《閱讀理解特訓(xùn)：3真2模含解析》2024屆高三英語(yǔ)二輪突破27

　　第一節(jié)：閱讀理解（共20小題，每小題2分，滿分40分）

　　閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

　　A

　　Millions of Americans return from long-distance trips by air, but their luggage doesn’t always come home with them. Airline identification tags（） can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where. And passengers leave all kinds of things on planes.

　　The airlines collect the items and, for 90 days, attempt to find their owners. They don’t keep them, since they’re not in the warehouse business. And by law, they cannot sell the bags, because the airlines might be tempted to deliberately misplace luggage.

　　So once insurance companies have paid for lost bags and their contents, and they no longer belong to passengers, a unique store in the little town of Scottsboro, Alabama, buys them. The “Unclaimed Baggage Center,” is so popular that the building, which is set up like a department store, is the number-one tourist attraction in all of Alabama. More than one million visitors stop in each year and take one of the store’s shopping carts on a hunt for treasures.

　　Each day, clerks bring out 7,000 new items, and veteran（老練的）shoppers rush to paw over them. You can find everything from precious jewels to hockey sticks, best-selling novels, leather jackets, tape recorders, surfboards, even half -used tubes of toothpaste.

　　The store’s own laundry washes or cleans all the clothes found in luggage, then sells them. The Unclaimed Baggage Center has found guns, illegal drugs and even a live rattlesnake.

　　The store has a little museum where some of its most unusual acquisitions（） have been preserved. They include highland bagpipes, a burial mask from an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, and a medieval suit of armor.

　　Statistics indicate that less than one-half of one percent of luggage checked on U.S. carriers is permanently lost and available to the store.

　　26. Paragraph1 shows that many passengers lose their luggage because______.

　　A. they are forgetful

　　B. they are in a hurry

　　C. there is no lost and found office in many airports

　　D. the owners of some luggage can’t be identified

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Airline identification tags（標(biāo)簽） can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where.

　　27. The reason why the airlines cannot sell the bags is that ______.

　　A. they have to find the owners

　　B. they are likely to make a profit on the bags on purpose

　　C. some bags are expensive

　　D. they have to keep the bags as long as possible

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)by law, they cannot sell the bags, because the airlines might be tempted to deliberately misplace luggage.28. The Unclaimed Baggage Center is very popular because______.

　　A. there's a large variety of goods.

　　B. all the things there are very cheap.

　　C. visitors may purchase something undervalued.

　　D. Visitors will enjoy some amusing activities there.

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)More than one million visitors stop in each year and take one of the store’s shopping carts on a hunt for treasures. veteran（）shoppers rush to paw over them. You can find everything from precious jewels to hockey sticks…

　　29. What can we infer from the passage?

　　A. A little museum will keep all the precious unclaimed baggage.

　　B. The percentage of passengers who lose their baggage for ever is small.

　　C. The things in the Unclaimed Baggage Center are articles for daily use.

　　D. People are not allowed to buy the illegal things in the store.

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Statistics indicate that less than one-half of one percent of luggage checked on U.S. carriers is permanently lost and available to the store.乘客永遠(yuǎn)的丟掉東西的人數(shù)是少的，故選B。

　　30. What is the main purpose of the passage?

　　A. To introduce how the unclaimed baggage in the airports is handled in America.

　　B. To introduce an attractive place to tourists.

　　C. To remind passengers of taking care of their baggage.

　　D. To advise the airlines to find the owners of the unclaimed baggage.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】寫作意圖題。縱觀全文可知主要介紹在機(jī)場(chǎng)無(wú)人認(rèn)領(lǐng)的行李在美國(guó)是如何處理。

　　B

　　When you’re an employee of a company, no matter the size, it’s common to see co-workers promoted, or transferred to a different department. But there is another way to move around—by creating a new position for yourself. I did this several years ago, though I wasn’t actively looking for a different job.

　　In 2007, I was hired at the Transamerica Life Insurance Company, as a customer service representative in the distributions services department. I processed requests for distributions from our annuity(養(yǎng)老金)policy holders around the country. Someone might have forgotten to sign a form, for example, or might have omitted security information. To solve the problem, I’d mail the person a letter.

