2023届高三英语二轮复习强化练7：新闻报道类阅读（含答案）
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强化练7：新闻报道类阅读
A
(2022·广东一模)
Desperate to help his 96-year-old mother to speak her mother tongue again，Keith McDermott made an appeal on social media and was met with a flood of kind responses.The old lady，Ray，was moved to tears after talking on the phone with one of the enthusiastic respondents in Welsh.
Ray moved to America after meeting her husband when she was only 18，hence waving goodbye to her life in Wales.She continued to speak Welsh with her mum—keeping a little bit of home.But she lost her beloved mum four decades ago and hadn’t spoken Welsh ever since.
Despite suffering from short-term memory loss and sometimes not remembering what she has done recently，Ray’s childhood memories in Wales remain clear.“She wants to return but I know，given her age，such long-distance travel is out of the question，” said Keith.“Once she mentioned ‘I wish I could speak Welsh again but I suppose I never will.’ It was then that I thought I should make her wish happen.”
So Keith,70，posted on social media in the New York Welsh area asking for any Welsh speakers that could speak Welsh with his mum.And he was touched，as well as a little shocked，to receive over 30 responses within half an hour.Keith thanked everyone and eventually asked Melisa to give his mum a phone call.“Speaking with Melisa，her (Ray’s) Welsh was a little rusty.A few more Welsh conversations and I think she’d be fluent again，” added Keith.
“When you have a parent in their nineties，you will find you two have something in common：you’re both old，so I am very sympathetic to my mother’s feelings of loneliness and isolation(孤立)．I’m feeling it myself.” Keith hopes to set up more Welsh phone conversations for his mum and Melisa has promised to send Ray some short stories in Welsh to remind her of her life in Wales.
1．Why did Keith post a message on social media
A．To gather American Welsh speakers.
B．To help his mum speak Welsh again.
C．To slow down his mum’s memory loss.
D．To track down his family’s Welsh origin.
2．How did Keith feel after seeing the responses
A．Surprised and moved.
B．Concerned and thankful.
C．Sympathetic and excited.
D．Astonished and isolated.
3．What is conveyed in the story
A．Social media contribute to closer family ties.
B．Mother tongue means more than a language.
C．Childhood experiences shape one’s later life.
D．One will be more sensitive when getting older.
4．Where is the text probably taken from
A．A community noticeboard.
B．A health magazine.
C．A language-learning website.
D．A local newspaper.
B
(2022·福建漳州质检)
Guy Bryant never intended to be a father figure.But over the past 12 years，he’s housed more than 50 foster kids in his Brooklyn apartment.
For decades，Bryant,61，worked with teens aging out of New York’s child welfare system.His job was to find services that would make the transition(过渡) to living on their own easier.But he felt that what he could accomplish at the New York City Administration for Children’s Services office wasn’t enough.So in 2007，he decided to become a foster parent.
In an interview last month，Bryant told Romario Vassell,21，one of his foster children，that agreeing to care for him was definitely one of the best decisions he made in foster care.Bryant told Vassell that he was nervous when he took in his first foster child.He said，“I lived alone at that point，and he was a kid that nobody wanted to take because of his behaviors.He got in a fight and he appeared at my house.”Bryant said his family thought he was out of his mind for making such a big lifestyle change and wondered how Bryant would adjust.
Bryant had been Vassell’s assigned case worker when they met.Bryant suggested that Vassell，then an untidy 18-year-old，consider foster care as an option to get out of the homeless shelter where he was staying.
At first，Vassell was hesitant.“I didn’t know how foster care was，” he said.
Since living with Bryant，Vassell now feels like he has a support network.“If I feel down and like I’m cornered，I have someone I can reach out to and talk to，” he said.“And that’s what I really love.”
Bryant told Vassell，“Whatever you’ve learned from me，I want you to teach it to someone else.Because that’s what’s important to me.”
5．What is the second paragraph mainly about
A．The shift of teens’ life.
