2024届高考英语外刊阅读天天练：阅读理解专题十五（含答案）
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高考英语外刊阅读天天练：阅读理解专题十五
①
We need to talk about economic change – how fast it’s happening and what it looks like when it does. Everyone says technology means economic change is accelerating, and that when the robots arrive the result is current, largely older, workers losing their jobs.
That kind of change can happen, especially if driven by more than technology. The speed, and geographical concentration, of the decline in coal-mining saw many lose their jobs and struggle to find new ones. But thinking all change looks like that can be a poor guide to today’s world. If anything, economic change is slowing down rather than speeding up. The rate at which some parts of the economy grow and others shrink has actually fallen to a nine-decade low–the turbulent 1980s are a long time ago.
And the nature of economic change doesn’t fit the stories we tell. Recent research examines the fate of“teamsters”, who drove teams of animals pulling wagons in 19th-century America, following the arrival of the automotive truck, and considers the lessons for today’s drivers facing automated trucks.
Of course the number of teamsters fell, but more interestingly the average age rose. Why Because much of the decline came from younger workers not entering the profession. In the UK this is why manufacturing employment among workers in their 60s was actually higher in 2018-19 than 1994-95, despite manufacturing jobs being down 38%. Older workers hang on in declining sectors, younger workers look elsewhere.
Economic change can bring big challenges, especially if it is fast, but it’s time we updated how we think about such change.
【The Guardian(October 9,2023)】
As far as most people concerned, what will economic change lead to as technology develops
It’ll postpone the use of advanced robots
B.It’ll accelerate the update in the workforce by robots
C. It’ll worsen the conflict between human beings and robots
D. It’ll replace older workers with younger ones
2. which one can best paraphrase the underlined word “ turbulent”
A. promising
B. Advanced
C. Unstable
D. Sustainable
3. what do we infer from teamsters’ story
A. They were completely wiped out by the automotive truck
B. They feared the automated trucks would influence their jobs
C. They drove teams of animals for daily transportation
D. They insisted on taking up that job even when they were old
4. what’s the best title of the passage
A. Economic change today maybe not what you used to perceive
B.Economic change today is accelerating at a high speed
C. Economic change today is under heated discussion
D.Economic change today demonstrates the disappearance of manufacturing industry
②
Dorothy Hoffner, a 104-year-old Chicago woman whose recent skydive could see her certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to ever jump from a plane, has died.
Hoffner’s close friend Joe Conant said Hoffner apparently died in her sleep on Sunday night. Conant, who is a nurse, said he met Hoffner several years ago while he was working as a caregiver. He said she had amazing energy and remained mentally sharp. “She was indefatigable. She just kept going,” he said Tuesday.
On 1 October, Hoffner made a tandem skydive that could land her in the record books as the world’s oldest skydiver. She jumped out of a plane from 13,500ft (4,100 metres) at Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, Illinois, 85 miles (140km) south-west of Chicago.
“Age is just a number,” Hoffner told a cheering crowd moments after landing. It was not her first time jumping from a plane – that happened when she was a spry 100 years of age.
Conant said Hoffner didn’t skydive to break a record. He said she had so thoroughly enjoyed her first jump that she just wanted to do it again. “She had no intention of breaking the record. And she had no interest in any publicity or anything.” he said.
Skydive Chicago and the United States Parachute Association celebrated Hoffner in a joint statement Tuesday.“We are deeply saddened by Dorothy’s passing and feel honored to have been a part of making her world-record skydive a reality. Skydiving is an activity that many of us safely tuck away in our bucket lists. But Dorothy reminds us that it’s never too late to take the thrill of a lifetime. We are forever grateful that skydiving was a part of her exciting, well-lived life,”they said.
Hoffner worked for more than four decades as a telephone operator and retired 43 years ago. The lifelong Chicago resident never married, and Conant said she had no immediate family members.A memorial service for Hoffner will be held in early November.“She was a dear friend who was an inspiration,”Conant said.
【The Guardian(October 12,2023)】
Which of the following statements is true concerning Dorothy
She served as a caregiver before she retired
Her recent skydive was certified by Guinness World Records after her death
Her close friend Conant was attending her when she died on Sunday
She made the record of the world’s oldest skydiver On 1 October
What’s Dorothy’s purpose of skydiving at such an old age
She wanted to pursue her dream which was postponed
She intended to raise people’s awareness of good fitness
She was deeply impressed by her first jump
She was thoroughly dedicated to fame and publicity
What can we learn form the joint statements in paragraph 6
The association once instructed Dorothy how to skydive
There are many people who give up skydiving because of health conditions
Dorothy set an example for people who want s thrill of lifetime
Dorothy led an exciting and well-lined life even before her retirement
What kind of person is Dorothy according to Conant
Persistent
Frugal
Professional
Knowledgeable
③
A comment from Zadie Smith caught my attention this week. Asked whether she had ever considered recording an album, the novelist responded:“I have a dream of having a Café Carlyle residency in New York in my 80s.”Here she is at the height of her success dreaming of a career Plan B just like the rest of us!
