best friends, William built a 16-ft-tall twer frm trunks f trees and lifted the ninety-pund windmill t the tp.
The big mments eventually came. He climbed up the twer and cnnected tw wires that held a small bulb. As the wind whipped arund him, the blades began t turn, slwly at first, then faster and faster. The light bulb flickered (闪烁), then flashed t life. The crwd cheered frm belw. "Wachitabwina (well dne)!"
William's machine nw pwered his huse. And the stry f the by wh'd built a pwer-generating windmill t rescue his family frm the drught spread acrss the Internet.
（1） After reading Using Energy, what did William decide t d?
（2） Accrding t Para.3, which f the fllwing wrd can best describe William?
（3） What can yu learn abut William's machine?
（4） What is the best title fr the passage?
(3)
(2021·吉林模拟) 阅读理解
If yu think abut it, wrk-life balance is a strange ambitin fr a fulfilling life. Balance is abut stasis: if ur lives were ever in balance—parents happy, kids taken care f, wrk wrking—then ur verriding thught wuld be t shut "Nbdy mve!" and pray all wuld stay perfect frever. This false hpe is made wrse by the categries themselves. They imply that wrk is bad, and life is gd. And s the challenge, we are tld, is t balance the heaviness f wrk with the lightness f life.
Yet wrk is nt the ppsite f life. It is instead a part f life—just as family is, as are friends and cmmunity. All f these aspects f living have their share f uplifting mments and mments that drag us dwn. The same is true f wrk. Treat wrk the same way yu d life: by maximizing what yu lve.
We have interviewed several anesthesilgists (麻醉师) abut the thrills they feel in their jbs. One said he lved the thrill f hlding each patient hvering at that ne precise pint between life and death. Anther said she lved the bedside cnversatins befre the peratin aiming t calm the panic that affects many patients. Anther was drawn mstly t the anesthetic mechanism and has devted himself t defining precisely hw each drug des what it des.
Think f yur life's many different activities as threads. Sme are black and sme are white. But sme f these activities appear t be made f a different substance. These activities cntain all the tell-tale signs f lve: befre yu d them, yu find yurself lking frward t them; while yu're ding them, time speeds up and yu find yurself in flw; and after yu've dne them, yu feel energetic. These are yur red threads, and research by the May Clinic suggests that dctrs wh weave the fabric f their life with at least 20% red threads are significantly less likely t experience burnut.
The simplest way fr yu t d this is t spend a week in lve with yur jb. During the week, any time yu find yurself feeling ne f the signs f lve write dwn exactly what yu were ding in the clumn "Lve". And any time yu find yurself feeling the inverse write dwn what yu were ding in the clumn "Lathe". By the end f the week yu will see a list f activities in yur "Lve" clumn, which create in yu a psitive feeling, ne that draws yu in and lifts yu up.
Our gal shuld be t, little by little, week by week, intentinally unbalance all aspects f ur wrk tward the frmer and away frm the latter. Nt simply t make us feel better, but s that ur clleagues, ur friends and ur family can all benefit frm us at ur very best.
（1） What is the authr's attitude twards wrk-life balance?
（2） The authr uses three anesthesilgists as examples t ________.
（3） "Red threads" in Paragraph 4 refer t the activities that ________.
（4） Which f the fllwing des the authr prbably agree with?
(4)
(2020高二上·石河子期末) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Wrth the pain in the end
I used t hate running. It seemed t hard and pushing utside my cmfrt zne was nt smething I was raised t d.
In fact, I wuldn't have becme a1if it weren't fr my husband Charles. He had been a serius cmpetitive runner fr many years. After ur marriage, he wuldn't stp talking abut hw much he missed it.
"S start running again, why dn't yu?" I was getting 2 f hearing abut it.
S he picked it up again, and after abut a year, I started t jin him at the track (跑道). Just a few weeks later, Charles signed us bth up fr a five-kilmeter race. I 3abut ding it. It was t sn.
But n 4 day, there I was.
The gun went 5. Thusands f runners pushed frward.
The first kilmeter was 6.
"I dn't think I'm ging t make it." I was already breathing heavily and painfully aware f the grup f runners 7 past me.
"N, yu're ding 8", said Charles. He was trying t encurage me, t get me fcused n smething ther than my 9.
"I can't, " I said, 10 audibly (听得见地).
He tried a different way t 11 me. "Just make it t that huse and let's see hw yu feel."
After anther minute I saw the three-kilmeter 12. All I culd think f was that I was dying and that my husband was trturing (折磨) me.
Miserable desn't even begin t describe 13 I felt. And there was s much 14.
"Yu'll be fine. Yu've gt less than a kilmeter t g."
I runded a crner and saw bth sides f the street thick with peple watching the race, all cheering the runners n. I 15 my legs t keep ging.