B．An introduction of Bryant’s task.
C．Bryant’s challenge as a foster parent.
D．The reason for Bryant’s being a foster parent.
6．How did Bryant’s family feel about his decision
A．Disappointed. B．Ashamed.
C．Puzzled. D．Embarrassed.
7．What can we know about Vassell from the text
A．He is now living alone.
B．He was Bryant’s first foster kid.
C．He refused Bryant’s offer at first.
D．He was instructed to pay kindness forward.
8．What is the author’s purpose in writing the text
A．To call for social care.
B．To praise Bryant’s deeds.
C．To tell the story of Vassell.
D．To comment on Bryant’s life.
C
Half of all work tasks will be handled by machines by 2025 in a shift likely to worsen inequality，a World Economic Forum report has forecast.
The think tank said a “robot revolution” would create 97 million jobs worldwide but destroy almost as many，leaving some communities at risk.Routine or manual jobs in administration and data processing were most at threat of automation，WEF said.But it said there would be a need for new jobs in care，big data and the green economy.
The WEF surveyed 300 of the world’s biggest companies，with more than 8 million employees globally.More than 50% of employers surveyed said they expected to speed up the automation of some roles in their companies，while 43% felt they were likely to cut jobs due to technology.
WEF said the pandemic(疫情) had sped up the adoption of new technologies as firms looked to cut costs and adopt new ways of working.But it warned workers now faced a double threat from “accelerating automation and the economic impact from the COVID-19”．
“These things have deepened existing inequalities across labor markets and removed gains in employment made since the global financial crisis in 2007－2008，” said Saadia Zahidi，managing director at WEF.“The window of opportunity for active management of this change is closing fast.”
WEF said currently around a third of all work tasks were handled by machines，with humans doing the rest，but by 2025 the balance would shift.Roles that relied on human skills such as advising，decision-making，reasoning，communicating and interacting would rise in demand.There would also be a sudden large increase in demand for workers to fill green economy jobs，and new roles in areas like engineering and cloud computing.
But it said millions of routine or manual jobs would be displaced by technology，affecting the lowest paid，lowest skilled workers the most.It said millions would need to be re-skilled to cope with the change，while governments would have to provide “stronger safety nets” for displaced workers.
9．Who are included in “some communities” mentioned in Paragraph 2
A．Unskilled workers.
B．Software engineers.
C．Career consultants.
D．Organic farmers.
10．What is the purpose of Paragraphs 3 and 4
A．To analyse the reliability of the figures and facts.
B．To provide supporting evidence for the main idea.
C．To introduce two events for discussion.
D．To highlight two causes of the effects.
11．What do the displaced people expect their governments to do
A．Slow down the automation.
B．Strengthen social security.
C．Improve network safety.
D．Promote the Robot Revolution.
