選修七 Unit 5 高考提能練

　　閱讀理解·組塊專練——練速度

　　(限時：35分鐘)

　　Ⅰ.閱讀理解

　　A

　　(2024·綿陽第二次診斷)Since my family were not going to be helpful about my taking a cooking job, I decided I would look for one all by myself and not to tell them about it till Id got a permanent one.

　　I had seen an agency advertised in a local paper, so as soon as there was no one about to say “Where are you going？” I rushed out of the house in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as nervous as if I were going on the stage. Finding the place quite easily, I tore up three flights of stairs, and swung breathlessly through a door which said “Enter without knocking, if you please.”

　　The simple atmosphere of the office calmed me, and I sat down on the edge of a chair. The woman at the desk opposite looked carefully at me. Then she questioned me in a low voice. I answered softly and started to feel helpless. She wondered why I was looking for this sort of job, so I felt I had to give her the idea of a widowed mother struggling against poverty. But I felt more helpless when she told me that it would be difficult to get a job without experience or references. Suddenly, the telephone on her desk rang. While having a mysterious conversation, she kept looking at me. Then I heard her say, “In fact, I?ve got someone here who might suit.” She wrote down a number, and my spirits rose as she held out the paper to me, saying, “Ring up this lady. She wants a cook immediately. Cook a dinner for ten people tomorrow. Could you manage that, I wonder？”

　　“Oh, yes，” said I — never having cooked for more than four. Then I rushed out and called the lady — Miss Cathy. I said confidently that I was just what she was looking for. “Are you sure？” she kept saying. Anyway she decided to employ me and offered a permanent position if I carried out the promise of my self-praise. I asked her what tomorrow?s menu was to be.

　　“Just a small, simple dinner: lobster cocktail, soup, turbot Mornay, fruit salad and a savory.” In a rather shaken voice I promised to turn up in good time tomorrow and rang off.

　　語篇解讀：本文是一篇記敘文。主要敘述了作者獨自去應聘一份廚師工作的經歷。1．Why did the author decide to look for a job on her own?

　　A．Because she believed that her family were not willing to help her.

　　B．Because she was a widowed mother struggling against poverty.

　　C．Because she wanted to get some professional experience by herself.

　　D．Because she thought her family didnt want her to become a cook.

　　解析：選D　推理判斷題。根據第一段“Since my family were ... got a permanent one.”可推知，因為作者認為她的家人不想讓她從事廚師這份工作，所以她決定獨自去找工作。故答案選D。

　　2．What did the author feel on her way?

　　A．Excited but worried.　B．Nervous and excited.

　　C．Easy and curious.

　　D．Helpless but excited.

　　解析：選B　細節理解題。根據第二段第三句“I was wildly excited, and as nervous as if I were going on the stage.”可知，作者一路上既興奮又緊張。故答案選B。

　　3．Why didnt the woman give the author the job at first?

　　A．Because the woman found that the author didnt respect her.

　　B．Because the woman realized that the author made up a story.

　　C．Because the author hadnt been a cook before or got a reference.

　　D．Because the woman had already hired a more suitable cook.

　　解析：選C　細節理解題。根據第三段第六句“But I felt more helpless ... experience or references.”可知，作者之前沒有做過廚師也沒有推薦信。故答案選C。

　　4．According to the text, what would the author most probably do after the call?

　　A．Read some cookery books.

　　B．Call her family and tell them the news.

　　C．Go to the womans house.

　　D．Buy what the woman told her at once.

　　解析：選A　推理判斷題。根據最后兩段可知，作者答應了這項差事，可是她從沒做過超過四人份的正餐。因此作者知道了菜譜之后，應該是閱讀一些烹飪書來做準備。故答案選A。

　　B

　　(2024·成都第三次診斷)As we discussed last week, there have been a lot of reports that boys are in trouble in American education. Some people say efforts to improve education for girls, especially in math and science, have resulted in a crisis for boys. That belief has led to what a new report calls a growth industry of experts advising how to make schools more “boy friendly”．

　　Yet that report, released this week, suggests that the truth is far different from what people might think. It says American boys in most cases are doing better than ever. “But girls have just improved their performance on some measures even faster，” it says. As a result, girls have narrowed or closed differences with boys in some areas and moved farther ahead of them in others.

　　The report does agree that some groups of boys are in trouble. It says this is true especially of blacks and those from poor families. But it says closing racial and economic differences would help them more than reducing differences between boys and girls.

