選修七Unit4閱讀理解組塊專練一練速度(限時：35分鐘)I.閱讀理解AWashington,D.C.BicycleToursCherryBlossomBikeTourinWashington,DC.Duration:3hoursThissmallgroupbiketourisafantasticwaytoseetheworld-famouscherrytreeswithbeautifulflowersofWashington, D.C.Yourguidewillprovideahistorylessonaboutthetreesandthefamousmonumentswheretheyblossom.Reserveyourspotbeforeavailability—andthecherryblossoms-disappear!WashingtonCapitalMonumentsBicycleTourDuration:3hours(4miles)JoinaguidedbiketourandviewsomeofthemostpopularmonumentsinWashington,D.C.ExplorethemonumentsandmemorialsontheNationalMallasyourguidesharesuniquefactsandhistoryateachstop.Guidedtourincludesbike,helmet,cookiesandbottledwater.CapitalCityBikeTourinWashington,DC.Duration:3hoursMorningorAfternoon,thisbiketouristheperfecttourforD.C.newcomersandlocalslookingtoexperienceWashington,D.C.inahealthywaywithminimumeffort.KnowledgeableguideswillentertainyouwiththemostinterestingstoriesaboutPresidents,Congress,memorials,andparks.Comfortablebikesandasmoothtourroute(路線)makecyclingbetweenthesitesfunandrelaxing.WashingtonCapitalSitesatNightBicycleTourDuration:3hours(7miles)JoinasmallgroupbiketourforaneveningofexplorationintheheartofWashington,D.C.GetupclosetothemonumentsandmemorialsasyoubikethesitesofCapitolHillandtheNationalMall.Frequentstopsaremadeforphototakingasyourguideoffersuniquefactsandhistory.Tourincludesbike,helmet,andbottledwater.Allridersareequippedwithreflectivevestsandsafetylights.語篇解讀：本文是一篇應(yīng)用文。文章介紹了華盛頓特區(qū)騎自行車旅行四條路線的相關(guān)行程及注意事項。Whichtourdoyouneedtobookinadvance?CherryBlossomBikeTourinWashington,D.C.WashingtonCapitalMonumentsBicycleTour.CapitalCityBikeTourinWashington,D.C.WashingtonCapitalSitesatNightBicycleTour.解析：選A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一?條自行車旅行路線中的“Reserveyourspotbeforeavailability一andthecherryblossoms—disappear!”可知，選擇這條自行車旅行路線需要提前預(yù)訂。WhatwillyoudoontheCapitalCityBikeTour?Meetfamouspeople.Gotoanationalpark.Visitwell-knownmuseums.Enjoyinterestingstories.解析:選D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三條自行車旅行路線中的“KnowledgeableguideswillentertainyouwiththemostinterestingstoriesaboutPresidents,Congress,memorials,andparks.”可知，在CapitalCityBikeTour中，導(dǎo)游會為你講述關(guān)于總統(tǒng)、國會、紀(jì)念碑和公園的最有趣的故事。Whichofthefollowingdoesthebicycletouratnightprovide?A.Citymaps. B.Cameras.C.Meals. D.Safetylights.解析：選D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后兩句"Tourincludesbike,helmet,andbottledwater.Allridersareequippedwithreflectivevestsandsafety抽位5.“可知，在晚上進(jìn)行的這項自行車旅行給游客配備了反光背心和安全燈。BIarrivedinthisbeautifulSpanishislandatthestartofSeptember,fullofenthusiasmandeagertostartworkasanEnglishteacher.Isortedallthenecessarypaperworkoutandmovedintoaflatofmyownwithinthefirstcoupleofdays.Great!OrsoIthought.At4amandatseveralintervalsafterthat,Iwasrudelyawokenbythecockthatlivesoppositeme.Fantastic!Inowhave5extraalarmseverymorning.Inthefollowingweeks,Ialsostartedtonoticeatrend.Thingsinmyflatstartedtobreakattherateofoneobjectperday,likethehotwater,bowls,cups,shower,doorsorglassshelves.Yes,Iamclumsybutthingsjustfellapart.Ifitwasn'tbroken,itwouldeitherbedirtyormissing.Usingmywashingbasketforthefirsttimewasprettydisgusting.WhenItookoutmyclothes,theywereswiftlyfollowedbyahundredorsobugs（蟲子）thatwerelivinginthebottom.Asforthegenerallackofequipmentinthehouse,therewasnooven,tinopener,sharpknivesorpotatopeeler.Itturnsoutmakingaburgerfromscratchwasn'tthebestidea.Ihaveasmallmicrowaveandagrill.IthoughtthegeneralunderstandingwasnevertoputmetalinamicrowavebutIwentwithit.Smokesoonstartedtoappear.IwasnotquitesureifitwastheburgerorthegrillbutassoonasIopenedthedoor,theelectricitycutout.Ispentthefollowing10minutesinadark,smokyroomhuntingforthepowerswitchusingthelightfrommymobilephone,whichbroketheweekafterandleftmewithoutaconnectiontotheouterworld.Luckily,I'mnowborrowingaphoneandmyluckhasreturned.Nomorethingshavebroken（probablybecausethereisnothinglefttobreak）.I'vealsorealizedthatevenifaflatlookspretty,itdoesn'tmeanitscontentswork.Iamalsolearninghowtoadapttolifewithlimited,brokenutensils廚房用具）.語篇解讀：本文是一篇記敘文。文章講述了作者適應(yīng)新的生活環(huán)境的過程。Whatproblemdidtheauthorhaveinthemorning?A.Sheoftensleptlate.Heralarmfailedtowork.Shegotsomenoisyneighbors.Hersleepwasdisturbedbyarooster.解析：選D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一?段中的“At4amandatseveralintervalsafterthat,Iwasrudelyawokenbythecockthatlivesoppositeme.”可知，一?只公雞打鳴打擾了作者睡覺。WhatcanweknowabouttheauthorfromParagraph2?Shewasaverycarefulwoman.Shewasquitesatisfiedwithherflat.Herflatwasprettyoldbutcomfortable.Herhouseholdarticleswereinpoorcondition.解析：選D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中的“Thingsinmyflatstartedtobreakattherateofoneobjectperday...itwouldeitherbedirtyormissing.”可知，作者的家用物品狀況不佳，不是很容易壞掉就是很臟或找不到。.Whathappenedwhentheauthorwasmakingaburger?A.Shewasseriouslyinjured.B.Shemadeaterriblemistake.C.Shebrokeherphoneaccidentally.D.Shesufferedasuddenpowerfailure.解析：選B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中的“Ithoughtthegeneralunderstanding...soonstartedtoappear.”可知，作者一時糊涂把金屬器具放進(jìn)了微波爐，導(dǎo)致濃煙滾滾?？梢娮髡叻噶艘粋€嚴(yán)重的錯沃。.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?A.Remainingoptimistic.B.Howtochooseaniceflat.C.Learningtoliveinanewflat.D.Whylivingabroadisnoteasy.解析：選C主旨大意題。本文主要講述了作者搬進(jìn)新公寓后的生活，起初很不適應(yīng)，后來情況逐漸好轉(zhuǎn)。CFlauberthaditthat“onewayoftoleratingexistenceistoloseoneselfinliteratureasinanunendingparty”.Itturnsoutthatreadingdoesn'tonlyhelpustotolerateexistence,butactuallylengthensit.ArecentstudybyYaleUniversityresearchers,publishedonlineinthejournalSocialScience&Medicine,concludedthat“bookreadersexperienceda20percentreductionintheriskofdeathoverthe12yearsoffollow-upcomparedtonon-readers”.ThedatawasobtainedfromthestudysponsoredbytheNationalInstituteonAging.Thestudylookedat3,635subjects,allolderthan50,whomtheresearchersdividedintothreegroups:thosewhodidn'treadbooks,thosewhoreadupto3.5hoursaweekandthosewhoreadmorethan3.5hoursaweek.Thefindingswereremarkable:onaverage,bookreaderssurvivedalmosttwoyearslongerthanthosewhodidn'tcrackopenabook.Themorethesubjectsread,thelongertheylived,butaslittleas30minutesadaywasstillbeneficialintermsofsurvival.Accountingforfactorssuchaseducationlevel,incomeandhealthstatus,the)尸彳studyfoundthatthosewhoreadmorethan3.5hoursweeklywere23percentless