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1、高中英语阅读理解+七选五考前小题提分练二十四PART A（1）We love food and drink. We love to celebrate the good stuff and criticize the bad. This is our take on the top three food cultures and destinations. Its time to find out once and for all, which cuisine is king as you plan where youll travel next:No. 3 FranceYou can spe
2、nd an entire two-week vacation exploring combinations of wines and cheeses around the country.YumEscargot credit the French for turning garden-dwelling pests into a delicacy.Massive respect for making them taste amazing too.Baguette the first and last thing that youll want to eat in France. The firs
3、t bite is superb; the last will be full of longing.DumbFoie gras it tastes like 10,000 ducks roasted in butter then reduced to a velvet pudding.No. 2 ChinaThe people who greet each other with “Have you eaten yet?” are arguably the most food-obsessed in the world. The Chinese almost cook and sell any
4、thing, and they also make it taste great.YumSweet and sour pork a guilty pleasure that has taken on different forms.Dim sum a grand tradition from Hong Kong to New York. The best to start a day as breakfast.DumbSharks fin soup calling for Chinese restaurants to ban the dish has been a goal of green
5、campaigners in recent years.No. 1 ItalyItalian food has enslaved taste-buds around the globe for centuries, with its tomato sauces, and those clever things they do with wheat flour and desserts .YumPizza simple yet satisfying dish. Staple diet of bachelors and college students. Coffee cappuccino is
6、for breakfast? Forget it. We want it all day and all night. DumbBuffalo mozzarella those balls of water buffalo milk. The flavors so subtle you have to imagine it.1. Which food would you not try as an environmentalist?A. Sharks fin soupB. Foie grasC. Sweet and sour porkD. Escargot2. Which will be th
7、e best choice for hungry students in Italy?A. PizzaB. CoffeeC. Buffalo mozzarellaD. Desserts3. Which will be the best breakfast?A. CappuccinoB. BaguetteC. CheeseD. Dim sum（2）About 12 years ago I was living in New York City and pursuing an MFA in creative writing. For years I'd been experiencing
8、trouble with a binocular vision disorder (双眼皮视力障碍),but in New York my symptoms worsened. I became unable t1o read or write. 1 tried vision therapy, an overhead projector, a special pair of prism gases-all failed.Eventually, I discovered a computer program for the visually impaired. . As I typed, my
9、words were read aloud by one of those automated voices. With my screen turned black, 1 relied on audio feedback to know what I had written. Facing the blank page is terrible, but facing the black page worse. The dark screen is a sinkhole that swallows creative hope. Sentences disappear into it like
10、an astronaut into a black hole.I managed to complete my MFA degree, but it took me years to adapt to my new reality. Writing had always been a visual process for me. The greatest difficulty seemed to be the automated voice at the center of my writing process. It was like a parrot placed on my should
11、er, and I wanted nothing more than to hit it away. I worried that its droning intonation(嗡嗡的声调) might change me as a writer. If a pianist was forced to practice on an untuned piano, would it damage his ear over time? As I sat at my desk, my face and neck would itch. Of course, I could have quit writ
12、ing. But it honestly never happened to me and I'm glad it didn't.Last year, after I told my story on the radio, I was contacted by VocaliD, a Massachusetts-based company. They offered to design a voice modeled on my own. I was not sure whether it would be helpful but sent the recordings they
13、 requested. The first time I heard the voice they created, I felt the hair on the back of my neck rise. It was so close to my own that the two were nearly indistinguishable. I've only just begun using this new voice. Already my brain is registering the computer s speech as my own monologue. My h
14、ope is that this will restore a sense of self to my writing process, allowing me easier access to that inner space where the imagination can take over, and the real work can begin.4. What happened to the author in New York?A. He gave up his dream of writing.B. He failed to finish his MFA degree.C. H
