Unit 1 Living well閱讀理解組塊專練練速度(限時：30分鐘).閱讀理解A(2019·杭州六校高三聯(lián)考)In the course of our lives, someone with whom we got acquainted by accident often inspires us.Early one morning, I opened the window to find that the sun was splashed everywhere. The sunshine warmed my face, making it comfortable. I started to play my beloved violin. My mind was quite focused, my spirit firm, and my mood entirely free of worry. When I was playing the climax to the piece, a sound from next door got my attention.I was fascinated and had a special idea: “How wonderful if we played together！” I began to play pieces by Beethoven with my neighbor, one piece after another. We played together so well that I was curious about how she or he looked. However, I couldn't figure out why the violinist next door never responded when I knocked on the door. I was extremely disappointed.A year later, I took part in a violin competition. At the event, I made a new friend, whose name was Rita. This girl, who was my age, was deaf and dumb, but she had played the violin for eight years! I saw Rita carefully walk onto the stage. She put the violin between her neck and shoulder and began to perform. “The melody is so familiar！” I said to myself. It was unbelievable that a girl who was deaf and dumb could play such marvelous music. The audience warmly applauded her. What was even harder to believe was that the girl was my neighbor. It was fate that we should meet and become friends.Rita's story made me realize that life is not always sunny or poetic; sometimes there are violent storms and setbacks. However, no matter what you suffer, believe in yourself and strive. You can succeed.語篇解讀：本文是一篇夾敘夾議文。作者的鄰居是位聾啞姑娘，但她卻能用小提琴演奏出美妙的樂曲。作者通過這個故事告訴我們：有志者，事竟成。1Why was there no response every time the author knocked on his neighbor's door?AHis neighbor had moved away.BHis neighbor meant to decline him.CHis neighbor was hearing­challenged.DHis neighbor was too excited to respond.解析：選C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中的“It was unbelievable that a girl who was deaf and dumb could play such marvelous music.”并結(jié)合全文內(nèi)容可知，作者的鄰居就是這位聾啞女孩，她聽不到敲門聲所以無法回應(yīng)。故C項正確。2What is the message conveyed in the last paragraph?ANothing is impossible to a willing heart.BHappiness exists in acceptance.CA fall in the pit, a gain in your wit.DSmile to life, and you'll get a smile back.解析：選A推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“However, no matter what you suffer, believe in yourself and strive. You can succeed.”可推知，最后一段主要表達(dá)的是“有志者，事竟成”。故A項正確。3The author wrote this text mainly to_.Aintroduce his neighbor RitaBvalue his friendship with RitaCspeak highly of Rita's violin skillsDshow the inspiration he got from Rita解析：選D寫作意圖題。根據(jù)第一段并結(jié)合最后一段內(nèi)容可知，本文旨在告訴讀者作者從鄰居聾啞女孩Rita那里得到的啟示。故D項正確。BChildren should start learning Shakespeare at the age of four before they are faced with the difficulty with the language, says a study published recently.Lessons should begin before pupils start secondary school, because many teenagers begin to dislike the plays, says the report. All pupils should also see at least one performance of a Shakespeare's play.The recommendations have been made in a Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) document, contemplating why school children show less and less interest in drama.The RSC has warned that children are being turned off Shakespeare because of the way they are taught in schools and a lack of opportunities to see playsperformed live. Jacqui O'Hanlon, the head of education at the RSC, said, “We've seen teachers working extremely well in class. There's been a lot of success with 4­year­olds. With primary school kids, there isn't a fear factor because they've never heard of him. What we do with children from the age of 8 is to unfold the story piece by piece and show them