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1、2020 “外研社国才杯全国英语阅读大赛样题赛题分值说明：1 .线上初赛：题型仅为客观题，即Read and Know , Read and Reason , Read and Question三个模块，共40题，答题时间为110分钟，满分100分。第 1-3题每题1分，第4-9题每题2分，第10题5分，第11-30题每题3分， 第31-40题每题2分。2 .复赛和决赛：题型包含客观题和主观题，即Read and Know , Read and Reason , Read and Question , Read and Create 四个模块，共 41 题, 答题 时间为150分钟，满分100
2、分。第1-3题每题1分，第4-9题每题2分，第 10题5分，第11-30题每题1.5分，第31-40题每题2分，第41题30分。注：本样题仅供了解大赛题型，不提供参考答案；体验更多大赛真题，可加入备 赛课程阅读大赛真题2019,全面了解大赛题型，充分把握考查要点， 官方赛事系统iTEST提供即时反馈，支持反复练习。Part I Read and KnowIn Part I, you will read short texts of various kinds. Read the instructions carefully and answer the questions. (Time all
3、owed: 20 minutes)Questions 1-3 (Suggested completion time: 3 minutes)Directions: Read the following quotes. Match the quotes with the people. Please note there are two extra options you do not need.A. John Locke B. Archimedes C. AristotleD. Immanuel KantE. Steve Jobs1 . Give me a lever long enough a
4、nd a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.2 .Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but bow we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.3 .You cant connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the
5、 dots will somehow connect in your future.it fill the page, was also novel. The simplistic approach to design and layout was totally contrary to the advertising conventions of the time.22 The text was minimalist in both look and content, presenting thefacts simply instead of trying to weave tall tal
6、es and fantasies; and instead of bluster, it ushered in an intelligent sense of humor that made readers feel like they were in on the joke. The message was one of smart anti-luxury, and took gentle aim at an industry obsessed with superficiality and styling, rather than the substance underneath the
7、car bodies.Not only does Think small continue to inspire Volkswagen advertising to this day, it ushered in a creative revolution in the advertising business and changed the world of marketing forever. nThink smalln showed the power of humor and honesty, and its photographic and design principles bro
8、ught about a major shift in the look and feel of marketing around the world.22. Which of the sentences below best fits the numbered space in the text?A. What defined the ad even more than its visual style was the tone of its copy.B. This ad starts off doing the exact opposite of what you would expec
9、t in a car ad. C. This was an exercise in minimalism and a very accurate reflection on the product itself.D. The car wasnt depicted as an integral piece of the daily lives of a middle class family.23. It can be inferred that the advertising conventions of the 1950s were reflected in the following ex
10、cept that.A. The ads in the 1950s typically showed proud owners and passengers evoking great joy about new shiny big acquisitions.B. The marketing concept then focused on providing as much information as possible to the reader such as the way its created.C. The marketing schemes associated the adver
11、tised product with an idea or a way of living from average consumers* perspective.D. The marketing practice may attach importance to a sense of humor brought by the use of exaggerated language.Questions 24-25 (Suggested completion time: 4 minutes)Directions: Read the following six remarks concerning
12、 the crowd. Four of them are taken from Gustave Le Bons book, The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind. Choose the two remarks that may NOT be taken from the book.24-25.The CrowdIn crowds it is stupidity and not mother wit that is accumulated.A. Crowds most envy the lonely man who walks confidently as
13、 if he is walking with the great crowds!B. A crowd is not merely impulsive and mobile. Like a savage, it is not prepared to admit that anything can come between its desire and the realization of its desire.C. I walked with them, as crowds have that effect on me, I want to do what they do, to journey
14、 towards some point of revelation, which of course never comes.D. Crowds, being incapable both of reflection and of reasoning, are devoid of the notion of improbability; and it is to be noted that in a general way it is the most improbable things that are the most striking.E. .the individual forming
15、 part of a crowd acquires, solely from numerical considerations, a sentiment of invincible power which allows him to yield to instincts which, had he been alone, he would perforce have kept under restraint.Questions 26-28 (Suggested completion time: 5 minutes)Directions: Read the text about a fly. A
16、nswer the questions according to the text.The FlyAt that moment the boss noticed that a fly had fallen into his broad inkpot, and was trying feebly but desperately to clamber out again. Help! Help!” said those struggling legs. But the sides of the inkpot were wet and slippery; it fell back again and
