高三英语阅读理解限时训练_15

现吨市安达阳光实验学校凤艺荣高复高三英语阅读理解限时训练（24）

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Their height made Wayne and Laurie Hallquist seem like an ideal match when they met seven years ago, and on Thursday they were matched with something else —the title of world's tallest living married couple．Guinness World Records bestowed that towering distinction to the Hallquists in a ceremony under the marquee at its Hollywood museum．The couple arrived in a white limousine, with Wayne sporting a tuxedo and Laurie in a white wedding dress．

The Hallquists, who live in Stockton, California, measure a combined 13 feet, 4 inches, or 407．4 centimeters, to be exact．He stands 6 feet 10．4 inches, she 6 feet 5．95 inches, the Guinness organization said．"It's a whole different perspective up here, and we can find each other quite easily in a crowd," Laurie told Reuters．

"We can see several people going bald that might not know it at the moment," joked Wayne, 57, who works as a telephone company wire splicer．The Hallquists said that when they met at a church singles club in 2003, they could tell that others around them were sizing up a possible love affair because of their height．

"She walked in, everyone looked at her, then they looked at me," Wayne said． But while Wayne said it was love at first sight for him, Laurie said their first meeting came up short．

"He talked about the size of my hands and feet, which is kind of a no-no," said Laurie, 46．"And then the second time we had a chance to talk, I figured out he was a really good guy．"

They have been married for eight years, but it took the Hallquists until this year to contact Guinness World Records．

The couple said they were discouraged at first from making a play for world's tallest couple, because they read online that a man and a woman each standing over 7 feet had married in the 19th century．Only this year did they realize they could compete in another category: world's tallest living married couple．

Guinness previously listed a couple in England—Wilco and Keisha van Kleef-Bolton—as the world's tallest couple at a combined height of 13 feet, 3 inches．

41．Why their first meeting came up short is that _______．A．Wayne is much older than Laurie B．Wayne likes playing jokes

C．Wayne said something rude about Laurie D．Wayne is just a wire splicer

42．According to the passage, all the following statements are Not True except

A．Laurie liked Wayne at first sight while Wayne didn't

B．Wilco and Keisha don't like their Guinness record

C．The couple read the information of the tallest couple through the Internet

D．Wayne met Laurie in a friend's party

43．What does the underlined phrase "sizing up" mean ______?

A．forming an opinion B．giving a suggestion C．making a plan D．making a decision 44．What would be the best title for the passage?

A．The world's tallest couple in history

B．The world's tallest living couple

C．Wayne and Laurie : an ideal match

D．Wayne and Laurie : a new world record holder

B

BBC Sports program Sunday

We are currently planning our Volunteer Program, which will ensure volunteers are trained and ready to go for 2012．Up to 70,000 volunteers will be needed to help put on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games．Our program will aim to encourage a wide range of people to join in．We will provide the training to make sure our volunteers' skills are of the highest standard．London 2012 is an opportunity to inspire everyone to develop their interests and volunteer-in sport and also more widely within their community．

Applications will open in the late 2011．We'll recruit（招募）volunteers from across the UK—from a range of communities and backgrounds．Our recruitment process will be open and fair．Our goal is to select applicants who meet our standards and who will bring passion, enthusiasm and energy to the Games．Previous volunteering experience is not necessary．We'll give each successful applicant a specific role, allowing them to contribute meaningfully to the Games．There will be two kinds of Games volunteer—specialist and generalist．

Specialist volunteers will have specific existing skills or qualifications that are needed for them to complete the role, for example, sport or medical training．

Generalist volunteers will not need any special skills or qualifications and will receive full training．They might be given roles in areas such as event services, uniform distribution （分发） and village operations．All volunteers will be expected to attend training events that will give them the knowledge they need to carry out their role．There are lots of charities and sporting organizations that are looking for volunteers to help them．While you are waiting for applications for the London 2012 volunteer program to open in the late 2011, why not consider getting involved locally? You can find opportunities to volunteer in a range of activities in your local area by following the links on the right hand side of this page or make local enquiries about the needs in your community．

45．Where will you probably find this article?

A．In a newspaper．B．On a webpage．

C．In a magazine．D．In a textbook

46．Who can apply to become a volunteer in the 2012 Olympics?

A．People from some English-speaking countries．

B．People with volunteering experience．

C．People who meet the standards．

D．People with a knowledge of the Olympic history．

47．Which of the following statements is wrong?

A．Two kinds of volunteers will be needed．

B．Specialist volunteers do not have to attend training events．C．Applications will not be accepted until 2011．

D．Generalist volunteers will be fully trained

48．What can you do in July, 2011?

