題型組合練(四)閱讀綜合練(IV)

I.閱讀理解

A

（2020?廣東深圳高三統一測試）Anincreasingnumberofstudentsworldwide

areconsideringstudyingabroad.Theapplicationprocessvariesfromcountryto

country.Ifyou'relookingforauniversitywithastronginternationaloutlookbut

feelsweptoverbyalltheapplicationoptions*hereissomeguidancetogetyou

started.

UK

InternationalstudentsmustapplytouniversitiesintheUKthrougha

systemknownasUcas.Thissystemallowsstudentstoapplytouptofive

universitieswithjustoneapplication.ltcosts￡20forasinglechoiceor￡25for

morethanonechoice.

Theapplicationconsistsofaseriesofquestionstodeterminethestudent's

schoolingandpredictedgrades.Thebiggestpartoftheapplicationformisthe

personalstatementsinwhichapplicantsshoulddescribetheirpersonalinterests

andrelatedexperiences.

Switzerland

Switzerlandhasfourofficiallanguagesandisborderedbyfivecountriesso

itisnosurprisethatitsuniversitiesareamongthemostinternationalinthe

world.Internationalapplicantsmayneedtotakeanentranceexamiftheyhavea

foreignschoolcertificate,andmustalsoprovethattheyhaveagoodgraspofthe

Frenchlanguage>usuallythroughtakingalanguageexam.Thefullapplication

costs50SwissFrancsforaholderofaSwissdiplomaand150SwissFrancsfor

holdersofforeigndiplomas.

Canada

Internationalapplicantshavetowriteupapersonalprofileaspartoftheir

application?whichisverysimilartothepersonalstatementrequiredforaUK

universityapplication^tudentswillalsohavetoprovetheirEnglish-language

competency—thereareninewaystomeettheEnglishLanguageAdmission

Standard*whicharelistedonmanyuniversitywebsites.

Singapore

TheprocessofapplyingtoaSingaporeanuniversityisverymuchalike,but

overseasstudentsmaybedelightedtofindthatthedomesticapplicantshaveto

coverthesameprocedures：fillingoutanonlineapplicationformandsubmit

identificationdocuments?supportingdocumentsandanapplicationfeeof$20.

1.WhichcountryrequiresinternationalapplicantstoknowFrenchwell?

A.UK.B.Switzerland.

C.Canada.D.Singapore.

2.WhatpartoftheapplicationissimilarbetweentheUKandCanada?

A.Theapplicationsystem.

B.Thenumberofuniversities.

C.Theapplicationcost.

D.Thepersonalstatement.

3.What'sspecialabouttheapplicationprocessinSingapore?

A.Applicantsneedtopayalot.

B.Itismuchsimplerthanelsewhere.

C.It*snodifferentfornativestudents.

D.Thecompetitionisevenmorefierce.

B

（2020?成都第二次診斷）AuthorWalterDeanMyersdiedattheageof76

afterabriefillness.WalterDeanMyerswastheauthorofmorethan100books

forchildrenandyoungadultsandreceivedmanytopawards.

Theprolificauthorwaslovedforhisvividdescriptionofthelivesof

African-Americanchildren*andforwritingbooksforyoungpeoplethatcovered

differentsubjects."Myershaswrittenaboutallthosesubjectswithdeep

understandingandahard-won>qualifiedsenseofhope?”saidLeonardS.Marcus

in2008.

Hewasbornin1937andwasadoptedbyFlorenceDeanandHerbertafter

hismotherdiedwhilegivingbirthtohisyoungersister.Theylovedhimvery

muchandhismotherreadtohimfromaveryyoungage.Readingpushedhimto

discoverworldsbeyondhislandscape.

Hebeganwritingatanearlyage.Hewrotewellinhighschoolandan

Englishteacherrecognizedthisandadvisedhimtokeeponwritingnomatter

whathappenedtohim."It'swhatyoudo,“shesaid.

Hedroppedoutofhighschoolat17andjoinedthearmy.Afterfinishinghis

service,heenteredadarkperiodinhislife.Myersbeganwritingatnighttopull

himselfthroughthatmiserabletime.

InanessaypublishedinTheNezuYorkTimesearlierthisyear,Myers

describedhowashortstorybyJamesArthurBaldwinhelpedchangethecourse

ofhislife."Ididn'tlovethestory,butIwasliftedbyit,"hewrote,“forittook

placeinHarlemyanditwasastoryconcernedwithblackpeoplelikethoseI

knew.Byhumanizingthepeoplewhowerelikeme，Baldwin'sstoryalso

humanizedme.ThestorygavemeapermissionthatIdidn*tknowIneededythe

permissiontowriteaboutmyownlandscape,myownmap.”

