1、雅安中学高 2013 级高考前模拟（一）英 语第卷第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AChristmas，Easter and Birthday parties can be difficult times for grandmothers and parents as they rush around trying to arrange the perfect celebration or making everyone as hap
2、py as possible! Whats better than a birthday party that makes your grandchild smile throughout or a celebration that impresses relatives and close friends?That is why Granny Look has supplied in this section，one of the most comprehensive guides to making these special occasions that happen perhaps o
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8、kids.PANTOS，SHOWS，THEATRES.at Christmas time!UNIQUE Christmas gifts for Children.Spend QUALITY TIME with your Childrens Children this FESTIVE SEASON!21.From the text，we know that “Granny Look” is .A.a person who guides you to make your yearly celebration a real successB.a magazine that helps the fam
9、ily to prepare for special occasionsC.a company that sells all sorts of products on the InternetD.a website that helps you to prepare for special occasions22.The purpose of the text is .A.to make children have a memorable holiday B.to show you how to shop on the InternetC.to give you some informatio
10、n about Granny Look D.to introduce some goods 23.You will fail to find any information at Christmas when you need .A.Christmas cards B.fun Advent Calendars C.Christmas gifts D.tickets for atheatresBMen are spending more and more time in the kitchen encouraged by celebrity (名人) chefs like Gordon Rams
11、ay and Jamie Oliver，according to a report from Oxford University.The effect of the celebrity role models，who have given cooking a more manly picture，has combined with a more general drive towards sexual equality and men now spend more than twice the amount of time preparing meals than they did in 19
12、61.According to the research by Prof.Jonatahn Gershuny，who runs the Centre for Time Research at Oxford，men now spend more than half an hour a day cooking，up from just 12 minutes a day in 1961.Prof.Gershuny said， “The man in the kitchen is part of a much wider social trend.There has been 40 years of
13、sexual equality，but there is another 40 years probably to come.”Women，who a generation ago spent nearly two hours a day cooking，now spend just one hour and seven minutesa great fall，but they still spend far more time in the kitchen than men.Some experts have named these men in aprons as “Gastrosexua
14、ls (men using cooking skills to impress friends)”，who have been inspired to pick up a kitchen knife by the success of Ramsay，Oliver as well as other male celebrity chefs such as Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall，Marco Pierre White and Keith Floyd.“I was married in 1974.When my father came to visit me a few
15、 weeks later，I was wearing an apron when I opened the door.He laughed， ” said Prof.Gershuny.“That would never happen now.”Twothirds of adults say that they come together to share at least three times a week，even if it is not necessarily around a kitchen or dining room table.Prof.Gershuny pointed out
16、 that the family meal was now rarely eaten by all of its members around a tablewith many “family meals” in fact taken on the sofa in the sitting room，and shared by family members.“The family meal has changed a lot，and few of us eatas I did when I was a childat least two meals a day together as a fam
17、ily.But it has survived in a different format.”24.What is one reason behind the trend that men spend more time cooking than before?A.The improvement of cooksstatus. B.The influence of popular female chefs.C.The change of females view on cooking. D.The development of sexual equality campaign.25.What
18、does the author think about the time men and women spend on cooking?A.Men spend more time cooking than women nowadays.B.Women spend much less time on cooking than before.C.It will take 40 years before men spend more time at the stove than women.D.There is a sharp decline in the time men spend on coo
19、king compared with 1961.26.How did Prof.Gershuny see the family meal according to the passage?A.It has become a thing of the past. B.It is very different from what it used to be.C.It shouldnt be advocated in modern times. D.It is beneficial to the stability of the family.27.Which is the best title f
20、or the passage?A.The Changes of Family Meals B.Equality between Men and WomenC.Cooking into a New Trend for Men D.Cookinga Thing of the Past for WomenC New Yorkers and visitors to the Big Apple will get to ring in the Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year in the U.S., in style with a firewo
21、rks display on the Hudson River set to music written by Academy Award-winning composer Tan Dun.The display is part of the second annual “Happy Chinese New Year: Fantastic Art China” festival held in New York on February 5-10, 2016. The China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), the U.S.-China Cultur
22、al Institute and the Cultural Associate of the Committee of 100 announced this years events on November 18 at a press conference at the Lincoln Center.The “Fantastic Art China” festival will feature a larger and more diverse series of artistic and cultural events across New Yorks top cultural venues
23、 (地点) and landmarks, including the Lincoln Center, Empire State Building and Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.This year s theme focuses on exploring the complicated relationship between sound and image, said Professor Yu Ding from CAFA, who is also president of Fantastic Art China and in charge of
