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专题 08 阅读理解提分练
第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
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(2022·云南省第一次统一检测)Choosing the most beautiful ski resort in the Alps is like picking the prettiest
diamond.
1．Saas-Fee, Switzerland
Unique selling points：the high-mountain setting, in-your-face glaciers.
Saas-Fee hit the right note as the setting for Wham！'s music video in 1984. It's a pleasing Swiss village
among glaciers and mountains. Fabled peaks of more than 4，000 meters dot the skyline.
Worth the trip：For you to rub shoulders with real mountaineers, the Britannia Hutte is a climbers' refuge,
just 15 minutes' walk from the nearest lift. A simple lunch on its sunny balcony offers grand views.
Britannia Hutte, 3906 Saas Fee, Switzerland
2．Alpbach, Austria
Unique selling points：Cute houses, the bygone feel.
Alpbach has long known what its best features are. The medieval (中世纪的) village's traditional wooden
farmhouses proved to be head-turners for early tourists and planners.
Farming is still very much alive here. It has landed the prize as “Austria's most beautiful village”. And the
competition for that one is tough.
Worth the trip：Böglalm is an Alpbach favourite, offering authentic local food such as beef soup and grilled
sausage.
Böglalm, 6236 Alpbach, Austria; ＋ 43 5336 5177
3．Megeve, France
Unique selling points：Mont Blanc views, the stylish center, scent of pine.
Megeve muscles its way into the list by virtue of its location, with close-up views of Mont Blanc, Western
Europe's highest peak. The town was one of the first purpose-built resorts in the Alps.
Worth the trip：Foodies are spoiled for choice in Megeve, especially in three-Michelin-starred Flocons de
Sel.
Flocons de Sel, 1775 Route du Leutaz, 74120 Megeve, France
4．Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Unique selling points：a magnet for the beautiful set, an Olympic site.
Just two hours north of Venice, Cortina d'Ampezzo is in a UNESCO World Heritage region. Cortina hosted the
Winter Olympics in 1956 and was the setting for a certain James Bond film.
Worth the trip：If it's good enough for Mr Bond, Miramonti Majestic Grand Hotel might do the job for you.
Miramonti Majestic Grand Hotel, Via Pezie 103, 32043 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; ＋ 39 0436 4201
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司1．Who will choose to vacation in Alpbach?
A．Fans of the band Wham！.
B．Lovers of ancient European architecture.
C．Skiers of the Mount Qomolangma area.
D．Enthusiasts of James Bond films.
2．Which resort offers the most high-end food?
A．Saas-Fee, Switzerland.
B．Alpbach, Austria.
C．Megeve, France.
D．Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
3．In which column can the text be found in a newspaper?
A．Business. B．Style.
C．Entertainment. D．Travel.
B
(2022·潍坊市模拟)Thirty-five years ago, with just one acre of land, a couple of seeds and a bucket of hope,
one Nigerian-born scientist began his mission to defeat famine (饥荒) on his continent.
News of the drought across Africa in the early 1980s troubled Nzamujo. Equipped with a PhD in microbiology
and his faith, he travelled back to Africa. There, he found a continent ecologically rich, diverse and capable of
producing food. He believed drought wasn't the only reason for widespread hunger, and that sustainability had been
left out.
Nzamujo began designing a “zero waste” agriculture system that would not only increase food security, but
also help the environment and create jobs. In 1985, he started his sustainable farm “Songhai” in Benin, a country in
western Africa.
Nzamujo lives on the farm and constantly updates his techniques. He owes Songhai's success to his degrees in
science and engineering. But he also thanks his spiritual and cultural roots, and his father — a driving force in his
life — who encouraged him to pursue his studies to the highest degree and to use Songhai to share his knowledge.
Songhai has several “eco-literacy” development programs. They range from 18-month training courses for
farmer enterprisers, to shorter stays to learn techniques like weeding. People come from all over the world to study
Nzamujo's methods.
After seeing success on his first zero waste farm, he expanded it throughout western Africa. Today, the
Songhai model is applied across the continent. Nzamujo says they've trained more than 7，000 farmer enterprisers
and more than 30，000 people in total since it began.
Nzamujo believes zero waste agriculture is now steadily tackling the issues he set out to defeat: hunger,
unemployment and environmental declines. And he wants to see it go further.
4．Which factor related to famine was unnoticed in Nzamujo's eyes?
A．Poor soil. B．Water shortage.
C．Lack of resources. D．Unsustainability.
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司5．What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 3?
A．Introduce a solution.
B．Give examples to the readers.
C．Add some background information.
D．Summarize the previous paragraphs.
6．How does Songhai help to ease the problem of famine?
A．By offering land.
B．By trading seeds.
C．By educating farmers.
D．By selling technology.
7．Which of the following can best describe Nzamujo?
A．Critical and careful.
B．Learned and responsible.
C．Optimistic and generous.
D．Considerate and ambitious.
C
(2022·甘肃省第一次诊断)It's no secret that walking is good for you. Many of us are trying to get in those
recommended 10，000 steps a day that our wearable fitness technology urges us to achieve. But how many calories
are we actually burning, and how can we get the most out of those steps? Find answers in these ways.
Do you know the truth about calorie-burning? Walking is a moderate intensity form of exercise. To get the
most calorie-burning benefits, then, it would seem that walking at a consistently light pace would make the most
sense. Pay attention to your heart rate and how you feel. Wearable technology can certainly provide an idea of
progress towards your calorie-burning goals. Using fitness tracker equipment to help you recognise when you
reach your target heart rate zones can help you maximize the calorie-burning.