“IwritebooksorthetroubledboyIoncewas,“hewrote,“andfortheboy

wholiveswithinmestill.”

4.Whatdoesthesecondparagraphmainlytalkabout?

A.HowpopularMyerswas.

B.HowMyersbecamesuccessful.

C.WhatmakesMyers,workspopular.

D.WhatpeoplethinkofMyers*works.

5.WhodiscoveredMyers*writingtalent?

A.JamesArthurBaldwin.

B.Hismother.

C.LeonardS.Marcus.

D.Oneofhisteachers.

6.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"prolific"inParagraph2probablymean?

A.Productive.B.Unfortunate.

C.Conservative.D.Humorous.

7.WhywastheshortstorybyJamesArthurBaldwinsoimportantfor

Myers?

A.Ithelpedhimsurvivethedarkperiod.

B.Itinspiredhimtopursuehiswritingcareer.

C.Helearnedmanywritingtechniquesfromit.

D.Theauthorofthestorypermittedhimtowrite.

C

（2020?昆明高三復習診斷）Artificialintelligence（AI）technologymaysoonbe

ausefultoolfordoctors.ltmayhelpthembetterunderstandandtreatdiseases

likelivercancerinwaysthatwereneverbeforepossible.

RishiRawat>whoteachesAIattheUniversityofSouthernCaliforniainLos

Angeles,ispartofateamofscientistsresearchinghowAIandmachinelearning

canmoreeasilyrecognizecancerousgrowthsintheliver.Rawatprovides

informationaboutcancercellstoacomputer.Hesays,“Youcanputthedatainto

themandtheywilllearnthepatternsandthepatternrecognitionthat's

iinpurlaiilformakingdecisions."'

DavidAgusisanotherresearcher.Hebelievesthatmachinesarenotgoingto

taketheplaceofdoctors.aComputerswillnottreatpatients>buttheywillhelp

makecertaindecisionsandlookforthingsthatthehumanbraincan*trecognize

byitself.”

Onceaconfirmedcancerousgrowthisremoved,doctorsstillhavetotreat

thepatienttoreducetheriskofcancerreturning.Theformoftreatmentdepends

onthekindofcancer.Nowadays,researcherstakeathinpieceoftissue（組織），

putitonasmallpieceofglassandaddcolortoseethecellsbetter.Thatprocess

couldtakedaysorevenlongenScientistssayartificialintelligencecando

somethingbetterthanjustcountcells.Throughmachinelearning,itcan

recognizecomplexpatternsorstructures,andlearnhowthecellsareorganized.

Thehopeisthatmachineswillsoonbeabletomakeaquickidentificationof

cancerthatisfreeofhumanmistakes.Agussaystheprocesscouldbedonefor

almostnocostinthedevelopingworldandthathavingalargeamountof

informationaboutpatientsisimportantforamachinetoeffectivelydoitsjobin

medicine.

Theresearchersoftheuniversityarenowonlystud-yinglivercancer.But

doctorspredictartificialintelligencewillonedaymakeadifferenceinallforms

cancer.

8.WhatcanAIdowiththehelpoftheinformationprovidedbythe

researchers?

A.Recognizecancerpatterns.

B.Treatlivercancer.

C.Collectusefulinformation.

D.Storecancerouscells.

9.WhatcanwclearnaboutAI?

A.Itwillbeabletoreplacedoctors.

B.Patientsareunlikelytobecancerousagainwithitshelp.

C.Itismakingadifferenceintakingcareofpatients.

D.Itcanrecognizecancermoreaccurately.

10.Whafstheauthor'sattitudetowardsthefutureofAI?

A.Optimistic.B.Doubtful.

C.Curious.D.Cold.

11.Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?

A.AIIsUsedtoTreatCancers

B.AIMayCompetewithDoctors

C.AIMayMakeDoctorsBetter

D.AIIsBetteratCuringCancers

D

（2020?泰安高三檢測）InthelandoftheSagas,itisn'tChristmasifthereisn*t

afloodofbooksunderthetree—literally.

TheJolabokaflodsorChristmasBookFlood,isamuch-lovedtraditionthat

hasbeencelebratedinIcelandsince1945.1t'sabitlikeBritain'sSuper

Thursday,whenhundredsofhardbackshittheshelvesonthefirstThursdayof

October,butmuchbigger：Two-thirdsofbooksinIcelandarepublishedin

NovemberandDecember.Hundredsofnewtitlesgoonsaleinbookshopsand

supermarketsatreducedprices,aYulctide（圣誕季）customthathasalsobecome

vitalforthepublishingindustry*ssurvival.

