阅读理解（6）
阅读综合训练
A. Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案): ( 12分)
26-year-old Luke Cameron decided to do at least one good deed (善事) a day, for
365 days after a good family friend died in October, 2013—and he made it!
He said: “Maura was like a mother to me. She was the most amazing and
inspirational(鼓舞人心的) woman I've ever met. When a neighbour needed food, she
gave her last potato. When a friend needed money, she gave her last pound. She gave
her whole life helping others around her and at her funeral（葬礼）over 4,000 people queued for 3 hours to get in and show their respects. ”
Luke performed his first good deed on January 1st, 2014, with the simple act of greeting a waitress at a cafe he visited. The next day he bought food and drinks for some homeless people and followed it up by giving coins to a woman who did not have enough to feed a parking meter. Though most of his kind acts have been welcomed, Luke says there have been a few embarrassing situations. For example, when he bought a sausage roll for a homeless man, but the man happened to be a vegetarian who didn't eat meat or fish.
To try to encourage others to perform good deeds, Luke has created a deck of cards(一副牌). They're called "Cards for Kindness" and each card suggests a simple act of kindness -- things like giving a stranger a hug or making peace with an enemy. All the money he collects from giving out the cards is donated to a charity--the British Heart Foundation.
Luke's generosity didn't go unnoticed-- to reward (奖赏) the young man as he was near the end of his journey, Domino's Pizza awarded him a year's supply of free pizza. Not surprisingly, the big-hearted youngster used the gift to hold special pizza days for charity.
And that is not all -- since starting his challenge, Luke also entered a competition run by Utility Aid to win the job of National Philanthropy (慈善事业) Manager. That's also known as The Nicest Job in Britai
n. His Good Deed challenge made the organizers think that he was the right man for the job. So, for the whole of 2015, Luke will be paid to travel the UK and assist 45 different charities.
Luke has also decided to continue his challenge for another year and says the experiment has completely changed his life. He said: “I think I have healed myself by helping others. I've gone from working part time in a shop to now the National Philanthropy Manager where I am making my life's work about helping others and I've raised thousands for charity.”
1.Luke started to perform his good deed ______.
A) in October, 2013B) on January 1st, 2013C) on January 1st,2014D) in 2015
2.______ made him decide to do a year of good deeds.
A) His family B) Maura C) Homeless man D) Poor persons
3.What good deed(s) did Luke do in 2014? ______
pizzaA) He greeted a waitress at a cafe he visited.
B) He bought food and drinks for some homeless people.
C) He gave coins to a woman who did not have enough to feed a parking meter.
D) He did all of the above.
4.Luke created "Cards for Kindness" mainly because he wanted to ______.
A) get more money for himself
B) encourage others to perform good deeds
C) help Domino's Pizza
D) raise money for a charity
5.According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? ______
A) Luke thinks that his Good Deed challenge has completely changed his life.
B) The organizers of Utility Aid thought that Luke was the right man for the job of National
Philanthropy Manager.
C) Sometimes Luke meets some embarrassing situations like giving a sausage roll to a vegetarian.
D) After Luke had done a year of good deeds, Domino's Pizza awarded him a year's supply of free
pizza.
6.From the Last Paragraph, we may get to know that ______.
A) Luke used to be a full time shop assistant
B) Luke has decided to give up his challenge because it hardly changed his life
C) Luke is making his life's work about helping others and he has set up thousands of charities
D) Luke is National Philanthropy Manager now and continues his Good Deed challenge in 2015
【答案】1. C    2. B    3. D    4. B    5. D    6. D
B.Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage（选择最恰当的单词或词语完成短文):
（12分）
If you are reading a novel for school rather than just for fun, you need to get organized. Here are a few tips.
First, make notes. Write notes in pencil in the book, but also write separate notes on a small piece of paper. ___1___ characters. What do they do in the novel? What do they want? Everything that we are told about a character can help us to ___2___ them, from their appearance (外貌) to the kind of food they eat.