15、e was faced with worsening disease.D. He helped the visually impaired a lot.5. Why did the author say the dark screen was like a black hole?A. It destroyed all his inspiration.B. It took away his worries and nerves.C. It pushed him to use paper to write.D. It reminded him of his interest in astronom
16、y.6. The author used “a parrot placed on my shoulder" in paragraph3 to describe .A. the unpleasant automated voiceB. the long- time writing processC. the noise of his computerD. the untuned piano7. How did the author feel when VocaliD got in touch with him?A Upset.B. Concerned.C. Grateful.D. Do
17、ubtful.（3）Stories are shared in many ways. They are described in books and magazines. They are read around the campfire at night. They are randomly distributed from stand-alone booths. But what else?To revive literature in the era of fast news and smartphone addiction, Short Edition, a French publis
18、her of short-form literature, has set up more than 30 story dispensers（分发机）in the USA in the past years to deliver fiction at the push of a button at restaurants, universities and government offices.Francis Ford Coppola, the film director and winemaker, liked the idea so much that he invested in the
19、 company and placed a dispenser at his Cafe Zoetrope in San Francisco. Last month, public libraries in some other cities announced they would be setting them up, too. There is one on the campus at Penn State. A few can be found in downtown West Palm Beach, Fla. And Short Edition plans to announce mo
20、re, including at the Los Angeles International Airport.“Everything old is new again,” said Andrew Nurkin, director of the Free Library of Philadelphia, which is one of the libraries that set up the dispensers. “We want people to be easily exposed to literature. We want to advance literacy among chil
21、dren and inspire their creativity.”Heres how a dispenser works. It has three buttons on top indicating choices for stories that can be read in one minute, three minutes or five minutes. When a button is pushed, a short story is printed.The stories are free. They are chosen from a computer category o
22、f more than 100,000 original submissions by writers whose works have been evaluated by Short Editions judges, and transmitted over a mobile network. Offerings can be tailored to specific interests, like childrens fiction or romance. Short Edition gets stories for its category by holding writing cont
23、ests.Short Edition set up its first booth in 2016 and has 150 machines worldwide. “The idea is to make people happy,” said Kristan Leroy, director of Short Edition. “There is too much unhappiness today. ”8. What do we know about the stories sent by dispensers?A. They are easily read.B. They are shor
24、t in form.C They can be bought from booths.D. They can be found in magazines.9. Which paragraph shows the popularity of story dispensers in America?A. Paragraph 3.B. Paragraph 5.C. Paragraph 6.D. Paragraph 7.10. Why were the story dispensers set up according to Andrew Nurkin?A. To introduce French l
25、iterature.B To get rid of smartphone addiction.C. To make people have access to literature.D. To reduce the financial stress of libraries.11. What is the best title for the text?A. Everything Old Is NewB. Online Reading: a Virtual TourC. Short Edition Is Getting PopularD. Taste of Literature, at the
26、 Push of a Button（4）Boredom has, surprisingly, become quite interesting to academics lately. In early May, Londons Boring Conference celebrated seven years of delighting in dullness. At this event, people flocked to talks about weather traffic jams. and vending-machine sounds, among other sleep-indu
27、cing topics.What, exactly, is everyone studying? One widely accepted psychological definition of boredom is the unpleasant experience of wanting, but being unable, to engage in satisfying activities. But how can you measure a persons boredom level and compare it with someone elses?In 1986, psycholog
28、ists introduced the Boredom Proneness Scale, designed to measure an individuals overall tendency to feel bored. By contrast, the Multidimensional State Boredom scale, developed in 2008, measures a persons feelings of boredom in a given situation.Boredom has been linked to behavior issues including i
29、nattentive driving, mindless snacking excessive drinking, and addictive gambling. In fact, many of us would choose pain over boredom.One team of psychologists discovered that two-thirds of men and a quarter of women would rather have electric shocks than sit alone with their thought for 15 minutes.