OnChristinasEve,Icelanderstraditionallyexchangebooksandspendthe

eveningreadingbooks—perhapscurlingupbythefiresidewiththelatestcrime

novelbyArnaldurIndridason.Almostsevenoutof10Icelandersbuyatleastone

bookasaChristmasgift，accordingtotheIcelandicPublishersAssociation.

aLiteratureisveryimportantinIcelandanditis,Iguess,theartformthat

issomethingthewholepubliccanrelateto,“saidSigrunHrolfsdottir*anartist

andmotheroftwochildren.Herdaughterandsonhavealreadypickedthebooks

theywantoutoftheBokatidindi*an80catalogofnovels,poetryand

children'sbooksdistributedfreetoallhouseholds.

Iceland'sliterarytraditionwasbornabout900yearsagowiththeIcelandic

Sagas)widelyseenasageminworldliteratureandstillstudiedinschoolby

Icelandicchildrentoday.TheJolabokaflodstartedduringWorldWarII,when

paperwasoneofthefewthingsnotrationedinIceland.Becauseofthis,

Icelandersgavebooksasgiftswhileothercommoditieswereinshortsupply)

turningthemintoacountryofbookaholicstothisday,accordingto

jolabokaflod>org.Infact,a2013studyconductedatBifrostUnivcrsityrfound

that50percentofIcelandersreadmorethaneightbooksayearand93percent

readatleastone.

12.HowdoIcelandicpeoplecelebrateChristmaseachyear?

A.Givingbooksasgiftsandreading.

B.Purchasingsmallergiftsforchildren.

C.HoldinglargefamilypartiesonChristmasEve.

D.Composingstoriesforfamilymembers.

13.WhydoestheauthorgivetheexampleofSigrunHrolfsdottir?

A.ToadvertiseChristmasBookFlood.

B.Totellushowcleverhertwochildrenare.

C.TopublicizethegrandChristinasoccasioninIceland.

D.ToshowtheimportanceofreadinginIcelandicculture.

14.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“gem"inthelastparagraphmost

probablymean?

A.Afinetradition.B.Thebestwork.

C.Agreatevent.D.Animportantsubject.

15.Whatdoesthelastparagraphmainlytalkabout?

A.ThehistorvofIceland.

B.TheoriginoftheJolabokaflod.

C.TheactivitiesonChristmasEve.

D.TheimpactoftheJolabokaflod.

II.閱讀七選五

（2020?福建三校聯考）Everyonecomplains.Evenifyouarguethatyouarethe

happiestpersonintheworld,youstillcomplainsometimes.Sometimesyou

complainwithoutevenrealizingit,butrarelyisiteverhelpful.1Hereare

sometipstostopcomplainingandgiveupthenegativethoughts.

2

Whenyoufindyourselfthinkingorsayinganegativecommentabout

somethingorsomeone,stopandforceyourselftosaysomethingpositive

instead.Seekthehelpofacheerfulfriendtochangeyouwhenyoucomplainand

helpyoutoseethepositiveinthesituation.

Makealistofthingsyouaregratefulfor.

Youoftencomplainaboutthethingsyoudon'thavewithoutnoticingthose

thingsyoualreadyhave.Begratefulforwhatyouhaveinyourlifebecauseyou

areluckysimplyforbeingyourselves.3

Learntoadapttothechanges.

Therearemanythingsyoucan'tchange.4Alwaysfindthepositiveside

ofeachsituation,regardlessofhoweverdifficultthesituationis.With

parents*andfriends*support,youcansurviveanylifechanges.

Allowyourselftovent（發泄）yourfeelingseveryonceinawhile.

Constantlyignoringnegativethoughtscouldaddup.Ifyouarereallygoing

througharoughtime,don*tbeafraidtoshareyourfeelingswithaclosefriendor

familymemberorseeatherapist.

Findwhatmakesyouhappy.

5Maybeitistimetomaketheharddecisiontomoveontoanotherjob

orcareenUncoverwhatyourbiggestcomplaintsareaboutandseeifyoucan

changethesituationtomakeyouhappy.Choosehappiness,focusonthepositive,

andbekindalways!

A.Changethewayyouthink.

B.Makefriendswithpositivepeople.

C.Thebestandonlythingyoucandoistoacceptthem.

D.Areyouconstantlycomplainingaboutyourpresentjob?

E.Sometimesthislistcanbeeasy,fullofhobbiesyouenjoy.

F.Sohowcanyoumanagetoforceyourselvestoendcomplaining?

G.Setdownthingsyouarcthankfulforandyou'llseethatyoudon*thave

anyreasontocomplain.

