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1、word-1-/24 安徽省明光英普辅导中心高一英语阅读理解分类训练社会类 (1)Among the first to suggest that clocks be moved ahead to extend(延长)daylight hours during the spring and summer was Benjamin Franklin.However,it was not until March 31,1918,more than a century after Franklins death,that Congress adopted the practice during Wor
2、ld War I,in order to save electricity.During World War I,daylight saving was also adopted(采取)in England,Germany,France,and many other countries.1.Daylight saving means _.A.to make the clocks faster B.to make the clocks slower C.to extend daylight hours D.to shorten day hours 2.The first to suggest t
3、hat clocks be moved ahead to extend daylight hours was _.A.Benjamin Franklin B.Congress of the United States C.No one D.Newton 3.When did they put this into practice?A.World War II.B.World War I.C.More than a century ago.D.About 50 years ago.4.Congress adopted the practice,in order _.A.to save water
4、 B.to save electricity C.to save money D.to save time 5.Daylight saving was also adopted _.A.in England and France.B.in Germany and many other countries.C.Both A and B D.all the countries【答案与解析】本文讲述了延长白昼时间的提出，以与这种建议何时被采用。word-2-/24 1.C。Daylight saving 是什么意思？文章首先说了延长白昼时间的方法被 Franklin 提出，然后说在第一次世界大战中为
5、了节约电而采用了这种 daylight saving 的方法。由此可知是延长白昼时间的意思。2.A。文章第 1 句告诉我们提出延长白昼时间的人是 Benjamin Franklin，由此可知答案。3.B。这个建议什么时候被运用在实践中的呢？文章说到是在 Franklin 死后的一个世纪也就是在第一次世界大战中才被采用。因此可知答案是 B。4.B。文章中的第 3 句告诉我们延长白昼时间的原因是 saving electricity。5.C。根据文章的最后一句我们得知英国和德国等都采用了这个建议。所以 A、B 项都对。(2)Fifty years ago not many people would
6、 have something repaired in their homes.In those days labor was fairly cheap and most people would have thought it worthwhile to have somebody repair their things unless they were very poor.Today,however,it is quite a different story.Men and women in all walks of life turn their hands to all kinds o
7、f jobs round the house.Some people have even successfully built their own houses.These jobs have been made easier today by using prepared materials.1.Fifty years ago if people needed some repair,they would _.A.try to mend them by themselves B.has them repaired by others C.repair them in their homes
8、D.have somebody repair them unless they were poor 2.Many jobs have been made easier today because _.A.some people have successfully built their own houses B.men and women turn their hands to all kinds of jobs word-3-/24 C.they can be done by using prepared materials D.a lot of people is very hard up
9、 for money 3.From the passage we know that _.A.there are many“DIY shops in Britain B.not every high street in Britain has one“DIY shop C.people can do nothing without using prepared materials D.“Do-it-yourself is a lazy business in cities 4.Why did a lot of people visit“DIY shops every day?A.Because
10、 people were used to doing things at home.B.Because the present-day labor was no longer cheap.C.Because they were interested in such kind of shops.D.Because they enjoyed the high cost of present-day labor.5.What is the best title for this passage?A.High Streets in Britain B.DIY C.Present-day Labor D
11、.A Strange Business 【答案与解析】本文讲述了如今劳动力的情况和这种不同于以往的情况所带来的新的生意。1.D。文章第 2 段说 In those days.(那时劳动力很廉价，大多数人认为值得去请一些人修理，除非家里很穷)，由此句可知答案。2.C。文章第 1 段最后一句说：如今，这些工作由于用了预制材料变得容易起来。由此句可推知答案。3.A。文章第 2 段第 1 句.at least one DIY shop，可知至少有一家，不一定只有一家。4.B。为什么每天都有很多人去 DIY shop 呢？文章最后一句告诉了我们：很多人去的原因是如今劳动力很贵(即劳动力不再廉价)。因此选
12、 B。5.C。哪一个做文章的标题最好呢？全文讲述的是如今劳动力的情况与带来的新的生意。答案 D(一种奇怪的生意)的这种概括不正确；答案 C(如今的劳动力)的这种概括很好。(3)word-4-/24 Sport is very popular in England.In other words lots of English people like the idea of sport.A lot watch sport on TV.But the number who take part in sport is quite small.On the whole English people pr
13、efer to be fat rather than thin.The most popular sport in England is football.Football is played on Saturday afternoon in most towns and the supporters of a certain team will travel from one end of the country to the other to see their team play.There are four divisions(级别)of the football league.Not
14、 surprisingly the best teams are in the first division.But the best supporters are often in the fourth division.You have to be a good supporter to watch the fourth division football!Many other sports are also played in England,such as golf,in which you try to knock a ball into a hole;basketball,in w
15、hich you try to get a ball through a net;tennis,in which you try to hit a ball so that your opponent(对手)can not hit it.As you see,if the ball had not been invented,there would have been no sport.Actually,that is not quite true.Athletics(田径)isnt played with a ball;nor horseracing.Perhaps that is why
16、they are not as popular as football!1._ is the most popular sport in England.A.Basketball B.Football C.Golf D.Tennis 2.You have to be a good supporter to watch _ division football.A.the first B.the second C.the third D.the fourth 3.Why do many English people not take part in sport?A.They are too bus