17、 began to swim. The boss took up a pen, picked the fly out of the ink, and shook it on to a piece of blotting-paper. For a fraction of a second it lay still on the dark patch that oozed round it. Then the front legs waved, took hold, and, pulling its small, sodden body up, it began the immense task
18、of cleaning the ink from its wings. Over and under, over and under, went a leg along a wing, as the stone goes over and under the scythe. Then there was a pause, while the fly, seeming to stand on the tips of its toes, tried to expand first one wing and then the other. It succeeded at last, and, sit
19、ting down, it began, like a minute cat, to clean its face. Now one could imagine that the little front legs rubbed against each other lightly Joyfully. 27.26. Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?A. The boss saved the fly out of his broad inkpot.B. The fly was trapped by the thic
20、k ink on its wings.C. The passage describes how a fly survived an accident.D. The passage shows how a fly conquered a challenge.27. Which of the following statement can best fit in the numbered space?A. The horrible danger was over; it had escaped; it was ready for life again.B. The boss was relieve
21、d now, reassured that the fly had been out of danger.C. But the front legs waved, caught hold, and, more slowly this time, the taskrestarted.D. But such a grinding feeling of wretchedness seized him that he felt positively frightened.28. The tone of the text can be described as a complex mixture of
22、anything butsympatheticA. humorouscheerfulB. depressingQuestions 29-30 (Suggested completion time: 7 minutes)Directions: Read the text about Chaco Culture. Answer the questions according to the text.The Chaco Culture, as modern-day archaeologists call it, flourished between roughly the 9th and 13th
23、centuries A.D. and was centered at Chaco Canyon in what is now New Mexico.The people of the Chaco Culture built immense structures that at times encompassed more than 500 rooms. They also participated in long-distance trade that brought cacao, macaws (a type of parrot), turquoise and copper to Chaco
24、 Canyon.29, researchers have to rely on the artifacts and structures they left behind, as well as oral accounts that have been passed on through generations, to reconstruct what their lives were like.Archaeologists generally agree that Chaco Canyon was the center of Chaco Culture. Today the canyon i
25、s a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The National Park Service estimates that there are about 4,000 archaeological sites in the park, including more than a dozen immense structures that archaeologists sometimes call Great Houses11. Archaeological research has revealed many discoveries
26、, including a system of roads that connected many Chaco Culture sites, and evidence of astronomical alignments that indicate that some Chaco Culture structures were oriented toward the solstice sun and lunar standstills.“There has been more archaeological research conducted in Chaco and on the subje
27、ct of Chaco than on any other prehistoric district in North America/9 says a National Park Service statement posted on Chaco Culture National Historical Parks website.Today, twenty Puebloan groups in New Mexico, as well as the Hopi in Arizona, claim Chaco as their ancestral homeland and are tied to
28、this place through oral traditions and clan lineages. A number of Navajo clans are also affiliated with Chacoan sites through their traditional stories/ the National Park Service statement says.Despite the fact that there has been an immense amount of archaeological research carried out at Chaco Can
29、yon, and at other Chaco Culture sites in the American Southwest, modern-day archaeologists disagree over what the people of the Chaco Culture were like.Some archaeologists think that the people of the Chaco Culture were not politically united, while some think they controlled an empire centered on C
30、haco Canyon. What was Chaco? Opinions vary widely, perhaps wildly. Interpretations range from a valley of peaceful farming villages to the monumental capital of an empire/ wrote Stephen Lekson, a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, in an article published in the book The Architecture of
31、 Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (University of Utah Press, 2007).Lekson noted that there are different interpretations among archaeologists as to what the Great Houses were. Some archaeologists believe that they were villages inhabited by thousands of people, while others think that they were elite reside
32、nces that housed a small number of residents.29. Which of the following best fits in the numbered space in the text?A. The people of the Chaco Culture did not use a writing system and as such B. While archaeologists are not certain what caused this dramatic population bump C. When thinking about arc
33、haeological sites, we tend to think of them as deadsilentD. Since Chacos national monument status may not protect it from development pressuresWhich of the following statements can we know from the text?A. The people of the Chaco culture were good at foreign trade.B. Great Houses* were built from ap
