1、高考英语二轮复习阅读提速练二222阅读提速练(二) (建议用时：30分钟)阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)第一节(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A(杭州一中模拟)Josh Morrison, 17, dreamed of raising $100，000 to build a home for a lowincome family. After years of hard work, his dream has come true. The house is now in the early stages of buil
2、ding.Six years ago, Josh and his dad went into a Habitat for Humanity Restore, a home improvement store and donation center run by the nonprofit organization. They were there to buy a sink. Josh, then 11, also noticed a collection of pennies. “I instantly felt the urge to help out with that，” he sai
3、d. Josh set a fundraising(筹款) deadline of four years. Many people doubted whether he could reach his goal of $100，000, but it didnt shake his faith. He raised money at his school and other nearby schools. He collected money from neighbors, got publicity from local newspapers, and placed cans in stor
4、es so that people could donate extra change.Joshs fundraising efforts began to produce results. Still, there were challenges. Four months before his deadline, he was $30，000 short. He decided to hold a Family Fun Fair and Spaghetti Dinner event in Uxbridge, which is in the province of Ontario. The e
5、vent raised $19，000.“I didnt care how long it took me，” Josh said. “I would raise $100，000.” With three weeks left, a company called Joshs house, offering to donate $18，000. Eventually, Josh reached a total of $124，000 before his deadline. “The_momentum_just_kept_going,_and we decided to do more，” h
6、e said. “Joshs Penny House” is being built by Habitat for Humanity Restore in the city of Oshawa, along with 24 new townhouses. Josh has helped with some of the construction, as have other volunteers. He will choose the family that moves into the unit.Next year, the 17yearold will head to college in
7、 British Columbia, Canadas westernmost province. As a 11yearold kid when starting fundraising, Josh was able to send a powerful message across the world. No matter how old you are, if you have a dream and are willing to do anything to achieve it, it can come true.1Which word can best describe Josh M
8、orrison in paragraph 2?AStraightforward. BOpenminded.CDetermined. DCautious.2What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 mean?AHis project became more popular.BHe received continuous donations.CThe result was beyond expectations.DHe got more support from the company.3What will be the best title
9、 of the text?AAn Astonishing FundraiserBA Boy with a Warm HeartCKindness from a CompanyDThe Penny House DreamBBritain faces social problems as lots of people are set to lose their jobs in technological revolution, the Bank of Englands chief economist warned.Andy Haldane said the socalled Fourth Indu
10、strial Revolution will make the machine replace humans to do thinking things. The dark side of the change could be a much bigger breakdown of employment than in Victorian times, with professions such as accountancy(会计) among those at risk.A report by the accountancy firm PwC last month warned that m
11、ore than 7 million jobs in Britain would lose over the next 20 years as technological change sweeps through workplaces.The majority of these jobs are in the retail, transport and manufacturing industries. However, other traditional professional sectors could also be at serious risk.Economists treat
12、the arrival of increasingly intelligent computers and robots as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The first was the shift from agriculture to urban societies. The second saw the widespread use of electricity and steel, and the third was the digital revolution when computers, the Internet and mobile
13、phones were developed.Mr.Haldane said the hollowingout(空洞化) experienced in the past years could be on a greater scale in the future, so it is important to learn the lessons of history and insure that people are given training to take advantage of new opportunities.“Jobs were effectively taken by mac
14、hines of various types, and there was a hollowingout of the job market, which left many people for a long period out of work and struggling to make a living，” Haldane added. “That heightened social and financial tensions, and led to a rise in inequality. This is the dark side of technological revolu
15、tion.”“That hollowingout is going to be potentially on a much greater scale in the future, when we have machines thinking and doing the cognitive and technical skills of humans.” Mr. Haldane said professions like accountancy could be among those hardest hit by the rise of AI. But he suggested econom
16、ists could escape.4What is the dark side mentioned in the text?AThe hollowingout has become a major social problem.BLess and less people have the desire to learn accountancy.CIntelligent computers and robots decrease good workers.DThe technological revolution causes people to lose jobs.5Why are econ
