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1、2020-2021学年高三英语二模阅读理解C汇编One【虹口区】（C）“A writers job is to tell the truth,9,said Hemingway in 1942.No other writer of our time had so fiercelystated,or so consistently（一贯地）illustrated the writers duty to speak truly.His standard of truth-tellingremained,moreover,so high and so strict that he was ordina
2、rily unwilling to admit secondary evidence,whether literary evidence or evidence picked up from other sources than his own experience.*only knowwhat I have seen,was a statement which came often to his lips and pen.What he had personally done,orwhat he knew unforgettably by having gone through one ve
3、rsion of it,was what he was interested in tellingabout.The primary intention of his writing,from first to last,was to seize and project for the reader what heoften calleduthe way it was”.This is a characteristically simple phrase for a concept of extraordinarycomplexity,and Hemingways concept of its
4、 meaning（微妙地）changed several times in the course ofhis career always in the direction of greater complexity.At the core of the concept,however,one caninvariably recognize the operation of three instruments of beauty appreciation:the sense of place,the senseof fact,and the sense of scene.The first of
5、 these,obviously a strong passion with Hemingway,is the sense of place.Unless you havegeography,background,he once told George Antheil,you have nothing,You have,that is to say,adramatic vacuum.Few writers have been more place-conscious.Few have so carefully charted out thegeographical ground work of
6、 their novels while managing to keep background so unnoticeable.Fewaccordingly,have been able to record more economically and graphically the way it is when you watch thebulls running through the streets of Pamplona,Spain towards the bull-ringWhen I woke it was the sound of the rocket exploding that
7、 announced the release of the bulls.Dobelow the narrow street was empty.All the balconies were crowded with people.Suddenly a crowd camdown the street.They were all running,packed close together.They passed along and up the street towardthe bull-ring and behind them came more men running faster,and
8、then some stragglers（落后者）who werereally running.Behind them was a little bare space,and then the bulls tossing their heads up and down.Itall went out of sight around the corner.One man fell,rolled to the（排水沟），and lay quiet.But thebulls went right on and did not notice him.They were all running toget
9、her.63.Whats the main idea of the first two paragraphs?A.Hemingways writing began from reality and then he would let his mind wander.B.Hemingway s primary purpose in writing was to report faithfully reality as he experienced it.C.Hemingways writing reflects his preference for a simple story that the
10、 reader would thoroughly enjoy.D.Hemingway would construct a story that would reflect truths that were not particular to a specifichistorical period.64.It can be inferred from the passage that Hemingway preferred as the sources fbr his work.A.Stories that he had experienced rather than read aboutB.S
11、tories that he had read about in newspapers or other sourcesC.Stories that he had heard from friends or chance acquaintancesD.Stories that came to him in periods of deep thinking or in dreams65.The author calls the way it was,characteristically simple phrase for a concept of extraordinarycomplexityn
12、b e c a u s e.A.it shows how Hemingway understated complex issues in his booksB.it reflects Hemingways talent for making ordinary events difficult to understandC.Hemingways obsession for geographic details overshadowed the dramatic element of his storiesD.the relationship between simplicity and comp
13、lexity reflected the relationship between the style andcontent of Hemingways writing66.Why does the author include an except（节选）from The Sun Also Rises in the last paragraph?A.To vividly illustrate how exciting the bull run is.B.To demonstrate that all kinds of runners can take part in the bull run.
