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2024年课标版高考英语第二轮专题
文体分类练(七) 新闻报道
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Passage 1
(2023四川成都三诊)
Jeff Jensen,the business and Boy Scout leader,was in a dilemma and had painful damage in his leg and foot.He needed surgery,but he doubted whether he could afford it,even with insurance.“There’s nothing more depressing than seeing a bill for 24,000 dollars and going.How much of this will my insurance cover and how much is mine to cover ” Jensen told WWAY-TV.
Luckily for Jensen,his doctor is Demetrio Aguila.The nerve specialist gives patients the option to pay for surgery through volunteer work.He founded an organization called M25 Program.“We can’t ignore the people in our own backyard,” Aguila told CBS.“We want to be able to offer hope to patients who have lost hope medically.”
Using an algorithm (算法),the clinic calculates community service hours based on the price of the surgery.In Jensen’s case,the $12,000 operation equaled 560 hours of helping out at one of the local charitable organizations registered with the M25 Program.
Like 10 percent of Aguila’s patients,Jensen chose the community service.And because hundreds of hours of community service can seem difficult,Aguila,50,not only lets others participate,he encourages it.“I had this hope that we would reawaken in our neighbors and in ourselves a sense of volunteerism,” he told CNN.
Jensen,whose surgery was completed in February 2020,was helped by more than 100 friends and strangers who volunteered at Orphan Grain Train,which donates food,clothing,and medicine nationally and globally.
Dave Harvey,founder of the homeless aid organization Least of My Brethren,is counted as one who is inspired by Aguila.“He is making things easier by sending volunteers our way!” he told KMTV in Omaha.“What a cool thing!”
1.What can a patient do if he can’t afford surgery according to the text
A.Seek aid from social media.
B.Raise money in the hospital.
C.Join in the voluntary service.
D.Turn to the insurance company.
2.What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 4 refer to
A.People’s help.
B.The M25 Program.
C.Community service.
D.Medical assistance.
3.What’s Harvey’s attitude to Aguila
A.Cautious. B.Concerned.
C.Grateful. D.Doubtful.
4.Where is the text probably taken from
A.A local newspaper.
B.A medical journal.
C.A clinic advertisement.
D.An insurance brochure.
Passage 2
(2023山东青岛一模)
A six-year-old longing to keep a unicorn in her backyard figured she’d get the hard part out of the way first.
Last November,Madeline wrote a letter to the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control with a straightforward request.“Dear LA County,I would like your approval if I can have a unicorn in my backyard if I can find one.Please send me a letter in response.”
Director Mayeda replied two weeks later.The department does in fact license unicorns,she said,under certain conditions.Those include polishing the unicorn’s horn at least once a month with a soft cloth,feeding it watermelon at least once a week,covering it with only nontoxic and biodegradable sparkles and giving it regular access to sunlight,moonbeams and rainbows.And,because unicorns are indeed very rare to find,the department is also giving Madeline a toy unicorn to keep her company during her search,as a token of appreciation.
“It is always rewarding to hear from young people who thoughtfully consider the requirements of providing a loving home for animals,” Mayeda wrote in the letter.“I like your sense of responsible pet ownership to seek permission in advance to keep a unicorn in Los Angeles County.”
Mayeda told The Washington Post that this is the first time the department has received a request for a license for a unicorn or any mythical creature.They were impressed with the first-grader for wanting to ask permission in the first place,and doing her research to work out how to go about that.She and her colleagues deal with a lot of “life-and-death” issues on the job,whether that’s seeing cases of animal abuse or animals hurting people or making decisions about having to put down dangerous or sick animals.So Madeline’s letter has considerably brightened their spirits,and she is due to visit the department this week to discuss her unicorn license application.Safe to say,she’s in for a magical surprise.
5.Why did Madeline write the letter
A.To apply to visit a unicorn.
B.To learn to provide animal care.
C.To ask permission to keep a pet.
D.To figure out how to find a unicorn.
6.What can we learn from paragraph 3
A.Her application was disapproved.
B.Requirements should be met for the license.
C.She was presented with a live unicorn.
D.Guidance was given for her search.
7.Which of the following best describes Mayeda
A.Imaginative. B.Sensitive.
C.Flexible. D.Convincing.
8.Why does the department think the letter “has brightened their spirits”
A.Because it is the first application letter for a pet.
B.Because animal protection is a life-and-death issue.
C.Because they are worn out with their daily work.
D.Because they are touched with the girl’s deeds.
Passage 3
(2023广东茂名二模)
Holding the large and heavy “brick” cellphone he’s credited with inventing 50 years ago,Martin Cooper talks about the future.
Little did he know when he made the first call on a New York City street from a heavy Motorola prototype(原型)that our world would come to be encapsulated on a sleek glass sheath where we search,connect,like and buy.
Cooper says he is an optimist.He believes that advances in mobile technology will continue to transform lives but he is worried about risks smartphones pose to privacy and young people.
“My most negative opinion is that we don’t have any privacy anymore because everything about us is now recorded someplace and accessible to somebody who has enough intense desire to get it,” the 94-year-old said in an interview in Barcelona at MWC,the Mobile World Congress,the world’s biggest wireless trade show,where he was getting a lifetime award.
Cooper sees a dark side to the advances,including the risk to children.One idea,he said,is to have“various Internets intended for different audiences”.
