高考英语题型组合练(二)　阅读理解主题练　阅读理解＋阅读七选五（学生版+教师版）

第二组　人与自我——做人与做事

组合练(四)　阅读理解主题练　阅读理解＋阅读七选五

Ⅰ.阅读理解

A

(2021·湖北黄冈中学三模)

Island life is one of those things you dream about.Here are four beautiful small islands to consider for your next vacation.

Washington Island，USA

Although with fewer than 700 residents，the island is home to Schoolhouse Beach，known for its clear water and smooth，rounded limestone rocks—one of only a handful of such beaches in North America.Tour the island on the Cherry Train，climb the lookout tower，or rent a bike and cycle the miles of empty roads.Retire for the night at the Hotel Washington & Studio，a landmark inn with a history of over 100 years.

Barbuda，Antigua and Barbuda

There’s a good chance birds actually outnumber humans on the small island of Barbuda.Mostly undeveloped and completely unspoiled，the beaches are famous for silky white and pink sand，stretching as far as the eye can see.There’s only a handful of resorts and restaurants，mostly plain beach bars，but make sure to stop by Uncle Roddy’s，which serves up cold drinks and some of the freshest seafood you’ll ever find.

Grand Manan Island，Canada

While you won’t find any palm trees here，Grand Manan still offers a relaxed pace.Connected to mainland New Brunswick by ferry，the small island is home to charming villages，and the Swallow Tail Lighthouse—the second-most photographed lighthouse in all of Atlantic Canada.Take a whale-watching cruise(巡游)，surf on the Bay of Fundy (home to the highest tides in the world)，or just sit back and enjoy the peace and quiet.

Key West，USA

Located at the end of the famous Florida Keys，Key West has a fascinating history.Tennessee Williams is said to have written the first draft of A Streetcar Named Desire here.Ernest Hemingway spent many a night in the bars of Old Town，now a historic district filled by wood-frame buildings.Take in the island’s famous lighthouse，photograph some of the free-running chickens，and then settle in for the daily Sunset Celebration on Mallory Square.

1．Where can visitors live in a famous century-old inn?

A．Key West，USA.

B．Grand Manan Island，Canada.

C．Washington Island，USA.

D．Barbuda，Antigua and Barbuda.

答案　C

解析　细节理解题。根据Washington Island，USA部分的“Retire for the night at the Hotel Washington & Studio，a landmark inn with a history of over 100 years.”可知，游客可以在Washington Island入住有100多年历史的酒店。故选C。

2．What makes Barbuda obviously different from the other islands?

A．The wild and unexplored beaches.

B．The great number of bars and hotels.

C．Cold drinks and fresh food.

D．The chance to play on beautiful beaches.

答案　A

解析　细节理解题。根据Barbuda，Antigua and Barbuda部分的“Mostly undeveloped and completely unspoiled...”可知，Barbuda的特殊之处是未被开发和污染的沙滩。故选A。

3．What do Grand Manan Island and Key West have in common?

A．Travelers can watch whale shows.

B．Travelers can visit a famous lighthouse.

C．Travelers can see the highest tide in the world.

D．Travelers can find the village where Hemingway once lived.

答案　B

解析　细节理解题。根据Grand Manan Island，Canada部分的“Connected to mainland New Brunswick...lighthouse in all of Atlantic Canada.”和Key West，USA部分的“Take in the island’s famous lighthouse”可知，Grand Manan Island和Key West的共同之处是游客可以参观著名的灯塔。故选B。

B

During my time at the estate agency，we saw sales figures fall and the management team were starting to become annoyed.Our sales and office manager was dealing with a team of around seven senior estate agency sales people that were seemingly down on their luck.

Only one of them was still making sales and he seemed to have a charm and golden touch that surpasses luck or market forces.Things became very bad and every day we complained about the sales leads we were given.They were from people that had already been surveyed so many times that they were tired and regretted making an enquiry.

After a while，things became so bad that the senior management team sent down an executive from another office.This was a man that was doing very well and didn’t complain about poor leads or bad market conditions.He told us that the company had purchased a new batch of untapped leads that could be made into sales，but he told us we were not getting them.

The senior executive they sent told us that we had to make a sale over the next week or we were all fired.They were looking to replace the staff because the ones on the team at the moment were lame ducks.They also started a scoring system.The person that earned the most during the week got a brand-new car; the second most got a new set of steak knives.If you failed to make a sale you were fired.

After a lot of phone calls，I finally got an appointment with a couple that had been approached a few times.I was told that they just like to talk to sales agents，but I was not going to let that stop me.I went around their house and talked to them until past two in the morning.At this point，I was holding out a pen and waiting for them to sign.After around twenty minutes of silence，they took the pen and signed，therefore agreeing to purchase six units within an apartment complex.