30、Researching this phenomenon, another team asked volunteers to watch boring, sad, or neutral films, during which they could have electric shocks. The bored volunteers shocked themselves more and harder than the sad or neutral one did.But boredom isnt all bad. By encouraging self-reflection and daydre
31、aming, it can encourage activity. An early study gave participants abundant time to complete problem-solving and word-association exercises. Once all the obvious answers were exhausted, participants gave more and more inventive answers to fight boredom. A British study took these findings one step f
32、urther, asking subjects to complete a creative challenge (coming up with a list of alternative uses for a household item). One group of subjects did a boring activity first, while the others went straight to the creative task. Those whose boredom pumps had been prepared were more productive.In our a
33、lways-connected world, boredom may be a hard-to-define state, but it is a fertile one. Watch paint dry or water boil, or at least put away your smartphone for a while, and you might unlock your next big idea.12. When are people likely to experience boredom, according to an accepted psychological def
34、inition?A. When they cant do what they want.B. When they experience unpleasant things.C. When they are engaged in some routines.D. When they dont enjoy what they are studying.13. What does the author say boredom can lead to?A. Great determination.B. Mental health.C. Huge pain.D. Harmful conduct.14.
35、What is the findings of one team of psychologists in their experiment?A. Volunteers prefer watching a boring movie to sitting alone deliberating.B. Many volunteers are unable to resist boredom longer than fifteen minutes.C. Male volunteers are more immune to the effects of boredom than females.D. Ma
36、ny volunteers choose to hurt themselves rather than endure boredom.15 What does the author suggest one do when faced with a challenging problem?A. Unlock ones smartphone.B. Stop worrying and think big.C. Spare some time to be bored.D. Look around oneself for inspirationPart B阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的
37、最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Food waste is a huge problem, especially in grocery stores. Americans waste about 40% of their food every year. _16_ There are several factors that contributed to this colossal amount of waste.Misleading labelsThere is a big difference between a sell-by date and a use-by date. When
38、a sell-by date passes, it doesnt mean that the food is unsafe to eat. However, many people still think that they have to toss it. Grocery stores sometimes throw away food simply because its getting close to the sell-by date._17_ The Daily Table is a non-profit grocery store in Massachusetts that col
39、lects food from other grocers that is close to its sell-by date and sells it at a deeply-discounted price. This both provides food to people at low costs and keeps it from being thrown away._18_ Denmark has a volunteer-run food waste supermarket and is planning on opening two more. The Real Junk Foo
40、d Project in the UK just opened its first food waste supermarket, where items have no set prices. Shoppers are allowed to pay what they can for the food.Imperfect produce_19_ Yet in grocery stores most produce looks identical. Some food in grocery stores gets thrown out because its imperfect, or it
41、doesnt “look good.” The food is still fine to eat, but often ends up in the trash. The non-profit End Food Waste has a list of retailers all over America that sell imperfect produce. They also have a petition that you can sign which asks major grocery stores to consider selling imperfect food.There
42、are also subscription services where you can get “ugly” produce delivered to your door. Imperfect Produce and Hungry Harvest are both organizations working to recover food that would otherwise be thrown away._20_Consumer actionNot all the blame for food waste belongs to grocery stores. As consumers
43、we can help to influence the type of food that stores sell. By buying food in less excess, food that is close to the sell-by date, and imperfect produce, we can help reduce food waste.A. This idea has been gaining ground in Europe, as well.B. Produce rarely grows in a way every plant looks the exact
44、 same.C. There are several companies working to recover out-of-date food.D. In 2008, 43 billion pounds of perfectly good food were thrown out of grocery stores.E. This is a great way to reduce the waste of short-lived foods, which food banks often cant accept.F. A new law passed by the Senate makes it illegal for supermarkets to throw away or destroy unsold food.G. Just one quarter of all wasted food could feed the 795 million people around the world who suffer from hunger.【答案】1. A 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. A 6. A 7. D 8. B 9. A 10. C 11. D 12. A 13. D 14. D 15. C 16. D 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. E