　　Another concern is the large number of boys with learning and emotional disabilities. Also, the report says policymakers now recognize the need to reform public high schools, which should help boys as well as girls. But the report questions what it calls “simplistic” proposals to fix problems for boys in American school. One example given is expanding single-sex schooling. Findings on the success of the idea have differed.

　　The Education Sector report calls for more study into the differences between boys and girls and into the culture of schools. It says the research will help better understand why gains for boys are not rising as fast as for girls. But the report also advises the public not to worry too much, and to be careful not to harm the gains that girls have made.

　　語篇解讀：本文是一篇議論文，主要介紹了一份研究報告。報告分析了美國學校的男孩危機并探討了解決方法。

　　5．We can read this report most probably in a ________.

　　A．magazine for boys

　　B．well-known newspaper

　　C．school announcement

　　D．school advertisement

　　解析：選B　文章出處題。根據題后一段第一句“The Education Sector report ... the culture of schools.”可推知，這份研究報告來自于教育部。結合四個選項可知，這篇報告最有可能出現在一家著名的報紙上。故答案選B。

　　6．From Paragraph 1, we learn that in some peoples opinion, ________.

　　A．efforts for American girls cause boys trouble

　　B．American education does no good to boys

　　C．American schools are more “girl friendly”

　　D．American boys are not really in trouble

　　解析：選A　細節理解題。根據第一段第二句“Some people say ... in a crisis for boys.”可知，有人認為女孩教育的改善造成了男孩教育的危機。故答案選A。

　　7．We can infer from the report that ________.

　　A．boys should be responsible for their crisis

　　B．some groups of boys are actually in trouble

　　C．policymakers disagree to reform public high schools

　　D．its probably not good simply to expand single-sex schools

　　解析：選D　推理判斷題。根據第四段中的“But the report questions ... single-sex schooling.”可知，這份報告質疑擴建男子(或女子)學校的做法。由此可推知，擴建男子(或女子)學校可能不是一個好辦法。故答案選D。

　　8．The best title of the passage should be “________”．

　　A．A Report on a Boy Crisis in America

　　B．A New Study on American Education

　　C．Save American Boys in Trouble

　　D．Why Are Girls Far Better Than Boys?

　　解析：選A　標題歸納題。通讀全文可知，本文主要介紹了一份研究報告。報告分析了美國學校的男孩危機并探討了解決辦法。A項概括了文章主旨，適合作文章標題。故答案選A。

　　C

　　(2024·東北三省四市第一次聯考)Many foreign students report feeling lonely or unwelcome in Australia. Those feelings are among the reasons why Australia is taking a close look at its international education industry. But wherever international students go, making friends may not always be easy. Elisabeth Gareis of Baruch College in New York surveyed 454 international students. They were attending four-year colleges and graduate schools in the American South and Northeast.

　　Students from English-speaking countries and from northern and central Europe were more likely to be happy with their friendships. But 38% of the international students said they had no close friends in the United States. And half of the students from East Asia said they were unhappy with the number of American friends they had. Thirty percent said they wished their friendships could be deeper and more meaningful.

　　Professor Gareis says, “Students from East Asia have cultures that are different on many levels from the culture in the United States. There are also language problems, and maybe some social skills, such as small talks, which are possibly not as important in their native countries, where it?s not as important to start friendships with small talks. Many East Asian students blamed themselves for their limited friendships with Americans, for not speaking the language well enough and for not knowing the culture well enough.”

　　VOA?s Students Union blogger Jessica Stahl did her own survey to find out how American students and foreign students relate to each other. More than 100 students, about half of them American, answered her online questions. Half of the international students and 60% of the Americans said they related as well or better to the other group than to their own group.

　　Professor Gareis says, “International students who make friends with host nationals are, overall, more satisfied with their stay in the host country. They have better language skills, better academic performance and better attitudes toward the host country.”

　　語篇解讀：本文是一篇說明文。研究表明，國際留學生交友并非易事。

　　9．What can be the best title for the text?

　　A．Making Friends Is Not Always Easy for Foreign Students

　　B．Students from East Asia Are Not Good at Making Friends

　　C．International Education Industry in Australia and America

　　D．The Relation between Foreign Students and Host Countries

　　解析：選A　標題歸納題。根據第一段的“But wherever international students go, making friends may not always be easy.”可知，本文是圍繞著國際留學生不容易交友而進行闡述的。故答案選A。

　　10．Professor Gareis tends to think that ________.

