2024年高考第二輪復習英語湖北版

　　專題升級訓練十五　閱讀理解(三)

　　(2024武漢四月調研)

　　A

　　Rafting the GRAND CANYON Welcomes You!

　　For an exciting，fun and challenging white water tours，Rafting the GRAND CANYON is here to help you plan the right tour for you.Whether you want to travel for two days or ten，hike in or not，go on an oar raft or motorized trip，we will help you find the trip that meets your needs.

　　For those who will be vacationing on the off-season a trip on the Native American Red River rafting is available year around or a one-day trip is available on the Colorado River from Diamond Creek to Pierce Ferry (about three hours from Las Vegas)．

　　Most of the trips depart from Lees Ferry，Arizona (approximately 21/2 hours from the south rim of the Grand Canyon)．We offer partial trips which allow you to get on or off at Phantom Ranch located at the bottom of the Grand Canyon National Park South Rim.Requiring a hike in or out，with proper planning the horse ride up or down is also an option.Most trips occur between April and October

　　Since all rafting on the Colorado requires a permit，planning and reserving your trip requires reservations well in advance.Please let us know when you would like to go and we will contact all the river concessionaires (特許權獲得者)to help you find the best trip for you.

　　For planning your trip，questions，concerns or to make your reservations，please email or call the toll free number below.Since these trips are limited we highly recommend you make your reservations months in advance.

　　To talk to a live person call us toll free：

　　1-800-222-6966

　　or 702-655-6060

　　If you have any questions regarding a trip，please CLICK_HERE to fill out our form.This will speed up the process of getting you accurate information regarding your trip.

　　If you would like to send us an email other than about an up-coming trip you can contact us at info@raftingthegrandcanyon.com.

　　We look forward to helping you plan your trip!

　　(Please NO Travel Agents)

　　1．If you don't want to take an all-distance trip，you can start at ______.

　　A．Diamond CreekB．Lees Ferry

　　C．Phantom RanchD．Pierce Ferry

　　2．On the trip on the Grand Canyon，you are not recommended to enjoy ______.

　　A．oar raft rowingB．traveling on foot

　　C．animal ridingD．swimming entertainment

　　3．At which time of the following is an off-season trip on the Grand Canyon?

　　A．June.　B．February.

　　C．October. D．September.

　　4．Rafting the Grand Canyon doesn't suggest the reader contact them in the way of ______.

　　A．calling at it in personB．filling a form

　　C．sending an emailD．making a call

　　B

　　Body image is a person's opinions，thoughts，and feelings about his or her own body and physical appearance.Having a positive body image means feeling pretty satisfied with the way you look，appreciating your body for its capabilities and accepting its imperfections.Body image is part of someone's total self-image.So how a guy feels about his body can affect how he feels about himself.

　　Recognize your strengths.Different physical qualities and body types are good for different things—and sometimes the things you did well as a kid can change during puberty (青春期)．What does your body do well？Maybe your speed，flexibility，strength，or coordination leads you to excel at a certain sport.Or perhaps you have some non-sports skills.Just exploring talents that you feel good about can help your self-respect and how you think of yourself.

　　A good body doesn't always translate into athletic success.Too often，the way guys see their body image is closely associated with their performance on a sports field or in the gym.But what if you don't like team sports or you got cut from a team you really wanted to make?

　　If you don't like team sports，find another form of physical activity that gets you going.This will help you stay in shape and help you to appreciate the skills you may not have realized you had in a team environment.

　　If you like team sports but didn't make a particular team，use this as an opportunity to discover what you're good at，not to regret what you aren't best at.

　　Look into starting a strength training program.Exercise can help you look good and feel good about yourself.Good builds don't just happen—they take hard work，regular workouts，and a healthy diet.There's no need to work out too much.A healthy routine can be as simple as exercising 20 minutes to 1 hour three days a week.Another benefit of working out properly is that it can cheer up yourself—lifting weights can lift your spirits.