Finally I made my own luck，although not motivated in an appropriate and fair manner.

4．Why did some customers regret making an enquiry?

A．Because the senior sales people were always complaining.

B．Because too many customers made sales people exhausted.

C．Because the customers received so many tiring surveys.

D．Because the customers did not get what they wanted.

答案　C

解析　细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句可知，顾客因为已经被多次进行问卷调查而感到厌烦，所以后悔询问了。故选C。

5．What happened after the new executive was sent?

A．A new untapped sales lead was provided instantly.

B．All the staff in the company stopped complaining.

C．He fired some salesmen to show his determination.

D．He took several severe measures to promote selling.

答案　D

解析　细节理解题。根据第四段可知，新主管被派去后采取了一系列的奖惩机制来促进销售。故选D。

6．What does the underlined part in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Incompetent employees.

B．Weak ducks.

C．Complaining workers.

D．Disabled people.

答案　A

解析　词义猜测题。根据画线词所在句“They were looking to replace the staff because the ones on the team at the moment were”可知，他们新来的领导正在寻找接替工作人员的人选，因为团队中有一些不称职的员工。故画线词意思是“不称职的员工”。故选A。

7．What can we know from the passage?

A．He who can’t talk big can’t succeed.

B．A man’s success is through his feet.

C．Success and rest do sleep together.

D．Success has many friends.

答案　B

解析　推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文讲述了一个销售员在工作逆境中，通过自己的努力最后成功签单的故事。文章告诉了我们“一个人的成功源于脚踏实地”的道理。故选B。

C

(2021·福建泉州期末联考)

A simple gesture can be formed into a child’s memory so quickly that it will cause the child to give a false answer to a question accompanied by that gesture.A new finding suggests that parents，social workers，psychologists and lawyers should be careful with their hands as well as their words.

While memories of both adults and children are easy to react to suggestion，those of children are known to be particularly influenced，said lead researcher Sara Broaders of Northwestern University.Kids are used to looking to adults to tell events for them and can be misled even if not intentionally.

Previous research，for example，has shown that detail-loaded questions often cause false answers；when asked，say “Did you drink juice at the picnic？” the child is likely to say “yes” even if no juice had been available.It is not that the child is consciously lying，but rather the detail is quickly formed into his or her memory.

To avoid this problem，social workers have long been advised to ask children only open-ended questions，such as “What did you have at the picnic？” But an open-ended question paired with a gesture，briefly meaning a juice box，is treated like a detailed question.That is，children become likely to answer falsely.

And it isn’t just a few kids：77% of children gave at least one piece of false information when a detail was suggested by an ordinary gesture.Gestures may also become more popular when talking with non-fluent language users，such as little kids.Broaders said as hand movements can impart meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases，“It certainly seems reasonable that adults would gesture more with children.”

In general，Broaders advises parents and other adults to “try to be aware of your hands when questioning a child about an event.Otherwise，you might be getting answers that don’t reflect what actually happened.”

8．What can we know about gestures from the text?

A．They are rarely used by people.

B．They have certain effect on children.

C．They have not any function at all.

D．They are often used by social workers.

答案　B

解析　细节理解题。根据第一段可知，手势对孩子有特定的影响，故选B。

9．Why are kids easy to be misled by gestures according to Sara Broaders?

A．Children are easy to tell lies.

B．These gestures are very attractive.

C．Their memories are affected easily.

D．These gestures are used frequently.

答案　C

解析　细节理解题。通读全文，并结合第二段第一句可知孩子容易受手势影响的原因是孩子的记忆容易被影响。故选C。

10．Which may cause a wrong reply according to the text?

A．Where are you going，Lucy?

B．What will you have for lunch?

C．Did you see anything else last night?

D．Did you cheat in the last English examination?

答案　D

解析　推理判断题。四个选项中，D项为“detail-loaded questions”，其他三项为“open-ended questions”。再根据第三段第一句可推知D项问的细节最多，所以会导致错误答案。故选D。

11．What does the underlined word “impart” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A．Pass on.   B．Tell apart.

C．Confuse.   D．Separate.

答案　A

解析　词义猜测题。根据第五段第三句可知，手的动作可以传达不熟悉的词汇和短语的意义，故impart意为“传递”。故选A。

D

(2021·河北“五个一名校联盟”二模)

A PhD student in Michigan defended her paper while wearing a skirt made of rejection letters she received while studying.29-year-old Caitlin Kirby printed out 17 of her rejection letters—from scholarships，academic journals，and conferences—then folded each one into a fan.She connected them in rows，and by the end she designed the item into a skirt and wore it.