Then I lked up and saw the clck. The secnds ticking away (一分一秒地过去) gave me an incentive (助力). I knew that if I finished this race, I wuld have achieved smething. S, I straightened up, and kicked it.
I had my arms held higher when I passed 16the finish line. A vlunteer put a 17 arund my neck.
"Yu did great! I'm s 18 f yu!" Charles was thrilled that I'd 19 it.
"That was AMAZING! I want t d anther race. This running stuff is amazing!" I prudly hugged my medal as we started t walk t the pst-race festivities.
My lungs and my cmfrt zne bth 20.
（1）
A . runner B . traveler C . racer D . cheerleader
（2）
A . afraid B . tired C . aware D . cnfident
（3）
A . thught B . dreamed C . hesitated D . cared
（4）
A . race B . sprt C . shw D . task
（5）
A . n B . ff C . up D . dwn
（6）
A . lng B . shrt C . easy D . tugh
（7）
A . brushing B . walking C . punding D . sliding
（8）
A . wrng B . right C . great D . bad
（9）
A . disability B . dishnr C . disgrace D . discmfrt
（10）
A . barely B . nearly C . merely D . rughly
（11）
A . advise B . persuade C . rder D . frce
（12）
A . signal B . symbl C . pint D . mark
（13）
A . hw B . what C . when D . why
（14）
A . sweat B . anger C . pain D . pleasure
（15）
A . willed B . dragged C . pulled D . supprted
（16）
A . by B . ver C . at D . thrugh
（17）
A . ring B . necklace C . medal D . scarf
（18）
A . ashamed B . guilty C . sure D . prud
（19）
A . dne B . made C . taken D . caught
（20）
A . develped B . expanded C . changed D . prgressed
(5)
(2021高二下·相城开学考) 阅读理解
Everyne at Pacsafe is always eager t get ut in the wrld and enjy new cultures, fd, and experiences. With that in mind we asked a few f ur tp travel bugs fr their best travel destinatin recmmendatins fr 2019. They als included their favrite Pacsafe bag t take n the trip. Enjy and hpefully get sme ideas fr yur wn glbe - trtting adventure.
Sri Lanka - Alisn Hank, Glbal Marketing Directr
I'm ging t Sri Lanka this summer hliday and can't wait. It's clse t Hng Kng where I live and I've always wanted t g. The fd is suppsed t be amazing. It seems really relaxing and I really want t d the Kandy t Badulla train ride, which lks just stunning. We've bked a gd mix f beaches, sme time in a safari tent t hpefully see elephants in the wild.
Fr my bag, I'll mst likely take the Quiksilver 40L Pack because it has the built-in wet pack fr my bikinis. It's als a great size fr a week-lng trip in a warm climate.
Japan - Ben Barras, Creative Directr
Japan is definitely my best travel destinatin recmmendatin. The culture, the streets, the architecture, the inspiratin yu get frm all f that is amazing. The fd is als fascinating. It's where I'm mst planning t g. Tky bviusly, but als visiting the muntains. Yu can g snwbarding, which I haven't dne fr years.
I have a Vibe 25L Backpack which yu can pack a lt in. The thing I like mst abut it is that it's cmpact, but still fits plenty in. I'll pair that up with a larger travel bag fr the rest f my things and use the backpack t get arund day t day.
Berlin - Phil Hayes, Executive VP f Glbal Design
Fr me, it's definitely Berlin. I'm particularly excited abut the fashin, which I hear is pretty full n. Als the art galleries and histry. Fd, nightlife. Everything I've heard abut Berlin is pretty cl, s I'm ging t suck as much as I can ut f it. Wrld's Glbal Style Netwrk had the Berlin shpping list that came ut recently, s I'm ging t fllw that thrugh as well.
Bag wise, it will be the Quiksilver X Cllab Bag. It's the 25L Anti-theft Backpack. It's nrmally my g-t bag fr city trips because it's super easy t lck n the plane and in bars, and it's just the right amunt f space.
（1） Which f the Pacsafe bag is a gd chice fr beach travel?
（2） If yu are interested in fashin, which destinatin shuld yu chse?
（3） What can yu enjy in all the three places mentined?
（4） The main purpse f the passage is t .
(6)
(2019高二上·北京期中) 阅读理解
The latest data frm the Office fr Natinal Statistics shws that ne in every 12 kids is living in hmes where n ne has wrked fr at least a year. That may be due t unemplyment r issues such as sickness r disability that mean they can't wrk, and aren't required t. This is knwn as being in a "lng term wrkless" family.
The issues faced by children in wrkless families have very bad influence n their develpment and educatin, limiting their future emplyment prspects, and reducing their pprtunities t succeed thrughut their lives.
