2020屆高考英語(yǔ)專(zhuān)題模擬演練 閱讀理解（6）

閱讀理解（6）生活類(lèi)1（2020;2020·陜西省延安中學(xué)三模）This is a time of year when we think about giving and receiving presents. Can you find little extra to give? On this page we suggest a few organizations you might like to help.Littleton Childrens HomeWe DONT want your money, but childrens toys, books and clothes IN GOOD CONDITION would be very welcome.Also, we are looking for friendly families who would take our children into their homes for a few hours or days as guests. You have so much will you share it?Phone Sister Thomas on 55671.Childrens Hospice We look after a small number of very sick children. This important work needs skill and love. We cannot continue without gifts or money to pay for more nursing staff(職員). We also need story books and toys suitable for quiet games.Please contact :The Seeretary, Little Childrens Hospice, Newly Road.Street Food In the winter weather, its not fun being homeless. Its even worse if youre hungry. We give hot food to at least fifty people every night. Its hard work, but necessary. Can you come and help? If not, can you find a little money? We used a very old kitchen, and we need some new saucepans. Money for new ones would be most welcome indeed.Contact Stree Food, c/o Marys House, Elming Way. Littleton Phone 55823.Littleton Youth ClubHave you got an unwanted chair? record player? a pot of paint?Because we use them!We want to get to work on our meeting room!Please phone 55231and well be happy to collect anything you can give us!Thank you !The Night Shelter We offer a warm bed for the night to anyone who has nowhere to go. We rent the former Commercial Hotel on Green Street. Although it is not expensive, we never seem to have enough money. Can you let us have a few pounds ? Any amount, however small, will be such help.Send it to us 15, Greet St, Littleton. Please make check payable to Night Shelter.58Reading the passage, you might like to help these organizations while working for .Ahomeless and sick children Bless fortunate members of our society Chungry people who have no beds to sleep in Dfriendly members of our society to help others59We can infer .Athere are too many social problems in this country Bpeople are very poor during the time for giving Cwarm-hearted people like to give away money Dthis passage is taken from a local newspaper60If your children have grown up, you my take the childrens things to .AChildrens Home and Childrens Hospice BYouth Club and Childrens HomeCChildrens Hospice and Night Shelter DYouth Club and Night Shelter58-60 BDA 2（2020;2020·四川省成都七中沖刺）Most American colleges and universities take a spring break. Students might go home to their families - or spend a week partying on a warm beach with no parents around. That is the popular image, at least.In the United States, the lawful age to drink alcohol is twenty-one - one of the highest in the world. Americans debate whether it should be lowered, or whether young drinkers would only drink more. In parts of Europe, the lawful drinking age for beer, and sometimes hard liquor, is sixteen. Yet France may raise the age limit for beer and wine sales to eighteen, the same as for hard liquor there. Rules on alcohol differ from college to college in the United States. Many schools require all first-year students to take an alcohol prevention and education program, often given online. Some have a “zero tolerance” policy where alcohol is banned from all buildings. Parents are informed of violations and students may be suspended(停學(xué)).At the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, permission is needed to serve alcohol at any event on campus. But alcohol is banned in first-year dorms-where most students are under twenty-one anyway. Susan Davis, a university lawyer, says campus police and local police report underage drinking violations(違反)to the committee that decides punishments on a case by case basis. For example, the committee might suspend or expel(開(kāi)除)a student. It might require an alcohol education program. Or it might just give a warning. Jon Zug is a lawyer in Albemarle County, where the university is located. He says international students would face the same punishment as American citizens for underage drinking in Virginia. That includes a punishment of five hundred dollars or fifty hours of community service. But first law-breakers might be given a chance to complete an alcohol education program instead.Schools have to report unlawful violations by international students to the Department of Homeland Security. International adviser Richard Tanson at the University of Virginia says even minor violations stay on a students permanent immigration record. He says international students should know that this can affect them in the future if they try to re-enter the United States.41. What does the underlined phrase “by case basis” mean?A. Depending on the seriousness of the case itself. B. According to the report of the campus and local police. C. Depending on the judgment of the committee.D. According to the former cases in store. 42. To international students, which of the following may be intolerable once they have drinking violations? A. A punishment of $500 or 50 hours of community service.B. Being given a warning of being suspended or expelled.C. Having the violations kept on their permanent immigration record.D. Receiving an alcohol education program.43. The passage probably appears in_. A. an advertisement B. a local newspaper C. a university guide bookD. a popular magazine 44. The passage mainly talks about_.A. alcohol problems on the U.S. campus B. alcohol policy on U.S. campus C. U.S. universities-zero tolerance to alcohol D. the punishment to the university alcohol drinkers41-44 ACCB 3（2020;2020·四川省成都七中沖刺）In our life, we face situations where we are either asked to choose between trust and disbelief. Many of us would say we have to choose trust over disbelief. Actually we are given intellectual(智力的) power to choose what we want, and what we choose certainly need not be the one that sounds pleasing. That is, we can choose both trust and disbelief, but we have to know when to choose between these twoWe should all realize that we are living in a world which is unfortunately mixed with people of various types. We have been given the power of judging who we are working with and who we are partnering with. We cannot give an excuse for believing a