the key moments of drama.”Shakespeare is compulsory in secondary school. Pupils between the ages of 11 and 14 must study at least one play.An educator who is in charge of England's exams said a review of the primary school courses would be a chance to decide if it should be taught to younger pupils. And as part of the RSC task, more courses will be developed to help teachers lead lessons on plays.Tamsin Greig, the actress, who won an Olivier Award for her performance in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing last year, said, “Give children the chance to play with words, ideas and stories, and boredom will have no place.”語篇解讀：本文主要論述了孩子們應(yīng)該在四歲時就開始接觸莎士比亞的戲劇，建議孩子在上初中之前就開始學(xué)習(xí)莎士比亞的作品。4What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?ASecondary schools don't offer lessons on Shakespeare.BChildren at the age of four have more abilities to do things.CEarly contact and learning help students better understand Shakespeare's plays.DLanguage is a problem for all children in learning Shakespeare and acting well.解析：選C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段提到的“小孩子四歲時就應(yīng)該開始學(xué)習(xí)莎士比亞的戲劇”以及第二段提到的“學(xué)生們在上中學(xué)之前就應(yīng)該開始學(xué)習(xí)莎士比亞的課程”可知，前兩段均在鼓勵學(xué)生盡早接觸莎士比亞的作品，故選C項。5What does the underlined part in the fourth paragraph imply?AProper guidance is necessary in learning Shakespeare.BShakespeare was once children's favorite lesson.CShakespeare becomes out of date for children.DSchool children always like new things and popular food.解析：選A句意理解題。畫線部分句意為：孩子們對莎士比亞失去興趣是因為他們在學(xué)校受教育的方式以及缺少機(jī)會去看莎士比亞戲劇的現(xiàn)場表演。因此說明“孩子們學(xué)習(xí)莎士比亞需要學(xué)校的指導(dǎo)(guidance)以及觀看演出的機(jī)會”，A項“適當(dāng)?shù)匾龑?dǎo)孩子學(xué)習(xí)莎士比亞是必要的”符合句意，故選A項。6What would be the best title for the passage?ATeach Children Shakespeare at an Early AgeBA Great Dramatist ShakespeareCA Compulsory Lesson in Secondary SchoolDTeach Children to Read from the Age of Four解析：選A標(biāo)題歸納題?？v觀全文，本文主要論述了孩子們應(yīng)該在四歲時就開始學(xué)習(xí)莎士比亞的戲劇，雖然在初中時莎士比亞戲劇為必修課，但是建議孩子在上初中之前就開始學(xué)習(xí)莎士比亞的作品，全文主要提倡“teach children Shakespeare at an early age”，即在早些時候就開始教孩子們學(xué)習(xí)莎士比亞的作品，故選A項。CWhen I was a small boy, I noticed that though many of the adults around me were wealthy and educated, they were not always happy and this sometimes led them to behave in ways, which I, as a child, thought strange. As a result of that, I decided to try to understand what happiness was and how best to achieve it. It was not surprising, then, that I decided to study psychology.On arrival at the university, I was disappointed to find that academic psychologists were trying to understand human behaviour by studying rats in a lab. I felt that there must be other more useful ways of learning how we think and feel. I decided to build my career on trying to discover what made others happy. I started out by studying creative people such as musicians, artists and athletes because they were people who devoted their lives to doing what they wanted to do, rather than things that just brought them financial rewards.Later, I expanded the study by inventing a system called “the experience sampling method”. Ordinary people were asked to keep an electronic pager (傳呼機(jī)) for a week which gave out a beeping sound eight times a day. Every time it did so, they wrote down where they were, what they were doing, how they felt and how much they were concentrating. This system has now been used on more than 10,000 people, and the answers are consistent: as with creative people, ordinary people are happiest when concentrating hard.I found that the most obvious cause of happiness is intense concentration. This must be the main reason why activities such as music, art, literature, sports and other forms of leisure have survived. In order to concentrate, whether you're reading a poem or building a sandcastle, what you need is a challenge that matches your ability. The way to remain continually happy, therefore, is to keep finding new opportunities to improve your skills. This may mean learning to do your job better or faster, or doing other more difficult jobs. As you grow older, you have to find new challenges which are more appropriate to your age.7What led the author to study psychology?AHis determination to become rich.BHis observation of adults.CHis unhappy childhood.DHis interest in strangers.