Outlandish Plan Bs fascinate me because for years I had one of my own. Despite being perfectly happy in my chosen profession, I had long harboured the fantasy of becoming a photographer and I took a lockdown leap and applied to art school to acquire some actual skills.
Has it brought me fame and riches Not as yet. Like many people who dream of having a go at something different, I was focusing on creative fulfilment rather than future-proofing my finances. By the time I graduated in 2022, my dream of running a portrait photography business was looking a lot less viable–in part thanks to AI head-shot generators.
If only I had had a little more Fobo, also known as the fear of becoming obsolete. This workplace trend is an updated version of Fomo–the fear of missing out, which now feels like a poignant throwback to more optimistic times. 22% of workers are worried that technology will put them out of a job. And who can blame them
There is another reason that nurturing an alternative career might be risky. Research indicates that having a back-up plan can work against you. Having a Plan B as a safety net can cause people to make less effort at their day job and – unhelpfully – run a greater risk of losing it.
So, do I regret pursuing my Plan B Not at all – hopefully I’ve got a few years before robot photographers take over the world, and I currently spend a day a week on photography. My only sorrow is something unexpected. For so many years, I had the fantasy of trying something new. My “someday” ambition sustained me through dreary and humdrum days. But now I’m actually spending some of my week doing it, this has created a weird empty space in my life. It made me realise that having an alternative career to dream about is in itself sustaining and comforting. You might never do it, and that might not even matter. So, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go and start working on my Plan C …
【The Guardian(October 12,2023)】
Why did Zadie Smith want to have a Café Carlyle residency
She was not satisfied with her writing career
She was eager to take up a second career besides writing novels
She was depressed by recording an album
She was unable to reach the height of success
Which of the following is true concerning author’s plan B
She was a skilled photographer graduated from an art school
She gave up her chosen occupation because of lockdown
She gained a sense of creative satisfaction instead of money
She ran a photography business with an assistance of AI
Why did the author mention the concepts of Fobo and Fomo in paragraph 4
To explain why workers nowadays are eager to do plan B
To introduce one of the disadvantages to do plan B
To advocate the society’s acceptance of plan B
To display the future of workforce trend
What’s the author’s “only sorrow” according to the last paragraph
Robot photographers will take over the world in the future
She can’t spare time to do photography professionally
She hates the dreary days in doing photography
She lost something new to fill her empty space in life
BCDA
DCCA
BCBD
①
We need to talk about economic change – how fast it’s happening and what it looks like when it does. Everyone says technology means economic change is accelerating, and that when the robots arrive the result is current, largely older, workers losing their jobs.
That kind of change can happen, especially if driven by more than technology. The speed, and geographical concentration, of the decline in coal-mining saw many lose their jobs and struggle to find new ones. But thinking all change looks like that can be a poor guide to today’s world. If anything, economic change is slowing down rather than speeding up. The rate at which some parts of the economy grow and others shrink has actually fallen to a nine-decade low–the turbulent 1980s are a long time ago.
And the nature of economic change doesn’t fit the stories we tell. Recent research examines the fate of“teamsters”, who drove teams of animals pulling wagons in 19th-century America, following the arrival of the automotive truck, and considers the lessons for today’s drivers facing automated trucks.
Of course the number of teamsters fell, but more interestingly the average age rose. Why Because much of the decline came from younger workers not entering the profession. In the UK this is why manufacturing employment among workers in their 60s was actually higher in 2018-19 than 1994-95, despite manufacturing jobs being down 38%. Older workers hang on in declining sectors, younger workers look elsewhere.
Economic change can bring big challenges, especially if it is fast, but it’s time we updated how we think about such change.
【The Guardian(October 9,2023)】
As far as most people concerned, what will economic change lead to as technology develops
It’ll postpone the use of advanced robots
B.It’ll accelerate the update in the workforce by robots
C. It’ll worsen the conflict between human beings and robots
D. It’ll replace older workers with younger ones
2. which one can best paraphrase the underlined word “ turbulent”
A. promising
B. Advanced
C. Unstable
D. Sustainable
3. what do we infer from teamsters’ story
A. They were completely wiped out by the automotive truck
B. They feared the automated trucks would influence their jobs
C. They drove teams of animals for daily transportation
D. They insisted on taking up that job even when they were old
4. what’s the best title of the passage
A. Economic change today maybe not what you used to perceive
B.Economic change today is accelerating at a high speed
C. Economic change today is under heated discussion
D.Economic change today demonstrates the disappearance of manufacturing industry
②
Dorothy Hoffner, a 104-year-old Chicago woman whose recent skydive could see her certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to ever jump from a plane, has died.
Hoffner’s close friend Joe Conant said Hoffner apparently died in her sleep on Sunday night. Conant, who is a nurse, said he met Hoffner several years ago while he was working as a caregiver. He said she had amazing energy and remained mentally sharp. “She was indefatigable. She just kept going,” he said Tuesday.