17、omists the lucky dog in the new technological revolution?AThe study about economy is at a low level.BEconomists work on a traditional professional job.CThere is no machine that can work as an economist.DEconomists have the chance to avoid technological revolution.6What attitude did Haldane have towa
18、rd the future employment?APositive. BAggressive.CCritical. DWorried.CWere often reminded of the importance of preserving the planet as we see it for future generationsand children at St Oswalds CE Primary School Chester certainly agree.Nineyearold Isobel Kelleher from the schools Hummingbirds class
19、thinks adults need to take note. “Sometimes they can be busy and I dont think they think they can make a difference, but if everyone does a little bit it all adds up，” she tells HuffPost UK. “We started looking at plastic pollution in our oceans and the things like plastic bags that are polluting th
20、em，” she says. “Fish can eat the plastic and they can die, or we might even eat the fish ourselves.”Mr. Timms, Isobels teacher, has been spearheading a new project at the school which lets children loose creatively to raise awareness of the need to be more environmentally friendly. The entire Hummin
21、gbirds class, which is made up of 9and 10yearold pupils, has been busy writing poems and creating online video advertisements to warn adults about the serious situation of our oceans and wildlife.Mr. Timms thinks children have an important role to play in teaching us how to take care of the things a
22、round us. “We sometimes overlook how much we can really learn from children，” he says. “It has been really hard to believe having parents come in saying that their children have been asking them to stop using plastic, and to recycle more, and even stopping them using plastic straws.”Mr. Timms is pro
23、ud of his Hummingbirds class. “The message that they would like to send to the world is simple: stopping this isnt someone elses job, and it wont be OK if we just leave it.”7What can we infer about adults according to Isobel Kelleher?AThey just pretend to be busy.BThey havent done their part well.CT
24、hey can do nothing to stop pollution.DThey have started to care about the ocean.8What is the purpose of the school project?ATo help adults to learn more about their kids.BTo remind adults to be friendly to the environment.CTo persuade students to stop using plastic bags.DTo teach students how to wri
25、te poems creatively.9Why does Mr. Timms mention parents in paragraph 4?ATo prove kids are creative in teaching.BTo attract people to support his work.CTo have adults care about education.DTo show the effects of the project.10What is the text mainly about?AAn inspiring school project.BAn appeal to st
26、op plastic bags.CSerious situations of our planet.DAdults ignorance of the environment.第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。About one hundred years ago many educated people learned and spoke French when they met people from other countries. Today most people speak English wh
27、en they meet foreigners. 11._ There are more people who speak English as a second language than people who speak English as a first language. Why is this?12_ One of them is that English has become the language of business. Another important reason is that popular American culture (like movies and mu
28、sic) has quickly spread throughout the world. 13._Is it good that English has spread to all parts of the world so quickly? 14._ Its important to have a language that the people of the earth have in common. Our world has become very global and we need to communicate with one another. On the other han
29、d, English is a fairly complicated language to learn and it brings its culture with it. Do we really need that?Scientists have already tried to create an artificial language that isnt too difficult and doesnt include any groups culture. It is called Esperanto. 15._ Maybe the popularity of English wo
30、nt last that long either. There are more people in the world who speak Chinese than any other language. Maybe someday Chinese will be the new international language.APeople like English.BBut it hasnt become popular.CIt has brought its language with it.DThere is no doubt about the question.EThis is w
31、hy English was widely spoken.FIt has become the new international language.GThere are many reasons why English has become so popular.阅读提速练(二)阅读理解第一节【解题导语】 本文是一篇记叙文。一名11岁的少年因一次偶然的经历决定为低收入家庭募捐建房，经过数年的不懈努力，实现了这一梦想。1C解析：推理判断题。结合文中对Josh Morrison筹款过程的描述以及第二段中的“Many people doubted whether he could reach hi
32、s goal of $100，000, but it didnt shake his faith.”可知，尽管很多人怀疑他能否在四年中完成这件事，但是他信念坚定。由此可见他是“意志坚定的”。2B解析：句意理解题。根据下文中的“we decided to do more”以及“Joshs Penny House is being built by Habitat for Humanity Restore in the city of Oshawa, along with 24 new townhouses. Josh has helped with some of the construction”可知，捐款势头一直保持下去，他收到了比最初目标更多的钱，于是打算做更多，他帮助建造“Joshs Penny Ho