Nt nly des wrklessness reduce family incme, it can als damage families' health and stability, and thus destry children's develpment. This is because many wrkless families are held back by disadvantages such as debt, drug and alchl dependency, and by hmelessness. Suffering frm the family prblems, many children face a greater and greater pssibility f repeating the pr utcmes f their parents. Gvernment research has shwn that children in wrkless families are almst twice as likely nt t reach the expected level at all stages f their educatin. Fr example, three-quarters f children frm families where n ne wrks failed t reach the expected level at General Certificate f Secndary Educatin (GCSE), cmpared t arund half f children in lwer-incme wrking families.
S attentin shuld be paid t children in ut-f-wrk hmes. Having wrking parents means a child is mre likely t d better at schl, t have better health, educatin and develpment, and als means they are less likely t fall int crime.
But fr sme families, wrklessness, r nt emplyment, is the nrm. They just chse nt t wrk. These families ften face huge barriers t getting n with their lives but they take the pprtunities ffered by the sciety. Parents' ability t wrk is frustrated by issues like lw skills r pr mental r physical health, r drug and alchl dependency, leaving children withut the stability they need.
We all want t help wrkless families with cmplex prblems s that their children can take advantage f the pprtunities in Britain. We all want parents t have the chance t g ut t earn a living and t enjy the pleasure f wrk, s that their children can benefit frm the gd examples f wrking parents. In ding s, we shuld knw the need t understand the cmplex issues that sme families face and t develp a new apprach t deal with pverty. Because the rt causes are nt financial. It is abut helping families vercme the prblems they face s that they can g as far as their talents and hard wrk will take them. We shuldn't retreat frm acting t deal with disadvantages, because we knw the csts f inactin t individuals, cmmunities and sciety.
（1） Accrding t the authr, children in wrkless families may .
（2） The underlined wrd "nrm" in the fifth paragraph prbably means .
（3） In the last paragraph the authr mainly talked abut .
（4） The main purpse f the passage is t .
(7)
(2023四上·大丰期末) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Alice Mre is a teenager entrepreneur (创业者), wh in May 2015 set up her business AilieCandy. By the time she was 13, her cmpany was wrth millins f dllars with the inventin f a super-sweet treat that culd save kids' teeth, instead f destrying them.
It all began when Mre visited a bank with her dad. On the uting, she was ffered a candy bar. Hwever, her dad reminded her that sugary treats were bad fr her teeth. But Mre was sick f missing ut n candies. S she desired t get rund the warning, "Why can't I make a healthy candy that's gd fr my teeth s that my parents can't say n t it?" With that in mind, Mre asked her dad if she culd start her wn candy cmpany. He recmmended that she d sme research and talk t dentists abut what a healthier candy wuld cntain.
With her dad's permissin, she spent the next tw years researching nline and cnducting trials t get a recipe that was bth tasty and tth-friendly. She als apprached dentists t learn mre abut teeth cleaning. Cnsequently, she succeeded in making a kind f candy nly using natural sweeteners, which can reduce ral bacteria.
Mre then used her savings t get her business f the grund. Afterwards, she and her father secured their first business meeting with a supermarket wner, wh finally agreed t sell Mre's prduct-Cancandy.
As CanCandy's success grws, s des Mre's credibility as a yung entrepreneur. Mre is enthusiastic abut the candy she created, and she's als psitive abut what the future might bring. She hpes that every kid can have a clean muth and a brad smile.
Meanwhile, with her parents' help, Mre is generally able t live a nrmal teenage life. Althugh she funded her cmpany early n in life, she wasn't driven primarily by prfit. Mre wants t use her unique talent t help thers find their smiles. She dnates 10% f AilicCandy's prfits t Big Smiles. With her talent and determinatin, it appears that the sky culd be the limit fr Alice Mre.
（1） Hw did Mre react t her dad's warning?
（2） What is special abut CanCandy?
（3） What des Mre expect frm her business?
（4） What can we learn frm Alice Mre's stry?
(8)
(2019·莆田模拟) 阅读理解
Paris is the city f dreams. If yu plan t head t Paris fr a study perid, then perhaps a little reality check is in rder. But my experience was a rmantic ne.
I paved my path t Paris thrugh an exchange prgram. On arrival in Paris, I was cnstantly reminded f the fficial prcesses I had t cmplete — frms t be filled in, meetings t attend, the list seemed endless.
Then the real wrk began. Once classes were underway, I fund myself vlunteering t d ral presentatins and assignments first, rather than last. This methd prved t be very helpful.
Once I had finished class fr the week, I had an ever-increasing list f museums t visit, neighbrhds t explre, and cafés t sit in. Read bks abut Paris. Talk t lcals and ther freigners living there. But the ne thing that reading a bk r talking t smene cannt d is t prvide yu with the experience f wandering Paris n ft. The peple watching, the sunds f the city, the clrs as the seasns change, they all add t the ecstasy that I experience in Paris as an exchange student.