14、C.To show Hemingways delicate description of the background of the bull run.D.To place greater emphasis on the importance of geography,economically speaking.63.【试题解析】根据第一段“His standard of truth-telling remained,moreover,so high and so strict that he was ordinarilyunwilling to admit secondary evidenc
15、e,whether literary evidence or evidence picked up from other sourcesthan his own experience.以及第二段的开头，The primary intention of his writing,from first to last,was to seize and project for the reader what he often calledthe way it was”.可知，主要内容是海明威想要写的内容是自己经历过的以及他想要传达给读者的事物原来的样子。故选B。【参考答案】B.64.【试题解析】根据第
16、一段倒数第二段“What he had personally done,or what he knew unforgettably by having gonethrough one version of it,was what he was interested in telling about.“可知海明威更愿意把自身的经历作为写作的来源。故选A。【参考答案】A.65.【试题解析】根据第二段第三行“Hemingways concept of its meaning（微妙地）changed several times in thecourse of his career-always in
17、the direction of greater complexity.At the core of the concept,however.one can invariably recognize the operation of three instruments of beauty appreciation:the sense of place,the sense of fact,and the sense of scene.”故选 Do【参考答案】D.66.【试题解析】根据第三段“Unless you have geography,background,he once told Geo
18、rge Antheil,you have nothing,说明海明威非常注重对于背景信息的描绘。故选Co【参考答案】C.T w o【黄浦区】(C)Cuckoos dont bother building their own nests they just lay eggs that perfectly imitate those of otherbirds and take over their nests.But other birds are wising up,evolving some seriously impressive tricks tospot the cuckoo eggs
19、.Cuckoos are often known as parasites,meaning that they hide their eggs in the nests of other species.To avoid detection,the cuckoos have evolved so that their eggs seem reproduction of those of their preferredtargets.If the host bird doesnt notice the strange egg in its nest,the little cuckoo will
20、actually take the entirenest for itself after it comes out,taking the other eggs on its back and dropping them out of the nest.To avoid this unpleasant fate for their young,the other birds have evolved a few smart ways to spot thefakes,which were only now beginning to fully understand.One of the mos
21、t amazing finds is that birds havean extra color-sensitive cell in their eyes,which makes them far more sensitive to ultraviolet(紫 夕 卜 线)wavelengths and allows them to see a far greater range of colors than humans can.This allows cautious birdsto detect a fake egg which might be exactly the same to
22、our eyes.Fascinatingly,were actually able to observe different bird species at very different points in theirevolutionary war with the cuckoos.For instance,some cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of the redstarts.The blue eggs these cuckoos lay are practically alike to those of the redstarts,and ye
23、t they are still sometimesrejected.Compare that with cuckoos who target dunnocks.While those birds lay perfectly blue eggs,theircuckoo invaders just lay white eggs with brown irregular shaped spots.And yet dunnocks barely ever seemto notice the obvious trick.Biologists suspect these more easily dece
24、ived species like the dunnocks are on the same evolutionarypath as the redstarts,but they have a long way to go until they evolve the same levels of suspicion.Whatsremarkable is that the dunnock fakes are so bad and the redstart ones so good,and yet cuckoos are still moresuccessful with the former t
25、han the latter.It speaks to just how thoroughly a species,behavior can be altered by the pressures of natural selection,or it might just be a bit of strategic cooperation on the part of the dunnocks.Biologists have suggested thatthese birds are willing to tolerate a parasite every so often because t
26、hey dont want to risk accidentally gettingrid of one of their own eggs.63.This passage was most likely found in a.A.travel journalB.zoo advertisementC.nature magazineD.science survey64.What does the word“parasites in paragraph 2 most probably refer to?A.Animals which live on or inside other host ani
27、mals.B.Animals that mutually work together to raise young.C.Small harmful animals such as worms or mice.D.Animals that can adapt to changing environments.65.Which of the following is TRUE about dunnock according to the passage?A.It can easily remove cuckoo eggs from the nest because fakes are so bad
28、.B.It is colour-blind and therefore cannot identify foreign eggs in the nest.C.It is a host bird that is more likely to raise a cuckoo chick than the redstarts.D.It is unable to evolve and hence accepts cuckoo eggs that appear in the nest.66.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?A.
29、Dunnocks may eventually learn to recognise foreign eggs.B.Redstarts seem to be less suspicious compared to dunnocks.C.It is very easy for cuckoos to imitate the colouring of the dunnocks egg.D.Cuckoo birds are good at taking responsibility for their own young.63.【试题解析】文章没有讲到过旅游，广告，科学调查的数据等，只是叙述了杜鹃鸟的
30、繁殖育儿过程，因此只是一个大自然事件，因此选C【参考答案】C64.【试题解析】文章二段中，讲述了杜鹃鸟需要占领其它鸟巢并欺骗他们一起繁殖，其他鸟属于hostanimal而并未提到其他。因此选A【参考答案】A65.【试题解析】文章五段中，通过跟杜鹃鸟在redstarts下蛋需要变色，而 Dunnockd不用而且发现不了不一样的颜色和形状做对比，发现Dunnock是更容易寄生的宿主鸟.因此选C.【参考答案】C67.【试题解析】通过 Biologists have suggested that these birds are willing to tolerate a parasite everys
31、o often because they dont want to risk accidentally getting rid of one of their own eggs.这句话来判断，外加B.C.D选项都与原文内容相反，因此选A.【参考答案】AThree【浦东新区】A MAGICAL PLACETheme parks?I just love them.In a month or so,the UKs finest will throw their gates open for thenew season to thrill us with their engineered deligh
