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(tǒng)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(fù)習(xí)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(lián)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(fā)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(xué)生在英國、瑞士等國家申請大學(xué)的過程以及

這些國家的大學(xué)對于國際學(xué)生的要求，并比較了它們之間的不同之處。

1.解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Switzerland部分的第二句話"International

applicantsmayneedtotakeanentranceexamiftheyhaveaforeignschool

certificate,andmustalsoprovethattheyhaveagoodgraspoftheFrench

language,usuallythroughtakingalanguageexam.”可知，瑞士的大學(xué)要求國

際學(xué)生掌握法語。故選B。

答案：B

2.解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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(xué)的國際學(xué)生都需要提交個人陳述。故選D。

答案：D

3.解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Singapore部分的第一句話“Theprocessof

applyingtoaSingaporeanuniversityisverymuchalike,butoverseasstudents

maybedelightedtofindthatthedomesticapplicantshavetocoverthesame

procedures..."可知，新加坡大學(xué)的特別之處是本國學(xué)生的申請流程和國際學(xué)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(jié)合該段其他內(nèi)容可知，這位多產(chǎn)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(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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(rèn)識到這一點并建議他無論發(fā)生什么事都要堅持寫下去。據(jù)此可

知，他的寫作天賦是他的一位英語老師發(fā)現(xiàn)的，故D項正確。

答案：D

6.解析：詞義猜測題。根據(jù)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(chǎn)的作家。productive意為"多產(chǎn)的"，故A項正確。

答案：A

7.解析：推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)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(yè)，故B項正確。

答案：B

C【語篇解讀】人工智能有望幫助醫(yī)生診斷和治療癌癥。

8.解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的"Hesays,*Youcanputthedata

intothemandtheywilllearnthepatterns…makingdecisions.J”可知，人工智能

可以根據(jù)對其輸入的數(shù)據(jù)來學(xué)習(xí)該模式，并進(jìn)行癌癥模式的識別。

答案：A

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

organized”可知，人工智能可以識別一些復(fù)雜的模式或結(jié)構(gòu)，同時了解細(xì)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(tài)度題。根據(jù)文章最后兩段的內(nèi)容可知，人工智能能夠快

速識別癌癥，并且將應(yīng)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(tài)度。

答案：A

11.解析：標(biāo)題判斷題。根據(jù)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(yī)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(tǒng)——“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(fā)

售。各地書店里、超市中，數(shù)百種新書全都折價促銷。冰島人習(xí)慣在圣誕節(jié)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(jié)時光。這一圣誕節(jié)傳統(tǒng)

如今還關(guān)系到出版業(yè)的生死存亡。

12.解析：細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)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(jié)。故選A。

答案：A

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

Icelandanditis,Iguess,theartformthatissomethingthewholepubliccan

relateto,'saidSigrunHrolfsdottir,anartistandmotheroftwochildren.Her

daughterandsonhav