高考题型规范练(九)高考题型规范练第34页模块三Unit 3Back to the past.阅读理解(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A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AShopping is one of the best ways to relax after a stressful week.Nothing is more satisfying than finding a perfect itemand when Im bored with shopping for clothes I move on to make-up and shoes.I never shop in salesthe reason the items havent sold at full price is usually because they are badly made or horrible colours.BlancaI hate shopping and it bores me enormously.I really cannot understand such a useless and expensive habit.I only shop for clothes when I cant get out of it and when I do,I make sure I buy good quality and as much as I can afford,to put off having to go again for as long as possible.I have friends who will spend a whole day going from shop to shop trying on lots of different clothes and not buying anything.Thats really stupid.PamI cant see the point in spending a lot of money on clothes,when they are so much cheaper abroad.I do most of my shopping when I go on holiday,and get great clothes for half the price.I love finding bargains!I also buy a lot in sales.The clothes may be out of fashion a bit,but theyre of good quality,and if you wait long enough,they come back into fashion!MeghanI personally still spend half of my wage on clothes.I usually only wear something three times before I throw it in the back of my wardrobe (衣橱).I never wear a party dress more than once.If I lost my job and couldnt afford to buy lots of clothes,I would never be able to go out of the house again.Shelly【语篇导读】本文是应用文。文章介绍了四个人对购物的不同看法。1.What does Pam focus on when shopping for clothes?A.Price.B.Brand.C.Pattern.D.Quality.答案D解析细节理解题。由第二部分的“when I do,I make sure I buy good quality”可知,讨厌购物的Pam买衣服更注重质量。2.Who is a bargain hunter?A.Blanca.B.Pam.C.Meghan.D.Shelly.答案C解析细节理解题。由第三部分的“I love finding bargains!I also buy a lot in sales.”可知,Meghan是个专拣便宜货的购物者。3.Which of the following can best describe Shelly?A.She has no taste for clothes.B.She is addicted to shopping.C.She is always leading the fashion.D.She goes shopping only when necessary.答案B解析推理判断题。由最后一部分Shelly描述自己“I personally still spend half of my wage on clothes.If I lost my job and couldnt afford to buy lots of clothes,I would never be able to go out of the house again.”可知,Shelly是个购物狂。BBorn in Cyrene (which is now Shahhat,Libya),Eratosthenes (276 BCE195 BCE) spent his time studying a wide variety of subjects under a lot of teachers,including the Greek poet Callimachus.After leaving Callimachus,he spent the next several years studying in Athens,where he furthered his knowledge of the world around him.Eratosthenes was known as having a great deal of knowledge in a great number of different fields of study,but not doing the best in any one of them.He did work in astronomy,mathematics,geography,history,and poetry,and also worked as a theatre critic in his spare time.He became known by the name “Beta” (the second letter of the Greek alphabet) because it was told that he was “second best in the world at everything”.Eratosthenes would go on to become director of the Great Library for over four decades,from 245 BCE to just before the beginning of the second century BCE.Eratosthenes is most famous for a measurement that he made,for he was the first to measure the size of the earth through direct means.He performed a simple experiment and used basic mathematics to find the size of our home planet.The circumference (圆周) of the earth,he determined,was about 39,250 km (24,390 miles)the real distance is 40,075 km (24,901 miles)!And lets not forget that he didnt have the fancy instruments that geographers have today.Famous for his studies of the earth,he is often called the “Father of Geography”.In a now-lost work titled Geographika ,the contents of which are known because of references (参考) from following books still in existence,he took a global view of the world.With its title,he invented a new wordgeography.In his book,he divided the planet into climate zones and listed the names and locations of 400 cities.Setting aside mythological and traditional views of lands,he used written descriptions of wars and observations by travelers to try to find distances between places.【语篇导读】本文是记叙文。文章介绍了古希腊科学家埃拉托色尼,他曾经较为准确地推算出了地球的周长。4.Why was Eratosthenes given the name “Beta”?A.Because he loved the letter best.B.Because he was a very modest person.C.Because he often used the letter in his works.D.Because he knew quite a lot but not the most.答案D解析细节理解题。由第二段中的“not doing the best in any one of them”和“known by the name Beta.because it was told that he was second best in the world at everything”可知,埃拉托色尼被称作Beta是因为他虽知识广博但却没有一门学科是最精通的。5.What did Eratosthenes do for most of his life?A.He was a poet.B.He was a teacher.C.He was a librarian.D.He was an engineer.答案C解析细节理解题。由第二段中的“Eratosthenes would go on to become director of the Great Library for o