34、proximately the 9th to 13thcentury A.D.C. Most descendants of ancient Chaco people live in New Mexico now.D. Archaeologists hold different ideas about how the people of the Chaco Culture lived.Part III Read and QuestionIn Part III, you will read passages on the same subject. You will be required to
35、identify the writers position and evaluate the effectiveness of the writers arguments. (Time allowed: 35 minutes)Questions 31-40 (Suggested completion time: 35 minutes)Directions: Read three passages about fashion. Answer the questions according to the passages.Passage AIts not that easy to answer t
36、he question, nwhat is fashion? because it means different things to different people. Fashion is an art. Its a religion. Its a job. Its a peek into a personality. Its playfulness. Its an escape or a disguise. It is a feast for the eyes. But ultimately, 32 French fashion designer Coco Chanel once sai
37、d, “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.Its true. Fashion isnt defined solely by our clothing choices, but is also conveyed through the way we carry ourselves, our personalities a
38、nd our views of the world. At its most fundamental, fashion is simply the prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behavior.So, who exactly answers the question what is fashionn? Who decides whats fashionable and what isnt? Whats in or whats out?Fashion Designers. The iconic fashion houses-Prada,
39、Gucci, Chanel一are referred to as haute couture, French for Hhigh sewing. These designers lead the way in creating trend-setting fashion. While some of their designs are outrageous and completely unrealistic when it comes to everyday wear, generally the theme is adapted into versions suitable for wea
40、ring.Media. Fashion trends are often sparked by characters on popular television shows and movies as well as adopted from magazine pages. HSex and the City, “The Devil Wears Prada, these shows introduced us to new, cutting-edge designs. While you might not be caught dead wearing a Carrie Bradshaw or
41、iginal, you might take ideas inspired from her look and piece together your own creation.Celebrities. A prime example of a celebrity-driven fashion trend? UGGs. Until Kate Hudson and Jessica Simpson were spotted wearing them around L.A. several years ago, no one had given any thought to UGG boots. N
42、ow they are everywhere.Musicians. Musicians have always been very influential when it comes to dictating fashion. Rock n roll is fashion. Elvis is an iconic example. In the 1950s, everyone wanted to dress like Elvis. What about the heavy metal hair bands so popular in the 1980s? Axl Rose reinvented
43、the head bandana while Poison, Motley Crue and Bon Jovi set the pace for big, rocker hair.Just because you dont know if a Prada bag is fall 2007 or spring 2008 doesnt matter. All that matters is that you like it and its an expression of you. That is fashion.Passage BAFashion is more prevalent in mod
44、ern society than in primitive tribes or peasant communities. The modern society is an open society where class distinctions are not so rigid as in primitive society. Its urban and mobile class structure enables people to cultivate individual taste and adopt new course. BOur standards of judgment hav
45、e also changed. Today the individual is rated more by observable externalities than by his ancestry, his character or his genuine accomplishments. The clothes a man wears, the language he speaks, the manners he shows have more weight in ascribing a status than his simplicity, patriotism and integrit
46、y.If he can keep himself up to date in the matters of his dress, speech and manners, he will assure himself a high social esteem. CNot only the mobile and urban character of modern society but its affluence also speaks for greater prevalence of fashion in it. Men today are richer than their ancestor
47、s and have more leisure. They have the necessary means and time to play with luxuries and to think of fashion. Maclver writes: We do not think of fashion in overalls; there is more of fashion in the body of an automobile than in its chassis. There is no fashion in steam shovels.DConsequently the hig
48、her the standard of living the more material there is for fashion to operate upon.Passage CAs summer has officially faded into the colder weather of autumn, I assumed the days of Nike shorts, comically large T-shirts and polos would be only a memory of yesterday. This has not been the case.Fashion,
49、in and of itself, is already a type of conformism. In order to be considered fashion, a look, a garment or a stylistic choice must be deemed fashionable.Who gets to decide this-what is fashionable? While certain fashion heavyweights play a role in this decision, the ultimate decision is left to the public.As I was surfing the Web recently for inspiration for this c