阅读理解限时训练六(请在35分钟内完成)
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30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
Sights for sore(痛)eyes:alternative places to visit in London
Overdosed on London tourist attractions We've picked some great but quieter alternatives to those crowded places.
Been to the South Bank
Go to Trinity Buoy Wharf
Hidden in the industrial wilds of the Leamouth Peninsula,this secret waterside arts center is well worth a visit. Visit Andrew Baldwin's sculpture park,go to see and hear Long player,a piece of music playing for a thousand years in a lighthouse,pop into The Faraday Effect,a tiny museum documenting the life of Michael Faraday. Open daily.
Been to the Odeon Leicester Square
Go to The Castle Cinema
Sitting above the prettiest Spar in the world on Chatsworth Road is a small,independent movie house that was built more than a hundred years ago. The Castle Cinema is now one of the prettiest,cheapest and least crowded places to watch the latest releases(发行)and old favorites.Open daily.Prices vary.
Been to the Science Museum
Go to the Wellcome Collection
The Wellcome Collection manages to make all the sciences excite,showing their art, beauty and collection to everyday life. Tue.-Sun.10 am-6 pm. Free.
Been to the V&A
Go to Sir John Soane’s Museum
When he wasn’t designing buildings, neoclassical(新古典主义)architect Sir John crazily collected art, furniture and architectural decoration.You can see them all-including a sarcophagus(大理石石棺)carved for the pharaoh Seti I(1291-1278 BC)-in his beautiful,odd house in Lincoln's Inn Fields.Tue.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm. Free.
1.Where can you go if you want to learn about the life of Michael Faraday
A. The South Bank B.The Faraday Effect
C. The Castle Cinema. D.The Wellcome Collection.
2.What do we know about The Castle Cinema
A. It opens daily and it’s free.
B.It is one of the most crowded places.
C.You can see the newest movies there.
D. It was built less than a hundred years ago.
3.What is the purpose of the text
A. To introduce quieter alternatives to London tourist attractions.
B. To persuade tourists to visit London tourist attractions.
C. To show some attractive and popular tourist attractions.
D. To advertise the four alternative places in London.
B
That cold January night, I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco. I was walking home at one in the morning after a tiring practice at the theatre. With opening night only a week away,I was still learning my lines.I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job at the bank and my acting at night at the same time. As I walked, I thought seriously about giving up both acting and San Francisco.City-life had become too much for me.
As I walked down empty streets under tall buildings, I felt very small and cold. About a block from my apartment, I heard a sound behind me. I turned quickly, half expecting to see someone with a knife or a gun.But nothing happened. Not until I reached my apartment building and unlocked the door did I realize what the noise had been. It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.
Suddenly I wasn't cold or tired anymore. I ran out of the door and back to where I'd heard the noise. Although I searched the sidewalk anxiously for fifteen minutes, my wallet was nowhere to be found.
Just as I was about to give up the search, I heard the garbage truck pull up to the sidewalk next to me.When a voice called from the inside, “Alisa Camacho ”I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name The door opened, and out jumped a small red-haired man with an amused look in his eye. “Is this what you're looking for ” he asked,holding up a small square shape.
It was nearly 3 A.M. by the time I got into bed. I wouldn't get much sleep that night,but I had gotten my wallet back.I also had gotten back some enjoyment of city life. I realized that the city couldn't be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other.
4. How did the writer feel when she was walking home after work
A. Cold and sick. B. Fortunate and helpful.
C. Satisfied and cheerful. D.Disappointed and helpless.
5.What happened to the writer on her way home
A.She lost her wallet unknowingly.
B. She was stopped by a garbage truck driver.
C.She was robbed of her wallet by an armed man.
D.She found some homeless people following her.
6.Why did the writer say she was dreaming
A. Someone offered to take her back home.
B. A red-haired man came to see her.
C. She found some homeless people following her.
D. Her wallet was found in a garbage truck.
7. What can we infer about the writer from the text
A. She would stop working at night.
B.She would stay on in San Francisco.
C. She would make friends with cleaners.
D. She would give up her job at the bank.
C
The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator(发电机).The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint(足迹).Guests will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electricity-roughly 15 minutes of cycling for someone of average fitness.Guests staying at Plaza Hotel will be given meat tickels worth $36 once they have produced 10 watt hours of electricity. The bicycles will have smart phones attached to the handlebars measuring how much power is being generated for the hotel.
The plan, a world-first,will start on April 19th and run for a year. Only guests staying at the hotel will be able to take part. Frederikke Toemmergaard, hotel spokeswoman,said, “Many of our visitors are business people who enjoy going to the gym. There might be people who will cycle just to get a free meal, but generally I don't think people will take advantage of our programme.”
Copenhagen has a long tradition of cycling and 36% of locals cycle to work each day,one of the highest percentages in the world, according to the website visitcopenhagen.dk. US environmental website recently voted Copenhagen the world's best city for cyclists. “Because Copenhagen is strongly connected with cycling, we felt the bicycle would work well as a symbol of the hotel’s green profile(形象).”