A．Do some volunteering work locally．

B．Apply to become a volunteer in the 2012 Olympics．

C．Get trained in the Volunteer Program．

D．Join in the Olympic Games．

C

Cheating is nothing new．But today, educators and administrators are finding that instances of academic dishonesty on the part of students have become more frequent and are less likely to be punished than in the past ．Cheating appears to have gained acceptance among good and poor students alike．

Why is student cheating on the rise? No one really knows ．Some blame the trend on a general loosening of moral values among today's youth．Others have attributed increased cheating to the fact that today's youth are far more pragmatic（实用主义的） than their more idealistic predecessors（前辈）.While in the late sixties and early seventies, students were filled with visions about changing the world, today's students feel great pressure to conform（随大流） and succeed．In interviews with students at high schools and colleges around the country, both young men and women said that cheating had become easy．Some suggested they did it out of spite for teachers they did not respect; others looked at it as a game．Only if they were caught, some said, would they feel guilty．"People are competitive．" said a second-year college student named Anna, from Chicago．There's an underlying fear ．If you don't do well, your life is going to be ruined ．The pressure is not only from parents and friends but from yourself．To achieve．To succeed．It's almost as though we have to outdo other people to achieve our own goals．Edward Wynne, editor of a magazine blames the rise in academic dishonesty on the schools．He claims that administrators and teachers have been too hesitant to take action．Dwight Huber, chairman of the English department at Amarillo sees the matter differently, blaming the

rise in cheating on the way students are evaluated．" I would cheat if I felt I was being cheated," Mr．Huber said．He feels that as long as teachers give short-answer tests rather than essay questions and rate students by the number of facts they can memorize rather than by how well they can combine information, students will try to beat the system．" The concept of cheating is based on the false assumption that the system is reasonable and there is something wrong with the individual who's doing it," he said , "That's too easy an answer．We've got to start looking at the system．"

49．Educators are finding that students who cheat ______．A．are more likely to be punished than before

B．have poorer academic records than before

C．can be academically weak or strong

D．use the information in later years

50．According to the passage, youth cheat because of______．A．the eagerness to succeed

B．the easiness to cheat

C．the fear of competition

D．the impossibility to be punished

51．What does the underlined part '"the system" refer to?

A．The education system．

B．The school system．

C．The system by which schools punish cheating．

D．The system by which students are evaluated．

52．Which of the followings would Dwight Huber probably agree with?

A．The educational system is sound and students must follow every rule, B．parents alone must take responsibility for the rise in student cheating．

C．There should be some changes in the evaluation system．

D．Students who cheat should be expelled from school．

D

Tomato Festival

Started in 2005, the Tomato Festival has grown into a local tradition in Malta． In recent years, the festival has added amusement park-style rides and a yearly Creature Feature, which screens old horrible movies．There are also dance competitions, parades and pancake breakfast．Third weekend in August． Address: 833 Tinkham Rd, Fountain Park, Wilbra-ham, Massachusetts 01095 Phone: （413）599-0010

Brat Days

Don't mistake this festival for a day filled with poorly behaved children． Begun m 1953, the gathering is the biggest festival in the city each year and features more than 50 stands （摊位） selling the sausage, as well as a contest to see who can quickly eat the most bratwurst （德国式小香肠） in ten minutes．Early August．

Address: 17th and New Jersey sts, Kiwanis Park, She boygan, Wisconsin 53081

Phone: （920）457-9491

Hope Watermelon Festival

The festival dates back to the 1920s, when many trains went through this small town and local watermelon growers would sell their watermelon to parched travelers．These days, the festival sees a Watermelon Queen crowned（加冠的） and sometimes a world-record watermelon grown．There are also more than 300 stands selling arts and crafts from a six-state area, as well as a car show and the Watermelon Olympics．Early August．Address: 108 W 3rd St, Hope, Arkansas 71801 Phone: （870） 777-3640 Oyster Festival （牡蛎节）

Featuring appearances from tall ships and oyster boats, this festival has regularly drawn 60,000 visitors a year since it began in 1978．More than 3,000 volunteers （志愿者） make the festival possible each year．Norwalk is less than a two-hour drive from many of New England's larger cities, making it easy to attend the festival during a trip to New York or Hartford．Weekend after Labor Day．

Address: Sea view Ave, Veteran's Park, East Nor-walk, Connecticut 06855 Phone: （800） 866-7925

53．Which of the following festivals has the longest history?

A．Oyster Festival．B．Hope Watermelon Festival．

C．Brat Days．D．Tomato Festival．

54．The underlined word "parched" in the third passage means _____ ．A．tired B．hungry C．thirsty D．excited

55．In which of the following activities can you enjoy the frightening films?

A．The Creature Feature B．The Watermelon Olympics

C．The Eating-bratwurst Contest D．Dance Competitions

56．If it is August 15 today this year, you might still attend __ _.

A．Brat Days B．Oyster Festival

C．Hope Watermelon Festival D．Tomato Festival

E

Reading minds isn't quite simple, but it may not be impossible, either．What if a brain scan could reveal your memories?