Walking is often considered as a great fat-burning exercise, and with good reason. You can't really walk at
higher intensities because of the nature of the exercise; therefore, you end up in low-intensity zones, where you
tend to burn more fat. When you're walking at a lighter intensity with your heart rate in the 57% to 63% range, you
are more likely to be using fat for fuel. No matter what your speed is, the form matters. When done with a good
form, walking is an incredibly beneficial form of exercise for total health and wellness beyond mere calorie burn.
Moreover, walking is the most accessible form of exercise because it doesn't require any special clothes, equipment
or membership.
Whether your goal is fat loss, increased fitness or simply enhancing your overall health and wellness, walking
offers all these benefits and more.
8．What is the purpose of Paragraph 1?
A．To introduce the topic.
B．To compare walking with other exercise.
C．To explain the wearable fitness technology.
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司D．To show the importance of 10，000 steps a day.
9．What does the underlined word “intensity” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．Depth. B．Strength.
C．Height. D．Distance.
10．What can be inferred from the text?
A．Walking at high intensities is recommended.
B．Your walking speed is the most important to calorie-burning.
C．Walking can burn calories better if you walk in a proper form.
D．It is more convenient to walk for those who have gym membership.
11．What is the best title for the text?
A．Walking 10，000 Steps a Day Matters
B．Walking Benefits Your Heart
C．How to Best Burn Calories While You're Walking
D．How to Use Wearable Fitness Technology While You're Walking
D
(2022·昆明市“三诊一模”)There is a time when many Americans question whether a college degree is
worth its cost. However, a recent study found Americans who completed college or university are more likely to
have friends and are less lonely than those who only finished high school.
Daniel Cox, director of the Survey Center on American Life, said that in general Americans are experiencing
a “friend recession”， meaning a decline in their number of friends. Cox noted “Americans have fewer close
friends today than we did in the early 1990s. But men and those without a college degree are particularly affected
because they seem to have experienced a much more dramatic decline over that period”．
The Center questioned 5，054 people this past summer. It found Americans with a college degree feel more
socially connected and are more active in their communities than people who didn't go to college. As a result, those
who completed college report feeling less lonely.
Previous research showed that Americans who didn't go to college are less likely to marry. A 2012 study found
that college-educated women are much more likely to get married than women who dropped out of high school. A
2013 study of people born between 1957 and 1964 found that both men and women who didn't finish high school
are less likely to marry than those with more education.
Today, 65 percent of college-educated Americans over age 25 are married. About 50 percent of people with a
high school diploma, or who dropped out of high school, are married. Those numbers were different in 1990, when
marriage rates among the college graduates were at 69 percent, compared with 63 percent for those who did not go
to college, says a Pew research report.
The American Community Life Survey found around 1 in 10 college graduates say they have no close social
connections. That number rises among Americans without a degree, where almost 1 in 4 say they have no close
friends.
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司12．According to the text, the study was carried out when ________．
A．psychological problems arose sharply
B．the number of college graduates declined
C．Americans experienced a friend recession
D．concerns about college costs appeared
13．Why are some studies mentioned in Paragraph 4?
A．To provide evidence for the research.
B．To analyze the reasons for loneliness.
C．To show the importance of marriage.
D．To compare differences in generations.
14．What is the text mainly about?
A．Social problems in the American society.
B．Reasons for Americans' low marriage rates.
C．Links between education and social interaction.
D．Discussions about whether to get a college degree.
15．In which column of a magazine may this text appear?
A．Entertainment. B．Education.
C．Technology. D．Health.
第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
(2022·高三名校联考信息优化卷)Happy people have habits you can introduce into your everyday life. Here
are some of them. They surround themselves with other happy people.
Joy can spread. Researchers of the Framingham Heart Study who began to study the spread of happiness over
20 years ago found that those who are surrounded by happy people are more likely to become happy in the future.
__16__
They try to be happy.
Yes. It's as simple as it sounds. __17__ According to two studies recently published in The Journal of
Positive Psychology, those who actively tried to feel happier in the studies reported the highest level of positive
moods, making a case for thinking yourself happy.
They are mindful of the good.
__18__ However, happy people give attention to their smaller victories, too. “When we take time to notice the
things that go right, it means we're getting a lot of little rewards throughout the day，” says Susan Weinschenk, a
PhD in Psychology.
They devote some of their time to giving.
Even though there are only 24 hours in a day, positive people fill some of that time doing good for others,
which in return does some good for the do-gooders themselves. A long-term research project called Americans'
Changing Lires found a series of benefits associated with altruism (利他主义). __19__ People of all ages who
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学科网（北京）股份有限公司volunteered were happier and experienced better physical health and less depression.
__20__
“When you listen, you open up your ability to take in more knowledge，” writes David Mezzapelle, author
of Contagious Optimism. Good listening is a skill that strengthens relationships and leads to more satisfying
experiences. A good listener may walk away from a conversation feeling as if their presence served a purpose,
which is closely connected with increased happiness.
A．They make it a point to listen.
B．They smile when they mean it.
C．Just trying to be happy can lift your spirits.
D．Volunteer work was good for both mental and physical health.
E．This is the reason why we spend more time with cheerful people.
F．It's important to celebrate great hard-earned accomplishments.
G．Happy people take the time to appreciate these easy-to-come-by pleasures.
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