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1、高中英语阅读理解+七选五加强练五（1）Virtual Cooking ClassIn this 2-hour live private one-on-one online experience, you will connect with 87-year-old Italian Nonna Nerina and her granddaughter Chiara as they walk you through a mouth-watering cooking experience of one of their favorite family recipes（食谱）in the comfort
2、 of your own home-without any other guest other than you!Once you book this class, we will reach out to you to coordinate（协调）the best time and date that works for you, Chiara and Nonna Nerina. And a week before your class, you willreceive a shopping list of ingredients（原料）to buy and a link to an Ama
3、zon storefront for any tool that you may need to cook with. Not to worrywe keep it simple, you probably already have all the things that you need in your kitchen!You will discuss with Chiara about recipes and pasta choices, select the one that you are most excited about and then decide on all the de
4、tails together for a magical experience.Each recipe that we cook will be from our own family going back generations and we will send you some of our favorite wine pairing suggestions if you are really interested!To become the cook you have always wanted to be, please join us every week for more clas
5、ses and more fun by sending your email to NonnaLivenonnalive. com!21. What can we know about the private course?A. It is held in an Italian family.B. It is offering a discount at present.C. It is given by Nonna Nerina alone.D. It is a chance to learn magic.22. What do you need to do a week before th
6、e class?A. Share your favorite recipe and pasta. B. Invite the guests to join the class.C. Get something necessary readyfor it. D. Do cleaning to keep your kitchen in order.23. How can you learn more information about more classes?A. By writing an e-mail.B. By making a phone call.C. By visiting Chia
7、ra in person.D. By leaving a message on the website.（2）In Europe, there is no escape for those who do not appreciate art and architecture(建筑). It is a heaven for people who want to feel like they have been transported to famous historical time periods from America. For me, Europe was a complete cont
8、rast from America. London and France had a more royal feel than New York, and Rome felt more ancient. I wasnt just on a different continent; it felt like I was in a different century.My parents and I visited London, Paris and Rome this summer in celebration of the end of my high school experience. I
9、t was supposed to be a break from a life as busy as a bee in New York, the constant stress, the crowded subway rides, and the weary body that had accompanied me for the last four years. It was an opportunity to appreciate Europe the way I couldnt do it just by reading history books.My favourite part
10、s of London were the Tower of London and the Churchill War Rooms. As a site of past executions(刑场), the Tower of London displayed punishing devices from the 16th and 17th century and told stories of various members of the royal family who had ever been imprisoned in the tower, some even imprisoned b
11、y their own family members when they were seen as a threat to the crown. Besides that, I also got to see the royal familys crown jewels, amazingly beautiful.The Churchill War Rooms, though very different from the Tower of London, were also spellbinding from a historic perspective. I am not a history
12、 fan, but I enjoy museums, and I took a fancy to the Churchill Museum inside the War Rooms that detailed the events of Churchills life and World War . Everything I saw in it built up his life from his childhood to his last years, creating a three-dimensional Churchill in my mind who was a person jus
13、t like myself. He longed for more. He made mistakes. He experienced loneliness and sadness. But he had also done some remarkable things like uniting Britain during World War .Our rewarding trip ended in Rome a couple of days later.()24. What does the underlined word “contrast” in Paragraph 1 mean?A.
14、Something different. B.Something artistic.C.Something similar. D.Something faraway.()25. Which of the following can best describe the writers life in New York?A.Relaxing and peaceful. B.Stressful and tiring.C.Joyful but busy. D.Boring but successful.()26. What can be learned from Paragraph 3?A.The T
15、ower of London is a symbol of peace.B.The royal family members used to live in harmony.C.The Tower of London witnessed changes of royal families.D.Visitors could buy the crown jewels in Churchill War Rooms.()27. What really got the writer spellbound in the Churchill Museum?A.The unique architecture.
16、 B.World War Two.C.Churchills achievements. D.Churchills real life.（3）As William Shakespeare is to literature in English, so is the poet Du Fu to the Chinese literary tradition. "We have Dante, Shakespeare and Du Fu. These poets create the very values by which poetry is judged,“ remarked Harvar
17、d Professor Stephen Owen in Du Fu , China's Greatest Poet, a new BBC documentary（纪录片）that aired on April 7.Aimed at introducing the charm and beauty of traditional Chinese literature to viewers around the globe, the documentary invited famous British actor Ian McKellen, who played the wizard Gan
18、dalf in the film series The Lord of the Rings, to read 15 of Du's poems that have been translated into English.The one-hour film traces the poet's life experiences in detail. Born in 712, Du lived under the reign（统治）of the Tang Emperor Xuanzong（713 756） , a time marked by extraordinary prosp
19、erity（繁荣），inclusiveness and cultural accomplishment.However, as the An Lushan Rebellion（叛乱）floored the empire, the 43-year-old Du, the former civil servant at the Tang court, had to take his family out of his hometown, and faced starvation and sufferings. Through ups and downs, the poet never stoppe
20、d writing and about 1,500 poems have been kept over the ages.Even though he never held a high position in the government, Du still cared about common people. For example, in the poem My Cottage Unroofed by Autumn Gales ? he wrote that “Could I get mansions covering ten thousand miles, I'd house
21、all scholars poor and make them beam with smiles”.“That is why he was honored as a Poet Sage by later generations. A difficult life and his spirit of concern about the world helped him create so many masterpieces,“ Shi Wenxue, a cultural critic based in Beijing, told the Global Times.Without doubt,
22、Du is a cultural symbol of ancient China, but his brilliant works and core spirits have also inspired people outside of China. As the documentary noted, his work represents a precious cultural heritage for the entire world, not just China.28. What can we know about the documentary?A. It introduces S
23、hakespeare.B. Du Fu is acted by Ian McKellen in it.C. Its target audience is Chinese.D. It shows 15 of Du Fu's poems to the audience.29. What does the underlined word “That” in paragraph 6 refer to?A. Caring about common people.B. My Cottage Unroofed by Autumn Gales.C. The low position in the go
24、vernment. D. The sentence of the poem.30. What most inspired Du's creation according to Shi Wenxue?A. His work experience.B. Hard life and his caring spirit.C. The An Lushan rebellion.D. The Tang dynasty culture background.31. In which section of a website may this text appear?A. Entertainment.
