安徽淮南市2024高考英语（二轮）阅读理解摸底精练（5）

　　2024高考英语阅读理解集训阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。The English proficiency of Chinese women is much better than that of men, according to a study released in Shanghai yesterday, Chinese women scored three points higher than men in the English Proficiency Index(英语水平指数) released by EF Education, a language training company, mainly English. Worldside, women scored one point higher than men on average.

　　“This shows that Chinese women are more used to the Chinese education mode, the report said. Chinese women use their gift of language to gain success.”

　　However, Chinese mainlanders English proficiency ranked second to last in Asia, despite the great time and effort that many people invest in learning the language, the report said, China’s mainland is ranked the 36th in the index of 54 countries and regions where English is not the native language. That’s down by seven places comparing with that last year. The Chinese mainland belongs to the low-proficiency tier(低水平层次) and is ranked just above Thailand in Asia. This year’s index has increased the weight of listening tests, while decreasing the importance of grammar and vocabulary exams, which partly caused the ranking change, researchers said. Moreover, test-oriented(以考试为目的) and rote-based(死记硬背)learning methods often used in China hurt the language skills of Chinese students, education experts said.

　　The study compared test scores of more than 1.7 million adults in the 54 countries and regions. Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands have the best command of English, while Libya has the lowest English proficiency level. European countries generally performed well. But Italy, Spain and Portugal, some of the countries at the heart of the euro zone crisis, are being dragged down by poor English, according to the report. Singapore is 12th, the best in Asia, followed by Malaysia and India, South Korea; at 21st, and Japan, at 22nd, performed disappointingly low despite their focus on education; the report said.

　　One in every four people frequently uses English at work on China’s mainland, nevertheless nearly 15 percent said they never use English, lower than the world average level, according to the study.

　　32.What is EF Education?

　　A. It is a language test organization.

　　B. It is an English teaching school.

　　C. It is a language training company.

　　D. It is an organization studying human.

　　33. By what do Chinese women gain success in English learning?

　　A. Cheating.

　　B. Gift.

　　C. Learning by heart.

　　D. Asking for help.

　　34. What can we learn from paragraph 3?

　　A. Chinese mainlanders’ English proficiency ranked second in the index of 54 countries and regions.

　　B. Chinese mainlanders’ English proficiency ranked 29th last year.

　　C. The Chinese mainland belongs to the midproficiency tier.

　　D. This year’s index has increased the weight of grammar and vocabulary exams.

　　35. Which of the following order is TRUE in the ranking of the English Proficiency Index?

　　A. Denmark > India > Japan > Singapore > Libya

　　B. Denmark > Japan > Singapore > India > Libya

　　C. India>Japan > Denmark > Singapore > Libya

　　D. Denmark > Singapore > India > Japan > Libya

　　参考答案32-35 CBBD

　　阅读理解A survey of professors finds that most see online courses as inferior to in-class lessons—but those who have taught online are more open to their potential. Larry Greenemeier reports The New York Times calls 2024“the year of the MOOC(网络开放课程). ”But lots of open online courses still fail to get high marks from most educators.

　　In a recent survey of more than 2, 200 professors, only one in five thought that online courses could be as effective as classroom curricula(课程). Their biggest concern: limited interaction between teachers and students. The survey was done by Gallup and the website Inside Higher Ed. Respondents linked MOOC credibility to whether an online course was offered by an qualified school and to a student’s ability to receive credits.

　　The doubt from the faculty of the schools isn’t surprising. New technologies often turn those well-prepared products and services into goods without little excitement, something no teacher wants. On the other hand, refusing to change, especially when it involves computers, tends to be a losing strategy in most fields.

　　One of the important points in the data is that much MOOC criticism comes from faculty who’ve never taught an online course. Of the 30 percent of professors polled(被投票的)who had taught a MOOC, most thought that online courses can deliver roughly the same results as the classroom ones.