12．What can be a suitable title for the text
A．Further Inequalities from the Robot Revolution
B．A Double Threat from Automation and Pandemic
C．Half of All Work Tasks to Be Lost
D．Half of All Work Tasks to Be Automated
参考答案
语篇解读 这是一则新闻报道。这篇文章主要讲了Keith McDermott急切地想帮助96岁的母亲再次说母语，于是他在社交媒体上发出了呼吁，并得到了大量善意的回应。
1．B [细节理解题。根据第一段第一句可知，Keith在社交媒体上发信息是想帮他妈妈再次说威尔士语。故选B。]
2．A [细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第二句可知，Keith看到这些回应后，感到既吃惊又感动。故选A。]
3．B [推理判断题。根据最后一段并结合整篇文章内容可知，这篇文章传达了这样一个理念：母语不仅仅意味着一种语言，它是内心深处的一种细腻温暖的情感的体现。故选B。]
4．D [文章出处题。根据第一段第一句并结合整篇文章内容可知，这篇文章主要讲了Keith McDermott急切地想帮助96岁的母亲再次说母语，于是他在社交媒体上发出了呼吁，并得到了大量善意的回应。由此可见这是一则新闻报道，最可能出现在当地的一家报纸上。故选D。]
5．D [段落大意题。根据第二段第三、四句可知，第二段的主要内容是Bryant成为养父母的原因。故选D。]
6．C [推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句可知，Bryant的家人对他的决定感到不解和困惑，故选C。]
7．D [细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，瓦塞尔被教导要继续行善。故选D。]
8．B [写作意图题。通读全文，尤其是第一段可知，本文主要讲的是Guy Bryant收养了50多个孩子的善举，因此本文的目的是赞美Bryant的事迹。故选B。]
语篇解读 这是一篇新闻报道。世界经济论坛的一份报告预测，到2025年，一半的工作任务将由机器完成，这种转变可能会加剧不平等。
9．A [推理判断题。由第二段第二、三句可知，世界经济论坛指出行政和数据处理方面的常规或体力工作受自动化的威胁最大。不过护理、大数据和绿色经济领域将出现新的就业岗位，说明“机器人革命”使非技术工人处于危险之中，让他们失去就业机会，由此可知，some communities包含非技术工人。故选A。]
10．B [推理判断题。根据第一段可知，世界经济论坛的一份报告预测，到2025年，一半的工作任务将由机器完成，这种转变可能会加剧不平等，第三段用数据表明“多数雇主希望加快公司某些职位的自动化进程，裁员，使用机器来工作”，第四段讲“新冠疫情加速了新技术(机器)的采用”，因此这两段都在为第一段提出的观点提供支持性证据。故选B。]
11．B [细节理解题。由最后一段最后一句可知，下岗工人希望政府为自己提供“更强大的安全网”，结合下岗工人无工作、无收入的处境，“更强大的安全网”在此处意为“加强社会保障”。故选B。]
12．D [标题归纳题。通读全文可知，文章主要讲由于雇主使用机器来工作，人们会失去一些工作岗位，一半的工作任务将实现自动化。故选D。]
A
(2022·广东一模)
Desperate to help his 96-year-old mother to speak her mother tongue again，Keith McDermott made an appeal on social media and was met with a flood of kind responses.The old lady，Ray，was moved to tears after talking on the phone with one of the enthusiastic respondents in Welsh.
Ray moved to America after meeting her husband when she was only 18，hence waving goodbye to her life in Wales.She continued to speak Welsh with her mum—keeping a little bit of home.But she lost her beloved mum four decades ago and hadn’t spoken Welsh ever since.
Despite suffering from short-term memory loss and sometimes not remembering what she has done recently，Ray’s childhood memories in Wales remain clear.“She wants to return but I know，given her age，such long-distance travel is out of the question，” said Keith.“Once she mentioned ‘I wish I could speak Welsh again but I suppose I never will.’ It was then that I thought I should make her wish happen.”
So Keith,70，posted on social media in the New York Welsh area asking for any Welsh speakers that could speak Welsh with his mum.And he was touched，as well as a little shocked，to receive over 30 responses within half an hour.Keith thanked everyone and eventually asked Melisa to give his mum a phone call.“Speaking with Melisa，her (Ray’s) Welsh was a little rusty.A few more Welsh conversations and I think she’d be fluent again，” added Keith.
“When you have a parent in their nineties，you will find you two have something in common：you’re both old，so I am very sympathetic to my mother’s feelings of loneliness and isolation(孤立)．I’m feeling it myself.” Keith hopes to set up more Welsh phone conversations for his mum and Melisa has promised to send Ray some short stories in Welsh to remind her of her life in Wales.
1．Why did Keith post a message on social media
A．To gather American Welsh speakers.
B．To help his mum speak Welsh again.
C．To slow down his mum’s memory loss.
D．To track down his family’s Welsh origin.
2．How did Keith feel after seeing the responses
A．Surprised and moved.
B．Concerned and thankful.
C．Sympathetic and excited.
