1、1Unit 1 Living well阅读理解组块专练练速度(限时：30 分钟).阅读理解A(2019杭州六校高三联考)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
2、 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 Bee
3、thoven with my neighbor, one piece after another. We played together so well that I was curious about how she or he looked. However, I couldnt 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 competi
4、tion. 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 s
5、aid 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 2neighbor. It was fate that we should meet and become friends.Ritas story made me realize that life is not
6、 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.语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者的邻居是位聋哑姑娘，但她却能用小提琴演奏出美妙的乐曲。作者通过这个故事告诉我们：有志者，事竟成。1Why was there no response every time the author knocked on his neighbors do
7、or?AHis neighbor had moved away.BHis neighbor meant to decline him.CHis neighbor was hearingchallenged.DHis neighbor was too excited to respond.解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据第四段中的“It was unbelievable that a girl who was deaf and dumb could play such marvelous music.”并结合全文内容可知，作者的邻居就是这位聋哑女孩，她听不到敲门声所以无法回应。故 C 项正确。2W
8、hat 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 youll get a smile back.解析：选 A 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“However, no matter what you suffer, believe in yourself and strive. You
9、can succeed.”可推知，最后一段主要表达的是“有志者，事竟成” 。故 A 项正确。3The author wrote this text mainly to_.Aintroduce his neighbor RitaBvalue his friendship with RitaCspeak highly of Ritas violin skillsDshow the inspiration he got from Rita解析：选 D 写作意图题。根据第一段并结合最后一段内容可知，本文旨在告诉读者作者从邻居聋哑女孩 Rita 那里得到的启示。故 D 项正确。BChildren sho
10、uld start learning Shakespeare at the age of four before they are faced with the difficulty with the language, says a study published recently.3Lessons should begin before pupils start secondary school, because many teenagers begin to dislike the plays, says the report. All pupils should also see at
11、 least one performance of a Shakespeares 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
12、in schools and a lack of opportunities to see plays performed live. Jacqui OHanlon, the head of education at the RSC, said, “Weve seen teachers working extremely well in class. Theres been a lot of success with 4yearolds. With primary school kids, there isnt a fear factor because theyve never heard
13、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 Englands exams said a revi
14、ew 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 Shakespeares Much Ado A
15、bout Nothing last year, said, “Give children the chance to play with words, ideas and stories, and boredom will have no place.”语篇解读：本文主要论述了孩子们应该在四岁时就开始接触莎士比亚的戏剧，建议孩子在上初中之前就开始学习莎士比亚的作品。4What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?ASecondary schools dont offer lessons on Shakespeare.BChildren at t
16、he age of four have more abilities to do things.CEarly contact and learning help students better understand Shakespeares plays.DLanguage is a problem for all children in learning Shakespeare and acting well.解析：选 C 细节理解题。根据第一段提到的“小孩子四岁时就应该开始学习莎士比亚的戏剧”以及第二段提到的“学生们在上中学之前就应该开始学习莎士比亚的课程”可知，前两段均在鼓励学生尽早接触莎
17、士比亚的作品，故选 C 项。45What does the underlined part in the fourth paragraph imply?AProper guidance is necessary in learning Shakespeare.BShakespeare was once childrens favorite lesson.CShakespeare becomes out of date for children.DSchool children always like new things and popular food.解析：选 A 句意理解题。画线部分句意
18、为：孩子们对莎士比亚失去兴趣是因为他们在学校受教育的方式以及缺少机会去看莎士比亚戏剧的现场表演。因此说明“孩子们学习莎士比亚需要学校的指导(guidance)以及观看演出的机会” ，A 项“适当地引导孩子学习莎士比亚是必要的”符合句意，故选 A 项。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
19、to Read from the Age of Four解析：选 A 标题归纳题。纵观全文，本文主要论述了孩子们应该在四岁时就开始学习莎士比亚的戏剧，虽然在初中时莎士比亚戏剧为必修课，但是建议孩子在上初中之前就开始学习莎士比亚的作品，全文主要提倡“teach children Shakespeare at an early age”，即在早些时候就开始教孩子们学习莎士比亚的作品，故选 A 项。CWhen I was a small boy, I noticed that though many of the adults around me were wealthy and educated,
20、 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 univer
21、sity, 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 o
22、ut 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 metho
23、d”. Ordinary people were asked to keep an electronic pager (传呼机) for a week which gave out a beeping sound eight times a day. Every time it 5did 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 1
24、0,000 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
25、 leisure have survived. In order to concentrate, whether youre 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 yo
26、ur 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.语 篇 解 读 ： 本 文 是 一 篇 记 叙 文 。 作 者 经 过 研 究 发 现 人 的 幸 福 感 来 源 于 做 事 情 的 专 注 度 。7What led the author to study psychology?AHis determination to become rich
27、.BHis observation of adults.CHis unhappy childhood.DHis interest in strangers.解析：选 B 推理判断题。第一段提到作者小时候看到周围富有且受过教育的成年人并不总是快乐的，因而决定找到使人们获得快乐的途径，由此可推断：他对成年人的观察促使他学习心理学。8Who were the authors study subjects at the start of his career?APeople having deep affection for their career.BPeople very aware of the
28、ir personal life.CPeople successful in acquiring wealth.DPeople with more freedom.解析：选 A 推理判断题。由第二段中的“I started out by studying . who devoted their lives to doing what they wanted to do”可知，作者开始选择的研究对象是热爱自己事业的人。9The author used his system to show that _.Apeoples happiness depends on who they are with
29、Bpeople are happier when they focus on an activityCcreative people are happier than ordinary people6Dordinary people find it hard to concentrate解析：选 B 细节理解题。由第三段中的“as with creative people, ordinary people are happiest when concentrating hard”可知，作者采取经验取样法研究发现：普通人和有创造性的人一样，他们在集中精神做事情的时候最快乐。10According
30、 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：选 B 推理判断题。由最后一段中的“intense concentration”及“challenge that matches your ability”等可知，人们在做具有一定难度但又是自己能力所及的事情时精神最集中
31、。.阅读七选五China has been the birthplace of many of the worlds 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 oth
32、er goods and services is called bartering (以物易物)_2_ In 1200 BC, people in China began to use shells (贝壳) 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 countr
33、y.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 wasnt long before the Chinese made round coins out of metal._4_ By 500 BC, metal coins had begun to a
34、ppear 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 develop
35、ed, such exchanges became impractical.CIt was still many years before paper currency appeared in Europe.7DThey 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 v
36、ery first coins often had holes in them so that people could string them together.语篇解读：本文讲述了货币在中国的发展过程，由实物交换到贝壳货币再到金属圆硬币，最后发明了纸币中国成为世界上第一个制作纸币的国家。1选 F 结合文章语境可知，在纸币发明前人们用实物来买卖，F 项正是对那个时代物物交换的一个举例说明。2选 B 根据下文的内容可知，在公元前 1200 年使用贝壳作为货币，很容易携带到远的地方。由此可见，上文应该提到随着经济发展，之前物物交换的方式不方便、不实用。分析选项可知 B 项符合题意。3选 D 根据上句内容，在这项发明之后的几年里，世界上许多其他国家也开始这样做，即也使用贝壳来作为货币。D 项符合题意。4选 G 根据本空的上下文内容可知，这时货币出现了新的发展，即出现金属币。分析选项可知，G 项指出最早的硬币上常有洞与本段 coins 原词复现，符合题意。5选 C 结合本段内容可知，纸币最早出现在中国。选项 C 项中提到了 paper currency (纸币)，且说明了中国纸币比欧洲纸币出现得更早，符合题意。8