　　【文章大意】2024年被称为“网络开放课程之年”。很多人都在质疑网络开放课程的有效性和它的可信度。有人认为这种课程把一些精心准备的产品和服务变成了平淡无奇的商品, 这些都不是老师们想要的。关于调查数据的可信度也遭到了质疑。

　　1. In the first paragraph, the underlined word“inferior”probably means　.

　　A. better

　　B. worseC. superiorD. prior

　　【解析】选B。词义猜测题。从第一段中的“But lots of open online courses still fail to get high marks from most educators. ”可知很多教育家都认为这种课程不如课堂教学。

　　2. According to the passage, how many professors in the survey are in support of the equal effectiveness of online courses and classroom ones?

　　A. About 2, 200.

　　B. About 30 percent.

　　C. About 50 percent.

　　D. About 440.

　　【解析】选D。数字计算题。根据文章第二段In a recent survey of more than 2, 200 professors, only one in five thought that online courses could be as effective as classroom curricula得知, 接受调查的2 200个教授中, 有五分之一认为二者的有效性相等。故选D。

　　3. According to the text, which of the following statements is TRUE?

　　A. The professors are worried that the interaction between students and teachers is not enough.

　　B. New technologies often turn products and services into goods of high quality.

　　C. If you refuse to change, you will lose in most fields.

　　D. People who taught an online course gave us the exact data of the survey.

　　【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据第二段Their biggest concern: limited interaction between teachers and students. 得知被调查者担心这种网络公开课程会导致师生之间的互动不够。

　　4. What is the author’s attitude towards the result of the survey?

　　A. Doubtful.

　　B. Optimistic.

　　C. Worried.

　　D. Proud.

　　【解析】选A。观点态度题。根据文章末段作者提出的对参与对象的质疑, 以及重复提出一些人对网络开放课程的支持可知, 作者对调查结果持怀疑态度。

　　2024高考英语阅读理解集训阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　The Internet is full of headlines that grab your attention with buzzwords （流行词）．But often when we click through, we find the content hardly delivers and it wastes our time．We close the page, feeling we've been cheated．These types of headlines are called "click bait"．

　　A headline on Busing, reconsider．com reads:

　　"This phrase will make you seem more polite"．First, when you click through, you find another headline: "Four words to seem more polite．" Then, on reading the article, you find it's actually an essay about sympathy．And what are the four words? They're "Wow, that sounds hard．" On some video websites, you might encounter headlines such as "Here's what happens when six puppies visited a campus"．Turns out it's just some uneventful dog footage（镜头）．

　　Nowadays, with the popularity of social media, many news outlets tweet （推送） click bait links to their stories．These tweets take advantage of the curiosity gap or attempt to draw the reader into a story using a question in the headline．These click bait headlines are so annoying that someone is attempting to save people time by exposing news outlet click bait through social media．The Twitter account @SavedYouAClick, run by Jake Beckman, is one such example．

　　Beckman's method is to grab tweets linking to a story and rewet them with a click-saving comment．For example, CNET tweeted "So ios 8 appears to be jailbreak able but…", with a link to its coverage of Apple's product announcements．Beckman retreated it with this comment attached: "．．．it hasn't been jail broken yet．"

　　Since founding the account, Beckman's Twitter experiment has brought him more than 131,000 followers．Beckman said that @SavedYouAClick is

　　"just my way of trying to help the Internet be less tumble．" Asked about his goal, he said, "I'd love to see publishers think about the experience of their readers first．I think there's an enormous opportunity for publishers to provide readers with informative updates that include links so you can click through and read more．

　　25．The article on Businesslnsider．com turns out to be___．

　　A．useful suggestions on politeness

　　B．an essay about another topic

　　C．an article hard to understand

　　D．a link to a video website

　　26．Why are readers often cheated by tricky headlines?