She said that the idea behind her unique clothing item came out of a desire to normalize rejection and take pride in overcoming it.“The whole process of revisiting those old letters and making that skirt sort of reminded me that you have to apply to a lot of things to succeed，” she said，“A natural part of the process is to get rejected along the way.”

Caitlin’s adviser，Julie Libarkin，a professor of earth and environmental science at Michigan State University，also encourages the acceptance of failure in her students.Libarkin believes it’s important for students to get into habit of applying for things，and to get used to the feeling of rejection，so she encourages them to chase after any opportunity that comes their way.If a student doesn’t get the grant or the spot in the academic journal，that’s okay.They’ll still have learned something in the process.

As for Caitlin？Her rejections over the years have led to great things: Since her doctorate，she’s won a scholarship to do further research on urban agriculture in Germany.

Currently，she’s a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.As for what the future holds? “I’m prepared to receive a few more rejection letters along the way，” she joked heartily，“Maybe I’ll make a longer skirt.”

12．What can we learn about Caitlin Kirby’s rejection letters?

A．She received 17 rejections in total.

B．29 of her rejections were from journals.

C．The rejections were connected into a fan.

D．She made some rejection letters into a skirt.

答案　D

解析　细节理解题。根据第一段第二、三句可知，Caitlin Kirby将收到的一部分拒绝信做成了一件裙子。故选D。

13．What is Julie Libarkin’s attitude towards Caitlin’s action?

A．Favorable.   B．Ambiguous.

C．Skeptical.   D．Opposed.

答案　A

解析　推理判断题。根据第三段第一、二句可知，Julie Libarkin对Caitlin的行为是赞成的。故选A。

14．Which of the following words can best describe Caitlin?

A．Creative and considerate.

B．Caring and determined.

C．Optimistic and humorous.

D．Generous and intelligent.

答案　C

解析　推理判断题。根据第一段第一句和最后一段最后一句可知，Caitlin Kirby乐观且幽默。故选C。

15．Which of the following may Caitlin agree with?

A．Hard work pays off.

B．Education is the entrance to success.

C．Self-respect earns more respect.

D．One needs to normalize failures.

答案　D

解析　推理判断题。根据第二段第一句可知，D项“人们需要将失败正常化”符合本文语境。故选D。

Ⅱ.阅读七选五

(2021·广东深圳调研)

We’ve all heard people say “Oh，that person is so creative！” about someone who is great at art，but art is just one area where people can be creative.Any time you try something different to solve a problem，you’re being creative.  1   Maybe，but anyone can get more creative with practice.Here are some techniques that work for experts who are creative in very different ways.

Explore and Imagine.Shigeru Miyamoto is the brain behind some of the world’s most popular video games：Super Mario Bros，The Legend of Zelda，and Donkey Kong.He spent hours exploring nature and going on adventures in his mind.  2 

Tune into Music.“Music is important to me.It brings my creative juices，”says author Linda Trice.When she was writing about American hero Harriet Tubman，she started each day by listening to “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.”   3   In her picture book Kenya’s Song，Kenya and her father compose a song inspired by all the different music they hear in their neighborhood.

Find Pictures in Patterns.  4   The artist Leonardo da Vinci looked everywhere for patterns that would spark his imagination.For example，he would look at stone walls to discover landscapes or faces.

  5   Dr Lonnie Johnson is the inventor of the Super Soaker.When he was in high school，he wanted to

build a robot，but he failed many times.Now he is an engineer and an inventor.In a TED Talk，he said，“Just like with the robot，I don’t know any better than ‘Try！’”

A．Don’t Give Up.

B．Look for Details.

C．Her characters are also moved by music.

D．Have you ever looked for animal shapes in clouds?

E．Are some people naturally more creative than others?

F．As a game designer，he still finds joy in making up new worlds.

G．She became famous for her huge paintings of small flowers and animals.

1．答案　E

解析　根据上一句和下一句可知，本段论述每个人都具有创造力。E项中的more creative与下文get more creative呼应，起到承上启下的作用，故选E。

2．答案　F

解析　根据第二段第二、三句可知，本段介绍游戏设计者宫本茂的创造力。F项中“making up new worlds”与上文“exploring nature and going on adventures in his mind”形成呼应结构，承接上文，故选F。

3．答案　C

解析　根据第三段第二、三句以及本空下一句可知，本段论述音乐对创造力的影响。C项中的music与下文“a song inspired by all the different music”相呼应，起到承上启下的作用，故选C。

4．答案　D

解析　根据第四段第一句和最后两句可知，本段主要介绍要通过观察激发创造力。D项中的shapes与下文“looked everywhere for patterns”相呼应，故选D。

5．答案　A

解析　根据下文可知，本段主要讲创造力需要不断尝试，永不放弃。A项与下文“he failed many times”以及Try形成呼应结构，起到引出下文的作用，故选A。