24、the festivals design. Lunar New Year, which celebrates the “Year of the Monkey” in 2016, is an opportunity to bring Chinas modern art to mainstream America, and the festival serves as an innovative approach to establishing cultural exchange between China and New York City, Yu said.UNESCO Goodwill Am
25、bassador Tan Duns music is a new edition that will be featured at several venues, including a major art exhibition at the Javits Center, events at the Lincoln Center and the fireworks display on the Hudson, which will take place on the evening of February 6. Five barges (游艇) on the river will launch
26、 the fireworks designed by CAFA that will tell a story about celebration and conservation.“We Chinese are fond of nature, so the best way to celebrate the Lunar New Year is to salute with the sounds of nature, such as sounds of water, stone and bamboo,” said Tan Dun at the press conference, “And it
27、will be fun to use the music of water during the firework display.”In addition to the fireworks, a special lighting show at the Empire State Building will illuminate New York City during the holiday. Chinese New Year is being recognized as a public school holiday for the first time in New York. Chil
28、dren from the National Dance Institute, which represents 75 schools, will perform traditional Chinese dances at the Lincoln Center and the Javits Center. And, in celebration of the “Year of the Monkey” events will feature a conservation message about the endangered golden monkey in China.28. The the
29、me of this years celebration is centered on _.A. diversity of Chinese traditional festivalsB. relationship between sound and image of natureC. endangered species and environment protectionD. cultural exchange between China and America29. The coming “Year of the Monkey” is to be celebrated in New Yor
30、k by _.A. sailing on the Hudson River along with a new-year speechB. holding a special concert at the Empire State BuildingC. setting off fireworks and holding a special lighting showD. taking a week off and organizing Chinese dance contests30. What does the underlined word “illuminate” (in Para. 7)
31、 most probably mean?A. Lighten. B. Surround. C. Decorate. D. Broaden.31. This passage is written mainly in order to _.A. compare some traditional festivals in China and AmericaB. attract visitors to America for the coming new-year celebrationC. strengthen the cultural co-operation between China and
32、AmericaD. report celebration activities for the “Year of the Monkey” in New YorkD Time for Kids (TFK) gets the great news on the coolest toys for 2014 at the 111th American International Toy Fair.Whats four days long, bigger than seven football fields, and filled with thousands of toys? Its Toy Fair
33、 2014!Each year, hundreds of toy companies from across the country come together in New York City. All kinds of products are shown as a way to know whats to come in the new year. This years trends (款式) include oversize toys. “In 2014, everything is really big and really out there,” says Adrienne App
34、ell, a toy-trends expert.Toy Fair is the largest toy trade show in the Western Hemisphere (西半球). Toy-store buyers go to the event to decide which toys they may want to sell during the holiday season. Members of the media, like TFK, go to the fair to report back on all the cool trends. Unfortunately,
35、 Toy Fair is not open to the public.This years Toy Fair was the biggest in its 111-year history. More than 1,000 toy companies showed products from simple card games to high-tech robots. “Larger Than Life” was a Toy Fair favorite. This trend is all about big toys with a big play value. Though it is
36、all fun and games at Toy Fair, we saw lots of products making a push towards education, with STEAM. That stands for science, technology, engineering, art, and math. This trend includes word games. And of course, we saw some super cool, high-tech games. “Technology is always going to influence toys,”
37、 says Appell. “This year we saw lots of 3D games, and robots.”To know more information about the event, click (点击) here to watch the video.32. What can we infer from Toy Fair 2014?A. Toys are becoming more educational than fun. B. Robots are great favorites of buyers. C. Big toys will be popular thi
38、s year.D. Simple card games will disappear on the market.33. Whats special about Toy Fair 2014?A. It is the largest. B. It is the longest. C. It sells all of its toys. D. Its held in New York City.34. Whats the best title for the text?A. Kids love toys B. Toy-stores in New York City C. Technology ch
39、anges toys D. Time for toys35. The text is taken from a _.A. website B. newspaper C.magazine D. Textbook第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，共 10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Real-life Room Escape GamesReal-life room escape games are a type of physical adventure game in which people are locked in a room
40、with other participants and have to use the things in the room to settle a series of puzzles, find clues (线索), and escape the room within a set time limit. The games are based off Escape the Room video games, such as Crimson Room and QP-Shot, created by TAKAGISM Inc. by Toshimitsu Takagi in 2005, in which the player is locked inside a room and must explore his or her surroundings in order to escape. 36 Other inspirations include adventure board games and movies. Real-life room escape games are becoming popular in the United States, Japan, and
