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Ⅰ.单项填空
1.The books are interesting and we like very much. A.us B.you C.they D.them
2.Bike riding is good environment and our health. A.at B.for C.with D.to
3.I'm afraid that Jack can't come to our school party today he is ill. A.so B.but C.or D.because
4.—Tom, you sing an English song? —No, I can't. A.can B.may C.need D.must
5. do you go to the chess club? —Twice a month. A.How long B.How many C.How much D.How often
6.I think my junior high school life is period in my life. A.wonderful
B.more wonderful
C.much wonderful D.the most wonderful
7.The boy how to drive a car when he was 18 years old. A.learns B.learned C.will learn D.has learned
8.My sister English since she was 9 years old.She can talk to foreigners freely.
A.learns B.learnt C.has learnt D.is learning
9.—Who us a speech next week? —Dr.Smith, a famous scientist.
A.give B.gave C.gives
D.will give
10.Don't forget the windows before you leave the classroom. A.close
B.closing
C.to close D.closed
11.Last week the old books to raise money for Free the Children. A.sold B.are sold C.were sold
D.sell
12.—Judy, could you tell me the dictionary? —Oh, I bought it in the bookshop near our school. A.where did you buy
B.where will you buy
C.where you bought D.where you will buy Ⅱ.[2018·门头沟一模] 阅读理解
Speed reading is a necessary skill in the Internet age.We skim over articles, e-mails and WeChat to try to get key words and the meaning of the text.With so much information through our electronic device(设备), it would be impossible to get through everything if we read word by word, line by line.But a new trend calls on people to enjoy reading slowly.
A recent story from The Wall Street Journal reported on a book club in Wellington, New Zealand, where members meet in a cafe and turn off their smartphones.They sit in comfortable chairs and read in silence for an hour.Unlike traditional book clubs, the point of the slow reading club isn't to share ideas
about a certain book, but to get away from electronic devices and read in a quiet, relaxed environment.
Slow readers, such as The Atlantic's Maura Kelly, say a regular reading habit sharpens the mind, improves attention, lowers stress levels and deepens the ability to understand others.Some of these benefits have been backed up by science.For example, a study of 300 elderly people published by the journal
Neurology last year showed that adults who take part in activities that use their
brain, such as reading, suffer(遭受) less memory loss as they get older.
Yet technology has made us less careful readers.Computer and phone screens have changed our reading patterns from the top-to-bottom, left-to-right reading order we traditionally used, to a wild skimming and skipping pattern as we search for important words and information.Reading text online that has many links to other web pages also leads to weaker understanding than reading plain text(纯文本).The Internet may have made us stupider, says British journalist Patrick Kingsley from the Guardian, only half joking.Because of the Internet, he says, we have become very good at collecting a large number of interesting news, but we are also gradually forgetting how to sit back, think and relate all these facts to each other.
Slowing reading means a return to an uninterrupted, straight pattern, in a quiet environment.Aim for 30 minutes a day, advises Kelly from The Atlantic.“You can squeeze in(挤出) that half hour pretty easily if only during your free moments—whenever you want to check your favorite site for something to pass the time—you pick up a meaningful work of literature,” Kelly said. 13.The words “backed up” in Paragraph 3 probably mean “ ”. A.given back B.called back
C.supported D.disagreed
14.Kingsley believes that the Internet has weaken people's ability to . A.get key words rapidly B.share ideas about books C.collect interesting news D.think deeply about information
15.According to the passage, slow reading . A.improves understanding among people B.treats the memory loss of elderly people C.provides people with a quiet environment D.slows down the development of electronic device 16.What's the best title for the passage? A.Benefits of Reading Clubs B.Return of Slow Reading C.Reading of the Internet Age D.Influence of Speed Reading
Ⅲ.[2018·东城期末] 阅读短文,根据短文回答问题
The Art of the Elephants
If your cat walked across something you were painting and left footprints behind, would you consider your cat an artist? What if your bird held a colored
pencil in its beak(喙) and painted on a piece of paper? Most people may think of animal art as a joke, but some people have been taking it very seriously.
Elephants were used for hundreds of years in Thailand's logging industry(伐木业).They moved wood from forests in areas where there were no roads.At the beginning of this century, when the forests of Thailand began to quickly disappear, the government put a stop to logging.All of a sudden, many elephants in Thailand no longer had a way to make a living.
Some elephants were treated badly.Others had to try to live on their own and couldn't find enough food to eat.There were once tens of thousands of elephants in Thailand.Today, there are less than five thousand.When two Russian American artists, Vitaly Komar and Alex Melamid, first heard about the troubled elephants in Thailand, they knew that something had to be done to forever change the way people treated Thai elephants.Then, they came up with an idea to help these elephants.
Komar and Melamid visited elephant camps in Thailand and began to show the elephant trainers how to teach the elephants to paint.At first, the trainers had to guide the elephants' trunks.The elephants became more comfortable doing this with practice—and lots of sweet snacks—and finally started to paint on their own.The strange idea that Komar and Melamid had to save the elephants actually began to work.They even helped found several elephant art schools in Thailand and in other Asian countries.The elephants and their trainers go there to learn about painting and get supplies they need.
Today, people begin to buy elephant artworks from galleries(画廊) all around the world.Some are even willing to pay more than $2,000 for the works of the elephant artists! Some people compare the cheerful, brightly-colored artworks to the works of some great abstract(抽象的) painters.Some people are just happy to
buy these special and original(原创的) artworks.Others think they are helping the troubled elephants in this way.The next time you see a piece of colorful abstract art, find out who the artist is.You just may be surprised at what you learn! 17.What may most people think of animal art?
18.What did elephants do in Thailand's logging industry?
19.How many elephants are there in Thailand today?
20.What was Komar and Melamid's idea to help the elephants in Thailand?
21.Please list one reason why people buy elephant artworks.
参考答案
Ⅰ.1—6 DBDADD 7—12 BCDCCC
Ⅱ.[主旨大意] 在网络时代,快速阅读是很必要的一项技能,但是本文号召人们享受慢速阅读,远离电子设备,在安静,放松的环境中阅读,有规律的慢速阅读习惯会使我们的思想更敏锐,提高注意力,减轻压力,加深对别人的理解,号召人们在空闲时间享受慢速阅读。 13.C 本段举例说参加慢速阅读这种使用脑子的活动会使我们老的时候避免少失忆,所以这些慢速阅读的益处是被科学支持的。故选C。
14.D 根据第四段最后一句“Because of the Internet, he says, we have become very good at collecting a large number of interesting news, but we are also gradually forgetting how to sit back, think and relate all these facts to each other.”可知,因为网络,我们擅长收集大量的有趣的新闻,但是我们也逐渐忘记了坐下来,思考,把所有的事实连接起来。故推测网络削弱了人们深度思考的能力。故选D。
15.A 根据第三段第一句“Slow readers, such as The Atlantic's Maura Kelly, say a regular reading habit sharpens the mind, improves attention, lowers stress levels and deepens the ability to understand others.”可知,慢速阅读的优点是提高人们的理解能力。故选A。
16.B 通读全文可知本文主要是号召人们享受慢速阅读,关键词是slow reading。 故选B。 Ⅲ.17.Most people may think of animal art as a joke.
18.They moved wood from forests in areas where there were no roads. 19.There are less than five thousand./Less than five thousand. 20.They showed elephants trainers how to teach elephants to paint.
21.Some people compare the cheerful, brightly-colored artworks to the works of some great painters./Some people are just happy to buy these special and original artworks./Some people think they are helping the troubled elephants in this way.
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