D．Astonished and isolated.
3．What is conveyed in the story
A．Social media contribute to closer family ties.
B．Mother tongue means more than a language.
C．Childhood experiences shape one’s later life.
D．One will be more sensitive when getting older.
4．Where is the text probably taken from
A．A community noticeboard.
B．A health magazine.
C．A language-learning website.
D．A local newspaper.
B
(2022·福建漳州质检)
Guy Bryant never intended to be a father figure.But over the past 12 years，he’s housed more than 50 foster kids in his Brooklyn apartment.
For decades，Bryant,61，worked with teens aging out of New York’s child welfare system.His job was to find services that would make the transition(过渡) to living on their own easier.But he felt that what he could accomplish at the New York City Administration for Children’s Services office wasn’t enough.So in 2007，he decided to become a foster parent.
In an interview last month，Bryant told Romario Vassell,21，one of his foster children，that agreeing to care for him was definitely one of the best decisions he made in foster care.Bryant told Vassell that he was nervous when he took in his first foster child.He said，“I lived alone at that point，and he was a kid that nobody wanted to take because of his behaviors.He got in a fight and he appeared at my house.”Bryant said his family thought he was out of his mind for making such a big lifestyle change and wondered how Bryant would adjust.
Bryant had been Vassell’s assigned case worker when they met.Bryant suggested that Vassell，then an untidy 18-year-old，consider foster care as an option to get out of the homeless shelter where he was staying.
At first，Vassell was hesitant.“I didn’t know how foster care was，” he said.
Since living with Bryant，Vassell now feels like he has a support network.“If I feel down and like I’m cornered，I have someone I can reach out to and talk to，” he said.“And that’s what I really love.”
Bryant told Vassell，“Whatever you’ve learned from me，I want you to teach it to someone else.Because that’s what’s important to me.”
5．What is the second paragraph mainly about
A．The shift of teens’ life.
B．An introduction of Bryant’s task.
C．Bryant’s challenge as a foster parent.
D．The reason for Bryant’s being a foster parent.
6．How did Bryant’s family feel about his decision
A．Disappointed. B．Ashamed.
C．Puzzled. D．Embarrassed.
7．What can we know about Vassell from the text
A．He is now living alone.
B．He was Bryant’s first foster kid.
C．He refused Bryant’s offer at first.
D．He was instructed to pay kindness forward.
8．What is the author’s purpose in writing the text
A．To call for social care.
B．To praise Bryant’s deeds.
C．To tell the story of Vassell.
D．To comment on Bryant’s life.
C
Half of all work tasks will be handled by machines by 2025 in a shift likely to worsen inequality，a World Economic Forum report has forecast.
The think tank said a “robot revolution” would create 97 million jobs worldwide but destroy almost as many，leaving some communities at risk.Routine or manual jobs in administration and data processing were most at threat of automation，WEF said.But it said there would be a need for new jobs in care，big data and the green economy.
The WEF surveyed 300 of the world’s biggest companies，with more than 8 million employees globally.More than 50% of employers surveyed said they expected to speed up the automation of some roles in their companies，while 43% felt they were likely to cut jobs due to technology.
WEF said the pandemic(疫情) had sped up the adoption of new technologies as firms looked to cut costs and adopt new ways of working.But it warned workers now faced a double threat from “accelerating automation and the economic impact from the COVID-19”．
“These things have deepened existing inequalities across labor markets and removed gains in employment made since the global financial crisis in 2007－2008，” said Saadia Zahidi，managing director at WEF.“The window of opportunity for active management of this change is closing fast.”
WEF said currently around a third of all work tasks were handled by machines，with humans doing the rest，but by 2025 the balance would shift.Roles that relied on human skills such as advising，decision-making，reasoning，communicating and interacting would rise in demand.There would also be a sudden large increase in demand for workers to fill green economy jobs，and new roles in areas like engineering and cloud computing.