If successful,the electric bicycle meal programme will be spread to all Crowne Plaza hotels in the UK,the hotel said in a statement.
8.What is the main purpose of the free meal programme
A. To make the city known to the world.
B.To promote the hotel's green concept.
C.To attract people to the hotel restaurant.
D. To gel guests to stay longer at the hotel.
9. How can a participant get a free meal
A.By becoming a professional cyclist.
B. By linking a smart phone to a bicycle.
C.By cycling to produce some electricity.
D. By monitoring his or her carbon footprint.
10.Who are most likely to enter for the programme
A.The poor local people. B.The environment activists.
C.Health-conscious hotel guests. D.Visitors fond of Copenhagen food.
11.What characteristic does Copenhagen have
A.The best chain hotel feature.
B.One of the greenest natural environments.
C.The longest bike paths in the world.
D.One of the world's highest rates of people cycling to work.
D
Morale(士气)would influence the quality as well as productivity of the employees. However, many times, employers tend to forget that.Hence, it is extremely crucial for employers to know ways of improving employee morale.
Before looking for ways to improve employee's morale, it is important to find the root cause of the problem. Though the cause will be different,some are common in all organizations.Low salary can be one of the reasons, and incidents where an employee being fired can cause unrest among the employees. Apart from these,too much workload,unsafe working conditions,etc. also cause low moral.Once you find the root cause of the problem,you can work towards improving it.
Everyone hopes the work they have done will be appreciated.When your employees are praised, their confidence increases and this helps them to perform better.Appreciation can be in the form of simple words like "good job","well done", etc.or may be through monetary incentives.Some employers have the habit of swearing at their employees. Though his method may be effective in the completion of the work,such a thing can cause unhappiness among the employees.They must realize that employees are humans who should be respected.
When employees think their opinions do not matter in the organization, they will feel depressed(沮丧的). This is because there is not proper communication between the employer and the employees on a regular basis. It is important for employers to collect opinions on new policies introduced by the company.
These tips on improving employee's morale may be helpful. High moral means high efficiency, high quality in work and harmony in human relationship.
How many root causes of low morale are mentioned in the passage
A.Five. B.Four. C.Three. D.Two.
13.What do the underlined words"swear at" in Para.3 probably mean
A Blame. B.Praise. C.Take care of. D.Keep track of.
14.The writer thinks that to improve employees' morale is to________ .
A. ask employees to speak properly in public
B. ask employees to give their opinions in secret
C. ask employers to collect views on new policies
D. ask employers to communicate with their employees properly
15.What docs the passage mainly tell us
A.Reasons of companies' low morale.
B.Ways of improving companies' morale.
C.The importance of morale for companies.
D.Methods of improving companies' productivity.
第二节(共5小题:每小题2分满分0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。
Over the last few years,there’s been a trend to focus on gratitude.We can buy different kinds of gratitude journals, or download apps that remind us to write down our blessings. 16 “But it's also important to remember that gratitude is free.”says Laurie Santos, who teaches a course on the science of well-being and happiness at Yale University.
Noting down gratitude seems to pay off. Studies have found that giving thanks can help people sleep better, lower stress and improve interpersonal relationships. Keeping a gratitude journal can decrease materialism and enhance(提高)generosity among adolescents. 17 “It's one practices that really wins out from the field of positive psychology.” she says.Her students,in addition to keeping gratitude journals, are asked to write a thank-you letter and then read it out loud to the recipient(收信人). “They show measurable improvements in well-being even a month after they've done this.”she says.
18 One study found that counting blessings once a week boosted happiness, but doing so three times a week didn’t. There’s also a lack of research on bow gratitude exercises help people with clinical(临床的) depression or anxiety. Indeed, for all the research on the broad benefits of expressing gratitude, it isn't for everyone. 19 Li can't make injustice,loss or pain disappear.
During really tough times,like when she suffers from poor health,Santos feels like she is reaching for reasons to be grateful. But she still tries to find some. “ I’m grateful for the sun that’s shining or being able to wake up,” she says. 20
A. And it isn't a cure-all.
B. So it doesn't feel pleasant.
C.Those products remind us to take time to be grateful.
D.What works for some people may not work Tor others.
E. Gratitude allows her to remember what is going well.
F.Practicing loo much gratitude may have undesired effects.
G.That's why gratitude features heavily in Santos' happiness class.