xlikelytodieduringthat12-yearperiod.Thosewhoreadupto3.5hours—anaverageofahalfhouraday—were17percentlesslikely. /“Inotherwords,justlikeahealthydietandexercise,booksappeartopromoteasignificantsurvivaladvantage,”theauthorsconcluded.Whyorhowthat’sthecaseremainsunclear;theresearchshowedonlyanassociationbetweenbookreadingandlongevity,notacausalrelationship.Butthefindingsarenotsosurprising.Otherrecentresearchshowedthatreadingnovelsappearstoincreasebothbrainconnectivityandsympathy.語篇解讀：研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，閱讀和長壽有一定的聯(lián)系，閱讀者的平均壽命比不讀書的人長將近兩歲。WhydoestheauthormentionFlaubert'swordsinthefirstparagraph?Tostressthevalueofreading.Tocomparereadingwithaparty.Tointroducethestudyonreading.Tosupportthefindingsofthestudy.解析：選C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段引用的福樓拜的名言說明讀書的作用，接著第二段介紹了耶魯大學(xué)關(guān)于讀書與死亡風(fēng)險之間關(guān)系的研究。據(jù)此可以判斷，引用福樓拜的名言旨在介紹對閱讀的作用的研究，故C項正確。Fromthetext,whatcanwelearnaboutthestudy?Nosimilarstudyonreadinghasbeencarriedout.Theprocessofthestudylastedmorethantenyears.Itshowsreaderslivetwoyearslongerthannon-readers.Itshowstimespentonreadingincreasesone'sloveforit.解析：選B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一?句中的“bookreadersexperienceda20percentreductionintheriskofdeathoverthe12yearsoffollow-upcomparedtonon-readers”可知，在12年的跟蹤調(diào)查中發(fā)現(xiàn)，與不讀書的人相比，閱讀者的死亡風(fēng)險降低了20%。據(jù)此可知，該項調(diào)查持續(xù)了十多年，故B項正確。Whatdotheunderlinedwords“that'sthecase”probablymean?Readingbooksenablespeopletolivelonger.Readingissimilartoahealthydietandexercise.C.Readingbooksiscloselyassociatedwithlongevity.D.Readingincreasesbrainconnectivityandsympathy.解析：選A詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第六段中的“booksappeartopromoteasignificantsurvivaladvantage”及上文所述的研究結(jié)論“讀書可以延長壽命”和畫線詞的整句“亞卜丫orhowthat’sthecaseremainsunclear...notacausalrelationship.”可知，閱讀為什么能夠延長壽命，以及以什么方式延長壽命，人們?nèi)匀徊磺宄?。?jù)此可知，畫線詞指代研究表明的“讀書可以延長壽命”，故A項正確。Wherecanwemostprobablyreadthistext?https：///life-and-style/family.https：///b/books/coming-soon.https：///news/to-your-health.https：//www.thebookbag.co.uk/Book_Recommendations.解析：選C文章出處題。通讀全文可知，本文主要說明了閱讀和長壽有一定的聯(lián)系，閱讀者的平均壽命比不讀書的人長將近兩年，閱讀能增強(qiáng)大腦的功能。據(jù)此可以判斷，本文屬于健康話題，因此最可能摘自健康網(wǎng)站，故C項正確。DJohannesVermeerissuchaquietandintrospective(內(nèi)省的)artistthatittookhundredsofyearsforanyonetonoticehewasagenius.AmajorVermeerexhibitionopensthismonthattheLouvreinParis,whosepermanentcollectionincludeshisgreatpaintingofawomanabsorbedinclose,visuallydemandingwork,TheLacemaker(about1669—1670).LikeotherpaintingsbyVermeer,thisimagerepresentsmodernculture.Soattractedaretoday'sartloversbyVermeerthatitwasthoughtshockingwhenarecentsurveyfoundthat82%ofAmericanscan'tnamewhopaintedGirlwithaPearlEarring.Well,maybetheydon'tgotothemoviesmuch.Itisnottruetosayhewasforgotten—thatwouldsuggesthewasfamousinhislifetime.Hewasnot.VermeerwasonemorepainteramongthemanywhoworkedformoneyintheDutchRepublicinthe17thcentury.HewasnotastarlikeRembrandt.Heobviouslytookhimselfandhisartseriously.Hisself-referentialpaintingTheArtofPaintingprovesthat.EventhoughheworkedallhislifeinDelft,hepaintedonly35knownworksandlefthisfamilypoorwhenhediedin1675attheageof43.ItisfittingthatParisiscelebratingVermeer,becauseitwastheFrenchavant-garde(先鋒派)inthe19thcenturywhosavedhimfrombeingcompletelyforgotten.ComparehispaintingWomaninBlueReadingaLetterorTheLittleStreetwith,say,EdouardManet'sABarattheFolies-Bergere(1882)orCamillePissarro'sTheBoulevardMontmartreatNight(1897)anditiseasytoseewhytheartofVermeerfounditsnaturalaudienceinParisianbohemia.AlltheseartistsarelikelytohaveknownaboutandadmiredVermeerduetotheeffortsofthecriticThore-Burger,aveteranofthe1848Revolution.Vermeer'srediscoveryispartofthehistoryofmodernFrenchart.Vermeerisnotonlyagreatartist.Heisagreatmodernartist.語篇解讀：本文是一■篇說明文，主要介紹了著名畫家JohannesVermeer的生平和他的藝術(shù)特點(diǎn)。HowmanypaintingsproducedbyVermeerarementionedinthetext?A.Four. B.Five.C.Six. D.Seven.解析：選B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通讀全文可知，本文共提及Vermeer的五幅畫作，包括第二段提及的“TheLacemaker”、第三段提及的“GirlwithaPearlEarring''、第四段提及的“魂€ArtofPainting”、第五段提及的“WomaninBlueReadingaLetter”和“TheLittleStreet'，故B項正確。WhatcanweknowaboutVermeerfromParagraph4?Hewaswell-knownwhenhewasalive.Hegainedagoodfortuneforhisfamily.Hedidn'twitnessthepopularityofhisworks.Heconsideredpaintingasawaytohavefun.解析：選C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段最后一■句"EventhoughheworkedallhislifeinDelft...diedin1675attheageof43.”可知，盡管他終身在代爾夫特工作，但是直到他在43歲去世時僅留下了35件被人們所知的作品，他是在貧困中離世的；結(jié)合第一段的內(nèi)容可知，人們在數(shù)百年后才發(fā)現(xiàn)他的藝術(shù)價值；據(jù)此可以判斷，他沒能看到他的作品受歡迎，故C項正確。WhomadeagreatcontributiontointroducingVermeertootherartists?A.Rembrandt. B.Hisfamily.C.Americanartlovers. D.Thore-Burger.解析：選D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六段“Alltheseartistsarelikelyto...veteranofthe1848Revolution”可知，由于評論家Thor6-BUrger的努力，Vermeer才被這些藝術(shù)家認(rèn)可，故D項正確。Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthetext?RediscoveryofVermeerAnecdotesaboutVermeerGreatModernFrenchArtTheToughWaytoSuccessinArt解析：選A標(biāo)題歸納題。通讀全文可知，本文主要介紹了畫家JohannesVermeer的生平和他的藝術(shù)特點(diǎn)。JohannesVermeer在世時，畫作并不為人所知，在貧困中死去；數(shù)百年后人們才發(fā)現(xiàn)他是個藝術(shù)天才。故A項最適合作本文的標(biāo)題。II.閱讀七選五SomeoneintheU.S.isdiagnosed（診斷）withbloodcancereverythreeminutes.Andalthoughaboutthreeintenbloodcancerpatientscanfindamatchingdonorintheirfamilies,70percentofpatientsdependonastrangertostepin.ThatwasenoughformetoknowIwantedtohelp.IregisteredonlinewithDeleteBloodCancer.1FouryearslaterIgotane-mailfromtheorganizationanditsaidIhadapossiblematch.Tomakesureallsystemswereago,Ihadacoupleofextrabloodtests.Ineededtodonatebonemarrow（骨髓）._2_Andmybone-marrowrecipientwasalittlegirl.Fourmonthslater,donationdayarrived.At9a.m.,theprocedurestarted.Bynoon,Iwasalreadyonmywayhomefromthehospital.3Mybutt（臀部）wassore,likeIhadbruisedmytailboneorsomething.Thedoctorssaidthepainisworsethemoresedentary（久坐的）youare,soIwalkedaroundmyLongIslandneighborhoodseveralhoursaftertheprocedure.4Thediscomfortwassecondarytotheemotionalhighof