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1、高考英语阅读题型加强练之应用文+记叙文专题（二）（A）Whats on your travel list for 2020? Ive consulted several travel experts to find out the top places in the USA worth visiting in 2020.Where:New Orleans, LouisianaWhy:New Orleans is known for its music and food scenenot to mention the festivals. It has about 130 festivals e
2、ach year so theres really no bad time to visit. Bourbon Street is the obvious choice for food, drink and jazz and its definitely a must-visit location, especially for first-timers to the city.Where:Vail Village, ColoradoWhy: Vail is the perfect destination for travelers looking to find almost everyt
3、hing in one central spot. Stay at the amazing Four Seasons Resort and Residences Vail to be steps away from Vail Village, a popular town with cobblestone (鹅卵石) streets for wandering leisurely. The countrys largest free transportation system runs frequently, making it easy to access almost anywhere f
4、rom Vail Village to Lionshead Village.Where:Hudson Valley, New YorkWhy: The Hudson Valley is where New Yorkers go to escape the city when they need a healthy dose of nature and relaxation. Just an hour and half north of New York City, the Hudson Valley is made up of small, impossibly charming towns,
5、 where the air is fresher and things do move slower in the mountains.1.You can enjoy different things in New Orleans except .A.sceneryB.music C.festivalsD.food2.Which place would you prefer if you like wandering leisurely?A.Bourbon Street. B.Vail Village.C.Lionshead Village. D.New Orleans.3.What can
6、 New Yorkers enjoy in the Hudson Valley?A.Ancient towns.B.Healthy diets.C.Slow movement.D.Inner peace.（B）Does your closet need a refresher? Tired of visiting multi-national big box “fast-fashion” stores where they pump out ready-to-wear items? Why not go to some second-hand shops? Its not only bette
7、r for the environment but with styles constantly being recycled youre certain to find something in. Here are several spots to start.Grand Street LocalDid you wake up today and decide you really need an Air Jordan T-shirt from the late 80s or a legal Bi-State Machinery trucker hat? We thought so. You
8、 can find it all at this Williamsburg spot, run by a nice husband-and-wife team. Streetwear is what youll find at this spot and its one of the best for casual clothes.154Grand St., BrooklynLe Grand StripStarted in 2006, this amazing clothes shop has a constantly pleasing collection of classic clothe
9、s starting in the Victorian era and going all the way up to the end of the 20th century. Theres a focus here on ladies clothes, particularly clothes in the French manner.197 Grand St., BrooklynM.AE.From Gucci thick high heels to classic Missoni and Helmut Lang dresses, this south Park Slope shop tra
10、ffics in high-end clothes. If you need a special piece for a special occasiona wedding or any sort of big celebration this is the place to find it. You may just end up stealing the show, or at least everyones attention.461 Seventh Ave., BrooklynWorshipBased in Bushwick and founded in 2013, Worship h
11、as faithful consumers far and wide, thanks to its commitment to its varieties of high-quality clothes. You can find clothing and accessories (配饰) here from the beginning of the 20th century up to the early 90s.117 Wilson Ave., Brooklyn1What kind of clothes can you find in Grand Street Local?ACasual
12、wears. BClassic clothes. CEvening dresses. DFormal clothing.2Where will you go if you are preparing for a ball?A154Grand St., Brooklyn. B197 Grand St., Brooklyn.C117 Wilson Ave., Brooklyn. D461 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn.3What makes Worship popular with consumers?AIts convenient location. BIts high-qual
13、ity clothes.CIts long history. DIts special style.（C）On winter, a fishermanJim Savagewas braving the freezing temperatures when he noticed a baby dolphin struggling to free herself from another fishermans trapthe netting. Jim spoke to her and she calmed down as he cut her free from the line. Seeing
14、she was too tired to swim away, he called the Wildlife Conservation Commission and they rescued the dolphin, named her Winter and took her back to the center to get treatment.Winter was placed in a holding tank and the team put a feeding tube in her throat. Soon, though, Winter learned how to eat fr
15、om a bottle. But the line wrapping around Winters tail had caused her tail to fall off piece by piece. Eventually all that was left was a fleshy stump (残肢). Though Winter did eventually start to swim, she taught herself an entirely original wayto swing her tail stump from side to side like a fish.Sh
16、e learned very well and learned how to trust and love the people who cared for her. And she made a new non-human friendPanama, another rescued dolphin. The two became lifelong friends, completely inseparable.But her trainers were worried. Her original moving way prevented her from growing properly.