But it said millions of routine or manual jobs would be displaced by technology，affecting the lowest paid，lowest skilled workers the most.It said millions would need to be re-skilled to cope with the change，while governments would have to provide “stronger safety nets” for displaced workers.
9．Who are included in “some communities” mentioned in Paragraph 2
A．Unskilled workers.
B．Software engineers.
C．Career consultants.
D．Organic farmers.
10．What is the purpose of Paragraphs 3 and 4
A．To analyse the reliability of the figures and facts.
B．To provide supporting evidence for the main idea.
C．To introduce two events for discussion.
D．To highlight two causes of the effects.
11．What do the displaced people expect their governments to do
A．Slow down the automation.
B．Strengthen social security.
C．Improve network safety.
D．Promote the Robot Revolution.
12．What can be a suitable title for the text
A．Further Inequalities from the Robot Revolution
B．A Double Threat from Automation and Pandemic
C．Half of All Work Tasks to Be Lost
D．Half of All Work Tasks to Be Automated
参考答案
语篇解读 这是一则新闻报道。这篇文章主要讲了Keith McDermott急切地想帮助96岁的母亲再次说母语，于是他在社交媒体上发出了呼吁，并得到了大量善意的回应。
1．B [细节理解题。根据第一段第一句可知，Keith在社交媒体上发信息是想帮他妈妈再次说威尔士语。故选B。]
2．A [细节理解题。根据倒数第二段第二句可知，Keith看到这些回应后，感到既吃惊又感动。故选A。]
3．B [推理判断题。根据最后一段并结合整篇文章内容可知，这篇文章传达了这样一个理念：母语不仅仅意味着一种语言，它是内心深处的一种细腻温暖的情感的体现。故选B。]
4．D [文章出处题。根据第一段第一句并结合整篇文章内容可知，这篇文章主要讲了Keith McDermott急切地想帮助96岁的母亲再次说母语，于是他在社交媒体上发出了呼吁，并得到了大量善意的回应。由此可见这是一则新闻报道，最可能出现在当地的一家报纸上。故选D。]
5．D [段落大意题。根据第二段第三、四句可知，第二段的主要内容是Bryant成为养父母的原因。故选D。]
6．C [推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句可知，Bryant的家人对他的决定感到不解和困惑，故选C。]
7．D [细节理解题。根据最后一段可知，瓦塞尔被教导要继续行善。故选D。]
8．B [写作意图题。通读全文，尤其是第一段可知，本文主要讲的是Guy Bryant收养了50多个孩子的善举，因此本文的目的是赞美Bryant的事迹。故选B。]
语篇解读 这是一篇新闻报道。世界经济论坛的一份报告预测，到2025年，一半的工作任务将由机器完成，这种转变可能会加剧不平等。
9．A [推理判断题。由第二段第二、三句可知，世界经济论坛指出行政和数据处理方面的常规或体力工作受自动化的威胁最大。不过护理、大数据和绿色经济领域将出现新的就业岗位，说明“机器人革命”使非技术工人处于危险之中，让他们失去就业机会，由此可知，some communities包含非技术工人。故选A。]
10．B [推理判断题。根据第一段可知，世界经济论坛的一份报告预测，到2025年，一半的工作任务将由机器完成，这种转变可能会加剧不平等，第三段用数据表明“多数雇主希望加快公司某些职位的自动化进程，裁员，使用机器来工作”，第四段讲“新冠疫情加速了新技术(机器)的采用”，因此这两段都在为第一段提出的观点提供支持性证据。故选B。]
11．B [细节理解题。由最后一段最后一句可知，下岗工人希望政府为自己提供“更强大的安全网”，结合下岗工人无工作、无收入的处境，“更强大的安全网”在此处意为“加强社会保障”。故选B。]
12．D [标题归纳题。通读全文可知，文章主要讲由于雇主使用机器来工作，人们会失去一些工作岗位，一半的工作任务将实现自动化。故选D。]