17、y.B.They like watching sport on TV.C.They would like to be fat.D.They prefers to be thin.4.Why are English people interested in sport?A.They have their football team.B.The sport games are played on Saturday afternoon.C.They like the idea of sport.D.They like the famous players.word-5-/24【答案与解析】本文讲述了
18、英国十分流行运动，尤其是球类运动备受英国人的喜爱。1.B。在 England 流行什么运动？文章第 4 行的 The most popular sport in England is football，由此可知 football 最流行。2.D。如果你看第几级别的比赛你就是个很棒的球迷呢？文章中的第 2 段 But the best supporters are often in the fourth division(但最好的球迷常常在第四级别的比赛中)，由此可知答案为 D。3.C。文章第 1 段最后一句说英国人喜欢胖胜过喜欢瘦。据此句可推测英国人不太参加运动的原因是 C。4.C。为什么英国
19、人对运动感兴趣？文章第 2 段 In other words lots of.，由此句可知答案是 C。(4)There have been great changes in the lives of women.During the twentieth century there was an unusual shortening of the time of a womans life spent in caring for children.A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in
20、 her middle twenties,and would be likely to have seven or eight children,of whom four or five lived till they were five years old.By the time the youngest was fifteen,the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years,during which custom,chance and health
21、 made it unusual for her to get paid work.Today women marry younger and have fewer children.Usually a womans youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty.Even while she has the care of children,her work is lightened by household appl
22、iances(家用电器)and convenience foods.This important change in womens way of life has only recently begun to have its full effect on womens economic position.Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first opportunity and most of them took a full-time job.However,when they married,they usually
23、left work at once and never returned to it.Today the word-6-/24 school-leaving age is sixteen,many girls stay at school after that age,and though women tend to marry younger,more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born.Very many more afterwards,return to fu
24、ll or part-time work.Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage,with both husband and wife accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfaction of family life,and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money and running the home,according to the abilities a
25、nd interest of each them.1.According to the passage,around the year 1990 most women married _.A.at about twenty-five B.in their early fifties C.as soon as possible after they were fifteen D.at any age from fifteen to forty-five 2.We are told that in an average family about 1990 _.A.many children die
26、d before they were five B.the youngest child would be fifteen C.seven of eight children lived to be more than five D.four of five children died when they were five.3.When she was over fifty,the late 19th century mother _.A.would expect to work until she died B.was usually expected to take up paid em
27、ployment C.would be healthy enough to take up paid employment D.was unlikely to find a job like the mother nowadays 4.Many girls,the passage says,are now likely to _.A.marry so that they can get a job B.leave school as soon as they can C.give up their jobs for good after they are married D.continue
28、working until they are going to have a baby word-7-/24 5.According to the passage,it is now quite usual for women to _.A.stay at home after leaving school B.marry men younger than themselves C.start working again later in life D.marry while still at school【答案解析】本文描述了 15 世纪与 20 世纪妇女生活的变化。1.A。细节题。根据第
29、1 段第 3 句 A woman marrying at the end of the 19th century would probably have been in her middle twenties 可知答案为 A。2.D。细节题。根据第 1 段第 3 句 of whom four of five lived till they were five years old 可推知答案为 D。3.D。细节题。根据第 1 段 the mother would have been in her early fifties andmade it unusual for her to get pa
30、id work.Today when she is forty-five and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty 可知答案为 D。4.D。细节题。根据第 2 段 Today the school-leaving age is sixteen,more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born 可知答案为 D。5.C。细节题。根据第 2 段 Very many more afterwards,ret
31、urn to full or part-time work.可知答案为 C。(5)The World Trade Organization(WTO),founded on January 1,1995,aims to encourage international trade to flow as freely as possible,making sure that trade agreements are respected and that any disputes(争端)can be settled.In the five years since its founding,the WT
32、O has become well-known as one of the worlds most powerful economic organizations,taking its place alongside the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.The system of global rules for international trade,however,dates back half a century to 1948 when the General Agreement on Tariffs(关税)and Trade(
33、GATT)was formed after World War.word-8-/24 As time went by,it became clear that the GATT had two major drawbacks the limited areas of trade it covered,and the lack of an effective system to settle disputes.After seven years of trade talks ending in 1994,the so-called Uruguay Round finally gave birth