17、Then Kevin Carroll, a dolphin lover and maker of prosthetic limbs (假肢) for people, stepped in. With a team of experts, vets, and trainers, Kevin developed a new tail for Winter. Winter was retrained to use the device to swim properly, and with lots of hard work she did it!Word about the disabled dol
18、phin got it and everyone could relate to the dolphin. Now she seems to connect with everyonefrom adults with prostheses to a little girl who didnt want to wear her hearing aid until she met Winter.1.What made Winter calm down?A.The netting. B.Jims words.C.The rescue team. D.The new tail.2.Why did Ji
19、m phone the Wildlife Conservation Commission?A.To cure the baby dolphin. B.To deal with the fishing net.C.To rescue the other fisherman. D.To look at the baby dolphin.3.What made the trainers worried?A.Winters relationship with Panama. B.Winters popularity with visitors.C.The effect of the damage on
20、 Winter. D.Winters moving style like other dolphins.4.How would the author feel about the outcome of the event?A.Its beautiful.B.Its controversial.C.Its humorous.D.Its discouraging.（D）Its not every day that you see pigeons(鸽子)with cowboy hats on their tiny heads walking or flying around, unless you
21、live in Las Vegas, where cowboy-hat-wearing pigeons are actually a thing people have been constantly talking about these days.It all started on December 5, when a Las Vegas citizen named Bobby Lee noticed two funny-looking birds walking near a dustbin. The pigeons drew his attention because they wer
22、e wearing tiny cowboy hatsone red and one greyso he took out his smartphone and started filming them. Later, he uploaded the video online, where it was quickly spread. The next day, everyone was talking about Las Vegas cowboy-hat-wearing pigeons, and Lee was getting phone calls from agencies trying
23、to license his video.It was only a matter of time before news outlets picked up the story and reported on the mysterious pigeon cowboys spotted around Las Vegas. The only link anyone could think of was the Wrangler National Rodeo Finals that were taking place in town at the time, but the Professiona
24、l Rodeo Cowboys Association, which organized the event, denied any involvement.While some netizens just found the idea cute and jumped at the opportunity to catch the pigeons on camera if they spotted them around Vegas, others expressed concern over the birds well-being. They even mentioned animal c
25、ruelty.Hillman, the founder of local pigeon rescue Lofty Hopes, said that her organization was trying to track down the birds and remove their hats, but trapping them with food has proven very difficult so far. Thats because the two known cowboy-hat-wearing pigeons have become very popular around La
26、s Vegas, and people are constantly throwing them much food.“When you see them today, you could see some loose feathers in the glue around the hat, and its surely a concern,” Hillman said, adding that she believed the hats had been glued onto the head with a strong adhesive (黏合剂).1.What has been a ho
27、t topic in Las Vegas recently?A.The return of cowboy hats.B.Pigeons approaching people.C.Pigeons wearing cowboy hats.D.The hobby of watching pigeons.2.What made Bobby Lee film the two pigeons with his smartphone?A.Their unusual decorations.B.Their unique feather colors.C.Their great popularity onlin
28、e.D.Their strange way of walking.3.What was netizens attitude towards the pigeon cowboys?A.They went too far about them.B.They thought nothing of them.C.They showed little interest in them.D.They had a mixed response to them.4.Why is it hard to trap the two pigeons with food?A.Because they are rathe
29、r particular about food.B.Because they always have abundant food to eat.C.Because they are smart enough not to be tricked.D.Because they are well protected by pigeon watchers.（E）Luke Grenfell-Shaw has a rare form of cancer. It started as a pain in his shoulder and the tumour spread to his lungs, mak
30、ing it stage four. The Oxford graduate was teaching English in Siberia when he suffered shoulder pain and saw the school nurse. It was her reaction to a lump on his back that sent him back home to Bristol. “I was 24 years old. I had done an ultra marathon,” Luke said. “48 hours later, I was back in
31、hospital in the UK.” On June 19, 2018, doctors told Luke that he had cancer.“I had kind of worked out that it was cancer, but what kind of blew me away was the fact that it was stage four cancer,” says Luke. “That day, my life felt like it had disintegrated. My life had been comfortable and conventi
32、onal. I worked hard and got rewards in terms of education, jobs, things like that. That was all taken away.” On the day of his diagnosis, Luke had one clear thought in his mind that he wanted to cycle around the world. It was something he had always hoped to do, but the cancer news made him realize
33、that he couldnt put it off.“I realized that the future had to become now,” Luke explains. He decided to cycle from Bristol to Beijingmore than 5,000 mileson a tandem bike, because he wanted to bring people along to share the experience with him. Luke will not only be joined by family and friends for
34、 certain legs of his trip, but also by other young people who are living with cancer. “This trip is something Im going to enjoy,” says Luke. “Its going to be the richest and most fulfilling experience that I can have.”1.What made Luke realize the potential threat of the illness?A.A lump on his back.
