高考英语阅读理解冲刺训练Day 70.docx
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高考英语阅读理解冲刺训练Day70
高考英语阅读理解冲刺训练Day70
Passage1
WriterandjournalistCristinaOdonearousedwidespreadangerbysuggestingthatherdaughterwasbeingpressuredtotakescienceforgraduationexamsandthiswasunreasonableforachildwithaliterarybent.Sheevenclaimedthat“…thisfocusonSTEM[Science,Technology,EngineeringandMathematics]subjectssendsamessagethatmakesherandmeuncomfortable:
doingaman’sworkismoreimpressivethandoingawoman’s.”
Likemanyothers,Itotallydisagreewithherpositionasascientist.Takingsciencetoage16shouldsimplybeseenaspartofobtainingawell-roundededucation.Furthermore,identifyingSTEMasaman’ssubjectleadsinparttoourseriouslackofdiversity(多样性)inthescientificworkforce.Meanwhile,manymaleauthorsandpoetsmightbesurprisedtolearnthatliteratureis“woman’swork”.
NovelistLucyEllmanoncewrote,“Thepurposeofartistsistoasktherightquestions,evenifwedon’tfindtheanswers,whereastheaimofscienceistoprovesomesillypoints.”Butprovingsomesillypointsmightsaveyourlife,lightyourhome,allowyoutosurftheweborvisityourrelativeslivingfaraway.Onlysomeonewhohasneverconsideredhowextensivetheoutputsofscienceareinoursocietycouldwritesucha“silly”sentence.
However,havingsaidthat,Iamnottryingtodenigratetheworkofthehumanities.Idonotseethisasaneither/orsituationbutit’sallpartofbeinghuman.Iadmireandappreciatethosewhotrytoexpressthingshardtobedescribedinwords,butitsimplyisn’tmystrength.Imaywholeheartedlybelievethatscienceisvitalbutthatdoesn’tmeanIthinkthehumanities(orindeedthesocialsciences)arenot.Sincesciencecostsmoretodothanartssubjects,morefundingshouldgotoscience.Thatstatementisnotequaltosayingthatthehumanitiesshouldnotbeproperlyfunded.Somehow,weareconstantlybeingputinopposition,adividethatisdamagingtobothscientistsandnon-scientists.
Sowhyarethehumanitiesimportanttome?
IwouldsayitisexactlybecauseIamhuman.IsitheretypinglisteningtoaSchubertpianotrio.IhavebeenreadingEPThompson’sTheMakingoftheEnglishWorkingClasstotrytounderstandhowoursocietywasandistheshapeitis.Scientistsmaybecapableofdealingwiththeethics(道德标准)oftheirwork,buttheycannotandshouldnotanswerthequestionofwhetherweshoulddothisinisolation.Answeringthemanyquestionsthatourdevelopingscientificcapabilitiesthrowuprequirestheinputofresearchersfrommanyfields.
Soletusenjoyourcapabilitiesonallfronts,recognizingthatweeachhavedifferentstrengthsandweaknesses.It’stimetobanthedamagingdividethatsetsonepartoftheresearchcommunityagainstanotherandcelebrateourhumanityaswellastheHumanities.
1.ThewriterquoteswordsfromCristinaOdoneandLucyEllmantoshowthat________.
A.doingaman’sworkismoreimpressivethandoingawoman’s
B.somepeoplemayhaveanarrowunderstandingofscience
C.thepurposesofartistsandscientistsaretotallydifferent
D.awell-roundededucationiscrucialtothediversityinsociety
2.Bysaying“Iamnottryingtodenigratetheworkofthehumanities”,thewriterprobablymeans________.
A.Iamnotanexpertintheworkofthehumanities
B.Idon’tthinktheworkofthehumanitiesimportant
C.Idon’twanttoplaydowntheworkofthehumanities
D.Iadmireandappreciatetheworkofthehumanities
3.WhydoesthewritermentionlisteningtomusicandreadingbooksinParagraph5?
________
A.Toexplainhowextensivetheoutputsofscienceare.
B.Tocallonscientiststounderstandthesocietyandtheshapeofit.
C.Toprovethatthehumanitiesareimportanttoscientiststoo.
D.Toadvisescientiststodealwiththeethicsoftheirwork.
4.Thepurposeofthispassageisto________.
A.revealpeople’sweaknessinexpressingcomplexthoughtsinwords
B.rejecttheideathatscienceonlyprovessomesillypoints
C.illustratethatscientistshavestrengthsandweaknesses
D.appealtostoptreatinghumanitiesandscienceasopposites
Passage2
WestEndtheatreisapopulartermformainstreamprofessionaltheatreinLondon,orsometimesmorespecificallyforshowsstagedinthelargetheatresofLondon’s“Theatreland”.AlongwithNewYork’sBroadwayTheatre,WestEndtheatreisusuallyconsideredtorepresentthehighestleveloftheatreintheEnglishspeakingworld.SeeingaWestEndshowisacommontouristactivityinLondon.
Totalattendancesbrokethe12millionin2002,andinMayandJune2005.TheTimesreportedthatthisrecordmightbebrokenin2005.Factorsbehindhighticketsalesinthefirsthalfof2005includednewhitmusicalssuchasBillyElliot,theProducersandMaryPoppinsandthehighnumberoffilmstarsappearing.Sincethelate1990sth
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