Cooper made the first public call from a handheld portable telephone on a Manhattan street on April 3,1973,using a prototype device his team at Motorola had started designing just five months earlier.
Cooper used the DynaTAC phone to famously call his opponent at Bell Labs,owned by AT&T.It was literally the world’s first brick phone,weighing 2.5 pounds and measuring 11 inches.Cooper spent the best part of the next decade working to bring a commercial version of the device to market.
The call helped kick-start the cellphone revolution.
Cooper said he’s “not crazy” about the shape of modern smartphones.He thinks they will develop so that they’ll be “distributed on your body”,possibly as sensors “measuring your health at all times”.
Batteries,he said,might be replaced by human energy.The body makes energy from food,he argues,so it could possibly also power a phone.Instead of holding the phone in the hand,for example,the device could be placed under the skin.
9.What does the underlined part “a sleek glass sheath” in paragraph 2 refer to
A.A smartphone. B.A Motorola prototype.
C.A “brick” cellphone. D.An original cellphone.
10.What is Cooper’s attitude about the future of the mobile phone
A.Most negative.
B.Very subjective.
C.Doubtful and disapproving.
D.Optimistic but also concerned.
11.What can be inferred about children from paragraph 5
A.They should be provided with a different Internet from adults.
B.They should have easy access to various Internets.
C.They should be introduced to different audiences.
D.They should use various Internets for learning materials.
12.According to Cooper,how might smartphones be powered in the future
A.By body sensors.
B.By human body.
C.By solar energy.
D.By advanced batteries.
答案：
Passage 1
[语篇解读]本文是一篇新闻报道,主要讲的是Jeff Jensen在医生Demetrio Aguila成立的M25 Program的帮助下,通过参加社区服务来支付了手术费用的故事。
1.C 细节理解题。根据第二段的“The nerve specialist gives patients the option to pay for surgery through volunteer work.”可知,如果病人负担不起手术费用,他可以参加志愿服务。故选C项。
2.A 词义猜测题。根据第四段的“Like 10 percent of Aguila’s patients,Jensen chose the community service.”“hundreds of hours of community service”和“not only lets others participate”可知,他不仅让别人参与,而且鼓励别人参与到社区服务当中来,因此it指的是“人们参与进来”,即人们的帮助,故选A项。
3.C 推理判断题。根据最后一段的“He is making things easier by sending volunteers our way!”可知,Harvey觉得Aguila所做的事情很好,因此他对Aguila的态度是感激的,故选C项。
4.A 推理判断题。根据第二段可知,本文主要讲的是Jeff Jensen在医生Demetrio Aguila的帮助下通过参加社区服务支付了手术费用的故事,应该是一篇新闻报道,来自于当地的报纸,故选A项。
Passage 2
[语篇解读]本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了六岁的孩子Madeline写信给洛杉矶县动物保护与控制部门,希望获得许可养一只独角兽。
5.C 细节理解题。根据第二段可知,Madeline写这封信是为了请求允许养宠物。
6.B 细节理解题。根据第三段中所列举的饲养独角兽的条件可知,要获得许可应满足一些要求。
7.B 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中Mayeda的回信内容可推知,Mayeda很体贴。
8.D 推理判断题。根据最后一段内容可知,Mayeda与同事平时要处理许多“生死问题”,他们认为这封信“振奋了他们的精神”,因为他们被女孩认真的行为感动了。
Passage 3
[语篇解读]本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲述了“手机之父”马丁·库珀在接受采访时谈了自己对目前智能手机的一些看法以及他对智能手机未来的一些构想。
9.A 词义猜测题。根据画线词组后的定语从句“where we search,connect,like and buy”可知,该物品能同时让人们搜索、连接网络、点赞以及上网购物,因此画线词组指的是“智能手机”。
10.D 推理判断题。根据文章第三段可知,库珀对智能手机的未来持有乐观的态度,但是不乏抱有担忧。
11.A 推理判断题。根据文章第五段可知,马丁·库珀认为不同的受众应该被提供不同的互联网,也就是说应该给孩子提供不同的互联网。
12.B 细节理解题。根据文章最后一段可知,他认为未来的手机有可能从人体获得能量。
词汇积累:
1.(Passage 1)in a dilemma 进退两难
2.(Passage 1)insurance n.保险
3.(Passage 1)calculate vt.计算
4.(Passage 1)equal vt.跟……相同,与……相等
5.(Passage 2)long to do sth.渴望做某事
6.(Passage 2)approval n.批准
7.(Passage 2)in response作为回应
8.(Passage 3)be credited with doing sth.做某事是……的功劳
9.(Passage 3)literally adv.真正地,确实
长难句分析:
(Passage 1)Jensen,whose surgery was completed in February 2020,was helped by more than 100 friends and strangers who volunteered at Orphan Grain Train,which donates food,clothing,and medicine nationally and globally.
分析:本句为复合句。whose引导定语从句修饰先行词Jensen;who引导定语从句,修饰先行词friends and strangers;which引导非限制性定语从句,修饰先行词Orphan Grain Train。
句意:詹森的手术于2020年2月完成,他得到了100多名朋友和陌生人的帮助,他们是孤儿粮食列车的志愿者,该列车在全国和全球范围内捐赠食物、衣服和药品。
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