32、ts.As usual,I will be the first person inside.Yes,I maybe a digital enthusiast,but to me there is nothing as irresistible or as thrilling as the full-on experience ofspending a day in someone elses imagination.Dr.Carissa Baker,assistant professor in theme parks and storytelling at the University of
33、CentralFlorida,argued in 2018 that theme parks are gatherers and tellers of stories.Their distinct narratives startbefore you enter the park,are played out in what you experience there,and continue after youve left.Howdo they do it?Some believe its down to creative direction and narrative system des
34、ign.But I call it like Isee it:they use all the psychological tricks in my social psychology textbooks to get us to feel and act in theway that the people behind the scenes foretell.Everything in theme parks is m anipulated.Everything is accounted for.Whereas in the digitalworld,designers infer what
35、 we feel,these theme parks digest these emotions.A famous example isDisneylands Main Street USA,which you walk down on first entering the park:the sets have been designedwith forced perspective so the buildings appear taller and grander than they really are.Techniques like thisare everywhere to be s
36、een in the squares of Renaissance Italy and Georgian England to make the buildingsseem bigger than they were.The mythical Main Street is made to feel larger and more impressive,whichgets visitors excited when they enter the park-we are the hero of Disneylands narrative.Now thats apowerful trick.The
37、digital world is nowhere near as magical as these places are.Yes,digital designers can createsomething out of nothing with mathematics and electricity,but their best attempts are only shortcuts in two-dimensional space.All they have in their toolboxes are sight and sound.But in theme parks,digital i
38、s out ofplace.Yes,behind the scenes there are data machines that are trying to track us to make our experiencesbetter and more personal.Except for one or two notable examples,digital tech isnt being used to enhanceour time at the park in any practical way.It just gets in the way.And perhaps that is
39、why I love theme parks.Because when Im there,I want to be propelled（推动）by someone elses vision,and give over to the feeling.The next killer app isnt on your device.It?s in the places that thrill us and compel us to keep our phonesin our pockets so we can truly experience them.63.From the first parag
40、raph we can conclude that.A.engineers in the UK are full of imaginationB.the writer is enthusiastic about digital devicesC.the writer finds theme parks charming and excitingD.it takes much imagination to guess visitors,preferences64.The writer fancies going to theme parks in that.A.the experience in
41、 theme parks helps him to let out emotionsB.they provide a designed setting in which he is easily absorbedC.the digital effect makes theme parks a wonderland full of magicD.the psychological tricks they use make him feel manipulated65.What can be inferred from the passage?A.It is advisable to put do
42、wn your phone and get a taste of what theme parks bring you.B.Nowhere else can you find a place as magical as the digital world.C.The huge constructions in theme parks are designed to appeal to more visitors.D.Digital tech plays an irreplaceable role in keeping theme parks running smoothly.66.What d
43、oes the article mainly talk about?A.The distinct properties that theme parks and digital devices have.B.The thrilling and irresistible experiences the writer has in theme parks.C.Digital devices meant to create a magic world with simple techniques.D.Clever techniques used by theme parks to make your
44、 visit memorable.63.【试题解析】细节推断题。根据第一段最后一句 but to me there is nothing as irresistible or as thrilling as the full-onexperience of spending a day in someone elses imagination.但对我来说，没有什么比全身心地沉浸在别人的想象中更让人无法抗拒、更让人兴奋的了。因此对应选项C 作者发现主题公园迷人和令人兴奋【参考答案】c64.【试题解析】细节推断题。根据第三段第一句 Everything in theme parks is mani
45、pulated（操纵）.Everything is accountedfor.Whereas in the digital world,designers infer what we feel,these theme parks digest these emotions.i题公园的切都是操纵（操纵）。每件事都说明了。而在数字世界里，设计师会推断出我们的感受，而主题公园则会消化这些情感。对应了选项B 他们提供了一个设计好的环境，他很容易被吸引住【参考答案】B65.【试题解析】细节推断题。根据最后一句话 Ifs in the places that thrill us and compel us
46、 to keep our phones in ourpockets so we can truly experience them.它存在于那些让我们兴奋、迫使我们把手机放在口袋里的地方，这样我们才能真正体验它们。因此对应选项A 建议你放下手机，去体验一下主题公园带给你的东西。【参考答案】A66.【试题解析】主旨推断题，全文讲的是主题公园用巧妙的技巧使你的游览难忘。【参考答案】DFour【长宁区】(C)Reading the ScreenThe debate on literacy is one of the most heated in education.On the one hand,t
47、here is an army ofpeople convinced that traditional skills of reading and writing are declining.On the other hand,a largenumber of progressives protest that literacy is much more complicated than a simple technical mastery ofreading and writing.This second position is supported by most of the releva
48、nt academic work over the past20 years.These studies argue that literacy can only be understood in its social and technical context.InRenaissance England,for example,many more people could read than could write,and within reading therewas a distinction between those who could read print and those wh
49、o could manage the more difficult taskof reading manuscripts(手 木 高).An understanding of these earlier periods helps us understand todays crisisin literacy debate.It seems that there has been an overall decline in some aspects of reading and writingyou only needto compare the newspapers of today with
50、 those of 50 years ago to see a clear decrease in vocabulary andsimplification of sentence patterns.While reading a certain amount of writing is as crucial as it has ever been in industrial societies,it isdoubtful whether a fully extended grasp of either is as necessary as it was 40 years ago.While