25、B. Health.C. Literature.D. Science.（4）Germans have a word “wanderlust” which translated into English would be “the desire to wander”. Nowadays the chance to travel is endless. Thanks to cheap air tickets,travelling abroad is very easy and sometimes its even cheaper to fly out of the country than to
26、travel within your own. So, yes,travelling is cheap but there have to be other reasons to travel and youre rightthere are plenty!I have always had this feeling of wanderlust. It started from me wanting to explore my local woods at the back of my garden as a young girl and as I have grown, so has my
27、sense of adventure.And I found my local woods being replaced with the Brazil wetland,Pantanal, where I went last summer in search of jaguars,snakes and crocodiles.The thing with travelling is that its always different. Even if you went to the same country, to the same town and stayed in the exact sa
28、me hotel it would be a completely different experience. The people you meet will be different, and they will tell you their own travelling stories: stories of holiday romance,holiday worries and stories that seem so outrageous that you can hardly believe them until something similar happens to you.O
29、r maybe the difference is you? Maybe you have changed since last time you were there? And thats the thing with travellingit changes you. When you travel you are forced to experience a new culture. Whether its eating a guinea pig,or staying with a family where neither of you speak a common language a
30、nd you have to communicate through hand actions and smiles,the experience gives me itchy feet to do it all again.And although wanderlust is a German word,the English idiom “to have itchy feet” has a similar idea. Someone who has itchy feet needs to leave or travel. This desire to explore is found no
31、t only in language but in us.()32.According to Paragraph 2,what is the most important part of travelling?A. You can have different experiences.B. You can hear many travelling stories.C. You will experience holiday romance.D. You are able to take more adventures.()33.The underlined word “outrageous”
32、in Paragraph 2 probably means “”. A. interestingB. surprisingC. movingD. disappointing()34.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. Staying with a family without common languages.B. Communicating through hand actions and smiles.C. Eating a guinea pig.D. Experiencing a diffe
33、rent culture.()35.The writer wrote the passage in order to . A. give various reasons for travellingB. encourage people to travel abroadC. explain the German word “wanderlust”D. share his/her travelling experiencesPart B根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。When we come home from a long day a
34、t school, our dogs are so happy to see us. Their faces look happy, with mouths wide open. 36 .It's probably not an illusion（错觉）at all. In fact, two centuries of modern science has good evidence that humans and animals share emotions-including the kind of emotion that results in laughter.US anima
35、l behaviorist Patricia Simonet carried out research on a special sound that dogs make when they play. 37 . It is quite different from other dog sounds like whining（哀鸣） and growling（咆哮）.Simonet believed it is laughter.Even other dogs seem to recognize and associate the “laugh" with pleasure. 38
36、when Simonet played the laughter to other dogs, reported ABC News.It might not surprise us that dogs-our traditional “best friends“-like to laugh. But other research suggests that creatures, like rats, also laugh.Estonian researcher Jaak Panksepp did experiments on rats. 39 . When Panksepp tickled h
37、is rats on the neck, they made a chirping（唧唧声）sound, which the scientist believed was laughter. The rats liked the tickling so much, he reported, that they sought more of it. According to Scientific American, Panksepp's rats would follow his finger around to make him tickle them again.While stud
38、ies have shown that dogs and rats “laugh" when they play, it doesn't mean that all animals really laugh even if they make a laughter-like sound.Take hyenas（土狼）for example. The hyena is well known for making a noise that sounds like a person laughing loudly. But studies show the hyenas don&#
39、39;t make the noise because they think something is funny. 40 .But make no mistake, when your dog welcomes you home, it's definitely laughing.A. You can make your dog laugh at timesB. Laughter can relieve their nervousnessC. He found that they had a sense of humor and funD. The sound is a “forced, breathy exhalation（呼气）”E. We've all wondered whether our dogs are smiling at usF. Some would seek out toys and others would run toward the sourceG. The “laughing" is actually a noise they make when they are excited or frightened21-23 BCA 24-27 ABCD 28-31 DABC32-35 ABDA36-40 EDFCG