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1、2023年 高 考 英 语 复 习 一 一 高 三 英 语 阅 读 理 解 专 项 练 习（六）ABack from the beach I found an envelope on the doorstep.It was the fifth envelope with my latestphotographs.This time I decided to check with the hotel reception.At the reception desk,a middle aged man introduced himself,“Hello,Ms.Drew.I am Benson.res
2、iding at Room No.14.I put the envelopes.“What the hell?How can you click my snap.I was interrupted by him signaling to walk with him.We silently arrived at Room No.14.A fair,curly haired,ten year old girl opened the door.“This is my daughter Agnes.She snapped your photographs/She smiled bitterly at
3、me and told me I reminded her of her lost mom.I replied,Its all right honey,if that can make you happy.Day-to-day evening walks made the bond warmer and stronger.Agnes saw her mother in me andI reverted（回 复）the feelings abundantly.After a week I left as my work in the city had got over.Atearful Agne
4、s bid me goodbye promising in touch.Each season Agnes greeted me with long mails about“her school,her vacation with dad，“hernew year“and much more.The maternal（母 亲 般 的）bond sustained for three years until all myletters were suddenly unanswered.I wondered what could be the reason.One day my husband c
5、ame with a plan for the weekend.Then unconsciously we drove down tothe beach road heading to the hut where I met Agnes.A group of girls walled to the seasideaccompanied by two elderly ladies who looked like their caretakers.A little girl who sat all alonecaught my attention.She looked familiar but t
6、hin,dark and her face was full of scars（伤 疤）.“Agnes.how come?What happened to you?”Her tearful blue eyes looked sunken with grief.One of the caretakers told me that a car accidenthad killed her dad and this was the first time she responded to any other individual.Agnes lay on my chest deep asleep as
7、 I inquired about orphan（M JL）adoption formalities*.Thelittle angel hugged,tightly on my shoulders.The sun finally fully emerged out of the vast waterexpanse to shine brightly over us.1.What was the authors initial reaction to Bensons explanation?A.She remained calm.B.She showed no interest.C.She be
8、came annoyed.D.She expressed sympathy.2.Why does Agnes take photos of the author?A.To enlarge her social circle.B.To satisfy her great curiosity.C.To remove her bitter memory.D.To meet her emotional needs.3.How did the author see Agnes three year later?A.She arranged the meeting.B.It was a pure chan
9、ce.C.Her husband planned it.D.A caretaker helped her.4.What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph indicate?A.Agnes would recover from her face injuries.B.Agnes would care for orphans like an angel.C.Agnes would be adopted by a loving family.D.Agnes would be sponsored for her orphan life
10、.BWinemaker Justin Jarrett remembers when the grape harvest used to start.He and his wife Pip,used to take their kids on an annual beach holiday in February.When they returned to theirvineyards（葡 萄 园）in the regional New South Wales city of Orange,Australia,in early autumn,theyd start the harvest.Tod
11、ay,harvest starts six weeks earlier in January.What we did 20 years ago cant work today,Jarrett says.You have to adjust.Scientists used to have big debates about how to talk to farmers about climate change,says SnowBarlow,a professor specialising in viticulture at the University of Melbourne.But rec
12、ently theresbeen a sea change.Farmers are now saying.This is serious and we want to get on with doingthings,he says.“Wine is a classical industry that has been very influenced by climate,“Barlow says.You growgrapes in particular areas because you think its the ideal place to grow a particular grape
13、to createthe perfect wine.Rising temperatures are not just affecting harvest times,but also the types of grapes that growwell in particular areas.Major labels,such as Brown Brothers,have moved some of their operationsto the southern state of Tasmania where there are cooler sites for varieties such a
14、s Chardonnayand pinot noir.Others are changing their varietal mix,introducing grapes from southern Italy,Sicilyand Greece that are more heat-tolerant.The Jarretts have spent years adapting their winemaking business for a warmer world.Theyveinvested in infrastructure,help them manage the compressed（缩
15、 短 的）harvest time,andintroduced more sustainable soil and pest（害 虫）management practices.Jarrett is growing their grape varieties at higher elevations（海 拔 高 度）than he used to.Sauvignonblanc,for instance,which he used to grow at 700m,has been moved up to 900m.He thinks he cankeep moving his operations
16、 up to about 1100m before he has to buy more land.“We have to have a 20-year plan.If were going to move a variety or change something,we haveto have at least 20 years of success to make it worthwhile/Jarrett says.Z/We are really looking atvarieties that are now considered hot climate.5.What do the J
17、arretts have to adjust to?A.Their holiday plan.B.Their neighborhood.C.The identity as winemakers.D.The earlier grape harvest.6.What can we learn from Snow Barlows words?A.Scientists were divided over climate change.B.Warm climate has caused a change in the sea.C.Wine industry is particular about gra
18、pe suppliers.D.Farmers are aware of the gravity of climatechange.7.How are the Jaretts coping with the impact on their winemaking?A.By putting off the harvest time.B.By introducing heat-tolerant grapes.C.By planting grapes at higher elevations.D.By moving their operations to a new land.8.What is Jar