After spending five mnths wandering thrugh the charming neighbrhds, I fell in lve with the atmsphere that came ut frm every pen dr, and with every spken wrd. There is smething cmfrting abut walking t the market each Sunday t enjy the beautiful display f fruits, vegetables and dairy prducts. There is warmth in saying bnjur t the passers-by.
On my last day in Paris, I cnfidently said, "Bnjur Mnsieur," as I passed the little stre dwn the street. I guess the best part abut ging n exchange in Paris is falling in lve with the city in yur wn way. And I knw mine is unique and special t me, my wn little pieces f Paris.
（1） What des the underlined wrd "ecstasy" in Paragraph 4 prbably mean?
（2） What des the passage mainly tell us?
（3） Beynd reading bks, which experience wuld the authr treasure mst?
（4） Accrding t the passage, what left the authr the deepest impressin?
(9)
(2019·莆田模拟) 阅读理解
Unbelievable Stries f Animals Acting Just Like Humans
Hrses are picky eaters
Hrses have an even better sense f smell than humans d. When hrses raise their nses and pen their nstrils (鼻孔) , their nervus system allws them t sense smells we can't sense. This might explain why they refuse dirty water and carefully mve arund meadws, eating nly the tastiest grasses, experts say.
Whale says thanks
In 2011, a whale expert sptted a humpback whale trapped in a fishing net and spent an hur freeing it. Afterward, in an hur-lng display f thanks, the whale swam near their bat and leaped int the air abut 40 times.
Pandas like t be naughty
Is there anything mre lvely than a baby panda, except maybe a human baby? In fact, baby pandas smetimes behave like human babies. They sleep in the same psitins and value their thumbs. Pandas are shy by nature fr its shy behavirs such as cvering its face with a paw f ducking its head when cnfrnted by a stranger.
A cat hnrs its wner
Paper twels, and a plastic cup are just a few f the gifts that Tld, a devted three-year-ld gray-and-white cat, has placed n his frmer wner Izzelli Renz's grave every day since the man died in September 2011. Renz adpted Tld frm a shelter when the cat was three mnths ld, and the tw frmed an inseparable bnd. After Renz passed away, Tld fllwed the cffin t the cemetery, and nw "stands guard" at the grave fr hurs at a time.
（1） What can hrses d t pick delicius grasses?
（2） What d the whale and the cat have in cmmn accrding t the passage?
（3） Which f the fllwing acts like a human baby accrding t the passage?
(10)
(2020高三下·四川月考) 阅读理解
The Alexander technique
Until earlier this year, I didn't knw anything abut the Alexander technique—and saw n reasn t think I shuld. One day, the backache I regularly suffered was mre painful. I was brught up t think that the preferred way f dealing with aches is t d nthing and hpe they'll g away, but I eventually went t the dctr. After examining me, he said, "Yu actually have bad psture (姿势). G ff and learn the Alexander technique." Three mnths later I culd walk straighter and sit better.
The Alexander technique is a way f learning hw yu can get rid f harmful tensin in yur bdy. The teaching fcuses n the neck, head and back. It trains yu t use yur bdy less severely and carry ut the mvements that we d all the time with less effrt. There is little effrt in the lessns themselves, which sets apart the Alexander technique frm yga r pilates, which are exercise-based. A typical lessn invlves standing in frnt f a chair and learning t sit and stand with minimum effrt. Yu spend sme time lying n a bench with yur knees bent t straighten the spine (脊椎) and relax yur bdy while the teacher mves yur arms and legs t train yu t mve them crrectly.
The technique helps t break the bad habits accumulated ver years. Try flding yur arms the ppsite way t nrmal. This is an example f a habit the bdy has frmed which can be hard t break. Many f us carry ur heads t far back. The head weighs fur t six kils, s any inapprpriate psture can cause prblems fr the bdy. The technique teaches yu t let g f the muscles hlding the head back, allwing it t g back t its natural place n the tp f ur spines.
S wh was Alexander and hw did he cme up with the technique? Frederick Alexander, an Australian actr brn in 1869, fund in his yuth that he had vcal (声音的) prblems during perfrmances. He analyzed himself and realized his psture was bad. He wrked n imprving it, with excellent results. He brught his technique t Lndn and pened a teacher-training schl, which is still successful tday.
S if yu're walking alng the rad ne day with shulders bent frward, feeling weighed dwn by yur trubles, give a thught t the Alexander technique. It will help yu walk tall again.
（1） What des the authr suggest in Paragraph 1?
（2） What is the principle f the Alexander technique?
（3） What can we learn abut Frederick Alexander?
（4） What is the main idea f the passage?
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