第三组1阅读理解+1阅读七选五+1完形填空(限时:30分钟)Ⅰ.阅读理解(2019·北师大附中模拟)My family lived in Triumph,Idaho,the USA,an old mining town with a population of 33.All of the kids at my age were boys.People of all ages always looked out for me,but they also brought me some embarrassment.I was born at home.The doctor overseeing my arrival was a family friend.Dad had then been a soldier serving in the navy and figured we should save some money.At first,my parents didn’t have a name for me.My name on my birth certificate still read B aby Girl.And that’s what they called me until I was almost 4.When they planned our first train trip to Mexico for vacation,we needed passports,which made it easier to come up with a name.My father liked the sound of Picabo,an old Native American settlement in the south.My mother and father agreed on Picabo.As a child,I was afraid of the dark,but it was manageable.Another fear was the Rhode Island Red.Each time I went out to the hen house to get eggs,he always pecked (啄) me as if I had stolen the eggs laid by his lover.I began carrying a stick to keep him away.However,he was always following ter we became good friends.I also liked playing hide-and-seek with him.Our house was one of four that stood next to each other on an upper street in town.It was a one-story white cottage with no basement and no foundation,but Dad dug a cellar (地窖).All of our heat came from a wood-burning stove,where our food was cooked over an open flame.Both of my parents were great cooks.【语篇解读】本文是作者的个人回忆。
作者童年时生活的小镇总人口33人,而作者那时是全镇同龄人中唯一的女孩。
于是,作者处处受到关照。
出生以来,作者一直没有名字,直到4岁时,作者父母要带她去坐火车,才为她取名。
1.Why did the parents decide to name the author?A.To have the sound of Picabo.B.To go on a foreign trip.C.To make an agreement with each other.D.To realize the author’s wish.答案B[细节理解题。
由第三段中的“When they planned...to come up with a name”可知,父母决定为作者取名是因为他们要为作者办护照以便坐火车去墨西哥。
故选B项。
]2.What do we know about the Rhode Island Red?A.He always stole the eggs.B.He loved following the author’s parents.C.He was a rooster friend of the author’s.D.He played hide-and-seek with his lover.答案C[推理判断题。
根据第四段中的“Each time I went out...by his lover”可判断,文中的Rhode Island Red是一只公鸡,再根据“Later we became good friends.I also liked playing hide-and-seek with him”可知,这只公鸡后来变成作者的好朋友了。
故选C项。
]3.What might the author think of her childhood life?A.Boring. B.Inspiring.C.Embarrassing. D.Pleasing.答案D[观点态度题。
本题需要考生从文章的字里行间来推测作者的观点,根据文中作者的描述“People of all ages always looked out for me”“but it was manageable”“Later we became good friends.I also liked playing hide-and-seek with him”“Both of my parents were great cooks”可以推断出,作者回忆中的童年是快乐又美好的,pleasing符合作者的态度。
]Ⅱ.阅读七选五(2019·宁波十校联考)V AR technology has been used in U.S.sports for years.Now itis fully combined with the global game of football and made its debut(首次亮相) at the 2018 World Cup this summer.__1__.It is actually a team who work together to review certain decisions made by the main referee (裁判) by watching video replays. The V AR team support the referees from a centralized video operation room.The operators select and provide the best angles from relevant broadcast cameras plus two additional offside cameras.__2__.They will communicate with the referee only for clear and obvious errors or serious missed incidents.The referee can delay the restart of play at any time to communicate with the V AR team.__3__,the referee would start an official review.Then they will make a decision based on the information received from the V AR team.__4__.Some fans believe that V AR causes too many interruptions,disrupting the flow of the game.But others just want a fair match and to see the correct call no matter what.They argue disruptions already take place as angry players crowd around a referee following a controversial decision.__5__.With much money put into modern football,governing bodies are now under great pressure to see that the correct decisions are made on the pitch and V AR is a sure step in that.A.If one team is likely to win a gameB.V AR stands for video assistant refereeC.It is hard to avoid and V AR is necessaryD.Once they decide an incident is reviewableE.Throughout a match they are constantly checking for mistakesF.The use of video technology is a hot topic among football watchersG.V AR can serve to remove such scenes and get the game moving again【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文,主要介绍了V AR在足球比赛中的应用,以及由此而引起的一些争议。
1.B[上文是说多年来,V AR技术已经应用于美国的运动中,现在它已经完全与全球的足球比赛结合起来,而且在2018年的世界杯中首次亮相,而空后是说它实际是一个通过观看视频重放来审查主裁判的某些决定的团队,故B项“V AR代表着视频助理裁判”符合语境,衔接上下文,故选B。