35、 B.The pain on his shoulder.C.The school nurses reaction. D.The Oxford graduates warning.2.The underlined word “disintegrated” in Paragraph 2 means.A.disputedB.broken C.disappointedD.confused3.Why did Luke decide to cycle around the world?A.To enjoy the rest of his life peacefully.B.To seek the best
36、 doctor to treat his cancer.C.To conquer the cancer in his own way.D.To make his dream come true.4.What can we learn from the passage?A.Luke intended to change his future life by cycling.B.Luke planned to challenge the cancer with young men.C.Luke wanted to end his life during the cycling trip.D.Luk
37、e expected to challenge the tough journey.（F）Now, at ten, Selah Schneiter has become the youngest person ever to climb the 3,000-foot-high Nose route of El Capitan, topping out above Yosemite Valley. Selah was unaware that she was breaking a record at the time.“El Cap was the mountain my wife Joy an
38、d I first climbed together,” Mike, Selahs father, said. “We fell in love while climbing the route over four days.” After the couple married, they returned there to climb. They took Selah on her first trip to Yosemite when she was only two months old.First asked if shed try the Nose, she declined. Th
39、en, she began to think about it more, and last year she felt that she was able to make it to the Nose. However, accomplishing the seemingly impossible climb required more than simply deciding to go for it. Over the winter, Mike and Selah prepared for “the big one”.When it came time to climb, Selah a
40、nd Mike were joined by Mark Regier, a long-time family friend who had been part of the El Cap team when Mike and Joy met. He was also the chief witness of their wedding. Doing such a climb with a ten-year-old, Regier considered it seriously. “Being a father myself, I must look after her well,” he sa
41、id. At first he double-checked everything she did, but after a while he was sure Selah knew what she was doing. Then they set off.When it came to the exposure, Selah showed fortitude. “It wasnt that frightening,” she said. “Although when it got really exposed it could be a little scary.” She admitte
42、d to getting nervous under The Great Roof, but she calmed herself down and was comfortable being so high.Eventually, she and her companions completed the 5-day climb successfully.1.What can we know about Mike?A.He encouraged Selah to set a record. B.Hes had a long history with Yosemite.C.He helped S
43、elah decide to climb El Cap. D.He came across Joy at Regiers wedding.2.How did Mark Regier feel at first about Selahs climbing the Nose?A.Amused.B.Confident.C.Cautious.D.Encouraged.3.What does the underlined word “fortitude” in Paragraph 5 mean?A.Scare.B.Relaxation.C.Pride.D.Courage.4.What is the be
44、st title for the text?A.A Small Climber, Big Outcome B.Selah Was a True Climber at TenC.Selah Schneiter, a Born Climber D.Life Means Enjoying Climbing（G）One day, I was taking a nap in the red chair in my office when I woke up to the sound of a car crash. I sat up and looked, immediately, out my wind
45、ow. Across the street, in a parking lot, a car had just backed into a chain-link fence. The car must have been moving fast, because it was in bad shape:Its hood had popped up. The fence was damaged, bent out in exactly the shape of the cars back end.I watched the driver get out of the car. He was st
46、rong with a shaved head; he wore cargo shorts and a flannel (法兰绒) shirt unbuttoned to expose his chest hair. I disliked him immediately. After a few seconds of assessing the damage, he attempted to pull the ruined fence back into place, but it wouldnt move. He tried to push the fallen piece of bumpe
47、r back onto his car, but that only made the rest of his bumper fall off too.I sat in my red chair, looking out my window, silently cheering. I think I laughed out loud. This was a ridiculous masterpiece. He climbed out from under the collapsed fence and limped back to the apartment building above th
48、e lot, rubbing his elbow. The manthat disgusting manwas going to leave all the chaos behind for someone else to clean up.But the man appeared a few minutes later with some tools. He got to work immediately, removing one of the fences bent support bars and hammering it straight on the asphalt (沥青). For the next hour, I