scheming(詭計(jì)多端的)person, just because he looked or sounded nice, unless we consider ourselves mentally unskillful. This world was there before us and it does not owe us a single thing. We are asked to take care of ourselves and our belongings. Trust, too, has to be saved for the deserving(值得的) people. When we give trust universally to all, we end up troubled by the undeserving common cheat. People say trust is life. True! But only wisely exercised trust is life.W When we start a conversation with someone, the first things that we usually notice would be their dress, behavior, style and their language. What sometimes we all forget to look at is the persons intention. Now how to look at a persons intention is a lesson everybody has to learn for themselves in their own way - there is no single standard for it. But it is certainly possible to discover the purpose if we seek a little bit more. Certainly a false offer of friendship or guidance cannot stand undiscovered for long; we are therefore called to exercise disbelief over trust at least momentarily till we find out that we certainly are in agreement with a mutual(相互的)good-willed person. The world teaches you lots of lessons and if we are willing, we can learn all that we want.57. In the first paragraph, the author _.A. concentrates on the reason why we make different choicesB. focuses on how to choose between trust and disbeliefC. suggests that trust should be wisely exercisedD. implies that people are forced to make the choice58. The underlined sentence means _A. trust and disbelief go hand in hand with each other.B. disbelief is necessary if you arent wise C. trust is established if two people know each otherD. doubt may serve as the precondition for trust 59. We can infer from the passage that _. A. people who we are working with are in fact those who we are partnering withB. the first thing we notice tends to mislead our judgmentC. the mentally healthy people will not judge a person by his looks D. the standards of looking at a persons intention are various60. Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage? A. Trust or Disbelief?B. Trust Is Life.C. Trust over Disbelief? D. When to Choose between Trust and Disbelief? 57-60 CDBA科技類(lèi)1（2020;2020·甘肅省天水一中三模）A new study in West Africa shows how farm irrigation systems powered by the sun can produce more food and money for villagers. The study in Benin found that solar-powered pumps are effective in supplying water, especially during the long dry season. Sub-Saharan Africa is the part of the world with the least food security. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that more than one billion of the worlds people faced hunger last year. Around two hundred sixty-five million of them live south of the Sahara Desert. Lack of rainfall is one of their main causes of food shortages. Jennifer Burney from Stanford University in California led the study. The research team helped build three solar-powered irrigation systems in northern Benin.The solar-powered irrigation systems produced an average of nearly two metric tons of vegetables per month. They sold the surplus(過(guò)剩的) produce at local markets. The earnings greatly increased their ability to buy food during the dry season which can last six to nine months. People in the two villages with the systems were able to eat three to five more serving of vegetables per day. But making the surplus available at markets also had a wider effect. The study compared the villages with two others where women farmed with traditional methods like carrying water in buckets. The amount of vegetables eaten in those villages also increased, though not as much. The researchers note that only four percent of the cropland in sub-Saharan Africa is irrigated. Using solar power to pump water has higher costs at first. But the study says it can be more economical in the long term than using fuels like gasoline, diesel or kerosene. And solar power is environmentally friendly.41. People living in sub-Saharan Africa are short of food mainly because_. A. it seldom rains there throughout the year B. there is little farmland in the area C. people there lack experience in farming D. people know nothing about irrigation techniques42. Which of the following is an advantage of Jennifers irrigation systems? A. They are not affected by the weather.B. They cost much less than traditional irrigation systems. C. They have no bad effects on the environment. D. They use less fuel than traditional irrigation systems.43. We can learn from the last paragraph that_. A. people in South Africa will soon be provided with enough food B. the demand for fuels like gasoline will greatly decrease in Africa C. people in sub-Saharan Africa dont take agriculture seriously D. its worthwhile to use the new irrigation systems on the while44. People in the two villages owe all the following to Jennifers irrigation systems EXCEPT that _. A. they could buy more food during the dry season B. they could eat more vegetables than usual every day C. they could supply local markets with vegetables D. they could provide people in other villages with food ACDD2（2020;2020·甘肅省天水一中三模）Electric cars will not be really much cleaner than autos powered by mineral fuels until they rely less on electricity produced from usual coal-fired power plants. “For electric vehicles to become a major green alternative, the power fuel has to move away from coal, or cleaner coal technologies have to be developed,” said Jared Cohon, the chairman of a National Research Council report released on Monday. About half of US power is produced by burning coal, which gives off many times more of traditional pollutants than natural gas, and about twice as much of the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Nuclear and renewable power have to generate a larger portion of US power for electric cars to become much greener compared to gasoline-powered cars, Cohan, who is president of Carnegie Mellon University, said in an interview. Advances in coal burning, like capturing carbon at power plants for permanent burial underground, could also help electric cars become a cleaner alternative to vehicles powered by fossil fuels, he said. Pollution from energy sources did $120 billion worth of damage to human health, agriculture and recreation in 2020;2020, and electricity was responsible for more than half of the damage, said the NRC report. Electric