阅读理解限时训练六答案详解
第一节
(A)本文主要讲述了在伦敦游玩时可供选择的四个伦敦旅游景点。
1.B 细节理解题。由题干信息 Michael Faraday定位到“pop into The Faraday Effect”,由此可知选B项。
2.C 细节理解题。由题干信息 The Castle Cinema定位到原文"The Castle Cinema is now one of the prettiest,cheapest and least crowded places to watch the latest releases and old favorites."由此可知选 C项。
3.A 写作意图题。根据标题和第一段“Overdosed on London tourist attractions We've picked some great but quieter alternatives to those crowded places.”可知选A项。
(B)本文主要讲了作者原本厌倦了在旧金山的生活,想离开这座城市。后来一个陌生人的帮助让作者重燃对这个城市生活的热爱,最终放弃了离开这座城市的想法。
4.D 推理判断题。由第一段的描述,特别是“I was growing sick of my life in San Francisco.""a tiring practice at the theatre""I was having trouble dealing with my part-time job”等可看出,作者已经厌倦 了旧金山的生活,作者独自一人走在大街上,感到特别失望、疲惫与无助,故选D项。
5.A 细节理解题。由第二段最后两句"...I realize what the noise had been.It had been my wallet falling to the sidewalk.”可知,作 者在回到公寓房间时才意识到自己的钱包掉了,即作者是在回家的路上丢了钱包,但她并没有察觉到,故选A项。
6.C 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“When a voice called from the inside,"Alisa Camacho 'I thought I was dreaming. How could this man know my name?”可知,当一个陌生人居然叫出了作者的名字,作者感到很惊讶,以为自己是在做梦,故选C项。
7.B 推理判断题。由最后一段最后一句"I realized that the city couldn't be a bad place as long as people were willing to help each other." 可知,作者在这城市得到了一个陌生人的帮助,让她感到了人间真情,由此可推断作者会选择继续留在这座城市,故选B项。
(C)哥本哈根的一家酒店推出了一项免餐方案,它给顾客提供一类特殊的健身自行车,顾客只需要通过骑自行车15分钟左右产生10瓦·时电量就能得到价值36美元的免费用餐券,该方案旨在推行低碳生活的环保理念。
8.B 推理判断题。由第一段第二句"The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint.”可知,酒店的理念让人们保持健康并且减少碳足迹,即“提升酒店的环保概念”,故选B项。A项”让城市为世界所知”;C项“吸引人们到酒店餐厅”;D项”让客人在酒店待得更久”,均不符合题意。
9.C 细节理解题。由第一段第一句中的“offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator”可知,参与者可通过骑自行车发电来获得免费食物,故选项C正确。
10.C 推理判断题。由第二段第二句"Only guests staying at the hotel will be able to take part.”及第三句中的“Many of our visitors are business people who enjoy going to the gym.”可知,只有待在酒店的客人才能够参加,而大多数客人是喜欢去健身房的商务人士,由此可推断,那些重视健康的酒店客人最有可能去参加这个活动,故选C项。
11.D 细节理解题。由第三段首句“Copenhagen has a long tradition of cycling and 36% of locals cycle to work each day,one of the highest percentages in the world”可知,哥本哈根每天骑车上班的人数比例居世界前列,即“哥本哈根是世界上骑车上班率最高的国家之一”,故选D项。
(D)企业员工士气不高的话,对企业的发展是非常不利的。本文作者介绍了提高员工士气的一些方法。
12.B 细节理解题。由第二段中的"Low salary...incidents where an employee being fired""too much workload,unsafe working conditions" 可知。
13.A 词义猜测题。从后文的“be effective in the completion of the work",尤其是”They must realize that employees are humans who should be respected.”可以推出是责备或咒骂员工。
14.D 细节推理题。根据第四段中的“This is because there is not proper communication between the employees and the employer on a regular basis.“可以推断出,老板只有定期地与员工沟通才能解决问题。
15.B 主旨大意题。本文作者的主要目的就是给老板提出了一些如何提高员工士气的建议。
第二节
本文为一篇说明文。文章说明了感思逐渐成为一种趋势及感思的重要性。
16.C 结合空前句“我们可以购买不同种类的感恩日记,或者下载提醒我们写下祝福的应用程序”,选项C”这些产品提醒我们要花时间去感恩”衔接前文,解释这些感恩产品的作用。
17.G 结合前文“研究发现,感恩可以帮助人们睡得更好,减轻压力,改善人际关系。写感恩日记可以减少物质主义,提高青少年的慷慨程度”,及后文“她的学生除了写感谢日记外,还要写一封感谢信,然后大声念给收件人听”可知,感恩有很多好处,结合后文她在课上教导学生需要感恩。选项G”这就是为什么感恩在桑托斯的幸福课上占了很大比重”符合此处语境。
18.F 结合空后句“一项研究发现,每周一次祝福能提升幸福感,但一周三次却不能。因此,无需太多的感恩”,选项F“太多的感恩可能会有不好的效果”符合此处语境。
19.A 结合空后句“它不能让不公平、损失或痛苦消失”可知,感恩也不是万能的。选项A“它并不是万能药”符合此处语境。
20.E 结合前文”在非常艰难的时候,比如说当她身体不好的时候,桑托斯觉得她有理由感恩”及“我很感激阳光明媚或者我能够醒来”可知,即使她在非常艰难的时候,也能够记得什么是好的,保持积极感恩的心态。选项E“感激使她能记住什么是好的“符合此处语境。