On 1 October, Hoffner made a tandem skydive that could land her in the record books as the world’s oldest skydiver. She jumped out of a plane from 13,500ft (4,100 metres) at Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, Illinois, 85 miles (140km) south-west of Chicago.
“Age is just a number,” Hoffner told a cheering crowd moments after landing. It was not her first time jumping from a plane – that happened when she was a spry 100 years of age.
Conant said Hoffner didn’t skydive to break a record. He said she had so thoroughly enjoyed her first jump that she just wanted to do it again. “She had no intention of breaking the record. And she had no interest in any publicity or anything.” he said.
Skydive Chicago and the United States Parachute Association celebrated Hoffner in a joint statement Tuesday.“We are deeply saddened by Dorothy’s passing and feel honored to have been a part of making her world-record skydive a reality. Skydiving is an activity that many of us safely tuck away in our bucket lists. But Dorothy reminds us that it’s never too late to take the thrill of a lifetime. We are forever grateful that skydiving was a part of her exciting, well-lived life,”they said.
Hoffner worked for more than four decades as a telephone operator and retired 43 years ago. The lifelong Chicago resident never married, and Conant said she had no immediate family members.A memorial service for Hoffner will be held in early November.“She was a dear friend who was an inspiration,”Conant said.
【The Guardian(October 12,2023)】
Which of the following statements is true concerning Dorothy
She served as a caregiver before she retired
Her recent skydive was certified by Guinness World Records after her death
Her close friend Conant was attending her when she died on Sunday
She made the record of the world’s oldest skydiver On 1 October
What’s Dorothy’s purpose of skydiving at such an old age
She wanted to pursue her dream which was postponed
She intended to raise people’s awareness of good fitness
She was deeply impressed by her first jump
She was thoroughly dedicated to fame and publicity
What can we learn form the joint statements in paragraph 6
The association once instructed Dorothy how to skydive
There are many people who give up skydiving because of health conditions
Dorothy set an example for people who want s thrill of lifetime
Dorothy led an exciting and well-lined life even before her retirement
What kind of person is Dorothy according to Conant
Persistent
Frugal
Professional
Knowledgeable
③
A comment from Zadie Smith caught my attention this week. Asked whether she had ever considered recording an album, the novelist responded:“I have a dream of having a Café Carlyle residency in New York in my 80s.”Here she is at the height of her success dreaming of a career Plan B just like the rest of us!
Outlandish Plan Bs fascinate me because for years I had one of my own. Despite being perfectly happy in my chosen profession, I had long harboured the fantasy of becoming a photographer and I took a lockdown leap and applied to art school to acquire some actual skills.
Has it brought me fame and riches Not as yet. Like many people who dream of having a go at something different, I was focusing on creative fulfilment rather than future-proofing my finances. By the time I graduated in 2022, my dream of running a portrait photography business was looking a lot less viable–in part thanks to AI head-shot generators.
If only I had had a little more Fobo, also known as the fear of becoming obsolete. This workplace trend is an updated version of Fomo–the fear of missing out, which now feels like a poignant throwback to more optimistic times. 22% of workers are worried that technology will put them out of a job. And who can blame them
There is another reason that nurturing an alternative career might be risky. Research indicates that having a back-up plan can work against you. Having a Plan B as a safety net can cause people to make less effort at their day job and – unhelpfully – run a greater risk of losing it.
So, do I regret pursuing my Plan B Not at all – hopefully I’ve got a few years before robot photographers take over the world, and I currently spend a day a week on photography. My only sorrow is something unexpected. For so many years, I had the fantasy of trying something new. My “someday” ambition sustained me through dreary and humdrum days. But now I’m actually spending some of my week doing it, this has created a weird empty space in my life. It made me realise that having an alternative career to dream about is in itself sustaining and comforting. You might never do it, and that might not even matter. So, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go and start working on my Plan C …
【The Guardian(October 12,2023)】
Why did Zadie Smith want to have a Café Carlyle residency
She was not satisfied with her writing career
She was eager to take up a second career besides writing novels
She was depressed by recording an album
She was unable to reach the height of success
Which of the following is true concerning author’s plan B
She was a skilled photographer graduated from an art school
She gave up her chosen occupation because of lockdown
She gained a sense of creative satisfaction instead of money
She ran a photography business with an assistance of AI
Why did the author mention the concepts of Fobo and Fomo in paragraph 4
To explain why workers nowadays are eager to do plan B
To introduce one of the disadvantages to do plan B
To advocate the society’s acceptance of plan B
To display the future of workforce trend
What’s the author’s “only sorrow” according to the last paragraph
Robot photographers will take over the world in the future
She can’t spare time to do photography professionally
She hates the dreary days in doing photography
She lost something new to fill her empty space in life
BCDA
DCCA
BCBD