cars have their benefits such as reducing imports of foreign oil. But they also have hidden costs. Materials in electric car batteries are hard to produce, which adds to the energy it takes to make them. In fact, the health and environmental costs of making electric cars can be 20 percent greater than usual cars, the report said. The report estimated that electric cars could still cost more than gas-powered cars to operate and manufacture in 2030 unless US power production becomes cleaner.57. Why are electric cars not clean enough? A. Because they run too slowly B. Because they are too expensive C. Because they rely on coal-fired power. D. Because they give off more carbon dioxide.58. We can infer from the passage that _. A. electric cars will soon take the place of gas-powered cars B. no one holds hope for electric cars at present C. electric cars waste more energy than before D. some people believe that electric cars are cleaner59. The underlined word “them” refers to “_”. A. electric cars B. batteries C. producers D. materials60. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to make electric cars cleaner? A. Developing cleaner coal technologies. B. Making electric cars run faster. C. Generating more unclear power. D. Making advances in coal burning.CDAB 3（2020;2020·河北省衡水中學(xué)三模A卷）As you dash outdoors in the middle of winter, you might make it halfway down the block before realizing that your ears are freezing because you forgot your hat.Now, scientists have shown that even though youve had an apparent memory lapse(喪失), your brain never forgot what you should have done. Memory works mainly by association. For example, as you try to remember where you left your keys, you might recall you last had them in the living room, which reminds you that there was an ad for soap on television, which reminds you that you need soap, and so on. And then, as youre heading out of the door to buy soap, you remember that your keys are on the kitchen counter. Your brain knew where the keys were all along. It just took a round-about way to get there.Now, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies are studying associative memory in monkeys to figure out just how this complicated process works.First, the researchers trained a group of monkeys to remember arbitrary(任意的) pairs of symbols. The researchers showed the monkeys one symbol(cold weather) and then gave them the choice of two other symbols, one of which (a hat) would be associated with the first. A correct choice would earn them a sip of their favorite juice.Most of the monkeys performed the test perfectly, but one kept making mistakes.“We wondered what happened in the brain when the monkey made the wrong choice, although it apparently learned the right pairing of symbols,” said study leader Thomas Albright.Albright and his team observed signals from the nerve cells in the monkeys inferior temporal cortex (ITC), an area of its brain used for visual pattern recognition and for storing this type of memory.As the monkey was deciding which symbol to choose, about a quarter of the activity in the ITC was due to the choice behavior.Meanwhile, more than half the activity was in a different group of nerve cells, which scientists believe represent the monkeys memory of the correct symbol pairing, and surprisingly, these cells continued to fire even when the monkey chose the wrong symbol.“In this sense, the cells knew more than the monkeys let on in their behavior,” Albright said. “Thus, behavior may vary, but knowledge endures.”57The example of the keys and soap is given to explain the relationship between _.Amemory lapse and human brainBmemory and associationCmemory and television adsDmemory and our daily life58Which of the following best expresses the general idea of the text?AYour brain may forget something, but not always.BActivity is a round-about way to memory.CYour brain remembers what you forget.DMonkeys have better memory than us.59The researchers believe the monkey that made the wrong choice _.Aalso knew the correct answerBhad the worst memoryCfailed to see the objects well Dhad some trouble with its nerve system60The underlined word “endures” may be best replaced by _.Adisappears Bincreases Cimproves DremainsE)BCAD4（2020;2020·河北省正定中學(xué)三模）When important events are happening around the world, most people turn to traditional media sources, such as CNN and BBC for the newsHowever, during the war in Iraq in 2020;2020, many people followed the war from the point of view of an unknown Iraqi citizen who called himself “Salam Pax ” (Salam Pax means peace)Salam Pax wrote a diary about everyday life in Baghdad during the war, and posted it on his websitePaxs online diary was a kind of website known as a “blog”Blogs are online diaries, usually kept by individuals, but sometimes by companies and other groups of peopleThey are the fastest growing types of website on the InternetA blog differs from a traditional website in several waysMost importantly, it is updated much more regularlyMany blogs are updated every day, and some are updated several times a dayAlso, most blogs use special software or websites, which can help ordinary people easily set up and start writing their own blogsThere are many different kinds of blogsThe most popular type is an online diary of links where the blog writer surfs the Internet and then posts links to sites or news articles that they find interesting , with a few comments about each one Other types are personal diaries, where the writer talks about their life and feelingsSometimes these blogs can be very personalThere is another kind of blogging, called “moblogging ”, short for “ mobile blogging ”Mobloggers use mobile phones with cameras to take photos, which are posted instantly to the InternetThe use of mobile phones in this way made the headlines in Singapore when a high school student posted a movie he had taken of a teacher shouting at another student on the InternetMany people were shocked by what the student did, and wanted phones with cameras to be banned from schoolsMany people think that as blogs become common, news reporting will rely less on big media companies, and more on ordinary people posting news to the InternetThey think that then the news will be less like a lecture, and more like a conversation, where any one can join in49Which statement about Salam Pax was true? AHe worked for CNNBSalam Pax was not his re