　　A．culture shock should be blamed for many levels of American culture

　　B．foreign students dont know small talks mean a lot to Americans　

　　C．foreign students should learn some basic social skills first of all

　　D．foreign students have difficulty making friends for different reasons

　　解析：選D　細節理解題。根據第三段內容可知，外國學生難交到朋友是因為文化層次不同、語言以及社交技巧等各方面問題造成的。故答案選D。

　　11．Which of the following statements will the writer probably agree with?

　　A．International students like to make more friends in their own group.

　　B．International students are more likely to remain in the host country after graduation.

　　C．Students who make more friends at home have better academic performance.

　　D．Students who make friends in their host countries feel happier with their experience.

　　解析：選D　推理判斷題。根據最后一段的“International students ... in the host country.”可知，那些與東道國學生交友的國際留學生，對自己在東道國的經歷更滿意。故答案選D。

　　D

　　(2024·哈爾濱高三一模)Founded in 1764 by French traders, St. Louis today is the fifteenth largest urban area in the USA. There are many attractive destinations for tourists.

　　American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog

　　Dog lovers who visit St. Louis wont want to miss this 14,000-square-foot museum. Inside are over 500 paintings, watercolors, and a variety of other dog art objects.

　　The museum is open all the year round, Tuesday through Saturday 10 am to 4 pm, and Sunday 1 pm to 4 pm. Admission is $5 for adults, $2.50 for students, and $1 for children up to 10.

　　Anheuser-Busch Brewery

　　The Anheuser-Busch Brewery tour is not just for beer lovers. The tour includes the historic Brew House, where visitors can enjoy how beer is made. Then the tour continues to the modern Bevo Packaging Plant. The best will be the Budweiser Clydesdale Stables.

　　The tours are always free.

　　Gateway Arch

　　Designed by Eero Saarinen and Hannskarl Bandel, it took over two years and 900 tons of stainless steel to build. It is the tallest of the country’s national monuments. The arch is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. About one million people per year come to the top of the arch, where there is an observation platform providing a great view of the city.

　　St. Louis Zoo

　　First version of the St. Louis Zoo opened in 1904 at the St. Louis World’s Fair, but in the century it has grown into one of the foremost zoos in the world. The Zooline Railroad, a passenger train takes visitors around the zoo, which contains over 9,000 animals of over 800 species.

　　The zoo is open every day but Christmas and New Year’s Day, with summer hours of 8 am to 7 pm, and the rest of the year of 9 am to 5 pm. Admission to the zoo is free.

　　語篇解讀：本文是一篇應用文。文章介紹了美國名城圣路易斯四處供游客參觀的地方。12．If you (a student) plan to visit the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog with your parents and your five-year-old brother, how much will you pay?

　　A．$8.5.B．$12.

　　C．$13.5.

　　D．$16.

　　解析：選C　數字計算題。根據American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog中的“Admission is $5 for adults, $2.50 for students, and $1 for children up to 10.”可知，$2.50＋$5×2＋$1＝$13.5，故選C項。

　　13．Which of the following can you visit if you are interested in how to make beer?

　　A．American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog.

　　B．Anheuser-Busch Brewery.

　　C．St. Louis Zoo.

　　D．Gateway Arch.

　　解析：選B　細節理解題。根據Anheuser-Busch Brewery 中的“The tour includes ... how beer is made.”可知，選B項。

　　14．What can we know about the Gateway Arch from the passage?

　　A．It was made of stones.

　　B．President Jefferson was buried there.

　　C．You can see the city clearly on the top of the arch.

　　D．It was built in two years.

　　解析：選C　細節理解題。根據Gateway Arch中的“it took over two years and 900 tons of stainless steel to build”可知A項和D項錯誤；根據Gateway Arch中的“The arch is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.”可知，此處不表示Jefferson葬在那兒，B項錯誤；根據此段最后一句可知C項正確。

　　15．At the St. Louis Zoo, you can visit all animals there ________.

　　A．by train

　　B．by bicycle

　　C．by bus

　　D．on foot

　　解析：選A　細節理解題。根據St. Louis Zoo中的“The Zooline Railroad, a passenger train takes visitors around the zoo, which contains over 9,000 animals of over 800 species.”可知，選A項。