　　Don't harm your body，respect it！To help improve your view of your body，take care of it.Treating yourself well over time results in a healthier，stronger body—and that contributes to a better body image.Practicing good living habits—regular showering; taking care of your teeth，hair，and skin; wearing clean clothes，etc.—also can help you build a positive body image.

　　Be yourself.Your body is just one part of who you are— long with your talent for comedy，a quick wit，or all the other things that make you unique.Your talents，skills，and beliefs are just as much a part of you as the cover they come in.So try not to let minor imperfections take over.

　　5．The most important point of body image lies in it that it is closely associated with ______.

　　A．one's physical appearance

　　B．one's athletic achievements

　　C．one's body abilitiesD．one's self-confidence

　　6．Which of the following statements is true?

　　A．One's abilities developed in his childhood will stay on all one's life.

　　B．A good body is certain to lead to a good sport performance.

　　C．A good body image results mainly from extreme workouts.

　　D．Exploring non-sports talents matters equally as sports skills in building self-respect.

　　7．It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

　　A．lifting weights is the best sport in lifting one's spirits

　　B．keeping good living habits does good to body image

　　C．one should try not to let minor imperfection take over

　　D．any activity out of team sports can lead to one's discovery of one's potential skills

　　8．This passage mainly deals with ______.

　　A．what body image isB．why body image is important

　　C．how body image should be improved

　　D．what makes up body image

　　C

　　A new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world.Web holism，a twentieth century disease，affects people from different ages.They surf the net，use e-mail and speak in chat rooms.They spend many hours on the computer，and it becomes a compulsive habit.They cannot stop，and it affects their lives.

　　Ten years ago，no one thought that using computers could become compulsive behavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer users.This obsessional behavior has affected teenagers and college students.They are likely to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites.

　　They become hooked on computers and gradually their social and school life is affected by this situation.They spend all free time surfing and don't concentrate on homework，so this addiction influences their grades and success at school.Because they can find everything on the websites，they hang out there.Moreover，this addiction to websites influences their social life.

　　They spend more time in front of computers than with their friends.The relation with their friends changes.The virtual life becomes more important than their real life.They have a new language that they speak in the chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in society.

　　Because of the change in their behavior，they begin to keep themselves apart from the society and live with their virtual friends.They share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their life.Although they feel confident on the computer，they are not confident with real live friends they have known all their life.It is a problem for the future.This addictive behavior is beginning to affect all the world.

　　9．The author's attitude towards web holism is that of being ______.

　　A．optimistic

　　B．disapproving

　　C．positive

　　D．acceptable

　　10．What is the main idea of the passage?

　　A．The influence of web holism.

　　B．The advantage of web holism.

　　C．The popularity of web holism.

　　D．The cause of web holism.

　　11．What does the underlined word “obsessional” in the second paragraph most probably mean?

　　A．Attractive.

　　B．Professional.

　　C．Addictive. D．Potential.

　　12．We can infer from the passage that ______.

　　A．web holism has the greatest effect on teenagers

　　B．students can hardly balance real and virtual life

　　C．people are addicted to games on the Internet

　　D．virtual life is more vivid and attractive anyway

　　D

　　Steve Jobs made technology fun.The co-founder of Apple died last Wednesday at the age of fifty-six.He had fought for years against cancer.Mourners gathered outside his house in Palo Alto，California，and Apple stores around the world.

　　Tim Bajarin，president of a high-tech research and consulting company，said，“If you actually look at a tech leader，they're really happy if they have one hit in their life.Steve Jobs has the Apple Ⅱ，the Mac，the iPod，the iPhone，the iPad and Pixar.”

　　Steve Jobs was a college dropout.He was adopted by a machinist and his wife，an accountant.They supported his early interest in electronics.

　　He and his friend Steve Wozniak started Apple Computer—now just called Apple—in nineteen seventy-six.They stayed at the company until nineteen eighty-five.That year，Steve Wozniak returned to college and Steve Jobs left in a dispute(分歧)with the chief executive.

　　Mr.Jobs then formed his own company，called NeXT Computer.He rejoined Apple in nineteen ninety-seven after it bought NeXT.He helped remake Apple from a business that was in bad shape then to one of the most valuable companies in the world today.

