2019版高考英语阅读理解一轮提升选练2含解析.pdf
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1、2019版高考英语阅读理解一轮提升选练(2) 李仕才 A An increasing number of people are being allowed to finish the working week early during the summer months.Does your boss trust you to spend an afternoon in the sun? Each year the number of companies which offer employees the choice of an early finish to the working week
2、 grows.Or, perhaps, each year, more people who work on ordinary Fridays hear about people playing on summer Fridays. When the sun is shining, it makes sense that you should be given Friday afternoons off, right? Sadly, not all managers agree with the policy. Companies that offer employees Friday aft
3、ernoons off usually expect the hours to be made up.UK publishers Pan Macmillan and Penguin Random House (PRH) are among those offering summer hours.At PRH, those who wish to take off Friday afternoons are expected to work an extra 45 minutes a day from Monday to Thursday.On Fridays, a rota( 值班表 )ens
4、ures each team has been covered.“Most of us dont leave at exactly l p m.,”Editor Anderson says.“Depending on your workload, you might just leave an hour or so early, but its still nice to do.” Simon Hayward, CEO of Cirrus, says that the “Summer Fridays” policy requires trust, and that managers need
5、to be seen to take advantage of the offer too.“If a manager offers summer Fridays and then obviously expects employees to work on Friday afternoons, there is a risk associated with it that reduces the sense of well-being(幸 福) I think theres a genuine fear in some organizations about flexible working
6、 hours.Do you trust your employees to do their best for the business as well as for themselves and their families,or do you fundamentally mistrust them?” Managers in the former camp tend to be comfortable with summer hours.Those in the_latter worry that summer Fridays will lead to late Mondays and l
7、ong-lunch Tuesdays. 文章大意:本文主要讨论星期五下午的休假制度。员工们对此非常支持,但是有些经理 们担心会影响工作。 专家指出这个制度是否会起到积极的作用取决于公司经理对员工的信任。 1Whats the good policy for some employees in summer?_C_ AThey dont work on Friday. BThey have flexible working hours on Friday. CThey can take Friday afternoons off. DThey might leave an hour early
8、on Friday afternoon. 2Usually in companies, this policy causes the employees to_A_. Awork extra time from Monday to Thursday Bactually work on Friday afternoons Chave a short lunch on Tuesdays Dstart work early on Friday mornings 解析:考查细节理解。根据第四段第一句“Companies that offer employees Friday afternoons of
9、f usually expect the hours to be made up. ”和第三句“ At PRH, those who wish to take off Friday afternoons are expected to work an extra 45 minutes a day from Monday to Thursday.”可知,在提供星期五下午休息的公司里,期待这个时间弥补回 来,因此员工们从星期一到星期四要加班45 分钟。故选A。 3What is Editor Andersons attitude towards the policy at PRH? _B_ AOp
10、posed. B Supportive. CNeutral. D Indifferent. 4The underlined part in the last paragraph refers to_C_. Amanagers who trust their employees to do their best Bcompanies which can manage the employees well Cmanagers who mistrust employees Dcompanies which offer Friday afternoons off 解析:考查词句猜测。根据倒数第二段最后
11、一句“Do you trust your employees to do their best for the business as well as for themselves and their families, or do you fundamentally mistrust them?”可知,有的经理相信员工们竭尽全力为了公司也为了自己 和家人,有的经理不相信员工,因此推断the latter指的是不相信员工的经理。故选C。 B Big Ben ,the Queen ,a plate of ham and eggsno,no,no.If youre looking for a sy
12、mbol of Britain,only one thing passes the testthe umbrella. Now ,I know what you re thinkingwe have rain in China and we have umbrellas too.Certainly, I will never forget the way it rained when I lived in Beijing: The streets became rivers at once and the sky was full of lightning for hours on end.P
13、eople ran for cover under bin bags,the shops were emptied of their plastic raincoats within seconds and I found myself soaked from head to foot,my poorly - chosen skirt and T - shirt turned totally see- through. This would never have happened in Britain. For one thing,during my year in Beijing, it o
14、nly really rained about 10 times. But although we never get a Beijing-style washout in London,the drizzle that does fall is there all the time.Even when the sky is perfectly blue, you can be sure it s going to cloud over and start drizzling again within the hour. And when it does,there is chaos.Trai
15、ns stop and buses break down as if this were the first time the local authorities had seen this wet stuff coming out of the clouds. Soas with so many things in the UK it s up to ordinary people to sort themselves out.No self-respecting Briton will ever leave home without his or her “brolly” as the u
16、mbrella is known to us. A brolly has hundreds of uses, even on rare rain- free days.A real gentleman of London will use his umbrella as a walking stick.A traditional game of cricket(板球 ) can be played using an umbrella as a bat(球棒 ) Nor do you ever have to be afraid of robbers your umbrella doubles
17、as a defensive weapon. There is no brolly more British than m y own.But it s not from London or Manchester or anywhere in the UK.It was a gift from my Chinese teacherin Beijing. How fitting that my No.1 symbol of Britishnesslike almost everything in Britain nowadayswas made in China. 1The author men
18、tioned her rainy weather experience in Beijing to show that _ Amany foreigners have embarrassing moments living in Beijing Bthe rain in Beijing is usually much heavier than the rain in London CBritish people are more used to rainy weather than Chinese people Dboth Beijingers and Londoners have unple
19、asant experiences with sudden rain 2The underlined word “This ” in the third paragraph refers to “_” Apeople getting extremely wet on rainy days Bsudden rain leading to traffic troubles Cpeople being well- prepared on rainy days Dit only raining a dozen times per year 3The tone of the article is _ A
20、humorous B optimistic Cobjective D annoyed 4What is the main idea of the article? ABeijing- style rain and London- style drizzles both bring chaos. BEverything in Britain was made in China. CWhy the umbrella is the best symbol of Britain. DWhat British people use a brolly for. 【解题导语】伦敦阴雨连绵,出行必备雨伞。本文
21、介绍了雨伞是英国的象征。 1解析:选C。细节理解题。由文章前两段可知,英国人习惯了雨天。 2解析:选A。词义猜测题。由文中第二、三段可知A项正确。 3解析:选A。推理判断题。本文语气幽默风趣。故A项正确。 4解析:选C。主旨大意题。本文介绍了为什么雨伞是英国的象征,故C项正确。 C Any diet on which you eat fewer calories than you need to get through the day, like an 800calorieperday diet, can be dangerous. Diets that dont allow any fat
22、also can be bad for you. Everyone needs a certain amount of fat in their diet, up to 30% of total calories, so no one should eat a completely fatfree diet. Dont have diets that restrict certain food groups, either. A diet that requires you to say no to bread or pasta or allows you to eat only fruit
23、is unhealthy. You wont get the vitamins and minerals you need. And although you may lose weight, youll probably gain it back as soon as you start eating normally again. Some people start dieting because they think all the problems in their lives are because of weight. Others have an area of their li
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