解析：選B推理判斷題。第一段提到作者小時候看到周圍富有且受過教育的成年人并不總是快樂的，因而決定找到使人們獲得快樂的途徑，由此可推斷：他對成年人的觀察促使他學(xué)習(xí)心理學(xué)。8Who were the author's study subjects at the start of his career?APeople having deep affection for their career.BPeople very aware of their personal life.CPeople successful in acquiring wealth.DPeople with more freedom.解析：選A推理判斷題。由第二段中的“I started out by studying . who devoted their lives to doing what they wanted to do”可知，作者開始選擇的研究對象是熱愛自己事業(yè)的人。9The author used his system to show that _.Apeople's happiness depends on who they are withBpeople are happier when they focus on an activityCcreative people are happier than ordinary peopleDordinary people find it hard to concentrate解析：選B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段中的“as with creative people, ordinary people are happiest when concentrating hard”可知，作者采取經(jīng)驗取樣法研究發(fā)現(xiàn)：普通人和有創(chuàng)造性的人一樣，他們在集中精神做事情的時候最快樂。10According to the text, people concentrate more when they are doing _.Asomething strange and enjoyableBsomething difficult but possibleCthings appropriate to their agesDmany things at the same time解析：選B推理判斷題。由最后一段中的“intense concentration”及“challenge that matches your ability”等可知，人們在做具有一定難度但又是自己能力所及的事情時精神最集中。.閱讀七選五China has been the birthplace of many of the world's greatest inventions.It was, for example, the first country to produce paper money.Before the invention of paper money and coins, people used many different kinds of things for buying and selling._1_This exchange of goods and services for other goods and services is called bartering (以物易物)_2_ In 1200 BC, people in China began to use shells (貝殼) as money.Usually the shells used as money were very small.This made it easier for people to carry money over long distances, and allowed for trade to develop between different parts of the country.In the years which followed this invention, many other countries around the world began to do the same._3_The next development was in 1000 BC, when China started making bronze and copper shells.It wasn't long before the Chinese made round coins out of metal._4_ By 500 BC, metal coins had begun to appear in countries like Persia and Greece, and later in the Roman Empire.About 1000 years later, leather was used as money in China, and in 806 AD, the first paper banknotes were produced by the Chinese people._5_APeople also began collecting foreign coins as souvenirs.BHowever, as economies developed, such exchanges became impractical.CIt was still many years before paper currency appeared in Europe.DThey also used tiny shells as money for buying and selling.EAs time went by, trade between countries increased.FDuring that time, for example, buying a chicken might cost several potatoes.GThe very first coins often had holes in them so that people could string them together.語篇解讀：本文講述了貨幣在中國的發(fā)展過程，由實物交換到貝殼貨幣再到金屬圓硬幣，最后發(fā)明了紙幣中國成為世界上第一個制作紙幣的國家。1選F結(jié)合文章語境可知，在紙幣發(fā)明前人們用實物來買賣，F(xiàn)項正是對那個時代物物交換的一個舉例說明。2選B根據(jù)下文的內(nèi)容可知，在公元前1200年使用貝殼作為貨幣，很容易攜帶到遠(yuǎn)的地方。由此可見，上文應(yīng)該提到隨著經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展，之前物物交換的方式不方便、不實用。分析選項可知B項符合題意。3選D根據(jù)上句內(nèi)容，在這項發(fā)明之后的幾年里，世界上許多其他國家也開始這樣做，即也使用貝殼來作為貨幣。D項符合題意。4選G根據(jù)本空的上下文內(nèi)容可知，這時貨幣出現(xiàn)了新的發(fā)展，即出現(xiàn)金屬幣。分析選項可知，G項指出最早的硬幣上常有洞與本段coins原詞復(fù)現(xiàn)，符合題意。5選C結(jié)合本段內(nèi)容可知，紙幣最早出現(xiàn)在中國。選項C項中提到了paper currency (紙幣)，且說明了中國紙幣比歐洲紙幣出現(xiàn)得更早，符合題意。7