上海市各区2017届高三英语二模试卷分类汇编：阅读理解A篇
One【2017届上海市虹口区高三英语二模】 Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
In this section we consider what you can do to train your brain to improve your game playing skills.
1. Daily workout
It is very easy to find tactical puzzles and train. However, you must try to solve them. Don‘t just stare at the position for 10 seconds and then turn to the solution. You won‘t learn anything. Have a go at trying to solve the puzzle. If you got it right then great ---- well done. However, if you got it wrong, then have another look. Ask yourself questions such as the following:
? Why did I get it wrong?
? What was wrong with my solution?
? What was the weakness that the tactic exploited? Where can you find tactical puzzles?
It‘s easy. They are everywhere. Many newspapers, including Independent, and magazines have a daily or weekly chess puzzle. Key ―chess puzzles‖ into Google and you‘ll find a whole load of them. There are plenty of puzzle books. 2. Use software
Nowadays chess software is terribly cheap. World Champion Vladimir Kramnik recently lost a match 4 – 2 against a software program. This program is available for about ￡30.
In general, people use chess software for the wrong reasons. They often play game after game against the machine and get beaten every time. Bored with this, they turn the playing level right down so that the program is almost playing random moves and then they can beat it every time and feel better.
Neither method will help you improve. However, chess software can be a fantastically useful learning tool if used in two particular ways.
The first is if you have tried to solve a puzzle but it‘s a bit too difficult and you don‘t really understand the solution. Never mind ---- well done for trying. Now set the position up on the program and try different moves. Chess software is faultless at tactical play. It will instantly tell
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上海市各区2017届高三英语二模试卷分类汇编：阅读理解A篇
you the right and wrong moves and why they do or don‘t work.
Secondly you can run over games you have played to learn where you have gone wrong and where you could have improved. Get into the habit of keeping the score (i.e. writing down the moves) of games that you play. This will help you to improve and refine your understanding of tactical themes and patterns.
56. What would be the best title of this passage? A. How to Train Your Brain B. Where to Find Tactical Puzzles C. Daily Workout and Use of Software
D. How to Improve Your Chess-Playing Skills
57. The underlined part ―tactical puzzles‖ in the second paragraph most probably means ______. A. puzzles making us better understand themes and patterns of difficult games B. puzzles showing us how to train our brains to think more effectively C. puzzles teaching us some skills to play more difficult games D. puzzles only teaching us how to play chess games well
58. Which of the following would be the right way of using chess software? A. Playing as many games against the machine as possible. B. Always trying difficult puzzles to improve your chess skills.
C. Running over games you‘ve played to learn from mistakes and improve. D. Turning the playing level down to build your self confidence and feel better. 59. What does the writer think about chess software? A. Chess software will help a lot if properly used. B. Chess software below 30 pounds is too cheap to use.
C. Chess software is a fantastically useful learning toolin daily work.
D. Chess software helps improve understanding of tactical themes and patterns.
Keys:56-59: DBCA
Two【2017届上海市黄浦区高三英语二模】 Section B
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上海市各区2017届高三英语二模试卷分类汇编：阅读理解A篇
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have read.
(A)
Born in 1823 in Wales, Alfred Russel Wallace was a man of modest means, but he had a passion for nature and he chose to follow it. He started out collecting insects as a hobby, but eventually his longing for adventure led him to explore the world.
Luckily for Wallace, Victorian Britain was discovering an interest in weird and wonderful insects, so the demand from museums and private collections for these beasts was growing. Wallace was able to make a living doing what he loved: collecting beetles and other insects.
But his first trip of exploring the world ended in disaster. Wallace proceeded to the Amazon in South America. Its giant forests promised a wealth of new species, sure to put him on the scientific map. The trip took 6 weeks and involved every mode of transport in existence at the time. After four years Wallace set off for home, but his boat caught fire in the middle of the Atlantic. Everyone survived, but Wallace had to watch in despair as his samples went up in flames – including live animals he was bringing home that were trying to jump free of the flames. But he did not let it stop him.