It is also a great help to be able to tell yourself the story after you have read it. Therefore, the order of the story and the plot are ___3___. You'd better make a quick note of what happens in each chapter when you read. This will help you to bring the things you have noticed about character, background, language and so on together.
___4___, themes(主题). These are ideas that the novel explores. Perhaps love is a major theme, or justice (公正), or redemption (救赎). ___5___ that you know the themes of the novel and what the author is saying about them.
What's more, novels are made up of language. ___6___ use language in a special way to make their novels work. They may use metaphors (比喻), invent symbols, or show different characters' personalities through their speech styles.
In addition, the point of view the story is told from is a very important tool for a novelist. Is a novel told in the third person, or from the point of view of one of its characters? There are many different ways to show a point of view, and they have a great effect on the reader's experience of a story.
1.A) Have pity on B) Get along with C) Pay attention to D) Take care of
2.A) attract B) understand C) discuss D) examine
3.A) popular B) wonderful C) strange D) important
4.A) Finally B) However C) Next D) For example
5.A) Make sure B) Turn out C) Think of D) Show off
6.A) Writers B) Teachers C) Readers D) Students
1. C
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. A
C.R ead the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的
词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):（14分）
How many people travel every year? Perhaps the moment you are
reading this story, more than 100 airplanes will have taken off all over the
world. Today, with more c___1___ transport and smarter planning tools,
travelling is becoming simpler than ever. It won’t be too long before many
new changes of travel will be available. Here are some trends we can expect in the next ten years!
➢Travel planning in your hand
With the help of technology, making plans for your trip is in your hand! Your phones are becoming even smarter. You can a___2___ simple things like flight times and numbers to your phone calendar and set a reminder (提醒). If you want to find local food or a museum, just turn on an app. Isn’t that advanced (先进的)? For example, Google Cardboard is a cheap virtual reality device (虚拟现实装置) that is used with your smartphone. It makes you feel like you’re r___3___ there. If you want to visit the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the device will lead you to the tower and show you the way to get in.
➢Airports make a difference
The picture of a chaotic(混乱的) airport is d___4___. Maybe we won’t see it any longer. Future airport designs aim to focus on a local feel. Travelers will be greeted by local artworks as they wait for their luggage. They will also provide local street food in waiting areas. Now we have some good e___5___. Travelers can enjoy a mini-jungle inside Kuala Lumpur International Airport. The library in Amsterdam
Airport Schiphol also gives travelers a unique experience. How should other airports show their local features in the future?
➢The rise of experience hotels
In the future, travelers may not always stay in normal rooms. They have started to find some i___6___ places to make their travel experiences more colorful. Can you imagine swinging into a treehouse by a zipline (滑索)? You can find o___7___ in Laos (老挝). How about sleeping in a Trojan Horse? Just go to Belgium. Travelers will look for more fun experiences from their accommodation (住宿) in coming years.
1. convenient
2. add
3. really
4. disappearing
5. examples
6. interesting
7. one
D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)
After picking up the Oscar Award for Best Actor on January 23, 2015, Eddie
Redmayne, 33, has joined the ranks of the best in show business. Playing professor
Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything (《万物理论》), he even received a
warm message from Hawking himself. “Congratulations to Eddie Redmayne for
winning an Oscar for playing me,” he tweeted(在推特上说). “I’m very proud of
you.”
The son of a banker, Redmayne took acting classes from a young age. He
attended the Eton school with Prince William and studied art history at Cambridge, and won his first theater award in 2004. But the freckle-faced (脸上长雀斑的) actor waited until The Theory of Everything for his first leading role.
Redmayne was excited and nervous when he got the chance. To play a great thinker is challenging for any actor. Playing Hawking requires even more courage because the world famous physicist was diagnosed (诊断) with ALS (肌萎缩侧索硬化症), a muscle disease with no cure, at age 21.
