2018年高考英语一轮复习话题语篇专攻练10人物传记一外研版201709171142.wps
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1、话题语篇专攻练 1010 人物传记( (一) ) ( (建议用时 4040分钟) ) . 阅读理解 A Edmund Halley was an English scientist who lived over 200 years ago. He studied the observations of comets(彗星)which other scientists had made. The orbit(轨道)of one particular comet was a very difficult mathematical problem. He could not figure it ou
2、t. Neither could other scientists who dealt with such problems. However, Halley had a friend named Isaac Newton, who was a brilliant mathematician. Newton thought he had already worked out that problem, but he could not find the papers on which he had done it. He told Halley that the orbit of a come
3、t had the shape of an ellipse(椭圆形). Now Halley set to work. He figured out(解决, 计算出)the orbits of some of the comets that had been observed by scientists. He made a surprising discovery. The comets that had appeared in the years 1531, 1607, and 1682 all had the same orbit. Yet their appearance had be
4、en 75 to 76 years apart. This seemed very strange to Halley. Three different comets followed the same orbit. The more Halley thought about it, the more he thought that there had not been three different comets as people thought. He decided that they had simply seen the same comet three times. The co
5、met had gone away and had come back again. It was an astonishing idea! Halley felt certain to make a prediction(预言)of what would happen in the future. He decided that this would appear in the year 1758. There were 53 years to go before Halleys prediction could be tested. In 1758 the comet appeared i
6、n the sky. Halley did not see it, for he had died some years before. Ever since then that comet had been called Halleys comet, in his honor. 【文章大意】文章介绍了哈雷和他发现的哈雷彗星, 以及发现验证哈雷彗星的过程。 1. Edmund Halley figured out the orbit of_. A. some different comets appearing several times 1 B. the same comet appeari
7、ng at different times C. three different comets appearing at the same time D. several comets appearing at the same time 【解析】选 B。推理判断题。根据第四段中 He decided that they had simply seen the same comet three times.及上文提到的看见彗星的时间分别是 1531年、1607年、1682年可以判断。 2. Halley made his discovery_. A. by doing experiments
8、B. by means of his own careful observation C. by using the working of other scientists D. by chance 【解析】选 C。细节理解题。根据第一段第二句 He studied the observations of comets which other scientists had made.可知哈雷的发现是在研究其他科学家们的观察中得出来的, 故选 C。 3. Halley made a surprising, but correct prediction in the year_. A. 1704
9、B. 1705 C. 1706 D. 1707 【解析】选 B。数字计算题。根据第五段中 He decided that this would appear in the year 1758. There were 53 years to go before Halleys prediction could be tested.可以推断出 哈雷做出预言的时间是 1705年, 故选 B。 4. This passage in general is about_. A. Halley and other scientists B. the orbit of a comet C. Newton an
10、d Halley D. Halley and his discovery 【解析】选 D。主旨大意题。纵观全文可知文章的中心是哈雷以及他发现的哈雷彗星, 故选 D。 B (2017佛山模拟) Mr Selfridge, the Wisconsin-born retailer(零售商)who left school at 14, rose to become a partner in Marshall Fields Chicago. Founded in 1852, it was one of the first and most ambitious US department scores.
11、Mr Selfridge had done well with Marshall Fields. He liked to say, “The customer is always right, ”which made the Chicago 2 store popular. And he is believed to have invented the phrase, “Only so many Shopping Days until Christmas”. When he visited London on holiday in 1906 he was surprised to find m
12、ost of the citys department stores were no match of their American and Parisian competitors. This led Selfridge to leave the US and establish Selfridgesa department store named after him, at the west end of Londons Oxford Street. In Oxford Street, Selfridges design team shaped an ambitious classical
13、 palace building with a wall of plate glass windows. Opened in 1909, Selfridges offered customers a hundred departments along with restaurants, a roof garden, reading and writing rooms, reception areas for foreign visitors, a first aid room and most importantly, a small army of knowledgeable floor-w
14、alking assistants who served as guides as well as being thoroughly instructed in the art of making a sale. Mr Selfridge did much to make the department store a destination rather than just a big and comprehensively stocked city shop. It became a place to meet and for ladies to lunch. Mr Selfridge la
15、ter introduced the department store as a key element of the 20th Century culture, and Chaplin acknowledged the growing trend for shopping in the department store in his film The Floorwalker. 【文章大意】本文主要介绍了美国著名销售大师 Selfridge的销售特色以及他开拓英国市场的 过程。 5. What can be learned about Mr Selfridge from Paragraph 1
16、? A. He was well-educated. B. He was a gifted businessman. C. He was a modest man. D. He was dishonest. 【解析】选 B。推理判断题。根据第一段后三句可知 Mr Selfridge 擅长商业经营, 故选 B。 6. What made Selfridge build a department store in London? A. The large population in London. B. His desire to own a department store. C. His co
17、nfidence in business success. 3 D. Affection for London architecture. 【解析】选 C。推理判断题。根据第二段第一句可知他在 1906年来伦敦的时候, 发现没有一家 伦敦的百货店能够和美国的百货店相比, 于是他就在伦敦建立了商店。说明他对自己的商业模 式很自信, 认为自己一定能够取得成功, 故选 C。 7. What was Selfridges most impressive characteristic? A. The number of departments. B. The broad choice of goods.
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