　　The company had been through several combinations, so in our department alone we had a collection of about 140 templates(模板) for letters related to distributions. The longer I worked with the letters, the more I saw how they could be improved. Some had overlapping information and could be combined. Some had incorrect grammar or needed updating. I also noticed that industry terminology(專業(yè)術(shù)語(yǔ)) wasn’t standard across all the versions.

　　When I told my department supervisor about this in 2008, she agreed that the letters needed revamping. She said I should stop what I’d been doing and start the new work. In a relatively short time, I was able to make numerous improvements and reduce the number of letters to 70. It was an informal job change until a managers’ meeting several months later.

　　At that meeting, a vice president who was unaware of my new work mentioned that the division’s entire stock of 1,700 letters should be reviewed. My manager told her that she knew the perfect person for the job—me. The position was still considered temporary when I took on the extra tasks, but I was able to show that the work had value, and I was officially promoted and given a raise in November 2009.

　　31. According to Paragraph 1, which of the following statements is true?

　　A .The author admired those who got a promotion in his company.

　　B. The author tried his best to get a promotion in his company

　　C. The author was eager to seek another job.

　　D. It is no surprise to see people around us change their positions.

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)it’s common to see co-workers promoted, or transferred to a different department.可知看見(jiàn)我們周圍的人們改變工作或職位是不奇怪的。故選D。

　　32. Which of the following problems with the letters is NOT mentioned in the passage?

　　A. Some information needed to be united.

　　B. Some information was overlooked.

　　C. Some had grammatical mistakes.

　　D. Industry terminology didn’t meet the standard.

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Some had overlapping information and could be combined. Some had incorrect grammar or needed updating. I also noticed that industry terminology() wasn’t standard across all the versions.一些信息需要統(tǒng)一，一些有語(yǔ)法錯(cuò)誤，一些行業(yè)術(shù)語(yǔ)沒(méi)有達(dá)到要求，只有選項(xiàng)B，沒(méi)有提到，故選B。

　　33. The underlined word “revamping” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to

　　.

　　A. improving

　　B.

　　rebuilding

　　C.

　　repeating

　　D.

　　strengthening

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)I was able to make numerous improvements這些信需要提高，故選A。

　　34.The author started to review the letters when

　　.

　　A. he was hired by the companyB. his department supervisor agreed his idea

　　C. he was recommended at a managers’ meeting

　　D. he was promoted

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)When I told my department supervisor about this in 2008, she agreed that the letters needed revamping. At that meeting, a vice president who was unaware of my new work mentioned that the division’s entire stock of 1,700 letters should be reviewed.他的部門監(jiān)督同意了他的觀點(diǎn)，故選B。

　　35. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

　　A. Where there is will, there is a way.

　　B. Don’t let the chance go, when it comes.

　　C. Creating a position, and earning a promotion.

　　D. Ways to get a promotion.

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容主要敘述了人們可以換一種職位而得到提升，故選C。

　　C

　　It was reported last week that developers could take photos from Apple mobile and Google Android devices without the phone owners knowing that the images were being taken. In Apple’s case, developers can also obtain the location information for each photo.

　　Senator(參議員) Charles Schumer said in a telephone interview that his office had spoken with officials at both Apple and Google on Monday.

　　“We asked them if they could find a way on their own to prevent Apple from having access to private info,” Mr. Schumer said. “They were friendly and open to the idea that this ought to be changed.”

　　On Sunday, Mr. Schumer?said?that he planned to send a letter to the Federal Trade Commission(聯(lián)邦貿(mào)易委員會(huì)) asking the agency to investigate Apple and Google after the privacy concerns came to light.?Claudia Bourne Farrell, an F.T.C. spokeswoman, said the agency had received the letter but she could not comment further.

　　“It sends shivers up the spine to think that one’s personal photos, address book, and who knows what else can be obtained and even posted online without consent,” Mr. Schumer wrote in his letter to the F.T.C. “If the technology exists to open the door to this kind of privacy invasion, then surely technology exists to close it, and that’s exactly what must happen.”

　　Mr. Schumer said if Apple and Google could not come to an agreement to fix the problem, then he would be forced to take the issue further.

