阅读提速练(二) (建议用时：40分钟)
阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
(2019·唐山质量检测)
The UK’s Best Theme Parks
Drayton Manor Theme Park, Staffordshire
The new Tamarin Trail takes adventurers through beautiful gardens, allowing kids and adults to come face-to-face with a troop of monkeys. The park is also home to Europe’s only Thomas Land, which last year underwent a ￡2.5m expansion, including new rides. There are thrilling rides, including the stand-up roller coaster, Shockwave, and the 54-metre drop tower, Apocalypse.
Adults from ￡15, children from ￡10(under-2s free)． Thorpe Park, Surrey
All aboard Derren Brown’s Ghost Train which opened in July 2016. This 10－15-minute train journey includes exciting live-action performances, 4D special effects and so on. Also new is “I’m a Celebrity...Maze(迷宫)”， and there are some of the highest and fastest rides in Europe here too.
Adults from ￡28, children from ￡24(under-3s free)． Warwick Castle, Warwickshire
Although not officially a theme park, this medieval castle offers history, magic, myth and adventure to suit all ages, and is now home to the UK’s first fully interactive and multi-sensory Horrible Histories Maze, giving visitors a fascinating experience of getting lost in time. From July, you can sleep over in the new riverside Middle Ages-themed woodland cottages of Knight’s Village.
From ￡31(under-3s free)．
Chessington World of Adventures, Surrey
Following the Pandamonium live show in 2016, last year saw The Gruffalo River Ride Adventure open at Chessington, which has over 40 rides and attractions. Rides include Dragon Falls, Safari Skyway, Toadies Crazy Cars and Runaway Train.
From ￡29(under-3s free)．
1．Where are animal-loving children probably advised to go? A．Warwick Castle. B．Thorpe Park.
C．Drayton Manor Theme Park.
D．Chessington World of Adventures.
2．How much should a couple with their two-year-old son pay at least in Thorpe Park? A．￡56. B．￡52. C．￡40. D．￡30. 3．What do the parks have in common? A．Children should be accompanied by adults. B．They have all been rebuilt before reopening. C．They all offer exciting rides in the parks. D．Certain kids have free entry to the parks.
B
(2019·长沙四校高考模拟)Josh Morrison, 17, dreamed of raising $100，000 to build a home for a low-income family. After years of hard work, his dream has come true. The house is now in the early stages of building.
Six years ago, Josh and his dad went into a Habitat for Humanity Restore, a home improvement store and donation center run by the nonprofit organization. They were there to buy a sink. Josh, then 11, also noticed a collection of pennies. “I instantly felt the urge to help out with that，” he said. Josh set a fundraising(筹款) deadline of four years. Many people doubted whether he could reach his goal of $100，000, but it didn’t shake his faith. He raised money at his school and other nearby schools. He collected money from neighbors, got publicity from local newspapers, and placed cans in stores so that people could donate extra change.
Josh’s fundraising efforts began to produce results. Still, there were challenges. Four months before his deadline, he was $30，000 short. He decided to hold a Family Fun Fair and Spaghetti Dinner event in Uxbridge, which is in the province of Ontario. The event raised $19，000.
“I didn’t care how long it took me，” Josh said. “I would raise $100，000.” With three weeks left, a company called Josh’s house, offering to donate $18，000. Eventually, Josh reached a total of $124，000 before his deadline. “The__momentum__just__kept__going,__and we decided to do more，” he said. “Josh’s Penny House” is being built by Habitat for Humanity Restore in the city of Oshawa, along with 24 new townhouses. Josh has helped with some of the construction, as have other volunteers. He will choose the family that moves into the unit.
Next year, the 17-year-old will head to college in British Columbia, Canada’s westernmost province. As a 11-year-old kid when starting fundraising, Josh was able to send a powerful message across the world. No matter how old you are, if you have a dream and are willing to do anything to achieve it, it can come true.
4．Which word can best describe Josh Morrison in paragraph 2? A．Straightforward. C．Determined.
B．Open-minded. D．Cautious.
5．Why was the Family Fun Fair and Spaghetti Dinner event in Uxbridge held? A．To call for more attention. B．To attain his goal.
C．To win approval from the locals. D．To find sponsors for a family.
6．What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 mean? A．His project became more popular. B．He received continuous donations. C．The result was beyond expectations. D．He got more support from the company. 7．What will be the best title of the text? A．An Astonishing Fundraiser B．A Boy with a Warm Heart C．Kindness from a Company D．The Penny House Dream
C
(2019·邯郸一模)Britain faces social problems as lots of people are set to lose their jobs in technological revolution, the Bank of England’s chief economist warned.
Andy Haldane said the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution will make
the machine replace humans to do thinking things. The dark side of the change could be a much bigger breakdown of employment than in Victorian times, with professions such as accountancy(会计) among those at risk.
A report by the accountancy firm PwC last month warned that more than 7 million jobs in Britain would lose over the next 20 years as technological change sweeps through workplaces.
The majority of these jobs are in the retail, transport and manufacturing industries. However, other traditional professional sectors could also be at serious risk.
Economists treat the arrival of increasingly intelligent computers and robots as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The first was the shift from agriculture to urban societies. The second saw the widespread use of electricity and steel, and the third was the digital revolution when computers, the Internet and mobile phones were developed.
Mr.Haldane said the hollowing-out(空洞化) experienced in the past years could be on a greater scale in the future, so it is important to learn the lessons of history and insure that people are given training to take advantage of new opportunities.
“Jobs were effectively taken by machines of various types, and there was a hollowing-out of the job market, which left many people for a long period out of work and struggling to make a
living，” Haldane added. “That heightened social and financial tensions, and led to a rise in inequality. This is the dark side of technological revolution.”
“That hollowing-out is going to be potentially on a much greater scale in the future, when we have machines thinking and doing the cognitive and technical skills of humans.” Mr. Haldane said professions like accountancy could be among those hardest hit by the rise of AI. But he suggested economists could escape.
8．What is the dark side mentioned in the text?
A．The hollowing-out has become a major social problem. B．Less and less people have the desire to learn accountancy. C．Intelligent computers and robots decrease good workers. D．The technological revolution causes people to lose jobs.
9．Why are economists the lucky dog in the new technological revolution? A．The study about economy is at a low level. B．Economists work on a traditional professional job. C．There is no machine that can work as an economist.
D．Economists have the chance to avoid technological revolution. 10．What should be done to deal with the serious situation? A．Call for people to devote more to studying history.
B．Teach people to grasp the chances technological revolution brings about. C．Warn people not to work on transport and manufacturing industries. D．Ask workers to develop and think as the intelligent computers and robots do. 11．What attitude did Haldane have toward the future employment? A．Positive. C．Critical.
D
(2019·太原期末)We’re often reminded of the importance of preserving the planet as we see it for future generations—and children at St Oswald’s CE Primary School Chester certainly agree.
Nine-year-old Isobel Kelleher from the school’s Hummingbirds class thinks adults need to take note. “Sometimes they can be busy and I don’t think they think they can make a difference, but if everyone does a little bit it all adds up，” she tells HuffPost UK. “We started looking at plastic pollution in our oceans and the things like plastic bags that are polluting them，” she says. “Fish can eat the plastic and they can die, or we might even eat the fish ourselves.”
Mr. Timms, Isobel’s teacher, has been spearheading a new project at the school which lets children loose creatively to raise awareness of the need to be more environmentally friendly. The
B．Aggressive. D．Worried.
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