參考解析

I.閱讀理解

A【語篇解讀】文章介紹了學生在英國、瑞士等國家申請大學的過程以及

這些國家的大學對于國際學生的要求，并比較了它們之間的不同之處。

1.解析：細節理解題。根據Switzerland部分的第二句話"International

applicantsmayneedtotakeanentranceexamiftheyhaveaforeignschool

certificate,andmustalsoprovethattheyhaveagoodgraspoftheFrench

language,usuallythroughtakingalanguageexam.”可知，瑞士的大學要求國

際學生掌握法語。故選B。

答案：B

2.解析：細節理解題。根據Canada部分的第一句話“Internationalapplicants

havetowriteupapersonalprofileaspartoftheirapplication,whichisvery

similartothepersonalstatementrequiredforaUKuniversityapplication.w可

知，申請英國和加拿大的大學的國際學生都需要提交個人陳述。故選D。

答案：D

3.解析：細節理解題。根據Singapore部分的第一句話“Theprocessof

applyingtoaSingaporeanuniversityisverymuchalike,butoverseasstudents

maybedelightedtofindthatthedomesticapplicantshavetocoverthesame

procedures..."可知，新加坡大學的特別之處是本國學生的申請流程和國際學生

的申請流程沒什么不同。故選C。

答案：C

B【語篇解讀】本文是一篇記敘文，主要介紹了美國著名作家WalterDean

Myers的生平。

4.解析：段落大意題。通讀該段可知，該段首句"Theprolificauthor...covered

differentsubjects”為該段主題句，結合該段其他內容可知，這位多產的作家因其

對非裔美國兒童生活的生動描述，以及為年輕人寫的涉及不同話題的書籍而深

受喜愛。由此可知，該段主要介紹了他的作品受歡迎的原因，故C項正確。

答案：C

5.解析：細節理解題。根據第四段第二句可知，他在高中時寫作就很好，

一位英語老師認識到這一點并建議他無論發生什么事都要堅持寫下去。據此可

知，他的寫作天賦是他的一位英語老師發現的，故D項正確。

答案：D

6.解析：詞義猜測題。根據第一段第二句可知，WalterDeanMyers寫了

100多本兒童和年輕人讀物，并獲得了許多最高獎項。由此可推知，他是一位多

產的作家。productive意為"多產的"，故A項正確。

答案：A

7.解析：推理判斷題。根據倒數第二段第一句中的“howashortstory...the

courseofhislife”以及最后一句可知，Baldwin寫的故事鼓勵了Myers追求他自

己的寫作事業，故B項正確。

答案：B

C【語篇解讀】人工智能有望幫助醫生診斷和治療癌癥。

8.解析：細節理解題。根據第二段中的"Hesays,*Youcanputthedata

intothemandtheywilllearnthepatterns…makingdecisions.J”可知，人工智能

可以根據對其輸入的數據來學習該模式，并進行癌癥模式的識別。

答案：A

9.解析：推理判斷題。根據第四段最后一句"Throughmachinelearning”.are

organized”可知，人工智能可以識別一些復雜的模式或結構，同時了解細胞是如

何組成的。由此可推知，人工智能可以更精確地識別癌癥。

答案：D

10.解析：觀點態度題。根據文章最后兩段的內容可知，人工智能能夠快

速識別癌癥，并且將應用到各種痣癥之中。由此可推知，作者對人工智能的未

來持樂觀的態度。

答案：A

11.解析：標題判斷題。根據對文章的整體理解可推知，人工智能作為一種

工具可以幫助醫生更好地診斷和治療癌癥。

答案：C

D【語篇解讀】文章主要介紹了冰島人鐘愛的一項傳統——“圣誕書潮

(Jolabokaflod)wo它起源于1945年，全國2/3的圖書都集中在H"一月和十二月發

售。各地書店里、超市中，數百種新書全都折價促銷。冰島人習慣在圣誕節前

夜互贈圖書作為禮物并一起在閱讀中度過美好的圣誕節時光。這一圣誕節傳統

如今還關系到出版業的生死存亡。

12.解析：細節理解題。根據第三段中的"OnChristmasEve,Icelanders

traditionallyexchangebooksandspendtheeveningreadingbooks...Almost

sevenoutof10IcelandersbuyatleastonebookasaChristmasgift...可知，冰

島人通過贈送書籍作為禮物和讀書來慶祝每年的圣誕節。故選A。

答案：A

13.解析：推理判斷題。根據第四段中的“'Literatureisveryimportantin

Icelandanditis,Iguess,theartformthatissomethingthewholepubliccan

relateto,'saidSigrunHrolfsdottir,anartistandmotheroftwochildren.Her

daughterandsonhav