A team of British scientists recently did just that—they used brain scans to look at spatial（空间的） memory in four people．Spatial memory is the kind of memory you use to remember where you are．You use spatial memory to remember how to get from your house to school．People build spatial memory as they explore a new city or a new building and take in information about their surroundings．

The scientists asked each participant to sit down at a computer and wander through rooms．These virtual rooms contained images of objects, like clocks and doors, so that the people could know where they were．Each

person was encouraged to explore the virtual space．

As the people became familiar with these rooms, their brain cells were taking notes of where things were, and how to get from one point to another．After perusing（详细考察） these rooms, the participants were instructed to go to a specific location within the rooms．At this point, the scientists took pictures of the subjects' brains using an instrument called FMRI （磁共振成像）．

As participants stared at the floor, the scientists took FMRI scans to measure brain activity．They repeated this process multiple times．After a few repetitions, the scientists could identify patterns in the subjects' brains．By looking at patterns on the brain scans, the scientists were able to read the spatial memory of the test subjects．This experiment shows that it is possible to use FMRIs to gather some kinds of memories from people, but your secret thoughts and personal memories are safe—for now．"It is not the case that we can put someone in a brain scanner and simply read their private thoughts," says one of the scientists who worked on the project．

57．Which of the following about spatial memory is TRUE?

A．It can make you remember things that you once did．

B．It can help you explore a new city or other places．

C．It only takes in information about your new places．

D．It lets you remember the places where you are．58．From the passage we can infer the FMRI ___．

A．takes notes of what participants see in the room

B．takes pictures of participants' brains secretly

C．is very small but rather expensive

D．lets scientists know participants' brain activity

59．Why are our secret mind and private memories safe?

A．Because scientists can't read people's thoughts directly．

B．Because scientists can't understand all pictures taken by FMRIs, C．Because FMRIs can't gather any memories from people．

D．Because FMRIs can't be completely reliable now．

60．The passage mainly tells us ____．

A．how scientist can read people's memories

B．a new kind of camera—FMRIs

C．a very important research

D．spatial memory and FMRJs

2021高考英语外研版限时规范练15(必修3 Module 3)

1 限时规范练15(必修3 Module 3) 核心素养关键词:培养学生人与自然、爱护自然的素养能力意识 一、阅读理解 A A recent survey has shown that the busiest shopping street in the world is not in London,New York,or Paris,but in Warsaw (capital city of Poland).It ’s called Nowy S 'wiat,which means New World.About 14,000 Poles walk down this main street every hour. It is a lovely place to shop.The street is very wide.There are statues,palaces,attractive town houses,high-class caf és and restaurants.The buildings aren ’t too tall.They look old,but in fact the whole city was rebuilt after World War Ⅱ.There aren ’t any billboards (广告牌),loud music,or many tourists.People think that Polish shops have nothing to sell,so tourists don ’t come shopping here.The world doesn ’t know about this good place for shoppers yet. It is now possible to buy almost everything in Warsaw.There are many shops from the West.However,Nowy S 'wiat has a lot of small shops and specialist shops.It hasn ’t got the huge department stores that sell the same things everywhere. If you want an excellent handmade suit,Nowy S 'wiat is the place to go.It isn ’t cheap.You will pay up to ￡1,000.For beautiful French baby clothes,go to Petit Bateau .You will pay ￡50 for a pair of blue jeans for a baby.A dress for a baby girl is about ￡90.At Desa ,a famous antique (古董) shop,a desk costs ￡5,000. Not everything is expensive.At the shop Pantera you can buy leather goods — handbags,purses,coats,and belts.Cepelia is famous for folk art.There are also book shops and record shops.And there are a lot of small shops that sell clothes that aren ’t too expensive.If you ’re tired,stop at Caf é Blikle .You ’ll find a lively environment,and a lot of well-known Poles.

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2020;2020届高考英语二轮专题复习精品阅读理解部分之限时训练 （十五） 阅读理解 When an emergency situation occurs, observers are more likely to take action if there are few or no other witnesses．This phenomenon is referred to as the bystander effect． The bystander effect is also called the Genovese effect, which is named after Catherine “Kitty" Genovese, a young woman who was cruelly murdered on March 13, 1964．Early in the morning, 28-year-old Genovese was returning home from work．As she approached her apartment entrance, she was attacked and stabbed （刺） by a man later identified as Winston Moseley．Despite Genovese's repeated cries for help, none of the dozen or so people in the nearby apartment building who heard her cries called police for help．The attack first began at 3:20, but it was not until 3:50 that someone first contacted police．Many psychologists were set thinking by the incident, as well as most Americans．As the conclusion, the bystander effect came out and later proved by a series of studies and experiments． There are two major factors that contribute to the bystander effect．First, the presence of other people creates a division of responsibility．Because there are other observers, individuals do not feel as much pressure to take action, since the responsibility to take action is thought to be shared among all of those present．The second reason is the need to behave in correct and socially acceptable ways．When other observers fail to react, individuals often take this as a signal that a response is not needed or not appropriate．Other researchers have found that onlookers are less likely to take action

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高三英语阅读理解限时训练_15

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