　　Steve Wozniak，speaking on CNN，remembered his longtime friend as a “great visionary and leader”and a“marketing genius(天才)”．

　　President Obama said in a statement，“By building one of the planet's most successful companies from his garage，he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity.By making computers personal and putting the Internet in our pockets，he made the information revolution not only accessible，but intuitive and fun.”

　　David Carroll is a professor at Parsons School of Design in New York City.He says Steve Jobs not only revolutionized technology，he also revolutionized American business.

　　“The fact that he was able to redesign American commerce top to bottom and across is really stunning (令人驚奇的)．He probably will be considered an industrial giant on the scale of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford，so one of the greats of all time.”David Carroll said.

　　Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple's chief executive in August because of his health.He died a day after the company released a new iPhone version that met with limited excitement.Apple's new chief，Tim Cook，will also have to deal with the new Kindle Fire tablet computer from Amazon.com.It costs less than half as much as an iPad but also does less.

　　13．Why did people all over the world mourn Steve Jobs?

　　A．He was very courageous in the face of cancer.

　　B．He became very rich though dropping out college.

　　C．He released a new iPhone version before death.

　　D．He revolutionized technology and made it enjoyable.

　　14．Which of the following can easily prove that Jobs is a “marketing genius”？

　　A．After Apple，he founded NeXT Computer.

　　B．He made Apple very valuable once again in the world.

　　C．He developed a series of Apple products.

　　D．He was considered the greatest industrial figure of all time.

　　15．What does the underlined part in Paragraph 7 mean?

　　A．Jobs was a typical example of American spirit of creation.

　　B．Jobs enriched the American spirit of science and freedom.

　　C．Jobs eventually realized his American dream.

　　D．American people are good at inventing things.

　　16．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

　　A．Jobs's parents discouraged him from working on electronics

　　B．Jobs stayed in Apple as chief executive for about 24 years.

　　C．Jobs started his career in his family garage.

　　D．Run unsuccessfully，Apple was sold to NeXT Computer.

　　E

　　In a world where your iPhone comes with a woman who answers your questions，reads your texts aloud，and gives directions，it may not seem like a big deal that computers are now writing stories.In fact，it is.A software company has essentially taught computers to write short news stories through artificial intelligence.If we can teach a computer the elements of story telling，why can't we teach our students the same thing?

　　Remember the five-paragraph essay？It's still around，still being promoted as if it were a literary form.In fact，it is an unnatural invention，one that must have been produced by academics who don't write much themselves.

　　Writers engaged in the act of trying to say something on paper don't write artificial thesis statements (中心論點)．They needn't avoid using “I”，especially when telling about a personal experience or expressing an opinion.Yet many English teachers forbid the use of our favorite pronoun in expository(說明文)writing.These are the folks who teach kids not to use the same word twice，so that if you've described a box as “small” in paragraph one，it must become “diminutive”if it shows up in paragraph two.

　　Many teachers also disapprove of using dialogue in essays.But why so？The problem with teaching writing as if it were disconnected from speech is that students start to see it simply as an unnatural activity they do in school.And yet we all tell stories and engage in long “he-said/she-said” conversations.

　　If we start from it with students，we can help them see the links that exist between speech and text.Students can learn a lot，for example，by being asked to tell a family story aloud and then to write it down.

　　Daniel Pink，in his bestselling book，A Whole New Mind says that American society' s enthusiasm with left-brain rational thinking is finally giving way to a more balanced approach，one where we start to value and reward right-brain thinkers—the artists，the designers，the entertainers—the people who know how to tell stories，the future belongs to the storytellers.

　　So let's give kids an early start.Let's help them learn the craft of writing in a way that's natural，expressive，and human.It will be a lot of fun.And if we have to break up a few topic sentences along the way to allow a story to come into being，so be it.And that，dear reader，is my thesis statement.

　　17. The writer believes that the five-paragraph essay is ______.

　　A．an unnatural writing

　　B．an effective writing method

　　C．written by scholars