　　He said other companies had been willing to work with his office to fix issues. “I’m optimistic that we can get this changed without any regulation,” he said. “If it’s not changed, then we’ll look the F.T.C., and if that doesn’t work then we’ll look at legislative approach.”

　　The F.T.C. has warned companies to try to be more?vigilant(警醒的)?in their efforts to protect consumers when it comes to privacy.

　　36.The senators spoke with officials at both Apple and Google

　　.

　　A. to discuss whether it is illegal to have access to private information.

　　B. to stop them from developing the technology of taking photos.

　　C. to urge them not to invade consumers’ privacy.

　　D. to keep them from obtaining the location information for each photo

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)We asked them if they could find a way on their own to prevent Apple from having access to private info參議員鼓勵(lì)他們不要侵犯顧客的個(gè)人隱私，故選C。

　　37. Which of the following statements is true?

　　A. Privacy invasion from Apple has existed for a long time.

　　B. Privacy invasion from Google has existed for a long time.

　　C. Apple and Google have decided to make a change.

　　D. Mr. Schumer takes the privacy concerns caused by Apple and Google seriously.

　　【答案】D

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Mr. Schumer?said?that he planned to send a letter to the Federal Trade Commission(聯(lián)邦貿(mào)易委員會(huì)) asking the agency to investigate Apple and Google after the privacy concerns came to light.?可知Mr. Schumer對(duì)蘋果和谷歌引起的個(gè)人隱私問(wèn)題很重視，故選D。

　　38. Mr. Schumer’s letter to the F.T.C. mainly shows that the technology to open the door to privacy invasion

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　　A. causes people to worry about the safety of their personal information .

　　B. can be used if permitted.

　　C. causes personal information to be posted online without permission.

　　D. causes privacy invasion to happen frequently.

　　【答案】A

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)If the technology exists to open the door to this kind of privacy invasion, then surely technology exists to close it, and that’s exactly what must happen.他認(rèn)為引起人們對(duì)于個(gè)人安全問(wèn)題的擔(dān)心，故選A。

　　39.If the privacy concerns can’t be solved with the help of the F.T.C.,

　　.

　　A.The companies will be fined.

　　B. The companies will be closed.

　　C. The senators will turn to legislation.

　　D. The senators will force the companies not to invade privacy.

　　【答案】C

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)if that doesn’t work then we’ll look at legislative approach

　　40.Where can we read about the passage?

　　A.In a science report.

　　B. In a newspaper.

　　C. In a magazine

　　D. In a textbook.

　　【答案】B

　　【解析】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容主要敘述的是對(duì)于公司的對(duì)于客戶的個(gè)人隱私的泄露問(wèn)題的的解決途徑，所以這篇文章出現(xiàn)在報(bào)紙上，故選B。

　　D

　　As students and teachers returned to school on Monday after the publication of performance ratings(等級(jí)) for 18,000 teachers, many parents said they were giving the reports serious thought. Yet there was an equal measure of skepticism among parents that test scores have any relationship with teachers’ competence.

　　Some said they already knew how good a teacher was by walking into the classroom or by monitoring their children’s progress. “I’m the kind of person who likes to see for themselves,” a father in Queens said.

　　Others worried about how their fellow parents, perhaps ones with sharper elbows, might respond. Will they demand a new teacher? Move their children to a new school?

　　Elizabeth Sane, the mother of a fourth grader at the Ella Baker School, a kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school on the Upper East Side, said that her daughter was switched to a different teacher’s class over the summer, and that it was “l(fā)ike adding salt to the wound” when she saw the high ratings for her daughter’s previous teacher. Her daughter’s teacher this year did not receive a rating because he previously taught high school

　　Ms. Sane said that the rating was not the only factor that influenced how she assessed a teacher’s performance, but that the data used for teacher evaluations mattered.

　　But other parents dropping their children off at the Ella Baker School said they did not trust teacher ratings based on test scores any more than they wanted their children’s learning measured only by the state exams.

　　“Some people take it as the final word, but it doesn’t change who they are as teachers. The ratings aren’t accurate, and the whole student testing thing needs to be thrown out,” said Lydia Delgado, whose child is in the second grade.

　　41. Paragraph 1 tells us that

　　A. All the teachers received a rating given by the students.

　　B. All the teachers will receive a rating at the end of each semester,