19、etts opinion of the alternative approaches to the challenge?A.Great minds think alike.B.It is rewarding to try new things.C.It is better to play safe than take risks.D.One man/s meat is another mans poison.CA man called Jamaal Allan has revealed how his name has led to him being racially stereotyped
20、（归 类）throughout his life.Jamaal,a high school teacher who grew up in southern Oregon of the USA,revealed that mostpeople he meets are always surprised when they discover hes white.He said that one of the mostcommon responses to his name is never wouldve guessed your name was JamaaT.In a blog posthe
21、aired his thoughts on this,writing:Really,are you frequently good at guessing peoples names?Another reaction to his name,he said,is you dont look like a Jamaal,to which he asked inresponse,HAnd how exactly does one look like a name?He wrote in the blog that some people,after meeting him,say I though
22、t youd be.and thenpause with a sudden realization they are on the verge of sounding racist,before finding a wordsuch as“tailed or older“to end the sentence with.And his name once appeared to get him selected for a random security check on a trip to Londonin 2002,as the others picked out by officials
23、 were called Muhammad,Abdul and Tariq.He alsoexplained that waitresses and waiters usually hand his credit card back to a black person at histable when hes dining out.His name,which means beauty in Arabic,landed him his teaching job in Iowa,though.Jamaalsaid,“The principal who had hired me admitted
24、that I was lucky to have gotten the job.They hadnot been planning to take another student-teacher when my application showed up.But,as theyscanned through it and saw a Jamaal who plays basketball and counts Muhammad Ali among hisheroes,they thought they could use a little diversity,said Jamaal.Jamaa
25、ls dad was a fan of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team and he was just named after oneof their players,Jamaal Wilkes.9.What do most people think of Jamaals name?A.It sounds unattractive.B.It is difficult to pronounce.C.It is an untypical boy name.D.It is unusual for a white man.10.Why were Abdul
26、 and Tariq selected for a random security check?A.They were black people.B.They used fake names.C.They took others9 credit cards.D.They were racially stereotyped.11.What does Paragraph 5 mainly talk about?A.The meaning of Jamaals name.B.The start of Jamaals career in Iowa.C.The positive effect of Ja
27、maals name.D.The happy ending of Jamaals story.12.Why did the principal decide to hire Jamaal?A.He liked Jamaals special experiences.B.He mistook Jamaal as a colored person.C.He considered Jamaal a good sportsman.D.He appreciated Jamaals basketball heroes.DFinding the local stamp dealer may not be e
28、veryones most important thing on holiday,but for 26-year-old Anita Lo,it is.What started at the age of five with her grandfathers old album hasdeveloped into a collection of several thousand which is regularly updated from her travels.Sheshares her collection on Instagram and WhatsApp and uses searc
29、hing engines to search for itemsby price or country.Having set up his own YouTube channel,Exploring Stamps,32-year-old Graham Beck loves tocommunicate with fellow enthusiasts.To date,he has uploaded 70 videos which see him select astamp and explore the history behind it.I discovered my old childhood
30、 album when clearing myhouse,and began googling the images and had this realisation:I realised how fascinating stampsreally are with all this social history documented on these little pieces of paper.They give such aunique perspective on different subjects and thats what gives it the edge over other
31、 hobbies,rather than particular paper types and printing styles/His best-received video has attracted 80,000 views,and he sees online prevalence of the subject,and the growing use of multimedia at trade shows,as critical to engaging the next generation.George James,head of Commonwealth at stamp deal
32、er publisher Stanley Gibbons in London,agrees to the idea.With the amount of money involved at the top end of the market,somedetection technology has become highly developed and widely used.”Stanley Gibbons in-house experts will check postmarks or other differences in letter sizes and holespacing,an
33、d in more complex cases send them onto the official society.Experts will also use avideo spectral comparator（光 谱 视 频 比 较 仪）一 the software used to check banknotes andpassports to compare some properties of ink and spot the clues missed by the human eye.Theseare much appreciated by collectors and thes
34、e have protected them from being cheated.Technology has made the trade much more open and fairer.And technology has been the bestthing for collecting stamps/James said.13.What makes collecting stamps special according to Graham Beck?A.The delicate patterns on little pieces.B.The paper types and prin
35、ting features.C.The cultural details attached to stamps.D.The memories of collecting experiences.14.What does the underlined word“prevalence“in Paragraph 3 mean?A.Application.B.Popularity.C.Collection.D.Importance.15.What will Stanley Gibbons experts do for the collectors?A.Detect potential informat
36、ion of stamps.B.Persuade them to employ online tools.C.List the top stamps with collection value.D.Estimate the damage of the stamps collected.16.Which of the following could be the best title for the text?A.Honestythe best policy in stamp tradesB.Technology holds the key to all developmentC.Stampscommon memories of a generationD.High-tech stamp collectors energise an old hobby答 案：A 篇：C D B CB 篇：D D C CC 篇：D D C BD 篇：C B A D