　　A．Social media has become more popular．B．Readers have questions to be solved．

　　C．Such headlines are fairly attractive．

　　D．There're always stories behind them．

　　27．Beckman attached his comment to CNET's tweet to ___

　　A．criticize CNET

　　B．save readers' time

　　C．advertise apple's new product

　　D．tell readers something about iOS 8

　　28．In the last paragraph, Beckman appeals that _____

　　A．publishers be more responsible for the link

　　B．readers think about their needs before reading

　　C．publishers provide more information for readers

　　D．people work together to make the Internet less tumble

　　25-28 BCBA

　　阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

　　(2024皖南八校第三次联考，C)

　　BEIJING—China's Beijing and Shanghai cities and Guangdong Province on Sunday published plans to gradually allow migrant workers'(外来务工人员) children to enter senior high schools and sit college entrance exams locally.

　　They are the latest in a total of 13 provinces and municipalities(市) to formulate plans to ensure that rural children who have followed their parents to cities can enjoy the same rights as their urban peers in education.

　　Beijing will allow migrant workers' children to attend local vocational schools in 2024 and allow them to be matriculated by universities after graduating from the vocational programs in 2024, said a statement from the city's commission of education.

　　Shanghai took a step further, saying it will allow migrant children in the city to enter local senior high schools, vocational schools and sit college entrance exams (commonly known as gaokao) locally starting in 2024.

　　Guangdong has asked its cities to start recruiting(招收)migrant workers' children in local senior high schools in 2024. The province will allow these children to sit gaokao and compete with local residents on an equal feeting in college entrance starting in 2024, Luo said the restrictions would be relaxed gradually and “step by step” as the province must solve the conflict between its gigantic migrant population and a scarcity of education resources.

　　Migrant workers, whose children could be benefited by the new plans of the three regions, must have residential permits, stable jobs and incomes, and meet other local requirements, according to the plans.

　　China's hukou, or household registration system, used to confine children to attending schools in their home provinces. A 2003 regulation amended this by allowing migrant workers' children to receive the nineyear compulsory education in cities where their parents work.

　　Official figures show that China has more than 250 million farmersturnedworkers living in cities. An estimated 20 million children have migrated with their parents to the cities.

　　文章大意：在北京、上海和广东的务工子女，能够就地入学或高考了。

　　12．What's the best title of this passage?

　　A.China's educational reform on the way

　　B.Migrants' dreams come true

　　C.Reform plans published for migrant children's education

　　D.Migrants ask for equal rights in education

　　答案：C　主旨大意题。 这是一篇资讯报道，第一段就是资讯的主要内容。C项很好地概括了资讯的主要内容，并符合标题的特点。

　　13．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A.Beijing，Shanghai and Guangdong took the lead in making plans for migrant children's education.

　　B.There are altogether 13 provinces

　　and

　　municipalities that have made plans for migrant children's education.

　　C.Beijing will allow migrant workers' children to enter

　　the local school in 2024.

　　D.Migrant workers' children began to receive senior high school education in cities where their parents work in 2003.

　　答案：B　细节理解题。由第二段的第一句得知B正确、A错误；由第三段得知C错误；由第七段中的A 2003 regulation ...to receive the nineyear compulsory education in cities where their parents work.得知D错误。

　　14．Which of the following words can the underlined word“confine” be replaced by?

　　A.limit

　　B．prevent

　　C．protect

　　D．resist

　　答案：A　词义猜测题。根据所在句子的意思：“中国的户口过去_______了孩子们只能在他们家乡省份上学。”，并结合上下文，可知是“限制”，而不是“阻止”、“保护”或是“抵制”。

　　15．Which of the following statements can be inferred according to the passage?

　　A.Guangdong will allow migrant workers' children to sit gaokao locally in 2024.

　　B.China's hukou is now no longer important and should be cancelled.

　　C.The Chinese government should continue deepening the educational reform.

　　D.It is likely that not all migrant workers' children can enter senior high schools or sit gaokao in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong with the new plans polished.

　　答案：D　推理判断题。由第六段得知：在北京、上海和广东，能够就地入学或高考的孩子的父母必须符合几个条件。言外之意：不符合条件的就不能享受这一政策。故D正确；A项为事实，而非推断；B、C文中无依据。