He spent four months studying Hawking’s life and watched every
documentary he could find on the scientist. He also met with more than 30
patients to understand how ALS affected Hawking. He lost 15 pounds (6.8 kg)
for the role and grew long fingernails after learning this was Hawking’s habit.
Upon winning the Best Actor award, Redmayne also won the audiences’
hearts. His emotions were on full display as he walked up to the stage, before
announcing, “I'm fully sure that I am a lucky, lucky man. This Oscar belongs to all of those people around the world battling ALS.”
The humble (谦虚的) actor had a message for Stephen Hawking: “Thank you for reminding me of the power of love and the will to live every second of your life as fully as possible.”
1.Did Redmayne win the Oscar Award for Best Actor? (1分)
_________, __________________________________________________________.
2.Which character did he play in The Theory of Everything?（2分）
He _________________________________________________________________.
3.When did Redmayne win his first theatre award?（2分）
____________________________________________________________________.
4.How long did it take Redmayne to study Hawking’s life? （2分）
It ___________________________________________________________________.
5.Why did Redmayne say that this Oscar belonged to all of those people around the world battling ALS ?
（2分）
_____________________________________________________________________.
6.What can we learn from the two sides Redmayne wrote for Stephen Hawking? （3分）
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________.
【答案】
1.Yes, he did.
2.He played ( professor) Stephen Hawking.
3.(He won his first theatre award) in 200
4.
4.It took Redmayne four months(to study Hawking’s life).
5.Because he acted as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything and Hawking was diagnosed with
ALS.
6.Any acceptable answer.
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C. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给):
（1）
A nine-year-old boy with a keen eye for both fashion and business is taking the
bakery world by storm.
Cory Nieves, from New Jersey, who uses the business name “Mr. Cory”, not only wears tailored（定制的）suits and silk ties from fashionable grown-up stores, but is
also the o___1___ of a famous cookie company called Mr. Cory’s Cookies.
On his website, which has 3,000 fans, Cory shows his p___2___ fashion sense. In one photo, he stands in front of his cookie stand in white shorts and a dark jacket, wearing fashionable glasses and a stack of bracelets（手镯）to look more attractive.
Cory wrote on his website that he f___3___ came up with the idea to start a business when he and his mother moved to New Jersey from New York City in 2009 and he decided to help mom buy a car. Then he began selling hot cocoa drinks in front of his home and f___4___ he has developed it into the cookie business.
Not only has he developed a fan base for his d___5___ cookies, but he has also won over fans who like his fashion sense.
In the comment section on his page, fans have expressed their l___6___, with one person writing, “This kid is really smart.”
The project may have begun as a way to buy his mom a car, but Cory says he now has even higher hopes. “I’m going to do it to earn money for college and for l___7___ how to run a business,” he told NorthJersey.
Besides being the CEO of his cookie company, Cory is also an actor and model.
【难度】★★★
【答案】1. owner    2. perfect    3. first    4. finally    5. delicious    6. love 7. learning
（2）
For many people, having your own business sounds like the perfect job. You can do work that you love. You can set your own timetable, and wear jeans to work. You never have to listen to a boss, and you always make a decision y___1___. You can even raise your salary any time you want.
But the reality is different. “Having your own business can be h___2___,” says David Paik. After working for an advertising agency for six years, he started a website design business at home. His income in the f___3___ two months was $0. At last, he got a big project creating a website for a magazine. Then he had a new problem: his timetable. “I was working twelve hours a day, seven days a
week, b___4___ I didn’t have employees to help me.” Today, Paik Web Design is successful, but David says, “I really wasn’t prepared to be a business owner. I didn’t realize the difficulty.”
With no boss, it’s easy to take too much time off—and get too little work done. With no workmates, you might feel b___5___ or lonely. You have to pay for your own holidays. If you make a bad business decision, you could lose all the money. For all of these reasons, more than half of all new businesses