In 1854, Wallace set off on another adventure, this time to the Malay Archipelago. Wallace found himself humbled by the new and exciting things he saw. He later recalled: ―As I lie listening to these interesting sounds, I think how many besides myself have longed to see with their own eyes the many wonderful and beautiful things which I am daily encountering.‖
In 1858, Wallace wrote what became known as the ―Ternate essay‖: a piece of writing that was to change our understanding of life forever. In his essay, Wallace argued that a species would only turn into another species if it was struggling for existence. Henry W. Bates was one of many scientists delighted by the idea of evolution by natural selection. In a letter to Wallace, he wrote: ―The idea is like truth itself, so simple and obvious that those who read and understand it will be struck by its simplicity; and yet it is perfectly original.‖
56. __________ finally caused Wallace to explore the world.
A. His strong affection for nature C. His deep love for adventure
B. His life-long devotion to beasts D. Increasing demand for insects
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上海市各区2017届高三英语二模试卷分类汇编：阅读理解A篇
57. Which of the following is TRUE about Wallace‘s first trip?
A. It took him six weeks to explore the Amazon with all kinds of transportation. B. He made a scientific study of a fairly limited number of insects. C. The fire cost him his four years‘ collection of animals. D. His passion cooled after the disaster.
58. Wallace felt _____ on the Malay Archipelago.
A. fearless
B. lucky
C. challenged
D. risky
59. Wallace‘s idea on evolution of natural selection __________.
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A. made no sense at that time C. was too simple to be true
B. built up a new concept of life D. revealed the origin of nature
Three【2017届上海市浦东新区高三英语二模】 Section B Directions:
Readthefollowingthreepassages.Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestions
or
unfinishedstatements. Foreach ofthemtherearefour choicesmarkedA,B,C,andD.Choose the onethatfitsbestaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassageyouhavejustread.
(A)
Dear Cutie-Pie,
Recently, your mother and I were searching for an answer on Google. Half way through
entering the question, Google returned a list of the most popular searches in the world. At the top of the list was ―How to keep him interested.‖
It surprised me a lot. I scanned several of the countless articles about how to be sexy and
sexual, when to bring him a beer versus a sandwich, and the ways to make him feel smart and superior.
And I got angry.
Little One, it is not, has never been, and never will be your job to ―keep him interested.‖ Little One, your only task is to know deeply in your soul—in that unshakeable place that isn‘t
upset by rejection and loss—that you are worthy of interest.
If you can trust your worth in this way, you will be attractive in the most important sense of
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上海市各区2017届高三英语二模试卷分类汇编：阅读理解A篇
the world: you will attract a boy who is both capable of interest and who wants to spend his one life investing all of his interest in you.
Little One, I want to tell you about the boy who doesn‘t need to be kept interested, because
he knows you are interesting.
I don‘t care if he can‘t play a bit of golf with me—as long as he can play with the children
you give him and revel in all the glorious and frustrating ways they are just like you. I don‘t care if he doesn‘t follow his wallet—as long as he follows his heart and it always leads him back to you. I don‘t care if he is strong—as long as he gives you the space to exercise the strength that is in your heart. I couldn‘t care less how he votes—as long as he wakes up every morning and daily elects you to a place of honor in your home and a place of respect in his heart. I don‘t care about the color of his skin. I don‘t care if he was raised in this religion or that religion or no religion.
Little One, if you come across a man like that and he and I have nothing else in common, we
will have the most important thing in common: You.
Because in the end, Little One, the only thing you should have to do to ―keep him interested‖
is to be you.
Your eternally interested guy,
Daddy
56. What shocked Daddy when he was surfing on the Internet?
A. Girls‘ knowing nothing about trusting themselves. B. Girls‘ giving priority to finding ways to please boys. C. Girls‘ bringing foods and drinks to boys from time to time. D. Girls‘ being upset by being rejected constantly.
57. Father thinks what is of primary importance to his daughter is to ____________.
A. keep the boy interested
B. know she deserves a boy‘s interest C. attract a boy willing to invest all in her D. find a boy who can please her
58. According to the passage, what does the underlined word ―revel‖ mean?
A. feel depressed C. look around
B. become puzzled D. enjoy himself
59. What‘s the main purpose of this letter?
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