34、 to the WTO,complete with an effective system to settle disputes,and new roles covering trade in services and intellectual property(知识产权).Even after seven years of talks and 22,500 pages of agreements there were still problems,especially the difficult-to-deal with areas of agriculture and services,w
35、hich the member nations agreed to revise in 2000.The WTO,with its head office in Geneva,has 135 members with 30 more waiting to join.1.From the passage we know that the GATT stopped working _.A.soon after World Warended B.a little more than 50 years after world War C.Just in the year 1994 D.seven ye
36、ars before the Uruguay Round talk 2.Compared with the GATT,the WTO _.A.doesnt pay enough attention to services and intellectual property B.gets its members to sign the agreements more easily C.has got too many areas of international trade to deal with to work effectively D.can do better to settle di
37、sputes in more areas of international trade 3.In the new century,the WTO will_.A.take the place of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund B.have more members and do much more to settle more problems C.make complete new roles in every area of international trade D.have new roles coveting trad
38、e in services and intellectual property 4.The underlined word“drawbacks means _.A.changes B.weak points C.strong points D.improvements【答案解析】本文阐述了世贸组织代替关贸总协定是时代的需要，同时说明了它任重而道远。word-9-/24 1.C。推断题。根据 After seven years of trade talks ending in 1994,the so-called Uruguay Round finally gave birth to the W
39、TO,可知在 WTO 诞生的同时，GATT 也就即刻停止了运行，应当选答案 C。2.D。细节题。根据 After seven years of trade talks ending in 1994,the so-called Uruguay Round finally gave birth to the WTO,complete with an effective system to settle dispute,and new roles covering trade in services and intellectual property 得知 WTO 在解决争端方面具有更有效的体系，并
40、且覆盖了贸易服务与知识产权等更多的领域，由此可知 D 为正确答案。3.B。细节题。根据 The WTO,has 135 members with 30 more waiting to join 与 Even after seven years of talks and 22,500 pages of agreements there were still problems 可知成员国数量在增加，而且通过谈话和争取达成的协议来解决更多的问题，据此选 B。4.B。词义猜测题。the GATT had tow major drawbacksthe limited areas of trade it
41、covered,and the lack of an effective system to settle disputes 这句话的意思是：一是它所覆盖的领域有限；二是缺乏解决争端的有效体系。由此可知 drawbacks 意为不足之处，应当选答案 B。(6)The news report that night was about a famine(饥荒)in Ethiopia.The pictures were of people who were so thin that they looked like beings from another planet.The camera(摄像机)
42、focused(聚焦)on one man so that he looked directly at me,sitting in my comfortable living room.All around was the sound of death.It was clear that the world had not noticed this until now.You could hear the sadness in the voice of the reporter,Michael Buerk.At the end of the report he was silent.Paula
43、 started crying,then rushed upstairs to check our baby,Fifi,who was sleeping peacefully.I kept seeing the news pictures in my mind.What could I do?I was only a pop singer and by now not a very successful pop singer.All I could do was to make records word-10-/24 which no one bought.But I would do tha
44、t.I would give all the profits(利润)of the next Rats(the name of the music group he was in)record to Oxfam(an organization in Britain which helps poor people around the world).What good would that do?It would only be a little money but it was more than I could give just from my bank account.Maybe some
45、 people would buy it because the profits were for Oxfam.And I would be protesting about this disaster(灾难).But that was not enough.1.What do we learn about the writer from the text?A.He felt really bad because the news report made him think of his own hard life.B.After he saw a news report on TV abou
46、t the famine in Ethiopia,he decided he had to do something about the problem.C.His ideas on how to collect money for the people in Ethiopia were very successful.D.He wanted to do more than just be a famous singer.2.Which paragraph describes(描写)what he thought about after the report?A.Paragraph 1.B.P
47、aragraph 2.C.Paragraph 3.D.None.3.The writer wished that _.A.he would be a very successful pop singer if he could have sold all his records B.he would rather give all his money from his bank account than the little money made by making new records C.perhaps people would be interested in his records
48、because they knew that the money they paid for them would go to Oxfam D.he would make records which no one bought【答案解析】短文描述了作者在看了衣索比亚(Ethiopia)饥荒报导后的内心感受。1.B。推断题。根据 I would give all the profits(利润)of the next Rats record to Oxfam 可知 B 项正确。2.C。推断题。从 I kept seeing the news pictures in my mind.What cou
49、ld I do?可以看出，第 3 段描述他的内心活动。word-11-/24 3.C。细节题。根据 Maybe some people would buy it because the profits were for Oxfam 可推知此题答案为 C。(7)The market is a concept.If you are growing tomatoes in your backyard for sale you are producing for the market.You might sell some to your neighbour and some to the manag
50、er of the local supermarket.But in either case,you are producing for the market.Your efforts are being directed by the market.If people stop buying tomatoes,you will stop producing them.If you take care of a sick person to earn money,you are producing for the market.If your father is a steelworker o